Thoughts drifted for a short time, and soon returned to the script in hand.

More on the future.

Since it is clear that nothing can escape the prosperity and decline, let's do the things in front of you as well as possible, according to the script in your hand and the information in your memory, judged by the standards of pure popcorn movies, "Extreme Deep Cold" is actually above the passing line, on the basis of the mysterious sea monster, the whole story is not lacking in commercial elements such as tough guys, beauties, and funny roles, and they can leave a good impression on the audience.

Disney's missteps in distribution strategy during the downturn and chaos were largely the reason for the failure, and it turned out that the film's sales on videotape and television were very good, and even China across the ocean introduced the film.

With his laptop on the round table at hand, Simon finished reading the script and, with a little thought, typed his opinion on "The Extreme Cold" on an email that was planned to be sent to Amy Pascal.

According to the memo information in the script, Stephen Sommos wants to direct the project himself, and plans to invite big names such as Harrison Ford to make a blockbuster, Simon also saw Sommers's shrewdness from this information, and he probably guessed Simon's idea of deliberately suppressing the production rhythm of various foreign cooperation projects.

If "Extreme Cold" is launched, "The Mummy 2" will definitely be delayed.

For the "Mission Impossible" series, Simon really has this kind of thought.

Even if Edgar Bronfman, Jr., chairman of the Seagram Group, came to say it in person at the last celebration party, Simon would not be merciful, the first "Mission Impossible" and "Mission Impossible 2" were released between two and a half years to be exact, and as for "Mission Impossible 3", at least this is the interval cycle, so it will be released at the end of 1998 at the earliest.

"The Mummy" with Fox is different.

The Westeros system and News Corp behind Fox are allies, so Simon doesn't try to suppress the "Mummy" franchise too deliberately, and "The Mummy 2" will be made at a standard interval of two years, with a release in the summer of 1998.

On the other hand, Stephen Sommers is a commercial film director that Simon is very interested in, and he hopes that this filmmaker can further expand his ability and develop in the direction of producer, Sommers has been a screenwriter and director before, and this time he can test the waters with "Extreme Cold", directing "The Mummy 2" and also serving as the producer of "Extreme Cold", and the script will be directed by other directors.

In addition, Simon also hopes to control the production cost of "Extreme Cold" within $50 million, which will be produced by the New World Pictures team, and now preparations are underway, and filming will start in the first half of next year, which can probably be released on the Easter schedule in 1998. In fact, it is more suitable to be at the end of next year, but unfortunately there will already be "Titanic" at the end of next year.

Stephen Sommers will produce "Extreme Cold" in the first half of next year and "The Mummy 2" in the second half of the year, and the rhythm is just right.

Finally, I thought about it, and attached a sentence that the heroine can consider Natasha Hensquich.

The original Famick Jensen is now the famous 'Wonder Woman', and he is no longer suitable to play a vase in this movie, and Natasha Hensquich is just right, and the fat water does not flow to outsiders.

After writing a paragraph, Simon picked up another folder.

Here are a couple of film outlines about Jett Lee's new project.

Simon roughly remembers several of Jett Lee's films shot in Hollywood around 2000, and they were all commercially successful, but Simon didn't like either "Deadly Romeo" with black people or "Dragon's Kiss" written by Luc Besson.

The main reason is that none of these movies really show the essence of Chinese kung fu.

Simon also knows that this is mainly due to cultural differences, and Jett Lee does not have the same initiative as Jack Cheng, who has been promoted to the first line with the "Rush Hour" series, resulting in the action scenes of these films generally skewing towards Western fighting, and sometimes reduced to more mediocre gunfight films.

None of this Simon likes to see.

In the planned "Hero", Simon has just sent the idea to the Chinese side recently, the script is still being created, and it is impossible to start filming in the short term for such a big project, and Simon does not plan to let Jett Li Bai wait for a year, so he personally gave a considerable permission to let Jett Lee himself and the screenwriting team of New World Pictures take the initiative to explore new projects.

The condition is a budget of $25 million, and Jett Lee will also personally name the producer, as for the level of participation, it depends on the enthusiasm of the other party.

