Hollywood New Century

Simon also stood up, people came to Adam Goodman, of course he honestly said hello to make way.

"Ms. Pascal, good evening! I'll be leaving for a while then," Simon greeted the Sony Entertainment co-chairman and Columbia Pictures CEO before walking away to give them time.

"Mr. Simon Parker, I came here on purpose to find you!" Amy Pascal asked again.

"Oh," not only Simon Pike, but also the assistant behind her was a little surprised, but Adam Goodman smiled and said, "Then I'll leave for a while!"

Amy Pascal smiled at Adam Goodman: "Thanks, Adam!"

"Ms. Pascal, are you looking for me for something?" Simon Pike asked after sitting down with Amy Pascal.

I have not cooperated with Sony, and Amy Pascal, as the first person on the Hollywood Women's Power List, is not only in charge of the entire Columbia Pictures, but also one of the two co-chairmen of Sony Pictures. The power is very large!

Who is the highest-level Hollywood person you have seen? It's Emma Watts, the former vice president of 20th Century Fox Pictures, with Tom Rothman, the president, and Gia Nopoulos, the company's CEO at a higher level!

Speaking of it, Amy Pascal forced Gia Nopoulos to be half a grade higher, after all, Columbia Pictures is only a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures.

"So, Simon, can I call you that?" Amy Pascal put down her glass and laughed.

"Of course," Simon nodded, looking normal. Although he is one of the giants in Hollywood, he is not a part-timer!

"At 24 years old, it's not easy to achieve such a big achievement," Amy Pascal first praised.

"When I was your age, I was still a small production assistant. At the age of 30, I joined the production department of 20th Century Fox as the deputy manager, then the president of the production department, and until the age of 40, I became the president of Columbia Pictures. !" Speaking of which, Amy Pascal climbed up step by step, and took over Columbia Pictures at the age of 41 amid the ridicule of the outside world. That was 1999!

After another five years, because Columbia developed the "Spider-Man" series, "Charlie's Angels" series of successful films, Amy Pascal became the co-chairman of Sony Pictures, and Columbia Pictures was completely controlled by him.

Simon Pike laughed: "Speaking of which, Ms. Pascal's experience is more exciting than the movie, and it is an example for us to learn from!"

At the age of 48, it is not easy to become the master of one of the six major Hollywood companies. It is not easy to climb up by yourself. As for what's in it, who cares!

"Simon, I like several films produced by Xinghai Pictures. In recent years, the female-dominated films have not been successful." After Amy Pascal initially promoted the success of "Charlie's Angels", Hollywood has indeed begun to This has developed.

Warner Bros' "Catwoman" and Paramount's "Magic Woman" are both commercial films with female protagonists and males, and they are all starring Oscar winners. The former is Harry Berry and the latter is Charlize Theron.

The investment is also not small, but unfortunately they all failed at the box office by word of mouth, and the heroine of "Resident Evil" Milla Jovovich's "Deadly Violet" also failed.

The successful ones are the "Resident Evil" series and "Underworld" series that belong to the category of B-level films.

"No way, now the male-dominated films have a strong box-office capability, and in terms of box-office appeal, the gap between Hollywood actresses and male stars is also very large, which is determined by the market," Simon can't deny that male actors are indeed better than actresses at the box office. strong,

"Female actors need monoclonal antibodies at the box office, and they have high requirements for scripts, and they need innovative and novel stories!"

Amy Pascal nodded, agreeing with this point of view, the movie "Juno" is indeed very good, and the feminist ideas are also very suitable for their own tastes.

"By the way, Simon, it seems that No Country for Old Men is being filmed by Xinghai Pictures has not yet been released by the company, right?" Amy Pascal saw Simon Parker today, and she really thought about taking it for herself.

Similarly, Amy Pascal, who has gone from obscurity to now the owner of a film company with a net worth of tens of millions, has a heart for promotion, and her experience is very similar to her own.

However, the speed of his rise is much faster than himself, only two years!

"I still have some verbal agreement with 20th Century Fox, and I will discuss it in detail after the release of "The Queen Wears Prada" at the end of the month!" Simon said without a fake face.

Both of them are smart people and understand each other's meaning. Many companies now want the release of films produced by Xinghai Pictures; and Xinghai Pictures has increased negotiations with distributors after the release of "The Devil Wears Prada". The chips are definitely not applicable to the 15% issuance commission.

