Eric's pessimistic judgment of "Confrontational Game" made Joe Silvo's face become solemn, although Firefly and Warner have a competitive relationship, but when it comes to a film project, Eric either won't make any judgment at all, but since he has spoken, he will definitely not talk nonsense. After all, movies are going to be released after all, and once the movie is released and the result is diametrically opposed to what Eric said, then Eric's words today will definitely make him a big laughing stock in Hollywood, and with Eric's current status, no movie is enough for him to joke about his reputation.

Hollywood is not only a circle of lovers, but also extremely cold and ruthless, the failure of a big-budget movie often heralds the departure of a film company executive or producer, so it has also formed a unique 'expulsion season' in Hollywood, every summer and New Year's file, with the failure of some films, someone will be swept away by the film company. "Confrontational Game" costs $50 million, although it is not as good as the super productions of 70 or 80 million in recent years, but it is also a big-budget film, and Joe Sylvo understands that if this film fails, although it will not make him swept away by Warners, the cooperation between the two sides will definitely not be as close as before. Although Eric's solicitation made him very excited, Joe Sylvao had been operating within the Time Warner system for nearly a decade, and he didn't want to move to another company unless he had to.

After hesitating for a moment, Joe Sylvie couldn't help but ask, "Eric, what do you think is wrong with this movie, and is there any possibility of remedy?"

Eric smiled and shook his head, "Joe, my position doesn't allow me to consult you on this, and it's enough to tell you what I just said." ”

There are just too many problems with Confrontational Games in my memory. Although action blockbusters inevitably have the shortcomings of weak plots. But this movie doesn't even tell a story with a weak plot clearly. Even if the KGB is replaced by other evil forces, it will not help the whole movie.

Eric felt that the only remedy was to cut the project outright, which would have wasted the upfront investment, but would save more production and distribution costs and avoid greater losses. However, the likelihood of this happening at Time Warner is low, and the internal system of Time Warner Group is very bloated and full of factions. The establishment of every big-budget film project is full of games of various forces, and when a film has a bright future, the management can certainly work together, but if there is a problem with the project, the person in charge will definitely compete to clear the responsibility, even if it is the CEO of Time Warner, as long as it does not involve his own interests, it is impossible to risk the board of directors to cut a project that has entered the filming stage.

Eric was reluctant to say more, and Joe Sylvou couldn't ask for more.

Joe Sylvo showed up at the party to talk about a collaboration with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had regained popularity with True Lies. But after hearing Eric's words. He also canceled his original plan, if the project "Confrontational Games" was ruined. The collaboration with Arnold Schwarzenegger is unlikely to be anything to be desired. "Confrontational Games" is similar to "Die Hard" in some ways, and Joe Sylvo had hoped to create a blockbuster action franchise after "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard", but now all he thinks about is how to avoid more losses. After all, the movie has just started filming, and there must be room for reversal.

On his way back to his mansion in Beverly Hills, the more Joe Sylvo thought about it, the more he felt that the matter was urgent, and called the creators of Confrontational Games, and then told the driver to turn around and drive towards the Warner set in Burbank.

Cindy Crawford, who had left with Joe Silvo, sat on the other side of the carriage, looking at the fat man beside him with an anxious expression, and some regret in his heart. Her agent has a good relationship with Victoria's Secret director of operations, Edward Lazek, and heard some news from a phone call from Edward Lazek in the morning that Cindy Crawford will appear at the "True Lies" party, Eric's guess about Joe Silvo is really good, Cindy Crawford is not willing to give up the identity of the heroine of "Confrontational Games", but at the same time wants to get the contract of Victoria's Secret spokesperson. She was still quite confident in her charms, and thought that if she met Eric Williams in person, everything would be just a matter of hand, but now the situation is the opposite of what she imagined.

The Cadillac car drove forward for a while, and Joe Sylvie noticed the woman next to him again, this woman was supposed to come to the door in person, Joe Sylvie also planned to enjoy this wonderful stunner tonight, but now he has no intention of playing with women. Joe Sylvo is well aware that his power in Hollywood comes from movies, and if he loses his job as a producer, his power will disappear, and the women he used to pick up like docile cats will not even look at him again.

When the luxury car moved forward to another intersection, Joe Silverau casually ordered the driver to stop, and then said to Cindy Crawford: "Miss Crawford, I have important things to do, I'm afraid I can't take you back to your accommodation, I'm sorry." ”

"It's all right, Mr. Silvo," said Cindy Crawford, smiling charmingly as she left the car and gracefully disembarking after the driver had pulled the door open for her, waving at the departing luxury car.

