Chapter 890

Manhattan, 66th street on the upper west side, has become the former metropolitan ABC headquarters of Denise entertainment television business center.

It's January 26, Friday.

In a conference room in the building, just after a meeting about the production of "American Idol" which will be re broadcast on February 6, others left one after another. Simon continued to sit at the wide conference table and discussed some details with Robert egger in a low voice. After a moment, she got up and walked over with a smile, who had been lingering and didn't go out: "Simon, what's going on Are you free this afternoon? I have a seat in St. George? "

Just half a season of "American Idol" has brought Cher back to her peak in the past few years.

The film and TV singer, who has been in Hollywood for many years, naturally knows why she can do this. At this time, she invited Simon out of a sincere desire to thank her. Of course, if the little man has some other interest in her, Cher will not refuse too much.

This makes countless women greedy little man, if something happens between the two, she can not suffer at all.

Simon looked at the old lady who was still wearing casual clothes, and said with a smile, "St. George, it's not convenient for me to go. I'm afraid I'll be surrounded. If you don't mind eating in the in-house restaurant here, I'll be free. "

Xueer immediately said, "Oh, of course not."

And he looked at Edgar.

Before Cher could speak again, Robert egger immediately said, "I have an appointment with my family for lunch."

At first, I worked in ABC. For the convenience of commuting, egger's family was on the upper west side, not far from here. After the job hopping of danielis entertainment, over the years, egger's status in the circle has become higher and higher, and his income has become more and more rich. He still hasn't moved out of the upper west side, but changed to a better villa after danielis entertainment went public.

Since other people want to have dinner with their families, of course, we can't stop them.

Family is always the most important thing.

We were going out laughing and talking together when we saw another "American Idol" judge, Jennifer Lopez, who had just left, turning back and almost bumped into Simon. The girl stopped and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. westero, I left my bag here."

He pointed to the conference room.

Robert egger looked at the situation in front of him. He just nodded with a smile and left in a hurry.

But Simon was about to turn to let Jennifer Lopez into the conference room when Cher said, "is that the red Chanel, Jenny? I just saw you left here and asked my assistant to deliver it to you. It seems you haven't met me. Go to the parking lot and have a look. She should be there. "

Jennifer Lopez was stunned for a moment. She quickly responded. Obviously, she turned slowly and unwillingly. She didn't forget to say, "thank you, Ms. Cher."

Simon watched the latin girl disappear on the other side of the elevator and gave her a thumbs up

Being seen through by a man, Xueer doesn't hide it. She also deliberately throws out an expression that grabs the horse: "little chick," and then looks at Simon beside her: "it shouldn't be your dish, Simon. Why choose her?"

Simon said, "for the sake of the program, there's no denying that she's doing a good job, isn't she?"

In any case, successful people have some characteristics of success that others can't match. Once upon a time, Jennifer Lopez's track of fame and popularity can be called weird. She is just like a carpet star on the other side of the ocean. Although she has no impressive representative works, she can often make her way to the top of the Hollywood actress income list with tens of millions of dollars.

That's the ability.

I can't do without admiration.

Simon chose each other because of this. Although he was only a supporting role among the four judges, the popularity of Jennifer Lopez is no less than that of sherry and David Kruger since the start of American Idol. What is missing now is just the inside information.

Xueer heard Simon say so, also had to nod: "it's really good, but, in fact, you are the most powerful one, the selection is so accurate."

Simon felt Xueer's natural eyes and said with a smile, "don't boast. I'm going to float."

"Ha ha."

They joked and came to the high-rise restaurant in the building. It was opened after danielis completed the merger and acquisition of metropolitan ABC Group. The company controlled by two stingy old men was not willing to do this. As an ordinary office space for employees, Simon is inclined to open space, which is more convenient for the communication between executives and employees.

However, Simon never advocates fairness when it comes to the details of workplace treatment in restaurants.

What level you are in the westero system, what kind of treatment you can enjoy, such as medical treatment, catering, accommodation, travel and so on.

This is also a distribution according to work.

