I’m in Hollywood Chapter 698: Do you want it?

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Four people sat down around a round table, Coppola said to Eric and Kathryn: "That ’s it, Terren has been preparing a James Jones novel adaptation of a World War II theme film over the years, script has already been written, but just always I couldn't find a suitable Director, because I had "Apocalypse Now" in shoots, and he still hoped I could direct it, but now I don't have enough energy to deal with this kind of war theme film. After watching "Saving Private Ryan", Terren thinks, maybe Ms. Bigelow can give it a try. "

Eric and Kathryn are not new to James Jones. James Jones used to be another screenwriter of the classic film "The Longest Day" about the Normandy landing battle. In order to prepare for "Saving Private Ryan", the two also found this film together.

After hearing Coppola say this, Eric is basically determined. The movie Terrence Malick is preparing is the "Red Alert" in memory. The original "Red Alert" was only released in 1998. Eric guessed it should be Terrence Malick I have n’t been able to find a suitable Director, so I have to fight in person. Moreover, "Red Alert" was not only released in the same year as "Saving Private Ryan", but also competed for the Oscar in 1999, but unfortunately, the two films basically did not divide the victory. , But lost together to "Shakespeare in Love" "The Peak Work" under the public relations means of Weinstein Brothers Oscar.

After hearing the introduction of Coppola, Kathryn next to it turned to Terrence Malick and said: "Terren, can you briefly introduce this script?"

"Of course, although the original novel of James Jones is not an autobiography, it is basically based on his experience when he served in the South Pacific Guadalcanal Island. You can read the original novel later, because my plot on the original Compared with "Saving Private Ryan", which discusses the value of war, my script hopes to analyze the impact of cruel war on human nature. The story mainly revolves around an army called Charlie infantry company ... "

Eric felt that Kathryn's attention was becoming more and more concentrated, and he quickly ignored him and Coppola, and discussed with Terrence Malick in detail. just knows this woman has been attracted. What a philosophical proposition the impact of war has on human nature. It is simply a favorite of a young literary girl.

He glanced at Coppola, and both smiled, without disturbing, and listened quietly and patiently to the conversation.

After half an hour, the discussion finally ended. Kathryn turned his head and looked at it with interest: "Eric, what do you think of this story?"

"Well, the story is great. Firefly is very willing to invest, Terren, have you done a rough pre-consider as finished?"

As soon as the sound of Eric fell, she was squinted lightly by Kathryn. She had hoped that Eric could talk about this script. Unexpectedly, this abominable little man asked film budget directly, which was really unbelievable.

Eric is a little helpless, and I said to my sister that you are a fairy, don't have to live your life, but I am a businessman.

Terrence Malick is completely unhappy with Kathryn. He was very satisfied when he heard that Eric said he was willing to invest. This project has been prepared for so many years, and I have contacted several studios and refused directly because of the high risk. Sometimes Terrence Malick almost wants to give up.

"Eric, the investment of the film probably needs 50 million USD, I have shown script to some well-known Actor, many people are very interested in this script, Sean Penn and John Travolta have given accurate promises, as long as they can get the investment, they Willing to join this video. "

Sean Penn and John Travolta are both first-line plots. If the two can join, the movie Box Office will be guaranteed. This is also the purpose of Terrence Malick to disclose this news. Eric knows, in fact. The former Actor lineup of "Red Alert" is even more gorgeous, except for Sean Penn and John Travolta. Also includes Hollywood big names such as George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Adrien Brody.

Although history has changed, Eric believes that as long as Kathryn can successfully win this Oscar best Director, although the cost of 50 million is a bit expensive compared to the film ’s Box Office potential, in the new Oscar best Director and big name With the support of Actor Halo, it is not too much a problem for the film to recover costs and achieve profitability through various channels.

Terrence Malick regards the thinking of Eric as hesitation. He also knows that the investment of 50 million USD is already considered a big production film, but this story does not have many commercial selling points. I thought about it and said: "Eric, if you think the risk is too high If Firefly invests in 25 million and promises to distribute the film, I can look for another investment in 25 million USD. "

"This is not necessary," Eric soon made up his mind that the investment in the film is higher, but the pressure to recover the cost is not great, and Firefly cannot always invest in commercial films. It is also necessary to produce some prize-winning films. Yes, said: "Firefly can bear all the investment, but I have a condition, Terren, I hope that in addition to screenwriter, you can also be the Producer of this movie."

