Five Hundred and Sixtieth Chapters Are All Mine

In the following days, "Braveheart" attracted more and more attention in Hollywood. After learning that Mel Gibson did not immediately accept the conditions proposed by Firefly Pictures, several other major film companies studied "Braveheart". Braveheart, and then swarmed Mel Gibson.

Because "Braveheart" and the blockbuster "Ben-Hur" 30 years ago are both epic films, there are many similarities in the plot. More coincidentally, the screenwriter of "Ben-Hur" is named Lu. Wallace, and the screenwriter of "Braveheart" is Randall Wallace. The two have the same last name. After some rumors, some people have even begun to compare "Braveheart" to the second Hollywood "Ben-Hur".

"Ben-Hur," released in 1960, grossed more than $70 million at the 50-cent ticket price at the time, or $560 million at the time, based on an average ticket price of about $4 in 1993. At a time when the forms of entertainment are becoming more and more diverse, the major Hollywood film companies at the North American box office of $560 million still dare not think of it for the time being, but even half of the $560 million is enough to drive all Hollywood film companies crazy.

Eric also didn't expect things to develop to the next level. Perhaps stimulated by the joint pursuit of the media and Hollywood, Mel Gibson's self-confidence inflated, and he proposed to the negotiators sent by the Firefly production department, such as increasing the remuneration and sharing, A series of harsh conditions such as increased investment and absolute control of the film. A big production with an investment of more than 50 million US dollars is mainly for making money. The Oscars are just icing on the cake on the basis of profits. There is nothing outstanding at the box office of "Braveheart" in the original time and space. Eric will only agree to Mel Gibson's conditions if his brain is burned out. in the event of unsuccessful negotiations. Eric simply gave up following up on the project.

As for Sophie, Eric called her again on the day that the news was exposed, and told Sophie frankly that something had changed. Sophie also expressed her anger very simply, and also laughed at Eric, but there was always a bit of affection in her tone.

Although "Braveheart" is a piece of cake for other film companies, it is just a casual episode for Eric, and he has too many things to pay attention to.

Early August. "Saving Private Ryan", which Catherine Bigelow has been preparing for a long time, officially started in Ireland. Although Eric can't go to Europe in person, he still keeps an eye on the film. He will have a phone call with Catherine every three days. Shooting problem.

At the same time, "True Lies" also started shooting in Washington, Cameron's film quality is absolutely guaranteed, Eric will only routinely beat him when he burns too much money, of course, basically useless.

In addition, more than half of the production progress of the 2D animation "The Lion King", which has been in charge of Katzenberg himself, has also been completed. Although if there is some rush work, it can also be released at the end of the year. But Eric insisted on putting the film on next year.

These are the main hits planned for the summer of 1994, and the end-of-the-year schedules of "The Detective 2", "Interview with the Vampire" and Quentin's "Pulp Fiction" are all in production.

In addition, the second part of "Jurassic Park" was naturally included in Firefly's production plan. After Roland Emmerich completed "The Clash of Heaven and Earth", he also began to prepare "Solitary Day". From time to time, Rick will also pay attention to the remaining films in cooperation with Sony Pictures, and finally the newly established DreamWorks Studios. "Charlie's Angels" has already confirmed three heroines and a director, and has begun auditions for secondary actors. Work.

Although 90% of the work does not require Eric to do it himself, the total investment of these projects exceeds one billion US dollars, and the accumulation of things that need Eric's personal attention still keeps him busy every day. land.

In addition to the movie, after several days of consideration, Murdoch had to agree to most of the conditions in the withdrawal plan proposed by Firefly Pictures. The two sides began to argue about the last details. It is expected that the entire equity transaction will be completed in mid-September. In order to try not to attract attention, the matter was carried out very low-key, and neither Murdoch nor Eric personally participated in the negotiations.

Sitting in the office at the headquarters of Firefly Pictures, Eric was on the phone with Chris, who was far away in northern Europe.

