The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

"This is the studio's recent accounting details." In the president's office, Kyra Brown, the chief financial officer of the film industry, handed over several documents to Erica, "During the few years of operation after Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, The film business is barely breaking even, relying solely on revenue sharing from "Basic Instinct," "The Truman Show" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."

After Sony took advantage of the depreciation of the U.S. dollar in 1989 and acquired Columbia Pictures on a large scale, the road to Hollywood dreams in recent years has not been smooth. The film performance has been mediocre, and most of them have even turned into losses.

To some extent, the current Columbia Pictures is relying on Erica, a meritorious person, and her independent subsidiary studio to barely maintain the so-called profits on the books.

When Sony acquired Columbia Pictures for US$34 billion five years ago, it was naturally trying to make this giant film industry bring huge benefits to Sony headquarters, but right now, Hollywood's film business has almost become the profit of the entire Sony operation. hinder.

"If Columbia Pictures continues to suffer years of poor management," Erica seems to have a plan, "Sony Tokyo Headquarters may consider bidding to sell Columbia Pictures. Just like the current Japanese Panasonic."

In the same M&A case reached by Michael Ovitz, Panasonic acquired Universal Film Corporation MCA in 1990. At present, Panasonic has obviously discovered that the rules of the game in Hollywood are not simple. After years of losses, it has to plan to sell MCA.

Keira Brown seemed to realize what Erica was planning, and she couldn't help but look a little surprised, "Are you waiting for Sony to sell Columbia Pictures?"

This is obviously an overly ambitious plan. As the operator of a subsidiary label under Columbia Pictures, Erica actually intends to acquire the head office?

But when Keira Brown realized this, she realized that this was not a fantasy——

For the current Columbia Pictures, Erica is undoubtedly a genuine meritorious person, whose importance is so important that even the senior managers of Columbia Pictures may not be able to match.

In fact, the current Sony executive who is the CEO of Columbia Pictures has led the investment in films that have failed repeatedly.

In this case, once Sony intends to sell Columbia Pictures, if Erica expresses her willingness to acquire, the majority of Columbia Pictures' board of directors may fall to her.

In the president's office, Erica looked at Keira Brown, "Kayla, I once promised you that together, before the end of this century, we will grow into a powerful person not inferior to any big Hollywood figure. Now, we are Make it happen step by step."

But for now, Erica obviously still needs to wait for enough time.

In early July, when the global box office of "The Truman Show" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" reached a total of one billion US dollars, on July [-], starring Tom Hanks and Erica "Forrest Gump" was released as scheduled.

A few months ago, both Hanks and Erica won the best actor and actress Oscars, so the release of "Forrest Gump" naturally attracted a lot of attention, and once this epic of the American Dream hit theaters, it set off a wave of excitement during the summer season. A hurricane-like movie-watching boom.

"The first week's box office exceeded 5000 million US dollars. In the summer, no one can beat Forrest Gump—" The commercial potential of this film from all walks of life in Hollywood is almost unbelievable.

Obviously, such an astonishing box office shows that audiences across the United States love "Forrest Gump", but at the same time, it has also received a lot of criticism, and critics' praise and refutation have been published in newspapers——

"A brilliant, unusual story masterfully crafted against an epic backdrop. Furious and magical, Forrest Gump is a tonic for the mentally weary. Hanks and Erika contributed undisputed A hall-level performance." - "Variety"

"It's clear that Forrest Gump isn't a great movie. It has epic form but no real depth or resonance, and it's oily, shallow, and flat. However, Hanks and Alyssa Ricardo is an absolute master of cinema for this era." -Entertainment Weekly

"There is a remarkable balance between sentimentality and harshness, darkness and light. Although there are many details wrong in the movie, two things are perfect, extraordinary and unrivaled. Their names are Tom Han Alex and Erica Parker.” — Austin Chronicle

"'Forrest Gump' might not sound like a catchy movie title, but prepare to be taken aback by 'what's in the name.' It may sound crazy, but Hanks and Alley Card's high-level and brilliant performance deserves to be crowned Best Actor and Queen in awards season." - USA TODAY

On the top floor of the Osborne Medical Center in Manhattan, New York, Erica was half lying on a soft bench by the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Harry Osborn sat beside her, repeating the "USA Today" film review to Erica.

After hearing the remarks of the well-known film critic 'Lian Zhuangyinghou', she didn't seem to agree, "The possibility is almost zero."

