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A waitress came over with light steps, brought a cup of coffee, and hesitated for a while, seeing that her boss didn't respond, she had to retreat quietly.

Simon held the warm coffee in his hand, still looking out of the window, but thought of the book again in his mind.

The protagonist with a rough fate is the fish that landed on the shore.

Before setting off, he refused to swear allegiance to mankind, because he had not experienced any joy, happiness, or love in his short life, so he did not recognize his responsibility to mankind.However, at the end of the story, he still took great risks to leave three fairy tales implying the way out for the earth.

Now, Simon is equivalent to directly giving a set of curvature engines.

In comparison, it is obvious that you can ask for more, but Simon did not do so.Just like the three film industry reform clauses that Mickey Kanter just negotiated, if China can do it, it will benefit more from the Chinese film industry, which has been sluggish to the extreme at this time.As for financial technology and other fields, Simon didn't mention it at all. He just asked Mickey Kanter to express his attitude and put some pressure on the other side of the ocean.

There is pressure to be motivated.

Otherwise, with China's fragile technological and financial strength at this time, even if a small gap is opened now, it may be a bankrupt in the future.

But only there.

After all, the position is different after all. It is not Simon's American position at this time, but the 'Westerosian' position. Standing on this side, whether it is China, the United States, or even all other countries on this planet, it is Simon's hunting ground. .

Because Simon is the most special fish in the world.

Not only across space, but also across time.

The fish that has crossed space has many of its own kind. In this world, at least Simon only knows himself as a fish that has crossed time. Perhaps, if he finds a second one in the future, he will not feel happy, but will instead to protect his own. Unique and decisive shot.

Just like the lion king who absolutely does not allow other male lions to step into his territory on the grassland.

Girl A entered the hall from the door, and at the first sight she saw her boss leaning on the sofa by the window in a daze, so she couldn't help but stop.The man not far away is not any boring emptiness and loneliness at this time, because she knows that he has always enjoyed this feeling, like a high god looking down on all living beings indifferently.

After following him for so long, girl A confirmed that her judgment was correct.

And he does have the qualification to look down on all living beings. Whenever girl A sees her boss so preoccupied, she can't help being immersed in it.

Suddenly, I realized that so many years have passed without knowing it.

In the beginning, I applied for this job just for a better treatment.And then, falling in love with him is actually not that pure, just like a man sees some thoughts of a beautiful woman and a super rich beautiful woman, but the mentality of men facing this situation is often to conquer and possess, while women often is the possessed party.

And he seems to have everything for granted, and he also has enough financial strength and even charm to make women fall into the trap and cannot extricate themselves.

They could get anything from him except love.

In fact, at first, he also thought about leaving him to recreate his own life like the other alphabet girls, and he never insisted on this.

When exactly did it start to change?

Probably, it should be that night at Sundance two years ago, or it was just a qualitative change after long-term accumulation, and it was her own request. Since then, she has no thought of leaving at all, and only hopes to stay by his side and become the entwined A tiny vine on his body accompanied him to experience the wind, frost, rain and snow, and the cycle of four seasons.

In fact, I know the Stockholm Syndrome that has gradually become established over the years.

I don't think so.

Because in her opinion, most people in this world have more or less a hostage complex, either bound by family, or by interests, or by life, and no one can truly be free.According to the genetic instinct theory he often mentions, this may be an instinct of the weak to cling to and obey the strong in order to make their genes more likely to survive.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curl his mouth slightly.

In this world, there seemed to be nothing that his genetic instinct theory could not explain.

He walked over lightly and came to him. The man naturally handed over the coffee cup in his hand, took it and placed it on the coffee table next to him. A big hand hugged his body, snuggled into his arms, and kicked off his high heels. Looking up, she gently kissed his chin, knowing that he likes women looking up, and she also likes looking up like this.

Simon looked back at the night view of the city outside the window, and saw the girl in his arms: "I'm naughty again today."

Girl A came over and rubbed her cheek against Simon's chin: "Yes, but there is still a lot of time to punish little Ellie tonight, but Ms. Hilton said that she needs to be home before nine o'clock, boss, you still have to up?"

