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For two weeks in a row, Time Warner's stock price has been steadily rising, fueled by the commercial success of "The Dark Knight."

In order to create momentum for the upcoming stock issuance, the second week of "Batman: The Dark Knight" ended, and Time Warner couldn't wait to announce that it would hold a grand celebration party on June 6.

The time is actually the Saturday of the third week of the release of "Batman: The Dark Knight".

These days, the film business of Daenerys Entertainment and the integration of Daenerys and MCA keep Simon busy almost every day from morning till night.

However, as the founder of the DC movie universe and the super signature of the series, "Batman: The Dark Knight" is going to hold a celebration party, and it is naturally impossible for Simon to be absent, otherwise there will definitely be 'Daenerys and Time Warner. There are rumors that the advancement of the film universe plan may be subject to change' and the like.

In fact, similar arguments have never disappeared.

After all, the interests involved in the DC movie universe are too huge.A "Batman: Beginning of War" has an expected net profit of more than 10 billion US dollars, which is already equivalent to the annual net profit of a top 500 corporate giant in the world.

Judging from various public data, the profit scale of "Batman: The Dark Knight" will not be much lower than the first one.

Even if Time Warner can take half of the profits this time, in the eyes of many people, the IP of "Batman" belongs to Warner, and Time Warner has always suffered a big loss in this business with Daenerys .

In fact, if there is no rift between Daenerys and Time Warner in the cooperation of the DC movie universe, it is lying with open eyes.

However, Simon has managed to keep the feud from festering further through the right distribution of interests, including cooperation with Warner on projects outside the DC movie universe.

Interest is of course touching.

However, if you turn your face, the price is likely to be chicken and eggs. If you don't turn your face, you will still have a very good harvest. People with a little sense of reason will probably choose to be quiet instead of moving.

As the absolute controller of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon could directly choose a confrontation method that would hurt both sides because Alistar Records concealed the sales of the original soundtrack of "Bodyguard".

As Time Warner is a listed company, coupled with the fact that Steve Ross is under heavy pressure from external shareholders and other high-level internal factions at this time, it is impossible to make an overly violent act of tearing his face.

Because Simon has proved in the original "Bodyguard" soundtrack incident that if the partners do not play by the rules, Daenerys Entertainment will only be tougher.

Chapter 420 "Mission: Impossible" hero (repair)

"Simon, look this way and this way."

"Simon, how is the post-production progress of "The Flash"?"

"Do you think "The Dark Knight" can surpass "Beginning of War" at the global box office?"

"Mr. Westeros, can you put your hands in your pockets... yes, that's it, keep it... thank you."

"Simon, have you and Janet started naming the baby yet?"

"Simon, it is rumored that the casting of the third part of "Batman" has started, is it true?"

"Simon..."

"..."

Amidst the dense flashing lights and the sound of questions, Simon patiently stayed in front of the photo wall at the end of the red carpet of the "Batman: The Dark Knight" celebration party for more than a minute. corridor.

This is the Sunset Tower Hotel on the Sunset Strip in Beverly Hills.

Just as Simon left the sight of the media reporters, Cindy Crawford, who happened to be waiting in the corridor before him, came over.

The girl wore a black deep V-neck evening dress tonight, wrapping a perfect curve, with a string of pearls on her white neck, light makeup on her face, and well-manicured chestnut hair draped over her shoulders, making her look even more beautiful. radiant.

Not hiding his scrutiny, Simon greeted with a smile: "Good evening, Cindy, you are so beautiful today."

Cindy Crawford walked side by side with Simon unobtrusively, brushed her long hair towards the man's side flirtatiously, and responded, "Thank you, Simon."

Only had time to say hello, and someone came over to talk to Simon again.

When they came to the party hall, there was more than ten minutes of entertainment in a row.

Originally, after entering the party hall, Cindy Crawford knew she should walk away.

It's just that Simon obviously doesn't have a female companion tonight, and the man didn't express any opinion about her following her side step by step.

The most important thing is that there is a certain feeling of "fox pretending to be tiger", which really makes her want to stop.

All the guests who came to say hello to Simon naturally regarded her as Simon's female companion tonight, chatted with the men around him, and finally did not forget to say hello and compliment her.

When attending similar parties in the past, those Hollywood bigwigs saw her as if they saw prey and wanted to strip her naked with their eyes. This time, they didn't see one again. It seemed that everyone suddenly became more gentlemanly.

Although many female guests were decent on the surface, they looked at her inadvertently with obvious jealousy.

Some people appreciated her performance in "Batman: The Dark Knight" and offered to say that they have some suitable films for her, and they will contact her agency Yunyun afterwards.

In the past, we just opened a room to 'chat'.

Which brokerage company will be contacted.

Her acting contract is at ICM.