Ordinary employees are at ease to eat canteen, executives travel is to take the company's private plane, so as to stimulate employees to strive for the upper reaches. If someone thinks it's unfair, they either try to climb up or leave and choose other enterprises that think they are fair.Xueer, who always pursues delicacy in her life, was hesitant to eat with Simon in the internal canteen. After seeing the decoration of the executive restaurant and the menu provided by the waiter, she had no doubt.

There are French, Italian and Chinese cuisines to choose from here. Even if there are not many dishes to choose from, it makes Cher even more surprised, because this is the only rule of top restaurants. There are different cuisines at different times, and there are not many. The main purpose is to ensure the absolute freshness of the food.

In the past, even when she was working outside, she always had a special person in charge of catering. Over the years, Xueer has rarely experienced eating in some company's internal restaurants.

After ordering a meal, Xueer couldn't help saying, "it seems that I can come here to eat more often in the future."

Simon said, "it's our pleasure."

There is no additional explanation. If Xueer comes here, maybe she will get another menu.

According to Cher's specifications, if she can enjoy the treatment of vice president of danielis entertainment, maybe the dishes won't be much different from this time, but the optional drinks are definitely different.

The bottle of Chateau lato that Cher just ordered was collected in 1975. It can only be ordered by Simon himself or by a few people, such as egger, to entertain the distinguished guests. Besides, someone has to send someone else to get it. Fortunately, the storage place is on the upper east side. It takes more than ten minutes to wait.

Simon didn't explain. Cher actually felt something and didn't talk much about it. She tilted her legs slightly and changed a more amorous posture and said, "I read the newspaper this morning. The box office of the Batman Superman Movie in the latest week has reached 470 million US dollars, which is really shocking. However, we are under a lot of pressure to attend some parties in the circle recently. "

Just in the past box office week, Batman: Dawn of justice, which was released in the fifth week, continued to earn $38.01 million with a 31% weekly box office decline, reaching a cumulative box office of $472.61 million, surpassing Simon's domestic box office record of $436 million created by Batman: the moment of war in that year, and successfully breaking the local box office record of North American film history without inflation Box office record.

Moreover, with the expansion of the overseas market, the overseas box office of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" has also begun to break out. Last week, the statistics have broken through the 400 million threshold, reaching 429 million US dollars, almost equal to the 434 million US dollars of last week's local film. The next weekend, the statistics of overseas box office data show that 472 million US dollars of local film can be achieved It's a $100 million box office comeback.

Because of the strength of the super baton war, it is not only the film circles of overseas countries that are crying out again to guard against the invasion of Hollywood, but also a large number of filmmakers in North America have a sense of crisis.

If we go on like this, do we still have a way to live?

Simon listened to Cher and shook his head slightly. "Super baton is just a special case. There's no need to worry about it."

"But what do I think, in recent years, DC movie universe series, Jurassic Park series, and Pixar's 3D animation..." Xueer put up an index finger in the air, said: "in a word, I have no courage to go to Hollywood."

This is also the truth of Xueer.

After winning the Best Actress Oscar with "the Moonlight" at the beginning, Cher seems to have been under the curse of the Oscars. Since then, she has never been involved in a blockbuster work, and almost never recovered. Fortunately, "American Idol" has provided her with a turning point. Now that the reality show is so successful, it has also led Cher's music career to resume its second spring. She has planned to concentrate on this aspect, and will no longer compete with Hollywood's old-fashioned or cutting-edge female stars for resources.

Simon can actually understand the mentality of many filmmakers in Hollywood. At this time, he just said, "it's just a psychological effect. The mainstream of Hollywood is still the regular films created by everyone. Let's say that the domestic box office of 400 million US dollars is not a re release. Let's think about "the moment of war", 436 million, the rise of the dark knight, 416 million, Jurassic Park 2, 413 million, plus the super baton war, you see, there are only four movies in total. Hollywood produces more than 400 movies every year. "

Xueer thought about it and asked, "what about the lion king? I remember that it's worth more than 900 million dollars in the world?"

Simon replied, "the lion king is only $327 million at home, and most of it is overseas."

