I’m in Hollywood Chapter 513: Prevention

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Hang up the phone, Eric left the balcony and walked back to the office, just sitting quietly on the sofa and looking at Nicole of magazine, looked up curiously.

This is Eric ’s personal office in Firefly Studios. Because he rarely works here, the setting in the office is also very simple. A set of office chairs, a set of sofas, a row of desks across from the desk Bookshelf with many information files.

After seeing Eric sitting down, Nicole poured a cup of coffee for Eric and placed it in front of him, and asked, "I really want to hear TG's name, did they call it?"

"It's Rupert Murdoch," Eric shook his head.

In addition to confirming the sale of TG from Eric, Murdoch also hopes that after the completion of the acquisition of Fox, the original rights of Fox and Firefly in TG will be reversed, that is, Fox will withdraw the North America distribution of TG movies and peripheral development rights. At the same time, the original overseas distribution rights are handed over to Firefly.

Eric also knows what idea Murdoch is playing. Although giving 15% of TG ’s benefits, this Film Studio can always keep in touch with itself. This is undoubtedly the most beneficial solution for Fox, as long as Eric Accepting this condition, Fox is willing to bid 80 million USD to “redeem” TG ’s right to issue in the hands of Firefly and pay 100 million 20 million USD to three other women for the acquisition of TG.

With Eric completely not involved, TG ’s most profitable movie is Jim Carrey ’s comedy. With the frequency of one year and one year in the next few years, it has been shown from Jim Carrey through the accumulation of previous films. The appeal of Box Office is that as long as you do n’t play art and do n’t engage in transformation, it is not a problem for the three films to obtain a total profit of 300 million USD. The total price of 200 million USD from Fox is also relatively reasonable. After all, Eric has received 80 million USD for investment in movies, which can be doubled in three years.

Nicole heard the name of Murdoch and asked no more. He pulled out a thick stack of script from the handbag and handed it to Eric: "This was sent by Pat to me yesterday, I think the other party should want to let Do you have a look? "

Eric took script. Seeing the striking "The Mummy" title on the cover and the Universal Pictures logo, my eyes narrowed slightly.

"Anything other than script, Universal, pass it on?" Eric asked. Let go of script.

Nicole shook his head: "No, but Pate investigated some information after receiving script yesterday. This film was a remake of an old film in Universal in 1932. Michael Eisner personally made it. It seems that it is intended to be made similar to A series of movies like 《Indiana Jones》. Universal had previously sold the remake rights to a sole production company, and now they are trying to take back, as if they are still in contact with Spielberg, I hope he can serve as Director, Pat said that this is unlikely, but Spielberg should Be able to serve as Producer. The producer in charge of this project also said yesterday that if I can sign one more, they can make concessions on the pay. "

Many of the bridge segment models of Hollywood commercials have already been finalized. Although the script in Eric ’s hands is slightly different from the memory, the overall concept and character settings of the plot are similar. Quickly flipped script over again, Eric looked up and asked, "What do you mean?"

Nicole put down the coffee cup in his hand and said seriously: "I used to play the kind of noisy and noisy characters. I think this script knowledgeable librarian role is quite interesting."

"In this case, then pick it up," Eric put script on the coffee table, thought about it, and walked to the desk.

Nicole looked at the figure of Eric and said, "But, this is a movie of Universal. That, Michael Eisner ..."

"Oh, I ’m not so stingy, as long as you like it. And if you do n’t act, Universal will also find other actresses," Eric said, taking a phone book from the desk drawer, I quickly found a number, picked up the landline on the desktop and dialed it.

Nicole is a bit weird about Eric's move. No more interruptions.

Eric picked up the microphone and waited for a while, the phone was connected and said: "I am Eric Williams, please take Mr. Eisner."

