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"Then what do you think Fellini is talking about?"

"Lost."

"Ok?"

"This is my personal understanding. All the characters in the film, whether they are protagonists or supporting actors, or even ordinary people, have fallen into a state of lost reincarnation, unable to extricate themselves, and can only cycle day after day. One's own life, whether it is gorgeous, blind, confused or boring. Or, when you can't hold on, just like Marcelo's seemingly perfect friends and family, you choose to kill yourself."

"Sounds cruel."

"Life is cruel, so I remember a poet once said that we should choose a life and have the courage to stick to it."

Alexandra turned her head slightly and looked at Simon: "This seems a bit contradictory. If you choose a life and stick to it, won't it become the lost in the day-to-day cycle you just said?"

"Of course it is different. What this kind of persistence requires is the love and recognition of life from the heart. You must believe that your life is meaningful, and it is a kind of persistence to move forward, not to stand still. Those in the movie People, they no longer think about these issues, just like Marcelo failed to hear or pretended not to hear the girl's words at the end of the story, he has given up struggling and is willing to sink."

"Simon, do you think your life has meaning?"

"No."

Alexandra was very surprised: "Huh?"

Simon said: "Measured by the scale of the universe that is so long and hopeless, the life of everyone in this world is meaningless."

"Well, um, I know..." Alexandra finally caught up, raised her hand and gestured slightly, and said: "Last year's "The Man From Earth", the heroine said at the end, we are all just a moment . Until now, every time I think about it, it makes people feel very emotional. This is what you want to express, right?"

"Yeah, we are all just for a moment," Simon slightly curled his lips, "This is another realm. When a person clearly knows the cruelest truth of life, but can persist and love it, this is the greatest bravery."

"That's who you are, right?"

"No, if this kind of realm counts as 100 points, I can get 70 points at most, and I am also lost in many cases."

Alexandra gently rubbed against Simon, and suddenly laughed softly: "You are a trillionaire, the only one in the world, so the words just now sound like, um..."

Seeing the woman's hesitation to speak, Simon knew that she wanted to use words like 'groaning without illness', and probably felt that it was inappropriate, so he smiled and said: "From the genetic level, because of the inherited strong instinct, human desire It is endless and will never be satisfied. This kind of dissatisfaction often brings pain while driving a person to move on. This will not change because of a person's position. I also The same. Therefore, in the face of the cruel truth of life, I am often lost, painful, and still dissatisfied."

Alexandra blinked her special crescent eyes, as if asking Simon what he was dissatisfied with.

However, Simon did not discuss this philosophical issue of life with the woman in depth, and instead said: "I will be in New York soon, tell me about you, what kind of life do you want to live in the future?"

Alexandra's first thought, of course, was to become the top actress in Hollywood, but the man's question seemed to include far more than that, but a larger question about her future life .

What kind of life?

Of course, like what happened in the past few hours.

Fullness, excellence, luxury.

Then, he became a top-notch star in Hollywood, entered and exited Vanity Fair, and became famous among the stars.

Well, and then...

Seeing that the woman didn't answer for a while, Simon took the initiative and said: "Well, then you will live in New York, first take some English courses, and I will arrange some roles for you on Broadway."

A look of disappointment flashed across Alexandra's expression, which was far from meeting her expectations: "Simon, I want to go to Los Angeles with you, is that okay?"

Simon understood Alexandra's intentions, raised his hand and slid across the woman's delicate face, and said, "The road must be walked step by step. The European actress in you is too artistic. If you hope to walk in the future Going further, through Broadway performances, you can polish that temperament, otherwise you can only be like many European actresses who want to enter Hollywood, such as Adjani, and end up with nothing.”

The woman hesitated a little, and then asked, "How long will this take?"

Although I really don't want to mention age, age is undoubtedly her biggest shortcoming.

Simon said earnestly: "I hope you can treat this as a career. Even if you become famous in the future, you can often return to Broadway to perform. You have very good dancing skills, which is your biggest advantage on Broadway As for how long it takes to get from Broadway to Hollywood, there is no time limit. As long as I think the role is suitable for you, I will let you try. In fact, I have already considered your positioning, you are suitable for costume movies adapted from famous books, or singing and dancing movies, And I've already thought of several projects that would work for you, it's just going to take time."

After listening to Simon's words, Alexandra's eyes lit up slightly, and she asked subconsciously, "Time?"

