Hollywood Hunter

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On Thursday, Simon was still on time at the 7-11 convenience store early in the morning.

After yesterday's press conference, the packaging project of "Butterfly Effect" basically will not have any changes, and the relevant contracts will be signed one after another next week.

According to the Hollywood script transaction process, within a week of signing the contract, Simon will be able to receive a payment of $140,000 for the first version of the script and an option deposit for the next two scripts. For the subsequent $60,000 balance, Simon needs to follow the requirements of the film company. Make corresponding changes and refinements before settlement can be made successively.

The first $140,000 in cash was enough for Simon to start the production of "Lola Run." So Simon has already said hello to Roger, and he'll be leaving the 7-Eleven when he's done with next week's work.

After more than two hours of work, at around 9:30, Simon, who was standing behind the cashier, saw Roger Griffin hurried out of the office with a newspaper in his hand.

Noticing that Roger Griffin was obviously running towards him, when the middle-aged fat man approached, Simon asked, "Roger, what happened?"

Roger Griffin didn't talk to him right away, and looked at Simon up and down strangely, then handed over the newspaper in his hand, pointed to one of the articles, and asked, "Simon, this is not what it says above. Could it be you?"

Simon took the newspaper, glanced at it, it was a copy of the Los Angeles Times, and then he noticed the title of the article that Roger had just pointed to.

What does the 'butterfly effect' mean? 》

Simon's first thought, the question was familiar enough.

Then look at the text.

The content of the article still first mentioned a series of recent events of wma. Perhaps this matter has been discussed by too many people, so the "Los Angeles Times" reporter named Peter Butler chose another way and began to pay attention to " The script for The Butterfly Effect.

To Simon's surprise, Peter Butler found the source of the "butterfly effect". It's not easy to do this in an age without internet search engines.

After spending a paragraph explaining the meaning of the "butterfly effect", Peter Butler began to speculate on the story content of the "Butterfly Effect" script. Combined with information such as WMA's selection of Brian De Palma as the director, it finally came to the conclusion that "The Butterfly Effect" is likely to be a crime thriller that triggered a series of serious events under a certain opportunity.

If the content of the article is only these, Simon would not care too much.

Peter Butler's speculation has little to do with the true story of The Butterfly Effect.

However, to Simon's surprise, Peter Butler specifically mentioned his name in the article, and became curious about the surname 'Westeros', claiming that he had searched a lot of information and could not find anyone with this surname. related information, so it is thought that 'Westeros' is likely to be an original surname, a very interesting original surname.

Seeing Simon frowning slightly at the newspaper in front of him, Roger Griffin didn't speak for a while. He couldn't help but snapped his fingers in his ear and said, "Simon?"

Simon recovered from his thoughts, smiled at the convenience store owner, and said, "Roger, maybe I have to take a leave tomorrow."

"No problem, it doesn't matter if you don't come to work next week," Roger Griffin shook his head, although Simon's attitude was obviously acquiescence, he couldn't help but ask: "So, this is really you?"

Simon handed the newspaper to Roger again, nodded, and said, "Yes."

When Roger Griffin heard Simon's confirmation, he casually waved the newspaper he had just received, making a rustling sound, and said, "Then, the middle-aged man a few days ago is the one mentioned in the newspaper these days. Vice President wma, called, um... what is it called? Also, you now have $200,000?"

Simon looked at Roger, who was stuttering, and smiled: "$200,000 is not too much for you, right? This shop... this..."

Speaking of this, Simon suddenly stopped, turned his head and glanced at the 7-11 convenience store where he was.

Roger's convenience store should be a franchise type with its own venue, and its scale is relatively large. In addition, it is located in the center of Santa Monica, and its business is also very good.

only.

Carefully recalling my daily cash register data, even on days with high customer traffic, the daily turnover of this convenience store is only more than 10,000 US dollars.

Roger looked at Simon who was suddenly sluggish, and reached out and snapped his fingers in his ear again: "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Roger," Simon shook his head helplessly and said, "I suddenly found out that your store is not suitable for my movie. I need a store with a daily turnover of more than 100,000 US dollars."

