In another villa in Beverly Hills, John Aniston walked around in front of his daughter's door, wanting to knock on the door, but finally turned and left in frustration. On the other side of the door, the little girl hugged her Sitting on the bed with legs curled up, chin on knees, silently listening to the caged animal on the radio but revealing a strong and ambitious cry, eyes without blinking, not knowing what to write.
After the turmoil started, after several fruitless disputes with her father, Elizabeth Murdoch moved directly to Los Angeles and lived with Julia. Although the two girls pretended to be indifferent, they placed After the tune of "new-divide" came from the radio on the coffee table in the living room, the two still looked at each other. Julia silently reached out and turned the sound of the radio to the loudest.
Nicole is making small cakes in the kitchen, wearing big headphones on her head, wearing a simple shirt and jeans, with a small radio pinned to her waist, gently swinging her body to the tune inside, holding a radio in her hand Just a large bowl, use a mixer to stir the ingredients in the bowl.
Although Nicole was also worried for a short time after the turmoil, but when Eric personally called and asked her not to make any noise during this time, Nicole was relieved and almost did what she should do normally. . She thinks, like that, how could an extremely hateful man not be able to survive, and his tone of voice was full of confidence when he called.
Moreover, he is single now, and she felt that of course she had to fight for it, even though he was so bad.
Drew turned down the volume of the home stereo connected to the radio, and the deafening sound resounded within a radius of tens of meters in the small apartment, and it took more than a minute. A fat white man in the neighbor's house jumped out angrily. Screaming at the open window of Drew's room.
"Motherfucker. Get out, don't disturb my aunt's listening to the music," Drew heard the fat man yelling, picked up an apple on the table and threw it out, and gave the fat man a middle finger.
Faced with Drew's menacing appearance, the fat man showed a little timidity in his heart, but quickly shouted: "Drew, don't think you are a star. If you don't turn down your voice again, I will call 911 and report you for disturbing the people."
"Let's fight, my mother's father just withdrew the lawsuit, I haven't had enough lawsuits yet, I just have another fight with you, and prepare more legal fees," Drew leaned out of the window and yelled, throwing his body again He took an apple out and just hit the fat man on the head.
"You... are so unreasonable," the fat man said angrily, covering his head.
"How much is it for a pound? You sell me some, and if you don't, get lost."
Seeing that the girl is so tough. Some of the other neighbors who originally wanted to come forward to argue also shrank back in despair. The fat man stood in his yard panting for a few breaths, and was about to continue yelling when he saw that there was an extra lump in Drew's hand that was red at some point. Brick, staring at himself aggressively, as if if you talk too much, I'll smash it down.
The fat man had seen the tragic picture of this crazy girl taking pictures of his own father in the newspaper, so he immediately shut up, took a few steps back, and retreated into his own room.
Putting the bricks in her hands, the girl returned to the bedroom, and the singing came to the end.
*…
*Pave the broken road, let the pain converge
*Cross new borders and reach the other shore of truth
*In front of the dark eyes, ashes fly like snowflakes
* Between you and me, the sky has collapsed
* On this day I declare war on the whole world
*…
"on- this -day, i -declared- war -on -the- world..." the girl swayed her enchanting waist following the beat, and howled. The sound was terrible, the song finally ended, and the voice of the host named Matthew Lassard sounded again. Drew reached out and turned off the tape recorder and stereo, and then picked up the phone beside the bed to call Malibu Pointe Manor.
After connecting, the girl didn't look like the little lioness when she scolded the fat man just now, she instantly turned into a docile cat, her voice was soft, with a hint of grievance: "Eric, just now another neighbor bullied you I'm..."
In the mansion in Malibu, several people in Eric's living room gestured to wait a moment, and then said to the girl on the other end of the phone: "Thank God you don't bully others... um... no problem... I know, I know …”
After more than ten minutes, Eric hung up the phone and sighed softly at the same time.
Because of the reversal of the wind direction, Eric received four lawsuits. Among them, Drew's father and the screenwriter who sued him for plagiarism directly withdrew the lawsuit. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the forces behind these two people must have understood the current situation. The situation, knowing that there is nothing to do, gave up support for the two, and although the prosecution of the illegal means used to obtain the Malibu Point land has not been withdrawn, but Edward also sent news that this matter will drag on for a while, and it is estimated that It will be nothing.
As for Sony Pictures' lawsuit against the "Dark War" contract, although they are not reconciled, they also know that if this continues, although the payment of the "Dark War" share can be delayed for a while, it angered Eric, "Dark War" The sequel may become nowhere in sight. For such a blockbuster movie, once the sequel is shelved, the loss may be more than tens of millions of dollars. Therefore, the two parties also started the reconciliation process.
