It should have been during a chat with a friend in his past life. At that time, the movie "Finding Mr. Right" just started screening. The two chatted about the movie at random, and finally began to trace back what they had said.
And they realised that many movies such as "Grey Gardens", Sleepless in Seattle, "Love Story" and so on were all inspired by Cary Grant and Deborah Kerrs famous An Affair to Remember.
Of course, this was not the point. Eric remembered that the friend had accidentally mentioned one sentence. It seemed that because of the popularity of Sleepless in Seattle, the video tapes of An Affair to Remember became hot and sold out in a short time.
It had sold 2 million boxes, which was an unexpected windfall for the film studio with the copyrighted.
An Affair to Remember is already a 40 year old movie. Although the two leads were Hollywood stars at the time, their time had passed long ago, and this movie was not as infinite as movies like 007.
There was no commercial value in shooting a sequel, so maybe one or two million can buy out all the copyright of this movie. Moreover, Eric knew that when he filmed Sleepless in Seattle he would definitely need authorization from the copyright property holder of Sleepless in Seattle.
After the other party knew about this, it is difficult to guarantee that he would be able to get a good starting price, but it is better now, so he should buy all the copyrights.
Seeing Eric thinking of something with a slightly excited expression, Drew who couldn't endure her temper, scratched Eric's chest and hurriedly asked: "Eric, is there any good movie for me, let's talk about it."
"There is no movie, but if you want to make a fortune, there is a good chance," Eric picked up a pen and wrote the movie t.i.tle of An Affair to Remember on paper: "Do you know this movie?"
Drew glanced with her eyes and shook her head very earnestly: "I don't know."
Eric could only patiently explain; "Do you remember what I told you about my next movie?"
Drew looked outside the stud to the location of Nicole's room with puckered lips: "Of course."
"In the setting of the movie, the heroine Annie is very fond of watching An Affair to Remember.
I think that after Sleepless in Seattle is released, the sales volume of An Affair to Remember will definitely increase, so you if want to make money, you can take advantage of your vacation time, trying to buy this film's copyright, as it is a forty years old movie, and for old movies, as long as the price is right, the film studio will be very willing to sell.
"
Drew had blind trust in Eric. If Eric said this to other people, one could guess that the other party will doubt it, but Drew has no doubts in this regard, but she asked: "But, after I have bought it. How do I sell the videotapes?"
"Fireflies have recently begun to build their own distribution channels, including video tape channels," Eric said, remembering Home Alone and the three movie contracts signed with Fox with a hint of helplessness and regret.
At the beginning, he was so isolated and hadn't made his debut, so he hadn't considered and understood everything. Therefore, when signing the agreement, the film and videotape rights of the movie and the TV broadcast rights were handed over to the Fox agent. Fireflies could only get their dividends.
Moreover, it was called"When Harry Met Sally" the starring role was taken by Oscar winner Billy Chris and Meg Ryan, the original female lead of Sleepless in Seattle.
Eric still liked this actress who was very sweet, but it seemed that her route to stardom was very tough. When it come down to it, it could be considered that this sweetheart's selections were very bad, doing very poorly compared to her two successful films.
The films were both in cooperation with Tom Hanks, one was Sleepless in Seattle and the other was"You've Got Mail"a few years later. Nothing else was outstanding.
The reason why it was said that her eyes were not very good was because she had pa.s.sed by a couple big movies, it seems very magical, since the 1990s, she had refused "Pretty Woman", Ghost, and Basic Instinct one by one.
She even let Sharon Stone, a nameless n.o.body, kickstart her career, but going into the new century, in order to transform her image, but also wanting to imitate the success of Basic Instinct, she partic.i.p.ated in a similar movie "In the Cut", but unfortunately this movie did not have luck as good as Basic Instinct that year, and the movie was written off.
Looking at the box office data of"When Harry Met Sally"in the newspaper, it could be estimated that this sweetheart would be a little bit hot. Because of Eric's actions, the history of Hollywood had already experienced a great deviation.
He hoped that this sweetheart would not be as unlucky in this time and s.p.a.ce.
"Nicole, can you come over?" Eric looked at"When Harry Met Sally"on the newspaper and he remembered an image of the person from Sleepless in Seattle and shouted to the busy girl in the kitchen.
"Is there anything I can do?" Nicole walked out quickly, holding a small shovel in her hand.
"That... forget it, you are busy right now, we'll have breakfast and talk."
"Oh," the girl turned around confused and walked back.
At the dining table, Drew snorted and ate the breakfast quickly, took a paper towel and wiped her mouth, then hurriedly got up and wanted to go outside.
"Come back, sit down and, drink the milk," Eric pointed at the milk that she had left most of in the cup and glanced at the girl: "You aren't rushing rushing back to Mars, so there's no hurry." TN: Idiom probably
She reluctantly sat back in the chair and explained: "I am going to find someone to buy the copyright of the movie."
"Wait and finish your breakfast," Eric ignored Drew's explanation and repeated.
"Snort," Drew took her fingers and pinched her nose, took the milk, and then poured it down her throat. "
"Was it that good!? You drank it quickly."
"Hateful," Drew took a paper towel. She wiped her mouth and went out of the dining room door. She suddenly turned around and glanced at Nicole. Then she turned her eyes to Eric.
"When I am not at home, you two are not allowed to mess around."