"Well, 80 million is 80 million." Eric also quickly figured out Murdoch's situation. Although News Corporation is firmly controlled by Murdoch, the Murdoch family only has 40% of the shares. If Murdoch wants to withdraw all liquidity like Eric did with Firefly, he will definitely be strongly opposed by other shareholders.
"Eric, 80 million US dollars was withdrawn within ten days. I need to give shareholders a full explanation. If you fail to repay the money before the end of the year, I hope to convert the funds into shares of Firefly. How do you feel about 10%?"
"5%, Firefly is worth this price now," although Eric was sure that he would be able to pay back the money within three months, but he was not willing to take any risks at all.
Murdoch shook his head immediately: "No, Eric, I can't explain to the shareholders about 5 percent. I heard that you opened another shell production company..."
The two people came and went back and forth to bargain, and finally settled on an 8% agreement.
After the deal was confirmed, the old and the young walked out of the study room, and Elizabeth's giggling laughter could be heard echoing in the hall from afar.
"Liz, do you want to use a sonic attack to tear down my house?" Eric asked jokingly after finding the two women sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
"I want to tear you apart," Elizabeth, who was lying on the couch reading the script, sat up to make way for her father to sit down, and at the same time gave Eric a supercilious look.
Eric walked up to Connery and sat down, and asked the girl, "What were you laughing at?"
"It's a script, imitating Tom Cruise's "Top Gun", but it is indeed a comedy line. And the plot is very... escaping." Connery tilted his head and thought for a while. Just came up with a suitable adjective.
Eric blurted out with some disdain: "It's "Top Gun" again. This movie is not so easy to copy. Although the movie was said to cost no more than 20 million U.S. dollars, it was fully supported by the military at that time. Under the circumstances, it is itself a recruitment propaganda film... "
While talking, Eric suddenly remembered something, and said to Elizabeth: "Liz, let me take a look at the script."
Elizabeth handed over the script. Eric glanced at the English title and didn't recognize it for a while, but after reading a few pages, he quickly remembered the movie.
The script in his hand is the famous American nonsensical comedy "Falcon Condor". As far as I remember, this movie is starring Charlie Sheen, the actor of "Two and a Half Men". It has a similar main line, but the content is spoofed to the extreme. It not only imitates many classic Hollywood movies, but also mixes a lot of mockery of famous political figures and events in recent years.
In the early 1990s, most comedies in Hollywood were fairly standard. Therefore, as soon as the spoof of "Anti-Fighting Condor" appeared, it immediately caused a sensation.
Notice the change in Eric's expression after reading the script. Murdoch, who didn't care too much at first, also became curious, and asked in a low voice. Elizabeth moved to her father and said, "It's Fox's script."
Hearing this, the old fox immediately relaxed, poured himself a cup of coffee, and patiently waited for Eric to open the script.
"Eric, I saw this script first?" Elizabeth said immediately when Eric raised his head.
Eric handed the script to Connery beside him, and then said to Elizabeth: "The script has been approved, are you going to poach Fox's corner?"
"Hmph, of course I won't do that, but don't forget what you said just now, let me pick a script. I know you have 30% of the investment share, let me."
Eric directly gave the girl an expression of "Did I just say something?", which made Elizabeth almost jump up in anger.
After lunch, seeing off Murdoch and his daughter, Eric began to go to the headquarters of Firefly to prepare for the evening premiere of "Ghostly Love".
Regarding "Fighting the Condor", Elizabeth then snatched a few words from Eric, and then gave up asking for Eric's investment rights. Although the girl has a bit of a temper, she is very shrewd and rational in major matters, and will not make trouble for no reason.
There are two female characters in "Fighting Condor", one is a psychoanalyst, this is the number one female character, and the other is a female pilot nicknamed 'Underwear', among a lot of strong men, this The characters are fairly eye-catching, but they don't have many lines. Although Connery was not very satisfied with the two roles, Eric had already selected the script, and the girl obediently chose the role of the female lead.
