Chapter 240: How obvious
Towards noon, the black Mercedes sedan entered the studio plot purchased by Daenerys Entertainment along the widened mountain road. Even though it was Saturday, there were still people busy in the col that had become a construction site, and the surroundings were no longer the original bushes.
Stopping at the edge of the construction site, Nancy Brill pushed the door and got out of the car, and Amy Pascal greeted her.
Nancy looked at the terrain surrounded by ridges on both sides of the cliff, and said to Amy, who came over: "Judging from the selection of this plot, our little boss must be a guy who lacks a sense of security in his bones." ”
Amy smiled and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Nancy raised her hand and gestured around, then made a hugging gesture, and said, "How obvious, a defensive terrain choice full of autism." So, it's no wonder he likes women older than himself. ”
Amy was a little helpless at Nancy's bluntness, and reminded, "I'm going to have lunch with Jenny later, don't talk nonsense." ”
"Of course not, I'm not stupid. Moreover, the mother-lover complex is not an embarrassing thing, and many people have this mentality. With the growth experience of our small bosses from childhood to adulthood, it is more normal to have this mentality. ”
Amy was even more helpless, after yesterday's incident, the gap between her and Nancy was much less, and the two were able to talk about some topics outside of work: "If you say these things again, be careful that I secretly complain to Simon and kick you out of the company." ”
Nancy sensed Amy's maintenance of Simon, and cleverly ended the topic just now, asking, "Did he reply to yesterday's incident?"
"Simon agreed, but he asked you to make a more detailed plan, and warned that you must communicate with Blockbuster and not repeat what happened yesterday," Amy said, looking at her watch, and said, "It's almost time, let's go to Cape Dummey." ”
Nancy didn't expect Simon to agree so easily, a little happy, and said, "I'll take your car, and we'll talk on the way." ”
With that, Nancy returned to her black Mercedes, took her satchel and a thick folder from the car, and got into Amy's co-pilot. This is Daenerys Entertainment's construction site, and she doesn't worry about anything wrong with her car here, just drive away when she comes back.
Because of the 18-hour time difference, it was already early Sunday morning on the Australian side, and it was still noon on Saturday here.
Amy waited for Nancy to sit down and was about to start the car when her phone rang. Gesturing to Nancy, the two naturally switched places, with Nancy driving the car and Amy sitting in the passenger seat to pick up the phone.
Nancy started the car and drove up the U-shaped mountain road, turned onto the waterfront road, and waited for Amy to answer the phone before saying, "What about Meg Ryan?"
Amy nodded, frowning slightly as she thought about what had just happened.
After Daenerys Entertainment and CAA fell out, although they were bound by an option contract, it was impossible for the company to drag Meg Ryan to prevent the other party from acting in other movies, which would not violate the contract between the two parties at all, but it would make Daenerys Entertainment fall into a lot of public opinion passivity in the circle.
Refrigeration is a thing of the past.
Daenerys Entertainment is now targeting an A-list actress with this kind of measure, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction and jealousy among other Hollywood stars.
Amy then adopted a strategy of attrition, wasting Meg Ryan's time with various projects that were destined not to be used by the other party. The two sides discussed for a month on "Pretty Woman" last month, and CAA may have found out what the inside story was and took the initiative to ask for a change in the script.
Then, the topic of the two sides this month became "The Love of People and Ghosts" again.
Seeing that more than half a month has passed, CAA probably completely understands Daenerys's intentions for entertainment.
Meg Ryan's agent, Josh Lieberman, just called and said that if the two parties can't finalize Meg Ryan's next film contract within a week, he wants Daenerys Entertainment to let his clients take on other films.
Otherwise, the CAA will file a lawsuit against Kirstie Aley to prevent him from starring in Daenerys' Warner-Warner Flyover Innocence.
Kirsti Avery is the actress who replaced Meg Ryan as the heroine of "Flying Over Innocence" some time ago, and she is also the original heroine of "Flying Over Innocence". Moreover, Kirsti Aley was originally a client of CAA, and before taking over "Flying Over Innocence", MA poached her from CAA.
