I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 287
[Chapter two hundred and eighty third ultimatum]
“Robert, speaking, it’s been almost half a year since we first met?” K nodded, “Almost.” “Remember the conversation we had when we first met?” Robert looked up and said, “We should have said A lot of words, what do you mean?” Eric didn’t care about Robert Shea’s pretending to be confused, and reminded: “I told you, we don’t have much time left. .” Robert Shea looked out the window at the seascape, fell silent, lowered his head and raised his coffee cup again.
Eric continued: “I said at the time that the merger trend of media groups and film companies has begun, and if we do not seize the opportunity in the last few years, then wait for this merger. The trend has passed, and we will completely lose the opportunity to develop and grow, and can only become a vassal of several major media groups in the future.” Robert Shea remained silent.
Eric sighed lightly. There were some things he couldn’t tell Robert Shea. In my memory, 20 years later, more than 90% of the media channels in North America were sold by the six major media giants. Control, if this happened twenty years later, Eric basically had no room for resistance and could only compromise.
But now it is different. Now, the American media is not highly monopolized, but in the hands of more than 50 large and small media companies.
Therefore, even if all the media resources in the hands of several major film companies are gathered, it is impossible to control more than one-third of the public opinion channels. Although this turmoil seems to be menacing, except for those media that dominate the direction of public opinion, the major Part of it is just drifting with the flow, rudder by the wind.
So Eric is not completely powerless to fight back, just.
He has been waiting, waiting for his enemy to show his last weapon.
He can fight back.
The four lawsuits this time will hit his reputation again.
But like the scandal at the beginning, it won’t cause him any fundamental damage. After all, although he is a public figure now, he is not a public figure who relies purely on fame, even if it is because of this turmoil that makes him short. He can’t pick up the guide tube during the time, but he can still lead the production of the film by other means.
So everything he does now.
All to keep the fireflies.
Firefly is like a city that belongs to him. As long as he has this foundation, he can develop his strength to conquer the city. Once he loses Firefly, even if he has a skill, he can’t do anything. If you use it again, at most you can only mention other people’s cities to take care of affairs, and you will never be the master.
The two were silent for a while at the same time, before Robert Shay said first: “Eric, I heard that in order to settle this matter. You may need a lot of money?” “It’s okay? ,” Eric nodded, slightly guessing Robert Shay’s intentions.
Robert Shay didn’t keep Eric waiting.
He said: “The $60 million you paid me last time, plus the dividends from the new line at the end of the year, although I spent part of it on the investment, I can still come up with almost $60 million.” This time it was Eric’s turn to be silent, 60 million, not much, not much.
“Eric, 15% is too little, it makes me feel insecure. I think at least 25%.” Eric lowered head.
Without a word, he looked at the three palm lines in his palm.
Which is the career line?
Must be the longest one.
After thinking for a while, Eric finally raised his head.
To Robert Shea: “I promise you.” The two discussed specific details, and Robert Shea left with satisfaction.
When Robert Shea left, Eric sighed in disappointment. He originally wanted to merge Pixar Studios and Flower Pictures, which owns the adaptation rights of many popular movies in previous lives, into Firefly, but , now it seems that it is better not to do so.
Because of John Barrymore’s injury, the trial of this case can only be postponed to a week later, and for the other three lawsuits, Eric did not have to appear in court in person, and completely handed it over to his attorney group.
But, while he tried his best to avoid being in the public eye at this time, there was one thing he had to do.
On January 20, the 47th Golden Globe Awards for American TV and Movies were held at the Hollywood Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
And Firefly received a total of 11 nominations for “Pretty Woman”, “Dark War”, “Steel Magnolia” and “Frightening Island” and “Friends” as a TV series, including Eric himself has two best screenwriter awards for “Dark War” and “Cry on the Island”. There is no best director in the Golden Globe Award, otherwise Eric can at least get another nomination.
If it weren’t for this turmoil, Eric, who received two nominations at the same ceremony before the age of 20, would undoubtedly become the most beautiful one on the red carpet.
Although Eric also considered missing the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, doing so would be tantamount to showing weakness to the enemies behind him, and Eric finally braved the red carpet.
This time, Eric did not bring any female companions, but was alone.
Passing the media access area, Eric stopped and smiled confidently in cooperation, letting the flash light go on frantically.
