After the champagne is opened, the pie duì officially begins. As a film project that can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Fox with revenues such as peripheral videotapes, even Fox's current president, Barry Diller, had to attend the celebration in person.

And in addition to the crew members, Fox also invited dozens of celebrities of all sizes to come to the scene, and the scene of Pai Duì can be described as starry. But after all, there were many big people at the scene, and the banquet hall of hundreds of people was orderly, and the guests gathered in groups to talk about their own topics.

"Eric, the Super Bowl trailer is really too conservative, I promise that when your next movie is released, Fox will fully cooperate with you."

Don't do it next time, this time it can also be counted in the publicity, and I will be reimbursed.

Eric sneered in his heart, but there was a smile on his face: "Mr. Diller, don't mention this matter again. The $1.5 million Super Bowl ad is a big expense, and Fox is understandably conservative. ”

Barry Diller smiled, and sure enough, he didn't mention it again.

This old fox!

The topic was shifted to Eric's next movie again, and after that, although Eric's next movie didn't even see a shadow, it was naturally set by Fox in the summer file.

This year's summer season can be described as a collection of blockbusters, Warner's, Columbia's, these are destined to be big box office hits.

And because Fox has shifted too much attention to the development of the television network, in terms of movies this year, the total number of films released by the producer is only more than a dozen, ranking first from the bottom of the big six.

In order not to be at the bottom of the film performance, Fox was destined to give his full support to Eric's films, especially after their success.

And the summer blockbusters are dumping, and it is not too easy to get a high box office. It was impossible for Eric to bring the sequel that had already made a name for himself to compete with these blockbusters in the summer, and he thought about it for a long time before deciding on an idea that had come to him before.

"I already have a preliminary plot outline for the next film, and I'm going to invite Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. It's going to be a two-man show. ”

Barry Diller's eyes narrowed slightly, if successful, with only two Toms and Eric's box office appeal, the film is guaranteed to be at least $100 million at the box office. Coupled with the fact that there were three blockbuster movies a year at the end of the year, Fox's performance in movies was beyond reproach, and he could rest assured that he would develop a television network.

"Eric, if you want to invite two Toms, the two of them will be paid no less than $10 million, right? What is your budgeted cost? ”

Eric thought for a moment: "It shouldn't be more than 30 million, this is a feature film, there are no big scenes, and it doesn't need any special effects, it completely depends on the personal play of the two male protagonists, so the budget of 30 million US dollars is already very loose, and it is likely that it will not be spent." ”

"I heard you just paid a fortune to buy that studio of Steve Jobs?"

Although Barry Diller's question was a bit of a stretch, Eric immediately understood what Barry Diller meant. Fox still wants to get a foot in the film investment.

"That's right, I asked Pixar to make a title logo for my studio, and I was very satisfied with it. I heard that Pixar was in trouble and wanted to make a move, and I happened to be very interested in animated movies again, so I bought it. However, the cycle of animated films is very long, and 3D animation is in the exploration stage, so I don't know when the first animated film will be produced. ”

Eric ignored the faint helplessness on Barry Diller's face, anyway, if you beat around the bush, I'll play drift for you.

Listening to the little fox in front of him talking nonsense, Barry Diller had no choice but to pick out the topic: "Eric, I mean, if you are short of money for your next film, Fox can take care of part of the investment, which can also reduce the risk." And you can rest assured that Fox will not tie the investment funds to the cost of publicity, and the sharing agreements we signed before will remain unchanged. ”

Barry Diller made it straightforward, and Eric couldn't refuse outright, and of course he wouldn't give up his own interests. What Barry Diller can think of, Eric can certainly think of, if the invitation to two Toms is successful, the movie will not fail with the box office appeal of only three people.

In the end, Eric could only say perfunctorily: "No problem, Mr. Diller, if I need external investment, Fox will definitely be my first choice." ”

Barry Diller also saw Eric's perfunctory attitude and understood that the likelihood of Fox wanting to invest was almost zero. But he won't do anything like Columbia before, the two sides are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation, although according to the previous agreement, Eric made a little more than Fox, but Fox also grabbed a huge profit from it that was enough for others to envy.

After a few other conversations, the two separated to entertain others. As soon as Barry Diller walked away, Eric felt a lot of eyes focus on him for a moment.

Okay, girls, throw yourself in the arms, whoever is the first to come over today and give you a role in the next movie. A somewhat nonsensical thought popped through Eric's mind, and he enjoyed the sensation of being noticed. After all, he is still a layman, if he doesn't have a little vanity, why would he toss so much.

Soon he had his first pick-up.

bald, eight feet long, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a lewd smile on his face, the most slumped is ...... Ya is a man.

"Eric, you're finally back, I wonder what you think, in Julia's films, I thought several of them were good, but you vetoed them?"

Finally decided to indulge once, Eric was helplessly pulled aside by Kapoor.

"Kapoor, you don't have the illusion that you've been pierced by a thousand arrows?"

"Huh?"

"You look around?"

Kapoor glanced at him suspiciously, and found that several pretty girls around him who were not very good at disguising their feelings were staring at him unkindly.

Although Kapoor is a workaholic, he is still very proficient in human affairs, otherwise he would not be able to do the profession of an agent, and shrugged: "Sorry, Eric, I delayed your hunt." But if you don't explain this matter to me, I won't be sure. ”

Eric also wanted to explain to him that most of Julia's more successful movies in the previous life were romantic comedies, which had just been made, and it was definitely not appropriate to make this type of movie in a short period of time, so he couldn't take out those movies in the later life for the time being. He felt that the best fit for Julia was the one that made Julia nominated for a Golden Globe, and it was a film that was a good box office success.

It's a pity that I checked before, and Samsung Pictures has not started this project now, either because it has been fanned by the butterfly effect, or it has not started filming yet.

There's no way he's going to write the script again. In the previous three movies, he was 100% sure that the original script had not appeared yet, or that it had little to do with his films, so he used it with peace of mind. Now he can't guarantee this movie.

"Kapoor, wait a few days, I'm going to go to the Writers Guild to see if there are any good scripts that have been registered, and pick one for Julia."

The corners of Kapoor's mouth twitched: "Eric, do you know how many registered scripts there are in the Writers Guild, tens of thousands!" I felt as if I was saying I'm going to San Francisco to pan for a few tons of gold, is that kind of thing possible? ”

Knowing where the gold is buried, of course it's easier to dig it up. Eric just wanted to check if the screenwriter had registered the script.

"Trust me, Kapoor, be patient, I'll get you an answer soon."

Eric also made up his mind, if he couldn't find it, then pick one for Julia from the movies with a relatively high box office in his memory, anyway, with Julia's current fame, as long as the image is suitable, Julia has the intention of participating in the show, no crew will refuse her, I believe that many production companies will not hesitate to increase their budgets even for this.