Chapter 163 (1/2)

The Cannes Film Festival opens on May 11.

On May 9, Simon and his party set out from Los Angeles, took the Gulfstream IV that they had just received, flew to New York first, and then went straight to Cannes.

As the latest long-range business aircraft of Gulfstream company, Gulfstream IV has a range of 7800 km, which can easily complete a transatlantic flight of about 6000 km.

However, for Gulfstream IV, which carries about 20 passengers, there are only 12 seats in the cabin for passengers.

Simon, Janet and Jennifer occupy the third place. Mike medova, President of Orion pictures, also went with him this time. Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Nicole Kidman, Samuel Jackson, Madonna and Sean pan played supporting roles. They immediately filled the cabin after boarding. These were Simon's two bodyguards With Neil Bennett and Ken Dixon personally as pilots, other people's entourage can only take another business flight.

French time is 9 hours earlier than the west coast of the United States. They set out at 10 a.m. Los Angeles time. After a total of 11 hours of flight, they arrived in Cannes at more than 6 a.m. on May 10.

Cannes airport.

When they got off the plane, the obvious coffee seats immediately appeared. De Niro and Travolta, two well-known first-line stars, had confirmed that they would stay in their friends' mansion in Cannes. Madonna and his wife had rented their apartment in advance, and the rest of them followed Mike medova to the hotel ready for Orion.

Simon naturally did not degenerate to the point of staying in a hotel with everyone.

We agreed a meeting time in the evening. Simon drove to lecane in the northeast of Cannes. After more than half an hour, the car went to lecane for several times between the tree lined winding mountain roads, and then drove into an iron gate on the top of the mountain.

Simon got out of the car and went to the southern edge of the courtyard. He looked at Cannes city and the Bay beyond. He nodded and said, ”I like it here.”

Janet came over and said, ”it's very similar to the house in palisade, but it's bigger, with a total area of 1.5 hectares, more than three times that of palisade.”

As they were chatting, a brown haired woman in a light gray business suit came up with a stack of papers. She introduced herself in fluent English with a smile and said, ”Hello, Mr. westrow, Miss Johnston. I'm Sophia faessy. May I show you around in detail?”

Before Simon and Janet came to Cannes, the house purchase procedures had been completed, and Simon knew the details of the property very well. At this time, hearing the words, he nodded and said, ”OK.”

”Please come with me,” Sophia faessy said with a gesture of ”please.” she slightly sidled with Simon and walked towards the mansion, gesturing to the villa at the entrance. ”This is the annex, which is used to house security and servants. Mr. Brent, the former owner, is a very good employee, so the design of the annex is also very exquisite. Let's go directly to the main villa. The main villa covers an area of 18000 square feet. There are 69 rooms on three floors, including 16 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, three kitchens, other libraries, gyms and projection rooms. Oh, there is also a very spacious basement, which used to be used as a wine cellar... ”

After flying for 11 hours, Simon and Janet were very tired. Simply listening to Sophia faessy's introduction, Simon sent each other away.

Thousands of miles away, although we can buy this hilltop manor, we can't decorate it as freely as we can in Los Angeles. Simon just asked Sophia fawcy, the agent, to replace all the sheets, bedding, sofa covers in the villa in advance and rearrange the kitchen, but he didn't move for the time being.

After breakfast, Neil and Janet are sent to help themselves. Simon and Janet go to the master bedroom on the third floor.

After taking a bath, he came out of the bathroom in his nightgown and looked at the more and more beautiful sunshine on the spacious terrace outside the bedroom. Simon suddenly didn't feel sleepy again and walked straight to the terrace.

Looking down from the balcony railings, the buildings in the manor belong to the typical Spanish style, with red roofs, white walls, porch columns, arcs and fountain. Although he didn't like this architectural style at all, Simon decided to buy it immediately after seeing the information of the manor in Los Angeles.

The geographical location here is really good. If it is not a last resort, the original owner will not easily sell this property which is destined to increase in value.

Moreover, the opening price of 35 million francs, according to the exchange rate of the continuous devaluation of European currencies in the past two years, only needs more than 5 million US dollars. After Simon agreed to pay in cash, the change was erased, and the two sides finally confirmed the deal at the price of $5 million.

Although the real estate value of Cannes at this time is far from being comparable with that of Los Angeles, the area of Cannes is three times as large as that of Los Angeles, the villa like a castle, the beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain, and the $5 million is totally worth the money in Simon's opinion.

Janet quickly came out of the bedroom, put her arms around Simon, followed his eyes and said, ”what's the matter?”Simon put his arms around Janet, rubbed her waist and said, ”it suddenly occurred to me that if some bodyguards with sunglasses and submachine guns were standing in the yard, it would completely restore the scenes in many movies. My character must be a drug lord.”

”Drug trafficking is so tiring, and it doesn't make as much money as my man.” Janet rubbed her cheek and said with a smile, ”but you must need one or two beautiful vases to set off the scene, or I'll call Kidman. You must have coveted her for a long time when I chose her as the heroine?”

Simon shook his head and said, ”No

How could Janet believe it? She wrinkled her little nose and said, ”hum.”

Simon grinned, reached for Janet, picked her up, walked to the bedroom and said, ”well, even if there were some before, there's none now.”

Janet wondered, ”why?”

Simon gently dropped Janet on the big bed, turned to draw the curtain and said, ”last time I worked out a math problem for Ron McMillan, I suddenly didn't have much interest in women.”

Janet turned and lay on the big bed, more curious: ”what's the math problem?”

Simon came and sat down on the big bed and said, ”it's nothing. I won't tell you, or you'll think I'm a materialized woman.”

Janet blinked, turned to Simon and said, ”you mean Feminism? I'm not a feminist. ”

Simon hugged the woman and said, ”are you still a male chauvinist?”

”Why not? I'm a male chauvinist. ”

Simon poked his hand into Janet's flimsy pajamas for a while. When she squinted like a kitten, he said with a smile, ”yes, you can't be a male chauvinist.”

Janet held Simon's hand as she tried to pull it back and hummed, ”who says a male chauvinist is a man.”

Simon remembered that many men also claimed to be feminists. He nodded and agreed, ”it seems that's true.”

Janet suddenly opened her eyes again, looked at Simon and said, ”you're going to go around. What math problem?”

”I still don't want to tell you.”