On Saturday morning, at around eight o'clock, after bidding farewell to the two Jennys and little Seattle, Simon boarded the Boeing 767 that he was heading to the East Coast.
Someone is waiting in advance.
Simon's regular casting director Linda Vargas, ICM's female president Nancy Josephson and Angelina Jolie.
After saying hello and instructing the waitress to take Julie to the middle cabin lounge to wait, Simon and two others came to the forward cabin living room.
Everyone sat down on the sofa, Simon picked up a drug test report prepared by Girl A in advance, opened it again, and said to Nancy Josephson: "I have read Julie's information in advance, and I think it can be saved, so I called you. Let’s talk.”
Although she has gradually grown from being the daughter of the major shareholder to the head of ICM, one of the three major brokerage companies, Nancy Josephson only had respect in front of Simon. She bowed slightly when she heard the words: "Mr. Westeros, can you It would be an honor to give Julie the opportunity.”
Simon nodded and glanced at the information in his hand again.
Speaking of which, Jolie collaborated with Daenerys on the film "The Lost Lady" three years ago, and Simon made the decision himself. At that time, it was mainly to praise Mia Kirschner.
Mia Kirschner's performance is indeed much better than the original Winona Ryder. Her intense confrontation with Jolie made them both share the 1997 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award. , Jolie also successfully won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the follow-up, but Mia Kirshner lacked some background and was only nominated for the leading actress.
As a result, the movie "The Girl Who Moved Souls" achieved a global box office of over 100 million yuan. For a film that is more literary and artistic, it is quite outstanding to have a global box office of 100 million yuan.
However, because it is just a one-time deal with no sequel, Simon is not concerned about Julie's behind-the-scenes work.
In the past, "The Girl Who Moved" could be described as a turning point in Jolie's acting career. With her Oscar supporting actress halo at the time, she quickly entered various mainstream commercial blockbusters, and relied on the subsequent "Tomb Raider" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" Go to the top.
This time, it’s because of Simon’s big butterfly. One of the reasons is that someone doesn’t like thick-lipped girls. In short, although he also won recognition from various aspects such as Oscar and Cannes for “The Girl Who Moved,” but In recent years, Jolie has still mainly been involved in non-mainstream circles such as literary films and low-cost commercial films.
Maybe it's because of his unsatisfactory career, or more likely because of his personal personality, and his private life is even worse. Not to mention the rumors of a brother-sister relationship, a fight with her boyfriend, and drug addiction, which is a big problem in Hollywood.
The Western entertainment industry does not have such strict moral standards. Taking drugs will not directly terminate the acting career of stars, such as Johnny Depp, who once performed on the street.
The premise is that your status must be high enough.
Otherwise, if you only have a small role, the studio will have to consider the risks. After all, big projects often cost tens of millions or hundreds of millions. If an actor cannot work due to drug addiction, he may lose tens or millions of dollars a day. , it would be even more of a disaster if the actor completely collapsed during filming and changed roles midway.
Today’s Angelina Jolie is far from the level that would allow studios to ignore risks.
Fortunately, Simon had personally read the actress's drug test report, which did not involve the most dangerous types, and the addiction was not that high, so it was within a controllable range.
After flipping through the information in his hand to sort out his thoughts, Simon looked up again and said to Nancy Josephson: "If Julie wants to get this contract, you need to do two things."
Nancy Josephson immediately said: "Yes, Mr. Westeros, and, um... I promise to supervise her personally."
Angelina Jolie's character is naive, paranoid, or a little crazy, but she is definitely not an unworldly person. She is also a second-generation star like Robert Downey Jr., and she also has the desire to climb in Hollywood. .
In fact, regardless of her personal life, just talking about Julie's career line, she was also a 'model worker' who participated in five or six movies every year during her peak period.
Simon sensed a certain urgency in Nancy's tone, and probably understood that it was not just Julie who wanted this role. ICM was also looking forward to cultivating a new generation of big-name actresses. He nodded slightly, and then said: "First After signing the contract, we will designate a personal assistant for Julie to supervise her private life 24 hours a day. At the same time, Julie will undergo a weekly drug test arranged by Daenerys."
"no problem."
Nancy Josephson agreed without thinking, but as she spoke, her expression became a little weird.
Because it suddenly occurred to me that the young tycoon in front of me likes to be a 'personal assistant' for his lovers. Everyone chatted quietly in private and had to admit that this was comparable to the time when Howard Hughes sent someone to monitor his vase. We have to be too smart, because what Hughes did was just to let his monitoring team "steal and steal" in various ways, and I don't know how many cuckolds he was given.
