"Very well, too many people like to get something for nothing, and few people can realize the truth that they must pay if they want to get it." Eric nodded, and continued: "Usually, in this type of transaction, a person is often Those who need to sell their souls to the devil."
"Ah," Giselle opened her mouth, a little panicked.
"But I'm not a devil, and I'm not interested in your soul," Eric shrugged, but said with a devilish smile, "So, all I need is your flesh."
Gisel fell silent for a moment.
Eric opened the newspaper in front of him and said, "Hey, you can think about it."
Giselle didn't stay silent for too long, and quickly asked, "Eric, can I ask, what can I get specifically?"
Eric thought for a while and said, "You probably will become the second Drew."
With Eric's spared no efforts to support her, Drew has become the youngest billionaire female billionaire in the world by virtue of her shares in MGM.
The women who approach Eric more or less have the idea of becoming a second Drew.
Giselle suddenly felt that if she, a small town girl from Brazil, could reach Drew's height in her life, even if she sold her soul... oh, the meat to the devil, there was nothing wrong with it. Of course, she also knows that Eric's promise at this time cannot appear in any written contract, and perhaps there is no 100% chance of success, but she has always been a decisive girl, knowing that even so, the young man in front of her Promises are not something any woman can get easily.
After deliberating for a moment, Giselle looked at the man opposite and said firmly, "Eric, I am willing."
Eric raised his head again, a little surprised at Giselle's decisiveness, and said with a smile, "Have you really considered it?"
"Um."
"So, let's talk about the next thing," Eric continued: "First of all, you need a public partner, which will facilitate your future media image. Since you are my woman, this partner must not be a man. Yes, so, starting today, you are a Lesbian."
Hearing this, Giselle turned her head subconsciously and looked at Alexander next to her.
Alexander originally had an expression of watching the excitement, but when he saw Giselle suddenly looking at him, he shrank his neck and said, "Look, what am I doing?"
Eric smiled wickedly, and said, "Very well, you have found your target consciously, and I think Alexander is quite suitable, so give me a kiss."
Without hesitation, Giselle put her arms around Alexander, leaned over and kissed him.
The red lips met, Alexander blinked quickly a few times, and was dazed for a while. When she woke up, she wanted to push Giselle away, but the other party had already pressed her on the sofa, and even reached into her clothes. inside.
"My God, my God," Alexander groaned in his heart as he was pressed on the sofa, "What the psychic said is indeed true, but why should I be the one being bullied, alas, is this my fate? "
Eric admired the pleasing lily game of the two girls on the opposite side, put down the newspaper, opened the e-mail in the laptop, and sent an e-mail. Then start checking today's work email again.
The first-day box office of "Red Fan District", which was released yesterday, has been counted, and the relevant data emails have been sent to Eric's mailbox on time.
With a scale of nearly 2,000 screens, the first-day box office of "Red Fan District" was 3.6 million US dollars. This is almost the best first-day performance of a Hong Kong film in recent years, and even more than 90% of them can land in North American theaters. The total box office of Hong Kong films in North America may not be 3.6 million US dollars, which also shows that Jack Cheng's humorous kung fu is still very popular in North America.
At the same time, the few weeks before Easter is a period when the North American film market is in short supply. The films scheduled for the end of the year have entered the final stage, and the new films that the film companies are very optimistic about will not choose this time to release. Therefore, with a single-day box office of 3.6 million US dollars, "Red Fan District" also easily won the single-day box office champion on Friday.
According to the general three-day weekend box office curve, the box office on Saturday will be higher than that on Friday, and the box office on Sunday will be the same as Friday. Then, the three-day box office of "Red Fan District" in the first weekend is expected to be around 11 million US dollars. If the box office curve of "Red Fan District" today and tomorrow can really follow this trend, the seven-day box office in the first week can even earn 16 million US dollars, which far exceeds the expectations of the new line distribution department.
Eric remembers that in the original time and space, the total box office of "Red Fan District" in North America was only more than 30 million US dollars, but now, with a larger scale of marketing and screenings, this figure will definitely exceed the original version.