When Roger heard Simon say this, he was not disappointed at all. Instead, he said: "The daily turnover is more than 100,000 US dollars, which is probably only the level of Walmart. They will definitely not agree to let you shoot any robbery scenes."

Simon remembered that he was lucky enough to find the shooting location immediately a few days ago, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's true, but you have to give it a try."

Just as he was talking, several customers came one after another.

The two saw that the checkout counter opposite Simon had already lined up, so they stopped the conversation temporarily, and when Simon had dealt with a wave of customers, Roger asked again: "Simon, why does it have to be a shop with a daily turnover of more than 100,000 US dollars? "

West

Mengdao: "My protagonist needs to grab $100,000 in one go."

"Grab $100,000 at one time?" Roger asked back, and continued: "Then the choice of robbing the supermarket is too bad. Most supermarkets can't store that much cash at the checkout counter. If it was me, I will definitely choose a jewelry store, even if the money is not enough, gold and gemstones can be paid for.”

Simon thought that today's things are really coming, listening to Roger say this, smiled and said: "You seem to be familiar with this kind of thing?"

"Who hasn't seen a few movies yet," Roger laughed, and said, "And, by coincidence, my brother owns a jewelry store, and his store is right next door on 26th Street. Of course, he is sure It's even less likely that you would agree to film a robbery scene in his store."

Simon had already planned a detailed shooting plan around Roger's convenience store. He was worried about how to adjust it. Hearing him say this, he straightened out a lot of thoughts again.

Roger's convenience store is on 25th Street, his brother's jewelry store is on 26th Street, and it's pretty easy to just adjust a block.

But getting a jewelry store to agree to film the heist was obviously more difficult.

With this calculation in mind, Simon didn't act too eagerly. Selling the script to Fox, he will then work for at least a month on the script revision. If he wants to start shooting his own "Lola Run", he will have to wait until September at the earliest, and he has enough time to prepare.

Now, still to solve the problem at hand.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Simon finished his shift and rushed to the WMA headquarters by bicycle. He also bought a copy of today's "Los Angeles Times" on the way.

Came outside Jonathan Friedman's office, Simon still greeted Owen Wright first.

"Simon, why are you here?" Owen Wright saw Simon appear with a warm smile on his face, then pointed to the door of Jonathan's office and said, "Wait a minute, Jonathan is talking to Sean Yang about something ."

Simon said uncertainly: "Sean Young, Rachel?"

Owen Wright got up and pulled over a chair next to him, motioned Simon to sit down at his desk, and confirmed, "Yes, it's Rachel."

Simon just nodded, somewhat surprised that Sean Yang would be Jonathan's client.

However, apart from the amazing replicator Rachel in "Blade Runner", Sean Young doesn't have any other outstanding masterpieces.

Moreover, it is said that this woman is too fond of playing big names, and many Hollywood filmmakers do not like to work with her. This eventually led to the actress, after "Blade Runner", only briefly flourished for a few years and then quickly fell silent.

Simon just remembers that Sean Young, who missed the role of Catwoman due to a fall from a horse during the filming of Michael Keaton's "Batman", also did something that made a sensation in Hollywood as his career became more and more unsatisfactory.

After the success of "Batman", Warner Bros. launched the sequel "Batman Returns". During the production of the film, Sean Young suddenly stood outside the Warners set in a self-made inferior Catwoman costume and made a fuss, hoping that Warners would give him the role of Catwoman again, but only ended up with a 'Hollywood Mad Woman' The title of Rachel completely destroyed the image of Goddess Rachel in many people's hearts.

Recalling these things, Simon said to Owen Wright: "Speaking of which, I still don't know which clients Jonathan has, Owen, can you show me the list?"

"Of course," Owen Wright nodded, took out a folder from the desk drawer and handed it to Simon, "You can take a look."

Simon took the folder and opened it.

The first page of the profile was a veteran actor named Robert Duvall.

Simon had some impressions of the male star, but he still belonged to the barely familiar type.

However, in the profile, Robert Duvall is not only the best actor Oscar winner in 1984, but also has three other Oscar nominations. In this way, the other party can probably be regarded as the biggest star in Jonathan's name.

