I’m in Hollywood Chapter 547: I watched on the face of Dumas
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"Future things will be said in the future."
Eric shook his head and smiled, but he was not too worried about this problem. The fundamental problem of Metro Goldwyn Mayer is still in the business philosophy.
Until now, Metro Goldwyn Mayer still maintains the vertical business philosophy handed down from the era of large-scale studios, but since the 1980s, several other Film Studios of Hollywood have begun to try diversified development, and strive to open up movie-related audio and video, books, Records, toys, theme parks and other surrounding industrial chains maximize the "locomotive effect" of Film Industry services, and increase the ability of Film Studio to withstand risks through the development of profitable channels.
But at the same time, Metro Goldwyn Mayer fell into the hands of casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian, who prefers to play capital operation because of his unfamiliarity. This casino tycoon ’s interest in transforming Metro Goldwyn Mayer into a hotel is obviously much greater than making movies. As a result, this veteran film giants missed the best opportunity for transformation.
Now, Hollywood Film Studio, which has opened up the industrial chain, has begun a new round of integration with the media group. Once this trend is completed, Metro Goldwyn Mayer will be completely abandoned, and there is no chance to catch up with those who integrate with the media group. The pace of peers.
In this case, Eric provides some high-quality movie projects for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, which will only make this Film Studio prosperous for a while, and in the future everyone will share the interest in the lively, Metro Goldwyn Mayer is still the declining Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
After saying goodbye to Chris, Eric returned to the room to change his clothes, and then drove to a restaurant at New York on the Seine. He will see tonight a Vice Chairman called Marcel Novares in the Crédit Lyonnais S.A. investment department, and the current Chairman John Calley of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Film Industry.
In 1990, Kirk Kerkorian sold Metro Goldwyn Mayer to Italy investor Giancarlo.Menotti at the price of 1.3 billion USD, but it did n’t take long for United States Federal Securities and Exchange Commission to discover that the transaction had major problems. Giancarlo.Menotti's Italy investor's company is just an empty shell, and the entire transaction process was completely through the fraudulent means of white gloves and white wolves to defraud funds to acquire Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Giancarlo. Menotti was finally jailed for the fraud, but the biggest bitter fruit was swallowed by Crédit Lyonnais, because the French Crédit Lyonnais S.A. was the financier of this transaction, and it was at the end of last year. The fraud case was finally pronounced, Giancarlo received the due punishment, but the transaction was still declared valid, Giancarlo. Menotti 75% Metro Goldwyn Mayer shares received from Kerkorian were transferred to the French Crédit Lyonnais S.A. name, Crédit Lyonnais S.A. in order to get rid of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Organized an auction. But no one dared to take over this mess, Crédit Lyonnais S.A. can only reorganize the management of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, dug Frank Makasso and John Calley to form a new management team, hoping to make Metro Goldwyn Mayer performance improve, and then successfully find the receiver.
But now the result is. The two new helms were unfavorable, and the two movies "Breakfast Bear Peak" and "Last Action Hero", which had a high reputation in the summer, ended in failure.
Eric has been thinking of a plan to match the cooperation between Europe Film Studio and Metro Goldwyn Mayer along the way. After the hotel ’s car stopped, Eric just got off the bus and saw two white men greet them warmly.
Eric recognized the gray-haired John Calley around the age of sixty. Eric had seen each other at some events of Los Angeles before, but until the 《Fanfan》 celebration reception, neither of them had any intersection. John Calley was originally an executive of the Warner Film Industry local production department. He has been working in Warner since the late 1960s and is an old man in the Steve Ross era. After the death of Steve Ross, Warner and the two Chairman gradually intensified their fight for the position of CEO, plus the invitation of Crédit Lyonnais S.A., John Calley left the old club for many years to work as Chairman of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Film Industry.
Eric buckled the hype of the last "Belly Bear" with "Jurassic Park" on the unlucky CEO of Carlock Film Industry, so I don't know that it was actually cheap trick made by the two helmsmen of Metro Goldwyn Mayer. but. Even if you know, Eric will not care too much now. Anyway, the two films of Metro Goldwyn Mayer are now ending in a tragic, and did not have any impact on "Jurassic Park".
