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Celia Miller falls into the latter category.

Seeing that Alison was not moving, Celia said again: "By the way, A, Simon said you would help me prepare clothes?"

Alison came back to her senses, nodded and said, "Outside, by the way, Ms. Miller, do you need me to prepare the car for you?"

"Oh, no, I'm not going to leave tonight."

Girl A said: "The boss may bring other women back."

"It's okay, I don't mind being together."

Bitchi!

Alison thought a little in her heart, so she got up and brought in the clothes from the outer room. When she heard Celia mentioning the bath water again, she wanted to refuse. Ask for dinner, and prepare her a plate of salt.

As a result, when the bath water was ready, Celia Miller really mentioned dinner again, and planned to do maintenance after dinner, asking Alison to help arrange it.

In the bathroom of the master bedroom, Celia Miller leaned comfortably in the big bathtub as she watched the young girl leave almost in a frenzy. Recalling all the things during this period, she felt a little embarrassed.

She just flew back from France today.

And in just half a month, she has already flown around the earth and visited countries such as Australia, Rwanda, Ukraine and France consecutively.During the whole process, she also felt more and more that a certain man was playing a big game of chess.

Australia, Africa, Europe.

Then count North America.

Through private military companies and other arrangements, once it is finally successfully formed, it will be a huge private military network.In comparison, the private mercenaries owned by the Rockefeller family in its heyday can only be regarded as pediatrics.

As long as this large network is formed, the Westeros system will become a powerful economy with its own independent military power.

The more she understands this, the more determined Celia Miller is to hold on to a certain man. She hopes that she can be like other strong women in the Westeros system, in such a powerful economic system. Own a place of your own, and a place that should not be underestimated.

Therefore, during this period of time, she entered the state [-]% without reservation. Not only did she argue with representatives of various countries at the United Nations General Assembly, but she finally fulfilled Simon’s entrustment, and then she also went global for the benefit of the Westeros system. Running around.

Today, they rushed to San Francisco to report the work results of this period of time to the man. Under Celia's initiative, the two went one step further.

Of course she knows that there are so many women around a man, and there are various disparities between them, it is impossible to produce something like love.However, she understands better that if she wants to gain a man's complete trust, she must have no reservations.

Men often feel that the other party can be trusted after they get a woman, and then give the other party enough trust.

Although this wasn't true, Celia knew that this method was definitely useful, so she didn't hesitate. From the first time she saw that man, she didn't hesitate much.

The little trick at the time also just happened to be bumped by Janet Westeros.

A little embarrassing.

But hum.

It's not that I let myself succeed.

At this moment, Celia Miller was leaning in the big bathtub with a smile on her face, and suddenly thought of Sofia Fishy, ​​and Girl A who was so depressed that she wanted to go crazy.

Sophia Feixi asked her to go to girl B to ask for her due 'benefits', but Celia didn't think she was kind at first.As it turned out, Sofia Feisi, who had stayed in Europe for a long time, knew that she could not stare at her, so she used this small trick to provoke the vigilance of the ABCD circle closest to her boss.

However, if she is just a vase for sexual entertainment, Sophia's tricks may succeed.

Too bad she isn't.

Compared with pure vases, a certain man obviously prefers women with outstanding abilities.During this time, she has fully proved her ability to him.With Simon's approval, the little tricks other girls use to repel vases are of no avail.

Now, after going a step further, her position by his side will only become more stable.

Chapter 647 The more common the name, the better (2) (Repair)

Simon did not return to Woodside's mountain house that night, but went to spend the night at her apartment in Atherton with housekeeper Alice Ferguson after a reception at Tim Berners-Lee's house.

In fact, there are some small considerations.

The afternoon before, he couldn't resist having sex with another female assistant. He noticed that Celia was as ambitious as Sofia back then. Simon didn't want to give women too much room for fantasy, so he deliberately left her out.

In the early morning of the next day, Zoe Parks, who had had an affair with the housekeeper, was specially called to prepare breakfast, and Miss A naturally followed.

So there was a man and three women at the breakfast table.

During the meal, seeing the housekeeper with a rosy face who was casually eating a salad while looking at the laptop screen, Simon said to the baby-faced girl, "Zoe, you don't have to go back with me this weekend, take Ellie to Hawaii for two God, um, remember not to get tanned."

