"Hey, baby, are we going to eat French food tonight?"

After agreeing with Jessica on a time and place for tonight, Andy and Melissa could also go home to spend time with their families, especially Draco, who now obviously regretted a little, and complained to Daniel several times that Melissa was so busy that he didn't even see his daughter. However, after Kusa's return, Melissa was much more relaxed, so Draco didn't have the heart to get her out of Daniel's team right now.

In fact, this is a key point, this is not possible, the awards season is not too far away, Drake is Daniel's important network resources, at this time, several company executives, directors and producers he has worked with, as well as some of the biggest names in the industry, are part of Kusa's work.

Despite this, Daniel and Jessica have regular dates every Saturday night, and they are both very busy, especially Daniel, who has been so busy lately that it is overwhelming, and the original plan of "Gladiator" will be relaxed after its release, and the plan to go on vacation to Florida or the Caribbean with Jessica has to be put on hold, fortunately, Jessica's new series is also about to be released, and in October, she also has a lot of promotional schedules.

Every Saturday, the two of them always take time out of their busy schedules to have a meal together, which is essential for maintaining a relationship, and physical needs can be overlooked in the busy work, but emotional vacancies can sometimes have serious consequences.

"Are you going to New Zealand?"

Jessica asked inquiringly as she tore a piece of bread and put it in her mouth.

The girl has also become more mature in recent months, Horner has become less involved between them, and Jessica's curfew has been lifted, apparently, on the one hand, the relationship is recognized, and on the other hand, Jessica is increasingly reassuring her agent and family.

Daniel nodded, "Yes, it's not long, I have to come back at the end of October to shoot "Spy", and I can't delay it any longer." ”

Speaking of which, Daniel reached out and wiped it on Jessica's lips and wiped off the jam, "I'm sorry, dear, I'm too busy, I'm waiting for me to shoot "Spy", I must find a time to accompany you on vacation, where do you want to go?" ”

"Daniel, I understand." Jessica didn't force it, "You don't know, now Horner cares more about our relationship than I do, you're the most high-profile young person in Hollywood right now, it's a critical period for you, you have to work hard to make movies, otherwise the opportunity will be gone in a flash." ”

"Thank you for your understanding, Jessica, you are such an understanding girl."

After eating, the two of them left in batches and met at the hotel.

The tight body, the enthusiastic response, and the intermittent ** in his ears all allowed Daniel to enjoy a good night.

The young body is attractive.

Daniel was indeed heading to New Zealand to continue filming on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and it wasn't until late October, when he finished his work there, returned to Los Angeles, and immediately joined the crew to shoot "Spy", which also had a busy awards season and Daniel had to deal with all kinds of judges, which was a new kid and very challenging for him.

Before that, he had to finish all the finishing touches of Legally Blonde in Los Angeles, which had been delayed for some time, and although MGM didn't say anything, his work should be done on time, which was required by the work ethic, and Daniel had no intention of becoming an arrogant person.

Speaking of MGM, the current "Legally Blonde" has also attracted a lot of attention, and it has warmed up in advance, Daniel got two million plus five percent of the profit share, and now it seems a bit prescient, according to expectations, Daniel's salary for filming this film is basically about three million, which is very cost-effective at present.

According to Kusa's arrangement, this kind of film that simply consumes popularity, less than eight million, Daniel should not accept it again.

So MGM can be regarded as picking up a bargain with no market, so in the treatment of Daniel's itinerary, as long as it can be accommodating, it will generally not set up obstacles, and MGM's desire to cooperate in other films is stronger than Daniel's. They have always been under great financial pressure, and there have been no big lucrative films in recent years, and cooperating with stars with high box office freshness is an important guarantee.

During this period, the overseas box office of "Gladiator" also exceeded 150 million, and the total global box office has almost reached 300 million, for "Gladiator" with an investment of more than 100 million, this is not a box office figure that makes a lot of money, but in any case, it is a successful investment by Universal - it has made money, and it has a good reputation, there are not too many such films in their film library, IMDB still has a high score of 8.7, and there are more than eighty percent praise on Rotten Tomatoes, and there is no doubt that Universal has made a classic this time.

Daniel has been at the top of the IMDB list for quite some time, and with the mountain eagle's condensed report and intensive media coverage, it is not inconceivable that he will surpass the familiar Russell Crowe, and this kind of reaction attention list is always beneficial for new faces.