If "Red Fan District" can get out of the box office curve of normal Hollywood commercial films, the total box office may even reach around 50 million US dollars. Eric did not expect the film to have a long-term box office. After all, Hong Kong films have a limited audience in North America. After the box office surged in the first week, the next week's decline of "Red Fan District" is likely to reach 50%.
Of course, if the total box office can reach 50 million US dollars, this has created a Hong Kong film box office miracle in recent years.
"Red Fan District" is just a warm-up of Jack Cheng's fame by New Line, laying the foundation for the popularity of "Rush Hour" to be released at the end of the year. The company's most important thing is "The Seven Deadly Sins", which has been intensively promoted for more than two months. This film is scheduled to be released next week, April 5.
Eric found another movie schedule for next week. "Seven Deadly Sins" was firmly at the top of the list with an opening scale of 2,500 screens. He glanced down casually. Eric planned to close the email The interface, but with a flash of inspiration, was attracted by the name of a movie.
The movie is called "Prir" and translated into Chinese, it's called "Level One Fear".
The former "First Fear" is Edward Norton's famous work. This film tells the story of a pair of male and female lawyers who have emotional entanglements, and revolves around a suspected schizophrenic patient who is suspected of murder and confronts the story in court. Richard Gere's lawyer Martin finally succeeds in proving that Edward Norton's Allen has schizophrenia and is not responsible for the murder, but there is a shocking twist at the end of the film. It turns out that everything is just a scene scam.
As a crime thriller, the plot rhythm of "First Fear" is a bit lengthy and procrastinated. Edward Norton's amazing acting skills can be said to be the only two points in the film. He himself has won countless awards for this film. Award-nominated, quickly became popular in Hollywood.
Recalling this information, Eric opened the IMDB website, found the page of "Level One Fear", and found that Edward Norton was not blown away by the butterfly wings, and still successfully got the role of Allen.
With only a week until the film's release, several reviews from professional film critics have already appeared on the film's page.
Eric opened a review at random, and the author column marked "Seattle Times" resident film critic Stephen Gehry. After reading a few paragraphs, Eric frowned slightly.
"... I have been invited to watch two excellent crime thrillers in a row for a week. The fear and shock left by "Seven Deadly Sins" have not dissipated. The newcomer actor named Edward Norton in "First Fear" Once again, I had a creepy feeling of trembling. In the two movies, Kevin Spacey, who is already a little famous, and Edward Norton, who was also born on Broadway, brought us two positions that are somewhat similar. The villain role. Kevin Spacey successfully interpreted an indifferent and crazy murderer, with a short playing time, this role left an impression on me no less than that of Anthony in "The Silence of the Lambs" Hopkins. However, as a newcomer who has just stepped into Hollywood, Edward Norton's performance is obviously better than that of Kevin Spacey. A violent and ferocious soul under the appearance is nakedly displayed in front of the audience through the movie screen, making people unable to help but feel a kind of creepy trembling, which cannot be calmed down for a long time... "
Although the author of this film review maintains a favorable attitude towards both films, Eric sees a clear sense of flattery in them.
The film critics did not make a detailed comparison of the plots, characters, performance techniques and other factors of the two films. They just firmly grasped the wonderful performance of Edward Norton in "First Fear" and compared his and Kevin Spacey's performances. The performances are compared, and it is obvious that Kevin Spacey is not as good as Edward Norton. If ordinary viewers read this film review, they will definitely have more curiosity about "First Fear", and choose to watch the movie. would be more inclined to the latter.
Leaving this article aside, Eric knows very well that Edward Norton is definitely not as good as Kevin Spacey in terms of single-round acting skills.
In the original time and space, Edward Norton's play path is actually very narrow. He is only good at the kind of schizophrenic characters with a great contrast between appearance and heart. So deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but other than that, you can’t say that Edward Norton’s performance in other films is not good, but it’s hard to see where there is something brilliant, and even some characters can make people produce inexplicable dramas feel.