Now…
Seriously, Nancy Josephson would only be delighted if the mogul was interested in Jolie.
Simon certainly didn't have such thoughts. Even though he recognized Julie's identity as an actress, this girl was still not his cup of tea.
Ignoring Nancy Josephson's strange expression of expectation, Simon continued: "The second thing, I want you to arrange for Julie to participate in some charity activities. The location is in Southeast Asia, and the poorest people are still in a state of war. Some areas, well, I will let people arrange the specific activities later. In addition, after the charity event is over, we will arrange for Julie to adopt a child."
When Simon said these words, both Nancy and Linda looked confused.
The first request is very reasonable and legitimate, but what is this situation
Simon felt their confusion, thought for a moment, and said: "According to the information I saw about Julie, I think she is a very naive girl who lacks inner sustenance. Therefore, participating in charity activities can not only amplify her pure kindness It suppresses the extremes in Julie's character, and at the same time, adopting a child can provide Julie with spiritual sustenance. Simply put, you can understand that it means that she has something to do, so she has no energy to mess with other people. It’s a mess.”
Mix your blood and your boyfriend's blood into a bottle and hang it on your chest, swearing your loyalty to love, and thinking that it will last forever. Isn't this naive
When you and Pete got married, you didn't want to sign a prenuptial agreement. You thought it was a blasphemy of your love to care too much about money. What else is this if not naive
In addition, a major change in Jolie's life trajectory was that she witnessed the poverty and suffering in Southeast Asia during the filming of "Tomb Raider". From then on, she began to invest in charity and adopted a large group of orphans. Moreover, it can be seen from a lot of media information that was exposed later that Jolie was really adopted, such as treating her as her own child, and it was not the show-off adoption of many Hollywood stars, or even worse ones. If you have your own child, just abandon it for adoption.
As for the "They lost everything but gained freedom" incident that Julie was later complained about, there is no way, something is stuck to politics, and it can't be cleaned even if you want to.
When Nancy Josephson heard Simon explain, although she hesitated in her heart whether it would really work, she quickly nodded: "No problem."
After finishing speaking, he paused and then said: "Mr. Westeros, if my news is correct, "Fast and Furious" will start filming in January next year. It is only two months away. Julie must take time to prepare. , you know, it's a racing drama. Plus, doing charity..."
Simon interrupted at the right time: "Two months is enough. Julie can participate in activities in Southeast Asia while preparing for the new play. Regarding charity projects, I know what you mean. Doing charity requires costs. However, this time Julie All you need to do is show up, and you don’t need to worry about all other expenses.”
The focus of the Westeros system's Asian layout has happened to shift to Southeast Asia. In addition to various investments at the commercial level, non-commercial fields, such as charity, must also be done, and hundreds of millions of funds are planned to be invested every year.
After all, most of the shells of NGOs are charitable organizations.
Anyone who understands the joints knows how useful the 'unofficial' card is, and Simon has always attached great importance to it.
Therefore, regarding this small matter, Simon only needed to send an email to Shen Lin and the others, and he could organize a project in a short time, including medical assistance, children's education, water purification projects, etc., etc., all at his fingertips.
All Jolie has to do is establish herself as a star.
After all, although she is not a top star in Hollywood, her aura of Best Actress at Cannes and Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars is still very dazzling in Asia.
Then feel the spiritual impact and complete the transformation.
Simon said so, and Nancy Josephson was completely fine.
Simon had no intention of keeping them any longer and wanted to rush to the east coast as soon as possible. After discussing the matter, he got up and saw off the guests.
The two women also stood up together, but Nancy was obviously still hesitant. Linda Vargas, who was following next to her, took the initiative to help her ask the question with a smile on her face: "Boss, Julie's personal assistant, is Do you arrange it yourself, or do I do it?"
Simon was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "You can arrange it."
Linda nodded.
Nancy was obviously disappointed. After exiting the front cabin door, she still couldn't hold it back and said, "Mr. Westeros, would you like to let Julie stay? I mean, you can chat with her during the flight." , it won’t be boring.”
Simon smiled and said: "I have a bunch of work emails to deal with during the flight, as well as a video conference, and I also have to review the script of "Fast and Furious". Counting it all, there may not be enough time until I get off the plane, not at all. It’ll be boring.”
When Nancy heard what Simon said, she remembered the recent election. She thought that the young tycoon was inevitably busy these days, so she didn't bother anymore and just smiled and said: "You are really busy, so you should pay attention to rest."
Simon nodded: "I will, thank you."