Today is Tuesday, March 25th.

The day after the 69th Oscars, however, the focus of media attention today is no longer on the results of previous years' Oscar awards, but on the Nasdaq index, which collapsed yesterday.

It was not yet 9 o'clock on the West Coast when Simon boarded the plane, and it was already noon on the East Coast.

The U.S. stock market opened today, and the miracle did not appear, following yesterday's all-day decline of 7.9% to trigger the first circuit breaker in the history of the Nasdaq, the Nasdaq fell by more than 5% in the morning two-and-a-half-hour trading session, reaching a minimum of 6,079 points.

It fell by nearly 1,000 points in two days, with a cumulative decline of more than 14%, which can be regarded as a record decline for the Nasdaq.

Except for a few bears who have survived until now, the stock market crash has harmed the interests of almost everyone, so neither Wall Street, nor Silicon Valley, nor Washington, have sat idly by, but have taken various measures to stabilize the market as much as possible.

This morning, Microsoft, which triggered the stock market crash, announced its first-quarter growth forecast for its data center business in advance, hoping to recoup some of the decline.

After all, it is a loss, and Microsoft's press release was also recommended on the front page of the Eagle portal.

Tim Berners Lee, Jeff Bezos, John Chambers, Steve Keys and other big names in the new technology industry have also been interviewed by the media, promoting the vigorous development of the Internet industry from all angles, emphasizing the changes that this field has made to all aspects of human society in recent years, and trying to reverse the public opinion attack on the new technology bubble by the traditional paper media that has been suppressed for many years under the wall and pushed by everyone.

In Washington, the Fed also re-emphasized that it has no plans to raise interest rates in order to stabilize the confidence of the capital market.

However, these efforts were ultimately in vain.

Not long after Simon boarded the plane, even a phone call from the White House came, and Clinton tried to see if he could personally endorse the Internet industry, but Simon chose to refuse.

Because it's useless.

This time, the Nasdaq is higher than it was at its peak in 2000, which means that the decline in the event of a crash will be even more turbulent.

Simon's endorsement can't change the result, it will only make himself into a fuss.

Hanging up the phone, Simon thought about it for a while, and sent another email to the heads of various companies, reassuring people, asking everyone to do their jobs dutifully and not care too much about the rise and fall of stock prices in the short term.

Then he dealt with various affairs for more than an hour before Simon asked Girl A to call Ren Jingxi in.

After signaling to enter the door, Ren Jingxi sat down on the sofa opposite the desk, Simon did not deliberately look at the other party's red eyes although his face was swollen, and lowered his head while continuing to read a draft agreement on the Rivni Free Trade Zone from Ukraine, and asked, "Have you seen Qiong Yao's works?"

Seeing that the man didn't look at him, Ren Jingxi relaxed a little, nodded and said, "I've seen it." ”

"How does it feel?"

"I liked some of my early works, such as 'Outside the Window'. ”

Simon was noncommittal and said: "Here's the thing, I have rolled out some media business in China, and I originally hoped to cooperate with Qiong Yao, but unfortunately I didn't like the few projects submitted there, and I happened to have an idea and was planning to find someone to do it myself." ”

When the man got down to business, Ren Jingxi gradually became more relaxed, looked up at Simon behind the desk, and listened carefully.

The real situation can be summed up in only one sentence: the famous "Huanzhu Gege" was also dropped by butterflies.

Simon searched for some memories before he roughly remembered that "Huanzhu Gege" was an accidental idea of Aunt Qiong Yao when she visited Beijing and passed by the princess's tomb, and then derived a ratings miracle.

This time, apparently, there was no more inspiration.

Simon was not interested in Qiong Yao's other works, and he was thinking about finding a gunman to re-make "Huanzhu Gege" during this time, but he happened to meet Ren Jingxi, so it didn't hurt to try.

After sorting out his thoughts a little, Simon continued: "There is a princess tomb in Beijing, do you know?"

Ren Jingxi shook his head.

She is a native of Shandong, the university is in Tianjin, after last year's mother's incident, and accompanied the family to spend the New Year, before officially joining her own work, and then with Zhu Momo went abroad to participate in the four major fashion weeks, before and after not staying in Beijing for a few days, the activity area is limited to the Nanluoguxiang around the courtyard.

