"It's interesting that big groups like AT-T and ExxonMobil, which have more than half of the market share in their industries, are safe and sound, and now there are people who want the Justice Department to come to us for trouble. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

In the banquet hall of the big ship, Eric said with a smirk as he confronted Bill Michanik's concerns about the recent media discourse.

"AT-T and ExxonMobil are two corporate giants that are different from us," said Bill Michanik in a somewhat meaningful tone, "Eric, I think you should still do some preparation in advance." ”

Bill Michanik didn't break some things, but Eric understood and nodded seriously: "I understand." ”

Although AT-T and ExxonMobil have more than half of the market share in their respective industries, they are both mass-owned companies, coupled with their hundreds of billions of dollars in company market capitalization, the interests of the two companies are almost equivalent to the interests of the entire United States, the federal elite holds control of the two companies, and the civilian class shares the profits created by these large groups through insurance funds and pension funds。

In contrast, the Firefly system, whether it is control or control, is firmly in the hands of Eric himself.

Although many of the companies in the system are also publicly traded companies, the companies in the Firefly system are too concentrated in terms of power and interests compared to other publicly-owned corporate giants in the Federation.

In this case, it is impossible to make others not blush.

In addition to the Hollywood media industry, most of the assets of the firefly system are distributed in the field of new technology, because the new technology companies are basically emerging industries, it will not touch too many interests of the original social class, but as the scale of the firefly system becomes larger and larger, there must be some people who naturally feel that these industries should have a share of their own, once more and more people have these ideas, the trouble of the firefly system will follow.

Eric had never ignored this question, but, to be honest, he didn't have the experience to deal with this kind of thing, and perhaps, no one in this world could have the experience to deal with this kind of thing, so he could only carefully and slowly grope for it.

Watching Bill Michanik walk away, Eric's recognition of him increased a little more. After all, being able to bring up such sensitive concerns in front of himself, Bill Michanik must have begun to integrate himself into the Firefly system.

Taking a sip of the champagne in his hand, Eric looked around.

Since "Fast and Furious" has been a success, a celebration banquet is a must.

Just after the New Year, several companies banded together to turn the party into a big gathering of the Hollywood Firefly system. Firefly, MGM, Fox and the top executives of the Big Four Columbia, as well as the producers, directors and stars who are friends with the Big Four, all gathered.

Glancing around, Eric found Caroline and Mayer, who were chatting softly at the buffet table not far away, and beckoned to the two women.

Today is January 16th, Caroline returned to Los Angeles last week, and the girl's foot injury has long since healed.

Noticing Eric's gesture, Caroline and Mayer walked over together, and one of the two women was holding a small dinner plate in their hands, and when they approached, Caroline asked, "Eric, is there anything wrong?"

Eric held the wine glass in one hand and put the other in the pocket of his trousers, hesitated, but still shook his head, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "It's nothing, remind you two not to eat too much, be careful of gaining weight." ”

Fat is the natural enemy of almost all girls, Caroline suddenly shrunk her neck, embarrassed to justify: "I haven't eaten a lot." ”

Eric raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "Now, in that case, let's go play, by the way, don't seduce boys, you can't even talk." ”

Caroline naturally took this sentence as Eric's 'warning' to her alone, glanced at Mayer beside her with a red face, and whispered, "Eric, you are so domineering. ”

With that, the girl didn't bother with Eric and pulled Mayer to the rest of the world.

Although he felt that Eric was about to stop talking just now, the boss didn't say anything, and Mayer didn't ask much, but turned his head and looked at Eric again when he was pulled away by Caroline.

After sending away the two female assistants, Eric entertained the guests who came to greet him from time to time, and went all the way to the main deck on the lower deck of the big ship, where he found the girl and the others.

The girl felt a hand around her waist, and didn't care about the other guests around her, turned her head and kissed Eric, and asked, "Eric, what is Bill looking for you?"

