I’m in Hollywood

After the sad funeral, life goes on. Shelby's son, Jackson Jr., grows up with everyone's love, and the pregnant Annele expresses to Shelby's mother Maureen that she hopes that after the birth of her child, Both men and women are called 'Shelby', in memory of the stubborn but ill-fated little woman who passed away, Maureen agreed with tears.

Another year of Easter, in the vibrant spring suburbs, at a joyful picnic, Annel, who had a big belly, suddenly felt a severe abdominal pain. The crowd, passing through the street market, crossing the bridge, and the melodious sound of the harmonica, the picture freezes on a river shaded by green trees.

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Tomorrow-is-another-day, Elizabeth Murdoch, sitting next to Julia in the back row, couldn't help but say the closing remarks in Gone with the Wind, although the life experiences of several women in Steel Magnolia are far It is far inferior to Hao Sijia's decades of heartbroken, ups and downs life experience in Gone with the Wind, and even the women in Steel Magnolia have never had a violent emotional outburst, and the most intense emotions are also contained in the silence overflowing. Among the tears, the emotions contained in this trivial and trivial matter are no less than the vicissitudes of life that Hao Sijia has experienced under the background of the turbulent times. The jeep that is going away is a symbol of hope, the hope of the future.

The lights came on, no one took the lead, and everyone in the screening room clapped consciously.

Julia, this film is really great. I think Shelby's character is even more plump and brilliant than Vivienne in Pretty Woman. Elizabeth clapped and approached Julia's ear. Said sincerely.

Thank you, this... miss, Julia patted her palm lightly, and looked at the beautiful girl beside her again in the light.

Elizabeth then remembered that she hadn't introduced herself yet, and hurriedly stretched out a small hand: Sorry, Julia, my name is Elizabeth Murdoch, you can call me Liz.

Hello, Liz, Julia politely shook hands with the other party, her expression did not change much, obviously, Julia did not know what the surname Murdoch meant.

Elizabeth didn't mind, and continued to whisper, Julia, why did you just say that Eric Williams is a bastard?

Ah! I... what I said just now was not aimed at Mr. Ai... Williams, it was just a coincidence, Mr. Williams is a very good person, without him I am just an unknown little actor. Julia tried to keep herself calm, but the twinkling eyes betrayed the girl deeply.

The corner of Elizabeth's mouth evoked a light and playful smile, and did not continue to ask this embarrassing topic: Julia, can you tell me about Eric Williams, I'm going to use a few of his The reason for the success of the film is the subject of my graduation thesis.”

Liz, maybe you should ask him about this kind of thing in person, I don't know much. Although Julia didn't realize the other party's family background from the girl's surname, she understood from the other party's words, the girl seemed to Not too familiar with Eric, coupled with Elizabeth's familiar and cheerful personality, Julia gradually let go of her guard against Elizabeth.

It's okay, just tell me what you know... Elizabeth felt the subtle change in Julia's emotions, so she started to make persistent efforts and asked about topics she was interested in.

At the same time, the executives of the seven major film companies who watched Steel Magnolia also had their own concerns.

Although Michael Eisner expressed his appreciation to Eric immediately after the movie was broadcast, it was more of a courtesy, but he actually disagreed.

Steel Magnolia is too bland, although there are many bright spots, but there are almost no highs and lows in the plot, which does not suit his taste at all. As a former right-hand man of Barry Diller who proposed the theory of 'high concept movies', Michael Eisner saw the rise of Paramount under the guidance of this theory step by step under Barry Diller's hands, so he was very Naturally, he became a loyal fan of the 'high-concept film' theory. The reason why Disney's rapid rise under the control of Michael Eisner has a lot to do with his adherence to this set of film theories.

And Steel Magnolia is completely irrelevant to high-concept movies. If you compare it with the type of articles, the subject of high-concept movies is like an interesting novel, and Steel Magnolia is a meaningful prose. Director Herbert Ross, who has more than 20 years of filmmaking experience, is undoubtedly a master of prose, but this subject is also destined to not have much market.

Although not optimistic, this does not hinder Michael Eisner's determination to win the distribution rights of this film, otherwise, he would not have come here in person today. Because he valued something: this movie was something Eric Williams liked, and with the amazing results Eric had achieved in his previous films, that was enough of a reason.

