I’m in Hollywood

When Amy said this, Eric immediately understood.

As a peripheral derivative series of the Secret Service Cinematic Universe, the box office success of the first film of The Fast and the Furious, in the eyes of many people, represents whether MGM can get rid of the three series and continue the Secret Service Cinematic Universe.

If The Fast and the Furious fails this attempt, there's no doubt that MGM's reliance on the three franchises will increase dramatically. Kevin Costner also naturally thinks that by then, MGM will definitely not be as strong as the previous two in the next remuneration negotiations of the Mission Impossible series.

It seems that everyone still doesn't understand that Hollywood is no longer ten years ago.

Eric said this with a smile at the corner of his mouth, his eyes crossed the guardrail in front of him and looked forward. In the field of vision that was divided into two by the coastline, half was the brightly lit Los Angeles city, and the other half was the dark and quiet sea, like two Completely different worlds, heaven, hell, separated by a thin line.

Amy felt Eric's focused gaze, and followed her, as if she understood something.

Ten years ago in Hollywood, C+ founder Michael Ovitz topped the Hollywood Power List. With the overall recovery of the global film market, it was also the time when Hollywood stars were most in the limelight. Not only did the top superstars get paid more and more, but Even just an agent of the other party can go straight to the executive office of a major Hollywood studio, arrogant or even condescending to negotiate conditions with the film company.

Over the years, Hollywood has conquered cities around the world, and its market share has continued to increase.

However, although the remuneration of stars has been rising, in fact, due to the rise of special effects blockbusters and even 3D animation movies that are not highly dependent on stars, as well as the intensified competition among Hollywood brokerage companies, the status of stars in Hollywood has always been in decreasing.

Amy's generation of Hollywood executives happened to grow up in the era when C+ was the most powerful. Under the influence of the rules for a long time, facing the top Hollywood stars, they could not help but feel a little guilty and accommodating.

At this time, I once again felt Eric's determination in the simple sentence. I remembered what Eric said a few months ago after the release of Charlie's Angels 3, We are the masters of Hollywood, Amy I even felt a little ashamed in my heart.

Yes, with the current power of the Firefly system in Hollywood, if you can't win the initiative in front of the stars, it seems like a failure.

Eric drank the rest of the drink in the glass, but he didn't hear Amy's response, he turned his head to look, probably understood something from Amy's expression, and said, That's it. $20 million, or $10 million plus 10% of the net profit is divided, which is the highest salary condition after the Firefly system. Even if The Fast and the Furious fails, Kevin Costner only has these two options, or he chooses to break with us, Then we gathered the power of Firefly, Fox, MGM, and Columbia to drive him out of Hollywood. Two years ago in the 007 series, I already expressed my attitude once, and two years later, I don't mind using it again. A billion-level super blockbuster shows its attitude once, and from now on, we will set the rules.

Amy finally came back to her senses and nodded slightly: Eric, I understand.

That's it, Eric put the empty cup on the guardrail and said, I'll go back first, see you next time.

After saying this, Eric found Penelope in the crowd, took the Spanish girl and some other guests at the reception to say goodbye, and left the mansion with the Amy couple in person.

The black luxury car drives smoothly on the mountain road,

Feeling the cat-like girl beside him, Eric lifted up Penelope's charming face and kissed it, and suddenly he got up and said, Call Monica, we'll pick her up, and invite you to have breakfast together tomorrow.

Penelope froze when he heard this.

When she first entered Hollywood, she did have some thoughts in order to gain a foothold. But now, with the Charlie's Angels series, she is already one of the top first-line actresses in Hollywood. In theory, she doesn't need to accommodate anyone in Hollywood. In order to ensure her status in Hollywood, she even more than I once thought of sending my sister back to Spain.

However, when she heard the request of the man around her, she found that it was difficult for her to resist too much in her heart.

Hollywood studio executives, even if they are the top leaders of the seven major companies, are actually only working for others, and these people naturally need to be very polite and even respectful to her. But the man in front of her is almost the king of Hollywood. Can she refuse the king's request?

