Chapter 62

As the most influential newspaper on the west coast of the United States, the Los Angeles Times is only a non Sunday edition, and its news and information pages are usually more than 50 pages. Compared with the film review of "Lola Run", which was hidden in a small corner and hard to be noticed by readers before, Peter Butler's article about Simon directly landed on the front page of the newspaper.

Although it's still not front page news, this part of navigation information is recommended by most subscribers.

In this era, newspapers can be said to be the most important channel for ordinary people to obtain information, and powerful paper media such as the Los Angeles Times have played a role in guiding public opinion.

What's more.

Young people rushing out of mental hospitals.

Crazy?

A unique surname.

One script makes 200000 dollars.

At the age of 18, he made a highly acclaimed independent film.

Gifted youth.

Peter Butler lists Simon's personal labels in his article, which is a perfect embodiment of the American dream for Americans who advocate miracle, adventure and personal heroism.

As a result, with this article in the Los Angeles Times, Simon's attention, which has been accumulating piecemeal in some media since he signed the "Butterfly Effect" screenwriting contract with Fox pictures last year, has completely exploded.

As if all of a sudden, a lot of people began to talk about who Simon westero is?

Then.

Since Simon came to the fore last year, a series of news has been rediscovered by the omnipresent media, and every detail involved in Peter Butler's article has become the object of some media discussion.

Even a local Los Angeles tabloid reported on the front page about Simon's late night attack in Santa Monica last year.

Although it was noted that this was a real case confirmed by the Santa Monica police department, the tabloid completely adopted a kind of surprising tone of joking. As I saw with my own eyes, Simon bravely smashed five gangsters' right legs and knocked off seven gangsters' teeth with one elbow. It was Bruce Lee's rebirth.

Then, due to his proximity, the San Francisco Chronicle, which is also influential in San Francisco, also published a biography of Simon, making up all his experiences before the age of 18.

I grew up in a welfare home for children in San Jose.

The original surname.

Community public high school for many years the only one admitted to Stanford students.

Within two months of entering Stanford, he suffered from schizophrenia.

The San Francisco Chronicle described Simon's growing up experience in a very sympathetic tone, and questioned the child welfare home in San Jose based on Simon's self-reliance since he was 13 years old. It also speculated that Simon's mental illness was probably due to the strong pressure caused by years of hard life.

As for why such a young man from the bottom could suddenly make a highly praised independent film, the San Francisco Chronicle failed to find the root. However, the newspaper also did not show too surprised, but quoted a sentence from Simon middle school teacher interviewed by the newspaper: Simon is a very hard-working child, I will not be surprised that he has created any miracle.

This view is almost the same as that in Peter Butler's article, and unconsciously creates a realistic basis for Simon's sudden becoming a film genius.

Of course, in the noise, there is no lack of doubt.

After the Los Angeles Times article about Simon was published, many people called the editorial department of the newspaper. They were surprised by Peter Butler's praise of a young man. They even thought that the Los Angeles Times was trying to impress others.

The host of a late night talk show on a local TV station made a blunt and acrimonious mockery of the gossip tabloid about Simon's one on five.

With the continuous accumulation of public opinion, the final attention of the public has been gradually shifted to one thing, Simon's film, "Lola Run.".

Since you speak that boy so well, why don't you show us the movie?

As a result, as Simon's most direct partner with Hollywood, many phone calls also went to fox to inquire about the release date of "Lola Run". Many newspapers in a state of watching and not joining the discussion either sincerely or jokingly urged Hollywood film companies to push "Lola Run" to the cinema as soon as possible.

Los Angeles.

Now that the public opinion campaign has been successful, after Simon returned from Park City, he simply asked his agent Jonathan Friedman to contact him and held a small audition for Hollywood film companies in a screening hall in Century City.

In the next few days, Simon was frequently negotiating with the top management of major film companies in person.

However, the result is not satisfactory.

January 30, Friday.

Near the end of work time, returning from Warner studios in Burbank, the Chevrolet SUV stops in front of the villa in Montana.Janet pushed the door to get out of the car and looked at her boyfriend who came back empty handed again on the other side of the car. The woman went to put her arms around Simon, put a sticker on his shoulder and said, "sooner or later, the film company will chase you for cooperation, just like Spielberg."

Simon took the woman to the door, took out the key, opened it, and said with a smile, "just like Spielberg? Why can't we be our own boss and let those executives work for us instead? "

"Mmm," Janet nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, and said firmly, "daenerys pictures will definitely develop into a big company like fox and Warner in the future."

Simon opened the door and saw that Janet was still hanging on herself. He reached out and picked up the woman's light body and gently threw it to the living room sofa. Then he said with a smile, "my imagination is still not enough. In the future, I will become the master of Hollywood like Morgan and Rockefeller."

I remember seeing a tree of corporate connections of Hollywood's major film companies in the early 20th century. The eight major film companies of that year kept going back. Half of them belonged to Morgan and half to Rockefeller.

That's the golden age of capital.

Janet was left on the sofa by Simon. Listening to what he said just now, she was soft and barely propped up, looking at the man who hung her bag on the hanger with a red face: "Simon, I'll help you."

"OK," Simon agreed. Seeing a message on the phone in the living room, he went to press it and said, "why don't you start by making dinner for me?"

"Well."

Jennie nodded, but with a pillow in her arms, she slouched on the sofa and did not move.

On the other hand, the phone message came from Mike medova, President of Orion pictures, asking Simon if he has time tonight and would like to have dinner together.

Simon naturally understood Mike medova's intention, and he couldn't help thinking about it.

In recent days, Simon has been in contact with all the seven major Hollywood film companies. However, it is difficult for him to be satisfied with the conditions offered by the Seventh National Congress.

Simon is not greedy.

At present, the heated media discussion about his age of making "Lola Run" is just like "the witch Blair", which relies on Internet virus marketing to achieve great success in the original time and space. It may only be used once in this life.

If it works properly and is lucky enough, "Lola Run" is likely to create a small box office miracle. Simon can also use this opportunity to accumulate a good amount of original capital.

It's just that.

For a long time, the advantages of the industry have made the seven major film companies very strong in the cooperation negotiations. In addition, Lola Run lacks the standard commercial film attribute, and the conditions offered by each film company are generally lower than Simon's expectation. Obviously, Simon has little room for bargaining.

After leaving Warner studios in the afternoon, Simon had confirmed a reality in his mind.

For now, at least.

The seven major film companies are not ideal partners.

After reorganizing his thoughts, Simon looked at Janet, who was still on the sofa, and said with a smile, "get up. You don't have to cook dinner. Let's go and have dinner together."

Now that the decision has been made, Simon is no longer pinning his hopes on the big seven.

Mike medova, President of Orion pictures, has been very interested in this project ever since he saw the script and the draft of "Lola Run". Compared with the seven major film companies, Orion film can also stand in a relatively equal position to negotiate with Simon.

Both sides have a tendency to cooperate, so they hit it off at the following dinner. After two days of intensive negotiations over the weekend, Simon quickly reached a distribution agreement with Orion pictures.

February 2, Monday.

An announcement on the Hollywood Reporter quickly attracted a lot of attention.

"Orion has reached an agreement with Simon westero that" Lola Run "will be officially launched in North American cinemas on February 13."