Simon caught her intimacy with the housekeeper back then, and depending on the situation, her boss has already labeled her as lace.

However, since the housekeeper entered Ygritte, Zooey has actually not had much contact with Alice. At this time, hearing this, the baby-faced girl looked at her boss pitifully, and then at Alice.

It's nothing to go to Hawaii for the weekend, and I'm looking forward to it.

But what's the point of spending time with a workaholic who's still checking emails while he's having breakfast.

Just like being forced to rest by Simon last time, Alice heard the words, looked up at the guy who bullied her severely last night, and subconsciously said: "I still have a job."

Simon said the same as that at the beginning of the year, "It's gone now."

Alice stared at a certain guy with a pair of clear blue eyes, confronted for a moment, realized that her resistance was doomed to be ineffective, and simply turned her attention back to the laptop.

Go to Hawaii and be Hawaii.

Anyway, he can't keep staring at himself, it's just a different place of work.

Unexpectedly, the man seemed to have sensed her thoughts, and added: "Leave in the afternoon, only a change of clothes is allowed, and laptops are not allowed on the plane. In addition, I will lend you my villa in Hawaii. Remember to clean it on the weekend."

Alice immediately raised her head again, bargaining: "Tomorrow morning."

"This afternoon," Simon insisted, and added: "Also, I will ask Zoe to accompany you every weekend in the future."

After confronting again for a while, the housekeeper was still defeated and had to acquiesce.

As a boss, Simon certainly wants his employees to work tirelessly like livestock.

As a man, Simon didn't want his woman to only work all day long, which would cause her to look haggard and even physically exhausted.

Compared with the three daughters B, C, and D who have left, the housekeeper and Simon have actually maintained an original contract.This mansion in the Lindenwood community of Atherton was purchased by Simon as a gift to the housekeeper. Claire and the others did not receive such treatment, and they needed to be self-reliant after leaving.

After breakfast, everyone left the housekeeper's mansion together. Simon's destination was Lady C's Tinkobel company, and he sent the housekeeper to Ygritte's headquarters on the way.

Arriving at the office building of Tinkber Company, Miss C has already started a meeting, and Simon temporarily borrows Claire's office to start a day's work.

Today is Friday, June 5th.

Another box office week kicks off for Hollywood.

刚刚过去的一周，5月13日到5月19日，迈克尔·贝执导的《星际之门》毫无悬念地取得了单周票房榜单No.1，首周七天进账3661万美元。

Although there will be big-budget films released in the next few weeks, with the box office revenue of US$3661 million in the first week, as long as the box office does not drop too hard in the next week, there is no big suspense that the total local box office of "Stargate" will exceed [-] million.

In comparison, the other two new films, another romantic film "When a Man Loves a Woman" starring Meg Ryan, only had a box office of 1129 million US dollars in the first seven days.

In order to save the budget, Disney invited Andy Garcia, who is not too well-known, to be the leading actor. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, the box office has little appeal. In this "When a Man Loves a Woman", Andy Garcia failed to produce with Meg Ryan like "Sleepless in Seattle" and "When Harry" Meet the strong sparks like the hero and heroine in "Meet Sally".

As a result, the final budget of "When a Man Loves a Woman" is $2500 million, which is indeed very cheap compared to Meg Ryan's high salary of $700 million after last year's "Sleepless in Seattle".The box office was only US$1129 million in the first week, and considering the mediocre reputation of the film and the subsequent series of blockbusters, the total North American box office of this love movie may only be around US$3000 million.

Through overseas and follow-up releases, Disney was able to recover the cost, but it was basically a waste of time, and once again wasted a summer opening schedule.

The box office of black director Spike Lee's new film "Racial Love" is even more mediocre, earning only US$391 million in its first week of production.

Relying on the success of the previous "Black Tide", Spike Lee's new film received an investment of 1500 million US dollars from Columbia, started with 391 million US dollars, and the local box office is roughly 1000 million US dollars.The overseas market for black racial-themed films is very narrow, and Colombia has once again hit the water.

