I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 433

[Chapter 430 White Clothes]

“It’s just a gimmick, “Cry on the Island” itself has a very good plot, and the subsequent release process spanned the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons without competitors of the same type, so it was able to get such an excellent box office through long-term screening .(шщш.щ Novel Network first release)”

Nicole grabbed the information in Eric’s hand and looked over it, retorting: “There is no competitor of the same type in “The Righteousness”, right?”

Eric was caught by Nicole He stole the information and didn’t care, just freed his hand to hug Nicole, put one hand in through the gap of the bath towel, stroked the smooth skin of the girl just after bathing, and said, “The positioning of “The Righteous Courage” is a crime Drama, this kind of film does not belong to the mainstream commercial type, but is somewhat unpopular. In addition to the star power of Dustin Hoffman and Bruce Willis driving the box office, the safest way to recover the cost is to hit the Oscars. But Disney chose to release it on a large scale on November 1, instead of using point screenings to accumulate word-of-mouth. The current management is disappointed…”

Nicole was being agitated by Eric’s hand on her thigh, she felt that he suddenly stopped, and asked curiously, “What’s wrong?”

“Michael A. Senna must be aware of this too, I was thinking that Disney is likely to postpone “Fighting”,” Eric finished, stared at Nicole’s delicate face for a few seconds, and showed a wicked smile: ” Nicole, I’ll give you a task.”

“Huh?”

“The timing is very sensitive now. If Disney suddenly postpones “Dangerous”, it will definitely become a topic that the media is chasing. You just received an offer from the heroine. , if the reporter asks about this, you can say that after I read the script, I asked you not to take it.”

Nicole immediately understood what Eric meant for her to say that, and once she said those words, even changing the schedule of “The Righteous” would have a negative impact similar to a box office failure.

After all, no one knew that Eric was foresight due to reborn memories, and all of his success so far is due to a keen eye for movies.

Take a few recent summer movies for example.

“Fighting Condor 2” wanted to get rid of Eric’s monopoly of profits, but the entire series was completely ruined. The script of “Cut Throat Island” that Disney snatched from Eric was ultimately a complete failure.

in turn.

“Terminator 2” and Pixar Animation Studios were not too optimistic at the beginning, but they shined after Eric’s hands.

“Okay, I’ll say that when the time comes,” Nicole nodded, putting the information in her hand on the coffee table in front of her.

Leaning over to embrace Eric’s arm: “Eric, are you really going to buy Disney?”

“It’s been such a big commotion, do you think I’m joking?”

Nicole laughed He smiled and said: “No, I mean,

did you earn the money for the Disney acquisition last time from crude oil futures?”

Eric said: “Many people now want to know the source of funds for my acquisition of Disney. , such information can easily sell for more than 100,000 US dollars, are you sure you want to know?”

“Okay, I won’t ask,” Nicole shook her head.

This issue seems to be a bit sensitive.

As a smart woman, Nicole quickly understood from Eric’s words that it is better not to know about this kind of thing, otherwise once the relevant information is leaked, she will definitely become a suspect of leaking.

“It’s best if you don’t know this kind of thing,” Eric added, “The two schedules of the New Year are also very important for Firefly, so I will go to each studio to see it myself. How’s the situation over there, why are you free today?”

“I just took a break for Rosie’s two days of filming,” Nicole explained.

“Where’s Paula Wagner?”

“She heard that it was your own script. Of course, she was very interested and didn’t think about it elsewhere. But Paula has also been working on Cruise’s next film, about European immigrants to the American West. In the story, Paula also invited me to be the heroine. But then it was over, and I heard that Cruise disagreed.”

Eric thought that it should be the “Earth” co-starred by Cruise and Nicole in his memory. “Ambition”, if history does not change, it will be no problem for the two to act together.

But now the situation is different, Nicole is already a first-line actress.

For the sake of self-interest, Cruise’s films have always rarely appeared in first-line actresses.