Nader Tarn, the president of Paramount sitting on the other side of Eric, gave a similar evaluation to Michael Eisner. If so, I hope to hear from Eric the specific box office expectations for this movie, so that Paramount can make a more accurate quotation.

Five years after the departure of Barry Diller, Paramount's performance has begun to decline significantly this year. Although Raiders of the Lost Ark won the North American box office of 200 million and the global box office of more than 400 million, but because of Lucasfilm Due to the strength of the industry and Steven Spielberg, Paramount's profit share from it is not even comparable to the dividend that Colombia received from Home Alone after being swindled by a gambling contract. Therefore, Paramount attaches great importance to Eric's two films. If it weren't for the fact that Paramount's current CEO, Frank Mancuso, couldn't make time, he would definitely be here today, not second-in-command Nader Tarn.

Although I am not optimistic about Steel Magnolia, this is a movie that Eric Williams likes after all. None of Eric's current films has grossed under $100 million.

After watching the movie, Nader Tarn used his professional experience to synthesize the box office appeal and scheduling issues of Julia, Sally Field, Shirley MacLean and others, and quickly gave an estimate for the movie With a box office of 30-50 million US dollars, although Julia can now accumulate a strong box office appeal with Pretty Woman, Nader Tarn has not much overseas box office for this film. Looking forward, this film has a strong Native American atmosphere, and it is a small miracle that it can get 30 million at the global box office.

If it is as I estimated, this film will only make a profit of about 10 million US dollars at most, excluding the cost of production and distribution, which is completely insignificant compared to the profits of Eric's other films.

Nader Tarn believes that Eric will not make a big deal just for this mere $10 million profit. But no matter how Nader Tarn tried to inquire about Eric, the young man in front of him would give a specious answer, as if you were judging it yourself.

In fact, the reason why Eric did not disclose his judgment was mainly for the sake of prudence. Although he was very optimistic about the movie, Eric was not 100% sure of how much box office it would get. He estimated that the North American box office was about 100 million US dollars. After all, the film in the previous life had a box office of more than 80 million US dollars, and that was before Julia filmed Fengyue. Now, no matter what the girl can pull in 20 million US dollars box office gain.

But this estimate must not be stated explicitly. Once it is said, if the box office cannot meet the expectations in the future as in the previous life, then Eric will be equivalent to destroying his reputation. If you don't say it, there's nothing. Even if this movie doesn't blow up like the previous life, it doesn't have much to do with Eric. After all, Firefly is just an investor. Eric is nothing but a Julia. Neither intervened.

Amy Pascal, who is one position away from Eric, can be said to be one of the seven people who liked this movie the most. Amy Pascal is a typical feminist, so she likes female-themed movies very much. In her previous life, she supported a series of female films, the most famous being the Charlie's Angels series. Coupled with the sensibility of the woman's character, she was completely attracted by the joys and sorrows of several women in the movie, and even had an urge to take a vacation immediately and live a quiet and trivial life in a small southern town.

But Amy Pascal also knows that she and Fox's representative Karta Hunter are destined to be just a passing scene today. Fox already owns the distribution rights of Eric's two films at the end of the year. Considering marketing resources, Firefly is sure No more Fox movies will be given, and Colombia will soon sign a final contract with the Japanese. It is difficult to predict the Japanese business strategy in the future. In order to avoid risks, Firefly will definitely not let Colombia distribute it as an agent.

Among the representatives of the seven major film companies, the representative of Warner is the most calm, because Warner's performance this year has been very good. Although Warner will not think too much money and not making money, it will only offer a share price that it thinks is appropriate, and it is a hit. That's lucky, if you don't get it, you won't feel too sorry.

The situation in Universal Pictures is in turmoil. The two helms are coming and going, and they have no intention to fight for the distribution rights, while MGM has been completely disabled by the casino tycoon Kirk Kirkellen. Kirk will only When you want to sell MGM again for cash, in order to sell at a good price, you will pay attention to the business performance of this giant. Therefore, the top management of MGM also has the intention to kill the thief and is powerless. The MGM representative sitting in the front seat had a heated chat with the executives of Warner, and the words seemed to be ready to change jobs.