The heads of several major companies in the conference room almost all climbed up step by step from the bottom of Hollywood, so they are very familiar with all kinds of intrigues and tricks in Hollywood. Ke's strategy was formulated, and the six CEOs even divided up the benefits that the major companies wanted to obtain after the six CEOs defeated Eric.
After Thanksgiving, Eric entered the final stretch of the year. According to the plan, as long as the last month of work is over, Eric can rest for a long time from late December. Drew is even thinking about whether the two of them should go on vacation at Christmas.
Eric has been participating in the audition for the protagonist of "X-Files" at Fox all morning. Since "X-Files" has received far more attention than his previous life, the selection of the male and female protagonists who will support the entire series is also very careful.
And because of the success of "Friends", the "X-Files" led by Eric has a very fierce competition for the male and female protagonists. Several famous actors in Hollywood who have not developed smoothly in the past two years have participated in the audition for the male and female protagonists. Although the audition has entered the second round, the candidates for the leading actor have not been finished all morning, and none of them can satisfy Eric.
Moreover, Eric has not considered ⊙, those two from the previous life. Because in the original version, David Duchovny, the actor, no matter what kind of mood he is in, the faint smile on the corner of his mouth is always lingering, giving people a very playful feeling, so Eric never intended to give him the role in the first place. The reason why the former producer chose David Duchovny as the leading actor was mainly because the other party's salary was very low.
As for the heroine Gillian Anderson, it didn't meet Eric's expectations even more. What's more, the other party hasn't debuted yet.
The heroine of "X-Files", Dana Scully, was supposed to be a graduate of the University of Maryland. Highly intelligent woman with degrees in physics and law who works as an instructor at the fbi. But the petite Gillian Anderson did not show the temperament of a high-IQ woman in the play at all, but was more like the little secretary of the leading actor Fox Muller. In Eric's vision, the actress who plays the role of Dana Scarlet should be tall and tall, with a shrewd and capable temperament, and it is best to add a little glamorous atmosphere. It is best for this role to be able to form an equal confrontation with the male protagonist in the play, rather than become a vassal of the male protagonist.
After having lunch in Century City, Eric could only hand over the afternoon audition to the two producers because he had to return to the Firefly headquarters. Attend the first annual meeting since the merger of Firefly and New Line.
"I'm so sorry, Caroline, I just encountered a traffic jam on the road," Eric hurriedly opened the door of his office, and apologized to a brown-haired woman of about forty years old sitting in the office. Her name is Caroline Elliott, and she opened a well-known accounting firm in the industry. Firefly and Eric's personal finances have been outsourced to Caroline Elliott's firm.
Seeing Eric walking in a hurry, Caroline, who had been waiting for a long time and really felt a little grudged, could only chuckle and said, "It's okay. Eric, I just arrived not long ago."
Eric didn't walk to his desk. Instead, he sat down on the sofa opposite Caroline and said, "Caroline, have you sorted out my personal financial information?"
Caroline took out the prepared materials from her bag and put them on her lap, looked up and asked, "Eric, now?"
Eric looked at his watch, there were still more than 20 minutes before the meeting at 2:30 in the afternoon, thinking that it should be enough to hear about his financial situation, so he nodded.
Caroline opened the file and began to report: "Eric, your main income this year comes from several movies. Among them, "Home Alone" is divided into 120 million U.S. dollars, and Fox buys out the overseas distribution rights to take 24 million U.S. dollars. With "Home Alone" in the second half of the videotape and TV broadcasting rights, a total of 32 million, "Home Alone" currently has a total revenue of 176 million US dollars."
Although I have read it many times, Caroline Elliott personally compiled these data, but when reading it again in front of this young man who is not yet 20 years old, Caroline still has a feeling that she The feeling of living a life in vain. After a brief moment of emotion and distraction, Caroline Elliott quickly turned her attention to the information, and continued to read: "Because Firefly and New Line will achieve a financial merger next year, the box office share of all the films released by Firefly this year will remain the same. It belongs to you personally. The total global box office share of "Pretty Woman" is 102 million, and the current videotape and TV broadcast rights share is only 19 million, a total of 121 million US dollars. In addition, the global box office score of "Dark War" is 88 million, At present, there is no video tape share, and the advertising share of "Friends" is 29 million. The two sums of money have not yet arrived. According to the contract, Columbia and Fox TV will complete the payment before December 31. In addition to these main box office revenues, Firefly's advertising division generated a combined $18 million through placements in four films: Pretty Woman, Dark War, Home Alone 2, and Sleepless in Seattle. Plus, the other two you own The company, Pixar Studios, made zero profit, and UTA's share was $9.3 million."