Because there is still one year left in the contract with CAA, in the process of changing jobs, Kirsti Aley reached an agreement with CAA that the commission of the film contract in the next year will still belong to CAA, which is a strategy often used by many celebrities when changing agencies.
Unless the conflict between the two parties is too deep, Hollywood agencies will generally accept this common breakup plan.
Nancy saw Amy nodding, thought for a while, and said, "I recently saw in The Hollywood Reporter that Paramount has signed a contract with Tom Cruise for the leading actor in "Rocket Expert", and the article also said that Paramount intends to let Meg Ryan play the heroine. Amy, if I'm not mistaken, the scripts of "Rocket Expert" and "Firebird Attack" should have been leaked by Simon, right?"
Amy looked at Nancy with a surprised expression, and then nodded her head anyway.
Nancy didn't ask about the inside story, but suggested: "In that case, just let Meg Ryan go, let her lose a lot of money, and then star in a bad movie that probably won't work." It's much better than dragging the other person by force. Now that Hollywood wants to trouble us, there is no need to take the initiative to give away this vulnerable handle. ”
Amymo held the mobile phone still in her hand, nodded after a moment, and said, "I'll discuss it with Simon." ”
"This kind of trivial matter, if it were me, I wouldn't have discussed it with him at all. ”
Amy laughed, "You're really coveting my position." ”
"Of course, I even covet the position of our boss. It's just a pity that I don't have as weird talent as him. Amy, I even have some suspicions that the original Simon Westeros is dead, and now this one is actually a vampire, the kind that has lived for hundreds of years. Otherwise, how can you explain that he is only twenty years old and knows so many things?"
"The next time you see Simon, you can ask him if he's a vampire or not. ”
"I don't want to be silenced," Nancy smiled and shrunk her neck, casually glanced at Amy next to her, noticed the mobile phone in her hand that was much more delicate than the old-fashioned big brother, and immediately became interested, raised her chin and said, "This is that brand of mobile phone, I've always wanted to buy a mobile phone, but it's a pity that those things are too bulky." ”
Amy showed Nancy the black mobile phone in her hand, which was only the size of a palm, which was already comparable to the later mobile phone, and said, "Motorola just released the Micro-TAC, and I only got it in the last few days." ”
Nancy looked at it a few times and decided to buy one in the afternoon, and then remembered something in a blink of an eye, and said with a smile: "I think this mobile phone will definitely be very popular, Motorola, it seems that a guy is going to regret reducing his Motorola stock last year." And recently, I don't think it's very smart for him to reduce his holdings of Apple's stock, and Apple's growth potential is still very high. ”
Both of them are elite-level working women, although they are not involved in the field of electronics, they are not lacking in vision.
Westeros caused quite a stir by reducing its stake in Motorola last year, and this year Motorola released a mobile communications product that could obsolete all other bulky mobile phones. Next, once Motorola's stock price rises sharply, Westeros will inevitably be ridiculed.
"Simon must have her own considerations," Amy said to her little boss, patting the folder that Nancy handed over to her when the two of them changed seats, and said, "This is your birthday present to Simon?"
"In my bag, I picked out a pen," Nancy shook her head and explained, "This is the plan for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as some sample settings made by the studio, and I plan to let Jenny take it to Melbourne for Simon to see." ”
Amy flipped through the folder and looked at it, in addition to a thick stack of various files, there were also a few computer floppy disks, which should be the game model that Nancy said: "Simon is so busy now, and you still give him so many things, it's just a boss." ”
Nancy nodded unashamedly and admitted, "Of course, no one rules that employees can't squeeze the boss." What's more, he is a man, and he was originally used for squeezing. ”
Amy paused, pursed her lips and smiled, "I didn't think you would tell pornographic jokes." ”
"joke?" Nancy turned her head to look at Amy with a puzzled expression, then realized in a blink of an eye, glared at her and said, "I didn't expect you to be so vulgar." ”
Amy's smile didn't diminish: "Okay, I'm vulgar. ”
As the two talked, they passed by the Cape Dume Manor, which had also been turned into private territory and was being fenced off, and unexpectedly found Janet and Catherine walking out of the manor, and Nancy stopped the car.
