Chapter Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight Twenty Million

Eric was not surprised to hear Stephanie Seymour's request for the role of "Wanted City". With the dazzling results brought by "America's Next Top Model" and "Project Runway", Lifetime TV's upcoming release The TV series, which was also choreographed by Eric himself, attracted the attention of a large number of actresses in the TV and film circles after the news came out.

"Yu Want City" adopts a four-protagonist model, and the age selection criteria for the four heroines are all around 30 years old. Except for a small number of actresses in this age group, they have already achieved success and can stably continue their acting careers. In addition, a larger part of actresses will gradually disappear from the big and small screens after the age of 30 as their opportunities diminish. Although "Yu Want City" is only a TV series, it is very attractive to actresses in their 30s because of the vigorous support of Lifetime TV and Eric himself.

Seeing the expectant expression on Stephanie Seymour's face, Eric asked, "Stephanie, ask a rather abrupt question, how old are you this year?"

Stephanie Seymour, without the pretentiousness of most Western women who were asked about their age, replied: "Twenty-eight, Eric, I know the age requirements for the four heroines of "Sexy City" Thirty or so, but I don't think it needs to be that demanding, does it?"

As Stephanie Seymour said, she leaned closer to Eric without a trace, picked up a chocolate bean again casually and put it in her mouth, and Mae looked over with silky eyes.

Eric felt the unique and rich charm of Chanel No. 5 on the woman, shook his head unmoved, and said, "Stephanie, I'm afraid this won't work, and age is not your most important issue, the key is you So beautiful. You should probably know that I originally recommended another British actor for the female lead, but she was rejected by the writers because she was too beautiful. The writers wanted the character to be relatively ordinary in appearance."

"Oh, Eric, you must be perfunctory me, right?" Stephanie Seymour said with a slightly resentful expression: "This is the first time I heard that the screenwriter has the power to overrule the company boss's decision?"

Eric spreads his hands: "But that's the truth. In general, I am a relatively open-minded boss. As long as my subordinates can prove the correctness of their views, I will not go my own way."

Stephanie Seymour was obviously a little unwilling, and she wanted to say something, and there was a scattered sound of footsteps around. It turned out that the first theme had ended.

The two turned their heads subconsciously when they heard the voice, and Cindy Crawford had come behind Eric, wearing a seductive black underwear with a big fiery red wing behind him. Cindy stretched her arms and asked the staff to take off the big fiery red wings on her body, and greeted Eric: "Hey, Eric, what are you talking about?"

"It's nothing, Cindy, you're so pretty tonight."

"Thank you, Eric, but, how many times have you said this tonight?"

"First time for you."

"Hehe," Cindy smiled, took off her wings, took the pink nightgown from the assistant and put it on, and said to Stephanie Seymour: "I'm sorry, Stephanie, this is my position, can I let it go? ?"

"Oh,

Of course," Stephanie Seymour nodded, but did not get up immediately, but took out a business card out of nowhere, put it in Eric, and said, "Eric, maybe we can take time to chat. For chat, call me anytime you want. "

After saying this, without waiting for Eric to answer, Stephanie Seymour got up and walked towards the changing room.

Cindy looked at everything, sat down in the seat Stephanie Seymour had just now, and smiled: "There are so many goblins, aren't they?"

Eric fiddled with the business card that Stephanie Seymour just gave him, and said, "According to the rules in your circle, shouldn't she be considered a complete meritorious person, and it's better to concentrate on being rich too much?"

"Oh, she, it doesn't count," Cindy seemed to gloat over the misfortune, and said, "What kind of merit is it to find an old man twenty years older than him, and, guess what, Peter Brandt has how many kids?"

Eric shrugged: "Does it matter?"

"Of course," Cindy lowered her voice and gossip: "Peter Brandt and his ex-wife have a total of five children. Before Stephanie, the two had been married for nearly twenty years. According to federal law, Peter Brandt wanted to divorce his ex-wife, but he was going to get half of the property, but his ex-wife didn't do that."

Eric was also a little curious: "Why?"

Cindy said: "This is also a smart woman, she knows very well that Peter Brandt can't take the blow of being divided in half of his property, which will almost make him lose control of his property. So, when divorced , Peter Brandt's ex-wife did not ask to divide the property, but let Peter Brandt determine the inheritance in advance. In the future, her five children will receive most of Peter Brandt's property, although the specific details have not been announced, but You can imagine that the half that originally belonged to Peter Brandt's ex-wife must have five children in the future, and in order to satisfy his ex-wife, Peter Brandt's own part must also belong to those five children. So , Stephanie married him, even if this marriage continues, she and her children will not be able to get much property in the future, and if she divorces, she will not get any compensation."

After listening to Eric, he couldn't help laughing: "How do I feel that Stephanie is miserable by what you said."

"I would never do this anyway, it's not worth it," Cindy said, looking at Eric, she seemed to want to ask something, but she didn't say it, she just asked casually: "By the way, What were you talking about just now?"

"Oh, she asked me if America's Next Top Model was going to change hosts, and she said she really wanted this opportunity."

Cindy widened her eyes in surprise, then realized from the smile at the corner of Eric's mouth that he was joking, reached out and hit the man's arm, and said, "You bad guy, you know how to play tricks on me, but," Xin Di looked at the business card in Eric's hand and said, "Well, you have to be careful. After all, they are married, and it will be lively when the media finds out."

Eric tore up the business card in his hand and threw it into the trash can next to him, and said with a smile, "I'm a serious person, and I wouldn't do such an outrageous thing."

