From the early golden age of Hollywood to the rise of blockbusters after the new century, there are only a handful of actresses in Hollywood who can resist the box office at any stage, and Angelina Jolie is definitely one.

Although it has been surrounded by various controversies for a long time, there is no doubt that Julie's life is definitely a legendary story worth writing.

Hollywood history has changed a lot because of Eric's big butterfly, but he is still very optimistic about Julie's potential. However, the 24-year-old Julie is still immersed in that state of being on the verge of collapse for a long time, and no one dares to guarantee that such a gorgeous girl who blooms like a poppy will suddenly wither in the next moment.

Eric has never been the kind of person who likes to save people. As a human being, he is more accustomed to watching too many things.

However, after some consideration, he still made up his mind.

Beverly Hills.

Elizabeth and Julia's largely overrun mansion is hosting a MGM party.

The girl accompanied Virginia in May and they lived in Australia for three months, and under the management of Amy Pascal and other executives, MGM's operations were not affected in the slightest.

Although MGM did not launch a blockbuster this summer, the box office success of "Fast and Furious" at the beginning of the year and "American Pie" in the Easter schedule was enough to support MGM's film business this year. "Fast and Furious" has created a new spin-off series for the MGM Agent Cinematic Universe.

Moreover, although there are no blockbuster films, MGM's "Resident Evil 3" and "Sky Stealing Game", two medium-budget production films, also performed very well at the box office.

With a production cost of $50 million, "Resident Evil 3" has accumulated popularity from the first two parts, and the third part has reached $82 million at the North American box office, and the global box office has exceeded $200 million.

The style of "Sky Stealer" is similar to Columbia's "Sky Trap", both of which are Treasure Hunt action movies.

The director of the film originally hoped that Pierce Brosnan would play the leading role, but for various reasons, this idea did not come true. Later, the actor positions finalized could not be compared with "Sky Trap", and the production cost was only $40 million.

Since its release in early August, the North American box office of "Sky Stealing Game" has accumulated 69 million US dollars, and the global box office is 120 million.

In addition to these, MGM's "Bond 19", "Spy" and other projects are also progressing very smoothly. In addition, MGM's TV business continued to flourish with the return of the main programs of various TV stations in September, so this party was a thank you to MGM management, and it also had a sense of connection.

When Angelina Jolie arrived at the Strausdale mansion, Eric was chatting with Jean-Marie Messier, CEO of the French Vivendi Group, but he couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

The Vivendi Group has been trying to expand into Hollywood for years. In my memory, the next acquisition target of the Vivendi Group was the Seagram Group. However, at this time, Messier, who came from France, hoped to buy MGM Group and complete Prestige's layout of the Hollywood media industry.

After the big deal a few years ago, the Vivendi Group holds a 16.78% stake in MGM, making it the second largest shareholder after the girl herself. Messier clearly values these factors, and has a deep understanding of MGM's rapid development in recent years, which is why he came up with this idea.

Although due to the collapse of the Nasdaq stock market, MGM's stock price has also been affected in recent months. However, while the market is generally optimistic about the development of MGM's TV business and the profitability of the subsequent stage of the Agent Cinematic Universe, MGM's current market value remains around $26 billion. Moreover, relative to the market capitalization, MGM's debt ratio is also very low, the company's total debt size is only 3.7 billion US dollars, and the overall development and financial situation are very healthy.

So, while Messier cleverly paints a picture of the prospect of a strong alliance with the Firefly system after Vivendi's acquisition of MGM, and offers MGM as a whole a high price of $30 billion, Eric has no intention of selling the company.

"Jean, I think you should consider other media companies, such as Seagram, which has also been doing very well in recent years. Of course, Prestige may not be willing to distract both MGM and Seagram at the same time, so the Firefly can also buy back the shares held by Prestige at a high price. ”

Eric saw Angelina Jolie being led by Natasha standing not far away, so he didn't plan to perfunctory Messier anymore, and after saying this, he raised his glass to the other party and walked through the crowd towards Angelina Jolie.

The combined shareholding of Yatou and LTD in MGM is more than 41%, coupled with the control of management, the Firefly system can be said to have been firmly in control of MGM, and Eric refuses very simply, and is not at all worried about the possibility that Vivendi will launch a hostile takeover.

"Hey, Julie, you're so beautiful tonight," Eric walked up to Angelina Jolie, looked at the gorgeous girl in a pale yellow dark V dress with long brown hair, stretched out her hand to shake her, and said, "Come with me, let's talk next door." ”

Angelina Jolie also greeted Eric politely, and when she heard his words, she was slightly stunned, but instead showed an obviously provocative smile, and seemed to nod her head freely: "Okay." ”

With that, Julie stepped forward, took the initiative to grab Eric's arm, and then swept around the guests who looked around, as if to show off the man she had just caught.

Eric just smiled and let Julie make these small gestures, but he remembered the situation many years ago, when a young but rebellious girl auditioned for "Seventeen Again", life is really wonderful, or, as the other sentence, Hollywood is really small.

The two of them walked through the crowd on the open lawn together, and as soon as they came to the next door through a small door that had just been opened recently, Julie immediately let go of Eric's arm, but still looked around curiously.

The other side is very lively, although the lights are still bright, but it seems very quiet, and there is no shadow of any guests.

Seeing Eric walk to the chair by the pool and stop, Julie also stood still, keeping a distance of two or three meters from the man, but asked explicitly: "So, Mr. Williams, where do you like to be, the pool, on the lawn, or to the bedroom?"

"I've done everything, there's nothing new about it," Ereca opened his chair and was about to sit down, but he looked around with a smile and said, as if he had found something, "But, well, the roof hasn't been tried yet, and if you don't mind, I'll let you move the ladder." ”

Julie subconsciously looked at the roof of the villa covered with red tiles, and saw that Eric had already sat down at the round table, and pointed to the opposite side, only to realize that the man was just joking with herself.

