"Okay, 80 million is 80 million," Eric also quickly figured out Murdoch's situation, although News Corp is firmly controlled by Murdoch, but the Murdoch family only has 40% of the shares, if Murdoch wants to siphon out all the liquidity like Eric did with Fireflies, it will definitely be strongly opposed by other shareholders.

"Eric, 80 million dollars will be withdrawn in ten days, I need to give a full explanation to the shareholders, if you fail to repay the money before the end of the year, I want to convert this money into a firefly shares, what do you think of 10%?"

"5%, Firefly is worth that price now," said Eric, who was not willing to risk the money, though he was sure that he would be able to pay it back in three months.

Murdoch immediately shook his head: "No, Eric, I can't explain to the shareholders if it's five percent, I heard that you opened another shell company......"

The two of them bargained back and forth, and finally settled on an 8% agreement.

The deal was confirmed, and the old and the young walked out of the study, and Elizabeth's giggling laughter echoed through the hall.

"Liz, are you trying to tear down my house with a sonic attack?" Finding the two women sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows, Eric asked jokingly.

"I'd like to tear you down," Elizabeth, who was lying on the couch reading the script, sat up and moved out of the way for her father to sit down, giving Eric a roll of the eye.

Eric walked over to Connery and sat down, and asked the girl, "What were you laughing at?"

"It's a script, a parody of Tom Cruise's Top Gun, but it's really a comedy, and the plot is very ...... Jump. Connery tilted his head and thought for a moment before coming up with a suitable adjective.

Eric blurted out with some disdain: "It's "Top Gun" again, how can this movie be so easy to copy, although the original movie claimed to cost no more than 20 million US dollars, but at that time with the full support of the military. It's a conscription propaganda film in itself......"

As he spoke, Eric suddenly remembered something and said to Elizabeth, "Liz, I'll take a look at the script." ”

Elizabeth handed over the script, and Eric glanced at the English title, which he didn't recognize for a moment. But after turning the page and reading a few pages, I quickly remembered this movie.

The script in my hand is the famous American nonsensical comedy "Fighting Condor", which I remember starring Charlie Sheen, the actor of "Two and a Half Heroes", the movie is enough to conceive a similar main line to "Top Gun", but the content is spoofed to the extreme. It not only imitates many classic Hollywood films, but also mixes a lot of ridicule of famous political figures and events in recent years.

In the early 90s, most comedies in Hollywood were still mediocre, so as soon as a spoof like "Fighting the Condor" appeared, it immediately caused a sensation.

Noticing the change in Eric's expression after seeing the script, Murdoch, who didn't care too much about it, also became curious, and asked in a low voice, Elizabeth leaned over to her father and said, "It's Fox's script." ”

Hear this. The old fox immediately relaxed, poured himself a cup of coffee, and waited patiently for Eric to open the script.

"Eric. I saw this script first, huh?" said Elizabeth as soon as Eric looked up.

Eric handed the script to Connery beside him, and then said to Elizabeth, "The script has been established, are you going to dig into the corner of Fox?"

"Well, of course I wouldn't do that, but don't forget what you just said. Let me pick a script. I know you have a 30% share of the investment, give it to me. ”

Eric threw the girl a 'Did I just say something' emoji. Elizabeth was so angry that she almost jumped.

After lunch, see off the Murdoch father and daughter. Eric begins to go to the Firefly headquarters to prepare for the premiere of "Ghost Love" in the evening.

Regarding "Fighting Condor", Elizabeth then snatched a few words from Eric, and then gave up asking for Eric's right to invest, although the girl has a bit of a temper, but she is very shrewd and rational in major matters, and will not be unreasonable.

There are two female characters with more scenes in "Fighting Condor", one is a psychoanalyst, which is considered the female number one, and the other is a female pilot nicknamed 'Nei丨 Yi', among a large number of strong men, this role is quite eye-catching, but there are not many lines. Although Connery was not very happy with both roles, Eric had already chosen the script, and the girl obediently chose the role of female number one.