After the Cadillac figure disappeared, Cindy Crawford retracted her figure and looked at the somewhat desolate streets around her, and soon the woman's gaffe cursed "Damn Los Angeles, damn Hollywood......"

Anything, even a handful of worthless dirt, can find a basket of advantages if someone says it's good, and similarly, even a gem, if someone says it's bad, it's easy to find a series of faults.

Joe Silverie was originally very good at the script of "Confrontational Game", so he ignored the shortcomings that many people can easily spot, but when Eric, the legendary director who created the box office myth, saw the story as worthless, the shortcomings in the script were immediately exposed.

In a conference room at Warner Pictures headquarters in Burbank. Although it was already early in the morning. But in the face of Joe Silvo, who had a gloomy face. Andrew Ceples, director of "Confrontational Games", and Charlie Fletcher, as well as several other assistant directors and production assistants, were silent.

The problems that Eric can find, as long as the creator of the film faces it seriously, can actually find it, after all, these people have been immersed in the film industry for many years.

"Filming was suspended for a week, I went to say hello at headquarters, and in a week I was going to see a brand new script," Joe Sylvaud tapped his finger on the table, staring at the hours of discussion on the memo: "The KGB gimmick will definitely not work." The Soviet Union is finished, and the KGB has no appeal to the audience, either the mafia or the Latin American drug lords. Also, what is the situation of the ex-girlfriend of the male protagonist Marx, I remember that she only started one scene, this role is dispensable, why did it suddenly appear again in the 24th scene?"

Faced with Joe Silver, who suddenly looked up and stared sharply at him, screenwriter Charlie Fletcher subconsciously glanced at the assistant director named Thomas Samuel on the left.

Seeing this situation, Joe Sylvao couldn't understand it, and rummaged through the actor profiles next to him for a while. I found an actor profile, and looked at the assistant director named Thomas Samuel without a smile: "Salma Hayek." Hmph, the Hun is so big, this Mexican girl must be very comfortable serving you, right?"

Thomas Samuel realized that this was the prelude to Joe Silver's imminent outburst, and got up tremblingly and said, "Mr. Silver, listen to me, I just think this character in the original book is very interesting, so I suggest ......"

"Your life will definitely be more interesting in the future," Joe Silvo interrupted Thomas's quibble, clutching the document in his hand and throwing it at him, "Now, take your Mexican pool, get out of here, and don't let me see you again in Hollywood." ”

After the hapless assistant director left the conference room in embarrassment, Joe Sylvie coldly glanced at the others and said, "I don't care how you use your identity to trick those ignorant little actors in private, but if you really dare to trade your work, I will definitely make him look good, you remember for me, this is a business of tens of millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars!"

After the roar, Joe Sylvie quickly calmed down, looked at the memo in his hand, and quickly raised his head again, and said to screenwriter Charlie Fletcher: "The heroine's role is too heavy, if she were Nicole Kidman, I wouldn't mind doing this, but this character is completely reduced to a screaming vase in the later stage, since it has no characteristics, then focus on shaping the male lead." ......Remembering what happened a few hours ago, Joe Sylvough added: "Inform Cindy Crawford tomorrow that she has been fired." This woman doesn't have any box office appeal, and even if we need a vase, we need a vase with box office appeal. ”

Director Andrew Ceples, who sat at the head of Joe Silver, whispered, "But, Mr. Silver, Cindy Crawford was introduced by Mr. Melnick......"

Joe Silvervo hesitated for less than a second, but remembering Eric's solicitation at the party, he immediately said confidently: "If I don't want to, no one can stuff people into my movie, and Melnick wouldn't mind taking it to Warner's board of directors if he insisted." ”

Andrew Cypuses was talking about Benjamin Melnick as Warner's CEO and CFO, and most of the room knew that Joe Silvo had been very polite to Benjamin Melnick in the past, so there was some wonder why he had suddenly become so tough tonight.

But this is not something that these little shrimps can care about, anyway, it is difficult for these high-level struggles to affect their little shrimps, so they nodded in agreement.

Joe Silvo was very pleased with the reaction and said, "So, do you have any candidates to recommend?"

Andrew C. Puses said: "How about Claudia Schiffer, if you talk about vases, there is definitely no vase in Hollywood that is more appealing than her, but her current salary is about $5 million, which is ten times the salary of Cindy Crawford this time?"