Marvin Josephson, the boss of ICM who has retired behind the scenes, happened to be there tonight, saw her following Westeros, and when he came to greet her, he said on the spot that he could change her agent and let his daughter Nancy Josephson represented her personally.

As a contracted actor under ICM, Cindy only developed in the modeling industry before "Batman: The Dark Knight", and she couldn't even be called a celebrity in Hollywood.However, she also knew that Nancy Josephson was the next generation head of ICM trained by Marvin Josephson.

Moreover, as a big vase that is coveted by others at any time, being able to change to a female agent who is also the daughter of the owner of the agency company will definitely allow her to avoid a lot of unnecessary harassment.

All of this was just because she had the courage or the cheek to socialize with a certain man for a short ten minutes or so.

It would be great if he could really catch this man!

She doesn't expect to go any further, even if it's just to be his lover, she will probably be able to get what she wants no matter in Hollywood or the fashion industry in the future.

Thoughts were flying, and she noticed that Barbra Streisand, a veteran Hollywood lady who was talking to the man beside her, glanced at her. Cindy Crawford quickly put her thoughts away and looked at the conversation with the few people in front of her with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, I've actually read the script of "On Waves". It's a brilliant story. Barbara, if it wasn't for your film to be reserved for Warners, I would definitely choose this as Daenerys and Warners' film." Brothers' collaboration movie."

Barbra Streisand didn't seem to have looked at Cindy at all just now.Hearing what Simon said, he looked surprised and said: "Really, Simon? Actually, I have always been very hesitant about this project, worried that it would screw up."

Simon shook his head firmly and said: "How can it be messed up? This is a very good story. Speaking of which, the Oscars have probably given a female best director statuette for so many years. I think "The Waves of Time" is very interesting. Hope to have an impact."

"The Waves of Time" is a psychological romance film directed and starred by Barbra Streisand herself.

In my memory, this movie can be regarded as the most popular Oscar in 1992, but it was taken away by "The Silence of the Lambs", and the last statuette was not awarded.

However, it cannot deny the excellent quality of "The Stormy Waves".The box office of the film is also very good.

If it weren't for Barbra Streisand and Clint Eastwood, they are completely reserved stars of Warner Bros., and the commercial performance of the produced films is generally very guaranteed. Warner Bros. will not easily use it to cooperate with outsiders, otherwise , Simon will indeed choose to make it one of the collaboration projects between Warner Bros. and Daenerys.

Barbra Streisand covered her mouth when she heard Simon give such a high evaluation: "Oh, this is really..."'

Steve Ross, who also came here tonight, said right now, "Simon, "The Waves of Time" is currently in the late stage of production, why don't you come over and take a look when you have time?"

Barbra Streisand seemed to have realized it too, looked at Simon expectantly and said, "Yes, Simon, can you help me take a look?"

"Well, I'll see if I have time next week."

Steve Rose smiled and said, "Then it's settled, next week."

Simon showed a helpless expression of being generalized, thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, just next week, I will spare a few hours."

Everyone chatted for a while, and after Steve Ross and Barbra Streisand walked away, Jonathan Friedman walked over with two men, one old and one young, but it was the great Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola with his nephew Nicolas Cage.

After a brief greeting, Simon gestured to the rest booth at the edge of the hall, and said, "Let's go over there and talk."

Several people came to a booth, and the three men, Jonathan, Coppola, and Cage sat on one side consciously, leaving the other side for Simon and Cindy.

After signaling to the waiter to change a few drinks, everyone was not in a hurry to get to the point, but chatted about Coppola's preparation for a new movie.

Although he is one of the four veteran directors in Hollywood, Coppola's situation in recent years has not been good, and he probably only has the false name of one of the four directors left.

Last year's "The Godfather 3" failed word of mouth, and the box office did not meet expectations, making Coppola's situation worse.

Right now, Coppola's studio has amassed a $2700 million loss.

If the next movie can't turn around again, Coppola may be about to go bankrupt again.

Why say again?

Because Coppola had already experienced a bankruptcy after the box office fiasco of "Cotton Club" in the 80s. At that time, Coppola even reached the point where he couldn't pay the phone bill.

Both Coppola and Cage are WMA clients.

Simon actually wanted to talk to Cage about something tonight, and Jonathan brought Coppola over, obviously hoping to get some help from Simon.

In any case, Coppola can be regarded as one of the signature directors of WMA.

"It's a story about the origin of Dracula called "400 Years of Dracula". We have already negotiated Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman to join, and we have also invited Winona And Anthony Hopkins. Winona’s side is not a big problem, Anthony said he is still considering it, and it depends on the attitude of Daenerys Entertainment.”

In order to make Anthony Hopkins 'peace of mind' as Batman's butler Alfred, Simon has handed over the "Silence of the Lambs" actor to someone else.

