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This year's 42nd Cannes Film Festival opened on May 5. For Daenerys Entertainment, not only Ella Deutschman participated in this year's main competition with Gaomen Films' "My Left Foot" unit, Robert Rehm also led a team to Cannes to promote a series of films produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

The Cannes Film Festival is not only an award selection ceremony, but also the largest film trading market in Europe.

Having decided to attend the 'Gucci Evening' event in Cannes on May 5, Simon's European tour inevitably built up a host of other things.

Determined to continue planning for the coming Internet era, Simon easily found Tim Berners-Lee through papers in some industry magazines. The founder of the Internet concept is currently working at the European Institute of Particle Physics in Sweden. Simon hopes that this trip to Europe will invite him to North America to preside over various technical standards for the Internet.

Now that Gucci has been bought, Simon also plans to go to Florence, where Gucci is headquartered.

In addition, with so many real estate properties already purchased in Europe, it is more or less necessary to see them in person.

The team led by Ella Deutschmann and Robert Rehm rushed to Cannes before May 5, and Simon only set off from Los Angeles on the morning of May 11.

Arriving in Cannes, the time was already 5 o'clock in the morning on May 20th local time.

Sofia Feisi came to pick up Simon in person, and the group got off the plane and rushed directly to the mountain mansion in Le Cannet.

In the Spanish-style villa, Simon and Sofia chatted in low voices. Just as they entered the door, they saw Natasha Kinski curled up on the sofa with only a large white shirt and two long bare legs.Seeing Simon, the woman just greeted lightly, then got up and walked upstairs, like a Persian cat that is habitually indifferent to its owner.

Looking around, compared to when he left a year ago, the furnishings in the villa have also changed. It is obviously more feminine, and there is a faint smell of perfume in the air. Simon just saw some servants outside. He used to But I'm not used to these people appearing in my field of vision.

After ordering the accompanying Neil and others to conduct a routine wiretapping inspection on the villa, Simon sat down on the sofa and asked Sophia, "How much did she spend in the past year?"

With a smile on her face, Sophia said, "About 70 US dollars."

"I'll sort out the bills these days, and I want to collect debts," Simon recalled Natasha Kinski's voting incident when he was a Cannes judge last year, lying sideways on the sofa, and said 'viciously': "There is still interest, Also calculated clearly."

Sophia came over, knelt down and stuffed a pillow under Simon's head, with a little teasing in her tone: "Then you must not come back, Natasha failed to get alimony from her ex-husband, although she starred last year Three films, but those are all low-budget European films, and the total salary is less than 20 US dollars, even less after paying taxes."

Although Natasha Kinski is a very beautiful vase in the European film circle, her reputation is not small, but because of the overall budget constraints of European films, her salary is actually very low.Even if you star in a commercial film, it's probably only at the $10 level.

"If this is the case, then I can only chase people away." Simon raised his head slightly, asked Sophia to put the pillow on himself, kicked off the leather shoes on his feet, noticed that Jennifer was still standing beside him, and said again: "I will rest for a while , you can take Jenny to set up the room first, and then let someone prepare lunch, Ella and Bob will come over for lunch at noon."

Sophia nodded, turned to the other side of the sofa to arrange the shoes that Simon kicked off, and then took Jennifer upstairs together.

Although I felt that Sophia seemed to be more considerate than before after meeting this time, Simon didn't pay much attention to it. Thinking of something, he ordered the two women walking towards the stairs to give the servants in the mansion a holiday, and Simon rested with his arm on his head and closed his eyes. .

With the busy schedule of these days and more than ten hours of travel, it is inevitable that I am a little tired.

It was more than two hours later when I woke up, and it was just past eleven o'clock.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Natasha Kinski curled up on the sofa next to her again. The woman was still wearing the long white shirt, but this time she was wearing trousers, but her feet were still bare.

Noticing that Simon was looking at him, the woman who was casually flipping through a fashion magazine glanced sideways, then looked away.

Simon sat up and asked, "Where's Sophie?"

Natasha Kinski didn't raise her head, and said lazily, "Probably, it's in the kitchen."

"Are you divorced?"

"Ah."

"What about the child?"

"I won't take the child, it's better to put it with him."

"So, you plan to stay with me forever?"

"I think it's fine."

"But I think it's very bad," Simon said, feeling that he should gain some initiative, and said again: "Besides, you can spend too much money, did you take the time to settle the bill?"

Natasha Kinski leaned her body and said indifferently, "I have no money."

"In that case, can I kick you out?"

"Ah."

"..."

The atmosphere was strangely confronted for a moment, or rather, only Simon was confronting, that feeling of staring at the air, and then gave up voluntarily.

Not very good at chasing people away.

Anyway.

Just get a cat seriously.

It's not that I can't afford it.

Seeing Jennifer bring Ella Deutschman and Robert Rehm in together, Simon ignored Natasha Kinski and got up to greet her.

