I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 229
[Chapter 224 The treasure of Zhentai]
Putting a pile of newspapers aside, Eric crossed his arms and looked at the girl opposite. In this era, whether in film and television shows or in reality, it seems that women like to wear shirt.
Of course, Eric also likes this kind of dress of women very much, which will give a woman a little more capable temperament, at least he thinks this look is better than the messy fabrics of later generations. The woman on the body is stronger.
Moreover, in fact, in Eric’s view, shirts are also a kind of temptation for uniforms, especially when women are wearing wide men’s shirts, it is best to bare their long legs… ; Elizabeth saw Eric staring intently at her, her originally heartless appearance quickly retreated, her arms were placed on the desk to block her chest, and she stared at Eric dissatisfiedly: “Hey, what are you looking at? Clothes that women who are going to work should wear “Of course, I’m going to be your assistant, not an office girl, do you want me to run around with you on set in a suit skirt and high heels Are you going?” Eric glanced at the girl’s slightly raised chin, knowing that it was useless to say too much, he shook his head gently, no longer reluctantly, anyway he didn’t I look forward to how much the girl will help me, as long as I can hand over something to be a microphone during the filming, the most important thing is not to be willful and disruptive.
“Whatever you want,” Eric said, looking down at the drawer next to him.
Elizabeth hummed softly as if she had won a small victory.
Eric found a document and pushed it to Elizabeth on the opposite side with the pen next to it: “This is the contract, you sign it, and then the crew of “Sleepless in Seattle”.” Elizabeth brought it over and did not rush to sign it, but read it carefully.
Eric looked at his watch and didn’t care, he took the newspaper next to him and continued to read it.
After a while.
Eric, who was reading the newspaper seriously, heard the girl on the opposite side say, “Eric, I’m done signing. What should I do next?” Eric handed over a copy of Elizabeth She put it in a folder and said to the girl, “You can go back now. When the crew leaves for Seattle in a few days, someone will notify you.” “Ah…” Elizabeth Wei Wei He opened his mouth and quickly realized that Eric didn’t take her seriously at all, and suddenly said angrily: “How can you do this, I protest, if you don’t assign me a job. I’ll be in your office today. Let’s go!”
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nbsp; Just as he was in pain how to coax this eldest away, the office door was knocked open again, Allen came in and took a look, and said, “Mr. Williams, the screenwriters have all arrived. Waiting in the conference room.” “Well, I’ll go over.” Eric nodded and waited for Alan to leave.
Then he said to Elizabeth: “Liz, I really don’t need you here, so you should go back obediently. Someone will inform you when the time comes.” The contract, you should assign the work to me.” Eric was a little irritable, and quickly rubbed his right thumb on the side of his index finger a few times, then pointed to the coffee machine next to him: “Since you want to work , then make me a cup of coffee.” The girl immediately quit: “I’m not your servant!” If you don’t want to, go home now and wait for the crew to inform you.” “You…” Elizabeth glared at Eric unwillingly.
After a while, he carefully brought a cup of coffee to Eric with a sullen face.
Of course Eric was not in the mood for coffee.
Seeing Elizabeth’s stubborn appearance, she had to pick up the phone and press it a few times.
He said into the microphone, “Alan, send two reprints of the confidentiality agreement you signed.”
Elizabeth’s expression moved, hiding the slyness in her eyes, and stood beside her with her head lowered slightly.
After a while, Allen sent in two nondisclosure contracts.
“This is the confidentiality agreement that Allen signed at the beginning. You don’t have to read it if it is too long. As Mr. Murdoch’s daughter, I think you probably know what the content is. If you violate it, you will Not only will I have to pay huge liquidated damages, but I may even go to jail. After signing the contract, I can follow me during the filming of “Sleepless in Seattle”, temporarily acting as a secretary’s assistant to help Allen share some work.” This time, the girl didn’t ink any more, and it took less than a minute to turn over the ten-page contract, and she happily signed her name.
“Okay, come with me, and, at least in Los Angeles these few days, don’t wear this dress anymore, change it to something more formal.” “I Understood.” The girl didn’t refute this time, and happily followed Eric to the conference room.
There were eight people sitting in the conference room, six men and two women, all in their twenties and thirties.
This is the screenwriting team that Eric specially recruited for the next TV series, The deal will also close this month, so Eric is also starting to prepare for the promise of a Murdoch TV series and a variety show before making his final two films of the year.
In the plan, the variety show will be broadcast in the spring, but the variety show that Eric intends to come up with is relatively simple to plan, so there is no hurry to produce it.
Another TV series will be broadcast in the fall of next year. Although Eric is at the helm, after hearing that the production cost of this American TV series is as high as $2 million per episode, Fox To be cautious, it is still recommended to use the mode of changing shooting and broadcasting, but Eric disagrees, not only because he is very confident in this American drama, but also because of the subject matter, if the mode of shooting and broadcasting is adopted, it must be It will affect the quality of the episode because the production is too rushed.
