Eric wondered, "Why?"

Elizabeth said: "Didn't you just say it yourself, Mel Gibson's acting skills were very reluctant to get a Golden Globe nomination, and since the Golden Globe nomination was released, the media has been controversial about this matter." Mel Gibson wanted Best Director and didn't want a Best Actor nomination to affect his reputation, but in order to increase the attention of "Braveheart", Harvey insisted on applying for Best Actor for him. ”

Eric suddenly understood that the reputation of an excellent film like "Braveheart" has been determined, so continuing to hype the movie's word-of-mouth in the media will not have much influence on the box office. Mel Gibson's Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor is undoubtedly the so-called "controversial topic" selected by Weinstein, and many fans who were not too interested in "Braveheart" often pay for tickets to enter the theater in order to find out after noticing the controversy in the media. At the same time, Miramax has already decided that he will not award Mel Gibson the Best Director award, and this artificially provoked controversy will not have any impact on the established PR strategy.

In the original time and space, although the Weinstein brothers are called Oscar gods, in fact, it is more accurate to call them Oscar businessmen, because the most fundamental purpose of the two brothers to run the Oscar awards is for profit, as long as they can obtain greater benefits, the brothers can not only public relations awards for some films that are not necessarily good enough, but also use some means to mess up the nominations that originally hoped to win the award.

Knowing that the Golden Globes were just an appetizer, Eric asked, "Did you still nominate Mel Gibson for an Oscar for Best Actor?"

Elizabeth nodded, and said a little helplessly: "Mel Gibson didn't like Harvey from the beginning, and the filming stage of "Braveheart". He often complained that Harvey was too critical of the film, and Joe Ross and I often had to mediate in person, and when Harvey was awarded Best Actor for Braveheart, he also scolded Harvey to his face as a greedy Jew, and Harvey was also angry. We are all Australians, and I thought there would be more cooperation in the future. We've been trying to get on top of Gibson for a long time, and Braveheart signed with Dad himself. But after this time, it was difficult for us to work with him again, and Miramax has far exceeded our expectations this year, and we have to choose between the Gibson and Weinstein brothers. ”

"If you don't cooperate, you won't cooperate, the studio is overly pursuing and conniving at big-name actors, and in the end it is yourself who suffers. ”

"You're talking light, everybody does it, we don't. It's even less good to get a good project, and Fox is not a firefly. You, like a chef who runs a restaurant, can do it yourself even if you can't hire a chef, and you can cook better food than a chef, but we can't do it. ”

Eric laughed, "Your analogy is apt. ”

"You've been very laid-back lately, why don't you come to Fox to help us cook a few 'dishes'?"

"Forget it, I don't even bother to go into my own kitchen right now. ”

"I haven't heard from you since Jurassic Park. Are you planning to retire?"

"Of course not, didn't I just shoot a Victoria's Secret annual show. It's just that it didn't appear on the big screen, and the videotape was released directly, and I heard that it sold well, have you seen it?"

Elizabeth smiled and nodded: "There may be 20 million boxes sold in North America, and if it is a movie, it is likely to be at the top of this year's videotape sales list." The songs in it are so good. And those little beauties, tsk, hey, how many did you sleep with?"

Eric showed an aftertaste expression and sighed with satisfaction: "Of course I haven't let go of any of them." Change one every night, and occasionally come a few times to multi-person, alas, a person like me......"

Before Eric could finish speaking, Elizabeth picked up the nuts and chocolates from the snack plate on the table and threw them at Eric.

Eric smiled and dodged, and when he saw the chocolate smashed on the railing and scattered on the edge of the terrace, he looked distressed and said, "It's so unethical to litter food." ”

Elizabeth lifted her chin: "You bite me." ”

The two were arguing, when they suddenly heard a few slight chirps, and turned their heads together to look, and a little fluffy squirrel probed his head on the side of the terrace for a moment, and then jumped up cautiously, picked up a piece of nut chocolate with his two front paws, sniffed it, and immediately ate it, noticing that Eric and Elizabeth were watching him, and although the little one did not run away, he also sped up his eating, and his cheeks were quickly propped up.

Although Beverly Hills is a residential area, it is eco-friendly, with a variety of birds and animals, and this open-air restaurant built on a gentle slope is surrounded by fine shrubs, and these little things are not uncommon to appear.

The waiter not far away noticed that Eric and Elizabeth's eyes were attracted to the squirrels on the terrace, and they were worried that these small things would cause the two big men to be unhappy, so they took the initiative to come over and try to drive the squirrels away, but Eric waved them down.

"What are you thinking?" asked Elizabeth, whose gaze was drawn back from the little squirrel by Eric's gesture.

"It's nothing, a name for the little one, what do you think of Slater?"

Elizabeth's eyes flickered between the little squirrel and Eric a few times, and she said with a sparkling gaze, "I brought this little guy in." ”

Eric smiled and picked up another chocolate and threw it over, watching the startled little guy shrink sharply at first, quickly picked up the chocolate that was bigger than his head and fled, and then turned back to Elizabeth: "Since you brought it, come, brainstorm it, and make up a random story for me to see." ”

Elizabeth stared with interest at the edge of the terrace, where the squirrel had disappeared, and said intermittently, "Squirrel, chocolate...... Well, to find food, to survive the winter, there have to be human ......"

Eric smiled and looked at Elizabeth racking his brains, and before he knew it, a story idea similar to "Robbing a Nut Shop" was almost formed, but it was definitely 108,000 miles away from "Ice Age".

Elizabeth took ten minutes to come up with a story, a little proud, and wanted to ask Eric what kind of idea he had come up with, but an uninvited guest appeared in front of the two of them in disappointment.

Just took over the affairs of Sony America, because of the mess in Colombia, Howard Stringer has been in a state of high work recently, and the whole person looks a little tired, but at this time he still looks like an elegant scholar.

Howard Stringer shook hands with Eric and Elizabeth and smiled, "Eric, I'm presumptuous, but can I sit down?"

"Of course, please sit down," Eric nodded, since the other party had already come to the door, Eric would not be too unkind, and motioned for the waiter to serve Howard Stringer a cup of coffee before asking, "Howard, is there anything to find me?"

Eric didn't mean to say hello, and Howard Stringer didn't beat around the bush, and said, "That's right, Eric, Columbia received a notice from Flower Pictures this morning that it intends to cancel the distribution contract with us for "Night at the Museum" and "Forrest Gump", I don't think it's necessary at all, isn't it?"

Howard Stringer went straight to him, and Eric didn't go too far to push the matter on Drew and Amy, saying: "Columbia thinks that the original distribution contract is unreasonable, everyone should get together and disperse, I don't think there is anything wrong with this?"

Howard Stringer said in a gentle tone: "Eric, it's just some very slight differences, and there is no need to cancel the cooperation at all, after all, on "Mission Impossible", the cooperation between Columbia and Flower Pictures is still very pleasant. ”

"Howard, this matter was provoked by Columbia first, Flower Pictures does not have the ability to take risks like Columbia, after you raised objections to the contract, Flower Pictures has already begun to prepare a way out, and now back to Columbia, Flower Pictures will lose its trust in the new partner, we can't do this. ”

Howard Stringer knew Eric was talking nonsense, and if Flower Pictures had found a new collaborator, such as Fox or MGM, the two companies would have leaked the news to the media long ago.

After taking a sip of coffee, Howard Stringer abruptly changed the subject and said, "Eric, I just got the news that JIVE Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music, has just received an offer to acquire Firefly, this should be true, right?" )