Simon and Danny Morris discussed the copyright issues encountered by *The Conjuring* cinematic universe, but Simon had no intention of personally intervening.
Personally intervening would only make things more deadlocked.
Moreover, in today's Hollywood, when Daenerys Entertainment wants to buy copyrights, their competitive advantage far exceeds other studios because their film adaptations often perform exceptionally well commercially.
As long as the copyright holders are not too short-sighted, they can see the various benefits of cooperating with Daenerys Entertainment.
Once a project succeeds, the value of their other works will also rise accordingly.
Furthermore, the most direct benefit is that copyright holders can often obtain a share of the profits equivalent to that of a Hollywood screenwriter.
For a $200,000 script, if the movie is a huge hit, it's not impossible to get back $2 million through various project revenues in the future; if the project fails, even if the initial copyright price is several times higher, nothing more can be obtained later.
As they were chatting, another voice related to Daenerys Entertainment came from the projection screen in the hall.
Emma Thompson, the leading actress of *Howards End*, won the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama award at the 50th Golden Globe Awards.
For this Golden Globe Awards, Daenerys Entertainment focused on *Scent of a Woman* and *The Crying Game*, though there were still many scattered nominations for films like *Scent of a Woman* and *Jurassic Park*.
Strictly speaking, neither *Scent of a Woman* nor *The Crying Game* had a female lead, so this award fell to Emma Thompson, marking her first heavyweight Hollywood acting award.
With the presentation of the heavyweight Best Actress – Drama award, the Golden Globe ceremony entered its final stages.
Simon couldn't help but shift more of his attention to the projection screen.
For Best Actor – Drama, Al Pacino scored another victory, successfully winning the award for his brilliant performance in *Scent of a Woman*. This was Al Pacino's second Golden Globe since 1973; for films like *The Godfather* series and *Scarface*, Pacino had only ever managed to get nominations.
Next, skipping several minor awards, the winner for the important Best Screenplay was Bo Goldman, again for *Scent of a Woman*.
Finally, for Best Motion Picture – Drama, *Scent of a Woman* successfully took the top spot.
When the awards ceremony ended, the staff in the hall had already compiled a more detailed set of results.
At the 50th Golden Globe Awards, Daenerys Entertainment relied on a total of 31 nominations to sweep 12 awards across film and television, becoming the biggest winner of this year's Golden Globes.
In the film category, *Scent of a Woman* had the most eye-catching performance, taking four core awards: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Actor – Drama, and Best Screenplay.
Jaye Davidson, who played a cross-dresser in *The Crying Game*, also won Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes for his brilliant performance.
Additionally, there was Emma Thompson's Best Actress – Drama.
With a total of six major awards in the film category, Daenerys Entertainment had essentially proactively given up on awards related to Musical or Comedy films this time.
In the television category, Daenerys Entertainment also swept six awards.
The awards were mainly concentrated on Daenerys Entertainment's two flagship series in the television field, *Seinfeld* and *Desperate Housewives*. Unlike the film categories, the two flagship series were both in the Musical or Comedy category. Due to the excellent reputation and ratings of both shows, they swept Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy.
Furthermore, other projects launched by the company in recent years also received separate nominations and awards.
Speaking of which, if the Golden Globes followed the trend like the Emmys and established a category for reality shows, Daenerys Entertainment's haul tonight would have been even richer thanks to the still-strong *Survivor* series and others.
As the awards ceremony ended, more people began to gather at Malibu Daenerys Studios.
It was already late at night, but the studio area was becoming more and more lively.
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"Congratulations, Ms. Ward, and you look truly beautiful tonight."
"Oh, thank you, Simon."
Inside the party hall, Simon patiently offered his congratulations to tonight's winners.
Coming before Sela Ward, who played the perfect housewife Bree Van de Kamp in *Desperate Housewives*, Simon noticed a middle-aged man standing beside her. Without showing anything unusual, he naturally reached out to shake the man's hand.
Sela Ward, still holding her Golden Globe trophy in one hand, shook hands with the younger man before her. Facing that mild, smiling face that showed no sign of anything being amiss, she felt inexplicably guilty.
