I’m in Hollywood

Hi, Penny, how are you doing? After chatting with Jeffrey and James for a while, Eric began to socialize with the other guests again.

Penny Marshall gestured to the two guests beside her, who turned and left with a wink: It's still the same, I received a lot of script invitations, but I'm not very satisfied, so I decided to take a break. I don't like You, you're making a second film so quickly without stopping.

Eric smiled and said: I have no choice but to do it. So many people are waiting to see my jokes, of course I have to give them some thoughts. Return to Seventeen has already made 70 million US dollars at the box office, right? It seems to exceed 100 million It must be a matter of time, making two films with a box office of over 100 million within a year, as a female director, it is difficult for anyone to break your record in a short period of time.”

Penny Marshall's compliment to Eric was very useful, but she still said: That can't compare with you. Home Alone has received more than 24 million box office in the last week.

Okay, stop complimenting each other, I'm sick to my stomach. James Brooks suddenly interjected: Eric, I have something to discuss with Penny...

Of course no problem, Eric nodded and turned to walk towards the others.

When the reception was about to end, Eric stopped Kapoor who wanted to leave: Kapoor, come with me, please, I have something to discuss with you.

Kapoor nodded and followed Eric to the study on the second floor. The study room looked a bit scattered, occupying a writing board on one wall. The original newspaper clippings had been cleaned up. At this time, Eric's hand-painted Pretty Woman was densely covered with sub-shots. By the window, the piano that had been returned was brought back by Eric.

Kapoor is obviously a little surprised by the different scattered styles of this room. The other aspects of the villa are neat and tidy. People who come here suddenly will have a feeling of being out of place.

Eric put a few folders on the desk into the bookshelf and explained: This is the place where I create, and the cleaners are not allowed to come in, so it's a bit messy.

Didn't Drew live here?

Eric pulled out a chair and handed it to Kapoor: Girls don't have this self-consciousness, so I'll tidy them up occasionally.

You can't spoil her too much, Kapoor suggested with a smile.

Eric shrugged and didn't answer. He put a cassette into the tape recorder and pressed the play button: Kapoor, let's listen to this first.

Kapoor knew that Eric would not aimlessly, and listened with Eric.

The fast-paced accompaniment sounded, and a very infectious singing voice soon came out.

*It.must.have.been.love,

*but.it's.over.now.

*Lay.a.whisper.on.my.pillow,

*leave.the.winter.on.the.ground.

*I.wake.up.lonely,there's.air.of.silence

*…

After a few minutes, the song quickly ended, and Eric asked, Kapoor, what do you think?

Kapoor said honestly: I don't know too much about this, this song is very infectious,

The female singer's voice is also very explosive. Eric, why are we listening to this?

I'm going to use this song as an episode of Pretty Woman. But that's not the main thing, Kapoor, have you thought about the future of UTA?

Kapoor nodded: Of course I thought about it, we have signed Al Pacino, if your Pretty Woman can be successful, plus Julia Roberts, as long as there are two superstars to support In the market, our brokerage company will be able to gain a firm foothold in the industry, UTA is still very small after all, and our pace cannot be too hasty.”

Eric said: Don't you think about developing in other areas?

You mean... Kapoor glanced at the tape recorder: Singer?

Eric nodded: The actors in the film and TV circles have basically been divided up by those large and small brokerage companies. If we want to grow in this area, we can only poach and cultivate them slowly. However, The music industry is still a virgin land, and even the giants like CAA don’t pay much attention to this business, this is a good opportunity for us to find another way.”

The 1990s was still the golden age of the record industry. When Eric was preparing the episode of Pretty Woman, he found the famous song It.must.have.been.love in the movie after a lot of hard work. The Roxette combination has not yet left Sweden.

The previous Roxette group has been active for more than ten years. After their debut in North America, the first single released by this group won the championship of 24 national music singles charts with a sweeping attitude. How could Eric let go of such a potential stock.

Kapoor, the song we just heard was performed by the very strong Roxettes in Sweden, and a song that could hit the top of the Billboard charts hasn't been heard by many people yet, so this is our an opportunity, you understand?

Kapoor said: Looks like I'm going to make a trip to Sweden myself.

Of course, the sooner the better. Since I can find this song, other record companies will soon notice it. After all, they are more professional than me in this regard, so we don't have much time left.

Eric, are you going to set up a record company?

Eric shook his head: It's too early to set up a record company. My current focus is still on movies. After winning Roxette's brokerage contract, you still need to explore the specific mode of operation.

Kapoor nodded to show his understanding, and the two discussed some details before the other got up and said goodbye.

After sending Kapoor away, Michael Krause quickly came up: Eric, it's been so long, haven't Resident Evil been written yet, haven't you always been a quick shooter?

The last word was just heard by a waitress who was invited. The girl subconsciously glanced under Eric, wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh, her face was slightly twisted, and she hurriedly walked towards the kitchen with the tray in hand.

Eric looked depressed: Michael, you can't pay attention to what you say. If the girl accidentally revealed what you said just now, I don't know how those gossip tabloids will arrange me.

Michael Krause grinned insincerely and said sorry, and continued to ask Resident Evil perseveringly.

Okay, take it. Eric found the manuscript and handed it to Michael: The contract is the same as before, just send it to me to sign it when you're done.

As he was talking, Drew suddenly appeared and saw the manuscript that Michael was flipping through. He shouted and rushed over: Hey, Eric, I haven't finished it yet.

Michael stretched out his arm and pushed his hands a few times to cut the watermelon, fending off the little paw that the girl stretched out, stuffed the manuscript into the bag, ignoring Drew's protest, and said, Eric, then I'll go first. ,goodbye.

After that, Michael picked up his bag and walked away, as if a little magic star was chasing him.

Okay, don't mess around. Eric knocked on Drew's forehead: I haven't settled with you about your skipping class, and I even secretly deleted the phone message from the principal to me.

Drew lost the momentum of showing his teeth and claws in an instant, and turned into a well-behaved little girl again, with his hands behind his back, but the cunning in his eyes remained: I'm sorry, Eric, I don't dare any more.

Eric's eyes were solemn: Dru, have you touched those things again?

Drew hurriedly shook his head: No, really not, I just took a few classmates to the Rose Bowl to watch the game, Eric, I swore I would never touch those things again.

With a sigh of relief, Eric put the girl in his arms and hugged him, remembering what Drew had just said, he suddenly couldn't help laughing and slapped the girl's butt: No wonder your principal was a little confused when he called me. You're so angry that you didn't learn well yourself, and you taught those good girls in your school badly.

Drew snorted, arched in Eric's arms, raised his face and said, Eric, all of my female classmates are very beautiful, if you want me to introduce you to you, it's still good. As for the girl, I checked it out on purpose.

Forehead……

Some pictures appeared in Eric's mind, and the wind was messy in an instant: It's too nonsense, go to bed quickly, and don't go out before school starts.

Hmph, you're really domineering, be careful I'll sue you for banning girls.