hunt hollywood

The little girl didn't refute, she nodded and said, "Yes, but I'm not a child like them."

"Okay, then tell me, what kind of movie do you want to act in?"

The little girl blurted out, "Pulp Fiction."

"..."

It seems that a certain incomprehensible woman really took her daughter to watch inappropriate things many times.

Before Simon could respond, the little girl added: "Well, the aunt who drives the taxi, my mother said she is your wife. Simon, can I play that role too."

Simon raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Why do you like that character?"

The little girl raised her hand and gestured: "Well, I think that auntie, who seems to be going crazy at any moment, pulled out a knife and stabbed the guy sitting in the back seat to death. That's so cool."

This……

Simon couldn't find an adjective for a while.

Janet played the role of the female driver of a rough car. Although there were not many scenes and few lines, it left a deep impression on many people.

During the day-long shooting, Simon repeatedly re-shot, which really pushed Janet to the brink of collapse. After the shooting, the woman was exhausted and even collapsed, so she bit Simon completely. .

As a result, the effect of the film is indeed much more amazing than the original version.

Anyone who has watched the film can probably feel a strong sense of danger from Janet.

Simon just didn't expect that a girl who was only seven or eight years old at this time would also resonate with the plot in the film.

and.

I still think it's cool and I want to imitate it.

Taking another look at the 'doll' in front of him, Simon almost blurted out: Hey, little girl, let's talk about what seven or eight-year-olds should talk about, shall we?

For example, your parents have a big problem with their children's education.

However, noticing that the little girl quickly changed her face to a pitiful expectant expression again, Simon did not express his thoughts.

Seeing that Patty Hearst had no objection at all, she nodded and said, "Okay, I can find some similar roles for you, but if you can't play well, then I will definitely have to replace you." .”

Chapter 412 Lobbying Plan (Revised)

"Good morning, Simon."

"Good morning, Uncle Simon."

"Morning, Gemma, and Danny."

early morning.

The two little guys who got up early and did some homework under Sophia's supervision walked into the restaurant, and Simon was already sitting at the table reading the newspaper.

After saying good morning, and setting the two little guys to sit down at the dining table, Sophia took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help serve the meal.

After a while, everyone was seated.

Besides Simon and Sophia's family of three, there were housekeeper Alice Ferguson and girls C and D at the dining table.The other maids who were also busy at the birthday party last night did not have this kind of treatment, but arranged in other apartments outside the manor.

Breakfast is the responsibility of the three of Alice.

The girls who were selected to come to Simon's side, including the housekeeper, have received culinary training in their spare time, so the food on the table can be considered rich and delicious.

Little Gemma picked up the red beans in the porridge bowl in front of her with a spoon, noticed her mother looked over, stuck out her little tongue, but looked at the other people at the table with her bright eyes, and suddenly said: "Mom, Are you going back to Europe today?"

Sophia originally wanted to routinely teach her daughter not to be picky eaters, but she was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes, mom still has work to do."

Having said that, he looked at the men and children on both sides of him, feeling inexplicably reluctant.

However, Sophia is very clear that the feeling of being at home in front of her eyes cannot be completely her own after all.

When I walked out of that dilapidated small fishing village, I wanted to make a lot of money, live a rich life, and marry a very powerful man.Most of the previous dreams have come true, and suddenly, in this small restaurant, I realized that if I could have such a home, it would be better than anything else.

Although these thoughts were born, Sophia did not regret it, nor did she have extravagant hopes.

Nobody's life is perfect.

The former man, the father of Gemma and Daniel, she actually didn't expect much from him, socializing outside and being romantic, as long as he remembered to go home, that was enough.

However, the man dumped her anyway.

After so many years, after going through the world, Sophia no longer has expectations for certain things.

At this moment in the dining room, sitting on one side is the man she likes, and on the other side are her two children who are precious to her, and she can still enjoy the feeling of home.If you want too much, maybe even God will not agree.

Although Sophia loves the two children, she does not condone them. When she comes to North America every one or two weeks, she often checks the homework of the two little ones immediately. Coupled with the careful care of her grandfather and grandmother, little Gemma is actually He is not so dependent on his mother.

Also, presumably a similar question has been asked before and got the same answer.

After Sophia gave the answer, the little girl changed the subject, poked her head forward again and looked at Simon on the other side of her mother, and said, "Simon, Lydia said last night that she can star in your movie, I don't care." Can I get a role too?"

Simon remembered what happened last night, and he didn't seem to agree to a little witch like that.

However, Simon did not correct him, and said softly, "What do you want to play?"

Under Sophia's careful care, little Gemma obviously does not have the rich "movie viewing experience" of the little witch, and all she can get access to is what she can see.

The little girl turned her head and thought for a while, then said, "Can I play a penguin?"

