I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 283
[Chapter 278 The messenger]
Eric recounted all the things that had happened these days and his own guesses on the phone. Jeffrey in New York also realized the seriousness of the matter and said that tomorrow morning will return to Los Angeles.
Hanging up the phone, Eric sat alone in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and continued in a daze.
Little Nizi didn’t know where she went crazy. She didn’t get instructions, and the servants of the manor would not take the initiative to enter here, so Eric was the only one in the whole villa, which seemed silent and empty.
I don’t know how long it took, the walkie-talkie in the living room beeped, and after Eric got up and pressed the call button, the voice of the manor security guard came: “Mr. Williams, there is a A person named Arnon Carpenter came to visit.” Eric wondered: “I don’t know such a person, did the other party say that he is here?” ; The security guard said: “No, but he said he was the ‘messenger’.” “The messenger,” Eric repeated in a low voice, thinking of something quickly , said to the security: “Let him come in.” “Okay,
Mr. Williams,” the other side finished speaking and ended the call. Eric turned on all the lights in the living room, and the originally dim living room soon became bright as day. A few minutes later, a polite white man with glasses entered the door with a black leather bag, looked around the gorgeous interior of the mansion in the bright light, and made a few noises He praised lowly, although he knew that he might never own such a mansion in his lifetime, but when he thought about what he was going to do today, he would inevitably feel a little deformed complacent in his heart. Eric’s figure, without any politeness, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and sat down on the sofa, looking at the sparkling sea outside the window and patiently waiting for the owner’s appearance. ; After a while, Eric came out of the study and frowned slightly when he saw the strange man sitting on the sofa. But he quickly recovered and walked towards the strange man. I heard footsteps. The man stood up, but didn’t move his footsteps. He stood there and waited for Eric to approach before reaching out and introducing himself: “Hello, Mr. Williams, my name is Arnold. Carpenter.
Eric reached out and shook hands with the other party, but did not speak, seeing that Arnon Carpenter didn’t care about his indifference. Just as he was about to continue to sit down in his place, Ai Rick said: “I’m sorry, Mr. Carpenter, this is my favorite seat, please sit there.
” Arnold.
Carpenter’s expression changed, but a sneer quickly appeared on his face, and he stood up with a pretentious manner: “As you wish, Mr. Williams.” Airy Ke sat down in the seat that Arnon gave up, and then looked at Arnon Kapoor who was sitting across from him and said, “I heard that you are the ‘Messenger’, then tell me your purpose.” ; Arnon Carpenter did not speak for the first time.
Instead, he opened the leather bag he was carrying, took out a stack of photos, and pushed it in front of Eric: “Mr. Williams. You can look at these first.” Eric Ke brought over the thick stack of photos, and saw that the first one was Drew curled up in his arms like a kitten. The photo was taken at the gate of the Malibu manor a few weeks ago, and the little girl shouted. Knocked himself to the knee that time.
Eric’s heart flashed a bit of clarity, it turned out that he felt right that day, someone was indeed following him and taking pictures of him.
Well, maybe the rest of his feelings these days are not wrong either.
Although he was very shocked, Eric still quietly flipped through the next photos, except for his ‘intimate photos’ with Drew.
None of the women who had been in contact with him was spared, and the time span was a full year.
Even many photos Eric didn’t remember at a glance, and needed to be recalled carefully.
Just remember when and where it happened.
And these photos are all taken quite skillfully, so that people can see that the relationship between the men and women in the photos is ambiguous.
After seeing the photo, Eric immediately determined that the incident had nothing to do with Fox, because Murdoch once admitted that a reporter from the New York Post, a subsidiary of News Corporation, had followed and photographed him for several months.
Moreover, there are even photos of him and Nicole in this stack of photos, but there are no photos of him and Elizabeth.
If these are the handwritings of other forces, wouldn’t it be more sensational if the relationship between the newly emerging famous director and the daughter of a media tycoon is exposed?
However, although Fox can be seen in the photo, Eric is sure that things are far from simple.
If it was just the News Corporation family that wanted to use these tactics to force him into submission, the result would only be to push him to other forces, neither Murdoch nor Barry Diller could be so stupid.
Throwing the photo in his hand onto the coffee table in front of him, Eric raised his head and stared coldly at Arnon Carpenter opposite: “What does this mean?” Arnnon Carpenter slightly dodged Eric’s indifferent and pressing gaze, and said, “Mr. Williams, this is what you asked for.” ; Eric’s voice said without wavering: “Do you think you can influence me with these little tricks?” Arnon Carpenter said: “Can or can’t , it depends on whether my boss wants it or not. Mr. Williams, you have to understand that many famous people like you in Hollywood history may have flashed like shooting stars because of one or two scandals that were originally inconspicuous. It’s fleeting, do you need me to list a few?”
nbsp; Eric snorted coldly, 40% of the shares do not seem to be greedy, but, after losing this 40% of the shares, minus the percentage that was just transferred to Jeffrey not long ago He has only 42% of the third share, and although he is still the largest shareholder of Firefly, he cannot achieve absolute control.
And Robert Shea, despite his mediocre talents, has always been a *very powerful man.
If those people get 40% of the shares and promise to give Robert Shea what he wants, Eric can be sure that Robert Shea will definitely fall to the other side. At that time, Eric will also lose control of Firefly. .
After the merger with New Line, Firefly, which has a movie distribution channel, has not reached the level of the seven giants, but it has initially developed into a movie giant.
Once he loses control of Firefly, Eric can be sure that it will be difficult for him to develop a film company with a perfect distribution channel under the joint pressure of the seven major film companies. In addition, in the 1990s, film companies and The media group will usher in a major trend of integration. At that time, Eric will only be thrown farther and farther in the face of the movie giants that merge with the media group.
Even if he can continue to shoot movies that sell well, he will no longer have the strength to bargain with those film companies. In the end, he will only become a pawn of the big group, not a player who can control the game.
Thinking about this clearly, Eric didn’t want to make a fool of himself with the stranger, and directly issued an eviction order: “Mr. Carpenter, right, go back and tell your boss that you want to Firefly, just come and get it, and try to see if you can get it.”
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