Unable to sort out the many issues involved in 'surrogacy', Simon simply shook his head and dismissed Janet's idea.
The thoughts in my heart and the things in the future will be discussed in the future.
Early the next morning, Dume Point Manor began to prepare for the baby shower at noon.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, Simon was sent by Janet to personally greet the Johnston family at the airport. There was a lively scene at noon, and then Simon was kicked out by Janet in the afternoon.
Including all the men at the party.
The reason is that the afternoon is bestie time.
Of course he understands Janet's thoughts. Women do not prohibit him from contacting other members of the opposite sex, except for one person.
After taking Patrick Johnston around half a circle in Daenerys Studios, Simon just sent him away to play casually. He had no intention of spending time with the child.
After spending the afternoon carelessly in the office, Janet returned home in the evening. Janet was kneeling down on the carpet in a living room of the villa to sort out the gifts sent by the guests today. She was surrounded by a lot of gift boxes and was in a good mood. appearance.
Simon also sat down on the carpet, helped open the gift box, and casually chatted with Janet about trivial matters.
After picking up a beautiful cartoon-style music box and looking at it for a moment, Janet complained that Sandra didn't know how to choose a gift. Janet suddenly said, "I discussed something with my aunt this afternoon."
Simon untied a gift box without looking up: "Huh?"
Janet said: "Auntie promised to help us take care of the children in the future."
Simon paused for a moment, raised his head, glanced at Janet, and said, "How could you have such an idea?"
"My aunt can't stay single forever, so I thought that if I let her help take care of Moer for a while and experience the feeling of being a mother, maybe she would find a man to marry."
Simon's eyes flickered and he started playing with the gift box in his hand again as if nothing had happened.
A small hand from the side reached over and poked him on the shoulder.
When the man didn't respond, he poked again.
Simon suddenly turned his head and bit it, and Janet immediately retracted her little claws with a smile, and changed the subject: "Honey, what should we eat tonight?"
"I'll do it for you myself later."
Janet curled her lips and said truthfully: "Actually, what you cook doesn't taste good at all."
"Pregnant women should eat something lighter. Carrot and white rice porridge is very good."
"But the baby needs nutrition."
Simon turned his head and looked up and down at the woman next to him, and said with a smile: "You are already over-nourished."
Janet couldn't bear it immediately, stared dissatisfied and said: "You actually called me fat!"
"I did not say."
"You just think I'm fat."
"Okay, I think you're fat."
"Wow… "
Janet tilted over, opened her mouth and bit Simon's arm.
Pregnant women will naturally gain weight, not to mention that Janet has always been pampered.
However, Janet's foundation is very good. Even though her body will appear plump due to pregnancy, and she is already seven months pregnant, it actually has nothing to do with the word "fat".
Janet allowed Janet to grind her little teeth on her arm for a while. Seeing that she seemed to have no intention of letting go, Simon reached out and grabbed one of the woman's wrists and squeezed it gently. It was as if a switch had been triggered, and the woman's body suddenly softened. Teeth also relaxed and leaned against him softly.
A soft, hoarse voice sounded: "Well, you bullied me."
Simon picked up another gift box and started to open it, smiling: "Do you like being bullied by me?"
"Uh huh huh."
"so… "
Janet rubbed her head against Simon's body and suddenly asked softly: "Are you so, um, bullying others?"
"Can anyone else let me bully you like this?"
"Anyway, you are absolutely not allowed to do this."
"Yeah, I promise."
Veronica Johnston lives in Janet's original villa on the east side of Dume Point Manor. Patrick Johnston took his girlfriend to the city and obviously will not come back tonight. Dinner is still Simon and Janet both.
I continued to spend the day with Janet on Sunday, and a new week of work began.
The box office for the first weekend of the Halloween season has also been officially released.
Three days after its opening, "Scream 3" finally had a box office of US$27.11 million in its first weekend. Compared with the opening screen size of 2,672, it achieved a sales level of over 10,000 per museum.
Although the final chapter was still carefully crafted and had a budget of US$30 million, a routine was used three times, so the film's reputation was naturally unsatisfactory.
Moreover, although it has started well, neither Daenerys Entertainment nor the outside media are too optimistic about the sequel's box office performance.
