Eric raised his eyebrows slightly in confusion and said with a grin, "Do I already have a 'criminal record', but why don't I remember this?"

Catherine could hear from Eric's tone that the little man was about to turn on a certain mode of teasing herself, so she simply held the glass slightly in front of her without saying a word.

Seeing the woman make a defensive gesture, Eric didn't say anything more, raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said, "It's five minutes away, Neil Jordan hasn't come over yet?"

"Isn't there five minutes left," Catherine said, looking at her watch as well.

"You didn't tell me on the phone last time, how did you know him?"

Catherine replied: "Last month I went to the UK to look for "Saving Private Ryan", and I was invited by a friend to attend the premiere of a movie, which was shot by Neil, called "The Crying Game", I thought the film was made very well, and I chatted with him at the reception after the premiere, Neil is a very talented person, and during the conversation he said that he wants to develop in Hollywood, and I think of you, you now have a big film company in your hands, and you will definitely not refuse to sign a few talented directors, right?"

Eric nodded: "Of course I won't refuse, as long as he is really capable, he will definitely be able to carve out his own place in Hollywood." ”

Directors and actors from European countries almost all want to develop into Hollywood when they develop their careers in their home countries to a certain extent, and they do not have natural racial barriers like Asians, so many European directors are often able to enter Hollywood smoothly if they can adapt to the rules of Hollywood. That's sure to be quite a nourishing life.

But. Eric doesn't hear a director introduced. The reason why he agreed to Catherine Bigelow's introduction was mainly because Eric knew something about Neil Jordan in his memory, the most famous film of the director from Ireland was "Interview with the Vampire", and Catherine told Eric on the phone that Neil Jordan was interested in the change of a vampire novel.

A few minutes later, a white-haired black-haired man of about forty years old finally arrived at the manor. Seeing that Eric and Catherine were already waiting for him, he was a little apologetic.

"Neil, this is Eric Williams, Eric, this is Neil Jordan," Catherine introduced the two, and Eric reached out to shake each other's hand and led them towards the villa.

Stepping into the villa, Neil Jordan tried his best to suppress the thought of looking around, and talked to Eric with a smile on his face.

The three of them sat down at a small round table by the glass curtain wall. Neil Jordan looked out the window at the endless sea level and finally exclaimed, "Mr. Williams." It's gorgeous, it's like a dream. ”

"Thanks, Neil, just call me Eric," Eric said with a smile, and the three of them chatted about some recent movies, and before they knew it, they moved on to the vampire genre.

"I heard that "400 Years of Horror" was originally going to be made into a TV series, and it was the actress named Winona Ryder who discovered the script and introduced it to Coppola. In this way, Coppola will almost finally be able to make up for the shortfall caused by his studio in the past few years from this film. Although "400 Years of Horror" has not yet been released, there is no doubt about the film's reputation and box office prospects, and I think it would be a good idea to take advantage of the vampire craze caused by this film to make a vampire-themed movie," Neil Jordan said, apparently doing some homework.

After the success of "Crying Game", Neil Jordan's development in the European film industry has reached a bottleneck, and if you want to achieve better development, entering Hollywood is undoubtedly the best choice.

Eric had heard from Catherine about the success of The Crying Game in Europe, and he had heard of the film in his previous life, but he only knew some simple information and had not seen the finished film, and during the chat, Eric was not surprised to hear Neil Jordan say that the producers had sold the North American distribution rights to Miramax.

However, since he was invited, Neil Jordan certainly did not expect to impress Eric with just one mouth, but took out the videotape of "Crying Game" from his leather bag, and Eric was also a little curious about the acclaimed film, so he took the two to the screening room of the manor.

Seeing that Neil Jordan was intrigued by the videotapes and film copies in several large lockers in the screening room, and Eric enthusiastically introduced them, Catherine took the initiative to pick up the videotape from "The Crying Game" and walked to the projection equipment.

After adjusting the videotape and pressing the play button, Catherine accidentally caught a glimpse of several boxes of videotapes piled up next to the video recorder, picked them up and looked at them, and raised them to Eric who came over: "Why do you like this kind of film?"

Eric saw that Catherine was holding a box of the 1990 version of Captain America, shook his head, and said, "Don't mention it, all this garbage is about to hurt me." ”

These tapes are the film works that Eric asked Tina Fey to help him find in the past few years, but after watching it, Eric didn't even have the heart to complain, all of them were B-grade films with a cost of only one or two million, and the special effects were ...... There are no special effects, and the action design is miserable, in short, except for the fact that the protagonist in the movie can be distinguished from which comic book hero this is amazing, the others do not have half of the Marvel movie style in Eric's memory, and Eric almost understands why Marvel Comics had so many superhero characters in the mid-nineties, but it came to the brink of bankruptcy.

Catherine smiled when she heard Eric's complaint, put down the videotape, got up and turned off the lights in the screening room, sat next to Eric, and whispered while the movie was playing the opening credits: "You won't be Warner's "Batman" and want to participate in the comic book movie, right?"

Eric deliberately whispered in a mysterious tone, "Yes, it's a pity that it's not the time yet, but you must not reveal this." Otherwise, it will definitely be preempted by others. ”

"I'm too lazy to mind your business. Catherine replied. As the movie begins on the screen, there is silence.

