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As a peripheral spin-off series of the Secret Service Cinematic Universe, the box office success of the first part of "Fast and Furious" is, in the eyes of many people, a representation of whether MGM will be able to get rid of the three major series and continue the Secret Agent Cinematic Universe.

If this attempt at Fast & Furious ends in failure, there is no doubt that MGM's dependence on the three major series will increase significantly. Kevin Costner naturally thought that when the time comes, MGM will definitely not be as strong as the first two in the next salary negotiations of the "Mission Impossible" series.

"It seems that everyone still doesn't understand that Hollywood is not ten years ago. ”

Eric said this, looking over the guardrail in front of him. Divided by the coastline, half of the city of Los Angeles is brightly lit, and half is the deep and dark tranquil sea, like two very different worlds, heaven and hell, separated by a line.

Amy felt Eric's attentive gaze and looked over with a sense of understanding.

Ten years ago in Hollywood, CAA founder Michael Ovitz topped the Hollywood power list. With the overall recovery of the global film market, it was also the era when Hollywood stars were at their peak, and the top superstars were not only getting paid more and more, but even just one of the other party's agents could go straight to the executive offices of major Hollywood studios, and even negotiate terms with the film company with arrogance and even some condescending.

Over the years, Hollywood has conquered cities around the world and increased its market share.

However, although the salary of stars has also been rising, in fact, due to the rise of special effects blockbusters and even 3D animated films that are not highly dependent on stars, and the three-legged competition of Hollywood agencies, the status of stars in Hollywood has actually been decreasing.

Amy's generation of Hollywood executives happened to grow up in the era when CAA was at its most powerful, and under the influence of rules for a long time, in the face of Hollywood's top superstars, it was inevitable to feel a little weak and accommodating.

At this time, I once again felt the determination in Eric's simple sentence, and remembered that after the release of "Breaking Bads 3" a few months ago, Eric said, "We are the masters of Hollywood", Amy was even a little ashamed.

Yes, with the current power of the Firefly system in Hollywood, if you can't win the initiative in front of stars, it seems to be too much of a failure.

Eric drank the rest of the wine in the cup, didn't hear Amy's response, turned his head and looked, probably able to understand Amy's thoughts at this time, and nodded, "That's it." $20 million, or $10 million plus 10% net profit share, this is the highest remuneration condition after the Firefly system. Even if "Fast and Furious" fails, Kevin Costner will only have these two options, or he can choose to break with us, and then we will gather the power of the four major studios of Firefly, Fox, MGM, and Columbia to kick him out of Hollywood. Two years ago, I already showed my attitude once, and two years later, I don't mind showing my attitude again with a billion-level super blockbuster, from now on, we will set the rules. ”

Amy finally came back to her senses and nodded slightly, "Eric, I understand." ”

"That's it," Eric said, casually placing the empty cup on the guardrail, "I'll go back first, see you next time." ”

With that, Eric found Penelope in the crowd, took the Spanish girl and some of the other guests at the reception to say goodbye, and left the mansion with the Amys in person.

The black luxury car drove smoothly on the mountain road, feeling the cat-like girl beside him, Eric held up Penelope's charming face and kissed it, suddenly got up, and said, "Call Monica, we'll pick her up, and invite you to breakfast tomorrow." ”

Penelope's body stiffened when he heard this.

When she first entered Hollywood, she did have certain ideas in order to gain a foothold. But now, with the "Breaking Bad" series, she is already one of the top A-list actresses in Hollywood, theoretically, she doesn't need to accommodate anyone in Hollywood, and in order to ensure her status in Hollywood, she has even thought about sending her sister back to Spain more than once.

However, when she heard the request of the man around her, she found that it was difficult for her to resist too much in her heart.

Hollywood studio executives, even the leaders of the seven major companies, are actually just working for others, and these people naturally need to be very polite and even respectful to her. But the man in front of her is almost already the king of Hollywood, can she refuse the king's request?

"Eric. ”

With a pleading tone, Penelope had no choice but to take out his mobile phone from Kun's bag and dial his sister's number.

