I’m in Hollywood Chapter 578: Why not Blockbuster

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Chapter 578

Drew had always been quietly listening to two people discussing how to get "Spider-Man" and other Superhero copyright things, and heard that Eric even started the idea of ​​acquiring Carlock Film Industry, small girl could n’t help but laugh out loud, and it was unbearable. appearance.

Eric looked at Drew and asked, "Are you funny?"

"Of course, it's just a" Spider-Man "copyright. Carlock wants to develop jointly, and it doesn't necessarily have to be this movie. We can use the capital injection rights of" Mission: Impossible "or" Night at the Museum "to exchange with them, anyway. It ’s all about financing. "

The original "Spider-Man" in time and space is too successful, so Eric subconsciously feels that if you want to get this Superhero copyright, you have to increase the bargaining chips. Hearing Drew's words, a sudden and cheerful feeling suddenly emerged.

Amy Pascal said: "Drew, I have also considered this possibility. But Film Studio is very optimistic about its own films, and usually uses debt financing when raising shoots funds, so that only the film needs to be repaid after the big sale. Debt principal and interest, there is no need to share copyright and benefits with others. We did not intend to release the film in person. In this case, we have to give up a part of the distribution. If you follow the plan, introduce the Film Studio produced by Carlock to co-produce. You will get less profit. "

"Okay, then when I didn't say it." Drew shrugged indifferently, picked up a glass of juice on the table and drank it on his own.

Amy noticed the look of Eric and said, "Eric, don't you really want to do this?"

"I think this is a good way, just do it," Eric looked at Amy Pascal with some does not abandon look and said, "Amy. I assure you that you will never regret it in the future."

Amy Pascal certainly cannot know whether he will regret it in the future, but since Eric speaks. She had no choice but to agree: "Okay, Eric. If they ask to share copyright, do I have to agree?"

"The investment ratio can be slightly increased, but copyright can never be shared." Mission: Impossible "and" Night at the Museum "are both series movies. We have to ensure that the start of the sequel and the selection of the protagonist are entirely up to us. If it is not possible, we can Make some small concessions in the investment of the sequel, "Eric will not make the mistake of Paramount and Cruise co-developing" Mission: Impossible ". Originally in space and time, Cruise held half of Mission: Impossible's copyright. After Paramount broke with Cruise, he didn't even have the power to change the protagonist. Finally, he had to hold his nose to bring Cruise back.

Eric just asked how Amy Pascal talked to Cruise, and saw that Nicole came over here not far away.

Eric beckoned to Nicole, stood up and greeted him, but small girl beside him took the lead to float to Nicole and hug her tall and slender figure, and also rubbed on Nicole, a little over-enthusiastic look: "Hi, Nicole, Wow. I can't think of how your skin is now so beautiful, so envious, I must take the time to go to Africa."

"Thank you for your compliment. Drew," Nicole said in his mouth, but he reached out arrogantly to pull Drew away from his body and walked towards Eric.

"Hi, Nicole," Eric also stepped forward and hugged Nicole, because there were many guests around and neither of them made any intimate moves.

Amy Pascal greeted Nicole and walked to other places with interest.

Drew did not leave. The three sat down at the small round table and Eric poured a glass of red wine and handed it to Nicole. Asked: "How does it feel to film in Morocco?"

Nicole showed a horrified expression: "That place is terrible, and it is still fighting. During the entire shoots process, we lived with the 500 soldiers sent by the local government, and the only thing we were thankful for was the entire shoots. No attacks were encountered during the process. We must know that we spent five days in a small town. As a result, we just left. We heard that the town was looted by the army anyway the next day. "

Eric does n’t know much about the situation of the rule of North Africa, but he also knows that choosing shoots in Morocco can at least save Universal 10 million USD production costs: "I think as long as the first part of" The Mummy "is successful, the sequel Michael Eisner will definitely Won't let you go to shoots in Morocco. "

"Of course, I would rather give up the role of the sequel, and would never return to that ghost place," Nicole said, and also touched his dark skin with pain, to understand her understanding of Drew , small girl just praised her beautiful skin color, that is definitely going to listen in reverse. And from the response of Eric, it can be seen that most Westerners adore the skin color into a healthy wheat color. After Nicole returned to Los Angeles, many friends praised her skin color as being beautiful, but Eric was so obvious to her The change is indifferent.

Several people chatted to the sky, and the sky had darkened unconsciously. The lights in the manor lighted up. More and more guests participated in party. Eric then had to get up to entertain some important guests.

Until seven o'clock, most of the guests arrived. Eric took the main creator of "Jurassic Park" and broke the ice sculpture symbolizing 1 billion USD Box Office in the villa hall. party officially started.

Although it is close to Thanksgiving, many women of Eric are staying in Los Angeles, except for Nicole and Drew, sisters Famke Janssen and Cruz all appeared at the party site, Eric thought Jennifer Connelly should have rushed home to eat Thanksgiving with their parents The thought of the girl also rushed over.

Back Los Angeles after that, Eric I haven't been able to find time to watch Julia with Emma That little guy, so I specially called to invite Julia Bring Emma Come together to participate party ,then Julia Excuse that day Elizabeth 'S invitation, with Emma with Elizabeth Went together New York ,Let Eric Crying and laughing. Eric Sure Julia That state is definitely ‘not saved’, Eric I no longer have any expectations, Julia But like a little sparrow bound by a rope but not locked in a cage, looking at the open sky and the sky, from time to time he tried to flap his wings.

