Thinking of Rachel's words telling herself to take the initiative, Caroline took a deep breath, patted the stack of newspapers in her hand, and then opened Ariel with the spare room card Ellen had just given her. The door to the suite.
It's already 8:30 in the morning. Caroline, as Eric's translator, attended a reception with him last night. Of course, she didn't drink any wine, but Eric couldn't resist the host's enthusiasm. There are too many, so I haven't gotten up until now.
Caroline had breakfast and came back from a walk in a nearby park, just in time to meet Alan preparing today's newspaper and planning to wake Eric up. Allen had a very good impression of the girl who greeted him politely. He also knew that Caroline liked Eric, so he took the initiative to provide opportunities for the girl.
Pushing open the door of the luxury suite, Caroline poked her head into the room and took a look, only to find that there was no one in the living room, so she walked in. Putting the newspaper in her hand on the coffee table, Caroline walked towards the door of the bedroom and tapped lightly a few times.
"Hold on."
A voice came from the bedroom immediately, which startled the girl. Before she could react, the bedroom door was suddenly opened, and then, a man and a woman just stayed there.
Eric had just woken up, and thought it was △︰, Alan, who was outside the door. He just remembered that he forgot to do something yesterday, and planned to ask his assistant to make a call to Los Angeles, so he opened the door without thinking.
Caroline has never had the experience of waking a man up, so she would never have thought that Eric would come to open the door for herself in only a pair of boxers. The girl was already a little petite. After opening the door, her gaze first fell on the muscular lines of Eric's bodybuilding upper body, then slid down, and then turned around with a cry, and couldn't help covering her hot face with her hands.
Eric, who was also a little dazed, was awakened by the girl's coquettish cry, and saw Caroline turning around and covering her face cutely. I couldn't help but smiled, turned around and picked up the clothes and put them on my body, teasingly said: "Come here early in the morning to take advantage of me, alas, I have suffered a big loss now, I just don't know if I can earn it back."
Caroline stomped lightly. Knowing that Eric was joking, he couldn't help but argue: "I didn't, I just... I just came to deliver newspapers to you."
Eric heard the vibrato in Caroline's voice, knowing that the girl's face was tender, he didn't dare to continue teasing, put on his clothes in twos and twos, and said: "Okay, you can turn around."
Caroline originally wanted to escape, but she knew that her face must be covered with a red cloth. If someone bumps into her when she goes out like this, she will definitely be laughed to death, so she resisted the urge to run away, but when she heard Eric's words, the girl was unwilling to turn around and said with her back to Eric: " Eric, go wash up first, and I'll call you for breakfast."
"Okay. Thank you," Eric did not refuse. Go to the bathroom.
More than ten minutes later, Eric walked out of the bedroom again, and Caroline's figure had disappeared without a trace. Eric smiled and shook his head, feeling a little emotional in his heart. It is absolutely impossible to see such a simple and shy person in Hollywood. girl's.
Come to Europe again. Eric made a phone call to London as originally agreed, but Caroline rushed over that day unexpectedly. Of course Eric understands what the girl thinks of him, but the more he understands Caroline's innocent character, the more Eric feels. Perhaps the girl should continue to return to her original life track. The Vanity Fair of Hollywood is definitely not suitable for such a scheming girl. Bringing her in will only bring her harm.
Thinking about these things in his heart, Eric thought that Caroline didn't call for breakfast for him, and was about to pick up the phone to ask the restaurant to deliver some breakfast, when the hotel waiter rang the doorbell.
The German premiere of "Jurassic Park" has been held a few days ago, but the premiere in Paris will not be until July 14th. Eric is still visiting the corners of Berlin during the day these days, There are also various invitations that cannot be avoided at night.
Germany is the most developed country in Europe, and its economic strength was once equal to that of Japan after the war. If it weren't for the impact of the Cold War, Germany's economic strength would definitely not be much worse than that of Japan, the world's second largest economy. However, even so, Germany's national strength in this era is still the strongest in Europe, and its gross national product is even equal to the sum of Britain and France, which rank second and third in Europe.
A developed economy also means having a lot of money in their hands. Although the Germans do not have the insecurity to deal with industries all over the world like the Japanese, they are also very keen on investing abroad. And because of the special tax policy stimulus and the rapid development of Hollywood, investing in Hollywood movies is one of the very popular investment methods in Germany at present.
In order to stimulate the development of films, the German government stipulates that Germans do not need to pay taxes on the funds invested in films, and the personal income tax in Germany is as high as 51%. That is to say, if you earn 1 million a year, if you do not invest , You need to pay 510,000 personal income tax, but if you invest this money in film production, you don’t need to pay personal income tax for the 1 million, which means investors use 510,000 tax dollars to invest. And if the 1 million doubles the profits from the movie and becomes 2 million US dollars, then after paying personal income tax, the remaining money is basically equivalent to exempting the original personal income tax, and even if it is this fund It didn't double, but it just earned a large part, which is equivalent to exempting part of the tax to a certain extent.
With this in mind, although film investment is very risky, there are still many German investors who have poured large sums of money into Hollywood one after another. As for the two films "Bear Mountain" and "The Last Action Hero" that Carlock Films suffered a lot this summer, most of the production funds came from the German film fund.
Strictly speaking, Firefly's "Jurassic Park" exacerbated the losses of these two major productions to a certain extent. Schwarzenegger's "Recent Action Heroes" was basically crushed by "Jurassic Park" In the past, but when Eric arrived in Berlin, he was still eagerly sought after by many German film companies and film funds. After experiencing the failure of "The Bear Peak" and "The Last Action Hero", the Germans also learned smart After a while, I understand that it is not so safe to simply invite big stars to make blockbuster films. Finding the right investment target is the safest thing, and now that "Jurassic Park" is breaking box office records worldwide, Firefly Pictures is definitely the most suitable investment target.
