Eric wasn't surprised to hear Stephanie Seymour's request for a role in "Sex and the City." The TV series, which was also decided by Eric himself, attracted the attention of a large number of TV and film actresses after the news came out.
"Desire and the City" adopts the model of four protagonists, and the age selection standard for the heroine is around 30 years old. There are only a small number of actresses in this age group who have achieved fame and can continue their acting career. A larger part of actresses After the age of 30, with the reduction of opportunities, it will gradually disappear from the big and small screens. Although "Sex and the City" is just a TV series, because of the vigorous support of Lifetime TV station and Eric himself, it is very attractive to actresses around 30 years old.
Seeing Stephanie Seymour's expectant expression, Eric asked, "Stephanie, let me ask you a rather abrupt question, how old are you this year?"
Stephanie Seymour was less pretentious than most Western women who were asked their ages, and replied: "Twenty-eight, Eric, I know the age requirements for the four heroines of "Sex and the City" are Thirty or so, but I don't think it needs to be that demanding, does it?"
As Stephanie Seymour said, she moved closer to Eric's side without any trace, and once again casually twisted a chocolate bean into her mouth, and looked over with silky eyes.
Eric felt the unique and strong charm of Chanel No. 5 on the woman, smiled and shook his head unmoved: "Stephanie, I'm afraid this is not possible, and besides, age is not the most important issue for you, the key is you So beautiful. As you should know, I originally recommended another British actress as the female lead, but she was rejected by the scriptwriter because she was too beautiful. The scriptwriter wanted the character to be relatively ordinary in appearance."
"Oh, Eric, you must be perfunctory to me, aren't you?" Stephanie Seymour said with a slightly resentful expression, "This is the first time I've heard that screenwriters have the power to veto the company's boss's decision?"
Eric spread his hands: "But that's the truth. Generally speaking, I'm still a relatively enlightened boss. As long as my subordinates can prove the correctness of their views, I won't go my own way."
Stephanie Seymour was obviously not reconciled, and she wanted to say something, but there was a burst of scattered footsteps around, and it turned out that the first topic had ended.
The two turned their heads subconsciously when they heard the voice, and Cindy Crawford had come behind Eric, wearing a seductive black underwear, but behind him was a big fiery red wing. Cindy stretched her arms and asked the staff to take off the big fiery red wings on her body, and said hello to Eric: "Hey, Eric, what are you talking about?"
"It's nothing, Cindy, you look so pretty tonight."
"Thank you, Eric, but how many times have you said this tonight?"
"It's the first time for you."
"Hehe," Cindy smiled, took off her wings, took the pink nightgown from the assistant and put it on, and said to Stephanie Seymour, "Stephanie, I'm sorry, this is my position, can you let me go?" ?”
"Oh, of course," Stephanie Seymour nodded, but instead of getting up immediately, she took out a business card from somewhere, handed it to Eric, and said, "Eric, maybe we can Take the time to chat, as long as you want, call me anytime."
After saying this, before Eric could answer, Stephanie Seymour got up and walked towards the changing room.
Cindy saw everything in her eyes, sat down where Stephanie Seymour was just now, and said with a smile, "There are so many goblins, aren't there?"
Eric played with the business card that Stephanie Seymour had just given him, and said, "According to the rules in your circle, shouldn't she be considered a consummated meritorious deed, and concentrate on being a rich wife?"
"Heh, she doesn't count." Cindy seemed a little gloating, and said, "Finding an old man who is more than 20 years older than myself is considered a consummation of merit, and, guess what, Peter Brant has how many kids?"
Eric shrugged: "Does it matter?"
"Of course," Cindy lowered her voice, gossiping: "Peter Brant and his ex-wife have five children in total. Before Stephanie, the two had been married for almost twenty years. According to federal law, Peter Brant wanted to divorce his ex-wife, but half of the property would be divided, but his ex-wife didn't do it."
Eric was also a little curious: "Why?"
Cindy said: "This is also a smart woman. She knows very well that Peter Brant cannot bear the blow of being divided into half of his property, which will almost make him lose control of his property. Therefore, when the divorce , Peter Brant’s ex-wife did not ask for the division of property, but let Peter Brant determine the inheritance rights in advance, and her five children will get most of Peter Brant’s property. Although the specific details have not been announced, but You can imagine that the half that originally belonged to his ex-wife will definitely belong to five children in the future. In order to satisfy his ex-wife, Peter Brant’s own part must belong to those five children. Therefore, Stephanie and his Married, even if this marriage is maintained, she and her children will not be able to obtain much property in the future, and if they divorce, she will not get any compensation."
After listening to Eric, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Why do I feel that Stephanie is miserable by what you said."
"Anyway, I would never do this, it's not worth it," Cindy said, looking at Eric, as if she wanted to ask something, but she didn't say it, and said: "By the way, she just said to Eric what did you say?"
"Oh, she asked me if "America's Next Top Model" was going to change hosts, and she said she really wanted the opportunity."
Cindy's eyes widened in surprise, and then realized from the smile on Eric's mouth that he was joking, reached out and slapped the man's arm, and said, "You bad guy, you know how to tease me, but," Xin Di looked at the business card in Eric's hand, and said, "Well, you have to be more careful, after all, he is married, and it will be lively if the media finds out."
Eric tore off the business card in his hand and threw it into the trash can beside him, and said with a smile, "I'm a decent person, and I wouldn't do such outrageous things."
