Chapter 287 It's Too Fake

? After being reminded by the waiter, Eric just stood up, but he saw that not only Murdoch was coming, but Elizabeth who was holding his father. The girl looked at him with a hint of anger in her expression. It was obvious that Elizabeth was also Knowing that Eric chose this place to meet, he wanted to embarrass his father.

After all, she was a woman with whom she had an intimate relationship, so Elizabeth's light-hearted expression made Eric a little embarrassed.

Since Eric got through this crisis, because of the "Friends" lawsuit and the production of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "The X Files", Murdoch has offered to meet with Eric more than once to negotiate, Eric agreed after a bit of scrutiny, and refused the suggestion to go to the Murdoch family manor, nor did he invite Murdoch to his Malibu Sharp Manor, but chose the meeting place on Sunset Boulevard. In this restaurant in the downtown area, not only that, but Eric also specially let the paparazzi be notified.

But Murdoch is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp. Not only did he pull up his daughter, who had an ambiguous relationship with him, but he also pretended to be a pitiful old man who needed help. It is estimated that after some media exaggeration, Eric will definitely be portrayed as an adult, arrogant and unfriendly, and let an old man come to the door to beg in person before he is willing to give up.

He scolded helplessly in his heart, Eric really wanted to pick up a cup of coffee and pour it on Murdoch's head, which was too fake. The old guy is not yet sixty years old, okay? as a traveler. Eric clearly remembers Murdoch's spirited appearance when he was in his 80s in his previous life.

Seeing Eric's expression, Murdoch had an inexplicable smile on his lips, and he reached out to Eric and said, "Hello, Eric, we meet again."

"Hello, Mr. Murdoch," Eric shook hands with Murdoch, then looked at Elizabeth beside Murdoch. The girl gave him a roll of eyes, but didn't mean to say hello to Eric.

"Liz, don't be so rude," Murdoch pretended to be a strict father although he was very satisfied with Eric being deflated in front of his daughter.

Elizabeth turned her dissatisfied look to her father again. Although she had a lot of opinion on Eric's insistence on choosing the meeting place here, she also did not agree with her father's actions. She snorted softly and ignored the comparison between the two hearts. The man with a lot of hornets went straight to the dining table and sat down. Pick up the menu and look through it for yourself.

Murdoch and Eric looked at each other awkwardly at the same time.

"Mr. Murdoch, let's sit too." Eric finally spoke first.

Murdoch nodded. After sitting down, the three of them ordered dishes separately. After a while of silence, Murdoch took the initiative to find a topic: "Liz,

How's the movie you're working on? "

Originally bowing her head and folding the napkin in front of her, Elizabeth, who had made up her mind not to speak, heard her father ask her directly, so she could only say in a loud voice, "It's all ready, and filming will start at the end of the month."

"Oh," Murdoch nodded and said, "I heard that the heroine is that... Jodie Foster, she seems to have good acting skills. This movie must be very exciting."

Elizabeth looked up at Eric before saying, "Yes, someone recommended me to make Jodie Foster the heroine. After the audition, I thought it was pretty good, so I agreed."

Murdoch saw his daughter glance at Eric, and he didn't even have to think about who the person who recommended the heroine was, and looked at Eric with a smile: "Eric, or this movie will be released by Firefly. "

Eric raised his eyebrows, and before he could say anything, Elizabeth glared at her father dissatisfiedly: "Dad!"

Eric followed up and said, "Mr. Murdoch, the release of Firefly doesn't matter. It's just that our overseas channels are not perfect, which may limit the box office performance of this movie."

Eric finally said a heartfelt truth, but Murdoch took Eric's words as proof that he was not optimistic about the movie. He knew that Firefly's distribution capabilities were limited, and he thought that Eric did not want to use the limited distribution resources. In a movie that I am not very optimistic about, so I will be so 'euphemistically' rejected.

In fact, Murdoch himself has seen the script called "The Silence of the Lambs" in which his daughter is the producer. After all, Elizabeth invested nearly 20 million in this film, except for the six that Julia and Drew put together. Except for the million, all other investments were 'borrowed' by Elizabeth from his father. Although Murdoch has a strong desire to control, he is still in his 80s in the parallel world and still refuses to hand over the power of News Corporation to a few. A child, but in other aspects, such as financially, she has never treated her own children badly. Elizabeth found her life goal of being a filmmaker. Of course Murdoch was happy to support it and took out the investment readily. He didn't think about making money at all, he regarded it as training his daughter's ability.

