"So, you still refused?" In a car in the parking lot, Kapoor sat in the driver's seat and looked helplessly at Eric in the passenger seat.

Remembering the scene just now, Eric sighed and nodded.

Although Spielberg did not show any displeasure on his face when he left, he only regretted that if he changed his mind, he could contact him again. But Eric still knew that he had offended the famous Jewish director, as could be seen from the look with which Spielberg's assistant looked at him with an ignorant look.

If Spielberg had expressed his intention to buy the copyright before, Eric's excuse was nothing, but this time the refusal was much stricter, and Spielberg personally came forward, which was a very sincere expression, and even equivalent to sending a favor to the door. If the deal goes through, Eric will not only receive a handsome copyright transfer fee, but also Spielberg's favor, a network that may be of great help to him at any point.

But it is impossible for him to transfer a very important chess piece in his future career layout for the sake of favors, even if it is a very heavy favor.

But it involves a huge industrial chain worth tens of billions of dollars. Eric had never wanted to keep it to himself, but at least he had to make sure he could get the most delicious piece of the cake in the future. And once the copyright is sold, then he will completely lose the dominance of the project, and at most he can only share some leftovers after others eat meat and drink a lot of wine.

"Eric, would you like to hear my advice?" asked Kapoor.

"I know what you're going to say, contact Spielberg right away and sell him the rights to the film, right? Kapoor, there's no negotiation in this matter, I'm not going to sell it. ”

Kapoor touched his bald head in annoyance: "Eric, have you thought about your situation? You are now completely alone, you seem to be familiar with the top management of those film companies, but this is completely based on pure profit. The reason why the other party is so good to you now is because your first few movies were all great successes, which brought them great benefits. But no one is going to succeed all the time, and then when you fail, that's when they turn the other cheek. ”

Eric confidently: "I don't think I'm going to experience this kind of failure for quite some time, and I'm confident in my film." ”

"There are many factors for failure, and it may even be artificial. Kapoor continued, "Eric, think about it, you're getting too much of a share relative to your strength. It's okay once or twice or even three or four times, they will only think that you are a lucky little guy, but if you keep doing this, those giants will do whatever it takes to suppress you or even destroy you. Like the lions on the prairie, they will allow the hyenas to nibble on the food they have left, but they will never allow a weak hyena to possess more than the lions. ”

Eric opened his mouth, but he couldn't think of any words to refute it, he knew what Capper meant by saying this, in fact, he still hoped that he could find some solid allies, so that he would not be completely isolated in the future when he might be suppressed.

Spielberg's desire to get the film copyright is an excellent opportunity to make friends with the other party, once he sells the copyright, the screenwriter of the film will definitely not be able to get rid of him, Spielberg may promise Firefly to participate in the investment, these provide conditions for him to contact Spielberg and establish a good personal relationship, but Eric is still a little unwilling to think about it.

Capper noticed the struggle and hesitation in Eric's expression, and continued to persuade, "Eric, do you know which Hollywood studio your Firefly is most like?"

Eric raised his head curiously, Kapoor did not sell the lawsuit: "It is most like the original United States, when Chaplin and several other famous directors founded United States, this company's positioning is a simple production company, specializing in providing excellent films to several other giants, very similar to Fireflies who now have no distribution channels." As a result, up to now, the film giants with perfect distribution channels, except for the unlucky Lei Denghua, have all survived, but Luen Mei, which was called the other giants at the beginning, has become a subsidiary of MGM. A big reason for this is that Luen Mei paid too much attention to the production business at the beginning, and neglected to expand its own distribution channels.

When Eric heard Kapoor say this, his mind immediately popped up with the dream factory he was most familiar with, and it seemed that history was always strikingly similar.

In the memory of the previous life, some second-tier film companies with better development in Hollywood, such as Lionsgate and Miramax, all started as distributors. Spielberg's DreamWorks and later New DreamWorks could only float between giants such as Universal, Paramount, and Disney, and sometimes they had to fight hard to the point of breaking up over the one percent.

