After attending the production meeting, Simon spent the rest of his days working on the script.

Although he stayed at home and worked, Simon could not slack off. The crew would come every day to take Simon's revisions with them, and David Giller and Brian De Palma would frequently communicate details with Simon on the phone.

The main creators of "The Butterfly Effect" have been determined, and all the funds are in place, so the production cycle is very tight, and filming is expected to start in early October.

Simon needs to complete revisions to the second version of the script in the next three weeks. Subsequently, a week before the start of filming, according to the specific preparation status of the project, Simon also needed to adjust and revise some details of the script again, which are the two script revision tasks involved in Simon's contract with Fox.

After completing these tasks, Fox will continue to pay the final payment of the next $60,000, and Simon can be considered to have fulfilled his contract completely. In the future, if the producer wants to revise the script again, he will need to re-sign the contract and pay additional remuneration.

While busy revising the script of "The Butterfly Effect", Simon did not give up the preparation of "Lola Run".

Under the introduction of David Giller, Simon spent $3,000 to hire a production assistant to help him complete the detailed budget sheet for "Lola Run".

This job Simon originally wanted to do on his own, to gain some experience through it.

Those memories in my mind are all from professional technical talents, although Simon in his previous life also had some production experience, but he is not suitable for Hollywood, which can be said to be a shortcoming of Simon.

Because of this, Simon continued to do it as a newborn calf, even though he sensed that something was wrong.

Fortunately, the results are not bad.

It's also a bit helpless to give up making your own movie budget sheet.

The follow-up revisions to "The Butterfly Effect" will take a month in total, and Simon may also need a month if he were to complete the very trivial film budget himself. Then, it takes at least another month or two to raise funds, assemble the crew, select actors, and so on.

Even if everything goes well and everything is ready, it is likely to be December by then, Christmas and New Year's Day are coming, and in order to avoid frequent shutdowns of the crew and increase the budget, Simon can only delay until the year after the year.

Now, $3,000 is all done.

Simon worked for the next month and could get $60,000. Hiring a production assistant for a month only costs $3,000.

Quite good value for money.

Simon also realized that the work of the master is indeed the king.

Instead of giving up the idea of getting everything hands-on, revising the script of "The Butterfly Effect" and preparing for "Lola Run" without delay, as long as the funding can be obtained, the film can be launched in time for October and completely completed before Simon's planned Sundance Film Festival next year.

Simon has been working for two weeks, and there is good news from David Giller, Orion Pictures is very interested in "Lola Run", and it just so happens that Brian De Palma's house is going to hold a drinking party this Saturday, and Orion Pictures president Mike Meadowis agrees to take the time to talk to Simon at this reception.

Since he was going to attend a formal occasion, Simon made a trip on Saturday morning to buy a formal suit and leather shoes.

Towards noon, Simon had just returned to his villa in the Montana district and was trying on the outfit he had purchased in the morning when the doorbell rang.

It wasn't a working day, and Simon didn't know many people, so he ran to open the door with some confusion, and then saw Janet Johnston standing in front of the door with a handbag.

The woman looks obviously more beautiful today, wearing a pink knee-length skirt and white legging sandals, and the whole person can't help but feel a little more girlish.

However, Simon had already deeply realized the little horror that could collapse at any time under this exquisite appearance, glanced at the woman in front of the door, looked around again, and subconsciously asked, "What about Catherine?"

Janet was already very dissatisfied with Simon's absent-minded attitude, but she dressed up well, where do you look? Hearing Simon's question, she was even more angry: "It's really interesting, Kate and I are not conjoined people." ”

Simon nodded helplessly, with a strong urge to close the door casually, thinking about the consequences, he turned sideways, let Janet in, and asked, "Jenny, is there anything to find me?"

Janet didn't answer immediately, but took a small turn in the empty living room, blinking her big eyes and asking Simon innocently, "Where's the furniture?"

The house rented for $2,700 a month turned out to be empty. Auntie, are you embarrassed to ask that, doesn't your conscience hurt?

Simon complained secretly, spreading his hands angrily: "Yes, what about the furniture?"

If it's your own house, it's nothing to be empty, just slowly renovate and add it. But this is a rented house, and Simon is a bachelor, so he really doesn't have the heart to take care of it.

After moving in, Simon simply added a few necessary furniture such as desks, chairs, and wardrobe mattresses, leaving the rest to be empty.

During this time, Simon even contacted a real estate agent to try to sublet the house, but the few potential tenants immediately discouraged the idea of leasing when they heard that the villa was not only unfurnished but that the price was so high.

