InterContinental Century City in Century City, Beverly Hills.

As soon as Simon stepped out of the elevator, Shirley Lansing, who was waiting outside, walked over and personally led Simon through the corridor to a lively banquet hall, and some other people who got the news were already waiting at the door.

"Simon, let me introduce you," Shirley Lansing took the initiative to introduce, "This is Bernd Eichinger, the chairman of Constantine Films." ”

"Actually, we know each other," Simon didn't wait for Lansing to continue, and had already stretched out his hand to the middle-aged man in front of him, who had a short inch and a simple appearance, "Bourne, we meet again." ”

Bernd Eisinger shook Simon's hand with a smile: "Yes, Simon, I'm glad we can work together this time. ”

Simon's earliest contact with Constantine Pictures can be traced back to recovering the copyright of Marvel's "Fantastic Four" in the hands of the other party.

Later, Simon went to Germany once and had dinner with Bernd Eisinger.

However, there has been no opportunity to cooperate before.

When it comes to Constantine Pictures, the first thing that comes to mind for latecomers is often "Resident Evil". In fact, the German film company has produced many blockbuster films, and its focus is on distribution, making it one of the largest film distribution companies in Europe.

Not only that, but Constantine Film also has a close relationship with another Hollywood studio, as Bernd Issinger is also the founder and majority shareholder.

The name of this company is Summit Entertainment.

In this foreign cooperation plan, Constantine Film will represent a group of German capital to participate in MGM's packaging project, accounting for 20%, according to the preliminary estimate of the total investment amount of 350 million US dollars in the five films, Constantine will contribute 70 million US dollars.

In fact, Konstantin is one of Simon's most successful cases of guiding overseas capital.

Without this guidance, Bernd Issinger would have bet on Summit Entertainment in recent years, making a big push into Hollywood production, and from the late nineties onwards, he would have been involved in a series of blockbuster films such as "Madame Peron", "Two Big Smoking Guns", "American Pie", and so on, reaching a real 'peak' with the later "Twilight" series.

Now, because of the strength of Daenerys Entertainment's three-pronged development, other big Hollywood studios are not having a good time, not to mention those second- and third-tier small film companies, Simon has introduced these capital into MGM's packaging cooperation project at this time, further eliminating the possibility of similar capital rampage in Hollywood and even unexpectedly becoming bigger.

Shirley Lansing smiled and waited for the two to exchange pleasantries before introducing the others: "Simon, this is Mr. Lawrence Birnbaum, chairman of the German Forge investment fund...... This is Mr. Christian Stern, president of Navigator Pictures in Germany...... And this ......"

Starting with Bernd Eichinger, six people were introduced in a row, four of whom were from Germany, which was the main fundraising goal of the project.

There is also one from the UK and one from Spain.

Simon had already re-read the information on the plane, and the capital represented by these people behind the scenes invested a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 20% of the project share, totaling 70% of the total investment share of $350 million, and the remaining 30% was split by MGM and Daenerys Entertainment.

At the end of the day, Shirley Lansing whispered in Simon's ear a 'good friend of Mr. President' before saying, "Simon, this is Mr. Frank Giustra, he is from Canada, he is mainly in the mining business, but he is very interested in Hollywood. ”

Without Shirley Lansing's introduction, with so many memories of Hollywood in his mind, Simon already recognized the short middle-aged man with gray hair in front of him.

Frank Giustra is the founder of Lionsgate.

Unlike Hollywood's various other film capitals that have been filmed on the beach and returned one after another, Lionsgate was once the most powerful emerging film company to hit the quota of another major Hollywood studio, not only producing the super-selling "The Hunger Games" series, but also swallowing up Summit Entertainment, which owns "Twilight", and even in the field of TV dramas, there are masterpieces like "Mad Men".

If it weren't for the fact that the Hollywood entertainment industry had been finalized after the new century, and it would have been difficult for a single film production company to compete with the studios that backed the big media groups, Lionsgate would have been promoted to the seventh largest Hollywood film company at that time.

Although it was introduced by Clinton, at this time, he greeted the other party with a smile on the surface, but Simon was slightly hostile in his heart.

It's a spoiler.

Because Frank Giustra is obviously not on the list of investors for this package project, the other party just came to Hollywood in the name of Clinton's friend to make some contacts and prepare for the next step into the film industry.

According to the memories of his previous life, Simon also knows something about Justella's relationship with Clinton.

The Canadian businessman actually managed to get this connection by coordinating donations for Clinton, and the law says that foreigners cannot make political donations to American politicians, but there are too many loopholes. Just like now, although Clinton has not yet established the Clinton Foundation, which later became famous or notorious, it still operates a "Clinton Legal Defense Foundation" that nominally provides legal aid to vulnerable groups, which can accept donations from overseas.

