Chapter 174: Windfall
"One piece...... A trivial matter?" Eric dragged the girl in front of him and put it on his lap, and gently pinched the baby's face: "Is there something wrong?"
"How is it possible, I won't get into trouble!" Drew immediately denied: "Here's the thing, in order to buy the copyright of this movie, didn't I find an agent." ”
"Oh," Eric immediately understood, "you promised the other party a benefit, but you can't afford to deliver on it, and besides, the benefit must be related to me, right?"
"Eric, you're so smart!" the girl curled up in Eric's arms and looked up with a look of adoration.
"Alright, don't pretend, tell me honestly!" Eric couldn't help but knock on the door of the girl's head, causing another wave of struggle and protest.
"Actually, it's nothing," Xiao Nizi gave Eric a dose of vaccination before saying, "When I was looking for an agent, a guy named Lawrence Bender came to me with a friend on a pie duì, holding a script, saying that he wanted me to pass it on to you to read, and they wanted you to invest." ”
"They can't reach me, so it's understandable that they can't find you. But why would the other party want to invest in me, there are so many film companies, the other party's first choice should be the seven major film companies, even if it is not the seventh, other second- and third-tier film companies should also be the first choice, right?"
Drew put his arm around Eric's neck and smiled, "Because you're rich, the newspapers are now full of news that you've gotten hundreds of millions of dollars." ”
Eric shrugged: "You should know, even if you get the share, if you want to buy a film company to establish a distribution channel, it will definitely be spent quickly, and the share can not be spent again, and you have to save it to pay taxes next year, but I have to pay 35% of the income tax, so calculated, in fact, I don't have much cash, oops, I just found out that from last year to now, I have been busy in vain, and I haven't saved any money." ”
The girl patted her shoulder in a strange way: "Don't worry, Mr. Billionaire, if you don't have money, I will support you." ”
"It would be nice if a woman told me that in my last life," Eric smiled and sighed, "Okay, let's move on to your topic, what's that guy's name?"
"Lawrence Bender, the reason why he wants to invest in you is because they are both too young, even if the script is good, those studios will not trust him and his friends to make the movie, after all, as long as it is a regular film, no matter how small the investment is, it will be millions of dollars. So, you get the idea. ”
Then you say yes and let him be your surrogate...... Does he have what it takes to be your agent?" said Eric.
"That guy was very smart, and he started a film company with his friend, you know, it's the kind of shell company that spends a registration fee to apply for, nothing, there are a lot of Hollywood studios like that. However, the year before last, he also produced a very low-budget film, and he personally served as the producer, and that friend was the director and screenwriter, but after the production was completed, because of a fire, the negative was burned and a lot of money was lost. ”
"It's a shame, Lawrence Bender...... Uh, wait, Lawrence Bender?" Eric raised his voice suddenly.
"Huh?" Drew nodded, unsure.
Eric lowered the girl from his knees and pointed to the coffee table, "You spell his name for me?"
Although Drew was a little confused, he obediently walked to the coffee table, reached out and dipped some water in the teacup, thought for a while, and then wrote two words on the coffee table with some hesitation: "It should be...... That's how it should be spelled, right?" After writing, Nizi turned her head and asked Eric uncertainly.
Eric covered his forehead, replaced the subtitle o in "" with w, and became "", and at the same time knocked on the head of the girl who pretended to be cute: "I really want to know what you did in school, you can't spell such a simple name, oh, speaking of which, I paid such a large amount of sponsorship to send you to boarding school, and I have never seen your report card, so I'll take it next time." ”
"Hehe, don't use this, right?" the girl grinned, her little hands propped up the table top, and she had a posture of being ready to run away at any time.
Eric did not pursue it further, looking at the name on the coffee table, it completely matched the name in his memory, the reason why Drew just mentioned it, Eric did not reflect it, mainly because when he read the English name in his previous life, it was generally translated into Chinese pronunciation, plus Drew's accent was also completely inconsistent with the English that Eric learned in his previous life, and Eric did not think of the name in his memory for a while.
"Drew, what's the name of that friend of Lawrence Bender?" asked Eric again.
The girl scratched her head, tilted her head and thought: "It seems to be ...... Maybe...... What's Quentin Tarantino's name," After speaking, Drew saw Eric's expression move visibly before asking, "Eric, you don't know them, do you?"
