I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 577

[Chapter five hundred and seventy-two the story of the emergency room]

Eric pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered Elizabeth’s strong character and relationship with him. The girl would never take down the project “Braveheart” without saying hello to him. Then…

thinking of the figure of an old fox, Eric said: “Liz, I suddenly feel that I shouldn’t take care of this matter. When “Braveheart” loses money, plus the lessons of “Cutthroat Island” a few years ago, Firefly Pictures will be able to meet people again in the future. Competing for the script will definitely increase the competitiveness. Please search for the most complete!

“And then you watch me get kicked out of the company by the company?

”

Eric shook his head: “No, I guess it’s your old man who is leaving.

Elizabeth was silent for half a second, then complained: ”

Can’t you be so smart?”

Eric shook his head and sighed: ”

There’s no way, alas, something like IQ…”

Elizabeth looked at Eric’s stinky ass and raised the mouse in her hand to throw it over, but then she put it down : “Well, this project was indeed talked about by my dad himself with Mel Gibson.

”

So, you shouldn’t worry about it. Your old man is too shrewd. If he doesn’t change, he will suffer the consequences sooner or later. Oh, no, the last time he provokes Drew’s little girl, he has already suffered the consequences. Look. The stock price of your News Corp. has been topped recently. If it were people, it would have fallen apart.

Elizabeth also seemed a little helpless: ”

My old man is already sixty-two years old. Do you think he can change?”

”

Okay,” Eric spread his hands: “Then I am now involved in this project, is there any benefit?

”

Firefly can participate in the investment,” Elizabeth stretched out her five white fingers: “Half of it will do, but we have to keep the copyright.”

”

“I don’t invest. You open the price so high, maybe Mel Gibson will take all the profits in the end,” Eric immediately refused.

“Then what do you say?”

”

Eric said casually: “Forget it, this time I will be a good person. In addition, I will reserve the position of the heroine.”

Elizabeth showed a contemptuous look: “Who is this time? It won’t be Joan’s. Sister, I saw a photo of the two of you in the newspaper a few days ago.”

Eric felt a headache when he thought of Ewa: “Of course not her, if I do something to Ewa, Qiongfei will take Xia Xia back to Poland. No.

”

“Hmph,

don’t think I don’t know about the Spanish sisters, tsk tsk, be careful when you wake up. You’ll end up with Michael Jackson now.”

“I’m that kind of person, Monica is already ten years old.

Six years old. Besides, I didn’t touch her again.”

“What about Drew, when you two met, I counted, 1988, 1975, and by coincidence, the same age as the boy in the Michael Jackson case… ”

Eric narrowed his eyes: “How about we won’t discuss “Braveheart” today and focus on these issues?”

Elizabeth immediately sat upright.

Seriously: “Okay, the heroine belongs to you, what’s next?”

Eric recalled the “Braveheart” script he had read some time ago, and the difference was not too much from what he remembered. Now the hero and heroine can also be determined as The original crew, sufficient production funds, and the quality of the film are absolutely guaranteed.

Now only the issue of distribution remains.

“How are you going to release this film?”

“My dad is going to make this film the flagship film for next summer’s season,” Elizabeth recalled what Eric had just said: “But now, according to you, should it be put at the end of the year? Schedule?”

“Well, in terms of production, I’ve read the script. There is no need to make major changes, the hero and heroine can be determined, as long as a suitable producer is selected to cooperate with Mel Gibson, the quality of the film can be guaranteed. Now there is only the issue of distribution. “Braveheart” can be regarded as an Olympic film, if it is placed in the summer season, it will definitely not be able to enjoy the box office bonus of the awards season, so it is best to put it in the end of the year.”

The so-called awards season.

Usually from the end of the year until the Oscars in March of the second year, the period is huge. Every time you win an influential award during the awards season for several months, it can stimulate the box office of the movie and win important Oscar awards. After that, the box office usually has a rebound, so for a movie like “Braveheart” that has the potential to win important Oscar awards such as best picture, it is the best choice when it is released at the end of the year.

Elizabeth took out a notepad from her handbag, wrote down these things, then raised her head and asked, “Anything else?”

Eric tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, pondered for a moment, and said, “I haven’t heard Wei Wei recently. The news about the Miramax company of the Ernstein brothers, have they found a new home?”

“Not yet,” Elizabeth thought for a while, then said, “Aren’t you not interested in Miramax?”

“I’m not interested. It doesn’t mean that Miramax is worthless, the Weinstein brothers’ level of operating the Oscars is obvious to all, and the Oscar economy is still very profitable, so 20th Century Fox might as well take Miramax, and then put “Brave”. The Heart of the Lambs was handed over to them.”

Elizabeth picked up the pen and just wanted to write it down, and suddenly said: “It seems that the two brothers are asking a lot of money, it is better to follow the way of cooperation in “Silence of the Lambs”, Fox pays, and they help PR?”

“Fox’s unwillingness to buy Miramax doesn’t mean that other film companies are not interested. If they find an owner for more than a year, do you think they will still operate Olympic-award-winning films for Fox? Maybe you will become rivals at that time.”

“It looks like this is the only way,” Elizabeth wrote down this plan, and suddenly said: “The World War II film that Firefly is making should also hit the Oscars. That Catherine Bigelow?”

“That movie will be released next summer, Catherine is a woman, so the chances of winning Best Picture and Best Director this time are not high, we will fight for Best Actor then, you guys Here, Mel Gibson is the director and the actor at the same time, so you can’t take both the golden statues, so you can focus on the best director at that time.”

Elizabeth remembered some of the ridicule she received in the media after “Silence of the Lambs” won the best picture, and understood that what Eric said was the truth, said: “But Mel Gibson is not a well-known director, he should be more Is it

suitable to win the best actor?”

