Chapter 183: Replacement

After a short break, everyone cheered up, because the screening of the second film was about to begin, and although it was not worth mentioning compared to the star-studded (four of the six heroines had already won Oscars), the main creative cast was not worth mentioning, but it was enough to have Eric's name on the screenwriting column. Before creating a box office miracle, the main creative lineup was not worth mentioning at all.

After the opening credits, Grace's storytelling voice rings against the background of the comics, and slowly, the voice disappears, and the scribbled picture appears one after another horror scenes, with a frightened girl with wide eyes, a dark shadow reaching out to a child, and a marionette with a broken neck......

On the big bed, Grace suddenly opened her teary eyes, opened her mouth like a fish out of water, breathed a few times, and her body trembled violently.

Everyone knows that the heroine has a nightmare, and if you are smarter, you may be able to realize that the comic scene at the beginning is the girl's dream.

In this version, Virginia does not scream hoarsely like the original Nicole Kidman, but the fear conveyed in the big eyes overflowing with tears is not much weaker than that of Nicole Kidman, and this silent fear and despair, combined with the mottled scene in the dim bedroom, can make the audience feel a chill down the spine.

This is Eric's first change to the script, because in his previous life, Eric didn't experience anything other than being startled by Nicole Kidman's scream.

The camera is not easy to shoot, Virginia is really frightened, and the fear in her eyes does not mean to pretend at all, because next to the camera, there are a bunch of 'cute things' such as Squeaky Beast, Xiaoqiang, and Liu'er staring at her. Although with the help of 'props', Virginia's performance is much better than Nicole in Eric's opinion, and it also corresponds to the sentence that in Hollywood, no one can be replaced, and most people just lack opportunities.

Before anyone in the screening room knew it, everyone in the screening room was immersed in the strange behavior of Grace, the two children, and the three servants, and everyone except Eric and other insiders were trying to guess what was going on in the house, and where those strange voices and figures came from.

If this is a ghost movie, why has it been so long that there has been no ghost shadow, and why did Grace's husband suddenly come back and leave suddenly?

Although the mystery has not been solved, the tense plot has immersed even the representatives of the seven major companies who have read countless films. As calm as Michael Eisner, he couldn't help but ask Eric about some of his doubts, but Eric laughed and refused to answer on the grounds that he couldn't spoil it.

It wasn't until more than eighty minutes later, when Grace's children discovered the tombstones, that the identities of the three servants' 'ghosts' were revealed.

However, no one had a look of sudden enlightenment, but some doubts arose, why the three 'ghost servants' appeared, and what was their purpose? From the previous words, people knew that the three ghosts had no ill will towards the Grace family.

The plot has also completely gone to the climax, when Grace pushed open the door of the living room upstairs, and the appearance of another family and a psychic old woman, all the doubts were solved for the audience.

"The suspense is repeated, the slightest is intriguing, and it is beautiful!" Seeing this, Michael Eisner couldn't help but let out a rare admiration, and Paramount President Nader Tahn, who was sitting on the other side of Eric, quietly clenched his fists, and there was a determination in his heart to win the distribution rights of this movie. Several other executives who had no intention or inability to win the distribution rights of the film all showed regretful looks, and the originally most calm Warner representative was not so calm.

The symbolic fog also dissipated as the truth was revealed.

The lights came back on, and the applause was louder than loud for a few minutes.

Jonathan Demmy, who was sitting in the back row, saw this situation, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, but in the end he could not remain reserved, and grinned happily to show a mouthful of white teeth, he knew that he had succeeded.

Michael Madsen patted his sister's hand gently, his eyes full of congratulations.

The applause stopped, and everyone in the screening hall was led by the waiters to the banquet hall on the lower floor. Eric, who was at the front, was sandwiched between Michael Eisner and Nader Tahn, and the Warner representative, who was not too enthusiastic, also came over and greeted Eric cordially again.

Representatives of Fox and MGM, who were destined not to get the distribution rights, followed behind.

Elizabeth Murdoch approached Karta and asked in a low voice, "Karl, why don't you go for it?"

Karta shook her head lightly and explained softly to Elizabeth, "It won't work, Eric's next two films are already owned by Fox, and they won't give us the distribution rights anymore." ”

Elizabeth thought for a moment before saying, "Why can't this be, at the end of the year, what we value most is Eric's sequel, so let's give up the distribution rights of another movie and replace it with this one." I think this horror film is very special, maybe it can create a box office miracle like that. ”

Karta Hunter couldn't help but glance at the girl next to him, and felt a lot of surprise in his heart, originally he thought that Elizabeth was just a somewhat arrogant and willful lady, after all, today this girl is pestering herself, and it is a more willful decision to let him bring her to this test meeting,

But forced by Elizabeth Murdoch's identity, Karta Hunter reluctantly agreed after thinking about it, but fortunately Eric was more familiar with him, and the other party also knew Elizabeth's identity, so he did not turn the girl away.

Unexpectedly, after the end of the test film, the other party was able to come up with a very feasible solution in such a short period of time.

Although Elizabeth came to Fox in the name of a holiday internship, the girl did not stay honestly in the position arranged for her by Fox for a few days, and it is impossible to understand the inside story of Fox's cooperation with Firefly.

"Well, Miss Murdoch, I will submit this proposal to Mr. Barry Diller in the form of a formal jiàn. However, I must say that Fox has not seen the script in Eric's other movie at the end of the year, and I don't know if it will have time to make a decision before other companies take it, after all, it is conceivable that there will be people within Fox who will oppose your proposal, because the box office reputation of the film directed by Eric himself has been proven many times, although this movie is written by him himself, and it is absolutely excellent, but I don't think many people will be willing to take risks. ”

"It's ink, if I'm in charge of Fawkes, I'll take it down," Elizabeth pursed her lips, and began to show her girl's brutal side again.

This time, Karta did not despise the other party in his heart, but patiently explained the key to the girl: "Miss Murdoch, there are too many interests involved in this matter, it is not that we can exchange it by wishful thinking, even if we are willing to change, will Eric Williams agree? Will several other film companies agree? You have also seen that Michael Eisner and Nader Tahn are here today, and they attach great importance to Eric Williams, and we do not have much advantage in competition." ”