I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 22

[Chapter 22 Buyout]

Amy Pascal directly showed interest in Eric: “Oh, Eric, you are younger than I thought. When I was as old as you, I just entered college.”

” You look young too, Ms. Pascal,” Eric complimented.

Amy Pascal smiled and said: “Thank you, Eric. Just call me Amy. I like your Jurassic Park. I want to ask about the movie rights of Jurassic Park. Is it still in your hands?”

Eric raised his eyebrows: “Of course.”

During this time, as “Jurassic Park” became more and more famous, many film companies have contacted the film copyright, but all All were rejected by Eric.

Before he has enough strength to gain considerable benefits for himself, Eric has no plans to sell the rights to the film adaptation of “Jurassic Park”.

“Then, I wonder if you are willing to sell the film adaptation rights of “Jurassic Park” to Columbia, we will offer a very good price?”

Eric said: “Amy, the topic we discussed today is not That’s not it, and the current special effects technology is not yet mature, I have no plans to sell the movie copyright of “Jurassic Park” for the time being.”

“That’s a pity, well, let’s talk about “Home Alone” , Jeffrey appreciates this movie very much. From what I know about Jeffrey, he is still very discerning. By the way, I heard that you originally planned to let 20th Century Fox release this movie. What happened? Eric shrugged and said the truth:

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Mr. Karta Hunter, the distribution director of Twentieth Century Fox, refused to even watch the film.”

“Kalta Hunter, I know him, a Very arrogant guy.” Amy Pascal smiled: “Then, I think, let’s watch your movie first.”

Eric nodded, and Amy Pascal took Ari Greg and Jeffrey went straight to a screening room at Columbia Pictures headquarters and handed the copy to the projectionist, while Eric sat in leather seats with the other two.

“Eric, you don’t seem to be looking forward to it?” Amy Pascal jokingly saw Eric’s expression by chance before the movie screening started.

Eric smiled helplessly: “Amy, you know, I made the film from start to finish. I have every scene of the film in my mind, and I have seen it many times. However, I believe you will not be disappointed. Yes

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lights in the projection hall dimmed, Amy Pascal nodded, looked away, and at the same time a feeling of being in a state of urgency spread in her heart. It is true that Columbia Pictures is currently lacking good film projects, but how can she Reducing it to the point where he can’t even let go of a movie made by a high school student, thinking of this, Amy Pascal sighed in the dark.

As one of Colombia’s top executives, Amy Pascal knows the situation in Colombia like the back of the hand.

The performance of Columbia Pictures in the past two years has been stagnant. If it is not for the copyright income brought by the accumulation of a strong film and television library for many years, the company will definitely face huge losses.

Compared with the thriving Disney and 20th Century Fox, and the still-prosperous Paramount in the post-Barry Diller era, Columbia is as sluggish as an old man. After “Ghostbusters”, Colombia has not made a film into the top ten of the box office for three consecutive years, and if nothing else, there is still no film this year.

This is a shame for an established movie giant.

Columbia’s parent company, Coca-Cola, suffered heavy losses in last year’s stock market crash.

If Columbia is still so sullen and can’t bring profits to the parent company, it is likely to be sold. In fact, Japan’s Sony consortium has released a signal to acquire Columbia Pictures. .

Amy Pascal has done some understanding of Eric. The boy just graduated from high school. In just a few months, he published the science fiction novel “Jurassic Park” and wrote the script “Back to Seventeen” He was photographed by 20th Century Fox and starred as the male lead, if it weren’t for the blessings of these halos, perhaps Amy Pascal, like 20th Century Fox’s Karta Hunter, would have a crush on Airi. G. The movie was dismissive.

The script of “Return to Seventeen” was originally received by Columbia Pictures, and several producers of the company were also very interested in this film, but Eric’s additional condition of playing the leading role by himself makes investment cautious now. Colombia was unacceptable and eventually had to give up.

Amy Pascal sighed when I heard that it was Barry Diller himself who approved the plan for “Back to Seventeen”. , The current state of the company is inseparable from the president’s lack of courage and conservative character.

As “Home Alone” plays, the witty plot and Stewart Runkel’s performances quickly bring Amy Pascal’s distracted mind to the movie screen.

After the movie was over, Amy Pascal was surprised or surprised. She didn’t believe that this excellent comedy movie was made by this 18-year-old boy in front of her.

Amy Pascal stood up with excitement on his face and said to Eric, “Eric, can you wait here for a while? I’ll go make a call.”

From Amy Pascal’s expression, Amy Pascal said Rick knew that it was no accident that the matter had been successful for the most part.

Half an hour later, seven or eight Columbia Pictures executives, including Columbia president Blunt Cohen, gathered in the theater to watch Home Alone again.

After watching the movie again in a cheerful atmosphere, it was almost time for get off work, but no one wanted to leave in a hurry.

More than half of the film was screened, and these high-level officials in Colombia had already begun to negotiate with each other.

In the office of the president of Columbia Pictures, Eric and Jeffrey sat opposite Blunt Cohen, who was in his 60s. After the assistant served the coffee, Blunt Cohen took a few sips of coffee leisurely. Then he said: “Eric, to be honest, we are very optimistic about the potential of “Home Alone”, so UU reading www.sonicmtl.com intends to buy out all the copyrights of “Home Alone” at a price of 10 million US dollars, what do you think? How about it?”

Hearing the price of ten million dollars, Jeffrey Hansen, who was sitting next to him, suddenly had a happy expression.

The cost of one million has doubled tenfold in a blink of an eye. If it was him, he would nod and agree immediately.

Blunt Cohen noticed Geoffrey Hansen’s expression and gave a satisfied smile. The company estimated the film to be around $50 million at the box office, and the film could easily be shot for a sequel. There is also a lot of potential for mining, so after some negotiation, they directly decided to buy out all the copyrights of the film at a price that they seem to be higher. $10,000 buyout cap.

If you want to buy out “Home Alone” for ten million dollars, do you think I’m taking advantage of it?

Eric slandered, but that’s how business is done, start the price on the ground, and pay back the money on the spot.

“Mr. Cohen, you must have a preliminary estimate of the box office value of “Home Alone”? May I know this number?”

Eric did not immediately agree, Blunt Cohen was a little disappointed, but still Dao: “Of course, we think that if the announcement is made properly, the North American box office of “Home Alone” should be around 30 million US dollars. By convention, as a producer, you can get about 20% of the share. , so, Eric, the buy-out price of 10 million US dollars is still very reasonable. The cost of making this movie should not exceed 2 million, so, Eric, what are you hesitating about? Just agree , you can become the youngest multi-millionaire in no time.”

[End of this Chapter]