Hollywood New Century

In the morning, Blake Lively woke up and found that Simon Pike was no longer around. He got up and found a shirt and casually put it on and walked out of the room.

The sun was shining, and Blake Lively found the view from the balcony so beautiful, and then went downstairs just to see Simon after taking a shower.

With fair skin, plump breasts, slender legs, and a slender waist, Blake Lively, who was casually wearing a men's shirt, walked over to Simon and wiped Simon's hair with a towel.

"I saw that you were still sleeping in the morning, so I got up by myself. I just came back from a run outside to take a shower," Simon said, sitting on the sofa beside him.

"Well, hungry?" Blake Lively put down the towel and smiled.

Leaning on Simon's body, Blake Lively touched Simon's abdominal muscles, and the body he exercises every day is so good!

"Fortunately, you don't sleep much? You can also eat breakfast outside," Simon hugged the girl to his lap and sat.

"I made it delicious," Blake Lively said, and he put his arms around Simon's neck and kissed him, always a time of desire in the morning.

It was originally only a shirt, but after teasing each other, it became even more sexy and charming, and her face became flushed!

"Okay, I'll take a shower and then make breakfast, will you sit down for a while?" Blake Lively's shirt was already wide open, and he casually covered it.

"Wait a minute!" Simon said, looking at a part of himself, can he bear it?

Then, a few words were said in Blake Lively's ear.

Simon leaning on the sofa, the girl knelt in front of the sofa, her hands pressed on the back of the girl's head and up and down, only the blonde hair swayed in sight.

After a while, Blake Lively stood up, covered his mouth and rushed into the bathroom.

An hour later, the neatly dressed two people were already sitting at the dining table for breakfast, and Simon had a few newspapers in his hand.

"This year's Cannes International Film Festival doesn't seem to have any outstanding films," Simon looked at the news in the newspaper. Except for Sofia Coppola's "Cleopatra", which he had a little impression of, he had never heard of the rest.

"Really? There seems to be a good review of "Babel" starring Brad Pitt on the news!" Blake Lively responded with his head up.

"Really, oh, just won the Best Director Award," Simon pouted, the Cannes Film Festival Award, the Palme d'Or, the Jury Award, the Jury Award, and the Best Director Award in descending order.

Therefore, only winning the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival has little influence. "Junot" previously won the jury award second only to the Palme d'Or.

"Hey, Brad Pitt is a good friend of George Clooney, but the last time he commented on the Oscars in the media was a bit euphemistic!" Blake Lively said with a wink.

"They have already collaborated on "Eleven Arhats" and "Twelve Arhats" together, and now the third "Thirteen Arhats" is about to start filming. Warner Bros.'s schedule is next summer, so the relationship is good and normal. This series has many stars, The box office is also not bad. When Matt Damon was filming "Eleven Arhats", he starred in "The Bourne Bourne" also made him a first-line male star, and it was a friendship forged by the movie. "Simon doesn't care. said.

Next year's "Spartan 300 Warriors" will also be released. It's not just that the "Thirteen Arhats" will be crushed to death!

Afterwards, Simon picked up a copy of The New York Times and turned it over to the boards of some best-selling novels.

""Mouse"?" Simon suddenly discovered that the original novel "Twilight", which was listed last year, was also on the "New York Times" bestseller list.

"Dear, I have to go back to the company first. You can go to the acting school by yourself. I'll pick you up at night!" Simon is someone who doesn't wait for time, so he hurried to find out the situation.

"Oh, you don't have to pick me up at night if you're busy!" Blake Lively nodded.

"It's okay, I still have some time to accompany you now." Simon said, wiping his mouth and standing up.

After driving to the company, Simon immediately called Sonia Roman into his office.

"Sonia, last year, there was a magical romance novel about vampires, werewolves, and human beings, "Mouse", you know, it was also on the "New York Times" bestseller list?"

Sonia Roman thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I know, you specifically let me pay attention to some novels about love and fashion in the youth series. I know that the author is a housewife, and the various novels in the novels Love sadomasochism, involving vampires, werewolves and other settings, I specifically learned about it;"

"The author's name is Stephanie Mayer, and it seems that the second "Crescent Moon" is going to be released this year! Last year, "Mouse" rushed to the fifth place on the "New York Times" bestseller list after it was released. Rush to the top of the weekly leaderboard for 5 weeks!"

