Eric originally planned to find a manager, but it was not an easy task. Although he hasn't received a share of any movie yet, no one can deny that he is now worth more than 100 million US dollars.
And only Eric knows that the copyright of "Jurassic Park" in his hand, Pixar Studios, and his plans to continue to win the "gold mines" of future generations will make his assets easy in the future. Break through the tens of billions of dollars level.
In this case, it is impossible for him to hand over the assets in his hands to an outsider. Such things as professional ethics can only be adhered to if they are not tempted enough.
It is not uncommon for Hollywood stars to be deceived by their own financial managers. Although the bankruptcy of Nicolas Cage in his previous life is inseparable from Cage's personal profligacy, if he did not have his financial manager to "contribute" to it, This kind of thing doesn't happen easily.
The messier an employer's financial situation is, the easier it is to fish in troubled waters. However, the accounts are clear, and the value-added assets belong to the employer. Instead, financial managers can only get their own remuneration.
Taking Edward's car back to Los Angeles, Eric went to the Hilton Hotel parking lot to retrieve his car and drove directly to the Firefly headquarters.
Jeffrey had taken over the adaptation rights of "Scent of a Woman" when Eric left Los Angeles, and Eric hadn't had time to write the script of "Scent of a Woman". Jeffrey also raised another question, which is the financial situation of Firefly.
The filming of "Wind Moon" has already spent all the funds that Eric invested in the company, and to get the movie share, as usual, he still has to wait until the movie is released. Although the relationship with Fox is very good, Eric can be sure that if he talks to Barry Diller because of this matter, the other party will definitely talk to him about business.
And Eric used the "Home Alone" contract as collateral to get a loan of 50 million US dollars. He spent 20 million to buy Pixar, and left another 10 million as the initial funds for "Toy Story". Now there are only two dollars left. tens of millions of dollars.
This money is not even enough to invest in his next movie, let alone Eric has several other movie plans.
Eric signed a check for 20 million US dollars and handed it to the company's financial manager, and then said to Jeffrey: "Well, let's prepare for "Scent of a Woman" first, and I will get the script out in the past few days."
"And what about your movie?"
Eric shrugged: "I can only continue to borrow money."
Anyway, I have already borrowed it once. Even if I resist this kind of thing at first, I will get used to it by borrowing it. Anyway, he will not let other film companies intervene in his film project for the time being.
"By the way, Jeffrey, this is a script I... came across by chance. The director is Herbert Ross, and it is still in the casting stage. I heard that the budget of this movie is not very loose. Please contact me He, see if he can win this project, Firefly is willing to co-invest, and at the same time he can persuade Julia Roberts to join the film."
Jeffrey took a look at the storyboard script that Eric handed over, read a few paragraphs, and didn't see anything special. But he didn't raise any objections. Up to now, he no longer doubts Eric's vision in the movie. As Eric said, he is more suitable for the role of producer, and it is still up to Eric to decide the content of the movie.
"No problem, I will contact Herbert Ross as soon as possible."
In the morning, Eric was about to go home after dealing with matters that required him to ask personally. Jeffrey knocked on the door and walked into his office: "Eric, do you still remember Amy Pascal?"
"Of course, if it weren't for her, "Home Alone" wouldn't be released so smoothly. Speaking of which, I haven't been able to thank Amy in person."
"She called," Jeffrey said, pulling Eric up: "I haven't hung up yet, I'm looking for you."
Eric got up quickly and followed Jeffrey to his office.
"Amy?... Long time no see, I've been wanting to say thank you to you, but unfortunately you resigned suddenly last time... Of course, no problem... Then, see you later."
After hanging up the phone, Eric and Jeffrey looked at each other.
Jeffrey was the first to tell what he knew: "Amy has returned to Columbia and is serving as the vice president for the time being. Blount Cohen has resigned. I heard that he retired early and went to France."
"Did she just tell you?"
Jeffrey nodded: "I had a chat with her before, what does Amy want from you?"
"Tell me to invite me to dinner,"
The two chatted for a while, but didn't figure it out. Eric looked at his watch and said, "Then I'll go to the appointment first, Jeffrey, everything about "Scent of a Woman" and "Steel Magnolia" I'll leave it to you, I'll be working on the script at home for the next few days, so I won't come to the company, call me if you need anything."
"No problem," Jeffrey replied, and the two walked out of the office side by side.
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When he came to the appointed restaurant, Eric found that Amy Pascal was already waiting there. The girl was wearing a black professional suit, and her shoulder-length blond hair was permed into waves. It is said that this strong woman's hairstyle will show her mood, and Eric didn't see what this hairstyle represented.
The two hugged gently, and Eric said: "Sorry, Amy, the traffic jam on the road made you wait for me here."
"It's okay," Amy Pascal said with a smile, "You're not late, but I'm here too early."
The two sat down at the table together, and Amy Pascal handed the menu to Eric: "What do you want to eat?"
Eric took it over, and suddenly smiled: "It feels so strange, the order of the two of us is completely reversed, and I should have said the sentence just now."
"Forget it, big boy, it's agreed that I'll treat you to this meal, don't be so masculine."
Eric shrugged and didn't refute. Amy Pascal didn't have much contact with him, and the other party didn't know the mature side of his character, so he used to speak to him in the tone of a young man of his age. There is nothing wrong with it.
After casually ordering a lunch, Eric handed the menu to Amy. The girl didn't look at the menu, but said her request skillfully, and then handed the menu to the waiter.
"Do you eat here often?"
"Yeah, the food here tastes good."
Amy was not in a hurry to explain her intention to invite Eric, and Eric was not in a hurry until the two of them had lunch together, chatting casually about topics such as the weather and current affairs, until after lunch, they changed to coffee, Amy just said her purpose.