Yes, new faces, for real movie theater regulars, Daniel is certainly a new face, for gossip magazine lovers, Crow has actually always been a regular customer, relatively speaking, Daniel is much fresher than Crow, it is undoubted.

The two of them are not very competitive, which is good news for Daniel.

Universal and Crowe himself spent a lot of money on public relations Oscar, which is not a secret to many people, and the public relations of this kind of power, as long as Daniel is swept to the tail of the typhoon, has a great impact. Of course, Universal will also play some role, the box office of "Gladiator" is what they are most concerned about in the final analysis, if they get the Oscar, then the box office of "Gladiator" in the United States and overseas, especially overseas, there must be a wave of small **, this kind of box office increase of tens of millions at every turn, compared to public relations investment, of course, it is worth it.

After spending the night with Jessica again, Daniel got on a plane to New Zealand, and a lot of the work had to be handed over to Kusa and Fred, who were involved in the New Zealand network and protected by the hacker team of Mountain Eagle, and did not have to worry about revealing trade secrets.

Daniel, who returned to New Zealand this time, was not comparable to the last time, and at Auckland Airport, the New Zealand fans who came to pick up the airport held a sign with the image of Commodius, which was still very eye-catching.

Wellington Daily's Lena gets the opportunity to be interviewed, and her boyfriend, Josh, is unhappy, he's no longer a fan of Daniel at all - as Lena has become a die-hard fan of Daniel.

Daniel was interviewed briefly, which was reminded by Franceste that his closeness to the people can consolidate his popularity and image in this small island country, and that people living in island countries are always a little stingy, and you can often satisfy their psychology if you are more polite.

"Hey, hello." Daniel saw Lena at a glance, whom the journalist of the Daily had signed and who was also a participant in the Elf event, "It's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Despite trembling with excitement and the envious gazes of the female reporters around her, Lena kept the reserve of a journalist without drooling or screaming wildly.

"Yes, good, Daniel, welcome back to New Zealand, how about it, how long will you shoot this time?" I remember you seemed like you were going to make "Spy", right? ”

She asked her own questions, and after interviewing Daniel, Tasia, the editor-in-chief of the Wellington Daily and an acquaintance of Peter Jackson and Francis, began to change the direction of the social section a little, and some of the most popular Oceanian stars began to appear on the pages of the Daily.

"I'm very happy to be in beautiful New Zealand again, I'm glad that everyone will love "Gladiator", yes, I'm here to shoot "The Lord of the Rings", it's not very long, it should be done next month, if it goes well. As for the next work, it is indeed the training and filming of "Spy Shadow", and some professional training must be done. ”

After answering three questions selectively, Andy and the security staff began to say "thank you" while escorting Daniel out of the airport.

This time, the filmmaker is filming intensively, and it is not the first time Daniel has come here, so he did not hold a welcome party, but in terms of getting along, Daniel obviously feels a lot of differences. Except for some familiar actors, many staff members were polite to him.

Dominic and Ilya were most interested in his arrival, as was Gandalf McLean.

"Hey, elf, Hugh Jackman let me talk to you." When McClain met with him, it was like this.

Daniel, of course, knew what he meant.

Magneto in "X-Men" is played by McLean, and he actually took the time to go back to participate in a lot of publicity work before, and came back a month before Daniel.

Daniel understands very well that the box office curve of "X-Men" is also an analysis case of Mountain Eagle, with 57 million in the first three days of the weekend, but so far, the total box office in the two months of release has just exceeded 150 million, and it is about to be caught up by "Gladiator", of course, it does not mean that its box office is not good, and "X-Men", which has an investment of 75 million, at least in North America, does not seem to make less than "Gladiator".

7.5 points, which is not low for a commercial film.

So, it's a success, and that's why McLean talked about it so easily, but now that the two sides are fighting in overseas markets, "Gladiator" is currently a complete victory, so Hugh Jackman is forgivable for saying that he wants to teach Daniel a lesson.

There was no way, and in the end, Daniel had to be blackmailed by McLean and invited him to have a drink alone.

This trip has caused him an unknown amount of trouble.

(ps: Thank you for the second reward of "Where am I going", but this nickname must be in quotation marks, otherwise it will be awkward)