He stood and stood for a moment in a stalemate, and finally walked over honestly.

Sitting down opposite Eric, looking at the man opposite him, he just opened a blue folder in front of him, ignoring his own meaning, and Julie no longer took the initiative to speak, but he didn't quite believe that Williamst intended to call him alone, not for something.

It wasn't until Eve came over with a pot of coffee that Julie came back from the atmosphere of involuntary stalemate with the man opposite. She remembered that the girl must have stayed on the other side just now, so it must be another one of the Russian twins in front of her. Drew Barrymore has a pair of very beautiful twins around him, and everyone knows about that.

Politely thanking them, watching Eve pour coffee for the two and then leave silently, Julie was inexplicably a little envious of the quiet temperament of the two girls. Then I couldn't help but wonder, did Eric Williams ever sleep with these two girls, the answer is almost yes, right?

In the afternoon, she received a phone call from her agent that Eric Williams asked her to come to the party tonight, and Julie almost instinctively took this as some kind of hint, and subconsciously wanted to refuse.

With her family's connections in Hollywood, the unspoken rules of the circle didn't work for her at all, and Julie never imagined that she would have to face this situation one day.

However, after some hesitation, Julie still rushed over, and even had a bit of the momentum of breaking the jar.

She was well aware that the Voight family's connections in Hollywood would hardly play any role in front of Eric Williams himself. On the contrary, if Eric Williams is not happy, the Voight family connections may even lose any effect in Hollywood, and she may not receive any films in the future.

Julie began acting school after graduating from junior high school, and a few years ago she also took classes in the acting department of New York University, only to drop out of school for reasons well-known in the circle. It can be said that she can't think of anything else she can do other than acting.

Moreover, although she has always been able to get film appointments in recent years, because of her drug addiction and mental state problems, mainstream commercial films in Hollywood have basically nothing to do with her. Julie also understands that if this state of affairs continues for a few more years, Hollywood may close its doors to her completely.

Occasionally, in the dead of night, Julie can't help but fantasize about whether she will one day be completely degraded, abandoned by Hollywood, abandoned by her family, and unconsciously die in some dirty alley full of garbage.

This kind of thing has not happened before, she even happened to play such a girl last year, the other party is named Gia Kalanji, a world-famous supermodel at the most glamorous time, who became famous earlier than Linda Ivan Golinsta, because of almost a similar problem to herself, Gia Kalanji fell quickly at the age of 26, and finally died silently in a corner.

Every time she thought of this, a fear that went deep into her bone marrow swelled in her heart.

I don't know how long it took, but a voice suddenly came from the other side: "What are you thinking?"

Julie raised her head, stroked her long hair hanging down on her forehead, and said, "So, Mr. Williams, you don't want to sleep with me, and what are you calling me for?"

"I still want to sleep with you," Eric laughed, "I'm just worried that you're going to bite me in bed or something, I have a shadow on this kind of thing." ”

Julie seemed to be interested, and there was obvious teasing in her tone: "You have been bitten by a woman?"

Eric nodded frankly, "yes." ”

Julie licked the corner of her lower lip again teasingly and said, "Mr. Williams, I promise I won't bite you." ”

"You won't have a chance," Eric said, looking at the gorgeous girl opposite, "If I want to sleep with you, I'll tie you up first." ”

Julie said disdainfully: "The big guys are really perverts." ”

Eric smiled, stopped talking nonsense with the girl, picked up the document in front of him again, spread it out, and said, "So, let's talk about you." ”

Julie is definitely not a person who lacks emotional intelligence, on the contrary, her emotional intelligence is still very high, hearing Eric say this, the girl also put away her expression in time and sat up.

"You've auditioned for a Columbia film before, "The Soul Shifter," right?"

Julie nodded.

Eric said: "I gave the role to Charlize, otherwise, you are still very suitable, perform in your true colors, and maybe win an Oscar." ”

Julie pursed her lips, but didn't say anything.

Eric glanced up at the girl again before he landed on the document in front of him and read, "Borderline personality disorder is a state of intense instability in a series of interpersonal relationships and behavioral habits caused mainly by impulsive behavior patterns. The most typical manifestation of interpersonal relationships is that patients are often full of idealism in the early stages of their interactions, but in the process of getting along, they will become disillusioned, which will lead to the breakdown of relationships with others, and even turn against others. ”

Hearing Eric say this slowly, Julie's expression was obviously a little unnatural, and she even subconsciously touched a tattoo on her arm that had been erased.

Eric glanced up at the girl opposite, leaving aside what hadn't happened yet. A few years ago, when Julie married her first husband, Johnny Lee Miller, the two were so passionate that they tattooed each other's names on each other, and when they got married, Jolie didn't even wear a wedding dress, but printed words like 'My husband Johnny Lee Miller' on a T-shirt, with a posture of intending to rot in the sea.

It's just that in less than two years, this couple who once swore an oath to the mountains and seas turned against each other, and even slashed with a knife in the apartment at the worst time, which was extremely tragic.

Eric had just said that he was worried that Julie would bite him, and that was absolutely true.

After a moment of silence, Julie still took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Williams, if you can give me the role of Black Widow, I will be very honored, and I will try my best to play this role well." However, I don't need a psychiatrist. ”

"I don't want to be your psychiatrist either," Eric shrugged, "What's more, you can't afford a psychiatrist like me, I'm just thinking about how to solve your problem." In fact, as long as you can successfully complete the contract in the future, I will not pay any attention to your private life. ”

Julie stared at the document in front of Eric and said, "Then you, why?"