"Eric, everyone knows this, why should you..."
Eric directly interrupted Murdoch and asked: "Who led this matter, I want to know this. I know it must not be Fox, not to mention that there are so many cooperations between us, Fox has obtained enough In addition, even if you want to do it, you will definitely not choose this time at the beginning of the year, and the box office of "Sleepless in Seattle" has been greatly affected by this turmoil. So, who took the lead in instigating it?"
Murdoch was stunned for a moment, and said, "Eric, what can you do even if you know, although the method this time is a bit more intense, it is still a normal competition in the industry."
"Who is it?" Eric asked again coldly.
Elizabeth, who was just listening boredly, slapped the tableware in her hand on the table, glared at Eric reproachfully, and said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, Eric, how can you talk to my father like that, he is an elder after all!"
The tense atmosphere was completely lost by the girl's low-pitched atmosphere.
Murdoch really wanted to pat his daughter on the head and say a few words. Sure enough, the daughter was born to face her father. Of course, Elizabeth has grown up, he can't do this anymore, so he just smiled and took a sip of the red wine.
Eric looked helplessly at Elizabeth, but the girl stared back without showing any weakness.
You poor little girl, why do men interrupt when they talk!
Eric took a deep breath, softened his tone, and said: "Mr. Murdoch, the box office of "Home Alone 2" is still very impressive this time. Although it is not as good as the first one, the global box office has exceeded 3 There is no problem with $100 million. Also, at Stu’s age, this sequel could have at least three more, don’t you think?”
"Michael Eisner," Murdoch blurted out without hesitation.
Elizabeth looked at her father in astonishment. Isn't it too immoral to sell teammates? Fortunately, I just helped you out of the siege.
Glancing between the two 'hateful' men, the girl puffed her cheeks, took a gulp of red wine angrily, and at the same time vowed in her heart that no matter what happens next. No more talking.
Eric didn't notice the girl's movements, he was only shocked now.
During this period of time, he has thought over and over again that it may be Warner, it may be Universal, it may be Columbia, or Paramount, which is not developing well at the moment, is leading this matter behind the scenes, but for Disney's Michael A. Sina is the least skeptical, and even Disney's suspicion of manipulating the matter ranks second to Fox.
after all. Although he didn't have much contact with Michael Eisner, Michael Eisner always showed an appearance of admiring him in front of him. Moreover, Disney's cooperation in the two films "Small Island Cry" and "Steel Magnolia" is also very sincere.
Seeing Eric's unbelievable expression, Murdoch said: "Eric, if you don't believe it, you can go to verify it casually. This matter has passed, and I have no need to lie at all. From the beginning , the matter was led by Michael Eisner, and many things were led by him, and the rest of us just tried our best to cooperate."
"How could it be... like this," Eric muttered to himself in disappointment.
Murdoch thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Of the three outstanding professional managers who came out of Paramount back then, Barry Diller was the most pragmatic. He felt that as long as he worked hard, he would surely get Enough returns, so I think he is also the most naive, so I let him run Fox with confidence. And Jeffrey Katzenberg is the most devoted to film production, and he puts his main energy on the film Therefore, he is not suitable to be at the helm. As for Michael Eisner, he is the most unscrupulous, he can do anything to develop his career. Therefore, I think the three people in the future will definitely be Michael Eisner Sina has achieved the greatest achievement, but I thought I could not control this person, so I never thought of recruiting him under my command."
Eric sighed softly, shook his head and said, "I just feel so surprised."
For some reason, Murdoch couldn't help but defend Michael Eisner: "Eisner just did what a standard businessman should do."
"Yeah, a standard businessman," Eric smiled self-deprecatingly.
"So, Eric, about the Home Alone series..."
"Firefly can directly sign a publishing contract with Fox for the next three "Home Alone" series. However, I will no longer be the director myself, but I will also be the producer."
Murdoch showed both joy and worry: "Eric, why didn't you come in person?"
"After shooting two movies in a row, I was a little tired, so I wanted to save time to make other movies. Also, the signature of "Home Alone" is Stewart Runkel, so as long as the style of the movie remains the same, who will do it? There's nothing wrong with the director."
