Hearing what Eric said, Sherissa Cody hesitated for a while.
But soon she realized that her hesitation was a bit ridiculous.
She is very clear about Brad Pitt's current situation. In the past six months, Brad can still only occasionally play small roles in some movies or TV series. Under such circumstances, as long as you can get the leading role of a blockbuster TV series, there is nothing to worry about. You must know that many second- and third-tier stars in Hollywood have participated in the competition for the male and female protagonists of "X-Files".
After thinking about this, Sherissa Cody said: "Mr. Williams, I believe that "The X-Files" must be a very good TV series. If you can play the leading role of this TV series, what's the point even if you are stereotyped? relationship."
This woman can really talk, Eric thought.
But Xie Lisa Cody went on to say: "However, Mr. Williams, is it too long to sign a contract for five seasons in one go?"
Eric shook his head immediately, and said in a non-negotiable tone: "It's not long at all. The six leading actors of "Friends" have signed contracts for five seasons."
Xie Lisa Cody doesn't know if what Eric said is true, if that's the case, she really can't find any reason to bargain, let alone five seasons, just a few more seasons, It seems that she and Brad Pitt do not have the qualifications and chips to bargain.
Eric observed Sherissa Cody's expression and said, "If you have no objection, I'll watch Brad Pitt's audition tape tomorrow. If his performance satisfies me, I will notify you to sign the contract." .”
the next day. Eric arrives on the set where Fox is auditioning. I found the videotape of Brad Pitt's audition, watched it several times, and confirmed that Brad Pitt's current acting skills are indeed good enough for the role of Fox Muller. I also asked the producers of Fox and Firefly to discuss it together. After a while, it was quickly confirmed.
The rest is the heroine and some other small supporting roles. Of course, Eric can no longer care about those small supporting roles, and just focus on the selection of the heroine.
At the same time, another variety show that promised Fox has finally started. After thinking for a long time, Eric finally chose the safest variety show, "Who Will Be a Millionaire".
In the previous life, this program originated in the United Kingdom, and became popular all over the world as soon as it appeared in the late 1990s. Eric remembered that many domestic TV stations on the other side of the Pacific Ocean had similar imitation programs. And until Eric crossed over, this program still did not exit the TV screen, and there were often rumors that a millionaire appeared in this program in a certain country. This program firmly grasps the psychology of ordinary people who want to get rich overnight, so there is no time limit, unlike some other programs, although it may be successful now. But it is a lot of trouble to operate. "Who Will Be a Millionaire" is much simpler.
Therefore, after writing out the plan. Eric first sent people to many countries around the world that pay attention to intellectual property protection to register the copyright of the program. After this program became popular, he believed that he could make a lot of money just by selling the copyright.
"Hey, hey, Eric, what do you think of this topic? In "Home Alone", how many brothers and sisters are there in Kevin's family?" Drew was sitting in the co-pilot of the car heading to Malibu. Holding a small hardcover notebook in his hand, he writes and draws on it from time to time.
Hearing the girl's question, Eric smiled and shook his head: "No, I've said it all, the design problem must be closely related to life, and it must be very interesting. Your question is completely testing people's memory. Who would be idle? It’s okay to worry about how many brothers and sisters Kevin has.”
Drew pouted and retorted: "Then the question you designed is even more boring. Who would care about how insects breathe in their spare time?"
Eric glared at Xiao Nizi helplessly: "It looks like I didn't pay attention at all when I was in school. This problem must be in the biology textbook."
"You are sophistry, only nerds will care about these issues." The girl shook her bob head, biting the ballpoint pen in her hand for a while to ponder, and then asked: "What about this, what year did the Hollywood sign appear? ?”
Eric nodded: "This question is good, write it down, write it down."
"Hey," the girl smiled triumphantly, and then wrote it down in a small notebook.
Eric thought for a while, then looked at the girl and asked, "By the way, I really don't know when the Hollywood Sign was erected, what year is it?"
Xiao Nizi gave Eric a blank look: "How do I know?"
"..."
Eric asked a little speechlessly: "Then how did you come up with this question?"
"I just passed by there yesterday." The girl bit her ballpoint pen again and pondered, then looked up at the road ahead: "How far is it?"
"Five minutes, right away."
The car stopped outside the manor in the sharp corner of Malibu. Eric opened the door and got out of the car, but he heard a strange cry from the girl in the car: "Yeah, Eric, I knocked, quickly hug me out."
"Climb out by yourself," Eric thought that the little girl was playing tricks again, so he ignored it and walked directly to Frank Gehry, his personal lawyer Edward and others who were waiting at the gate of the manor.
"Wow, Eric, you are so cruel," Eric was just about to reach out to Frank Gary, who was enthusiastically drawing up, when a soft body behind him threw himself on his back.
Eric slapped the girl's little butt with a backhand: "Don't make trouble, haven't you seen so many people here? If it's funny, I'll put you in the trunk."
"I really knocked my knee, and it's all red. If you don't believe me, look at it." The little girl hanging behind him said aggrievedly.
Eric picked up the little girl hanging on the back in twos and hugged the girl, and looked at the white and tender calf exposed under the knee-length pleated skirt. Although there was indeed a small piece of blue and red on it, it neither bleed nor swollen.
"I can't lame, just run two kilometers on the ground." With that said, Eric put Drew down. Xiao Nizi giggled and grabbed his neck for a while. Only barely let go.
Eric just lets go of Drew. Out of the corner of his eye, he felt someone in the distance looking towards this side. He looked in the direction of his intuition, but he didn't find any figure. He thought he might be a little suspicious. For some reason, he always felt uncomfortable these days as if he was being followed.