"Yeah, it's not an exaggeration to say that the projects that I'm interested in directly are all excellent, the kind that can make the participating actors become famous. But this also requires the actors to have certain qualifications in terms of acting skills and fame. Accumulation. Otherwise, put you in that position rashly. Once the audience does not buy it, it will be a disaster for the film, and it will be the same for you, because once these important film projects fail, it will be difficult for you to get similar Chance."

These words undoubtedly turned Alexandra's mood, which had just risen, to a downturn.

Simon patted the woman's waist with a smile, and said, "I'm a little disappointed, right?" Before the woman could speak, Simon continued: "This is actually my honesty to you. If it was other men, in order to get you, they would I may make all kinds of rhetoric and empty promises, but I won’t. For the women around me, I can guarantee to give them the best chance, but whether they can seize it depends on themselves.”

A knock on the door sounded at this time, and Simon agreed. A waitress opened the door and reminded the plane to land in 5 minutes.

Simon nodded, and when the other party left, he stretched out his hand to help the woman pull out the seat belt buckle, and continued the topic just now: "But I can guarantee one thing right now, Ya Li, in New York, you will have a good life. And You can also not follow my plan just now, just enjoy life, you know, satisfying you is the least problem for me."

Alexandra watched Simon buckle up his seat belt, and finally spoke again: "Simon, what about the future?"

"In the future, whether it is a month later, a year later, or longer, if you want to leave, then leave. I have never been a forceful person. Of course, as long as you are by my side, I will treat you as my women look at it."

In just one day, the mental journey of Alexandra Martinis is probably: dream-reality-dream.

When the Boeing 767 landed at JFK International Airport in New York, the man said he was going to a meeting and separated from her directly.

Suddenly coming to a foreign country, the man she relied on disappeared immediately after landing, and there were those last words on the plane, which made Alexandra a little panicked, and even felt that she might have made a mistake in a moment of heat. to the outrageous selection.

When the housekeeper, Angourie Davis, took over her schedule, it quickly returned to fantasy.

Because of the time difference, it was Tuesday morning when I departed from Milan, and after an 8-hour flight, I arrived in New York, and it was still Tuesday morning here.

While still in the car, Angourie Davis took out some real estate information for her to choose. This will be her future residence in New York.Thick information on one side, single-family villas in the Upper East Side, penthouses in Midtown, large flat-story mansions in Greenwich... everything you expect to find.

Her husband's family owns a detached villa on the banks of the Seine in the west of Paris, which is already the family's biggest asset.

Now, any one of the properties in her hand is not much worse than the Seine Riverside villa that her husband's family often boasts of ancestral glory, and the man just uses these to house his lover.

After some selection, I finally chose a four-story single-family villa located on 78th Street in the Upper West Side. The next block is the famous American Museum of Natural History.

The main reason is that the villa is very close to the upper west section of Broadway.

This is another option for her.

In the end, he still didn't intend to be a pure vase, but followed his advice and decided to start his own business on Broadway.

Then the car drove directly to the Upper West Side.

Speaking of it, the single-family villas in Manhattan are different from the conventional single-family villas that ordinary people understand. In this island area where every inch of land is expensive, it is difficult to separate a single-family villa courtyard, so the villas are like books on the bookshelf. They are so closely stacked together, but because most of the villas have their own unique styles, and the building styles are different in height, width and width, it is not considered a row.

Entering this single-family villa with a light gray and retro style on the outside, the interior is decorated in European style with warm warm yellow tones. When you enter the door, you will find an open hall with high ceilings to the second floor, with a gorgeous crystal chandelier on the top, and an open staircase inward. You can also see the same open living room on the second floor, private spaces on the third and fourth floors, and a basement.

Everything in the villa is very new, there are no traces of people living in it, but it also does not have the dusty feeling of being vacant for a long time. It is obvious that someone maintains it regularly and meticulously.

It's a fall.

Then it got busy again.

Angorui provided a roster again, and selected a bodyguard and bodyguard from it. With her previous level, she was not too clear about the private gossip around such a big man as Simon Westeros. She was a little flattered by this, and then selected Vehicles, as well as the most tedious and exciting purchase of all kinds of daily service bags and shoes.

Throughout the afternoon, accompanied by Angourie Davis and two personal servants, he wandered through most of Manhattan.