Originally, neither side was willing to make concessions, Eric even said that if Fox does not want to take risks, then Firefly can invest in production alone, but the copyright should not be divided equally. Diller didn’t dare to nod in agreement. Who can guarantee that this TV series will be as popular as “Friends”?
The two sides were deadlocked for a few days, and finally Murdoch made the final decision. Since Eric is so confident, Fox, who has a great family and a big business, dare not take such a risk, even if the final result is not good Good, but only lost more than 20 million.
Even this year, Fox TV suddenly got “Friends”, but there will definitely be a loss of tens of millions of dollars in the financial report at the end of the year.
What Eric wants to produce is the “X-Files” that was the most popular TV show on Fox in the 1990s. In Eric’s memory, this is almost the only Fox TV in the 1990s. It’s an American drama that you can get your hands on.
However, the ratings of the first few seasons of this American drama were not good. If it weren’t for the support of a group of die-hard fans, the drama became popular on the Internet, so that its ratings exceeded the first broadcast when it was replayed. It is estimated that The first season was cut.
Although the first three seasons of “The X-Files” have the most unique style, in terms of ratings, it was the fourth and fifth seasons after the change in style that reached the peak of ratings.
In Eric’s view, the reason why the ratings of the first three seasons have been not rising is mainly because the story has no main line. Although there will be a novel monster or supernatural event in each episode, but this kind of The lack of a main line also makes it difficult for the audience to keep their attention on the show. Screenwriter Chris Carter did not connect the chaotic clues revealed in the first three seasons until after the fourth season, and began to tell readers a complete science fiction story. idea.
The sci-fi drama “The X-Files” was very disliked by Fox at the beginning, because although North American TV stations have tried to produce sci-fi dramas, few of them have been successful.
So Eric thinks that maybe the screenwriter of “The X-Files”, Chris Carter, known as the father of the “X-Files”, didn’t conceive a complete mainline for “The X-Files”. The story becomes clear.
Before planning to make this TV series, Eric also asked Chris Carter to lead the screenwriter of this American TV series. conceived.
Chris Carter is also not unknown. The other party is now working as a screenwriter under Disney. However, when the person sent by Eric contacted the other party, Chris Carter said that he was not interested in science fiction and American dramas, so he was unwilling to accept this. jobs.
This made Eric see the power of the butterfly effect again. The father of the X-Files in the previous life was not interested in science fiction TV series. It’s really…it’s amazing.
In the conference room, Eric pointed to the end of the conference table, let Elizabeth sit down by herself, and then came to the first one, greeted each other, and after introducing herself, Eric He stood up and walked towards the wall where the writing board was hung.
Picking up a black pen, she quickly wrote a word on the wall: the-x-.
“All of you here are screenwriters who are very good at science fiction movies and TV dramas, so you must also realize that what I am going to produce is also a science fiction drama. This TV series Its name is called “X-Files”.” Under the curious eyes of everyone, Eric put down the black pen in his hand, clapped his palm lightly and said, “Then, let me briefly introduce I imagine the background of this sci-fi drama.” “The story almost begins with the origin of life, the universe is huge, so big that we can’t imagine it. Well, it is boundless. In the infinite universe, there are also infinite possibilities. Among the hundreds of millions of stars, the planet that can produce intelligent life is definitely not the only one on our planet, the Brett star, who is the whole story. The initiator.” (To be continued)
Picking up a black pen, she quickly wrote a word on the wall: the-x-.
“All of you here are screenwriters who are very good at science fiction movies and TV dramas, so you must also realize that what I am going to produce is also a science fiction drama. This TV series Its name is called “X-Files”.” Under the curious eyes of everyone, Eric put down the black pen in his hand, clapped his palm lightly and said, “Then, let me briefly introduce I imagine the background of this sci-fi drama.” “The story almost begins with the origin of life, the universe is huge, so big that we can’t imagine it. Well, it is boundless. In the infinite universe, there are also infinite possibilities. Among the hundreds of millions of stars, the planet that can produce intelligent life is definitely not the only one on our planet, the Brett star, who is the whole story. The initiator.” (To be continued)
Picking up a black pen, she quickly wrote a word on the wall: the-x-.
“All of you here are screenwriters who are very good at science fiction movies and TV dramas, so you must also realize that what I am going to produce is also a science fiction drama. This TV series Its name is called “X-Files”.” Under the curious eyes of everyone, Eric put down the black pen in his hand, clapped his palm lightly and said, “Then, let me briefly introduce I imagine the background of this sci-fi drama.” “The story almost begins with the origin of life, the universe is huge, so big that we can’t imagine it. Well, it is boundless. In the infinite universe, there are also infinite possibilities. Among the hundreds of millions of stars, the planet that can produce intelligent life is definitely not the only one on our planet, the Brett star, who is the whole story. The initiator.” (To be continued)
[End of this Chapter]
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