"Huh!?" Lester didn't expect Eric to suddenly ask Amy Pascal, "Pascal...... Ms. Pascal: She resigned. ”

Eric was puzzled: "Resigned, why?"

Lester's brain flew for a few seconds before he said: "I don't know very well, maybe the company didn't arrange for her to participate in the project, and she was a little dissatisfied, so she resigned." ”

Eric could see from Lester's flickering eyes that he was lying, but he didn't debunk it, and said with a disappointed face: "It's a shame, and since that's the case, then I'll take my leave." ”

It wasn't until Eric stepped into the elevator that Lester knocked on the door and walked into Bront Cohen's office.

Blunt Cohen no longer had the smile he had just given Eric, his brows furrowed as he held a copy of the paper, but his eyes were clearly not focused on it.

"Mr. Cohen, this is what you want. Placing the text in his hand in front of Blount Cohen, Lester hesitated for a moment, but said, "I just ran into Eric Williams outside, and he asked about Amy Pascal. ”

Blount Cohen looked up suddenly, his eyes staring sharply at Lester, "What did you say?"

Lester subconsciously wanted to take a step back when he saw Blunt Cohen's gaze, and said steadily: "I sued him, Amy resigned because she was dissatisfied with the company's failure to let her participate in the project. ”

Blunt Cohen stared at Lester in silence, and Lester continued: "I don't think Eric Williams and Amy Pascal know each other very well, otherwise he wouldn't have asked me where Amy Pascal's office is, and he would definitely go to Amy privately to thank him." So he probably wouldn't have gone to Amy to confirm what I said. ”

"What do you think?" said Blunt Cohen's expression didn't let up.

Lester's scalp was a little numb, and he secretly scolded how unlucky things always happened to him: "Mr. Cohen, even if it is exposed, it is nothing, on the contrary, Eric will be dissatisfied with us, which will still help to realize the plan, and if he is dissatisfied with us, it will be easier to accept Disney's conditions." ”

Bront Cohen thought that this was indeed the case, so he breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, you go out first." ”

……

Driving down Hollywood Boulevard, Eric thought about what he had encountered in Colombia today, and he was sure that Colombia was not willing to gain too much profit because of the gambling agreement, and had already started some actions, and now there were two clues, one was the compensation in his hand, and the other was Amy Pascal.

Parking his car in a parking lot far from his home, Eric slipped into the house through the back door on foot, and went to the second floor to look outside, where there were still many reporters in front of the door.

Outside, the reporter found that Eric suddenly appeared at the window on the second floor, and directly raised the camera to shoot. It seems that he needs to move, Eric thought to himself, and then quickly smiled self-deprecatingly, even the Runkel family had moved to Beverly Hills, and Eric realized that he only had a few hundred dollars now.

Just as he was in a bit of a trance, the phone behind him suddenly rang.

Eric picked up the microphone: "Williams, may I ask who you are?"

"Mr. Eric, Williams, I'm Mr. Michael Eisner's assistant, Mr. Eisner wants to invite you to lunch, I wonder if Mr. Eisnk is available?"

Disney President Michael Eisner, Eric is not surprised why the other party knows his contact information, but is a little curious about the other party's intentions.

"Excuse me, can I know what's going on?"

The other party said: "It's about Mr. Williams, your overseas copyright is interested." ”

Since Columbia's offer was disappointing, Eric didn't mind working with other companies: "Okay, where to meet?"

"We'll send someone to pick you up and be there soon. ”

Eric hung up the phone, looked down and pondered for a while, then picked up the phone again and called Jeffrey Hansen: "Jeffrey, I'm Eric. ”

Jeffrey Hansen's tone was a little excited: "Hey, Eric, the first week of box office is amazing, I called you in the morning to congratulate you, but unfortunately no one answered." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was negotiating something at Columbia. ”

"It's okay, Eric, do you have anything to do with me?"