I saw John Calley greeted warmly with another French man in his 40s and 50s with a big nose. Eric also walked up quickly with a smile.
"Eric, I ’m so glad you can come tonight," John Calley hugged Eric very familiarly, and then introduced: "This is Mr. Marcel Novares of Crédit Lyonnais S.A.."
"Hello, Mr. Novares," Eric reached out to the other party.
Marcel Novares and Eric greeted each other, and the three talents walked towards the restaurant. The waitress guided the three of them into a quiet corner, and after ordering, Marcel Novares could not wait to get straight into the subject.
Although Metro Goldwyn Mayer ranks last among the top seven of Hollywood, compared to any Film Studio of Europe, Metro Goldwyn Mayer can be said to be the largest.
What surprised Eric but felt reasonable was that Crédit Lyonnais S.A. even hoped that Firefly would take over Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
After Marcel Novares made this suggestion, he noticed the slightly surprised look of Eric and continued: "Eric, as long as you agree to take over Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Crédit Lyonnais is willing to give a very reasonable price. Moreover, we will also be responsible for lobbying United States Federal Securities and Exchange Commission, through This transaction request. "
Firefly Pictures has now reached a peak of Hollywood. If it continues to expand in Film Industry business, it will definitely involve monopoly issues. It is conceivable that if Firefly Pictures acquires Hollywood and other major Film Studio again, it will definitely receive from all parties. Pressure, but Eric is very clear that in Film Studio other than Firefly Pictures, other goals are difficult to achieve at the moment, but if the acquisition of Metro Goldwyn Mayer is initiated, the resistance will be much smaller, and some people will even secretly contribute to this thing.
The decision of Federal Securities and Exchange Commission is also greatly affected by the influence of capital. When Firefly acquires Metro Goldwyn Mayer at this time, it is equivalent to taking a big burden into his arms. This big burden will definitely drag down the pace of Firefly expansion. It will also affect the assessment of Firefly Pictures by investment institutions.
If it is other time, in the face of the rich film resources of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Eric would n’t mind taking over Metro Goldwyn Mayer and slowly teach it, but Firefly will continue to increase the pace of expansion in the next few years. It is absolutely impossible to take over the mess of Metro Goldwyn Mayer at this time.
Since Marcel Novares is so direct. Eric didn't turn around and refused directly: "Marcel, I'm really sorry, I can't agree to your request, because I can't think of any reason to take over Metro Goldwyn Mayer now."
Of course, Crédit Lyonnais cannot possibly guess that Eric is strongly interested in the Metro Goldwyn Mayer film library, so. The response of Eric did not exceed the expectations of Marcel Novares. He originally had no great expectations for Eric to agree to this matter, and he made this proposal to Eric, more of which was due to the idea of rushing to the hospital.
Crédit Lyonnais is one of the three largest banks in France, not only operating traditional banking business. It also involves investment banking and insurance. The Europe recession caused by the turbulence of Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the early 1990s has caused Crédit Lyonnais S.A. to fall into huge losses for several consecutive years. The loss this year is expected to be as high as 11billion francs (equivalent In 2.2 billion USD), Metro Goldwyn Mayer, which was taken over by the fraud case, accounted for a large part. Crédit Lyonnais S.A. ca n’t wait to cash out this hot potato.
Because there is no expectation in my heart, Marcel Novares has not been entangled after hearing Eric's rejection. After the waiters at the restaurant served the dishes one after another, Marcel Novares gently glanced at John Calley.
John Calley nodded slightly, put down the knife and fork. Turned his head and said to Eric: "Eric, I wonder if you are not interested in the 007 series?"
Eric smiled slightly and thought that it was still the same, but speaking of it, Metro Goldwyn Mayer did not come up with any chips to cooperate with him, and the only thing Crédit Lyonnais S.A. wants to do now is to get Metro Goldwyn Mayer alive. I did not want to invest in Firefly Film Industry like other Europe Film Studio.
