Shaking his head slightly, Eric explained: "Tom, the reason why it is called a dark war is because its core is the rivalry between the two protagonists, and if the scene is too unbalanced, the excitement of the movie will be greatly reduced. Moreover, I think you have the most room to play in this movie, Hanks still needs to share scenes with Joe Pesci and others, and your role is completely a one-man show, so there is no need to add more. ”

Hearing Eric's refusal, Cruise knew that what Eric said was very reasonable, but his face still showed a faint displeasure.

Originally, Eric didn't have much opinion on Cruise's personal qualities, and he wasn't even interested in those rumors at all, others had other people's ways of living, and there were more celebrities in Hollywood in private. Cruise is at least a very dedicated and hardworking person, which is why Eric wanted to work with each other in the first place.

But now, Eric began to regret a little, because Cruise's desire to control zhì is too strong, and Eric himself is also a person with a strong desire to control, it is estimated that in the next filming process, disputes must be indispensable Think about it carefully, Eric feels that the main thing is that his qualifications are too shallow, and Cruise has a sense of superiority from the bottom of his heart.

"So, Eric, about the bus girl, is Brooke Small...... Too tall?" Heights of one meter and seven have always been Cruise's weakness, so just after being rejected, after saying this sentence impulsively in order to provoke, Cruise regretted it, isn't this a slap in the face.

Remembering that he saw Brooke Small's six-foot height on the data, the corners of Eric's mouth couldn't help twitching, if he wore high heels again, it would be worth it, and it was estimated that he would be at the same altitude as Gina Davis, who hugged him at the awards ceremony today.

Eric couldn't hold back to laugh in front of Cruise, and persuaded, "Tom, you don't have to worry about this at all, the scene between the two of you is sitting in the bus or in the restaurant, and there is no scene of walking side by side." ”

"Alright," Cruise nodded wryly, took a sip of red wine to hide his embarrassment, and hurried away.

As soon as Eric turned around and was about to return to the crowd, Virginia came out of nowhere and grabbed Eric's arm.

"Oh, I'm looking too closely. Eric laughed teasingly, how he couldn't see Virginia's little eyes.

The girl suddenly showed an aggrieved look and withdrew her arm: "If you like a beautiful woman, just go." ”

"Forget it, let's go back," Eric looked at his watch, "lest you always be scared as if I was going to fly away." ”

"Hmm," Virginia happily put her arm around Eric again, "May I go to your house tonight?"

"Okay, but you're in the limelight tonight, there must be paparazzi outside. ”

Virginia had already thought of a countermeasure: "Let's take the elevator directly to the parking lot, drive Mr. Sid's car away, be careful and it will be fine." ”

If it weren't for the public, Eric would have wanted to reach out and pinch the girl's face to compliment.

As the two were about to leave, there was a commotion at the door of the banquet hall, and Eric seemed to hear shouts like 'Mr. Spielberg', and looked up, and sure enough, a large crowd of people surrounded a middle-aged man with round glasses and walked into the banquet hall.

"It's Steven Spielberg, what is he doing here?" said Virginia curiously.

"Who knows," Eric shook his head, then said, "Let's go up and say hello before we go, or it would be a bit rude." ”

"Hmm," Virginia was visibly eager to try.

The two were about to step forward, but Spielberg walked over to Eric.

In everyone's surprised eyes, Spielberg took the initiative to reach out to Eric: "Eric, I thought you would go to the Hilton Hotel, but I only knew that you were here when I got there, but let me find it." ”

"Really...... I don't know what to say, Mr. Spielberg, if you want to see me, you can contact my agent to arrange a meeting," Eric shook his hand confused.

"Everybody's busy, and today is a special day, so I'm able to spare time," Spielberg explained, "Eric, I've got someone to find a room downstairs, let's go there." Oh, this ...... Ladies can also come along. ”

"No problem," Eric nodded, pulling Virginia away with Spielberg amid the speculative gazes of everyone in the banquet hall.

After Eric left, everyone whispered for a while, and began to go their own way again, although they lost a chance to get close to Spielberg, but they didn't feel that they had too many qualifications, but Cruise kept watching Spielberg and Eric and the others disappear at the door, and their hearts were even more lost. He originally thought that Spielberg was coming for the crew, or even for himself, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this.

Cruise didn't have too much urgency to cooperate with Spielberg, he just hoped to be able to make friends with Spielberg, as a representative of Hollywood Jews, as long as he had a good relationship with Spielberg, it was equivalent to a good relationship with the Jewish circle in Hollywood.