“Eric, Eric, can you say a word?” a reporter shouted at this time.
Eric smiled noncommittally, neither agreeing nor denying.
If the other party asked a question that was difficult to answer, Eric made up his mind to leave.
Rick was stunned for a moment. He didn’t expect the other party to ask such a question. In this situation, he was in the mood to think about the script.
However, since the question wasn’t too harsh, Eric replied, “I just signed up for a music company and may release a single in a while.” “Eric , can you reveal the subject of the single first?” “Mr. Williams, what is the name of the music company?” “Eric, you plan to give up Directing a film, switching to music?”
Eric didn’t intend to answer the question again, and was about to leave when he heard the last question.
Still rolled his eyes and said, “It’s just playing tickets, my main energy will always be on movies.” After saying this, Eric ignored these reporters.
Go straight to the end of the red carpet.
Compared to last year, Eric’s achievements this year are even more conspicuous.
But there were obviously a lot fewer people who came to say hello, and most of them were men who were familiar with him. As for the female stars present, except for Julia, Virginia and Nicole, they followed Eric’s prior instructions. Instructed and nodded to him, other actresses were concerned about Eric’s current reputation, and none of them dared to come forward and talk to Eric.
Eric didn’t care either. It’s everyone’s instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Waiting period.
Celebrities continue to appear on the red carpet.
About ten minutes later, amid the cheers of the fans, Eric saw Aniston in a white tube top dress walking over, posing for a while in the media area, and then Came to the rest area.
The eyes of the two met unexpectedly, and the reporters who paid attention to the situation also raised their cameras, expecting the couple who broke up to make newsworthy behaviors.
“Jenny…” Eric shouted softly without moving his footsteps. After that day, Eric tried to contact Aniston more than once.
But the chick seemed to be determined this time, and she never answered any of his calls, nor did she respond to the letters she sent.
The flowers sent were also returned.
Aniston’s eyes only heard on Eric’s face for less than two seconds, then he quickly turned away, and walked in the opposite direction to Eric as if nothing had happened.
Eric sighed, not daring to join up on this occasion, he didn’t care too much about his reputation, but for Aniston’s sake.
During this period of time, because Aniston ‘disengaged’ from him on the day the incident happened, among several close women, Aniston was the only one who had basically not suffered anything. attack.
If at this time he gets up.
If there is news that the two are suspected of getting back together, it will definitely bring trouble to Xiaoyi Niu.
“Eric. Are you okay?” Noticing Eric’s depressed expression, Jonathan Demmy, who was standing beside him, said comfortably.
Eric shook his head: “It’s okay.” Tom Hanks on the other side also said at this time: “Eric. I believe everything will pass Yes.” “Of course.” Eric smiled confidently.
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nbsp; In the ceremony hall, Eric sat at the table “Frightening Island”, because this table was arranged at the back, Eric would feel more comfortable, and it would not cause too much trouble s concern.
Of course, the world will never revolve around a certain person, so the turmoil that Eric is experiencing has not affected the lively atmosphere of this Golden Globe Awards at all , maybe it was instructed in advance. The host of this session did not make fun of Eric. During the whole awarding process, Eric’s name was not even mentioned, and the camera seldom swept Eric. The table you’re sitting at.
Eric also gradually realized that this was someone who planned to treat himself coldly.
Well, although firefly-related movies and TV series got 11 nominations tonight, they certainly won’t get any heavyweight awards.
Things are as Eric expected, because “Scent of a Woman” missed the nomination of the Golden Globe Award, so the more important such as “Pretty Woman” Best Musical Comedy The film and the best film in the “Steel Magnolia” drama category, without exception, went to other places.
The two best screenplay nominations related to Eric also fell through.
Even the most likely two nominations that Julia had won in her previous life had not won anything, not to mention the nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series won by Virginia for “Cry on a Island”. Any suspense fell on Michelle Pfeiffer, the heroine of “Baker Brothers”, which Eric has no memory of.
At the end of the development, Eric had given up any hope and thought that all 11 nominations would be lost. Dayton unexpectedly won Best Actress.
Looking at the little girl on the podium who spoke with a touch of surprise and did not mention her award speech at all, a sneer appeared on the corner of Eric’s mouth, what is this, is it to warn the women who are close to him, as long as he is with Eric. Will Williams break, can he get the award?
