Chapter Two Hundred and Twentieth I Will Watch You Closely

Eric saw the flaw in her guilty little actions, and Elizabeth's face finally became slightly hot, but the girl seemed to regard this confrontation as a 'war'. She had always been very competitive and sat there stubbornly, as if Together, it's like losing something. But seeing that Eric didn't care about her appearance at all, the girl became angry again: "Hey, what are you thinking?"

Eric didn't even look at her, and pointed to the floor-to-ceiling landscape lamp on the lawn not far away: "The lampshade over there is very beautiful, I was thinking that when you can't help but walk away, I will remove a few. Stuff it in the trunk of the car and take it home."

Elizabeth couldn't help but burst out laughing, but she quickly tightened her face and glared at Eric: "Don't even think about it, I'll keep an eye on you."

"That's a pity." Eric sighed, but there was no regret in his tone.

"I said, can you be more serious," Elizabeth finally felt helpless.

Eric snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand and threw it into the trash can next to him, and said, "Okay, Liz, what's the matter, please tell me straight?"

"I..." Elizabeth paused: "What I want to say is,

Don't forget to pay me a salary. "

Eric felt inexplicable: "Huh?"

"As for your assistant director, although my father asked me to go, don't let me do it for nothing, I want to achieve financial independence as soon as possible, so that the old man will stop threatening me with things like freezing my credit card. already."

Eric smiled: "What are you really going to be assistant director, Liz, we all know your father's purpose, but neither of us mean that, so don't make trouble, okay? Although you have no more classes, I suggest you go back to school. Enjoy your last year on campus, and once you leave, you will never find that feeling again in your life."

"You don't have to worry about my affairs!" The girl said resentfully. He added: "I already have my own plans for my future, and I plan to be a filmmaker. So first of all, of course, I have to familiarize myself with this aspect."

"Oh? What about News Corporation? Didn't you study media just to inherit your father's career?"

Hearing Eric's question, Elizabeth couldn't help but feel a little sad: "He... Although Dad didn't say it explicitly, I still know that he wants my brother to take over."

"Your father is quite... traditional."

Eric didn't expect Murdoch to have a patriarchal tendency, which made Eric instantly feel a little... kind.

"Old stubbornness is about the same." Elizabeth muttered dissatisfiedly, and then said to Eric: "Well, there is actually something else."

Eric realized that what Elizabeth said this time was the real thing, and nodded lightly, signaling the girl to continue.

"I discussed it with Julia, maybe next year, after gaining some experience, I plan to try to make my first movie, and she promised me to be the heroine."

"and then?"

"So. I mean... can you... sell us a script?"

Eric didn't answer immediately, and took out the cigarette case again, this time Elizabeth finally couldn't take it anymore. Hiding the cigarette in Eric's hand and throwing it directly into the trash: "Hey, don't you realize that smoking in front of a lady is a very rude thing?"

"Okay, okay, I don't need to smoke," Eric raised his right hand, and then asked: "Let's not talk about the script, if you are making a movie, where will your funds come from, didn't you just say Do you want to be financially independent? As a rookie like you. Even with Julia as the heroine, it is difficult to attract investment, right?"

"These are two different things. I've thought about it. First, I will borrow 10 million from the old man to set up a film company. This money is enough to make a movie, and Julia also agreed to use the salary to invest in shares, and finally get a proportional share."

Elizabeth said it for granted, and seemed to be used to this sort of thing. After a little thought, Eric understood.

This is a common method used by billionaires to avoid high inheritance taxes in order to pass on their family wealth. Give your children a sum of money in the name of a loan to help them build and develop their own companies, wait for the children's companies to develop to a certain scale, and then recycle them at a high price through methods such as stock exchange and mergers and acquisitions. It may be possible to pass on wealth to the next generation at a small price. Of course, this inheritance method also has high requirements on the ability of the children. If the next generation cannot stick to the wall, it will be difficult to work.

Although Murdoch does not intend to let Elizabeth take over, but about the inheritance of wealth, if Elizabeth speaks, presumably Murdoch will not refuse.

Eric was thinking, when Elizabeth suddenly interrupted his thoughts and asked, "Eric, what are you thinking, do you agree or not?"

"Promise what?" Eric asked subconsciously, and immediately remembered, with a curious expression, he asked with a smile: "Script, then, how much are you going to spend to buy me a script?"

When this question came out, it really stumped Elizabeth.

None of the movie scripts written by Eric himself now has a box office performance of less than 100 million US dollars, and almost every film can bring investors no less than 50 million profits. Calculated by this standard, even if it is calculated according to the price of Hollywood's top gold screenwriters, it is definitely not enough.

"Look, you haven't thought about anything yet, so let's talk about it when you think about it."

After Eric finished speaking, he stood up. As long as Elizabeth had no problem with understanding, he would definitely know that he was rejecting her.

In fact, this is not just a question of money. The 'script' in Eric's mind is so numerous that even if he takes one out for Elizabeth, it doesn't matter. But not now. Although several consecutive films have achieved box office success, his strength in Hollywood has not yet stabilized. If he comes up with a script to toss with the other party, and he can't maintain his dominant position and always check the quality of the movie, if he messes up, it will ruin the invincible aura he has built up through several movies. Obviously, although Elizabeth persuaded Julia, it was not enough to convince Eric that the two girls would be successful.

"Hey, Eric, wait a minute," Elizabeth quickly stopped Eric who was about to get up. Although she didn't know Eric's concerns, after thinking for a moment, Elizabeth temporarily cut off the request from Eric. The plan to get the script, because she realized that she couldn't afford the price at all, but the girl was also quite smart, and soon came up with another idea: "Eric, look at this, I won't take it from you. The script is ready, Julia and I choose the script by ourselves, but when the time comes, you can help us check it to see if the script has the potential to sell well, is this okay?" (To be continued)