"That's just a gimmick, "Island Cry" itself has a very good plot, and the subsequent release process spans the Thanksgiving and Christmas stalls that have no competitors in the same genre, so it can get such a good box office through the long-term screening of Guò. ”

Nicole snatched the information in Eric's hand and looked at it, and retorted, "Righteous Courage doesn't have a competitor of the same type, right?"

Eric was robbed of the information by Nicole, and he didn't care, he just got his free hand to hug Nicole, and a hand reached through the gap in the bath towel, stroking the girl's slippery skin just after bathing and said: ""Righteous Courage" is positioned as a crime drama, this kind of movie does not belong to the mainstream commercial genre, but is a little unpopular. In addition to the star power of Dustin Hoffman and Bruce Willis to drive the box office, the surest way to recoup the cost is to hit the Oscars. But Disney's choice to release it on a large scale on November 1, rather than using the screening to accumulate word-of-mouth, is tantamount to giving up the Oscars, with an investment of nearly $50 million......

Nicole, who was being teased by Eric's hand on her thigh, felt him suddenly stop moving, and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"Michael Eisner must be aware of this, and I'm thinking that Disney will probably delay Righteous Courage," Eric said, staring at Nicole's delicate face for a few seconds and smiling evilly, "Nicole, I'll give you a mission." ”

"Huh?"

"The timing is very sensitive right now, and if Disney suddenly postpones 'Righteous Courage,' it will definitely become a topic of media pursuit. You just happened to get an appointment for the heroine. If a journalist asks about it. You just said that after I read the script. That's why you don't want to take it. ”

Nicole immediately understood Eric's intentions for letting her say this, and once she said those words, even a change in schedule would have a similar negative impact on "Righteous Courage" as a box office failure. After all, no one knew that Eric had a prophetic vision from the memory of being reborn, and all of his success so far was due to his keen eye for cinema. Take a few recent summer movies as an example, "Fighting Condor 2" wanted to get rid of Eric and monopolize profits, but the entire series was completely smashed, and Disney snatched the script of "Cut Throat Island" from Eric. In the end, it was also a complete failure. On the other hand, "Terminator 2" and Pixar Animation Studios, which were not too favored at first, shined after being handed over by Eric.

"Okay, I'll say that then," Nicole nodded, put the information in her hand on the coffee table in front of her, leaned over and put her arms around Eric's arm, "Eric, are you really going to buy Disney?"

"It's all going to be so much, do you think I'm joking?"

Nicole smiled and said, "No. I mean, did you make all the money you made on crude oil futures last time?"

"A lot of people are now wondering where I was going to pay for Disney. This kind of information can easily sell for more than $100,000, are you sure you want to know?"

"Well, I won't ask," Nicole shook her head, the question seemed a little sensitive. As a smart woman, Nicole quickly understood from Eric's words that it was better not to know about this kind of thing, otherwise she would definitely become a suspect in the leak once the relevant information leaked out.

"It's better that you don't know this kind of thing," Eric added, adding, "The two schedules of the New Year are also crucial for Firefly, so I'm going to go to the various sets to see it myself." How's the situation over there in "Spicy Hand Police Flower", why do you have time to come over today?"

"I was just resting for the past two days filming Rosie," Nicole explained.

"What about Paula Wagner?"

"When she heard that this was a script that you had conceived yourself, of course she was very attentive to it, and she took over the position of producer without thinking about it elsewhere. However, Paula has also been preparing for Cruise's next film, a story about Europeans immigrating to the American West, and Paula also invited me to be the heroine, but then it was abandoned, and I heard that Cruise did not agree. ”

Eric thought to himself that it should be the "Earth Ambition" that Cruise and Nicole co-starred in in his memory, and if history does not change, the two must be fine together.

But now the situation is different, Nicole is already a first-line actress. For the sake of self-interest, Cruise's movies have rarely had first-line actresses, because investors usually have corresponding actor budgets, and if the actress is too high, Cruise's salary will be reduced.

