Manhattan, 66th Street on the Upper West Side, has become the former Metropolitan ABC Group headquarters in the center of Daenerys' entertainment television business.

It's Friday, January 26th.

In a conference room in the building, just after a meeting on the production of "American Idol", which will be restarted on February 6, the others left one after another, Simon continued to sit at the large conference table and discussed some details in a low voice with Robert Egger beside him, and got up after a while, and walked over with a smile on the head of Sister Cher, who had not gone out: "Simon, are you free at noon, I have a place in St. George's and have dinner together?"

Just half a season of "American Idol" has brought Cher, who has been a little sluggish in her career in the past few years, back to her peak.

This film and television actress who has been in Hollywood for many years naturally knows why she is like this, and she sent an invitation to Simon at this time, also out of a sincere desire to thank her. Of course, if the little man had some other interest in her, Cher wouldn't be too rejected. Such an outstanding man who makes countless women covetous, if something happens between the two, she will not suffer at all.

Simon glanced at the old diva who was still charming in casual clothes in the room, and said with a smile: "St. George, it's not convenient for me to go, I'm worried about being watched." If you don't mind dining at the on-site restaurant, I'm available. ”

Cher immediately said, "Oh, of course I don't. ”

He looked at Egger as he spoke.

Without waiting for Cher to speak again, Robert Iger immediately said, "My family and I are better, let's eat together at noon." ”

Because of his original working relationship at Metropolitan ABC, Egger's home is on the Upper West Side, not far from here. After jumping to Daenerys Entertainment, Egger's status in the circle has become higher and higher over the years, and his income has become more and more lucrative, and he still hasn't moved out of the Upper West Side, but has changed to a better villa after Daenerys Entertainment went public.

Since others want to dine with their families, of course they can't stop them.

Family is always the most important thing.

Everyone was talking and laughing together and was about to go out, when they saw Jennifer Lopez, another "American Idol" judge who had just left, turn back and almost hit Simon, the girl quickly stopped and apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Westeros, I forgot my bag here." ”

He pointed to the conference room.

Robert Iger looked at the situation in front of him, just smiled and nodded, and left first, looking very hurried.

However, Simon was about to turn sideways to let Jennifer Lopez into the conference room, and Cher had already said, "Jenny, is that the red Chanel? I just saw that you forgot here, and asked my assistant to send it to you, it seems that you two didn't meet, go to the parking lot and see, she should be there." ”

Jennifer Lopez was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, turned around slowly and obviously unwillingly, remembered something, and did not forget to say, "Oh, thank you, Ms. Cher." ”

Simon looked at the figure of the Latin girl disappearing into the nodding mouth, and gave Cher a thumbs up: "Awesome." ”

Knowing that she was seen through by a man, Xue'er didn't hide it, and deliberately threw out a very scratchy expression: "Little Hin'er," after speaking, she looked at Simon beside her: "This shouldn't be your dish, Simon, why did you choose her?"

Simon said: "For the sake of the show, it is undeniable that she did a good job, didn't she?"

In any case, successful people have certain success traits that others cannot match. The trajectory of Jennifer Lopez's fame and popularity for a long time are weird, just like a blanket star on the other side of the ocean, obviously there are no impressive representative works, but she can often enter the top of the Hollywood actress income list with tens of millions of dollars in income.

That's what it takes.

You can't do it without admiration.

Simon chose each other for this reason, although he was only a supporting actor among the four judges, but "American Idol" is only the past half season, and Jennifer Lopez's popularity is no worse than the two cores of Cher and David Kruger, and now what is missing is just the foundation.

Xue'er heard Simon say this, and had to nod: "It's really good, but in fact, you are the most powerful one, and the selection is so accurate." ”

Simon felt the natural winking of Sister Xue'er's head, and said with a smile: "Don't boast, I'm going to float." ”

"Huh. ”

The two laughed and walked to the building's high-rise restaurant, which Daenerys opened after completing its acquisition of the Metropolitan ABC Group. In the office space of employees, Simon prefers open spaces, so that management and ordinary employees can have relatively smooth contact. However, when it comes to the details of treatment in restaurants and other matters, Simon has never advocated fairness.

