The heads of several major companies in the conference room almost all climbed up from the bottom of Hollywood, so they are also familiar with Hollywood's various tricks, after a few hours of deliberation, a series of strategies against Firefly and Eric were formulated, and the six CEOs even divided the benefits that the major companies would get after iResearch overcame the softness.

After Thanksgiving, Eric entered the final hectic period of the year. The plan is that as long as the month is finally over, starting in late December, Eric will be able to rest for a considerable period of time. Drew was even already thinking about whether the two of them should go on vacation for Christmas.

Eric had been auditioning for the main character of "The X-Files" at Fox all morning, and since "The X-Files" was taken far more seriously than in his previous life, the selection of the male and female protagonists who were about to support the entire series was also very deliberate.

And because of the success of "Friends", the competition for the male and female protagonists of "The X-Files" led by Eric is very fierce, and several famous Hollywood actors who have not developed well in the past two years have participated in the audition of the male and female protagonists. Although the audition has entered the second round, the selection of the leading actor has not been completed in the morning, and none of the auditioners can satisfy Eric.

Moreover, Eric didn't think about the two in his previous life. Because in the original David. No matter what kind of love the actor Du Chouni is in, the smile on the corner of his mouth always lingers, giving people a very dramatic feeling, so Eric didn't plan to give him this role in the first place. The reason why the producers in the previous life chose David. Du Chuni is the leading actor, mainly because the other party's salary is very low.

As for the heroine Jilian. Anderson, on the other hand, was even less in line with Eric's expectations. What's more, the other party hasn't debuted yet.

The heroine of The X-Files, Dana. Scarly was supposed to be a graduate of the University of Maryland. A high-IQ woman with degrees in physics and law and working as a faculty member at the FBI. But the petite Gillian. Anderson does not show that a high-IQ woman should have a temperament at all in the play, but is more like the male protagonist Fox. Muller's little secretary. Eric envisions playing the role of Dana. The actress in this role of Scully should be tall and have a shrewd temperament, preferably with a little coolness. It is best for this character to be able to form a rivalry situation with the male protagonist in the play, rather than becoming a vassal of the male protagonist.

After lunch at Century City, Eric had to give the afternoon audition to the two producers as he had to return to Firefly HQ. Attended the first annual meeting after the merger of Firefly and New Line.

"I'm sorry, Caroline, I just got stuck in a traffic jam," Eric hurriedly pushed open the door to his office and apologized to a brown-haired woman sitting in her office, about forty years old. Elliot opened his own accounting firm that is well-known in the industry, and Firefly and Eric's personal finances have been outsourced to Caroline. Elliot's Office.

Seeing Eric's hurried appearance, Caroline, who had been waiting for a while and really had some guilt in her heart, could only chuckle and said, "It's okay. Eric, I just arrived. ”

Eric didn't go to his desk. Instead, he sat down on the sofa opposite Caroline and said, "Caroline, have you sorted out the information on my personal financial situation?" ”

Caroline took out the prepared materials from her bag and put them on her lap, looked up and asked, "Eric, now?" ”

Eric looked at his watch, there were more than twenty minutes left before the meeting at half past two in the afternoon, and thought that it should be enough to hear about his finances, so he nodded.

Caroline flipped through the information and began to report: "Eric, your main income this year comes from several movies, among them, "Home Alone" is divided into 120 million US dollars, Fox buys out overseas distribution rights and earns 24 million, and "Home Alone" in the second half of the video tape and TV broadcast rights share, a total of 32 million, "Home Alone" currently has a total revenue of 176 million US dollars. ”

Although I have seen it many times, these numbers are still Caroline. Elliot sorted it out herself, but when she read it again in front of the young man who was not yet 20 years old, Caroline still had a feeling that she had lived in vain in her life. After a brief period of emotion and distraction, Caroline. Elliot hurriedly shifted his attention to the information and continued: "Because Firefly and New Line will not achieve financial merger until next year, the box office share of all the movies released by Firefly this year is still yours personally." "Pretty Woman" has a total global box office share of 102 million, and the current share of videotape and TV rights is only 19 million, totaling $121 million. In addition, the total global box office score of "Dark War" has become 88 million, and there is no video tape share yet, and the advertising share of "Friends" has become 29 million, and these two payments have not yet arrived, according to the contract, Columbia and Fox TV will complete the payment by December 31. In addition to these major box office receipts, Firefly's advertising division generated a combined $18 million from the placement of four films, Pretty Woman, Dark Wars, Home Alone 2 and Sleepless in Seattle. Plus, the other two companies you own, Pixar Studios have zero profits, and UTA's share is $9.3 million. ”