"And the current Firefly, compared to the original United States, is almost no distribution ability, and those movie giants who monopolize most of the distribution channels want to clean you up. So you really need some key moments that can really help your allies, and if something bad happens, someone can help you to help you and build bridges, instead of being left alone. It is impossible for hyenas to befriend lions, but there is no estrangement between their kind. In this case, Spielberg has all been sent to the door, and you still push it out, which is simply unwise. ”

If Eric was a native of this plane, after Capper's persuasion of deception and intimidation, he would definitely obediently give up his hand, but unfortunately he was not.

"Okay, Kapoor, I see. Eric nodded, looking teachable.

Kapoor happily handed his big brother to Eric: "Then call Spielberg quickly, don't be afraid that the other party will think you are fickle, Eric, you are a young man, with this privilege, Spielberg will not mind." ”

Eric took the brick and put the mat in his hand: "Kapoor, I just said that I understand the importance of the distribution channel to the Firefly. There was no talk of selling the rights to Spielberg. ”

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Virginia, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two in the back seat, couldn't help laughing, realized her gaffe, and quickly covered her mouth.

Kapoor seemed to be choked up, staring at Eric with wide eyes and speechlessness, and finally took back his eldest brother in disappointment: "Whatever you want, I've said everything I can." Jeffrey was right, you are such a stubborn and paranoid young man. ”

"Don't worry, Kapoor, I have my own plans, you think about it, I'm British-American, and I still have British citizenship. So even if he befriended Spielberg again, he was destined to be impossible to break into the circle of Jews. ”

Eric hasn't thought about these things, and of the Firefly's films this year, his next three films have already landed, one for Columbia and the other two for Fox under his previous contract.

Although the distributors of the other three films have not yet been determined, he has received a lot of information from the Big Six about their intention to release, and he can sign a distribution contract at any time if he wants.

If all these movies can be box office hits like in his previous life, it can accumulate a lot of original money for him. Even if one or two of them are not very good at the box office because of the butterfly effect, it won't hurt him at all, at most it will only make a little less, after all, except for Columbia, which has spent 40 million US dollars, the investment in several other planned films is within 10 million, even if only one is as big a hit as in his previous life, he can recover all the investment and make a profit.

After this year, as Capper said, the giants will definitely realize that he has taken too much and will try their best to suppress him and squeeze him out of the benefits he deserves, but at that time he has enough primitive accumulation and will not be powerless to deal with it.

Not to mention whether the Big Six will really form a group to suppress him, even if this kind of thing with less than a 1% chance really happens, then slowly recuperate. Moreover, Eric also did not believe that in the case of his ability to bring huge benefits to the other party, the giants would reach an agreement to deal with him for a long time, and if there were many people with different hearts, three monks might not have water to drink, let alone six!

"Kapoor, let's stop here tonight, I will borrow the car, and you can drive mine. ”

Kapoor glanced at the girl sitting in the back seat of the car, shook his head, and said, "No, Eric, you can't borrow a car indiscriminately, not to mention that you're still drinking." I'll take you home. ”

"Kapoor, don't be so serious, don't think you can be a light bulb if you shave your head. Eric teased speechlessly, and Virginia, who was sitting in the back seat, had already hung her head in shame.

Kapoor laughed: "You misunderstood, I'm not that uninteresting, I mean I'll send you back, I've only had a few sips of champagne, and more importantly, I'm very experienced in dumping the paparazzi, and it was with this skill that I got my first employer, and I don't want to have to run PR for the lace news of the two of you tomorrow morning." Eric, Beverly Hills or Malibu?"

"My house, Malibu is too far away. ”

"Well, then you go in the back seat, and the front row may be photographed. ”

Eric shifted from the back seat to the back seat, and Capper started the car out of the underground parking lot, and just hit the road, several cars apparently followed. After a while, Kapoor glanced in the rearview mirror and said with a smile: "A total of three paparazzi cars followed, fortunately there are many targets on the pie, otherwise there may be a long series of tails." ”