Chapter 182: All Kinds of Thoughts

After the sad funeral, life will go on, Shelby's son Jackson Jr. grows up day by day under everyone's pampering, and the pregnant Anel tells Shelby's mother Maureen that she hopes that after the birth of her child, both men and women, will be called 'Shelby', in memory of the deceased but thin little woman, Maureen tearfully agreed.

It's Easter again, the vibrant suburbs in spring, the happy picnic, Anel with a big belly suddenly felt a severe abdominal pain, everyone hurriedly helped Anel onto the off-road vehicle, the off-road vehicle through the crowd, through the street, across the bridge, in the melodious harmonica sound, the picture is fixed on a river shaded by green trees.

The subtitles slowly rise......

“tomorrow-is-another-day,” Elizabeth Murdoch, who was sitting next to Julia in the back row, couldn't help but say that the life experience of several women in the middle is far less than the decades of scarlett's life, joys and sorrows, and even the women in it have never had a violent emotional outburst, and the strongest feelings are also contained in the tears overflowing from silence, but the emotions contained in this plain and trivial are not much lighter than the vicissitudes of the world experienced by Scarlett in the context of the magnificent troubled times. The jeep that is gradually moving away is a symbol of hope, hope for the future.

The lights came on, no one took the lead, and everyone in the screening room applauded consciously.

"Julia, this film is so good, I think Shelby's character is even more fleshed out than Vivien. Elizabeth clapped her hands and leaned into Julia's ear and said sincerely.

"Thank you, this ...... Miss," Julia clapped her palms lightly, and looked at the beautiful girl beside her again in the light.

Elizabeth then remembered that she hadn't introduced herself yet, and hurriedly stretched out a small hand: "Sorry, Julia, my name is Elizabeth Murdoch, you can call me Liz." ”

"Hello, Liz," Julia politely shook her hand, her expression not changing much, apparently not knowing what the last name Murdoch meant.

Elizabeth didn't mind either, and continued to whisper, "Julia, why did you just say that Eric Williams was a bastard?"

"Ahh......h What I just said was not aimed at Ai...... Mr. Williams, it's just a coincidence, Mr. Williams is a very good man, and without him I'm just an unknown little actor. Julia tried to calm herself as much as she could, but the twinkle in her eyes betrayed the girl deeply.

The corners of Elizabeth's mouth hooked up a faint playful smile, and she did not continue to ask the embarrassing topic of the girl: "Julia, can you tell me about Eric Williams, I plan to use the success of several of his films as the topic of my graduation thesis." ”

"Liz, maybe you should ask him about this kind of thing in person, I don't know much," although Julia didn't realize the other party's family background from the girl's surname, she understood from the other party's words, this girl didn't seem to be too familiar with Eric, coupled with Elizabeth's familiar and cheerful personality, Julia gradually let go of her guard against Elizabeth.

"It's okay, just tell me what you know......" Elizabeth sensed Julia's subtle change in her feelings, and began to pick up the topic she was interested in.

At the same time, the executives of the seven major film companies who watched it also had their own concerns.

Although Michael Eisner expressed his appreciation to Eric as soon as the movie ended, it was more just polite, but in fact, he was a little disapproving.

is really too bland, although there are many highlights, but there are almost no ups and downs in the plot, which is completely not to his taste. As the right-hand man of Barry Diller, who put forward the theory of 'high-concept film', Michael Eisner saw the rise of Paramount under the guidance of this theory step by step in the hands of Barry Diller, so it is natural that he has become a loyal fan of the theory of 'high-concept film'.

And it has nothing to do with high-concept films, if you compare them to the type of article, the theme of high-concept movies is like an interesting novel, but a timeless prose. Director Herbert Ross, who has more than 20 years of experience in filmmaking, is undoubtedly a master of 'prose', but this genre is not destined to have much of a market.

Although it is not optimistic, this does not hinder Michael Eisner's determination to win the distribution rights of this film, otherwise, he would not have come here in person today. Because he valued one thing: the film was favored by Eric Williams, and with the amazing results of Eric's previous films, this reason was enough.

