My thoughts flew for a short time and soon returned to the script in my hand.

Let’s talk about the future.

Since you are very clear that nothing can escape the prosperity and decline, then do what you see well.

According to the scripts in hand and the information in memory, according to the standards of pure popcorn movies, the quality of "Extreme Cold" is actually above the passing line. There is no shortage of commercial elements such as high-concept story style, tough guys, beauties, funny, mysterious sea monsters, etc., and they all leave a good impression on the audience.

The reason why it failed was that Disney's release strategy mistakes accounted for a large part of it. Later it was proved that the video tape and TV broadcast sales were very good, and even China on the other side of the ocean introduced this movie.

The laptop was on the round table at hand, and Simon finished reading the script and thought about it slightly, and wrote down his opinion on "Extreme Cold" on an email to Amy Pascal.

According to the memo information in the script, Stephen Somos hopes to direct the project himself and plans to invite big names like Harrison Ford to make a bombshell. Simon also saw Somos's shrewdness from this information. He probably guessed Simon's idea of ​​deliberately suppressing the production rhythm of various foreign cooperation projects.

If Simon agrees to Somos himself directing "Extreme Cold", "Mummy 2" will definitely be postponed.

Simon did have this idea for the Mission: Impossible series.

Even if Edgar Bronfman, chairman of Sigram Group, personally came to talk about the last celebration party, Simon would not be ruthless. The release interval between the first "Mission: Impossible" and "Mission: Impossible 2" was exactly two and a half years. As for "Mission: Impossible 3", at least the interval period was as early as the end of 1998.

"The Mummy" with Fox is different.

The Westeros system and the News Group behind Fox are allies. Simon does not intend to suppress the Mummy series. The production interval of "Mummy 2" will be a standard two-year period, and will be released in the summer of 1998.

On the other hand, Stephen Somos is a commercial director that Simon likes very much. He hopes that the filmmaker can further expand his abilities and develop towards the producer. Somos has always been a screenwriter and director. This time, he can try out the waters of "Extreme Cold" and direct "Mummy 2" while also serving as the producer of "Extreme Cold". The project is left to other directors.

In addition, Simon hopes to keep the production cost of "Extreme Cold" within the former US$50 million. Now it starts preparations and starts filming in the first half of next year, which can be released during the Easter schedule in 1998. In fact, the more appropriate schedule is the end of next year, but "Titanic" will already be included at the end of next year, and Simon does not want to put this movie under the crushing of a big ship.

Stephen Somos will produce "Extreme Cold" in the first half of next year and "Mummy 2" in the second half of next year, with the right pace.

Finally, I thought about it and attached another sentence: The heroine can consider Natasha Hensquqi.

The original Famick Jensen is now the famous "Wonder Woman" and is not suitable for playing in a vase in such a movie. Natasha Hensquqi happens to be suitable, and the wealth is not flowing to outsiders.

After writing a piece of email, Simon picked up another folder.

Here are several outlines of the movie, about Jeter Lee’s new projects.

Simon generally remembers several movies shot in Hollywood around 2000, and they are quite successful in business. However, Simon doesn't like it very much, whether it is "The Deadly Romeo" that works with black people or "The Kiss of the Dragon" written by Luc Besson.

The main reason is that none of these movies really show the essence of Chinese Kung Fu.

Simon also knew that this was mainly due to cultural differences. The real meaning of the related projects was Westerners. Jet Lee did not have such a high voice as Jack Cheng, who was promoted to the front line with the "Rush Hour" series, which led to the action scenes of these films generally favor Western fighting, and sometimes became more mediocre gunfighting films.

None of these are what Simon wants to see.

In the planned "Hero", Simon recently sent his ideas to China, and the script is still being created. Moreover, such a big project cannot be filmed in the short term. Simon does not intend to let Jet Li Bai wait for a year, so he personally intervened and gave considerable authority to let Jet Li himself join hands with the screenwriter team of New World Pictures to actively explore new projects. The condition is a budget of 25 million US dollars, and Jet Li will also be named the producer himself. As for how much he can participate, it depends on the other party's enthusiasm.

