Simon and Anthony discussed various recent topics until nightfall, when Janet came over and called them to have dinner.
There were only four people at the dinner table tonight: the Simons, Melbourne and Anthony.
Jennifer flew to New York in the morning, saying she wanted to spend the weekend with her parents, but in fact she wanted to avoid Anthony who was coming to visit. Veronica went to Finland on Monday to review the statistical work of Nokia's 1993 annual financial report and will not return until tomorrow. The other two little ones still cannot leave the crib at this time.
After dinner, the family continued to chat about more relaxed matters, and at around eight o'clock, Anthony left to rest in a villa nearby the Westeros family. Things here have been dealt with, and he will return to Australia early tomorrow morning.
After putting Melbourne to sleep in his room, Janet looked at the other two little guys before going upstairs to the bedroom.
Simon is sitting on the edge of his bed, laptop on his knees, checking today's emails.
After taking a shower and blow-drying her hair, Janet changed into a simple burgundy silk pajamas and flopped down on the big bed. The little girl rolled a few times, crawled next to Simon and cuddled up to the man, looking at the computer screen together. .
On the page was an email sent personally by Amy Pascal in the afternoon, which contained the results of negotiations for a film project called "Apollo 13."
The project script is adapted from the story of the miraculous return of three astronauts from space after the Apollo 13 lunar landing spacecraft malfunctioned in 1970. The film will be directed by Ron Howard, a well-known Hollywood director, and will continue to cooperate with Tom Hanks, with a budget of The cost is US$50 million, and the project is initially scheduled for next summer.
In my memory, "Apollo 13" was also a very popular movie in the 1990s, with a global box office of more than 300 million US dollars.
Tom Hanks' salary this time increased from US$8 million for "Sleepless in Seattle" last summer to US$10 million.
"Apollo 13" is an ensemble drama. Hanks's salary of US$10 million is a bit high, but Simon is not going to veto it. Not to mention that after "Forrest Gump", Hanks will become a god in Hollywood. From the early "Forrest Gump" to the upcoming "Forrest Gump" released this summer, the two parties have cooperated very happily many times. Both emotionally and rationally, he should be given a salary of tens of millions of dollars.
Moreover, through the two films "Philadelphia Story" and "Forrest Gump", Simon will personally ensure that Hanks creates a miracle of consecutive Oscar wins just like in the original time and space.
Many people in Hollywood always think that Daenerys Entertainment is not generous enough in terms of actors' remuneration, but over the years, Simon is confident that he has never treated anyone poorly.
I think the pay is too low. There are only seven major Hollywood studios to choose from, so I won't cooperate. I feel that Daenerys Entertainment earns too much. Of course, there is a sharing contract, but you can't get a full basic salary and want a sharing clause. Simon has no such rules.
Janet was obviously not interested in these things. She looked at Simon for a few times and then said another thing: "Only 181 of those small vases you raised are left in just one week. At this speed, they will all be eliminated soon." .”
Not only the Fruit Nana group in London, many parents couldn't help but put forward various additional conditions after seeing their daughters being treated like princesses.
Simon was not polite about this at all, and all girls whose parents were not peaceful enough were eliminated. In just one week, only 181 of the 200 girls were left.
After typing out a short affirmative reply to Amy, Simon clicked on another email and said: "I don't want these girls to be tied down too much by their parents, and I don't want those people to keep coming in the name of their daughters in the future. Harass me, and of course I won’t leave anyone with such a tendency.”
Simon did not choose girls in North America and Western Europe, largely because of this reason. The two regions basically have a common understanding, and they can't get rid of them even if they are entangled.
Janet had no objection to this, and added: "Then you might as well have chosen from the orphans, and there would have been no trouble."
Simon shook his head and said: "This is too sensitive. I don't want to be regarded as a human trafficker."
Janet rolled her eyes: "How about I do it?"
Simon tilted his head and touched Janet's head: "Didn't I do what you did?"
"Yeah, yeah," Janet shook her head in agreement with Simon's actions and said, "I am you, and you are me."
Simon smiled and casually recited a familiar Chinese phrase: "I have you in the mud, and you have me in the mud."
Janet's Chinese had unknowingly reached a very deep level, but although she understood the sentence, she didn't know its meaning and asked, "What does it mean?"
Simon remembered that the song "Wo Nong Ci" was written by Zhao Mengfu's wife Duan Sheng to dissuade her husband from marrying a concubine. He immediately decided not to explain it to Janet in too much detail. He simply said: "It is an ancient Chinese poem describing mutual love."
Janet blinked: "Where's the whole poem?"
Simon thought for a while and shook his head: "I can't remember clearly, just these two sentences."
Janet drawled: "Oh?"
"Okay, the whole word is like this. You and I are so affectionate..."
Simon simply read the entire word.
"It's a very good song," Janet listened carefully and stared at Simon with bright eyes, chasing after her: "Is there any problem in it?"
