"Very well, too many people like to get something for nothing, and very few people can consciously understand the truth that if you want to get it, you have to give," Eric nodded, and continued, "Normally, this type of transaction, a person often needs to sell their souls to demons. ”

"Ah," Giselle opened her mouth, a little apprehensive.

"But I'm not a demon, and I'm not interested in your soul," Eric said with a shrug, but with a demonic grin, "So, all I need is your flesh." ”

Gisele fell silent for a moment.

Eric flipped through the newspaper in front of him and said, "Now, you can think about it." ”

Giselle didn't stay silent for long, and quickly asked, "Eric, can I ask what exactly I get?"

Eric thought for a moment and said, "You're probably going to be the second Drew." ”

With Eric's unremitting support, with his MGM shares, Drew has become the world's youngest billionaire woman, and there is no one.

The women who are close to Eric more or less have the idea of becoming a second Drew.

Giselle suddenly felt that if she could reach the heights of Drew in her life as a girl from a small town from Brazil, even if she put the soul ...... Oh, it's meat sold to the devil, and there's nothing wrong with it. Of course, she also knew that Eric's promise at this time could not appear in any written contract, and perhaps, there was no 100% chance of success, but she had always been a decisive girl, and she knew that even so, the promise of the young man in front of her was not something that any woman could easily get.

After pondering for a moment, Giselle looked at the man opposite him and said in a firm tone, "Eric, I do." ”

Eric raised his head again, a little surprised by Giselle's decisiveness, and smiled, "Really think about it?"

"Hmm. ”

"So, let's talk about what's next," Eric continued, "First of all, you need an open partner who will shape your future media presence. Given that you are my woman, this partner must not be a man, so, from today onwards, you are a Lace side. ”

When Giselle heard this, he subconsciously turned his head and looked at Alexander next to him.

Alexander, who had a lively expression, saw Giselle suddenly look at him, shrunk his neck, and said, "Look, see what I do?"

The corners of Eric's mouth showed a wicked smile, and said, "Very good, you have consciously found your target, and I also think Alexander is quite suitable, so kiss me and show it." ”

Without hesitation, Giselle reached out and put his arm around Alexander, leaned over and kissed him.

Red lips met, Alexander blinked a few times, stunned for a while, and when she came to her senses, she wanted to push Giselle away, but she was already pressed on the sofa by the other party, and her hand even reached into her clothes.

"Oh my God," Alexander, who was pressed on the couch, groaned in his heart, "What the psychic medium said is true, but why should I be the one who was bullied, alas, is this my fate?"

Eric admired the pleasing game of lilies by the two girls opposite, put down the newspaper, opened the email in his laptop, and sent an email out. Then I started checking my work email for today.

The box office of "Red Fan Zone" released yesterday has been counted on the first day, and the relevant data email has been sent to Eric's mailbox on time.

With the release scale of nearly 2,000 screens, the box office of "Red Fan Zone" received 3.6 million US dollars on the first day, which is almost the best first-day result of Hong Kong films in recent years, and even more than 90% of Hong Kong films that can land in North American theaters may not have a total box office of 3.6 million US dollars in North America, which also shows that Jack's humorous kung fu is still very marketable in North America.

At the same time, the first few weeks of Easter are a period of scarcity in the North American film market, and the films scheduled at the end of the year have entered the final stage, and the new films that film companies are very optimistic about will not choose this time to be released. Therefore, with a single-day box office of $3.6 million, "Red Fan Zone" also easily won the single-day box office champion on Friday.

According to the general three-day weekend box office curve, the box office on Saturday will be higher than that on Friday, and the box office on Sunday will be the same as on Friday, so the box office of "Red Fan Zone" is expected to be around $11 million in the first three days of the weekend. If the box office curve of "Red Fan Zone" can really follow this trend today and tomorrow, the box office can even earn $16 million in the first seven days, which is far more than the expectations of the new line distribution department.

Eric remembers that in the original time and space, the total box office of "Red Fan Zone" in North America was more than 30 million US dollars, but now, with a larger scale of marketing and screening, this figure will definitely exceed the original.

