I’m in Hollywood Chapter 531: Tide of resignation

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As long as Firefly acquired Disney's last year, the project "True Lies" was published, and the media has been paying attention to the progress of this matter. As the "True Lies" project began to be prepared, the media also paid attention to this project. The vacant actor, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage and other Hollywood Star have once become the rumored actor candidates. However, many people in the circle know that the target actor of Firefly is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger also knows this matter. And at the beginning of the year, both sides had brief contact.

The value of Arnold Schwarzenegger at that time was 15 million USD, and the other party did not mean to give in. Then the convenience was temporarily dragged down. Schwarzenegger was not anxious because the Box Office of his previous movies were good, and Arnold did not consider it at the time. After "Last Action Hero", he will be mistreated by Waterloo. However, the other party obviously also knows the gold content of the movie selected by Eric, so he has never refused. It seems that he is just waiting for Firefly to actively compromise. After all, Firefly compromises in the Box Office negotiation process of "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" Once.

Ano is not in a hurry. Of course, Firefly is not in a hurry. No one knows the Box Office prospect of the movie "Last Action Hero" better than Eric.

Now that Last Action Hero is released in the first week of Box Office, Eric can hardly even imagine the current mood of Schwarzenegger.

When I was planning to return an email to Firefly ’s production department and asked the other party to restart the negotiation with Arnold for a week, the phone in the room rang.

Eric answered the phone, and a familiar voice suddenly came from the microphone: "Hi, Eric. I am Jim."

Eric smiled in the corner of his mouth, and already could almost guess the intention of Cameron to make this call. The two sides chatted about "Jurassic Park", and then talked about "True Lies" that Cameron was preparing. Cameron only talked about his intention to make this call: "Eric," Last Action Hero "Box Office, you must know?"

"Yeah. The first weekend 1more than 6 million USD, this data is indeed a bit miserable, two consecutive blockbuster failures, I think the Germans will definitely calm down for a year or two, and will not easily throw money at Hollywood. There is also Metro Goldwyn Mayer, I estimate that Frank Makasso and John Calley haven't taken their seats yet. It is estimated that they will be replaced by Crédit Lyonnais, maybe Metro Goldwyn Mayer will enter the auction process again ... "

Listening to Eric and continuing blah blah, Cameron had to fake cough twice, interrupting Eric: "Eric, we can talk about these things when we have time. I mean," True Lies "actor, you said After that, you hope that Arnold can star. "

The mouth of Eric is still smiling, but the tone is full of embarrassment: "Jim, you were also there during the chat. You know that I was not too optimistic about the" Last Action Hero "project. It ’s too high. So I want to wait for the movie to be released before discussing with Arnold. But I did n’t think of a movie invested by more than 80 million USD. Box Office only had 16 million USD in the first weekend, and the production cost of “Jurassic Park” was 75 million USD. According to this trend, the final Box Office of "Last Action Hero" is estimated to be only about 50 million USD. If this movie is only a slight failure, I will not worry too much, but Arnold fell too hard this time. In this case, he 'S next movie will definitely be seen by Hollywood collectively. The risk is too great. "

After listening to Eric, Cameron over there immediately said: "Eric. Do n’t talk to me, do n’t think I do n’t understand you. You guys must be smirking now, Arnold ca n’t reach you, just call Come to me, 3 million USD pays, you do n’t want to use it, do n’t think about my lie. "

3 million USD's film rewards, compared to Arnold's previous 15 million worth, are completely rewarded in cabbage prices. But if this kind of thing is Eric's own turn, it is estimated that he will do the same. Hollywood is very cruel. The total cost of production and distribution of "Last Action Hero" exceeds 100 million USD. In the current situation, all parties involved in investment and distribution are estimated to only recover the investment around 50 million USD, although not as tragic as "Cutthroat Island" two years ago. , But this level of loss is enough to put a Hollywood super superstar into the dust. The original Kevin Costner in time and space was because the "Waterworld" went down. From Hollywood's popular Box Office superstar, it fell all the way, and finally it could only fall into the role of Superman dad Situation.

So, for the current Arnold, a big cabbage price bargain will have the opportunity to turn over again and squeeze into the ranks of superstar, which is very cost-effective. If you do not seize this opportunity, it is estimated that in the next one or two years, no one will ask him to appear in the movie.

Eric was thinking, the urging sound of Cameron sounded over the phone again, and Eric had to say: "Use, of course I used, Jim. This time, even if I look at your face, 3 million is 3 million ... "

"Don't, I'm just a messenger, you don't need to look at my face."

"Well, okay, Jim, but you know, Firefly is my personal industry. Unlike the rich German consortium, it costs an extra 10 to 20 million to be uprooted, so you ’ll be more relaxed this time. Play. "

Cameron immediately smiled heartily: "Of course this is no problem, Eric, you do n’t know me yet, I will spend every penny on the movie."

The Eric has been defamating for a while because it is too well understood.

The two unscrupulous black guys twitched some salted eggs with each other before they hung up the phone.

Eric is about to go back to the desk to continue reading the mail, and the phone he just put down rang again.

Although it is already evening on London, Los Angeles is still working in the afternoon, and Eric was also surprised and picked up the phone again. This time it was Stan Winston, with anxious tone of voice. Eric listened to the words of Stan Winston, frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Stan, please send me a copy of the information. Let me see first. If necessary, I will rush back as soon as possible tomorrow morning."

What did you say there before Eric hung up?

This time the phone did not ring again, half an hour later. Eric received an email from the digital field.

