Eric quickly sorts out the trivial memories of Pixar in his mind from his past life. As a leader in Hollywood 3D animation, Pixar produced the world-famous 'Story' series of animated films.

But before 1995, Disney's 2D animated films still dominated the animated film market, and no one was optimistic about the future of 3D animation.

Jobs himself did not have any confidence in 3D animation, and until the release, Jobs wanted to sell the Pixar baggage, and even pinched his nose to contact his old rival Microsoft.

When he was in contact with Microsoft's top management, in order to curry favor with Nathan Melward, Microsoft's senior vice president, Jobs also deliberately placed a laptop running Windows on Pixar's desk.

It's a pity that Microsoft's price couldn't satisfy Jobs, and Jobs, who was 'stuck in the mud and couldn't extricate himself', had to grit his teeth and hold on, and finally ushered in the dawn.

After its release, it earned a record-breaking box office of $192 million in North America alone, and nearly 360 million worldwide, while Toy Story cost only $30 million.

Since then, Pixar's market capitalization, which is worth $50 million, has increased 20 times, and when Disney acquired Pixar in 2006, its market value had reached $7.4 billion.

Calculating the time, Jobs should have started peddling Pixar, a 'money-losing product'. Eric had just had the idea of buying Pixar immediately, and he had to shake his head in disappointment.

Although it is impossible for Jobs to bite the price of $50 million like in his previous life, even if it is discounted, 25 million, Eric can't get it.

He doesn't have much money now, and after being released for so long, Columbia must have begun to share accounts with the theater chain.

However, Eric wants to get his own share, and the best case scenario will have to wait until after the next gear. In the past, it was not uncommon for film directors and actors to go to court with film companies that owed money in order to get their own shares.

Hundreds of millions of dollars, even if they are only deposited in the bank, the daily interest is a very considerable amount. Even if there is a clear agreement, the Colombian side will certainly find a way to drag it out one day at a time.

Eric can even think of what kind of 'bad tricks' Colombia will use to default on the payment, such as a few months later, the box office potential has obviously been exhausted, and Colombia insists on hanging hundreds of screens there in order to delay the payment of the share date, and Eric is likely to just stare dryly.

Because the VAM deal has been severely pitted, it is unlikely that Colombia will cooperate with Eric again in the short term. There is no need to estimate the relationship between the two parties, and the Colombian company has no psychological pressure to use these small tricks to harm others and benefit themselves. Especially now sitting in the chair of Colombia's president is Blunt Cohen.

Thinking about it, Eric still feels that the most important thing is to do this movie well at the moment, anyway, even if history does not change in any way, there are still six years before the release, and Eric has enough time to win Pixar.

Before filming began, the preparations were quite complete, and the crew didn't need Jeffrey, the producer, to be present at all times, and a few executive producers were enough to arrange all the fixtures.

Jeffrey conferred with Eric for an hour, then left the set in a hurry to fly to New York to talk to the NBC about advertising.

The Super Bowl advertising tender started half a year ago, NBC has successfully sold 80% of this year's advertising space, Jeffrey wants to fight for the remaining 20 percent, and the time period will not be too good, even if the good time period advertising is much more than the average price, it has long been snatched up.

Three days later, Eric had just gotten up when he received a call from Jeffrey, saying that he had won a 59-second commercial, and that Super Bowl commercials were all about seconds, with a minimum of 15 seconds and a maximum of 90 seconds.

"What, $1.5 million, didn't you say you could get $1.2 million before?" In the bathroom, Eric asked, tucking the cordless phone under his neck and squeezing toothpaste onto his toothbrush.

Jeffrey's tone was also helpless: "If no one bids, it is true that 1.2 million can be negotiated." When I was bidding, a New York fashion company suddenly came up to compete for this ad, and you told me that I had to win it, and I had to raise the price to $1.5 million. I even suspect that the fashion company was a babysitter hired by NBC, but this is just my speculation and there is no evidence. ”

With an extra $300,000 in expenses, Arimo was in no mood to brush his teeth slowly, tinkered a few times, rinsed his mouth, and returned to the living room.