The 007 series is like a dead ginseng for Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Whenever you get sick, you cut a slice, and then you can linger for a few years.
Before Part 007. Regardless of the United Artists period or the Metro Goldwyn Mayer period, the production cycle of 007 is two years. The reason why this long-lasting series was suddenly suspended four years ago, in addition to the continued turbulence of Metro Goldwyn Mayer and the disputes of copyright, the most important reason The sixteenth "007: Licence to Kill" Box Office and word-of-mouth are too fluttering street, "Licence to Kill" budget at that time was 3 2 million USD, but in United States local only only harvested 3 more than 3 million Box Office, if not global range to make up Loss, "Murdering Man Made" almost became the sequel to the loss of the 007 series first part.
For a legendary agent classic series, the loss of an investment is of course nothing, but Metro Goldwyn Mayer is more afraid that the reputation of this series is completely destroyed, if the seventeenth and even eighteenth parts still ca n’t Acquired by fans, then this series is likely to be completely terminated. Therefore, Metro Goldwyn Mayer repeatedly hesitated for several years in the process of starting the production of the seventeenth part 007, and no results have been achieved so far.
"Speaking of the last" Licence to Kill ", although the word-of-mouth of this sequel is terrible, but I think one of the settings is still very interesting," Eric replied, remembering that he once played in "Sleepless in Seattle" Sam's wife's Carey Lowell and Carey Lowell are the Bond girl of "Licence to Kill". Eric and Carey Lowell had a happy night in Seattle, but the girl left after that night, and Eric never saw each other again.
John Calley heard Eric say this, and naturally asked: "What setting?"
"The setting of the two Bond girl," Licence to Kill "is the only time when two Bond girl appeared to be jealous for the Bond competition, and therefore weeping, but unfortunately the plot of the screenwriter concept was more focused on the revenge film instead. I lost the essence of the Bond movie, so I did not highlight the two points of the two Bond girl, and, I also think that there are some problems with the setting of the two Bond girl. "
John Calley hesitated and chose the first focus of the Eric discourse, asking: "Eric, what do you think is the essence of 007 movie?"
Eric smiled a little bit mischievously and said: "Of course it saves the world."
John Calley and Marcel Novares on the other side were shocked. Then he laughed with Eric. But after laughing, John Calley realized that although the sentence of Eric was a bit ridiculous, but it hit the core of the 007 series, he immediately asked again: "The two Bond girl settings you just said have Question. What does it mean? "
Eric also came to interest, simply put down the tableware, said: "In the traditional production ideas, Bond girl has always been the assistant or lover role of Bond, even if there are two Bond girl protagonists in the sixteenth part, still escaping Do n’t take off this mindset. But why do n’t we go the other way. Set two Bond girls for one right and one evil, one to assist Bond, and the other to be an enemy of Bond. Just like the two most recent "Batman" of Warner, Although Batman's actor Michael Keaton is very popular, whether it is first part or second part. The villains in it all attract more attention from the audience. Needless to say, the clown played by Jack Nicholson will definitely become a classic imitated by the latecomers, while Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito play The catwoman and penguin people also left a deep impression on the audience, which shows a problem. I watched the protagonists who have full sense of justice in the movie. The audience is still very much looking forward to the character of the villain with a bright personality. A big breakthrough for the 007 series. "
Marcel Novares listened to Eric's words, but it made sense subconsciously. It doesn't feel too deep, but John Calley, who has been working as a producer for more than 20 years, shines as a former executive in the Warner production department. John Calley also experienced the joy of "Batman" first part's great success, but Warner internally only attributed the achievements of the "Batman" series to the popularity accumulated through decades of comic serialization, but it was not too deep. Direction.
Eric's chattering words at this time, but let John Calley have a sudden and cheerful feeling, maybe Warner pays more than 50 million USD for the clown role of Jack Nicholson, which is not too wrong. At the same time, John Calley could not help admiring Eric's sharp thinking and vision. It is not unreasonable to sigh that this young man has achieved such dazzling success so young.