Eric.

With a pleading voice, Penelope had no choice but to take out his cell phone from his kun bag and dial his sister's number when he saw the man's insistent expression.

When I woke up in the morning, I saw the beautiful Spanish sisters sleeping together. The thick hair of the two women looked a little messy, and the delicate necks exposed outside the thin quilt also had shallow marks, like a tree that had experienced a storm. And then cuddled closely together with the roses.

I don't know if she felt Eric's gaze, Monica Cruz woke up quickly and happened to meet Eric's gaze. Noticing that she was holding her sister at the moment, remembering what happened last night, her expression suddenly became a little more shy, the girl didn't know what to do, so she had to keep her posture and greet the man softly: Good morning, Eric .

Morning, Eric stretched out his index finger and stroked Monica's delicate face lightly, then restrained his desire to surge again, and said, You can sleep a little longer, and I'll prepare breakfast.

Monica didn't have the idea of ​​getting up with Eric now, she nodded slightly, and her bright eyes watched the man's actions of getting dressed and getting up timidly.

As the week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 3 passes, the Thanksgiving season also comes to an end.

Although the festive atmosphere at the end of the year is still strong, most people still have to continue to work until Christmas. In the next two weeks, the North American box office market has become deserted accordingly.

On the Nasdaq market, Yahoo's share price in the second week of listing finally stopped rising rapidly, and began to enter a state of gentle adjustment, occasionally falling back, but its market value remained at around $100 billion. AOL's share price has finally started to recover again after another toss up. At the same time, the entire Nasdaq market is also rising continuously and slowly, driving the overall rise of the entire technology stock market.

On the Hollywood side, as the first phase of the popular schedule at the end of the year has passed, a series of films released during Thanksgiving have basically settled.

Mission: Impossible 3 led the entire Thanksgiving schedule, Teddy Bear continued its dark horse attitude, and others such as Star Trek: Uprising, High School of Horror, Electronic Love Letter, True Love, etc. Although the film has its own achievements, in front of Mission Impossible 3 and Teddy Bear, it seems a bit bleak.

Thanksgiving has passed, and the Christmas season film has also entered the final sprint promotion stage.

However, there is no suspense at all in the eyes of many people for this year's Christmas schedule.

The Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, which is approaching its release day by day, has almost attracted the attention of fans in the entire United States and even the world. Although the two consecutive blockbusters in the MGM film universe this year are shining brightly, not many people will. Doubt, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace will easily regain all its glory as long as it is released.

Of course, despite the pressure from the Star Wars franchise, as with those films released around the Thanksgiving schedule around Mission: Impossible 3, Hollywood studios are unlikely to hand over the entire schedule.

After all, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, which hit theaters on December 18, could only make $200 million, even if it averaged $100 million a week in the last two weeks of the year. The box office for the whole of December can reach at least 500 million US dollars, and other Hollywood films can also share the remaining 300 million US dollars at the box office.

Therefore, under the shadow of Star Wars, in order to gain more attention and gain more box office, everyone has tried their best in publicity.

In order to avoid the edge of the Star Wars series, the schedule of the first Fast and the Furious is scheduled for January 1 next year. The legal holiday at the end of the United States usually lasts until the week after New Year's Day. Moreover, the winter vacation time for the youth group is actually longer. So this is actually still in the year-end holiday range.

Although the schedule is not hindered, and it has the aura of the agent movie universe, but in terms of publicity, The Fast and the Furious does not dare to slack off.

December 4, early morning.

In Eric's office in Firefly Studios, Caroline's foot injury is still almost healed. However, she was forcibly brought back to the UK by Rachel a few days ago. She plans to come back after Christmas. Eric naturally Nothing is allowed. Therefore, during this time, Mayer was still by his side.

Eric, all the materials you need to read today are here. Also, here are the interview invitations from major media we received last week, as well as some party invitations. In addition, this is what you want, Well, the waiter in the restaurant inside the big ship applied for the resume, and we selected 10 candidates in total, Mayer said here, his expression paused, and then continued: If there is nothing else, I will go to work first. .