The Princess Tomb in the western suburbs of Beijing, because of urban renovation, can only be said to be road signs, and it is no longer a scenic spot.

"There are several theories about the princess's grave, but I will only take one of them, saying that it is the tomb of a righteous daughter of Qianlong. Simon explained simply, and went straight to the point: "The story starts here, according to the template of Qiong Yao's romance, the merry Qianlong went out on patrol many years ago, and met a talented woman on the shore of Daming Lake in Jinan. Qianlong urgently returned to the capital because of the border war, and promised to take the woman into the palace before leaving. However, the state was busy, and as a result, the matter was forgotten. The woman who gave birth to a daughter to Qianlong after the joy did not wait for Qianlong until she died, and after many years, let her daughter, Ziwei, Xia Ziwei, enter Beijing to recognize her relatives......"

“...... In this way, Xiaoyanzi was mistakenly recognized by Qianlong as a daughter and named Huanzhu Gege......"

Inside the cabin study.

When Simon said this, he glanced up and saw Ren Jingxi's face with a different color, and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Ren Jingxi hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The emperor's daughter of the Qing Dynasty is still a princess, not a Gege. Gege is the collective name of the daughter of the prince and the prince, and there is a fixed title. ”

Seeing that Ren Jingxi was cautious and couldn't help but correct his mistakes, Simon deliberately stared at her with a domineering president's tone, pretending to be displeased: "Are you teaching me?"

Ren Jingxi hurriedly shook his head, even more worried, lowered his head and said, "No, I'm not." ”

I still have some regrets in my heart.

The expression on her face just now was because she found that a man who looked like a foreigner could smoothly brainstorm a Chinese costume romance story, and she was surprised in her heart.

Then, because of some instinctive pride, I subconsciously picked a thorn.

I really want to swallow the words back.

He can only be described as a genius as a foreigner who can master Chinese culture to this extent, and some mistakes and omissions are also forgivable, where is her qualification to put her beak at will?

Simon looked at the girl opposite who was almost shrinking into the sofa, he didn't expect to be really scared by making a joke, thought about it, knocked lightly on the table twice, and said, "Come here." ”

Ren Jingxi got up obediently, saw the man motioning to his side, and walked over nervously.

"Take off your coat and shoes. ”

Ren Jingxi paused and did so with a red face.

Then he was held in the arms of the man.

Holding the girl's slender waist and lingering body fragrance, Simon picked up the pen with his other hand, looked back at the thick draft of the free trade agreement on the table, and asked while hooking the corners of his mouth: "Is your brain less bright now?"

Ren Jingxi understood that he was just joking with himself.

It's just that how could she know his true character.

It's kind of scary.

What's more, at this time...... However, when the man asked, she quickly hummed like a mosquito.

Surely I won't pick on him again.

Because the brain is really a little underwhelmed, buzzing.

Simon continued, taking a few minutes to go through the story, and finally asked, "How?"

Ren Jingxi's face was still faintly flushed, but he calmed down and said, "Great story." ”

"It should be a very Qiong Yao story. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Alas, unassertive earthlings. ”

“......”

"Did you just hear something?"

"Hmm. ”

"If you don't want to be silenced by me, forget about it. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Okay, let's get down to business. You said you want to do things, and you seem to be quite good at writing articles, which is more suitable for you. However, just as a screenwriter, it is difficult to meet some of your expectations, so you can go further, I will give you 6 million, RMB, don't think about dollars, make this "Huanzhu Gege". Just like Qiong Yao, she personally served as a screenwriter and producer, formed her own team, supervised the shooting, and future distribution. After completing this set of processes, you will be considered to have successfully stepped into the media industry, and being a gold medal producer in the future will be enough to earn you everything you want, and you don't have to be my vase anymore. ”

Ren Jingxi listened to Simon's words, both yearning and entanglement: "I can only write the story roughly, I don't know how to write a screenplay, let alone a producer." ”

"Do you know what I admire the most?"

"What?"