Speaking of which, Spike Lee has been cooperating with Universal Pictures in the past few years, and three consecutive works were produced by Universal Investment, but after Daenerys Entertainment completed the acquisition of MCA, because of the turmoil during the integration of the two companies, It is a pity that this cooperative relationship did not continue to Daenerys Entertainment.

As one of the best black directors in Hollywood, although Spike Lee's personal works are limited to the audience, the box office is usually not too high, but because the production budget is often relatively low, they can usually achieve good profits, even if they lose money. There are too many, so it is definitely a director similar to Woody Allen that is worth wooing.

After reading last week's box office report, Simon specially sent Ella Deutschman an email, asking him to take the time to chat with Spike Lee, and take advantage of the opportunity that the other party had just experienced a failure to try to win his next For a movie, it doesn’t really matter whether it wins or loses in the end. Doing so can further increase the diversity of Daenerys Entertainment’s films, which is of great benefit to the building of the corporate brand.

In the new week, there will be two heavyweight new films released in North American cinemas, namely "Speed" produced by MGM and "Mahua Li" produced by Warner Bros.

"Speed" was directed by Martin Campbell, who had successfully produced "Wonder Woman" before, and starred two popular Hollywood stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.

In the past, in the original version of "Speed", the three main creators, Jane de Bont, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, were not too popular, but the film cost 3000 million US dollars. It has achieved outstanding results in the North American box office of over [-] million.

This time, under the influence of Simon, the "big butterfly", the three main creators are all hot in Hollywood, and the production budget has therefore increased from $3000 million in the original time and space to $4500 million, basically reaching the level of a blockbuster. .

In order to compete with "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" on June 6, MGM also gave it a go this time, preparing 3 opening screens for "Speed", and the announcement budget reached 2869 million US dollars.

Today, the film officially started on a large scale, and the media word-of-mouth of "Speed" was released at the same time. The comprehensive media score of the preliminary statistics reached 9.4 points, directly surpassing the 8.2 points of "Stargate" last week, reaching the level of being called a classic.

The other "Gambler Ma Huali" is an out-and-out super blockbuster.

The film is adapted from a Western TV series of the same name in the 50s in the United States. Richard Donner, the director of the "Lethal Weapon" series, cooperated with Mel Gibson again, and invited Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster to join. .The lineup of the three main creators even surpassed "Speed".

Relying on the success of the "Lethal Weapon" series, the budget of "Gambler Ma Huali" was as high as 7500 million U.S. dollars. Warner Bros. also invested 3000 million U.S. dollars in the publicity budget, and the number of film opening screens reached 2537.

Because it is not optimistic, Daenerys Entertainment basically does not touch the subject of western films, but Warner is a big player in western films.

For "Ma Huali the Gambler", Simon is very pessimistic about this project. Even if the North American box office of "Ma Huali the Gambler" in memory has exceeded [-] million, it is basically impossible for Warner to make too much profit from this project. A classic case of "working" for a Hollywood superstar.

Throughout the project, Mel Gibson directly took a high salary of 1500 million U.S. dollars, Richard Donner also received 800 million U.S. dollars from first-line directors, and even Jodie Foster’s remuneration reached 500 million U.S. dollars .

The three main creators can be said to have returned with full rewards.

However, with the huge cost of "Ma Huali the Gambler", Warner Bros. needs to earn about 2.5 million US dollars in the global box office to break even. In the past, the global box office of "Ma Huali the Gambler" was only 1.8 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

Not only that, this time, because there was "Stargate" before, "Speed" at the same time, and the super heavy "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" two weeks later, there are powerful enemies around, and after the opening of the film, the media comprehensively "Gambler Ma Huali", whose word-of-mouth is barely passing, will hardly get the box office share in the original time and space, and the mainland wants to break [-] million, unless there is a miracle.

The more likely result is that Warner will stumble on this project, and then further increase its dependence on the DC movie universe.

Celia Miller didn't see her boss again until later in the evening when they returned to Los Angeles together.

However, the woman didn't show the slightest resentment that she was left alone by a man for a night just after she was happy. Taking advantage of the short time she returned to Los Angeles, she continued to discuss with Simon the various layouts of the Westeros system in the military field.

