The two whispered softly when the mobile phone on the coffee table rang. The girl graciously took the phone and put it in Eric's ear, and the whole person also lay on Eric.

Eric hugged the girl's waist, pressed the call button with his other hand, and Jeffrey's concerned voice rang on the other end of the phone: "Eric, are you okay now?"

"I'm fine, I'm watching the excitement, what's going on with the company now?" said Eric, glancing at the news still playing on the TV. However, the tone was inevitably a little reluctant, he was not the kind of person with an iron will, how could he not feel it when he was attacked on such a large scale, if it wasn't for leaving a little chip in advance, Eric didn't know what he would do now.

"The company's situation is quite stable, but a few less important small employees have resigned today, and it is estimated that they can't stand the pressure of public opinion, and I haven't retained it. Also, Robert tested me in the afternoon, as if to persuade you. ”

"I guess he's been hinted at by some people, leave him alone, just do what he has to do. ”

"I understand, just tell you about it, and when exactly are you going to fight back, you can't let things go on like this, right?"

Eric paused before saying, "It's not the time yet, by the way, what's going on with the money?"

Hearing this question, Jeffrey's tone was a little heavy, and he said, "It's all dragging, I personally went to Columbia and Fox, but I didn't see any of the people in charge." I asked Edward, and he said that if this kind of thing went to court, we would definitely win, but it would take months. As for the loan, Caroline contacted several more banks, and Citibank was already impressed. agreed to lend us $50 million, but Disney and Fox immediately sent a lawyer's letter together saying that there was a problem with our contract. Stop Citibank from lending us money, and the matter will fall through again. ”

"You think. What are they doing this?" Eric thought to himself, asking.

Jeffrey on the other end of the phone said: "I think it may have something to do with paying taxes, but if this kind of problem does arise at that time, I think the IRS will definitely agree to delay the payment of taxes for a company like Firefly." ”

What Jeffrey could think of, Eric thought of as well. Therefore, he knew that the next turmoil must be related to money, and it is estimated that it will be a large amount of money, otherwise, several major companies will not try their best to prevent fireflies from obtaining funds.

"Jeffrey, don't think about those two sums of money for a while, you try to let Caroline try to take out a loan. If the domestic bank doesn't work, then try the foreign one. Since Citibank is willing to relent, I think there will be other banks willing to lend to us. ”

"I see. Actually, Eric, Caroline told me that there is another way to take out a loan, which is to mortgage your Firefly shares, so that other companies will definitely have no reason to stop it. ”

Eric denied without thinking about it: "Jeffrey, this matter is non-negotiable, our opponent is now doing everything possible to get the shares of Firefly, you can guarantee that I will take the mortgage." Can you get it back?"

"I mean, if it's just a small part of the mortgage. For example, ten percent. ”

"No, Jeffrey. Don't talk about it anymore. Eric continued: "By the way, since they have all made a move, we can't be indifferent and stop all the production of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "The X-Files" to me, and release the news from the other party," Speaking of this, Eric paused, and then said: "Friends may ...... There's no second season left. ”

Jeffrey, who was on the other side, heard Eric say this, and was silent for a moment before he said: "Eric, otherwise, I'll talk to Jenny, she guesses it's just an impulse, and now she will definitely be able to understand your situation." ”

Eric sighed, and when John Aniston had called himself the other day to scold him and warn him not to approach his daughter again, Eric said in a huff, "No. ”

Jeffrey on the other end of the phone shook his head and said, "Alright, by the way, Eric, don't watch TV all day, don't read the newspapers anymore, you know, those are fake." Or do you want to find something else to do, like write a script or something?"

Eric thought about it for a moment and said, "Why don't you find me a band?"

"Band, what are you looking for that?"

"I feel that I want to make a song. ”

Jeffrey knew that Eric knew some movie soundtracks, and he had also seen the interludes written by Eric himself, so he didn't suspect anything, and nodded, "That, what type of band do you want?"

