"Liz, does it have to be like this? Maybe... I can return the clothes to him." In the small courtyard of Julia's house, the girl looked at the tin bucket used to burn sundries in front of her and asked with flickering eyes.
Elizabeth forcefully pulled out the shirt that Julia was clutching in her hands bit by bit, stuffed it into the bucket, lit a match and threw it in. The flame rose briefly, and the pure cotton fabric was quickly reduced to ashes, leaving only The next few plastic buttons are still flickering with little flames of unwillingness.
Clapping her hands, Elizabeth patted Julia's shoulder, who was staring at the small flame in the barrel, and said, "Okay, Julia, if you want to completely drive that guy out of your life, here is It is a process that must go. Hurry up and pack your luggage, I have already contacted a private jet, we will go to New York first, if you haven’t had enough fun, we can still fly to London and Paris.”
"I think I should communicate with my agent first. I remember that there are still announcements in the past two days..."
"Hey, you are now the top actress in Hollywood, Julia, not those low-level actors who are controlled by managers and don't have much freedom."
"But… "
Elizabeth interrupted Julia's words: "There is nothing wrong! Where is your passport? If you don't want to pack your luggage, you can just bring your passport and credit card. Let's have a walk-and-go trip. "
More than an hour later, a Boeing private jet at Los Angeles International Airport took off.
Also taking off at the same time was Jonathan Demme, the director of "Small Cry", with the help of Michael Eisner. After Eric communicated with Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme flew to Venice, Italy early the next morning to prepare for the anti-war publicity of "Small Cry". Although there are still more than two weeks before the start of the Venice Film Festival, Jonathan Demme does not have any contacts in Italy, and everything needs to be explored by himself. Of course, the earlier the preparation work, the more confident it is.
A few days later, Eric accidentally contacted Kapoor and heard the other party's complaint, only to know that Julia was abducted by the tomboy of the Murdoch family. . Eric didn't think that there would be his own reasons for this, but he thought it would be good for Julia to go out to relax, and the drunken reaction of the girl that night still left a big impression on him.
Mid-August. The first two episodes of "Friends" in charge of Eric were also successfully completed.
And after his personal training, the six leading actors of "Friends" fully entered the state of their roles, which saved a lot of energy for the director of the series that took over, Kevin Bright.
After the film screenings, it continued within a week one after another. Film companies such as Disney, Paramount, and Warner have all made their own offers. Michael Eisner was really determined to win. Disney submitted his offer directly the day after the screening. Both "Small Island Cry" and "Steel Magnolia" received 35% of the North American box office share and 10% After seeing this figure, Eric instantly had a feeling of deja vu. And Jeffrey directly pointed out that what Disney gave was completely the share ratio he enjoyed from Fox for directing movies, and the quotation was completely based on the specifications of the North American box office exceeding 100 million yuan, otherwise. It is difficult for Disney to get any profit.
If calculated carefully, this condition is actually much higher than that given by Fox. Because Fox got the videotapes and peripheral management rights of Eric's movies at the same time, from which Fox can also share a large amount of profits, but this time Firefly made it clear before that it would not sell "Small Island Cry" and so on. The videotapes and surrounding copyrights of several films have been lost, and only North American and overseas distribution rights are available.
After Disney, Paramount, which is more eager to get the distribution rights, ranked second in terms of conditions, followed by Warner and several others, and Columbia did not even directly offer an offer.
What surprised Eric was indeed Fox. On the second day of the audition, Fox sent someone there to take away the script outline of "Sleepless in Seattle". A few days later, Fox's Carta Hunter personally found On Eric, it brought Fox's suggestion to replace "Sleepless in Seattle" with "Small Island", but said nothing about "Steel Magnolia".
Obviously, Elizabeth's impromptu plan caught the attention of the shrewd Barry Diller, and after evaluating "Sleepless in Seattle", Fox was obviously more optimistic about "Small Cry", so there was such a out.
Eric didn't know what else happened, but Eric rejected Fox's suggestion directly. Modifying the contract will definitely require a series of negotiations, and it is difficult to determine what will happen during the period. Since Disney has already offered the same price, Eric will certainly not ask for trouble.
After determining that there was no competition, Firefly and Disney quickly signed a distribution contract for two films.
"Eric, I heard you bought Pixar?" Michael Eisner asked at the reception after signing the contract.
Eric shook the red wine in the glass calmly: "Yeah, I'm more interested in cartoons, so I bought it to play."
"It's really...young man," Michael Eisner shook his head without knowing what to think of, "So, you were the one who cut off the original cooperation between Pixar and Disney in the rendering of graphic animation, right?"
"The Disney family has a big business, do you still care about a small Pixar? As long as Disney says hello, I don't know how many animation companies are willing to cooperate with you."
Michael Eisner smiled helplessly. Although Disney started out as an animation company, after Michael Eisner took over, he did not pay as much attention to animation as the previous helmsmen. Board members objected, but as Disney prospered, these voices of opposition also weakened.
However, the lack of emphasis on animated films is only relative. Michael Eisner is only more focused on live-action films than his predecessors, which does not mean that Michael Eisner does not pay attention to the status of Disney animated films in Hollywood. Therefore, as Eric slowly rose, his acquisition of Pixar half a year ago also attracted the attention of Michael Eisner, and more importantly, Michael Eisner heard that Pixar was producing a brand new In the form of 3D animation, this had to arouse his vigilance. (To be continued..)