Neal Jordan, who was sitting on the other side of Eric, although his eyes were on the screen, his attention did not leave the conversation between the two, and when he heard the tone of Catherine's last sentence, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, the two parties may not be able to distinguish between them, but he, a bystander, can clearly find the difference in the tone of Catherine's speech to Eric, which is an intimacy that only occurs between lovers.

Neil Jordan secretly said that it seems that the legendary Hollywood tycoon in his early twenties has a love and mother complex. However, he quickly regained his senses, and subconsciously told himself that it was better to rot this matter in his stomach.

Of course, Eric didn't know what the Irish director next to him thought, and if he knew, he would definitely cry out that he was just wearing this young skin!

The story of "Crying Game" takes place during the independence war between Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, the British soldier Jody is kidnapped by Northern Irish soldiers, and the Northern Irish Army wants to use him as a bargaining chip in exchange for their captured companions, but in the end, the exchange of prisoners is unsuccessful, and the Northern Irish Army decides to execute Jody.

Fergus, the Northern Irish soldier in charge of guarding Jody, while guarding Jody. became good friends with each other, so in the end, Fergus did not kill Jody in private. Instead, they let the other party go, but by mistake, Jody died under the British tank. Later, Fergus came to London to work undercover, and with the token left by Jody, he met the 'girlfriend' Dill that Jody had been thinking about before his death.

Fergus fell in love with Dill at first sight, and the two quickly fell in love, but in a small hotel in London, Dill took off his clothes just a moment before the two became passionate, and Fergus was surprised to find that Dill was a man.

This surprising turn of events surprises Eric, and at the end of the movie, Fergus is imprisoned, but Dill does not leave.

Neil Jordan wants to express a lot of feelings in "Crying Game", in addition to the unsurprising accusation of war, more of a dissecting of the contradictions and struggles of human nature. The plot of the film is bizarre and bizarre, and it doesn't spend too much ink on homosexuality.

However, after watching this movie, Eric's deepest impression is that in the end, Fergus did not say that he died, but was imprisoned, and Dill was also waiting for Fergus to get out of prison. This is a bitter and slightly hopeful story, with contradictions, entanglements, confusion and struggles, depressing but not despairing, in Eric's opinion, this story is better and more real than those movies that want to tear all hope apart.

Although there were only three people in the screening room, Eric still applauded softly after the movie ended: "Neil, this is a great movie, and I now regret that Firefly didn't get the distribution rights." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Eric, and I'm glad you recognized this film," Neil Jordan replied, "The Crying Game" is his most satisfying work in more than a decade, and hearing the young Hollywood mogul's affirmation, Neil Jordan felt a little more confident in his own entry into Hollywood.

Turning off the VCR, Neil Jordan carefully put the tape away before walking out of the screening room with Eric and Catherine.

"So, you're going to shoot Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire," Eric returned to the lounge area by the curtain wall and sat down again, turning the conversation to the purpose of Neil Jordan's trip.

"Yes, Eric, but of course, I've done some work before, "Interview with the Vampire" is a best-selling novel published in 1976, and the rights to the film and television adaptation are no longer in the hands of Anne Rice herself, but with Warner's David Geffen Productions," Neil Jordan said this, and looked at Eric, expecting the other party's reaction.

Although Neil Jordan's "Crying Game" has received a good response in Europe, this film is more inclined to literary films after all, otherwise it would not fall into the hands of Miramax, who mainly rushes for awards, and the most lacking in Europe is talented literary film directors.

Therefore, even if Neil Jordan is interested in "Interview with the Vampire", if he boldly recommends himself to Warner, there is a 99% chance that he will be turned away, although he was introduced by Catherine this time and can get the opportunity to interview Eric, but Neil Jordan did not have much expectations before, and now the result has made him overjoyed.

Of course, Eric knew what Neil Jordan meant, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Copyright is not an issue, if Firefly is interested, Warner will not be stingy with Firefly, but the most important thing now is that you need to come up with a production plan that can impress the production company, I think you should have read the original book of this novel many times, right?"

"Of course," Neil Jordan nodded when he heard Eric say this, "I have already conceived some ideas, and if you need them, I can put them together tomorrow." ”

Eric waved his hand and shook his head: "No, don't be in such a hurry, you can take your time, as long as your plan is good enough, Firefly will definitely invest in this movie." ”

The three of them talked until the evening, when Eric saw Drew walking in from outside with a small pink bag on her shoulder, and reached out to stop the girl: "Drew, let someone prepare dinner for us," After saying this, Eric looked at Neil Jordan and Catherine: "Do you have any favorite food?"

"No, no, Eric, I have something to do in the evening, I'm afraid I can't stay for dinner," Neil Jordan hurriedly got up and said goodbye, although the two sides chatted very speculatively, but Neil Jordan didn't think he should take the liberty of staying and having dinner with the other party, it would be better if it was in a restaurant outside, but this kind of occasion was too private after all.

Hearing Neil Jordan say this, Catherine also stood up.

"Since you have something to do, then I won't keep you," Eric didn't insist on keeping Neil Jordan, but looked at Catherine, "You shouldn't have anything to do at night, right?"

"I have!" replied Catherine at once, but her eyes were a little evasive.

Eric stared at the woman for a few seconds before he said, "That's no, let's stay and eat, just enough to talk about "Saving Private Ryan" again, didn't you say last time that you had some new ideas?"

"You're always like that," Catherine subconsciously grumbled again, but instead of insisting on leaving, she and Eric sent Neil Jordan out of the door. (To be continued......)