"Forget it, 1.5 million is 1.5 million," Eric sat on the sofa and poured himself a glass of boiling water: "Sign the contract as much as possible." By the way, Jeffrey, it's the Golden Globes tomorrow, can you make it back before? ”

"I see the situation, I probably won't be able to go back." Jeffrey said with regret in his tone: "Anyway, what everyone wants to see most is you, the miracle director, it doesn't matter if I go or not." ”

"Haha, don't worry, it doesn't matter if you miss this time, there will be opportunities in the future."

"I believe that," Jeffrey laughed, "and if nothing else, I'll hang up." You've certainly just woken up, and it should only be seven o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles by now. But the $300,000 overrun is such a thing, and I have to do my best to inform you. ”

"It's okay, I just didn't stay up late last night, and I came back at ten o'clock."

Saying goodbye, Eric hung up.

Leaning on the sofa and tapping his knees gently, Eric silently calculated a small account for himself, the $25 million check he got from Fox, the Beverly Hills mansion used 1.9 million, paid Drew Mother 1 million, acquired UTA spent 1 million, leased and renovated Firefly Company, as well as the expensive professional equipment in the dubbing room and editing room, and spent another 3 million, the production cost of 7 million US dollars, and the Super Bowl advertising 1.5 million, adding up to a total of 15.4 million US dollars.

Although he is not a luxury person, during this time, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars in odd and bits of expenses.

Now that he has been reborn in the United States, Eric will soon be faced with one of two things that no one in the country can escape: paying taxes. With the current income situation, it must be subject to a maximum of 35% of personal income tax, which is nearly $10 million.

Cursing the evil capitalist system, Eric sadly discovers that he will most likely not have any income before the tax filing deadline of April 15.

"You don't need a loan to pay your personal income tax." Eric rubbed his forehead and smiled bitterly, he was not a real American in his bones after all, and he had not formed a deep-rooted concept of advanced consumption, so he was very resistant to such a thing as a loan.

Putting this matter behind him for the time being, Eric drove to the crew after breakfast.

Perhaps because Eric announced that he would advance his fixed rest day of one day a week to tomorrow, the emotions of the crew members were very high, and at the end of the day, they even shot five or six more shots.

After 10 days of shooting, 60% of the footage has been completed, and if it continues, it will only take a week after the Golden Globe ceremony for the film to be officially completed.

The reason why the shooting was able to go so smoothly is mainly due to Julia's excellent performance. From the very beginning, Eric was not worried about anything wrong with Al Pacino. Al, who can get so many Oscar nominations, is acting in a role that doesn't require too much acting skills, and even needs to be restrained in acting, and there is no pressure at all.

As a newcomer, Julia is different, at the beginning, Julia really didn't have much trouble shooting personal shots, at most a few times. But at the beginning of Al Pacino's rivalry play, Julia made frequent mistakes, and the number of NGs skyrocketed. Compared to Al, Julia's acting skills are indeed in the early childhood stage.

However, after a few days of grinding and a rant that Eric couldn't hold back, Julia gradually closed the gap with Al Pacino. Even in some shots, it is possible to form a certain amount of pressure on Al, even if it is in the case of Al Pacino's convergence, which is not easy to do.

"Okay, that's all for today." After the last shot, Eric announces the call it a day, and the crew cheers and begins to pack up and go their separate ways.

Eric stopped Al Pacino, who was about to remove his makeup, and asked, "Al, how are you practicing that piano solo?" ”

In the original film, Edward's piano solo in the dining room was composed and performed by Richard Gere himself, and Eric wrote it from memory and gave it to Al Pacino in less than 40 seconds with the company's soundtrack.

Al's piano skills were only slightly better than Eric's, but he insisted on playing it himself, and Eric had to postpone the scene.

"Eric, give me one more ...... No, two days, I feel like I need to practice a little more. ”

"That's no problem," Eric still admires Al's professionalism: "But, Al, we can't delay it for too long, the filming of the movie is going so fast, it's going to drag on for too long, and as the plot develops, your feelings will change a lot." At that time, even if you play it well, it will be difficult to perform the feeling after filming those scenes a few days ago. ”

Al Pacino thought for a moment and realized that Eric was telling the truth. After discovering that his little persistence could not improve the quality of too many movies, Al nodded helplessly and compromised: "Okay, Eric, then put this scene the day after tomorrow, if it really doesn't work, use post-dubbing." ”