I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 400
[Chapter three hundred and ninety seventh encounter]
Michael Eisner said: “Disney has been negotiating with Renee Haring and Geena Davis during this time, and now Disney has signed a three-year contract with them. Nie Haring and Geena Davis don’t work for any studio other than Disney.”
Robert Shea was taken aback for a moment, before realizing who Michael Eisner was talking about, and at the same time he also Understand that he made a big mistake because of his ignorance, he should sign the contract with these two people first, and then negotiate with the Seventh Congress.
When Eric contacted Bruce Evans, the owner of the “Cutthroat Island” script, he revealed his intention to invite the two to be the director and heroine. After he bought the “Cutthroat Island” script at a high price , Bruce Evans, who already understood the ins and outs of the matter, explained it deliberately.
In the face of Michael Eisner’s unabashed aggressiveness, Robert Shea bit the bullet and said: “The most important thing in Hollywood is directors and actresses, I can change people, you don’t want to blackmail me, don’t even think about it. Think.”
“I’m not blackmailing you, we’re talking about cooperation now,” Michael Eisner’s tone became very cold, not at all like when he cooperated with Robert Shea on the overseas distribution rights of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” And Yan Yuese: “”Cut Throat Island” is different from “Ghost Love” which cost less than 30 million US dollars. This is a super big production that requires at least 70 million US dollars. The total cost after the announcement is very likely to pass. 100 million. Just like the anecdote I just said about “Human Ghost”, if the substitution causes “Cut Throat Island” to fail at the box office. Such a big investment movie is likely to lose money. And the loss at the box office will cause The impact is cascading. Subsequent tape releases of the film and TV rights revenue will be greatly reduced. So you see, you have the script, but Disney has the director and the heroine, and we still need to do the distribution for the film, so count In fact, you are still taking advantage. Of course, you can also wait three years, but if I remember correctly. The contract you signed with Bruce Evans is only for three years, and you have not made a film for three years. , the ownership of the script will automatically return to Bruce Evans, do you think you can get this script next time?”
Robert Shea’s hand on the armrest of the seat trembled rapidly, obviously very excited, facing Michael Eisner’s aggressive gaze, Robert Shea finally sighed in frustration: “Okay, Let’s talk.” . . .
New York had just snowed a lot, and the weather had gotten very cold
.
Sixty Soho Manhattan.
It was still the suite where he lived last time, and Eric woke up in the morning.
Jogged on the treadmill for half an hour, took a shower, and planned to go downstairs for dinner as usual.
Walking into the elevator, Eric pressed the button, boredly watched the indicator light and let the elevator slide down. When he reached the third floor, the elevator suddenly stopped.
Knowing that someone was about to come in, Eric took a step back to the corner, the elevator door opened, and the tall woman with her hands in the pockets of the black trench coat just took a step forward, looked at each other, and the two said in unison, “It’s you?
” Rick motioned the woman to come in, closed the elevator door, and asked, “Catherine, why did you come to New York?”
Catherine Bigelow looked up and down Eric curiously, and said, “I’m here in New York to relax, how about you? ?”
“I’m here to make money,” Eric said succinctly.
Catherine Bigelow thought that Eric was joking, and laughed and joked: “It’s vulgar.” After
only two words, the elevator had reached the bottom floor, and Eric walked out side by side with Catherine Bigelow. The elevator said, “You don’t mind having breakfast with me, a layman, will I treat you?”
“Okay, I won’t be polite to you, the rich man.”
They walked into the restaurant together, found a table and sat down, Just after ordering breakfast to the waiter, a tall white man came over, nodded slightly to Catherine Bigelow, and handed a stack of newspapers and a folder to Eric: “Mr. Williams, this is Today’s paper, and a few documents faxed from Los Angeles last night, Mr. Hansen instructs you to call him back after you read it.”
“I see,” Eric nodded. Because of Catherine’s presence, he didn’t plan to read these things before breakfast, but just put the newspapers and documents aside.
Catherine Bigelow watched the man who suddenly appeared back to the seat in the corner, and asked curiously, “Who is that, Alan?”
“My bodyguard, Alan is in Los Angeles, so let him Let’s make a cameo role as a temporary assistant, let’s talk about you, why did you suddenly appear here?”
Catherine Bigelow said, “I lived in Soho for ten years, and I recently divorced that bastard, Come and visit some old friends and relax.”
Eric remembers that Catherine Bigelow and Cameron still cooperated later, but now, the woman is obviously brooding about Cameron’s derailment, and for a short time It is impossible to forgive each other.
“Jim has gone too far this time, do you want me to help him clean up, for example, to reduce the budget of “Terminator 2″ by 18 million?”
Catherine took the breakfast from the waiter and blanked Ai Rui. Ke glanced at him: “Forget it, don’t think I don’t know, you are a little bastard too.”
Eric, who had just drank a mouthful of milk, almost choked out: “Your own yard is on fire, what are you doing to set fire on me? ”
What do you think?” “Let me tell you, your thinking is too extreme. It’s not good. It’s easy to become
cynical
and paranoid.”
After breakfast for a while, he asked, “Isn’t Firefly being reorganized, what are you doing in New York after leaving that stall?”
“It’s really making money,” Eric pointed in the direction of New York Mercantile Exchange: ” Take
advantage of the war in the Middle East and make some profit on the difference in crude oil futures.”
“Oh, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com turned out to be a small profiteer who made a fortune in the war.”
“I recognize the profiteer, can you remove the small print?”
“No!”
Seeing Eric’s ‘depressed’ look, Catherine laughed: “Hey, how much did you earn? Did you make a lot of money from making a movie?”
Eric shrugged, afraid of being frightened. The woman didn’t dare to tell the truth, but said: “Most of the money was earned by the federal government. No one expected that this war would be fought so neatly. Before the war, the federal government and Saudi Arabia joined forces and sold crude oil at a high price. A large number of futures contracts, and now the oil price has been cut in half, and at least hundreds of billions have been earned, and we small fish and shrimp can only follow to drink some soup.”
Catherine still knew a little about futures knowledge and sighed: “One hundred billion, how can that be? Doesn’t it mean that there are people who have to lose so much?”
“Well, if you pay attention to the newspapers, you will find that a large number of oil trading companies around the world have cancelled their securities departments, and this loss will make them record a dozen or so. It’s been a year.” (To be continued..)
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[End of this Chapter]
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