Inside an oceanfront mansion in East Hampton.
This is Saturday, August 9th.
I was tossing and turning a bit last night. When I woke up, I looked at my watch and found that it was already past eight o'clock. Staying in bed until past eight o'clock in summer was a bit too much, so Teacher Yu decided to stay in bed for a while longer.
Lying in bed, thinking about last night.
After attending a party for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", a certain man naturally took her and Li Youhu away together. She thought she would stay in Manhattan, but unexpectedly she came here by helicopter, and then discovered that this mansion Wei Sanzhao and a group of girls from the Chinese style art troupe were already waiting inside.
It was obviously arranged in advance.
You can imagine what happened next.
When the man and a group of girls changed into swimsuits and played in the open-air swimming pool, Teacher Yu refused, saying that he was a little tired and wanted to rest first.
The first time I was a little confused, I didn't want to seem too talkative.
What's more, she was with a group of girls who were much younger than her.
Too messy.
A certain guy didn't force her and let her leave. As a result, she couldn't fall asleep until late at night, tossing and turning, and even had thoughts that she didn't want to admit. If he insisted, she would have obeyed.
Damn man.
When the time came to nine o'clock, I finally sat up, got dressed, washed, and left the bedroom on the second floor of the villa.
When we came to the corridor, the surroundings seemed very quiet.
They knew that the master bedroom was on the other side, but they didn't dare to go over and inquire. Besides, they had probably gotten up early.
As soon as he came downstairs, he met the tall waitress next to him who always wore a ponytail. Her name seemed to be Carmen Case. In front of this girl whose face and figure were more than equal to hers, Teacher Yu felt somewhat inferior and politely slapped her. After saying hello, he subconsciously asked: "Carmen, is Simon still here?"
Carmen Keith gestured to the side of the hall: "The boss is in the study, Miss Yu. Would you like to have breakfast first, or go to the boss's place?"
Teacher Yu said subconsciously: "I'll have breakfast first."
Carmen happened to be going to the restaurant as well, so she personally led Teacher Yu to the corridor on the other side.
Teacher Yu followed behind, hesitated a little, and couldn't help but asked: "Have they all left?"
"You mean, Miss Li and the others?"
"yes."
Carmen said: "They haven't gotten up yet."
Teacher Yu subconsciously raised his eyebrows.
Last night... I had so much fun that I can't even get up now.
The two came to the restaurant. Carmen waited for Teacher Yu to sit down, gave the waitress a few words, and then went to do her own thing.
Teacher Yu finished breakfast absentmindedly, but there was still no sound from the girls outside. They were obviously still sleeping. The waitress asked again, so she said she was going to say hello to someone, and was taken to the door of a study.
After knocking on the door, the waitress left. Teacher Yu heard the noise inside and pushed the door open. In the bright morning light, he saw a man sitting behind a large white desk.
However, Teacher Yu, who squinted slightly because of the change in light, soon widened his eyes slightly.
Because there was a little girl sitting in the man's arms.
Just one glance and she is a standard beauty. Seeing her looking over, the little girl also raised a pair of dark eyes to look at her. There seemed to be a bit of hostility in her eyes.
"Sit down wherever you want," the man behind the desk said casually as he closed one document and replaced it with another. He noticed her gaze and said with a smile, "This is Miu Miu. Maybe you have seen her." Mom, Shirley.”
Shirley is the English name Ms. Liu gave her after she came to the United States.
Teacher Yu and Li Youhu often interacted with the girls from the Guofeng Art Troupe. They had a chance encounter last year and heard Li Youhu gossip about the mother and daughter. This was the first time they met. little girl.
only…
As he walked to sit on the sofa opposite the desk, Teacher Yu looked at the little girl again, mainly because the girl's posture in the man's arms seemed to be too intimate.
When she sat down, Simon let go of the little girl and casually ordered: "Pour this sister a cup of coffee." Then he looked over and asked, "How are the preparations for Jinshu Performing Arts School going?"
"It's not bad, if everything goes well, the first enrollment will be launched in the near future, and classes will start after the summer vacation." Teacher Yu said, seeing the little girl politely bringing a cup of coffee to her, she quickly took it and said softly: "Thank you. "
After taking the cup like this for a moment, I noticed that the girl in front of me was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt that exposed her navel, short denim hot pants, and a pair of bare feet.
It's actually a little sexy.
However, is this age too inappropriate
There seems to be more.
A certain guy, and this girl's mother... When the thought came to this, Teacher Yu felt that it was better not to think about it any more.
Maybe my thoughts are too impure.
To reflect.
Seeing the little girl return to the desk and return to the man's arms, and whisper something in the man's ear coquettishly, Teacher Yu felt more and more unnatural, as if he had discovered something terrible, and he wanted to be abandoned. And escape.
Simon listened to Miu Miu's whisper, smiled and pushed the girl: "You go out to play first, I will take you to watch a dance in the afternoon."
The little girl was a little unhappy when she heard Simon chasing people away. She pouted and acted coquettishly, and even hugged Simon's neck. After lingering for a while, she finally left the study obediently.
Teacher Yu waited for Miu Miu to leave before relaxing a little. He was also a little curious about what the girl had whispered in the man's ear just now. He looked at the man and noticed that he was also looking at her, and he took a moment to react.
Oops.
Could it be that you have dark circles under your eyes
Inexplicably feeling guilty again.
After all, she was the one who should have gone to bed early last night. The dark circles under her eyes didn't mean something.
Miu Miu did say that Teacher Yu had dark circles just now.
Very light.
You wouldn’t have noticed it if you weren’t paying attention. Simon didn’t look too much, let alone make fun of him, and got back to business: “There is definitely no shortage of performing arts schools in China. In addition to big ones like China National Theater and Beijing Film Academy, many universities also have acting departments. The problem is There is a lack of practical opportunities. My expectation for Jinshu Performing Arts School is to become a wireless artist training class for Hong Kong TVB. By the way, do you know this?"
When Teacher Yu heard what the man said, he quickly put aside those messy thoughts and nodded: "I know that many big stars in Hong Kong came from TVB's training class."
"If everything goes well, Jinshu Film and Television City in Suzhou will become the largest film and television industry base in China, which will also provide enough training ground for Jinshu Performing Arts School. All you have to do is make full use of these resources. Of course, if you If you feel too tired or can't do it, you can do as much as you can. Leave other things to others as much as possible, and you are responsible for supervising the execution. In short, I have high expectations for Jinshu Performing Arts School, don't let me down."
Teacher Yu really can't guarantee that he is actually only 26 years old this year, why should he be put down with such a burden.
However, listening to the man's words that if she couldn't do it, she would leave it to others, she couldn't help but have some stubborn thoughts, and made up her mind to do her best to show him.
Then they talked about some details. After talking about the matter, Simon was about to send Teacher Yu away. Seeing the woman's unhappy look, he suddenly said: "By the way, go wake up Youhu and the others. It's already noon, don't stay in bed anymore." It doesn’t make sense.”
Teacher Yu was inexplicably excited again: "Shall I... go and wake them up?"
"Is there anyone else here?"
on purpose.
It must have been intentional.
With this thought in his heart, Teacher Yu stood there for a while, then obediently agreed, turned around and left the study.
In the study room.
Simon didn't imagine the scene when Teacher Yu called Li Youhu and the others to get up. Instead, he focused on the latest opened document.
Regarding the media feedback and first-day box office status of "The Six Strong Pigs", which first opened in the UK yesterday.
Unlike "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was first released in North America even though it is a Chinese-language film, "Six Pigs" is more suitable for the British market, so it will be released in the UK first, and then it will be transferred to North America after accumulating reputation. There is a high chance that it will be transferred to North America. It will be better than when it was released simultaneously in the UK and the US.
This is also a matter of adapting measures to local conditions.
In addition to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Six Pigs", Tornatore's "The Pianist" will be released in Italy next week, and then the North American schedule of both films will be postponed to September. , a month apart to allow overseas word-of-mouth to fully ferment.
With a very low cost of 2 million pounds, equivalent to about 3 million U.S. dollars, the former "Six Pigs" earned nearly 260 million U.S. dollars at the global box office, and also set a box office record for the 15+ age group according to the British classification system. It wasn't until Joaquin Phoenix's "Joker" more than two decades later that it was broken.
This time, Simon is confident that he can at least replicate his previous success.
Because more has been done in advance.
Just the Cannes Palme d'Or that Daenerys Entertainment won in May made the movie a hot topic in the UK. Although the UK is also a major film country in Europe, it has historically won the Cannes Palme d'Or. There are very few videos.
If you weren't worried about being overtaken by a series of blockbusters that were basically released simultaneously in the UK and the US during the summer, "The Six Strongest Man" would have been better scheduled in the UK after it won the Palme d'Or.
Because this was a long-term movie, I had no choice but to give up at that time.
It's not too late either.