Eric watched the female assistant leave with a cold face, stopped her with a smile, tapped his fingers on the table in front of him, and said softly, Come here.

Mayer hesitated and leaned against the edge of the desk opposite. Seeing Eric still looking at him with a smile on his face, he moved his steps unwillingly and walked around the desk, but his eyes began to dodge a little, and he said in his mouth: Eric, I, I still have work to do.

Eric turned around the leather chair, stretched out his hand to hold the slender waist of the female assistant wearing a professional suit, moved in front of him, and said softly, I've always been curious, what exactly did Cindy and the others do to you that night?

Mayer stood in front of Eric and felt the breath of a man. It was obviously condescending, but the girl had the feeling that she was the little rabbit being pressed by the tiger's claws.

Eric was unrelenting and asked, Did they kiss you?

Mayer opened his eyes, recalled some scenes in his memory, and quickly shook his head, saying, Of course, of course not.

Hey, I stammered when I spoke, and said no, Eric laughed and said, So, how did you kiss?

Really, no, Mayer tried to step back.

However, Eric's hands were only lightly placed on her waist, but the girl felt that her body was weak and she was completely powerless to break free. In fact, she was telling the truth. Although she saw a lot of intimate lily scenes that night, the Victoria's Secret Angels did not extend the magic hand to her, Eric's personal assistant.

So, what's going on? Eric's tone was still gentle, and he made a little joke, saying, Although Bingmei feels good, but I don't want to carry something like I forgot to send you a message every day. Salary feeling.

Eric, really, nothing, I just, just think, Mayer hesitated for a moment before making up his mind, said: I just think it's too far from your world.

Eric came to a general understanding, smiled and shook his head, and said, How can you think about such a mess, this is not the shrewd and ambitious Mayer I know.

After revealing his thoughts, Mayer immediately felt a little regretful, but at this time he just stood in front of Eric even more at a loss.

Looking at the girl's appearance at this time, Eric exerted a little force on his hands, and Mayer's already weak body immediately leaned over and fell into Eric's arms.

He lowered his head and kissed Mayer's lips thinly for a moment before Eric let go of her, looked at the girl who was a little absent-minded in his arms, and said with a smile: Hey, now the distance between us is zero, if you I don’t think it’s enough, and we can discuss negative distance contact in time.”

Mayer consciously felt a little dazed in his thoughts. Hearing Eric's last words, he twisted his body unwillingly, but failed to get up, so he could only bury his face in the man's chest and whisper: Eric K, you're such an asshole.

Oh, I'm used to women praising me like this, Eric chuckled and said, So, do you feel better?

After a moment of silence, Mayer hummed softly.

Then, don't do this in the future, or I'll send you to play the Snow Queen.

Me, if I became a star, I wouldn't be your assistant.

This is not necessarily. Even if you become a star, if I want to, you have to come back and be my assistant.

would not.

The two were talking in such a low voice, when the office door was lightly knocked a few times, Mayer immediately jumped up like a bunny in fright, quickly turned around the desk, and at the same time organized some messy clothes.

Mr. Williams, the secretary pushed open the door, just noticed the scene behind the desk, but looked as usual, only slightly blocked the door, and said, Miss Barrymore and Miss Paltrow are here.

The girl outside felt that the secretary's actions seemed a bit strange, but she quickly bypassed her and walked into Eric's office with Gwyneth Paltrow. Noticing that Mayer was standing by the side of Eric's desk, bowing his head and sorting documents, he didn't think much about it. In fact, even if he saw it, the girl didn't care about it, but Gwyneth Paltrow looked at Mayer more. a few glances.

Eric turned back to his sitting position and looked at the girl and Gwyneth opposite and said, Why did you come here suddenly, is there something wrong?

Hey, the girl pushed a magazine directly in front of Eric and said with a smile, I want to show you the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair.