Simon and Nancy chatted all the way to the Hilton near Century City in Beverly Hills.

The car stopped in front of the hotel building, and because of the signing ceremony between Qintex Group and MGM, many reporters who were deliberately squatting outside the Hilton Hotel today found Simon Westeros's car appearing and surrounded them.

The hotel waiter politely stepped forward and pulled the car door, and the two bodyguards in the front row quickly got out of the car.

Ignoring the gossip of reporters around him, Simon patiently waited for Nancy, who got out of the car on the other side, to turn around and come to his side before walking into the hotel together.

The news of Simon's engagement to Janet during this time was spreading, and the reporters found out that he had brought another woman to the luncheon of the Qintex Group today, and they were obviously in good spirits and raised their cameras.

It's just that to the disappointment of the reporters, Nancy and Simon did not take the man's arm after they stood side by side, but kept a proper distance. The standard OL look of the woman in a black suit and trousers with her blonde hair pulled up also made her not have the slightest female companion to accompany a man to a luncheon.

And, because of Daenerys' dispute with Alista Records in recent months and the popularity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, Nancy's frequent appearances in the media are not unfamiliar to the surrounding reporters.

It seems to be a common thing for the boss to take his executives to a business banquet.

However, because of Simon's identity and Nancy's appearance, reporters are still unwilling to try to dig up or create some 'fierce information', so just in the short distance between Simon and the two of them from getting off the car to walking into the hotel, all kinds of ambiguous and misleading and even provocative questions continue to sound around them.

Entering the hotel lobby side by side with Simon with an expressionless face, Nancy felt the magnesium lights still faintly flashing behind her, noticed that the man next to her looked indifferent and seemed to be completely unaffected by the questions just now, and suddenly asked, "If I held your arm just now, will the newspaper be very lively tomorrow?"

Simon glanced at Nancy with some surprise and said with a smile: "Don't wait for tomorrow, it will be very lively soon." ”

"Then ......" Nancy remembered that her boss always had some little lace on weekdays, but she had never been caught by the gossip tabloids, and asked in a curious whisper, "How do you usually steal food?"

Simon shook his head without hesitation and said, "I can't tell you. ”

Nancy relentlessly asked, "Why?"

Simon didn't explain, and said, "Anyway, I just can't tell you." ”

As he spoke, a group of men and women had already greeted him, and Nancy recognized that the middle-aged man with neat black hair in his forties and about forty years old was really Christopher Skars of the Qintex Group, so she stopped asking.

Nancy looked at Simon, who was skilfully greeting several people, and suddenly understood why he refused to talk about his lace experience.

Perhaps, this is a kind of protection.

No woman likes a man who constantly shows off her beauty hunting experience, especially when she is the protagonist of it.

If he had just confided to himself how to steal food with a certain actress, even if she took the initiative to ask, she would definitely have a bad impression of him later, or even stay away.

Right now......

"Chris, this is Nancy Brill, our company's consumer products department manager. Nancy, hey, is it still there? This is Christopher Skath, you know each other. ”

Nancy's distraction was interrupted by a voice ringing in her ears, and she quickly withdrew her thoughts and politely greeted Christopher Skars.

A total of five people came out.

In addition to Christopher Scars, there is also Shirley Lansing, who is about to become CEO of MGM-Luen America.

Shirley Lansing is also a famous name in Hollywood in the original plane, she was once the first female head of a major studio in Hollywood, and she was at the helm of Paramount Pictures for 13 years after Viacom's acquisition of Paramount.

Now Shirley Lansing is 45 years old, after debuting as an actor in the sixties, Shirley Lansing quickly set foot in the field of production, the year before last year, the North American box office exceeded 100 million "Fatal Temptation" and last year Jodie Foster topped the Oscar-winning "Robbery of Pear Blossom" two consecutive successful production works made Shirley Lansing's fame in Hollywood rise rapidly.

Christopher Sculce is blind to Hollywood, so the reason why Shirley Lansing can take the helm of MGM is also the result of Simon's connection.

Shirley Lansing has been running a solo production company for many years, and she has no shortage of experience.

Although MGM is broken, it is also one of the seven big Hollywood companies. Hollywood, like many industries, is full of discrimination against women, leaving little room for women to rise in their careers, and as a woman, being able to become the head of one of the seven major film companies is just that Shirley Lansing is full of attraction to Shirley Lansing.

