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Sabina Fureili's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Next time, when?"

Simon shrugged: "Not sure, maybe, there will be no next time."

Sabina Fraili felt a little puzzled, but she took the matter down seriously.

After sitting with the man in the restaurant for more than an hour, Simon finished flipping through a thick stack of more than a dozen local Italian newspapers. Sofia and Jennifer returned to the restaurant again and told Simon that the luggage had been packed and they could leave.

Simon handed Sophia a page of memo he had just written while reading the newspaper, and said, "Help me collect information about these people or companies. In addition, I have marked some news in these newspapers. You can make it when you have time." Press clippings, and the same will be true for the news about this list in the media in the future.”

Sophia agreed to come down, and everyone left the restaurant together.

The bodyguards were already waiting outside in the car, and Sabina Frieli also followed. Seeing a group of people getting into the car, she wondered if she should take the initiative to leave.According to the previous signs, it seems that there is no one else in this villa.It's just that it's impossible for me to walk back to the city, right?

Sophia noticed her embarrassing situation, and said before getting into the car: "Miss Fraili, you can stay here for now, I will be back soon."

After the two cars drove out of the manor one by one, Sabina Fureili returned to the villa. Feeling the quiet surroundings, she felt a little curious inexplicably, and wandered around the villa like a cat on her feet.

There are a total of three floors of the villa, and each floor has at least seven or eight rooms. She finally found the entrance to the basement, but most of the doors were locked.

Florence Airport is not far from the southern suburbs. In less than an hour, Sophia came back again, but she was not alone. She also brought some entourages. To be precise, they were five young girls in their early twenties.

Sabina Fraili looked at those girls who were not inferior to her in appearance and temperament, and felt a little baffled, and even had some unharmonious associations.Sophia just deftly ordered a few girls to start cleaning the villa, and she herself brought some tools to the dining room.

Following them into the restaurant, Sabina found Sophia sitting down at the table, cutting out pages of news with scissors according to the marks Simon had made on the newspaper, and pasting them on the large sixteen-size blank bound book.

After watching quietly for a while, Sabina Fraili tentatively asked, "Ms. Fish, do you need my help?"

Sophia looked at her, nodded and said, "Okay, just cut out the news marked by Simon for me."

Sabina Fraili took the scissors from Sofia and picked up a newspaper.

It was a copy of Corriere della Sera, one of the largest circulation newspapers in Italy.Although it has the name of an evening newspaper, it is actually a morning newspaper.

The most important news on the front pages today is undoubtedly the news that Giuseppe Tornatore has won the Palme d'Or for Cinema Paradis.

Sabina Fraili originally thought that Simon Westero would mark this important news, but she didn't. After careful inspection, she finally found a page of news that was marked, but it was about Maserati.Sabina Fraelli knew about this luxury sports car production company and read it curiously. The news was that Maserati was in trouble and might seek to sell it in the future.

Why flag such a news?

Could it be that Simon Westeros wants to buy Maserati?

He does have this strength.

just.

Sabina Frieli thought about it, but still couldn't figure it out, so she cut out the report seriously and handed it to Sophia next to her.

Sophia took the news, glued it to the newspaper clippings, read it carefully, and checked the memo with a long list left by Simon before he left.

Seeing the long list on the memorandum, Sophia inexplicably felt a surge of heat in her heart.

Fiat Group.

Armani.

Ferrero Corporation.

Prada.

Maserati.

Agnelli family.

Silvio Berlusconi.

……

……

Some of these lists have long been famous in Italy, some are just new riches, and some are still unknown.

Sophia didn't have the feeling of doubt that Sabina Furilli had. Seeing this list, she could clearly feel a certain kind of strong aggression.

Aggression in Simon Westeros.

Sophia is absolutely sure that if given the opportunity, Simon will definitely sell to these lists in the memo, just like Westeros bought a large number of technology company stocks back then.The continuous recovery of technology stocks ahead of other sectors of the North American stock market in the past two years has already proved Simon's original vision.

