I’m in Hollywood

After lunch at Julia's house, Julia and the nanny took care of the little one, and Eric and Elizabeth came to the upstairs study together.

Spreading the prepared materials in front of the woman, Eric took out a videotape and walked to the VCR.

Elizabeth opened the information brought by Eric and looked at it. It was roughly the Hollywood comedy genre and the box office data analysis of various types of comedies in recent years. As she picked it up and read it casually, Elizabeth heard a voice coming from the TV. , Looking up, in the picture, an actor with a rather exaggerated facial expression is dancing and talking to a young girl, but it didn't take long for the scene to cut to another completely different scene, but it was still the same person.

Seeing the actor showing some exaggerated teeth from time to time, and listening to the funny dialogue on the TV, Elizabeth quickly couldn't help laughing.

Eric turned his head to the girl and said, It's interesting, isn't it?

Elizabeth looked at the man in the picture and made another exaggerated hip twist and fall, and said with joy: Well, who is this, why didn't I remember it before?

His name is Jim Carrey,

He's acted in a few small productions, and had a small role in a Fox TV comedy last year, and what you're seeing is just a little bit of what he's doing after he's curtailed his acting.

Eric said, and pressed the fast-forward button. Soon, the screen turned to an audition room. This time, Jim Carrey was performing a pantomime without making a sound at all, but his facial expressions and body language were even more exaggerated. , even crazy.

Did you think of anyone? Eric asked again.

Elizabeth dragged her chin and said quickly, Is it Chaplin?

Yes, it's Chaplin. I feel that Jim Carrey's comedy talent is not inferior to Chaplin at all. Eric rewinded the tape and played it again, got up and went back to Elizabeth, picked up the information just now, and said: In recent years, Hollywood's comedy has been dominated by romantic comedies and family comedies. The most successful ones are When Harry Met Sally and the 1987 box office winner Three Nurses and One Baby, Little Ghosts Home can also be classified as a family comedy, but it is more focused on the children's audience, or a children's comedy. Other than that, there are few good works in other comedy genres, and the studios are not afraid to try other genres. . So this is a good opportunity, you can watch it from the end of last year's Fighting Condor, and comedy with more force is very marketable.

Elizabeth asked curiously, What is a more forceful comedy?

It's a comedy that sells spoofs and vulgarity. The main feature of these comedies is exaggeration, and the plot goes against or exceeds people's common sense. Just like Fighting Condor.

Elizabeth picked up the material in front of her and read it again. Eric didn't bother, she found a magazine and sat there and read it for herself. He had prepared all the materials, and he had read it several times before. , a lot of data has been bumped into my head, and I don't need to look again.

After a while, Elizabeth finished reading. Said: These data show that in the past ten years, both parody and vulgar comedies have accounted for only 3% of the total box office data, and this type of comedy is also limited to North America. Now the proportion of overseas box office is more and more. Big, there doesn't seem to be a future for this type of comedy.

That's why I said, this is a big undeveloped gold mine. It doesn't seem to have a future, just because everyone doesn't pay attention to this market.

How smart is Elizabeth to realize something quickly and say, You're not going to let my tg be cannon fodder. Test the waters for these types of comedies?

Eric nodded: You can also say the same, but. With me here, I will definitely not let you suffer. I personally selected Jim Carrey for you. This guy is still just a nobody. As long as I come forward , could easily sign him to a minimum three-year option contract.

The so-called option contract is a kind of restriction contract signed with the other party when the film company is optimistic about a project when it activates the newcomer. It is stipulated that if a new actor wants to get a role, he must sign an additional condition. Usually, this condition is related to the sequel of the project. It also requires the actor to appear in the company's film within a certain period of time, or must sign another film at a low price. contract.

At Drew's birthday party, after Eric proposed that tg be in charge of comedy production, Elizabeth had already made a detailed consideration. Although she habitually fought with Eric on the surface, she also felt that Eric It makes a lot of sense. Instead of picking projects to make movies like a flies, it is better to specialize in one subject. Comedy is undoubtedly a potential movie category. With Eric's help, she believes that tg will definitely be able to make movies. Good results in this regard.

Eric, then... about the release? Elizabeth blinked and asked pretending to be relaxed.

This is also what I'm trying to discuss with you, Eric said with a smile, he knew that Elizabeth was definitely the kind of woman who cared for the family and would think of her own family for any benefit. In Eric's opinion, this is a good quality. tg's current shareholding structure remains unchanged, with Elizabeth accounting for 40%, and Drew and Julia accounting for 30% each. Xiao Nizi is completely equal to her own clone, so it is almost equal to her own 30%, plus the following conditions, Eric can take more than half of tg's profits. Since someone else's daughter is used as a 'coolie', it is impossible to swallow all the benefits. Besides, the market is so big, it is impossible.

I'm not involved in the investment. As for distribution, Firefly needs North American local and video distribution, and overseas distribution can be given to Fox.

Elizabeth said: Actually, the video release is something we can do ourselves.

Eric shook his head and said, It's not necessary. I won't let you suffer anyway. tg just needs to concentrate on producing. With Firefly and Fox as the backing, tg will never encounter problems in discovery.

Elizabeth retorted unwillingly: I don't want to be a vassal. You said before that a pure production company has no future.

That's because they don't have enough backing support, so that's the decision. No further bargaining is allowed. Let's discuss some specific things. (To be continued)