Simon wants real Chinese kung fu in Hollywood, not fighting and gunfights.

The information in hand is the result of a recent brainstorming over there.

It's not a catchy idea, and the setting is basically around tens of millions of Hollywood from China, visiting relatives and friends, investigating criminals, and so on, kung fu masters are rampant in Hollywood, and they are basically very high-concept.

After going through a few story synopses, Simon drew a cross directly in the back.

Or plan to come by yourself.

After all, most good ideas actually come from the accumulation of materials in the creator's own mind, and in terms of accumulation, the whole Hollywood probably does not have Simon who has more than a dozen memories in his mind, and he is more professional.

I just picked up another script with the words "Saving Private Ryan" on the cover, and there was a light footstep in my ears, and the little girl who was as delicate as a doll came to Simon with a fruit bowl in her hand, and looked at Simon with a pair of dark eyes: "Dad, this is prepared by Mom." ”

The tone of the little girl's call to her dad is obviously much more natural than that of a certain undisciplined little girl who actually shouts 'Sugar Daddy' again.

Simon smiled and patted his knees, let the little girl sit on his lap, hugged the little person in his arms, continued to read the script in his hand, and said in Chinese: "MiuMiu, are you used to living in the United States?"

The little girl sat on Simon's lap, still holding the fruit plate, obediently twisted a piece of apple and sent it to Simon's mouth, and carefully took the toothpick back, heard Simon ask, nodded her head and said: "Very good, there is delicious food every day, and there are many, many beautiful clothes to wear, last weekend, my mother and I also took a private jet to London, but it has been raining in London, not as good as New York." ”

Simon ate a piece of apple, saw that the little girl had brought another piece of pineapple, bit it again, and said, "It's also raining here in New York, and you'll meet it sooner or later." ”

"No, it's just that the weather in London is always cloudy, and so are the streets and people. ”

Simon didn't expect this girl's feeling of London to be quite accurate, and said with a smile: "Since I don't want to, I won't go in the future." ”

"Well," said the little girl, continuing to put the fruit into Simon's mouth, and she did not eat a single piece of it with restraint, "Daddy, can you take the time to go out with me and Mommy?"

Simon flipped the page of the script in his hand and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

The little girl said, "You can go anywhere, as long as you are with your father." ”

Simon looked down at the little girl with big eyes in his arms, smiled, understood that this was probably the words taught by the little girl's mother, turned his head and looked, a certain woman was really standing at the door of the villa not far away and looking at this, seeing Simon notice herself, hesitated, and took the initiative to come over without waiting for the man to call.

Seeing her mother coming, the little girl's eyes turned around on her mother and Simon, and she took the initiative to jump off Simon's lap and handed the remaining half of the fruit bowl to her mother: "Mom, you talk to Dad, I'll do my homework." ”

Waiting for the little girl to run away and disappear into the villa door, Simon smiled and patted her leg, Ms. Liu blushed slightly, hesitated slightly, or snuggled over and sat down, feeling the man's powerful arm around her waist, and quickly relaxed after a little adaptation, while continuing her daughter's work just now to send apples to Simon's mouth, while taking the initiative to find a topic and asking, "Are you reading the script?"

Compared with Simon's shirt and trousers when he arrived at noon, the woman changed into a dark green sleeveless silk dress that showed her figure at this time, and she was born to dance, sitting in the arms of a man at this time, with a soft figure and elegant temperament, and a pleasant feminine fragrance made Simon, who had been abstinent for nearly a week, a little nervous.

"Yes," Seeing the woman looking for a topic, Simon nodded, and said, "Isn't it summer vacation, what does MiuMiu do?

"The school has been decided, and I have arranged summer tuition for MiuMiu, and I have to learn about all kinds of courses in the United States. ”

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, girls need to be rich and don't need to do so much homework. ”

The woman nodded obediently: "You...... Let her call you daddy, you have the final say. ”

"Then just leave the English class, and be able to communicate with the children here in the future. Simon said, smiling again, and said, "Actually, the Chinese are smarter than most children of the same age here, and there is no need to tutor at all, otherwise the other children will not survive." ”

The woman was obviously unaware of this, and was a little skeptical: "Wouldn't it?"