What Simon wants is to truly Chinese Kung Fu in Hollywood, not fighting and gunfighting.

The information in my hand is the result of the recent brainstorming there.

There is no eye-catching idea. The setting is basically about kung fu masters from China who travel to the United States to visit relatives and friends or investigate criminals, etc., and are rampant in Hollywood and killing all directions.

After browsing a few story outlines, Simon directly drew a fork behind.

I'd better plan to do it myself.

After all, most of the good ideas actually come from the accumulation of materials from the creators themselves. If it were to be accumulated, there would probably be no Simon who had more than a dozen people's memories in her mind, and it was more professional.

I just picked up another script with the cover written "Save Soldier Ryan", and the sound of light footsteps came from my ears. The delicate little girl, like a doll, came to Simon with a fruit plate, and looked at Simon with dark eyes: "Dad, this is what mom prepares."

The tone of the little girl calling her dad is much more natural than a rude girl who is obviously calling 'Sugar Daddy'.

Simon smiled and patted his knees, letting the little girl sit on her lap, hugged the little one in her arms, continued to look at the script in her hand, and said in Chinese: "MiuMiu, are you used to living in the United States?"

The little girl sat on Simon's lap, still holding the fruit plate, obediently picked up an apple and delivered it to Simon's mouth, and carefully took the toothpick back. When Simon asked, she nodded her head and said, "It's great. There are delicious food every day, and there are many beautiful clothes to wear. Last weekend, my mother and I took a private plane to London, but it's raining in London, which is not as good as New York."

Simon ate an apple and saw the little girl sending another pineapple over. He bit it again and said, "It's raining here in New York, and you'll meet it sooner or later."

"No, it's just that the weather in London is always cloudy, and the streets and people are also cloudy."

Simon didn't expect that this girl felt very accurate about London and smiled and said, "Since she doesn't like it, I won't go from now on."

"Well," the little girl said, continuing to send fruit into Simon's mouth. She restrained herself from eating a piece, and said, "Dad, can you take time to go out with me and mom?"

Simon turned the script in his hand and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

The little girl said, "It's fine wherever you go, just be with your dad."

Simon looked down at the little girl with beautiful eyes flashing in her arms, smiled, and understood that this was probably what the little girl's mother taught her. She turned her head and looked at her. As expected, a woman was standing at the door of the villa not far away and looked at her. Seeing Simon paying attention to him, she hesitated and came over without waiting for the man to summon him.

Seeing his mother coming, the little girl's eyes turned around her mother and Simon, took the initiative to jump off Simon's legs, and handed the fruit plate with half of the remaining fruit to her mother: "Mom, talk to dad, I'll do my homework."

When the girl ran away and disappeared into the villa door, Simon patted her legs with a smile. Ms. Liu blushed slightly. She hesitated a little, but she still snuggled over and sat down. She felt the man's powerful arms wrap around her waist. She quickly relaxed when she adapted a little. While continuing her daughter's just work, she brought fruit to Simon's mouth, she took the initiative to find the topic: "Are you reading the script?"

Compared to Simon's shirt and trousers when he arrived before noon, the woman changed into a dark green sleeveless silk long skirt that showed her figure, and was also a dancing person. She was sitting in the man's arms, with a gentle figure and elegant temperament. The pleasant fragrance of the woman made Simon, who had been abstinent for nearly a week, feel ready to move.

"Yes," Simon nodded when he saw the woman looking for a topic and asked, "Isn't it summer vacation now? What homework does MiuMiu do? Also, has her school determined in advance?"

"The school has confirmed that I have arranged summer tutoring for MiuMiu, and I need to know all kinds of courses in the United States."

When Simon heard this, he shook his head and said, "There is no need to do this. Girls need to be raised in wealth and do not need to do so much homework."