After a month of negotiation, Nokia's acquisition has entered the final stage, Chris successfully obtained 51% of the shares of Nokia's mobile communication division for US$420 million, realizing absolute control. Although the premium is more than 20%, in Eric's view, this transaction is definitely not good for cabbage.

Eric was holding a microphone and talking to Chris about setting up a company in Ireland to avoid tax. The door of the office was suddenly pushed open. Eric looked up and saw Elizabeth broke in with red eyes. Drew with a sullen face, Tina Fey shrank her neck and followed behind the two women, noticing that Eric was looking at her, Tina Fey winked at Eric, as if to imply something.

In fact, even without hinting, watching Elizabeth and Drew walk to his desk and look at each other far away from each other, Eric can almost think of what happened.

After talking to Chris for a few words, they hurriedly hung up the phone. Before Eric could speak, Elizabeth pointed at Drew aggrievedly and said, "Eric, tell her, have you talked to my dad about tg? ."

Eric just nodded, and Drew said angrily, "I know we talked about it, but Eric didn't agree to your father's conditions at that time. You lied to me."

Elizabeth snorted aggrievedly, and suddenly looked at Eric: "You obviously acquiesced."

After that morning, Xiao Nizi disappeared for several days in a row. Eric thought that the matter had been resolved, but it seemed that the two of them became even more stiff.

Speaking of the call at that time, Eric neither agreed nor opposed, no matter how he understood it, he looked at the opposite pair of eyes and stared at him. Eric doesn't want to lean on either side. He could only get up and drag the two girls to the sofa in the reception area to sit down. Said: "What is your situation now, let's talk about it first?"

Drew immediately raised his face and complained confidently: "She will never admit that she lied to me."

"Why do you say I lied to you, Eric tacitly agreed," Elizabeth was also excited.

"You fucking liar," Drew teased again.

Perhaps because she was extremely aggrieved, Elizabeth couldn't bear it any longer, and jumped up and threw herself at Drew.

Seeing this, Eric quickly stepped forward to separate the two women, watching the two women being separated by himself, he still stretched out his small claws to grab each other. Eric said with a bit of tears and laughter: "It's okay to fight, don't scratch your face, it's all mine."

As soon as these words fell, Elizabeth opened her little white teeth and bit on Eric's arm. The little girl immediately became unhappy, and she was reluctant to bite. Why did you speak first, so she also grabbed Eric The arm gnawed up.

There was a scream that seemed to be very miserable in the office, and after a while, Eric was sitting on the sofa again. Rolling up the sleeves of his shirt, he looked at the red crescents on his left and right arms. Sighing, ignoring Tina Fei who was still covering her mouth and snickering next to her, she looked at the two women who were sitting across from them, who had become much more honest: "Well, this is my fault, I didn't make it clear at the time, and you also Don't make trouble, just follow the plan I negotiated with Rupert at the time, do you have any comments?"

Drew just curled his lips and turned his head without speaking.

Elizabeth shook her head, looked at the red tooth marks on Eric's arm with some guilt, and suddenly lowered her head again. She was a little guilty in her heart, but she also realized that this matter was her own old man. , but in the face of the little girl's questioning with a gun and a stick, Elizabeth, who has always been strong, is even less likely to admit that she lied, but as a daughter, you can't point the finger at her father. Tian eventually had to run up to Eric to 'confront'.

"Since there is no objection, then this is it, Drew, Tina, you two go back first, I will talk about something with Liz."

The little girl snorted softly and stood up angrily and walked out. Although Tina Fei was a little reluctant, she quickly followed.

As soon as the office door was closed, Elizabeth whispered like a mosquito: "Eric, I'm sorry, I didn't know my dad would do this."

"Forget it, I will settle this matter with your father slowly." Seeing Elizabeth suddenly raise her head, Eric added with a smile: "Don't worry, it's definitely not a physical settlement."

