I’m in Hollywood

Eric, everyone knows this, why should you...

Eric directly interrupted Murdoch's words and asked: Who is in charge of this matter, I want to know this. I know it must not be Fox, not to mention that there are so many cooperation between us, Fox has obtained enough And even if you want to do it, you will definitely not choose this time at the beginning of the year. The box office of Sleepless in Seattle has been greatly affected by this turmoil. So, who took the lead in provoking it?

Murdoch was stunned for a while, and said, Eric, even if you know what to do, this time the means are a little more intense, but it's still a normal competition in the industry.

Who is it? Eric asked again coldly.

Elizabeth, who was just listening in boredom, slapped the tableware in her hand on the table, glared at Eric angrily, and said dissatisfiedly: Hey, Eric, how can you talk to my dad like this, he is an elder after all!

The tense atmosphere was completely eliminated by the girl's low-pitched voice.

Murdoch really wanted to pat his daughter's head and praise her, and sure enough, her daughter was born to be towards her father. Of course, Elizabeth had grown up and he couldn't do it any more, so he just smiled and took the wine and took a sip.

Eric looked at Elizabeth helplessly, but the girl stared back without showing weakness.

This little bitch, what the hell is a man talking about!

Eric took a deep breath, softened his tone, and said, Mr. Murdoch, the box office of Home Alone 2 is still very bright this time. Although it is not as good as the first film, the global box office exceeds 3 There's nothing wrong with $100 million, and, at Stu's age, at least three more of this sequel could be made. What do you think?

Michael Eisner, Murdoch blurted out without hesitation.

Elizabeth looked at her father in astonishment. Is it too unscrupulous to sell teammates? It's a shame I just helped you out.

Glancing between the two 'hateful' men. The girl puffed her cheeks and drank the red wine in a fit of anger. At the same time, I swore in my heart that no matter what happened next, I would never speak again.

Eric didn't notice the girl's movements, he was only shocked now.

During this period of time, he has thought about it more than once, and it may be Warner or Universal who is leading this matter. Maybe it's Colombia, or Paramount, which is not developing very well now,

And Disney's Michael Eisner is the least suspicious, and even Disney's suspicion of manipulating the matter is behind Fox.

After all, although he has not had many contacts with Michael Eisner, Michael Eisner has always shown an appearance of admiring him in front of him. Moreover, Disney's Cry on a Island and Steel Mulan The cooperation between the two films of Flower is also very sincere.

Seeing Eric's unbelievable expression, Murdoch said: Eric, if you don't believe it. You can go to verify it, this matter has passed, and I have no need to lie. From the beginning , things are led by Michael Eisner, and he leads the execution of many things, and the other few of us are just doing our best to cooperate.

How...how could this be, Eric muttered in disappointment.

Murdoch thought about it for a while, but said slowly: Barry Diller is the most pragmatic of the three outstanding professional managers who came out of Paramount. He feels that as long as he does it well, he will definitely get it. Enough returns, so I think he is also the most naive. Therefore, I let him be at the helm of Fox with confidence. And Jeffrey Katzenberg is the most devoted to filmmaking, and he puts his main energy on the film Therefore, he is not suitable to be at the helm. As for Michael Eisner, he is the most unscrupulous. He can do anything to develop his career. Therefore, I think the three people in the future will definitely be Michael Eisner. Sina has achieved the most, but I don't think I can control this person, so I haven't thought of recruiting him to my command.

Eric sighed lightly, shook his head and said, I just feel too surprised.

For some reason, Murdoch couldn't help defending Michael Eisner: Eisner just did what a most standard businessman should do.

Yeah, a standard businessman, Eric smiled self-deprecatingly.

So, Eric, about the Home Alone series...

Firefly can directly sign a distribution contract with Fox for the next three Home Alone series, but I will no longer be the director myself, but I will also be the producer.

Murdoch looked both happy and worried: Eric, why didn't you come in person?

I got tired of making two films in a row, so I wanted to save time and make other films. Also, Home Alone's signature is Stuart Runkel, so as long as the style of the film remains the same, who will come? There's nothing wrong with the director.

