The later Natalie Portman was still called Natalie Hershler at this time. After her mother left with Eric's driver, she looked at the young man who was squatting on the side of the road again in a daze, feeling in her heart Very novel. In her impression, those big directors who occasionally appear on the TV screen are either serious, funny or maverick, she thinks, most of those people are pretending.
At this time, the guy named Eric Williams, who had a series of box office miracles on his head, gave her a feeling that she couldn't see through it at all, because according to normal thinking logic, only those boys at the same level in the school Boys will put on airs in front of her.
Moreover, his attire at this time also seemed a bit nondescript, a black jacket was open, revealing a T-shirt with an unknown pattern printed on it, a pair of trousers looked a little wrinkled, if you ironed a colorful broom head, Wearing bright earrings, it is almost the same as the legendary speeding party.
Well, it's barely considered a handsome biker, much more handsome than a skinhead.
Seeing Eric's ecstasy, the little girl followed Eric's gaze and looked at the road. Cars passed by quickly or slowly. Maybe he was thinking that it would be more cost-effective to rob that car.
Feeling that her thoughts were inexplicably funny, the girl grinned, stepped on her white sneakers and moved to Eric's left hand side, then squatted down and looked at the more and more vehicles as the off-duty time came.
Chrysler, Toyota, Chevrolet, Ford, BMW…
It is estimated that the white convertible BMW is the most expensive. I heard that the quality of German cars is very good.
After a few minutes of this, Natalie realized the identity of the guy next to her again. He is a big Hollywood director and the owner of a film company, so she touched the man next to her with her elbow: "William Mister James?"
"Um?"
"You...does your film company still need young actors?"
Eric snuffed out the burnt cigarette butt in his hand. Throwing it into the gutter next to it, at the same time put away those little emotions in my heart, and looked at the girl squatting beside me. He said with great interest: "Yes."
"Then what do you think of me?"
Eric looked up and down at Natalie at this time, her thin body was wrapped in a small white T-shirt. A slender calf was exposed under the khaki cropped pants, she shook her head and said, "Too thin."
"Hey, celebrities are all very thin," the girl immediately argued, "Revlon invited me to be their child model when I was ten years old, and I have already participated in drama camp training for two years. I also acted as an understudy for the heroine in the stage play "Cruel", um... Although I didn't get to play in the end, it's enough to prove my acting ability."
Eric asked with a smile, "Then do you want to be a star or an actor?"
"Hey. Of course I'm a star. I don't want to be like my mother. When I grow up, I will be a housewife with a constant life. Such a life is simply too boring."
"Okay, then I'll give you a chance to be a star," Eric pointed to the car parked next to him: "Help me get the mobile phone in the car, it's in the front row."
Natalie was still thinking about how to persuade Eric to give her a chance to act in a movie. Hearing Eric's words, she almost sat on the ground in surprise, but the girl's psychological quality is still good. Hearing this, Xiao jumped up neatly with his hands on the ground, opened the door of the Toyota sedan and got into the front row, and quickly handed over the Motorola mobile phone to Eric. Without blinking, Eric took a business card out of his pocket and dialed.
"Hey, Luc, it's me, Eric..." After Luc Besson's call was connected, Eric didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and went straight to the point: "I'm still on the way, but the car broke down... No no no, of course not. I can figure it out myself, I mean. I just met a little girl who I think is perfect for the role of Matilda. Maybe you can give her that role... I mean it , Hey, you two talk."
After saying this, Eric handed the mobile phone to Natalie, without saying anything, took out another cigarette and lit it, and raised his chin towards the girl.
Natalie held the mobile phone in a daze for two seconds, then quickly brought the microphone to her ear: "Hello... Hello, my name is Natalie Heschler."
Eric vaguely heard the voice of Luc Besson introducing himself, and then the girl looked a little dazed, but Natalie calmed down after a brief panic, and said actively: "Hello Director Besson, I don't know what's going on with the Matilda character yet, but I think I'll give it a shot if you give me an audition... oh manhattan, hell's kitchen, 10th avenue vann Hotel... yes, I remember, tomorrow morning at nine o'clock... I will be there on time, thank you, goodbye."
Hanging up the phone, the girl seemed to have a sense of unbelievable illusion, but when she realized that all this was real, Natalie almost jumped up with excitement.
Carefully returning the mobile phone to Eric, Natalie showed an eager expression: "Mr. Williams, can you tell me some specific information about the role of Matilda first, maybe I can prepare a little bit tonight one time."
"A precocious and rebellious little girl, just like you."
Natalie really wanted to refute that she was not rebellious at all, she could only be mischievous at most, but she swallowed the sentence and asked again: "Can you be more specific?"
"These are enough," Eric smiled mysteriously: "What's yours is yours."
Natalie was unwilling to continue asking. Mrs. Hirschler, who had just left, drove back here again. As soon as the car stopped, the girl ran to her mother excitedly, dancing and telling her the good news just now.
Carter was taking out a toolbox from the white Chevrolet. Hearing what the girl said, he glanced at Eric with great interest, and walked towards the Toyota parked on the side of the road.
"Mr. Williams, although it is presumptuous to say so, are you joking with Nat?"
Eric handed the business card of Luc Besson just now to Mrs. Hirschler, and said, "This is the director's business card, and it may be of some help to you."
Mrs. Hirschler took the business card and glanced at it. Since Eric said so, she no longer doubted the authenticity of what Eric just said to her daughter. She just frowned slightly and said, "But, Nat has just started school, so filming will delay her study?"