At first, she couldn't let it go, until Angore revealed that she had a $100 million purchase fee.

100 million dollars!

The first thought is can cash out?

Then she cursed herself for being worthless, and in the end she didn't know how much she spent in the afternoon. Anyway, she returned to her residence on 78th Street in the Upper West Side, and various specialty stores brought her shopping results. The cloakroom next to the master bedroom on the fourth floor of the villa was immediately closed. Mostly stuffed.

In the evening, an agent from WMA came to the door on his own initiative.

The WMA, of course.

The largest Hollywood talent agency in the United States.

The person who came was a very capable middle-aged woman named Brigitte Motz. Angore said that if she was satisfied, she would be her manager in the future. He came here to take her to a New York film and television event first. Gathering in the circle, getting to know some people.

In short, at the end of the day, lying on the gorgeous and soft bed in the master bedroom of the villa on the Upper West Side, I realized again that a certain man had not appeared for a day.

In the next few days, there will still be various continuous rotations.

Physical examination, beauty care, English lessons, various official documents, and a credit card, she has 5 US dollars a month in living expenses, and has successfully integrated into the film and television circle in New York, and made a few very good friends. friend.Although, from the polite or cautious or flattering or flattering attitudes of those around, one can clearly feel the shadow of a certain man.

But, who cares?

And quickly finalized the first stage role.

This is a new play called "The Choice", which is adapted from the true story of the famous German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler who was tried after World War II.

Ms. Motz, the agent, hinted that Simon personally chose it for her, because it is a new drama, and it is mainly a male drama, and there are not many female protagonists, so it is very suitable for a newcomer like her to get started. It is a classic that has a great influence, so it will not have any negative impact on her career.

After being so busy until the weekend, I started to get used to this new life before I knew it.

Although, it doesn't seem to be quite the same as imagined.

And finally remembered one more thing.

He quickly contacted a certain housekeeper and asked the other party to help him find a lawyer. He had to cut off from the past, at least divorce the marriage first.

Chapter 952

The mountainside mansion in Palisades overlooking Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean that Simon bought earlier has become a designated party venue for the Westeros system.

This is still the case today.

It's Saturday, September 6th.

When night fell, a large number of superstars, celebrities and entertainment executives began to gather in the center of Palisades along the line of Malibu on the west side and various wealthy areas run through by Sunset Boulevard on the east side.

This party is mainly to celebrate the good results of Daenerys Entertainment's related films since the opening of the summer file, not only "Romeo and Juliet" and "Black Man" independently released by Daenerys Entertainment, but also "The Mummy" And "Mission: Impossible 2", related crews and co-studio executives were invited.

In fact, Daenerys Entertainment included both "The Mummy" and "Mission: Impossible 2" in the scope of celebration, which made Fox and Paramount somewhat dissatisfied, because doing so seemed to be tantamount to publicly declaring who was in charge of these two projects the leader.

While certain things are true, discomfort is inevitable.

Of course, whether you are unhappy or not, neither of the two families has raised any objections, and they all want to participate in this party very enthusiastically. After all, in Hollywood now, frankly speaking, everyone more or less depends on the face of Daenerys Entertainment live.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, as long as you have the ability to make a super blockbuster with a big explosion on your own.

No one is willing to be inferior to others. In fact, everyone has been trying silently, but unfortunately the results are not very good, just like Warner's "Vapor Secret Order".Therefore, at the moment, we can only go low and make small.After all, although Hollywood is a place where dreams are made, Hollywood people are very realistic.

Just like the past box office week, from May 5 to June 31, three films related to Daenerys Entertainment directly occupied the top three of the list, and they were the only three films that reached 6 in the box office. Movies over $6.

The first is the highly anticipated "Mission: Impossible 2", which became the top box office champion in the first week of its opening without any suspense.

In "Mission: Impossible 2", Wu's action film style was unanimously recognized by the media and audience, but in terms of plot, it was generally considered to have lost the suspense and reversal essence of the opening work.In the new version of "Mission: Impossible 2", although Simon used Baige Wu again, he tried his best to maintain the style of the opening series in the script creation stage.

In addition, the continuity of the series' story was greatly increased through the careful planning of the supporting cast during the project's initial development process.The success of the two major comic film universes in time and space has proved that this continuity has a huge beneficial effect on maintaining the popularity of the series of movies.