The North American distribution of "Ghost Love" was a huge success, with 2,300 theaters and a grand premiere at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

It's not yet six o'clock in the afternoon, and stars have begun to appear on the long red carpet in front of the China Grand Theater, although a few streets away is the premiere of "Die Hard 2", but the premiere of "Ghost Love" is obviously more star-studded, in addition to the stars invited by Disney and Firefly, the families of the heroes and heroines of "Human Ghosts" are also making efforts, and the Coppola family and the Fonda family have spared no effort to support the careers of their younger generations.

"Wow, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are here. ”

"It would be strange if Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman came back. ”

"It's not easy, it's nice to have two. ”

……

"Look, Jodie Foster!"

"It's still so beautiful, it's a shame that I heard that she became gay. ”

"It's just a rumor. ”

"What happened to Hinckley back then stimulated her a lot, and if it were me, I guess I would have changed my sexual orientation. ”

……

"That's James Cameron, I heard that "Terminator 2" has been launched, so I'm looking forward to it, is the woman next to him his wife?"

"It's so beautiful, and it's very temperamental, I guess it's an actor. ”

……

"Cher, why is she here too?"

She worked with Nicolas Cage on "Moonlight" three years ago, and I heard that the two are good friends. ”

"I still prefer her singing. ”

“……”

“……”

On the red carpet, almost every few minutes, a star figure appeared to surprise fans, causing a burst of screams and discussions.

Originally, there were only a few hundred fans on both sides of the red carpet, but in less than half an hour, the fans who came to get the news had already crowded the entire street, and even many fans who were originally attending the premiere of "Die Hard 2" rushed over, making Fox extremely embarrassed but helpless.

As a director, Eric didn't even have time to appear on the red carpet, so he had to start entertaining many guests who came to cheer, and it is estimated that at this time, those fans who have been dizzy by the stars will not care whether he appears on the red carpet as a director.

"Eric, I went to see the test screening, and the film was very well made, especially the echo of the first and last two pieces of music, which directly sublimated the theme of the film to the extreme," Francis Coppola, who came from the set of "The Godfather 3", patted Eric on the shoulder and exclaimed.

Eric looked at Cage, who was standing quietly beside Coppola, and said, "Nick's watch is far beyond my expectations, maybe in the near future, there will be an Oscar winner in the Coppola family." ”

"Haha, that's for sure," Coppola said proudly, saying that Westerners don't have much of a habit of being modest.

After greeting Uncle Coppola's uncle and nephew, Eric quickly shuttled through the crowd to greet him, and just as he was about to find a corner to rest against the wall for a while, he felt a pair of large hands pressed on his shoulders, and turned his head to see James Cameron and Catherine Bigelow, who were smiling meaningfully.

"Jim, Kate, hello, thank you for coming," Eric hurriedly greeted

James Cameron didn't have the polite smile on the red carpet, and asked with a stiff face: "Eric, what about the money, "Terminator 2" has started casting, but the finance on the Black Ant's side told me that my company has no money, which made me get the deposit to sign a contract with the union, and Stan also told me that you suddenly siphoned off the liquidity in the digital field." ”

"Aren't there hundreds of thousands?" asked Eric subconsciously.

Cameron had the urge to pinch Eric's neck: "What are hundreds of thousands enough for, you sue me!"

"Okay, Jim, don't worry, a month, I need to use that money for a month, and after a month, you can have as much as you want?"

Cameron just wanted to ask what to do this month, but when he heard the meaning of Eric's words, he immediately changed his words and said, "I'm going to raise the budget, at least ...... At least an additional 20 million. ”

"No problem," Eric nodded briskly, and when he saw that Cameron was about to speak again, he immediately said, "No more." ”

"Okay, what about this month?" Cameron asked.

Eric said, "Take your time with the casting, you can go to Stan's and figure out how to do it together, I heard last time that they had developed a transformation software for this." By the way, Kate, "Shocking Point" may have to take a step back a bit. ”

"I'm fine," Catherine Bigelow laughed, "Anyway, if it drags on, the movie will only be scheduled for Easter next year at the earliest, and you'll lose it." ”

"Kate is reasonable, Jim, and you're going to learn from your wife," Eric teased without a trace, and the woman glared at him at once.

Because so many stars attended the premiere, the ceremony started twenty minutes later than expected.

Eric sat in his seat and watched a movie for a while, only to find Michael Eisner calling Coppola away from him, sitting down next to him, and saying, "Eric, I heard you need money lately" (To be continued)