Chapter 261 Only One Result (Revised)

"I'm trying to buy a New Zealand director Jane Campion's film called Sweet Sister, which is a dark comedy with a small format and focuses on themes of family dysfunction and female sexuality. However, The director is very thoughtful in terms of the soundtrack and composition of the film. Most importantly, the film is highly completed and the story is very smooth, even audiences who are not interested in literary films will not feel bored during the viewing process.”

Hilltop villa in the Le Cannet district.

Ella Deutschmann and Robert Rehm arrived, and everyone entered the dining room, chatting about recent events over lunch.

As early as the main competition film of this Cannes Film Festival had just been confirmed, Simon got the film list at the first time. In addition to "My Left Foot" and "Sex, Lies and Videotape", the other two movies that Simon is more interested in are Giuseppe Tornadore's "Paradise Cinema" and the other is Jane. Campion's "Sweet Sister."

Needless to say, "Cinema Paradise" is the Oscar's best foreign language film in 1990 in the original time and space.

As for "Sweet Sister", Simon has not seen this movie, he is interested in the film's director Jane Campion.Another film directed by Campion, "Farewell to the Piano" is one of Simon's favorite films. Of course, this original film released in 1993 has not yet appeared.

For this film festival, Simon's plan is to let Ella Deutschman play freely first, and then decide whether to intervene after seeing the results.

At this time, hearing that Deutschman also took a fancy to Jane Campion's movie, Simon was very satisfied, especially the commercial consideration of the film in Deutschman's words.Treating literary films as commercial films is the business philosophy that Simon has been instilling in Deutschman.

Inside the restaurant.

After listening to Deutschman, Simon asked, "Can I get a copy? I'll take a look at it myself in a few days."

Ella Deutschman thought for a while, nodded and said, "I'll try, it should be fine."

At this time, the servant once again brought a dish to everyone.

Everyone paused for a moment, Simon picked up the cutlery and took a sip of the braised beef in red wine in front of him, then asked, "Are there any other good movies besides "Sweet Sister"?"

"Bertrand Brier's 'Too Beautiful', Giuseppe Tornatore's 'Cinema Paradise' and Denis Aconte's 'Jesus of Montreal' are all award favorites, as well as our ' My Left Foot" and Columbia's "Sex, Lies and Videotape". It's just that a lot of North American studios are eyeing Cannes this year, especially the ones we're looking at. So, I'm not sure if I can get those Movie."

Simon's 1987 "Run Lola" won the Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize and became the box office champion of the year. In 1988, "Pulp Fiction" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and almost became last year's crown.Although the box office success of these two films has no direct causal relationship with the corresponding film festivals, they still managed to attract the attention of filmmakers from various countries to the film festival-winning films.

Daenerys Entertainment's series of box office explosions last year also made the whole of Hollywood keep an eye on the film company's every move.This fixation has caused Daenerys Entertainment to miss out on projects including Sex, Lies and Videotape, but it's clearly not over yet.

After thinking for a moment, Simon said to Deutschman: "If you can't get the film, you can try to sign some directors' next film contracts in advance, which should be easier."

Ella Deutschmann agreed, and said, "I've been using the 'ultimatum' strategy all the time. Gaomen Pictures will not easily fight price wars with other film companies."

Simon nodded, looked at Robert Rem, and asked, "Bob, where's your side?"

"I have established contact with some filmmakers in Eastern Europe these days. The situation there has been somewhat turbulent in the past two years, but at the same time, the control of the film market has also been relaxed," Robert Rem said, and he seemed to complain unintentionally: "Simon, the number of international business trips I have made in the past few months has exceeded the past ten years. I will leave Cannes next week and I will fly to Brazil immediately. There is probably no executive in the distribution department of any studio in Hollywood who is busier than me. "

Simon glanced at Rem and said with a smile: "The company is in a stage of rapid expansion. Everyone is not the same. It will be fine if you have been busy for the past two years. However, if you are not satisfied with the company's business jet, I can approve it." Rent a better one."

Robert Rem smiled in agreement, feeling a little disappointed in his heart. He wondered if Simon really didn't understand his subtext, but he also changed the subject tactfully.

Lunch ends at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Ella Deutschmann and Robert Rehm bid farewell to return to the hotel, and Sofia left to make final preparations for tonight's Gucci night.

Everyone was busy with their own affairs, the servants were also dismissed, and the villa became quiet.

Simon had no work schedule in the afternoon, so he had a rare free time. He stayed upstairs by himself under the eaves of the living room, looking through various technical materials about computer networks recently collected by Jennifer. The female assistant helped him re-determine the schedule for the next few days downstairs. .

It's past two o'clock.

The bright sunshine of the Mediterranean afternoon poured in from the open porch eaves. Simon was leaning on a sun lounger, half of his body soaked in the sun, and was reading a paper introducing the HTTP protocol. Natasha Kinski silently passed the He came behind.

