I’m in Hollywood

After cleaning the recording just now, Eric handed the tape recorder to Carter Moen, the bodyguard on the co-pilot, and said to Tina Fey, I'll give it back to you when I leave, don't take this thing now. ⊙,

Tina Fei heard that Eric's tone didn't mean to discuss with her at all. Knowing that the cleverness she just played made the other party unhappy, she hesitated twice, which was regarded as a tacit agreement.

After driving for more than 20 minutes, Carter Moen in the front row received a call, turned his head to Eric and said, Mr. Williams, there are reporters gathered outside the hotel, and they called over there to ask whether to go through the main entrance or from the hotel. The elevator in the parking lot goes straight up?

Eric didn't want to be blocked again, and said, Go up from the elevator in the parking lot.

Tina Fei waited for the two to finish speaking, and couldn't help but wonder, Where are we going?

The acquisition of Disney, of course there will be a celebration reception, Eric replied, looking at Tina Fey, and then asked, Are you interested in visiting?

Tina Fei hesitated, unable to resist the temptation of a Hollywood party, and nodded lightly. She thought it would be a more relaxed celebration party, but she didn't expect to follow Eric into the Hilton Hotel banquet hall, only to find that things were not what she imagined.

The hundreds of square meters of hall were crowded with people, men in formal suits and women in elaborate or gorgeous evening dresses. Tina Fei looked down at her beige short trench coat and washed jeans, she really had the urge to turn her head and flee.

Eric walked to the door and was about to go in, when he found Tina Fey stopped, with an embarrassed look on his face. In an instant, she understood her situation. Beckoned for a hotel manager. murmured a few words. The manager politely said to Tina Fei, Miss, please come with me.

Tina Fei glanced at Eric for unknown reasons and saw Eric nod. Although she didn't know what to do, she obediently followed the manager and left.

Anyway... it's better than staying here, she thought.

Before Tina Fei's figure disappeared, the people who found Eric's figure in the hall had already gathered around.

Eric smiled politely and stepped forward to greet them one by one.

Except for the executives of Firefly. Executives from Fox, Paramount, Universal and other major film companies or at the president level all appeared in the banquet hall at this time, which can be said to be another big gathering of Hollywood executives.

For the presence of these people,

Eric was not surprised.

After Firefly acquired Disney, it not only strengthened its own strength, but most importantly, it inherited Disney's position in the Motion Picture Association of America (mpaa). If the original Firefly was just a pawn in the big Hollywood chessboard, adding mpaa will transform the Firefly's identity into a player who has the rules of the 'Hollywood chessboard'.

The status of mpaa in the American entertainment industry is similar to that of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on the other side of the ocean, and the classification power of all Hollywood movies is in the hands of mpaa. Take Terminator 2 as an example, if Firefly had the seat of mpaa at the beginning. Terminator 2 will definitely get a pg-13 rating, not an R rating. In today's increasingly large audience of young people. The film was rated as R, which means that it lost a large number of audiences before it was released. Fortunately, Terminator 2 was good enough to offset the negative factors brought by the rating to the box office.

Of course, the United States has always claimed that it is a free country, and any film has the right to choose not to participate in the classification. However, all mainstream theater chains in the United States have signed agreements with mpaa to only broadcast movies rated by mpaa. If you do not participate in the rating, you will lose the opportunity to be released in mainstream theater chains. Screening in underground theaters, this 'pursuit of freedom' costs more than the film was rated -17.

The reason why the declining MGM has always been called one of the seven Hollywood giants is not only the heritage it has accumulated for more than half a century, but the main reason is that MGM has its own seat in mpaa, even if its operating performance is total. It is surpassed by second-tier film companies, and no one can shake the status of MGM. For Firefly, if it fails to acquire Disney, it must go through a difficult game to join mpaa.

In addition to the power of movie classification, another main function of mpaa is to lobby the federal government to amend relevant laws on behalf of Hollywood to protect the commercial interests of the seven members.

Looking at the young face of Eric, who has officially become one of the masters of Hollywood, the executives of several other major companies felt an inexplicable sigh, and couldn't help but think of their situation when they were 20 years old.

Of course, Eric could also feel the complicated emotions of the people in front of him. After doing his due diligence, Eric raised his glass to a few people and said, Thank you very much for coming to this celebration in person, and I hope everyone can Have a great night.

Several executives should also disperse together, Eric and others dispersed, and quickly caught up with Barry Diller, who was walking to the side.

Barry, would you like to chat over there? Eric pointed to a round table not far away.

Barry Diller nodded, followed Eric to the round table and sat down.

Eric asked: Barry, you are leaving in the middle of next month, have you thought about what to do next?

Barry Diller said with a smile: Eric, I know what you want to say, but I will never sign another employment contract.

Since the 1970s, Barry Diller has successively led Paramount and Fox to re-emerge. Firefly acquired Disney, and Michael Eisner's departure was inevitable. Barry Diller will undoubtedly succeed Michael Ace. The best candidate for acceptance.

Eric persuaded again: Barry, why don't you listen to my conditions first?

Eric, let's not talk about this topic anymore. Since I decided to leave last year, I have made up my mind that I will no longer just be an employee with a full wallet. I will be fifty years old soon, and I will always try to be my own. cause.

Well then. If you need help. Like funding or something. Feel free to contact me, Eric raised a glass to Barry Diller.

Barry Diller also raised his goblet and took a sip of red wine, and said, If Michael can't stay, maybe you can try Jeffrey Katzenberg, he and Michael used to be my assistants, I I think he's ready for Disney's position now.

Eric said: Actually I thought about it, but you know, Jeffrey is a workaholic. I heard for a long time, he came to the office every morning at five o'clock, and worked seven days a week. If only This is nothing, but he always asks his subordinates to be workaholics like himself. Although he has achieved good results in mastering Disney Studios in recent years, the entire production department is complaining about him. Handing Disney to him, I will I really don't know what's going to happen.