Simon nodded, and it seemed that she still did not give up on her work, so she immediately asked, "So, does the film adaptation of this novel still belong to her?"

"I've heard about it, it's still there, but there is an independent filmmaker who is interested in this novel and contacted the film maker to develop it, but he didn't get a response!" Of course Sonia Roman knew about these well-selling novels.

"That's Greg Muradian of Indie Films, another partner of Indie Films is Madonna Ciccone, the pop diva of the Moon Altar!"

Simon smiled and wondered: "Madonna? She also likes this novel!"

"It was the producer Greg Muradian who had the idea. Of course, the specific development depends on other film companies. It should be an independent production company!" Sonia Roman still knew about this, and continued:

"As far as I know, many distribution companies are not interested in this kind of emotional entanglement as the main line, and the novels of the campus love life that combine vampire legends and werewolf stories. Teenage love is not like Hollywood now, and it is still about vampires. Werewolf, after all, there are too many such movies, and the successful ones are the type of "Underworld"!"

Simon nodded, that's right, otherwise it wouldn't be until 2008 that it was developed by a mere Peak Entertainment and released that year, and at that time, the third "Eclipse" had also been published.

The trilogy novels have sold nearly 10 million copies, and they are very famous and have many fans. Now "Mouse" has sold 1.75 million copies!

"Sonia, it's your turn to go out, find Stephanie Mayer and her agent, take the film adaptation rights of the novel series, now is the time to buy," a housewife, it should not be difficult, and If it is made into a movie, it will greatly promote the sales of the novel!

At the same time, Xinghai Pictures should also cooperate with the publisher of the novel to promote the novel. Without a huge fan base, how can this kind of girl love sadomasochism movie make money?

Although you can wait, the novel will naturally become popular, but now give a guarantee, wouldn't it be easier to get the right to adapt.

"So do you agree to some of the author's requirements, such as script adaptation, respect for the original book, etc.?" Sonia Roman continued to ask.

"These can be agreed to a certain extent. You can decide for yourself. When the script is adapted, the author will definitely be involved, and she will also listen to some of her opinions. What I want is the film adaptation rights of her entire series, and the price It doesn’t matter if you can go higher!” Simon is very confident, the current film company is really not interested in this kind of story, there are too many failures in the adaptation of the best-selling novel!

Sonia Roman nodded, she was also Lauren Weisberg's agent before, "The Devil of Fashion" is also her first novel, but the "New York Times" weekly chart topped the list for many weeks. The novel, the adaptation of the film is equally bumpy.

Stephanie Mayer also started writing novels for the first time. Although some producers liked this novel, they were not able to develop it. Xinghai Pictures is different. Now its reputation is definitely better than that of the independent film company, and it has funds. develop this novel.

"Okay, I'm pretty confident I'll buy back the film adaptation rights for the novel, The Moose," Sonia Roman replied.

"Also, there will be such best-selling novels for teenagers in the future, whether it's love or other types, you must pay attention!" In the future, there will be a wave of youth-themed movies.

Sonia Roman nodded, indicating that she understood.

After Sonia Roman left, Simon felt a little bad again. The company still has to have a discerning producer in charge. Sonia Roman is still studying, when will she be able to graduate?

The company has no distribution network, and the first thing that independent producers look for are film distributors, who just earn production fees.

Film companies can hire outside producers to work, and outside producers will of course seek distributors to develop films.

"Juno", "Little Miss Sunshine" and "No Country for Old Men", Simon has arranged for people from the company's production department to learn from the experience, and it will be more convenient to come to a few more movies with experience.

At that time, people in the production department will be able to read some first drafts of novels that have not yet been listed but have been recommended from some publishing houses or brokerage companies.

After all, publishing houses and brokerage companies can share their own interests from the rights to adapt novels. The copyright of many novels is shared by the publisher and the author, and the attitude of the publisher cannot be ignored.

In the "Twilight" series, Simon regards it as his own, so let Xinghai Pictures first have a series of movies of his own.

"Mr. Pike! Another reception invitation!" Assistant Laura Collins reported to Simon.