In an office of Burbank Universal Headquarters, when I heard Eric self-reported door, the unexpected Eisner assistant even forgot to inform in advance and transferred the call directly to the Michael Eisner landline. After connecting, I realized what I was. I stood up and opened the door of the Michael Eisner office without knocking, but I saw that Michael Eisner was already talking to the phone with a smile, and saw that the assistant suddenly broke in, abnormally. Not angry, just waved the other party out.

"Eric, didn't expect you to call, is there anything?" Michael Eisner drove away the assistant and leaned on the sofa and asked with a smile.

"I just saw script of" The Mummy ", this is a good idea," Eric tone is also very casual: "However, I see that Universal should be planning to develop a series, I do n’t know if you have the whole series The complete script, the outline is fine, I want to see it. "

Michael Eisner's original rubbing fingers on the desktop paused for a moment, and he quickly smiled and said: "Of course, no problem, I will let you be delivered to you, by the way, where are you now?"

"Playa Vista," Eric replied.

"Oh, the late stage of" Jurassic Park "should be completed soon? You didn't see the trailer of this movie on Super Bowl, everyone is very sorry."

Eric replied unchanged: "I will see it soon, I believe many people will be surprised."

"Then I'll wait and see," Michael Eisner said with a smile: "Don't forget to send me an invitation letter during the audition."

"Okay, I will find a reporter by the way and take photos of your participation in the screening. This is a great opportunity to promote" Jurassic Park "," Eric joked half-truly.

Michael Eisner raised her eyebrows. If there is such a photo, then the relationship between the two will definitely be "thawed" openly: "Haha, I will cooperate with you at that time, if there is nothing else, Have time to eat together? "

"No problem, then, bye." Eric said, and hung up after hearing the other party's response.

I heard a busy tone on the other side of the microphone, but Michael Eisner did not put the microphone back. Instead, he gently tapped the desktop with his hand, and frowned slightly to think about the origin of the Eric call.

Want to confuse himself with the "emphasis" of "The Mummy" script and make Universal invest more?

Thinking about it, Michael Eisner thinks it's impossible again. The other party should not play such low-level tricks. So what is the intention of the other party to make this call?

Although I ca n’t think of anything for a while, Michael Eisner quickly ordered the assistant to send the outline of the "The Mummy" series to Eric. He doesn't worry about Eric copying "The Mummy" script or something. If this happens, Universal can happily play a lawsuit with Firefly.

During the call of Eric, the curious Nicole had already pulled a chair and sat across from Eric.

Wait for Eric to hang up. Nicole asked curiously: "Hey, what do you want the script of" The Mummy "?"

"I am very interested in the special effects of" The Mummy "and want to let the digital field take over the special effects work of this movie," Eric did not conceal, but there is no way to explain to Nicole too clearly. Very interested in the special effects of original "The Mummy" second part. In the script just now, Eric has seen the clues of the rebirth of Heroine Evelyn and the information of the undead army of the ancient Egyptian **** Anubis.

In original "The Mummy2", the army of undead summoned by the Scorpion King left a deep impression on Eric because of the high cost of labor in the West. In this era, it is basically impossible to realize a war scene with thousands of troops in a real way within the budget of a movie. The only way is to use computer CG special effects. If script outline of Universal does not deviate much from original, then the special effects production of the sequel of "The Mummy" will be taken, which is a very good training opportunity for the development of large-scale war special effects in the digital field.

Although Eric has signaled that the digital field has begun to develop related technologies, there is no actual film work for practical application training, and no one knows what the specific effect will be, nor where to develop and improve technology.

Large-scale war special effects are a very important part of the development of future special effects movies. Having mastered the opportunities in this area, the digital field can be technically ahead of other Film Studio. Even if there is no scene of the undead army in the "The Mummy" series outline sent by Universal. Eric also intends to develop a related special effects movie in the next two or three years to let the digital field ‘practice’.