After buying Cape Dume Park, Simon's replica of the 'Iron Man Mansion' has recently begun construction.
Janet was going to Australia to celebrate Simon's birthday, and Catherine didn't plan to go with her, so Janetra was appointed as the overseer of the Dummy Point estate.
The four women knew each other, and after a few warm pleasantries, they went to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Amy's intention for coming here is the same as Nancy's, and she also wants to help pass on the gifts that some other executives of the company want to give Simon.
After lunch, Amy and Nancy left, and Janet, with Catherine's help, began packing a large bag of luggage for Australia at her and Simon's villa on the west side of Cape Dume's estate.
The next day, Janet boarded a private jet to Australia at eight o'clock in the morning.
After a 16-hour flight, when I arrived in Melbourne, it was already more than 6 o'clock in the afternoon on Monday.
Janet didn't follow the driver who came from Johnston's house to pick up the airport back to the suburban mansion, arranged the luggage place, and rushed directly to the "Batman" set in the city center.
Today's filming is of a rivalry between Batman and Catwoman, set in an alley in the Fuclay borough in Melbourne's west. When Janet arrived, it was already seven o'clock, the alley had been closed by the crew, and the sky was basically dark.
When Simon is seen, he is giving a play to three Catwomen. That's right, three actors in standard Catwoman uniforms.
Although Daenerys Entertainment arranged enough physical training for Adam Baldwin and Valerie Golino in the early stage, many scenes in the film still needed to use stand-ins. Because Catwoman is more demanding in terms of physical skills and fighting, this character uses a stand-in more often.
In fact, during this shoot, there were seven stand-ins for Catwoman, some of whom were used to help Valerie Golino complete some potentially dangerous shots, and some of them were used to complete those relatively complex professional physical movements on her behalf.
Hollywood's current action scenes are still at the level of drunks fighting each other on the street.
Therefore, before filming began, Simon spent no less energy on several stuntmen who needed to complete complex movements than the actors themselves.
Because of Catwoman's original background as a gymnast, Valerie Golino is a stand-in for two professional gymnasts who have participated in the Olympic Games, although they did not win medals, but their strength should not be underestimated.
Simon completely set up the action scenes of "Batman" in Hollywood's mature period many years later, and in order to avoid the cultivated team marrying people, Daenerys Entertainment also signed long-term contracts with all the action actors participating in this performance.
When she got closer, Janet didn't care about the other people's eyes at all, and pounced on Simon for a while before letting go of him.
"I also said that I would go to the mansion after finishing work tonight," Simon bit the woman lightly on the lips just now, raised his hand to wipe it, and said, "You won't come directly from the airport, will you?"
Jenny nodded, "yes." ”
"That's over, your mom and dad are going to blame me again. ”
"I've already said hello to Mom and Dad in advance," Janet rubbed Simon on again, then turned him over and said, "You get to work, leave me alone." ”
"Then be my assistant," Simon said casually, and introduced Janet to him, "Adam and Valerie, you must know them, this is Anna, and Michelle, they used to be great gymnasts." Oh, this is Peter, my assistant director, he's New Zealand......"
Janet greeted everyone one by one, and soon became acquainted with everyone.
When it gets dark, the shooting begins.
Janet also helped Simon take care of some film chores during the filming of "Lola Run", as well as the experience of participating in "Vulgar", she is certainly no stranger to movies. Jennifer did not accompany Simon to the film, and Janet naturally became Simon's assistant on this night.
The wonderful fight on the screen in one go, but in the actual shooting, it needs to be taken apart one action at a time, and this job is also not so exciting, and it requires repeated attempts.
Immersed in work, time always flies.
Before I knew it, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and after finishing work, Simon asked Janet if she was going back to the Johnston Mansion or the Kendall Hotel. Janet didn't go either, claiming that she had an apartment in the city where she could live for two, and then asked Neil Bennett to drive her and Simon to a high-rise apartment on the banks of the Yarra River in the center of the city.