I’m in Hollywood Chapter 711: External vitality
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Respectfully said goodbye to the phone microphone, hung up the phone, Harvey Weinstein took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the banquet hall, his expression full of pride.
The call came from News Corp Chairman Murdoch in New York. Although it was just a congratulatory speech, New York was already more than twelve in the morning. From this point, we can see that News Corp attaches importance to Miramax.
Tonight's Oscar awards ceremony is definitely the most beautiful moment in the 16 years since Miramax was founded.
After being acquired last year, relying on the strong financial support of the parent company News Corp, Miramax finally got rid of the previous embarrassment that because of the financial constraints, it can only make a small fuss, and with the production and distribution of "Braveheart" and "Bullet Flying Broadway" , "Red", "Sin Angel" and other films, Miramax unprecedentedly won a total of 27 Oscar nominations, all Oscar all heavyweight awards, and successfully won 9 small gold.
Behind these glory, is the annual net profit of Miramax1994 200 million more USD, this performance is even close to the profit scale of 20th Century Fox headquarters.
In pride and excitement, Harvey Weinstein is also somewhat lost. If he didn't sell the company last year, or if he left more shares, he would get more dividends from Miramax's annual profit. But he quickly got rid of this idea, and many things in this world have no chance. Eric, which had just emerged a few years ago, also issued an invitation to acquire Miramax. If the transaction was originally agreed, even if it is only left now The next 10% or less of Firefly shares will be a huge amount of wealth.
Bashing shook his head, Harvey Weinstein just returned to the party hall, a figure with a disheveled hair wearing a black suit came together.
"Hey. Harvey," the man had obviously been waiting for a while, and knew that Weinstein was busy. Without turning corners, he said quickly: "I heard that Firefly's celebration party is upstairs. Do you remember the thing I said I talked to you about?"
Harvey Weinstein pays attention to having a good relationship with excellent filmmakers. Although the New Zealand Director has nothing tonight, Harvey Weinstein has not shown any perfunctory, stopped, and recalled a little bit, said: "Peter, you Is it "The Lord of the Rings"? "
Peter Jackson quickly nodded and said: "Yes. Harvey, isn't the copyright of the" The Lord of the Rings "series of movies in the hands of Flower Films, I was thinking, can you help me recommend it?"
Out of a subtle ostrich mentality, Harvey Weinstein now does not want to see another guy who shines more in Hollywood, hesitating slightly, saying: "Peter, you see here, so many guests need to entertain, I ca n’t leave now Open. "
Peter Jackson is not discouraged. Dao: "Harvey, you don't have time and it doesn't matter, can you let someone take us into that party. I just went up and it was blocked out."
"Oh, haha ..."
Harvey Weinstein froze for a while, haha smiled and patted Peter Jackson on the shoulder: "Of course this is no problem, Peter."
With the help of Weinstein, Peter Jackson was not stopped outside the door this time, and easily entered the party hall of Firefly.
Although Firefly has only one heavyweight Oscar film, there are obviously more guests on party than Fox, and there are two hundred people bustling.
Weinstein ’s assistant Brad. Gray sent Peter Jackson into the party hall and left. There is no intention to refer him further.
Peter Jackson is not expecting this, and he wandered around the crowd with a glass of champagne for a while. Only noticed the figure of Eric Williams, only. Eric Williams was surrounded by men and women around No. 7 and No. 8, and it seemed to be discussing heatedly. Peter Jackson knew that now is not a good time to contact each other, so he had to wait patiently for Eric to idle.
Eric is surrounded by Katzenberg, the former assistant Alan Fisman sent by him to the TV production department, the small girl and Victoria’s Secret angel quintet hanging on his body.
People didn't talk about too formal topics. On the surface, they just talked on the edge. However, the Victoria’s Secret quintet seemed to realize what they were, and they were very clever to introduce the topic to TV Reality Show. They also tried Eric from time to time. A few words.