Of course, it was impossible for Joe Silvo not to know about Claudia's relationship with Eric, and he subconsciously thought that if he sent an invitation. Eric would definitely make Claudia Schiffer turn down the offer.

But. Joe Silvo was quick to think again. What if Claudia Schiffer accepts the revised script, then it is very likely that Eric approved the script, and this benefit is definitely not available for $5 million, and he believes that Warner will definitely not hesitate to increase the budget by $5 million for this reason. And even if it was rejected, there was nothing to lose on their side.

"You contact Claudia Schiffer's agent as soon as it gets daybreak," Joe Silvo said to Andrew Ceples, "but don't hand over the current script, try to see the other party's schedule." Wait for the script to be revised before showing it to the other party. ”

Andrew Cyps nodded and wrote it down in his memo.

"So, let's continue the discussion," Joe Silvo took a sip of coffee, refreshed himself, and said, "There are also too many scenes where the hero and heroine are hunted down, which will make the audience feel depressed, so the plot of the chase must be cut and the plot of the hero and heroine joining forces to fight back must be added." That's what the audience wants to see......"

……

Of course, Eric had no idea that his words could affect so many people and things in just one night. After attending a party last night, I thought about the Victoria's Secret spokesperson. After making a tentative phone call, Claudia had recently returned to Los Angeles, and Eric rushed to the girl's Beverly Hills residence.

In a mansion halfway up Beverly, Eric sits on the second-floor terrace, dressed in a casual tank top and beach pants, reading today's newspaper in the warm morning sun, while the city of angels dyed golden by the morning sun beneath his feet, and even the traffic moving like blood in the veins of the entire city street can be seen in the distance.

Claudia, dressed in a simple T-shirt and jeans, walked out of the second-floor living room with a tray, put breakfast on the round table, leaned over and kissed Eric, and said, "I made a beef sandwich, try it?"

Eric pecked Claudia's lips, reached out and pulled her into his arms, wrapped his arms around the soft waist under the T-shirt, pointed to the breakfast on the table, and smiled evilly, "I fed you last night, now it's time for you to feed me." ”

Claudia smiled and twisted her waist, but she didn't mean to break free, and sat on Eric's lap obediently, reaching out to pick up the sandwich from the plate and bringing it to Eric's mouth.

Eric ate a few bites of sandwiches, and then suddenly remembered what was left behind at will last night, and asked: "There is just something I want to ask you about, you know I'm preparing a catwalk for Victoria's Secret, this brand needs five spokespersons, four have been determined, and the endorsement fee will definitely be very generous, but this time it is different from ordinary catwalks, it takes a while to rehearse, are you interested in coming together?"

Claudia's eyes lit up, she had always wanted to be able to participate in the film directed by Eric himself, although this time it was not a movie, Claudia also knew that this was a great opportunity to spend time with Eric. It's just that Claudia quickly shook her head in frustration: "If it was you and me last year, it would definitely be fine, but now it may not work." ”

Eric didn't mind, he just asked curiously, "Didn't you just finish making a movie, and you have another appointment so soon?"

Claudia shook her head and said regretfully: "No, but I signed a three-year endorsement contract with the French brand Farmanl last year, and I definitely can't participate in other brands' Farmanl shows, Eric, I'm really sorry." ”

Eric smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, I'm just asking casually." ”

Claudia hummed, leaned over with a charming expression, and asked, "When are you going to make the next movie, let me be the heroine, okay?"

Eric sniffed the girl's good smell and said, "I don't dare to make any promises to you, I won't have any plans for the next movie until the Victoria's Secret show is over, but I promise you that as long as there is a suitable role for you, I will definitely not consider anyone else." ”

"Really?" Claudia curled the corners of her mouth, "Don't you even think about Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman?"

Eric nodded firmly, "Yes, not considered." ”

Claudia smiled and kissed Eric on the cheek, "I know you're coaxing me, but I'm still happy." ”

"I'm definitely not coaxing you, you're completely different actors, so there's no competition. ”

"Oh......" Claudia's face immediately showed a hint of loss, her acting skills improved a lot, and her tone was resentful: "You must think I'm just a vase." ”

"Yes, the most beautiful vase in Hollywood, there is no one. ”

"It's still a vase," Claudia said with some reluctance, reaching for Eric's neckline, as if trying to get Eric to retract the assessment.

Eric smiled and pinched Claudia's face, took the sandwich in her hand and ate it in a few bites, suddenly picked up the girl in his arms and walked inside, and said, "It's still early, let me enjoy the 'Miss Vase'." ”

"Oh, oops...... Don't let that happen. (To be continued.) )