Elizabeth quickly remembered the question Eric had asked her before, and smiled, but she stopped begging for her unscrupulous father. Anyway, at the top of the pyramid like them, even if they were anxious, they would not be too worried. Possibly to the point of ruining the other party's family, sighing, Elizabeth looked at Eric's arm and asked weakly, "Do you... still hurt?"

Eric reached out and rubbed a tooth mark, and smiled, "It's okay, I'll get a rabies vaccine later."

Elizabeth chuckled and wanted to find something to throw at Eric, but there was no pillow on the sofa in the office, so she could only give Eric a roll of eyes: "You quit Fox Network, are you planning to buy TV Network Cafe? "

"Well, the plan has long been set, to launch the Fox network, just to avoid legal trouble."

Firefly maintains a stake in Fox Television Network, and the relationship between the two parties will always be closer. Firefly withdraws at this time. Although Elizabeth is a little reluctant, she also knows the reason for this, and she said with some disappointment: "Now tg is also gone, Does that mean that we will have nothing to do with each other in the future?"

Eric smiled and said, "Why, are you going to dump me?"

Elizabeth looked resentful: "You have so many women, I heard that you often go to the Spanish sisters recently, do you still need to care about me?"

Eric said without hesitation: "Of course, I care about every woman I have."

Elizabeth's heartbeat seemed to speed up a bit, but she said not to be outdone, "Your words are really shameless."

"I won't deny it, you all know it anyway." Eric shrugged: "What about you, Drew said you would go to Twentieth Century Fox as a vice president, what exactly?"

"The film company's performance has been unsatisfactory in the past few years. My father asked me to be in charge of production, and I continued to serve as tg."

Speaking of tg, Eric remembered the big trouble that had been entangled in tg, and asked, "Is it done with Jim Carrey?"

"Well, it's been negotiated. He has signed three more film contracts, $15 million in salary plus 5% profit sharing."

In recent years, more and more top superstars in Hollywood have begun to ask for film sharing. Eric is not surprised by this price. If it is other first-line superstars, although the film company will be willing to give a similar high price, it will never be once Sex signed three volumes. However, Jim Carrey's box office appeal is very stable. Although it has reached its peak since "Geek in Disguise", it is still in the heyday of his career in the past two years. In addition, the cost of Jim Carrey's films has been relatively Low, at a price like this, Fox doesn't take too much risk.

Eric thought about these things, and asked again: "I haven't heard about "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" for a long time. Do you plan to arrange this TV series like this?"

"It will premiere on September 28," Elizabeth thought for a while, then nodded again: "It is indeed September 28, because this is a relatively niche vampire movie, although some people think that It can be divided into youth campus fantasy dramas. It is proposed to use "Friends" as the leading episode, but in the end, it is decided to use "X-Files" as the leading episode, which is more secure, Eric, how much do you think this TV series can get? ratings?"

The original version of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was broadcast on Time Warner's small-scale WB TV station, which can form a trend of chasing dramas. At this time, when it was broadcast on Fox TV, which has covered the United States, it also had the audience base cultivated by "X-Files". , it should not be a problem that the ratings are on par with the "X-Files".

But Eric didn't dare to guarantee the ticket, saying: "Joss Whedon's script is very good, if you didn't change it like the movie version during the shooting, the ratings should be guaranteed, as to what level it can reach. , I dare not say it."

When Elizabeth heard the uncertainty in Eric's tone, she didn't take it too seriously. After all, TV dramas with high ratings don't appear that way. The four major TV stations have three hours of prime time every day, except for some variety shows and holiday specials. On average, there are no less than ten TV dramas broadcast every week, but there are often only one or two TV series that support the ratings.

Putting this aside, Elizabeth asked, "You just said you had something to talk to me about, what is it?"

"It's nothing, just chatting casually. I haven't been to your place for a long time. How is tonight?"

"Julia is not at home," Elizabeth just blurted out these words, and immediately realized the inappropriateness, her face became red, and she dared not look at Eric again. (To be continued..)