I’m in Hollywood

The next day, the influence of this incident continued to expand. While most of the newspapers denounced Colombia one-sidedly, they somehow ignited their anger on Colombia’s owner, the Coca-Cola Group, and began to accuse Coca-Cola of its business strategy against Colombia. After all, Columbia Pictures' performance has been really good in recent years. The Coca-Cola Group did not care about this 'little thing' at all.

Surprisingly, after the stock market opened that day, the stock price of Coca-Cola, which was very stable, fell directly by 1.7%. This figure may seem insignificant, but after multiplying the market value of tens of billions of dollars, it is not so calm.

Coca-Cola CEO Guo Sida directly scolded Blunt Cohen on the phone and ordered Blunt Cohen to quickly resolve the matter, otherwise he would get out of the position of President of Columbia.

Under the high pressure of Coca-Cola headquarters, at ten o'clock in the morning, Blunt Cohen personally held a press conference at Columbia, and apologized politely to Eric, and promised to seriously implement the gambling agreement in the future.

Of course, Eric, who got the news, would not make the situation more rigid. He immediately asked his personal lawyer, Edward Lewis, to issue a statement of understanding in the Los Angeles Times. As soon as the turmoil started, it quickly subsided.

Perhaps because of this breach of contract, the box office of Home Alone, which should have a certain decline in accordance with the general rules, not only did not drop in the second week, but instead increased a lot. It received a box office of 28.76 million US dollars, breaking through in two weeks passed the $50 million mark.

At the same time, Back to Seventeen earned $14.73 million at the box office, still ranking second in the box office list. The two films related to Eric even exceeded 50% of the total North American box office this week, which once again surprised some people.

Although the results are still amazing, the media's attention to Eric has gradually declined. The reporters near Eric's house finally left one after another after failing to catch useful news for several days.

During this week, Eric basically stayed at home and concentrated on creating and agreeing to Michael Krause's Resident Evil. There are two versions of the previous life's Resident Evil story, one is the game story line of Capcom , a movie version of the story line with Alice as the protagonist. It's a pity that Eric has only played the fourth and sixth generation of the Resident Evil game, so he doesn't know much about the story of the game version.

And the story line of the movie version obviously doesn't have much to write about. Based on the content of the game, it is completely the personal show of Milla Jovovich, a woman.

Therefore, the writing of the Resident Evil novel is not as easy as Jurassic Park, and it took Eric three days to come up with an outline with Leon as the hero. The content begins when Lyon joins the police station and continues until everyone works together to escape the virus outbreak in Raccoon City.

Eric has skillfully integrated the protagonists Chris, Jill, Wesker and other characters of the previous life into this novel. Of course, Sister Wang, who is the most popular among Chinese game fans, is definitely indispensable. Eric very wickedly shaped the ambiguous relationship between Ada Wang and Leon into the relationship between the Queen and the pet boy.

This is not Eric's original creation. On the Internet in the previous life, some game fans commented on the relationship between the two people.

In the game, when the elegant and charming Ada Wang often performs tasks, he encounters little Leon who is in dire straits and calmly helps him out of his predicament. float away.

Every time I play these episodes, it is easy to think of some evil images: little baby,

Come here... (touch~touch~head~)...Okay, nothing to do with you, let's play.

...

Walking out of the kitchen with boiling water, Eric directed coffee for James Brooks, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading some manuscripts of Resident Evil.

James, what do you think? Handing the brewed coffee to James, Eric sat down opposite and asked.

It's quite a sense of the picture, and it gives people an immersive feeling, just like watching a movie, which is wonderful.

Eric nodded, and James' evaluation was pertinent. Because of his career in his previous life, Eric unconsciously used a lot of montage techniques in his writing when he was writing. The biggest feature of this writing method is that it gives people a sense of picture.

What if it was made into a movie? Eric asked again.

James put down the manuscript and said seriously: I don't think this novel is suitable for making a movie at this stage. Although many people like the zombie theme, the base is too small, so it is decided that the film can only use small and medium investments. If a novel is made into a movie, it requires a lot of special effects, and if the investment is too small, the effect will definitely not be achieved, and it will become nondescript. Therefore, it is best to develop special effects technology for a few years and become cheaper.”

As expected of a gold medal producer, he outlined the limitations and adaptation prospects of Resident Evil in just a few words. Biochemical fans in previous lives often complained that the Resident Evil movie series had too little investment, and the special effects pictures were not popular enough. Why is it that Mira has no other big names over and over again, but I don't know if it is really according to the fans' wishes, because the movie is rated For the sake of the audience, there is absolutely no discussion about the loss of the film company every minute.

After chatting a few more words about Resident Evil, Eric asked James's purpose.

Invite me to Fox's cocktail party? I thought James was here for the overseas copyright of Home Alone, but it was something else.

In the past few days, Eric has received several phone calls and invitations related to Home Alone, and even Michael Eisner, who was planning to unite with Columbia to pit him, called again in person. However, he already had his own plans in mind, so he rejected them all directly.

Seeing Eric's somewhat unexpected expression, James smiled: Of course, you think I'm here for Home Alone, right? Many people have extended olive branches to you these days, and I heard that you have refused. I think, Maybe you're just waiting for Fox's initiative, right?

The surprise in Eric's eyes flashed away, and he was indeed waiting for Fox to contact him first, so that he could take the initiative. Now that the other party has guessed it, and let James Brooks, a gold medal producer, invite him in person, Eric will seem a bit petty to deny it again.

Shrugging and smiling, Eric said, I do have this idea, James. After all, our cooperation is quite pleasant.

James said sincerely: So, I came over in person today. It's actually Mr. Barry Diller who wants to meet you and talk about Home Alone, Jurassic Park and your... next movie. .

Oh, is Fox really greedy?

James smiled: This has nothing to do with greed, Eric, it's business. If Fox doesn't do it, other companies will be interested in these. Of course, Fox will certainly not be as short-sighted as Columbia, and we hope that the two sides can cooperate equally, mutual benefit.

Just listen to these words, Eric will not be stupid enough to believe it. Fox said that because they didn't get the distribution rights to Home Alone. Otherwise, because of the gambling agreement, there is no doubt what the other party will do. The eavesdropping scandal that broke out in the previous life is just the tip of the iceberg of these giants' private and dirty behavior.

But at present, Eric has to choose a giant as his backing, so as to reduce the outside world's coveted him, better protect himself and secretly develop his strength. After some comparison and consideration, Eric chose Fox.

Fox, led by Barry Diller, has a major goal of creating the Fox network in the next few years, so there will definitely be less focus on the movie side, relatively speaking, giving Eric the little sparrow a lot more in the turtledove's nest. Occupying resources creates a good opportunity.