Seeing the woman squatting down beside his recliner, Simon had already changed into a red dress with suspenders. She looked at him steadily like a cat, and asked, "Want to go out?"

"The movie I was in, The Torrent, had a showing at three o'clock."

Simon nodded: "Oh."

He knows the movie.

At the beginning, Valerie Golino almost played the heroine of this new film that the famous Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski has been preparing for several years, but she chose to give up because of the invitation of the role of Catwoman.The film had its premiere on the 15th. Although it is a film that Jerzy Skolimowski has carefully prepared for many years, compared with other films of this director, "Spring in the Rapids" has a very low media evaluation.

Seeing Simon's cold reaction, Natasha Kinski said directly, "You go with me."

After lunch, Simon watched some of the films that will be screened at the film festival this afternoon, including "The Rapid Spring", but none of them interested him, so he would rather stay at home.Hearing what Natasha Kinski said, he shook his head and said, "No."

Natasha Kinski turned her head and thought for a while, squatting next to him, leaned closer, and said, "I told Jenny that you slept with me."

Simon turned a page of the paper in his hand, and said casually: "There is only one result if you do this, either I will drive you out of here, or Jenny will drive you out of here."

Natasha Kinski frowned in distress, then moved closer to Simon and said, "Well, I don't need to tell her."

Simon felt a pair of lips almost touching his ears, reached out and pinched the woman's chin, and said, "Other people's entrustment has been completed, let me bask in the sun for a while."

With this woman's withdrawn and indifferent personality, if it wasn't for someone else's request, she wouldn't bother to invite Simon to watch any movie, even if it was a movie starring herself.Just like the voting in Cannes main competition last year, Simon obviously thought that this woman would vote for "Pulp Fiction", but she just followed her own preferences.

Natasha Kinski hummed, shook her head and shook off Simon's hand, but instead of going to the reclining chair next to her, she got up and straddled Simon, leaned down and rested her head on the man's chest, and moved to find a comfortable place. Lie on top of him and narrow your eyes.

The soft and cool female body was close to her body, blocking the warm sunlight. Simon just smiled and said, "Sleep, I will take you to the party tonight."

After finishing speaking, he continued to look at the paper in his hand.

The woman on her body was only quiet for a moment, then raised her head again, grabbed a button in the center of Simon's shirt and pulled it: "Uncomfortable."

Simon reached over, picked up the button with two fingers and exerted a little force, and the white button collapsed and flew out.

Natasha Kinski's eyes followed the flying button and landed not far away, looked up at Simon, and put it on again with satisfaction.

When he woke up, the figure of the man was no longer by his side.

sunset.

She was still in the same posture as when she was asleep, sticking to the recliner, feeling a certain familiar and strange atmosphere in her breath, her eyes wandering, and the button was still lying on the ground not far away.

The corner of the mouth could not help but slightly curved up.

Living here for a year, she felt a kind of ease that she had never felt before.

You can live the most comfortable life without any sacrifice.

This is probably what she longed for most subconsciously since she was a child.

However, when she realized that he was about to appear again, she realized that she could not give anything.

Sofia Fishy, ​​who was managing the property for him, had reminded her that if she found another boyfriend, she would have to move out of here, and she couldn't bring another man back here.

When I just got divorced, I didn't have this idea.

Afterwards, getting used to this kind of life, the housekeeper's advice unknowingly became her bondage.

She has always liked to do whatever she wanted, but this time she knew that if she violated it, she would have to leave.

She didn't want to leave.

After all, he broke into her life again.

There are always many men coveting her body, and I thought he was no exception.

After the initial discomfort, I couldn't help but start exploring.

Now understand that he is indeed no exception.

But even more excessive.

There will always be possessiveness and jealousy in the lover's world. He doesn't have it, but he takes it for granted.Even, even if she suddenly disappeared from her side one day, he would probably take it for granted, and maybe he would just smile indifferently.

Like.

One of the family cats got lost.

It seems that cats are easy to get lost.

The setting sun sank into the horizon, the sky dimmed, and the breath of the man on the lounger gradually dissipated in the cool sea breeze in the evening, but she was still reluctant to get up.

Footsteps sounded.

Jennifer walked in and saw Natasha Kinski lying lazily on the sun lounger, her eyes were blurred, her flaxen hair was loose, and the suspenders of the long dress slipped from her shoulders, as if she had experienced something The appearance of the lingering rhyme.Frowning, Jennifer couldn't help but add a little coldness in her tone, and said, "Miss Kinski, I'm leaving for Gucci's party soon, you should change your clothes."

So he stood up and went downstairs with his female assistant. Gucci sent a dress and a stylist.

Originally thought that she would be his female companion tonight.

He has already left early.

After all, she was a little disappointed, and even thought about not letting go of her anger. After all, she let the stylist help her take care of it, and drove to the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes.