When it comes to "Beautiful Legend of Sicily", the first reaction of people who have watched it is probably that Monica Bellucci is so beautiful, so beautiful!
Then what
What is this story about
Audiences who have actually watched the film with a little more care may think of the lustful emotions of a small town boy facing a beautiful young woman. They may think of the ugliness and madness of human nature in a turbulent background. They may think that Malena's experience is a reflection of the war. Accusation and criticism…
The lack of a clear core theme, or the director Tornadore's failure to successfully present the core theme he wanted, resulted in the entire story appearing scattered and fragmented. This is actually the failure of the film.
That's right.
Whether from a commercial or artistic perspective, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" is actually a failure.
In the past, the film was very famous in China for one reason: Monica Bellucci's beauty. This is just like the popularity of another European actress Sophie Marceau in China. Probably not many people have watched "First Kiss" or "Fang Fang". It's just that Sophie Marceau is so beautiful. beautiful!
Moreover, unlike Western women who generally have high noses, deep eyes, and angular eyes, the relatively soft faces of the two actresses are exactly in line with Eastern aesthetics.
That's all.
Inside the front cabin of a Boeing 767.
Simon looked through the project information about "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" in his hand and roughly understood that it was the same problem this time.
Giuseppe Tornatore is obviously more inclined to express the youthful excitement of Renaldo, a small town boy in a turbulent era, similar to Lao Jiang's "Sunny Days".
The result ended in failure.
Lao Jiang's "Sunny Days" brought the youngest actor to Venice, which is enough to prove the success of the film, because Lao Jiang wanted to tell a sunny story based on his own boyhood, although the film did not achieve the highest score. The Golden Lion Award, but the youngest best actor award in Venice is enough to prove the success of the role of 'Ma Xiaojun'.
In comparison, in the previous "Beautiful Legend of Sicily", the male protagonist Renaldo barely left any impression on the audience, and all the limelight was stolen by Monica Bellucci.
After sorting out these problems, Simon asked the little maid next to him to find the complete script, read it quickly, and then took the project file again for annotation.
Temporarily rejected.
Tornatore is asked to revise the script, or increase the role of the leading actor Reinaldo to make this character more complete and vivid. Or, make a real "Malena" entirely centered on the heroine, which is the literal translation of the title of the script.
Simon did not hide his preference, saying he preferred the latter.
After writing his opinions, Simon still felt a little emotional when he turned to the next project information.
If it were not where we are now, but from a purely audience perspective, of course we should let Tornadore go and film it, and then bring in Monica Bellucci. As for whether the film can win awards and whether it can be sold, Who cares about the box office
Now, of course, Simon is still pursuing his own affairs in his position.
Moreover, Simon, who has read all the flowers, has no special thoughts about Bellucci. This actress has never appeared because of Simon's big butterfly. At the moment, she is too lazy to go out of her way to find her and praise her while developing a super relationship. Friendship relationships and the like.
It doesn't matter.
Thinking of this, Simon flipped back to the information he just read, and added at the end of the annotation, the heroine, Alessandra Martinis.
The Princess of the Golden Rose Cave is no worse than Monica Bellucci in all aspects, and is more in line with Simon's aesthetics. Moreover, she is also of Italian origin, and because she is a woman, the opportunity is right, and of course the wealth will not go to outsiders.
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After working all the way, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived in New York on the East Coast.
Having made an appointment in advance, Simon rushed directly to Irene Lauder and her son.
In addition, the trio of Huanzhu who accompanied them from the performance of "Bing Di Hua Blooming" to "Three Shus Confronting Beauty" were led away by the butler team. Although they only spent the whole trip admiring flowers and doing nothing else, Simon was still generous and wrote a check for $1 million to the three women, allowing them to spend a few days in New York before going back.
In a black Mercedes sedan leaving JFK International Airport.
The trio huddled together in the back seat.
In fact, there are two cars to sit in. Moreover, because of the little maid's sudden rise with "Legend of Sword and Fairy", including the somewhat different attitude of men towards her, Big Eyes and Ziwei Hua originally hugged each other and rejected her.
When they got in the car this time, Big Eyes took the initiative to invite the other party to join him.
The main thing is that before getting off the plane, the man casually gave the check for one million US dollars to the little maid.
The atmosphere was slightly awkward and silent for a while. The big-eyed person sitting in the middle finally spoke and said to the little maid on the right: "Can I take a look at that check?"
