Janet said matter-of-factly: "I didn't want to give myself a Chinese name. I just suddenly felt that Jenny was a very suitable name for me."
The two women were originally standing opposite each other on both sides of the long table filled with various things. As Janet said this, she turned to Jennifer, who was still confused, with a smile, and began to chat with the female assistant.
Simon vaguely heard Janet telling Jennifer to keep an eye on him after returning to the United States, not to mess with women and not to work too hard, and so on, with the tone of a real wife telling the eldest daughter of a married woman, and she looked very into the drama.
Jennifer still didn't know what happened, but listened to Janet's instructions, her face turned slightly red, and she always felt that something was wrong.
The phone on the coffee table rang.
Simon reached out and answered. Anthony Johnston was calling. Lunch at the mansion was ready.
We are leaving Melbourne in the afternoon, and we must all have a meal together.
Both women heard the content of the call between Simon and Anthony. Janet took Jennifer's arm and said, "I haven't invited you to my house yet. We just happened to be together."
Jennifer glanced at Simon and shook her head with a smile: "You two, go over there. I'll pack these and wait for someone from the airport to pick up the luggage."
If she was just a personal assistant, it might be okay to go to Johnston's house for lunch, but with the current relationship between her and Simon, if it really happened like this, everyone would be uncomfortable.
Jennifer didn't want to embarrass Simon, just like last month at Easter, she preferred to keep Simon a little apologetic about herself.
The Johnston family mansion today is more lively than when Simon first came to Australia.
After lunch that day, Veronica no longer deliberately avoided Simon and showed up again today. Janet's brother David Johnston happened to come back from England with his girlfriend in the morning. Together with Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston, everyone crowded the long table in the mansion's restaurant.
The only person Simon has not met yet is Raymond Johnston's youngest son Patrick.
David Johnston is 26 years old. He is tall and thin like his father. He wears a pair of rimless glasses and has a gentle appearance. He is currently studying for a PhD in fluid mechanics at the University of Cambridge.
David's girlfriend is named Leslie Whickert. She is his school girl at Cambridge. She is a brown-haired girl with a very good appearance. She introduced herself as a undergraduate in architectural design with a minor in art history. She must be no more than 22 years old. .
As Janet said at the beginning, David Johnston does have a bit of a nerd vibe.
At the dinner table, Simon asked about his professional research direction. David seriously explained how to use the principles of fluid mechanics to measure the movement trajectory of oil layers buried thousands of meters underground. Raymond Johnston frowned when he heard a series of professional terms. .
Because it was the first time David brought his girlfriend back, everyone else pretended to listen to him. However, the old man had no scruples and quickly interrupted: "What's the use of learning this? There is no oil field at home for you to study."
David Johnston was obviously worried about his father, and immediately became silent after hearing this.
The atmosphere in the restaurant became a little awkward.
Janet leaned over and squinted towards David.
Simon understood that the old man reacted like this because he was not satisfied with the girlfriend David brought back.
Although Raymond Johnston has always had a good attitude towards Simon from the first meeting, Simon has always known the old man from the private conversations of Anthony, Janet and other children and their behavior in front of Raymond. Not a good-tempered person.
Noticing the unnatural look on the face of Leslie Whickert next to David, Simon realized that this was also a girl who was very perceptive.
Remembering that he had caused this embarrassment, Simon took the initiative to ease up and said: "Actually, fluid mechanics is still widely used, and movie special effects can also be used. Through fluid simulation, we only need to use CG animation to achieve realistic flowing water and flames, etc." effect, which can avoid a lot of expensive real-life scenes.”
Raymond turned to look over, softened his tone, and said, "When you return to Los Angeles, keep in touch with Tony. Don't let Jenny run around alone."
Simon naturally understood what Raymond was referring to, smiled and nodded: "I will, and Jenny is actually more suitable to operate that fund than me."
Raymond glanced at Janet and said, "I know her temperament better than you do. If no one is watching, she will definitely get into trouble."
Janet, who was seriously cutting a piece of lamb chops, wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction, but did not talk back to her old man at this time.
After a few interruptions, the embarrassment just now was resolved, and the atmosphere in the restaurant became active again.
