Hearing Stephanie Seymour's request for a role in "Lust City", Eric was not surprised, with the dazzling results brought by "American Supermodel Contest" and "Flyover", Lifetime's upcoming TV series that was also made by Eric himself attracted the attention of a large number of TV and film actresses after the news broke.

"Lust City" adopts the four-protagonist model, and the age selection criteria for the four heroines are all around 30 years old, except for a few actresses in this age group who have become famous and can continue their acting careers stably, a larger number of actresses will gradually disappear from the big and small screens after the age of 30 with the reduction of opportunities. Although "Lust City" is just a TV series, because of the strong support of the Lifetime TV station and Eric himself, it has a great attraction for actresses around 30 years old.

Seeing Stephanie Seymour's expectant expression, Eric asked, "Stephanie, ask a more abrupt question, how old are you this year?" ”

Stephanie Seymour didn't pretend to be like most Western women who were asked about their age, and replied: "Twenty-eight, Eric, I know that the age requirement for the four heroines of "Lust City" is about thirty years old, but I don't think that kind of demand needs to be so demanding, do I?" ”

Stephanie Seymour said, leaning over to Eric without a trace, and once again casually picked up a chocolate chip in his mouth, and looked at it with silky eyes.

Eric felt the unique and rich charm of Chanel No. 5 on the woman's body, shook his head lightly and said, "Stephanie, I'm afraid this won't work, and besides, age is not your most important issue, the key is that you are too beautiful." As you may know, I originally recommended another British actor for the female lead role, but she was rejected by the screenwriter because she was too beautiful. The screenwriter wanted the character's appearance to be relatively ordinary. ”

"Oh, Eric, you must be trying to fool me, right?" Stephanie Seymour said with a somewhat resentful expression: "It's the first time I've heard that the screenwriter has the power to veto the decisions of the company's bosses?" ”

Eric: "But that's the case, in general, I'm a relatively enlightened boss, as long as my subordinates can prove the correctness of their opinions, I won't go my own way." ”

Stephanie Seymour was obviously a little unwilling, and wanted to say something, when a scattered footsteps sounded around him, and it turned out that the first theme had ended.

The two of them subconsciously turned their heads when they heard the voice, and Cindy Crawford had already come behind Eric, dressed in a seductive black nei, with a large fiery red wing behind him. Cindy greeted Eric as she stretched out her arms for the staff to remove the big fiery red wings from her, "Hey, Eric, what are you talking about?" ”

"It's nothing, Cindy, you're pretty tonight."

"Thank you, Eric, but how many times have you said this tonight?"

"For you for the first time."

"Hehe," Cindy smiled, took off her wings, took the pink dressing gown from her assistant's hand, and said to Stephanie Seymour, "Sorry, Stephanie, this is my place, can I make a move?" ”

"Oh, of course," Stephanie Seymour nodded, but didn't get up immediately, but somehow pulled out a business card, stuffed it into Eric, and said, "Eric, maybe we can take the time to talk, call me whenever you want." ”

After saying this, without waiting for Eric to reply, Stephanie Seymour got up and walked in the direction of the changing room.

Cindy took it all in her eyes and sat down in Stephanie Seymour's place just now, and smiled, "There are so many goblins, aren't they?" ”

Eric fiddled with the business card that Stephanie Seymour had just stuffed into him, and said, "According to the rules of your circle, shouldn't she already be considered a meritorious person, and it is better to concentrate on being a rich wife?" ”

"Oh, she, it doesn't count," Cindy seemed a little gloating, "what kind of merit is to find an old man who is more than twenty years older than herself, and, guess what, how many children does Peter Brant have?" ”

Eric shrugged, "Does it matter?" ”

"Of course," Cindy lowered her voice and gossiped, "Peter Brandt and his ex-wife have a total of five children, and they have been married for almost twenty years before Stephanie. According to federal law, Peter Brandt wanted to divorce his ex-wife, but he had to be divided half of his property, but his ex-wife did not do so. ”

Eric was also a little curious: "Why?" ”

Cindy said, "This is also a smart woman, and she knows very well that Peter Brant can't afford to be hit by half of his fortune, which will almost cost him control of his property." Therefore, when the divorce occurred, Peter Brandt's ex-wife did not ask for the division of property, but let Peter Brandt determine the inheritance rights in advance. In the future, her five children will receive most of Peter Brandt's property, although the specific details have not been announced, but you can imagine that the half that originally belonged to Peter Brandt's ex-wife will definitely have five children in the future, and in order to satisfy his ex-wife, Peter Brandt's own part must also belong to the five children. Therefore, Stephanie married him, and even if this marriage continues, she and her children will not be able to obtain much property in the future, and if they divorce, she will not get any compensation. ”

After hearing this, Eric couldn't help but laugh and said, "How do I feel that Stephanie is miserable by what you say." ”

"I'm never going to do that anyway, it's not worth it," Cindy said, looking at Eric, as if she wanted to ask something, but didn't say anything, just casually asked, "By the way, what were you guys talking about?" ”

"Oh, she asked me if the "American Top Model Contest" was going to change the host, and she said she really wanted this opportunity."

Cindy's eyes widened in surprise, and then she realized from the smile on the corner of Eric's mouth that he was joking, reached out and hit the man's arm, and said, "You bad guy, you know how to play tricks on me, but," Cindy looked at the business card in Eric's hand and said, "Well, you have to be careful, after all, people are married, and it will be lively when they are found by the media." ”

Eric casually tore open the business card in his hand and threw it into the trash can next to him, and said with a smile: "I'm a serious person, I won't do such an outrageous thing." ”

"Hmph, it's strange to believe you, at the beginning of the year at Jianjiao Manor, do you think Linda is married, isn't it still messing around?" Thinking of the chaotic scene at that time, even though more than half a year had passed, Cindy's face was still rosy.

