Eric thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered Elizabeth's strong character and her relationship with him. The girl would never say hello to herself and just win the "Braveheart" project, then...
Thinking of the figure of a certain old fox, Eric said: "Liz, I suddenly feel that I shouldn't care about this matter. When "Braveheart" loses money, plus the lessons from "Cut Throat Island" a few years ago, In the future, Firefly Pictures will compete with others for scripts, and its competitiveness will definitely increase greatly. Please search and read the most comprehensive ones!
"Then you just watched me get kicked out by the company?"
Eric shook his head: "No, I guess it's your old man who is going to leave."
Elizabeth was silent for half a second, and complained: "Can't you not be so smart?"
Eric shook his head and sighed: "No way, alas, things like IQ..."
Elizabeth looked at Eric's stinky fart, and raised the mouse in her hand as if to throw it over, but then put it down: "Well, this project was indeed discussed by my father with Mel Gibson himself. "
"So, you shouldn't worry about it. Your old man is too shrewd. If you don't change it, you will reap the consequences sooner or later. Oh, no, last time he provoked that little girl Drew, he already reaped the repercussions. Look at you News Corporation’s stock price has been soaring recently, if it was a person, it would have fallen apart.”
Elizabeth also seemed a little helpless: "My old man is already sixty-two years old, do you think he can change?"
"Okay," Eric spread his hands: "Then, is there any benefit for me to be involved in this project now?"
"Firefly can participate in the investment," Elizabeth stretched out five white fingers: "Half of it is fine, but we have to keep the copyright."
"I'm not investing. If you set the price so high, maybe Mel Gibson will take all the profits in the end," Eric immediately refused.
"Then what do you say?"
Eric said nonchalantly: "Forget it, this time I will be a good person. In addition, the position of the heroine is reserved for me."
Elizabeth showed a look of contempt: "Who is it this time? It can't be Joan's sister, I saw a photo of the two of you in the newspaper a few days ago."
Eric felt a little headache when he thought of Eva: "Of course it's not her. If I do something to Eva, Joan must take Xia Xia back to Poland."
"Hmph, don't think I don't know about the Spanish sisters, tsk tsk, be careful when you wake up. You will end up like Michael Jackson now."
"I'm that kind of person. Monica is sixteen. Besides, I didn't touch her."
"What about Drew, when you two met, let me calculate, 1988, 1975, what a coincidence, the same age as the boy in the Michael Jackson case..."
Eric narrowed his eyes: "How about we stop discussing "Braveheart" today and focus on these issues?"
Elizabeth immediately sat upright. Seriously said: "Okay, the heroine is yours, what's next?"
Eric recalled the "Braveheart" script that he had read some time ago, and it was not too different from what he remembered. Now the hero and heroine can also be confirmed as the original cast, the production funds are sufficient, and the quality of the movie is absolutely guaranteed. Now only the issue of distribution remains.
"How are you going to distribute the film?"
"My dad plans to make this movie the main movie for next summer," Elizabeth recalled Eric's words just now: "But now, according to what you mean, shouldn't it be in the year-end schedule?"
"Well, in terms of production, I have read the script. There is no need to make major changes. After the male and female protagonists are determined, as long as a suitable producer is selected to cooperate with Mel Gibson, the quality of the movie can be guaranteed. Right now only The rest is the issue of distribution. "Braveheart" can be counted as an Olympic film, if it is put in the summer file, it will definitely not be able to enjoy the box office bonus of the awards season, so it is best to put it in the end of the year."
The so-called awards season. Usually from the end of the year to the Oscars in March of the following year, the period is huge. Every time an influential award is won during the awards season, it can stimulate the movie box office and win important Oscars. Afterwards, there is usually another rebound at the box office, so for a movie like "Braveheart" that has the potential to win important Oscar awards such as best picture, it is the best choice to release at the end of the year.
Elizabeth took out a notepad from her handbag, wrote down these things, then raised her head and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Eric tapped his fingers on the table, pondered for a moment, and said, "I haven't heard any news about the Weinstein Brothers' Miramax company recently. Have they found another home?"
"Not yet," Elizabeth thought for a while, and said, "Aren't you not interested in Miramax?"
"Just because I'm not interested doesn't mean that Miramax is worthless. The Weinstein Brothers' level of manipulation of Oscar awards is obvious to all. Right now, the Oscar economy is still very profitable, so 20th Century Fox might as well win Miramax, Then give Braveheart to them."
Elizabeth picked up the pen and was just about to write it down, when she suddenly said, "It seems that the two brothers offer a very high price. Why don't they follow the cooperation method of "The Silence of the Lambs" back then, where Fox pays and they help with public relations?"
"Fox's reluctance to buy Miramax doesn't mean that the other film companies are not interested. If they find an owner within a year or so, do you think they will still operate the Oscar-winning films for Fox?" said Maybe you will become rivals at that time."
"It seems that's the only way," Elizabeth wrote down the plan, and said suddenly: "The World War II film that Firefly is making should also hit the Oscars, right? That Catherine Bigelow?"
"The movie will be released in the summer next year. Catherine is a woman, so the possibility of winning the best picture and best director this time is not high. At that time, we will fight for the best actor. Your side, Mel Gibson Being the director and the leading actor at the same time, you definitely can't get both statuettes, so you can focus on the best director at that time."
Elizabeth remembered some of the ridicule she received in the media after "The Silence of the Lambs" won the best picture, and understood that Eric was telling the truth, and said: "But Mel Gibson is not a well-known director, he should Is it more suitable to fight for the best actor?"