Eric nodded earnestly: “At that time, everyone will have their own abilities. No woman has ever won the best director in the Oscars, so there will be a little public hype. Maybe If you can push Katherine up, the main theme of “Saving Private Ryan” is very likely to win the best picture. Well, there is Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson is much more handsome than Tom, under normal circumstances It’s not easy for a handsome person to win an Oscar.”

“Okay, okay. We’re not competing for Best Actor anymore,” Elizabeth quickly surrendered.

Then he laughed: “If the academy knows that we are now discussing dividing up the Oscar awards in two years, will they not give us a single award at that time?”

Eric lowered his voice: “Well, it is very possible, so you Don’t talk nonsense when you go out.”

“Hey…” Elizabeth smirked twice: “Hey, is there anything else?”

“That’s all for now, I’ll tell you when I think about it.”

Elizabeth was about to meet Putting on the notepad, he said, “How about you help to see when the film is finally edited in the future?”

“This is too much. I am the boss of Firefly Pictures, and I ran your company to be an editor. Is that appropriate?”

Elizabeth shoved the notepad into her bag in disappointment, and said, “Don’t think I don’t know your mind.”

“Oh, tell me?”

“Mr. Williams, can you tell me when you Why do you suggest me to work at Fox?”

Eric snorted: “Can you still go to Warner as a vice president?”

Elizabeth ignored Eric changing the subject.

Said: “You want me to take my father’s class, and then use me to expand your influence in Hollywood. Your ambition, Drew, that dead girl didn’t come out at the beginning, hum, I will follow your wishes, but I Let’s see. How will you unify Hollywood in the future.”

Eric didn’t mind the embarrassment of being broken at all. He leaned back on the chair with his coffee cup in his hands, and said leisurely, “I promise you will see that day.

” Then I’ll wait,” Elizabeth said, picking up her bag and standing up.

Eric got up and asked, “You’re not going back to Los Angeles right now, are you?”

Elizabeth asked curiously, “Why should I go back to Los Angeles?”

“Where are you going?”

“Of course I’m going back .

Home,” Elizabeth gave Eric a roll of eyes: “When I was fourteen. Dad moved our family to Manhattan. Do you think our family is still in Australia?”

Eric really forgot After these: “Then I will send you, is your old man still in Los Angeles?”

Elizabeth said: “He went to the UK, it seems to be about Sky TV, I will go home to see my mother.”

Send Elizabeth away, Eric Back in the study, I just wanted to call Sophie, and suddenly realized that the French Rose has recently joined the crew of “The Rose of Pride”, but Eric has no contact information from the crew, so he can only temporarily put it down. thing.

There was nothing left or right, Eric took the TV drama plan document passed over from Los Angeles and read it.

It took more than two hours to read all the dozens of plans. Eric did not find any American dramas that appeared in his memory, but Eric still wrote on several seemingly good projects. My own suggestion is to let the TV drama department decide whether to shoot or not. Anyway, the cost of TV dramas is much lower than that of movies, and according to the normal process, a TV drama is often only shot first to test the effect of a pilot broadcast, so it will not fail if it fails. bring too much loss.

After reading these documents, he was about to put away all the documents when Eric suddenly found the document that Elizabeth had just flipped through.

Eric took the file and opened it at will. Although he no longer had any expectations in his heart, Eric’s pupils shrank suddenly when he saw the name of the project planner.

Because on that column, a very familiar name was written: Michael Clayton.

The original author of the famous “Jurassic Park” in time and space, but Eric wrote “Jurassic Park” a few years in advance. Although Michael Crichton is still a good screenwriter in Hollywood, he is not. As dazzling as the original time and space.

Looking at the TV series project planning book in his hand, although the content has not been opened, according to memory, Eric has almost guessed what this TV series will be.

“The Story of the Emergency Room”, the most popular medical drama in the 1990s, because of the popularity of “Story of the Emergency Room”, it even led “Grey’s Anatomy” and “House” in the following ten years. The rise of a host of medical dramas such as The Doctor.

“Emergency Room Story” has not only been produced for more than ten seasons, but also won the popularity of George Clooney, who is known as the fifth Hollywood diamond king.

Eric flipped open the cover excitedly and glanced at the content of the TV series planning case. As expected, the content was exactly the “Emergency Room Story”.

After simply flipping through the plan, Eric also calmed down from his excitement. What he has to consider now is how to win this project absolutely and safely. He just experienced the “Braveheart” a few months ago. Fight, Eric doesn’t want to do it again.

For the TV network won in the future, the value of UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com “The Story of the Emergency Room” is definitely not weaker than “Friends”, and this TV series also has a very big advantage, that is, “The Emergency Room” “The Story” has many protagonists, and it can even be said that there is no protagonist, which means that “The Story of the Emergency Room” can continue to be filmed as long as the ratings are good, and there will be no production company that can’t afford the actor’s salary and has to cut it off. In the case of the drama, because there are so many leading actors, there is no problem with anyone leaving, as long as there is another one.

Thinking of this, Eric picked up the phone and directly dialed Michael Lynn, who was far away in Los Angeles. The two chatted on the phone for a while, and Michael Lynn felt Eric’s serious attitude and crashed. Said to follow up on this project personally.

However, remembering the last experience, Eric told Michael Lynn not to be too conspicuous. After thinking about it, Eric looked at the pile of project planning books and finally suggested that Michael Lynn choose a few of them. Let the copyright department come forward and take it down together, so as not to cause too many opportunities for people.

After repeated explanations, Eric hung up the phone with confidence.

(To be continued.)

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