"Hey, baby, dress up tonight, let's go to a reception...huh?" Eric frowned slightly: "Meet the producer of a TV series, Annie, didn't I say, what do you think , I will write a TV drama script for you... I know you want to rely on your own strength, but what to do tonight, James has specifically confessed that he will bring a female companion, if you don't go... How is it possible, I only have You're all alone... ok ok, that's it, bye."
After hanging up the phone, Eric sighed in disappointment. Since the success of "Home Alone", the relationship between him and Aniston has undergone subtle changes. The girl who was originally a bit savage and liked to act like a baby became a lot more reserved in front of her.
Eric, who has been a man for two lives, can easily analyze that this is caused by Aniston's inner anxiety and inferiority after reading the comments on the relationship between the two in those tabloids. Although Eric tactfully explained it several times, the little lump in the girl's heart did not decrease.
Aniston himself is also working hard to get rid of this state. The most intuitive action is that in just one week, Aniston continued to attend according to his father's introduction. Added auditions for several crews, including TV dramas and movies.
The purpose of Aniston doing this is very simple. She wants to become famous quickly. If she becomes famous, those newspapers will no longer look at herself in the same way as "Cinderella".
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At John Aniston's house in Beverly Hills, Aniston hung up the phone and sighed in disappointment. Deep down, she also wanted to go to the party with Eric, and also wanted to be the heroine of Eric's movie. .
It's just that she knows that if she does this now, the public will give her a 'label' of relying on her boyfriend's position, and this 'label' will follow her for the rest of her life. Perhaps some women will not care, or even be ecstatic. But for Aniston, who has a strong heart, this is absolutely unacceptable.
John Aniston, who was pretending to be reading the newspaper next to him, saw his daughter's distraught appearance, and couldn't help but said, "Annie, why don't I go to the meeting with Coster today, I believe your uncle Coster won't mind."
Aniston shook his head and said, "No, Dad. Although Uncle Coster won't mind, it would be too rude if I don't go. After all, he has done a lot of work to get me that role."
"Annie, Eric is a nice boy. He is much more mature than the average young man. I don't think he minds certain things."
"But I don't mind, Dad." Aniston said a little irritably: "Look at what those newspapers said, my God, I didn't even know that I was such a woman."
"Annie, if you keep paying attention to this, you will never be happy." John Aniston persuaded: "Eric has achieved such dazzling results at such a young age, no accident, he will live in the world all his life." Under all kinds of auras, as his girlfriend, you must not be able to avoid these auras, unless... "
At the end of John Aniston's speech, he quickly shut his mouth. He didn't want to plant seeds in his daughter's heart because of some of his words, so that Aniston would blame him in the future. Although his impression of Eric has changed, because of his daughter's strong personality, he is not optimistic about her and Eric's future.
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Aniston refused to go with him, and Eric also became less interested in the reception. When it was approaching evening, he found a suit left by his father from the closet and changed into it, and drove to the Hilton Hotel where the reception was held.
As soon as he appeared in the reception hall, the sharp-eyed James Brooks greeted him, but seeing Eric's attire, James frowned slightly, took Eric to the side, and said softly: "Eric, Your identity is different now, you should pay attention to your dress, at least change to a suit that fits better, right?"
Eric looked at the slightly bulky suit on his body, which was left by the cheap father. Shrugging helplessly, Eric took out his wallet and shook it in front of James, smiling wryly: "James, except for the car in the parking lot, all my belongings are here now, a total of... well, five One hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-five cents, in order to do "Home Alone", my house property certificate is still in the pawn shop, I really have no money to buy new clothes."
One of the youngest billionaires who has been hyped up in the media recently cried poorly in front of him. This sense of disobedience made the corners of James' mouth twitch: "Okay, Eric, Mr. Barry Diller is already waiting for you Alright, let's go."
The reception has already started, the hall is brightly lit, the band is playing low and soft music, and the waiters carrying drinks shuttle back and forth. Many big stars who had only seen on the screen in the previous life gathered together in twos and threes to chat.
Seeing the gold medal producer James Brooks leading a young man through the crowd, everyone curiously asked about the identity of the young man. Although there have been many photos of Eric in the newspapers, many people still did not recognize him. .
When he heard the friend beside him point out Eric's identity, all kinds of eyes flocked to Eric, which made Eric feel a little uncomfortable.
