Michael. Eisner said: "During this time, Disney has been working with Rennie. Haring and Gina. Davis negotiated the two, and now Disney has signed a three-year contract with them. Haring and Gina. Davis won't work for any studio other than Disney. ”

Robert. Shay was stunned for a moment before realizing that Michael. Eisner was talking about these two people, and at the same time, he also understood that he had made a big mistake because of his neglect, and he should have signed a contract with these two people first, and then negotiated with the Seven Greats.

In Eric's and "Cut Throat Island" script owner Bruce Brown. When Evans was contacted, he revealed his intention to invite the two to be the director and heroine, which was something that Bruce, who had already understood the ins and outs of the matter after he bought the script of "Cut Throat Island" at a high price. Evanster explained.

Face Michael. Eisner was unabashedly aggressive, and Robert was unabashedly aggressive. Shay stubbornly said: "The most important thing in Hollywood is directors and actresses, I can change people, don't try to blackmail me based on this, don't even think about it." ”

"I'm not trying to blackmail you, we're talking about cooperation now," said Michael. Eisner's tone became very cold, and there was no trace of what he had said to Robert in the first place. Shay's amiable face when he cooperated with the overseas distribution rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles": ""Cut Throat Island" is different from "Ghost Love", which costs less than $30 million, this is a super blockbuster production that requires at least $70 million, and the total cost after the announcement is very 7▼ and may exceed 100 million. Just like the anecdote I just said about "Human Ghost", if it is because of the substitution, the director of "Cut Throat Island" will lose at the box office. Such a big-budget movie is likely to lose money. And the impact of the box office loss is cascading. Subsequent film cassette distribution and television rights revenues will be significantly reduced. So you see, you own the script, but Disney has the director and the heroine, and we still need to do the distribution for the film, so in this way, you still take advantage of it. Of course, you can wait three years, but if I'm not mistaken. You and Bruce. Evans also signed a contract for only three years, and if he didn't produce a film for three years, the ownership of the script would automatically go back to Bruce. Evans, do you think you'll be able to get this script again next time? ”

Robert. Shay's hand on the armrest of the seat trembled sharply, apparently very emotional, facing Michael. Eisner's aggressive gaze, Robert. Shay finally exhaled in a dejected manner, "Okay, let's talk about it again." ”

……

New York has just had a heavy snowfall and the weather is getting unusually cold.

Sixty Soho Manhattan. Still the same suite he stayed in last time, Eric woke up in the morning. Jogged on the treadmill for half an hour, took a shower, and planned to go downstairs to eat as usual.

Walking into the elevator, Eric pressed the button, looked at the indicator light boredly and let the elevator slide down, and when he reached the third floor, the elevator suddenly stopped.

Knowing that someone was going to come in, Eric took a step back into the corner, the elevator door opened, and the tall woman with her hands in the pockets of her black trench coat had just stepped in, her eyes met, and the two of them said in unison, "It's you?" ”

Eric motioned for the woman to come in, closed the elevator door, and asked, "Catherine, why did you come to New York?" ”

Catherine. Bigelow looked Eric up and down curiously, and said, "I'm here in New York to relax, what about you?" ”

"I'll make money," Eric said succinctly.

Catherine. Bigelow thought Eric was joking, and joked with a cooperative smile, "It's vulgar." ”

After only two words, the elevator had reached the ground floor, and Eric and Catherine. Bigelow stepped out of the elevator side by side and said, "Don't you mind having breakfast with a layman like me, I'm in for a treat?" ”

"Okay, I'm not going to be kind to you, a rich man."

They walked into the dining room together, found a table and sat down, and had just ordered breakfast from the waiter, when a tall white man came over and headed Catherine. Bigelow nodded slightly, and handed a stack of newspapers and a copy of the paper to Eric: "Mr. Williams, this is today's newspaper, and there are a few copies of the text faxed from Los Angeles last night, Mr. Hansen asked you to call him back after reading it." ”

"I see," Eric nodded, and because of Catherine's presence, he didn't intend to read the stuff before breakfast came, but just put the newspaper and the text aside.

Catherine. Bigelow watched the man who suddenly appeared return to his seat in the corner before he asked curiously, "Who is that, Alan?" ”

"My bodyguard, Allen, is in Los Angeles, so let him make a cameo as a temporary assistant, or tell me about you, why did you suddenly show up here?"

Catherine. "I've lived in Soho for 10 years, and I recently divorced that bastard, so I came to visit some old friends and take a break. ”

Eric remembered later Catherine. Bigelow and Cameron still cooperate, but now, the woman is obviously angry about Cameron's cheating, and it is impossible to forgive each other in a short time.

"Jim did too much this time, do you want me to help you clean him up, such as pushing the budget of "Terminator 2" down to 18 million?"

Catherine took the breakfast from the waiter's hand and gave Eric a blank look: "Excuse me, don't think I don't know, you're a little bastard too." ”

Eric, who had just taken a sip of milk, almost choked out: "What are you doing with the fire in your own yard?" ”

"What do you say?"

"If you want me to say, your thinking is too extreme, it's not good, it's easy to become a cynical paranoia."

Catherine snorted lightly, didn't continue to listen to Eric's nonsense, ate breakfast for a while, and then asked, "Aren't the fireflies regrouping, what are you doing in New York with that mess behind?" ”

"It's really making money," Eric pointed in the direction of the New York Merchant Exchange, "Take advantage of the war in the Middle East to make some difference in crude oil futures." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be a little profiteer who made war money."

"I'll admit the profiteer, can I remove the small print?"

"Can't!"

Seeing Eric's 'depressed' look, Catherine laughed: "Eh, how much do you make, do you make a lot of money by making a movie?" ”

Eric shrugged, afraid of scaring the woman and didn't dare to tell the truth, but said: "Most of the money has been earned by the federal government, no one expected that this war would be fought so neatly, before the war, the federal government and Saudi Arabia united, through the guò crude oil reserves sold a large number of futures contracts at a high price, and now the oil price has been cut in half, at least hundreds of billions of dollars, we small fish and shrimp can only follow behind to drink some soup." ”

Catherine still knows a little bit of futures knowledge, and sighed: "100 billion, doesn't that mean that there are people who have to lose so much?" ”

"Well, if you pay attention to the newspapers, you will see that a large number of oil trading companies around the world have eliminated their securities divisions, and this time the losses will keep them in the record for more than a decade." (To be continued......)