"It will take me a few months to finish the business I have." Caroline has little hesitation. As Eric said, anyone can see the development potential of Firefly now. A small accountant Between the head of a firm and the chief financial officer of a large corporation, smart people know which one to choose.
"Of course no problem." Eric said, several departments of the company are now operated by Robert's subordinates, and Eric didn't have a suitable person, so he didn't say anything. However, Eric had to pay more attention to the company's finances, and it was the best choice to insert Caroline Elliott, whom he was fairly familiar with, into this seat. As for Robert Shea, Eric believed that as long as he was smart enough, he would not object to his decision.
The two chatted for a while, and walked to the office together under the notice of the staff.
The meeting was not long, and the issues discussed were roughly the financial issues of Firefly and New Line, as well as the development plan for next year. When Caroline Elliott reported Firefly's financials, Robert Shea's face was very bright, because New Line released half a dozen films this year, including "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5", but the total revenue is not as good as " A fraction of the first part of Home Alone. Moreover, according to the previous contract, although Robert Shea owned 15% of Firefly's shares, ▲, he could only listen to Caroline read out the continuous profit data, but he couldn't get a penny from it.
During the period, Eric also announced the appointment of Caroline Elliott as the company's chief financial officer. Although Robert Shea couldn't hide his displeasure, he didn't refute it.
The meeting lasted all afternoon. after the end. Eric stopped Robert Shea who wanted to leave. Asked: "Robert, how are you preparing for the release of the "Jin Yumeng" videotape?"
"I've ordered the first batch of 100,000 videotapes, Eric, do you really think that "Jin Yumeng" can rely on the influence of "Sleepless in Seattle" to become a hit again?" Robert Shea asked doubtfully.
Eric nodded affirmatively: "Of course, Robert, 100,000 boxes is too little, and at least 300,000 boxes should be produced in the first batch. You should try to pay attention to this matter."
Robert Shea shook his head like a rattle: "Eric, this is too risky. I think 100,000 boxes is enough, and it has already cost 1 million. We will definitely come up with another one in the future." A lot of money for publicity. If the video really sells well, we can just rush the factory to make it."
"What if we can't catch up," Eric asked back: "Robert, believe me, make 300,000 boxes and then distribute the goods, and tell those distributors that you can sell first and then pay. We must make sure that there are "" The videotape of Jin Yumeng."
"This..." Robert still hesitated. In his opinion, an old movie from more than 30 years ago was stimulated by "Sleepless in Seattle". It is already very good to be able to sell 100,000 boxes, but Eric directly asked him to produce 300,000 boxes and adopted such sales methods. In Robert's opinion, it was almost like throwing money into the water.
Eric thought for a while and said, "Robert, can you listen to me this time? If I am proved wrong afterwards, then I will not intervene in any business affairs of the company for a year."
Robert was immediately moved when he heard Eric say this. What he was most afraid of was that Eric would dictate the company's management. Out of age prejudice, Robert didn't think Eric had any talent in running a film company at all. The success of several films in a row has led to its current wealth and status. Since this is the case, he should make movies honestly instead of making irresponsible remarks about the company's operations, but what makes him helpless is that Eric owns 85% of the company's shares.
With Eric's promise, even if it was verbal, Robert Shea felt that he could take a gamble. The cost of 300,000 videotapes was only 3 million. In exchange for his "absolute control" over Firefly for one year, in Robert seems to be very worthy: "Okay, Eric, I will implement it as soon as possible according to your plan."
Eric watched Robert Shea leave, smiled, and thought that this method might continue, using such a 'bait' to drive Robert to do things according to his will.
After tidying up, Eric left the office and was about to drive home. Just as he walked out of the office building, a brown-haired white woman in her thirties walked over and stopped him.
When Eric stopped, the woman introduced earnestly: "Mr. Williams, I'm Sherissa Cody, do you remember me? We met."
Eric has almost forgotten Sherissa Cody who met once in New York, but it is impossible for him not to know the man behind this woman, Brad Pitt.
However, compared to Sherissa Cody's eagerness, Brad Pitt seemed a lot more embarrassed. It seemed that he was definitely against his agent's approaching him.
"Hello, Ms. Cody, we meet again." Eric smiled and shook hands with the other party, thinking that this incident was quite interesting. Originally, he thought that after that incident, he would never see Brad again . Pete got.