Coupled with Simon's matchmaking, Shirley Lansing quickly agreed to join after receiving the invitation.

After greetings, we came to the banquet hall in the hotel.

Christopher Skars is a very pompous person, and the banquet hall is full of Hollywood celebrities, and the luncheon adopts a buffet mode, and everyone chooses the people they are interested in to communicate with each other, which is more lively than a serious banquet.

Simon greeted some of the guests briefly, picked out some food, and sat down at a table with Christopher Scars, Shirley Lansing, and others, and Nancy naturally sat next to her boss, not saying much, just quietly listening to Simon and Skars's conversation.

With the $1 billion purchase of MGM-Luen Mei, the Qintex Group has almost doubled in size. However, the Australian company's liabilities have increased significantly as a result. Christopher Skars' control over the company has been significantly weakened after the acquisition due to increased supervision of the Qintex Group by investors and creditors.

Among the five people who just welcomed Simon, except for Christopher Skars and Shirley Lansing, the other three are all Australian investors and creditor representatives.

Because Simon is inextricably linked to Australian capital, these people are more interested in Simon than Christopher Scars.

Simon learned through some connections in Australia that although he is the founder of the Qintex Group, Christopher Skars is now in a state of potential eviction at any time due to the continuous dilution of the company's equity and the substantial increase in the debt ratio.

In order to indirectly control MGM, these investors and creditors of the Qintex Group are the key.

The intentions of the two parties are clear, and it is natural to hit it off.

However, Simon did not immediately relent, but only suggested that after Shirley Lansing took over MGM, he would resolve the copyright dispute of the 007 series as soon as possible and restart the project.

The 1965 007 "Thunderbolt," published by the founder of the 007 series, has been plagued by lawsuits for decades because it involved the use of the ideas of another screenwriter, Kevin McCrory.

Kevin McCrory thus got the copyright of Blofield, the leader of the Ghost Party, a very important villain in the 007 series, and in 1983 McCrory also collaborated with Warner Bros. on a 007 biography "Cruising Missile", starring the first generation of 007 Sean Connery, and the box office was not bad.

Perhaps having tasted the sweetness of "Cruising Missile", or perhaps as some media reported that a personal financial crisis was on the verge of bankruptcy, Kevin McCrory filed a lawsuit again this year against 007 rights holders, Luen Mei and the Brockley family in the United Kingdom, demanding the filming rights to another 007 story based on "Thunderball".

The "Cruising Missile" that year had already annoyed the United States and the Brookley family, and naturally they would not agree to Kevin McCrory doing it again.

Neither side is willing to back down easily, and the lawsuit is still entangled.

Since its decline in the early eighties, the 007 series has been MGM's life-saving tool, and it will remain in memory until twenty or thirty years later.

Resolving the copyright dispute as soon as possible and restarting the 007 series will not only keep MGM running normally, but also prevent the company from falling into bankruptcy with this hugely profitable series.

After talking about business, lunch was about the same, and everyone began to get up and socialize in the hall.

While chatting with George Miller, who had come here today, Shirley Lansing came over with a couple of men and women, but it was Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner.

Daenerys Entertainment's series of disputes with CAA eventually ended with CAA voluntarily terminating the contracts with Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, and Meg Ryan.

Shirley Lansing did this at this time, obviously with the meaning of Tom Cruise's peace.

Tom Cruise's relationship with Paramount is very close, and Shirley Lansing's 1987 box office hit "Fatal Temptation" was also produced by MGM, Simon is not surprised that Lansing will befriend Cruise and come forward for him.

Although Shirley Lansing had already made a clear potential gesture in favor of Simon during the lunch, Simon would not easily let up on some things, which were too much to do. Therefore, he just said a few words to Cruise and walked away.

Ever since the man appeared in the banquet hall, Nicole Kidman had been paying attention to the other man.

As an Australian who has a good mix in Hollywood, she naturally received an invitation to this banquet. It's just that most of the luncheon has passed, and she hasn't even found a chance to say hello to that man.

At the same time, I understand in my heart that compared with the initial encounter, his power in Hollywood at this time has reached an unprecedented peak, even if it is a group of bigwigs who single-handedly created major Hollywood film companies in the big studio era, they may not have his influence at this time.