Simon lightly took a photo on his laptop, and instantly became possessed by his male chauvinism, and said in a majestic tone: "No!"
"hehe."
Janet smiled and stopped asking. She glanced at the time in the lower right corner of her laptop and suddenly said, "It's time for the little goblins over in London to get up. Let's take a look."
"What does the little girl have to see when she wakes up?"
"Let's take a look."
Simon was shaken by Janet a few times, so he had to close the browser mailbox and click on the monitoring software on the desktop to bring up the picture from London. The display effect of the 12-inch high-performance customized laptop was still far inferior to the high-definition in the underground monitoring room of the villa. picture.
The scene cuts to a practice room on the ground floor of a London villa.
It is already early morning in England.
The remaining seven girls in this group are practicing basic skills in a supine position under the guidance of the ballet teacher. Janet also learned a little ballet when she was a child, and knows that this is the most basic ground body training, mainly to correct the girls' body posture. , laying the foundation for future formal training.
Ballet is a very professional dance, and those ballet classes that start teaching formal dance movements after just a few classes are completely random, and practicing too much will be harmful and useless.
Although the girls wearing close-fitting training uniforms already have fairy-like figures, Simon is not very interested in a group of little girls who can't hide their immaturity after all.
Um.
The teacher is pretty good.
Simon has always felt that Slavic girls with standard blond hair, blue eyes, cherry lips and melon-seed faces are the creatures closest to 'elves'. This is not the case with Nana. The Russian girl with a round face and dark hair should trace her ancestry back to the Mongolians. During the invasion of Eastern Europe, Ukraine, which was once on the edge of the Mongol Empire and was not over-assimilated by Western Europeans, still retains a relatively pure Slavic origin.
Most of the 100 girls Simon selected in Eastern Europe were based on the 'elf' selection criteria. However, the ballet teacher in the picture is obviously a standard 'elf', and the key is that he is an adult.
Janet has reached the point where she can understand the changes in her man's thoughts and emotions with just a glance. She was originally looking at a group of goblins. At this time, she also looked at the dance teacher and said quickly: "This woman has another problem."
"Um?"
"Maybe something happened."
The team responsible for training Weijia's maids are strictly selected. They not only need excellent personal resumes, but also conduct corresponding background checks. Simon does not want people with ulterior motives to get in.
Hearing what Janet said, Simon nodded and said, "I'll have someone check it out."
Janet glanced at Simon and didn't object, but snorted like "I know what you're thinking."
Simon pretended to be puzzled and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"
Janet did not pursue him and said, "I found all the 12 little goblins you specially treated."
As soon as the girls were selected, Janet discovered what was 'special' about Natalie Vodianova, Carmen Keys and other girls.
Simon didn't deny it when Janet pointed him out.
11 girls, all supermodels in my memory.
Collecting such a handful can satisfy Simon's inner evil taste that cannot be known to others.
but.
Well, wait.
Thinking this in his mind, Simon subconsciously asked: "12?"
"At least 12."
Janet said, thinking there was something else she hadn't discovered, so she simply reached over, found the girls' files, and identified them one by one.
Five here in Europe, yes.
'Fruit Nana': Natalie Vodianova.
'Empress Eugene': Eugenia, Volodina.
'Card God': Carmen Case.
'Big KK': Carolina Kukova.
'Mr. An': Anya Rubik.
There are six in Latin America, which is correct.
'Girl': Gisele Bundchen.
'Lady': Isabelle Fontana.
'AA': Alessandro Ambrosio.
'House of Wolves': Adriana Lima.
'IG': Isabelle Goller.
'FT': Fernanda Tavares.
All 11, except for the last one Fernanda Tavares, who is a little less famous, the others are all nicknames and abbreviations in the fashion circle, and everyone knows which one they represent.
At the end of the identification, Simon also understood why there were 12 of them.
Gisele Bundchen and her sister Patricia Bundchen are twins. According to the information, the two sisters were sent to modeling school together by their mother and submitted their resumes together. Simon thought it was interesting and selected the two sisters together. .
So it became 12.
According to the information, the two sisters are identical twins, but when they were selected, they had already begun to develop in a direction that was not very similar. Gisele, who is 180cm tall at the age of 13 this year, is obviously taller than her sister Patricia. Fortunately, the two girls are only 13 years old at this time. After continuing to train for a few years under the same favorable living conditions, the younger sister will not have no chance to catch up with the older sister.
Without denying Janet's selection result, he joked a few words. It was already very late, and Simon reopened the monitoring software and adjusted it to the children's room.
This software is installed on the laptop mainly for this purpose.
The ones keeping vigil tonight are two girls named Mira Maxwell and Emilia Blake from the original housekeeper Alice's group. In the picture, Seattle happens to wake up, and Mira, who is on shift, walks into the room. , carefully checked the child, put on a brand new diaper, and patiently stood by the crib waiting for the child to fall asleep again.
The couple looked at each other for a while, then Simon turned off the monitor, turned off the lights and took a rest.