Even the journey of Giustra himself to make a fortune is actually very typical.

In the 80s, Giustra initially worked as a stockbroker at Merrill Lynch, and later accumulated enough contacts to set up a financial company focusing on mining financing, and accumulated his first pot of gold through capital operations. Then, in the late nineties, through Clinton's introduction, he successfully broke into Hollywood, established Lionsgate, and gradually reached the peak.

In Simon's view, this man is very similar to another professional broker who wanders between capital and power.

That's right.

Jeffrey Epstein.

The same small broker background, the same rise of the first pot of gold through capital operation, the same reliance on the relationship with powerful people gradually developed.

It is difficult to say whether the Western media continued to emphasize that Epstein was a pimp or not. After all, Lori Express and the like are just private hobbies, and by the way, entertaining some distinguished guests, it is strange that you can earn hundreds of millions of dollars by pimping.

If you deal with it further, it is actually a vast net of intertwined roots.

Not much to say.

Simon didn't talk to Giustrado either, and re-entertained the owners of the MGM Package project, and turned to the other guests at the reception. The main creators of the three confirmed projects of "Xenomorph 2", "Solo Day" and "Chrono Contact" are basically present as long as they are in Los Angeles.

The first to come to Simon was Natasha Hensquich, who was participating in the filming of "Xenos 2".

"Xenomorph 2" was filmed in the Los Angeles area.

Weekends off, so I was able to attend this reception.

It's been a long time, and this xenomorph girl is even a little worried about whether someone remembers herself.

On the original plane, Hensquch signed a one-year agreement, which could have been done casually after a year, but, after becoming someone's lover, not to mention the mansion that has been recorded in his name, and being treated carefully by various people around him on weekdays, he can easily get various roles and endorsements, he can enjoy all kinds of benefits as his woman, he can enter the social circle that is difficult to reach by a coffee actress like her, and even receive valuable gifts on some festivals.

And so on.

As she got used to it, Natasha Hensquich even wondered if she would be able to survive if she suddenly lost it all one day.

Moreover, she was only 19 years old when she followed him, and now she is 22 years old.

At such a young age, where is the need to be in a hurry.

So before I knew it, more than two years had passed.

The only problem is probably that in the past two years or so, she has seen a certain man in total, and she can count it on one hand.

If it weren't for the fact that there was another pair of maids and guards of the Wei family by his side, he would even wonder if he had been dumped. One attendant and one guard, this is the standard configuration of Simon Westeros's lover, monitoring and serving in one, if you want to cut off the relationship, you just need to send them away, and someone doesn't force it at all.

Seeing Natasha approaching, Simon naturally raised his hand and hugged the girl, and complimented, "You are so beautiful tonight." ”

Feeling the unhindered naturalness in the man's tone in front of her, Natasha relaxed and boldly took the initiative to kiss him back: "Thank you, Simon." ”

Then he walked to his side and grabbed the other man's arm.

I'm not going to let go again tonight.

As the most powerful person in Hollywood, everyone has become accustomed to the flowing women around Simon Westeros, and they have not shown any abnormalities about this, and some actresses on the scene who had seen Westeros appear and their eyes lit up even full of envy and jealousy of Natasha Hensquidch.

Next, I first greeted the crew of "Alone Day".

As the first blockbuster after "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", and the first project outside of the DC Cinematic Universe, Roland Emmerich is well aware of whether this project means whether he will be able to get rid of the label of director of the DC Cinematic Universe, so he takes it very seriously.

After several parties negotiated, the budget of $90 million was finally taken.

It's comparable to "Chrono Contact".

$15 million more than the original.

Combined with the $40 million of "Xenomorph 2", the total investment in the first three projects reached $220 million.

The last two projects have only $130 million in shares left, with an average of $65 million, and although they have also reached the bombshell level, they have fallen significantly behind.

Simon personally intervened in the selection of the main creators of "Alone Day", basically following the original version, including Bill Perlman, Jeff Goldblum, and Will Smith, who has already made a name for himself with the role of "Cyborg", and also found Sheila Wood, who plays the perfect housewife Bry Van Dikan in the new version of "Desperate Housewives", to play Jeff Goldblum's ex-wife who works in the White House.

The overall creative lineup is very cost-effective, with a total of only $10 million for the three male protagonists, but its influence is no worse than that of Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford, who have a salary of more than 10 million. It can be said that after the success of this project, the situation of Hollywood's superstars, who have been hit by blockbusters such as the DC Cinematic Universe, will decline further.

It's also been a long time since I saw her, and Sheila Wood is still as intellectual and elegant as she was at the beginning, with a little sharpness that people dare not approach easily.

Simon, of course, was the one who dared to approach.

hugged the woman gently, let go and looked up and down, and praised: "It's still so beautiful, by the way, are you married?"