"Don't worry about him, just shoot "Spicy Hand Police Flower" well, if this movie is successful, you will have the ability of monoclonal antibody box office, maybe the salary will exceed Cruise in the future. ”

Some anticipation flashed in Nicole's eyes, but she couldn't help but shake her head: "It's unlikely, there are still too few heroine-centered scripts." ”

Eric looked Nicole up and down and asked, "Didn't you practice ballet, are you still there?"

Nicole shook her head: "Ballet has to be practiced all year round, I only learned it for a while when I was a child, why do you ask this?"

"Because I want to see you in an action movie, I've never seen you in an action movie. ”

Although Nicole felt that what Eric said was a little strange, she still said, "I've only made a few movies, so I might try it in the future." ”

Nicole's drama in the original time and space is very wide, comedy, song and dance films, horror films, biopics, epic films, etc., have basically been tried, but there are no action movies, which has to be said to be a pity.

However, although there are many popular movies dominated by heroines in memory, there are not many successful female action movies.

After thinking about it for a while, Eric decided to wait for the release of the two heroine movies "Spicy Police Flower" and "Deadly Flower" at the end of the year to see the situation. Especially "Spicy Police Flower", which has been advanced for many years, if the box office is not bad, it means that movies with women as the protagonists already have considerable market prospects, and some heroine action movies can also be developed in advance.

……

When it gets dark, Michael Eisner and Frank Wells' car pulls straight into the courtyard of a mansion in Beverly Hills. The two had just gotten out of the car. Somer Lei Shidong has already come up to meet him.

They exchanged pleasantries for a while. Somer Lei Shidong introduced the two of them into the villa's dining room, and the kitchen not far away was already busy, and after the three of them were seated, the sumptuous dishes were quickly served.

Halfway through the dinner, and a lot of words of mutual temptation, Michael Eisner finally took the lead and couldn't hold his breath and asked, "Mr. Lei Shidong, may I ask why you invited us over today?"

Somer Rayshidong slowly wiped his mouth with a napkin. "I heard that Disney's management has been in some trouble lately?"

Michael Eisner shrugged his shoulders and said lightly: "Everyone knows this very well. ”

Lei Shidong didn't care about Michael Eisner's somewhat sluggish tone, and continued: "Actually, Viacom also wants to join the ranks of buying Disney. ”

Michael Eisner frowned, another.

Frank Wells glanced at Michael Eisner, who was speechless, and turned to Lei Shidong: "Mr. Lei Shidong, Viacom operates a large chain of cinemas, and according to the antitrust law, I'm afraid it's not suitable to buy Disney, right?"

"If we can reach a certain consensus today, I will divest the cinema business in the short term. This way there will be no violation of federal law. ”

"What about the funds?" asked Frank Wells again.

"Actually, I was planning to buy a film company a year ago, so I have been preparing in secret. I first fell in love with Paramount, but now Disney seems to be a better choice. ”

Michael Eisner suddenly interjected: "Mr. Lei Shidong, let's talk about your conditions?"

Lei Shidong showed a confident smile: "Michael, I know that you have some entanglements with that Eric Williams, if Firefly buys Disney, you will definitely not be able to stay in the position of CEO of Disney." So, I hope we can work together, it's a win-win thing, and if I buy Disney, I promise you to be able to continue as CEO of Disney. ”

Michael Eisner asked, "So what am I going to do?"

"You're going to have to convince the Disney board and management to side with me, and I don't think the shareholders will ignore the Disney management. ”

"Those people only see benefits," complains Michael Eisner, recalling the cold reception he had received the week before.

Lei Shidong waved his hand: "Of course I will give them enough benefits, as long as I give me three months, I can raise 5 billion US dollars, so, I hope you can cooperate with me, you must delay this acquisition as much as possible, the longer the time, the more funds I can raise." ”

"There's another very important question," Frank Wells said, adding: "We don't know how much leverage Eric Williams has, but Firefly's first offer was $4.2 billion, and if Firefly sticks to its current wholly-owned acquisition strategy, that price will definitely rise to more than $5 billion." ”

Lei Shidong said: "I have asked people to make a corresponding assessment, in the course of the oil crisis that began last year, Eric Williams raised a total of 700 million US dollars in principal, according to the calculation of five times the leverage, he will get about 5 billion US dollars, so our strength should be comparable, but my connections on Wall Street are much stronger than him, so in the end, if you fight for financing, the Fireflies will definitely not be able to compare to Viacom." ”

Michael Eisner asked, "Are you sure?"

