I’m in Hollywood Chapter 293: The determination of Eisner
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After a while, Eric took mobile phone back to the meeting room, and Robert Shay also put down the coffee cup in his hand and looked at Eric.
"It's Michael Eisner," Eric explained with a touch of lightness.
"Do you want to invite you to talk?" Robert Shay asked slightly raised his eyebrows. He also knew that some time ago the storm was caused by Michael Eisner.
Eric nodded and sat down on the chair again: "Yes."
"Have you agreed?" Robert Shay asked curiously.
"It ’s okay to listen to what he said, anyway, I ’m fine at night." Eric said to put mobile phone at hand, and then said: "Robert, since you are not willing to take over" Basic Instinct ", then pick script as soon as possible Well, it ’s March now. If you do n’t finalize the project, it is estimated that it will be difficult to catch up with the summer. "
Robert sees that Eric no longer squeezes the script of "Basic Instinct" to himself, and at the same time relieves a little, it is inevitable that there are some contradictory losses. After all, this is script written by Eric himself.
However, he quickly adjusted his emotions and said: "I understand that I have collected six scripts these days, and I will let the assistant show you to you later, you can help me see."
Eric shook his head: "No, I think it ’s better to choose it by yourself. I ca n’t guarantee that the movie will be 100% successful. Wait for you to choose script and give me a signature."
Robert Shay was stunned for a while, and immediately realized that Eric was ready to let go completely. Then, the success or failure of the film in the future will have nothing to do with Eric. He must be fully responsible. But Robert Shay is not without responsibility. After a moment of hesitation, he nodded: "So, I will pick script as soon as possible."
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After work. Eric drove back to Malibu, but the destination was not his own Cliff Peak Manor. But Michael Eisner is a mansion located in Malibu.
"Eric, I'm so glad you can come, please come in," the maid led Eric just into the mansion door, and Michael Eisner greeted him with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Eisner," Eric gave a polite smile and shook hands slightly with Michael Eisner.
Michael Eisner didn't care about Eric's indifference. He still said with a smile on his face: "Eric, I specially invited a famous French chef to make the dinner tonight, let's go in."
Eric nodded and followed Michael Eisner directly to the restaurant. During the entire dinner, except for the servants who appeared from time to time, there were only Michael Eisner and Eric in the restaurant. Michael Eisner skillfully introduced Eric to the exquisite features of French dishes served up end, waiting for a meal to finish, and specially invited the French chef with a certain high chef hat to come out, three people joined together Shadow.
While secretly admiring the good patience of Michael Eisner, Eric enjoyed the dinner quietly. Anyway, the initiative is now in his hands.
After dinner, Michael Eisner took Eric into his study, and waited for the servant to finish his coffee and quit. Michael Eisner only said: "Eric, since things have passed, I think we should talk about cooperation."
At the corner of Eric ’s mouth, a ridiculous chuckle finally hung: “Cooperation?”
Michael Eisner still said with a smile: "Yes, cooperation, Eric, there is no eternal enemy in this world, only eternal benefits, although this is United Kingdom's diplomatic strategy. However, I think. It is the same between companies. General. "
"There is no eternal enemy, only eternal benefits." Eric shook his head and smiled a few times, and then said: "Mr. Eisner, if you have the option to cooperate with your friends or neutrals, then you will still work with yourself. Does the enemy cooperate? "
"Of course not," Michael Eisner said: "However, Eric, do you think you have friends at Hollywood, Firefly? Although you are very happy to cooperate with Fox, but believe me, Murdoch will definitely be cruel if you have the opportunity Insert a knife on the back of Firefly. "
"I also know this, so I will try not to give this opportunity to Mr. Murdoch, and at the same time, I will not give the opportunity to the enemy who has inserted a knife in the back," Eric casually took the coffee Said.
When Michael Eisner heard Eric say this, he still kept a smile and said, "Eric, I think I know some things, I don't deny it, so, I think, let's reconcile."
"Reconciliation?" Eric raised his head and asked: "How to reconcile?"
Michael Eisner said with a little confidence: "How about script in" Ghost "?"
