Dume Point Estate.
As soon as the car stopped, Janet, who was already waiting outside the villa, came over to greet her.
Veronica Johnston stepped out of the car door, still wearing a serious women's black suit and black high heels.
His eyes subconsciously fell on Janet's bulging belly. Veronica's habitually cold and cold face showed some softness, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be picky but not picky.
"Okay, okay, Bingshan, if you don't know how to smile, don't force it. It looks so weird." Janet came to Veronica, hugged her aunt affectionately and hugged her carefully, not forgetting her words. Teasing, he added: "Also, you are finally willing to come see me."
Veronica patted Janet's back gently and whispered as if to explain: "I'm very busy."
Janet just teased and didn't continue the topic. She hugged Veronica's arm and turned to Shell Villa and said, "Look, Simon and I's house is beautiful, isn't it?"
Veronica looked up and looked at this building, which she had actually seen photos of in many magazines.
Because this villa has a very special design style and location, a similar design trend has emerged in recent years. Veronica also knew that the Westeros Building in Manhattan, which was under construction, would definitely be more dazzling than the shell villa in front of her once it was completed.
After admiring it for a moment with Janet, Veronica nodded and said, "It's beautiful."
Janet chuckled a little proudly, continued to hold Veronica's arm and said: "Let's go in and show you around first. In addition, I have prepared the room for you. Just stay here for two days.”
Veronica shook her head and said, "I have already booked a room at the Hilton and sent all my luggage there."
"Then quit. If you come to Los Angeles and don't stay at home but in a hotel, the media will definitely make random guesses. It's been annoying enough these days."
As Janet spoke, she did not forget to turn around and tell Neil Bennett, who had picked up Veronica, to go pick up the luggage at the Hilton.
Veronica hesitated, thinking that Simon had not been in Los Angeles in recent days, so she didn't insist.
If not... she wouldn't have come this time.
Today is Wednesday, September 25th.
Veronica came to Los Angeles. In addition to visiting Janet, she also had to deal with some MGM matters.
The two took a brief walk around the Shell Villa, chatting about various recent trivial matters while visiting. Of course, Janet did most of the talking.
Finally, we sat down on the sofa next to the glass curtain wall in the villa near the sea. It was still around ten o'clock in the morning.
In Los Angeles at the end of September, the sun was just right in the morning, and the view of the blue sky, white clouds and sea outside the curtain wall was even more beautiful.
Snuggling up next to Veronica rather lingeringly, Janet said: "Put the work aside for now. Lunch is already being prepared. If you are tired, you can rest first after eating. Over in Australia now, um, When should it be now?”
Veronica took the water glass handed over by Girl D, thanked her, and replied to Janet: "It should be about five o'clock in the morning. I slept on the plane, so I don't need to rest."
"Our 767 is very good, isn't it? It's a pity that Simon will come back the day after tomorrow, and the plane has to go to Europe to pick you up. Otherwise, we can take you back."
Veronica came here today and will finish handling the matters here in the next two days. She will rush back to Australia on the afternoon of the 27th. Simon will probably return to Los Angeles from Europe around the same time.
In fact, it’s okay to stagger the time a little.
However, neither Veronica nor Janet mentioned this issue.
The two were chatting casually when housekeeper Alice Ferguson came over with a folder. After greeting Veronica, she handed the folder to Janet and said: "Mr. Norman has prepared the statement, Mrs. , and if all goes well, it can be published in the Los Angeles Times tomorrow."
Janet opened the folder.
With the release of the new "Forbes" list of the 400 richest Americans, people have been claiming recently that Simon's parents want to recognize him. There were some minor flaws in the response strategy that Simon and Janet had originally discussed. A couple who had been bribed to deliberately steer things towards a farce suddenly publicly admitted in the media that they had received money, thus causing a wave of public opinion.
The media's imagination is always very rich.
The exposure of the money-collecting couple made the whole thing look more like a farce.