Because investors usually have a corresponding actor budget, if the actress hired is too high, Cruise’s salary will also be reduced.

“Don’t worry about him, just make “Hot Police Flower”. If this film is successful, you will have the ability to make a monoclonal antibody at the box office. Maybe in the future, the salary will exceed Cruise’s.”

Nicole’s eyes flashed a little .

Looking forward to it, but couldn’t help shaking his head: “It’s unlikely, there are still too few heroine-centered scripts.”

Eric looked Nicole up and down and asked, “Didn’t you practice ballet? Are you still there?”

Nicole shook her head: “Ballet has to be practiced all year round, I only learned it for a while when I was a child, why are you asking this?”

“Because I want to see how you act in an action movie, I still I’ve never seen you act in an action movie.” Although

Nicole

felt that what Eric said was a little strange, she still said: “I’ve only made a few movies, I might try it in the future.”

The play path is very broad. I have basically tried comedy films, musical films, horror films, biopic films, epic films, etc., but there is no action film, which has to be said to be a pity.

However, although there are many popular movies with female protagonists in my memory, there are not many successful female action movies.

After thinking about it for a while, Eric decided to wait for the release of the two heroine movies “Hot Police Flower” and “Dead Flower” at the end of the year to see the situation.

In particular, “Hot Police Flower”, which has been advanced for many years, if the box office is not bad, it means that the film with female protagonists has considerable market prospects, and some female protagonist action films can also be developed in advance.

…

When the sky darkened, Michael Eisner and Frank Wells’ car drove directly into the courtyard of a mansion in Beverly Hills. The two had just gotten out of the car when Summer Redstone had already greeted them.

After chatting with each other for a while, Summer Redstone introduced the two of them into the restaurant of the villa. Someone was already busy in the kitchen not far away. After the three of them were seated, the sumptuous dishes were quickly delivered one after another.

Halfway through dinner, there were a lot of words about each other’s temptation.

Michael Eisner finally lost his temper and asked, “Mr. Redstone, are you inviting us over today?”

Summer Redstone slowly wiped his mouth with a napkin before saying, “Listen. Said that Disney’s management has encountered some troubles recently?”

Michael Eisner shrugged: “Everyone knows this.”

Redstone didn’t pay attention to Michael Eisner’s slightly dismissive tone.

He continued: “Actually, Viacom also wants to join in the acquisition of Disney.”

Michael Eisner frowned, another one.

Frank Wells glanced at Michael Eisner who said nothing, then turned to Redstone: “Mr. Redstone, Viacom operates a large chain of theaters. According to the anti-monopoly law, I’m afraid not Is it suitable to buy Disney?”

“If we can reach a certain consensus today, I will spin off the theater business in the short term, so that it will not violate federal law.”

“And what about the funds?” Frank Wells said again. asked.

Summer Redstone said: “Actually, I have been planning to acquire a film company a year ago, so I have been making preparations secretly. My first choice was Paramount, but now Disney seems to be a better company. Choose.”

Michael Eisner suddenly interjected: “Mr. Redstone, should you talk about your conditions?”

Redstone smiled confidently: “Michael, I know you and that Eric William If Firefly buys Disney, you can’t stay at Disney anymore. So, I hope we can work together, it’s a win-win thing, if I buy Disney, I promise you can Stay at Disney.”

“Then what am I going to do?”

“You have to convince Disney’s board and management to be on my side, and I don’t think the shareholders will ignore Disney’s management.”

“Those people only Will see the benefits,” Michael Eisner complained, recalling the cold reception he received the previous week.

Redstone waved his hand: “Of course I will give them enough benefits. As long as you give me three months, I can raise $5 billion in funds. So, I hope you can cooperate with me and try to delay this as much as possible. The longer the acquisition, the more money I can raise.”