Of course, Eric didn't sigh for these things, but thought of Drew's little girl. After Drew's father withdrew the lawsuit, Eric asked the girl to move back. Culver City lives with his mother, and Eric knows that it's because the girl doesn't want to cause trouble for him anymore, so no matter when the girl calls over these days, Eric will patiently chat with Xiaonizi on the phone.
Going to the sofa and sitting down again, Eric said to Jeffrey and others who were sitting around: "What did we talk about just now?"
Jeffrey reminded helplessly: "It's about the music company."
"Oh, yes," Eric thought again. Then he said: "About the music company. Let's be affiliated with Firefly for the time being. I think through the release of this single, we can establish a simple distribution channel, and then we will mainly release the original soundtrack of our company's movies for the time being. Robert, me and Jay Freedo doesn't know much about distribution, so how about letting the record company run by you for the time being?"
Robert Shea smiled and nodded in agreement. He originally had this idea: "Of course there is no problem, but what about Emi?"
"Keep working together." Eric said, the two were talking about Emi EMI Records, the New Territory Records established by Eric named after his single is just an empty shell, without any distribution capabilities at all. Therefore, this time I released this single, I could only choose to cooperate with the famous EMI Records: "Because of the firefly incident, I suddenly established a record company. Now several old record companies are very afraid of this, so I can only keep Cooperation. Otherwise, we have no chance to develop at all. After accumulating a few years of strength, it is not too late to consider solo flight."
Everyone in the living room laughed. There was more or less pride in his tone, after all, it was not an easy task for a newly established music company with nothing but a single to arouse the fear of several of the world's largest established record companies.
"Let's talk about Uta next," Eric looked at Edward and said, "Let's introduce the progress of the case first."
Edward took out the pre-arranged information and said: "The current situation is very beneficial to us, because the major companies that were originally behind the scenes must have given up and no longer try to influence this case. Therefore, we just need to follow the normal procedures It is enough to respond to the lawsuit, because the illegal damage index caused by Firefly and UTA's violation of the anti-monopoly law is very low. Therefore, without the intervention of other forces, coupled with the current trend of public opinion, it is impossible for the Federal Trade Investigation Commission to punish Firefly and Uta. Uta will be severely punished, even if the fine is paid, I think it is only symbolic. All you have to do is to sell the shares of uta as soon as possible.”
After listening to Edward, Eric looked at Kapoor, who was sitting on the other side, and asked, "Kapoor, what are you thinking now, I mean, do you want to take over all of uta?"
Kapoor smiled bitterly, shrugged and said, "Of course I would, but unfortunately I can't afford it."
Eric fell silent. Since the start of the anti-monopoly investigation, the three major brokerage giants in North America that have formed a new pattern, CAA, WMA and ICM, have all quoted purchase prices to him, among which ICM's offer is as high as 30 million US dollars , The quotations of the other two also exceeded 20 million US dollars. You must know that Eric bought UTA a year ago and only spent 1 million US dollars.
However, such a high price quoted by icm must have been carefully considered. Uta now not only has a series of A-series superstars such as Al Pacino, but after acquiring uta, icm can also gain another advantage, that is, once uta Merging with icm, there is no doubt that Eric will give priority to icm artists when making movies.
In just one year, Eric made a comeback for Al Pacino with a few movies, and also promoted several little-known actors to the seats of world-class superstars. This terrifying star-making ability It was the reason why the three giant brokerage companies quoted high prices. And icm is now at the bottom among the three major brokerage companies, and has the least number of Hollywood A-level superstars as signs, so that's why they are so eager for uta.
Hearing what Kapoor said, Eric asked: "Let's not talk about money first, Kapoor, I just want to ask, what is your true heart?"
Kapoor thought for a while before saying: "Eric, actually Marvin Josephson from icm has contacted me. If you insist on telling me, I tend to sell uta to icm. Marvin Josephson also He promised to give me a partner position. As for the other two companies, I think you have never considered caa, and neither have I. Although wma has undergone a series of reforms and integrations in the past six months, it is too old after all. , the system is still somewhat rigid.”
Eric nodded. Although he wanted Kapoor to accept UTA alone, it was still unrealistic to think about it. Not to mention that it was impossible for Kapoor to spend 20 to 30 million U.S. dollars to buy the entire UTA, even if Eric would All of UTA was given to Kapoor, but with the development of UTA, it is still necessary to introduce partners, instead of this step-by-step development to the model of the last three brokerage companies. It's better to do it in one step. Sell uta directly to icm.