Inadvertently, the disheveled hair and the very uncoordinated figure in the black suit fell into the eyes of Eric, watching the other party swaying around for more than ten minutes, Eric lowered the corner of the mouth without any trace, and reached out and pushed Push small girl: "Drew, can you get me a glass of champagne?"
The girl blinked her big eyes. How could you not understand Eric? This is to support her. Although looking at the five big long legs in front of her, she was very unsightly, but she took the initiative to loosen Eric's arm to face Go to the long table not far away.
Peter Jackson waited patiently for more than ten minutes, and found that the people around Eric did not mean to walk away, thinking about whether to continue to wait, or to forcibly gather in the past and see that Drew Barrymore came out of the group of people .
He immediately realized that this is a good opportunity. Although the copyright of the "The Lord of the Rings" series is in the hands of Flower Films, Peter Jackson is very clear. The real decision behind Flower Films is Eric Williams. Drew Barrymore is just a spokesperson to outsiders. But at this time, there is no chance to speak with Eric Williams, and the chance of succeeding in the past is even slim. Then it is worth a try by contacting Drew Barrymore.
Although I do n’t know why Eric would pull myself apart, the girl did n’t bother about this. I noticed that the tall and slender figure in a light gray dress, also surrounded by people, was turning his eyes and was about to go up. After fine-tuning this temperament is actually a shy temperament cooked neodymium, I heard someone shouting his name: "Miss Barrymore."
Turn around and looked at the white man with shaggy hair and beard in front of her eyes. The girl wondered whether the poor suit was borrowed or stolen, but there was a sweet smile on the face of the doll: "This Mr., do you call me? "
"Yes," Peter Jackson nodded quickly, reaching out to the girl: "Hello, Miss Barrymore. My name is Peter Jackson, it is a Director."
"Oh," the girl reached out and shook her hand. Nodded, waiting for the other party to continue.
Peter Jackson has considered many ways to provoke topics. When the event came to an end, my thoughts were scattered again, and hesitated for a long time before saying: "This is the case, Miss Barrymore. I have been a fan of Tolkien since I was a child. Even, on the road of Director, I hope that one day. I can personally" The Lord of the Rings " 》 Move to the big screen. I heard that Flower Films controls the copyright of the The Lord of the Rings series, so I hope to get the Director opportunity. ”
small girl asked: "Have you ever had a similar movie with Director?"
Peter Jackson shook his head and said: "Not yet, but I have been doing related preparations all these years, about the adaptation of script, the composition of the film, the shape of the characters, etc. As long as I can give me a chance to show, I believe I will certainly be able to convince you. "
small girl blinked and said: "Then you talk about your shoots ideas first. I listen."
Peter Jackson Yu Guang glanced at the Eric not far from his eyes. He was hesitant and wondered if it would be useful to tell the blonde beauty in front of him. The girl also noticed the change in his eyes and smiled slyly, saying: "You said that you have prepared for this film for many years, but did you even have the patience to tell me what you think?"
Peter Jackson is aware of his mistakes. If he ca n’t grasp this opportunity right now, what else can he talk about? So he quickly rejuvenated and said, "This is the case, Miss Barrymore. First of all, I think" The Lord of the Rings "should n’t just be Only make a film. It is best to be able to shoots into a trilogy mode, otherwise this epic masterpiece will be wasted too much. It can not fully show the grand world of Tolkien architecture. "
The girl nodded, with some more recognition in her heart, saying: "Eric has said so, you continue."
