After the publication was finalized, Eric spent all his spare time writing and revising mainly about family, love, friendship and life choices, so it is not inappropriate to appropriate it to this era, but the various geek elements and thumb culture that were full of movies in his previous life need to be revised, after all, most of the big brothers are not yet popular, and personal computers are also in the transistor era.

Eric modified Ned's premise to become a successful entrepreneur and a die-hard movie buff who loved to collect props from various movies. Of course, it is limited to the movies that have appeared in this era, and the lines about the movie can only be modified into other movies, which is simply easy for Eric, who has a large number of movies in his head.

After completing the script, Eric took the script to Jeff as agreed. Ever since he saw Eric's, Jeff no longer underestimated the orphans left behind by his friend. After reading the script carefully a few times, he found some wrong details, such as Kevin Federlin's hippie T-shirt that the protagonist wears when he returns to school, and Jeff curiously asks who Kevin Federlin is. Eric searched his memories carefully, only to find that this Britney Blaney's second ex-husband is still a ten-year-old Shota.

After fixing some of the loopholes that Jeff had discovered, Eric would soon hand over the script to Michael Krauss.

After completing one script at a time, Eric did not rush to create a third work, but began to practice basketball, especially when freestyle basketball was used in the movie, Eric had no foundation at all, so he had to start practicing again.

There are a lot of basketball scenes in the movie, although Zac Efron's performance in the previous movie was not outstanding, but several scenes about basketball are still remarkable, especially the clip of using freestyle basketball to play bad boy Stan in the student cafeteria, which is impressive.

A week later, after practicing for two hours on the community basketball court, Eric walked into the house playing freestyle basketball and heard the phone ringing in the distance. In the past few days, Eric has received calls from Michael, roughly introducing the script, and the publication is very smooth, and soon Eric will be able to see the sample book, but he is not so lucky.

Although after reading the script, the film companies that received the script were full of interest in the script, but after hearing the condition that the script screenwriter insisted on playing the leading role, most of the film companies directly gave up the script, which is actually a very normal thing, and no one will take a risk with an investment of tens of millions of dollars. Eric even suggested that Michael should not set his sights on the big six film companies, but also try those second-tier film production companies.

"Hey, this is the Williams house. Eric picked up the phone, adjusted his movements, and said with some rapid breathing.

"Hello Eric, I'm Michael. ”

Eric smiled unhurriedly: "Michael, it's almost ten o'clock in the evening, you must have good news when you call at this time, right?"

Michael on the other end of the phone couldn't help but complain: "Don't mention this, what the hell, I've called many times since eight o'clock, and you haven't answered." ”

"Oh, sorry, Michael. I went to the community playground to play basketball. ”

"Playing basketball, wow, Eric, it looks like you're going to win, I remember there were a lot of basketball games in the script. ”

Of course, I still say that it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. Not only do I connect with basketball, but I also practice in front of the mirror for an hour every morning. ”

"I've admired you a little, Eric, very few people would be willing to make so much preparation when things are completely unsightly. How about taking a day off tomorrow, let's go on a date. ”

Eric's hand shook slightly, and the basketball that was originally spinning on his right index finger fell to the ground with a bang, bouncing and making a few muffled sounds: "This counts as ...... Good news?"

"Of course, lucky fellow, I received a call today from Mr. James Brooks of Twentieth Century Fox, who is very optimistic about the script and does not directly refuse your condition, but you have to audition. ”

"That's really...... Thank you so much, Michael. ”

"You're welcome," Michael on the other side smiled: "Of course, you also have to understand that the other party's agreement to audition is equivalent to recognizing your conditions in disguise, but if your performance is too bad during the audition, it can only be said to be a pity." ”

"Absolutely not, I'm well prepared. ”

Eric was excited all night, and early the next morning, Eric drove to the agreed place with Michael Krauss.

"This is the Twentieth Century Fox filming base?" said Eric, looking at the huge warehouse-like studios around the walls, his eyes filled with yearning.

Michael closed the car door, walked over, stood next to Eric, looked up at the studio and said, "yes, it's spectacular, isn't it? But Warner's studio is even more spectacular than this, well, you've definitely seen it, and you can visit it if you have the chance." ”

Eric remembered the familiar opening credits from Warner's films, and nodded, "I will." ”

The two followed a staff member to the door of an office, and the guide knocked on the door and said a few words, then invited the two men in.

Seeing two people coming in, two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, who were talking about something in the office, stood up and greeted them.

Michael Kraus stepped forward and shook hands with the two men, then introduced, "James, Penny, this is Eric Williams." Eric, this is Mr. James Brooks, this is Penny Marshall."

After the introduction, Michael Krause smiled and said to Penny Marshall: "You may not know, Ms. Penny, a week ago, Eric also said that you may become the first female director in American film history to exceed 100 million at the box office." ”

Eric shook hands with James Brooks first, and James only shook Eric lightly, retracting his left hand in less than a second.

Eric keenly noticed that this well-known producer didn't seem to like him very much, and he understood what was going on with a slight turn of his mind, and he definitely didn't like the guy who recommended himself as the leading actor for the monopoly of power in the process of film production.

Without any inappropriate looks, Eric turned to Penny Marshall, a blonde white woman in her forties, with a very fat figure, so although she is also an actor as a director, she plays the kind of roles that are not easy to find in the cast list

"Hello, Lady Penny, I like you very much. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Eric. Penny Marshall's expression has not changed much, with the continuous release, everyone knows that the box office of this movie has exceeded 100 million, and in the past week, the weekly box office of the movie has not decreased, but has increased. This is the fourth week of the movie's release, and many movies are likely to be forced to go down because the attendance rate is too low at this time.

After introducing each other, Eric found that James Brooks and Penny Marshall were both looking at him with scrutinizing eyes, and it was obvious that if the cooperation was successful, James Brooks and Penny Marshall would be the producer and director respectively. Eric wasn't nervous at all, just sat down on the couch with Michael Krauss with a confident smile on his face.

The beautiful female assistant brought a few cups of coffee and exited the office.

Instead of drinking coffee, James Brooks crossed the table and said, "Eric...... Sir, your film script is indeed excellent, but I have to say that the conditions you put forward are a bit harsh. We learned from Michael that you're just a high school student and don't have any acting experience. So at first we were going to say no, but Mr. Barry Diller happened to see your script, and he liked the ideas expressed in the script and went out of his way to approve your request, of course, you have to go through the basic auditions. If you qualify, you will also receive short-term acting training. ”

Eric nodded in agreement. I was a little surprised in my heart, but I didn't expect my script to be approved by Barry Diller. Of course, he knew who Barry Diller was, and that Michael Eisner, the former president of Disney, and Katzenberg, the head of DreamWorks, were only one of Barry Diller's assistants during his tenure at Paramount.

Barry Diller has been in Hollywood for more than 30 years. From the rise of Paramount to the prosperity of Fox in the twentieth century, from the world domination of the film industry to the structure of television networks in the United States, and later the rise of online media, he has left an indelible trace.

After a few seconds of thought, it wasn't until Michael Krauss poked himself lightly that Eric realized that he was now in James Brooks' office, and James Brooks had a faint look of displeasure in his eyes.

From the very beginning, he was very resistant to Eric, and in the process of making Hollywood films, it is usually the producer who has the sole power, from the selection of the role to the post-editing, the producer has the final say. Eric's request to play the leading role is undoubtedly depriving him of a part of his rightful power.

"I'm sorry, guys, I'm distracted. Eric hurriedly apologized.

"It's all right, young man," James said with a slight accent at the word young man, and continued, "then, let's audition before we talk about anything else." ”