Now, Sophia can understand that the man is no longer satisfied with this.

Or, he has never been satisfied with the rapid appreciation of his investment, and his pursuit should always be endless rapid expansion.To be precise, it may be to invade the world and rule the world.

Such an ideal may only exist in fantasy for many other people, but he has been doing it all the time.

Since its birth in 1986, in less than three years, the industry under the name of Westeros has involved the three major fields of media, technology and fashion, and the growth rate of a series of companies has exceeded that of many established families. A hundred years of accumulation.It is not difficult to imagine that as long as this expansion rate continues, that young man will definitely create an unprecedented wealth miracle.

Thinking of this, Sophia couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

Perhaps, I should have been more proactive last night, eating this man first, instead of silently waiting for him to take the initiative.The man seemed to seldom take the initiative, he just took everything for granted.

"Ms. Fisher?"

A voice in her ear interrupted Sophia's contemplation. When she came back to her senses, she found that Sabina Furilli was looking at her suspiciously, and several cut newspapers had accumulated on the desktop.

Gathering up her thoughts, Sophia began to paste these newspaper clippings seriously, and asked casually, "Florence is not the film and television center of Italy, why are you here?"

"I just finished filming a movie, and it's in the eastern suburbs. I plan to stay in Florence for a few days. I got the invitation letter for the banquet last night from the crew." Sabina Fraelli explained, Seeing the figure of a girl flashing past outside the restaurant, he asked curiously, "Ms. Fei Xi, are they all maids of this villa?"

"That's right." Sophia nodded and said, "However, this is only a part-time job. They are all students of several universities in Florence."

"Oh," Sabina Frielli nodded, and said, "I also tried to apply for the National Film Academy a few years ago, but unfortunately failed, so I had to directly try to enter the show business circle. Unfortunately, in the Italian circle It's really hard to develop, especially for actresses, there are not many opportunities for actresses in Italy."

"So, you want to go to Hollywood?"

Sabina Fraili looked over expectantly and asked, "Ms. Fish, can you help me?"

"I can't help you, Sabina, look outside, none of their aptitudes are worse than yours. However, you are already much ahead of them, at least you met Simon, although they serve this manor , and may also know that the owner of the manor is Simon Westeros, but it is very difficult to have the opportunity to meet Simon."

Sabina Frieli stopped cutting the newspaper and asked tentatively, "So, what should I do next?"

Sophia smiled, shook her head and said, "I don't know, maybe, you should expect that he won't forget you."

Chapter 265 Bad Review (Repair)

Simon returned to Los Angeles, and this year's summer vacation officially opened with the release of Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3".

"Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" has an unconventional Wednesday opening date, with a May 5 release date.The film opened on a scale of 24 screens, and it earned $2327 million at the box office in just two days on Wednesday and Thursday, easily surpassing United Artists' action movie "Dragon Killing", which also opened in the first week.

"Dragon Killing" was released on May 5. On a normal Friday, the box office in the first seven days was 19 million US dollars, and the total box office in North America is expected to be around 824 million US dollars.Although far from being able to compare with "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3000", relative to the production cost of 3 million US dollars, "Dragon Killing Battle" is not a failure at the box office.

It is worth mentioning that the hero of "The Dragon Kills" happens to be Patrick Swayze, the hero of the original "Ghost Love".

In order to ensure the success of "Ghost Love", Simon did not intend to change the hero and heroine.While he's away from L.A., Daenerys Entertainment has secured deals for the classic romance with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.

Patrick Swayze was promoted to the first-line actor two years ago with a blockbuster musical film "Dirty Dancing" with a global box office of more than 500 million US dollars, and finally negotiated a salary of [-] million US dollars.

Apart from being the wife of Bruce Willis, Demi Moore doesn't have any outstanding works.If it weren't for Simon's insistence, Amy would not be willing to use the other party at all, so during the negotiation process, the salary was stuck, and only a salary of 30 US dollars was slightly exceeded the price of the newcomer, and an additional movie was included as a priority rights contract.