"I can't help myself."

"Phew."

Eric smiled, looked at the still busy crowd around him, and said, "Are you very idle, why don't you go and change your clothes, and Christie should go with you for the first time, what about her?" ”

Cindy explained: "I'm going to be on the fourth and sixth themes and can take a break, and Christie has wings in the third and needs to be prepared in advance. ”

"Oh, let's have a bite to eat," Eric said, taking the boxes in front of him.

"I'm really hungry," Cindy said as she ate a fruit salad with a bamboo skewer in her hand, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Eric, will you go to my place tonight?" ”

Eric smiled and shook his head, "You're so direct, but, sorry, I'm already booked." ”

"Ah, who is it, Stephanie? Impossible. ”

"Of course not, didn't you just say that there are too many goblins."

Cindy rolled her eyes and said, "That must be Linda, did she say that she bought an apartment in Greenwich Village for you to see?" ”

Eric was surprised, "Did she already tell someone that?" ”

Cindy pointed at herself, pursed her lips disdainfully, and said: "It's an old house a hundred years ago, and only she would be so stupid to pay $2.8 million to buy it, saying that it is the former residence of a master of pop art, it seems to be called, well, I can't even remember the name, it's very unpopular, anyway, I always feel that she was fooled by a real estate agent." ”

Eric didn't care, and smiled: "Whatever, as long as you live comfortably." ”

"Heh, only you can say that buying a house is so lightly, 2.8 million, if you can maintain its value, it's good, in case it is smashed in her hands, she can only raise it herself, although she has paid the full amount, but it is not cheap to raise a house in Manhattan."

"No, at least for the next 20 years, Manhattan's housing prices will only go up, not down, and if you have spare money, you can invest in a few houses."

"Well, then I'll think about it," Cindy nodded, and when she heard the staff behind her start calling her, she quickly got up and said, "I'm going to get busy, Eric, see you at the party later." ”

"See you then."

Eric waved at her, and after Cindy left, Eric got up as well, and took advantage of the show to find a random spot at the front desk and watched the whole game.

The next day, with the media overwhelming coverage of the second Victoria's Secret show, Eric left Linda's apartment in Greenwich Village early in the morning and flew back to Los Angeles.

On November 10, the day Eric flew back to Los Angeles, the year-end schedule for 1995 had already begun.

Compared with the hot summer schedule of big-budget films, the year-end schedule seems to be a little deserted.

Take Firefly as an example, the company only plans to release "Jedi Men" and "101 Dalmatians" on Thanksgiving and Christmas respectively, and the cost of both films is about 20 million, if it was a few years ago, the production cost of 20 million US dollars can be considered a medium production, but in recent years, with the explosion of the film market, films with a production cost of less than 2000 US dollars can only be regarded as low-budget films.

In addition to Firefly, most of the films released by several other studios are similar low-budget films. For example, MGM's "Scream" and "Mean Girl" have lower production costs than the two Firefly movies.

Originally, Sony had the strength to release at least one blockbuster, "Men in Black 2" or "Jumanji's Game 2". According to the production schedule, a little rush, at least one of the two films can catch up with the Christmas schedule, but perhaps the first part of "Jumanji" last year did not perform well at the box office at the end of the year, and Sony was worried that it would repeat the mistakes of the past, so it put all the two films in next year's summer schedule.

From 1988 to the present, after seven years, as Eric's influence in Hollywood has grown, strongly influenced by his personal butterfly effect, the entire Hollywood film production and distribution pattern has become unrecognizable compared to the original time and space. In the past few years, some films that should have appeared have not appeared, some heavyweight blockbusters have changed their protagonists, and similarly, there are many movies that were completely absent from the original time and space have begun to appear.

Although he still retains strong influence and control over several studios in his sphere of influence, Eric finds that it is no longer possible to accurately predict the development patterns of several other studios in Hollywood.

For example, this year, the comedy starring Jim Carrey and the Tom Cruise feature released by Paramount at the end of the year, the names and content of both films have not been heard of by Eric.

The box office appeal of the two superstars Jim Carrey and Tom Cruise is still strong, and these two movies should be regarded as the most heavyweight films in the year-end schedule, however, because they are not big-budget movies, although Jim Carrey and Tom Cruise's salaries are close to $20 million, the overall production cost has not exceeded 50 million.

Perhaps in order to avoid the Thanksgiving schedule, Fox brought Jim Carrey's new film forward to the week before Thanksgiving, premiered in more than 2,600 theaters, and got $33.2 million at the box office in the first three days, and it is expected that the box office in the first week will easily exceed 45 million, close to the production cost, and according to this trend, the total box office can reach at least $120 million.

So far, Jim Carrey's successive films from her debut to the present have maintained a total box office of more than $100 million, which has to be said to be a miracle.

However, according to the original contract, this is also the last film that Jim Carrey will work with Fox.

Before the release of this movie, it is said that Sony has reached an intention with Jim Carrey in private, and will sign a film contract with him with a salary of 20 million US dollars, and the last step of the cooperation with Fox After the box office of the film was released on the first weekend, Jim Carrey announced the news without hesitation, which is the first non-sharing form of 2000 US dollars in Hollywood, which immediately caused heated discussions in the entire entertainment industry.

With the global explosion of the film market and the economic recovery of North America and Europe, more and more hot money has begun to flow into the film industry, and the salary of Hollywood stars has grown to sky-high prices.

Eric remembers that in his previous life, even after the economic crisis in 2008 and the world film market entered a cold winter, the salaries of Hollywood superstars still did not decline, but the lives of those second- and third-tier movie stars were getting harder and harder. (To be continued.) )