The two-hour awards ceremony has passed, and Eric has no plans to attend the subsequent party.
Just as he was about to leave, an unfamiliar waiter handed an envelope to him.
Eric got into the car back to the Malibu estate before opening the envelope.
There is only one sheet of paper.
On it was written a series of numbers, 19900201.
Good resolution.
It means February 1, 1990.
Eric didn’t have to think about it, he knew that this was the ultimatum given to him by the manipulator behind this turmoil.
I really can’t hold my breath, Eric thought to himself, Michael Jackson was attacked by the media for three months in his previous life. If it doesn’t collapse, is it about to use the ‘killer’?
Thinking of Michael Jackson.
Eric couldn’t help but find that his current experience was similar to his previous life, Michael Jackson.
Michael.
The reason why Jackson was attacked on such a large scale in 1993 was not only because of his black identity, but also because he jumped from the original contracted singer status to the position of the owner of Sony Records in one fell swoop. % of the shares, and also owns the song copyrights of the enviable Beatles, Elvis Presley and other famous superstars.
In the 1990s, the record industry was still prosperous, and the copyright of these songs alone was worth more than one billion US dollars, not to mention the 50% shares of Sony Records.
And all of this.
For the titans of the recording industry and the predominantly white West, it was unbearable.
Michael Jackson fell silent.
More than ten years later, in 2009, Michael Jackson turned 50 and planned to hold 50 world tour concerts to commemorate.
Originally, many people thought that the fifty-year-old pop singer would definitely not be as popular as before, but things were not as many people imagined, with a total of more than 750,000 concert tickets, after the start of booking.
It was swept away by fans around the world in just a few hours, as it turned out.
The Emperor Superstar is still the Emperor Superstar.
So, a few days before the start of this much anticipated 50 concerts.
A generation of superstars died inexplicably.
Thinking of this, Eric shuddered involuntarily, thankful that he was not reborn into a black man.
Therefore, although he is now being ostracized by several giants, he has not been discriminated against from the bottom of the heart of the public.
After the Golden Globe Awards, Eric and Robert Shea quickly signed a contract to transfer 10% of Firefly’s shares, and directly put the $60 million in cash paid by Robert Shea into an investment company in New York on the account.
Although Jeffrey and Chris both objected to this and hoped that Eric would leave a sum of cash for emergencies, Eric was firm and asked Chris to use this The $60 million plus the $10 million that had been received before, for a total of $70 million in cash, went all out to take as much of Cisco’s shares as possible.
Before this turmoil, Eric had never been too concerned about money. He felt that as long as he developed steadily, he would definitely reach the top step by step in the future.
But after the storm, Eric discovered that in this world of capital, money is the most important thing. It is like a talisman. A billionaire with dollar fortune, no matter how young he is, these people don’t dare to attack him like this now.
Time goes by day by day, enduring indiscriminate bombardment in newspapers and media every day, Eric can also hear good news from time to time, because most investment institutions are not very optimistic about Cisco’s prospects , and Cisco’s current market value is only $225 million. Therefore, under Chris’s price offensive, some investment institutions that had already decided to buy Cisco’s stock transferred their subscription shares.
The share of shares acquired increased from 7% at the beginning, one by one, and at the end of January, all $70 million was spent, and a total of 23% of Cisco’s shares were acquired, although according to Cisco 2.
In terms of market value of $2.5 billion, 70 million to get 23% of the shares is a big loss, but if you calculate the market value of Cisco’s $500 billion at its peak, the value of this equity will be an astronomical figure.
Of course, Eric also knows that with the development and growth of Cisco, this share will definitely be gradually diluted, but as long as he can maintain about 10% of the shares in the end, it will still be a huge wealth in the future.
While Chris spent all $70 million, February 1 finally came, and four lawsuits were still lingering at the same time.
The Los Angeles branch of the Federal Trade Investigation Commission, the US antitrust investigation agency, held a press conference, announcing that it will investigate the alleged monopolistic behavior of Firefly and United Elite Agency (uta).
As soon as the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar again.
Various analyses quickly appeared in the newspapers.
In the Malibu estate, Edward Lewis hurried into the living room.
Sitting down opposite Eric, several people were already in the living room, Jeffrey, Robert Shea and Kapoor Sid of Uta were all here.