"It's nothing," Eric shook his head, and greeted Amy Pascal, Tina Fey, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Hudson with a smile, "Hi, Amy, Gwen, Kate, oh, and Tina, long time no see." ”

Tina Fey raised her glass to Eric with some restraint, "Long time no see, Eric." ”

After working as a personal assistant to the girl for a while, with the integration of MGM, Tina Fey was assigned to MGM's script editing department as a supervisor.

If you think about it carefully, the current MGM is a bit of a Hollywood women's gang.

After greeting him around, Eric noticed that there was an unfamiliar face among the women, and although he thought he had seen it somewhere, he couldn't name it for a while.

The girl, who looked even tall in a black suspender dress, noticed Eric looking at her and took the initiative to greet her: "Hello, Mr. Williams, my name is Mira Sovino. ”

"Hello," Eric remembered and said with a smile, "You played Woody's "Non-Powerful Spring Medicine", right?"

In fact, Eric's first thought was the "Dragon's Kiss" that Mila Sovino collaborated with Jett Lee, and it seems that the other party also worked with Fa Ge, but none of these movies have yet appeared.

Mira Sovino smiled and nodded.

The girl took Eric's arm and suddenly said with great interest: "Mira is a top student in Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and she can also speak Chinese." ”

"Really," Eric was also a little surprised, but perhaps this was one of the reasons why the other party was able to cooperate with the two Chinese superstars. With a smile on his face, Eric looked at Mira and said, "Now, I'll test you, say a Chinese idiom that is more in line with the current situation." ”

Mila Sovino's eyes flashed, and her expression suddenly carried a little cunning, and she spit out four words in Mandarin: "Play the piano to the cow." ”

Eric didn't expect the other party's Mandarin to be so standard, and was surprised again for a moment, before he smiled and gave a thumbs up, and also said in Chinese: "Incisive." ”

It's just that after saying these two words, Eric found that after many years, his Chinese accent has obviously become very stiff, and he can't help but feel a little sad.

On the other side, Mira Sovino said the idiom just now, and she actually regretted it in her heart.

During college, she worked as an exchange student in the capital on the other side of the ocean for a year, so she was able to speak very standard Mandarin. It's just that the idiom of playing the piano to the cow is definitely not a good thing. What Drew just meant, it is obvious that Eric Williams should also know some Chinese, and if the other party can understand the meaning of the word and think that he is laughing at him, it will be bad.

Looking at the other party's reaction, Eric Williams really understands Chinese, but she is not angry, so she is relieved.

Listening to Eric also praise himself in Chinese, Mira was also a little surprised, but thinking about the other party's stiff accent, she felt that maybe Eric Williams did not understand the meaning of the idiom she just had, but seemed to understand it, and did not know how to pretend to understand.

Well, definitely.

Thinking of this, Mira couldn't help but feel a little superiority in her heart.

The two people in the conversation had different thoughts, but the others were all curious, and the girl asked directly: "Eric, what do you mean?"

"Well, play the piano to the cow," Eric smiled, looking at the serious expression of Mila Sovino on the other side, and said, "Mira, why don't you explain it to everyone." ”

Mira Sovino didn't expect a follow-up, and suddenly swept around with a weak heart.

Play the piano to the cow.

Although she is also a second-generation Hollywood background, her family is far less prominent than the Gwyneth Paltrow or Kate Hudsons.

The few people around, even Tina Fey, she didn't dare to 'play' casually.

"This," Mira gestured unconsciously with her right hand holding champagne, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Playing the piano to the cow, that is, everyone stands together and chats with each other, very pleasantly, well, that's it." ”

The women around were all smart people, and when they saw Mira's stumbling look, they all realized that she was talking nonsense, and looked at Eric together.

Eric ignored the eyes of several women, looked at Mira with a weak face, changed to Chinese again, and said with a smile: "Are you a cocoon?"

"Huh?!"

Mira's eyes widened, some little sense of superiority had disappeared, and she didn't think that if Eric could say the idiom 'cocooning and self-restraint', she wouldn't know what it meant to play the piano to a cow.