"The master is laborious," Simon said, "and there are many areas that I don't understand about the Westeros system until now, but I can let other people who know how to do it." For this project, all you need to do is write the story yourself, as for the script, you can hire a professional screenwriter, as well as the subsequent director, actors, etc., if you have 6 million in your hand, but you don't know how to spend it, then you should obediently make a vase by my side. ”

Ren Jingxi wanted to nod, hesitated, but said, "But, shouldn't it be so simple?"

"Heh, in the film and television industry of any country or region, the easiest job to do is the producer, and the most difficult job to do is also the producer. It's easy because as long as you have money, anyone can make the film and television programs they want as a producer. The difficulty is that even if a person puts in 12 points of energy, he may not be able to make a good work that is recognized by the market or awards. As for you, if you want to do it, because you lack the foundation, you have to learn a lot of things as you do, and if you want to do it well, you need to pay double or even three times as much time and energy than professionals, and you may not get good results. ”

Ren Jingxi subconsciously shrunk his neck, a little withdrawn.

The main thing is the fear of messing up.

6 million, even if it is RMB, but even a few months ago, this is a huge amount of money that she may not earn in her lifetime. And, more importantly, the project itself, a story conceived by the Hollywood mogul himself, and if she messed up, she wasn't sure if she would have the courage to stay by his side.

Simon waited for a moment, but did not get a response, and slightly turned his head to look at the expression of the woman in his arms: "Scared?"

Ren Jingxi nodded honestly: "I don't understand anything, I will definitely mess up." ”

"It seems that you have not yet understood your situation, or your advantage. ”

"Huh?"

"It's not that I'm going to give you a sum of money and nothing else to make you go to China to make a TV series. This project must be affiliated with Jinshu Media, since I followed Momo before, I think you should know about this company?"

"Yes. ”

I wish Momo to play the heroine, and "Something to Say", which is still being released in China, is produced by this company.

"Therefore, after you take over, no matter what you need, the team of Jinshu Media can assist you in completing it, and if you don't understand something, you can also find professionals to guide you. Even, if you want to be lazy, you only need to be responsible for paying for it, and Jinshu Media can help you do it all the way. ”

"That'...... Why are you looking for me?"

Ren Jingxi blurted out like this, and then regretted it a little.

This is not nonsense?

Simon pinched somewhere on the woman's body and said with a smile: "Because you are my woman and you are willing to do things, I put you in charge of this project, and others may not have such opportunities in their lifetimes." So, think about how lucky you are to meet me, and remember to be thankful every night before you go to bed. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Okay, continue to the topic, the platform of Jinshu Media is still second, the most important point, I just said, you are my woman, so, not only Hollywood, but also those people in the Chinese film and television circle, they also want to give me face and provide you with all kinds of help and convenience, this is the most abundant resource you can use, the kind that is as big as the sky. Because as long as you know that you are my woman, even if you are an idiot, many people will help you do a good job in order to catch my line. ”

Ren Jingxi was speechless for a while.

Simon wrote some annotations on the draft agreement of the Rivni Free Trade Zone, which he had already read, and waited for the girl in his arms to digest it for a while, and finally said, "How do you feel now?"

Ren Jingxi made up his mind: "I want to take this job." ”

"Good. ”

Ren Jingxi directly entered the state and asked cautiously: "That, 6 million, is it really enough?"

I didn't know about it beforehand, but now that I think about it, film and television dramas should be very expensive.

"CCTV's "Water Margin" is only 1 million per episode on average, which is a national-level drama. This "Huanzhu Gege", about 20 episodes, an average of 300,000 per episode, what do you think?"

