"Ah!?" Lester didn't expect Eric to suddenly ask Amy Pascal: "Pascal... Ms. Pascal, she resigned."
Eric was puzzled: "Resign, why?"
Lester's mind raced for a few seconds before he said, "I'm not too sure, maybe the company didn't arrange for her to participate in the "Home Alone" project, and she was a little dissatisfied, so she resigned."
Eric saw from Lester's flickering eyes that he was lying, but he didn't expose it. He said with disappointment: "This is really a pity. If this is the case, then I will leave."
It wasn't until Eric walked into the elevator that Lester knocked on the door and walked into Blunt Cohen's office.
Blunt Cohen no longer had the smiling face he had just entertained Eric, holding a document with frowning brows, but the focus of his eyes was obviously not on it.
"Mr. Cohen, this is what you want." Putting the folder in his hand in front of Brant Cohen, Lester hesitated, and said: "I just met Eric Williams outside , he asked about Amy Pascal."
Blunt Cohen[][] suddenly raised his head and stared at Lester sharply: "What did you say?"
Seeing Blunt Cohen's eyes, Lester subconsciously wanted to take a step back, and calmed down: "I told him that Amy resigned because she was dissatisfied with the company's failure to let her participate in the "Home Alone" project."
Blunt Cohen stared at Lester silently, and Lester continued: "I don't think Eric Williams and Amy Pascal are very familiar, otherwise they wouldn't ask me about Amy Pascal. Where is Pascal's office, he will definitely go to Amy to thank him in private. So he probably won't go to Amy to verify what I said. "
"What do you think?" Blunt Cohen's expression didn't relax.
Lester's scalp was a little numb, and he cursed secretly how bad things always happened to him: "Mr. Cohen, it's okay even if you are exposed, but Eric will be dissatisfied with us, which is still a little bit for the realization of the plan." Helping, he is dissatisfied with us, and it is easier to accept Disney's conditions."
After thinking about it, Brant Cohen breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go out first."
…
Driving on Hollywood Boulevard, Eric thought about all the things he encountered in Columbia today. He was sure that Columbia was not willing to gain too much profit because of the gambling agreement, and had already started some actions. Now there are two clues , one is the compensation file in hand, and the other is Amy Pascal.
Parking the car in a parking lot far away from home, Eric slipped into the house through the back door on foot, went to the second floor and looked outside, there were still many reporters staying in front of the door.
The reporters outside found that Eric suddenly appeared at the window on the second floor, and directly raised the camera to shoot. It seems that we need to move as soon as possible, Eric thought in his heart, and then quickly laughed at himself. Even the Lankel family moved to Beverly Hills, and Eric realized that he now only has fragments. A few hundred dollars in pieces, how poor is it.
While he was in a daze, the phone behind him suddenly rang.
Eric picked up the microphone: "Williams family, who are you?"
"Mr. Eric Williams? I'm Mr. Michael Eisner's assistant. Mr. Eisner would like to invite you to lunch. I wonder if Mr. Eric is free?"
Disney President Michael Eisner, Eric is not surprised why the other party knows his contact information, but he is a little curious about the other party's purpose.
"Excuse me, may I know what it is?"
The other party said: "It's about your "Home Alone" Mr. Williams. Disney is interested in the overseas copyright of "Home Alone"."
Since the conditions offered by Columbia are disappointing, Eric doesn't mind cooperating with other companies: "Okay, where do we meet?"
"We'll send someone to pick you up soon."
Eric hung up the phone, bowed his head in thought for a while, picked up the phone again, and called Jeffrey Hansen: "Jeffrey, this is Eric."
Jeffrey Hansen's tone was a little excited: "Hey, Eric, the box office of "Home Alone" in its first week is really amazing. I called you this morning to congratulate you, but unfortunately no one answered."
"Oh, sorry, I was negotiating something at Columbia Corporation."
"It's okay, Eric, what do you want from me?"
