Chapter 513： prevention

Hanging up the phone, Eric left the balcony and walked back to the office. Nicole, who had been sitting quietly on the sofa and looking through the magazine, looked up and curiously looked over.

Here is the personal office of Eric in Firefly Studios. Because he rarely works here, the office is very simple, a set of desks and chairs, a set of sofas, and a row of desks opposite the desk. A shelf with a lot of information files.

When I saw Eric sitting down, Nicole poured a cup of coffee into Eric and asked him, "I want to hear the name of tg. Did they call it?"

"It’s Rupert Murdoch," Eric shook his head.

In addition to confirming the sale of tg from Eric, Murdoch also hopes that Fox will be able to reverse the original rights of Fox and Firefly in tg after the acquisition, which means that Fox reclaims the North American distribution of tg film and surrounding development. At the same time, the original distribution rights in the hands of the original hand to the fireflies.

Eric also knows that Murdoch’s idea is that although he gives up 15% of the benefits, he can keep the film company in touch with himself. This is undoubtedly the most favorable solution for Fox, as long as Eric promised this condition, and Fox was willing to bid $80 million to redeem the right to distribute the tg in the hands of the fireflies and pay another $120 million to the other three women for the acquisition of tg.

In the case that Eric did not intervene at all, the most profitable movie of tg was the comedy of Kim Kerry, which was accumulated from the previous films by Kim Kerry in the following years. The box office appeal that is manifested in the sky is not a problem as long as the three films don’t make a total of 300 million U.S. dollars. The total price of $200 million issued by Fox is also reasonable. After all, Eric got $80 million to invest in movies and could double it in three years.

Nicole heard Murdoch’s name, didn’t ask any more, and handed a thick stack of scripts from her handbag to Eric: “This is what Pater gave me yesterday. I think the other person should think Want to let you see?"

Eric took the script and saw the title of the mummy on the cover, as well as the logo of Universal Pictures, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Aside from the script, what else is there to hand over to the world?" Eric asked, letting go of the script.

Nicole shook her head: "No. But after Patt received the script yesterday, he investigated some information. This film was a remake of an old film from around the world in 1932. Michael Eisner personally made a decision and seemed to be making it. Similar to the series of films like "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Universal sold the remake rights to a single-production studio. Now it is trying to recover, as if they are still in contact with Spielberg, hoping that he can serve as the director, Pat said This is unlikely, but Spielberg should be able to be the producer. The producer responsible for the project said yesterday that if I can sign one more, they can make concessions on the pay."

Many of the bridge models of Hollywood commercials have long been stereotyped, and the scripts in Eric’s hands are somewhat different from those in memory. However, the overall conception and role setting of the plot are similar, and the script was hurriedly turned over. Eric looked up and asked, "What do you mean?"

Nicole put down the coffee cup in his hand. Seriously said: "The previous performances were all kind of noisy characters. I think the talented librarian role in this script is quite interesting."

"If that's the case, then pick it up," Eric put the script on the coffee table, thought about it, and walked toward the desk.

Nicole looked at Eric's figure. Road: "But this is a movie from around the world. That, Michael Eisner..."

"Oh. I am not so stingy, as long as you like it, and if you don't play, Universal will go to other actresses," Eric said, taking out a phone book from the desk drawer. I found a number and picked up the landline on the desktop and dialed it.

Nicole was a little strange about Eric’s move and didn’t bother to interrupt.

Eric picked up the microphone and waited for a while. The phone was connected and said, "I am Eric Williams. Please pick up Mr. Eisner."

In an office at Burbank Global Headquarters, I heard Eric self-reported, and the accidental Esna assistant even forgot to give advance notice and directly transferred the call to Michael Eisner's landline. After I switched on, I realized what I was doing. When I got up and didn’t knock, I pushed the door of Michael Eisner’s office, but I saw Michael Eisner talking and talking on the phone. The assistant suddenly broke in, abnormally not angry, just waved his hand to signal the other party to go out.

"Eric, I don't think you will call, is there anything?" Michael Eisner rushed away from the assistant and leaned on the couch and asked with a smile.

"I just saw the script of "Mummy". This is a good idea." Eric’s tone is also very casual: "However, I see that Global should plan to develop a series. I don’t know if you have the whole series. The script, the outline is also OK, I want to see."

Michael Eisner had paused on the desktop for a moment, and soon smiled and said: "Of course no problem, I am letting you send you, right, where are you now?"

"Prea Vista," Eric replied.

"Oh, the late Jurassic Park should be completed soon? The trailer for this movie was not seen in the Super Bowl. Everyone is very sorry."

Eric replied unchanged: "I will see it soon, I believe many people will be shocked."

"Then I will wait and see," Michael Eisner said with a smile: "Don't forget to send me an invitation when you preview it."

"Well, I will find a reporter by the way and take pictures of the photos you participated in. This is a great opportunity to promote Jurassic Park," Eric said with a half-truth.

Michael Eisner picked up his eyebrows. If there is such a photo, then the relationship between the two must be publicly 'thawed': "Haha, I will cooperate with you if there is no other thing." Have time to eat together?"

"No problem, then, goodbye." Eric said, after hearing the other party's response, hung up.

Hear the busy tone on the other side of the microphone. Michael Eisner didn't put the microphone back, but held his hand and tapped the table, frowning and thinking about Eric's call.

Want to confuse himself with his ‘Important’ on the play of Mummy, and let the world increase its investment?

Thinking about it, Michael Eisner feels that it is unlikely, and the other party should not play this low-level means. So what is the intention of the other party to make this call?