Paramount President Nader Tarn, who was sitting on the other side of Eric, had a similar evaluation of the movie to Michael Eisner, but during the break after the movie, the old guy kept talking to Eric, hoping to hear the specific box office expectations for the movie from Eric, so that Paramount could make a more accurate share offer.

Paramount's performance has begun to decline significantly this year five years after Barry Diller's departure, although it has won 200 million at the North American box office and more than 400 million at the global box office, but because of the strength of Lucasfilm and Steven Spielberg, Paramount's profit share from it is not even comparable to the dividends that Columbia got from it after being cheated by the gambling contract. Therefore, Paramount attaches great importance to Eric's two films, and if it weren't for Paramount's current CEO Frank Mancuso who couldn't find time, he would definitely be here today, not second-in-command Nader Tahn.

Although I am not optimistic, this is a movie that Eric Williams likes after all. None of the films Eric is currently involved in have grossed less than $100 million.

After watching the movie, Nader Tarn used his professional experience to synthesize Julia, Sally Field and Shirley McKellen and others' box office appeal and schedule problems quickly estimated the box office of 30 million to 50 million US dollars for this film, although Julia now has a strong box office appeal in the world, but Nader Tahn has little expectations for the overseas box office of this film, this movie is too strong Native American, and it is a small miracle that the global box office can get 30 million.

If it is really as he estimated, the film will only make a profit of about $10 million at most, excluding the cost of production and distribution, which is not worth mentioning compared to the profits of Eric's other films.

Nader Tarn is confident that Eric won't go out of his way just for the sake of the $10 million profit. But no matter how much Nader Tarn tries to inquire about Eric, the young man in front of him will give a plausible panacea, as if you were judging for yourselves.

In fact, the reason why Eric did not disclose his judgment was mainly out of prudence, although he was very optimistic about this movie, but how much box office it could get, Eric was not 100% sure in his heart. He estimated in his heart that the North American box office was about $100 million, after all, the movie in his previous life still got more than $80 million at the box office, and that was before Julia's shooting, and now, how can the girl pull a box office gain of $20 million.

But this estimate must not be said explicitly, once it is said, in case the box office in the future cannot meet expectations as in the previous life, then Eric is equivalent to smashing his own reputation. If you don't say anything, even if this movie doesn't hit like in the previous life, it doesn't have much to do with Eric, Firefly is just an investor after all, and Eric doesn't interfere with anything except stuffing a Julia.

Amy Pascal, who is separated from Eric, can be said to be the most favorite of the seven people present, Amy Pascal is a typical feminist, so she likes women's movies very much, and she has supported a series of women's movies in her previous life, the most famous is the series. Coupled with the sensuality of the woman's character, she was completely attracted by the joys and sorrows of several women in the movie, and even had an urge to take a vacation immediately and live a quiet and trivial life in a small southern town.

But Amy Pascal also knows that he and Fox's representative Karta Hunter are destined to just go through the motions today, Fox already has the distribution rights of Eric's two films at the end of the year, and in the consideration of marketing resources, Firefly will definitely not give Fox movies again, and Columbia is about to sign a final contract with the Japanese, and the future of the Japanese's business strategy is difficult to predict, in order to avoid risks, Firefly will definitely not let Columbia distribute as an agent.

Among the representatives of the seven major film companies, Warner's representatives are the most calm, because Warner's performance this year is very good, although Warner will not make more money, but it will only offer a share price that it thinks is appropriate, and it is lucky to be fooled, and if you can't get it, you won't feel too sorry.

Universal Pictures is in turmoil, the two people at the helm are back and forth, and they have no intention of fighting for distribution rights, and MGM has been completely crippled by the casino tycoon Kirk Kirkline, who will only pay attention to the giant's business performance when he wants to sell MGM again for cash, in order to sell it for a good price. Therefore, MGM's senior management also had the intention to kill the thief and was unable to return to the sky, and the MGM representative sitting in the front seat chatted with Warner's executives hotly, and his words seemed to be preparing to change jobs.