Moreover, although Murdoch doesn't know much about movies, he also knows that this script is a cut-type horror movie. This type of movie rarely gets a high box office, and it is difficult to be recognized by awards. . Therefore, he just opened his mouth and proposed to let Eric's Firefly release this film. As for the purpose, it is still the same as the original. He wants to match Eric and Elizabeth. Eric has now gone through the biggest crisis. In the future, as long as If you keep fighting steadily, you will definitely achieve great achievements in the media industry. If such a man can become his daughter's husband, it will definitely be of great benefit to News Corporation in the future. Moreover, when Eric was attacked some time ago, his daughter was still with him. After a quarrel, Murdoch also determined that his daughter has a good impression of Eric, and the degree is quite deep. Since there is such a foundation, of course, it takes a lot of contact to be able to bear fruit, right?

Thinking of this, Murdoch said to Eric with a smile: "Eric, it's just a horror movie, New Line was originally designed to focus on the release of horror movies, so I believe that Firefly can operate well, if in the future There is a real need for an overseas distribution, and Fox will definitely cooperate."

Murdoch's "kindness", of course, Eric couldn't refuse any more. He turned to look at Elizabeth, but saw the girl lowered her head in anger, folded and folded a napkin in her hand, and tore it into strands.

"Liz, what do you mean?" Eric asked tentatively.

The girl curled her lips and said, "You guys can figure it out."

"That's settled," Murdoch said with a smile like a parent before waiting for Eric and Elizabeth to say anything.

Seeing that Murdoch said this, Elizabeth did not object, and Eric nodded.

At this time, the waiter in the restaurant began to serve the three people, and the conversation came to a short pause. When the waiter opened the red wine and poured it for the three people, Murdoch took a sip from the goblet. After a few compliments, he said to Eric nonchalantly, "Eric, were you born in 1970?"

Here comes the meat scene.

Eric thought so in his heart, with a look of memory on the surface: "Yes, I was born in London, but I came to the United States when I was eight years old, and I have no memory of London."

"I should go back and have a look when I have time," Murdoch said with emotion: "I remember more than 30 years ago, when Liz's grandfather died of a heart attack, and I had to give up my studies and come back to take over family affairs. Not much older than you. At that time, the newspaper industry in Sydney was dominated by three big families. Seeing the success of the Sunday Mail and the News, which I ran, they came up with the idea of ​​these two newspapers. They After I rejected the acquisition invitation for many times in a row, I began to use various means. Within a year, the newspaper company I ran received almost as many accusations and lawsuits as it had in many years before. Moreover, I I even received death threats. But I didn't give in and spent two decades not only growing my newspaper business into Sydney's largest media conglomerate, but also buying up the company of my former enemy."

Although Murdoch saw Eric pretending to be nothing, but he knew that Eric must be listening to himself, so he continued: "So, Eric, what you have experienced during this time, and then again. It's normal. So I think you still have to look ahead and don't think about it all the time."

Eric just smiled and raised his head: "Of course I'm looking forward, Mr. Murdoch, otherwise, we wouldn't be sitting here so peacefully today."

"Then," said Murdoch tentatively, "let's drop the lawsuit about "Friends", and "The Archives" can't be in a hurry, but the upcoming "Who Will Become a Hundred" originally scheduled to be broadcast in March "Millionaire", now it's the end of February, the whole team has not made any news, Eric, I think you should hurry up. I think, from now on with a month of publicity, after the Oscars at the end of the month, it will be launched This show will be a very good time.”

"I think so too," Eric swallowed the food in his mouth, wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and then stared at Murdoch: "However, Mr. Murdoch, you just said that you became the Australian newspaper industry. After the group became No. 1, they acquired your former enemy in turn... So, what should I do this time, Firefly's five films at the end of the year, because of this turmoil, the total box office loss will not be less than 100 million US dollars, Firefly Therefore, the loss is not less than 30 million, but I still don't know who my enemy is?" (To be continued...)