Although I can't think of any clue at the moment. Michael Eisner quickly ordered the assistant to send the series of "Mummy" to Eric. He didn't worry about Eric's copying of the "Mummy" script. If this happened, then Universal would be happy to fight a firefighter with a lawsuit.

During Eric's call, the curious Nicole had already pulled a chair and sat opposite Eric.

When Eric hangs up, Nicole asks curiously: "Hey. What do you want to do with the script of the Mummy?"

"I am very interested in the special effects of "Mummy". I want to let the digital field take over the special effects of this movie." Eric didn't hide it, but there is no way to explain it to Nicole. Specifically, he is I am very interested in the special effects of the second part of the original Mummy. In the script just now, Eric has already seen the clues of the reincarnation of the heroine Evelyn and the undead army information of the ancient Egyptian **** Anubis.

In the original "Mummy 2", the undead army summoned by the Scorpion King left a deep impression on Eric. Because of the high labor costs in the West, it is basically impossible to realize the war scenes of thousands of horses in a real way within the limits of a movie budget. The only way is to use computer cg effects. If the script outline of Universal is not much different from the original version, then the special effects of the sequel to the mummy will be a very good exercise for the development of large-scale war special effects in the digital field.

Although Eric has already indicated that the digital field has begun to develop related technologies, there is no real film training for practical application. No one knows how the specific effect will be, nor which aspect to develop and improve.

Large-scale war special effects are an important part of the future development of special effects films. With this opportunity in mind, the digital field can be technically ahead of other film companies. Even if there is no scene of the undead army in the outline of the "Mummy" series sent out by the world. Eric also plans to develop a related special effects movie in the next two or three years to make the digital field 'training hands'.

Nicole was not very interested in topics such as special effects, and the slender fingers played a few times on the script. Looking at Eric said: "If you really don't have any opinions, would I let Pitt talk to the world about the contract?"

Eric looked at Nicole's thick script under his arm and suddenly thought that Michael Eisner had sent the script to him through Nicole's hand. The reason should be more than just asking Nicole if he would like to let him She starred. Thinking of the fact that Joanna suddenly resigned from the inside story six months ago, Eric took the script again, took a pencil from the pen holder, thought about it for a while, and finally wrote a 5 on the cover. The % number, the script was handed to Nicole.

Nicole looked at the number above with her head and asked, "What is this?"

"Your personal pay should now be 10 million US dollars. I owe Michael Eisner a favor last year. I just want to pay him back. You will let Pait help you to divide the omni-channel according to the 5% bottom line and give up the fixed pay. Although it will make you take a lot of time to recover your rewards, but you will get more than 10 million US dollars. If you give up the share of the film, it will be a disguised increase in global confidence in this project."

"Oh, you take my film appointment to be human, and don't ask if people are willing or not. Who knows if this movie can make 200 million yuan?" Nicole picked up a white eye and his mouth was still picking.

Eric felt the girl's coziness and asked with a thoughtful smile: "Would you like it?"

Nicole is not short of money now, she can get more rewards and let Eric remember her own point. It is also a good choice. Pretend to think for a moment, she said, 'Oh, it’s hard.' I promise you, but with Jack Nicholson in front of you, do you think that the world will easily agree to it?"

Jack Nicholson's pay in "Batman" is a topic that many stars in the entertainment industry relish, and many people dream of having such a chance to make a fortune. Eric said: "If the world does not agree, then you can just receive a $10 million payout, and you have nothing to lose."

Nicole thought thoughtfully at the chin, reached out and grabbed the pencil from Eric, and added a number one in front of the 5% number on the cover, which became 15%, and then to Eric Road. "Then I let Pate start from 15%. Maybe I can talk about more than 10%. Although this movie is a big investment, even if the post-issue fee is included, the total investment will not exceed 100 million US dollars. If my 10 million pay is only 5%, it will be too bad."

Computer special effects movies have just emerged in North America and the global market for a few years. It is the time for market demand. The script of "Mummy" is also very good. As long as the main creatives don't mess, keep the original level of Eric's memory, the global harvest. More than $300 million at the box office is not a problem. A rough estimate is that if you invest 60 million yuan and declare 20 million yuan, you can completely recover the cost by relying on box office global. The subsequent video tapes and surrounding profits are more lucrative. In the two-year omni-channel issuance cycle, the profit income exceeds 200 million US dollars. If Nicole can really divide the omnichannel into more than 10%, it might become the first female star to step into the 20 million paid club.

Thinking of this, Eric couldn't help but extend his thumb to Nicole and smiled: "It's enough, it's the most poisonous woman."

"Hey, don't say that to me." Nicole gently tapped on Eric's hand and put the script into the bag. He asked the corner of his eyes: "It's noon, let's go to Venice Beach." Is it good to have lunch there, how many good restaurants are there?"

"Isn't you going to be onlookers?" Eric asked with a smile. Now the "Smiths" are still sporadically showing that some overseas markets are in full swing. Nicole's reputation is in full swing, and now her every move is tightly controlled by the paparazzi. Tightly concerned, although the possibility of the dog's mixing into the studio is not great, as long as the two go out, it is definitely a watchful life.

"I let the assistant drive the car away and lead some people. You look for an ordinary car. We sneak out. It should be no problem. Even if it is discovered, I have no boyfriend, and you have no formal girlfriend. They What can you say?” Nicole said, her eyes resentment: “Or, you don’t want to show up with me?”

"Stop, this eye is too lethal, I surrender!"

"Oh..." (to be continued)