Accompanied Eric to socialize in the field, Edgar Bronfman and Michael Eisner separated from him, walked to the other side of the party hall, looked at Eric who was still surrounded by a group of people, and felt that his side was obviously a lot more deserted, although Edgar Bronfman knew that it was impossible to catch up with the fireflies in a short time, but he also had a strong unwillingness, and said to Michael Eisner beside him: " Michael, after paying for the acquisition, Seagram Group has about $1.5 billion in cash left, which direction do you think we should expand in the next step?"

Seagram Group's acquisition of MCA was largely financed by the $9 billion from the sale of DuPont's stake, leaving $1.5 billion in cash after paying Panasonic $7.5 billion.

Edgar Bronfman didn't plan to invest the money in Hollywood immediately, but seeing Eric's infinite appearance, Edgar Bronfman was envious and unwilling, and at the same time, he inevitably had a desire to expand the Hollywood industry quickly.

Michael Eisner could feel Edgar Bronfman's feelings, and he himself said: " Edgar, you know the recent acquisition of Blue Sky Studios by Fox and Firefly, Firefly already owns two animation studios, Pixar and Disney, but it has spared no effort to support animation companies outside of Firefly, and last year, Viacom spent a lot of money to buy Disney's hand-drawn animation team from Firefly, all of which can be seen in the future of animated films, and I think we should first set up Universal's animation department. ”

Edgar Bronfman nodded, "Do you have a detailed plan?"

"We can imitate the Blue Sky Studio they supported this time, and also acquire a special effects studio with a good foundation. CG effects and 3D animation are common in many ways. Then poach some skilled animators from the two studios owned by Firefly. Although Pixar and Disney are very well paid, as long as we are willing to pay a high price and take on heavy responsibilities, we will definitely be able to dig up some key talents," Michael Eisner has been thinking about this for a long time, but this plan needs to cost a lot of money, and Panasonic refused to spend this money at all in the first two years.

Thinking of this, Michael Eisner added: "But. Edgar, I need to state up front that animated films are not that easy to do, we may need to invest hundreds of millions of dollars upfront, and I can't guarantee that the first animated film will be a big success, it will take enough accumulation. ”

Edgar Bronfman still does not lack a long-term vision, since most of Hollywood is fully engaged in the development of animated films, Universal wants to become bigger and stronger, it must not turn a blind eye. Nodding his head, he said, "It's not a problem in terms of funding, you can prepare a plan as soon as possible." ”

Surrounded by a crowd, Eric had no idea what Edgar Bronfman and Michael Eisner were discussing. Even if he knew, he wasn't too worried.

There are many factors that go into a 3D animated film to be successful. Creativity, technology, team, money, and time are all indispensable, in the previous life, after the success of Pixar's "Toy Story", several other major film companies have tried to produce 3D animated films, but outside of Disney, in the past ten years, only Blue Sky Studio has really been barely successful.

The long production cycle and high production cost of animated films are important factors that limit the development of this business by other studios, even Time Warner, which has quietly given up after trying to invest in several animated films without success.

Fox was stimulated by Toy Story a few years ago to set up his own animation department, which Elizabeth specifically mentioned to Eric.

After the Blue Sky Studios deal was completed, Elizabeth also suggested merging the Fox Animation team into Blue Sky Studios, and Eric did not object at first, but after seeing clips of an animated film called "Frozen Planet" produced by Fox Animation, he completely abandoned the idea.

"Frozen Planet" has nothing to do with "Ice Age", it tells the story of a space military academy attacked by alien forces after the nuclear war and mankind entered the space age. The creativity is good, but the level of the animators is really miserable, and in Eric's opinion, those few completed animation clips are not even as good as Disney's TV animation. Hearing Eric's comment, Elizabeth simply disbanded the entire animation department, of course, the millions of dollars that had been spent for this must have been wasted.

With a glass of red wine in his hand and patiently dealing with the overly enthusiastic guests around him, Eric also realized at this time that his appearance was very unkind to steal the scenery that should have belonged to the owner of this party.

Firefly's Burbank headquarters is only two kilometers away from Universal Studios, and Eric discussed the production of the project with the team of "The Matrix" at Firefly headquarters until about 7 o'clock in the evening.

After more than ten minutes like this, the guests around him gradually dispersed.

Diane Kruger waited patiently and anxiously until now, and when she saw the big names beside Eric finally leave, she took a deep breath, tried to put on a nice smile, and walked over with the corner of her skirt.

However, when Diane Kruger made this move, the other four 'mermaids' swimming around the party surrounded Eric almost simultaneously. They are now in the ascendant of status, but they are all held by Eric himself, just now there are too many people, and they are delicate and frail they can't squeeze up, so of course they have to go up to say hello as soon as possible.

Watching the five most dazzling beauties in the venue hugging and kissing Eric in turn, while envious, some ordinary guests who thought it was their turn to come forward and have a familiar face took the initiative to stop and continued to wait helplessly.

"Hey, Eric, good evening. ”

"Linda, you're looking beautiful tonight. ”

"Cindy, your black dress is great too. ”

"Oh, and Christie......"

Cindy Crawford after hugging Eric. Laughing: "Eric." Why do you only praise our clothes? Aren't our people pretty?"

"Of course not, you're the perfect BODY I've personally selected," Eric smiled at the corner of his mouth, chatting with the beautiful woman, much more comfortable than being surrounded by a group of big men.

