As the summer season of 1987, which was obviously weak at the box office, came to an end, two films related to Simon also came to an end.

On August 6, after 17 weeks of screenings, "The Butterfly Effect" officially dropped across North America, and the box office figure was finally fixed at $116.95 million.

Immediately afterwards, Orion Pictures moved more screen resources for the new film "Spy Navy", and "Lola Run" was also released offline on August 13. From February 13 to August 13, "Lola Run" was released in North American theaters for half a year, and the final cumulative box office reached $223.77 million.

As of August, there are only three films in North America that have achieved a local box office of more than 100 million this year, two of which are from a young man who has just debuted for a year, which has to be said to be a miracle. Just as the two films broke through the 100 million yuan mark in June, when the two movies were lowered in turn, the news about Simon in the media once again ushered in a small peak.

Simon, however, was unable to pay any attention to these discussions about himself.

While filming "Vulgar", Simon also had to juggle the post-production of "Death is Coming" and the preparation of "When Harry Met Sally". At the same time, the operation of the stock index futures market also affects a lot of his mind.

The tense month of August passed unconsciously in this hectic way.

Robert De Niro's scenes were completed in early August, and the cameo roles of Robert Redford and Nicole Kidman and others also ended one after another, originally thinking that everything would go so smoothly, but in the last week of August, Simon finally met the hardest bone to gnaw after the start of filming, Madonna.

On August 7 at the beginning of the month, the second movie "Who Is That Girl" starring Madonna has just been released in North America.

If Madonna was still trying to perform seriously in last year's "Magic City Surprise", Queen Mai in "Who is That Girl" has completely given up treatment, and her various pretentious and pompous performances have almost 100% locked her Golden Sour Plum Actress Award next year.

When it was the turn of "Vulgar", the queen's pompous energy had obviously not completely subsided, so the filming that was originally scheduled for only three days was delayed for five days.

Simon was very satisfied with the performances of Janet, Nico and several other female characters, and he didn't want to lower his requirements on the role of 'little rabbit' that would appear at the beginning of the film, so Simon has also been completely on the same page with the queen in recent days.

If you don't train well, Simon Westeros won't mix.

Today is Friday, August 28th.

Inside a quick-service restaurant in the southern part of Santa Monica.

In the past five days, some crew members who have participated in Simon's film production since "Lola Run" finally saw the 'manic' side of Mr. Director. However, this mania has nothing to do with the film's failure at all, but the director is personally going into battle to help Madonna show Madonna what to do with the 'bunny' scene by shot.

The tall and handsome Mr. Director, who can be called the dream lover of all the female employees of the crew, personally reverses the female role, and is still a manic female robber, you can imagine how unbearable the picture is.

At the counter inside the fast food restaurant.

At this time, everyone in the crew gathered around, patiently waiting for Simon to personally give Madonna a lecture, and even Sean Penn stood next to him with great interest, noticing the small details of Simon graciously handing a bottle of pure water to his wife, and he was not jealous. After reading the script carefully, he knew very well Simon's intention to do this, but he was a little lamented that a certain guy really did everything to shoot the final scene.

A moment later.

The scene that everyone has been talking about in recent days has happened again.

Simon finished speaking to Madonna in a row, took the prop pistol in her hand, jumped on the counter in three or two clicks, and shouted at the air where there was no actor buried without any care: "You let him go, you let him go, or I will kill you, let him go!"

After this performance, Simon still maintained his posture and stood on the counter, and said to Madonna in the audience: "Maggie, do you see? That's it, the body has to squat a little, and the robbery misses, you are very scared in your heart, and even a little collapsed, so it's better to shake your legs a little more, just like this." ”

After a serious demonstration, Simon jumped off the counter.

Madonna was still a little dissatisfied with this crazy woman-like character at the beginning, but Simon completely disregarded the image and demonstrated it for her personally, and she couldn't help but secretly admire this young director who created a box office miracle before he was 20 years old, and he has completely let go in recent days.

After all, it's just a character. What's more, it's not that no one calls themselves crazy women.

Waiting for Simon to come down from the counter, Madonna took the prop revolver he handed over, brewed her emotions a little, and also jumped on the counter: "You let go of him, you let him go, let him go, otherwise I will kill you, let him go!"

"Legs, trembling...... It's too obvious again, collect some...... All right, come down first," Simon said, as Madonna came down from the counter, took the revolver from the woman's hand again, and demonstrated it again.

After tossing and turning like this several times, Simon saw that the effect was about the same, and handed a bottle of pure water to Madonna again without a trace: "Come, Maggie, drink some more water, and then we will start filming." ”

Madonna took the water bottle and glanced at Simon obliquely, with ** in her eyes: "Little guy, is this your way of offering hospitality to women, I have to say, it's so stupid." ”

Having said this, Madonna raised her head in a happy way and drank a small half bottle of pure water in one gulp.

Simon then brought out a bottle of water again, but instead of rushing to Madonna, he ordered Sean Penn, Samuel L. Jackson, and the group performers to start taking their seats.

As long as this scene can be successfully completed today, the scene about the Queen will also end smoothly.

With this expectation, everyone in the crew cheered up.

Several successive attempts naturally failed to meet Simon's requirements, during which Madonna was once again filled with a bottle of pure water by Simon.

Half an hour later, jumping off the counter again, Madonna was about to walk directly to the toilet, but was stopped by Simon.

"Hey, little guy, I'm going to go to the bathroom, are you going to go with me?"

Simon neither admitted nor denied it, and said, "Maggie, insist on finishing this scene and invite you to drink Sean for dinner in the evening, how about it?"

Madonna covered her lower abdomen, and her eyes began to roll: "I'm in a hurry, little guy, do you want to see me make a fool of myself?"

