This is a luxuriously decorated small screening room in Building 1 of the administrative area of Daenerys Studios. Yu Xiaomin and Jiang Mi, who participated in the "Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon" project, were originally sitting next to Simon, one on the left and one on the right, quietly watching the documentary that had just started playing. The playback suddenly paused and the lights came on.
Everyone was wondering what happened when they heard a scolding voice with obvious condemnation: "Westeros, you bastard."
Turning around, I saw a woman wearing a long black skirt, a wide-brimmed hat that could cover up the situation, and large sunglasses walking over menacingly.
She found someone and stood still. Everyone was still looking at her with doubts. The woman seemed to hesitate for a moment, as if she didn't know how to react. In the end, she opened the handbag she was carrying and took out small items from it, such as lipstick, Eyebrow pencils, makeup mirrors, sticky notes, a few coins and even a small iPlayer were thrown at a man one by one.
It felt like a little farce between children.
Simon was hit a few times and then stood up. He was about to have a seizure, but after hearing the sound just now, he looked closely and recognized the identity of the other party at a glance. He could only block the flying fragments and motion for the screening. Others in the room: "You guys go out first, everyone."
Yu Xiaomin happened to help the man next to her catch a very powerful iPlayer. She was still hesitating whether to take the initiative to help, so she stepped forward to subdue the woman who suddenly ran up to her and acted aggressively. She listened to the man's commanding tone and chased her away, and wisely stopped. He dodged another coin thrown by the woman, left his seat with his head lowered, and hurried out with other people in the screening room.
Before leaving the house, Yu Xiaomin heard the man lower his voice and say: "Stop, why are you so crazy?"
He was out the door immediately.
When everyone came to the corridor, they found that Girl A had come over at some point and was standing guard outside, along with several other Wei family attendants.
When everyone stood still in the corridor in confusion, Girl A's rare eyes were a bit cold, and she scanned everyone who came out of the screening room one by one, and then said: "You didn't see anything just now, nothing." If you hear it, don't discuss it with anyone in private. If any rumors get out, even if it is spread privately, I will definitely find the talkative person."
After speaking, he waved in the direction of the elevator, obviously signaling for everyone to disperse.
In fact, even if the woman thought she was wrapped up tightly just now, someone still recognized her. The fire of gossip had already been burning in her heart, but when she heard what Girl A said, the fire that had just been ignited was immediately extinguished.
Following Girl A's gesture, the seven or eight people watching the sample film walked silently toward the elevator.
Yu Xiaomin stood side by side with Jiang Mi, still looking puzzled. Occasionally he looked at the tall girl next to him, and saw that she seemed to have a bit of understanding on her pretty face. She opened her mouth and was about to speak in a low voice. She was already impressed by the tall girl's heroic spirit. Danfeng's eyes squinted in warning and immediately shut up.
Everyone squeezed into the elevator and said goodbye to each other in a strange atmosphere. The staff belonging to Daenerys continued to work. Yu Xiaomin and Jiang Mi went downstairs all the way, found their respective assistants waiting in the lounge, and left the office building. After arriving at the parking lot, she got into a white Chevrolet car, closed the door, and finally asked, "Jiang Jiang, what's going on?"
Jiang Mi doesn't like to be called 'Mimi', 'Xiaomi', 'Ami', etc. However, she has a nickname of 'Jiang Jiang'. Everyone thinks it fits her personality and temperament, and the girl herself is quite satisfied.
Compared with Yu Xiaomin, Jiang Mi has more frequent contact with the Western fashion circle. It happens that a certain woman is also a frequently discussed topic in that circle, and she has even met her at some fashion events. Therefore, when she was next to Simon just now, even if the other woman was fully armed , or recognized quickly.
Princess Diana!
Even though Jiang Mi was admittedly proud and cold-tempered, the previous scene still made her unable to help but think wildly.
When Yu Xiaomin asked about it, Jiang Mi couldn't help but feel a little bit unhappy.
However, after opening his mouth for a moment and thinking about Assistant A's unceremonious and stern warning, Jiang Mi suddenly stopped thinking and shook his head: "Don't ask, Xiao Min, just do as the lady said and completely forget what happened just now. Just pretend that nothing happened, unless you don’t want to live in Europe and America anymore.”