"Huh, I believe you are strange. At the Angle Manor at the beginning of the year, you thought Linda was married, and she still messed up?" Thinking of the chaotic scene at that time, even though more than half a year had passed, Cindy's face was still rosy. .
"I couldn't help myself."
"Pooh."
Eric laughed, looked around at the still busy crowd, and said, "Are you busy, why don't you go change your clothes, and Christie should go to the first scene with you, right? ?”
Cindy explained: "My next games are the fourth and sixth themes, so I can rest for a while. Christie has wings in the third game, so I need to prepare in advance."
"Oh, let's eat something," Eric said, taking all the boxes in front of him.
"I'm really hungry." Cindy took out a bamboo stick and ate fruit salad, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, Eric, can you come to my place tonight?"
Eric smiled and shook his head: "You are so direct, but sorry, I have already been booked."
"Oh, who is it, Stephanie? Impossible."
"Of course not. Didn't you just say that there are too many goblins?"
Cindy rolled her eyes and said suddenly, "That must be Linda. Did she say that she bought an apartment in Greenwich Village and asked you to check it out?"
Eric was surprised: "Has she already told others that?"
Cindy pointed at herself, curled her lips in disdain, and said, "It's an old house a hundred years ago, and only she would buy it for $2.8 million so stupidly, saying it was the former residence of a pop art master. It seems to be called, well, I can't even remember the name, it's very unpopular, anyway, I always feel that she was fooled by the real estate agent."
Eric didn't care, and said with a smile: "Whatever it is, as long as I live comfortably."
"Oh, only you can say that buying a house is so light. It's 2.8 million. It's okay if it can preserve its value. If it falls into her hands, she can only support herself. Although she has paid the full amount, but It’s not cheap to own a house in Manhattan.”
"No, at least in the next 20 years, housing prices in Manhattan will only rise and not fall. If you have spare money, you can invest in a few houses."
"Well, then I'll think about it." Cindy nodded, and when she heard the staff behind her start calling her, she got up quickly and said, "I'm going to work, Eric, see you at the party."
"see you then."
Eric waved to her, and after Cindy left, Eric also got up, took advantage of the gap between performances and found an inconspicuous position at the front desk, and watched the whole game.
The next day, with the overwhelming media coverage of the second Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Eric left Linda's apartment in Greenwich Village early in the morning and flew back to Los Angeles.
From November 10th, the day Eric flew back to Los Angeles, the year-end schedule for 1995 had already begun.
Compared with the hot summer holidays that are packed with blockbusters, the year-end schedule seems a bit deserted.
Take Firefly as an example. The company only plans to release two films, "Bad Boys" and "101 Dalmatians" on Thanksgiving and Christmas respectively. The cost of both films is about 20 million. If it was a few years ago, A production cost of 20 million can still be regarded as a medium production, but in recent years, with the explosion of the film market, films with a production cost of less than 2,000 US dollars can only be regarded as low-cost films.
In addition to Firefly, most of the films released by other film companies are similar low-to-medium-budget films. For example, MGM's "Scream" and "Mean Girls" cost less to produce than Firefly's two films.
Originally, Sony has the strength to release at least one blockbuster movie, "Men in Black 2" or "Jumanji 2". According to the production progress, at least one of the two movies can catch up with the Christmas schedule, but maybe It was last year that "Game of the Brave" did not perform well at the box office at the end of the year. Sony rejected this distribution strategy, and instead put both films in next year's summer file.
From 1988 to the present, after seven years, as Eric's influence in Hollywood has grown, the entire Hollywood has also been strongly affected by his personal butterfly effect, and all films have become unrecognizable.
For example, the comedy film starring Jim Carrey released by Fox at the end of the year and the new film by Tom Cruise released by Paramount. Eric has never heard of the names and contents of the two films. The box office of the two superstars The appeal is still strong, and these two movies should be considered the most important movies in the year-end schedule. However, because they are not big-budget movies, although the salaries of Jim Carrey and Tom Cruise are close to 20 million US dollars, but The overall production cost did not exceed 50 million.
Perhaps in order to avoid the Thanksgiving schedule, Fox moved ahead of the start of Kim Carrey's new film to the week before Thanksgiving. It premiered in more than 2,600 theaters and won a box office of 33.2 million U.S. dollars in the first three days. Easily break through 45 million, close to the production cost.
However, according to the original contract, this is also the last film that Jim Carrey and Fox will cooperate with. The remuneration is the same as his previous film contract. After the box office of this last step of cooperation with Fox was released in the first weekend of the movie, Jim Carrey announced the news without hesitation. sparked an uproar in Hollywood.
For example, the comedy film starring Jim Carrey released by Fox at the end of the year and the new film by Tom Cruise released by Paramount. Eric has never heard of the names and contents of the two films. The box office of the two superstars The appeal is still strong, and these two movies should be considered the most important movies in the year-end schedule. However, because they are not big-budget movies, although the salaries of Jim Carrey and Tom Cruise are close to 20 million US dollars, but The overall production cost did not exceed 50 million.
Perhaps in order to avoid the Thanksgiving schedule, Fox moved ahead of the start of Kim Carrey's new film to the week before Thanksgiving. It premiered in more than 2,600 theaters and won a box office of 33.2 million U.S. dollars in the first three days. Easily break through 45 million, close to the production cost.
However, according to the original contract, this is also the last film that Jim Carrey and Fox will cooperate with. The remuneration is the same as his previous film contract. After the box office of this last step of cooperation with Fox was released in the first weekend of the movie, Jim Carrey announced the news without hesitation. sparked an uproar in Hollywood. (To be continued.)