Eric shook his head directly if he wanted to: "Mr. Eisner, I do n’t lack script, so I do n’t want to cooperate with Disney. Without" Ghost ", then I choose another one. And, I promise, Disney ca n’t make it. The "Ghost" that I have conceived in my mind, you can make this movie, maybe you can make a small profit, but it is absolutely impossible to become a classic, and it is even more difficult to say whether it can be sold. "
"No no no, Eric, I do n’t think you fully understand what I mean, I mean, Disney transfers the script of" Ghost "to you, and then, we settle, how?"
Eric finally raised his head in surprise, and saw Michael Eisner with a confident look, and then Eric thought of some other questions: "Mr. Eisner, I think Disney must have spent a lot of money to buy the script of" Ghost ", Maybe I promised Bruce Joy. Robin part of the dividend, right? "
"Yes," Michael Eisner nodded: "1 million USD cash and 3% North America profit share."
The Eric disk consider as finished, if you follow the previous life score, then the sum of money exceeds 3 million, perhaps, for future profits, this money is nothing. But for Disney who doesn't know the result at all, this offer is a bit ridiculous.
After seeing the silence of Eric, Michael Eisner said: "Eric and Disney are very sincere, so as long as we settle, I will transfer this script to Firefly for free."
"What about your contract?" Eric asked subconsciously: "I think Bruce Joy. Robin will not be reconciled."
"This is actually a good solution. Disney will transfer script to Firefly. When the movie is produced and distributed by Disney, then the share of Bruce. Joy.Robin can be transferred from the profit of Disney's. What do you think?"
"Firefly and Disney are jointly released, and the movie copyright belongs to Firefly," Eric thought quickly, and then said that, since Michael Eisner can make such a bold decision, if he still cares about it, it seems It's too small.
On the other hand, if the film is completely handed over to Disney for distribution, although the benefits can be maximized, then Firefly ’s own channels should not be expanded, and if this situation continues, Firefly will definitely become previous life DreamWorks. , Can produce good movies, but do not have enough strength to distribute, can only struggle between several major Film Studio to survive.
Moreover, these years are the best and last time to expand the distribution channel of Firefly, because the cost of film production in the early 1990s is not too high, so Eric made up his mind, even if it was this If you earn less in a few years, you must also open up the distribution channel of Firefly. Otherwise, in the late 1990s, special effects blockbuster will rise, so the production cost of hundreds of millions of USD, if there is no own distribution channel, then the situation will be very tragic. Most of the profits were deprived of the major Film Studio mastering the distribution channels. Production Studio finally found that he could not even recover the production costs.
I heard Eric loose tone, Michael Eisner did not think about it, nodded directly and said: "No problem."
After Michael Eisner finished speaking, the atmosphere between the two sides suddenly became a little silent. Michael Eisner's own goal was achieved, and Eric, who originally wanted Michael Eisner to touch the nail, failed to persevere.
After drinking the coffee in front of me, Eric took the initiative to stand up and said: "So, Mr. Eisner, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."
"I send you," Michael Eisner followed and stood up.
All the time Eric was sent out of the mansion, Michael Eisner calmly returned to the study room with a cold face, picked up a few obscure folders that were originally placed in the corner of the desk, and there were several "Ghost" movie projects made by Disney Director proposal.
Michael Eisner can be said to be one of the seven major Film Studio helms, with the deepest understanding of Eric, and also the one with the deepest knowledge of Eric's personal potential. Therefore, he will join several other Film Studio years ago and launched a joint suppression of Firefly. Unfortunately, due to some lapses in the process, things did not succeed. After seeing Murdoch actively contacting Eric news, Michael Eisner was determined to reconcile with Eric. After all, as he began to say, there is no permanent enemy, only permanent benefits.
Moreover, the original Michael Eisner did not intend to reconcile Eric with the script of "Ghost". However, some time ago, he made several well-known Directors of Disney to study the script of "Ghost". Then, these people provided None of the project plans that came out of his hands are satisfactory to Michael Eisner. (To be continued)