Nicole is not very interested in topics such as special effects. Slender fingers bounced a few times on script, looking at Eric: "If you really have no opinion, I will let Pat talk to Universal about the contract Is it? "

Eric watched the thick script under the arm of Nicole. Suddenly thought that since Michael Eisner sent script to himself through Nicole's hand, the reason should be more than just asking Nicole to ask if she was willing to let her star. Recalling that Universal depressed Joanna's sudden insider speech half a year ago, Eric took script again, pulled a pencil from the side pen holder, knocked on the desktop for a while, and finally wrote a 5% number on the cover . script was handed over to Nicole.

Nicole tilted his head and looked at the numbers above and asked, "What is this?"

"Your personal pay should now be 10 million USD. I owed Michael Eisner a favor last year, and I just paid him back now. You can let Pat help you talk about omni-channel sharing according to the 5% bottom line. Abandoning fixed pay will make The time it takes for you to get paid back is much longer, but you will definitely get more than 10 million USD. If you give up the rewards and get a share, it will be considered a disguise to increase the confidence of Universal in this project. "

"Oh, you take my film appointment as a favor, and don't ask people if they would like it, who knows if this movie can make 200 million," Nicole flicked a white eye, his mouth still picking up.

Eric feels the girl ’s disdain and smiles thoughtfully and asks, "Then would you like it?"

Nicole is not short of money. Not only can it get more rewards, but also let Eric remember that it is a good point, but it is also a good choice. Pretend to think for a moment, and then say "reluctantly make it difficult": "Okay , I promised you, but with Jack Nicholson in front, do you think Universal will easily agree to it? "

The pay of Jack Nicholson in "Batman" is a topic that many celebrities in the entertainment industry talk about. Many people dream of such a chance to make a fortune. Eric said: "If Universal disagrees, then you can just receive 10 million USD's remuneration directly, and nothing is lost for you."

Nicole nodded his chin thoughtfully, reached out and grabbed the pencil from Eric, directly added a number one in front of the 5% number on the cover, which became 15%, and then said to Eric: " Then I let Pat start talking about 15%, maybe I can talk about more than 10% in the end. Although this movie is a big investment, even if the distribution fee is included later, the total investment will not exceed 100 million USD, my 10 million If you only pay 5% of your pay, you will lose money. "

Computer special effects movies have just been in the North America and global markets for a few years. It ’s the time when market demand is strong. script of "The Mummy" is also very good. As long as the main creators do n’t mess up, keep the level of original in Eric memory, global Harvesting Box Office above 300 million USD is not a problem. It is roughly estimated that the investment is 60 million yuan and announcement is 20 million. The cost can be fully recovered by relying on Box Office Universal. The follow-up video tape and the surrounding profits are even more profitable. In the two-year omni-channel issuance cycle, the profit income exceeds 200 million USD is not a problem. If Nicole is true 'S can divide the entire channel into more than 10%, maybe it will become the first female star to step into the 20 million compensation club.

Thinking of this, Eric could n’t help but stretched out his thumbs towards Nicole and smiled: “It ’s ruthless enough, it ’s the most poisonous woman ’s heart.”

"Bah, do n’t allow me to say that." Nicole tapped lightly on the hand reaching over from Eric, and put script in the bag, only to ask the corners of his eyes: "It's almost noon, let's go to Venice Is it good to have lunch on the beach? How many good restaurants are there? "

"Willn’t you be onlookers?" Eric asked with a smile, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is still being released sporadically, some overseas markets are in full swing, and Nicole is gaining popularity, and now her every move is tightly controlled by paparazzi Paying close attention, although paparazzi is unlikely to be mixed into the cinema, but as long as the two go out, it is definitely a life of onlookers.

"I let the assistant drive away some people first, you find an ordinary car, we secretly go out, it should be fine, even if it is found, I do n’t have a boyfriend, and you do n’t have an official woman. Friend, what can they say? "Nicole said, his eyes murmured:" Or do you not want to show up with me? "

"Stop, this look is too lethal, I surrender!"

"Hehe ..." (to be continued.)