"So, Simon, you help me write a song, and I can be a guest performer at this year's Victoria's Secret show at the end of the year, for free, how about it?"

"It's a pity, Maggie, there are no guests at the Victoria's Secret show. ”

"So that's a good idea, invite the guest performers, the popularity of the Victoria's Secret show will definitely be higher, you should thank me for helping you come up with such a good idea. ”

"Thank you, Maggie, and maybe you can talk to someone else. ”

In the bar on the east side of the villa, Madonna tried her best to talk Simon was still indifferent, so she had to give up, and instead pulled the man up, and said, "Okay, let's go dance, Simon, you are already so rich, there is no need to talk about work during party time." ”

Madonna was small and strong, and Simon knew that it was impossible to continue the conversation with Deutchman, so he stood up with her strength.

There were more than a dozen people on the dance floor swaying slowly to soft music.

Madonna took Simon to the dance floor and raised her hand to signal to the DJ not far away: "Hey, let's have a hot song." ”

Although it is a private bar, it is very well equipped.

After a few moments, the sound of dynamic music sounded, and the surrounding lights flickered.

After all, this body is young, and Simon is not a person who can't play with it, seeing Madonna's little wild cat dancing quickly in front of him, he also sways to the music. Noticing Natasha Hensquch standing hesitantly on the edge of the dance floor, Simon gestured to her, and the girl immediately approached Simon.

Madonna was a little upset when she saw Simon holding Natasha's waist and drying herself aside, but instead of trying to squeeze Natasha away, she began to try to snatch the girl away from Simon.

The queen is not taboo for men and women.

It's just that the height difference between the two girls is 20 centimeters, and Natasha doesn't cooperate, so it's not easy for Madonna to succeed.

Simon found Madonna's intentions, smiled and reached out to grab a handful from his side, grabbed another girl who tried to stick it on him, and gently pushed it to Madonna, and the queen was not polite, and did not let go after taking it.

At the end of the music that lasted for more than ten minutes, Simon pulled Natasha off the dance floor, Redford and Deutchman were no longer here, there were obviously more people in the bar than just now, and the sofa seat next to the billiard table was also changed, but the concave card seat was only occupied on both sides, and the deliberately empty side was obviously reserved for Simon.

Simon knew all the people in the booth.

The innermost seat is large enough for four people to be Hugh Grant and his girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley, the actor of "Four Weddings and a Funeral", the director David Russell and the actor Jeremy Davies, the director of Daenerys Entertainment's film "Monkey Fighting" this year, next to Mexican director Robert Rodriguez and his queen actress Salma Hayek, who were discovered by Daenerys Entertainment last year with "Killer Tragedy" The thing that came home empty-handed at Sundance did not come to Park City.

Simon casually greeted everyone and sat down with Natasha.

Basically, it was the first time to meet in person, and even though it had been introduced at the beginning of the party, everyone was actually quite surprised that Simon could easily call them by name, after all, they were still unknown in Hollywood at this time. Of course, Simon doesn't have a super memory, but most of the memories of more than a dozen people in his mind are related to Hollywood, and these people in front of him are not unknowns, so it's normal to be able to recognize them.

Everyone greeted them, and Madonna followed again.

The lights here are brighter, and Simon also recognizes the girl who has just been pushed to Queen Mai by himself, with a very innocent face, black hair, fair skin, light-colored eyes, and just the right little mouth, a little bit of Winona Ryder's feeling, but a little more of Winona Ryder's lack of coquettishness.

Just at a glance, Simon could determine that the girl should have Russian roots.

And that's exactly what happened.

Because Simon quickly searched for the other person's name in his mind, Mia Koschna, a typical Russian surname.

Without hiding his gaze, Simon glanced at the girl a few times, and casually patted the slightly vacant position next to him: "Come, do here, what's your name?"

There were a lot of guests tonight, and I had only greeted some people who needed to be greeted under Alison's arrangement, but the girl in front of me couldn't be in line for Simon's personal greetings, so even if I remembered the other party's name, I still had to pretend not to know him.

Mia Koschna had just been pushed to Madonna by Simon, and she had been eaten a little tofu by the queen on the dance floor, and she had some resentment, but when she heard the man greet her like this, she involuntarily stepped forward, carefully sat down next to Westeros, and remembered the other party's question, and hurriedly said: "Mia, Mr. Westeros, my name is Mia Koschna." ”

The waiter came over with a tray.

Simon took two cocktails, one to Natasha on the left, who had a little resentment in her eyes, and the other was about to be handed to Mia Koschna, looking at the face that was still a little baby fat, and stopped and asked, "Are you an adult?"

Mia Koschner subconsciously raised her little hand to catch the glass, and explained, "Nineteen, Mr. Westeros, I'm nineteen years old. ”

Simon smiled and took the glass back, "Then you can't drink," he said, and motioned to the waiter: "Send this young lady a glass of juice." ”

Natasha on the other side was even more depressed.

I'm 19 years old, but I'm still half a year away from being 20.

couldn't help but look over, Mia Koschna on the opposite side was about the same as Madonna's small figure of one meter and six, coupled with her pure and immature face, it was easy to be mistaken for a little girl, which she couldn't compare with as a model.

A lot of people in the bar were actually paying attention to Simon's movements.

For Westeros who already has a ninety-point level vase by his side but can still get a little beauty at will, Natasha Hensquich is no one dares to make up her mind, Mia Koschner was originally the target of many people's conversations, and the special coquettishness of this little beauty who can also hit eighty points is still very attractive.