"What do you say?"

"The boss can do whatever he wants."

Simon smiled, put his arms around the girl leaning in his arms, and looked out of the window again: "A, do you want to leave?"

"The boss wants to get a new assistant?"

"Just thinking about it, you might feel that being with such a man is destined to have no results, and you must leave to pursue a more desirable life."

Alison rested her head on Simon's shoulder and looked at the bright lights outside the window together: "Boss, what kind of life do you want?"

"It's life right now."

"What a coincidence, so am I."

"Ah."

Girl A gently kissed Simon on the cheek again: "Boss, go up."

"Well," Simon got up, and even hugged Alison: "You too."

……

Early the next morning.

Li An drove from his home to the Upper East Side, and it was only seven o'clock in the morning.

In a coffee shop on East 62nd Street, Simon was already waiting here. Not counting the bodyguards and the boss couple who were guarding inside and outside, he was the only one in the coffee shop that should have been busy for breakfast.

After the greeting, Li An sat down opposite Simon with some restraint. Although he hadn't had breakfast yet, he only ordered a cup of coffee.

His eyes quickly noticed a book that Simon was reading when he just entered the door: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Immediately understood why Westeros suddenly asked him to meet him.

Seeing the other party looking over, Simon said: "It seems that you have already guessed it, Li, I know from the memo from Gaomen Pictures that you are interested in this novel. To make a long story short, Gaomen Pictures can provide you with everything. Necessary conditions, I hope you put down the "Ice Storm" you are preparing for, and shoot this movie first."

Since "The Wedding Banquet", the cooperation between Ang Lee and Daenerys Entertainment has been very pleasant. If it is other circumstances, the big boss of Daenerys Entertainment personally said that he doesn't mind which one to shoot first.

This time is different.

Because Ang Lee happened to notice that Simon was going to visit China soon, he hesitated a little, and said: "Simon, I am indeed very interested in this novel, but I don't have any clue about this project yet, and "Ice" "The Storm" has already started casting, or, can I start preparing for this project next year?"

Simon looked at the middle-aged man who was actually not very good at words, and said, "Lee, let's be frank. You should also know that I will visit China soon."

Li An nodded honestly.

"So, I guess you're worried about the project being branded political, right?"

Li An paused, but nodded.

Even though he has lived in the United States for many years and has won a series of highest honors in movies, it should be a matter of course, but Ang Lee has always insisted that he has not been naturalized. In Simon's opinion, this is more embarrassing than those whose whole family has quietly changed their nationality. A double-faced guest who shouts that I am Chinese is a hundred times stronger.

Speaking of it, Simon has never underestimated the influence of his big butterfly. However, a major event that should have happened on the other side of the ocean in March this year, no matter why, it did not happen anyway. However, cross-strait relations are still here. Frozen for a few years.

All in all, Ang Lee does not want to get involved in any political involvement.

Of course, Simon understood the other party's concerns, and said, "Li, I don't deny that this project is related to my trip to China, but you can rest assured that there will be no political factors in it. Moreover, start preparations now, write scripts, scout, select Actors, confirmation of the shooting plan, etc., the actual start of filming may already be at the end of the year. I hope that this project will be released in summer next year, and the period will be separated by one year. During this process, Daenerys Entertainment will not have any two things. Linked public statements, so you can rest assured."

It sounds pretty good.

But, how can you rest assured?

Ang Lee thought for a while and asked, "Simon, if this is the case, why did you insist on shooting this movie in advance?"

Simon looked at each other and said seriously: "First of all, Li, I am very optimistic about your strength. I believe that the effect of this movie will never be worse than "Sense and Sensibility". Secondly, I hope that through this movie The performance in the North American market next year will indirectly promote the Chinese government's emphasis on the film industry."

These are all truths.

In fact, it can be regarded as another "fairy tale" given to China by Simon.

At this stage, China's domestic film market is almost in a state of collapse. Take the number of moviegoers as an example. In the 80s, China's official annual moviegoers reached 293 billion. By the 90s, this number had plummeted to around 3 million.Even if the former includes data such as free screenings in rural areas, the latter is greatly underestimated due to serious box office concealment in the market, and the nearly [-]-fold data gap between the two data is shocking enough.