Thinking about Meg Ryan's fate, Nicole is still a little afraid.

With a "When Harry Met Sally", Meg Ryan quickly rose to the top line. However, since the termination of the contract with CAA, in the past six months, out of fear of Daenerys Entertainment, Meg Ryan, who has been completely solo, has not only not been accepted by the new talent agency, but has not even received a new film contract.

The competition in Hollywood has always been fierce and cruel, and even more so for actresses, such a sweetheart type actress as Meg Ryan, Hollywood happens to be the most lacking.

Now, many people have seen that "Rocket Expert", which will be released on December 29, has a box office performance that is a life and death situation for Meg Ryan.

If "Rocket Expert" does well at the box office, with the status of the film's heroine, Meg Ryan will also be able to get Hollywood studios to continue to use it under pressure from Simon Westeros. Once "Rocket Expert" fails at the box office, the actor Tom Cruise may still have the possibility of turning over, but Meg Ryan is destined to be quickly eliminated by Hollywood.

Look at yourself.

After the original "Vulgar", she was not very satisfied with the arrangement of several consecutive scripts of Daenerys Entertainment, and she only wanted to be able to get rid of that option contract so that she could arrange her career more freely.

Right now.

In addition to regret or regret in my heart.

I just hope he doesn't mind too much about his little moves.

The deeper he gets involved in this circle, the more he understands how powerful he is now, and the more he understands his weakness in front of him.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has been filmed, and she is now just honestly waiting for Daenerys Entertainment to arrange her next movie, and she shouldn't have the slightest other thought.

Seeing that the man walked towards her after chatting with the two of them without being salty and indifferent, she hurriedly took advantage of the situation to meet her, and the GUCCI Kun bag in her left hand was displayed more obviously.

"Hi Simon. ”

Simon looked at Nicole, who was wearing a one-shoulder gown in front of him, revealing his delicate collarbones, and smiled, "Hey, you're so beautiful today." ”

"Thank you," he said, raising the wine glass in his hand and saying, "The day after tomorrow is the premiere of "Batman", and I'm looking forward to it." ”

"Oh, remember to come and cheer when the time comes. ”

"Definitely," nodded as he remembered something, and added, "Also, congratulations on your engagement to Miss Johnston." ”

"Thanks, what about you, have you found a boyfriend lately?"

"No, I've been with the four turtles for a few months, so I don't have time. ”

said with a faint expression of resentment, but in fact, of course, she has no shortage of suitors, and there are people who are trying to get along, but in front of this man, she is very smart to put herself in a single state.

Simon naturally didn't pursue this, and after a few more words, he turned around and walked away.

After combing through the details of the conversation just now, I found that he didn't have any emotions about himself, so he put his mind at ease. Although he has a cold attitude and obviously doesn't care much about herself, she doesn't dare to ask for too much, and it's good to be able to ignore the existence of her little shrimp, which is better than Meg Ryan.

Since she talked about the premiere of "Batman" the day after tomorrow, she immediately called her public relations manager to discuss the details of attending this premiere the day after tomorrow, and this time she was definitely going to wear a Gucci dress.

In the busy, Monday and Tuesday passed quickly.

It's Wednesday, December 20th.

All eyes of Hollywood are on the upcoming premiere of "Batman" tonight at the Holy Civic Auditorium.

As another heavyweight new film directed by Simon Westeros, the comic book film has been overwhelmingly hyped in recent months, which is not difficult to see from the premiere venue of the Holy Civic Auditorium, which has always been the venue for large-scale ceremonies such as the Oscars.

Moreover, according to some internal sources, both the producer Daenerys Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures, which is responsible for the distribution, are full of confidence in this.

The two companies were strict about the details of "Batman" in the early stage, but because of their confidence in the quality of the film, after the premiere, the film will be open to media reviews tomorrow. In fact, the scale of the premiere viewing of more than 1,000 people, after tonight, the film's reputation is destined to be impossible to hide.

The red carpet ceremony for the premiere began at six o'clock in the afternoon.

However, as soon as it was dawn today, the area around the Great Hall of the Holy Citizen quickly became crowded, and fans gathered more than even the previous Oscars.