When he was about to pass through the hall, Eric finally saw an acquaintance. At a long table in the corner, Penny Marshall was wearing a black dress and was chatting with Tom Hanks next to him. He just looked up at Eric K's gaze.
Both of them smiled and nodded. Eric couldn't help but glanced at Tom Hanks beside Penny Marshall. Although Tom Hanks was thirty-two years old at this time, he had a handsome figure. Tall and straight, he is still a handsome guy, and he does not have the appearance of getting fat in later generations.
When he came to the door of a guest room, James said to Eric: "Eric, go in, Mr. Barry Diller is waiting for you inside, I'm sorry."
Eric knocked on the door, and after getting a response, he pushed open the door, and saw a man and a woman in the room sitting on the sofa and talking about something, saw Eric open the door and come in, the delicate-looking woman in her thirties was low He whispered to the middle-aged man with the big nose, picked up his handbag, got up and walked out of the room. The middle-aged man with the big nose was obviously Barry Diller. Eric had seen images of this tycoon in the media more than once in his previous life.
"Hello, Eric." He stood up and reached out to meet Eric.
Eric pretended not to see the faint flush on the face of the woman who had just left, and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Barry Diller, nice to meet you."
The two shook hands and sat down on the sofa.
"You know, Eric, many people will feel a sense of frustration when they see you now."
Eric raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but ask, "What about you, Mr. Diller?"
Barry Diller didn't care about Eric's rude question and said with a smile: "Of course I don't. I don't believe in luck, I don't believe in shortcuts, I only believe in my own strength. I came from the bottom of the William Morris agency. The mailman has come up step by step, maybe I will envy your achievements, but I am still proud of my career."
"Mr. Diller, do you also think that the success of "Home Alone" is completely accidental?"
Barry Diller nodded and said: "I had someone do a special analysis, and there are indeed many accidents in the success of this movie. So, I'm curious, Eric, why did you dare to sign that gambling agreement with Columbia at that time?" , you know, there is an 80% chance you won’t get any money.”
Eric said: "I have nothing at all. If I lose, I lose, and I just start over."
Barry Diller felt that Eric's words were insincere, so he didn't go into details, and said: "So, Eric, I invite you to join on behalf of Fox, what do you think?"
Eric didn't intend to tie himself to a tree. The other party invited him like this. Once he agreed, it was estimated that he would sign a contract for several years.
Shaking his head, Eric said: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Diller, but I don't like restraint, so I plan to start an independent film company by myself, and first make a few low-cost movies to exercise myself."
Seeing that Eric refused directly, Barry Diller did not force it. Since Eric emerged, some specialized institutions have done a thorough analysis of Eric's life experience, personality and other information. Barry Diller has also read these materials and knows that this young man has a decisiveness that does not belong to his peers. Once a decision is made, it is difficult to change it.
At the same time, Barry Diller didn't care about Eric's plan to start his own film company. After becoming famous, many directors like to get rid of the six major film companies and go it alone in order to obtain more benefits and more voice.
Often these people only realize that going it alone will not work after they have lost the full support of the resources of the six major film companies and hit a wall a few times. In the previous life, even Dreamworks, which had the best chance to become a film giant, ended in failure. One can imagine how difficult this road is.
Investing in a movie is like gambling. No one knows whether the movie will be a big hit until the movie is released. The reason why DreamWorks failed was the lack of channels and being squeezed out was only a secondary factor. The main reason was that many film investments failed, resulting in huge losses, and finally had to end sadly.
But this kind of gambling-style risk didn't work for Eric. As a traveler, he already knew the results of most of the gambling games, so he was confident to break out of his own world.
Perhaps the giants will join forces to suppress him in order to prevent their monopoly from being broken, but Eric is not afraid at all. If his movies are always successful, no one will be troubled by money in this profit-driven world.
Just like in the previous life, the tycoon Redstone who directly broke his face with Tom Cruise in the newspaper had to sit at the same table with Tom Cruise for the sake of profit a few years later, chatting and laughing like old friends. Paramount even distributed Tom Cruise in a satirical Redstone mercenary movie.
Chatted a few more casually, and the topic quickly turned to the movie "Home Alone". At present, Eric only has this bargaining chip in his hands that can attract the attention of the giants, not even "Jurassic Park" draw enough attention.
"Eric, let's talk about "Home Alone" now. I have a suggestion, how about selling "Home Alone" overseas and its surrounding copyrights and sequel rights to Fox, and we will offer a very reasonable price?"
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