In the past 1995, even with the introduction of a series of Hollywood blockbusters, China's total annual box office was only a pitiful 9.7 million yuan.

There may be reasons such as the large-scale popularization of TV sets and the proliferation of piracy, but it is undeniable that in the final analysis, the Chinese government does not pay enough attention to the film industry.

How has this situation changed?

In the original time and space, "Titanic" is a node, with a global box office of more than 18 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to nearly 150 billion yuan. A movie is equivalent to 90 times the average annual box office of China in the 10s. This allows China to see how movies can be so make money.Immediately afterwards, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", released in 2000, once again let China see that it turns out that Chinese-language movies can also make money in the same way around the world!

Therefore, around the turn of the millennium, the Chinese government finally made up its mind to revive the film industry.

Not only the theater chain system, theater networking, and the introduction of foreign investment in movie theaters have been rapidly promoted. Because of the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", in order to enter the international market, China has also opened the era of blockbuster movies. "Heroes", "The Promise", " Big-investment and big-production movies such as "The Banquet" have emerged one after another.

This time, the super high global box office of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" has already given China enough incentives. What Simon has to do is to take out another dose of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in advance, and then Cooperating with a series of film industry reform terms that Simon instructed Mickey Kanter to negotiate with the Chinese government, it is enough for the Chinese film industry to enter a period of recovery about five years in advance.

After all, it is impossible to say too clearly, so Li Ang obviously still doesn't understand it, and he is still a little unconfident: "Simon, I don't think "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has such great energy."

Simon affirmed: "Li, all you have to do is do your best, and Daenerys Entertainment will take care of the rest. And, well, this project is not the only solution."

Li Ang relaxed after hearing the second half of Simon's words, and knew that he didn't have much room to bargain with the young man opposite him, so he nodded: "However, Simon, if you want to make a good movie, maybe... it's better to be in the Continental filming."

"If you think it is necessary, everything will be kept secret until this project is finished, including your trip to mainland China to shoot. All in all, Li, I only hope that you can make this film showing traditional Chinese culture in advance. I miss you Should be happy to see that. So, any other questions?"

Li Ang originally wanted to say no, but remembered a detail just now, hesitated a little, and said, "Simon, don't you think my project is more suitable for the end of the year, so it will be easier to hit the awards season."

"Li, the schedule is very important, but it is never the decisive factor. Moreover, this project is more focused on commercial nature, and it can only be seen by more people when it is placed in the summer file."

The real reason is that at the end of next year, "Titanic" will be released.

In front of the big ship, any other project will be crushed.In fact, the preliminary setting of "Titanic" is next summer, but Simon doesn't feel that a serious procrastination patient can complete this project on time, and has directly moved the film to the end of 97 in his heart.

Simon actually also took award factors into consideration.

Even though "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" has already shined at the Oscars this year, as long as "Titanic" achieves the dazzling results as in the original time and space, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" still won't have much chance, so it is still Just like in the original time and space, the nominations are the main ones.

In this case, it doesn't matter whether it is released at the end of next year or not.

Daenerys Entertainment can make up for the box office boost brought by the awards season, because the box office success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is mainly due to the fact that the film itself is good enough and fits the aesthetics of Western audiences. Buffs come, but basically icing on the cake.

Li Ang calculated a little, and said: "In this case, the production cycle may be a little tight."

"It will be released at the end of July and early August next year. There is still plenty of time. Although it is not as good as June and July, you understand that this is more suitable for a word-of-mouth movie to go for a long time. Many box office dark horses are born at the end of the summer."

Li An quickly sorted it out in his mind again, and finally nodded: "Then, I'm fine."

Chapter 917 Oligarchs

Simon left New York on Tuesday and stayed in San Francisco until Wednesday, mainly for interviews with FusionTimes and SolarCity. He returned to Los Angeles that afternoon, stayed for a day, and came to New York again.

Friday, January 4th.

