Hollywood New Century

Nevada, Las Vegas, Venetian Casino.

Simon Pike was playing blackjack with Blake Lively at the table, and the atmosphere was hot.

"Yes, I won again!" Simon opened the poker and laughed.

After throwing a chip to the croupier at any time, Simon stood up and said, "Go eat, you're hungry!"

"Looks like I've won tens of thousands of chips, so lucky tonight!" Blake Lively laughed as he walked.

Simon Pike and Blake Lively enjoyed a sumptuous dinner in the penthouse suite of the Venetian Palace Hotel.

"Why did you suddenly bring me here in Las Vegas," Blake Lively asked, sipping champagne by the window with Simon.

"Green Lantern seems to have a very bad reputation and box office, doesn't it?" Simon didn't answer but asked about another matter.

Sure enough, Blake Lively said with a wry smile: "It's very poor. It has been released for more than half a month, and the North American box office has just broken through 100 million. Now the daily income is also pitiful;"

"Warner Bros.' Green Lantern, which cost $200 million to make, was a fiasco!"

Simon smiled, which must be good news for Universal.

"Martin Campbell did play a bit too much this time, and the cost of "Green Lantern" was not spent in the right place," Simon actually couldn't understand Martin Campbell's directing ability, which was the filming of "Golden Eye of 007" and "007: Battle of Casino Royale" high-level movie people, how can the "Green Lantern" filming is so messed up that even the director's proud action scenes are hard to say?

Maybe it's a disagreement with the producers of Warner Bros. The fluid suits of Green Lantern are completely computer effects, and the fantasy battle scenes of the multiverse, so there is no extra money to spend on action scenes? Otherwise, what is the budget for Green Lantern?

The word-of-mouth box office fiasco of "Green Lantern" is not only uncomfortable for Warner Bros., but also for the film's hero and heroine Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.

The top production of 200 million US dollars has achieved such results. Ryan Reynolds was not well-known in Hollywood, and he divorced the popular Scarlett Johansson last year;

As for Blake Lively, he also became popular with the "Gossip Girl" series. This year's series is the fifth season. He has been mainly involved in the fashion circle in Hollywood. Fortunately, he won an Oscar for best supporting actress last year with "Black Swan". The nomination is considered to have a small capital in the film circle.

"Simon, the agent said that the fiasco of "Green Lantern" had a great impact on me, and I'm afraid it will be more and more difficult in the future. "Blake Lively knows his own, when it comes to acting, it's really not good, unlike "Gossip Girl" One star, Jennifer Smith, is far behind.

Originally, Jennifer Smith starred in "The Hunger Games" this year, and she starred in "Green Lantern" earlier, who would think?

Simon looked at Blake Lively, a blond vase in Hollywood, with a strong sense of fashion and a good figure.

Holding the girl from behind, Blake Lively turned around and offered a kiss, Simon Parker took off two chest stickers from the girl's V-shaped dress, and smiled: "Charlize Theron has been for many years. Vases, not to mention Nicole Kidman, famous early vases, that's the Hollywood model;"

"Besides, in your opinion, there shouldn't be much interest in Hollywood awards. What is needed is commercial success."

Blake Lively nodded, leaned on Simon, and smiled: "They've all won Oscars, how can I compare to them?"

Besides, in terms of acting skills, Blake Lively is not confident either. If it is said that Jennifer Smith can compare with them in the future.

"Universal has an R-rated comedy in the works, written and directed by comedian Seth MacFarlane, and I'll put you in the sexy heroine," Simon said.

"It was directed by Seth MacFarlane, and he really was a comedy star," Blake Lively certainly knew about Seth MacFarlane, filmmaker, screenwriter, host and more.

"Where's the name of the movie?"

"Teddy Bear!"

The next day, Simon Pike brought Blake Lively to the Paradise City villa area in the south of Las Vegas.

In the luxurious villa of Sands Entertainment Group Chairman Sheldon Adelson, Simon Pike was invited to meet this time.

"Simon, Las Vegas doesn't feel the same as Los Angeles. The surrounding desert landscape you can't see in Los Angeles," Sheldon Adelson greeted Simon by the villa's pool, while the two ate fruit. laughed.

"It's really different, the sun is more dazzling," Simon smiled. Although the whole person was under the huge sunshade, the sun's exposure was indeed much stronger than that of Los Angeles.

Sheldon Adelson of Sands Entertainment Group, Stephen Wynn of Wynn Entertainment and Kirk Kerkorian of MGM Casino Hotel are known as the three biggest gambling kings in the United States.

However, Sheldon Adelson is now much more powerful than the other two. Sands Entertainment, as the world's No. 1 casino hotel group, is an undisputed fact.

After the subprime mortgage crisis, the stock price of the casino group dropped to freezing point, and Simon took a lot of money. Whether it was Sands, Wynn or MGM, Simon's Nine Heads Capital had a lot of shares.

"Now that the economy is recovering, and the casino business is recovering very quickly, Simon, have you ever thought about running a casino yourself? I heard that your Nine Heads Bird Real Estate Investment Fund is doing well," Sheldon Adelson asked.

"

I only invest in hotels, office buildings and mansions. I own a casino, I don't have the time," Simon shook his head.

"However, it seems that there are fewer and fewer tourists in Las Vegas now, and the revenue from Macau is the big one!"

“Yes, the Venetian Macao, the Sands Macao’s revenue is very strong, Sands China’s revenue is the bulk of the entire Sands Entertainment, and the Marina Bay Sands hotel opened in Singapore last year is also very good,” Sheldon Adelson laughed.

"Atlantic City has fallen, and now the importance of Las Vegas as a casino city in the United States is self-evident. Washington, D.C. seems to intend to support casino businesses in other states."

Simon smiled. The reason Sheldon Adelson was looking for himself must be to lobby members of Congress. The backstage supporters of the casino are all conservative Republicans.

"Honey, you go get me a glass of champagne," Simon said, turning to Blake Lively.

"Oh, okay!" Blake Lively quickly got up and left.

Simon Pike and Sheldon Adelson definitely have something important to talk about.