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Elizabeth frowned and thought for a while, then said to Eric in the back row: "I think Fox can also support Harvey in developing big-budget films, as long as it's a commercial film?"

"Harvey's business thinking has been limited to literary films, let's not talk about whether he can succeed in getting involved in big-budget commercial films. If that succeeds, how are you going to balance the relationship between Twentieth Century Fox and Miramax?"

Elizabeth asked rhetorically, "Hasn't the new line also started making big-budget films, how did you deal with this?"

"Firefly's positioning of New Line Pictures has always been very clear, focusing on low-cost budget genre films, which can be commercial or artistic. The average cost of making a film has also remained below $20 million in recent years. The high-budget films you are talking about must be the "Jedi Men" series and the "Rush Hour" series, the first part of these two series, and the budget cost is only two or three hundred million dollars. Because the commercial success led to an increase in the cost of the renewal, this was inevitable and was only a special case, and did not change the positioning of the new line. ”

"If Harvey has the ambition to be born, doesn't Kenneth Horn, who is in charge of the new line, have the idea of being directly involved in the big production?"

Eric shook his head and said, "The new line grossed more than $1 billion the year before last, and the same goes for last year's global box office figures. All the films released by several Sony Pictures labels have only grossed $1.27 billion globally this year. In comparison, just the box office performance of a new line film is already on the verge of catching up with one of the seven major Hollywood companies. What's more, Kenneth Horn is in charge of the entire production and distribution system of the new line, which is a little more powerful than the head of the department of Firefly Pictures or Bowell International, and he has nothing to complain about. In the end, it's a matter of strength, Fireflies can provide Kenneth Horn with a big pond, and Fox can give Weinstein just a swimming pool. ”

Although Twentieth Century Fox has developed very well in recent years, the entire News Corp. business center is still on the world's print media, followed by the television business. News Corp.'s film business can only come in third.

In contrast, Firefly regards the film business as the 'locomotive' of the entire group, so as to drive the development of an entire industrial chain such as theme parks, peripheral products, and media networks. The focus is different, and the degree of resource tilt of the two media groups in the film business is naturally not the same. Coupled with the comprehensive strength of the Firefly Group, which far exceeds the comprehensive strength of any other media group, it is not an exaggeration to say that the platform owned by the new line is a gap between a big pond and a swimming pool compared to Miramax.

Although she knew that what Eric said was the truth, Elizabeth gave Eric a disgruntled look.

Eric could only give Elizabeth a few suggestions, and it was up to them to decide what to do. In the first place, the control of FFM TV was in the hands of the Firefly Group, and Eric was also largely motivated by the possibility that Fox and Miramax would part ways. Once this relationship becomes a reality, FFM's cooperation with Weinstein will not be affected too much.

Not caring about Elizabeth's slightly angry expression, Eric asked casually: "It's been a long time since I've seen your old man, and on this occasion today, it stands to reason that he should also show his face, right?"

"Dad went to Asia," Elizabeth replied without hope of changing Eric's name for her father, and directly ignored it: "Star Media's headquarters is on Hong Kong Island, and after the return of Hong Kong Island last year, Dad plans to establish a good relationship with the mainland, and by the way, see if he can expand his business in the past." ”

For some reason, when Eric heard this, the figure of a certain woman immediately appeared in his mind, if it was placed in ancient times, it was definitely a woman with the potential to become the second Wu Zetian. I don't know if Murdoch will be taken down this time.

Elizabeth glanced in the rearview mirror, noticed Eric's strange expression that seemed to be smiling, and asked, "What are you thinking about, with such a weird expression?"

"How can I be such a pure and good person......"

"Ahh

Eric sighed exaggeratedly, looked down at Julia who had repeatedly unbuttoned one of his shirts in his arms and then buttoned it all the way, and said, "Baby, you say, am I a good person?"

"No," Julia shook her head honestly, then looked at Eric with a look of anticipation in her pretty face.