Cher didn't expect Simon to remember so clearly. She blurted out and couldn't help asking, "what about Superman?"

"Superman is $363 million."

"Wonder woman?"

"371 million."

"Jurassic Park, the first one."

"356 million."

Xueer's head and eyes were shining, and her tone was full of admiration: "no wonder you can achieve everything now, and remember so many Box Office figures clearly. It's really amazing."

Simon said with a smile, "if you praise me like that, I won't tell you that I just read the data this morning.""Ha ha, it's still very powerful. Anyway, I can't remember so many things." Xueer said, turning back to the topic just now: "so many local movies with a box office of 300 million dollars are hard to reach. It is estimated that only George can restart the Star Wars series to compare with these movies."

Simon said: "in any case, everyone will find their own position. In fact, what I just said is more commodity oriented. I prefer real movies, just like the" Moonlight teaser "that won you an Oscar. I've seen it many times."

Cher was surprised: "Simon, isn't that a compliment? I remember a lot of people didn't like the film, and they said I was a bit far fetched to take the Oscar. "

"Of course, it's not a compliment," Simon said. "It's a movie that can touch the soul very much. It's not the so-called spiritual impact of those deliberately sensational movies, but the whole movie plays up a kind of restless atmosphere. After watching it, people will have the impulse to find someone to fall in love immediately, which is worth their life."

"Oh, Simon, you can talk."

I don't know when, Xueer's head body has been slightly forward, arms on the table.

The two chatted like this, and the waiter then delivered lunch, which made the guests and the host happy.

At the end of lunch, sister Cher's fingers have gone through the dining table and hooked on Simon's hand. Such a young and handsome man with all kinds of auras can attract a group of women to post even if he doesn't speak. What's more, the knowledge and humor of dialect in the past lunch are irresistible.

Sister Xueer thinks it's too bad if she doesn't take the initiative and miss it: "Simon, are you free in the evening? Maybe we can have dinner together again. It's just very pleasant, isn't it?"

Simon just shook his head. "I'm sorry, I have plans for the evening."

"What about the weekend?" she asked

"Weekend is not good," Simon said, taking back her right hand, smiling and saying, "since this lunch is very happy, it's better to keep it in memory. Some things are too much."

The man says so, in snow son heart regret, but also no longer entangle: "so ah, really regret. But you can call me whenever you are free

As they speak, Xueer's assistant delivers the woman's windbreaker. Simon gets up on his own initiative, takes it over very gentlemanly, helps Xueer put it on, and leaves the restaurant together until Xueer enters the elevator.

The afternoon schedule is still here.

So busy in the evening, Simon took a helicopter to the manor in the northern suburb of Greenwich.

At noon to refuse Cher, on the one hand Simon is abstinent recently, on the other hand, Sophia faessy came from Europe today.

When dusk comes back to the northern suburb manor, the woman is already preparing dinner. Daniel and Gemma, who have already started school, are also here. They have been together for a long time. Coupled with the birth of two other kids, there is almost a feeling of Simon's other home here.

Apart from the embarrassment Daniel and Simon always have when they get along with each other, there is nothing else. Gemma, who is simple and straightforward, occasionally calls Simon "stepdad", which is a very formal "stepfather" tone, deliberately with a little bit of impropriety. In fact, it is also a kind of recognition in the girl's heart.

Dinner was just as warm.

Sophia talks about work. Her two children discuss study and life. Simon also talks about all kinds of trivial things recently. Sophia's parents who have dinner together also try their best to cooperate with this kind of atmosphere. Over the years, the couple also recognize Simon's and their daughter's state. In particular, Simon's status is getting higher and higher, and the fessies are getting better and better There is no other thought.

After dinner, Sophia's parents and their two children took the initiative to return to the next room, leaving space for Simon and Sophia.

Simon and I didn't do it immediately, but talked about some very formal things.

Inspired by some recent events, Simon is planning two plans, with two code names: Troy and sauvier.

The three closest women around her, Janet, are all at home. Janet is already in charge of a lot of things. Considering the nature of the two plans, Sophia is the most suitable one to discuss these things. So she asked the woman to help her with some of the details.