After Stephen Sommers finished speaking, David Giller first nodded, then shook his head, and said: "Stephen, first of all, this is a great story, but if you plan to start production right away, I definitely don't have time, I have promised Fox to supervise "Alien 4", and I just talked to Joe Ross. Speaking of which, don't you need to prepare for The Mummy 2?"

Before accepting the "Mummy" series, Stephen Sommers was just a budding rookie director, the kind with no bargaining chips, so he signed a one-time package contract for the trilogy.

However, hearing David Giller's question, Stephen Sommers showed a slightly sly smile: "If Daenerys is optimistic about "Extreme Cold", I believe Simon should agree with me to shoot this movie first. ”

There is some obvious subtext in this sentence.

The men and women around, some immediately understood, some thought a little and roughly understood, and some were confused. Gwyneth Paltrow looked at her boyfriend suspiciously in the eyes of most people, and Pete couldn't explain it at this time, so he could only pretend not to notice.

It's actually quite simple.

The "Mummy" series is just a collaboration with Fox, and if Daenerys is optimistic about "Extreme Cold" and invests in the production alone, this is her own son.

Of course, the biological ones are preferred.

In fact, the production of "Mission Impossible 2" is an obvious reference.

The first "Mission Impossible" was born in 1993, and the partner Paramount did not have other bombshells to handle, but the sequel was not released until the summer of 1996, with an interval of nearly three years.

After all, the film schedule and film and television resources are limited.

The "Mission Impossible" series is developed in three years, and one is developed in two years, and the schedule and resources occupied are definitely not the same concept.

The situation of "Extreme Cold" is slightly different, but it is also the same, and at the end of the day, the interests of Daenerys Entertainment must be the one that needs to be protected with the highest priority.

Of course, the old David Giller immediately understood, smiled the same, and said, "Then, Stephen, you should actually talk to Amy or Simon directly." ”

"The main thing is that the script isn't finished yet," says Stephen Sommers, "and I'm going to go on vacation to Hawaii and get the script done by the way." ”

"Then I wish you success first, and feel free to contact me if you need any help," David Giller held out his hand to Sommos, shook the other, and raised his glass to the others, turning and walking away.

Brad Pitt followed David Giller's direction and noticed the more lively John Wu not far away, retracted his gaze, smiled and took the initiative to greet Sommers, Fang Kilmer and the two British Roses, and couldn't help but feel a little moved by the "Extreme Cold" that Sommers had just introduced.

After last year's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", the role of Superman played by Brad Pitt will not be resurrected until a few years later in "Justice League", and these years will definitely not be idle.

The main target now is John Wu's new film "Changing Face".

Linda Vargas, although hinting that he has great hope, is not 100 percent after all. If this project doesn't get it, it seems that Stephen Sommos's "Extreme Cold" is not bad.

Of course, Brad Pitt heard Sommers just say that he wanted Harrison Ford to participate, but in Hollywood, there is such a thing as character attribution, and even if the movie is completed, there may be reshoots and reshoots, so there is no certainty about anything until it is released.

So I was not in a hurry to say hello to John Wu on the other side, and we chatted warmly after introducing each other.

Stephen Sommers and Brad Pitt chatted warmly, Kate Beckinsale, who was just following her to take a look, didn't have the patience to continue to participate, and quietly pulled Rachel Weisz, Rachel wanted to continue, feeling Kate's small movements, she had to smile at everyone and walk away with the people around her.

Such party occasions are very common for pick-ups and the like.

The two English roses seem to have a certain kind of insulation, belonging to the kind where no one comes forward to talk at all, but fortunately, the two women are not unsociable people, even if they have no other thoughts, so many guests at this party can always find a few interested targets.

Rachel Weisz deliberately stopped Robert De Niro, who had just arrived, to chat a few words, and finally asked for an autograph, as a young woman of literature and art, she looked forward to cooperating with De Niro when she was in college, and she was a little fan girl.

After some tossing and turning, the two came to the pool.

Kateri took off her high heels and sat down on the edge of the pool, dipping her feet in the cold water, shaking her slender feet comfortably while curiously gazing at the mermaids in the pool.

Rachel was not as big as Kate, she sat down quietly next to her with her side, and also looked at the pool, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to swim?"

Kate lifted her chin: "Of course not, I'm not a foil." ”

Several of the girls in bikinis in the pool are obviously supermodels, and several of them are very familiar. In this case, it is humiliating for other women to swim in the water, after all, few people can compare with these goblins who need to eat with their faces and bodies, so they have been carefully exercised and maintained for many years.

While the two were talking, one of the mermaids had already swam over, graciously climbed on the edge of the pool and shook her hair, and then greeted Rachel with a smile: "Hello, Miss Vichy, I just watched "The Mummy" recently, and you are so beautiful in it, oh, of course, real people are even more beautiful." ”

"Thank you," Rachel politely agreed, shook the other party's hand, and did not forget to follow the girl's gaze to help introduce her: "This is Kate Beckinsale, she is one of the heroines of "Breaking Bad", this movie will be released at the end of the year. ”

"Then I'll have to check it out," the girl said as she shook Kate again, introducing herself, "My name is Fernanda Lima." ”

Rachel smiled, "I know, Victoria's Secret Angel, frankly, your figure is really jealous." ”

"Oh, thanks. ”

Kate listened to the two of them complimenting each other, rolled her eyes slightly, and asked with a little sourness: "Lima, why do you stay in the water all the time, don't you plan to come up and play for a while?"

