Elizabeth took the check and looked at it, the amount was 30 million US dollars, according to the information Eric said before, the cost of making "Dances with Wolves" was only 18 million, and the film has not yet been released, so there is no publicity cost. Then the 30 million is enough to buy out the entire movie and Orion's distribution contract, and if the negotiation strategy is right, it may not even be spent.

For most Hollywood studios, investing in a film that costs about $20 million, through several years of distribution operations, if they can make more than 50% of the profits, then the project is considered a big success. For a movie with a super high rate of return like "Home Alone", there may not be one in Hollywood for a few years, and Hollywood is more common, but millions of dollars are invested in it, and in the end, all the money is lost.

However, at this time, Elizabeth raised the check in her hand and glared at Eric with disdain: "You bastard, can you be more shameless, I became the villain, but the ownership of the movie I bought in the end belongs to you, don't even think about this kind of thing." ”

Eric asked without a red face and a heartbeat, "Then do you have the money to buy it yourself?"

"I can borrow it from my dad. ”

"Alright then, return the check to me, and you'll treat me as if I didn't come today," Eric said, reaching out.

Elizabeth subconsciously wanted to return the check, but soon took it back, Eric was so simple, but it made her feel a little uneasy, and after hesitating, Elizabeth reluctantly said: "One and a half, you take 15 million, and I will ask my father for 15 million." ”

"The check was returned to me. ”

"You bastard, the copyright belongs to you, but the distribution belongs to Fox. That's all right?"

"Deal," Eric snapped his fingers, smiled again, and said, "Actually, I haven't finished talking about it yet, and that's part of it." You can use this as a bait to sue the makers of the film, and if they agree to sell the film to you, you can lobby Fox to help distribute it, and you can even promise to help them release future films. For such a small Hollywood company, climbing into a giant like Fox is like Wal-Mart agreeing to help a small workshop underwrite their products. The temptation is very great, as long as this bait is thrown, as long as the owner of the company is not a fool, it is impossible not to agree. ”

After Eric finished speaking, the living room was quiet for a few seconds. Drew and Julia quickly understood that Elizabeth was cheated by Eric again, and the two girls immediately threw themselves on the sofa and laughed, and Elizabeth once again threw the pillow in her arms over: "You bastard, you take advantage of my family again, I won't do it, I won't do anything you say, you can be the villain yourself." ”

"I'm using resources wisely. And if I had come forward in person, this movie would have been regarded as a big gold mine by everyone, and the possibility of snatching it up again would be almost zero. So not only can't I come forward this time, but the whole thing doesn't even have anything to do with me, I'm going to try to avoid suspicion, and you have to pretend to be a little bit like that. ”

Elizabeth's eyes lit up, and she touched her sharp little chin and looked at Eric and said, "Oh, that's true." The movie you're watching right now is a mess of garbage. will be treated as a treasure. In that case, I could have left you alone. ”

"yes. You'd better convince your dad to let Fox Network and Fox Pictures break up with me, and to be honest, I think it's a loss to put "Friends", "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and the next "The X-Files" on Fox TV. ”

Elizabeth immediately said: ""Millionaire and X-Files" Fox and Firefly share the rights, you can't take it, and "Friends" has signed a contract for several seasons. ”

"But I can do the same as at the beginning of the year, let the first two projects run aground, it's a big deal that everyone doesn't make money, anyway, I still have a lot of ideas in my head, and then I can think of a few more TV series, as for "Friends", hum, it's even simpler. ”

Elizabeth reluctantly said: "If you do this, your reputation in Hollywood will be stinking." ”

"Who cares if their collaborators are angels or devils if they can bring them a lot of profits?"

"Son-of......" Elizabeth couldn't help but just want to say a dirty word, but in the face of Eric's threatening eyes, the girl immediately swallowed back the last word: "You ...... Bad guy, you can't be a bad guy to help you get the copyright, and in the end you won't get any benefits, you are like Balzac's miser. ”

"Didn't we just say okay, get the rights, and it will be distributed by Fox. In the information I got, this is a four-hour movie, four hours, you should know what that means, the cinema can only schedule four shows a day at most, the box office of this movie will definitely not be too good, I guess I will have to rely on the final videotape release to recover the cost, I fancy the Oscar potential of this movie, Firefly also needs to decorate the façade with Oscar films. ”

Eric is telling the truth, although the movie won important awards such as Best Picture and Best Director in his memory, but Eric doesn't know how the box office of this movie is, but based on the four-hour length of the movie in his memory, Eric feels that the box office of "Dances with Wolves" should not be too good.

Elizabeth was surprised: "Four hours, are you serious?"

"yes, four hours, that's longer than 'The Godfather,' and while I think this movie may be good, I think it's definitely impossible to surpass 'The Godfather'. ”

"Well, I'll believe you once," Elizabeth said, looking at the check in her hand, rolling her eyes, and said, "I heard that you have made a lot of money in the oil futures market this time, so if there is any surplus after this money is bought for the copyright, I will not return it to you, I will use it as pocket money." ”

"That's fine," Eric said with a smile.

Elizabeth feigned surprise and said, "Ha, it's unbelievable that a miser could say such a thing. ”

"I've always been generous with my own women. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, another pillow slammed over.

Eric grabbed the pillow again, got up and walked around the coffee table to Elizabeth: "It's the third time, little girl, I'm used to you, right?" ”

Elizabeth screams and tries to escape, but is pinned against the couch by Eric.

"Hey, hey, how can you hit a woman, you bastard, oops, Julia, help me, whoa, you're going to hit Drew, that's what she likes, bastard, stop. (To be continued)