Simon readily agreed to the request of Norman Johnston's 8-year-old son Victor to give him a Batmobile, but warned him not to drive it on the road, as it would be too dangerous.
After being asked a few questions by his confused father, the little guy accidentally revealed that it was Anthony's eldest son Brandon who wanted it, but he was too embarrassed to tell Simon.
Anthony got married very young. According to Janet, his eldest brother had to marry his son when he was halfway through college. He had a son and two daughters in total over the years. 16-year-old Sylvia and 9-year-old Chloe were both here at this time, and Simon's eldest son Brandon, who is the same age, has shown up several times these days, but did not come for lunch today.
Everyone now understood why.
When Raymond heard that his eldest grandson was so "losing his ambition by playing with things", he couldn't help but catch his eldest son and scold him a few more times, but he was obviously not as serious as when he interrupted David just now.
After lunch, he stayed in the mansion until four o'clock in the afternoon, before Simon said goodbye and left. Anthony and Janet drove Simon to the Melbourne Airport in the western suburbs, where a Boeing 767 was already waiting on the runway.
In addition to Simon and Jennifer, the last group of people from the "Batman" crew who stayed in Melbourne will also return together this time, and the film's work in Australia is basically over.
The staff of the Australian branch will settle tax refund matters with the Victoria state government. Simon has no plans to withdraw the approximately US$5 million in funds back to North America. Instead, he plans to directly invest in the production of movies in Australia, such as Jackson's "Crazy Fat Baby" Variety Show".
Next to the airport runway, they were about to say goodbye. Janet hugged Simon tightly and kept whispering: "I will help you take good care of Cersei Capital, and I guarantee that you will not lose money. I will go when I miss you." Los Angeles, you should always think of me. It would be better if you could suddenly come to see me. Girls love surprises... "
Simon hugged Janet and listened patiently, nodding from time to time.
A few minutes later, Janet stopped, came over and put a sticker on Simon's face. Simon thought she was going to let him go, but he heard Janet suddenly bite his ear and whisper: "Doesn't my aunt smell good?" ?”
It's really biting my ears.
Simon suddenly heard Janet's words and felt two rows of small teeth rubbing against his earlobe. His back felt a little chilly. He was worried that the woman would bite off a piece of his ear. He pretended to be calm and nodded with a smile: "Yes, you don't too." Do you like it very much?"
Seeing that Simon had no excuses, Janet let go of her little white teeth and still whispered in his ear: "You little bastard, you think I can't see that my aunt is very uncomfortable in front of you. Women always treat certain people." It's a very sensitive matter, she doesn't like you, and it's not easy for her to get angry."
"Well," Simon gently scratched the woman's waist a few times, trying to divert her attention, and said, "I'm sorry."
"Hmph," Janet twisted her waist a few times and said unmoved: "I warned you a long time ago, little bastard. So, just smell it, and you must never have other thoughts. "
Simon felt like he was breaking out in a cold sweat. He shook his head and said, "I swear to God, absolutely not."
Janet pinched Simon's waist unwillingly, finally let him go, took a step back, still smiling, as if the conversation just now had never happened, raised her hand and waved to him, saying: "Get on the plane. Well, everyone has to wait impatiently."
Simon watched Janet step back, took two steps forward to catch the woman again, and kissed her. Janet naturally began to respond.
The two were obsessed with each other for a few more minutes, and then separated again. Janet's face turned red, and knowing that she could no longer delay, she pushed Simon towards the gangway, then turned back to Anthony, and the brother and sister stood beside the runway together. Watching Simon board the Boeing 767, the plane glided into the clouds.
In the lounge in the forward cabin of the fuselage.
The plane flew smoothly. Jennifer, who was sitting by the window, unbuckled her seat belt, stood up and came to Simon's side. She noticed the fine beads of sweat on his forehead and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Simon was still thinking about what happened just now.
He always thought that he and Veronica had concealed it well, but he didn't expect that Janet would have noticed the difference a long time ago. Fortunately, Janet just misunderstood.
However, this misunderstanding seems more embarrassing than the truth.
Hearing Jennifer's concerned tone, Simon retracted his thoughts, unbuckled his seat belt, smiled, patted his leg, and said to the female assistant: "Come here."
