The two women came and went suddenly, and Eric, who had been squeezed hard for three days, joked that he was being toyed with when he sent the two girls away, because most of his energy was on Jurassic Park, and Eric didn't notice Virginia and Joanna's abnormality.

On the afternoon of 15 July, a helicopter landed at the airport in northern Kauai, and an old man dressed casually refused to be supported by his assistant and expertly jumped from the helicopter.

"Danny, have you been contacted?" saw a man in his thirties walking not far away, and Martin Davis asked the assistant next to him again.

The man in the suit named Danny whispered, "It's been arranged, and the news will appear in the newspaper tomorrow." ”

Seeing that the man not far away had approached, Martin Davis did not speak again, just nodded slightly and walked forward.

"Mr. Davis, welcome to Kauai," Alan greeted him, holding out his hand to the other.

Martin Davis smiled and shook hands: "You must be Alan Fiessman, I remember your voice." ”

Alan nodded politely: "Yes, Mr. Davis, our crew is stationed in Lihuya now, but the conditions there are not as good as the resorts here, Mr. Williams asked me to book a room for you at the Wisestin Resort." ”

"No, no, no, I'm not here on vacation, I'm just staying in Lihu," Martin Davis shook his head.

Alan didn't object, and stretched out his hand: "In that case, please come with me, the car is over there." ”

The three walked out of the tarmac. Come to the side of the road. Martin Davis motioned for his assistant and bodyguard to get into another car. I followed Alan into a black jeep.

After the car started, Martin Davis said to Allen, "Eric must be on the set, can you take me to see it?"

"No problem, the crew is filming at a ranch not far away, not far from here," Alan agreed, and said a few words to the driver.

It took only a few minutes for the two cars to get to the outside of a blockaded ranch and into the set. Not far away, a man with a camera in his hand jumped out, quickly aimed his lens at this side, and frantically pressed the shutter.

Alan, who was negotiating with the guards, noticed this detail and narrowed his eyes slightly, but quickly relaxed.

Eric was discussing the details of the next shot of the giraffe with Stan Winston in front of the storyboard sketch, when he saw Alan walking over with several people.

"Martin Davis, why is he here?" Stan Winston asked with some surprise as he looked at Eric, after so many years in Hollywood, Stan Winston still knows very well about the top management of the Big Seven.

"For the movies, of course. Eric smiled and clipped the pencil in his hand to his ear, "Stan." Let's go over and say hi?"

"There's no need, go ahead, I'll talk to Nikkor about the next seats," Stan Winston said casually, not too cold about Martin Davis.

Eric nodded and walked over to Martin Davis.

When they came to Martin Davis's side, the other party's eyes were fixed on the six-meter-tall behemoth not far away.

"That's the giraffe, one of the main dinosaur models designed for Jurassic Park in the digital realm, 20 feet tall, one of the biggest props in the movie," Eric walked up to Martin Davis and casually explained that the giraffe had planned to be made in CG as well, but because of the close-up shots, and compared to the design of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the dinosaur's movements were not complicated, so Eric chose the model for the sake of realism.

Martin Davis retracted his gaze, and said to Eric with a familiar smile: "It's really surprising, looking at this big guy, I suddenly thought of "Star Wars" many years ago, Eric, I believe you will definitely work miracles this time." ”

"Whether it can work a miracle or not is up to the audience," Eric smiled, then held out his hand to Martin Davis, "Mr. Davis, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Me too, Eric, just call me Martin," Martin Davis said with an amiable smile.

Eric nodded, but he was not confused by the other party's friendly appearance, the reason why Stan Winston was reluctant to come over to say hello just now was mainly because most people in Hollywood knew that Martin Davis was a very harsh person. The reason why Barry Diller left Paramount that year, in addition to the difference in business ideas, was largely because he couldn't stand Martin Davis's character, and Barry Diller basically spent his last period of time in Paramount in a quarrel with Martin Davis. And Michael Eisner, who also worked at Paramount, commented on Martin Davis, 'How can there be such a person in the world'.

"All right, Martin," Eric said, looking at his watch, "I've prepared dinner for the evening, and it's two and a half hours before the end of work, so maybe you can walk around, and the view is still beautiful." ”

Martin Davis waved his hand: "Eric, you just keep working, but I guess you don't mind if I stay here, right?"

"Of course not," Eric shook his head and smiled, and at this moment, the assistant director not far away also made an OK gesture to Eric at the right time.

Saying sorry again, Eric instructed Alan a few words and walked not far away.

……

Filming soon began again, looking at the giraffe not far away under the control of the special effects artist as if it was really alive, Martin Davis sent Alan away without a word, and asked the assistant next to him in a low voice: "Danny, what do you think?"

"It doesn't look too special, Mr. Davis," said Danny Cork, "and these are probably some of the most common shots, I've seen the original Jurassic Park, and if I were the director, I would definitely focus more on the T-Rex, and that's the selling point of this movie, and Eric Williams wouldn't have thought of it." ”

"Are you familiar with Jerry Bruckheimer?"

"Sure, but there's no way Jerry can tell me much. But I know Williams values Jerry. Not long after he left Paramount. Williams signed him to a long-term contract. ”

Martin Davis hummed and didn't say anything more, but Danny Cork was able to realize that his boss must have regretted terminating Jerry Bruckheimer's contract in the same way that he regretted kicking Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, and Jeffrey Katzenberg out of Paramount. The three are now the CEOs of Universal, the CEOs of Disney, and the last Barry Diller, who has been away from Hollywood for less than a year. The idea of buying Paramount was initiated.