Released at the same time as "Scream 3" is John Hughes' new film "The Best Q", which tells the story of a homeless man and an orphan girl who form a partnership to 'scam'. It is still John Hughes's film. There are various fixed routines, and it also obviously follows the style of "Home Alone" which was a hit last Christmas.
Because of the success of "Home Alone", John Hughes' status in Hollywood has reached a higher level. This "Best Q" does not have big-name stars, but the budget has reached 30 million US dollars.
However, the quality of the film is obviously not satisfactory. Otherwise, this film that is more suitable for the year-end schedule will not be dropped by Warner in the relatively inferior Halloween schedule.
In the end, "The Best Q File" still failed to bring any surprises to Warner.
With 1,634 opening screens, it only took in US$4.97 million in the first three days of the weekend, and the box office in the first week was only about US$6 million. The total box office in North America is expected to be between US$20 million and US$30 million, which is at most the same as the film's production budget.
After the success of "Home Alone", John Hughes has hastily produced two similar children's films this year. The summer film "Alone" was even more bleak at the box office, with a budget of US$17 million, a popular schedule in July, and North American total The box office gross was only $4.6 million.
The consecutive failures of the two children's films have basically exhausted the halo that John Hughes gained with "Home Alone".
John Hughes signed very generous profit-sharing contracts in these two children's films. Now, both films have ended in losses. Apart from basic salary, there is no way to talk about sharing. This man is famous for his one trick. Filmmakers have also begun to turn more attention to the production of "Home Alone 2".
In the original memory, "Home Alone" was both the peak of John Hughes and the beginning of John Hughes's obsolescence in the 1990s. Some film techniques were used for too many years, and the audience finally developed aesthetic fatigue.
With the start of the Halloween schedule, a series of film lists for the annual schedule have also been completely finalized.
During the Thanksgiving and Christmas periods, Daenerys Entertainment, including Universal Pictures, which has been merged, will launch a total of four movies, namely "Toy Story" and "Cape Fear" during the Thanksgiving period, with the opening date being November 22nd and November 29th.
"The Piano" and "Fried Green Tomatoes" are scheduled for Christmas. The opening date of "The Piano" is December 6, which is a small-scale opening as usual for award-winning films. The "Fried Green Tomatoes" schedule is December 27, the last week of 1991.
"Toy Story" and "The Piano" are films independently produced by Daenerys Entertainment, "Cape Fear" starring Robert De Niro and the female drama comedy "Fried" starring actresses such as Kathy Bates. "Green Tomatoes" is a project taken over from Universal.
After "Cape Fear" and "Fried Green Tomatoes", Universal's distribution department will be officially eliminated, leaving only the production label of Universal Pictures.
Not only that, but in a few years, Universal Pictures' production label will be completely integrated into Daenerys Entertainment.
Although it is a classic label that has lasted for more than half a century, Daenerys Entertainment now has the ability to replace this brand.
After all, nothing in this world is eternal.
Malibu, Daenerys Studios.
After this period of discussion, the director of "The Ring" was finally determined, named Philip Noyce.
Simon briefly glanced at the box office report of the past weekend, and had been discussing the production details of "The Ring" with the director in the morning.
Last time, I told Danny Morris that he could choose some new directors with good potential. Philip Noyce should be considered a newcomer in Hollywood, but he is not young. The director is 41 years old this year.
The reason why Simon took a fancy to the other party was mainly because of the director's resume.
Philip Noyce is from Australia. He became interested in movies at a very young age. He made his first movie at the age of 18. He has been involved in the Australian film industry since then. It was not until two years ago that he crossed paths with Hollywood. He directed that movie. "Over the Horizon," a sea-adrift thriller produced by George Miller and starring Nicole Kidman.
Yes, the choice of Philip Noyce still has the human factor of George Miller and Nicole Kidman, and it is also because of Simon's deliberate support of the Australian gang.
However, if the director does not have enough strength, Simon will certainly not use the other party.
Philip Noyce not only has a professional background of graduating from a professional film school, but also has experience in the film industry since he was 18 years old. There is no doubt about his personal strength.
Moreover, in the original time and space, Philip Noyce has also directed blockbusters such as Harrison Ford's "Patriot Games" and Angelina Jolie's "Salt". Although these things have not happened yet, this It is also enough to prove the director’s filmmaking skills.
