After a while, Eric returned to the conference room with his mobile phone, and Robert Shay followed suit, putting down his coffee cup and looking at Eric inquiringly.

"It's Michael Eisner," Eric explained with a hint of lightness in his tone.

"Do you want to invite you to talk?" asked Robert Shay, who also knew that Michael Eisner had contributed to the turmoil some time ago.

Eric nodded, sat back down in his chair, and said, "Yes." ”

"Did you say yes?" asked Robert Shea, curious.

"It doesn't hurt to listen to what he has to say, I'm fine at night anyway. Eric said and put his mobile phone in his hand, and continued: "Robert, since you don't want to take over "Instinct", then try your best to choose the script, it's already March, if you don't finalize the project, it is estimated that it will be difficult to catch up with the summer file." ”

Robert was a little relieved to see that Eric no longer forced the script of "Instinct" to himself, but at the same time, he inevitably had some contradictory losses, after all, this was a script written by Eric himself.

However, he quickly adjusted the situation and said, "I understand, I have collected six more scripts these days, and I will ask the assistant to bring them to you later, and you can read them for me." ”

Eric shook his head: "No, I think it's better for you to choose it yourself, and I can't guarantee that the movie will be successful, just wait for you to choose the script and give it to me to sign." ”

Robert Shay was stunned, and then understood that Eric was ready to let go completely, so the success or failure of the film in the future will have nothing to do with Eric at all, and he himself will definitely be fully responsible. But Robert Shea was not without responsibility. After just a moment of hesitation, he nodded: "Then, I will try my best to choose the script." ”

……

After hours. Eric drove back to Malibu, but not to his own Sharp Corner Estate. It's Michael Eisner's mansion in Malibu.

"Eric, I'm glad you're here, please come in," the maid led Eric into the mansion when Michael Eisner greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Mr. Eisner," Eric said with a polite smile and shook hands slightly with Michael Eisner.

Michael Eisner didn't care about Eric's coldness. Still with a smile on his face, he said, "Eric, I specially invited a famous French chef to personally cook zuò for tonight's dinner, let's go inside." ”

Eric nodded and followed Michael Eisner directly to the restaurant, where there were only two people in the restaurant, except for the maids who appeared from time to time. Michael Eisner skillfully introduced Eric to the delicacy of the French dishes served one by one, and when the meal was finished, he specially invited the French chef with a certain tall chef's hat to come out, and the three of them took a group photo.

While secretly admiring Michael Eisner's patience, Eric quietly enjoyed the dinner. Anyway, now the initiative is in his hands.

After dinner, Michael Eisner took Eric into his study, and waited for the maid to finish his coffee and leave. Michael Eisner said, "Eric, now that it's all over, I think it's time for us to talk about cooperation. ”

A mocking chuckle finally hung on the corner of Eric's mouth: "Cooperation?"

Michael Eisner still smiled and said, "Yes, cooperation, Eric, there are no permanent enemies in this world, only permanent interests, although this is the British diplomatic strategy." Still, I think. It is also common between companies. ”

"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Eric shook his head and laughed a few times, then continued, "Mr. Eisner, if you had the choice to cooperate with your friends or neutrals, would you still cooperate with your enemies?"

"Of course not," said Michael Eisner, "but, Eric, do you think the Fireflies have any friends in Hollywood? Although you have had a great time working with Fox, believe me, Murdoch will definitely stab the Firefly in the back if he has the chance." ”

"I know that, too, so I'm going to try not to give Mr. Murdoch this chance, and I'm even less likely to give an enemy who has already had a knife in his back," Eric said nonchalantly, picking up his coffee.

Michael Eisner still smiled when he heard Eric say this, and said, "Eric, I think I must know something, and I don't deny it, so I think we should reconcile." ”

"Reconcile?" Eric asked, looking up, "How?"

Michael Eisner said with a touch of confidence: "How is the script for "Ghost Love"?"