The 19-year-old actor who is not well-known certainly can't enter the Westeros party for nothing, and Mia Koschner is the heroine of the last Sundance film to be exhibited called "Sexy Club", a Canadian film about a middle-aged police detective who is obsessed with a sad past, and a dancer who resembles his deceased daughter, in which Mia Koschner plays the dancer Christina.

Gordoor Pictures is very interested in the film and is negotiating with the producer about the distribution rights, so the director and producer of the film got an invitation to tonight's party, Mia Koschner was brought into the party by the film's producer with some different thoughts, fantasizing about being able to get started after the party tonight, but I didn't expect this little girl to be favored by Westeros.

The original idea was naturally useless.

Robert Lansold, the producer of "Sexy Club", who was sitting at the bar, depressedly drank the whiskey in the quilt, and suddenly realized that the dissatisfaction shown by this action seemed to be somewhat obvious, and quickly reined in, carefully put the glass down, and did not dare to look at Westeros again.

If you know it sooner, you should have started sooner.

And when the girl was going to dance just now, she shouldn't have let the other party go, how obvious the purpose was.

A girl who can blend in this kind of circle, if she has no scheming at all, it is a joke.

On the booth couch next to the pool table, Simon just asked Mia Koschner for a glass of juice and turned to chat with David Russell, the director of "Monkey Fighting", about his new screenplay, "Flirting with Disaster."

David Russell is a controversial director in Hollywood.

The filmmaker's two Oscar hits, "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds" and "The American Hustle," are considered by many to be unworthy of their names, and most of the two points of the film are more to fans thanks to the wonderful actors such as Critisian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, and Bradley Cooper.

In Simon's view, Russell's works are easy to give actors enough room to play, but they do always lack a sense of energy, a quality that has become a classic film.

This probably has something to do with Russell's personal energy as a 'late bloomer'.

Hollywood is a whetstone for many excellent filmmakers, but most filmmakers are not sharpened more and more, but gradually polished off the initial edges and corners in various frame specifications.

That's the case with David Russell.

This year's Sundance is a new filmmaker who has attracted more attention, and he is actually 35 years old this year.

After graduating from college in the early 80s, David Russell initially started with short films, and spent more than ten years before finally being able to shoot his first feature film, and the original budget of "Monkey Fighting" was only $200,000, and after the script was favored by Gaomen Pictures, the budget only increased to $1 million, and it was still impossible to hire any big names, and the slightly loose budget could only make the shots, soundtrack, etc. more refined.

The final Virgo is actually still a rather compromised work.

Simon had already seen the work in advance.

As a film involving the taboo between mother and child, Russell's description of this aspect is quite stopping, and the ending of the story is also very peaceful, the male protagonist wants to commit suicide because of guilt, but he can't succeed, he wants to strangle his mother who seduces him, but he can't be ruthless, and in the end he just runs away, resulting in the lack of a shocking impact in the film.

Also this edition of Sundance, David Russell is in stark contrast to another rookie director, Kevin Smith.

Kevin Smith is only 23 years old and spent more than $20,000 to write and direct "Crazy Clerk", which was also well received at this year's film festival.

In the original time and space, after relying on "Crazy Clerk" to become famous, Kevin Smith still maintained his personal style for a long time, and the later "Angry Violation of Heaven" offended too many people against mainstream religion in the United States.

Because of this sharpness, Smith was never able to enter the mainstream of Hollywood.

As a super comic book fan who opened his own comic book store after making money, Smith expressed interest in many superhero projects, but because the studio had scruples about Smith's personal style, he never gave him the opportunity to direct superhero movies, and the director could only win by directing a few episodes of Warner's superhero TV series.

Gordon Pictures has also bought the rights to "Crazy Clerk".

However, as the owner of Hollywood's largest studio at this stage, Simon also doesn't value the next cooperation with Smith, films like "Angry Crime", Daenerys Entertainment will not shoot, taboo themes like "Monkey Fighting" or B-movie maniacs like Quentin and Rodriguez may cause discomfort to some defenders, but "Anger Violates Heaven" violates the values of most Americans at this stage, unlike many years later, the United States at this stage, no faith is a very unusual thing.

Therefore, in this year's Sundance, Simon values David Russell the most.

Judging from the movie "Monkey Fighting", David Russell's first work has a super high degree of completion that is difficult for other directors to achieve for the first time, the story is completed smoothly, the editing and soundtrack are beyond the standard, and the shots are not lacking in their own personal style, and the performances of several actors are remarkable, which is enough to prove Russell's very solid film skills.

Having such a film foundation and personal style, and being able to make appropriate compromises when the studio needs them, is the kind of director that the mainstream of Hollywood values the most.

Such a filmmaker, as long as he is given a good enough script and a good enough creative team, may not be able to create a classic, but it is not difficult to succeed commercially.

In fact, Hollywood classics have always been skilled.

Whether it is commercial films such as "Star Wars" and "Terminator" or Oscar classics such as "The Godfather" and "Forrest Gump", the main creators did not expect that they would become phenomenal classics before filming.

The former David Russell relied on "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds" twenty years later with the support of Weinstein to reach the peak of his career, and now that he knows the direction of the subject matter that the director is suitable, Simon can now give the other party such support, and he doesn't have to let the other party grope for another twenty years.

The people around him listened to Simon and Russell discuss his second screenplay, "Flirting with Disaster", for half an hour, and several people around them were visibly envious.

Although Simon has not directed films in person in recent years, no one on the scene will doubt his genius talent in films, and David Russell is eager to take a pen to write down all Simon's suggestions, and even if he is a little hesitant in his heart to give revisions, he did not immediately refute them.