I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 564
[Chapter five hundred and fiftieth IX pit daughter]
Chapter 559
As Mel Gibson’s agent, Ed Limato was very disappointed when he saw that his employer’s first self-directed and starred “The Faceless Man” only made a mere $300,000 at the midnight box office. .
↑; lww ∷↖↓Although the cost of this film is less than five million dollars, this is just the production cost without calculating Mel Gibson’s personal worth. The Hollywood superstar of the two super-hit series “Weapons”, Mel Gibson’s salary at this time is already about 15 million US dollars.
Although I feel that Mel Gibson should concentrate on his career as an actor, at Mel Gibson’s current level, his influence on actors as an agent is already very low, let alone control.
Ed Limato could only hope that the cash cow in his hand would not continue to be ‘not doing his job properly’, but this morning, after reading the news on the entertainment page of the newspaper and receiving a series of calls from major film companies, love The haze in De Limato’s heart was instantly swept away.
After hanging up a call from the top of Paramount again, Ed Limato came to the door of Mel Gibson’s luxurious suite and hurriedly rang the doorbell.
As soon as the door opened, Ed Limato couldn’t wait to walk into Mel Gibson’s suite, ignoring the figure of a certain girl who hid in the bedroom in a hurry, raised the newspaper in his hand and asked, “Mel, yesterday Has Eric Williams’ personal assistant approached you?”
Mel Gibson frowned in displeasure, took a look at the newspaper in his manager’s hand, and scolded, “These goddamn paparazzi, I can hear everything I say in the coffee shop.”
Ed Limato was about to speak when the mobile phone in his hand rang this time, he made an apologetic gesture to Mel Gibson and walked to the balcony of the suite. The ON key was pressed.
After returning to the living room after a while, Ed Limato said with some eyebrows: “Mel, guess who called just now?”
Mel Gibson leaned on the sofa in the living room and read Ed Limato. The newspaper I just brought here.
Hearing Ed Limato’s excited tone, he said with disapproval, “God?”
Ed Limato choked, but he had to take the initiative to explain: “It’s Michael Eisner from Universal Pictures, and also. Just now, I have received continuous inquiries from Warner, Paramount, and Fox. They were all calls from executives at the president level, hehe, these guys haven’t been so polite to us in a long time.”
Mel Gibson was not stupid, and raised the newspaper in his hand: “About this?”
“Yeah .
Mel, almost everyone in Hollywood now knows that Eric Williams is interested in “Braveheart”, didn’t you get the call?”
Mel Gibson shook his head and
glanced at the open door. In the bedroom, the spring night is worth a thousand dollars, how could he let the messy things disturb him.
Ed Limato made a clear expression, no longer bothered about it, and asked, “Mel, what did Eric Williams’ personal assistant talk to you about yesterday?”
Mel Gibson once again He raised the newspaper in his hand: “Haven’t you read it, Braveheart. The joint venture between Firefly and MGM intends to invest in this project. Yesterday, Alan Fissman came over in person and we talked about it. My thoughts on this movie.”
Ed Limato said, “What about Firefly, what kind of conditions do they offer?”
Mel Gibson shook his head and glanced at the newspaper in his hand. At that time, he no longer had the anger that he had just seen being secretly filmed, and realized why his agent was so excited, saying, “I was talking about most of the time yesterday, when Alan Fiseman left, he took one with him. Go back.” Mel Gibson said, got up and went back to the bedroom.
He came out soon and handed the information about “Braveheart” to the agent: “That’s all.”
Ed Limato had read the information about “Braveheart” a while ago, and some time ago, he and Mel Gibson presented to the agent. Several major studios lobbied.
So he just picked it up and flipped through it at will, then raised his head again and said, “Mel, this is a good opportunity for you. But first, you have to talk to Eric Williams in person.”
“My personal thoughts are all in these materials, I don’t think there is anything to talk about,” Mel Gibson said, pointing to the newspaper that was thrown on the coffee table, “And. This is very disgusting, but I think that since Eric Williams is optimistic about this project, several film companies should no longer refuse to give investment, and I can use this to gain a greater right to speak. Although I I admire the ability of that little guy Eric Williams, but I don’t really want to work with Firefly, because in that case, it’s impossible for me to gain too much control.”
“Mel, this is another It’s a $50 million movie,” Ed Limato said. “If you screw it up, you’re going to have absolutely nowhere to go in Hollywood for the next few years, think about Cutthroat Island two years ago, There is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Before he filmed “The Last Action Hero”, he was paid 15 million US dollars, but because “The Last Action Hero” failed at the box office, he only took 3 million in the new film of Firefly Pictures. , even some second-tier actors.”
Mel Gibson was silent for a moment, then said, “What did you mean just now…”
Ed Limato noticed the loosening in Mel Gibson’s expression, and said, “Ai Rui So far, K. Williams has never missed a film that he personally participated in, so you can talk to Eric Williams in person, and set out his specific thoughts on this film, and then we will discuss the conditions, In this way, even if we can’t talk to Firefly in the end, we can cooperate with other film companies to ensure that everything is safe.”
“Ed, if Eric Williams finally found out that he had been tricked, what do you think he would do?”
Love ?
De Limato showed a familiar look and said: “Mel, what I just said is just a possibility, if Eric Williams is really optimistic about this project, I think we will condition him I will definitely agree. Even if the two sides don’t reach an agreement in the end, and you use some of his ideas in future productions, I don’t think it’s a big deal. You are now an A-level superstar. As long as the interests of both parties are the same in the future, you will definitely continue. Cooperation.”