In addition, Philip Noyce has also tried horror films in recent years. Although it is not a Hollywood movie, directing "The Ring" is enough.
As a 'newcomer' who has only tried one Hollywood film, Philip Noyce cherishes this opportunity.
After Danny Morris contacted him, the director flew to Japan and spent a few days discussing the plot style of the film with Koji Suzuki, the author of the original novel "The Ring", and also expressed his thoughts on Japanese horror. The film made a lot of sense.
Many famous film directors made amazing films in the early stage, but gradually fell into mediocrity in the later stage. In Simon's view, the lack of talent is only a small part of the factor. The key is that after a director becomes famous, his mentality changes and he often no longer works for the film. I put too much effort into my own work.
After more than two hours of interview, Simon gave Danny Morris permission to discuss signing a contract with Philip Noyce.
After handling this matter, Simon had just opened the list of patents that would be implanted in the World Wide Web Consortium Foundation from San Francisco when the female assistant knocked on the door: "Boss, Ms. Johnston is here."
Simon didn't respond: "Huh?"
The female assistant explained: "Veronica Johnston."
Simon paused, nodded and said, "Let her come in."
The female assistant retracted from the door, the door was pushed open, and Veronica Johnston, who was still wearing a black women's OL suit today, walked in.
Looking at Simon who didn't get up behind the desk, Veronica stood not far from the door and whispered: "I'm on the afternoon flight."
Simon and Veronica looked at each other, gestured towards the sofa in the reception area, and then continued to look through the patent list in their hands.
Veronica no longer expected Simon's attitude towards her to change too much. She walked to the sofa and chose a seat facing Simon to sit down.
After a while, the female assistant brought coffee in. She noticed the strange atmosphere in the office, but it was because of Simon's indifference to Veronica. She glanced at the man behind the desk, put down the coffee, and sat down in the reception area.
After chatting with Veronica for a while and still having work in hand, the female assistant could only get up. When leaving, she used her eyes to signal Simon not to be too indifferent to the guests.
Of course, the female assistant didn't understand why Simon and Janet's aunt had such a strange relationship, but she instinctively felt that Simon should be more cordial.
Jennifer left, but the atmosphere in the office still didn't change much.
Veronica quietly drank a cup of coffee, hesitated for a moment, and asked softly: "Do you know what I promised Jenny?"
Simon nodded.
Seeing that Simon was silent, Veronica didn't know how to continue.
Fortunately, he finally didn't talk coldly to himself this time.
Janet's proposal yesterday to let Veronica help take care of the children was just a whim. Veronica agreed, but deep down, it was out of some kind of guilt or compensation.
I have failed to shoulder my responsibilities.
Now, that's some small compensation.
Although…
After another moment of silence, Veronica put down the empty cup and originally planned to leave, but suddenly she couldn't help but asked a question that had been buried in her heart for a long time.
"Back then, Mr. and Mrs. Levinson, why did they disappear? You...how did you end up living alone in San Francisco?"
Behind the desk.
Simon looked through the documents in front of him mechanically, but frowned slightly, as if he was recalling some memories that he didn't want to remember.
There is a lot of light in the office.
However, at a certain moment, Veronica felt that Simon, who was not far away, seemed to be trapped in some kind of cold shadow. This feeling even made her heart stop.
Snapped-
There was a snapping sound of a pencil.
A certain atmosphere disappeared instantly.
Veronica was still sitting blankly. She didn't know how long it had passed before a voice came from a place that seemed far away but actually very close: "Let's go."
Inexplicably, Veronica's eyes once again overflowed with uncontrollable tears.
She raised her hand to cover her mouth, trying to suppress herself from crying.
But the tears couldn't be suppressed no matter what, and soon they formed a line on that cold face and turned into the gaps in the palms.
Simon silently flipped through the documents in his hand until he had finished reading all the more than ten pages of documents. He looked up again at the woman who had calmed down a little on the sofa and said, "Come have lunch with me."
She agreed softly: "Yes."
After Simon finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the door.
Veronica looked at the distance carefully, got up and followed quietly.
Realize that there are many things you may be overlooking, or simply not aware of.
There is simply no way to make up for it.
How is it possible to make amends? !
Deep down in my heart, I secretly made up my mind to never, ever mention certain things again.