"It will take me a few months to finish my existing business. Caroline barely hesitated, as Eric said, the potential of Firefly is now visible to anyone, between the owner of a small accounting firm and the financial director of a large company, smart people know which one to choose.

"Absolutely. Eric said that several departments of the company were now run by Robert's men, and Eric himself did not have the right people, so he did not say anything. However, Eric had to pay more attention to the company's finances, and it was best to put Caroline Elliot, who was familiar with him, into this position. As for Robert Shea, Eric believes that if he is smart enough, he will not oppose his decision.

The two chatted for a while, and walked to the office together under the notice of the staff.

The meeting was not long, and the issues discussed were roughly the financial issues of Firefly and New Line, as well as the development plan for next year. When Caroline Elliott reported on Firefly's finances, Robert Shea's face was very exciting, because the new line released six or seven films this year, including "Ghost Street 5", but the total revenue was less than a fraction of the first part of "Home Alone". And according to the prior contract, although Robert Shea owned 15% of the Firefly, he could only watch Caroline read out the profits, but he could not get a penny from it.

During this period, Eric also announced that Caroline Elliott would be appointed as the company's chief financial officer, and Robert Shea, although he could not hide his displeasure, did not refute it.

The meeting lasted a full afternoon. After the end. Eric stopped Robert Shay, who was trying to leave. asked, "Robert, how are the preparations for the release of the "Golden Jade League" videotape?"

"I've ordered the first 100,000 tapes, Eric, do you really think The Golden League will be able to re-sell with the influence of Sleepless in Seattle?" asked Robert Shea, confused.

Eric nodded affirmatively: "Of course, Robert, 100,000 boxes is too little, the first batch must be at least 300,000 boxes, you try to pay attention to this matter." ”

Robert Shay's head shook like a rattle: "Eric. It's too risky, I think 100,000 boxes is enough, and this has already cost 1 million, and we're definitely going to have to come up with a sum of money to promote it in the future. If the tape is really popular, we can just let the factory produce it. ”

"What if you can't catch up," Eric asked rhetorically, "Robert, believe me, make 300,000 boxes and then distribute them, and tell those dealers that you can sell first and pay later." Make sure that all the channels we can reach have the tapes of "Golden Jade League". ”

"This ......," Robert hesitated. An old movie from more than thirty years ago, in his opinion, has been stimulated by "Sleepless in Seattle". Being able to sell 100,000 boxes is already very good, but Eric directly asked him to produce 300,000 boxes, and also adopted that kind of sales method, which in Robert's opinion is similar to throwing money directly into the water.

Eric thought for a moment and said, "Robert, will you listen to me this time? If I prove wrong later, then I won't interfere in anything in the company's business for a year." ”

Robert was immediately moved when he heard Eric say this, what he was most afraid of was that Eric was pointing fingers at the company's operation, out of age prejudice, Robert didn't think Eric had any talent in running a film company at all, and only had his current wealth and status by virtue of several successive successes in several movies. In this case, he should be honest about making movies, instead of making irresponsible remarks about the company's operation, but to his helplessness, Eric owns 85% of the company's shares.

With Eric's promise, even if it is verbal, Robert Shay feels that he can gamble that the cost of 300,000 video tapes is only 3 million, in exchange for his 'absolute control' of Fireflies for a year, which is very worthwhile in Robert's opinion: "Okay, Eric, I will do my best to implement your plan." ”

Eric watched Robert Shay leave, smiled, and thought to himself that this method might be sustainable, using this 'bait' to drive Robert to do what he wanted.

After cleaning up, Eric left the office to drive home, and as soon as he walked out of the office building, a brown-haired white woman in her thirties walked over and stopped him.

When Eric stopped, the woman said earnestly, "Mr. Williams, I'm Sherissa Cody, do you remember me? ”

Eric had indeed forgotten the time she had met in New York, but it was impossible not to know the man behind the woman, Brad Pitt.

It's just that, compared to Shelisa Cody's eagerness, Brad Pitt is much more embarrassed, and it seems that he must be opposed to his agent taking the initiative to find him.

"Hello, Ms. Cody, see you again. Eric smiled and shook his hand, thinking that it was quite funny, he thought that after that incident, he would never see Brad Pitt again.