Although I sigh. John Calley did not forget to hit the iron while it was hot: "Eric, since you have such an idea. Why not just serve as the Director of the 17th part 007? Metro Goldwyn Mayer will surely offer you a satisfactory offer?"
Eric took a sip of the red wine beside him, but did not directly answer the invitation of John Calley, but said: "John, has Metro Goldwyn Mayer been willing to remain strong since the 007 series?"
John Calley's heart moved slightly, but the surface was quiet, and he sighed softly, saying: "Eric, you know, we don't have much choice."
"There is a good opportunity right now," Eric put down the glass and glanced at Marcel Novares again: "However, this requires Crédit Lyonnais S.A. to match the bridge."
Although Marcel Novares does n’t know much about the film, it is sensitively aware that the next words of Eric will definitely have a great impact on the current situation of Metro Goldwyn Mayer: "Eric, if Crédit Lyonnais can help, we will definitely do our best to Go, let's talk about your thoughts. "
Eric said: "Several Film Studio and Cinéfondation recently wanted to invest in Hollywood, but most of the production plans of Firefly within two years have been determined, and it will be very inconvenient to adjust and cannot maximize the benefits. , So I think maybe everyone can collaborate. I am responsible for choosing the right project and participating in the production appropriately. Europe Film Studio and the foundation are responsible for investment. Metro Goldwyn Mayer is responsible for production and distribution. This can not only solve the current operational dilemma of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, but also make full use of Europe Financial advantages. "
The whole process of Marcel Novares nodded incessantly, listened carefully to Eric, turned to John Calley, John Calley also had a look of interest in his eyes, but compared to Marcel Novares, John Calley is more aware of the implementation of this recommendation Eric Difficulty. Although this cooperation proposal, Eric's personal contribution seems to be the least, but in fact his personal participation is the part with the highest gold content, just like the original time and space, because of the strong appeal of Steven Speilberg, DreamWorks has just announced its establishment shortly after , Investors from all over the world pounced to send more than 1 billion USD of start-up funds. And at this time. If it were not for Eric to come forward, maybe those Europe Film Studio would never consider cooperating with Metro Goldwyn Mayer again. After all, the two summer blockbuster movies have already scared them.
But at the same time, the current situation of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Europe, the major movie forces are the most clear, but even if Eric takes the lead. The possibility of their promise is still very slim.
"Eric, personally, I am very much looking forward to this kind of cooperation, but ..." John Calley just wanted to continue, and noticed that Marcel Novares turned his eyes on himself, and then stopped talking. After all, his identity is only a professional Manager person in Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Seeing that Marcel Novares seems very eager to this plan, John Calley is not good at pouring cold water immediately, and can only change the tone of the mouth: "But we still have to negotiate with all parties."
Marcel Novares also immediately said: "Eric, we will reply to you as soon as possible. In addition, Crédit Lyonnais will try our best to make this happen."
"Then I will wait for your good news," Eric nodded.
The next topic is a lot easier. John Calley is curious to continue to ask about Eric ’s opinion about the role of the villain. Eric is not stingy, and shares some of the theories seen by previous life with John Calley. Until 9:30, the three talents ended the dinner.
After checkout, John Calley and Marcel Novares sent Eric to the restaurant. Leaving the restaurant, Eric was standing on the side of the road to say goodbye to the two, and saw another beautiful image coming out of the bright restaurant hall. It's the Sophie Marceau that I haven't seen in a few days. At this time, the girl is also followed by a tall middle-aged man around 40 years old, a typical French look. The middle-aged man talks with him while walking outward with Sophie.
John Calley and Marcel Novares followed the eyes of Eric almost at the same time. That night John Calley also participated in the 《Fanfan》 celebration of the Seydoux family. Slightly aware of some inside information, winked at Marcel Novares. John Calley said to Eric: "Eric, since that is the case. Let's say goodbye first."
Eric did n’t mind the ridicule and ambiguity that both John Calley and Marcel Novares showed up at the same time. After saying goodbye, they took the initiative to walk towards Sophie.
