Hollywood New Century

Early in the morning, in a suite at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, Simon was on the edge of the bed answering the phone.

"Wait a minute, I'll go to see the house at 10 o'clock," Laura Collins called to tell me if I wanted to see the house today, a large hilltop villa that Simon was looking at in Beverly Hills!

"OK!"

Simon immediately put down the phone and let out a long sigh of relief. After a while, Liv Tyler got out of the quilt.

The girl took out the tissue aside and wiped her mouth and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Simon nodded and said, "Just go and see the house." After drinking with Liv Tyler at the bar last night, the girl was in a depressed mood. Of course, Simon wanted to comfort him.

It is logical to come to the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills and relieved for the night. At this time, Liv Tyler's face was flushed red, leaning on Simon's chest, more and more beautiful.

Liv Tyler smiled, and Simon felt more and more that she and Anne Hathaway looked alike.

"It's time for me to go back too!" Liv Tyler said, getting up from the bed, pulling one side of her pajamas and putting it on.

Is this kind of one-night stand still a thing in Hollywood?

Simon looked at Liv Tyler, nodded with a smile, and got up immediately.

The Platinum Triangle of Los Angeles, consisting of Holmby Hills, Bilair and Beverly Hills, is a well-known affluent area in the United States.

Beverly Hills is next to a hilltop villa in Billaire, covering an area of ​​27,000 square feet, with a construction area of ​​almost 15,000 square feet, marble-style materials, three-story design, outdoor swimming pool plus a long temperature-controlled swimming pool on the second floor, The large garage next to it, the surrounding towering trees and the fence provide enough privacy.

"Boss, it's very big here, with 8 rooms and 9 bathrooms, a luxurious screening room, and a large basement floor with a vault overlooking the panorama of Los Angeles," Laura Collins said excitedly.

"$23 million, it's worth it, it didn't take me so long to choose," Simon was really satisfied, and spent more than an hour strolling around the luxury villa.

"Does it still need to be redecorated?" Laura Collins asked.

"Yes, I don't like the indoor bowling alley over there. It's good to change it into a hall. Build a tennis court outdoors, and the rest of the furniture and the like can be according to my preferences." Simon will live here permanently in the future. to arrange according to your preferences.

Laura Collins nodded, then reminded, "I'm going to France for the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow!"

"Cannes," Simon nodded, raised his watch and looked at it, 5.13, tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.

However, Simon's mind quickly thought of another thing!

"Go back, I want to be alone this afternoon, I don't want to see anyone, and I don't want to care about anything," Simon said.

"Ah?" Laura Collins was in a good mood for the boss just now, but she looked at her watch and suddenly felt a little wrong, but nodded anyway.

Simon left directly. Laura Collins looked at the boss's back and touched his head helplessly. Did he just say something wrong? Tomorrow 5.14 is indeed the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival?

Simon left Beverly Hills, went to the Country Golf Club in Los Angeles, found a quiet place, and kept swinging his golf clubs.

Yesterday was 5.12, that is, at two or three o'clock in the morning in the western United States today, a major earthquake occurred in Wenchuan!

The next morning, Simon packed up his mood and boarded a plane to France.

After getting off the plane from Nice International Airport, we drove to the Esplanade Hotel in Cannes, and the distribution department of Xinghai Pictures had already sent people to the film festival.

It was Ashley Brax, a former DreamWorks assistant to the president who had previously discovered "Spirit: Ghosts", who picked Simon up from the airport.

The penthouse of a hotel on the Croisette in Cannes, with its balcony facing the blue sky and the unrivaled sea view of the Mediterranean Sea, is an attractive season for Cannes in May, especially the Cannes Film Festival.

Simon returned to the room, Ashley Brax was placing a document, and then sat on the sofa and asked, "Which one are you in charge of now?"

Ashley Brax, who was previously an assistant to the president, responded: "Xinghai Qixing Pictures and Aurora Pictures have contacted the distribution projects, looking for some independent films worthy of our distribution to acquire."

"Sit down," Simon said, and opened the information that Ashley Brax had just put away. It seemed that they were all current movie projects looking for distribution.

There are projects that have entered the Cannes Film Festival, and there are projects that have not entered the festival.

Ashley Brax sat opposite Simon and began to report: "At present, the Chinese film "Chibi" that we distribute as an agent seems to have a distribution company that wants to take over. On the 19th, "Chibi" will hold a press conference at the film festival. Yes, there will be a 10-minute movie trailer, and the film's producer, Lion Rock Films, will also join the negotiation!"

Simon nodded. Lion Rock Pictures is an American film production company established by John Woo and Zhang Jiaqiang, responsible for operating some of John Woo's film projects.

"There was an earthquake in China two days ago. Chinese people all over the world are concerned about it. When I came, I also paid attention to the Chinese groups participating in this year's film festival. We will also actively participate in it. "Simon is talking about donating money,

"Also, we also need to strengthen our experience in distributing Chinese films. The goal is not to always focus on famous entertainers in Hollywood, but to learn more about their domestic entertainment market. That will be our focus in the future."

Ashley Brax nodded and responded: "Understood, the main market for "The Story of Hachiko" produced by Venus Films is the Asian market, especially the Chinese, Japanese and Korean markets in the wider Chinese cultural circle. , Ms. Jacobson decided to use "The Tale of Hachiko the Faithful Dog" as our stepping stone into Asia."

"Very good, in the future, Daystar Pictures will spend more energy on the Asian market, strengthen cooperation with that side in terms of film investment, production, distribution, etc., and establish cooperative relations with some large local film and television media groups. Different. There are different cultures in different regions, and the people who understand the market the most are the local people. We can provide advanced production processes, and the content still needs to respect the ideas of the local people.” Simon is very aware of the cultural differences between the East and the West. In some cases, only locals understand.

Local production is the best, and Xinghai is responsible for marketing in overseas markets. Otherwise, it is just a waste of money and resources to make co-produced films that are not good or bad.