Eric replied, although this is also part of the reason, but the main reason is that only two "Home Alone" in the previous life achieved great success, and the third one changed the protagonist because Macaulay Culkin grew up, and the results were a complete failure .
Although this time and space is due to Eric's good casting, Stewart is only nine years old this year and can continue to shoot, but Eric has no confidence in the prospects of this series, so he generously signed the next three films directly with Fox distribution contract.
After hearing Eric's explanation, Murdoch couldn't find a reason to refute it. Most Hollywood directors at Eric's level don't like to shoot sequels. So he easily accepted Eric's explanation.
"Eric, although you don't want to direct it yourself, I hope you can continue to be in charge of the script." Murdoch said second best.
Eric nodded: "I will definitely participate in this."
At this time, the dinner in front of the three of them had been finished, and the waiter removed the tableware and replaced it with coffee.
Now that Eric has got the answer he wanted, Murdoch discussed with Eric about several Fox TV programs. After all, Firefly is a shareholder of Fox TV, and Eric readily agreed to personally supervise The production of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" is guaranteed to be broadcast smoothly at the end of this month. In fact, "Who Will Be a Millionaire" has already been well-prepared, and even the question bank has been designed. If it is not because of this If there is a storm, maybe he can make an official appearance in early March. The situation of "X-Files" is similar, and the first episode should have been produced now.
Although Firefly's delay also violated the contract signed by both parties, Fox originally thought that if Firefly gave in, it could take over the complete copyrights of several programs, so it did not make any complaints about Firefly's breach of contract. Too many reactions. But now that the two parties have reconciled, it is impossible for Fox to pursue this matter, but just skipped it in a few words.
After discussing the business, Murdoch took a few sips of coffee and asked nonchalantly, "Eric, do you have any plans for this year's movies? How many are you going to make?"
Hearing this question, Elizabeth, who was originally absent-minded, also cast a curious look.
Eric took a sip of coffee slowly, thought for a while and said: "Two, one has been confirmed, but the script is still at a stalemate, the screenwriter's asking price is a bit outrageous, plus what happened during this period, I also I haven't found time to talk about the script for now."
"Is that the play about ghosts?" Elizabeth couldn't help interjecting.
Eric looked at the girl curiously, has this matter spread so widely
Being stared at by Eric, the girl blushed slightly, and said, "I heard that you... are very optimistic about this script, so I also inquired about it."
Eric could tell at a glance that Elizabeth must have thought of cutting off her husband, but it seemed that she hadn't succeeded.
Seeming to have seen through her mind, the girl was even more embarrassed, but continued: "But...but when I asked someone to contact the screenwriter named Bruce Joy Robin, the other party said that the script had already been sold."
Eric stood up suddenly in surprise, looked at Elizabeth: "Sold?"
"Yeah, didn't it... didn't you buy it?" Elizabeth raised her face and looked at Eric, asking doubtfully.
"Sorry, I need to make a few calls," Eric said to the two, picked up his mobile phone and walked to a corner not far away.
Looking at Eric, who was standing not far away with a mobile phone and kept dialing, while turning around a little anxiously, Murdoch asked his daughter, "Liz, what script is it?"
The girl looked at Eric's figure, and said to her father gloatingly: "It's a love story script. I haven't been able to see the complete story, but I just heard about it. It seems that a bank clerk was murdered by a colleague and turned into a child." Ghosts, and then protecting the girlfriend and getting revenge, anyway, that's about it."
Murdoch looked at Eric, his eyes flickered, wondering what he was thinking about.
After a while, Eric returned to his seat with a look of disappointment.
The old god Murdoch was drinking coffee on the ground, and didn't mean to speak, and then Elizabeth spoke: "Eric, who bought it?"
"Michael Eisner," Eric reluctantly squeezed out a name.
The girl asked again: "Then what are you going to do?"
What can be done, Eric can almost imagine that, as Michael Eisner is shrewd, if he buys this script, he will definitely not let Disney himself shoot it rashly, but intends to use it to cooperate with him. (To be continued..)