When I woke up in the morning, I saw a pair of Spanish sisters sleeping in each other's arms, the thick hair of the two girls looked a little messy, and there were shallow marks on the delicate necks exposed outside the thin quilt, like a pair of roses that were tightly nestled together after a storm, with a more different kind of seduction.

I don't know if I felt Eric's gaze, Monica Cruz woke up and happened to meet Eric's gaze. Noticing that she was holding her sister at this time, remembering the events of last night, her expression suddenly became a little more shy, and the girl didn't know how to move, so she had to continue to maintain her posture and greet the man softly: "Good morning, Eric." ”

"Morning," Eric stretched out his index finger and gently swiped it over Monica's delicate face, then restrained his desire to swell up again, "You can sleep a little longer, and I'll go prepare breakfast." ”

Monica didn't have the courage to get up with Eric now, and nodded slightly, her bright eyes timidly watching the man's movements as he dressed and got out of bed.

As the week from November 27 to December 3 passed, the Thanksgiving schedule also came to an end.

Although the festive atmosphere at the end of the year is still strong, most people will have to continue to work until Christmas, and the North American box office market will also cool briefly in the next two weeks.

On the Nasdaq market, Yahoo's stock price in the second week of listing finally stopped rising rapidly and began to enter a state of steady adjustment, with occasional declines, but the market value has always remained above $100 billion. After AOL went through another toss-up, the stock price gradually began to recover.

At the same time, the entire Nasdaq market is also continuing to rise slowly, driving the overall rise of the entire technology stock market.

On the Hollywood side, as the first phase of the hot schedule at the end of the year has passed, the dust has basically settled on a series of films released during Thanksgiving.

"Mission Impossible 3" leads the entire Thanksgiving schedule, "Teddy Bear" continues its dark horse posture, and other films such as "Star Trek: Uprising", "Horror College", "Electronic Love Letter", "Wonderful Hands" and other films, although they have their own successes, but in front of "Mission Impossible 3" and "Teddy Bear", they all seem a little bleak.

Thanksgiving has passed, and the films of the Christmas schedule have also entered the final sprint promotion stage. However, this year's Christmas schedule does not seem to many people to have any suspense at all.

The upcoming "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" has attracted the attention of almost all fans in the United States and even around the world, and although the two consecutive blockbusters of the MGM Agent Cinematic Universe this year appear to be shining, not many people will doubt that "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" will easily regain all its glory as long as it is released.

Of course, although facing the pressure of the Star Wars series, just like the films released around "Mission Impossible 3" on Thanksgiving, Hollywood studios cannot give up the entire schedule.

After all, "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace," which was released on December 18, could only take $200 million even if it averaged $100 million per week in the last two weeks of the year. But the box office for the entire month of December can reach at least $500 million, and other Hollywood films can also share the remaining $300 million at the box office.

So, under the shadow of Star Wars, in order to win more attention and win more box office, everyone has done their best in publicity.

In order to avoid the edge of the Star Wars series, the first part of "Fast and Furious" is scheduled for January 1 next year, and the legal holidays at the end of the year in the United States usually last until the week after New Year's Day, and the winter vacation for teenagers is actually longer, so this is still within the range of the year-end holiday.

Although the schedule is unhindered and has the aura of the Agent Cinematic Universe, "Fast and Furious" does not dare to slack off in terms of publicity.

Early morning on December 4th.

In Eric's office in Firefly Studios, Caroline's foot injury has almost recovered, but the girl was forcibly taken back to the UK by Rachel a few days ago, planning to come back after Christmas, and Eric naturally did everything. Therefore, during this time, it was still Mayer who followed him.

