After a while, Harvey left alone, and Elizabeth moved towards Eric and whispered: "Eric, what do you think I bought Miramax?"
Eric motioned to a waiter to take away his finished plate, ordered a glass of champagne, and asked, "Why did you suddenly have such an idea?"
Elizabeth said: "I heard that Miramax lost a lot of money this year. After the success of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "My Left Foot" last year, the Weinstein brothers bought more than ten movies in one go. Most of it failed at the box office, and it didn't do much at the Oscars, so I thought it was a good opportunity."
"Good opportunity, what good opportunity? What is your purpose for buying Miramax? Even if you buy it, do you have any specific plans for Miramax? Also, what is tg's development idea? Have you considered it?"
Eric's series of questions directly confused Elizabeth. After the success of "The Silence of the Lambs", Elizabeth only wanted to strike while the iron was hot and continue to make films to grow TG, but the specific plan... What kind of plan does a production company like them need? ? In addition to making movies, isn't it still making movies
"Okay, let's go one by one," Eric looked at the overwhelmed Elizabeth: "Why did you buy Mira Mike→↘, sis?"
"For... the Oscars, the two brothers are very good at publicizing the Oscars. In addition to helping the public relations of "The Silence of the Lambs", they also won five nominations for the best foreign language film."
"Although there are blockbuster movies that hit the Oscars every year, most of the Oscar-nominated films are still works of art. Since you want to buy Miramax, that is to say. Have you decided to concentrate on making art films that are going to win awards in the future?"
Elizabeth shook her head: "Of course not. It's just..."
"It's just that when necessary, let them do public relations, right? To buy a company for the production and distribution of literary films for the Oscars, do you think TG has the strength now?"
Unwillingly, Elizabeth moved her waist, scratched a prawn on the plate in front of her with the silver knife in her hand, and muttered, "Okay, just don't buy it."
Eric continued: "Actually, most of the time, the Oscars are just an icing on the cake. We cannot deny that they play an important role in video tape sales and other aspects. Stars who win Oscars will also double their worth. But every year Hollywood produces There are hundreds of movies, but there are only a few or a dozen movies that can compete for Oscars. If the goal of the film company is to hit the Oscars, then this company will never be able to grow. Orion Films, which has just issued a statement to suspend production In fact, it’s just an example, I remember a few years ago, Orion received 18 nominations in one Oscar, but now it’s still on the road to bankruptcy.”
Elizabeth waved her small hands to stop her and said, "Okay, I'm just a temporary idea. You don't have to chatter like an old man. My father doesn't talk as much as you do."
Eric looked at Elizabeth very 'hurt': "If it is an irrelevant person, do you think I will chatter?"
Elizabeth's face was slightly rosy: "Even... even if I was wrong. Is that all right?"
""The Silence of the Lambs" can be regarded as the famous work of tg, this is an exception, but then you chose another road movie, um... I haven't seen this script yet, so I won't comment for the time being, but after you think about tg What is the focus of making the film?"
Elizabeth showed a thoughtful look: "I really didn't think about it. I just think that as long as I can pick out a good script and make a good movie, well, of course, the plan I set for myself is within five years. By not making movies that cost more than $30 million, you can minimize the risk, and if you accidentally lose money, you won’t lose too much.”
"I won't comment on the seven big ones, but for Firefly, my plan is that Firefly itself will produce big-budget movies with special effects, New Line will be responsible for horror thrillers, Flower Pictures will focus on action films in the future, and Pixar will be in charge of animation. Black Ant is an accident, so I don't have a precise location for the time being," Eric finished his brief introduction, then looked at Elizabeth: "So, what type of movie do you think TG is suitable for?"
Elizabeth wrung her delicate little fingers and pondered for a moment: "It seems that if art films cannot be produced exclusively, comedy films are the only category left."
Finally dragged this little girl into the pit, Eric said decisively: "That's it, in the future, tg will specialize in making comedies. In fact, it will be very beneficial to focus on one type of movie, just like the Weinstein brothers groping for a set According to the rules of special public relations Oscar, if you switch to comedy production, you can find a suitable path after a long time. And the production cost of comedy movies is usually very low, which is very suitable for independent production companies.”
Elizabeth also seemed to have figured out some other meanings, looked at Eric suspiciously and said, "Why do I feel like you arranged this?"
Eric snapped his fingers and showed a complimenting look: "It's really smart, so, do you have any objections?"
Elizabeth asked weakly: "What if... have any opinions?"
Eric looked at Elizabeth with a smile: "Look, you used interrogative sentences, indicating that this is just a hypothesis, so you must not object in your heart. If this is the case, then it is such a happy decision. Let's talk about the details later. In fact, I have a lot of good ideas in my heart, but I have never had the energy to implement them, and I am not reconciled to handing them over to outsiders, so I took advantage of you."
Elizabeth stared at Eric for a few seconds, pursed her lips, silently picked up the only prawn left on the plate in front of her, and stuffed it into Eric's champagne glass. After venting, he lay down on the table and said depressedly: "Oh my God, how could I meet such a shameless guy like you, I'm going crazy."
Eric looked at a layer of oil splashing in the cup, and the old god sighed on the ground, what a waste. Standing up, I regretfully changed another glass to the waiter, and by the way, thoughtfully gave a glass of wine to the girl next to me: "Come on, have a glass of champagne, you should thank me, but I put a big, big champagne The 'gold mine' will be taken care of by you."
"I'll take it~you~ you," Elizabeth gritted her teeth and glared at Eric, took the glass of champagne and drank it down. (To be continued..)