"It's over," Sheila Wood inevitably remembered some scenes of getting along with the little man in front of her several times, as well as the 100 sets of clothing gifts that made her remember deeply, and glanced at a vase next to the man: "I'm not a little girl anymore, of course I'm going to get married, and the baby is one year old." ”

Simon nodded approvingly: "Actually, I prefer to be married." ”

Sheila Wood glanced at him, and became a little more amorous: "Looking at the battle like you went to China, I thought it was a big man, but I still like to mess around so much." ”

"Don't you know that the higher you stand, the more you like to mess around?"

"Now I know. ”

chatting and joking, although he noticed the flaws in the woman's emotions unconsciously revealed, Simon did not take advantage of the situation and took Natasha to other places.

"Temporal Contact" will not start filming until the end of the year, and in addition to director Robert Zemeckis, Simon and the male and female protagonists are planning to change.

The heroine has already been given to Sandra Bullock.

After all, over the years, although she does not have the aura of a queen like Jodie Foster, Sandra's popularity is no worse than Foster's, and her image and age are also very compatible, not to mention the personal relationship between the two, there is no reason to give outsiders at all.

The actor has to be replaced.

Matthew McConaughey can't give people the feeling of a priest at all, both in and out of the play, and the ruffian is too heavy.

Simon originally thought of Nicolas Cage.

Now Cage is still handsome, and he has a wide range of plays, and his melancholy temperament is completely worthy of a priest role.

Just give up quickly.

Too expensive.

The new version of "Mission Impossible 2" starring Cage in the summer is about to be released, plus some other blockbuster projects in recent years, and now Cage is starring in commercial films, and the salary offer will not be less than $10 million.

"Chrono Contact" is a standard blockbuster commercial film.

However, because it is a big heroine movie, with Sandra as the core, there are not many roles for the male lead, and inviting Cage is a bit overkill, and it is not easy to negotiate in terms of salary.

The same goes for Keanu Reeves.

Since "Lola Run", Sandra and Keanu are a pair of screen CPs that are very compatible, but the two have just collaborated on "Life and Death" before, even if they don't talk about the salary, it is not suitable to continue to cooperate in the short term.

So it's still being chosen.

Anyway, it's still early before filming starts.

Simon discussed with Zemeckis again at the reception, and the standard set was that he must be handsome, very handsome, and the kind that can make a woman cry, the reason is that Sandra is not beautiful enough, so he has to use the appearance of the male protagonist to make up for the loss of the audience.

All right.

He was hammered on the spot by an angry Sandra.

Then came "Xenomorph 2".

This project has started filming, and after several discussions, on the basis of continuing the first routine, the sequel plot has nothing to do with the original version, and the core attraction is the showdown between the first generation of xenos and the second generation of xenotypes.

The story continues with the first part.

After Natasha's xenomorph was killed, humans brought back some xenomorph tissue samples to continue their research, and as a result, the second-generation xenomorph was cultivated.

And it's a smarter, stronger, bloodthirsty second-generation xenomorph.

The official reconvened the first part of the centaur to hunt down the second-generation xenomorphs.

Returning.

In desperation, someone proposed a plan to clone the first generation of xenos through tissue samples, and use the territorial instincts that alien xenos may have to make the two generations of xenos kill each other.

The plan worked unexpectedly.

The first generation of xenos played by Natasha killed the second generation of xenos after a hard fight, and the humans did not unload the mill and kill the donkey, but froze the first xenomorphs.

End of story.

Of course, it's not over.

If there is a third part, it will be the story of three generations of xenomorphs.

However, it is clear that in order to ensure the success of this series, Natasha Hensquich is already like Schwarzenegger in the "Terminator" series, and she will have to show her face in any way in future sequels so as not to give people the feeling of missing something. The original Hensquich did not participate in the third part, mainly because the second part of the series was messed up, and the later sequels simply did not log into the theaters and went directly to the videotape channel.

If the new version of "Xenomorph 2" fails at the box office this time, the series will also adopt the mode of directly producing videotapes.

Because the videotapes of the "Xenomorph" series sell real fire.

Since the highlight is the showdown between the two generations of xenos, the actor of the second generation of xenos is also very important, if there is too much difference with Natasha Hensquidge, the attraction will inevitably be greatly reduced.

The final decision was made by actress and model Meghan Gale from Australia.

Because a large number of Hollywood films have been shot in Australia in recent years, Australian actors have unknowingly had more opportunities to make their debut.

Megan Gale is one of them.

Ordinary people have never heard of this name, but in the comic book fan circle, many people know that Meghan Gale almost became the role of Diana Prince in George Miller's version of "Justice League", and the makeup photos have been completed, but because of all kinds of bullshit within Time Warner, the project ended without a hitch.