However, some people question whether there are other ulterior motives behind the matter.
Although no one ever found out who paid off the couple, Simon himself became the subject of suspicion in some media outlets.
After several discussions on the phone, Simon and Janet decided to call it a day.
The basic content of the current statement is: Simon Westeros has learned about his life experience and has properly handled the matter privately. In view of this, anyone who tries to identify his relatives can only be an imposter, and Simon Westeros will not respond to any matters related to this in the future.
This statement is certainly true for Simon.
However, there must be something Janet doesn't know.
Because Janet was right next to her, Veronica also looked at the declaration document in her hand. There was inevitably something strange in her expression, and she looked at Janet cautiously with some anxiety.
He had asked her to keep this secret forever.
She kept this secret tightly, and even if Janet misunderstood something, she never explained it.
Now.
Did he tell Jenny
Janet read the statement in her hand twice carefully, handed it to the housekeeper beside her and said, "No problem, let George send it out."
After the housekeeper walked away, Janet looked at her aunt again, noticed the twinkle in Veronica's eyes, and asked curiously: "What's the matter?"
Veronica tried her best to calm down and said calmly: "Simon, has he found his parents?"
Janet shook her head, nodded again, and said: "Recently, anyway, you should know that every time the Forbes list is released in recent years, many people will jump out and claim to be Simon's parents, so we thought This statement just ended similar farces. In fact, I think Simon should know who his parents are, but he refused to tell me. Moreover, he must have had a very bad life when he was a child, and he did not recognize his relatives at all. plan."
Veronica actually doesn't want her family to know certain things.
However, when she heard that Simon didn't tell Janet, she suddenly felt worried again and said, "Jenny, is he good to you?"
Janet picked up the small fruit plate that Girl D had just given from the coffee table in front of her, ate the fruit with a fork, blinked a few times after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Of course."
"Then," Veronica pointed to Janet's belly and said, "Is he going to Europe this time?"
"After getting pregnant, as long as he was in Los Angeles, he would come back from get off work on time at five o'clock every day to be with me. In the past, he rarely got off work before six o'clock. There is no other way to go to Europe this time. The "Wonder Woman" project is very important to Danni Liz Entertainment is very important.”
Janet explained, then leaned over and rubbed against her aunt, and said: "Well, although the little bastard has some outrageous thoughts, he is really good to me. Bingshan, you, um... you just need to stay away from him Just stay far away, don’t let him succeed, otherwise it will be too bad.”
Because she didn't know the reason, Janet was sure that Simon had some evil thoughts about her aunt.
At other times, she is still used to calling Veronica 'Iceberg'. It has been a habit since she was a child. How can it be easy to change it in a short time? However, in order to remind a certain guy, she now deliberately changed her name to Veronica as 'aunt' in front of him.
However, it doesn't seem to have any effect.
Janet occasionally thinks, what if she really lets someone succeed, what should she do
An argument
She doesn't have this attribute point in her bones at all, and she won't make a fuss with others.
Beat him up
Too light.
What's more, considering her man's physique, even if he doesn't fight back, she probably won't have much effect if she hits her, unless she uses a dick.
kill him
Well, I can’t bear to part with it.
Divorce him
have not thought.
cold war
This is too ineffective.
She even felt that if this kind of thing really happened, it would not be that serious
Veronica had already explained it that night last time. When she saw Janet starting to talk nonsense again, she could only stare at her helplessly, but said no more, just pretending not to hear.
At 11 o'clock, Miss D came over to remind me that lunch was ready.
After lunch, although she said she had rested on the plane, Veronica was sent to take a nap in the arranged room by Janet.
I just slept for more than an hour, and it was less than two o'clock in the afternoon when I woke up.
Coming downstairs, Janet was talking on the phone with Simon who was far away in Italy in a sea-facing living room on the east side of the villa hall.