What level you are in the Westeros system, what kind of treatment you can enjoy, such as medical care, food, accommodation, travel, etc.

This is actually a kind of distribution according to work.

Ordinary employees can eat in the big canteen with peace of mind, and executives can take the company's private jet on a business trip, so as to stimulate employees to strive for the top. If someone feels unfair, they can leave and choose another company that they think is fair.

Sister Xue'er, who has always pursued refinement in life, was a little hesitant to eat in the internal canteen with Simon, but after seeing the decoration of the executive's restaurant and the menu served by the waiter, she immediately had no doubts.

There are three national cuisines to choose from: French, Italian and Chinese, even if there are not many dishes to choose from, which makes Cher even more surprised, because this is the rule only in those top restaurants, different dishes at different times, and the number of dishes is small, in fact, the main thing is to ensure the absolute freshness of the ingredients.

In the past, even if she was working outside, there would be someone in charge of her diet, and after being famous for so many years, Xue'er basically didn't go to some of the company's internal restaurants to eat.

After ordering the meal, Xue'er couldn't help but say, "It seems that I can eat here often in the future." ”

Simon said politely: "It's our honor." ”

There is no additional explanation, if Cher herself came here, she might have got a different menu.

According to Cher's specifications, being able to enjoy the treatment of Daenerys Entertainment Vice President level here, maybe the dishes will not be much different from this time, but the optional drinks will definitely be different.

A bottle of Château Latour 1975 that Cher ordered just now can only be ordered by Simon himself here or a few people such as Iger entertaining VIPs, and they have to send someone to pick it up elsewhere, but fortunately, the storage location is on the Upper East Side, more than ten minutes, and it is completely timely.

Simon didn't explain, Cher actually felt something, of course she didn't talk about it much, she raised her legs slightly sideways and changed to a more amorous position, and said: "I saw this morning that the box office of Batman v Superman has reached $470 million in the latest week, which is really shocking." However, I have been attending some gatherings in circles recently, and everyone is under a lot of pressure. ”

In the past box office week, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", which was released in the fifth week, continued to earn $380.1 billion with a 31% weekly box office decline, with a cumulative box office of $472.61 million, surpassing Simon's $436 million local box office record created with "Batman: Time to Go to War" in one fell swoop, and successfully breaking the local box office record in North American film history without inflation.

Not only that, with the expansion of the scope of overseas markets, the overseas box office of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" has also begun to explode, and last week's statistics have broken through the 400 million threshold, reaching $429 million, almost the same as last week's film's local $434 million, and the detailed overseas box office data in the next two weekends will almost certainly surpass the local box office of $472 million.

Because of the strength of the Super Bat War, not only the film industry in overseas countries has once again spoken out against Hollywood invasion, but even the film industry in North America has a sense of crisis.

If this continues, will everyone still have a way to live?

At this time, Simon shook his head slightly when he heard Xue'er say this, and said, "The Super Bat War is just a special case, so you don't need to worry about it at all." ”

"However, what do I think that in recent years, the DC Cinematic Universe series, the Jurassic Park series, and the 3D animation of Pixar," Cher raised an index finger in the air and said, "Anyway, I don't have the courage to go to Hollywood again." ”

"It's just a psychological effect, the mainstream of Hollywood, or the regular films created by everyone," Simon said: "It's a local box office movie of 400 million US dollars, in addition to the accumulation of early classic re-releases, the first round of screenings broke through this threshold, I think, "Time to War", 436 million, "The Dark Knight Rises", 416 million, "Jurassic Park 2", "413 million", plus Super Bat Wars, you see, there are only 4 films in total, and Hollywood produces more than 400 theatrical movies every year. ”

Cher thought for a moment and asked, "What about "The Lion King", I remember that it exceeded $900 million worldwide?"

Simon said: "There are more than 900 million in the world, but only 327 million US dollars in China, and the majority is overseas. ”

Cher didn't expect Simon to remember it so clearly, so she blurted it out and couldn't help asking, "Then, what about "Superman"?"

Simon said: "Superman is $363 million locally. ”

"Wonder Woman?"