Jennifer glared at him lightly, and when she saw Simon reaching out to pull her, she sat down, but her face couldn't help but turn a little red, and her body was stiff, worried that someone would come over suddenly.
With her little head spinning, Jennifer finally found a topic to distract herself and said, "Well, what does 'attacking people' mean?"
"It comes from a classical novel from the East. Xiren is the male protagonist's personal maid," Simon said as he put down the partition in front of his seat, took a pencil from the side and wrote two lines of poetry in regular script in the blank space of a document. , said: "It's a very artistic name."
After Simon finished writing, Jennifer looked at it carefully. She didn't recognize these two lines of poetry, but she could appreciate the beauty of the Chinese font: "These words are so beautiful, how do you read them?"
"The scent of flowers makes people know that the day is warm, and the sound of magpies piercing the trees brings joy to the new weather." Simon read it slowly, circled the word "attack", and explained: "This is a poem that describes the scenery. A small village in the suburbs Having just experienced a cold rain in early spring, the poet got up early in the morning. The sky was bright and the sun had not yet risen. Walking in the countryside, the rich fragrance of flowers that hit his face meant that the weather was about to get warmer, and the fragrance of flowers coming from among the treetops The magpies chirped, as if telling the poet happily that today will be a sunny day."
Jennifer leaned against Simon, rubbed her fingers on the line of pencil words, and said, "Can these fourteen words alone express so many meanings of what you said?"
Simon nodded: "Yes, this is the characteristic of that country's classical culture."
"It seems that I have to learn some Chinese when I have time, otherwise I won't understand anything in front of you and Jenny."
"I teach you."
"Do you have the time?"
"Time is all squeezed out, now, let's start now."
"hehe."
The two chatted in low voices, and Jennifer finally adapted to the situation of sitting on Simon's lap. However, there was a knock on the door of the lounge, and the female assistant immediately got up and ran away like a little rabbit.
It turned out that the flight attendant came to greet Simon and asked him eagerly if he needed anything.
Simon felt the stewardess's innocent eyes and just asked her to bring a pot of coffee before sending her away.
The charm just now was impossible to continue. Jennifer returned to her seat with a smile on her lips, but she no longer responded to Simon's eye call. She lowered her head and pretended to sort out some information seriously.
Simon had no choice but to casually open the document on which he had just written the poem.
This is Ella Deutschman's release report on "Sid Sisterhood". Deutschman is still directly responsible to Simon personally, whether it is the release of Gomen Films' films or the previous awards season public relations. Ichiman would regularly summarize his work reports to Simon.
Today is already Saturday, April 29th.
The third film released by Highgate Pictures this year, "Sid Sisters", will be released on April 22.
Compared with "Metropolis" and "Sisters", "Sid" has a very small release scale. Deutschman only promoted it in New York, where art films have a wider audience, and arranged for 35 opening screens. .
Although it maximized the publicity points of the film, "Sid" also received unanimous praise from the media, but in its first week of release, this literary drama focusing on school bullying only recovered US$260,000 at the box office. , the average price of a single museum is only US$7,500.
Compared with some other blockbuster films, which easily grossed US$60,000 to US$70,000 per theater during the preview period, "Sid's Sisterhood" was released on a small scale on 35 screens, but the box office did not even exceed US$10,000, and the film did not increase its box office. issuance scale is necessary.
According to the current release pace, the total North American box office of the film is only a little over one million US dollars. Compared with the production cost of US$3 million, the film will definitely fall into a loss.
"The Cid" will also become the second loss-making film released by Daenerys Entertainment this year.
Ella Deutschman analyzed in the report that the main reason for the failure of "Sid Sisters" was that the subject matter and audience deviated too much.
The protagonist of this film is a high school student, and the target audience is also teenagers, but most teenagers obviously don't like literary films. The movie-watching group over 18 years old, which is relatively receptive to literary and artistic films, has a hard time getting interested in the subject matter and type of "Sid Sisters".
It is precisely because of these factors that the film failed.
"Sid" is a legacy project from New World Entertainment, and Deutschman has done his best. The box office failure is not the responsibility of the distribution team. At the same time, Ella Deutschman also concluded in the report that Daenerys Entertainment should try to avoid making movies with similar themes in the future.