However, she quickly forced herself to dismiss certain thoughts.
Between the two of them, after all, there were only those two nights. He had never promised her anything, nor had he asked her to promise anything.
Moreover, she looked at Janet beside Simon.
He already had a wife.
After shaking hands with Janet with somewhat disordered thoughts, Sela Ward paused, suddenly realized something, and hurriedly introduced: "Simon, this is Howard."
The middle-aged man beside the woman had been eager to introduce himself for a while. Hearing his girlfriend's introduction, he proactively reached out to Simon and said, "Hello, Mr. Westeros. I'm Howard Sherman, a partner at KPCB."
As the middle-aged man spoke, he politely handed over a business card.
KPCB was also one of Silicon Valley's famous venture capital firms, having participated in investments in companies like Sun and Silicon Graphics. To reach the position of a KPCB partner, Howard Sherman's abilities were certainly outstanding, and he clearly should have a decent family background.
Simon took the card but had no intention of exchanging his own. He just smiled and chatted casually with the man for a few sentences before taking Janet away to socialize with others.
Howard Sherman had just proactively invited Simon to dinner sometime but was rebuffed. He couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed, secretly calculating future opportunities in his mind.
Although KPCB had a certain status in Silicon Valley, there was still a huge gap between it and the top venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital. If they could reach a cooperation with the Westeros System, KPCB would definitely be transformed.
On the other side of the party, after the two walked away, Janet leaned on Simon's arm, her smile carrying a hint of schadenfreude.
Simon greeted the *Seinfeld* cast and crew, and seeing that the woman's expression remained unchanged, he said helplessly, "What is it?"
Janet's small hand pinched Simon's arm, and she said beamingly, "The woman you personally made famous has run off. Do you feel disappointed?"
Simon shook his head: "No."
Janet's eyes flickered, and she suddenly nodded: "Mhm, you certainly wouldn't." She then leaned into the man's ear and whispered: "You just like other people's wives, don't you?"
Simon turned his head and pecked Janet on the lips, smiling: "Keep it down. If someone hears that, I might be beaten to death on the spot."
No one else hit him, but Janet couldn't help but pinch the man's arm again, this time with a bit of force: "Little bastard, you don't even bother to make an excuse anymore."
The music on one side of the hall happened to start. Simon reassuringly put his arm around Janet's waist and said, "Let's go dance. If you want to hear an excuse, we'll talk secretly on the dance floor."
Janet gave the man a look and submissively allowed herself to be pulled onto the dance floor.
Soft music, dimmed lights, and all around were men and women slowly dancing while holding each other.
Janet leaned in the man's arms and danced to the rhythm for a few minutes. She inadvertently caught sight of the female assistant at the edge of the dance floor. After holding Simon for a while longer, she reluctantly pulled him off the dance floor, unwillingly indicating that a certain guy could be lent to the female assistant for a while.
With Janet giving the word, the other two didn't act too deliberately and naturally went to the dance floor together.
However, in front of so many people, the female assistant didn't dare to press against the man as intimately as Janet had.
When the music ended, Janet reappeared, pulling the female assistant away and saying they were going to rest for a bit, leaving Simon alone in the crowd.
The female assistant was pulled by Janet to a booth in the corner of the hall. As the two sat on the sofa, Jennifer couldn't help but look back toward a certain guy.
Janet brought two glasses of champagne and handed one to the female assistant. Noticing her gaze, she smiled: "Why don't you go back and keep a close eye on him?"
Having her little thoughts seen through, the female assistant was suddenly a bit embarrassed.
Janet sat down beside the female assistant and reached out to gently take one of her hands. The female assistant didn't understand and gave her a puzzled look. Then, Janet suddenly squeezed hard. The female assistant instinctively tried to pull away but couldn't, and she asked instinctively: "What are you doing?"
Janet just smiled, let go of her, and shrugged.
The female assistant didn't know the little secret about Janet's wrist. Seeing her let go and recalling the details just now, she suddenly understood.
Janet was telling her that the tighter you watch a man, the more easily he wants to break free.
She actually agreed a little bit in her heart.