During a business trip around the earth, Celia was able to participate in the secret negotiations between the Westeros mercenaries and the French government. All members of the former Rwandan government's French military advisory group in the hands of the army, including all corpses.

The price of 2500 million U.S. dollars was proposed by Celia after learning about the general situation.

It's not that the French government can't pay more, but because if the claim is too high, it will exceed the tolerance limit of the French government's secret small coffers, and it will have to raise funds through formal government financial channels. Once this is the case, the French military adviser The regiment's affairs are bound to be brought to light.

This is a result that neither side wants to see.

Allowing Celia to participate in this negotiation is also a small test for Simon, mainly to test the credibility of the former female Ministry of Defense official.The result exceeded Simon's expectations, and at the same time, he saw the benefits of having someone of his own who had worked in the federal defense system and was familiar with the hidden rules of various authorities.

Prior to this, both Simon and William McRaney, the commander of the Westeros mercenaries, wanted to open their mouths to the French government. If they did, the two sides would probably tear each other apart.

After traveling for half a month, Celia also completed the personnel infiltration layout of the Rwandan government, and had a private meeting with the current Ukrainian prime minister and next presidential candidate Leon Kuchma, not only persuading the hesitant Ukrainian The government agreed to the establishment of a private military company in Ukraine by the Westeros system, and Celia was also personally responsible for the formation of a Ukrainian mercenary support team in Kyiv.

"Here in the United States, I think our company should mainly recruit low- and middle-level retired military officers in the short term, and cooperate with about 300 former special forces to provide military training services to the outside world," Celia looked at in the front cabin living room of the Boeing 767. Glancing at the man on the sofa next to him, seeing that he had no objection, he continued: "The lesson of the French government's arrangement of a military advisory group in Rwanda, although the news has not been made public, I think other countries will learn from it in the future. Provide similar services in disguise through private military companies , can not only reduce the possible casualties of official soldiers, but also avoid being accused of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries once things are revealed, we have a lot of room for business in this regard.”

Simon was flipping through a plan for the formation of a private military company in Australia, and nodded upon hearing this, signaling Celia to continue.

Celia glanced at Simon again, thought for a while, then turned to the topic temporarily, and said, "Simon, in North America, about the name of "Military Consulting and Security Services Company", are you really not going to think about it? "

Military consulting and security service company (Military consulting; ampsecurity service, MCSS for short), this is the name of the private military company of the Westeros system on the North American side.

Australia and Ukraine did not directly name the XX branch, but gave a similar new name. The former is Perth Military Advisory and Security Company, because the headquarters is located in Perth, Western Australia, and the latter is Ukrainian front-line military Service company, headquartered in Kyiv.

Among the three names, the biggest feature is that they are common and slightly long.

Simon heard Celia ask this, looked up and asked: "If you name it like Daenerys Entertainment, do you think it will be like this?"

"I think it's better this way," Celia said, "It's very special and easy to be remembered."

Simon shook his head and said, "For entertainment technology companies, the easier it is for people to remember their names, the better. However, for private military companies, do you think it is a good thing to be remembered all the time?"

Celia paused for a moment, and soon realized that she shook her head and said, "It seems, no."

Simon shrugged: "So, that's right."

In the past, Blackwater International, founded in 1997, has become famous in the industry in just a few years. Whether in the United States or overseas, when it comes to mercenaries, many people immediately think of Blackwater, because The name just sounds hardcore and domineering.

Because of its great reputation and too many eyes staring at this company, Blackwater began to have troubles after it became bigger, and various scandals were frequently exposed, so it lost a large amount of orders.

In the end, Blackwater finally began to reflect that it is not the largest private mercenary company in the United States at all. If we talk about the United States, Military Professional Resources (MPRI) is the biggest one, and it is even among the top five in the world. If you can't get in, why are there so many troubles? Why don't the media go to trouble those big guys?

Finally understand.

Oh, it turned out to be a question of names!

The name Heishui is too conspicuous and cool.

So one day, Heishui quietly changed his name to Xe Service Company.

What does Xe mean?

who knows?

Just don't know!

Learning from the lessons of Blackwater, Simon confirmed from the beginning that the name of the private military company of the Westeros system must be as common as possible, and the less memorable the better.