With a group of Hollywood actresses closely watching this project, Demi Moore knew that she had no bargaining chip to rely on, and she quickly agreed to it after a little fuss about the details.

In addition, the black actress Whoopi Goldberg also agreed to play the role of the psychic Oddme Brown in "The Ghost".

On May 5, Daenerys Entertainment officially announced the main creative information of "Ghost Love", the film will officially start shooting in August, with a budget of 29 million US dollars, and it is initially scheduled for next summer.

However, because Daenerys Entertainment has launched a large number of movies in recent months, this matter did not cause much disturbance in the media.Hollywood is paying more attention to Daenerys Entertainment's first summer movie "Bodyguard", which will be released soon.

In the past few months, Daenerys Entertainment has released a series of movies that have not achieved too bright box office results.If "The Bodyguard" continues to stay this tepid, the meteoric rise to fame in 1988 will undoubtedly dim.

Moreover, according to some vague rumors in the circle, the internal test screening of "Bodyguard" did not work very well.

Daenerys Entertainment kept the word of mouth of "The Bodyguard" under wraps until a week before the film's release, and has never held any public media or fan trial screenings, which undoubtedly proves this rumor.

Los Angeles.

The Century City Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The time is already May 5st. This morning, the soundtrack album release conference for "Bodyguard" was grandly held at the Century City Hotel. The album will be officially on sale next Monday, three days later than the film's release date.Before that, "Bodyguard" star Whitney Houston did her homework for her screen debut and third album.

At the end of the press conference, Daenerys Entertainment held a luncheon at the Century City Hotel to entertain the main creators of the film and the media reporters who were invited to attend today.

Inside the banquet hall.

Clive Davis, the president of Alista Records, Whitney Houston’s signed record company, held a glass of champagne and chatted with Simon warmly for a while, then turned to Whitney Houston, his expression turned serious .

Alistar Records was originally a record company established with the support of Columbia Pictures in the 70s. It has gone through several twists and turns in the past ten years since its establishment, and is now a subsidiary of the German Bertelsmann Music Group.Clive Davis has been the president of the company since its inception. After going through ups and downs, Alista Records finally ushered in a turning point because of the popularity of Whitney Houston four years ago.

Whitney Houston's collaboration with Daenerys Entertainment on The Bodyguard was also the result of Clive Davis' push.

Now, he has some regrets.

It seems that since the end of last year, Daenerys Entertainment has lost its popularity, and none of the films released in the first half of the year were hits.It's just that it's nothing, but now that "Bodyguard" has not been released, a series of doubts about the quality of the film have already spread.

As for the soundtrack album of "Bodyguard", in order to facilitate this cooperation, Alistar Records made a big concession in the contract. , Simon Westeros himself acted as an advisor.

As a condition of cooperation, Daenerys Entertainment will take 50% of the record's gross profit.

Clive Davies had expected Simon Westeros to deliver something as good as "Celebration" for Madonna, but what Arista Records got instead was a record that basically consisted of covers and A mash-up album composed of Whitney's own old songs, the main feature of the album is actually an old song "I Will Always Love You" originally sung by Dolly Parton in the 70s.

Whitney Houston's two albums since his debut have both achieved outstanding results in global sales exceeding 1000 million copies. Seeing that this good situation is likely to be ruined, Clive Davis found his own pillar who was socializing and put She pulled aside and began to whisper the skill of throwing pots in a low voice.

Once "Bodyguard" fails, the prospect of this soundtrack album is even more worrying.

Clive Davis now only hopes to put the blame on Daenerys Entertainment as much as possible to avoid the impact on Whitney Houston's career.

The other side of the banquet hall.

Clive Davis walks away and Amy Pascal comes to Simon's side.

Compared with Clive Davis who only cares about "Bodyguard", Amy is worried about the commercial performance of the next two films "Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense".However, when she walked up to Simon, she talked about something else: "Bob went to New York on Monday, and there was nothing special about it, but someone in New York happened to see him and A senior executive from Sony America had dinner with him."