Eric said, "Rock bands, industrial heavy metal, find me the best." ”

"Uh...... All right. ”

After saying another word, the two hung up the phone. Eric pushed away the little girl who had been lying on top of him and listening, turned off the TV, explained a few words, and then went into his study.

The next day, Jeffrey brought Eric one of the best rock bands in Los Angeles and sent them to the Malibu estate along with a truckload of music equipment, and for the next few days, the paparazzi who were still waiting for Eric to appear could occasionally hear faint rock music coming from the manor.

After a week of turmoil, Eric still did not make any response, but the matter did not dissipate, and some protesters with banners appeared outside the Malibu estate and next to the Firefly office building, demanding that Eric announce that he would retire from the directorship and no longer 'scourge' Hollywood. And some media outlets that want to maintain impartiality occasionally publish a few more rational analysis articles on this turmoil, but all of them are buried by this one-sided public opinion carnival, after all, stepping a famous genius director and billionaire into the dust is very much in line with the dark desires in many people's hearts.

At the beginning of the new week, the turmoil also began to escalate, and Eric woke up in the morning, and before he had time to eat breakfast, he received four summonses from the Los Angeles District Court in one go.

Drew Barrymore's father, John Barrymore Jr., jumped out and submitted a series of evidence, accusing his ex-wife Addic Gid of being indifferent to his daughter, and even allowing his minor daughter to be kept by Eric Williams as a personal pet.

A Los Angeles County government clerk in charge of real estate management voluntarily revealed that Eric Williams had used bribery and other illegal means to acquire 14 acres of public land in Cape Malibu.

Randy Clap, a little-known Hollywood screenwriter, sued Eric Williams for allegedly plagiarizing the script of the movie "The Dark War" he wrote five years ago, and claimed $200 million from Eric Williams.

The newly established Sony Pictures also came to join in the fun, suing Eric for fraud in the "Dark War" contract signed with Columbia Pictures, and Eric got an extremely unreasonable box office share and broke the rules of business.

As soon as the news that Eric Williams was facing four lawsuits at the same time, all the media eyes of not only the whole of North America, but also the entire Western world were focused on Eric. Things have developed so far, and many people are beginning to understand that the things that happened during this time are far from being as simple as they imagined. However, even so, most people just watched the situation in a posture of watching the excitement.

At the Sharp Corner Villa in Malibu, Eric and his newly arrived private lawyer, Edward Lewis, discuss the four lawsuits in front of them.

"Eric, this matter is getting more and more troublesome, and you can definitely see that there must be a lot of power behind these lawsuits, so to be honest, I don't dare to promise you at all now that I can win all four lawsuits, because since they can get so many people, then the future judge, the jury, and others, these factors are also difficult to control, after all, you are now on the extremely weak side. ”

Eric listened quietly to Edward's analysis, and waited for the private lawyer to finish before he said, "Edward, no matter what the result is, as long as you do your best. ”

"That's for sure," Edward Lewis nodded, and continued: "Of the four lawsuits, the lawsuit for plagiarism in Dark War is the easiest, and I've had people find the original story written by the screenwriter, and although the story of Light and Darkness is indeed somewhat similar to Dark War, it is only a little similar, and the difference in details is basically thousands of miles away. Then there's Sony's lawsuit, and I personally led the contract with Colombia, so I promise that there won't be any problems. As for the other two things...... Edward looked up at Eric and said, "When I helped you buy the land in Malibu, I did use some of those methods, but all of them were cash, and it was impossible to leave any evidence. Moreover, even if it can be confirmed in the end, I won't let it implicate you, just insist that you don't know. ”

Eric could hear that Edward was going to take the matter on himself, and nodded gratefully: "Thank you, Edward, by the way, you don't have to worry too much about the last lawsuit." ”

"Are you sure?" Edward looked at Eric and said, "I was about to say that this lawsuit is the most dangerous, because if you are not careful, you may lose." ”

Eric shook his head confidently: "Don't worry, you will definitely not lose." ”

Edward didn't quite know the exact relationship between Eric and Nizi, but he nodded when he saw that Eric was so categorical. (To be continued)