“Edward, let’s talk about the situation first?” Eric said after pouring a cup of coffee for Edward Lewis himself.
Edward drank his coffee in one gulp, then took out a thick stack of papers on the coffee table, took one of them and said, “Eric. That’s about it, Federal Trade Investigations. The committee members have already begun to investigate and collect evidence on Firefly and Uta. Once convicted, you may face a huge fine in addition to selling all the shares of Uta.” &
nbsp; “How much will this fine be?” Eric asked the question he was most concerned about. When Columbia and Fox joined forces and owed Firefly a huge share, Eric realized that the final killer must be related to money related.
Edward Lewis found another document and said: “According to the provisions of the anti-monopoly law, under normal circumstances, the penalty is based on 20% of the revenue generated by the violating enterprise due to monopolistic behavior. However, This amount is not fixed. And it is quite flexible, if you do it well, you don’t even have to pay a penny penalty. Just transfer your uta shares in your hand, but if…” “ Edward, sorry to interrupt you, you know, those of us don’t know much about the relevant laws, so you can just say how much fine I might have to pay for it.” Well,” Edward Lewis said: “According to the violations of Firefly and uta. You may have to pay a fine of up to 160 million US dollars.” Eric jumped: “Why? Maybe so much, uta’s profit today is only a few million?” Edward explained: “Eric. It’s not your algorithm, you should calculate uta and Firefly together. Because before uta and firefly are your personal properties. And I got some information from Ms. Caroline Elliott before, your total revenue this year has reached more than 400 million US dollars. In addition, it is still in theaters. The income that five movies may bring, because the violations of uta and firefly are not serious, so there is no possibility of increasing the base amount of 20%. Therefore, in total, the fine you have to pay may reach up to 160 million .” &
nbsp; Eric was stunned for a moment, and asked, “How long is the time limit for levying the fine?” Edward knew what Eric was asking, and said: “According to the current In this case, this lawsuit will not last for three months, and after that, you still have three months to pay the fine. By the way, Eric, I just emphasized to you, 160 million US dollars is only the worst possibility, the fact In general, the fine will be much lower than this amount, and you won’t even have to pay it.” “Half a year,” Eric muttered to himself in a low voice, he did not ask Edward What will happen if the fine is not paid when it is due? Obviously, it is nothing more than asset freezing and then auction.
His assets are nothing but fireflies.
Moreover, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Although the profits of these films at the end of the year may be far more than 160 million US dollars, Eric is sure that after these films are down, he will not only It is impossible to get the money outside of a lawsuit.
And by the time the lawsuit is won, half a year is estimated to have passed.
Since things are irreversible, Eric no longer worry about gains and losses, and said to several people around: “Since we have reached this point, we should fight back.” Jay Free has long been holding his breath, because Eric lacks trust in others. Therefore, at the present position, only Jeffrey knows about the video tape he left before: “Eric, we need us How to do it, just say it?” (To be continued)
Eric was stunned for a while, and asked, “How long is the time limit for fines to be collected?” Edward knew what Eric was asking, and said, “According to the current situation, this lawsuit will not More than three months, and after that, you still have three months to pay the fine, by the way, Eric, I just emphasized to you, 160 million US dollars is only the worst possibility, in fact, generally the fine will be Much less than that, you don’t even have to pay.” “Half a year,” Eric murmured to himself, without asking what would happen to Edward if he didn’t pay the fine when it was due , obviously, nothing more than asset freezing, followed by auction.
His assets are nothing but fireflies.
Moreover, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Although the profits of these films at the end of the year may be far more than 160 million US dollars, Eric is sure that after these films are down, he will not only It is impossible to get the money outside of a lawsuit.
And by the time the lawsuit is won, half a year is estimated to have passed.
Since things are irreversible, Eric no longer worry about gains and losses, and said to several people around: “Since we have reached this point, we should fight back.” Jay Free has long been holding his breath, because Eric lacks trust in others. Therefore, at the present position, only Jeffrey knows about the video tape he left before: “Eric, we need us How to do it, just say it?” (To be continued)
Eric was stunned for a while, and asked, “How long is the time limit for fines to be collected?” Edward knew what Eric was asking, and said, “According to the current situation, this lawsuit will not More than three months, and after that, you still have three months to pay the fine, by the way, Eric, I just emphasized to you, 160 million US dollars is only the worst possibility, in fact, generally the fine will be Much less than that, you don’t even have to pay.” “Half a year,” Eric murmured to himself, without asking what would happen to Edward if he didn’t pay the fine when it was due , obviously, nothing more than asset freezing, followed by auction.
