I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 581

[Chapter five hundred and seventy-six if I choose]

Chapter 576

The next day, Eric rushed to the office building that Drew rented for Flower Pictures in Venice Beach in the morning.

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You can see that the three-story building on the beach and the sea in the distance has been rented by Drew, and most of the rooms are in the process of renovation.

Eric came here specially to talk to Amy Pascal about Flower Pictures in person.

Last night, I chatted with Drew to the end. Under the obsession of the girl, the two quickly shifted their positions. Many things were not discussed. Since Drew brought Amy Pascal, the former chairman of Sony Pictures in space and time, over , then talking about these things with more professional people is obviously more effective.

In Eric’s view, Drew’s ability to employ people is much stronger than her other abilities.

For example, Eric has always been puzzled, how did Xiao Nizi treat the Russian twins so obediently, you must know that the strength of the twins is definitely at the actual combat level, but even if Xiao Nizi is angry with them, The twins also bowed their heads without refuting, like a pair of docile kittens.

In the days when the twins first appeared beside Drew, seeing that the two girls always had cold and cool expressions, but they didn’t have any boxer temperament at all, Eric was curious and met with him in the gym of the manor. One of the twins had a fight.

Or it can’t be called ‘a fight’ at all, because Eric raised his hand and surrendered without persevering for a minute, so he got dark circles under his eyes and was laughed at by Xiao Nizi for several days.

And now, the girl has made Eric unexpectedly persuade Amy Pascal to join her flower film industry, which makes Eric feel more detached than killing a chicken with a knife.

“Amy, how did you think of tossing with Drew?” In the office, Eric asked the most interesting question just after meeting Amy Pascal.

Amy Pascal wore a big wavy hairstyle and seemed to be in a good mood. Hearing Eric ask, he smiled: “Eric, you should understand, I’m here for you, and Drew knows that too. I’m here for you.”

“If that’s the case. You can come to Firefly. Firefly is in the expansion stage. If you come, I will definitely approve with both hands.”

“I thought about it when I decided to leave Colombia, but Firefly’s management system is already very perfect. If I join, it will be difficult to exert my ability. It will be different here,” Amy Pascal waved his hand gently: “Here It’s like a blank piece of paper, I can display myself to the fullest, and no one will care that I am a woman. Because the boss of the company is also a woman.”

Eric looked at Amy Pascal’s smug expression and asked: ” So do you have your own complete plan now?”

“Of course,” Amy Pascal really took out a document from the file cabinet next to it and handed it to Eric,

“This is what I prepared these days, I I also gave Drew a copy, but I think you only came back yesterday, she must have not had time to give it to you.”

Eric opened the document and understood why he wanted to seriously discuss the development of Flower Pictures last night. , but Xiao Nizi always seemed a little half-hearted, it turned out that she had already made a complete plan.

Looking at the document draft with more than ten pages.

Eric casually closed the blue plastic folder: “Amy, it’s better for you to briefly talk about it.”

Amy Pascal did not object, saying: “I have studied the copyright of Flower Pictures, I think it is relatively There are two copyrights suitable for the development of Huahua Film at this stage, “Mission Impossible” and “Identity of Bonn”.”

“Impossible Mission” and “Identity of Bonn” are the TV series version of “Mission Impossible” and “Identity of Bonn” respectively. The name of the original novel of “Bourne Bourne”.

In Eric’s plan, “The Bourne Bound” will not be suitable for development in a few years, and it is still too early. However, he did not interrupt Amy Pascal’s story and let the other party continue.

“…Flower Pictures will take a few years. If it can successfully produce several big and profitable movies, and have its own series of movies that can make a steady profit, then it can expand by going public or issuing bonds. I personally ‘s proposal is the first step. Work hard to bring about the merger of Flowers and MGM. With Sony Columbia’s situation, I think they will be forced to withdraw from Hollywood in less than five years at most.”

Amy Pascal said this, and gave Eric a meaningful look, seeing that Eric’s expression was completely unchanged.

He just shrugged slightly and continued: “At that time, we can further annex Columbia Pictures on the basis of MGM. Of course, the rush of all this is that the film developed by Flower Pictures can succeed. First of all, in film production In terms of funding, I believe that with Eric as your endorsement, we can easily get funds from Wall Street or European film funds, or, Firefly can invest in person, but I don’t think you want Firefly to be too involved in flower shadows. In the industry, at least not yet, right?”

Amy Pascal’s plan is obviously much more careful than Eric’s original plan, although Columbia and MGM in the original time and space have become Sony subsidiaries, but Amy Pascal’s plan is obviously much more careful than Eric’s original plan. Rick never thought of letting Huahua Pictures gradually annex the two companies from small to large.

However, the feasibility of this method is definitely much safer than simply and crudely using large sums of money for acquisitions.

Although Eric originally planned to use Firefly Pictures to annex MGM’s film library in a few years, but MGM’s fall to Drew’s side is actually no different from falling into Firefly’s hands. I heard Amy’s question. , Eric nodded and said: “Before the anti-monopoly law is further liberalized, I really don’t want Firefly to participate too much in the flower film industry, although everyone knows what’s going on, but we law-abiding citizens always It is to take the initiative to give Sec a reason not to trouble us. Another point is that I hope that the theatrical distribution of Huahua Films’ films will also be represented by other film companies, because Firefly’s own projects have already occupied a lot of publicity resources. Of course, You can rest assured that in any case, Firefly is the most solid backing of Flower Pictures, I just hope that the situation will never change so bad.”

