I’m in Hollywood

Sid Simberg has been kicked out of the world by Panasonic. If we don't do something, maybe it will be our turn next, John Peters said with worry and reluctance, regarding him and Peter Cooper For such a Hollywood second- and third-rate producer, the huge Columbia Film Company is like a piece of fat and oily barbecue. The two have not enjoyed enough of this deliciousness, and of course they are not willing to be kicked away so soon.

Peter Cooper pondered for a while, then showed a sudden smile: Actually, we don't have to compete with Fireflies at all, how good is it to cooperate?

Any studio in Hollywood is looking forward to working with Firefly, do you think it will be our turn?

Peter Cooper shook his head and said, No, this is different. We can afford the price that other film companies can't afford.

Qiang Peters immediately understood what Peter Cooper meant. Anyway, Colombia is now owned by the Japanese. No matter what the price is, the loss will be the Japanese. The cooperation with Firefly, who is in the limelight in Hollywood, will undoubtedly increase the number of Japanese. The confidence people have in the two of them at the helm of Colombia will give them enough time to keep grabbing private interests from Colombia.

Peter, do you have Eric Williams' personal contact information here? Maybe we should make an appointment with him now.

Peter Cooper nodded and said, Of course there is.

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... Of course no problem, Frank... Haha, Digital Domain has never said that it will not accept external film projects, but don't know the subject matter of your film?... Vampire type, Four Hundred Years. Wow. That's a good subject. I'm sure you'll be able to make a great film... no problem, I'll give Stan a call myself and ask... That's it, say hello to Sophia and the others for me, goodbye.

Eric hung up the phone, leaned on the back of the leather chair, and breathed a little tiredly. After the trailer of Tornado was broadcast, calls kept coming in. Some people expressed congratulations, some wanted to cooperate, and more people called to try it out. Many of these people even only had one or two face-to-face meetings, but the tone on the phone was very familiar, like an old man whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Friends, Eric couldn't help but remember a certain saying in his memory.

There was a chuckle from behind, Eric tapped the floor with his toes, and turned the leather chair half a circle, just facing the big bed in the bedroom. Virginia and Joanna had changed into light pajamas and leaned against the head of the bed to read a magazine together.

Finished? I saw Eric turn around. Virginia looked up at him coquettishly, and asked teasingly.

Eric hummed,

Looking at the pink lips of the girl while she was speaking, she was about to get up, when the cordless phone in her hand rang again.

Although a little impatient, Eric quickly answered the phone: I'm Eric Williams.

Virginia looked at Eric's depressed appearance, and said something in Joanna's ear. The two women ate and laughed together. Virginia smiled and looked at Eric while teasing. He pulled down the shoulder straps of his pajamas, revealing round shoulders and a large white greasy chest.

...Oh, Mr. Cooper, good evening, Eric was a little surprised when he heard the other party's name. The heat surged from his abdomen, Eric hurriedly glared at Virginia, pointed to the microphone in his hand, and signaled the woman to be honest.

Virginia immediately showed a look of grievance, turned her big eyes slyly, turned her head to hug Joanna, and before the other party could react, she quickly moved up and deeply imprinted on Joanna's red lips He took a sip, and then licked his lips with a little provocative ruddy tongue.

...Sorry, Mr. Cooper, can you wait a few seconds... Eric said into the microphone, stood up and walked towards the big bed.

Yeah, Joan, help, Virginia leaned towards Joanna with a 'horrified' face.

Joanna just recovered from the surprise of being stolen kisses, rolled her eyes at her, ducked to the other side on purpose, and said, I don't care about you.

Eric came to the end of the bed, reached into the quilt, and accurately touched a rounded calf. With a little force, he pulled the exclaimed little woman over, grabbed his waist and carried it to the leather chair in the aisle. He lightly threw the woman on the cool floor.

Damn, Virginia, who was frowning and flushed, said angrily, and was about to get up when Eric, who was sitting on the leather chair again, pressed her shoulders.

Virginia looked up, Eric withdrew his hand, patted his thigh, and commanded in a low voice, Come here!

The gentle magnetic voice made Virginia unable to resist at all. She turned her head and glanced at Joanna on the bed, but when she heard Eric humming in dissatisfaction, she quickly walked meekly on her knees and sat on Erie's knees. K's feet.

Eric showed a satisfied look before picking up Peter Cooper's phone again. Feeling a warm little hand gradually climbing up his thigh, when he was about to reach the pants chain, Eric still reached out and blocked it. Embarrassing in front of you.

Seeing Eric blocking her movement, Virginia raised her head suspiciously, with an emotional mist in her moist eyes. Eric's free left hand touched the charming face of the girl lying beside his legs, then his index finger stretched out and gently tapped the girl's lips and teeth, and a warm little tongue pushed it twice in resistance, and then he submissively kissed. suck up.

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The next day, the news about the Washington Redskins winning the Super Bowl again appeared in countless mainstream media in North America. Of course, the news of the two trailers of the two heavyweight villains of Batman was also the hot object of the newspaper media. , Tom Cruise's Dark War Prequel desperately playing stunts also occupied a lot of attention, but there is no doubt that these news were all squeezed to the secondary page by a 'shocking' screen.

The stunning blow of the trailer of Tornado slammed into the TV screen at the end left a profound impact on the hearts of countless people, and the media also responded to the curiosity of the people. A detailed analysis of the trailer of Tornado is carried out with the length of looking at it.