Fernanda Lima didn't seem to feel Kate's pickiness, and smiled: "Because we're the mermaids tonight." Of course, the mermaid is going to stay in the water. Kate, do you want to come down too?"

"No, I can't be a mermaid. ”

Probably because Lima and Kate had a good chat, several other girls in the pool also swam over, but they didn't climb on Kate's side where her feet were immersed in the water, but lined up on the other side of Fernanda Lima, a total of six girls, looking at each other.

Being stared at by six pairs of eyes together, Kate was a little embarrassed, so she could only withdraw her feet and sit sideways on the edge of the pool like Rachel.

Fernanda nodded over one by one and introduced, "Eva, Daniela, Tricia, Heidi, Melania, and finally little Angela. ”

The girl on the far right who was prefixed was immediately dissatisfied, but her expression was obviously a little proud: "Fair, you are jealous, Simon clearly said that I am a little fox, not a little Angela." ”

Fernanda laughed, "It's all small anyway, isn't it?"

The girl named Angela Lindwo did not refute and gestured to a waitress not far away, who quickly came over with a stack of bathrobes.

Immediately, the six girls came out of the bath together, left the pool with the sound of rushing water, took the bathrobes handed by the maid in turn, draped them on their bodies, and walked towards the villa with a smile.

Suddenly, Kate and the two daughters, who were left aside, stared at each other.

Didn't you say mermaids?

Didn't you say you had to stay in the water?

I couldn't believe the words of a beautiful woman.

Well.

Who said this?

Then, watching the scene of the six girls making their way through the crowd and entering the mansion and villa unimpeded, Kate reacted again, this kind of pick-up and insulated physique...... Suddenly turned to Rachel with some anger: "How many women does he have?"

Rachel blinked and subconsciously denied, "What does this have to do with me?"

I don't have a maid and a maid of the Wei family.

Kate forcibly carrayed Rachel with her eyes, as if depicting some label, and then looked around, looking for someone's figure: "Rachel, you say, why hasn't he come yet?"

How could it not come?

Rachel didn't answer, but looked in the direction of the six girls who had just left.

Mansion main villa.

Kate was so clever that she looked at it together, and then thought she was really stupid, put on her shoes and stood up, picked up Rachel and walked to the villa. Soon after they arrived, Kate thought that someone would be in the crowd if they arrived, because they were led directly by the waiter, but she ignored that the villa was also brightly lit

At the same time, I also realized that a guy who said he didn't want it was actually thinking about it all the time.

Otherwise, how could she be more sensitive than she feels.

The two girls entered the hall of the villa, and sure enough, many people were here.

Instead of wasting time on the first floor, Ketra walked up the stairs with Rachel, who seemed a little hesitant, and when she came to the second floor, the atmosphere was suddenly much quieter.

Look left and right.

There were two bodyguards on the east side of the corridor on the second floor, and nothing on the west side.

Turning decisively to the east, as a matter of course, Kate did not panic and asked: "Is Simon here, can you tell him, I am Kate Beckinsale, and Rachel Weisz." ”

One of them said, "Miss, please wait. ”

Leaving the one walked to the door of a room, knocked, said something inside, and quickly motioned for them to pass.

Finally found you.

Kate was a little excited, holding Rachel, whose palms were obviously beginning to sweat, and walked over quickly, but when she came to the door of this room, she just glanced inward and immediately regretted it.

Sure enough, Simon was there.

It's just that there are other people in the room, including Robert De Niro, who has just asked Rachel for an autograph, as well as Ella Deutchman, president of Heighton Pictures, Jonathan Friedman, the head of WMA, Michael Eisner, former chairman of Disney, etc., in short, a group of big men.

The two girls came running over, and no matter how they looked, it was out of place.

Seeing that a group of unscrupulous male creatures around someone were obviously gloating at them, and they couldn't turn away at this time, Kate had to enter the door hard, of course, not forgetting to pull Rachel, who was also frozen, and said with a smile that must be ugly when she thought about it: "Simon, and everyone, we're just coming...... Say hello. ”

One of the middle-aged men with an elegant temperament didn't seem to want them to be embarrassed, so he took the initiative to help solve the siege, and gestured to the east side: "Go to the next room, the women are all over there." ”

Kate subconsciously hummed and instinctively stepped back, only to quickly realize that it was still up to Simon's reaction.

Simon pointed to Robert Iger who was speaking with a smile on his face but a helpless expression, and then said to Kate and the two: "Go down, have some fun, don't come over again." ”

"Well, that'...... Good bye. ”

Saying that, he obediently pulled Rachel back out of the room, and took the initiative to close the door, only then patted his chest and exhaled deeply.

It's scary.