In fact, regarding the public relations operation of "Forrest Gump" in this year's awards season, the main producer, Paramount Pictures, plans to apply for supporting actress related projects for Erika.

After all, the length of her role in the movie is indeed relatively limited, and she is more inclined to the proportion of supporting roles.

In fact, even if Erica is a supporting actress, in the Oscar competition, her chances of winning another award are really low——

According to the conservative style of the Oscar judges, I am afraid that it will be many years later, or even when she reaches the age where she can receive a "lifetime achievement", before she will consider awarding her a gold-plated trophy.

Erica picked up the coffee and drank some, while Master Osborne, who was worth hundreds of billions, still acted as her "newspaper-reading manservant" with great interest. Harry was flipping through "Time Magazine", ""Forrest Gump" is not a silly movie about idiots;

According to the box office forecast, "Forrest Gump" is expected to take in [-] million US dollars in the United States, and the global box office will reach an unprecedented [-] billion US dollars, surpassing the global box office of [-] million US dollars set by "Jurassic Park" last year record, becoming the box office champion of world film history. "

Master Osborne's voice is deep and beautiful, and his accent is elegant, which is almost a kind of enjoyment, but Erica feels that he is a bit 'not doing business properly', she pulls the "Time Magazine" from Harry's hand, "As a businessman with a $2000 billion business The person in charge of the empire, you seem to have been too relaxed recently."

For the past few months, Erica has been in Los Angeles on extended stays due to film business, and Harry has accompanied her all the way, almost strapped to her waist.

"I've been sick for a long time, so I should lighten the heavy workload." At this time, Harry Osborn frowned and accused her, his handsome face showed half-truth and half-false sadness, as if he was asking her for unfair treatment .

But then, when he talked about other people, his expression became indifferent, "Also, Osborne Industries has a large number of professional managers employed, if they need me to deal with everything, they should have been kicked out long ago. "

Erica looked at Mr. Osborne's typical capitalist face, and couldn't help but want to marvel at the speed at which he changed his face, but she was more concerned about his condition, "Mr. Holmes mentioned to me that you already have the control Effective means, so can this family genetic disease be completely cured?"

"It will take enough time to ensure the cure." Harry said with a slightly lonely expression, but in his heart, he was dissatisfied with Holmes' interference.

However, what he said was indeed true. Although Harry's current condition is under control, it is not an easy task to completely cure reverse cell hyperplasia.

Erica felt a little relieved when she heard his answer. She opened the "Time" in her hand and planned to read a round of related reports about the movie in person, but she turned the wrong page. An article about Lex Luthor The news broke into her sight.

After the "heavy sex scandal" between the two swept across the United States and even the world, Erica really felt more and more deeply about the methods of this Mr. President. Apart from cooling down, there seemed to be no effective means.

Harry Osborn frowned and looked at the pages of the weekly magazine unfolded in Erica's hands, his face was gloomy and deep, and even a little malicious that he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

Erica, on the other hand, looked calm and flipped through the pages of the journal, but it was still not a movie report, but an exclusive interview with Bruce Wayne.

Erica raised her eyebrows. Is this "Time Magazine" or "Ex-Boyfriends List"?

Perhaps this sentence is not very accurate, after all, she and Wayne have not really formed an intimate relationship.In fact, the two are more flirting with each other, and when they intend to go further and make the fake show real, the dangerous incident created by Joker makes Erica hesitate.

She was thinking of this, but the newspaper in her hand was pulled away. Harry Osborn looked cold, and directly threw the publication with Luther and Wayne into the trash bin. His voice was cold, "Ghost The same lingering spirit."

"Harry—" Erica looked at him with some disapproval.

But the young man looked back at her but was still paranoid and possessive.

Erica's half-lying posture made Harry Osborn easily put his arms on her side, forming a posture that was almost suppressed, and his face approached her, "Do you think my behavior and words are irrational and unreasonable?" rude?"

Obviously, if Erika answered yes, Harry would be extremely resentful and depressed.

She frowned and looked at him displeasedly. Then, Erika raised her arms and deliberately ruffles the blond hair on his head with a little force.

Erika stared at Harry with deep green eyes, raised her chin slightly, looking very aggressive, and also revealed a little connivance, "Be quiet."

Out of nowhere, Harry felt his resentment evaporate, as if it had all evaporated.

His body was like a harp, and her words, smiles, and gestures were like fingers gliding across the strings.