Eric got out of the car outside the office building of the Fox headquarters in Century City, and came to Elizabeth's office with ease, but was blocked by the little secretary who was talking on the phone with a microphone in his hand, although he recognized Eric at a glance, the other party still mustered up the courage and said: "Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Williams, do you have an appointment?"

Eric looked at the blue-faced blonde girl in front of him, and asked with interest, "Can I make an appointment now, well......" Looking at his watch, Eric continued: "It's about making an appointment at 4:05." ”

At this time, it happened to be 4:05 in the afternoon, and the little secretary of course understood that Eric was teasing herself, and she knew better about the relationship between Eric and Elizabeth, but she had just joined the company in the last few days, and she didn't know if Eric should be let in directly.

Seeing the embarrassed look on the other party's face, Eric smiled and said, "Okay, just kidding, does Liz have any guests now?"

The little secretary shook his head

Eric said, "Then you call her and say I'm coming." ”

Only then did the little secretary react, put down the microphone that was still connected in his hand, pressed Elizabeth's landline again, and said a few words, and then motioned for Eric to go in.

Eric pushed the door and walked into Elizabeth's office, Elizabeth was burying herself in a pile of papers on the desk, Eric noticed that Elizabeth's shoulder in a white shirt stopped for a moment when he came in, but he didn't look up to greet him, smiled, walked around the desk, leaned on the edge of the table next to Elizabeth, and said, "Why did you change such a young little secretary, I don't understand anything." ”

No response.

A wicked smile appeared on Eric's lips. Reaching out and flicking it on Elizabeth's sparkling earlobe.

Yes!

With a soft scream, Elizabeth's entire body trembled slightly, and she raised her face angrily: "You bastard." I'm working, what are you doing here?"

"It's nothing, I just came back from San Francisco, and I suddenly missed you, so I came over to have a look. ”

Well...... hum

Elizabeth's face flashed with a hint of joy, and then she straightened her face again: "What do I have to see, I don't have a secret agent cinematic universe here." ”

Oh. It turns out that today's little flame is here.

Eric laughed, wanted to reach out and pinch Elizabeth's earlobe again, and said, "MGM doesn't have an animation studio." ”

Elizabeth slapped Eric's hand away. retorted: "That's obviously different. ”

"Okay, don't be angry, come, kiss. ”

Eric whispered reassuringly. Lean over with your head down. This time Elizabeth dodged only a little, and let Eric kiss her on the lips.

After he kissed and left, Elizabeth's tone was still sour, and said: ""Mission Impossible", "Wonderful Night at the Museum", "Breaking Bad", and now there are 007, so many best-selling series. You're about to spoil her to heaven. ”

Eric laughs and explains, "It's not unclear to you about MGM's situation, without the positive excitement of these blockbuster series. After decaying for so many years, it can't recover at all, and Fox is not very good now, this year's Jim Carrey's "The King of Big Words", the total box office in North America should reach 180 million, the cost is only 40 million, and the return rate is higher than any blockbuster in this summer's file. And, I heard that you've been talking to Lucas recently about a Star Wars reboot, how did it turn out?"

Hearing Eric mention Star Wars, Elizabeth's mood changed a bit.

The Star Wars franchise has been popular for more than a decade, and the reboot has been mentioned all these years.

Moreover, according to the agreement of that year, although nearly two decades have passed, Fox still has the distribution rights of the Star Wars series. Although the majority of the profits of this series belong to Lucas, just by virtue of the distribution rights of various channels in his hands, Fox can also make a lot of money.

Elizabeth said: "I have been in contact with Lucas a few times, and the project will probably start preparing next year, and the specific release will not be until at least 97 years. ”

Although Elizabeth's tone was still a little unwilling, Eric knew that this time was two years earlier than in his previous life, which was already good.

"It's useless to be in a hurry about this kind of thing," Eric said, picking up the file in front of Elizabeth and casually saying, "What are you busy with?"

"The script for this year's "The X-Files", just right, how about you help me take a look?"

"The X-Files" is about to produce a sixth season, and according to the plan, after the end of the seventh season next year, neither Brad Pitt nor Famick Jensen will renew their contracts, and this classic sci-fi will also be completely over.

Eric has long since completely let go of the project, and he hasn't even watched the first two seasons again, only knowing that the ratings for this series are very stable. At this time, turning over the script of the new season, even a somewhat unfamiliar feeling arises.

Seeing Eric reading the script intently, Elizabeth got up and pressed him against her office chair and said, "You watch first, I'll make you coffee." ”

Eric nodded, anyway, the matter about the digital field branch was not too urgent, put the script on the desk, and continued to turn the page.

After a while, Elizabeth came over with two cups of coffee, pulled another chair and sat down next to Eric, and was about to ask, but Eric had already pulled out a few pages from the script and said, "I want this episode, let them reimagine an episode to make up for it." ”

"Hey, I asked you to read the script for me, I didn't let you rob me of anything," Elizabeth protested dissatisfiedly, and curiously picked up a few pages of the script that Eric had pulled out.

She had already read the script roughly before, and at this time, she could probably recall the content just by glancing at it.

This episode is about a series of mysterious deaths, when a student who had a premonition of a plane crash while traveling in a middle school in New York disembarked and took some of his other teachers and classmates off the plane before takeoff. Soon after takeoff, an explosion occurred, killing all the passengers and crew on board, but some of the people who got off the plane survived.

But. It didn't end all this, but it was just the beginning, and a few people who got off the plane were lucky. In the days that followed, they died in various accidents, which were classified as mysterious, attracting Inspector Mueller and his partner Scully to investigate, but they were unable to prevent the deaths of the few remaining survivors one by one, and no possible cause was found.

