After two hours at the reception, just after half past nine, Simon took Janet to leave.

On Sunset Boulevard, Janet, whose face was flushed, leaned against the slightly open car window and blew the wind for a while, then looked at Simon beside her and said, "Little boy, are you going to agree?"

Simon nodded: "Yes, Orion's conditions are still very sincere. ”

"But," Janet tilted her head and said, "They only give you a week of test shooting, aren't you afraid that they will deliberately kick you off?"

Simon is not a naïve man, and he is well aware of the countless deceit that abounds in Hollywood. However, if he wants to start Lola Run in the short term, he can't have a better alternative. Moreover, at the reception just now, Brian De Palma also gave Simon another layer of protection.

"Didn't you just hear that? Brian said that if Orion ultimately chooses me to be the director, he can name the executive producer for the film. ”

Although Brian de Palma's reputation is far less effective than Spielberg's, and the last two years have been at a low point, he is still one of Hollywood's most well-known directors. Being able to name as an executive producer on a completely newcomer new work can still add a lot of attention to this movie.

In addition, Simon is also confident enough in his own strength, as long as Orion does not have malicious intentions to seize the film from the beginning, he believes that this matter will have a very good outcome.

It's just that, in this way, the favor owed is getting bigger and bigger.

Moreover, Orion gave a budget of $1 million, and naturally would not agree to such an unqualified newcomer as Sandra as the heroine, which is also a problem.

Janet, who was sitting in the co-pilot, noticed Simon's frowning brow in thought, was silent for a moment, and said, "If you hadn't donated that money, you would have been able to make this movie without restraint now, right?"

Simon heard Janet suddenly mention this again, glanced sideways at the woman, saw a faint apology in her expression, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, if I want to keep that money, none of you want to snatch it from me." ”

Janet blinked, her expression was a little more dissatisfied, and she insisted: "How can it be okay, it must be related." ”

Simon just smiled, stopped answering, and began to concentrate on driving.

Janet also turned the little girl's head, as if she had suddenly become angry with Simon.

The Ford sedan drove along the winding Sunset Boulevard at the foot of Santa Monica Mountain, and after more than ten minutes, Janet noticed a neon billboard on the side of the road, and then turned her head again and said, "Hey, you've passed Palisades any further, are you lost?"

Palisades is part of the Santa Monica Mountains, a mid-mountain residential area on the western edge of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and although it still belongs to the city of Santa Monica, it is further afield, at the end of Sunset Boulevard, and turns onto California Highway 1, which is the Malibu area.

It's obvious that the Montana district, where Simon lives, has been missed.

Simon shook his head and said, "No, don't you live in Malibu? ”

Janet pursed her lips and said with disdain, "Coward, you're really afraid that I'll stay in your house." ”

Simon smiled and said, "You're drinking." ”

Janet was stunned, but she was a little unconvinced, and said, "You also drank?"

Simon only drank a very light cocktail at the beginning of the party, which was not even as good as beer, but Janet asked the waiter to mix a glass of vodka after he had talked to Mike Medowa, and Simon was naturally not worried about the woman driving back by herself.

Seeing that Janet was still looking at herself steadily, Simon shrugged his shoulders and said, "So, I'm a man, even if I am caught by the police, I will go to jail." ”

When Janet heard Simon's words, her long eyelashes flashed a few times, and her whole person seemed to suddenly soften, leaning sideways against the seat, with a layer of water in her eyes.

Simon felt that the woman next to him suddenly stopped moving, turned his head to look, and suddenly pretended to be frightened and shivered: "Don't look like this, people are actually not delicious at all." ”

Janet blinked a few more times, then suddenly reached over, pinched Simon's waist mercilessly, and said hatefully: "Bastard, you are really a little bastard." ”

In such a fuss, the Ford sedan had unknowingly arrived outside a mansion near Cape Dumé Park in Mali.

Simon stopped the car, looked at Janet who was still huffing as a little girl and shrunk in the co-pilot, paused, leaned over sideways, kissed Janet lightly on the cheek, and said, "Okay, good night, go back and go to bed early." Also, lend me the car and I'll pay it back tomorrow. ”

Janet found that when Simon came over, she actually cooperated to raise her cheek and let him kiss it, and suddenly felt that she was too angry. It's just that, hearing Simon's instructions, she still nodded and reluctantly pushed the door and got out of the car.

Looking at the black sliding iron door across the road and slowly closing it, Simon turned the car around and drove towards the road.

Inside the mansion, Janet felt that her alcohol might not have woken up yet, or even a little heavier.

Turning on all the lights in the living room, the whole person fell softly on the sofa, feeling a little floating, so he rolled to the left, then to the right, and then fell on the carpet.

Rubbing his head, it hurt a little, and he naturally got angry with a certain guy.

Then I remembered the events of this evening.

After pondering for a moment, I quickly made up my mind.

I didn't want to get up, so I rubbed to the low table next to the sofa like a lazy cat, reached out and pulled the phone off and held it in my arms, and slowly dialed a string of numbers.

After a few beeps, the phone was connected.

"Hey, Iceberg, have you missed me lately?"

The quality of long-distance calls across oceans is very poor, not only with obvious waiting times, but also mixed with current tones.

After a while, the other side replied, very politely.

She didn't get angry, she giggled.

"Of course I have something to do with you, who wants to talk to you if it's okay, I'm afraid of freezing...... Okay, okay, that's it, lend me 1 million, by the way, it's dollars...... I won't talk to the old man, and you tell him that if he dares to send some messy men to come and go on a blind date with me, I will openly find a woman to marry...... Please, if you don't want to borrow, I'll have to sell the stock...... Woo, you cold-blooded woman, you actually beat me up for the idea of stocks, are we still relatives? Be careful that I cut ties with you...... How much can you lend me...... 500,000? How can you only have 500,000...... Okay, okay, it should still be daytime in Melbourne, you call me now, I'll use it tomorrow...... That's it, goodbye, oops, I'll talk to you for a while, I'm going to freeze to death. ”

Wake up the next day with breakfast prepared in peace.

There is no dining table in the dining room, so you can only sit at the kitchen counter and eat slowly.

I'm worried about how to talk to Sandra Bullock about last night. During this time, Sandra also spent a lot of energy on this movie, and the two originally agreed to go through all the places they had surveyed today.

Mike Meadow said he could seriously think about it for a few days, but Simon had no intention of delaying.

It seems that there will only be a chance to make amends later.

Thinking so, after breakfast, Simon was about to call Sandra Bullock to come out and have a chat, when the doorbell suddenly rang.

Opening the door, Janet reappeared outside the door after changing into a casual outfit today.

Simon looked around a few more times and asked, "How did you get here?"

Janet flicked her limited-edition Hermès satchel with disdain: "You don't think I only have one car, do you?"

"Well," Simon asked, letting Janet in, "So, what's going on today?"

Janet didn't say much, took out a check from her satchel and handed it to Simon: "Now, you can shoot "Lola Run" exactly as you want, if it's not enough, I can get some more next month." ”

Simon glanced at the check, which was $680,000, which was almost enough if he had budgeted for the production assistant he had hired.

It's just that.

Simon hesitated for a moment before saying, "Jenny, I'm still very confident in my movie. However, you should also know that movies should be considered the riskiest investment in the world, and no one can predict whether a film will be successful or not. ”

Janet didn't wait for Simon to finish speaking, and rolled her eyes impatiently: "What a word, little boy, do you want it?"

"Yes," Simon nodded immediately, but said quickly, "But if you lose it, don't cry, especially not like you did in the hospital that day." ”