"Eric, here's all the material you need to see today, and also, this is the interview invitation we received from the major media outlets last week, as well as some party invitations. In addition, this is what you want, well, we have selected a total of 10 candidates for the waiter in the restaurant inside the big ship," Mayer said here, his expression paused, and then he continued: "If there is nothing else, I will go to work first." ”

Eric saw that the female assistant was about to leave with a cold little face, opened his mouth to stop her, tapped his fingers on the table in front of him, and said softly, "Come here." ”

Mayer hesitated, leaned towards the edge opposite the desk, saw Eric looking at him unchanged, unwillingly moved his steps, bypassed the desk, but his eyes began to dodge a little, and his mouth defended: "Eric, I, I still have work to do." ”

Eric turned the leather chair, reached out to hold the thin waist of the female assistant in the professional suit, hugged it in front of him, and said softly, "I've always wondered, what did Cindy do to you that night?"

Mayer stood in front of Eric, feeling the breath of a man, obviously condescending, but the girl had a feeling that she was a rabbit pressed under the claws of a tiger, and said, "No, it's nothing." ”

Eric didn't let her go easily, and asked, "Did they kiss you?"

Mayer opened his eyes, recalled some of the images in his memory, and quickly shook his head, "Of course, of course not." ”

"Now, I stammered, and I said no," Eric laughed, "So, how did you kiss?"

"Really, no. ”

Mayer whispered, her body trying to step back. However, Eric's hands were obviously only lightly placed on her waist, and the girl felt that she was completely weak and unable to break free. She was actually telling the truth, that night, although she saw a lot of intimate lily scenes, the Victoria's Secret angels did not extend their 'claws' to her, Eric's personal assistant.

"So, what's going on?" Eric said in a gentle tone, making a little joke, "Ice Beauty feels good, but I don't want to feel like I've forgotten to pay you every day." ”

"Eric, really, nothing, I just, I just think," Mayer said after a moment of hesitation, as if he had made up his mind, "I just think it's too far away from your world." ”

Eric roughly understood, shook his head with a smile, and said, "How can you think about such nonsense, this is not the shrewd and ambitious Marisa Mayer I know." ”

confided his thoughts, and Mayer immediately regretted it, and at this time he just stood in front of Eric even more helplessly.

Looking at the girl's appearance, Eric's hands strained slightly, and Mayer's already weak body immediately leaned over and sat in Eric's arms.

He lowered his head and kissed Mayer on the lips for a moment before Eric let go of her, looked at the girl in his arms who was a little distracted, and said, "Now, the distance between us is zero, if you don't think it's enough, we can take the time to discuss negative distance contact." ”

Mayer only felt that his thoughts were in a trance, and when he heard Eric's last words, he twisted his body unwillingly, but he couldn't get up, so he could only bury his face in the man's chest and whispered: "Eric, you are such a bastard." ”

"Well, I'm used to women complimenting me like that," Eric chuckled, "So, do you feel better?"

There was a moment of silence before Mayer hummed softly.

"Then, don't do this in the future, or I'll send you to play the Ice Queen. ”

"I, if I became a star, I wouldn't be your assistant. ”

"Not necessarily, even if you become a star, if I want to, you have to come back and be my assistant. ”

"No, it won't. ”

As the two of them whispered, there was a few knocks on the office door, and Mayer immediately bounced up like a frightened rabbit, quickly turning his desk around and arranging his somewhat messy clothes.

"Mr. Williams," the secretary pushed open the door, just in time to notice the scene behind the desk, but his expression was as usual, and he leaned slightly sideways at the door to block it, before saying, "Miss Barrymore and Miss Paltrow are here." ”

The girl outside felt that the secretary's movements seemed strange, but she quickly bypassed her and walked into Eric's office with Gwyneth Paltrow. Noticing that Mayer was standing on the side of Eric's desk and looking down to sort out the papers, she didn't think much about it, in fact, even if she saw it, the girl didn't care about this, but Gwyneth Paltrow looked at Mayer a few more times.

Eric turned back to his seat, looked at the girl and Gwyneth across from him and said, "Why did you come here suddenly, is there something wrong?"

"Now," the girl took out a magazine from her satchel and pushed it in front of Eric, grinning, "The new issue of Vanity Fair magazine, I want to show you the cover." ”