"Didn't the Runkels come?" In the corner of Pai Duì, Jeffrey asked casually, holding a glass of red wine.

This is the second day back to Los Angeles, in order to thank everyone for their help in the past six months, Eric specially held a private party in the Beverly Hills mansion, in the past six months, James Brooks, Penny Marshall, Jeffrey Hansen, Michael Krauss, Edward Lewis and others, as well as some actor friends he met during the filming, Eric sent invitations.

Coupled with the companions brought by the guests, there were nearly forty or fifty people in total, but fortunately, Eric changed his residence, so that there was no embarrassing situation when he opened the duì for the first time.

Hearing Jeffrey's words, Eric shook his head nonchalantly: "I personally called and invited, and Charleson declined. ”

Jeffrey was not worried: "I heard that Stuart Runkel has now received three film contracts under the arrangement of the CAA, and the schedule is directly scheduled for the end of next year. Eric, what the hell are you going to do? ”

Eric reassured: "Don't worry, Jeffrey, CAA's desire to use a sequel to pinch us is simply wishful thinking. You'll understand when the movies Stu Jr. takes over are released. ”

In my memory, after relying on fame in his previous life, Macaulay Culkin also took over many films, but the box office results were mediocre, coupled with his fame and high remuneration, some producers even lost money.

"You're saying that Stewart's other films won't do too well?" Jeffrey took this into account, too.

Eric nodded, "Everyone knows it's an outlier, and I don't deny it myself. After all, Stu Jr. is just a child, no matter how famous he is, his box office appeal cannot be compared with that of an adult superstar. Wait until next year, in order to maintain the fame of Little Stu, even if they tear their faces with CAA, the Runkels will choose to continue to work with us. The couple ......"

Eric stopped talking at this point, with disappointment in his eyes, and when he called to invite the Runkel family, Charleson Runkel was very cold and even a little arrogant towards him.

Eric can also figure out some of Charlison's mentality, maybe the other party thinks that if it weren't for his son, he wouldn't be as successful as he is now.

Some people tend to take themselves too seriously.

"But what if Stuart makes another box office hit?" Jeffrey asked.

"Not to mention that this is very unlikely, even if it does happen, then it will be negotiated at that time. Jeffrey, when it's released, you'll understand that I'm not living on a series. ”

As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of Drew in a small red dress casually taking a glass of red wine from the waiter's tray, and Eric immediately glared at the girl. Aware that Eric had caught his actions corrected, Drew quickly put the glass back, stuck out his tongue, and slipped into the middle of a group of young people next to him.

Jeffrey noticed Eric's actions and teased, "You are so good to her, although you are only eighteen years old, I still feel that you treat Drew like your own daughter, if you have children in the future, you must be a pretty competent father." ”

"It's too far to say this now, I'm only eighteen years old, and it's impossible to rush to get married and have children."

As he spoke, James Brooks greeted the other guests and came to the two of them.

"James, thank you so much for that." Eric raised his glass at James.

James smiled: "It's just a small thing, I saw the reprinted photo on it a few days ago, and you two look really compatible." ”

Speaking of this, Jeffrey also laughed: "Eric, are you sure that photo was not specially posed by you, I have a hard time believing that it was a snapshot of a passing amateur photographer?" ”

"However, the truth is that I paid $1,000 to buy the negatives, and I even had the inspiration to come up with a new script."

James suddenly became interested: "Eric, if it's convenient, can you reveal the content?" ”

"Of course," says Eric, "the story unfolds between a single father and an engaged female journalist......"

Eric took a few minutes to outline the story.

"It sounds like the inspiration for this script came from." James gave his opinion.

Eric didn't deny it: "In the script, the heroine liked the movie very much, and if it starts filming in the future, I even plan to pay tribute to it with the theme song." ”

James thought that Eric's script was amazing, so he bought it and made it himself, and even co-invested with Firefly Films, Eric just owed him a favor, and if he opened his mouth, Eric probably wouldn't refuse. However, after listening to Eric's story, James gave up on the plan he had just made.

Eric didn't go into too much detail about the script, so James dismissed it as an ordinary romantic love story.

Although romantic films are a large proportion of Hollywood films, there are not many that are good at the box office. In this era, Hollywood's best-selling film genres are more likely to be action or sci-fi, and even thriller dramas are more likely to do well at the box office than romantic films.

James' lack of interest after listening to the script made Eric breathe a sigh of relief. If James asked for the script, he really didn't know how to refuse. No matter how you say it, it is also a movie with a box office of more than 100 million, and it is really reluctant to give it away because of the favor owed to James.

Several people's conversations quickly turned to other aspects, and they were temporarily put on the back burner, until later, when the film was released and received a total box office of more than 200 million dollars worldwide, that James Brooks beat his chest and regretted it.

"Eric, I heard that you plan to release it on Love's Day, I think it's better to be cautious, there are only five weeks to start filming after the New Year's holiday, plus the film's review rating, the effective production time is no more than four weeks, this is a very risky thing."

Eric confidently: "Actually, the film was already in preparation two weeks ago, and now it's more than a week away from filming, which is enough for me to think through all the details, so four weeks is more than enough time to make it." There aren't many main scenes, and it's easy to shoot. ”

Under the various trials and tribulations in the previous life, it only took 12 weeks, during which there were also events such as changing the system and changing the style of the script.

After normal film shooting, the accumulated film material will be as long as dozens of hours, and the large-scale film material may even exceed one or two hundred hours, and it is the shooting of these materials that consumes a lot of time.

And Eric, who already has the full film in his mind, certainly won't waste so much time, if it weren't for the fact that the actor has to run in the plot through a lot of shooting, in order to immerse himself in the plot. Eric can even shoot the shots in his memory.

Even so, as long as the actors were able to show their acting skills, Eric was confident that he could compress the film material into less than ten hours, which would be more than enough time for four weeks of filming and post-production.