Peter Jackson heard this girl's words, but also rejuvenated, said: "In the script I conceived, the story can start from the 111th birthday of The Hobbit Bill Bo. Baggins. After a series of twists and turns, The Lord of the Rings fell into the hands of Bill Bo. Baggins. On his birthday party, Bill Bo. Baggins showed the magic of the Supreme The Lord of the Rings for showing off. He was discovered by Gandalf who came to visit. After being advised, Bill Bo. Baggins left the supreme The Lord of the Rings to his nephew Frodo Baggins. At the same time, after thousands of years of sleep, the awakened Sauron made a comeback and sent nine ring spirits to find The Lord of the Rings ... "
Peter Jackson realized that the girl was very interested in this story, so by virtue of her familiarity with the original "The Lord of the Rings", she turned the story into full of twists and turns, and also had questions about the occasional girl questions. Jane After narrating the script concept of the trilogy, I started to talk about my shoots thoughts again, and unconsciously, it has been more than half an hour.
Although the girl bought all of Tolkien ’s movies copyright in accordance with the requirements of Eric, she did n’t have the patience to read them all. At this time, she listened with interest. After Peter Jackson finished speaking, the girl turned and looked at it. Looking far away, the five long-legged goblins beside Eric have disappeared, so they said to Peter Jackson: "Come with me, take you to meet the person you want to see."
Peter Jackson was a little embarrassed to hear this sentence. It turned out that his own mind had been completely guessed by others, but his footsteps did not hesitate and followed closely.
"Eric, this is Peter Jackson, he wants to shoot" The Lord of the Rings ", he just told me some ideas, it's not bad." The girl introduced it concisely and clearly.
Eric smiled and shook hands with Peter Jackson: "Hello, Mr. Jackson."
"Hello, Mr. Williams."
"I just saw you chatting for a long time, are you discussing this?"
Peter Jackson nodded: "Yes, Mr. Williams, Miss Barrymore is a very patient listener."
Eric turned to look at the girl next to her: "So what do you think?"
"He prepared very carefully, I think he can let him try."
Since everyone else has come to the door, Eric does not want to waste the energy of pretending gestures, he is not at all leisure now, said to Peter Jackson: "In this case, you can go to Flower Films Headquarters tomorrow and talk to Ms. Amy Pascal again. However, there is one more point, even if the agreement is reached, this project will not be able to start for the past few years. You'd better prepare in advance. "
Peter Jackson heard the words of Eric and got up again and again, and some rejoicing finally saw a little dawn, but did not understand how long the "years" in the Eric words were.
Fortunately, the girl asked him for him: "Eric, when will it be able to start? I don't need money on this side?"
"About a year or two," Eric smiled and said, "When you have the strength to distribute this film alone, it is probably the time."
Eric said that, the girl probably understood it. Eric means that it should be after Flower Films won Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
In the current situation, this does not seem to take long.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer has struggled for so many years. The production department has reached a point where it can be ignored. Only the distribution department is still perfect. What Flower Films needs is the Metro Goldwyn Mayer film distribution network.
Leave contact information with each other and send Peter Jackson away. Eric turned his attention to Katzenberg and Alan beside him, but asked another question: "Who do you think is more suitable for them?"
Eric refers to the candidate of the host of "America's Next Top Model". I just chatted with the Victoria’s Secret angel five-member group. In fact, I still have the thoughts of meticulousness and testing.
Alan looked at Katzenberg, Katzenberg was also polite, said: "Ms. Eric, Kruger is definitely not suitable. Her current age and that kind of delicate temperament can't afford such a program at all."
Eric heard Katzenberg denying Diane Kruger so eagerly and shrugged: "Jeffrey, do you think I'm the kind of stubborn person who wants to be kinship?"
Katzenberg grinned and said who knows what you think, he still feels that Eric has enabled Wachowski Brothers shoots "The Matrix" a bit hasty, in case Eric will let Diane Kruger act as "America's Next Top Model" host People, Katzenberg is certainly not too unexpected, it just feels too chaotic.
"In addition, Miss Turlington's high street fashion temperament is too heavy, and her eloquence seems to be not very good. It is also not suitable for this kind of Reality TV Show that requires intimate interaction. The rest are Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Tyra Banks, um, Tyra Banks Some are young, with lighter qualifications and unpleasant skin tone, but the kind of exuberant vitality in her body is a major advantage over the other two. "(To be continued.)