After the release of this stunning trailer. In a Hollywood Information survey of a random sample of summer blockbusters. The expectations of Tornado are much higher than the second-placed Batman, and Dark War, although Tom Cruise's popularity is the foundation, but because of Eric and Tom Hanks In the absence of this film, the core hardcore fans generally have low expectations for this movie.

After a good night, Eric sat in the conference room with high spirits early the next morning, and started the regular high-level meeting once a week for Firefly.

After a brief work summary. A group of Firefly executives in the conference room began to talk about scattered topics.

The president of Fox Television just called, hoping to get the exclusive right to broadcast the trailer of Tornado. They are willing to broadcast it for free without charging any advertising fees. This condition is very favorable, Eric, what do you think? Jeffrey flipped through the memo in front of him and said.

Eric shook his head: The principle of this trailer is very simple. The most important thing is to give the audience a surprise. The Super Bowl live broadcast last night has achieved its due effect. So it will not be played again. A teaser for the normal version instead. Michael, how's the European release of Tornado going?

Michael Lynn looked down at the information at hand and said, The five major European ticket-holding countries, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the West have basically agreed, but the earliest release date is the end of July. In addition to local protection reasons, The most important thing is that we do not have strong channels and contacts, Warner's Batman has achieved simultaneous release in the UK, Germany and Spain, and other European ticket warehouse countries are also released earlier than us.

Eric was a little disappointed in his heart, but he also knew that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed. The distribution channels of any film company were expanding little by little, but he couldn't help but look at Katzenberg, who was sitting on the other side.

Katzenberg, of course, knew what Eric meant, thought for a while, and said, Bauwick International broke away from Warner's distribution network completely two years ago. In the past two years, Disney's main focus has also been on England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The distribution network of these five European box office countries. After all, the box office share of these five countries accounts for more than 70% of the total European box office. In the Netherlands and Belgium, most of the small box office countries, Disney only adopts sell-out distribution.

Eric put the pen on the tip of his finger and tapped the folder in front of him lightly, thinking quickly in his heart, it seemed that it was still a matter of time.

Although integrating Disney's overseas distribution with Firefly's existing channels is the best option, Disney and Firefly are still in the business docking period, and it will take at least a year or two to conduct similar integration.

Moreover, from the bottom of his heart, Eric doesn't want Firefly to completely digest Disney. Only by maintaining its own brand can Disney create more benefits.

Let's do it for now, Eric remembered what happened last night after making a bottom-up note: By the way, after the trailer of 'Tornado' was played last night, Peter Cooper from Columbia personally called and said I hope to cooperate with Firefly in film, I haven't made up my mind yet, can you tell me what you think?

There was a low-pitched discussion in the conference room.

After a while, Michael Lynn said first: Obviously, after Michael Eisner took over Universal, Peter Cooper and John Peters felt the crisis. Columbia has been in a bad situation for the past two years. I'm worried that I'll end up like Sid Simberg, but I don't think it's necessary to cooperate, the most important thing is to develop our own strength.

I agree with Mike, Jeffrey continued.

A few other executives in the conference room echoed, in their view, working with Columbia was a waste of time.

After a moment of silence in the conference room, Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had not spoken, said, Eric, I think this is an opportunity, we... Speaking of which, Katzenberg suddenly felt that It's not suitable for him to say his thoughts directly in front of so many people, and Katzenberg doesn't care about everyone's eyes, so he directly changed his tone: Eric, out of the need for confidentiality, I think we should talk in private.

In the entire conference room, Katzenberg's status was almost second only to Eric. When he said such words, other people didn't dare to show it, although they were upset.

No problem, let's talk in my office later, then, who still has a problem? Eric looked around for a week, and when no one said anything else, he announced the meeting.

Seeing everyone get up, Eric waved to stop the people who were about to leave, and said, Jeffrey, Michael, and Frank, come together.

The secretary served coffee for the five people, closed the office door and left, and Eric said, Jeffrey, you can talk now.

Katzenberg said: Everyone, Peter Cooper came to us to cooperate, and he must have made a plan to sacrifice the interests of the Japanese. We all know that these two people just want to make profits for themselves through Colombia, and there is no such thing as The plan to manage Columbia well. Now, because Japan's Panasonic replaced the global management with Michael Eisner, they are worried that Sony will follow suit, so they come to us for cooperation, then we can use this opportunity to dig a lot from Columbia. Get the fat down.

When Katzenberg said this, there was a frenzy of aggressiveness in his eyes, which made Geoffrey and Frank Wells, who were more conservative, frown slightly, but Michael Lynn looked relaxed. Robert Shea has also seen this kind of momentum, but Katzenberg's aggression is obviously stronger.

Although I don't like Katzenberg's breath at this time, the other four people present know that Katzenberg is telling the truth. Hollywood competition has never been warm and tender. Take a bite, and if you humbly don't open your mouth, you'll be no different from a fool.

Katzenberg saw the expressions of approval on other people's faces, and continued: We talked about overseas distribution just now, and everyone should be clear that in Hollywood, Columbia's distribution channel network is second only to Warner. It's a little shrinking, but its background is definitely not comparable to Firefly and Disney. Colombia not only has a complete film distribution company in major European ticket warehouse countries, but even has branches in Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina in South America. If you can grab it...

Katzenberg made a gesture of waving and grabbing, and then looked at everyone, Ellie, Jeffrey, Michael, and Frank all showed excited expressions.

Jeffrey, I already agreed to Peter Cooper's dinner invitation last night, so how about you go with me tonight?

Of course no problem. (To be continued..)

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