Now, Simon can only patiently stay up until his one-year contract expires and then check out.

Janet didn't seem to feel Simon's resentment, but in a blink of an eye, she was happy again: "But that's fine, it just so happens that we can rearrange this place together." ”

Simon grabbed a word suspiciously: "We?"

Janet said excitedly, "Yes, Simon and Janet. Doesn't that sound a lot like Bonnie and Clyde?"

Simon nodded, stepped forward, and reached out against Janet's back: "Come on." ”

Feeling Simon's broad palm gently pushing him forward, Janet's fair face suddenly turned red, and she moved obediently with Simon's strength, and said, "Little bastard, it's noon." But, well, the basement, it's actually pretty good. ”

Simon felt a black line drift in front of him, came to the door, pulled the door open and pushed the woman out, and said, "Jenny, I'm glad you came over, goodbye." ”

Janet stood in the doorway, blinking a few times, then turned and looked fixedly at Simon standing inside the door, with a strange look of me looking at you if you dare to close the door.

Simon really didn't dare to close the door, so after a moment of confrontation, he was still defeated, and 'started over': "Hey, Jenny, why are you here?"

Janet glanced at Simon with disdain, re-entered the door, pulled out a sixteen-carat frame from her handbag, handed it to Simon, and said, "Here, coward." ”

All right.

It seems that he has another title.

Thinking so, Simon took the frame, and found that it was a very clumsy colored pen drawing, with a few strange little people with a very alien temperament holding hands on the grass, surrounded by flowers and trees, with the sun and moon hanging high overhead.

At first glance, you can see that the whole painting is the handiwork of a child.

Then, noticing a few lines of small print at the bottom right of the frame, Simon realized that this was a very special thank you letter from UNICEF. Thank you Simon for his generous donation of $500,000 to the Foundation, which is also a picture of a child in need in Latin America who will be rescued.

$500,000 is apparently the compensation Simon received from Matthew Broderick some time ago.

At that time, Simon gave it to Catherine casually and asked her to donate it for herself. Although "Lola Run" happens to be short of funds now, Simon has no regrets about his original move, and he has never regarded that money as his own. If it hadn't been for Janet's gift today, Simon would have almost forgotten about it.

Janet waited for Simon to look at it for a moment before she spoke again, her tone much more normal, and said, "Actually, there are some receipts and the like, but I guess you shouldn't be interested, so you can just throw them away." I framed this painting myself, how about it?"

Simon nodded and said, "Very good, wait until you hang it up, there are a little decorations in this room." ”

"That's it, I'm done. ”

As she spoke, Janet took the frame from Simon's hand again, looked left and right, and found that there happened to be a small inconspicuous hook on the wall opposite the doorway on the side of the living room, which should have been left by the previous occupant of the house. So I walked over and hung the frame in my hand directly.

After taking a few steps back and looking at him for a moment, Janet walked up to Simon again, grabbed his arm and said, "Okay, let's go to lunch, you have a treat." ”

Simon was forcibly dragged out by Janet and weakly suggested, "Actually, there is still pasta I cooked last night in the kitchen, enough for the two of us to eat." ”

"Don't worry, I'll take it out for you when I get back. ”

"Well, is it okay if you don't come back?"

"Kate went to Arizona, I'm scared to live alone in Malibu, I'll stay with you for a few days. ”

"Jenny, it's not good for you to do this. ”

Janet gently patted Simon on the ground: "Okay, kidding you, little boy without guts." ”

The two walked out of the villa, and the woman's burgundy Ford was parked on the side of the road. During these days, Simon rarely went out, so he didn't find time to buy a car, so he could only drive Janet's car out to eat at this time.

Pulling the car door, Janet took the initiative to give up the driver's seat to Simon, and directed the boy all the way to a French restaurant near Brentwood Country Club.

After sitting down in the restaurant, Janet suddenly realized that Simon was wearing a very formal shirt, trousers and brand new leather shoes. Until then, Simon had always been a casual attire of T-shirts and jeans. Simon is a typical clothes rack, and this formal dress does not feel unusual at all, and Janet, who has some big nerves, has not noticed much just now.

Now that this change has been discovered, Janet naturally goes to the bottom of it.

Then, Simon had one more female companion to join him for tonight's cocktail party.

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PS: The bug about the convenience store above, I originally thought that I could make up for it with a slight modification, but I didn't expect it to have a serious interference with the main story setting and character image. Now it has been completely modified to "Griffin's Supermarket" that meets the filming conditions of "Lola Run", and it is hereby notified. It's not easy to code words, I hope you will bear with me.