With the aura of the Palme d'Or, coupled with the quality of the film itself and its practical relevance to British society, after its official release yesterday, the response from the British media was enthusiastic. Even the new Prime Minister Blair, who personally participated in the British premiere, publicly stated , the current government will pay more attention to the living security of the working class and reform the conservative party's long-term wrong economic strategy.
This is naturally the result of Daenerys’ entertainment operations, but it’s also a win-win.
After all, the comedy story behind "The Six Strong Pigs" involves the unemployment problem caused by the massive privatization economic policy implemented by the British Conservative Party over the past two decades.
The film's UK box office on its first day was ultimately 1.76 million pounds, and it is expected to take around 8 million pounds in its first week. The opening scale of 503 screens is a lot less than the 832 of "Day of Independence" in July, but the first-day data is similar to that of "Day of Independence". Considering the inevitable long-term attributes of "Six Pigs", it is conceivable that The UK box office of this movie will not only exceed the approximately 38 million pounds of "Days of Independence", but it can also be expected to set the previous box office record of 15+, and even surpass the original box office of 52 million pounds, which is more than enough.
Even though Americans have already surpassed Britain economically, they have always looked up to British culture.
Now, "Six Pigs" has set a British box office record, coupled with the equally eye-catching Cannes Palme d'Or halo, it is expected to open in North America on September 12. The success of this film in North America can also be imagined.
Because a lot of things about the children have been going on for more than a month, this weekend is mainly for relaxing.
After handling some work in the morning, I went to the training center next to the Guofeng Art Troupe in the afternoon.
The choreography for another Chinese-style song I took out last time has been completed, so I’ll check it out this afternoon.
In the small theater inside the center.
The performance team was preparing. Simon was still surrounded by a group of girls sitting on the large sofa in the audience. Several girls from the Guofeng Art Troupe first held up five or six sword boxes of different sizes and opened them. Inside were sword boxes of different lengths. Several ancient swords, of course, are not real antiques, but antique styles. To be precise, they are the sword styles of the Qin and Han Dynasties, including long swords and short swords.
Miu Miu's mother Shirley stood by and explained: "Because this is a song with a fast tempo, we tried many designs, and finally felt that a dagger was the most suitable for the unevenness. This is probably it."
The woman picked out a dagger that was only a little over one foot from several sword cases.
Simon took it, and it was a very substantial purchase.
It has an ancient style, a black leather hilt, and dark patterns on both sides of the sword. Even if the blade is not sharpened, it still gives people a sharp and cold feeling.
Sensing the look of expectation on Miu Miu who was leaning next to him, Simon handed the dagger to the girl, took the other one that Shirley gave him quickly, and continued to play with it while saying: "Yu Ji is indeed more suitable for using a dagger. .”
As he spoke, he looked around him.
Yatou once happened to play Yu Ji, which is the most amazing version of similar themes. Unfortunately, the quality of the movie itself is not worthy of praise.
While they were chatting, a female waitress came in from the door, came to Simon's side and said, "Boss, Miss Chen is here."
Simon was slightly confused.
It's not Chen Qing's habit to just come in directly when he comes and ask someone to inform him.
Then another figure had entered the door.
When the girls saw it was 'Chen Qing', they couldn't help but restrain themselves.
However, the girl who was originally full of momentum walked up to Simon step by step. For some reason, her momentum became weaker and weaker. When she got closer, she seemed to want to throw herself into the man's arms. Inexplicably, she did not do so and just snuggled softly into him. Next to the man, Ouyang Shuili was stumbling in the seat he had just given up: "Boss, I, I, I, I, I want..."
It's already like this, if no abnormality is found again, Simon will be a fool.
He reached out and grabbed the girl's face to look at her. Simon smiled and nodded: "It's really similar."
Then another voice came, still the voice of 'Chen Qing': "It's really useless, I'm sorry I let you practice for so long."
Everyone looked over and were surprised to see another Chen Qing who was dressed exactly the same as the one next to Simon.
What is this...
Chen Qing said that she had already walked over, stretched out her hand and gently pushed Princess Xu next to Simon to the carpet at the man's feet. She took the position just now, leaned against Simon and acted coquettishly: "Boss, I originally wanted to give It’s a surprise for you,” he said and pushed Princess Xu, who was still soft on the carpet, with his knee: “It’s really useless.”
"Okay, don't bully others."
Simon said, using the dagger just now to pick up the chin of the woman at his feet: "They dress up like this, and they really look alike. You can't tell who is who."
When Princess Xu heard what the man just said, she felt inexplicably grateful. Although she was a little frightened by the cold tip of the sword touching her chin, she still raised her face cooperatively and let the man look at her, with a smile that was obedient and flattering.