"So it turns out, it seems that Xinghai Pictures will continue to develop commercial films in the future, and the funds should be solved by themselves?" Amy Pascal continued to ask.

"Financing is a bit of a waste of time for me, but it also depends on whether the project's budget is beyond my scope. After all, Xinghai Film is still a small company," Simon smiled. Small company, not much money, big investment It may not be enough, then financing is necessary; however, because it is a small company, there are not many movies every year, and if the budget is sufficient, then there is no need.

"Hehe, you are really special. How risky is the film? If a bigger investment fails, your Xinghai Films will be gone. Is it not good to be affiliated with a large film company? Film investment, promotion and distribution, and peripheral marketing can be done. Don't worry about it anymore, with the current funds of Xinghai Pictures, at most two or three low-cost projects can be developed at the same time," Amy Pascal slowly induced,

"But with support, it's different. You Xinghai Pictures are optimistic about the project, we Sony Columbia will fully support you, and you can supervise as many movies as Simon Parker, as long as you have the energy!"

"You should know something, we at Sony Columbia produce or participate in more than a dozen or 20 films every year, and release more than 50 films!"

Simon nodded, Sony is now fully promoting Blu-ray-DVD, content preemption is crucial, good movies are bargaining chips, after all, the high-definition DVD produced by Sony is only the Blu-ray version.

Many other film companies have released both high-definition Blu-ray DVD and HD-DVD. After all, home HD DVD players have both Blu-ray and HD, as well as dual-use ones.

"Ms. Pascal, Xinghai Pictures' future movies will definitely be handed over to distributors like you. After all, I'm just a film production company, so we must choose the distributor that best meets the requirements," Simon said earnestly. Schedules, marketing models, issuance commissions, whether to provide margins, etc. are all to be discussed.

"It seems, Simon, you have been waiting for the publishers to come to your door," Amy Pascal quickly understood, bidding, how can you get the most benefits without competition, as for which publisher you are affiliated with, he It is estimated that this possibility has not been considered!

In the future, he also wants to have his own distribution network, and his ambition is indeed not small.

"Well, we will definitely have opportunities for cooperation in the future!" Amy Pascal smiled and shook hands with Simon, appreciating him, and business is business. Sony must first ensure its own interests, Amy Pascal Er will definitely not give a guarantee now, Xinghai Pictures will be treated excessively.

After Amy Pascal left, Blake Lively hurried over to take Simon's arm.

"Well, when did you come back?" Simon asked in surprise.

"For a while, I just saw Ms. Pascal sitting down with you. I was afraid to disturb you, so I stood by the light!" Blake Lively explained, and reminded Simon to look around.

Simon glanced, and there were indeed many people's eyes fixed on this side. It seemed that Amy Pascal's conversation with him caught their attention.

A small independent film production company caught the eye of one of the Big Six's top executives at Columbia Pictures, and that's a fascinating thing indeed.

"Go back!" Simon has said a lot today.

"okay."

In any case, Simon has also gained something today, and Paramount also has intentions. In addition, 20th Century Fox originally had cooperation, and now there are Sony Columbia. After the release of "The Queen Wears Prada", Xinghai Pictures will strive for more A good distribution contract should be fine, but they can't be allowed to earn their own money so easily!

"Simon, what's the matter? What are you thinking?" In the car, Blake Lively was driving, she didn't drink, and Simon was sitting in the passenger seat.

"I was thinking, what would a person be like if he was born old and then slowly became younger over time?" Yes, Simon was thinking about the "Benjamin Button The story of the incident.

"Born old and getting younger with time? This kind of thing..." Blake Lively shook his head, what kind of life would that be.

"From old age, to middle age, to youth, teenagers, children, and finally dying like babies," Simon said calmly in the co-pilot,

"He has a person he loves. When he is old, he meets her as a child. When he is middle-aged, he meets her as a girl. Then they all become young. One keeps getting younger, and the other gets older slowly!"

"Finally, in middle age, she found him as a teenager, in old age she began to take care of him as a child, and finally, with a wrinkled face, she looked at him who died in the crib!"

"This story, very shocking, is a script?" Blake Lively liked this story very much.

"It's a good story, and it can indeed be adapted into a good script!" Today I saw Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt think of it, today's harvest.