Eric pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered Elizabeth's strong personality and relationship with himself, the girl would definitely not completely fail to greet herself and win the project "Braveheart", so ......

Thinking of the figure of an old fox, Eric said: "Liz, I suddenly feel that I shouldn't care about this matter, when "Braveheart" loses money, coupled with the lessons of "Cut Throat Island" a few years ago, Firefly Pictures will compete with others for the script in the future, and the competitiveness will definitely increase greatly." ”

"And then you're going to watch me get swept away by the company?"

Eric shook his head: "No, I guess it's your old man who will leave." ”

Elizabeth was silent for half a second, and then complained, "Can't you stop being so smart?"

Eric shook his head and sighed: "No way, alas, IQ ...... such a thing"

Elizabeth looked at Eric's stinky fart, and raised the mouse in her hand to throw it over, but then put it down: "Well, this project is indeed what my dad personally talked to Mel Gibson about. ”

"So, you shouldn't care, your old man is too shrewd, if you don't change it, sooner or later you will reap the consequences, oh, no, the last time he provoked Drew's little girl, he already reaped the consequences, look at the recent stock price of your News Corporation, if it were a person, it would have fallen apart a long time ago. ”

Elizabeth also seemed a little helpless: "My old man is sixty-two years old, do you think he can still change?"

"Okay," Eric said, "So I'm getting involved in this project now, what's the benefit?"

"Fireflies can be involved in investing. Elizabeth stretched out five white fingers: "Half of it will do, but we have to keep the copyright." ”

"I don't invest, you set the price so high. Maybe Mel Gibson will take the profits," Eric immediately refused.

"So what do you say?"

Eric said casually: "Forget it, this time even if I am a good person, in addition, the position of the heroine is reserved for me." ”

Elizabeth showed a look of contempt: "Who is it this time, it won't be Joan's sister, I saw a photo of the two of you in the newspaper a few days ago." ”

Eric had a headache when he thought of Eva: "Of course it's not her. If I do anything to Eva, Joan will have to take Xia Xia back to Poland. ”

"Hmph, don't think I don't know about the Spanish sisters. Tsk, be careful that when you wake up, you'll end up with the current Michael Jackson. ”

"I'm that kind of person, Monica is sixteen. Besides. I didn't touch her. ”

"What about Drew, when you two met, I did the math, 1988, 1975, coincidentally, the same age as the boy in the Michael Jackson case......"

Eric narrowed his eyes, "Why don't we talk about Braveheart today and focus on these issues?"

Elizabeth immediately sat upright. Zhengse said: "Okay, the heroine belongs to you." What's next?"

Eric recalled the script of "Braveheart" that he read some time ago, and it is not too different from his memory, and now the hero and heroine can also be determined to be the original cast, the production funds are sufficient, and the quality of the film is absolutely guaranteed, and now only the issue of distribution remains.

"How are you going to release this film?"

"My dad plans to make this the main film of next summer's schedule," Elizabeth remembered Eric's words, "but now, according to what you mean, should it be scheduled at the end of the year?"

"Well, in terms of production, I've read the script, I don't need to make major changes, and then the hero and heroine will be determined, as long as a suitable producer is selected to cooperate with Mel Gibson, the quality of the film can be guaranteed. For now, all that remains is the issue of distribution. "Braveheart" can be regarded as an Olympic film, if it is placed in the summer file, it will definitely not be able to enjoy the box office dividend of the awards season, so it is best to put it at the end of the year. ”

The so-called awards season usually starts at the end of the year and ends with the Oscars in March of the following year, during which there are countless film awards of all sizes. For an Olympic film, winning an influential award in the months of the awards season can be a stimulus to the box office, and after winning an important Oscar, there is usually a rebound at the box office, so for a film like "Braveheart" that has the potential to win an important Oscar such as Best Picture, it is the best choice when it is released at the end of the year.

Elizabeth took out a notepad from her purse, jotted them down, and then looked up and asked, "Anything else?"

Eric tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop, pondered for a moment, and said, "I haven't heard from the Weinstein brothers' Miramax Company lately, have they found their next home?"

"Not yet," Elizabeth thought for a moment, "aren't you not interested in Miramax?"

"Just because I'm not interested doesn't mean that Miramax has no value, the Weinstein brothers' level of handling the Oscars is obvious to all, and the Oscar economy is still very profitable at the moment, so Twentieth Century Fox might as well take Miramax and then hand over "Braveheart" to them to operate. ”

Elizabeth picked up the pen and just wanted to write it down, when she suddenly said: "It seems that the two brothers have a very high price, why don't they follow the original cooperation method of "The Silence of the Lambs", Fox pays for it, and they help with public relations?"

"Fox's reluctance to buy Miramax doesn't mean that the other studios aren't tempted, and if they find an owner in a year or so, do you think they'll still be playing an Olympic film for Fox? ”

"It seems that this is the only way," Elizabeth jotted down the plan, and suddenly added: "The World War II film that Firefly is working on should also hit the Oscars, that Catherine Bigelow?"

"That movie will be released next summer, Catherine is a woman, so the possibility of winning the best picture and the best director this time is not high, and we will fight for the best actor when the time comes, you guys. Mel Gibson is both director and actor at the same time, and you can't take both statuettes, so you can focus on the best director at that time. ”

Elizabeth remembered some of the ridicule she received in the media after "The Silence of the Lambs" won Best Picture. Knowing that Eric was telling the truth, he said, "But Mel Gibson is not a well-known director, he should be more suitable for Best Actor, right?"