The best Cannes Director interest movie once again came back two decades later, which was also a very important publicity stunt during the film's release.

However, Eric proposed this condition, the most important thing is not this, but the qualifications of Terrence Malick. Hollywood is a place that pays great attention to seniority. The Director and Producer projects with senior qualifications can usually attract powerful stars to join. Just like Woody Allen and Robert Altman, the two films have always been famous for their gorgeous lineups. Although Terrence Malick It has not been out of the mountain for two decades, but the qualifications and connections are still there, otherwise there will not be this meeting today, let him personally serve as Producer, Terrence Malick will definitely be able to more easily pull up the Actor team that has been more powerful for the movie.

Terrence Malick knows that the producer mentioned by Eric is not the kind of executive producer who only hangs a name and does not participate in the specific production of the film. He has not been involved in film production for 20 years. In this project, he has also been All want to hold only one screenwriter position. However, after so many encounters with the wall, and finally peaking, the persistence in Terrence Malick's heart was also much weaker.

Kathryn's eyes rolled between Eric and Terrence Malick. I also persuaded in time: "Terren, we just had a great time talking, didn't we. I also hope you can participate in this project together."

Many of the creative ideas that Kathryn talked about just coincided with him, collaborating with a like-minded Director. It seems that it is not so difficult to accept. When Terrence Malick heard Kathryn, it no longer insisted and nodded: "Well, Eric, I will personally take the position of Producer."

"So, I hope everyone can cooperate happily," Eric smiled and raised the stemware in his hand.

Because it is not a purely entertaining party. Participants were also older, and after ten o'clock, guests began to leave one after another.

Eric and Kathryn sent away the guests one by one, until Coppola finally left the mansion in his own car, Kathryn felt some anomalies, watching only a few waiters waiting to clean up the mess inside and outside the villa, ask Tao: "Eric, here ... what about the master?"

Eric pointed to himself: "Nà, right in front of your eyes."

Kathryn was amused by the actions of Eric and said: "Why are you buying a house here?"

"It's an investment. In addition to here, there should be some other places,"

Eric knows that Kathryn is not really interesting. Just briefly said.

But in fact, in addition to Cliff Peak Manor, in the Beverly Hills Manor, Santa Monica and Malibu of Los Angeles and Manhattan urban area of ​​New York, Eric has bought 60 to 70 luxury houses in recent years. The price of luxury houses in the United States metropolis in the 1990s is large. Some are within the level of one million USD, but Eric knows that even though previous life experienced the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008, it caused a prolonged downturn in the United States property market, but such big cities as Los Angeles and New York. Because it attracts the world's rich and investors, the price of luxury homes has always maintained a strong upward attitude. Twenty years later, luxury homes with a price tag of over 100 million are common. The investment at this time will get a return of ten times or even dozens of times in the future.

Of course, in addition to investment, investment in real estate can also offset personal income tax on the other hand. In order to avoid tax, both Eric and Firefly Group and Firefly invest to avoid dividends as much as possible, keep the funds in the company account, and even hold the seats of Firefly Group Chairman, Eric are just Symbolically took a USD salary. However, a series of films that he personally participated in as Director, producer and screenwriter can still bring him a large amount of related income every year, just like Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in the past. Because it is a personal investment, the sales of video tapes are divided into most All will fall into the personal income category of Eric, and just this one will bring 300 million USD. Chris used to provide a series of investment solutions for Eric, but because of deep-rooted oriental cultural concepts, Eric finally chose to invest in real estate, and he also enjoyed the feeling of having his own house wherever he went.

Kathryn is really not interested in these, and when I heard Eric, I just whispered.

Back in the courtyard, the two sat at the round table by the pool and continued to talk about "Red Alert". Eric no longer talked about those boring budget data. Kathryn only discovered that this little man was deep in the film. The analysis is no less than his own, as if he just listened to script again, he already has the entire film in his mind. Unconsciously attracted to the topic of Eric, and unconsciously led to the topic by Eric, Kathryn did not realize that she had started talking about the past, and when she was a child, she wanted to be a cartoonist ’s father to teach her to use paint Painting, I became interested in painting, and later I went to school at the San Francisco Art Academy. After ten years of working and studying at New York, I became interested in movies, starting with shoots short films, and then ...