His assets are nothing but fireflies.
Moreover, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Although the profits of these films at the end of the year may be far more than 160 million US dollars, Eric is sure that after these films are down, he will not only It is impossible to get the money outside of a lawsuit.
And by the time the lawsuit is won, half a year is estimated to have passed.
Since things are irreversible, Eric no longer worry about gains and losses, and said to several people around: “Since we have reached this point, we should fight back.” Jay Free has long been holding his breath, because Eric lacks trust in others. Therefore, at the present position, only Jeffrey knows about the video tape he left before: “Eric, we need us How to do it, just say it?” (To be continued)
Edward knew what Eric was asking, and said, “According to the current situation, this lawsuit will not last more than three months, and after that, you have three months to pay the fine. By the way, Eric, I just As I have emphasized to you, $160 million is only the worst possibility, and in fact, in general, the fine will be much lower than that, and you won’t even have to pay it.” Ke murmured to himself in a low voice, he didn’t ask what would happen to Edward if he didn’t pay the fine when it was due, it was obvious that it was nothing more than asset freeze and then auction.
His assets are nothing but fireflies.
Moreover, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Although the profits of these films at the end of the year may be far more than 160 million US dollars, Eric is sure that after these films are down, he will not only It is impossible to get the money outside of a lawsuit.
And by the time the lawsuit is won, half a year is estimated to have passed.
Since things are irreversible, Eric no longer worries about gains and losses, and said to a few people around: “Since we have reached this point, we should fight back.” Jay Free has long been holding his breath, because Eric lacks trust in others. Therefore, at the present position, only Jeffrey knows about the video tape he left before: “Eric, we need us How to do it, just say it?” (To be continued)
Edward knew what Eric was asking, and said, “According to the current situation, this lawsuit will not last more than three months, and after that, you have three months to pay the fine. By the way, Eric, I just As I have emphasized to you, $160 million is only the worst possibility, and in fact, in general, the fine will be much lower than that, and you won’t even have to pay it.” Ke murmured to himself in a low voice, he didn’t ask what would happen to Edward if he didn’t pay the fine when it was due, it was obvious that it was nothing more than asset freeze and then auction.
His assets are nothing but fireflies.
Moreover, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Although the profits of these films at the end of the year may be far more than 160 million US dollars, Eric is sure that after these films are down, he will not only It is impossible to get the money outside of a lawsuit.
And by the time the lawsuit is won, half a year is estimated to have passed.
Since things are irreversible, Eric no longer worries about gains and losses, and said to a few people around: “Since we have reached this point, we should fight back.” Jay Free has long been holding his breath, because Eric lacks trust in others. Therefore, at the present position, only Jeffrey knows about the video tape he left before: “Eric, we need us How to do it, just say it?” (To be continued)
Moreover, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Although these films at the end of the year may have made a profit of far more than 160 million US dollars, Eric can be sure that after these films are down, he will not only file a lawsuit Other than that, it is impossible to get the money.
And by the time the lawsuit is won, half a year is estimated to have passed.
Since things are irreversible, Eric no longer worries about gains and losses, and said to a few people around: “Since we have reached this point, we should fight back.” Jay Free has long been holding his breath, because Eric lacks trust in others. Therefore, at the present position, only Jeffrey knows about the video tape he left before: “Eric, we need us How to do it, just say it?” (To be continued)
Moreover, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Although these films at the end of the year may have made a profit of far more than 160 million US dollars, Eric can be sure that after these films are down, he will not only file a lawsuit Other than that, it is impossible to get the money.
And by the time the lawsuit is won, half a year is estimated to have passed.
Since things are irreversible, Eric no longer worry about gains and losses, and said to several people around: “Since we have reached this point, we should fight back.” Jay Free has long held his breath, because Eric lacks trust in others. Therefore, at the present position, only Jeffrey knows about the video tape he left before: “Eric, we need us How to do it, just say it?” (To be continued)
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