Simon smiled and said, "This is a bit difficult. The penguins you saw last night were all real."

"Of course I know." Little Gemma leaned slightly towards the dining table, showing some contemptuous eyes, looking at Simon solemnly: "I don't want to become a real penguin. The school rehearses a play, There are people playing pigs, of course I can also play penguins.”

Simon froze for a moment, but found helplessly that, according to the little girl's logic, he had no way to refute it.

Fortunately, Sophia spoke quickly, leading her daughter's thoughts elsewhere.Little Gemma was just on a whim, but she didn't have the persistence of a little witch last night.

After breakfast, Sophia personally drove the two little guys to school together.

The private school where the two children are studying is located on the northeast side of downtown Greenwich, not far from Simon's estate, and can be reached in a few minutes.

Stopping the car in the school parking lot, little Gemma said goodbye to Sophia, just in time to see Lydia Hearst on the other side getting out of her car, immediately ran over excitedly, and left with the little witch .

Lydia Hearst was also driven by her mother herself. After noticing Sophia, Patti Hearst stepped forward to have a chat.

After Patty Hearst drove away, Sophia looked at her son who had been guarding the side and did not leave.

Noticing Daniel's hesitant expression, Sophia squatted down, helped the child tidy up his collar, and said with a smile, "Honey, do you have anything to tell mom?"

Daniel nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mom, you, um, do you like Uncle Simon?"

Sophia was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded slightly, and said, "I like it."

"Then, does he like you?"

Sophia didn't hesitate this time, and said again: "Of course I like it too."

Daniel looked into Sophia's eyes, heard what she said, stopped asking any more questions, stepped forward and hugged his mother, and said: "Mom, grandma said, it's not easy for you these years. I, um, I only hope that my mother can do the same." happiness."

Daniel was already three years older than Gemma, and Sophia knew that his son was actually smarter than his daughter.Although he is a little taciturn on weekdays, Daniel is actually more precocious than his peers, and he knows many things well.

At this time, hearing her son confide in her heart, Sophia suddenly felt that she had no regrets for all the years of struggle and dedication.

Holding her son tightly in her arms, Sophia pressed against the child's face and said softly: "Baby, of course mother is happy, very happy."

Daniel patted his mother on the back lightly like a little adult, and let his mother hug him for a while, before he couldn't help saying: "Mom, I can hardly breathe."

Sophia quickly let go of her son, and pushed the boy towards the teaching building: "Go ahead, Mom may not have time to come over next week, take good care of your younger sister, as well as your grandfather and grandmother."

Daniel solemnly agreed, and finally waved to Sophia, then turned and walked towards the school.

Looking at her son's figure until he entered the teaching building, Sophia wiped the corners of her eyes lightly, opened the door and got in the car.

I had already said goodbye to Simon when I left, and this time I went directly to my apartment in the city center, planning to say goodbye to my parents before returning to Europe.

I originally planned to take the Concorde back. This supersonic plane only takes three hours from the east coast to Europe. Compared with ordinary subsonic planes, the journey time has been shortened by more than half.

The distance from North America to Europe is about 6000 kilometers, and the three-hour journey is almost the same as the commuting time of young people who have just entered the workplace in some central metropolises and have to rent houses in remote areas.

However, after the man heard about this incident, he stopped letting her take this kind of plane. The reason was that it was unsafe and noisy. He also lent her his Boeing 767 this time, and the man would directly take the Gulfstream IV back to the West Coast.

It will probably be used more often in the future.

It is very clear that it is very rare for a man to lend out his car with the territorial awareness of not wanting others to get involved in his personal belongings.That's why Sophia answered her son's second question so simply.

Compared with supersonic aircraft, it takes seven or eight hours to fly back to Europe by Boeing 767, but Sophia did not refuse.

Not to mention a medium-sized airliner like the Boeing 767, even if it is the Gulfstream IV owned by Westeros, sitting on it is not much different from being on the ground.

Seven or eight hours of voyage time can be used for work and rest, basically not wasted.

Moreover, private jets can land directly in Florence, the city where Gucci is headquartered, instead of Paris or Rome, which still needs to be transferred, which actually saves a lot of time.

In the manor on the outskirts of Greenwich.

After Sophia left with her children, Simon did not leave immediately, but soon welcomed a guest.

Joseph Schlapp.

The head of the Schlapp Consulting Company under the Westeros Corporation, which helps Simon manage political investment affairs.

The headquarters of Schlapp Consulting is also in Greenwich, so it is very convenient to meet.

Joseph Schlapp is a thin, middle-aged white man about five or sixty years old, not tall, a little bald, with some groomed gray beard on his chin, wearing a dark gray suit, and wearing a dark gray suit on his whole body. A very convincing and intimate temperament.