"Okay," Simon surrendered directly: "The conditions are arbitrary." ”

Madonna directly raised two fingers: "Two more songs." ”

"I'm just a film director, Maggie," Simon said bitterly, "Besides, songs also need inspiration, how can you just say a few." ”

"I have a lot of confidence in you to be able to play "Flying Bees" so well, and the soundtrack of "Lola Run", Madonna said, seeing that Simon didn't agree, she directly rushed completely: "Then I'll go to the bathroom." ”

Simon hurriedly stopped: "There are two songs in total, and there will be no more." ”

"Deal," Madonna nodded briskly, "but you have to hurry, I'll only hold out for half an hour at most." ”

Simon shook the pure water in his hand: "You can go if you can't stand it, but I need you to stay in this state all afternoon, and perhaps, you have to work overtime." ”

Madonna was immediately reluctant: "Three." ”

Simon insisted, "There are only two, but I promise you're satisfied." ”

Madonna rolled her eyes and said, "Next time I play at my concert, you will be my guitarist." ”

"How is that possible!"

"It's just one show, it's also a cameo, and it's okay to rehearse a little bit when the time comes. And, little one, I'll pay you," Madonna became more and more excited, and at last seeing that Simon still didn't let go, she squeezed forward again: "Then I'll go to the toilet." ”

Simon had no choice but to nod: "Okay, only one." ”

Madonna's eyes rolled again, and she continued: "That, it's very uncomfortable to hold it all the time......"

Simon directly stepped out of the way: "You better go to the toilet." ”

Madonna didn't go, and said very reluctantly: "Forget it, what a stingy man." ”

People are often very vulnerable when they can't bear not to go to the toilet, so in the next performance, although only a few people noticed that Madonna had been drinking water, most people felt that in the last few shots, Madonna completely expressed the emotions of a female robber who was fierce after a robbery.

Although it was inevitable to add another hour of work, in a week, Madonna and Sean Penn cameo restaurant scenes finally came to fruition.

After finishing work, Simon was told again to help him finish the agreed song as soon as possible, and Madonna and Sean Penn left together.

Tomorrow is the weekend.

Simon returned to the Palisades mansion at seven o'clock in the evening.

Janet had prepared dinner very considerately, and during the meal the woman told him that Noah Scott had been calling three times in a row since five o'clock in the afternoon.

Simon only remembered that the S&P 500 peaked above 330 before the crash, but he was not too impressed.

So, last week, on August 19, when the S&P 500 reached 325 points, Simon again began to liquidate 10,000 long contracts in Westeros' account. On Tuesday, August 25, the S&P 500 index broke through 330 points, and Simon also asked Noah Scott to speed up the clearance.

According to the agreed selling schedule, the 10,000 long contracts in Westeros' account should be liquidated today.

But.

Simon didn't rush to get Noah Scott to open a short position this time.

After dinner, Simon came to the study, and Janet followed, more than three months of operation, although there are some concepts in mind, women are still very curious about how much money their men make.

Taking the initiative to call, Simon felt that Noah Scott seemed to be extraordinarily enthusiastic today.

The two chatted on the phone, and they faxed a series of transaction statements and accounting data after the completion of the liquidation of 10,000 long contracts.

At the end of the day, the S&P 500 has reached 337 points.

Due to the acceleration of the S&P 500 rally in July and August, it was difficult for Simon to establish positions in the lower index range, and this time the average opening point of 10,000 contracts was 316 points, and the average sell point was about 332 points.

All things considered, the average increase per contract is only 16 points, which is not the average profit level of the previous two contracts. But even so, the total profit after the liquidation of 10,000 contracts reached $80 million.

In the end, after deducting various fees, Westeros already had $278.56 million in its account at this time.

Although it did not meet Simon's expectation of $300 million. However, in three and a half months, from $75 million to $278.56 million, close to 300% of the profits, even the top elite of Wall Street could not easily achieve such huge profits.

When Simon and Noah Scott were on the phone, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening in Chicago, the headquarters of the United States.

However, in a villa in the affluent area of Nepurville on the outskirts of Chicago, Noah Scott deliberately sent his live-in girlfriend out tonight, and only Noah Scott himself and two other middle-aged people in their fifties were in the villa at this time.

Two middle-aged people, one is Nelson Scott, Noah Scott's father who is a vice president at American Express, and the other is the red-faced middle-aged man who is James Robinson, the CEO of American Express at this time.

After listening quietly to Noah Scott's phone call with Los Angeles, and when his son put down the microphone, Nelson Scott asked, "How's it going?"

Noah Scott shook his head and said, "Let me wait for instructions." ”

"What a cautious little fellow," James Robinson said, flipping through Simon's detailed trading records in recent months, still holding a thick document in his hand, "but since he was able to make $200 million in just over three months, such caution is indeed correct." So, Noah, what do you think he's going to do next?"

Noah Scott thought for a moment and said, "It's about to be another delivery month, and the next index fluctuations will definitely be very drastic." Moreover, Westeros did not let me sell again this time and continue to open a position, so he should either just close it or choose to go short. After all, most people now feel that the market has reached the top. ”

James Robinson shook his head and said: "Since June, many people have thought that the market has peaked, and many people are building shorts, but the result is that a little guy who is not yet twenty years old has made $200 million in the blink of an eye. Tsk, $200 million, and his performance in Hollywood, those two movies, I went to see them a few days ago, they were indeed very good, and the box office surprised everyone. I really don't know where that little guy came from. ”

"I heard that I spent half a year in a psychiatric hospital in San Francisco, and then it became like this. Noah Scott made a joke before saying, "So, Mr. Robinson, what do we do next?"