Memories are often the things that can best open a person ’s mind.

From late into the night, exactly in the early spring, there was a quiet place around it, even without insects, and the orange lights in the courtyard of the mansion seemed to be more and more fascinating.

After a cool breeze blowing, in the faint cold, Kathryn suddenly realized the more strange atmosphere around him. The little man in front of him still hung a faint smile, but there was a kind of loneliness that wanted to blend into the night. Let people involuntarily calm down.

Probably because Basic Instinct felt some danger, Kathryn stood up subconsciously.

Eric raised her head in doubt and looked at the woman with a panicked expression: "Kathryn, what's wrong with you?"

"Me. Eric, it's late, and I should go back." Kathryn said with a slight trembling voice, and made up his mind. If ... if he speaks, he must refuse.

Well, be firm.

Eric looked at his watch, and it was already half past eleven. He got up and said, "It's very late, I remember you always rest on time at ten o'clock, right?"

Kathryn shook his head subconsciously: "No ... well, yes."

Eric smiled. Tao: "Oh, do you remember the gift I said when I first came, go, I will show you."

"Eric, is it okay tomorrow, now, it is too late."

Eric walked towards the villa and said, "It's only a few minutes. It's already so late anyway. There will be tomorrow's things tomorrow."

Kathryn looked at the back of Eric. Subconsciously followed.

When I came to the living room, Eric put the box in the cupboard when I took it out and said, "It's Oscar right away. I know you can't remember these things, so I prepared a dress for you. I designed the Oh personally. , Let ’s see, how about it. "

Eric said, carefully picking up a light gray silk embroidered dress from the box, which he made based entirely on the dress he wore when he got the best Director from Kathryn in his memory.

Kathryn stood beside, but his eyes were noticed on the heart-shaped embroidery of different sizes of the upper body of the dress, and the mood was panicked again. Tao: "Eric, my manager said that I have contacted me for dress sponsorship. I will try on the clothes in two days."

"Oh, then try this one first. Then wear whichever one you think is more beautiful."

"Then, let me take it back."

"If it does n’t fit, you need to modify it as soon as possible. I ’ll try it here. I also want to see the effect," Eric looked at the woman ’s hesitant look, and humans and animals laughed harmlessly: "You wo n’t Do n’t even give this face, this is my hard work. "

"Then ... Okay," Kathryn's tone softened again, holding the box handed over by Eric, and followed his instructions into a nearby room.

After a while, the woman who changed her dress came out carefully, holding the corner of her skirt.

I do n’t know when I remembered the music in the living room. The sound was very low, but Kathryn clearly heard that "Young and Beautiful". The innocent and desolate shallow singing made people want to put aside everything and get lost.

Although there are images in memory, Eric still has a strong sense of stunningness when she sees a woman walking in a dress. Kathryn tall and slender's figure almost perfectly interprets the golden section. The beautiful face with no trace of years still has a faint look flush.

Seeing Eric get up and walk over, reach out to her, Kathryn unwittingly throws away the corner of the skirt and sends her right hand up. Then, the woman feels like she is being pulled into the arms by Eric The music moved slightly.

I do n’t know if the music has been looped several times, Kathryn chin gently knocked on the shoulder of Eric, leaned to his ear, whispered: "Eric."

"Huh?" The ear also thought of the little man's voice.

"I have n’t figured it out yet, me, I do n’t want to be like this ... You ’re tricked into bed, me, I ’m going home ..."

The woman ’s voice trembles slightly, without the ability and strength of the past. It is more like a small beast that has fallen into a trap, pitying the hunter to let herself go.

Eric ’s heart suddenly softened and said softly: "Okay, I will take you home."

"I don't want you to send it, I can go back myself, I ... I have a car."

"Well," Eric loosened the woman's waist and said, "You must not change the dress. Go ahead and change it. This dress can't drive."

......

A few minutes later, Eric stood under the pale yellow street lamp outside the door of the mansion, looking at the white car shadow that was going away. Kathryn opened the poor BMW car alive and ran away.

He smiled and sighed again. Eric don't even know what he is feeling now.