The three girls who have been able to get along so far are actually at the level of fairies, and no one lacks foresight. The little maid already understood the big-eyed intention of calling her to take a car. After getting in the car, she deliberately didn't speak and hung up the other two people next to her. It wasn't until someone around him made a request that he smiled and said, "Okay."
As he spoke, he took out the check from the red Hermes bag he carried with him.
Big eyes took it, and the crape myrtle on the other side immediately looked over.
Looking at the long string of numbers on the check, which was still dollars, the three women all had mixed feelings.
Being suddenly flown to North America this time, Big Eyes and Ziwei Hua were somewhat reluctant.
The main thing is that the attitude of men towards them cannot be overstated as bad. Otherwise, if they can be like his real lover in China, such as the extremely tall Zhu Momo in the big house in Mao'er Hutong courtyard, plus his identity as a man, they will definitely be willing.
The problem is that according to ancient Chinese titles, if Zhu Momo is considered a concubine, the man's treatment of the three of them is obviously not even considered as a maid in the same room. They are just the kind of people who can be used at will and the master has to wait on the bed when the master comes. The first ordinary escort girl.
Or, if you think about that time on the cruise ship in Suzhou, the status may be even lower.
Furthermore, if they had been exposed to a big shot like Simon Westeros before "The Princess", they still wouldn't have had much resistance. However, the three women are now well-known celebrities across the country. Even if the suitors around them are rich and powerful, they are polite to them and try their best to please them.
In comparison, someone is like a cow chewing a peony.
Well, no.
More appropriately, it should be a cow trampling on a peony.
In short, with the current fame and strong contrast around me, of course I am reluctant to do so.
It's just that they were reluctant. I received a notice a few days ago. Even after knowing this, Ren Jingxi said that they didn't have to come if they didn't want to come. She would help negotiate the terms. In the end, the three girls still got on the plane together. .
Mainly because a certain little maid was too enthusiastic.
Seeing this, the other two women looked at "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which has recently become a hit after its pilot and is being competed by various provinces and TV stations. If they don't come, they will just be thrown away by the little maid in the future. In case Simon... Westeros, think about the figure of someone popping up everywhere in the Chinese film and television industry. That person is far from the sky and the emperor is far away. It only takes one sentence to stop their career in a matter of minutes.
Now, looking at the long string of zero checks in front of me, I can't help but feel that this is not bad.
After all, China's film and television industry is not very profitable at the moment. With the popularity of the three girls who became famous with "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", no one can make so much money from all the film contracts, advertisements, and acupuncture in the past year.
For example, "My Fair Princess 2" is scheduled to be filmed early next year. The stingy Empress Ren was finally generous this time. The little maid and Ziwei Hua only gave each of them 5,000 yuan per episode. Because the contract was signed in advance, even if "Sword and Fairy" became a hit, the maid would only be paid 3,000 yuan. The second part is planned to have 46 episodes, but this does not mean that everyone can earn money for 46 episodes. It is calculated based on the duration of the appearance. Therefore, even the two maids with the highest salary are expected to only earn more than ten yuan each. Ten thousand yuan, which is about 20,000 US dollars when converted.
How could it be that now, some man would just write out a check for them, and it would be $1 million.
One million US dollars, converted into RMB, based on their salary of 5,000 yuan, it is estimated that they would have to act in hundreds of TV series to earn so much money. The problem is that they may not be able to act in hundreds of TV series in their lifetime.
Hearing the big-eyed person sitting in the middle swallow his saliva in a very unpromising manner, Ziwei Hua on the left woke up first and felt his mouth was a little dry. He paused and asked subconsciously: "How should we divide this money?"
Hearing this, the big eyes turned to look at the little maid.
When the big eyes weren't paying attention, the little maid reached out to pull out the check and put it in her bag again. Seeing the two women next to her staring closely at her, as if they wanted to go forward and snatch it away, she made a protective posture and took the chicken feathers. Seasonal arrow: "Mr. Westeros gave it to me for safekeeping."
Big Eyes immediately said: "This is for the three of us."
The little maid nodded: "I know, when we get to the residence..." Then she gestured to the front row: "I'll ask them how to exchange it, and then we'll talk."
Ziweihua is still more concerned about the question she just asked: "1 million, three people... how to divide it?"
The little maid glanced at her through her big eyes, and said with some contempt: "I suffer a bit, only 333,333, for the extra dollar, you each get 50 cents, okay?"
Ziweihua heard the disdain in the little maid's tone and said dissatisfiedly: "What's your attitude? I'm just asking."
