Eric originally planned to take Murdoch into the small living room, but after the old guy entered the door, he offered to go to Eric's study. Eric readily agreed. If Murdoch surrendered himself as a commercial spy , he also recognized it, not to mention that even in the study room, the most important things are usually in the safe.
When Jennifer Connelly walked into the study with a pot of coffee, she saw an old man in his sixties with his hands behind his back, standing by the wall covered with storyboard drafts and looking up at the drafts, admiring from time to time Twice.
The girl quietly put the coffee pot on the tea table, and walked lightly to Eric's side.
"Eric, is this part of the storyboard of Jurassic Park?" Murdoch asked suddenly, pointing to an area on the wall.
"Well, these are just preliminary thoughts," Eric nodded.
Elizabeth, who was standing beside her father, snorted dissatisfiedly: "Maybe even the script has been written."
Eric shrugged and made an expression that you can say what you want. Elizabeth immediately became more proud, but Murdoch didn't seem to see his daughter bickering with Eric, and continued to point to the sketches of several disaster films and asked: "What about these?"
Eric didn't explain the meaning of Murdoch in detail like he did to Cameron, but just said lightly: "This is another series."
"Tsunami, hurricane, strong earthquake, thousands of miles of ice, the collision of heaven and earth... Tsk tsk, if these scenes in the drawing can be perfectly displayed on the big screen, the sensation will definitely be no less than that of "Star Wars" back then," Murdoch posted. Admire from the heart, Eric's big investment in the digital field is not a secret in the industry. Many people think that Eric is a hothead with too much money. Before seeing these drafts. Murdoch also had this idea, but seeing Eric's huge plan with his own eyes, the old guy immediately understood that not only was Eric not overheated, but he was playing a big game of chess.
"It is definitely not comparable to "Star Wars". This series is difficult to replicate," Eric said truthfully, not because he was modest. "Star Wars" has become a cultural symbol, and its surrounding value is inestimable.
While the planned Jurassic Park franchise and disaster flick series are sure to make a big splash, it's unlikely to surpass Star Wars' reach, and of course, if it's all about the box office, there's still a chance. of power.
Murdoch read it again before going to the sofa in the corner and sitting down. Connery felt that the study room was not the place he should stay. He squatted next to the coffee table and poured coffee for three people, then whispered to Eric: "Eric. I'm going out first."
Eric nodded and glanced at Elizabeth who was sitting next to Murdoch: "Liz. Some people have sent a lot of scripts these days. Isn't tg the next movie yet? You can go with Jenny Pick it."
Seeing that Eric was going to drive herself out with the little vase he raised, Elizabeth raised her eyebrows dissatisfied, stared at Eric and said, "Why don't you let me pick one here?"
Eric said lightly: "You can't support the projects here."
Feeling underestimated, Elizabeth was even angrier in her heart, and was about to refute, but saw her father winking at her. The girl snorted twice, but she didn't play petty temper anymore. She stood up slowly and was about to go out when she saw Ai Rui Connery, who also stood up beside Ke, rolled his eyes, stepped forward to hold the girl's arm affectionately in two or three steps: "Miss Connery, you are so beautiful, um, you smell so good, how about you use it?" what perfume?"
Connery glanced at Eric and was dragged out by Elizabeth. Hearing Elizabeth's words, he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Miss Murdoch, it's Chanel... ah!"
While Connery was talking, he suddenly felt his buttocks being grabbed twice by a small hand, he let out a cry of surprise, and looked at Elizabeth beside him in disbelief.
Because Eric was sitting facing the direction of the exit, he happened to see the whole process of Elizabeth turning into a female hooligan and reaching out to attack Connery's buttocks. Can't help but smoke, is this taking advantage of yourself, little girl, is it appropriate for you, a woman, to do this
Murdoch followed Eric's surprised gaze and turned his head to look, but only saw the back of his daughter walking up the stairs with Connery on his arm: "Eric, what's wrong?"
"Um, it's nothing," Eric shook his head, took a sip of coffee and said to suppress his shock.
After the two women left, the two drank coffee slowly and talked about the weather in Los Angeles for a while before Murdoch tentatively got to the point: "Eric, I heard that you are raising funds recently?"
"That's right, because there are some things to do," Eric said, quickly thinking about Murdoch's intentions.
The less than 200 million U.S. dollars of funds drawn from several companies such as Firefly will definitely not satisfy Eric. The money can only be enlarged to 2 billion U.S. dollars based on 10 times leverage, and the expected profit is far below that of Eric. Ke's expectations, he needs more chips.
Therefore, during this period of time, Eric was trying his best to raise more funds, and all the credit cards in his hand were overdrawn to the limit, even the small coffers of Virginia and Nicole.
Originally, getting a loan from the bank was the best way, but if you want to get a large amount of money from the bank, it will take at least a month for all the procedures. At that time, it was already August, and the Kuwait war broke out, and then I got the money to enter the market It's too late.
Eric's speculation in crude oil futures is not a top secret. With Murdoch's strength, it is easy to know the inside story. Judging from the behavior, Eric is making a big gamble.
Everyone knows the truth of ten bets and nine losses. Although Eric has made amazing achievements in Hollywood in just two years, Murdoch absolutely does not believe that Eric can replicate the same miracle on Wall Street. Therefore, He keenly felt that this was an excellent opportunity.
Before entering this room, Murdoch originally planned to lend Eric a sum of money. If Eric loses all the money in the oil futures market, Murdoch can justifiably propose to transfer Fox TV's 10 Although Eric has never intervened in Fox TV's affairs before, this 10% stake is like a thorn that makes Murdoch restless.
But seeing Eric's huge plan for several special effects blockbusters, Murdoch quickly changed the original plan. Compared with getting back the shares of the TV station, Murdoch felt that it was obviously more cost-effective to buy a share of Firefly Business.
"Eric, if you need funds, Fox can lend you part of it."
"What about the conditions?" Murdoch cut to the point, and Eric didn't beat around the bush. He put down the coffee cup in his hand and asked seriously.
Murdoch relaxed on the sofa and said with a smile: "It depends on your sincerity."
"How much money Fox can come up with, I mean, within ten days at the most?"
"Ten days?" Murdoch straightened up again: "Eric, ten days is too short."
Eric said: "Mr. Murdoch, if I have enough time, I will go directly to the bank for a loan. With my current net worth, I think no matter which bank it is, it will be very happy to lend me hundreds of millions of dollars."
Murdoch narrowed his eyes and looked at Eric for a while, as if to find some useful information from Eric's face, but the old fox was quickly disappointed.
"Well, I'll make a phone call first," Murdoch said, standing up.
Eric pointed to the desk not far away: "Please go ahead."
Murdoch went to the landline at the desk and made a few calls. He didn't hide Eric's meaning and spoke directly to the opposite side. Eric listened attentively. Murdoch was roughly telling News Corp. Learn about your financial situation.
After returning to the sofa and sitting down again, Murdoch said to Eric: "Within ten days, I can give you 80 million."
Noticing Eric's look of disgust, Murdoch was a little annoyed, but a little helpless: "I know you raised nearly 200 million US dollars before, but News Corp. is not mine alone. I can't be like you. All cash withdrawn." (To be continued...)