When Xie Lisa Cody saw Eric thinking of herself, a smile suddenly appeared on her face, I have to say that this woman is really well maintained, and Eric can't be sure how old the other party is.

"Mr. Williams, remember your invitation? I've already brought my team to the UTA. ”

Eric recalled for a while, remembering that there was indeed such a thing, he saw that Sherissa was able to take Brad Pitt to take the initiative to apologize, and felt that this woman was very good at being a person, so he said casually, however, Eric looked at the two people in front of him and still asked, "When did it happen?"

"One...... A week ago," Syrissa replied, and seeing that Eric didn't show any other look, the woman hurriedly added, "Mr. Williams, may I invite you to dinner?"

Eric looked at Sherissa Cody, then at Brad Pitt, who was barely smiling politely behind the woman, and quickly remembered that the other party had found his purpose: "Ms. Cody, Mr. Pitt won't be auditioning for the actor in The X-Files, right?"

Seeing that the matter was broken by Eric, Shelisa Cody smiled slightly awkwardly, and then said, "Mr. Williams, Brad auditioned in the afternoon, but unfortunately you happened to be there in the afternoon." That's why I came here to talk to you. ”

"Alright then," Eric glanced at Brad Pitt behind the woman, "Mr. Pete, you don't have to go, go back and wait for news." ”

Brad Pitt's face suddenly became a little embarrassed when he heard this, and Sherisa Cody realized that Eric still didn't like Brad behind him, so he had to wink at the man standing behind him.

"That'...... I'll go back first," Brad Pitt finally said, "Mr. Williams, ...... Good bye. ”

Eric just nodded slightly at the other party, and waited for Brad Pitt to drive away alone before Eric opened his car door and said to Sherissa Cody, "Ms. Cody, please get in the car." ”

"Oh, thanks," the woman hurriedly slipped into the co-pilot.

In a restaurant, after ordering, Shelisa Cody said impatiently: "Mr. Williams, in fact, Pitt's acting skills are very good, if you don't believe me, you can go and watch the video of Pete audition for "The X-Files". He just hasn't had any good opportunities. ”

Eric certainly knows that Brad Pitt has a good acting skills, and that he has won more acting awards and nominations than Tom Cruise. However, so what, there are countless people who have excellent acting skills in Hollywood but can't get ahead, but there are only so many opportunities.

However, looking at the woman in front of him, a playful smile appeared on the corner of Eric's mouth: "Ms. Cody, do you only have Brad Pitt as an actor under you?"

She didn't know why Eric suddenly asked that, but she shook her head and said, "No, there are four or five more." ”

Eric shrugged, "Oh, you're good enough for Brad, then." ”

Xie Lisa Cody's face suddenly turned slightly red, of course she heard Eric's voiceover, but there was nothing unspeakable about the agent and the actors under him, she also heard that a forty or fifty-year-old music producer Zuò personally brought a twelve-year-old girl to popularity, and also taught her to be her wife, that girl seems to be called Celine or something.

After adjusting her mentality, Sherissa Cody said with a faint plea: "Mr. Williams, can you give Pete a chance? ”

Eric looked at the woman in front of him, and he was also thinking quickly in his heart, there is this hard-working agent to help Brad Pitt Zhang Luo, although the other party is 26 years old, but the shelf life of actors, especially handsome actors, is quite long, so Brad Pitt is still likely to come out of Hollywood sooner or later, which is something that Eric is very unwilling to see.

In that case, handing over the actor of The X-Files to Brad Pitt would do him no good. Because "The X-Files", like "Friends", is a TV series with a very fixed character image, after ten seasons and eight seasons, it is almost impossible for actors to change their screen image, and the possibility of returning to the big screen is even slimmer. Of the six leading actors of "Friends" in his previous life, Aniston was the only one who successfully transformed into the big screen. And Aniston paid a very big price, in order to transform to the big screen, in order not to remind the audience of 'Rachel Green', Aniston received many roles that are very broken.

Although he made a decision in his heart, Eric was still quite 'kind', and after thinking for a while, he directly reminded Shelisa Cody: "Ms. Cody, you have to think about it, once Mr. Pitt takes over the role of the leading actor in "The X-Files", his screen image is likely to be finalized, and it will be very difficult to transform in the future. Because the actor of this TV series has to sign a contract for at least five seasons" (to be continued......)