Eric replied, although this is also a part of the reason, but the main thing is that only two of the previous Home Alone films have achieved great success. .

Although this time and space is due to Eric's proper casting, Stewart is only nine years old this year and can continue to shoot, but Eric has no confidence in the prospect of this series, so he generously signed Fox directly for the next three films issue contract.

Hearing Eric's explanation, Murdoch couldn't find a reason to refute it. Most Hollywood directors at Eric's level didn't like to shoot sequels. So he easily accepted Eric's explanation.

Eric, although you don't want to guide yourself, I hope you can continue to be in charge of the script. Murdoch said secondly.

Eric nodded: I will definitely participate in this.

At this time, the dinner in front of the three had already been eaten, and the waiter removed the tableware and put on coffee.

Now that Eric has got the answer he wants, Murdoch discussed with Eric about several programs on Fox TV. Firefly is a shareholder of Fox TV after all, and Eric readily agreed to personally supervise it. The production of Who Will Be a Millionaire is guaranteed to be broadcast smoothly at the end of this month. In fact, Who Will Be a Millionaire has already been well-prepared, and even the question bank has been designed. If not for this In the event of a turmoil, it may be possible to make an official appearance in early March. The situation of The X-Files is similar, the first episode should have been completed.

Although Firefly's delay also violated the contract signed by the two parties, Fox originally thought that if Firefly succumbed, it could take over all the complete copyrights of several programs, so it did not make such a breach of contract for Firefly. Too many reactions. Now, the two sides have reconciled, and Fox can no longer pursue this matter, but just skip this matter in a few words.

After discussing the business, Murdoch took a few sips of coffee and asked casually, Eric, do you have any plans for this year's movies? How many are you planning to make?

Hearing this question, Elizabeth, who was originally absent-minded, also cast a curious look.

Eric took a slow sip of coffee, thought about it, and said, Two films, one of them has been confirmed, but the script is still deadlocked, the screenwriter's asking price is a bit outrageous, plus this period of time, I also I haven't had time to talk about the script for the time being.

Is that the play about ghosts? Elizabeth couldn't help but interject.

Eric looked at the girl curiously. Has this thing spread so widely?

Being stared at by Eric, the girl blushed slightly and said, I heard that you... are very optimistic about this script, so I also inquired about it.

Eric could see at a glance that Elizabeth must have thought of cutting her beard, but it seemed that it was definitely unsuccessful.

It seemed that she had seen through her mind, and the girl was even more embarrassed, but continued: But... but when I asked someone to contact the screenwriter named Bruce Joy Robin, the other party said that the script has been sold.

Eric suddenly stood up in surprise and looked at Elizabeth: Sold?

Yeah, isn't it... Didn't you buy it? Elizabeth raised her face and looked at Eric, and asked suspiciously.

Sorry, I need to make a few calls, Eric said to the two of them, picked up the mobile phone and walked to the corner not far away.

Looking at Eric, who was standing not far away with his mobile phone dialing constantly, and at the same time turning around a little anxiously, Murdoch asked his daughter, Liz, what script is it?

The girl looked at Eric's figure, and said to her father with some schadenfreude: It's a love story script, I haven't been able to see the complete story, but I just heard about it, it seems that it was a bank clerk who was murdered by a colleague and turned into Ghosts, and then protecting girlfriends and getting revenge or something, that's about it, anyway.

Murdoch looked at Eric, his eyes flickered, wondering what he was thinking about.

After a while, Eric returned to his seat with a disappointed face.

The old god Murdoch was drinking coffee on the ground and didn't mean to speak, and then Elizabeth spoke up: Eric, who bought it?

Michael Eisner, Eric reluctantly squeezed out a name.

The girl asked again: Then what are you going to do?

What can be done, Eric can almost imagine that with Michael Eisner's shrewdness, he bought this script, and he would definitely not rashly shoot it by Disney himself, but intend to use it to cooperate with him. (To be continued)