This is not surprising. If you are not good at dealing with people, you will definitely not be able to do this job.

Over the past two years of cooperation, Joseph Schlapp has been in charge of assisting New York Mayor David Dinkins to win the election and the previous two large-scale mergers and acquisitions to help Westeros Corporation open up political joints. Two things The results made Simon very satisfied.

Simon also fully recognized the other party's identity as the spokesperson for the political donation lobbying work of the Westeros system in his heart.

The meeting between the two in the morning was not an ordinary daily visit, but a very important matter.

In the living room of the villa.

After the housekeeper delivered two glasses of water and left, Joseph Schlapp, who was sitting on the single sofa next to Simon, took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and introduced: "According to the information we have collected in recent months ATT, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Sprint, and Bell Atlantic are actually more or less pushing the federal government to reopen the telecommunications industry. However, Simon, you have to read this document first. This is my Motorola received a lobbying plan. Motorola not only hopes that operators will not be involved in the continuation of regulations in the field of telecommunications equipment manufacturing, but also hopes that the federal government will also include the newly emerging Internet field. The spearhead is obvious, and it should be pointed at Cisco. .”

Simon took the file and opened it.

Joseph Schlapp took a sip from the water glass on the table, waited for a while, and continued: "However, Simon, we don't need to worry. Motorola has not been involved in the field of network equipment manufacturing for the time being. Moreover, this is a new technology after all. Industry, it is impossible for the federal government to formulate relevant restrictive regulations too early, which is not beneficial to the development of emerging industries. Take out this document, just to let you know that there is such a thing.”

Simon nodded slightly, giving Joseph Schlapp another point in his heart.

If it is those professional lobbyists who want to squeeze more money from their employers, they will definitely spare no effort to publicize the threat of Motorola's bill to the Westeros system in order to obtain more lobbying funds.

You must know that once the network equipment manufacturing field is also included in the telecommunications control system of the year, Simon may be able to maintain his shareholding in Cisco, but he has to give up control of this company. The layout is very unfavorable.

Simon's investment in the political field is very generous, but he will not allow anyone to take him for granted.

In addition to Schlapp Consulting, Westeros has always employed other political consultants who are responsible for evaluating the work of Schlapp Consulting.If Joseph Schlapp wants to fool himself, the result is not just as simple as losing Simon, a big employer.

Joseph Schlapp waited patiently for Simon to read the document, then handed over a few more materials, and said, "Simon, you can read these again when you have time. Let me briefly talk about the idea of ​​this lobbying plan."

Simon nodded again, but he casually picked up a piece of information about introducing various restrictive bills in the current telecommunications field.

Joseph Schlapp knew that Simon was focusing on two things. He had been in this field for so many years and knew that many people had this ability, so he continued: "Since our first lobbying goal is to hope that the federal government Open the control that operators are not allowed to get involved in the field of telecommunications equipment manufacturing. Then, we can cooperate with many manufacturers, especially AT&T. AT&T has been hoping to return to the field of telecommunications equipment manufacturing in recent years. Bell Atlantic and other regional telecommunications operators They are also our partners, and these manufacturers can provide sufficient data support for lobbying for the bill. In addition, our biggest opponents are telecom equipment manufacturers such as Motorola."

The AT&T split in 1984 not only split the giant that monopolized the entire US telecommunications industry into eight companies, but also promulgated many telecommunications control laws, including long-distance and short-distance telecommunications operators are not allowed to get involved in each other's business, telecommunications Operators are not allowed to set foot in the field of cable TV operators, telecom operators are not allowed to set foot in telecommunications equipment manufacturing and so on.

Undoubtedly, these bills have indeed promoted the "let a hundred flowers bloom" in the US telecommunications industry. To a large extent, Internet service providers such as America Online have benefited from this.

However, the separation case and the corresponding restrictive regulations are not entirely positive in terms of improving competition and promoting the development of the telecommunications industry.

Because all services are split, the scale effect of operators is limited.

In order to maintain profit margins, major operators often choose to increase prices, thus greatly increasing the cost of use for consumers.

The federal government's reopening of the convergence of the various telecommunications fields is the ultimate lobbying goal for Simon, or the telecommunications sector as a whole.

However, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight. In the short term, Westeros will lobby the federal government to open up restrictions on operators not being involved in the manufacture of telecommunications equipment.

Because, the digital age of mobile communication is coming soon.

In order to get approval from the federal government for Westeros' acquisition of Bell Atlantic as soon as possible, Simon voluntarily promised that Nokia, which is wholly owned by Westeros, would not conduct business in North America.

This is of course a temporary expedient measure.

As the world's largest economy, it is impossible for Simon to let Nokia completely give up developing the US market anyway.

Chapter 413 The opening of the summer file (revision)