When Xie Lisa Cody saw Eric thinking of herself, a smile appeared on her face. She had to say that this woman took care of herself very well, and Eric couldn't even be sure how old she was.
"Mr. Williams, do you still remember your original invitation? I have already brought my team to UTA."
Eric recalled it, and remembered that there was such a thing. At that time, he saw Xie Lisa was able to bring Brad Pitt to take the initiative to apologize, and felt that this woman was very good at life, so he said something casually. However, Eric Ke looked at the two people in front of him, and asked, "When did it happen?"
"A... a week ago," Xie Lisa replied, seeing that Eric didn't show any other expressions, the woman quickly said: "Mr. Williams, can I invite you to have dinner together?"
Eric looked at Sherissa Cody, then glanced at Brad Pitt, who was barely smiling politely behind the woman, and quickly remembered that the other party had found his purpose: "Ms. Cody, Mr. Pete won't be participating "X-Files" male lead audition?"
Seeing that the matter was pointed out by Eric, Sherissa Cody smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said: "Mr. Williams, Brad participated in the audition in the afternoon, but unfortunately you just weren't there in the afternoon. That's why I came here in person. Want to talk to you."
"Okay then." Eric glanced at Brad Pitt behind the woman: "Mr. Pete, you don't have to go, go back and wait for news."
When Brad Pitt heard this, his face suddenly became a little embarrassed. Sherissa Cody realized that Eric still didn't like Brad behind him, so she had to wink at the man standing behind him.
"Then... I'll go back first," Brad Pitt finally said at this moment: "Mr. Williams, then... goodbye."
Eric just nodded slightly towards the other party. After Brad Pitt drove away alone, Eric opened his car door and said to Sherissa Cody: "Ms. Cody, please get in the car."
"Oh, thank you," the woman hurried into the co-pilot.
In a restaurant, after ordering, Sherissa Cody said impatiently: "Mr. Williams, Pete's acting skills are actually very good. If you don't believe me, you can go and watch the videotape of Pete's audition for "X-Files". He is There has never been a good opportunity.”
Eric certainly knows that Brad Pitt's acting skills are very good, and the other party has won more performance awards and nominations than Tom Cruise. But so what, there are countless people who are good at acting in Hollywood but can't get ahead, but there are only so many opportunities.
However, looking at the woman in front of him, a playful smile appeared on the corner of Eric's mouth: "Ms. Cody, is Brad Pitt the only actor under your command?"
Sherissa Cody didn't know why Eric would suddenly ask such a question, but she shook her head and said, "No, there are four or five more."
Eric shrugged: "Oh, then you are really good enough to Brad."
Sherissa Cody's face turned slightly red, of course she could hear Eric's voice-over, but there was nothing difficult to say about the manager and his actors. She also heard that a 40-50-year-old The music producer personally made a 12-year-old girl popular, and even trained her to be his wife. That girl seems to be called Celine or something.
After adjusting her mentality, Sherissa Cody made a slight request in her tone: "Mr. Williams, can you give Pete a chance? He will definitely not let you down."
Eric looked at the woman in front of him, and he was also thinking quickly. With this hard-working agent helping Brad Pitt, although the other party is 26 years old, the shelf life of actors, especially handsome actors, is quite long. Sooner or later, Brad Pitt is likely to make his debut in Hollywood, which is something Eric is very unwilling to see.
Since this is the case, handing over the leading role of "X-Files" to Brad Pitt will only do him harm but not good. Because "X-Files", like "Friends", is a TV series with a very fixed character image. After ten seasons and eight seasons, it is almost impossible for the actors to change the screen image, and the possibility of returning to the big screen is even slimmer . Of the six leading actors in "Friends" in the previous life, only Aniston was the one who successfully transitioned to the big screen. Moreover, Aniston paid a very high price. In order to transition to the big screen, in order not to remind the audience of 'Rachel Green', many of the roles Aniston received were very broken.
Although he had made a decision in his heart, Eric was still quite 'kind'. After thinking for a while, he directly reminded Sherissa Cody: "Ms. Cody, think about it, once you let Mr. The role of the leading actor, his screen image is likely to be finalized, and it will be very difficult to transform in the future. Because the leading actor of this TV series must sign a contract for at least five seasons" (to be continued...)