Just as he was about to walk up the stairs, he remembered the words of the middle-aged man just now, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the door of the room a little inner, and he moved a small step in with a little curiosity. It's just that, in the blink of an eye, a chill rushed directly from the soles of her feet to her brain, and Kate pulled Rachel to walk quickly to the stairs without thinking.

Those guys, it's so damning.

The women are all over there...... What woman?

What else could it be like a woman?!

It's just embarrassing to bump into a bunch of big men.

Bumped into Janet Westeros, who knows if they will come out alive.

Just now, it seems that the senior executive of Daenerys Entertainment forgot what it was called, and he still looked polite, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

Alas, sure enough, what kind of people bring out what kind of subordinates.

In the room on the second floor, watching the two girls retreat in embarrassment, a group of men couldn't help but laugh.

After such a lively moment, everyone resumed the topic before the appearance of the two women, and the first to speak was Robert Iger, who had just almost pitted the two women in a serious way: "Simon, I don't think that even if you solve the problem of controlled nuclear fusion, it will not change much in the future of mankind." I know that your goal is to create near-limitless productivity, and therefore to ensure that all of humanity, even the majority of the population, have access to perfect social welfare, even if most of them do not have to work at all, but, you know what...... Probably, well, in 1968, when you were born, an animal behaviorist named John Calhorn did an experiment called 'Mouse Paradise', which is probably similar to your theory of infinite productivity, providing absolutely abundant food and water for the rats in a space, allowing them to live and reproduce freely without any worries, and as a result, the rat paradise still collapsed. ”

"I knew about this experiment," said Mark Belford, vice president of global operations at Daenerys Entertainment, who was sitting on the other side of the couch, "and I took a sociology course in college, and my teacher happened to talk about it. Moreover, the answer given by the teacher was that if humanity wants to survive longer, it needs war. Simon, don't you like Chinese culture very much? My teacher used this very typical ancient country as an example, because of the special geographical situation, China's history of more than 2,000 years, has been continuously attacked by the northern cavalry peoples, however, this country not only did not perish, but has survived until now. On the contrary, many ancient civilizations that had no natural predators in a privileged environment disappeared silently. ”

Michael Eisner, who was no longer in the circle and still ran to join in the fun, was comfortably sunk into the single sofa, leisurely crossed his legs, and said: "I think you are too pessimistic, and the collapse of mouse paradise is because they only have instinct and can't think." The case of China, well, I don't know much about this. But I think what Simon is doing is actually giving us a possibility, a better way to solve the problem, right, Simon?"

Simon nodded, "That's right." ”

"But I think that as long as there are classes in human beings, the more developed the productive forces, the greater the gap between different classes, and when the gap is so big that people are desperate, the world will be more unstable." ”

Simon couldn't help but ask, "Bob, you've also watched Ghost in the Shell?"

"What?"

"A Japanese manga with some of the ideas that coincide with what you just said. ”

Jonathan Friedman said: "I've seen this, my son bought it, I thought it was good to read it by chance, and I finished reading it before I knew it, it's a really shocking comic, Simon, maybe you can buy the copyright and change it into a movie." ”

Simon took a sip of red wine and nodded, "I'll think about it." ”

In fact, there is also a slightly out of place Edgar Bronfman Jr., chairman of the Seagram Group.

The Canadian tycoon, who controls Paramount Pictures and Orion Pictures, specially flew from Toronto to attend the party, in fact, the main reason is to promote "Mission Impossible 3" to be put into production as soon as possible, and not to delay it for three years like the second part, Seagram can't afford it.

It's just that I didn't expect that a group of top Hollywood bigwigs got together to discuss the future of mankind...... .

All right.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. was about to interrupt when there was another knock on the door, and everyone looked over, but it was Amy Pascal who appeared in the doorway with another white man in her arms.

Seeing the two of them appear, everyone got up one after another.

Amy motioned for everyone not to be polite, pushed the man next to her over, and said, "This is Bernard, okay, Jenny, they're next door, right, I'll go over, you can talk." ”

After saying this, Amy irresponsibly left a man behind and turned to the next door by herself.

Seem...... Well, a little shy.

In fact, everyone understands why this is the case.

The one in front of him is Amy's fiancé, Bernard Weinlab, because Amy is pregnant, the two plan to get married on a solo holiday, but because it is a busy summer vacation, not only the wedding is simple, but Amy does not plan to have a honeymoon immediately, but is ready to postpone it until September.

Bernard Weinlab, a film critic and playwright, and a special film and television industry correspondent for The New York Times, met because of Weinlab's work, and soon became acquainted and further developed a relationship, unknowingly talking about marriage. In fact, what is even more surprising is that Bernard Weinlaub is a full 21 years older than Amy Pascal.

is obvious to the point that there is a huge disparity between women and men, such an age gap can only be said to be true love.

The identity of anyone on the scene is enough to throw off Bernard Weinlabb a few streets, but, after all, it is Amy's fiancé, and everyone is very face-saving. took the initiative to say hello, and Simon also asked the other party to sit down on the sofa next to him, and then continued to chat.

As for the next door.

When Amy appeared, a group of women led by Janet were not so polite.