Simon understands that Amy's Bob here is Robert Rehm.

At the lunch in Cannes, Simon naturally heard Rem's hint that he hoped to get a raise, but he didn't respond. He just mentioned it to Amy in private to draw her attention.

I didn't expect Rem to contact Sony so quickly.

Or, more likely, Sony took the initiative to contact Rem.

During this period, Sony's acquisition negotiations for Columbia Pictures have been fully open.

Coca-Cola, the largest shareholder of Columbia Pictures, intends to cash out its non-core business, and Sony also urgently needs to acquire a Hollywood studio.

In my memory, Sony completed the acquisition of Columbia Pictures. The people in charge of the company were Peter Cooper and Jon Peters. Both of them are long-established gold medal producers in Hollywood. In London" and many other blockbuster films.

The original script of "Rain Man" was first obtained by Cooper Peters Production Company, which the two cooperated with, and it fell into the hands of Daenerys Entertainment. Producer's title.

However, these two people were in charge of Colombia, but they made Sony vomit blood.

Excessive profligacy and consecutive failures forced Sony in the original space-time to write down assets of up to 21 billion U.S. dollars on Columbia Pictures after firing the two, which became the largest loss in Sony's history.

Although Simon believes that anyone hired by Sony to be the head of Columbia is much better than Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, but judging from Hollywood's qualifications, he doesn't think Rem is competing with them. Qualifications.

Peter Guber and Peter Guber have produced many successful films, but Rem's forte has always been distribution. Before he took over New World Entertainment, he was the vice president of the marketing and marketing department of Universal Pictures. Neither company has ever made a single blockbuster movie.

Now, Rem is still only the president of Daenerys Entertainment's distribution business.

While marketing has become increasingly important in Hollywood, creative talent has always dominated the industry.The top leaders of Hollywood studios are usually gradually promoted from the production department, just like Disney's Michael Eisner and Fox Pictures President Joe Ross, etc., it is relatively rare for the top of the studio to come from the distribution department.

After deliberating for a moment, Simon said: "In this case, you should pay more attention to the distribution department in the next period of time."

Amy nodded, and said again: "Aren't you going to talk to Bob?"

Simon asked back: "Do you remember when he joined the job?"

"Probably, last August."

Simon shrugged and said, "It's been less than a year, Amy. In all fairness, I'm very satisfied with Bob's job. However, in the process of signing the contract, I have already offered enough conditions, the $300 million The amount of the bonus, which is already comparable to the executive of the publicity department of a major studio, although the company does make a lot of money, I don't feel that I owe him anything. If he feels that he is not getting enough, then leave .”

Amy paused, nodded and said: "I will find a suitable candidate who may replace Bob."

Simon stopped talking, and turned to another thing: "The marketing plan for the last month of "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" needs to be adjusted again. Let De Niro and the others be on talk show interviews and other programs Don't imply too deliberately that the film's plot is reversed, just follow the normal horror film announcement process, and the company's media marketing copy is also the same."

Amy smiled bitterly: "Simon, this film will be even less attractive to most audiences."

"Starring De Niro, and my screenwriter, this is attractive in itself. Amy, "The Sixth Sense" cannot be a commercial blockbuster with a high box office in the first week. I hope it can go out on a long-term path." word-of-mouth curve."

……

After the launch of the soundtrack album of "Bodyguard", the film's release date is also coming soon.

On June 6, "Bodyguard" was officially launched in North America with an opening scale of 2 screens.Since the success of the saturated release of several consecutive films last year, it has become very common for studios to open more than 2021 yuan for commercial films this year.

At the same time as "Bodyguard" was released, the box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" was officially released for the first full week.

5月26日到6月1日七天时间，斯皮尔伯格的这部商业大作在北美院线狂收4601万美元，一举超越当年《星球大战：绝地归来》的4216万单周票房数据，创造了一个全新的周票房纪录。