However, later Megan Gale still participated in George Miller's masterpiece "Mad Max: Fury Road", and many people's first thought should be that this model is the one in the harem of the undead old Joe.

Neither.

Megan Gale plays the one who stands naked on a high platform as bait to hunt passers-by, one of the 'mothers', because the other party was 39 years old at the time, missed Wonder Woman, and never got another chance to turn over.

The current Megan Gale is only 21 years old, and she is at that time.

George Miller chose Megan Gale to play Wonder Woman, one of the reasons is that the image of the other party is very compatible, well, it is the biggest difference between the drama version of Wonder Woman Linda Carter and the film version of Gal Gadot. The reason why "Xenomorph 2" was able to choose each other is also because of this.

Because of this sequel, Natasha is in charge of feelings, and Megan Gale is in charge of bright colors, not only has a hot body, but also a height of 180CM is a little taller than Natasha's 178CM.

When Simon and the "Xenomorph 2" team greeted each other, the two generations of 'Xenomorphs' began to spark unconsciously.

A spark between women, if not a lily, is likely to be due to men, this time apparently the latter. Although Meghan Gale, who is only 21 years old and has an actor contract and a model contract under Elite, she has been in this circle for several years, and she knows very well how Natasha Hensquich got into the position, let alone meet Simon himself at this time.

If you don't seize such an opportunity, you may never encounter it again in your life.

So he was very proactive.

After a few small eye interactions, he even boldly learned that Natasha grabbed Simon's other arm.

After chatting with the "Xenomorph 2" team for a while, Simon already had one hanging on his side.

After all, I just came back, and I don't plan to stay outside tonight, and the people who should greet me at this drinking party have already greeted them, and I was about to send off the two girls and leave, but I accidentally saw Peter Jackson in the crowd with a red face and obviously very moisturized recently.

So he took the two girls and walked over.

Seeing Simon, Peter Jackson, who was holding a cocktail in his hand, was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to greet him.

Simon looked at Jackson's standing in the center surrounded by several other people, and smiled, roughly understanding the New Zealand director's situation during this time. As the news of the 'Middle-earth Cinematic Universe' spread, the fact that Peter Jackson will be the director of the "Lord of the Rings" series cannot be hidden at all.

Thinking about the success of the DC Cinematic Universe, you can't imagine what Peter Jackson will be like in the future as the core creator of the 'Middle-earth Cinematic Universe' series.

What's more, there are bound to be plenty of opportunities in this collection.

Even if it is understood that Simon is the absolute controller of the series, it is definitely beneficial to have a good relationship with Peter Jackson at this time, so the director must be hot in the circle in the near future.

"Simon, I'm so glad to see you again. ”

Peter Jackson was still respectful to Simon, but he probably drank a little too much, and his speech was a little floating, and he even shook it when he stretched out his hand to Simon.

Simon still had a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't take Jackson's outstretched hand, but waited for a few idlers around: "I'll talk to Peter, let's disperse." ”

There were few nobodies who could enter this drinking party, but in front of Simon, no one dared to put on a shelf, and they dispersed one after another.

Peter Jackson was not drunk in the end, and seeing that Simon refused to shake hands with him, he also had a premonition that something was wrong, looked left and right, and wanted to put down the glass in his hand, but the whole area was empty, so he could only continue to hold the wine glass in embarrassment.

Simon looked him up and down, "Peter, how are you feeling lately?"

Peter Jackson, of course, understood what Simon was asking, grinning, growing more and more embarrassed. He was already a sleek and sophisticated man, and at this time he didn't understand that Simon Westeros was already full of him.

Simon gestured slightly to Meghan Gale on the side, and the girl was very understanding, and took the initiative to take Peter Jackson's wine glass, which was already feeling hot.

The cup was taken away, and Jackson relaxed a little, and said, "Simon, I'm so sorry, I might, well, I shouldn't have drunk so much." ”

Simon shook his head slightly: "Peter, you have to understand that everything you have been feeling recently is fake, because you haven't really succeeded yet, even, I say now that I changed my mind, the next second, you are nothing." ”

"I ...... I know, sorry. ”

"Have you seen that "Mr. Zombie"?"

"I've seen it. ”

"How many times?"

"I don't quite remember," Peter Jackson muttered, but immediately said solemnly, "but certainly more than 10 times." ”

"In that case, let's go back to New Zealand tomorrow," Simon was finally satisfied, and said, "Do a good job of "Horror Ghost", and then do "The Lord of the Rings" well, and when the time comes, what you want to have is the scenery you really deserve, not the soap bubbles now." ”

"Simon, I, I swear. ”

"So, what are you staying for this time?"

Peter Jackson was stunned, and at this time the wine was completely dissipated, and he whispered goodbye to Simon, and turned to leave the banquet hall without hesitation.