Kevin Spacey is different. He can be the indifferent and crazy murderer in "Seven Deadly Sins", the sensitive and dull single father in "True Express", and the mature and sophisticated man in "House of Cards". Politicians can be the stingy and harsh villain boss in "Evil Boss", the husband who has a mid-life crisis in "American Beauty", or the calm and wise negotiator in "Ace vs. Ace"...
It should be said that Kevin Spacey can interpret a thousand Kevin Spaceys in a thousand films, and Edward Norton, who has an unusually distinctive performance style, can only be Edward Norton.
After scanning the movie review again, Eric closed the page casually.
Maybe, just thinking too much.
Just about to open the newspaper to see if there is any similar news in the recent movie reviews, Giselle and Alexander sat up together after being tired of obsessing for a while.
Alexander tidied up his messy clothes, looked at Eric with some resentment, and said, "Eric, I didn't promise you anything."
Eric opened a newspaper and spread it on the table, quickly browsed the relevant information, and replied with a smile: "It's all fake anyway, it's just for show."
"But Giselle doesn't look like that at all... it's just a show."
Eric raised his head, glanced at Alexander, and said, "Then the fake show is really done, I really like it."
"I… "
Alexander wanted to resist a little, but failed to muster up the courage.
She suddenly remembered a well-known rumor in the circle. When the first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was held, a Victoria's Secret angel named Heidi Klum was exiled by Eric for accepting interviews in violation of the regulations. New Zealand in the southern hemisphere. Exile, this kind of thing usually only happened a few hundred years ago. I heard that Heidi Klum's career never improved, and she could only hang around in the second and third tiers. Although the punishment was over, no big names were willing to cooperate with her.
He secretly slandered someone's arrogance and domineering a few times in his heart, Alexander looked at Giselle who just bullied him, rolled his eyes, and said to Eric who was quickly browsing the newspaper: "Eric, could it be that you Aren't you afraid that Giselle will regret it in the future?"
Eric looked up and looked at Giselle: "Will you?"
Giselle shook her head quickly, stretched out her hand, and pinched Alexander's waist.
Alexander didn't dare to yell out loud, but stretched out his hand to fight back, but Giselle caught the little hand that stretched out and pinched it again.
Eric caught a glimpse of the two girls' movements from the corner of his eye and smiled.
The entanglement between people will become deeper and deeper as time goes on, especially between men and women. At that time, there is no way they can get rid of it with a single repentance.
After a cursory scan of today's newspaper, Eric found a few more film reviews that involved "First Degree Fear" and "Seven Deadly Sins", many of which, like the one just now, hinted at Edward Norton's Acting beyond the Kevin Spacey article.
Joint publicity in the process of film distribution is a common thing. Two films provoke each other and stir up the popularity of the film. Usually, they can have a very good synergy effect and create a win-win situation.
However, although the production costs of the two films are both around 30 million US dollars, before that, "Level One Fear" was much weaker than "Seven Deadly Sins" in terms of topic popularity and publicity. Paramount, the producer of "Fear", did not expect much from this film, otherwise it would not have only arranged more than 1,900 premiere canvases for the film, not even as many as "Red Fan District". Except for Edward Norton's performance, there is really nothing outstanding in the film.
Involving "First Fear" and "Seven Deadly Sins" to increase popularity should be the last move Paramount can come up with.
Eric thought about it for a while, and recorded the incident in the memo on the laptop without doing anything else.
The distribution of the film is entirely in the charge of the New Line team. If Paramount just pushes a little bit, hello, hello, everyone, if it goes too far, New Line will naturally respond. Eric is not the kind of person who does everything by himself. Boss, if he has to personally intervene in everything, why spend money to support such a bunch of publishing teams.
The two girls fought like cats for a while, Giselle looked at the desktop in front of Eric which was full of documents, and very smartly ran to make coffee.
After checking today's work email, Eric just heard the notification sound of accepting new email. This is the response he got from the email he just sent. Giselle said: "Then, now continue to talk about your affairs." (To be continued.)