The final results also proved the correctness of these strategies.

After the premiere of "Mission: Impossible 2" last week, the word-of-mouth ban was lifted, and the comprehensive media score reached an excellent score of 8.2 points.

It was even more successful at the box office.

Within seven days of its opening, "Mission: Impossible 2" grossed $7615 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film so far in 1996.

This kind of box office may not be comparable to the phenomenon-level DC movie universe blockbuster that exceeded 4635 million in the first week, but it is much better than the first one.The first "Mission: Impossible", which was released three years ago, had a box office of only US$7569 million in its first week, and the cumulative total of only US$2 million in the first two weeks of painting, while "Mission: Impossible 7615" earned US$[-] million in one week.

With the change of the distribution model, although it is certain that "Mission: Impossible 2" will not be able to get out of the stable long-term box office of the first film's final domestic box office of 1.8 million US dollars, there is almost no suspense for the film to break through 7615 million in the domestic market with an opening of [-] million US dollars.

On the other hand, compared to the total production and publicity cost of the first film of 1 million U.S. dollars, the production cost of "Mission: Impossible 2" was 9000 million U.S. dollars, and the publicity expenditure was 4000 million U.S. dollars, with a total investment of 1.3 million U.S. dollars.It is estimated that only the box office of more than 2 million US dollars in North America, coupled with the fact that this strong series can obtain a higher than 55% average share of accounts from the theaters, can make "Mission: Impossible 2" realize its return.

With such achievements, even if the revenue is shared with Daenerys Entertainment, the IP of "Mission: Impossible" is still the pillar series of Paramount just like the original time and space.

The strength of "Mission: Impossible 2" impacted all other movies released in the same period without any suspense.

No. 2 on the list, "The Mummy", in its third week of release, was affected by "Mission: Impossible 2", and its box office fell by as much as 53%.Three weeks into the filming, Fox and Daenerys have produced a blockbuster fantasy adventure with a cumulative box office of $4193 million.

Although the local market is expected to be only about 1.5 million US dollars, "The Mummy" has already exceeded 1.05 million US dollars two weeks before it was released in major overseas markets. With a total investment of [-] million US dollars in production and publicity, it began to generate profits.

The Mummy was developed as a series from the start.The first title was off to a great start, and the series has also become a natural mainstay for Fox.

Immediately afterwards, the modern version of "Romeo and Juliet", the dark horse, followed closely behind "Mission: Impossible 2" and "The Mummy", ranking No.3 on the list.

In the fourth week of filming, this modern romance film adapted from a famous book loved by teenagers, while other films generally fell sharply under the impact of "Mission: Impossible 2", this week's decline is still only 29%, and it received another US$1337 million. Within a month of its release, the cumulative box office of this mid-to-low-cost film with a production cost of only US$1500 million reached US$8911 million.

It is expected to enter the [-] million box office club this week.

Except for the top three, all other films that were still in theaters during the same period failed to break through the 1000 million box office mark in a single week.

No.4 Disney produced the black comedy "Eddie". This new film starring Whoopi Goldberg tells about a black woman who accidentally becomes the coach of an NBA team. , the box office in the first week was only 2 million US dollars.

With such a start, the domestic box office can reach up to 2000 million US dollars, and black comedies obviously do not exist in overseas markets, and the loss-making ending can be imagined.

投资4000万美元的《王牌大贱谍》和成本3000万美元的《埃迪》连续失败，迪斯尼这个暑期已经栽了两个项目，接下来的期待只剩下6月21日的2D动画电影《钟楼怪人》和7月4日独力日假期的重磅炸弹《勇闯夺命岛》。

Needless to say, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is adapted from "Notre Dame de Paris".

"The Island" is a leftover project from Jerry Bruckheimer's brief collaboration with Disney.

Famous Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his partner Don Simpson signed a studio anchor contract with Disney a few years ago, but the good times didn’t last long. After Vivendi acquired Disney, the French wanted to avoid stepping into the Japanese acquisition of Colombia. Followed in the footsteps of Disney and strengthened the supervision of Disney, the two sides had a quarrel and soon parted ways.

However, "Bravely Entering the Deadly Island" incubated during the cooperation period stayed. Vivendi did not cut off this project, but continued to put it into production and made it the main hit of the 1996 summer file.

"Into the Deadly Island" in the original time and space was not a big hit, but it was also very successful.