"Hmph, it's strange to believe you. At the beginning of the year at the Jiaojiao Manor, do you think Linda is still married, don't you still mess up?" Thinking of the chaotic scene at that time, even though more than half a year has passed, Cindy's face is still ruddy. .

"I was involuntarily."

"Pooh."

Eric laughed, looked at the crowd that was still busy around him, and said, "Are you busy, why didn't you change your clothes, and Christie should go to the first show with you, right? ?"

Cindy explained: "My next games are on the fourth and sixth themes, and I can rest for a while. Christie has wings in the third game and needs to be prepared in advance."

"Oh, then eat something," Eric took the boxes in front of him.

"I'm really hungry," Cindy was eating a fruit salad with a bamboo skewer in her hand. She suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, Eric, will you come to my place tonight?"

Eric shook his head with a smile: "You are so direct, but, sorry, I've already been booked."

"Ah, who is it, Stephanie? Impossible."

"Of course not. Didn't you just say that there are too many fairies."

Cindy rolled her eyes and said, "That must be Linda. Did she say she bought an apartment in Greenwich Village for you to take a look at?"

Eric was surprised: "Did she already tell anyone that?"

Cindy pointed to herself, curled her lips in disdain, and said, "It's an old house a hundred years ago, and only she would buy it for $2.8 million so foolishly, saying that it was the former residence of a pop art master, It seems to be called, um, I can't even remember the name, it's very unpopular, anyway, I always feel that she was fooled by the real estate agent."

Eric didn't care, and said with a smile: "Never mind, as long as you live comfortably."

"Heh, you are the only one who can make such an understatement of buying a house. For 2.8 million, if it can keep its value, she will have to keep it on her own. Although she has already paid the full amount, It’s not cheap to own a house in Manhattan.”

"No, at least in the next 20 years, Manhattan's housing prices will only rise and not fall. If you have spare money, you can invest in a few houses."

"Well, then I'll think about it," Cindy nodded, heard the staff behind her start calling her, got up quickly, and said, "I'm going, Eric, see you at the party."

"see you then."

Eric waved to her. After Cindy left, Eric also got up, took advantage of the performance gap to find a less conspicuous position at the front desk, and watched the whole game.

The next day, with the overwhelming media coverage of the second Victoria's Secret show, Eric left Linda's Greenwich Village apartment early in the morning and flew back to Los Angeles.

On November 10, the day Eric flew back to Los Angeles, the year-end schedule for 1995 had already begun.

Compared to the hot summer season with big-budget films, the end-of-year schedule seems a bit deserted.

Take Firefly as an example, the company only plans to release two films, "Jedi Men" and "101 Dalmatians" on Thanksgiving and Christmas respectively. The cost of both films is around 20 million. If it was a few years ago, The production cost of $20 million can still be regarded as a medium production, but in recent years, with the explosion of the film market, films with a production cost of less than $2,000 can only be regarded as low-cost movies.

In addition to Firefly, several other studios have released mostly similar low-budget films. MGM's "Scream" and "Mean Girls," for example, cost less to make than Firefly's two films.

Originally, Sony had the strength to release at least one blockbuster, "Men in Black 2" or "Jumanji 2". According to the production progress, at least one of the two films can catch up with the Christmas schedule. However, perhaps last year's "Jumanji" first film did not perform well at the box office at the end of the year. Sony is worried that it will repeat the same mistakes, so All the two films were put in the summer file next year.

From 1988 to the present, after seven years, with Eric's increasing influence in Hollywood, strongly influenced by his personal butterfly effect, the whole Hollywood film production and distribution rules have become more and more different from the original time and space. Unrecognizable. In the past few years, some films that should have appeared have not appeared, some heavyweight blockbusters have changed their protagonists, and similarly, many films that were completely absent in the original time and space have begun to appear.

Although he still maintains a strong influence and control over several film companies within his sphere of influence, Eric finds that he can no longer accurately predict the development law of several other Hollywood film companies.

For example, this year, the comedy starring Jim Carrey released by Fox at the end of the year and the Tom Cruise drama released by Paramount, the names and contents of the two films have not been heard by Eric.

The box office appeal of Jim Carrey and Tom Cruise is still strong. These two films should also be regarded as the most heavyweight films at the end of the year. However, because they are not big production films, although Jim Carrey and Tom Cruise's salary is close to 20 million US dollars, but the overall production cost has not exceeded 50 million.

Perhaps in order to avoid the Thanksgiving schedule, Fox brought Jim Carrey's new film ahead of schedule a week before Thanksgiving. It premiered in more than 2,600 theaters and earned $33.2 million at the box office in the first three days. It easily exceeds 45 million, which is close to the production cost. According to this trend, the total box office can reach at least 120 million US dollars.

So far, Jim Carrey has maintained a total box office of more than 100 million US dollars for several consecutive films since his debut, which has to be said to be a miracle.

However, according to the original contract, this is also Jim Carrey's last film with Fox.

Before the film was released, it was said that Sony had privately reached an intention with Jim Carrey to sign a contract with him for a fee of $20 million. After the film's first weekend box office was released, Jim Carrey would pay $20 million. Fangbian announced the news without hesitation. This is Hollywood's first non-shared $2,000 remuneration, which immediately aroused heated discussions in the entire entertainment industry.

With the global outbreak of the film market and the economic recovery in North America and Europe, more and more hot money has begun to flow into the film industry, and it is unstoppable for Hollywood stars to increase their salaries to sky-high prices.

Eric remembered that even after the economic crisis of 2008 in his previous life, and the world film market entered a cold winter, the remuneration of Hollywood superstars still did not decline, but it was just that the second and third tier movie stars were getting worse and worse.