I’m in Hollywood

After only a few puffs, Barry Diller irritably put out the cigarette in the ashtray: It seems that you can't change your decision?

Mr. Diller, I could even stop communicating with Fox at all, and I could take out a film at will to complete the contract. If I don't care about the quality, I can make a film within ten days.

Barry Diller knew that the teenager in front of him was determined and would not change his decision. Although I also had the idea of ​​giving this little guy a little color to look at. However, Barry Diller will soon veto the idea. Once this is done, then the two sides will break up like Eric and Columbia have worked together once before.

He also heard the news that Columbia President Blunt Cohen was suddenly dismissed a few days ago, and he was still a little puzzled that Coca-Cola was about to sell Colombia. It was only now that I realized that it turned out to be removing obstacles in order to re-establish cooperation with the boy in front of me.

If he makes some moves now and gets into a standoff with the other party, it is estimated that this teenager will also break up with Fox after completing the contract, and it will be a bit of a loss for both parties.

When things were irreparable, Barry Diller quickly thought of trying to get some extra benefits to make up for the loss: Eric, you should understand that by doing this, you are taking Fox out of the summer box office competition. Although your actions do not violate the contract, it will still hurt the relationship between the two parties. In order to appease Fox shareholders, perhaps the original contract should be revised?

After listening to Barry Diller's words, Eric immediately refused: Mr. Diller, the contract will definitely not be revised, and I will not make any concessions on the share. As I said just now, I do not owe Fox. What. The reason why we are sitting here discussing with you is that we don’t want the relationship between the two sides to become strained. We can only discuss a win-win compensation plan, rather than harming the interests of either party. Only in this way can our cooperation be more lasting.”

Well, you must have a plan already?

Eric nodded and said, Yes, my Firefly company just recently made plans for three other movies, and Fox can choose one of them to release.

Barry Diller almost wanted to laugh, what kind of compensation, if Fox wanted to release a movie, just say hello and the independent studios would cry and scream. Barry Diller suddenly thought of the Fox TV manager who had just been kicked out by himself, and another thought appeared: Eric, are you not interested in TV shows?

When Eric heard the word TV series, the figure of the little girl who stubbornly stayed in New York to shoot the workplace comedy came to mind. Friends has made a huge profit of four billion US dollars for Warner in ten years. Eric never planned to let this TV series go. Although he has not watched all ten seasons, the first two Ji happened to have seen it, and the golden fingers brought by rebirth were clearly imprinted in his mind. As long as the first season can successfully build a reputation, then, are you afraid that you will not be able to find a screenwriter to continue writing the following story?

Mr. Diller, in fact, I have already had some ideas for TV series. But maybe I didn't explain it just now. Although I didn't direct the three films made by Firefly, two of them were scripts I wrote myself. I will also serve as a producer and have the final editing rights of the film, which means that it is not much different from what I made myself. And for another film, I plan to make Julia play the heroine. Julia's current box office appeal , no one will doubt it, right?

After Barry Diller listened to Eric's words,

Without hesitation, he said, No problem, Eric, the other three Firefly movies are all covered by Fox, and the TV series can also be produced at the same time. You only need to be responsible for writing the script.

Although Barry Diller appeared to be very generous, Eric could still see the slight excitement in the other party's tone. Apparently Barry Diller also judged the value of those three films.

Eric didn't plan to release the three films himself, but he specifically picked out the films with the potential to sell well. Instead of using the cannon fodder to expand distribution channels.

But again, he has no plans to distribute all three films to one studio, let alone to Fox. He knows well the truth of Shengmien fighting against rice enemies. If you give too much to a person alone, gradually the other person will take this kind of thing for granted. Once you don't want to give it anymore, hatred will arise directly.

In fact, Barry Diller has shown such signs just now. Eric's behavior did not violate the contract, but Barry Diller felt that Fox suffered a big loss.

Shaking his head, Eric raised a finger: Mr. Diller, a TV series or a movie can only compensate for one. I am very confident in the box office potential of those three movies, no less than myself. Directed films. So Fox is taking too much, and I'm worried your distribution capabilities won't keep up.

Barry Diller quickly came up with another plan: Eric, then a TV series and a movie will be fine.

A TV series, or a movie.

Eric...

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The two quarreled in the office for a long time. In the end, due to the ambition of the TV network, Barry Diller chose that TV series. If it wasn't for the development of the TV network, Barry Diller would not leave Paramount, so this The choice of Eric is not surprising.

But the other party did not let Eric go easily, forcing him to promise to personally direct the first two episodes of the TV series.

Eric didn't expect Barry Diller to come up with such a forward-looking idea. After more than ten years, inviting famous Hollywood directors to direct the first few episodes has become a popular trend in American dramas, and with the strong rise of American dramas , Hollywood directors have also put down their airs and picked up TV drama guides.

In fact, Barry Diller is not as far-sighted as Eric thinks. To let a well-known Hollywood director make a TV series, Barry Diller himself will think this is a very ridiculous idea. In this day and age, it's a shameful thing for a film director to shoot a TV series. It has always been TV drama directors who have slowly switched careers to make movies, and I have rarely seen the reverse.

The reason why Eric was asked to direct the first two episodes was entirely because he didn't get the distribution rights of the movie, and he wanted to make Eric make a fool of himself out of a prank. Barry Diller originally thought that Eric would definitely be unwilling to kill him, but he didn't expect that the other party just nodded and agreed after thinking for a moment. According to the current trend of Hollywood directors being at the top, the news that Eric is directing the TV series will definitely be criticized by some diehards with a sense of superiority.

Barry Diller did not expect that his unintentional and rude request would later cause such a sensational effect, and even led to the trend of big directors directing the first few episodes of American dramas in advance.

After reaching an understanding with Fox, Eric completely put down his worries and reached a cooperation agreement with Columbia soon. Since the other party is so generous, Eric directly increased the production budget to 40 million US dollars. If the announcement cost is calculated at 20 million US dollars in the future, based on Columbia's 25% share, the North American box office will reach 2.4. Only $200 million will be needed for Colombia to recover the cost. Of course, if you include overseas box office revenue, perhaps this figure only needs to reach $200 million.

Eric estimates that Columbia has no plans to recover the cost at all. As long as the box office sells well, giving investors a false impression of a bright future, the stock price will go up directly. For every dollar in the stock price, Columbia’s market value will directly increase by 180 million. Sony, you are not rich and powerful, pay for it!

In this case, Eric was very stingy and did not leave the copyright of Dark War to Colombia, but shared it with Firefly. After all, everyone paid so much money, and it would be too cruel to not give it at all. Although the movie ended with the death of a male protagonist, as long as it is successful, it is possible to change a male protagonist to shoot the sequel just like in the previous life, which is another huge income.