If "Red Fan Zone" can get out of the box office curve of normal Hollywood commercial films, the total box office may even rush to about $50 million. Eric also did not expect the film to be able to go out of a long-term box office, Hong Kong films in North America have a limited audience after all, after the box office in the first week, the second week of "Red Fan Zone" is likely to fall by 50%.

Of course, if the total box office can reach 50 million US dollars, this has already created a box office miracle for Hong Kong films in recent years.

"Red Fan Zone" is just a new line to warm up Jack Cheng's fame and lay a foundation for the popularity of "Rush Hour", which will be released at the end of the year. The company's most important thing is "The Seven Deadly Sins", which has been intensively promoted for more than two months, and the film is scheduled to be released next week, April 5.

Eric found another movie schedule for next week, "The Seven Deadly Sins" was firmly at the top of the list with an opening size of 2,500 screens, and glanced down at random, Eric was about to close the email interface, but he was attracted by the name of a film.

The film is called "Primal-Fear", which is translated into Chinese and called "Fear of the First Degree".

Edward Norton's famous film "Fear of the First Degree" tells the story of a couple of emotionally entangled male and female lawyers who go head-to-head in court around a suspected schizophrenic patient suspected of murder. Richard Gere's lawyer, Martin, eventually succeeds in proving that Edward Norton's Allen is schizophrenic and not responsible for the murder, but the film ends with a shocking twist that turns out that everything is just a hoax.

As a crime thriller, the plot rhythm of "First Degree Fear" is somewhat lengthy and dragging, Edward Norton's amazing acting skills can be said to be the only two points in the film, and he himself has won numerous award nominations for this film and quickly became popular in Hollywood.

Recalling this information, Eric opened the IMDB website and found the page of "Level 1 Fear", and found that Edward Norton was not fanned by butterfly wings, and still managed to get the role of Alan.

With only a week to go until the film's release, several reviews from professional critics have already appeared on the movie page.

Eric casually opened a review, and the author column was marked with Stephen Gehry, the resident film critic of the Seattle Times, and read a few paragraphs, but Eric's brow furrowed slightly.

“…… After being invited to watch two excellent crime thrillers in a week, the fear and shock left on me by "The Seven Deadly Sins" has not yet dissipated, and the rookie actor named Edward Norton in "Fear of the First Degree" once again gave me a chilling shiver. In the two movies, Kevin Spacey, who is already famous, and Edward Norton, who is also from Broadway, bring us two villains with somewhat similar positioning. Kevin Spacey successfully portrays a cold and crazy murderer, and with a short appearance, this character left no less impression on me than Anthony Hopkins in "The Silence of the Lambs". However, as a newcomer who has just stepped into Hollywood, Edward Norton's performance is obviously better than Kevin Spacey, the chameleon-like ability to control the role, and the violent and fierce soul under the innocent and innocent appearance is exposed to the audience through the movie screen, which makes people can't help but have a creepy trembling feeling, which can't be calmed down for a long time......"

While the author of this review is critical of both films, Eric sees a clear ingratiation in them.

The film critic did not make a detailed comparison of the plots, characters, performance techniques and other factors of the two movies, but only firmly grasped the wonderful performance of Edward Norton in "First Degree of Fear", and compared his performance with Kevin Spacey, and obviously expressed the view that Kevin Spacey is not as good as Edward Norton.

Putting this article aside, if you have a single round of acting, Eric knows very well that Edward Norton is definitely inferior to Kevin Spacey.

In the original time and space, Edward Norton's acting path is actually very narrow, he is only good at the kind of schizophrenic characters with great contrast between appearance and heart, so films such as "First Class Fear", "The X-Files of the United States", "Fight Club" and other films are so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but in addition, Edward Norton's performance in other films, you can't say that he is bad, but it is difficult to see where there is anything outstanding, and even some roles will make people have an inexplicable sense of drama.