"Mom. No, it's probably just a small role. It won't be delayed for a few days."
Mrs. Hirschler felt that her daughter's thoughts might be right, and just after she relaxed a little, Eric said: "It's not a small role, it's a heroine. If it's really going to be filmed, it may take two to three months. "
"Wow," said a slightly surprised voice.
Mrs. Hirschler immediately frowned: "If that's the case..."
"If Nat can get this role, the company will arrange a special private teacher for her to make up lessons on a regular basis. Of course. It all depends on your own decision."
"Then I need to discuss it with my husband."
"Of course, but the reason why there is such an opportunity is because the original heroine had to release the crew due to a sudden appendicitis this afternoon. Because the crew has already started up and consumes a lot of money every day, it is impossible to delay too much for a role." It will take a long time, and it is estimated that it will be determined in two or three days at most.”
"Mom, Mom," Natalie heard the words. Immediately showing a pitiful expression, he pulled his mother's sleeve.
I did everything I needed to do, and Eric didn't say anything more, since he was able to meet Natalie on Long Island with a radius of thousands of kilometers. Eric thought that Matilda would still belong to that Natalie Portman after all.
Sure enough, as Eric expected, the next day, Luc Besson called East Hampton and expressed his satisfaction with Natalie's performance. Although the girl's parents did not agree with the girl's performance after reading the script, But I couldn't bear the girl's softness and stubbornness, and finally agreed.
The trip to Manhattan was like a small episode in Eric's life in East Hampton, and the following days calmed down again.
Jackson's case is still raging, and it is estimated that it will continue to rage for several months. If this kind of thing falls on Eric. He will definitely win this lawsuit at all costs, because only this is the best result. Moreover, the United States as a money society. For Jackson, a billionaire, there is a great advantage. The murder of Simpson's wife in Eric's memory is the most favorable proof of playing with the law under the money offensive.
It's a pity that although Jackson is talented, he is just a child at heart, and he is surrounded by too many people who want to profit from him, which is doomed to the tragedy of this genius.
After three weeks of rest, Eric had to start working again with the completion of Firefly Pictures' divestment plan from Fox Television Network.
After adopting a series of reasonable tax avoidance methods, Firefly finally got 650 million US dollars from News Corporation.
Because Disney owns hundreds of Disney stores and Disneyland, Firefly Pictures has far more cash flow than other major Hollywood film companies. Coupled with the huge profits from a series of hit movies, Firefly Pictures' cash reserves reached a staggering $4 billion in two years, more than three times the market value of MGM Pictures. Several films such as Jurassic Park have completed box office settlements, and this figure will approach the $5 billion mark.
In September, after a fierce "competition", Firefly Pictures lost to Viacom in the acquisition of the Blockbuster video chain store as a matter of course. Although it got the Blockbuster chain store, Redstone's mood It was still very bad, because Blockbuster, which could have been won for 8 billion US dollars, was finally increased by 600 million US dollars because of the intervention of Firefly Pictures. After signing the acquisition agreement, Lei Shidong also realized that Firefly Pictures did not really intend to bid for Blockbuster. The angry old man who spent an extra $600 million wasted money once again publicly sneered at Firefly.
After getting rid of the equity of Fox Television Network, under the auspices of Katzenberg, Firefly began to slowly acquire the shares of ab TV in the circulation market. Brazenly contacting ab, nb and bs three TV stations at the same time.
After the news was made public, the stock prices of the three major TV stations began to rise at the same time, and the circulation of shares in the market became more frequent. For this reason, Firefly's secret purchase of ab shares was no longer so conspicuous. During this period, Katzenberg submitted a plan to Eric, intending to use several scattered shell companies to absorb about 10% of ab's outstanding shares, and then join ab's board of directors, and at the same time officially initiate an acquisition invitation.
In late September, Chris, who had been in Northern Europe for several months, finally returned to New York, accompanied by eo Jorma Ollila of the Nokia Group.
After Jorma Ollila personally signed some documents with Eric, and interviewed with Eric for several hours, she hurriedly left East Hampton and returned to Finland.
Standing side by side with Chris on the road outside East Hampton Manor, watching Yorma Ollila's vehicle disappear. Eric asked, "He doesn't seem to be in a good mood?"
"Of course, it's obvious," Chris showed a sly smile, walked side by side with Eric into the manor, and said, "I have to say, we really took advantage of this acquisition, you may not know , just five days after we signed the equity transfer agreement, several member states of the European Union publicly announced the use of gsm digital communication networks to replace the original analog communication methods. I was worried that the gsm network would be replaced by network standards developed by other large companies. As soon as this news came out, it was basically confirmed that the position of the gsm network in Europe at least was unshakable. Nokia's stock price rose by 27% in the last week. You can imagine what those guys who sold their shares are thinking now It feels like, and Jorma Ollila originally didn't want the shareholders of Bank of Finland to hand over the controlling stake, so he is so depressed now."
Eric smiled and said, "Then you won't question my original decision now, will you?"
"Of course," Chris said, "Eric, I found that your personal self-consciousness is a hundred times sharper than all the smart people I have met in the past thirty years. What information judged these things, such as the Gulf War, such as Nokia, and Firefly's series of successful films?"
"If I say this is talent, do you believe it?"
Chris shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't believe it, but seeing is believing. It seems that I have no other choice but to believe." (To be continued)