Santa Monica.

In the parking lot outside Daenerys Films' headquarters, Simon and Amy got out of the car, Jennifer and Amy's assistant Vanessa also got out of another car, and the four of them walked into the company office building together.

Simon is still talking to Amy about the movie: "I thought about it, since the CAA temporarily changed the hexagram, Robin Williams will forget it, you can give this script and the story outline of my ghost movie to Robert De Niro, and it is best to sign him with these two films at once." ”

Amy confirmed, "That Bruce Joy Robin is writing about The Sixth Sense?"

The last time he met Bruce Joy Robin, the screenwriter of "Ghost Love", Simon was reminded of the story of "Ghost Love" and thought of another ghost movie was the 1999 box office hit "The Sixth Sense" in the original time and space. This cleverly conceived drama thriller grossed second only to "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" at the box office that year, grossing more than $600 million worldwide, surpassing "The Ghost Is Not Dead."

Simon nodded and said, "yes, De Niro must be interested in trying out the roles of teacher and psychiatrist." ”

Amy smiled, "Actually, the first thing I thought of was De Niro. However, in this case, the budget cost of both films will definitely exceed $10 million. ”

Although Simon hopes to get rid of his dependence on superstars, he also understands that with the current strength of Daenerys Films, it will not be able to challenge the traditional rules of Hollywood in the short term.

"Either way, it's all about making sure the quality of the film comes first," Simon said, remembering something else, "Negotiations between the Writers' Guild and the Producers' Union have broken down recently, right?"

"yes, it's probably going to strike again this year," Amy understood Simon's meaning, "and I'll urge Robert Haring and Bruce Joy Robin to finish the scripts for 'Steel Magnolia' and 'Scream' before they strike." ”

Listening to Amy's relaxed tone, Simon suddenly realized that the whole of Hollywood probably didn't expect the severity of the next strike.

The Foundation Agreement between the Motion Picture and Television Producers Union and the Writers Guild is renegotiated every three years, and almost every time there is a dispute, but it is generally resolved quickly. With the exception of 1960, when the first screenwriters' strike in Hollywood history lasted 151 days, several other strikes were short-lived, with the most recent strike in 1985 lasting only 15 days.

However, the Hollywood screenwriters' strike in 1988 lasted 155 days.

Simon had been considering using the strike as an opportunity to expand Daenerys Films' television production business, and now, with Hollywood's optimism at this time, if done right, Daenerys Films will definitely have more to gain than that.

Coming to the second floor, Amy took Vanessa to her office.

Simon looked at Jennifer who was following up, noticed that her hair was falling out again today, and remembered that the female assistant's hairstyle always changed between shawls and ponytails these days, and she looked very struggling, and laughed and teased: "You, like Amy, have you started to adjust your hairstyle according to your mood?"

After spending a long time together, Simon discovered that Amy Pascal had a small habit of changing her hairstyle according to her mood.

Jennifer didn't expect Simon to notice these details, and when she remembered Janet's words that night, she suddenly felt that he was so hateful, he must have noticed.

His cheeks began to heat up again, and he didn't know how to answer, so he simply hung his head and pretended not to hear.

Seeing that the female assistant was silent, Simon didn't ask, but just smiled and said, "Let's tie it up, I like the way you tie it up." ”

Stab.

Tie it up.

It's like riding a horse.

Bastard, don't even think about it!

Jennifer mustered up the courage to look up and glared at Simon very nonsensically, but she subconsciously quickened her pace and fled into her office quickly.

Simon watched in confusion as Jennifer closed the office door, very puzzled, just a casual joke, not so lethal, right?

When she arrived at her office, Susan told Simon that Ms. Bigelow had been waiting for more than ten minutes.

Pushing open the door, Catherine was sitting on the sofa in the reception area flipping through a script, the woman was wearing a dark green military-style jacket, bootcut jeans, and a pair of black high-heeled boots on her feet.

Noticing that Catherine was about to stand up, Simon hurriedly stopped: "Don't, you just sit." ”

Catherine was a little confused, but stood up anyway.

And then.

The woman's height suddenly surpassed Simon's, and with her outfit today, it suddenly made Simon feel that you don't need to ask, 'I won't say anything if you kill me'.

Catherine felt Simon's eyes, and raised the script in her hand a little unnaturally, "Do you want to read it first?"

Simon walked over and took the script, his eyes still looking at the woman in front of him who was completely clueless, and said with a smile: "Can you take off your coat? I'm afraid that if I find fault with the script, you'll beat me." ”

Catherine glanced at Simon in disgust, and sat down again.

Simon walked over to the couch next to Catherine and sat down, crossed his legs and put the script on his lap, glancing at the title, "Thunderbolt Blue Angels." It is Catherine's second theatrical feature film after "Night of the Blood Corpse" in the original time and space.