Kevin Spacey is different, he can be the cold and crazy murderer in "The Seven Deadly Sins", the sensitive and wooden single father in "True Love", the mature and sophisticated politician in "House of Cards", the stingy and demanding villain boss in "Evil Boss", the husband in midlife crisis in "American Beauty", or the calm and wise negotiator in "Ace vs. Ace......

It should be said that Kevin Spacey can interpret a thousand Kevin Spacey in a thousand films, and Edward Norton, who has an unusually distinct performance style, can only be Edward Norton.

After scanning the review again, Eric casually closed the page.

Perhaps, it's just that I'm thinking too much.

Just as he was about to open the newspaper to see if there was anything similar in the recent movie reviews, Giselle and Alexander, who had been pestering for a while, sat up together.

Alexander straightened up his messy clothes, looked at Eric with some resentment, and said, "Eric, I didn't promise you anything. ”

Eric opened a newspaper and spread it on the table, quickly scanned the relevant information, and replied with a smile: "It's all fake anyway, it's just a show." ”

"But Giselle doesn't look like it at all...... It's just a matter of putting on a show. ”

Eric raised his head, looked at Alexander, and said, "Then the fake show is really done, I like it." ”

"I ......"

Alexander tried to resist slightly, but he couldn't muster up the courage.

She suddenly remembered a well-known rumor in the circle, when the first Victoria's Secret show was held, a Victoria's Secret angel named Heidi Klum was exiled to New Zealand in the southern hemisphere by Eric for violating the rules for being interviewed. Exile, this kind of thing usually only happened a few hundred years ago. I heard that Heidi Klum's career has never improved since then, and she can only mix between the second and third lines, although the punishment is over, but there are no big names willing to cooperate with her.

After secretly slandering someone's arrogance and domineering a few times in his heart, Alexander looked at Giselle, who had just bullied him, rolled his eyes, and said to Eric, who was quickly browsing the newspaper: "Eric, aren't you afraid that Giselle will regret it in the future?"

Eric looked up at Giselle, "Will you?"

Giselle quickly shook his head, reached over, and pinched Alexander's waist.

Alexander didn't dare to scream loudly, but he just reached over and tried to fight back, but Giselle grabbed his outstretched little hand and pinched it again.

Eric caught a glimpse of the two girls and smiled.

The entanglement between people, the longer the time, the deeper it becomes, especially for men and women, when the time comes, where can it be a word of regret that can be shaken off.

After a cursory scan of today's newspaper, Eric found several film reviews that involved "Fear of the First Degree" and "The Seven Deadly Sins", including articles that, like the one just made, suggesting that Edward Norton's acting skills surpassed Kevin Spacey.

Publicity in the process of film distribution is a common thing, and the two films provoke each other to stir up the topic and raise the popularity of the film together, which can usually have a very good synergistic effect and create a win-win situation.

However, although the production cost of both films is around $30 million, before that, whether it is the topic or the publicity, "First Degree Fear" is much weaker than "Seven Deadly Sins", and it is clear that Paramount, the producer of "First Degree Fear", does not have much expectation for this film, otherwise it would not only arrange more than 1,900 premiere canvases for the film, and it is not even as much as "Red Fan Zone". Except for Edward Norton's performance, the film really doesn't have much to offer.

Involving "First Degree Fear" and "Seven Deadly Sins" to raise awareness should be the last trick Paramount can come up with.

Eric thought about it for a moment, and wrote it down in a memo on his laptop, not doing anything else.

The film distribution is completely in charge of the team of the new line, if Paramount just climbs a little, hello me hello everyone, if it goes too far, the new line will naturally respond, Eric is not the kind of boss who has to do everything himself, if he has to personally intervene in everything, and spend money to support such a group of distribution teams to do something.

The two girls were playing like cats, and Giselle looked at the table full of documents in front of Eric, and was smart enough to take the initiative to make coffee.

After reading today's work email, Eric happened to hear the prompt tone of accepting the new email, which was the response he had just received from the email, opened it and looked at it, Eric looked up at Giselle who came back with a coffee pot, and said, "So, now continue to talk about your business." (To be continued.) )