Although this will make Eric completely lose his influence on the brokerage company. However, in his current capacity, he no longer needs to have any influence over the brokerage company.
"In this case, let's talk to icm to see if we can raise the price a little more," Eric said to Edward after deciding.
Edward nodded, indicating to take note.
"Okay, now it's time to talk about the ending. After more than a month of feeling useless, I can't just pass by without doing anything."
As soon as Eric finished speaking, Jeffrey persuaded softly: "Eric, I think it is the best result to let this matter pass peacefully."
Eric froze for a moment, then looked at the others, whether it was Robert Shea, or Chris Hansen, who came over from New York in the afternoon and had no connection with Hollywood at all, nodded in unison.
He smiled wryly. Eric said: "Okay, I'll listen to you. I won't take any substantive actions, but let's do some gestures, otherwise people will think I'm easy to bully."
When everyone heard Eric say this, they all laughed while being relieved. They are all worried that Eric will be young and energetic, and it is very unwise to fight with the seven major film companies, because it is God's blessing that Firefly and Eric can survive this storm intact, Now there is not much strength to fight back.
"Eric, what do you want to do?" Jeffrey asked with a smile.
Eric originally thought of some fighting tricks in his previous life. When a person was surrounded by a group of people, he sent a special attack to catch one of the opponent's group and beat one to death. I believe the rest of the people will definitely Showing fear, not daring to provoke again easily.
He originally picked Fox, but seeing that everyone around him was unwilling to do such a thing by himself, Eric could only give up.
After thinking for a while, a smirk appeared on the corner of Eric's mouth again: "Since you can't maim a person, let's provoke the relationship between this person and his companions."
All the people present were smart people, and they understood Eric's meaning after a little thought. At the same time, they also realized that Eric's choice must be Fox. After all, the cooperation between the two parties is the deepest, and Firefly even holds Fox. 10% stake in TV station.
…
The release of the single "new-divide" sung by Eric himself set off a wave in North America. In addition, the lyrics of this song are not moaning or incomprehensible, but Eric's worst experience during this period. A true portrayal, therefore, within three days of the release of the single album, the sales volume exceeded 1 million copies, and a week later it reached more than 3 million copies. .
At the same time, because of the influence of this song, Eric has received more and more support from the public opinion. Now he hardly has to worry about the turmoil anymore. Under the guidance of public opinion, he also walked out of the shadow of this turmoil and began to consider this year's work arrangements.
On February 19, another event that was crucial to Eric also happened.
On this day, Cisco was officially listed, and the stock issue price was 18 US dollars. Because there was no daily limit on the day of stock issuance, Cisco's stock price reached 22 US dollars on the day of issue.
Although this result is not too impressive, but in the next period of time, Cisco began to increase its daily limit explosively, and the stock price doubled in less than a month. Chris said on the phone in a very strange and envious tone. Eric praised a lot, and asked Eric mysteriously how he confirmed that Cisco's stock would explode. Of course Eric couldn't answer, so he could only talk nonsense with Chris.
At the same time, in mid-February, the nomination list for the 62nd Academy Awards was announced. "Scent of a Woman" won four nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition, Julia received two nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the same time for the two films "Pretty Woman" and "Steel Magnolia", which once again caused an uproar in the media, because for the For the Oscars, it is very rare to be nominated for a single session, let alone such important two acting awards.
As for Eric himself, all the nominations were script nominations, the best adapted screenplay of "Scent of a Woman" and the best original screenplay of "Small Island". In fact, "Dark War" could have received one nomination, but Out of public relations considerations, Eric gave up and chose "Small Island", which is most likely to win the award. After all, because the "Sixth Sense of Spirituality" has not yet appeared, the theme of "Small Island" has not yet appeared. Very novel and has the best chance of winning.
Of course, Eric has just had a well-known incident with Seven, so the company responsible for the distribution of these films will definitely not do their best to publicize these films. Eric can only do it himself. And among the fireflies, only Robert Shea had some experience in this area, so Eric handed over all this matter to Robert.
What he has to deal with now is another matter, which is about provoking a person and his companions.
In front of a famous Italian restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, a black luxury car slowly stopped in the parking lot. The driver opened the door, and Rupert Murdoch got out of the car. Just as he got out of the car, there were flashing lights nearby. rise.
With a wry smile, Rupert Murdoch adjusted his suit anyway, and Elizabeth, who came out from the other side, also stepped forward to hold his father's arm, and the two wanted to walk into the restaurant.
The waiter had already recognized the two of them and greeted them: "Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Williams has been waiting for a while, let me take you there." (To be continued...)