Looking through the screenwriting materials, Elizabeth said: "I remember. The screenwriter of this episode is a Chinese man who has a lot of mystical doctrines, and this episode is based on those cultures. It's like some kind of death is asking for your life......"

There is no doubt that the story in front of him is "The Grim Reaper" from his previous life, and Eric just didn't expect to see this script here, and it was almost used in "The X-Files".

Smiling and listening to Elizabeth's vague words. Eric explains: "There is a fatalism in the East. Their Grim Reaper stipulates that everyone has a certain lifespan, and when the time comes, you must die, and no one can escape the Grim Reaper's life, and this episode uses this theory. ”

"Well, that's it," Elizabeth nodded, then remembered. "I forgot that you know Chinese, so do they have any strange customs?"

Eric pretended to think about it for a moment. "Yes, their men can marry seven wives." ”

"Nonsense," Elizabeth pursed her lips, raised the script in her hand, and raised her chin, "If you want, take something in exchange." ”

Eric had a look of determination on his face, "Otherwise, I'll be cheap for you tonight." ”

"Phew," Elizabeth reached out and pinched Eric's waist slightly.

Eric grabbed her little hand and said, "Okay, don't make trouble, I just had a script for you, and now I can just change it with you, this script style is very suitable for the new line, and that script is more suitable for Fox to do." ”

"Ah, what script?" said Elizabeth.

Eric gave a brief account of the script for "Ace Spy", and he originally planned to let New Line develop the series, but as the relationship between Firefly and MGM became closer, Eric finally decided to give up.

For the sake of maintaining the brand image, just as Disney will never spoof its Snow White and Cinderella, MGM will never spoof the 007 series. Although Firefly and MGM don't have much connection on the surface, Eric has been leading the MGM Agent Cinematic Universe project lately, and in this case, it would be very inappropriate for New Line to remake "Ace Spy", which spoofed the 007 series.

After listening to Eric's story, Elizabeth roughly understood why Firefly didn't want this script, and said in a sour tone: "You are really good enough to protect her." ”

"I will protect each and every one of you. ”

"Hmmm......"

Elizabeth hummed, slightly moved, and then realized that the 'YOU' in Eric's tone was plural, and reached out and gently slapped Eric: "Greedy guy." ”

Eric patted Elizabeth on the shoulder soothingly, and said: "Tomorrow, let the screenwriter of this episode contact the new line, I will take the time to have someone send you the script of "Ace Spy", by the way, there is one more thing, if you can, the heroine of "Ace Spy", try to choose from the Victoria's Secret Angel." ”

"I remember, but if their acting skills are not good, I won't agree. ”

"The heroine of this episode is a vase, where you need any acting skills, as long as you are beautiful," Eric smiled, looked at his watch, and said, "It's almost time, I'll invite you to dinner later, and talk about business by the way." ”

"I knew you weren't coming to me for nothing," Elizabeth muttered, and began to pack her things for early work.

The two left the company together, and Eric originally wanted to call Julia, but when he asked, he found out that Julia had gone to England.

"Shakespeare in Love?" In a restaurant in Beverly Hills, Ari was surprised to hear Elizabeth's name again.

It turned out that the Weinstein brothers had now begun preparations for the film "Shakespeare in Love", and invited Julia to play the heroine.

Julia felt that Daniel Day Lewis was the best fit to play Shakespeare, so she went to England to hire him. ”

After "In the Name of the Father" and "The Age of Innocence" two years ago, Daniel Day Lewis was temporarily out of a state of absence because of his marriage in the past two years, and his production was not high, Eric was not optimistic about Julia's purpose of going to England this time.

However, Eric soon remembered another thing, "Shakespeare's Love History" was definitely the big winner of the 1999 Oscars in the original time and space, and also won a best water queen.

It's just that there is "Forrest Gump" this year, and Eric absolutely does not believe that the Weinstein brothers can use "Shakespeare in Love" to publicize "Forrest Gump".

"What's Miramax's detailed production plan, I mean, it shouldn't be released this year, right?"

"I had this plan," Elizabeth flipped through the menu in her hand, glanced at Eric, and said: "However, Harvey is very optimistic about this project, but he also knows that if it is released this year, this film will definitely not be able to win "Forrest Gump" at the Oscars, so it will be postponed to next year, and Julia is now rushing to the United Kingdom, and she also wants to ask Daniel Day Lewis about next year's schedule." ”

"Oh, that's good," although the Oscar actress in the previous life was a little watery, the overall Oscar strength of "Shakespeare in Love" is undoubted, and if it bumps into "Forrest Gump", it may be a tragedy in the history of the Oscars.

Uh, tragedy.

This year, there is "Forrest Gump", then next year......

"Titanic".

If "Forrest Gump" is what everyone expects, then "Titanic" will definitely stun the Oscars with the box office.

Elizabeth noticed the change in Eric's face and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I mean, is Julia interested in winning an Oscar or something?" asked Eric, after a moment's deliberation.

Elizabeth nodded, "She wanted to try, that's why she invited Daniel Day Lewis." However, this time, as long as she can brush up on a nomination, she is not in a hurry anyway. ”

Julia is only twenty-eight years old, and it is not so easy for actors, whether male or female, to win the Oscar before the age of thirty.

Hearing Elizabeth say this, Eric said, "Then why don't you wait two years, I mean, if you don't invite Daniel Day Lewis this time, maybe you can wait another two years." ”

Elizabeth was stunned, probably understood, and said, "Next year...... You, there won't be a film of the level of "Forrest Gump" here, right?"

Eric shrugged: "This kind of thing, I can't be too sure, but the likelihood, well, is really big." ”

Elizabeth let out a long breath and said to Eric, "You still don't let anyone else live." ”

(To be continued.) )