Hollywood is a Jewish world, and this is not just a statement, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner and many other studio executives are Jewish, and a large number of famous directors and stars such as Spielberg and Harrison Ford are also Jewish. Cruise broke away from CAA, and if he wanted to get out of being a pure actor and step into the ranks of producers, it was essential to make friends with Hollywood Jewish circles.

In the next room of the banquet hall, the two sides sat down, and the waiter took the initiative to leave the room after serving coffee to several people, leaving only Spielberg and his assistant, and Eric and Virginia.

"Eric, Drew is alright, it's been a long time since I've seen her visit me. Spielberg didn't rush to get down to business, but chatted casually.

Eric was not in a hurry, but caught a glimpse of Virginia sitting upright beside her, she felt very embarrassed, people are big directors, I am also a big director, okay, you little woman is really embarrassing for me, go back and clean up.

"Drew is the heartless character," Eric said with a smile, "She happens to be at home today, and I'll teach the girl a lesson when I go back, and it's a bit rude not to visit you for a long time." ”

"I've heard people say that Drew has a strange relationship with you, like father and daughter, and I didn't believe it at first, but I thought it might be true when I heard the tone of your voice just now. But it's also a good choice for the girl to follow you, her parents ...... Don't talk about it, Eric, treat her well. ”

"I will," Eric nodded, not delving into where Spielberg had heard, and his Hollywood connections were completely unmatched.

Spielberg took a slow sip of coffee before saying: "Actually, I came to you today for the copyright of your book, I have asked people to contact you a few times before, but they were all refused, so I have to go out in person today, Eric, how about selling me the movie copyright?"

Eric didn't answer immediately, picked up the coffee cup and lowered his head in thought, in fact, he was very distressed in his heart, selling the film rights to Spielberg, it was impossible. Even if Spielberg was asked to be the director of this film as he did in his previous life, Eric would not agree. Because he just remembered some numbers in his mind.

In the previous life, it won more than 900 million US dollars at the global box office, including 350 million US dollars in North America and 600 million US dollars overseas, according to 55% of the local and 20% overseas In terms of average share, the film can finally get a box office share of 310 million US dollars, and Universal's investment in this film is about 70 million US dollars, that is to say, minus the cost, the film can get a huge profit of 240 million US dollars, which seems to be an ecstatic number, because even in the ninety-three years of the previous life, the box office profit of any film giant in a whole year is only this number at most.

There is a divine twist in everything, which is called a 'but'.

However, Spielberg deserves to be called the most astute film businessman, as the director, Spielberg with his personal strength and a series of negotiations, signed a high proportion of the share contract with Universal, and the final result was that Spielberg personally took $250 million in shares because of this project!

In 1993, the era of DVD players had not yet arrived, and the proportion of the videotape market in film revenue was only 30 to 40 percent, and the income from other peripheral broadcast rights was relatively small. In other words, most of the profits from this film were actually taken by Spielberg personally, which led to the establishment of DreamWorks in 1994. If it weren't for the huge profits brought by peripheral products and theme parks, the global executives would probably have to cover their faces and cry their noses.

As for the rumor that Spielberg's dissatisfaction with the global investment director was prompted to set up DreamWorks on his own, there is no credibility in this assertion.

didn't invest a penny, took 250 million before and after, and was still dissatisfied, there is still no reason in this world!

Eric is now distressed that he does not want to offend the Jewish director, who has huge connections in Hollywood, if he can politely and unkindly reject Spielberg.

"Mr. Spielberg, actually...... I wrote this book with the intention of directing myself, so ......" Eric stumbled through the language: "So...... I didn't plan to sell the film and television rights. ”

Spielberg smiled like an elder and analyzed Eric: "Eric, I've seen a few of your movies, and I think you're better at low-budget comedies or dramas, and I'm afraid you won't be able to shoot such a science fiction novel for a long time in the future." I don't mean to despise you, but you are still too young after all, and lack the accumulation of experience. I'm actually like this myself, I made my first short film in 1959, but it wasn't until sixteen years later that I was able to produce such a science fiction film, although your qualifications are much stronger than mine, but it also takes about ten years of accumulation, maybe many people have forgotten about this novel at that time, and it is very risky to shoot it again, and it will be difficult to recover the cost if you don't pay attention to it. ”