Lei Shidong nodded confidently: "Of course, I hired Goldman Sachs' top investment team to do a simulated investment calculation, unless Eric Williams can predict the future, five times is the most likely futures leverage he will use, and $5 billion is also a relatively overestimated number." ”

Michael Eisner and Frank Wells glanced at each other, and Lei Shidong looked at the two of them, unhurriedly took the coffee in front of him and drank it, patiently waiting for their decision.

Honestly, if he had a choice, Michael Eisner would certainly prefer Disney to stay the same.

Because Disney's equity is now very dispersed, and the largest shareholder is only 16% of Disney's shares, no one has absolute control over Disney, which is convenient for him to control the board of directors, and then firmly hold Disney in his own hands.

But now that Disney is facing a takeover, it has become a fact, even if Lei Shidong does not make a move, maybe other companies will issue takeover bids in the future, in this case, it is better to choose an acquirer that is more beneficial to him.

Michael Eisner is not ignorant of Lei Shidong, Lei Shidong is also a person with a very strong desire to control, but compared to Eric Williams, who wants to kick himself out of Disney, Lei Shidong is undoubtedly a good choice.

"Mr. Lei Shidong, if you want us to cooperate, I hope to be able to sign an agreement, I want Disney's absolute control. ”

"This can't be," Lei Shidong shook his head: "Michael, in fact, since the failure of "Cut Throat Island", even without the current acquisition, it is no longer possible for you to get absolute control of Disney, you should face this fact." In previous years, Disney shareholders allowed you to control the board of directors because you could bring them enough benefits. ”

When Michael Eisner heard these words, he suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

Lei Shidong continued: "Of course, if I can buy Disney, I will still give you enough permissions, I can guarantee this." ”

Michael Eisner snorted coldly in his heart, such a guarantee is almost equivalent to no guarantee.

Lei Shidong seemed to see Michael Eisner's concerns, got up and left for a while, and quickly took a copy of the article back, and said: "I know what you think, there is no basis for words, this is a contract that I asked people to draft, you can take a look first, if I buy Disney, you can still control Disney's most important strategic planning department, consumer products department and radio and television department, Viacom will only strengthen the supervision of Disney's financial department, and at the same time participate in the development of Disney film projects." ”

Michael Eisner silently spread out the text, and Frank Wells joined in.

After more than ten minutes, the two finished reading the text in front of them together, although the conditions offered in the contract did not meet their psychological expectations, but this seemed to be the best result. Although he is reluctant to admit it, Michael Eisner understands that Lei Shidong is right, after several consecutive film failures, his absolute control of Disney has begun to waver, and even without this acquisition, Disney shareholders will begin to meddle in the company's affairs.

Closing the clip, Michael Eisner raised his head and said, "So, let's talk about the specific cooperation plan." ”

……

It's raining in Los Angeles, it's a rare thing.

When he opened his eyes in the morning, Eric saw the fine streaks of rain on the glass windows.

Nicole, who was huddled in Eric's arms, was awakened by the man's movements, was confused for a while, and then looked out the window, with a little inexplicable excitement in her tone: "It's raining." ”

"Yes," Eric said, and was about to get up, but Nicole wrapped himself tightly, "Eric, sleep a little longer, it's raining so early." ”

Feeling Nicole's fragrant soft body rubbing against her body without cover, the desire that was already erected in the morning became even stronger.

After so many days of exhaustion, it is time to relax.

Thinking to himself, Eric hugged the girl and fell on the big bed again.

Nicole Jiao laughed a few times, ripped off the thin quilt on her body, and her slender legs tightly wrapped around Eric's waist. (To be continued......)