After greeting Linda Ivan Golinsta, Cindy Crawford, Christy Durrington, and Tyra Banks, he looked at Diane Kruger, who seemed to be standing outside the four of them with a worried expression, stretched out his hand, and said, "Diane." What's the matter, don't you hug it?"

Diane Kruger hurriedly stepped forward and hugged them intimately, and the girl realized that although Eric's attitude towards them had not become cold, if it was just that, she would be no different from the other four girls. In a split second, Diane Kruger made a bold decision, and as soon as Eric let go of her waist, she turned sideways. Reached out and grabbed Eric's arm.

During the production of the Victoria's Secret show, Cindy Kruger felt Eric's special treatment for Diane Kruger. Seeing Diane Kruger's intimate movements at this time, there was no expression of surprise, but Eric raised his eyebrows without a trace.

Although she knew that she couldn't achieve Diane Krueger's intimate attitude with Eric, Cindy Crawford looked at Diane Kruger's movements, still with a trace of unwillingness, and looked at Eric and pretended to say unintentionally: "Eric, why did you come alone?"

Eric only wanted to attend the party on the fly, and he wanted to bring his female assistant over, but Kelly had to rush back to dinner with his daughter, so he had to come by himself.

I thought I would run into my own women at the party, such as Nicole. Because of the cooperation of "The Mummy", Nicole has a close relationship with Universal, and it is impossible not to cheer on this occasion. It's just that Eric miscalculated, Nicole had already participated in it a few days ago, and it was impossible to come to every party to cheer, and of course she didn't come here today. Except for Nicole, Eric had just looked around for a week and couldn't find any other women.

However, this must not be said to Cindy Crawford, and Eric reached out and put Diane Kruger, who was holding his arm, to his side, and smiled, "Isn't this my female companion?"

Cindy Crawford was bold, and reached out to put her arm around Eric's other arm: "In that case, I'll be your female companion too." ”

Eric blinked a little wickedly and smiled, "Okay, the five of you are fine together." ”

This kind of obvious pun made the women's faces show a little anger, but they didn't walk away.

In the crowd of parties, Hasbro's CEO Alan Hasenfeld never took the initiative to say hello and waited very patiently. It's just that after seeing Eric's intimate behavior with Diane Kruger, I gradually understood something in my heart.

After a moment of uncertain thought, Alan Husenfeld took a change of glass from the waiter's tray and walked over to Eric.

The women who had been around Eric saw someone coming over so uninterestingly, and although they were displeased, they took the initiative to give way to the side, and Diane Kruger saw Alan Husenfeld coming over, and took Eric's arm and couldn't help but tighten.

Alan Hasenfeld nodded slightly at Diane Kruger, and held out his hand to Eric, "Hello, Mr. Williams." ”

"Hello, Mr. Husenfield," Eric said with a shake at his hand.

Alan Husenfield heard Eric blurt out his last name, and although he had expected it, he was still very surprised, and said, "Mr. Williams, you know me?"

Eric smiled and said, "I'm not in the habit of pretending not to know someone. ”

Alan Hasenfeld laughed a few times, but his mind was thinking about it quickly. Eric Williams knows himself, so there's a good chance that the rumors are true.

Remembering the little gesture made by Edgar Bronfman and Michael Eisner, Alan Husenfeld turned to Diane Kruger and said, "Miss Kruger, I'm really sorry, I didn't know about your relationship with Mr. Williams, and when Edgar and Michael introduced me, I thought you were single." ”

Diane Kruger was puzzled by Alan Hassenfield's sudden remarks, but politely replied, "It's okay, Mr. Bronfman." ”

Diane Kruger didn't understand it, it didn't mean that Eric didn't understand it either, and Cindy Crawford, who heard these words next to her, didn't know the identity of Alan Husenfeld, but she also heard the meaning of his words. Edgar Bronfman and Michael Eisner introduced Alan Hsenfeld to Eric's woman, apparently trying to create a conflict between him and Eric over the woman.

Eric was also a little unhappy when he heard that Michael Eisner had played such a trick that couldn't be put on the table.

However, he didn't show it, Michael Eisner didn't succeed in separating him and Alan Hassenfeld, but at this time, Alan Hassenfeld said this, also with the idea of repaying the other, creating a conflict between him and Michael Eisner, if Firefly and Universal fight over the Transformers copyright because of this matter, Hasbro can just make a profit.

There are few people who can achieve the position of CEO of a large group, but there are few fools who roll up their sleeves and do it at the slightest instigation......

Alan Hassenfeld is not, Michael Eisner is not, Eric certainly not either.

Seeing that Eric's expression did not change, Alan Husenfeld did not know if he had not heard the meaning of what he had just said, or if he had heard it but remained silent. After thinking about it, he tentatively said again: "Mr. Williams, since you know me, you have been following Transformers for a long time compared to Fireflies, right?"

Eric said: "Transformers, it's a very interesting toy series, I used to play with Transformers when I was a kid. ”

"Oh, what do you think of the future of a live-action film for this toy series?" asked Alan Husenfeld.

Eric shrugged: "I don't think Transformers has any value in developing a movie right now. ”

Alan Hasenfield frowned, "Mr. Williams, can you tell me your reasoning?"

"Why," Eric smiled and said, "I was also very interested when I heard that someone was fighting for the rights to Transformers, so I asked the technical department to do some relevant evaluations, do you know what the result is?"

"I want to hear it," said Alan Hasenfeld, with a deaf look. (To be continued.) )