“There is another very important question,” Frank Wells added at this time: “Right now we don’t know Eric Williams at all. How many chips they have, they offered a price of 4.2 billion US dollars in the first quotation. If Firefly insists on the current wholly-owned acquisition strategy, this price will definitely rise to 5 billion US dollars.”

Lei Shi Dong: “I have asked people to After making a corresponding assessment, during the oil crisis that started last year, Eric Williams raised a total of 700 million US dollars of principal, and if calculated by five times the leverage, his income would be 5 billion US dollars. So our strengths should be equal.”

Michael Eisner asked, “Are you sure?”

Redstone nodded confidently: “Of course, I hired Goldman Sachs’ top investment team to do simulated investment calculations. Unless Eric Williams can predict, five times is the futures leverage he is most likely to use.

” Sina and Frank Wells looked at each other, Redstone looked at them, picked up the coffee in front of him and drank it, waiting for their decision.

To be honest, if there is a choice, Michael Eisner certainly hopes that Disney can keep the status quo, because Disney’s current shareholding is very scattered, and the largest shareholder is only 16% of Disney’s shares, and no one has absolute control over Disney. This allows him to take control of the board and hold Disney firmly in his hands.

But now it has become a fact that Disney is facing an acquisition. Even if Redstone does not make a move, there may be other companies making acquisition offers. In this case, it is better to choose an acquirer that is more beneficial to him.

Michael Eisner is not ignorant of Redstone. Redstone is also a man with a strong desire to control, but compared to Eric Williams, who wants to kick himself out of Disney, Ray Stone is undoubtedly a good choice.

“Mr. Redstone, if we want to cooperate, I hope to sign an agreement, and I want absolute control of Disney.”

“This is impossible,” Redstone shook his head: “Michael, actually from “Slit Throat” “Island” failed, even without the current acquisition, you can no longer get absolute control of Disney, you should face the fact. The reason Disney shareholders let you control the board of directors in previous years is because you can do it for them Bring enough benefits.”

Michael Eisner looked a little embarrassed.

Lei Shidong continued: “Of course, if I can buy Disney, I will still give you enough permissions. I can guarantee this.”

Michael Eisner snorted coldly in his heart. Such a guarantee is almost like there is no any ensure.

Redstone seemed to see Michael Eisner’s concerns, got up and left for a while, and quickly returned with a document, and said, “I know what you think, it’s not justified, this is what I had to draft. A contract, you can take a look first, if I buy Disney, you can still control Disney’s most important strategic planning department, consumer products department and broadcast TV department, Viacom will only strengthen Disney’s financial part of supervision , while participating in the development of the Disney movie project.”

Michael Eisner spread out the documents silently, and Frank Wells also joined up.

After more than ten minutes, the two read the documents in front of them together. Although the conditions stipulated in the contract did not meet their psychological expectations, this seemed to be the best result.

Although he is reluctant to admit it, Michael Eisner understands that Redstone is right. After several consecutive film failures, his absolute control over Disney has begun to shake. Even without this acquisition, Disney’s shareholders He will also start to interfere in the affairs of the company.

After closing the folder, Michael Eisner raised his head and said, “Then, let’s talk about the specific cooperation plan.”

…

It’s actually raining in Los Angeles, which is very rare.

When he opened his eyes in the early morning, Eric saw fine raindrops on the glass window.

Nicole, who was huddled in Eric’s arms, was awakened by the man’s movements. After being confused for a while, she also looked out the window, her tone inexplicably excited: “It’s raining.”

“Yeah,” Eric said. Just as he was about to get up, Nicole hugged him tightly: “Eric, why don’t you sleep a little longer, it’s raining so early.”

Feeling Nicole’s fragrant soft body sticking unobstructed Rubbing his body, the desire that had already erupted in the morning became stronger.

After so many days, just relax.

Thinking in his heart, Eric hugged the girl and fell on the big bed again.

Nicole smiled a few times, tore off the thin quilt on her body, and tightly wrapped her slender legs around Eric’s waist.

(To be continued.)

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[End of this Chapter]