After a round of entertainment on party, Eric looked at his watch. The time was close to eight o'clock, but Buffett didn't feel it yet. I was just going to ask people to ask if it was something other than that. I saw a lot of female guests at the sofa beside the glass curtain wall of the villa, and they were talking about something with a smile. What surprises Eric is that all his women are there. Perhaps this is also the reason why a group of flowery women gather together but there is no unfamiliar male guests stepped forward to make a conversation.

Nicole just noticed that Eric looked at them in surprise. Getting rid of the crowd without a trace and walking towards this side.

When Nicole walks in, Eric asks curiously: "What are you talking about?"

"gossip, clothes, cosmetics, men," Nicole smiled and said: "Anyway, your men are not interested in anything, we will talk about it."

"Actually, men are very interested, especially the last item you said, can you tell me something secretly?"

Nicole blinked mischievously: "Of course not."

Eric shrugged and smiled: "Well, I'll take the time to torture and force a confession."

Nicole's face is reddish. Without saying anything, he reached out to Eric with a small hand: "Shall we go dancing?"

Eric shook his head apologetically: "I'm waiting for an important guest, I'm afraid I can't accompany you."

Nicole knocked on the corner of her lips to be coquettish, but she was very entangled, and was about to leave. Eric pulled Nicole, and she whispered in her ear: "Help me tell them, stay here tonight. "

Nicole thought what Eric was about to whisper. When he heard this sentence, he immediately gave him a glance, but he said helplessly: "I am only responsible for telling Oh. They are not willing to stay and it is not my business."

"Of course," Eric just wanted to ridicule a few more times, and saw Jeffrey beckoning to himself not far away. Realizing that Buffett might arrive, Eric nodded to Nicole and hurried towards Jeffrey.

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Eric brought Jeffrey, Katzenberg and others to the parking lot, and saw an old man in his sixties with silver hair and tortoiseshell glasses walking down a black Mercedes-Benz car.

"Hello, Mr. Buffett," Eric reached out to the other party, and couldn't help looking at the legendary rich man again.

In the world ’s richest list, most of the rich are accumulating amazing wealth through a company or a product, such as Bill Gates, which started with Microsoft. Or rely on database software to become a wealthy Larry Ellison, only Warren Buffett relies on diversified investment methods. Has repeatedly climbed the throne of the world's richest man.

"Eric, it's nice to meet you." Warren Buffett held Eric's hand enthusiastically: "Officially sorry, I encountered something, and came late."

"It doesn't matter, Mr. Buffett, let me introduce you ..." Eric introduced Katzenberg and others one by one, and then walked towards the villa together under the crowd.

When I saw Eric and Firefly executives walking towards the parking lot solemnly, I realized that some important people had arrived. When the guests discovered that this person was Warren Buffett, many people showed surprise and a clear look. After the figures of Eric and Buffett disappeared in the villa, some guests could not wait to run to the corner and took out their mobile phones to spread to the outside world. This news.

Obviously, since the major shareholders of ABC TV Station appear here, the goal of Firefly Pictures to acquire TV Network is self-evident, and tomorrow the news will definitely affect many things, such as NBC and CBS, whose stock prices have been rising recently The upward trend of the stock will definitely come to an abrupt end, and may even fall, and the stock of ABC will definitely have the opposite result.

Most of the participants in party tonight were people in the Hollywood circle. Not many people had intersects with Buffett, so Eric brought Buffett directly to his study.

"Eric, when Firefly acquired Disney's, I actually wanted to meet you, but unfortunately I never had the opportunity. You know, I was a shareholder of Disney's."

Eric doubled the Coca Cola prepared earlier, handed a cup of Buffett, and sat down on the sofa opposite: "Actually I am, Mr. Buffett. Like many people, I admire your investment Means, I have also considered buying some Berkshire stocks. "

Buffett groped the cup of cola with great interest, saying: "If you want to invest, I will certainly welcome you. Before I came here, I have seen all the films you participated in, although some I do n’t like it too much, but it ’s undeniable that these are commercial films with great potential of Box Office. I ’m curious, how did you create or select these script? ”

“With a personal feeling, we all know that film investment is like gambling. Before a film is released, no one can know whether it will be welcomed by the audience. Otherwise, the 《Star Wars》 who made it was absolutely It wo n’t be George Lucas anymore. "

Eric ’s explanation is absolutely impossible to satisfy Buffett, but Buffett does n’t mean anything. In the small house of Omaha, he has been thinking about Eric repeatedly for a long time, Eric is like A darling kissed by the goddess of fortune, since the rapid rise in 1988, this young man has not missed any step in investment or in the movie. Although he does not want to admit it, Buffett feels that Eric should be the same category as him People, since the 1960s, Buffett has been picking and choosing among different investment portfolios. The reason why he can accumulate wealth up to now 10 billion USD is also because he has never made huge mistakes in investment over the years.

Therefore, since Firefly Pictures announced the withdrawal of shares from Fox TV Network, Buffett has been paying close attention to every move on the Firefly side. The day Firefly Pictures announced its bid for the Blockbuster chain store with Viacom, Buffett noticed from a series of clues that the real purpose of Firefly was by no means Blockbuster.

"Eric, I am curious, the annual growth rate of the video tape industry is absolutely no less than that of the movie Box Office, and the development of TV Network has been sluggish for a long time. Why do n’t you choose Blockbuster and want to buy ABC?" /

Since Buffett has already come to the door, Eric has no excuses and said: "I remember you once said that I am afraid when others are greedy, and I am greedy when others are afraid, is that true?"

Buffett smiled and said that the default.

"Now the development of the video tape industry is at a moment when you say everyone should be greedy for their profits, and TV Network is just the kind of existence that makes many people discouraged, so I think that the choice to acquire ABC is not So something unexpected? "(To be continued.)