I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 368

[Chapter 365 I can’t be like you]

Eric originally planned to take Murdoch into the small living room, but the old guy offered to go to Eric’s study after entering the door. Eric readily agreed, if Murdoch surrendered his identity to be a commercial spy himself , he also recognized it, not to mention that even in the study, the most important things are usually in the safe.

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Jennifer Connelly walked into the study with a pot of coffee, she saw an old man in his sixties standing with his hands behind his back, looking up at the wall full of storyboards. Drawings, praise twice from time to time.

The girl quietly put the coffee pot on the coffee table and walked to Eric gently.

“Eric, is this part of the storyboard for Jurassic Park?” Murdoch asked suddenly, pointing to an area on the wall.

“Well, these are just preliminary thoughts,” Eric nodded.

Elizabeth, who was standing beside her father, snorted dissatisfiedly: “Maybe even the script has been written.”

Eric shrugged and made an expression as you wish. Elizabeth suddenly became more complacent, but Murdoch was As if he did not see his daughter bickering with Eric, he continued to point to the drafts of several disaster films and asked, “What about these?”

Eric did not intend to explain Murdoch in detail as he did to Cameron. Indifferently: “This is another series.”

“Tsunami, hurricane, strong earthquake, thousands of miles of ice, the collision of heaven and earth… Tsk tsk, if these scenes in the draft can be perfectly displayed on the big screen, the sensation will definitely be no less than that. “Star Wars,” Murdoch exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, and Eric’s big investment in digital is no secret in the industry.

Many people think that Eric is over-the-top because of the money.

before seeing these drafts.

Murdoch also had this idea, but seeing Eric’s huge plan with his own eyes, the old guy immediately understood that Eric was not only not hot-headed, but was playing a big game of chess.

“It’s definitely not as good as Star Wars, and it’s hard to replicate this series,” Eric said honestly, not that he was being modest.

“Star Wars” has become a cultural symbol, and the peripheral value generated is immeasurable.

While the planned Jurassic Park and disaster franchises are sure to be huge hits, it’s not realistic to overtake Star Wars in influence, and of course, if it’s all about the box office, there’s still a chance of power.

Murdoch read it again, then walked to the sofa in the corner and sat down. Connery felt that the study was not the place he should stay. He squatted beside the coffee table and poured coffee for the three of them, and said softly to Eric: “Eric. I’m going out first.”

Eric nodded and

glanced at Elizabeth who was sitting beside Murdoch: “Liz. Some people have sent over a lot of scripts these days, but the next one hasn’t been decided yet. Movies, you can pick it up with Jenny.”

Seeing that Eric was going to kick himself out with the small vase he kept, Elizabeth raised her eyebrows in dissatisfaction, stared at Eric and said, “Why don’t you let me go? I’ll pick one here?”

Eric said lightly: “You can’t support the project here.”

Elizabeth, who felt despised, was even more angry, and was about to refute, but saw her father wink at her, and the girl hummed. He hummed twice, but didn’t play any more petty temper. He slowly stood up and was about to go out. Seeing Connery standing up beside Eric, he rolled his eyes and stepped forward in three or two steps to hug him affectionately. Holding the girl’s arm: “Miss Connery, you are so beautiful, um, it smells so good, what perfume do you use?”

Connery glanced at Eric, was dragged out by Elizabeth, and heard Elizabeth The words hurriedly said: “Thank you, Miss Murdoch, it’s Chanel… ah!”

Connery was talking when he suddenly felt his buttocks being grabbed twice by a small hand, and cried out in surprise, in disbelief Looking at Elizabeth beside her.

Because Eric was sitting in the direction of the exit, he happened to see Elizabeth turned into a female hooligan and reached out to attack Connery’s buttocks. I couldn’t help but smoke, is this taking advantage of myself, is it appropriate for you, little girl, to do this as a woman?

Murdoch followed Eric’s surprised eyes and turned his head to look, but only saw the back of his daughter holding Connery up the stairs: “Eric, what’s wrong?”

“Uh, nothing,” Eric shook Shaking his head, he took a sip of coffee and said in shock.

After the two women left, the two slowly drank coffee and talked about the weather in Los Angeles for a while before Murdoch tentatively stepped into the topic: “Eric, I heard that you are raising funds recently?”

“That’s right, because Something to do,” Eric said, quickly thinking about Murdoch’s intentions.

The less than 200 million US dollars of funds drawn from several companies such as Firefly will definitely not satisfy Eric. This money can only be enlarged to 2 billion US dollars according to 10 times the leverage, and the expected profit is far less than that of Eric gram’s expectations, he needs more chips.

Therefore, during this period of time, Eric was trying his best to raise more funds. All the credit cards in his hand were overdrawn to the limit, and even the small vaults of Virginia and Nicole were not spared.

It was originally the best way to get a loan from a bank, but if you want to get a large amount of money from the bank, it will take at least a month for the various procedures to add up. At that time, it was already August, when the Kuwait war broke out, and then I got the money and entered the market. It’s too late.

Eric’s speculation in crude oil futures is not a top secret. With Murdoch’s strength, it is easy to know the inside story. Although he doesn’t know what the little guy in front of him is crazy about this time, Murdoch has learned from his Judging from the behavior, Eric is making a big gamble.

Everyone knows the truth of ten bets and nine losses. Although Eric has made amazing achievements in Hollywood in just two years, Murdoch definitely does not believe that Eric can replicate the same miracle on Wall Street. Therefore, He keenly sensed that this was a great opportunity.

Before entering this room, Murdoch’s original intention was to lend Eric a sum of money. If Eric loses all this money in the oil futures market, Murdoch can justifiably propose to give Fox TV’s 10 % of the shares were redeemed. Although Eric had never intervened in Fox TV’s affairs before, this 10% stake was like a thorn that made Murdoch restless.

But seeing Eric’s huge plans for several special effects blockbusters, Murdoch quickly changed his original plan. Compared with taking back the shares of the TV station, Murdoch felt that it would be more cost-effective to invest in Firefly. Business.

“Eric, if you need funds, Fox can lend you some of it.”

“What about the conditions?”

Murdoch relaxed on the sofa and said with a smile: “It depends on your sincerity.”

“How much can Fox pay, I mean, within ten days at most?”

“Ten days?” Murdoch straightened up again: “Eric, ten days is too short.”

Eric said: “Mr. Murdoch, if I have enough time, I will go directly to the bank for a loan. Now, with my current net worth, I think any bank would be very happy to lend me hundreds of millions of dollars.”

Murdoch narrowed his eyes and looked at Eric for a while, as if to find out from Eric’s face What useful information, but the old fox was quickly disappointed.

“Well, I’ll make a call first,” Murdoch said, standing up.

Eric pointed to the desk not far away: “Please.”

Murdoch walked to the landline of the desk and made a few calls, without concealing Eric’s intentions, and said directly to the opposite side. When he got up, Eric listened intently, and Murdoch was basically asking News Corp about the financial situation.

After returning to the sofa and sitting down again, Murdoch said to Eric: “In ten days, I can give you 80 million.”

Noticing Eric’s disgusting look, Murdoch was a little angry, but he was a little bit angry. Helpless: “I know you collected nearly $200 million before, but News Corp is not mine alone. I can’t take all the cash like you did.” (To be continued..)

[End of this Chapter]