Having said that, Caroline Elliott paused for a moment, looked at Eric and said seriously: "Eric, compared to movies, I don't think uta, an agency, can create much profit for you. So I personally suggest that you sell off the shares of this brokerage company as soon as possible, otherwise it may cause you trouble."
Eric nodded. Over the past six months, he has gradually discovered this problem. Although he owns 90% of uta's shares, it does not mean that 90% of the artists' commissions under uta belong to him. The company can only A very small part of the 10% of the artist's commission is received, and most of it goes back to the direct managers of those artists. So although Kapoor only holds 10% of the shares in uta, if only the income of the brokerage company is counted, Kapoor, who has several A-level star brokerage contracts such as Al Pacino and Julia Roberts, earns no more profit than Ariel. Ke Shao, you must know that the agent will not only take a cut of the salary, but the agent will also take a cut of the income the actor gets from other channels such as endorsements. In addition, in order to avoid suspicion, Eric can no longer interfere in any affairs of uta, so this part of the shares is dispensable to him and can be transferred at any time.
"I'll think about it, Caroline, go ahead."
Caroline Elliott continued to read: "To sum up, you have received an income of 441 million U.S. dollars this year, and two of them have a total of 117 million U.S. dollars that have not been received. Next is the expenditure situation, the films that Firefly participated in this year There are seven films in total, "Dark War" has zero expenditure, and the other six cover various personnel dividends, with a total cost of 84 million. The acquisition of Pixar Studio and subsequent investment totaled 30 million, the acquisition of New Line expenditure was 60 million, and the acquisition of shares in Fox TV 80 million. In addition, the construction expenses of the manor in Malibu totaled 27 million, your personal credit card account covers several large expenditures, totaling 7.14 million, and…”
Caroline Elliott gave Eric a strange look, and said: "Also, Miss Barrymore's credit card expenditure is 21.56 million, and the total expenditure is 309 million U.S. dollars. Eric, paid another at Columbia and Fox Before the two payments, you only had $15 million in funds at your disposal. And even if the two payments arrive, you can no longer use them as you like, because even after some reasonable tax avoidance, you still have to pay taxes this year. $140 million."
The reason why Eric asked Caroline to help him sort out his financial situation was to prepare for the establishment of an investment company. After a few days of consideration, Chris Hansen agreed. According to the information collected by Chris, Cisco's stock price may be 18 US dollars when it goes public, and its total market value is only 224 million. Eric knew that this must be the only time he had acquired Cisco shares at such a low price. After Cisco went public, the stock price soared. Even if he wanted to buy at that time, those investment institutions would probably not be willing to sell their shares. So of course Eric had to get as many shares as possible this time. But now, he found that his remaining funds were not even enough to pay taxes.
"Caroline, can I apply for tax deferment?" Eric asked tentatively. He happened to know that there was a way to extend the time to pay taxes for half a year. His share must have already arrived, and his financial situation will be very relaxed. "
Caroline shook her head: "Eric, whether it is Firefly or your personal financial situation is very simple, there is no way to get an extension from the IRS through financial means, if you plan to get an extension from the beginning, you should Notified me at least half a year ago, it is too late now."
Eric smiled wryly, and said: "It seems that I have to borrow again. By the way, Caroline, what do you think of Firefly?"
Caroline wondered, "Which aspect are you referring to?"
"You should know that after the merger with New Line, it will no longer be possible for us to outsource finance to your firm after this year."
Caroline Elliot felt a chill in her heart. Firefly was her biggest client. If she lost this client, her firm's income would be reduced by at least half. However, Caroline suddenly realized that what Eric said just now meant something: "Eric, you mean, you want to..."
"Yes," Eric nodded with a smile: "I would like to invite you to come to Firefly as the financial director, although if you do so, you will have to close your own firm. But I believe you must be able to realize that Firefly It's worth it for you." (To be continued...)