When he got home, Eric saw a crowd of reporters outside the door, so he had to call his lawyer to come to his home to discuss the compensation agreement.

With that done, Eric finally remembered that it was time to call Aniston, and dialed the number several times in a row, but no one answered on the other side. At this time, Aniston should be at home, and when Eric put down the phone with some concern and was about to call again, the phone suddenly rang.

"Williams?" said Eric, picking up the phone.

"Eric, it's me. Aniston's voice rang out from the other side.

Eric said, "Anne, are you alright?" I just kept calling your apartment, but no one answered. ”

"I moved in with my dad, Eric. The paparazzi found out about our relationship, followed me everywhere, and even knocked on my apartment door pretending to be a courier, which frightened me. Aniston still had a faint fear in her voice.

Eric hurriedly said, "Annie, are you okay?" By the way, when did this happen, I called you yesterday before I got on the plane, isn't it okay?"

"I'm fine, Eric. Even this morning, I don't know how the paparazzi found out, anyway, it was in the newspaper in the morning, and it said...... He also said......" Aniston's voice was a little unhappy, and Eric thought that it must not be a good word, so he could only comfort: "Okay, Annie, it's okay for you, stay with your father for the next while, and quit your job at the convenience store." ”

Aniston complained unhappily, "Eric, it's not going to be like this forever, is it?

Eric said, "Of course it won't be like this all the time, it will be fine after a while." In fact, there are a lot of reporters around my house, you leave me your father's address, and I have time to see you. ”

Aniston gave the address, and Eric wrote it down and said a few words of comfort before hanging up.

……

In a villa in Beverly Hills, Aniston hung up the phone in displeasure, glanced at a pile of crumpled newspapers on the floor, picked up the pillow on the couch and hammered it a few times.

The newspapers described Eric and her relationship as a Hollywood version of Prince and Cinderella, one-sidedly exaggerating Eric while belittling himself, almost all newspapers were not optimistic about the future of the two men, and some newspapers even compared her and Drew, and the result was that Drew was more suitable to be Eric's girlfriend than her.

Seeing the end, Aniston gradually felt a trace of inferiority and uneasiness in her heart, in her heart, Eric was so good, and she was so ordinary.

Now, he is about to become the youngest billionaire in Hollywood, and he is the 'convenience store salesperson' mentioned in the newspaper, and the gap between the two is really getting wider.

……

Eric didn't know Aniston's struggle, and after waiting for half an hour, the lawyer in charge of the VAM came over.

"Hello, Mr. Edward, thank you for coming for me. Eric let Edward Lewis, the lawyer in charge of the VAM, and his assistant into the room and stretched out his hand.

Edward Lewis hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake Eric's hand, and said with a little respect in his tone: "Eric, I didn't expect it to be so popular, congratulations." This is my assistant, Carter. ”

The three of them sat down on the couch, and Eric took out the compensation agreement given by Columbia and recounted what had happened.

Edward Lewis listened quietly to Eric's narration, picked up the compensation agreement and read it carefully, and after a few minutes said, "Eric, there is nothing wrong with this agreement, you can sign it with confidence." ”

"That's good," Eric nodded reassuringly, took out his pen and signed it directly.

Edward Lewis looked at Eric, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Eric, I think maybe you need a team of full-time lawyers to take care of your day-to-day legal affairs. ”

"Huh?" Eric smiled and looked up at Edward Lewis's self-recommendation.

Edward Lewis looked at Eric's smile, and no longer beat around the bush, and said directly: "I think my firm is strong enough to take care of this, Eric." From what you just said, you can know that if you are not vigilant enough, you may face the situation of the VAM being torn up. So, I think that my law firm team can be your agent and be fully responsible for the next negotiation with Colombia, and even, if Colombia defaults again, we can try our best to fight for you and protect your interests. ”

From the very beginning of the VAM agreement, Eric had seen the expertise of Edward and his team of lawyers. And Eric knew that he really needed a team of full-time lawyers now, so after a little conversation, the two sides quickly reached an agreement. Edward Lewis pulled out a copy of the agency license agreement that he had prepared a long time ago, and Eric signed his name on it.

"Well, I'll leave the rest to you, Edward, and you'll transfer this compensation agreement to Colombia, I really don't want to deal with the other side. ”

"Alright, Eric, if nothing else, let's take our leave. ”

Seeing off Edward and his assistant, Eric finally breathed a sigh of relief and was able to concentrate on his beloved film career.

He was reassured by Edward Lewis's firm, which was only his agent and had no decision-making authority for him. If the other party conspires with Colombia to calculate itself in turn, then once the matter is revealed, in this country where credit is extremely important, the career of the entire owner of the other party's firm will be ruined, and Colombia will not be able to offer a price to support this large group of people for the rest of their lives.

Eric is indeed worry-free, but Colombia is caught in the whirlpool of public opinion because of Eric's statement.

Because of Eric's statement, many newspapers that had already been finalized were reformatted again, after all, the news was too hot. In the evening of the same day, a statement about Eric's denunciation of Colombia appeared in the newspapers. All sorts of analytical speculation soon appeared in all the media, and most newspapers chose to fan the flames in order to expand sales.

After the publication of Eric's statement in its original form, these newspapers began to analyze it word by word, and it has to be said that the power of brain supplementation is powerful.

Some newspapers somehow linked Eric's statement to Michael Eisner. Eric did make a small pit to Michael Eisner before the statement, saying that the two had a good chat and had the opportunity to work together. This led the newspaper to speculate that Michael Eisner played a positive role in exposing Colombia's 'shoddy methods'.

Michael Eisner was still hesitant to tell his old friend that Eric had broken the trick between the two sides. As soon as he saw the news in the newspaper, he hurriedly called Bronte Cohen to explain, but unfortunately the other party obviously didn't believe it.

Michael Eisner could only smile bitterly, he also knew Bronte Cohen's suspicious character, and secretly sighed that this friendship was over, but he didn't complain too much about Eric in his heart, but appreciated it more.

Other newspapers quickly found out that there were only more than 1,500 screens released this week, not even as many as the more than 1,600 screens that had already been added, a discovery that made the media scold Columbia and question the integrity of Columbia.

The media accused by other film companies were already jealous of Colombia's monopoly on the cake, and they condemned it, and even called on fans to boycott Colombia and refuse to watch Colombian films in some tabloids.

After the news appeared in the newspaper, the public hotline of the Columbia company was directly exploded by the people with a sense of justice, and several female employees who were responsible for answering the public calls were all scolded and cried, and two of them submitted their resignation letters the next morning.

After smashing everything in his office, Colombian President Bronte Cohen reluctantly called a meeting of the PR executives to discuss how to deal with it.

That night, Colombia's television station issued a statement defending the number of screens for the week, announcing the compensation agreement between the two parties, and suggesting that Eric's statement that Colombia's attempt to tear up the agreement was purely false, and that it was entirely because the dispute over the number of screens had caused Eric to have bad associations.

However, because Eric did not step up and respond, the media and the public generally did not believe Colombia's explanation.