It's just a different position. Jeffrey is only in control of a production department now, so it's unavoidable that he's a bit aggressive. If you let him work at Disney, he'll definitely adjust his management style appropriately, Barry Diller said. Looking at Eric: Besides, with you supervising from behind, it is unlikely that Jeffrey wants to mess around.

I'll talk to him, Eric said, and asked again, What about you, what are you going to do after you leave?

Barry Diller said: I plan to walk around and visit some technology companies. After I recently handed over most of my work, I suddenly became idle. Only then did I realize that the world has changed drastically from 20 years ago. , I recently bought a very interesting little thing, Apple Computer, you know? I feel like this thing could change the whole world.

Of course I know, I've been using a laptop for some official business. The first one was from IBM, and I recently bought one, Eric replied, at the same time being a little surprised by Barry Diller's keen intuition.

He has always been very concerned about Apple. Last year, when Apple released the first model, Eric bought one to play with. At $2,500, it is not expensive, and it is definitely not cheap. It's just that the current laptop configuration is maddeningly low. Even the latest model has only 4m of memory and 120m of hard disk at the top.

Barry Diller glanced at Eric unexpectedly, and soon felt that Eric was a young man, and his acceptance of these new things must be much stronger than that of an old man like him, and then he was relieved.

The two chatted for a while about their views on personal computers and computer networks before Barry Diller got up and left.

Eric, congratulations, Barry Diller had just left when Drew, who was wearing a rose red dress, rushed over.

Eric grabbed the little girl's waist and put the girl on the seat next to him. When he looked up, he saw another tall slender girl coming over and said hello with a smile: Claudia, why are you two together? ?

I just passed the audition for 'Grange in Disguise,' Claudia Schiffer explained as she sat down on Eric's side.

Eric didn't care much about Geek in Disguise for a while, and asked Drew on the other side: Have the contract with Jim Carrey been done?

Drew Doll's face immediately showed a look of taking credit, and he stretched out two fair little fingers and shook it: Well, the two films are about 8 million.

Eric was a little surprised: What's the matter, didn't I ask you to open a package of 10 million yuan?

He asked for it all by himself, Drew said angrily, After the project was prepared, we talked to him three times in a friendly way, and he never let go, and wanted a single 600 movie. Wan's salary, and only willing to sign one.

Oh, what happened after that? Eric asked.

Drew shrugged and said lightly: Then I sent him the contract directly. The first time, the contract salary sent was 10 million for two films, the second time was reduced to 9 million, and the third time was 800. After sending the contract of 10,000 yuan, they took the initiative to come over and sign the contract.

Eric laughed, reached out and rubbed the girl's head, boasting: Yes, there is a future, by the way, why didn't I see Liz today, and Mr. Murdoch didn't come?

The whole family has returned to Australia, it seems that her grandma's birthday is coming soon, Drew explained and asked again: Eric, who was that girl just now, did you find a new one?

Eric asked subconsciously, What woman?

Drew pouted: It's the one in the beige trench coat.

Oh, you said her, Eric was about to explain when he saw Tina Fei in a sky blue tube top dress appearing in his field of vision, and quickly waved to him.

Tina Fei carefully carried the hem of the borrowed dress and walked over a little awkwardly.

Yes, it's pretty, Eric commented, looking up and down the approaching girl.

Tina Fei doesn't have the joy of Cinderella becoming a princess now. If this borrowed Armani custom dress is dirty, she doesn't know if she can afford to sell herself.

From the way Tina Fey walked, Drew quickly understood what the other party was worried about, and didn't care that Eric was by his side, so he laughed giggly. On the other side, Claudia Schiffer has been a model for several years, and she often has to treat the works of well-known designers with care. Of course, she can better understand Tina Fei's mood. smile.

Eric, this is too petty. When did you fall in love with this type? Seeing Tina Fey sitting down in front of the three of them, Drew whispered in Eric's ear. said.

Eric glared at the girl, preventing her from talking nonsense, and then introduced: This is Miss Tina Fei, she is a reporter, Tina, this is Drew, and Claudia.

Tina Fey wanted to correct her name as Elizabeth Fey, but seeing Eric's natural look, she acquiesced and politely greeted the two Drew girls.

Eric didn't want to make Tina Fei continue to be embarrassed in front of the two women, so he stood up and extended his hand to Tina Fei: Let's dance together.

Okay... okay.

Seeing that Eric dragged Tina Fei away, Drew blinked, set his eyes on Claudia Schiffer, and glanced up and down.

What's wrong? Claudia looked down at her chest.

Drew shook his head and sighed, Man's heart is a needle in the bottom of the sea, you beautiful beauty is sitting here brightly, and he actually dragged a little girl to dance.

Claudia was stunned for a moment, glanced at Eric's figure not far away, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but couldn't help defending Eric: Mr. Williams is a gentleman, he is for that Miss out.

Drew laughed twice, leaned into Claudia's ear and said, You will know in the future, he is not a gentleman at all on the bed.

Claudia's cheeks were slightly hot, but she asked curiously, Have you slept with him?

Yeah, the girl admitted without hesitation, then stared at the corner of Claudia's mouth and said with a smile, You're not going to report him, are you?

Claudia shook her head quickly, she even regretted asking this question, knowing that this kind of thing would not benefit her at all.

Drew didn't say anything more, stood up and extended a small hand to Claudia: Beauty, can I ask you to dance?

Claudia caught the little hand that Drew handed over and smiled: The two of us?

Of course, I don't want to dance with those stinky men. You are the best. You smell good.

Claudia stood up helplessly and let Drew drag her towards the dance floor. (To be continued..)