Before they came, although Eric could not understand French, he could clearly recognize the impatient look of Sophie. After adapting to some dark light outdoors, Sophie also saw Eric at a glance. The girl's expression was a little surprised. Then she blinked mischievously at Eric, and then squeezed a small mouth at the middle-aged person around her, obviously in Instructed Eric to rescue her.
The middle-aged man noticed the change in the look of Sophie and looked forward. Then he found a young man in his twenties walking towards him. The young man was dressed in a decent black suit, his face was sharp and angular, but his temperament was light. Calmly, it also gives a sense of oppression that is hard to ignore. Although the youth looks familiar, but the middle-aged people did not recognize the identity of Eric for a while, but Basic Instinct was a little wary.
When I saw Eric walking in front of them, the middle-aged talent stepped forward slightly and reached out to Eric, saying in French: "Hello, my name is Frédéric Boulon, how are you?"
What surprised the middle-aged man was that a confused look appeared in the eyes of the young man in front of him. He looked at his extended hand, but did not mean to respond, but turned his eyes to Sophie.
Sophie knew that Eric could not understand a few sentences of French, and smiled narrowly, but now he had to test the Eric to get rid of it. Sophie had to tell the middle-aged man quickly: "He ca n’t understand French, you can use English."
When Frédéric Boulon heard the words Sophie, there was a trace of contempt in his eyes, but he still introduced himself again in English.
Eric just reached out and shook his hand: "Hello, this is Eric Williams."
If it was just a bit familiar, after Eric finished talking about his name, Frédéric Boulon immediately remembered his identity. He is also a person in the movie industry. Of course, he ca n’t create Firefly Pictures without knowing Eric in just a few years. Miracle's young Hollywood tycoon, thinking of this, Frédéric Boulon immediately put away a trace of contempt that just surfaced, and said eagerly: "Mr. Williams, I am very happy to see you. I am a producer of TF1 film production company." /
"Oh, TF1, I know," Eric nodded, just to blurt out names such as "Paddington Bear", "Non-Stop", 《Lucy》, but immediately realized that these are movies more than ten years later, thinking I was a little embarrassed. I looked at Sophie and said, "Well, Sophie's" L'Étudiante "belongs to your company?"
Sophie noticed the awkward appearance of Eric and burst out laughing. Frédéric Boulon did not dare to be so scrupulous with Sophie, nodded and said: "Yes, that is our joint investment with Gaumont (Film) Company."
"Oh," Eric nodded and did n’t mean to pull off with the other party again, pointing to the Sophie who had n’t visibly grinned: “Me and Sophie have n’t seen each other for a long time, do n’t mind let us talk Chat? "
What is long time no see, am I familiar with you?
The girl thought so, rolled her eyes at Eric, but did not deny it.
"Of course, since this is the case, then I will say goodbye first," Frédéric Boulon said a few words to Sophie, said goodbye, and walked towards the parking lot.
"Hoo, fortunately I met you, otherwise I don't know how to get rid of this nasty guy," Sophie said when the middle-aged man disappeared into a white BMW car.
Eric gestured towards the hotel driver not far away and pointed to the Seine on the other side of the road: "Let ’s go over there."
"Ah, that, okay," Sophie realized what it was like, but did not refuse the invitation of Eric. He followed him across the road to the Seine, and the two came down the steps all the way down. On the embankment of the Seine, the night is thick, there are many couples walking on the embankment, but no one pays attention to both of them.
Looking at the Sophie, whose neck seemed to shrink slightly because of the coolness of the night, Eric asked: "Since I hate that guy, how can you eat with him?"
"Yes, my manager just received a movie for me," Sophie seems to remember the unpleasant experience just now, and said angrily: "This evening I was suddenly invited to talk about script. Both Director and screenwriter left very early in advance, and the rest of the annoying guy had been haunting me for a long time. I knew that I would n’t be here, but I only looked at Dumas's face before taking this script. /
Listening to the full tone of Sophie proud, Eric smiled lightly and said, "Which piece is Dumas's work?"
Sophie said: "The sequel of" The Three Musketeers "tells the story of Dardanion's daughter. Huh, if he comes around to me again, I won't pick it up, and I can't find a movie. To be continued)