Amy Pascal nodded and said: “Before leaving Colombia, I Talked to Mr. Cooper himself.” Referring to Peter Cooper, Amy Pascal showed obvious disgust in his eyes, but said: “Columbia will be responsible for the distribution of the Flower Films film, and Mr. Cooper has promised to give The best share conditions with Huahua Pictures.”

It took half an hour to talk about his plan before Amy Pascal said: “Then. Eric, now you can talk about your opinion. Although you have not refuted me just now, I can also feel it. You don’t agree with some of my views?”

“I’m definitely not as good as you professionals in terms of company management,” Eric said with a smile: “All I want to say is movies, although big-budget movies have become a reality now. The main profit trend of Hollywood, but I hope Flower Pictures can still get involved in low-cost independent film production.” The

1990s was the golden decade of Hollywood’s independent films, although most of the independent films became expensive visual garbage.

But every year, there are still many excellent movies standing out, and there are many independent movies with high box office.

Amy Pascal clearly understood some of this, nodded and said, “Is there any more?”

“I looked at the list of the copyright library of Huahua Pictures last night, “Mission Impossible”, “Bourne’s Identity” , Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” series are some of the most valuable copyrights, and both have the potential to be developed into a series of movies, but the latter two are not suitable for development now, what you can do now is “Impossible” Mission”, I will personally provide you with a change of mind.”

Amy Pascal was a little disappointed: “Eric, is there only this one?”

Actually.

Originally there was “Forrest Gump”, but if you choose to make “Forrest Gump” now, then it can only be released next year. In that case, “Braveheart” on Fox will face “Forrest Gump”. Biography” must be a tragedy, not to mention that Tom Hanks is still shooting “Saving Private Ryan” in Ireland, and it is impossible to take other films in a short time.

Therefore, Eric still intends to shoot “Forrest Gump” next year and release it in 1995. As for what Olympic award films will be hit by then, it is no longer within his scope of consideration.

Eric just nodded.

After hesitating for a while, he said: “When I was in Berlin last time, I came up with a very good idea for a fantasy movie called “Night at the Museum”. The script has been registered, and this can be handed over to you.”

Amy Pascal looked surprised, and then asked: “Eric, aren’t all the scripts you wrote yourself developed by Firefly?”

Eric said: “Almost all of Firefly’s flagship films in the next three years will be It’s settled.”

Amy Pascal suddenly remembered the project information that Firefly had already revealed.

Saving Private Ryan, True Lies, The Lion King, Jurassic Park 2, Alone Day, Toy Story 2, and more, plus collaborations with Columbia and DreamWorks It can indeed be said that Firefly’s flagship movies in the next three years have been determined.

This made her envious, and it is estimated that the mentality of several other Hollywood film companies is the same.

Although other film companies have begun to make large-scale movies in the past two years, they have not been successful because they do not have the special effects technical support provided by Firefly’s digital special effects company, nor the magical existence of Eric. Even the most beautiful Steven Spielberg in the 1980s is now left far behind by Eric.

Seeing that there was no problem with Amy, Eric said: “Then, that’s it, you can start preparing for “Mission Impossible” and “Night at the Museum”, and you can also choose some well-known directors for small costs. Invest in movies.”

Amy asked: “Eric, do you have any suggestions for the protagonists of these two projects?”

Eric hesitated, but still said: “I recommend the hero of “Mission Impossible” Tom Cruise, but the condition is that Tom Cruise can only participate in this project as an actor, and he needs to sign a contract for at least three films. As for “Night at the Museum”…” Eric thought for a while and found Ben Stiller has not yet become famous. Apart from Ben Stiller, all Eric can think of is Jim Carrey, but although Jim Carrey is very suitable for the position of the hero of “Night at the Museum”, Eric and Jim Carrey’s interest in cooperating is not high: “Let’s choose this from the more well-known comedians now. The specific situation is determined according to the actor’s schedule and audition effect. This film focuses on those miraculously resurrected creatures in the museum, so The male lead is not the most important thing.”

Amy Pascal nodded, then shook her head suddenly, and said, “Eric, although Cruise’s career has declined a bit in the past two years, if you want to sign a contract for three films at one time, I’m afraid it’s not that simple. I have dealt with Cruise during the production of “Dark War”, and he is not that kind of person, I am afraid he will ask his production company to participate in this project.”

“I understand, you We can try to get in touch with the other party, and it will not bring us any loss. If he agrees, it is naturally the best. We can also make certain concessions in the salary, but if he insists on being overly involved, then It’s not like Hollywood can’t find a star who can replace him.”

“I’ll talk to him,” Amy Pascal nodded, recording the events in the memo match.

Eric waited for the other party to finish writing before saying: “Now let’s talk about another very important thing.”

“Huh?” Amy Pascal saw Eric with a very cautious look, UU reading www.

sonicmtl.com immediately looked up.

“This is something that suddenly occurred to me last night. I asked people to investigate the Marvel superheroes some time ago.”

“Eric, do you plan to develop a superhero movie like Warner?”

“There is no such plan yet, “Eric said: “I mean, I asked people to investigate some superhero copyright matters in Marvel comics some time ago, including the copyrights of “Spider-Man”, “Captain America”, “Fantastic Four” and these superheroes. In the hands of some second- and third-rate small companies, so I want you to buy them back for me.”

Amy Pascal thought about the information about the amazing superheroes before saying: “Eric, it is said that there are many amazing superheroes. It’s not that easy to get them all back.”

“Then, at least get back Spider-Man, I’m actually most interested in this superhero.”

Amy Pascal smiled and said: “” Spider-Man is one of Marvel’s most popular superheroes, and if I were to choose, it would be Spider-Man.” (To be continued.)

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[End of this Chapter]