Not surprisingly, Eric Ryder, the screenwriter of "Blue Angels of Thunderbolt", is also the screenwriter of Catherine's last "Night of the Bloody Dead", and in some previous communications, Catherine said that she was working with Eric Ryder to improve the script, but the name of the story was only recently confirmed.

In fact, I have watched this movie in my memory, and Simon's biggest feeling is that he must not let Jamie Lee Curtis play the heroine this time. Simon has a lot of feelings for many actresses with a neutral temperament, but he always feels that Jamie Lee Curtis is not neutral, he is a man at all.

As Simon opened the script, the atmosphere in the office suddenly fell silent.

Catherine looked at the side face of the little man next to her who was concentrating on reading the script, and after a while, she reacted, and quickly picked up the coffee on the coffee table and took a sip, wanting to mess with the topic and ask him how he was doing.

But.

Since the end of October, his every move seems to have appeared in the newspapers.

Suddenly made so much money, almost under investigation, and even during the holidays, it didn't stop, tossing a big company like Motorola enough

Little bastard.

And.

Don't say take the initiative to find a topic

It must have been deliberate.

After a moment of silence, she raised the coffee cup in her hand and asked, "Do you want coffee?"

Simon looked up and said, "Okay." ”

Noticing that he was looking at his cup, he immediately remembered that morning, and was inexplicably a little worried that he would come over and snatch the coffee cup in his hand, and ...... by the way So he hurriedly got up: "I'll help you get it." ”

When I came to the door, I found that he had just locked the office door, and he must have planned to do something bad.

Little bastard.

I cursed softly again in my heart, went to the outside room to make a pot of coffee in person, returned to the office, hesitated, silently found a reason, or locked the door again.

I poured him a cup of coffee, sat down again, and thought for a moment, "You must be very busy, right?" ”

Simon shook his head: "No, it's just your business in the afternoon." ”

Listening to his natural tone, he had to pretend to pick up the coffee cup again. Then, noticing the obvious hateful smile on the corner of his mouth, he reached over and lifted the heel of his hard bootie and tapped lightly on the instep of his foot.

She was reluctant to exert herself, but her boots were caught between Simon's feet, and she subconsciously withdrew her legs, and the black boots were left on the man's side.

Looking at her boots, she wanted to go over and grab them back, but she didn't dare to get closer. Instinctively, I felt that if I leaned over, it was likely that the whole person would not be able to come back.

"You can't do that. ”

"Huh?"

"I'll tell Jenny. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Give me back your shoes. ”

"Don't give. ”

"Little bastard. ”

"Thanks for the compliment. ”

After a moment of stalemate, she felt herself getting angrier and angrier, well, it must be so, and then she couldn't help but get up and leaned over to snatch the shoes back.

And then.

Sure enough, the whole person was caught.

I don't know how long it took, on the couch, Simon was still sitting in the position just now, but Catherine was lying on her back on the other side, raising one arm to cover her face, and her chest was still a little heaving rapidly. The woman's military-style jacket that made Simon feel oppressive had been taken off, and she was wearing a close-fitting black turtleneck cardigan, and only light stockings were left on both feet, which were weakly placed on the man's legs.

Simon continued to flip through the script of "Thunderbolt Blue Angels" for a while, waited for the woman to calm down, and said tentatively, "Go to me at night?"

"Don't," Catherine subconsciously refused, paused before adding in a whisper, "Your side...... If I find out, I don't want to see anyone. And, Jenny. ”

Simon remembered the almost constant paparazzi around him, and was also a little distressed, and when he heard Catherine mention Janet, he was silent for a moment and said, "I will confess to Jenny, I am too greedy to be a good man." ”

Catherine immediately said, "Don't tell her." ”

Simon said, "Jenny is very smart. ”

Catherine insisted, "Anyway, you are not allowed to tell her. ”

"Okay," Simon smiled helplessly, "I'll be going to San Francisco recently, and I'll be going to Instinct and a few other things." Otherwise, you can go over there too, and if you pay a little attention over there, you shouldn't be discovered. ”

Catherine still covered her face with her arms on her face, shook her head and said, "If you don't go, I won't cooperate with you to do this kind of thing." ”

Simon smiled bitterly: "Then what should I do? You don't want to be here, and you don't go to San Francisco, and you're afraid of being found out if you go to my side." ”

Catherine gently kicked Simon in the leg: "It's none of my business, it's your business." ”

Simon couldn't help but raise his hand and scratch the soles of the woman's feet, but he was kicked a few more times, so he had to say, "Forget it, let's talk about the script." What do you want to convey in this story?"

"I don't want to talk now. ”

"Well, then don't speak. ”

Simon nodded, rubbing the woman's calf on his body, occasionally turning a page of the script, and quietly passing the beautiful time of the afternoon.