Eric nodded seriously: "Then everyone will have their own abilities, the Oscars have never had a woman win the best director, a little public opinion hype, maybe Catherine can be pushed up, the main theme film of "Saving Private Ryan". The chances of winning Best Picture are also very high. Well, and Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson is much more handsome than Tom. Under normal circumstances, it is not easy for handsome people to win the Oscar. ”

"Alright, alright, we're not competing for Best Actor," Elizabeth hurriedly surrendered. Then he laughed: "If only the academy knew that we were talking about dividing up the Oscars in two years' time." Will we not be given a single award then?"

Eric lowered his voice, "Well, it's very likely, so don't go around talking nonsense when you go out." ”

"Hey...... Elizabeth smirked twice, "Hey, is there anything else?"

"That's all for now, I'll tell you when I think about it. ”

Elizabeth was about to close the notepad and said, "Why don't you help me see it when the film is cut in the future?"

"That's too much. I'm the boss of Firefly Pictures, and I'm an editor in your company. Is this appropriate?"

Elizabeth stuffed the notepad into her bag in disappointment and said, "Don't think I don't know your mind. ”

"Oh, tell me?"

"Mr. Williams, can you tell me why you suggested I to Fox in the first place?"

Eric snorted, "Can you still go to Warner to be a vice president?"

Elizabeth ignored Eric to change the subject, and said: "You want me to take over my father's class, and then use me to expand your influence in Hollywood, your ambition Drew that dead girl accidentally said it at the beginning, hum, I'll go with your will, I want to see how you unify Hollywood in the future." ”

Eric didn't have the embarrassment of being broken at all, leaned back in his chair with his coffee cup, and said leisurely, "I promise you'll see that day." ”

"Then I'll wait," Elizabeth said, picking up her bag and standing up.

Eric got up and asked, "You're not going to be back to Los Angeles right now, are you?"

Elizabeth asked curiously, "Why should I go back to Los Angeles?"

"And where are you going?"

"Of course I'm going home," Elizabeth gave Eric a roll of the eye, "When I was fourteen, my dad moved to Manhattan with our family, do you think our family is still in Australia?"

Eric really forgot about this: "Then I'll send you, is your old man still in Los Angeles?"

Elizabeth said: "He went to England, it seems to be about Sky TV, I went home to see my mother. ”

Sending Elizabeth away, Eric returned to the study, and just wanted to call Sophie, when he suddenly realized that Rose de France had recently entered the crew of "Pride Rose", but Eric did not have the contact information of the crew in his hand, so he could only put this matter aside for the time being.

There was nothing to do, and Eric took the TV series plan document from Los Angeles and read it.

It took more than two hours to read all the more than a dozen plans, and Eric didn't find any American dramas that appeared in his memory, but Eric still wrote down his suggestions on a few seemingly good projects, intending to let the TV drama department decide whether to shoot or not, anyway, the cost of TV series is much cheaper than movies, and according to the normal process, a TV series is often only filmed first to test the effect, so failure will not bring much loss.

After reading these documents, and was about to put them away, Eric suddenly found the one that Elizabeth had just flipped through, and after the girl looked through it, she casually placed the document next to the monitor.

Eric took the document and flipped it open at random, although he didn't have any expectations in his heart, but when he saw the name of the project planner, Eric's pupils suddenly shrank.

Because on that column, there is a very familiar name: Michael Clayton.

The author of "Jurassic Park", the famous author of "Jurassic Park" in the original time and space, it's just that Eric wrote "Jurassic Park" a few years in advance, and Michael Clayton, although he is still a good screenwriter in Hollywood, is no longer as dazzling as the original time and space.

Looking at the TV series project plan in his hand, although he hadn't opened the content yet, according to his memory, Eric had almost guessed what this TV series would be.

"The Story of the Emergency Room", the most popular medical drama in the 90s, because of the popularity of "The Story of the Emergency Room", in the following ten years, it even led to the rise of a large number of medical dramas such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Dr. House".

"ER: Story" has not only been produced for more than ten seasons in a row, but also made George Clooney, known as the fifth diamond king in Hollywood, popular.

Eric opened the cover with some excitement and roughly skimmed the content of this TV series plan, and as Eric expected, the content was the "Story of the Emergency Room".

After simply flipping through the plan, Eric also calmed down from the excitement, what he had to think about now was how to win this project absolutely safely, he had just experienced the competition for "Braveheart" a few months ago, and Eric didn't want to do it again.

For the TV network that will win in the future, the value of "The Story of the Emergency Room" is definitely not weaker than that of "Friends", and this TV series also has a very big advantage, that is, "The Story of the Emergency Room" has a lot of protagonists, and it can even be said that there is no protagonist, which means that "The Story of the Emergency Room" can be filmed all the time as long as the ratings are okay, and there will be no situation where the production company can't afford the actors' salaries and has to cut the series, because there are so many leading actors, there is no problem for anyone to leave, as long as there is another one.

Thinking of this, Eric picked up the phone and dialed directly to Michael Lynn, who was far away in Los Angeles, and the two chatted on the phone for a while.

However, remembering the last experience, Eric asked Michael Lynn not to be too conspicuous, and after thinking about it, Eric looked at the pile of project proposals, and finally suggested that Michael Lynn pick a few of them and let the copyright department come forward to take them down, so as not to cause too many opportunities.

After repeating the explanation, Eric hung up the phone with confidence. (To be continued.) )