Eric shook his head if he wanted to: "Mr. Eisner, I don't lack scripts, so I don't want to work with Disney." Without "The Love of People and Ghosts", then I will choose something else. Moreover, I promise, Disney can't make the "Human Ghost Love" that I already have in mind, you can make a small profit by making this movie, but it is definitely impossible to become a classic, and it is even more difficult to say whether it can be a big hit. ”

"No, no, no, Eric, I don't think you fully understand what I mean, I mean, Disney will transfer the script of "Ghost Love" to you, and then, we reconcile, how about it?"

Eric finally looked up in surprise and saw Michael Eisner's confident gaze, and then Eric thought of some other questions: "Mr. Eisner, I think Disney must have spent a lot of money to buy the script of "Ghost Love", and maybe promised Bruce Joy Robin a part of the dividend, right?"

"Yes," Michael Eisner nodded, "$1 million in cash and a 3% North American profit share." ”

Eric calculated that if he followed the results of his previous life, then the sum of this money would be more than 3 million, perhaps, for future profits, this money is nothing. But for Disney, who is completely unaware of the results, this offer is simply a bit outrageous.

Seeing that Eric was silent, Michael Eisner said: "Eric, Disney is very sincere, so as long as we reconcile, I will transfer this script to Firefly for free." ”

"What about your contract?" asked Eric, subconsciously, "I don't think Bruce Joy Robin will be reconciled." ”

"It's actually very easy to solve, Disney will transfer the script to Firefly, and when the film is produced and released by Disney, then, the share that belongs to Bruce Joy Robin can be allocated from Disney's part of the profits, what do you think?"

"Firefly and Disney distribute together, and the copyright of the movie belongs to Firefly," Eric said after a quick thought, saying that since Michael Eisner was able to make such a bold choice, it would be too petty for him to be careful.

On the other hand, if the movie is completely handed over to Disney for distribution, although it can maximize the benefits, then Firefly's own channels will not want to expand, and if this situation continues, Firefly will definitely become like DreamWorks in its previous life, which can produce good movies, but does not have enough strength to distribute them, and can only struggle to survive between several major film companies.

Moreover, these years are the best and last opportunity to expand the distribution channels of Firefly, because the cost of making films in the early nineties is not too high, so Eric has made up his mind to open up the distribution channels of Firefly even if he makes less money in the past few years. Otherwise, in the late 90s, with the rise of special effects blockbusters, the production cost of hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, if there is no own distribution channel, then the situation will be very miserable. Most of the profits were deprived by several major film companies that controlled the distribution channels, and the production company even found that it could not even recover the cost of producing the company.

Hearing Eric's loose tone, Michael Eisner didn't think about it, and nodded directly: "No problem." ”

After Michael Eisner said this, the atmosphere between the two sides suddenly became a little silent. Michael Eisner's own goal was achieved, and Eric, who originally wanted Michael Eisner to touch the nail, did not persevere.

After drinking the coffee in front of him, Eric took the initiative to stand up and said, "Then, Mr. Eisner, if there is nothing else, I will go back first." ”

"I'll send you," Michael Eisner said, standing up.

After sending Eric out of the mansion, Michael Eisner returned to the study with a cold face and silence, and picked up a few inconspicuous literary folders that were originally placed in the corner of his desk, which contained several film project plans for "Ghost Love" made by several Disney directors.

Michael Eisner is arguably the one who knows Eric the most of the seven major film companies at the helm, and he is also the one who knows his personal potential the most. Therefore, he joined forces with several other film companies a year ago to launch a joint crackdown on fireflies, but unfortunately because of some mistakes in the process, things did not succeed. After seeing the news that Murdoch took the initiative to contact Eric, Michael Eisner decisively decided to reconcile with Eric. After all, as he began to say, there are no permanent enemies, only eternal interests.

Moreover, Michael Eisner originally did not plan to reconcile with Eric at the expense of the script of "Ghost Love", but he asked several well-known directors under Disney to study the script of "Ghost Love" some time ago, and then, none of the project plans provided by these people, that is, these things in his hands now, are satisfactory to Michael Eisner. (To be continued)