The North American release of "The Love of Ghosts" is a combination of the power of Disney and Firefly, which can be described as huge, with as many as 2,300 theaters, and a grand premiere at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
Before six o'clock in the afternoon, celebrities began to appear on the long red carpet in front of the China Grand Theater. Although the premiere of "Die Hard 2" was just a few streets away, "The Love of Ghosts and Ghosts is Not Ended" "'s premiere is obviously more star-studded. In addition to the stars invited by Disney and Firefly, the families of the hero and heroine of "Human Ghost" are also making efforts. The Coppola family and the Fonda family have spared no effort to support the career of the younger generation. The combined connections of the two families are enough to enclose half of Hollywood.
"Wow, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are here together."
"It would be amazing if Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman came back."
"It's not easy. It would be nice to have two."
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"Look, Jodie Foster!"
"Still so pretty, what a pity, I heard she's gay."
"It's just a rumor."
"What happened to Sinckley back then greatly stimulated her. If it was me, I would have changed my sexual orientation."
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"That's James Cameron, right? I heard that "Terminator 2" has started. I'm looking forward to it. Is the woman next to him his wife?"
"So beautiful, and very temperamental, probably an actor."
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"Xue'er, why is she here?"
"She collaborated with Nicolas Cage in "Moonlight" three years ago, and I heard that the two are good friends."
"I still prefer her singing."
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Almost every few minutes on the red carpet, a celebrity figure that surprised movie fans appeared, causing bursts of screams and discussions.
Originally, there were only a few hundred movie fans on both sides of the red carpet, but within half an hour, the whole street was crowded with movie fans who came to hear the news, and even many people who were attending the premiere of "Die Hard 2" Fans rushed over, making Fox extremely embarrassed but helpless.
As a director, Eric didn't even have time to show up on the red carpet, so he had to entertain many guests who came to join him. It is estimated that at this time, those fans who have been dazzled by the stars will not care about him as a director Have not appeared on the red carpet.
"Eric, I went to watch the trial screening. This movie was shot very well, especially the echo of the first and last two pieces of music, which directly sublimated the theme of this movie to the extreme," said the filmmaker from the set of "The Godfather 3". Francis Coppola, who came, patted Eric on the shoulder and praised.
Eric looked at Cage, who was quietly standing beside Coppola, and said, "Nick's performance is far beyond my expectations. Maybe in the near future, there will be an Oscar winner in the Coppola family."
"Haha, that's for sure," Coppola said proudly. Westerners don't have much habit of being humble.
After Eric greeted Coppola's uncle and nephew, he quickly shuttled through the crowd to greet him, turned around, and was about to find a corner to rest against the wall for a while, when he felt a pair of big hands on his shoulders, turned his head, See the menacing James Cameron and the meaningful smile Catherine Bigelow.
"Jim, Kate, hello, thank you for coming," Eric greeted quickly
James Cameron did not have the polite smile on the red carpet, and asked sullenly: "Eric, what about the money, "Terminator 2" has started casting, but the financial manager at the black ant told me The company has no money, which makes me get a deposit to sign a contract with the union, and, Stan also told me, you suddenly sucked out all the liquidity in the digital field."
"Isn't there still hundreds of thousands?" Eric asked subconsciously.
Cameron had an urge to pinch Eric's neck: "Tell me what hundreds of thousands are enough for!"
"Okay, okay, Jim, don't worry, one month, I need that money for one month, after one month you can have as much as you want?"
Cameron just wanted to ask what to do this month, but when he heard what Eric said, he immediately changed his words: "I want to increase the budget, at least...at least an additional 20 million."
"No problem," Eric nodded briskly, seeing that Cameron was about to speak again, he immediately said, "No more."
"Okay, what about this month?" Cameron asked.
Eric said: "Take your time with the casting. You can go to Stan to figure out how to realize the liquid robot. Last time I heard that they developed a deformation software for this. By the way, Kate, "Scary Storm" "Point" may also have to step back a little."
"I'm fine," Catherine Bigelow said with a smile, "Anyway, if it drags on, the movie can only be scheduled for Easter next year at the earliest, and you'll be the loser."
"Kate is still reasonable, Jim, you have to learn from your wife," Eric teased without a trace, and the woman immediately gave him a look.
Because too many stars attended the premiere, the ceremony started 20 minutes later than expected.
Eric sat in his seat and just watched a movie for a while, only to find that Michael Eisner called Coppola away from him, sat down next to him, and said, "Eric, I heard that you need Money?" (To be continued...)