It's twelve o'clock. In addition to the dim street lights, there are only a few lights on the street in the residential area.

I turned my head and looked at the door. Although the living facilities in the villa were all available, Eric did n’t want to live alone, somehow, suddenly expecting a lively environment, so I remembered that it was always hot Lively small girl.

After picking up the phone to dial, after a few beeps. Although there were two microphones, a lively atmosphere came out.

small girl still has no rest, although it is already early in the morning. But still on party somewhere.

"Eric, it's so late. Call me back," the girl's tone was a little guilty, and the background sound became lower and lower, and soon disappeared.

Eric knew that the girl must have hid somewhere quiet, with a spoiled smile on her lips, blaming: "It's too late, and it's crazy, be careful with dark circles tomorrow."

"Not really. Just happy today, hey, what's the matter with me?"

"Let Natasha come to pick me up. I'm here at Hollywood Hills Carmen Avenue, the house we looked at last time. There was a reception here tonight, everyone was gone, only me was left."

"Oh, I'll pass immediately, you are waiting for me Oh," the girl said. Nothing was asked at all, and the phone hung up in turmoil.

......

The atmosphere of party in the Trousdale manor and Drew mansion is very different from the style of Eric just over there. A series of fluorescent lamps in the courtyard completely drove out the night, and the sound of music rang through a distance of tens of meters. Fortunately, this is a separate hill. Apart from the luxury houses next to Elizabeth and Julia's, there are no neighbors that are too close, and the luxury houses Elizabeth and Julia's have not been resold.

Because Eric does not like other men to appear in this mansion, the girl will only invite a group of girlfriends when she holds party in her own home, and she does have a little more. A group of enchanting females girls frantically played and sang. Dancing, fluttering in the swimming pool. There are even those who hug and kiss each other. There is no shame or humiliation. If a man appears here, he will definitely be irritated to nosebleeds.

When Natasha delivered the ringing cordless phone to the girl, she was entangled in chat with Gwyneth Paltrow. Although she was also the Spielberg's goddess, when the girl ’s identity at this time was no longer dependent on Spielberg, Gwyneth Paltrow was playing some small Mind thinking, has always maintained close contact with the girl.

Seeing that Drew walked away in joy and panic with a cordless phone expression, Gwyneth Paltrow cleverly realized who the caller was, his eyes flashed, and he followed without trace.

See Drew said this and got into a room. Gwyneth Paltrow took a glass of wine from nearby and waited quietly outside.

After a while, the door opened, and when Drew came out, Gwyneth Paltrow immediately showed a full smile from gossip, and moved up cordially: "Drew, is it Eric's phone?"

"Yes," the girl answered, ignoring Gwyneth Paltrow's reaction, she kept walking to the microphone in the middle of the courtyard, turned off the music, took the microphone from Christina Aguilera and patted it hard, in the subwoofer After a few mumbles, everyone quieted down.

The girl reached out and hugged the Christina next to her. She kissed the girl very humorously and said to the microphone with a smile: "Hey, my dears, I can only come here today Oh, give you ten minutes to go back to each house, Slow, I will let Natasha throw her out Oh. Ah, there are those who are drunk, whoever takes it away, can be sold for midnight snack, um, that's it. "

The girls all know the girl ’s character. Although she smiles when she speaks, if it is more than ten minutes, this surly crazy girl will definitely throw people out.

There is not much hesitation in the movement, and they are preparing to leave, and there is no shortage of girls joking: "Drew, is your man coming back?"

The girl waved her small hand: "Yeah, my king is coming, but I do n’t need you little bitch to wait, so let ’s get out."

Some girls also boldly said, "Drew, people are still in neodymium. Can I stay and serve our king?"

"Go away, tomorrow I will use beer wine bottle to help you break it. It ’s been two minutes and Oh, and eight minutes."

Another greasy girl said: "I really want to be thrown away by Natasha, they look great at a glance."

"You dead lily, I will let Natasha interrupt your calf and throw it out, shall I?"

"Drew, you are so violent."

It took only five minutes to make such a noise, and a lot of girls have basically dispersed. small girl personally stuffed the Christina under the driving age into a sports car and looked at it, checked it out and in and out Besides, ascertaining that no one was left, he ordered the two maids to clean up as soon as possible, and drove away with the twins in a hurry. (To be continued.)