I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 379
[Chapter 376 Getting used to you, right?]
Elizabeth took the check and glanced at it. The amount was 30 million US dollars. According to the information that Eric said earlier, the production cost of “Dancing With Wolves” was only 18 million. Now the film has not been released, so there is no cost to announce it.
So this 30 million is enough to buy out the entire movie and Orion’s distribution contract, and if the negotiation strategy is right, it may not even be spent.
For most Hollywood studios, investing in a movie that costs about $20 million, and if it can earn more than 50% of the profit after a few years of distribution operations, then the project is considered a great success.
A movie with a super high rate of return like “Home Alone” may not appear in the entire Hollywood in a few years. It is more common in Hollywood. Instead, millions of dollars are invested in it, and in the end, everything is lost.
However, at this time, Elizabeth raised the check in her hand and stared at Eric with contempt: “You bastard, can you be more shameless, I became the villain, and the ownership of the movie I finally bought belongs to you, Don’t even think about this kind of thing.”
Eric asked without blushing: “Then do you have the money to buy it yourself?”
“I can borrow it from my father.”
“Well, pay me the check, Just pretend I haven’t been here today,” Eric said, reaching out.
Elizabeth subconsciously wanted to return the check, but she quickly received it back. Eric was so straightforward, but made her feel a little uneasy. After a moment of hesitation, Elizabeth reluctantly said: “One and a half, you take it. 15 million, I’ll ask my dad for another 15 million.”
“Pay me the check.”
“You bastard, the copyright belongs to you, but the distribution belongs to Fox. Is this the head office?”
“Deal,” Eric snapped his fingers and said with a smile on his face again, “Actually, I haven’t finished talking yet, and this is part of it. You can use this condition as a bait to tell the film’s producers. , as long as they agree to sell the movie to you, you can lobby Fox to help distribute it, and you can even promise to help them release future movies. For such a small Hollywood production company, climbing up to a giant like Fox is like Walmart It’s like agreeing to help a small workshop underwrite their products. The temptation is very strong, as long as this bait is thrown, as long as the owner of the production company is not a fool, it is impossible not to agree.”
Eric finished, the living room There was silence for a few seconds.
Drew and Julia quickly understood that Elizabeth was tricked by Eric again. The two girls immediately threw themselves on the sofa and laughed. Elizabeth threw the pillow in her arms again: “You bastard. , and take advantage of my family, I quit, I will not do whatever you say, you can be the villain yourself.”
“I am using resources reasonably.
And if I come forward in person, this movie will definitely be rejected. Everyone treats them like a big gold mine, and there is almost zero chance of trying to grab them. So this time, not only will I not be able to come forward, but the whole thing will not even have any connection with me. I will try my best to avoid suspicion, and you have to pretend Like a little bit.”
Elizabeth’s eyes lit up, and she looked at Eric while touching her sharp little chin and said, “Oh, it’s true. The movie you’re watching now, even if it’s a piece of garbage, will be regarded as a treasure. . So, I can leave you alone.”
“Yeah. You’d better convince your dad to let Fox Network and Fox Pictures also break up with me. Seriously, take “Friends” , “Who Will Be a Millionaire” and the next “X-Files” broadcast on Fox TV, I think it’s a big loss.”
Elizabeth immediately said: “”Millionaire” and “X-Files” Fox and Firefly But you can’t take the shared rights, and Friends has signed a contract for several seasons.”
“But I can do the same thing at the beginning of the year and let the first two projects go on hold. The big deal is that everyone won’t make any money. Anyway, I have a lot of ideas in my head, and I can come up with a few more TV series. As for “Friends”, hum, then It’s easier.”
Elizabeth said unwillingly: “If you do this, your reputation in Hollywood will stink.”
“If it can bring them a lot of profits, who cares whether their collaborators are angels or devils? ”
-of…” Elizabeth couldn’t help but want to utter a dirty word just now, but facing Eric’s threatening eyes, the girl immediately swallowed the last word: “You… rascal, I can’t do it. If the bad guys get the copyright for you, you won’t get any benefits in the end. You are like a miser in Balzac’s pen.”
“Didn’t we just say that we will get the copyright and distribute it by Fox. The information I got , this is a four-hour movie, four hours, you should know what that means, the cinema can only have four shows a day at most, the box office of this movie will definitely not be very good, I guess I still It takes the final videotape release to recoup the cost, what I see is the Oscar potential of this movie, and Firefly also needs some Oscar movies to decorate the facade.”
Eric is telling the truth, although the film won the memory in memory. It has won important awards such as best picture and best director, but Eric does not know how the box office of this film is, but according to the four-hour length of the film in memory, Eric feels that “with the wolf” The box office of “Dancing Together” should not be very good.
Elizabeth was surprised: “Four hours, are you serious?”
“Yeah, four hours, longer than The Godfather. Although I think this movie may be good, I want to surpass The Godfather. I think It’s definitely impossible.”
“Okay, I will believe you once,” Elizabeth said, looking at the check in her hand, rolled her eyes, and said, “I heard that you are here this time. The oil futures market has made a lot of money, so if there is any leftovers after buying the copyright, I won’t give it back to you, I will use it as pocket money.”
“That’s fine,” Eric said with a smile.
Elizabeth pretended to be surprised and said, “Ha, it’s unbelievable that a miser could say such a thing.”
“I’ve always been very generous to my women.” As
soon as she finished speaking, another pillow fell on her.
Eric grabbed the pillow again ‘intolerable’, got up and walked around the coffee table to Elizabeth: “This is the third time, little girl, I’m used to you, right?”
Elizabeth screamed and wanted to run away, but was caught Eric pressed down on the sofa.
“Hey, hey, how can you hit a woman, you bastard, oops, Julia, help me, woohoo, you go and hit Drew, she likes this, bastard, stop.” (To be continued)
[End of this Chapter]
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