"You'll know after a long time. ”

"Well," the woman agreed, hesitating a little, and then asked, "Well, Simon, will you be here this weekend?"

"Yes, I'll go to the art troupe tomorrow and see if they're lazy," Simon said, looking at the woman's fair and slender neck, and half-jokingly, "What about you, are you lazy?"

seemed to feel Simon's gaze, and the flush on the woman's face became a little more, and said: "No, everyone has been working hard to create and choreograph dances during this time, and sometimes they will be busy until late at night, and everyone is afraid of living up to your expectations." ”

Speaking of which, it has been exactly a month since the National Style Art Troupe arrived in the United States.

this month.

If I have to describe it, compared to the previous life, everyone seems to have stepped into heaven, and probably the life of a princess in a fairy tale is nothing more than that.

As long as the IQ is normal, no one will take this generous giving for granted for no reason.

So, for the task assigned by Simon, the whole team is doing their best, and no one dares to slack off, for fear that the public performance at the end of the year will be messed up, and the crystal slipper and pumpkin cart will all disappear, enjoying the luxury at this time, whether it is the girls of the National Style Art Troupe or the choreographer who was also hired to come to the United States, they definitely don't want to go back to their previous lives.

In order to achieve this goal, any effort is worth it.

Compared with the Guofeng Art Troupe, the mother and daughter here feel that they are like falling into a dream, if you use the simplest measurement, the treatment enjoyed by the mother and daughter is completely ten times the level of the girls of the Guofeng Art Troupe. Many times she woke up in her bedroom on this seaside manor villa, wondering if she was dreaming.

Even if it's a dream, such a dream, of course, the longer it lasts, the better.

Therefore, they also dare not slack off in the slightest.

After chatting affectionately for a while, confirming that Simon would be here this weekend, Ms. Liu didn't dare to ask for anything else, and returned to the villa with the empty fruit plate, and continued to spend time alone with men.

Simon's attention was also back on the script in front of him.

"Saving Private Ryan", once Spielberg's epic war blockbuster released in 1998, once achieved a global attack of nearly $500 million with a production cost of $70 million, and was also the North American box office champion in 1998.

Even compared with 1997's "Titanic" and 1998's "Star Wars Prequel: Phantom Crisis", the North American box office of "Saving Private Ryan" of $200 million is more because 1998 is a small year for movies, but since it can win the annual crown, such an achievement should not be underestimated after all.

Simon, the big butterfly, didn't delete the script.

However, because of Daenerys Entertainment's strength in Hollywood, the best scripts and the best resources will naturally flow into Daenerys Entertainment first, and this time is no exception.

As a war film, the script of "Saving Private Ryan" is actually not so favorable, after all, since a series of Vietnam War-themed films in the 80s, Hollywood has not had a blockbuster war film for many years, and the production budget of war movies is usually very large and the risk is very high, which also restricts studios from daring to invest.

In the original time and space, if it weren't for Spielberg, it would probably be difficult for this movie to appear on the big screen.

Now that history has changed and the script has been cut by Daenerys Entertainment, Simon has to think about how to deal with the project.

Speaking of which, Spielberg still owes Daenerys Entertainment a film contract inherited from Universal Times, but the gap between the two sides on the "Jurassic Park" series is very deep, and Universal originally imposed wide restrictions on the director's performance of the film contract in order to win over Spielberg, according to the agreement, it doesn't matter if Spielberg delays the film contract for another ten or eight years.

Coupled with the fact that Spielberg is now focused on the operation of DreamWorks, it is unlikely that he wants the other party to take over the project.

In that case, Simon had to consider other options.

According to Daenerys Entertainment's film schedule, there is little hope of starting this project in the short term, but Simon will not give up making this film and television classic, which is actually in line with Simon's concept of maintaining Hollywood diversity, but this time, "Saving Private Ryan" is obviously impossible to release in 1998 again, and it must be considered in the long run.