Eric settled down, didn't let the girl see more abnormalities, quickly thought of an excuse, nodded and admitted: "I've heard of it, I said that when you just said your name, there was a sense of déjà vu, as if it was just chatting with people, and I listened to it as an interesting thing, that is, these two unlucky guys made a movie together, and the shooting was completed, but the negative was burned." ”
Eric didn't mention the person he was chatting with, and his words were very vague, so he didn't go back to find someone to verify, but Drew obviously didn't suspect anything, and he believed it when he heard Eric's explanation.
"So, are you saying they want me to invest in their film and leave you a script?" asked Eric.
Drew shook his head: "No, I didn't. I wanted to tell you about it first, and if you don't agree, I'm going to send them away. ”
"That's not good, since it's promised, we can't be so vain, we will definitely expand the production business in the future, although they are still two small people, but spreading the word about what you deal with them will definitely have a little impact," Eric sat back on the sofa again, thought for a while and said: "Just tomorrow, tomorrow at noon, you take them to the set, there is an hour's lunch break between noon shooting, let them bring the script, I'll take a look." ”
"Eric, isn't this too much trouble, what are you doing when you see them, I think it's a waste of time, that ...... Elder brother...... Quentin Tarantino is only in his twenties, what kind of good script can he write, which famous Hollywood screenwriter is not in his thirties or forties, it's really not good, I want the script to come over and you can read it, there is no need to see them, right?"
Eric smiled, "Have you forgotten that I'm not even twenty yet?"
"Hehe, I think you're at least forty years old," the girl said, leaning over Eric.
This intuition...... It's too accurate!
Eric touched Xiao Nizi's hair, but soon he was relieved, with such a shrewd temperament as a girl, getting along day and night, and finding that this problem of his mental age was not strange, in fact, many people found out.
"Alright, that's it, bring them over tomorrow, but don't be late, you know, I'm busy. ”
"Well," Drew replied, and quickly rubbed on Eric like a coquettish, "That, Eric, I'm done with this, is there a reward?"
Eric patted the girl on the back: "Yes, I helped you become a film company, but you are not yet an adult, so I will temporarily put it in my name, and I will transfer it to you when you are eighteen years old, and as for the copyright you bought, put it in the name of this company." ”
"Wow, tell me, what's your name?" asked the girl, with sparkling eyes, excitedly.
"Flower-Films. ”
The girl was stunned for a moment, then pouted and said, "Flower Pictures...... It's a rustic name, but can you change it?"
Rustic?
Eric stared at the girl's baby face, this is your own name in your previous life: "How can you be rustic, I will hear you say one?"
Drew put his head on Eric's chest, and after thinking for a while, he raised his head a little frustratedly, and Xiao Nizi obviously didn't have much talent in naming it: "Then...... Let's start with Flower Pictures. ”
Eric smiled and rubbed the girl's head, "Okay, it's so late, let's go to bed." ”
The girl grabbed Eric's arm to stop him from standing up: "No, no, no, don't worry, Eric, there's still a month left in the summer vacation, and I can't do it sooner, such as buying some movie rights or something?"
"Hmm...... Let me think about it, I'll make a list for you tomorrow, and go to bed early," Eric said.
"Don't perfunctory me, I'll want it tomorrow!" The girl didn't give up.
"No problem, I'll give it to you tomorrow. After Eric finished speaking, he got up and walked towards the stairs, and did not go directly to the bedroom, but walked into the study, and saw the girl following him, Eric said: "Don't come to disturb me, you go to bed first, always stay up late and be careful to become ugly before the age of thirty." ”
"Hmph!" the girl frowned, and turned unwillingly and walked towards the bedroom.
Eric was in front of the desk at the bottom left, found a notebook and spread it out in front of him, picked up the pen casually, remembered what had just happened, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't expect that Quentin Tarantino, who was known as a 'ghost' director in his previous life, would take the initiative to come up. Although Laurence Bender is not as famous as Quentin, the two are actually old partners, and Quentin's series of movies are all made by Laurence Bender.
However, since because of his butterfly effect, two guys who should have become famous two years later came together, then, I don't know if the famous one in the previous life will appear, after all, the influence of the butterfly effect is really great, maybe just a thought, Quentin missed the idea of creating these two movies. At the same time, Eric is also very curious about what script Quentin will come up with tomorrow.