Michael Eisner said: "During this time, Disney has been negotiating with Renee Harlem and Geena Davis. Now Disney has signed a three-year contract with them. Within three years, Ray Nee Haring and Geena Davis will not work for any studio other than Disney."
Robert Shea was stunned for a moment before he realized who the two people Michael Eisner was talking about. At the same time, he also understood that he had made a big mistake because of his negligence. He should sign with these two people first. Contract, and then negotiate with the seven majors.
When Eric contacted Bruce Evans, the owner of the script of "Cut Throat Island", he revealed his intention to invite the two to be the director and the heroine. This was after he bought the script of "Cut Throat Island" at a high price , Bruce Evans, who already understood the ins and outs of the matter, explained it deliberately.
Facing Michael Eisner's unabashed aggressiveness, Robert Shea bit the bullet and said: "The most indispensable thing in Hollywood is directors and actresses. I can change people. Don't try to blackmail me with this, don't even think about it." think."
"I'm not threatening you, we're talking about cooperation now," Michael Eisner's tone became very cold, and he didn't have the same pleasant face when he cooperated with Robert Shea on the overseas distribution rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles": " "Cut Throat Island" is different from "Ghost Love", which cost less than 30 million US dollars. This is a super big production that needs at least 70 million US dollars, and the total cost after the announcement is likely to exceed 100 million. Like the anecdote I just said about "Human Ghost", if "Cut Throat Island" loses box office because of a replacement, such a big investment movie is likely to lose money. And the impact of the box office loss is Associated. The film's follow-up video release and TV rights revenue will be greatly reduced. So you see, you have the script, but Disney has the director and the heroine, and we still need to distribute the film. You still took advantage. Of course, you can also wait for three years, but if I remember correctly, the contract period you signed with Bruce Evans is only three years, and no film has been produced in three years, and the script ownership It will automatically return to Bruce Evans, do you think you can get this script again next time?"
One hand of Robert Shea on the armrest of the seat trembled rapidly, apparently very excited, facing Michael Eisner's aggressive gaze, Robert Shea finally let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, Let's talk again."
…
New York has just had a heavy snowfall and it's getting uncomfortably cold.
Sixty Soho Hotel in Manhattan. Still in the suite where he lived last time, Eric woke up in the morning. I jogged on the treadmill for half an hour, took a shower, and planned to go downstairs for dinner as usual.
Walking into the elevator, Eric pressed the button, watched the indicator light boredly and let the elevator slide down. When he reached the third floor, the elevator stopped suddenly.
Knowing that someone was going to come in, Eric took a step back in the corner, the elevator door opened, and the tall woman with her hands in the pockets of the black windbreaker just stepped in, looked at each other, and the two said in unison, "It's you?"
Eric motioned for the woman to come in, closed the elevator door, and asked, "Catherine, why are you in New York?"
Catherine Bigelow looked up and down Eric curiously, and said, "I'm coming to New York to relax, how about you?"
"I'm here to make money," Eric said succinctly.
Catherine Bigelow thought that Eric was joking, so she laughed very cooperatively and said, "It's so vulgar."
After only two words, the elevator had reached the bottom floor. Eric and Catherine Bigelow walked out of the elevator side by side, and said, "Would you mind having breakfast with me, a layman, as a treat?"
"Okay, I will not be polite to you, a rich man."
They walked into the restaurant together, found a table and sat down. Just after ordering breakfast from the waiter, a tall white man walked over, nodded slightly to Catherine Bigelow, and handed a stack of newspapers and a folder to Ai In front of Rick: "Mr. Williams, this is today's newspaper, and there are several documents faxed from Los Angeles last night. Mr. Hansen asked you to call him back after reading it."
"I see," Eric nodded. Because of Catherine's presence, he didn't plan to read these things before breakfast was served, but just put the newspapers and documents aside.
Catherine Bigelow watched the man who appeared suddenly return to his seat in the corner, and asked curiously, "Who is that, where is Alan?"
"My bodyguard, Allen, is in Los Angeles, so let him play as a temporary assistant, or tell me about you, why did you suddenly appear here?"
Catherine Bigelow said: "I've lived in Soho for ten years, and I just divorced that bastard recently, so I came to visit some old friends and relax by the way."
Eric remembered that Catherine Bigelow and Cameron still cooperated later, but now, the woman is obviously worried about Cameron's derailment, and it is impossible to forgive each other in a short time.
"Jim did go too far this time. Would you like me to clean him up for you, such as reducing the budget of "Terminator 2" by 18 million?"
Catherine took the breakfast from the waiter, and gave Eric a white look: "Forget it, don't think I don't know, you are also a little bastard."
Eric, who just took a sip of milk, almost choked out: "Your own yard is on fire, what are you doing with the flames on me?"
"What do you say?"
"Let me tell you, your thinking is too extreme. It's not good. It's easy to become a cynical paranoid."
Catherine snorted softly, stopped listening to Eric's nonsense, and asked after breakfast for a while, "Isn't Firefly reorganizing? What are you doing in New York after leaving that mess?"
"It's really making money," Eric pointed in the direction of the New York Mercantile Exchange: "Take advantage of the war in the Middle East to earn some difference in the price of crude oil futures."
"Oh, it turned out to be a small profiteer who made war fortune."
"I will recognize the profiteer, can you remove the fine print?"
"cannot!"
Seeing Eric's 'depressed' look, Catherine laughed: "Hey, how much did you earn? Do you earn more from making a movie?"
Eric shrugged, afraid of frightening the woman, he didn't dare to tell the truth, but said: "The federal government has made a lot of money. No one expected that this war would be fought so neatly. Before the war, the federal government and Saudi Arabia jointly After all, a large number of futures contracts were sold at high prices through crude oil reserves, and now that the price of oil has been cut in half, at least hundreds of billions of dollars have been made, and we small fish and shrimp can only follow behind and drink some soup."
Catherine still knew a little about futures, and sighed: "One hundred billion, does that mean that there are some people who have to pay so much?"
"Well, if you pay attention to the newspapers, you will find that a large number of oil trading companies around the world have canceled their securities departments. This loss can be remembered for more than ten years." (To be continued.. )