Eric nodded seriously: "At that time, everyone will rely on their own abilities. No woman has ever won the best director in the Oscars. Let's do a little public opinion hype. Maybe Catherine can be pushed up. "Saving Private Rui" Well, the main theme of the film is also very likely to win the best picture. Well, there is also Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson is much more handsome than Tom, and under normal circumstances, handsome people are not Easy to get an Oscar."
"Okay, okay. We won't compete for the best actor," Elizabeth hastily surrendered. Then he laughed: "If the academy knows that we are now discussing dividing up the Oscar awards in two years, will they not give us any awards?"
Eric lowered his voice: "Well, it's very possible, so don't talk nonsense when you go out."
"Hey..." Elizabeth smirked twice: "Hey, is there anything else?"
"That's all for now, I'll tell you when I think about it."
Elizabeth was about to close the notepad, and said, "Why don't you take a look at the film when it's finalized?"
"This is going too far. I am the boss of Firefly Pictures. Is it appropriate to work as an editor in your company?"
Elizabeth stuffed the notepad into her bag in disappointment, and said, "Don't think I don't know what's on your mind."
"Oh, tell me?"
"Mr. Williams, can you tell me why you suggested me to work at Fox?"
Eric made a haha: "Can you still go to Warner as a vice president?"
Elizabeth ignored Eric and changed the subject. Said: "You want me to take over my father's class, and then use me to expand your influence in Hollywood. Your ambition, that damned girl Drew, didn't come out at the beginning. Heh heh, I'll do what you want, but I will Let's see. How do you unify Hollywood in the future."
Eric didn't feel the embarrassment of being pointed out at all, he leaned on the chair with a coffee cup in his hand, and said leisurely: "I promise you will see that day."
"Then I'll wait," Elizabeth said, picked up her bag and stood up.
Eric got up and asked, "You won't be rushing back to Los Angeles now, will you?"
Elizabeth asked curiously, "Why should I go back to Los Angeles?"
"Then where are you going?"
"Of course I'm going home." Elizabeth gave Eric a supercilious look: "I was fourteen years old. Dad brought our whole family to Manhattan. Do you think our family is still in Australia?"
Eric really forgot these things: "Then I'll see you off, is your old man still in Los Angeles?"
Elizabeth said: "He has gone to England. It seems to be about Sky TV. I will go home to see my mother."
After sending Elizabeth away, Eric went back to his study and was about to call Sophie when he suddenly realized that Rose de France had recently entered the crew of "Roses of Love", but Eric didn't have any contact with the crew. The only way is to temporarily put this matter aside.
Nothing to do, Eric took the TV drama plan document from Los Angeles and read it.
It took more than two hours to read all the dozen proposals. Eric didn't find any American TV series that appeared in his memory, but Eric still wrote down a few seemingly good projects. My own suggestion is to let the TV drama department decide whether to shoot or not. Anyway, the cost of TV dramas is much lower than that of movies, and according to the normal process, a TV drama is often just a trial broadcast first to test the results, so it doesn’t matter if it fails. cause too much loss.
After reading these documents, Eric was about to put away all the documents. Eric suddenly found the document that Elizabeth had read just now. After the girl read it, she casually placed the document next to the monitor.
Eric took the file and opened it casually. Although he no longer had any expectations in his heart, Eric's pupils shrank suddenly when he saw the name of the project planner.
Because on that column, there was a very familiar name: Michael Clayton.
The famous author of "Jurassic Park" in the original time and space, but Eric wrote "Jurassic Park" a few years in advance. Although Michael Crichton is still a good screenwriter in Hollywood, he also It is no longer as dazzling as the original time and space.
Looking at the TV drama project planning book in his hand, although he hasn't opened the content yet, according to his memory, Eric has almost guessed what the TV drama will be.
"Story of the Emergency Room", the hottest medical drama in the 1990s, because of the high ratings of "Story of the Emergency Room", in the following ten years, it even drove "Grey's Anatomy", "House The rise of a lot of medical dramas such as "Doctor".
"Story of the Emergency Room" not only produced more than ten seasons in a row, but also made George Clooney popular, who is known as the fifth son of Hollywood's diamond king.
Eric opened the cover with some excitement, and briefly glanced at the content of the TV drama plan. Sure enough, as Eric expected, the content was the "Story of the Emergency Room".
After briefly reviewing the plan, Eric also calmed down from the excitement. What he has to consider now is how to win this project absolutely and safely. Fighting, Eric doesn't want to do it again.
For the TV networks that will win in the future, the value of "Story of the Emergency Room" is definitely not weaker than that of "Friends". Moreover, this TV series has a very big advantage, that is, "Story of the Emergency Room" has a lot of protagonists. It can even be said that there is no protagonist, which means that "The Story of the Emergency Room" can continue to be filmed as long as the ratings are good, and there will be no situation where the production company cannot afford the actors' remuneration and has to cut off the series, because of this If there are more leading actors, it doesn't matter who leaves, as long as there is another one.
Thinking of this, Eric picked up the phone and directly dialed the number of Michael Lynn in Los Angeles. The two chatted on the phone for a while. Michael Lynn felt Eric's serious attitude, Dang Ji said that he would personally follow up on this project.
However, remembering the experience last time, Eric asked Michael Lynn not to be too conspicuous. After thinking about it, Eric looked at the pile of project proposals, and finally suggested that Michael Lynn pick a few of them. One, let the copyright department come forward to take it down together, so that it will not cause too many opportunities for people.
After repeated explanations, Eric hung up the phone with confidence. (To be continued.)
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