When Li Zimmerman came out after taking a shower and changing clothes in the bathroom, Eric had just finished reading a pair of newspapers and glanced at the girl who looked at him at a loss. Eric said: "Li , go downstairs and pack two breakfasts for Jeffrey and me, anything."
"Oh, um," Li Zimmerman nodded quickly, picked up her handbag and walked out of the room. At the same time, she was relieved. At least, Eric didn't directly ask her to leave.
"You still look a little bit reluctant?" Jeffrey asked teasingly.
Eric didn't care about Jeffrey's tone at all, and said with a smile: "Of course, the experience last night was wonderful."
"Okay, let's get down to business, what do you think of these reports?" Jeffrey pointed helplessly at Eric rummaging through a pile of newspapers.
Eric also put away his cynical look, and said: "If I didn't let you do this yesterday, then today we will be completely in a passive position, because ordinary people will always have preconceived ideas, and it will be very difficult for us to justify in the future. Difficult. It’s not bad now. At least, the water has been muddied by us, and the public opinion will not attack us one-sidedly. Therefore, as long as all kinds of public relations are done well, there will be no major problems. By the way, I talked to Robert on the phone last night , he will fly over to help in the morning, he must have more experience than you in this area."
"Well, actually I was going to tell you about this too, but I think you might..."
Eric smiled: "Maybe what, you don't want to say, I always treat Robert as an outsider?"
"Is it not?"
Eric denied: "Of course not, although I do mind the 15% shares that he took away, but. Now that the two companies have merged, I will definitely treat him as my own. As long as Robert doesn't pick If there is an infighting, I will definitely not do it first."
Jeffrey, who was already quite familiar with Eric, gave Eric a look of disdain: "Your words are really not convincing."
"No, I'm telling the truth," Eric retorted: "Jeffrey, my goal is much bigger than you think, if I start arguing with people on interests now, then I'm very sorry It’s hard to move on.”
"What is your... goal?"
"Hollywood!"
Jeffrey froze for a moment, not understanding. Asked: "What?"
"Hollywood," Eric repeated, with a youthful and frivolous tone in his tone, "I want one day, when people mention the word 'hollywood', the first thing that comes to mind is not Los Angeles, not a few big universities." The film company, nor any movie star remembered on the Walk of Fame, but me. Eric Williams. Hollywood is me, I am Hollywood!"
Eric's words from the heart sounded very contagious. Jeffrey squinted his eyes and wanted to say a few words to hurt Eric, but he opened his mouth, but it turned into a blessing: "Then, I hope you will succeed."
"I will," Eric nodded solemnly: "So, Jeffrey, do you think that my goal is so far away and the road is so long, I will stop and go with someone who might help me go faster Companion, are you fighting among yourself over a few mouthfuls of dry food?"
Jeffrey smiled wryly and shook his head: "I see."
The two briefly discussed the countermeasures, and Li Zimmerman knocked on the door and walked in with some breakfast.
"I think I'd better go back to my room and eat," Jeffrey said unbearably, looking at a man and a woman leaning together on the opposite sofa, and before Eric could speak, Jeffrey directly turned himself He picked up the copy and walked out.
"Leave him alone, let's continue eating," Eric said seeing the girl's expression.
"I won't disturb you, will I?"
"Of course not, everything has been said. By the way, you said last night that besides being a model, you are also acting in Broadway plays?"
Li Zimmerman nodded: "Yeah, I like acting very much. By the way, Eric, I have a show on Broadway next month. Will you come back to watch it then?"
Although the girl looked at Eric with great anticipation, he could only shake his head: "Sorry, Li, I have to go back to Los Angeles immediately after the filming of "Home Alone" is closed."
Li Zimmerman let out a sigh of disappointment, lowered her head and fiddled with the salad in front of her. Although she wanted to take the initiative to seek some opportunities, the girl who knew the rules of the industry knew that if she asked Eric for something, she would only get a blank check.
So this kind of thing can only be said by Eric's side. If the other party doesn't mention it from the beginning to the end, she can't complain about anything, just treat it as an ordinary one-night stand.
After all, Li Zimmerman also heard that it was Eric who chose himself, a relatively unknown newcomer, among a bunch of supermodels. This role is such a complexion, the girl is proud for a while.
Because as a newcomer who has only been in the industry for less than a year, when she heard about this opportunity, she didn't even think about fighting for it, because she felt that she couldn't compete with the large group of supermodels, and it was her roommate who encouraged her. The two submitted their resumes together, and she was selected out of nowhere.
But at the same time, because of the jealousy caused by her good luck, she and her roommate quickly broke up. After hearing a few sour sarcasms from the other party these days, she stopped talking to him and planned to move out as soon as possible. . Compared to this opportunity, a not-so-reliable friendship is nothing, not to mention that the roommate did not treat himself as a friend wholeheartedly, and often used his appearance as a senior because of his early entry into the industry. To put it bluntly, with such fierce competition among models, it is difficult to form true friendship, except for... lesbians.
Eric sniffed the scent of light perfume emanating from the girl, ate breakfast, and asked, "Do you want to develop in the direction of a professional actor?"
Li Zimmerman was overjoyed and nodded quickly.
"Just so, let me give you another chance." Eric said, "You should know "Friends", right?"
"Of course I know. I also know that you wrote the sitcom yourself. I watch it every week." Probably because she heard something she was familiar with, the girl said excitedly: "I like Ross the most. , I think he is the kind of stupid perfectionist, which is much better than her sister's obsessive-compulsive perfectionism, and Phoebe... "
The girl Brabla said a few words, but quickly realized something was wrong, she quickly shut her mouth, and looked at Eric in embarrassment.