But, after all, she still wanted to keep a close eye on him.
So she couldn't help but glance over again.
Noticing that he was chatting with the couple Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, she finally withdrew her gaze.
Janet followed her gaze and whispered into the female assistant's ear with a bit of mischief: "He's slept with this one too."
The female assistant froze for a moment and instinctively looked over again. It happened that Simon also looked over and met her eyes. Like a little mouse caught stealing something, she hurriedly looked away.
Janet leaned against her, her restless little hand still around her waist, her tone seductive: "He's just a little bastard, isn't he? Are you disappointed? Leave him."
The female assistant twisted her body but couldn't break free. Not to be outdone, she countered: "Why don't you leave him then?"
Janet said pitifully: "He put a spell on me. I'll die if I leave him. You know, the little bastard is a psychic."
The female assistant gave her a helpless look and couldn't help but say: "Can you stop calling him 'little bastard' all the time?"
Janet immediately started repeating in a raspy little voice: "Little bastard, little bastard, little bastard... Ah, haha, don't tickle me, little assistant! I'll have my husband dock your salary! Aha, tickle me again and you're fired!"
Hundreds of people were gathered in the hall, making it very lively. The two women's playfulness in the corner went unnoticed.
However, their dresses inevitably got a bit wrinkled.
After blaming each other for a few sentences, the two women simply left the party early.
Simon heard from a staff member that the two Janets had left early. He just nodded and continued speaking to Demi Moore: "Claire's identity is a female agent. I want a character image that is strong yet versatile. So, Demi, you will need to undergo physical training for a period, at least a month. The crew will try to schedule your scenes as late as possible."
The two were discussing *Mission: Impossible*.
After several rounds of careful consideration, plus Demi Moore's vigorous efforts to win the role, the female lead for the first *Mission: Impossible* film finally fell to her.
After *Ghost* and *A Few Good Men*, the eager-for-success Demi Moore had taken on several bad movies in a row. Currently, her status was almost about to drop back to the B-list.
The new version of *Mission: Impossible* had a plot very different from the original first movie.
The female lead, Claire, is Ethan Hunt's colleague. The two have mutual feelings for each other and go through hardships together, rather than being the wife of Jon Voight's character as played by Emmanuelle Béart.
Ultimately, in Tom Cruise's movies—because some fans would rather cover their ears and scream 'I don't believe it'—it was always hard for the male and female leads to have sparks. Therefore, Cruise's character in films was often set as someone rather unlikable to women—though of course, this would reverse at the end.
Generally, after the reversal in a typical movie, sparks are no longer needed.
Since the male lead had been changed to Nicolas Cage this time, such 'clever' settings were naturally no longer necessary.
Unlike the later 'King of Bad Movies', the current Nicolas Cage's hairline had not receded. He could be described as a walking hormone, a super handsome guy.
It was said that during the filming of *Moonstruck*, the female lead Cher was truly charmed to no end.
For the female lead of *Mission: Impossible*, Simon had originally hoped to find an actress who could perform with a sense of being powerful and dangerous.
However, femme fatale type actresses were after all not easy to find.
Linda Fiorentino, who had appeared in *Basic Instinct*, was one, but after she became famous through *Basic Instinct*, her difficult personality was completely exposed. She had conflicts with the creators in almost every film. After the two of them fulfilled their initial two-film contract, they never collaborated again.
As for Demi Moore, Simon was originally somewhat reluctant to let her star.
Only after personally watching Demi Moore's several live auditions and confirming that she had put enough effort into this role did he reluctantly agree.
In his memory, Demi Moore had played in *G.I. Jane* and also served as a female villain in *Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle*. This time, to protect her status, she also cherished this opportunity very much.
Ultimately, the mindset of the film's creators is crucial to the quality of a film.
If actors are purely in it for the money and don't put much thought into a project at all, then the possibility of achieving a classic is almost non-existent.
The first few works of many directors are often very outstanding, but they become increasingly weak later on. Many times, it's not because they've run out of talent, but more simply because they've become successful and famous, so naturally, they no longer need to spend too much energy.
In this regard, Demi Moore could be considered an actress who has always been very hardworking.