"371 million. ”

"Jurassic Park, Part 1. ”

"356 million. ”

Sister Xue'er's eyes lit up a little, and her tone was full of little admiration: "No wonder you can achieve everything you have now, it's amazing." ”

Simon laughed, "Hearing you praise me so much, I won't tell you that I actually just looked at the data this morning." ”

"Hehe, it's still very powerful, anyway, I can't remember so many things anyway. Cher said, and turned back to the topic just now: "There are so many local movies with a box office of 300 million US dollars, which is also difficult for everyone to achieve, and it is estimated that only George's reboot of the "Star Wars" series can compare with these movies." ”

Simon said: "Anyway, everyone will find their place, in fact, what I just said is more inclined to commodities, and I still prefer real movies." Just like the "Moonlight Sultry" that won you the Oscar back then, I have watched it many times. ”

Cher was a little surprised: "Simon, isn't that a compliment? I remember a lot of people didn't like this movie, and they said it was a bit far-fetched for me to win the Oscar." ”

"Of course it's not a compliment," Simon said: "This is a movie that can touch the heart very much, of course, not the so-called psychological impact of those deliberate tragic movies, but the whole movie is rendering a sultry atmosphere, after watching it, it will make people feel the urge to find someone to fall in love immediately to live in vain." ”

"Oh, Simon, you're really good at talking. ”

I don't know when, Sister Xue'er's body leaned forward slightly, and her arms were already propped up on the dining table.

The two chatted casually, for more than ten minutes, the waiter began to deliver lunch and red wine, and the guests enjoyed the meal, and when it came to the after-dinner meal, the fingers of Sister Xue'er's head had unconsciously probed the dining table and hooked on the back of Simon's hand, such a young and handsome little man with a deepened aura of various aura, even if he didn't speak, he could attract a group of women to stick up, not to mention, the lunch just past, the erudition and humor between the other party's words and conversations were really irresistible.

Sister Xue'er thinks that if you don't take the initiative and miss it, it will be a great loss: "So, Simon, are you still free at night, maybe we can eat together again, it was very pleasant just now, wasn't it?"

Simon shook his head: "I'm sorry, I already have arrangements for the evening." ”

Cher asked, "So, what about the weekend?"

"Not on weekends," Simon said as he withdrew his right hand, which had been teased by Cher, and refused with a smile, "Since this lunch was pleasant, it's better to keep it in your memory, some things are too much." ”

When the man said this, Xue'er regretted in her heart, but she no longer entangled, and finally said: "That's it, it's a pity." However, you can call me whenever you are free. ”

As the two spoke, Cher's assistant sent the woman's trench coat over, Simon took the initiative to get up, took it very gentlemanly and helped Cher put it on, and left the restaurant together until she sent Cher into the elevator and returned this time.

The afternoon's work schedule is still here.

Continuing to be busy into the evening, Simon took a helicopter to his estate in the northern suburbs of Greenwich, Connecticut.

The rejection of Cher at noon is due to Simon's recent abstinence, and on the other hand, Sophia Fesse who has arrived from Europe today.

When twilight falls, I return to the northern suburbs manor, the woman is already preparing dinner, Daniel and Gemma, who have already started school, are also here, and they have been together for a long time, plus the birth of the other two little guys, there is almost a feeling of Simon's other home, except for Daniel and Simon, it is inevitable that there is a little embarrassment when they get along, nothing else, Gemma with a simple and straightforward personality will occasionally even call Simon 'Stepdad', a very formal ' The stepfather's tone, deliberately a little improper, is actually a certain recognition in the girl's heart.

Dinner was equally cozy.

Sophia talked about work, the two children discussed study and life, Simon would also talk about the recent trivialities, and Sophia's parents who dined together also tried their best to cooperate with this atmosphere.

After dinner, Sophia's parents and two children took the initiative to return to the next room with great interest, leaving space for Simon and Sophia.

However, Simon and Sophia did not immediately dry the fire, but talked about something very formal.

Inspired by some recent events, Simon has been considering two options lately, one is the 'Troy Plan' and the other is the 'Sowell Plan'.