Ren Jingxi raised his face and looked over: "I don't understand, you teach me." ”

"What I can teach you is that as a producer, cost control is a crucial ability. In terms of the most intuitive movie, with the same $100 million box office, one movie costs $10 million, and the other costs $100 million, the former is a big success, and the latter is a box office failure. For example, under your coordination, a scene that takes three days to complete can be filmed in two days, which saves a day's money, and the crew is running, and the cost of a day may be tens of thousands, so the savings are very considerable. There are also actors, you need to choose the right level of actors according to how much budget you have. This "Huanzhu Gege", with a budget of 6 million, can only select newcomers as much as possible, or some famous actors who are famous but are in a low period and therefore have a cheap salary. There are also things like venue rental, prop making, etc., you need to know the price in advance and know the price code so that you can get the best price in the negotiation. Otherwise, if you don't understand anything, you will definitely be treated as a fat sheep, and then the price will be doubled or tripled, or even dozens of times, and you will not be slaughtered for nothing. ”

Ren Jingxi's eyes widened slightly: "Dozens of times, how is it possible?"

"Why is it impossible?" Simon gestured around: "Let's just say this Boeing 767, if you want to rent one for filming, how much do you think is appropriate?"

Ren Jingxi shook his head.

Simon said: "That's the problem, there is a clear offer for aircraft leasing in Europe and the United States. Don't talk about this. In short, if it is something else, you don't know the price, and others quote dozens of times, you will probably think it is reasonable. ”

"How do I know this?"

"Of course, ask someone who knows," Simon said, "This again involves the importance of network resources, and these will definitely not be lacking when the time comes, the key depends on how you use it, or even whether you are willing to use it." ”

Ren Jingxi said solemnly: "I will use it well." ”

Simon raised his hand, his fingertips sliding over the woman's delicate chin: "However, I want to remind you of one more thing, there is no free lunch in this world. One of the principles of life that I believe in is that you get as much as you give. A slight change of truth is also applicable, you seek help from others, you must remember the good of others, and return the favor at the right time in the future, there are contacts, there are borrowing and repaying, so that it can last for a long time. If you only take advantage, you will one day find that you have no friends. Of course, you can't always lose, because it will surround you with speculators who want to take advantage. ”

Ren Jingxi only felt that the twists and turns were layered, but he did not complain, and agreed seriously.

The former ivory tower life, since last year's family accident, has never returned, for a dream sense of security, she completely let go of the pride and reserve of the past and even did the thing of seducing men, in this case, there are probably not too many more difficult things in this world.

The more they talked, the more they realized how rare the opportunity to ask a man for advice was, Ren Jingxi continued to ask all kinds of questions non-stop, until Simon temporarily received a call that was not suitable for her to observe, and temporarily avoided it, only to find that he had been sitting in his arms for more than an hour.

Wait in the small living room outside to digest the previous conversation, and probably confirm that he has finished the phone call and knocked on the door again.

Simon was typing on the computer screen, glanced at her, saw that she was about to step forward, and said with a smile: "Don't, let's stop here, you don't give me a consultation fee, if there is anything I don't understand, ask others to go later." ”

So he stopped.

After a little hesitation, he plucked up his courage and said, "Aren't you going to take a break?"

"I'm not tired. ”

Ren Jingxi twisted his fingers in front of him and lowered his head slightly: "I mean, there should be a bedroom in the plane?"

"Hmm. ”

"That ......"

She had just been negotiated, she arrived in New York, rested for the night, and flew back to China tomorrow, planning to complete the story in two months, while making preliminary preparations as she went.

And tonight, he has made it clear that he will not accompany him.

Simon looked up at her, shook his head, and said, "Forget it this time, there is only more than an hour left in New York." ”

“......”

Ren Jingxi's cheeks were a little hot again, and he couldn't help but scold: More than an hour is not enough, when you are a god?

Simon saw the girl's fingers wringing, and said half-truthfully: "I am a person who values the quality of certain things, so more than an hour is really not enough." ”

Still unwilling, she whispered again, "If that's it, are you really not free tonight?" I mean, I can wait, it's okay to be late?"

"Not really. ”

Suddenly realizing something, he tentatively said, "Are you going to accompany other women?"

"yes. ”

"I see. As she spoke, she stood for a few more moments, and the man never spoke again, and she felt more and more that she was wrong, obviously asking a question that should not be asked, and then said softly, "Shall I prepare something for you to eat, or drink?"

"Make a fruit bowl and send it over. ”

"Okay. ”

Hearing his response, he immediately relaxed, hurriedly agreed, and didn't dare to grind anymore, so he obediently turned around and went out.