Eric saw the flaws in her guilty conscience, Elizabeth's face finally became slightly hot, but the girl seemed to regard this confrontation as a 'war', and she, who had always been very competitive, sat there stubbornly, as if Together, it's like losing something. But seeing that Eric didn't care about his appearance at all, the girl became annoyed again: "Hey, what are you thinking?"
Eric didn't even look at her, and pointed to the floor-standing landscape lamp on the lawn not far away: "The lampshade over there is very beautiful, I was thinking when you couldn't help walking away, I will remove a few Put it in the trunk of the car and take it home."
Elizabeth couldn't help but burst out laughing, but soon tensed her face, and gave Eric a hard look: "Don't even think about it, I will watch you closely."
"That's a pity." Eric sighed, but there was no regret in his tone.
"I said, can you be more serious," Elizabeth finally felt a little helpless.
Eric stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand and threw it into the trash can next to him, before saying, "Okay, Liz, what's the matter, can you just tell me?"
"I..." Elizabeth paused, "What I want to say is, don't forget to pay me."
Eric felt inexplicable: "Huh?"
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"Your director's assistant thing, although my father asked me to do it, but you don't want me to do it for nothing, I want to achieve financial independence as soon as possible, so that the old man will stop threatening me with freezing my credit card gone."
Eric smiled: "What are you really going to do as a director's assistant, Liz, we all know your father's purpose well. But neither of us has that meaning. So stop making trouble, okay? Although you don't have any classes anymore. But I suggest you go back to school and enjoy the campus time in the last year. Once you leave, you will never find that feeling again in your life."
"You don't need to take care of my affairs!" The girl replied dissatisfiedly, and then said: "I already have my own plan for my future, and I plan to be a film producer, so first of all, of course I have to familiarize myself with this things."
"Oh? What about News Corporation? You study media to inherit your father's career, don't you?"
Hearing Eric's question, Elizabeth couldn't help but feel a little sad: "He... Although Dad didn't say it clearly, I still know that he hopes my brother can take over."
"Your father is quite... traditional."
Eric didn't expect Murdoch to have patriarchal tendencies, which made Eric feel a little...kind for a moment.
"Old stubborn is not the same," Elizabeth muttered dissatisfiedly, and then said to Eric: "Well, there is actually one more thing."
Eric realized that what Elizabeth said this time was the real thing. He nodded slightly, motioning for the girl to continue.
"I've 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 leading actress."
"Then what?"
"So, I mean... can you... sell us a script?"
Eric didn't answer right away, and took out the cigarette case again. This time Elizabeth finally couldn't stand it anymore, and hid the cigarette in Eric's hand and threw it directly into the trash can: "Hey, don't you realize that in a lady Is it rude to smoke in front of you?"
"Okay, okay, I just don't smoke," Eric raised his right hand, and then asked again: "Let's not talk about the script, if you make a movie, where does your money 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 may be difficult to attract investment, right?"
"These are two different things. I've thought about it. First, I'll borrow 10 million from the old man to set up a film company. The money is enough to make a film. Julia also agrees to use the film salary as a share, and finally get a proportional share."
Elizabeth said it as a matter of course, and seemed to be used to this kind of thing. Eric thought about it for a while, and he understood.
This is a common method used by billionaires to avoid high inheritance taxes in order to pass on their family wealth. Give the children a sum of money in the name of a loan to help them establish and develop their own companies. After the children's companies develop to a certain size, they can recover at a high price by means of stock swaps and mergers. This method can exhaust the rich. It is possible to pass on the wealth to the next generation at a small price. Of course, this method of inheritance also has higher requirements on the abilities of the children.
Although Murdoch does not intend to let Elizabeth take over, but regarding the inheritance of wealth, if Elizabeth asks, Murdoch will not refuse.
Eric was thinking about it when Elizabeth suddenly interrupted his thoughts and asked, "Eric, what are you thinking, do you agree or not?"
"Promise what?" Eric asked subconsciously, and then remembered, showing a curious expression, and asked with a smile: "Script, then, how much are you going to pay me for a script?"
As soon as this question came out, it really stumped Elizabeth.
Of the movie scripts written by Eric himself, none of them has a box office score of less than 100 million U.S. dollars, and almost every one can bring investors no less than 50 million yuan in profits. Calculated by this standard, even if it is calculated according to the price tag of Hollywood's top gold medal screenwriter, it is definitely not enough.
"Look, you haven't thought anything up yet, so let's talk about it when you do."
Eric stood up after speaking. As long as Elizabeth's comprehension ability is good, she must know that he is rejecting her.
In fact, it's not just a matter of money. There are so many 'scripts' in Eric's mind, it doesn't matter if he gives one to Elizabeth. But not now. Although several films have achieved box office success in a row, his strength in Hollywood has not yet stabilized. If you come up with a script to toss the other party, and he can't maintain a dominant position and check the quality of the movie at all times, if he messes up, it will ruin the invincible aura he has built through several movies. Obviously, although Elizabeth moved Julia, it was not enough to convince Eric that the two girls would succeed.
"Hey, Eric, wait a minute," Elizabeth hurriedly stopped Eric who was about to get up. Although she didn't know Eric's worries, after thinking for a while, Elizabeth temporarily cut off from Eric. Got the idea of the script, because she realized that she couldn't afford the price, but the girl was also quite smart, and soon thought of another idea: "Eric, can you see if this works, 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 to see if the script has the potential to be a big hit, is this okay?" (To be continued...)