Maybe it's time to hire a team of bodyguards, Eric had such a thought in his heart, but on the surface he focused on the few people in front of him.
"I'm so sorry, the girl always likes to mess around." Eric shook hands with Frank Gehry, Edward Lewis and others one by one.
"It's okay," Frank Gehry said with a chuckle, and Edward Lewis also echoed.
"Then let's go in and keep looking at the design drawings. After waiting for more than half a year, this place is finally built."
Eric's impatient look made Frank and others laugh.
"Please come with me," Frank said, beckoning everyone to get into the car, and the gate of the manor was opened by a temporary guard. The group drove directly to the mansion on the edge of the cliff, as for the other buildings in the manor. Eric didn't bother to check them one by one, as long as they passed the inspection, it would be fine. Anyway, these buildings are where servants or guests live.
Several cars drove along a curved corridor all the way to the main building on the cliff, which Eric called 'City of Liberty'.
A group of people got out of the car, and Eric couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the shell-shaped silver building in front of him, which was more exquisite than the one in his mind.
The Iron Man Malibu mansion in my memory is only a concrete building, but although the building in front of me inevitably uses some reinforced concrete, most of the main structure is made of granite, special glass and low-alloy high-hardness steel. The surface of the shaped building is also covered with silver titanium alloy material, shining in the sun.
Originally, Frank Gehry submitted this manor with a construction budget of only 5 million US dollars, but with Eric's promise of unlimited funds, Frank Gehry increased the budget one by one, first raised it to 10 million US dollars, and finally added it to 20 million US dollars, at the last moment of construction, I applied to Eric for a budget of 2 million US dollars, and 90% of the money was used for this building. You must know that in this era, 20 million US dollars of funds can already be built It's a twenty-storey building. But now, the housing prices in Malibu have not yet reached the level of tens of millions of dollars in later generations. The prices of most Malibu villas are only a few hundred thousand dollars, and the prices of luxury houses with private beaches and other facilities are also low. Only a few million. This shows how extravagant this single building that cost 20 million U.S. dollars is. Eric remembers that Bill's billion-dollar mansion, which many people talked about in his previous life, actually cost only more than 50 million U.S. dollars, and that was after 2000.
A group of people stood outside the silver building for several minutes at the same time, and finally Frank Gehry said in a smug tone: "Okay, I think we should go in and have a look, I believe the internal structure of this building will be more Surprising.
The staff opened the gate of the mansion, and Frank Gehry walked in with everyone.
As soon as they stepped into the hall, the first thing the group saw was not the spacious living room, but the sparkling sea.
"Wow, so beautiful." A group of men remained restrained and reserved, but Xiao Nizi didn't care about these things, and jumped towards the French window more than ten meters long and two meters high, exclaiming.
"Eric, Eric, come and see," Drew said without hesitation lying on the glass window, looking at the sponge outside.
Eric was a little worried: "Mr. Gary, are these glasses okay?"
"Of course not," Frank Gehry said, "This is special glass, which looks no different from ordinary glass, but this kind of glass is actually three layers, with a layer of polycarbonate material sandwiched in between. Even if you are shot, as long as you It is not a large-caliber sniper rifle, it can be blocked. So ordinary impacts will not cause any damage."
One of Edward's assistants was surprised when he heard Frank Gehry say this: "Mr. Gary, according to what you said, isn't this bulletproof glass? It should be very expensive, right?"
Frank Gehry shook his head, and said honestly: "Although I didn't answer bulletproof glass, it's about the same. As for the price, isn't 20 million US dollars spent on these things? Eric, let me show you Shall we take a tour?"
"Of course," Eric ignored the little girl lying on the glass looking at the sea view, and followed Frank Gehry to other places.
Frank Gehry introduced as he walked: "This floor is mainly the living room, kitchen, fitness room and reception room. According to the design draft you gave us, Eric, the basement floor is a studio. The second and third floors have a total of There are eight bedrooms, a study room, a small screening hall, and a total of twelve bathrooms in the villa."
Eric nodded lightly, walked all the way to the second floor along the spiral staircase, listened to Frank Gehry's introduction, looked around, and then everyone reached the top floor, where there is a large main hall that can look around. Sleeping, through the glass window, not only can look at the scenery of downtown Malibu, but also the sea view in the distance.
Looking around, Eric suddenly thought of a question, and said to Frank Gary: "Mr. Gary, are these glasses single-sided?"
"Of course, I'm so likely to ignore such an important detail. All the glass windows in this building have been specially treated. Although you can see the light from the outside looking in, it is impossible to see anything inside."
"That's good," Eric nodded, looking at the surrounding scenery of the master bedroom. If he and a certain girl are in the big bed, and someone sees the inside through the window through a telescope, then But too bad.
It took more than ten minutes to go around, and the group came to the living room again, but Xiao Nizi was nowhere to be seen.
"I think Miss Barrymore must have gone to the swimming pool outside," Frank Gary said with a smile, "It just so happens that the scenery there is very nice, let's go there and talk about things."
Passing a car door next to the living room, several people came to a huge open-air swimming pool facing the edge of the cliff.
Although the indoor business is also very good, after all, it is covered by a layer of glass, but there is no shelter here, and it looks like a sea and a sky.
"Mr. Gary, are you swimming now?" Xiao Nizi's voice came from behind a deck chair.
Only then did everyone realize that the girl had found a pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on her face, and she was lying on a deck chair basking in the sun.
"Of course, Miss Barrymore," Frank Gary said with a smile, seeming to like Xiao Nizi very much, "but we have to wait for Mr. Williams to sign the project acceptance contract." (To be continued ..)