Eric said, "Well, you can only be punished for lying." ”

"Yes," Julia immediately changed her position in a very unruly manner.

Eric patted Julia on the buttocks, "That's good." ”

"I can't stand it," Elizabeth looked in the rearview mirror with disgust, "Eric, I think I should get another psychiatrist for Julia." ”

Before Eric could answer, Julia's tone immediately returned to normal, and she retorted, "I don't want a psychiatrist." ”

Elizabeth was about to say something, noticing that Julia had buried her head in Eric's arms and covered her ears to pretend to be an ostrich, and could only glare at Eric through the rearview mirror, and stop the topic again.

Back at the hilltop mansion, Elizabeth parked the car, and Eric patted Julia, who was still burying her head in her arms: "It's home, get out of the car, and then continue to punish you for lying just now." ”

Julia raised her head, put her arms around Eric's waist and said, "Eric, you carry me into the house." ”

"Liz will be jealous," Eric laughed, "change another one, or I'll carry you." ”

"Hmm. ”

Elizabeth in the front row picked up her and Julia's bags and got out of the car, watching Julia throw off her high heels at the back door of the car, a little girl threw herself on Eric's back, and said to Eric sourly: "Why do you think I'm not jealous of carrying her?"

Eric walked towards the villa with Julia's lithe body, without explanation, but said, "You shouldn't be jealous anyway." ”

Elizabeth pursed her lips and raised a hand in disgust to wrap her hand around Julia and patted it.

Julia was not annoyed at all, and leaned into Eric's ear with a hot breath, and whispered something.

Eric smiled and turned his head to kiss her on the cheek, not forgetting to warn, "You must not call it that in front of outsiders." ”

Julia chuckled, "No, I'm not a fool." ”

Elizabeth watched the two whispering, suddenly understood something, and pouted: "Two perverts." ”

"Hehe," Julia laughed, looking up at Elizabeth, "Liz, can we roleplay later?"

Elizabeth's face was slightly red: "I decided to sleep by myself tonight, away from you." ”

"Then go to sleep," Julia chin slammed on Eric's shoulder, "Eric, I'm hungry, you're going to make me supper." ”

"Okay, how about making you Chinese-style egg fried rice, this is my specialty, and most people can't eat it. ”

"Uh-huh. ”

"You are not afraid of gaining weight by eating this kind of thing in the middle of the night," Elizabeth said, "And, Eric, I remember that your father used to be an Italian chef, why would you cook Chinese food?"

Eric stuck to Julia's smooth face and said, "Baby, give her a reason." ”

Julia immediately said unreasonably to Elizabeth, "I want you to take care of it!"

"Hit you. ”

Elizabeth raised her hand and pumped it directly on Julia's ass this time.

Rising early in the morning, Eric had exercised, showered and walked into the dining room, where there was already a stack of newspapers on the table, and Elizabeth and Julia were busy in the kitchen.

As soon as they picked up a copy of the Los Angeles Times and opened it, the two women walked in with breakfast.

Eric looked at the vegetable salad in front of him and said, "Well, I'm a man, and I'll starve to death if I just eat this kind of thing." ”

Elizabeth poured a glass of juice and put it in front of Eric and said, "I ate such a high-calorie food last night, of course I have to go on a diet today, and you are the same, if you eat fat one day, Julia and I will never let you in again." ”

Eric took a sip of the juice and said, "You're discriminating against fat people." ”

"Yes, it's discrimination," Elizabeth glanced at Eric unabashedly, pulled out a chair and sat down, and said: "Eric, I've thought about it, I plan to talk openly and honestly with Harvey, the project of "Horse Whisperer", Fox will pass, but the budget must not exceed 50 million US dollars, and the budget ceiling for films produced by Miramax in the future will also maintain this standard. ”

"That's good, it's better than the conflict accumulating until the end and then exploding," Eric nodded, and smiled again, "However, we were busy all night last night, when did you think about it?"