Yu Xiaomin's emotional intelligence is not lower than Jiang Mi. Think about it, "The Grand Canyon of Brahmaputra", which he directed, will be released in North America soon. As long as it succeeds, a new chapter will be opened. For the glory that can be imagined, even if it is in the bottom of my heart, Curiosity was like being scratched by a cat, but I still held it back, nodded, and after thinking about it, I simply changed the subject: "What a pity, I hope Mr. Westeros can give me some advice."
Hearing this, Jiang Mi also diverted her attention and said: "It will be released soon. Even if Simon has objections, it will be too late to modify it. What's more, everyone thinks it is good. You should be more confident."
Yu Xiaomin nodded.
However, the concern is still there.
Although "The Grand Canyon of Brahmaputra" will open on IMAX screens and ordinary screens at the same time this time, in terms of the most popular IMAX screening, Daenerys has initially only provided 65 screens, which is comparable to last year. Half of the "Everest", there are only 1,037 ordinary screens, and the distribution intensity is obviously one level lower. These actually show that the treatment of "Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon" is not as good as that of "Everest".
In fact, Yu Xiaomin doesn't really expect "The Grand Canyon of Brahmaputra" to achieve the feat of last year's "Everest", which exceeded US$100 million at the box office in North America alone. As long as it has a box office of US$30 to 50 million, this is actually what everyone thinks. Quite unified expectations, then the ending is happy for everyone.
You know, compared to "Everest" with a budget of 5 million US dollars, under Yu Xiaomin's good control, the final investment in "Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon" was only about 30 million yuan, equivalent to only 3.6 million US dollars. This time it is better to choose first To open up the North American market, Daenerys only invested US$3 million in publicity and distribution expenses. Therefore, as long as this project can get a North American box office of US$12 million, all production and publicity costs will be recovered.
Relying on the popularity accumulated by last year's "Everest", and to some extent using the gimmick of a sequel, the goal of US$12 million does not seem to be difficult.
However, the biggest risk in the film industry is the same strong uncertainty as gambling.
No one can be sure why a movie suddenly becomes a hit, and similarly, no one can predict why a movie will suddenly become a hit.
What if it turns out to be a dud...
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaomin, who had just driven out of Daenerys Studios in a Chevrolet car, couldn't help but shudder.
Don't.
After all, once she fails, she can only go back and continue to be her own self-media person, and she may not be able to turn around again for a long time. Moreover, they will definitely be laughed at by Xie Qingmai and the others.
After thinking about it, Yu Xiaomin didn't dare to continue, and couldn't help but turn her thoughts back to the scene in the projection room.
Um.
I am strongly curious again, who is that woman? It seems, it seems, vaguely, where should I have seen it
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A rowdy day.
When Simon returned to Dume Point Manor, it was already dusk.
When he walked into the Shell Villa and saw the Indian girl Aaliyah coming towards him, Simon asked directly: "Where's Jenny?"
Aaliyah gestured toward the seaside curtain wall: "Madam is over there."
Without waiting for Aaliyah to lead the way, Simon walked over quickly. The lights had not been turned on by the glass curtain wall. Against the last bit of bright light outside the window, he quickly found Janet sitting cross-legged on the sofa in a corner and playing with a tablet computer.
Janet heard the commotion and saw the man running towards him in a menacing manner. Before she could even shrink her neck pretending to be guilty, she was already picked up by the whole man and pressed down again.
Snap, snap, snap.
Lying on the man's lap, Janet put down the tablet in her hand. After being beaten by the man a series of five cents, she couldn't help but laugh. While laughing, she condemned: "It hurts, little bastard, you actually hit me, but, haha, Haha...hahaha..."
Simon was helpless.
This cannot be cured.
He could only turn over again, hug the woman in his arms, and said helplessly: "I guess it was you who instigated it, aren't you afraid of causing trouble?"
"Don't be afraid, how interesting it is," Janet said, leaning back, her face found the man's chin, and gently rubbed it, but she still couldn't help laughing: "You are, haha, my man, so awesome .”
Simon gently rubbed the slender waist of the woman in his arms: "I almost forgot, last time in Cannes... are you sure it's mine?"
"How can I be sure?" Janet tilted her head and continued to post: "But you wouldn't ask her that, would you? Didn't you chop you?"
Simon didn't answer, his body relaxed, and his chin rested on the woman's shoulder.
bother!