Opened and looked for a while, Eric frowned tightly again.

There is another wave of departures in the digital space.

Last time when "Twister" was released last year, because of the huge Box Office prospects for special effects movies, several major Film Studios of Hollywood have begun to increase their investment in special effects for movies, and they have set up their own special effects departments. reason. Hollywood has also emerged a lot of small special effects companies, or better known as special effects studios.

However, because Hollywood still underestimated the commercial prospects of special effects movies last year, it did not cost much to dig into the corners of the digital field. The digital field has not been affected much. But this year is different. The record-breaking Box Office in the first week of "Jurassic Park" has greatly stimulated several other Film Studios of Hollywood. In order to be able to catch up with this development trend, this time the digging for the digital field can only be described at no cost. Not only the computer special effects division in the digital field, but also the software research team led by Ed Carmore has also been greatly affected, Eric One week after leaving Los Angeles, the digital field received more than 120 applications for resignation. At the beginning, Stan Winston thought it was a recurrence of last year's scene, and did not pay much attention to it, and handled it according to last year's processing experience. But more and more applications for resignation have been received in the past two days, and Stan Winston has no way to calm down.

After reading the letter on Eric, some of my anxious feelings had calmed down a little bit. I called the assistant to help myself arrange the plane for tomorrow morning, and silently thought about how to deal with the crisis.

Obviously, the proportion of special effects movies in Hollywood movies is getting higher and higher. It is conceivable to the scale of the digital field. Even if it is doubled, it is impossible to pack all the movie special effects projects of Firefly. Not to mention the broader special effects film market of Hollywood. Since the trend of the special effects industry cannot be prevented, it can only choose the program that is most beneficial to itself.

In the process of establishing the digital field, Eric considered it. He just did not expect that the implementation time of the original plan was more than three years earlier than he expected.

Thinking about the details of these things repeatedly in my heart, unconsciously passed all night, when the Eric reacted, the window was already lit up.

Looking at the time, it's just over five in the morning.

Because there is enough rest time on the plane, Eric has no meaning of recuperation. After washing, I walked out of the hotel room and ate breakfast in the restaurant alone, because the plane will leave at 8 o'clock London time. Yes, Eric opened today's newspaper.

"Hollywood young tycoons fell in love with United Kingdom aristocrats and both sides visited the Thames intimately."

On "News of the World", a clear photo was published on the front page headline. The photo was taken yesterday afternoon when Eric was holding an umbrella for Carolyn, and paparazzi captured it quite cleverly, which was just the moment when two people looked at each other. Eric can vaguely think of it. At that time, Carolyn should be thanking himself, but newspaper characterized this situation as two people empathizing.

Smiling helplessly, Eric suddenly remembered that "News of the World" is also a newspaper of News Corp, and that it was the fuse of the famous "eavesdropping door" in the original space and time.

Aside from this matter, Eric suddenly remembered that he had originally made an appointment with Carolyn to continue to visit London today, and now definitely cannot continue anymore. Eric originally wanted to let the staff of the branch explain to the girl afterwards, but there was nothing to do now, plus Carolyn lived not too far from here, Eric decided to go by himself.

Invited Manager in the hotel lobby to ask for a car. Eric directed the driver towards Carolyn ’s residence.

After a few minutes, car stopped at the door of the apartment of the Carolyn crew. Eric just got out of the car and felt a spotlight flashing nearby. Looking over unexpectedly, I found out that there are also paparazzi guards here.

Eric was walking into the apartment without paying attention, only to remember that he did not know which floor Carolyn lived on. Looking at the paparazzi that probed the brain not far away, Eric thought about it and walked over.

Which paparazzi saw Eric approaching to him did not have any sense of panic, and greeted Eric with a smile.

"Mr. Williams, have you picked up Miss Wilson in person so early?"

Eric did not answer, but asked: "Which newspaper company are you from?"

"" News of the World "," the paparazzi did not conceal, and added a sentence: "But if there is any explosive news, of course, which one is the highest bidder."

Eric smiled and asked: "Do you know which room Carolyn lives in?"

"Room 203 on the second floor," paparazzi blurted out without hesitation.

Eric thanked you, turned around and walked towards the apartment again. When Eric entered the door, I heard a few clicks again.

Because it was too early, I walked up the second floor along some old stairs, and Eric did not meet anyone.

Come to the door of 203, Eric knocked lightly on the door, but did not respond, and then knocked a few times, only to sound a lazy female voice: "It is only seven o'clock, who is it?"

Eric heard that the girl ’s voice was not Carolyn, something unexpected, but still said: "Hello, miss, I ’m Eric Williams, there are some things for Miss Wilson, can I open the door?"

A little surprised whisper sounded, Eric estimated that the other party was observing themselves through the cat's eyes, and did not dodge.

The door was opened.

A girl in light blue pajamas appeared in front of him.

Eric sees the girl's appearance, and his face suddenly shows a surprised look.

The world is so small.

"You ... hello, Mr. Williams, please come in," the girl did not notice the surprise on Eric's face, but let him into the room in a panic, and said: "Mr. Williams, you sit down, I'm going to call Carolyn to get up, she, she hasn't gotten up yet. "

"Thank you," Eric nodded and sat down on the sofa: "So, I don't know your name yet?"

"Me, my name is Rachel Weisz, Mr. Williams, you can call me Rachel."

Eric looked at the girl with a flustered look and nodded: "Hello, Rachel, you can also call me Eric."

"That, of course, yes," Rachel said, smiled at Eric, and went straight into another room. (To be continued)