What's more, in the contract signed between Disney and Bruce Joy Robin, there is a clause that Eric must be the director of the film himself. If the designated directors can come up with a plan that satisfies him, Michael Eisner didn't mind breaching the contract and forcing a director under Disney to take over the script, but things went against his wishes, so Michael Eisner decisively made today's decision. After all, if Disney forces it to produce by itself, and the final results are mediocre, it is better to hand over the script to Eric to produce it. After all, Eric still has a very strong box office guarantee.
After sitting in the study for a long time, Michael Eisner took out the proposal documents from the folder and threw them into the trash can beside him before getting up and leaving the room.
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In mid-March, after more than a month of investigations, the Federal Trade Investigation Commission announced the results of the alleged industry monopoly of Firefly and uta. The investigation committee did not punish Eric too severely. In addition to requiring Eric to sell all the shares in uta in his hand, it is a very symbolic fine of 1 million US dollars.
After the results of the processing came out, Eric did not raise any objections, and readily paid a fine of 10 million U.S. dollars, and then sold ▲, 90% of uta's shares at a price of 30 million U.S. dollars to one of the three major Hollywood brokerage companies icm.
Almost at the same time, Sony Pictures and Firefly also reached a settlement regarding the share of the "Dark War" project. A week later, Sony settled the full settlement of "Dark War"'s more than 88 million US dollars. As for the other three lawsuits on Eric. In addition to the withdrawal of the plaintiffs in the two lawsuits. Another lawsuit involving the Malibu Pointe land parcel is under investigation. It was also dismissed due to insufficient evidence.
The TV series "X-Files", which is a collaboration between Firefly and Fox, has also started filming, and another program, "Who Will Be a Millionaire", has started a huge publicity campaign since the beginning of March, although someone in charge of this program suggested that In the first episode of the program, some celebrities could be invited as answering guests, but this proposal was directly rejected by Eric. Inviting celebrities can certainly attract some attention, but in that case. It will also make the show lose its realism. After all, the selling point of this program is the overnight success of the grassroots. Therefore, the program team still adopts the method of national auditions, and has set up registration points throughout North America.
Next, Disney quickly announced that it will cooperate with Firefly to release Eric Williams' new film "The Ghost".
So far, the more than two-month-long turmoil against Eric and Firefly that started on the first day of the new year has completely disappeared.
After a string of awards season's prelude awards. On March 26, 1990, the 62nd Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Los Angeles Music Center.
Eric buttoned up his gown. As soon as he got out of the concierge car, there were enthusiastic shouts from both sides of the red carpet, and Eric could faintly hear someone singing the song "new-divide" hoarsely.
Smiling and waving to the crowd all the way, Eric walked all the way to the red carpet camera without staying too long. The reporters in the interview area were of course extremely disappointed, and what disappointed them even more was that Eric still did not bring Any female companion, this is a lot less topic.
After all, although Eric is still very young, his status and net worth are all there. Since he broke up with Aniston, who is likely to live in Eric's 'Liberty City' at the tip of Malibu, It has become the target of many gossip media.
If anyone can sniff out such news, they can definitely buy a good price now.
When he was about to reach the end of the red carpet, Eric was stopped by the host of NBC TV who was in charge of this year's Oscar broadcast, and politely invited Eric to the interview area.
"Mr. Williams, hello, stepping on the Oscars red carpet for the second time, do you feel any different?" The hostess in a black dress asked holding the microphone.
Eric smiled and said: "Of course, the fans have become more enthusiastic. I would also like to thank everyone for their support during this period of time."
The hostess heard what Eric was referring to and didn't continue. After all, during the turmoil some time ago, nbc was not innocent: "Then Mr. Williams, tell me about your expectations for the awards tonight, you Not only did it get two nominations for best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay, but it also unexpectedly got a nomination for best soundtrack, which is really surprising."
When Eric heard this question, he leaned closer to the microphone and said the routine that everyone would say, such as whether the judges like it or not, and then Eric answered a few questions patiently. Reluctantly let him go.