Eric said: "When I went to Columbia to discuss the next release plan of "Home Alone" with Blunt Cohen today, I found a lot of strange places. I felt that there might be some conspiracy brewing in Columbia. And I heard that Lester Reed said, Amy resigned suddenly, I was wondering if you could contact her…”
Jeffrey Hansen on the opposite side hesitated for a moment and said: "Eric, I don't think it's useless to contact Amy about this matter. Even if Amy resigns, she will not disclose Columbia's business secrets because of her character. .Can you tell me about the abnormal things? You know, I have been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, so maybe I can give you some advice."
Seeing that he couldn't count on Amy Pascal, Eric had no choice but to explain what happened in the morning in detail.
Jeffrey pondered for two minutes after listening, and said: "Let the lawyer look at the compensation agreement, I think the problem may be here. If not, I can't see other problems for the time being, Eric, you Can you recall any other details?"
"Other details?" Eric said to himself, remembering the phone call just now and said: "By the way, just before I called you, Michael Eisner from Disney suddenly invited me to lunch and said yes I am interested in the overseas copyright of "Home Alone"."
"Michael Eisner..." Jeffrey said the name again, his voice suddenly became louder, and he continued: "Michael Eisner and Blunt Cohen are friends, Eric, you must be careful later , don’t promise anything to Michael Eisner. Columbia’s “Home Alone” has a very low overseas share, and then Disney’s Michael Eisner contacted you because of this matter, saying that there is no relationship between the two. relationship, even God doesn’t believe in it.”
Eric listened to Jeffrey's instructions, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a silver car driving outside the house, so he said, "Jeffrey, the car sent by Michael Eisner to pick me up has arrived."
"Then go, Eric, remember, no matter how gaudy the other party says, you don't have to agree to anything."
Eric nodded in agreement, hung up the phone and went downstairs. After revealing their identities to each other, the car driver and another man squeezed the reporter away, protected Eric and got into the car.
Half an hour later, Eric met Michael Eisner at the Hilton Hotel. At this time, Michael Eisner was only in his forties and in his prime. Disney, who is in charge of one of the Big Six at this age, inevitably looks a little high-spirited, but he has not yet evolved into the later Disney tyrant, and he is very friendly in dealing with people.
"I really envy you, Eric. When I was 18 years old, I was still complacent about being admitted to Denison University, but you have reached a height that many people can't reach in their lifetime." In the restaurant of the Hilt Hotel, Michael Eisner and Eric were not in a hurry to talk about the topic, but chatted casually.
"Actually, I was planning to take the University of California, Mr. Eisner. Unfortunately, some accidents happened in my family and I had to embark on the road of self-reliance. Fortunately, I am lucky."
Michael Eisner shook his head and said: "No, it's definitely not luck, Eric, although we only met for the first time, I have learned about your deeds. If you are a person without talent, even if you are lucky No matter how blessed the goddess is, he would not have achieved such amazing achievements. You are one of the most outstanding young people I have ever seen."
"Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Eisner. You are also one of the people I admire the most. Few people at your age have mastered a film giant."
Michael Eisner obviously enjoyed Eric's compliment, and said with a smile: "Since I'm one of them, I can know, Eric, which one do you admire the most?"
Eric thought for a while and said, "The one I admire most should be Howard Hughes."
"Oh," Michael Eisner nodded, and said, "That is indeed a legendary figure. Speaking of which, Eric, there are some similarities between the two of you. Maybe you are better than him One point, most of the reason why he can achieve such a great achievement is due to inheriting his father's huge inheritance. But you don't rely on anyone, and now you are almost becoming the youngest billionaire."
Eric smiled shyly when he heard Michael Eisner's praise. If he hadn't been born again, he should probably be shooting some TV commercials for health products in the company's shabby studio now.
If you ignore Michael Eisner's domineering character, he is indeed a very charismatic person. During a lunch, two people ate and chatted, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant. If it hadn't been for the phone call to Jeffrey Hansen in advance, which made Eric wary of Michael Eisner, Eric might have become friends with Michael Eisner at this time.
After the waiter removed the cutlery, Michael Eisner said, "Okay, Eric, let's talk about business."