During the days Eric was in Berlin, most of the invitations he received came from some lobbyists of the German Film Foundation. At the same time, he also began to consider this issue. At present, the average budget cost of each film of major Hollywood film companies is still around 30 million US dollars. The publicity budget is not too high. With the average production of 20 films per year by major film companies, the production funds required by Firefly’s internal cash flow can be easily digested. At present, Firefly Pictures rarely introduces external films. Make funds.
However, with the advent of the era of big-budget movies, the average publicity budget for each movie in the future is likely to easily exceed the 100 million US dollar mark. Although Eric is still confident, Firefly at that time can also bear such a huge financial demand amount, but it's not worth it. Based on Eric's knowledge of Hollywood over the years, he understands. Hollywood's biggest advantage is to use other people's money to make movies and make its own profits. Because film investment is very risky, generally speaking, the money earned by external investors in Hollywood is not as much as imagined. The funds invested in Hollywood can generate 10% to 15% of profits every year, which can be regarded as very rich. rate of return.
Of course, because other film companies don't have Eric's golden finger. Movie investment always has losses and gains, so it is possible to keep most of the profits for yourself by virtue of Hollywood's ingenious internal sharing rules. And pass on more losses to external investors. But this rule is not so tried for Firefly. Other people making movies are gambling. Eric, who can see through the dice, is not. Take the recent "Jurassic Park" as an example. If you introduce external investment for a movie with a global box office of 1 billion US dollars, and tell the investor that the business is not profitable at the final settlement, then the investor will not be a genius. Strange.
After all. Most Hollywood movies now introduce a project operation mechanism co-produced by many investors in order to reduce investment risks. However, for Firefly, this risk is much smaller in front of Eric, and it is completely within the range of Firefly alone. At this time, if we operate according to the rules of Hollywood, it is not sharing risks, but sharing profits.
Until the breakfast was finished, Eric didn't figure out any more feasible operation plan, and a simple breakfast was unknowingly eaten after nine o'clock.
Today happens to be Monday, and the weekend box office of "Jurassic Park" in the new week did not exceed the forecast of the Firefly statistics department. However, the three-day performance of "Clash of Heaven and Earth" in the first weekend was much better than Eric imagined. With a North American box office of more than 47 million US dollars, it is expected that the box office in the first week may exceed 70 million, directly reaching the cost line, and the total North American box office of Pixar's 3D animated film "A Bug's Life" will soon break through 100 million.
When he was about to finish flipping through the newspaper in his hand, the doorbell rang again, and Eric opened the door, this time it was Allen.
"You came just in time. A few days ago, I asked Disney to collect some information about potential computer animation studios. Take the time today to help me ask and see how they are preparing. If you are ready, send me a copy of the information. .”
"I know, is there anything else?" Allen nodded and wrote it down.
Eric shook his head, and said suddenly: "Also, don't let Caroline do this kind of thing anymore. Her personality is too shy, and she was a little embarrassed just now."
Allen seemed to know something, smiled jokingly, and said, "I'm so sorry, Eric, I didn't think so much."
"By the way, what are you doing here?"
"Miss Wilson asked me to ask you, can you go out to play today," Allen said with more teasing on his face.
Eric looked at his watch, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."
"She's waiting for you downstairs," Allen said at last, then turned and left.
Eric had already set his schedule for today. He decided to go to Berlin's Museum Island to take a look. He went back to the bedroom and changed a pair of shoes. After tidying up briefly, Eric walked out of the room.
Caroline, who was sitting in the downstairs lobby of the hotel and flipping through a magazine, looked normal for a while, but when she saw Eric appearing, the girl's face still couldn't help but blush, which made Eric feel a little nervous. An urge to pinch it, to be honest, this idea has circled in his mind more than once.
"Let's go." Although the thoughts in his heart were very evil, Eric did not show it. After greeting the girl politely, he led her outside.
At this time, Berlin was not too prosperous, because the Cold War was divided into East and West Berlin. At that time, most of Berlin was controlled by the Soviet Union, and the capital of Germany was also moved to Bonn in the west. However, after the merger of East and West Germany in 1990, everyone unanimously decided to move the capital back to Berlin. With the strong economic strength accumulated in West Germany, Berlin's infrastructure construction was very rapid.
The public transportation system in Berlin is very developed, or the public transportation system in the whole of Germany is very developed. Neither of them was driving, and they walked side by side towards the subway station. Eric also simply brought two bodyguards to follow him, and soon took the subway. Arrive at the famous Museum Island in Berlin.
The name Museum Island sounds strange at first glance. In fact, this is a museum group composed of several museums such as the Berlin Museum and the National Gallery. Eric is not very interested in German culture. To be honest, because Europe has been in turmoil for a long time, and Germany has not formed any decent culture. In fact, many people can find that whether it is the United Kingdom, France, or even Italy and Greece, most people can talk about it with gusto. Happy to talk about a series of cultures, tourist attractions, etc., but Germany is an exception. When you mention Germany to people around you, maybe the first reaction of the other party is: Hitler. This is not some glorious history.
Although Caroline's character is extremely shy, the girl's knowledge reserve can indeed be described as profound. Many museum guides don't necessarily know the gestures, and the girl can often say it lightly. Eric also curiously asked about this For this matter, the answer given by the girl did not surprise him. Eric could only be a little emotional and envious. Although he inherited all the memories of his previous life, after rebirth, Eric did not have the ability to never forget. With the passage of time, some past life memories that were originally very clear gradually began to dissipate. (To be continued..)