Lower Manhattan, inside the New York Stock Exchange at 11 Wall Street, at 9:30 a.m., Sofia Fishy led Melisandre's management core and several other special guests to press the trading button together, announcing that Melisandre The stock officially begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Unlike Tinkber, whose stock price soared 151% on the day of listing, Melisandre's stock price increase on the first day of listing was much more flat.

Of course, only in relative terms.

At 10:30, after three rounds of inquiries, Melisandre’s stock officially opened. Compared with the issue price of $15, the opening price was $19.25, an increase of 28.3%.

The U.S. stock market is in a bull market cycle. Although Melisandre is not inferior to popular technology stocks, it is still a Westeros concept stock. After inquiry, the opening price rose 28.3%. In fact, it has clearly exceeded the average level. Melisandre's share price is expected to rise by about 50% on the first day of listing, which is also the internal judgment of the Westeros system.

From the perspective of the opening rally, it is basically the same.

In the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel near the New York Stock Exchange, there was a celebratory reception at noon as usual.

In fact, the celebration reception is more suitable to be held in the evening. In order to match Simon's schedule, it was changed to noon. Simon will return to Los Angeles in the afternoon.

Compared with the celebration reception for the listing of technology stocks, the biggest feature of the Melisandre reception is eye-catching.The world's largest luxury goods giant was listed on the market, and all the supermodels in the industry who could come to express their congratulations were all there, and the cafes were slightly inferior, and they didn't even have the qualifications to enter the door.

Wearing a white OL suit, Sophia, who has become more and more feminine, holds a glass of red wine and stands with Simon, and is talking about Melisandre's next plan: "I plan to get involved in the field of luxury home furnishing. The marketing department has already carried out some Survey. The global economy is recovering rapidly, as well as a large number of wealthy upstarts brought by the new technology industry. In the next ten years at least, the development of the luxury housing market will be very strong, which will also drive the demand for top-level home products. Moreover, Melisandre is in Resources and channels around the world can be directly used.”

Simon took a sip of the champagne in his hand and said, "I don't understand this aspect, you operate it yourself. However, your thinking must be correct. Moreover, not just in the next ten years, maybe 20 or 30 years, although the economic ups and downs cycle Inevitable, but demand in the cutting-edge consumer space has certainly been increasing."

Sophia was a little puzzled: "Why are you so sure?"

Simon said: "Based on the overall situation. First of all, we can be sure that with the advent of the era of globalization, the probability of a world war like half a century ago will be greatly reduced. As long as there is no destructive war, the overall wealth of society The world will definitely continue to increase. Then, there is the [-]th society. Because of the imbalance of social resources, the poor will inevitably become poorer and the rich will become richer. With the intensification of this differentiation, the top group of rich people are actually getting more and more rich. Many."

Sophia nodded: "It makes sense, but I think there must be something else, right?"

"Yeah, in the end, in the end, we will return to the repeated reincarnation of human beings in the past thousands of years, and we cannot escape."

"Can't you try to change?"

"If you can change, there will be no reincarnation."

Sophia frowned slightly and thought for a moment, then looked up at Simon: "It seems that it is really necessary for you to buy land on that island in Australia."

"I also think it is more important to leave a way for our children to immigrate to Mars, and it has already begun to be implemented."

"Heh," Sophia smiled, remembering one thing, and said, "I had a video call with Jenny the day before yesterday, and Snow and Green would both call me dad, and then I just taught a few words, and the children could call me mom in the camera , I really didn't expect it."

The day before yesterday was Wednesday, and Simon only returned to Los Angeles in the evening. Given the time difference between the east and west coasts, Sophia must have called at noon, but they missed each other.However, Simon certainly knew that the two youngest children would call Dad, and he also smiled at this time: "Of course my children are very smart."

The two little ones are just eight months old now.

Most of the children at this age have just learned some simple syllables. Although they are not as outstanding as Seattle, they can learn to call mom and dad at this time, which is indeed much smarter than ordinary children.

Sophia's expression was a bit narrow and playful: "But I think Moore and Nick don't seem to be very smart, but Seale, Snow and Green are more like you. Tell me, in the future, will Jenny be very grasping? Madness, you may also have a headache."