Sitting quietly listening to Janet and Simon talking, it seemed that it was already past ten o'clock in the night on the Italian side, and the other side was obviously very patient, so I felt relieved.
The "Wonder Woman" crew is currently stationed in Naples, southern Italy.
Naples is also a historic metropolis in Italy. The famous ancient city of Pompeii is just outside Naples. There are also many architectural ruins from the ancient Greek and Roman periods near this city, which is a suitable location for Paradise Island.
Simon stayed in Venice for one night and came to Naples the next day.
After that, I spent the next week personally following the filming of "Wonder Woman."
In order to accommodate Simon's schedule, the crew specially arranged an important battle scene during this week, that is, the battle where the German army followed Steve to Paradise Island and encountered the Amazons.
After successive productions of "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight", "The Flash" and other films, the strength of the behind-the-scenes team cultivated by Daenerys Entertainment was fully demonstrated in this scene.
An important reason why the original Marvel Cinematic Universe series is still very successful without the control of a big-name director is the powerful behind-the-scenes action and special effects team.
Simon took this very seriously from the beginning.
Not only that, the director Martin Campbell selected by Simon for "Wonder Woman" is more powerful than any new director promoted by the Marvel Cinematic Universe in memory.
Although for Hollywood, the three people Simon originally selected, Jane de Bont of the "Batman" series, Martin Campbell of the "Wonder Woman" series and Roland Emmerich of the "Superman" series, are only He can be considered a newcomer or a second-tier director.
However, only Simon himself knew that the potential of these people far exceeded those of the truly new directors in his memory.
Personal style and other elements were considered in advance, and several directors cherished the opportunity, and no one dared to act arbitrarily.
Therefore, from "The Dark Knight" to this "Wonder Woman", or counting Warner's "The Flash" which will be released at the end of the year, the success of "Batman: The Dark Knight" has been It was proved that the shooting results of the other two films also met Simon's expectations.
It happened to coincide with the time when "Forbes" announced the new annual list of the 400 richest people in the United States. After working during the day, Simon kept receiving invitations to various parties from local Italian forces.
Since he decided to expand to Europe, Simon did not refuse the hospitality of the Italian local snake.
Moreover, these people were sincere enough to choose Naples as the meeting place.
What I attended tonight was a party of the famous Agnelli family in Italy, on a yacht off the coast of Naples.
As the founders of the Fiat Group, the Agnelli family is known as Italy's true 'royal family'. With a family heritage lasting a century, they control Italy's largest industrial group, and their status in Italy is higher than that of the Ford family and the United States.
Of course, the Agnelli family is extremely wealthy, only relative to Italy.
The family's overall wealth is less than $5 billion.
However, the influence of the Agnelli family on Italy is far beyond the reach of emerging rich people like Simon.
Although he accepted the invitation from the Agnelli family, Simon had no idea of entering the traditional automobile industry.
As we all know, after entering the new century, the traditional automobile industry will decline rapidly.
However, Simon's participation in the gathering of the Agnelli family is certainly not without purpose.
In addition to establishing a good relationship with Italy, the biggest local snake, there are actually many areas where the two parties can cooperate, such as the placement of car advertisements in films produced by Daenerys Entertainment.
Car placement has always been a big advertising project in Hollywood. The most famous one is probably Aston Martin in the 007 series.
In addition, establishing this network will definitely be of great benefit to the development of the Westeros system in Italy. The Agnelli family also has the idea of going out of Italy and entering North America, and the two parties can be said to hit it off.
When we returned to our residence in downtown Naples, it was already ten o'clock at night.
Thinking about some details of tonight's party, Simon called to Los Angeles and talked on the phone with Janet as usual, discussing some things about the statement. In the end, Janet teased her, claiming that his aunt was sitting next to him, and asked Simon, do you want to go back early
Definitely not possible in advance.
Tomorrow is the start of Milan Fashion Week.
Gucci’s big show this fall is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and Simon must attend the show the day after tomorrow before he can return.