Eric smiled and said: "Thank you for liking this TV series. It's like this. There is an episode of "Friends" in which there is a blackout in New York, and Chandler and a famous model are locked in the lobby of a bank cash machine. The story is about one episode long, I can recommend you to try it.”
According to the original script, this episode should take place in the seventh episode of the first season, and Chandler met a Victoria's Secret underwear model, but now Victoria's Secret is not well-known, so Eric will The girl was replaced by a famous model, and the script was revised. This episode was also pushed back to episode 20, and definitely hasn't been filmed yet.
Li Zimmerman couldn't help confirming: "Really. Eric, do you think I... really do it?"
Eric nodded again. There will definitely be many similar roles in the movies or TV series he will prepare in the future. Rather than cheating an unscrupulous assistant director of casting for a potential actress, it is better to use it as a favor. The current influence of "Friends" is much greater than that of the first season of the previous life. Therefore, being able to make a guest appearance in it is equivalent to getting acquainted in front of more than 20 million viewers in the United States. This is comparable to shooting several magazine covers. Much stronger.
Of course, Eric can only give Li Zimmerman so much.
Presumably, she showed her face twice in a row in a popular TV series and a blockbuster movie. It is easy for the girl to get some more roles. Whether she can go further in the future depends on the girl's own efforts and luck.
Seeing Eric's affirmative gaze, Li Zimmerman immediately rushed forward and kissed him hard on the face.
"Okay, okay," Eric licked his face with a warm tongue, and quickly pushed the girl away: "Stop making trouble, let me finish breakfast."
After dinner, Alan came to talk to Eric about his schedule for the day as usual. After Alan finished talking about the business, Eric pointed to the girl next to him: "Alan, please contact Los Angeles, I remember "Friends" "Episode 20 has a model role, leave it to Miss Zimmerman."
Allen quickly wrote down the matter in the memo, looked at the woman beside Eric, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Eric, are you talking directly to Mr. John Aniston?"
Eric almost forgot about this. Apart from Eric, the most powerful member of the "Friends" crew is the producer John Aniston. If he pushes Lee Zimmerman over, John Not only would Aniston not let the girl get the role, she would definitely call and scold herself.
After thinking about it, Eric beckoned Allen to come over, leaned into Allen's ear and said, "Well, you can say that it was recommended by Jeffrey. He has been single for so long, and he is a bit old. It is not easy to pick up a girl." , let John take care of himself."
The corner of Alan's mouth twitched, but he still asked, "Eric, do you want... Do you want to inform Mr. Hansen?"
"Don't worry about it, I'll tell him."
Allen said in his heart that it was such a big scapegoat, it would be strange if you would tell him, but he just nodded helplessly, closed the memo and left in a hurry.
"Eric, I didn't expect you to be so bad." After Allen left, Li Zimmerman gave Eric a reproachful look. Although Eric leaned close to Allen's ear and said it, his voice was silent Pressed to the point where she couldn't hear: "I'm just a cameo for one episode, and I won't overpower your little girlfriend to conflict."
Eric smiled: "If you don't say that, you won't even get the role."
Li Zimmerman asked inexplicably, "Why, isn't "Friends" invested by your Firefly?"
"Yeah, but the producer of 'Friends' is my little girlfriend's dad."
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Although because of Eric's prior arrangements, public opinion did not overwhelmingly criticize the "bad behavior" of the crew of "Home Alone 2" to destroy the ecological environment of Central Park. However, it still had a big impact. While some sane people believed what Jeffrey PR's newspapers said, there were plenty of people who believed what other newspapers said.
Therefore, in the next two days, the issue of whether the crew of "Home Alone 2" should continue to lay artificial snow in Central Park caused a huge debate, and even quickly spread to all parts of the United States, forming a hot topic.
The $500,000 that Eric asked Jeffrey to donate to the Central Park Preservation Committee in advance also played a big role. When the reporter interviewed Tim Flick, chairman of the Preservation Committee, whether the filming of "Home Alone 2" in Central Park had a significant impact on the environment, Mr. Frick said a lot for the "Home Alone 2" crew Good words, I will list the series of measures taken by the crew one by one. He also said that the crew of "Home Alone 2" is a very responsible crew.
Of course, Tim Fricker did not hide the fact that the committee accepted the $500,000 donation from the crew, otherwise it would be even more troublesome to be caught by the media. But it is impossible for Tim Flick to say that this is the crew's compensation for the possible damage to the vegetation in the park caused by artificial snow, otherwise it would be slapping himself in the face. Instead, the crew saw that some public facilities in Central Park were relatively old, so they donated the money to let the park replace a batch of new public facilities.
Because the interview with Tim Frick was broadcast in prime time, many people saw the news, coupled with a series of public relations for the crew of "Home Alone 2", the situation gradually became clear.
In the end, the Manhattan district government issued a statement, saying that it would send a special supervision team to supervise whether the crew used artificial snow in accordance with the pre-promised rules during the filming of Central Park. Volunteers to ensure the impartiality of the oversight group.
After this statement was issued, the crew of "Home Alone" immediately issued a statement, expressing that they would not only cooperate with the supervision team's work, but also be willing to bear the expenditure beyond the budget of the Manhattan district government.
The two parties came and went to show their goodwill, and the News Corporation also secretly made efforts at this time, and finally this matter was properly resolved.
And the so-called environmental organization gepo didn't come to stop the filming of the crew.
In late October, "Home Alone 2" successfully closed the filming. In addition to rushing back to Los Angeles, in addition to the later stages of the two films, the release date of "Small Island" is also approaching.
This is the first shot of Firefly's Thanksgiving-Christmas file. If it can get off to a good start, it will have a certain box office boost for the next few movies. Therefore, Eric also attaches great importance to this matter. (To be continued..)