Eric said: "When I went to Colombia today to discuss the next release plan with Bronte Cohen, I found a lot of strange things, and I felt that there might be some kind of conspiracy brewing in Colombia. And I heard from Lester Reed that Amy suddenly quit her job, and I thought could you contact her......"

Jeffrey Hansen, who was on the other side, hesitated for a moment and said: "Eric, I don't think it's useful to contact Amy about this matter, even if Amy resigns, with her character, she will not reveal Columbia's trade secrets." Can you tell me about something out of the ordinary? You know, I've been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, and I might be able to help you with that. ”

Seeing that he couldn't count on Amy Pascal, Eric had to recount the morning's events in detail.

Jeffrey listened to the silence for two minutes and said, "Let the lawyer look at the compensation agreement, I think it's likely that the problem is here." If not, I don't see any other questions for a while, Eric, can you think of any other details?"

"Other details?" Eric muttered to himself, remembering the phone call he had just called, "By the way, just before I called you, Disney's Michael Eisner suddenly invited me to lunch, saying that he was interested in overseas copyrights. ”

"Michael Eisner......" Jeffrey said the name, his voice suddenly a little louder, and continued: "Michael Eisner and Bront Cohen are friends, Eric, wait a minute, you must be careful not to promise Michael Eisner anything." Colombia's overseas share is very low, and then Disney's Michael Eisner contacted you about it, and God doesn't believe that there is no relationship between the two. ”

Eric listened to Jeffrey's instructions, and suddenly out of the corner of his eye, a silver sedan drove outside the house, so he said, "Jeffrey, the car sent by Michael Eisner to pick me up has arrived." ”

"Go then, Eric, and remember, no matter how fanciful the other man says, he doesn't have to promise anything. ”

Eric nodded in agreement, hung up the phone and walked downstairs. After identifying themselves to the other party, the driver of the sedan and another man squeezed away from the reporter and escorted Eric into the car.

Half an hour later, Eric met Michael Eisner at the Hilton Hotel, when Michael Eisner was in his forties and in the prime of life. Disney, one of the six major at this age, inevitably seems a little high-spirited, but it has not yet evolved into the later Disney tyrant, and it is also very friendly to others.

"I envy you, Eric. When I was 18 years old, I was still complacent about getting into Denison University, but you have reached heights that many people would never achieve in their lifetimes. In the Hilt Hotel restaurant, Michael Eisner and Eric were not in a hurry to get to the point, but chatted casually.

"Actually, I was going to go to the University of California, Mr. Eisner, but unfortunately there were some changes in my family and I had to embark on the road of self-reliance. ”

Michael Eisner shook his head and said, "No, it's definitely not luck, Eric, even though we've only met for the first time, but I've learned about you. If it was an untalented person, even if Lady Luck favored him, he would not have achieved such amazing achievements. You're one of the most wonderful young people I've ever met. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Eisner. You're also one of the people I admire the most, and there aren't many people who are at the helm of a movie giant at your age. ”

Michael Eisner apparently enjoyed Eric's compliment, and smiled, "Since I'm one of them, I can know, Eric, which one do you admire the most?"

Eric thought for a moment and said, "The one I admire the most should be Howard Hughes." ”

"Oh," Michael Eisner nodded, "that's a legend indeed, and speaking of which, Eric, there are some similarities between the two of you." Maybe you're a little better than him, and most of the reason why he has achieved so much is due to inheriting his father's huge inheritance. And you didn't rely on anyone, and now you're almost the youngest billionaire. ”

Eric smiled a little at Michael Eisner's compliment, and if he hadn't been reborn, he might have been shooting some kind of health supplements and other TV commercials in the company's humble studio.

If you ignore Michael Eisner's arbitrary personality, he is indeed a very charismatic person. During lunch, two people ate and chatted, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant. If it hadn't been for that phone call to Jeffrey Hansen in advance to make Eric wary of Michael Eisner, Eric might have become friends with Michael Eisner at this time.

When the waiter removed the dishes, Michael Eisner said, "Alright, Eric, let's get down to business." ”