Mel Gibson thought for a moment, then nodded: “Then you can contact the meeting time, and we will go back to Los Angeles together.”
…
about the same time.
In Malibu, Los Angeles, Eric is reading today’s newspaper depressingly. Drew is sitting opposite Eric, showing a few schadenfreude laughter from time to time: “Eric. It’s a good show, you promised last night. Someone else.”
Thinking of Sophie, Eric also regretted that he was too eager. Although “Braveheart” won a lot of Oscars in memory, it was not very good at the box office.
Therefore, Eric will definitely not go for this project at all costs.
If Mel Gibson’s price is raised due to the competition of several major film companies, Eric will directly abandon the project.
Reflecting on this little mistake in his heart, Eric quickly began to think about countermeasures.
After a while, Eric raised his head: “Drew, help me get a pen?”
The little girl who was sipping the milk in the glass like a cat lay on the chair without moving, and shouted outside the restaurant: ” Natasha, get a pen.”
Moments later, one of the Russian twins showed up in the dining room with a sharpened pencil, handing it precisely to Eric.
Eric took over and thanked him.
Seeing that the Russian girl, who didn’t know if it was her elder sister or younger sister, took away the empty tableware beside her, she said to the little girl, “You are really getting lazy.”
Drew was not ashamed: “I am very Lazy, it’s too late to find out now.”
Eric shook his head with a smile, lowered his head and wrote something in the blank of the newspaper, and continued: “By the way, what happened to the TG side?”
Drew was dissatisfied. Duduzui: “It took you so many days to remember that you came back. I thought you had forgotten our small company.”
Eric ignored Drew’s small complaint.
Drew had to continue: “The Detective Plane 2 has been filmed, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer has also been filmed in general, and there are a few more movies that will be handed over to Fox’s production department at that time. Liz will go. Twentieth Century Fox as vice president, it’s settled.”
Eric remembered Murdoch’s offer to TG a few months ago and asked, “What is the final offer?”
Drew blinked: “Don’t you know?”
“Huh?” Eric felt a little uncomfortable. He raised his head subtly.
Drew also noticed something: “Liz said that you and her old man have negotiated, and Fox will buy TG for 120 million US dollars. 80 million US dollars to redeem the distribution rights of Firefly, and TG produced the movie. The overseas distribution rights are given to Firefly.”
“That’s what I said at the time, although the price was reasonable, but I didn’t agree.”
Drew was stunned, and suddenly put down the milk cup in his hand: “This guy Liz actually lied to me. , I’m going to find her to settle the account. It’s no fun!” Xiao Nizi said, and the whole person ran out before Eric had time to stop her, and the call of ‘Natasha’ was remembered in the hall. , soon quieted down.
Eric looked at the instantly empty restaurant and shook his head with a smile. Although he didn’t agree, he didn’t object. Eric didn’t think Elizabeth’s straightness would lie to Drew. It was probably the old fox from Murdoch. Some word games, even his own daughter got into it.
It’s lively now. I’ve seen cheating fathers and cheating daughters. It’s really rare.
…
“Eric, I’m so sorry, I didn’t expect this to happen,” Eric just arrived at the company when Alan appeared in front of him, holding a copy of today’s “Seattle Times” in his hand.
“It’s okay, it’s just an accident, and it’s mainly because I didn’t think it through.” The
two walked into the office together, and Allen said, “Just now Mel Gibson’s agent called me, Mel Gibson. I hope I can talk to you in person.”
“Talk to me in person?” Eric repeated this sentence, then showed a knowing smile, and then asked, “Then how did you reply to them?”
“I didn’t give them an accurate answer,” Allen said. “However, Mel Gibson was already at the airport when we called. Eric, do you want to see him?”
“Do you think they looked at him?”
To today’s newspaper?” Eric didn’t answer, but asked instead.
Allen nodded: “That’s for sure, and, I think, maybe several other major film companies have already contacted Mel Gibson to ask about this.”
“Then you think they want to see me in such a hurry, For what?”
Allen thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, “I don’t quite understand this, but it shouldn’t be a bad thing.”
Eric smiled, picked up a note from the side, and quickly wrote A string of words came out and handed it to Allen: “There is no need for the meeting. You can ask the production department to talk to them according to the above conditions. In addition, if the management of DreamWorks is determined, they will negotiate this project. Transfer it to DreamWorks, my note is the bottom line of our project.”
Allen looked at the contents of the note, nodded, and walked out of Eric’s office.
“What, that refused?” Standing in the lobby of Los Angeles International Airport, Mel Gibson heard the words of his agent Ed Limato after hanging up the phone, and his tone was a little surprised
.
and neglected anger.
Ed Limato nodded, his face a little unsightly, and said: “I think, maybe the Firefly thinks that the news in today’s newspaper is deliberately released by us, you know, similar things have happened more than Once.”
If it was really revealed by himself in advance, Mel Gibson would not feel it, but it was clearly not his own doing, but he was wronged, and the arrogant Mel Gibson was wronged. With this kind of anger, he said: “Then forget it, didn’t you just say that Universal Pictures Michael Eisner also called, maybe we can make an appointment with him to talk.”
“I think it’s better not to do this. ,” Ed Limato said.
If it was really revealed by himself, Mel Gibson wouldn’t feel anything at all, but he was wronged because he didn’t do it himself. How could the arrogant Mel Gibson endure this kind of anger? , said: “Forget it, didn’t you just say that Universal Pictures Michael Eisner also called, maybe we can set up a time to talk with him.”
“I think it’s better not to do this,” Ed said. . Limato Road.
(To be continued.) ()
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