Because of the contract, although Anthony Hopkins has rapidly increased his popularity with the role of the butler Afu, he still needs the approval of Daenerys Entertainment to take over the movie.

Therefore, Coppola's last sentence just now is actually the key point.

As long as Simon speaks, no one will stop Hopkins from participating in this vampire movie. Even if he still hesitates, Hopkins himself will definitely pay attention to it.

After all, the circle of Hollywood is not big for those at the top of the pyramid.

Simon had noticed Coppola's project before, but he didn't sign to do it himself.

The estimated cost of the film is 4000 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office in memory is only about 8000 million U.S. dollars.

Although the global box office has exceeded 2 million, however, considering that Daenerys cannot grasp all the blockbuster projects, Simon did not make a move.

Not only "400 Years of Vampiric Love", Warner Bros. has scheduled Kevin Costner's new film "Robin Hood" on August 8nd, which is also very popular in memory. Simon also obtained information about the film in advance, but there is also no shot.

Daenerys Entertainment has monopolized seven or eight of the top ten Hollywood annual box office lists in the past two years. If it doesn't give other studios a chance to survive, it will really cause a backlash.

Just discussed with Barbra Streisand about the Oscar prospect of "On Waves", Simon was also not perfunctory.

Daenerys Entertainment has dominated the Oscar for Best Picture for two consecutive years.Next year, if a horror thriller like "The Silence of the Lambs" still sweeps the Oscars, it will definitely cause criticism from the media.

Therefore, Simon has decided to give up the 1992 Oscar.

Come to think of it, even if Daenerys Entertainment is unwilling to let go, the Oscar jury will make corresponding choices in order to prevent Oscar from becoming Daenerys Entertainment's private land.

That being the case, it is better to give up the spot to Warner, who has a relatively close relationship with Daenerys.

Speaking of which, Catherine's "Thelma & Louise" has basically completed the post-production, and the schedule is September 9. This feminist film is also an Oscar favorite in Simon's memory.

Perhaps, next year's Oscars, there can be two female Oscar nominations for best director.

Of course, Simon doesn't have much expectation for Catherine to win the Oscar for Best Director in one fell swoop.

It is already very rare to be able to win a nomination first.

Realizing that Coppola was still waiting for his response, Simon quickly withdrew his thoughts and said: "As long as Tony is willing to play, Daenerys will not set any obstacles in this movie."

Coppola nodded gratefully, looked at Cindy next to Simon, and said with a smile: "Ms. Crawford, there happens to be a role that is more suitable for you in my new film, do you want to try it?"

After all, a fox pretending to be a tiger is just a fox pretending to be a tiger.

Cindy didn't dare to really raise the banner, glanced at the man beside him, and said with a bit of "affection": "I listen to Simon."

Such a statement by the charming and charming beauty can actually satisfy a man's vanity.

The three big men on the opposite side will smile at Simon heartily.

Simon just smiled, turned to Cage and talked about the business: "Nick, you should have read the materials of "Mission: Impossible", right?"

Nicolas Cage's original name was actually Nicolas Coppola, Nick is Nicholas' nickname.

Cage nodded and said, "Of course, Simon, I am very honored to have the opportunity to join this project."

There are many rumors about the "Mission: Impossible" series in the circle.

Many people know that Paramount originally intended to star in this project with Tom Cruise, who worked closely with him, and Tom Cruise himself was also very interested in this movie.

However, because of the entanglement in "Rain Man" back then, although Daenerys Entertainment no longer created any obstacles to the careers of the three main creators of "Rain Man", they also had no intention of cooperating with each other.

At the beginning, there were many people who said something in front of Simon, and after being rejected several times, no one brought it up again and again without knowing it.

With the growing influence of Simon in Hollywood, the circle also understands that some people, even if they have past glory, are destined to become more and more marginalized in the Hollywood circle.

Daenerys and Paramount have agreed on three cooperative projects, the first one of which is "Pleasant Deal" has been confirmed.

However, the preparations for the "Mission Impossible" series have not been completely shelved.

Nicolas Cage is the new Ethan Hunt candidate selected by Simon.

Because of the Coppola family, Cage has made his debut since the early 80s, but he has never encountered a suitable opportunity in these years.For so many years, the best-selling movie is only the "Moonlight Sultry" starring Xue Er a few years ago.

Speaking of it, Simon also liked that "Moonlight Sultry" very much, and liked the irrepressible sense of restlessness in the film.

Moreover, in "Moonlight Sultry", Cage, whose hairline has not receded, can definitely be said to be so handsome.

This is also the biggest reason why Simon chose Cage to star in "Mission: Impossible".

He debuted in the early 80s and spent ten years in Hollywood. Cage not only has acting skills, but also looks good.