Continuing to turn back, there are still several veteran male stars who are generally forty or fifty years old.

Simon was not too surprised by this situation.

Affected by the TV industry, the Hollywood film industry has experienced a period of silence for more than 20 years.

The film business is sluggish, and opportunities will naturally decrease. Everyone competes for roles that are not many in terms of seniority, which not only leads to the slow pace of replacement of Hollywood artists, but also the age of the stars standing at the top of the Hollywood pyramid are generally older.

Thinking of this, Simon turned over nearly half of the information, only to find a male star that he was very familiar with, Billy Crystal.

Afterwards, his information was just sandwiched between male and female stars.

What followed was still a series of old-fashioned actresses, and Simon hurried over to find Courteney Cox's name in a relatively back position.

So until the last page, Simon originally planned to return the folder to Owen, but was attracted by the girl's name on the last page.

In the ID photo, this is also a girl with short hair.

Glancing at the girl's profile, the other party has no film and television works under his name, and only has some stage performance experience. It seems that it should be a newcomer that Jonathan has just signed.

After thinking about it, Simon waited patiently for Owen Wright to finish a phone call, spread the information in front of him, and asked, "Owen, what's the situation with this girl?"

Owen Wright put down the microphone and glanced at the girl's name on the document.

Sandra Bullock.

"Sandra

Ah, Jonathan just signed him last week, recommended by the New York dramatist Sanford Messner, a very good newcomer," Owen Wright explained a few words, looked at Simon again, and said sarcastically: "You like this type of girl, I happen to have a photo book here, do you want to take a look? "

Simon shook his head with a smile and said, "I just think that she is quite suitable for the heroine of my movie."

"That's it," Owen Wright also knew Simon's plan to shoot an experimental film after getting along with him during this period of time, and his tone was a little more serious. He found Sandra Bullock's contact information from the address book and handed it to Simon, He also added: "It's already too late for the fall season. Jonathan's arrangement is to hope that she will take some TV dramas in the spring of next year to hone it, and then switch to try movies. Therefore, she happens to be free these few months. However, Simon, if If you want a heroine, I can help you choose a few more experienced performers, and if you communicate well, the price won't be too high."

"No," Simon shook his head and said, "I'll try to contact this girl first."

Owen Wright did not persuade much, nodded and said, "If you need help, you can call me at any time."

While the two were talking, the door of Jonathan's office opened, and a beautiful woman in a black corset came out, it was Sean Yang.

However, Sean Yang was obviously in a very bad mood at this time. With the appearance of an iceberg queen, Simon, who stood up with slanted eyes, did not stop at all, stepping on high heels and quickly left.

Jonathan followed Sean Yang out of the office, looked at the figure of the girl who had disappeared into the corridor, turned to Simon, raised his hand and gestured to the empty space in front of him, and said solemnly: "Simon, this is Miss Yang."

Simon walked over, smiled and shook hands with Jonathan, and said, "I didn't expect you to tell bad jokes?"

"Just entertain yourself occasionally," Jonathan said with a wry smile, but he didn't explain what had just happened.

Instructing Owen to prepare coffee for the two, Jonathan took Simon into the office, sat down behind the desk, and said first: "By the way, Simon, regarding Curt, I originally planned to make her the heroine. However, She just happened to pass the audition for the second female lead in Canon's live-action version of "The Cosmic Giant Seaman", which cost $20 million to make, and the second female lead was also a good opportunity. So I temporarily cast the "Butterfly Effect" female lead. The protagonist has been replaced by Elizabeth."

Simon didn't know much about Seaman, the Cosmic Giant, and vaguely remembered that it should be a cartoon from the last few years, but he just nodded with a smile, and said, "That's great, neither opportunity was wasted. ."

Jonathan habitually crossed his hands to look at Simon and said, "So, you came over suddenly?"

Simon showed Jonathan the Los Angeles Times article and said, "Joe, have you seen this?"

Jonathan took the newspaper and glanced at it, nodded and said, "Irving also showed it to me in the morning. I think this should be a good thing for you, right?"

Simon shook his head, thought about it, and said, "Joe, there is one thing, about my experience before coming to Los Angeles, I think it is necessary for me to explain to you first."

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