As soon as he walked to the waiting area, Eric felt countless eyes cast on him. Eric smiled at everyone without focusing his eyes, and then walked towards several film crews related to Firefly.
The men in the production crew were okay, Jonathan Demme, Al Pacino, Tom Hanks and others came up to say hello warmly, but the women were a little reserved. After all, this place can still be filmed by the media. arrived.
Eric greeted several big men before looking at the women.
Virginia stood quietly on the edge of the crowd, with a faint smile on her face, as if she was indifferent to the world.
Nicole looked eager to try, but she guessed what it was, so she stood there without any movement, but looked at Eric with certain emotions undisguised.
As for Julia, she was holding Elizabeth's arm intimately at this moment, and the two girls looked at Eric with inexplicably complicated emotions in their eyes.
After thinking about it, Eric still walked towards Julia and Elizabeth: "Julie, Liz, that... Although it may be a little late now, I still want to say sorry."
Hearing Eric's words, Julia tightened Elizabeth's arm slightly, and shrank back. Elizabeth, like a little hen guarding her cub, stepped forward and whispered: "William Mr. Si, there is no need to apologize, I just hope you can stay away from us in the future, Julia and I are very grateful."
"This...Of course it's okay," Eric couldn't help but raised his hand and touched his nose with his index finger. Looking at the appearance of the two girls, he always felt a little strange, but he didn't know where the fault was. But he can be sure that his feeling is absolutely correct: "By the way, Liz, why did you appear here?" Eric asked again out of words.
"Hmph, of course I have my way," Elizabeth said, pulling Julia, who had been silent all this time, straight away.
Others thought that Eric was deflated in front of the two girls, and they all showed mocking expressions. Eric shrugged indifferently, greeted Nicole, and walked to Virginie under the disappointed eyes of the girls. next to Ya.
"Vicky, I'm sorry, I couldn't attend the premiere of "Reservoir Dogs" at the beginning of the month." Walking to the girl, Eric said affectionately with a little apology in his tone. , because of Eric's support, this version of "Reservoir Dogs" is not only not like the previous life, but it is not popular in North America because there is not much publicity.
This version of "Reservoir Dogs" not only won the Jury Special Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January because of its unique narrative method, but also opened to 500 screens in North America. For the small premiere, because her brother played a role in it, Virginia went to join him and invited Eric casually. However, although the turmoil had come to an end, Eric still failed to separate Energy attends the premiere of "Reservoir Dogs."
After the promotion of Firefly, the box office of "Reservoir Dogs" reached more than 6 million in the first week. Quentin Tarantino also jumped into the ranks of first-line directors because the film's single-house weekly box office exceeded 10,000 US dollars. He is currently thinking about himself. Of course, the investor is still Firefly, but Eric doesn't know if Quentin can write "Pulp Fiction" again. After all, because of Eric's butterfly effect, although "Reservoir Dogs" was not swept away by the wings of the 'butterfly', "Pulp Fiction" was hanging a lot. Eric also made up his mind to talk to Quentin when he had time. If Quentin didn't have this idea, he would come up with the script himself.
"It's okay, I regretted it later, you must be busy with a lot of things, how could you spare time to attend the premiere. By the way, Eric, my brother asked me to thank you for him," Virginia said Ya said softly.
Eric smiled, and said to himself that Michael Madsen would definitely not say such a thing, and the girl probably meant it herself. He has also paid attention to the situation of "Reservoir Dogs" during this time. After "Reservoir Dogs" was released, Michael Madsen accepted a talk show interview with the crew for the promotion of the film. In front of several other main creators, he called Quentin Tarantino an asshole on the spot. When filming the scene of killing the kidnapped police officer, because of some lines, Michael Madsen thought of his newborn child, almost collapse.
However, Quentin also said on the spot that he likes the evaluation of bastard very much. As for whether he is joking or not, no one knows.
Because there were too many people, it was impossible for Eric to make any intimate gestures. After chatting with Virginia for a while, a group of people began to enter the Los Angeles Concert Hall.
"What a coincidence, we sat together last time," Eric said after entering the hall of the concert hall to find a seat and sitting down, looking at Virginia beside him. (To be continued..)