Janet stayed quiet for a while, and realized that her man was really troubled, instead of being complacent as other men should be. She smiled and said, "If you don't want it, don't do it. I'll help you."
Simon shook his head: "No need."
A certain little thing is innocent after all.
Seeing that her man had probably taken care of it, Janet said no more and motioned to Aaliyah, who was standing not far away, to pick up the tablet just now, fiddle with it a few times, and motion to the man. It turned out to be a video. It was a scene in the screening room of Daenerys Cinema during the day. I couldn't help but laugh: "I let her go, thinking that there was going to be a big fight, but I didn't expect that she would only throw things, too much." useless."
Simon watched the scene in the video and couldn't help but want to laugh. Then he raised his hand and slapped the woman in his arms: "It is indeed you."
Janet twisted her body and acted coquettishly: "I admit it, no more hitting."
Simon didn't say anything, he just raised his hand, swiped the screen, and deleted the video that was secretly taken at an unknown time.
Janet didn't stop her, but smiled and said, "I have a backup."
Simon was speechless.
Just back it up, just don't let me see it.
bother.
Jennifer also came over at this time, looking at Simon with an obviously strange expression.
Simon understood immediately and patted his side: "Come on, you must be involved too, let me teach you a lesson."
Jennifer rolled her eyes, but walked over and sat down, saying, "Shouldn't Jenny and I teach you a lesson?"
Simon pretended to be confused: "Is that so?"
Janet nodded her head vigorously: "Theoretically, Jenny and I should discuss how to divide your property at this time."
Simon was decisive and generous: "No need to divide it, it's all yours."
Janet pouted: "Then, we are yours, so your property that belongs to us is still yours, right?"
Simon kissed the woman's cheek: "Since you are so insistent, shall we establish a written agreement?"
"Ouch—" Janet turned her head and bit it, then raised her hand and started to count her fingers: "This is the 24th one, but, well, it's only 24. It's still far from 100, my dear. You have to keep working hard!"
Simon nodded seriously: "I understand, I understand, this is irony."
"No," Janet smiled and shook her head, motioning to Jennifer next to her: "What she said was ironic. I said this because I really look forward to it. In the future, 100 little Westeros will probably be able to conquer the world. ”
"Is the layout a little smaller?"
Jennifer paused, then nodded again: "Yeah, yeah, sure, by then, we can at least conquer the entire solar system, starting with Mars."
"It's too urgent. We have to take one step at a time, starting from the moon. The moon is actually not that small."
"As for the moon, it's very unfulfilling. And the moon doesn't even have an atmosphere, so it's only suitable for being a transit base."
"Okay, but I'm more optimistic about the asteroid belt than Mars. You know, compared with the current technological level of mankind and what can be expected in the next hundred years, gravity is a very important negative factor that limits our exploration of the universe. Compared with Like the moon, the huge number of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, which have much smaller relative gravity, are the most suitable resources for development."
Janet's eyes also lit up, and inspiration quickly came to her: "Yes, we can try to make the asteroid, um, directly into a mobile spaceship. In this way, the asteroid itself can solve the problem of raw materials and even future fuel. After hollowing out the inside, it can still create a closed ecological circle, and even if it is an asteroid, its scale will definitely far exceed the space carrier that we humans can build. Wow, the more I think about it, the more operational prospects it has."
Simon listened to the woman in his arms brainstorming, and felt that it was still not structured enough.
It would be better to just wander around the earth.
Of course, there is no risk of the sun going out right now, so there is no need to bother our home planet. After all, the project is too huge.
Based on this calculation, wandering asteroids are indeed quite feasible.
As the couple spoke, they had already picked up Janet's tablet again and began to jot down the results of the brainstorming. Then the plan was handed over to a more professional team to conceive of the feasibility. It may take decades to actually implement it, but , Great ideas all start with some ideas.
On the other hand, Jennifer, who was next to her, felt helpless as she watched the two people next to her suddenly turn their attention to hundreds of thousands of miles away.
However, thinking about it again, it may be annoying, but it is really not a big deal.
It's like a concept that men occasionally talk to them about: Do people who have already studied at the Ph.D. level still care about the little red flowers in kindergarten
In the same way, with a man's current power and status, there are really not many things on this planet that he can care too much about. Of course, the premise is that this matter is not spread out. Otherwise, there would be great excitement all over the world.