After Eric finished speaking, he looked at Mira, who looked dumbfounded, and took the initiative to help change the topic, and said, "Okay, don't mention these, what were you talking about just now?"

At this time, everyone obviously realized that the idiom that Mila Sovino had just said was not a good thing, but since Eric didn't pursue it and took the initiative to change the topic, everyone naturally wouldn't chase after it anymore.

Amy Pascal said: "It's nothing, we're talking about going to New York for Fashion Week next month. ”

Eric immediately made a look of no interest at all, and said, "Oh, in that case, let's change the subject." ”

Everyone burst into chuckles.

Gwyneth said, "Eric, I heard that Iron Man is about to release a Super Bowl trailer?"

Eric looked at the former 'Little Pepper', smiled and nodded, "Yes, remember to watch it when the time comes, maybe you will think it is good." ”

After a few chats, Kenneth Horn, CEO of New Line Pictures, and Bill Michanick, who had just left, walked over together again.

Knowing that the two of them might have something to talk about, Eric nodded at the women and left with them, asking "What's wrong?"

Kenneth Horn didn't speak immediately, the three of them went all the way to the internal restaurant of the big ship, Eric asked Amy Adams, who was on duty tonight, to change a pot of coffee for everyone, and the three of them sat down in the quiet dining room, Kenneth Horn handed Eric a file bag he was carrying, and said, "Eric, this is Adam Sandler's new project script." ”

Eric took the file bag, pulled out the script and flipped through it.

This is a script called "Daddy Rushes Forward", which still continues Adam Sandler's personal style, but with a little more father-son affection in the content.

At this time, Adam Sandler's "Tea Boy" scheduled at the end of the year has also exceeded 100 million at the North American box office, counting "Wedding Singer" in last year's Easter schedule, Adam Sandler already has two films with a North American box office of more than 100 million.

Although both films have been dismal at the overseas box office due to their individual acting style and popularity limitations in the television industry, this has not stopped Adam Sandler from successfully becoming one of Hollywood's Alister superstars, after all, his films have a much higher return on investment than most blockbuster films relative to the average cost of $20 million.

After reading it for a while, Eric put down the script in his hand and asked, "So, what's the situation now?"

Kenneth Horn said: "In the second week of the release of 'The Tea Boy,' Adam handed me the script. However, you know, the new line only signed two film contracts with him at the beginning, "Tea Boy", plus "Wedding Singer", he has already completed the contract. ”

Although he was still a newcomer to the film industry, Adam Sandler was already a very popular TV star, so he was only willing to sign a two-part option contract with New Line.

Eric nodded, "And then?"

Kenneth Horn said: "I offered him $15 million for the film, but Adam turned it down, and he didn't contact me for weeks. ”

Eric thought for a moment, smiled and looked at Bill Michanick who was sitting next to him, and said, "So, he found Columbia?"

Bill Michanik shook his head, nodded again, and said: "Yes and no, Adam did not contact us directly, but a solo production company called 'Sudden Entertainment', they got the production rights of Adam's new film, hoping that Columbia can distribute it as an agent." ”

Hearing Bill Michanik's words, Eric suddenly remembered many years ago, like a reincarnation.

At the beginning, after completing "Home Alone" alone, Eric found the publisher, which was also Columbia, and the matchmaker at that time was Amy Pascal.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, Adam Sandler, who immediately wanted to go it alone after becoming famous, also found Colombia again.

It's just that the current situation is completely different from back then, and the owner of Colombia at this time is already the young man who boldly negotiated a gambling contract with them at the beginning.

However, the other party found Columbia, but it did not surprise Eric.

Of the seven major Hollywood studios, only Colombia is the weakest, and the demand for quality projects and filmmakers is also the greatest. Colombia was clearly the most likely than other studios to accept their offers.

Thinking so in his heart, Eric said with some inexplicable smiles on his face, "So, what are the terms of their cooperation?"