Danny Cork can't help but fantasize that if these three people have not left so far, then Paramount will definitely be the seven overlords of Hollywood, and will not be reduced to the current sluggish performance of wolves looking around the internal instability. From the bottom of his heart, Danny Cork is not optimistic about Martin Davis' trip to Hawaii, and he is not even optimistic that Martin Davis can keep Paramount, but he does not dare to say these words to Martin Davis anyway.

……

In the hotel's dining room, Eric had already showered and changed into comfortable clothes, and sat across from Martin Davis, with occasional Hawaiian produce. The two chatted casually, and Martin Davis didn't seem to be in a hurry to say what he meant.

Eric, of course, is not in a hurry. Anyway, the initiative was on his side, and before Martin Davis arrived, Eric investigated Paramount's condition in detail.

Paramount's parent company was originally Gulf Western Industries, which started with non-ferrous metal smelting, and after the company developed, its business became very diversified, once involving liquid crystal, petroleum, electronics, Entertainment and publishing business, the famous Simmons used to be the industry of Gulf Western Industries, but in the last ten years, Gulf Western Industries has been divesting its own industrial business, shifting its focus to the culture and entertainment industry, a few years ago, Martin Davis even simply reorganized Gulf Western Industries into Paramount Communications, which includes Paramount Pictures, Paramount TV and Simon Schuster Press.

Perhaps it was because he was forced to leave Paramount back then, but Barry Diller has been obsessed with Paramount for so many years. After leaving Fox, Barry Diller took over QVC, a television sales company owned by Comcast and Telecommunications, two cable service providers, and in a short period of time, Barry Diller felt that the time was ripe for the two cable companies to jointly acquire Paramount.

At the same time, Lei Shidong did not give up his ambition to become Hollywood at all, and after the failure of the competition for Disney, Lei Shidong's Viacom Group also directly pointed the finger at Paramount.

In addition to the two pretenders on the surface, Eric also knew that QVC's parent company, Telecommunications, did not seem to be willing to share Paramount with Comcast, but had the idea of monopolizing it.

To put it simply, Paramount is now seen by many companies as a piece of fat that is coveted by a large number of beasts.

After tearing up the scenery of the Hawaiian Islands, Martin Davis finally said tentatively: "Eric, I heard that when Disney was acquired last year, Fireflies and Viacom had a lot of unpleasantness?"

Eric nodded lightly: "Yes, but this is a very normal business competition, and there are very few things in the mall where everyone makes a fortune together, so it's nothing." ”

Martin Davis smiled like an old fox: "It's not that simple, the Fireflies spent at least $2 billion more on this deal." ”

Eric really wants to ask if you and Lei Shidong are good friends, is it really appropriate to sow discord like this?

"If I were to sell Disney for $2 billion on top of last year's purchase price, I'm sure someone would take over," Eric said confidently, "So, Firefly isn't losing money on this business, and Disney is worth the price, and that's enough." ”

Because of privatization, Disney's information disclosure is not much, but Martin Davis does not doubt Eric's words, although Disney's film business has not shown signs of improvement, and there are no amazing works, but the entire North American entertainment industry is constantly increasing rapidly because of the expansion of the market size.

Even if Disney's performance stagnates, according to the current pace of development, Disney will be able to break through the market value of 10 billion US dollars in a few years, not to mention that under Eric's manipulation, and with such a good thing as Pixar animation, how can Disney stop moving?

Seeing that Eric didn't answer his words, Martin Davis knew that the young man opposite was also a little fox, and it was useless to say those words by himself: "Eric, get straight to the point, I think you must know my intention this time, Viacom wants to buy Paramount, but I don't want to sell, so, I think maybe we can cooperate, although Disney's acquisition didn't cause you a loss, but Viacom still made Firefly spend a lot of money after all, don't you want to retaliate?"

"It's very unwise to retaliate with a hot-headed tooth for a tooth in the mall, and I'm not going to wade into this troubled water for no reason," Eric shook his head and said lightly, "Besides, I haven't even sorted out the Firefly business right now, so I'm sorry, Martin, I really don't have the energy to work with Paramount." ”

"It doesn't take much effort on your part," Martin Davis continued, "as long as you can provide Paramount with a few promising film projects, and Paramount will definitely not let you suffer, these projects, you can take the lead yourself." ”

Martin Davis's idea is very practical, he does not want to sell Paramount, but although he is the largest shareholder of Paramount, he does not have a controlling stake, coupled with Paramount's sluggish performance, once the opponent initiates a hostile takeover, when the price reaches a certain level, other shareholders will definitely choose to sell their shares. At this time, the only thing that can turn the situation around is to have a good result, as long as those shareholders see the prospect of interests, those people will definitely not choose to sell. And working with Fireflies, or with Eric, is undoubtedly the quickest way to do it.

"Mr. Davis, you know, a quality collaboration project is a rare thing, movies are like gambling, no one knows what will happen next, and no one can 100% guarantee success, everyone was so optimistic about Spielberg's "Captain Hawke", didn't this movie fail in the end?" (To be continued......)