The little maid didn't back down: "What you're asking is nonsense. Can I still deny your share? Besides, Mr. Westeros said this is pocket money for us to go shopping in New York, and you won't want to change it." Take it home in cash?"
Ziweihua couldn't argue, so she simply turned away.
The big eyes couldn't help but said: "We can't spend all 1 million US dollars, right?"
The little maid actually thought so in her heart, but she didn't agree with her mouth: "You are so arrogant. One million is more to us. For Mr. Westeros, it is about the same as a dime. He has 1.8 trillion US dollars. "
The big eyes were speechless for a moment.
The car traveled north and soon arrived at Sandpoint City on the north shore of Long Island.
While they were still at the airport, the waiter who came to pick up the three girls asked them where they wanted to live, in the city or in the suburbs. The three girls and one girl together heard that rich Americans live in the suburbs, so they also said the suburbs.
Actually, I want to go to the city.
However, when the black Mercedes-Benz stopped in the Linhai Manor in Sand Point City, looking at the brightly lit villa in front of them like a castle in the night, the three women could not help but feel a little startled.
A few days ago, the seaside manor in San Lucas, Mexico, was even more luxurious than here. However, the three women were not thinking about it at that time. Subconsciously, they only thought that it was a certain man's property and they were just passers-by. Now, looking at the manor in front of me, and thinking that this time it was just a residence for the three of them, the feeling suddenly felt very different.
After following Mona Almery, who was about to take charge of their daily life, into the villa and walked around for a while, the three women almost had an idea at the same time.
It would be great if I could live here forever.
So he settled down.
Then, in just one day on Sunday, they found that the team of waiters here were responsive to their needs, and the three women were all very smart and inefficient fairies. After some exploration, they quickly discovered various aspects of their lives in Westeros. The privileged treatment that women can enjoy quickly opens up a whole new world for themselves.
A new week has arrived.
This is Monday, November 16th.
Yesterday I spent a whole day shopping in Manhattan, and even went to Broadway to see the famous "Cats". Although I couldn't understand it, it was considered arty.
Back here in Sand Point City, it was already past eleven o'clock at night.
After another struggle, the three of them went to bed after midnight.
Without a job, she could sleep as long as she wanted, but the little maid still tried hard to get herself out of the warm bed at around seven o'clock in the morning.
She sleeps alone.
On the surface, they were harmonious, but the other two women were obviously isolating her and deliberately slept in the same bedroom.
The little maid doesn't care about this.
After all, the three women are destined to have a competitive relationship and cannot be intimate.
Wearing a pink home casual suit that I picked out in the cloakroom here yesterday, I came downstairs and happened to meet the villa housekeeper Mona Almery who was responsible for their daily life. I learned about this in detail during the conversation yesterday. The Italian-born girl is 26 years old this year, with a tall figure of over 1.7 meters, very fair skin and a charming face that can easily be judged as a vixen in the East.
The little maid secretly felt that a certain big shot must like this type of person very much.
Of course, this has nothing to do with her.
What the little maid did was to establish a relationship with the Wei family maid who was very fluent in Chinese in just one day. Compared with the other two girls, she was obviously more upright, even though she knew that the maids in the villa were lower than them. The next level still shows no arrogance at all.
The main reason is that after returning to China, there will be someone here who can be contacted, and coupled with the identity of the other party, it may bring unexpected benefits to myself.
When she saw the little maid, Mona Elmery, who was holding a folder in her arms, immediately stopped and greeted her in Chinese with a smile: "Miss Fan, good morning."
"Good morning," the little maid greeted with the same smile and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Some red wine has just been delivered from the wine cellar. I'm going to sign for it," Elmery explained, and made an invitation gesture: "Miss Fan must have breakfast, I will take you there."
The little maid nodded, and they both turned to the east corridor. She then asked, "By the way, have you found some of the newspapers and magazines about Hollywood that I asked you to help collect yesterday?"
On the plane the day before yesterday, the little maid tested a certain man to see if he could come to North America to develop his career. The man neither agreed nor refused, so it was obviously interesting.
Although she played all day yesterday, the little maid did not forget this incident.
In addition to always paying attention to relevant information when going shopping in Manhattan, he also asked Almery, who had become acquainted with him, to help him collect some newspapers and magazines and plan to study it. In addition, before going to bed last night, the little maid came up with some other ideas and planned to test them out today.
It's very simple. If the man doesn't help directly, it seems that he doesn't prohibit her from trying her best.
Based on the information I got from yesterday's insinuations, Simon's identity as a Westeros woman is very popular in the American entertainment circle.