The woman nodded obediently and agreed, "You... asked her to call you dad, you have the final say."

"Then let's just leave the English class. Just be able to communicate with the children here in the future." Simon said, smiling again, and then said: "In fact, Chinese are smarter than most children of the same age here, and they accumulate more. There is no need to give in to any more tutoring, otherwise other children will have no way out."

The woman obviously didn't know this and was still a little suspicious: "No way?"

"You will know after a long time."

"Well," the woman agreed again, hesitated a little, and asked again: "Simon, will you be here this weekend?"

"Yes, I'll go to the art troupe tomorrow to see if they are lazy," Simon looked at the woman's fair and slender neck and said half-jokingly: "Where are you lazy?"

Feeling the man's gaze, the woman's face flushed a little more, and she said, "No, we have been working hard to create and arrange dances during this period. Sometimes we are busy until late at night. No one wants to let you down."

It has been exactly one month since the National Style Art Troupe arrived in the United States.

If I had to describe this month, compared to previous life, everyone seems to have stepped into heaven in one step, and probably the princess life in fairy tales is just like this.

As long as the IQ is normal, no one will think that this generous gift is taken for granted for no reason.

Therefore, the entire team was doing their best to do their best to the tasks assigned by Simon, and no one dared to slack off, for fear that the public performance at the end of the year would be screwed up, and that the crystal shoes and pumpkin cart would all disappear, and enjoyed the luxury of this time. Whether it was the girls of the National Style Art Troupe or the choreographer hired to come to the United States, they would never want to return to their previous life.

To achieve this goal, any effort is worth it.

Compared with the National Style Art Troupe, the mother and daughter here feel more dreamy. If we use the simplest measurement, the mother and daughter enjoy the treatment that is ten times higher than that of the National Style Art Troupe girls. Many times when they wake up in the bedroom of this Linhai Manor villa, Ms. Liu would doubt whether she was dreaming.

Even if it is a dream, such a dream will certainly last as long as possible.

Therefore, I dare not slackew at all.

After chatting intimately for a while, I confirmed that Simon would be here this weekend. Ms. Liu didn't dare to ask for anything anymore. She brought the empty fruit plate back to the villa and left the time for the man to stay alone.

Simon's attention was also reopened to the script in front of him.

"Save Private Ryan", an epic war blockbuster directed by Spielberg in 1998, once achieved a global box office of nearly $500 million with a production cost of $70 million, and was also the North American box office champion in 1998.

Even compared to the 1997 Titanic and 1999 Star Wars Prequel: The Phantom Crisis, and the 200 million-dollar box office of "Saving Private Ryan" in North America, it is more because 1998 was the Little Year of the Movie, but since it can win the New Year, such achievements cannot be underestimated.

Simon, the big butterfly, did not sniff the script away.

However, because of Daenerys Entertainment's strength in Hollywood, the best scripts will naturally flow into Daenerys Entertainment first, and this time is no exception.

As a war film, the script of "Save Private Ryan" is actually not so popular. Since a series of Vietnam War-themed films in the 1980s, Hollywood has not had a big-selling war film in many years. The production budget of war films is usually very large and has high risks, which also limits the investment of studios.

In the original time and space, if it weren't for Spielberg, this movie would probably be difficult to appear on the big screen.

Now, history has changed. The script of "Save Private Ryan" was successfully intercepted by Daenerys Entertainment, and Simon has to consider how to deal with the project.

Spielberg still owes Daenerys Entertainment a film contract inherited from the Global Times, but the gap between the two parties in the "Jurassic Park" series is very deep. In order to win over Spielberg, Universal also had a wide restrictions on the director's implementation of the film contract. According to the agreement, it doesn't matter even if Spielberg delays the film contract for ten or eight years.

In addition, Spielberg is now focusing on the operation of DreamWorks, and it is unlikely that he wants the other party to take over this project.

In this case, Simon can only consider other solutions.
Chapter completed!