Speaking of which, Carolyn. Elliot paused for a moment, looked at Eric and said seriously: "Eric, compared to the movie, I don't think that this brokerage company can create much profit for you, so I personally recommend you to do your best to get rid of the shares of this brokerage company, otherwise it may cause you trouble." ”

Eric nodded, he has gradually discovered this problem in the past six months, although he owns 90% of UTA's shares, it does not mean that 90% of UTA's artists' commissions belong to him, the company can only get a small part of the artists' 10% commissions, and most of them go back to the direct agents of those artists. So although Kapoor only owns 10% of the shares in the UTA, if only the brokerage company's income is counted, he owns Al. Pacino, Julia. Kapoor, who has several A-level star brokerage contracts such as Roberts, earns no less profit than Eric, you must know that the agent will not only take a cut of the salary, but also the income that the actor gets from other channels such as endorsements The agent has to take a share. In addition, in order to avoid suspicion, Eric can no longer meddle in any affairs of UTA, so this part of the shares is dispensable to him and can be transferred at any time.

"I'll think about it, Caroline, and you can go on."

Caroline. Elliot continued: "To sum up, you have received $441 million in revenue this year, of which two transactions totaling $117 million have not arrived. Next is the expenditure situation, Firefly has participated in the production of a total of seven films this year, "Dark War" has zero expenditure, the other six cover various personnel dividends, with a total cost of 84 million, the acquisition of Pixar Studios and the subsequent investment of a total of 30 million, the acquisition of new lines of expenditure of 60 million, and the acquisition of Fox TV shares of 80 million. In addition, the construction of the estate in Malibu cost a total of $27 million, and your personal credit card account covers several large expenditures totaling $7.14 million, as well as ......"

Caroline. Elliot gave Eric a strange look and said, "Also, Miss Barrymore's credit card spending, 21.56 million, the total total expenditure is $309 million. Eric, before Columbia and Fox make the other two payments, you only have $15 million at your disposal. And even if those two sums of money arrive, you can't use them freely, because even with some reasonable tax avoidance, you'll still have $140 million in taxes to pay this year. ”

The reason why Eric deliberately asked Caroline to help him sort out his finances was to prepare for the upcoming investment company. After a few days of consideration, Hansen had agreed. According to information collected by Chris, Cisco's stock price may be $18 when it goes public, with a total market capitalization of only $224 million. Eric knew that this must be the only time he got Cisco's shares at such a low price, and after Cisco's listing, the stock price soared, and even if he wanted to buy at that time, it was estimated that those investment institutions would not be willing to sell their shares, so Eric certainly wanted to get as many shares as possible this time. But now, he finds that his remaining funds are not enough to pay taxes.

"Caroline, can I apply for a tax deferral?" Eric asked tentatively, he just knew that there was such a way to extend the tax payment for half a year, and if it could be postponed to the second half of next year, then the share of these released movies at the end of the year would definitely have arrived, and his financial situation would be very relaxed. ”

Caroline shook her head: "Eric, whether it's Firefly or your personal financial situation, it's very simple, there is no way to get an extension from the IRS through financial means, if you planned to get an extension from the beginning, you should have notified me at least half a year ago, it's too late." ”

Eric smiled bitterly and said, "It looks like I'm going to take out another loan." By the way, Caroline, what do you think of the fireflies? ”

Caroline wondered, "What do you mean?" ”

"You should know that after the merger with the new line, it will no longer be possible for us to outsource the finance to your firm after this year."

Caroline. Elliot felt a chill in her heart, Firefly was her biggest client, and if she lost this client, her firm's income would be reduced by at least half. However, Caroline suddenly realized that Eric's words just now meant something: "Eric, you mean, you want to ......"

"Yes," Eric smiled and nodded, "I would like to invite you to Firefly as the financial director, although if you do, you will have to close your own office." But I'm sure you'll realize that fireflies are worth it. (To be continued......)