Elizabeth remembered that the three of them had eaten Eric's own supper last night and tossed until one o'clock in the morning before falling asleep, and glanced at Eric with a slightly red face: "I didn't work just now." ”

Eric nodded, "Of course." ”

Elizabeth picked up the fork and ate the salad in front of her, and quickly added: "Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered another thing, if Fox and Harvey really parted ways, what would FFM TV do?"

"I put control of FFM under the Firefly Group in the first place, largely out of this consideration. Even if Harvey leaves Fox and goes it alone, as long as you don't get into trouble, his position at FFM TV won't be affected. ”

Elizabeth also knew that the Weinstein brothers were very realistic people, and when Eric said this, she let go of the matter.

Eric looked at Julia, who was muttering on a salad, and asked, "What about you, is the next movie set?"

Julia looked up and said, "Originally, I was about to negotiate a script with the British working-title, and I plan to have Fox act as an agent for global distribution." However, working-title is the film company owned by Polygram Records. Some time ago, Seagram asked working-title to hand over the distribution rights of all its films to Universal, and I quit. ”

Eric remembered something and asked, "What's the name of the movie?"

"Notting Hill," Julia replied, "is a romance film that takes place in London, England, and the male lead is definitely Hugh Grant. After I stopped acting, they seemed to be contacting Meg Ryan and Claudia Schiffer. ”

"It's okay not to act, you can try other types of movies," Eric nodded when he heard that it was a 'nonsensical' film.

Elizabeth snorted twice when she heard Eric say this. When Julia mentions Hugh Grant, she thinks of his former girlfriend, Elizabeth Hurley.

Two years ago, Eric put Elizabeth Hurley on the set of "Ace Spy", and at that time Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant didn't seem to have broken up. Elizabeth didn't believe that Eric and Elizabeth Hurley had nothing to do with each other.

Eric asked, somewhat inexplicably, "What are you humming?"

"I suddenly regretted it. ”

"It's okay, regretting it often can stimulate a person's motivation to keep going. ”

Elizabeth waved the fork in her hand at Eric and said, "You guy, I mean, the original "Ace Spy", you exchanged it with me for "The Grim Reaper". Now "The Grim Reaper is Coming" has released two films, each of which has exceeded 100 million at the global box office. Although the North American box office of the first part of "Ace Spy" is similar to that of "The Grim Reaper", both of which are more than 50 million, the overseas box office is only 13 million US dollars, and there is no market at all. Now that "Ace Cheap Spy 2" has been basically completed, I have seen the sample film, and it is no different from the first one, but the cost has risen to $30 million, and I am worried about whether it will be able to recover its cost. ”

Despite Elizabeth's explanation, Eric understood what she had just been thinking.

Eric originally wanted Elizabeth Hurley to participate in "Lust City", but because of Candace Bushnell's opposition, "Lust City" used the original version, and Eric stuffed her into the crew of "Ace Spy" as the heroine.

Elizabeth heard Julia talk about Hugh Grant and was clearly reminded of it.

Listening to Elizabeth talk about "Ace Spy", Eric smiled and said, "Otherwise, we'll change it back." ”

Elizabeth was worried about the box office of "Ace Spy" just now, but at this time she instinctively became vigilant: "Don't change." ”

"Forget it," Eric shrugged.

Elizabeth blinked and changed her words: "Change, give me the production cost of "Ace Cheap Spy 2" and the copyright of "Death is Coming", and the soon-to-finish film will be yours." ”

"I regret it," Eric said, shaking his head, picking up a piece of salad and stuffing it into his mouth, "So, the opportunity is fleeting." ”

Julia laughed gloatingly.

Elizabeth raised her fist hatefully and hammered it on Eric's shoulder, "You bastard, I'll bite you." ”

"Liz, you know, in Chinese, this articulation is very magical," Eric slapped a small fist that was not light or heavy, and said with a wicked smile, "Now, let's have a good discussion tonight." (To be continued.) )