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Firefly's only blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow" in this summer's file, although the trailer has been released in the Super Bowl in January, however, the film has only recently completed the final cut, and is about to be submitted for review and began to release TV trailers, Eric deliberately took time to watch the finished film with Katzenberg and others.

In addition, he also checked the production progress of several projects one by one, such as "Midnight Bell", "Teddy Bear", "Guillotine Valley" and even the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which was filmed in New Zealand.

"Midnight Bell" has started filming, and it is expected that the summer file will be released smoothly. The casting process for Teddy Bear has also been completed, and motion capture technology that requires a lot of use is being tested.

"Guillotine Valley" has just completed its budget plan and is about to enter the casting and sparkling stage.

Following the success of Monster Power Company late last year, Disney's animation department has been preparing new storyscripts for months.

Some Disney veterans such as Katzenberg hope to continue the tradition of Disney's fairy tale films, and Eric does not want Disney Animation Studios to become another Pixar that is exactly the same, not to mention that Disney has also proven the correctness of this path in the original time and space, and he naturally will not oppose the proposal of Katzenberg and others.

So, out of several ideas provided by the studio's management, Eric and Katzenberg and others discussed it and chose Rapunzel.

As for the hit "Frozen", Eric still hopes that the studio will continue to hone through one or two projects before coming out.

The original version of "Rapunzel", due to script revisions, high-level turmoil and other reasons, caused the project to get out of control, the production cycle dragged on for six years, burned Disney $260 million, and became the most expensive 3D animated film in history.

In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past as much as possible, although Disney Animation Studios had already come up with a very detailed storyscript, Eric still gave them another three months to polish the detailed script to ensure that the project would not be in the same situation after it started.

As for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which was filmed in New Zealand, Eric could only watch a batch of samples flown in by the crew for the time being, and held a remote video conference with Peter Jackson.

Katzenberg has flown to New Zealand twice in the past few months, a vice president of Firefly Pictures is one of the producers of "The Lord of the Rings", based in Australia, and Peter Jackson's own focus on the "Lord of the Rings" series, Eric is still very comfortable with this project.

After working for two days in minutes, Eric finally regretted starring in "Iron Man" himself, which could have been divided into a little bit on weekdays, but it was concentrated in these two days, or the weekend break.

Moreover, this is because Eric is completely in charge of many things.

This year, Eric personally made the decision and will release only three movies within the year: "The Day After Tomorrow", "Teddy Bear", and "Midnight Bell", and the huge film production and distribution system of Firefly Group naturally cannot only have these three movies.

Not counting the two animation studios with long project cycles, Firefly Pictures, Disney Pictures, and New Line Pictures, as the main film production labels of the Firefly Group, have confirmed more than 20 films to be released this year.

Although Eric has rarely been directly involved in the production of these projects in the past, most projects, even ultra-low-budget films with a budget of two or three million, whether it is genre, budget, cast, schedule, or box office prospect expectations, he can actually do it in his heart.

But this year, "Iron Man" in the first half of the year and "Gravity" in the second half of the year, the two movies will divide most of his energy, and it is impossible for Eric to do these things again. As for some MGM or Fox movies, Eric doesn't have the heart to care anymore.

On the Firefly investment side, Eric has only put some attention on Yahoo's side now, and the rest is all in the hands of Chris.

"Eric, this is the first draft of the second part of Harry Potter that has just been passed from the UK. Harper Collins hopes that the second volume will be released during the summer, "At Firefly Burbank headquarters, it was Sunday afternoon when Caroline knocked on the door and placed a sample book on his desk.

Eric signed a budget document for Firefly Studios, then looked up and took the book, and casually glanced at Caroline, who suddenly showed panic in her eyes and quickly dodged away.

"Did you do anything to be sorry for me lately?" asked Eric casually as he flipped through the novel's table of contents without looking up.

I don't know what's wrong with this Nizi, every time I see him in the past few days, I look like I'm weak-hearted.

Hearing Eric's sudden question, Caroline subconsciously took a step back and shook her head: "No, no." ”

"Now, it's okay, I forgive you. So, don't look like this anymore, work hard, or your salary will be deducted. ”

Caroline listened to Eric's slightly teasing and gentle tone, her bright eyes blinked quickly a few times, resisted the urge to nod yes, and saw that Eric still did not look up at herself, so she did not run away.

After turning a few pages, Eric closed the book, looked up at Caroline, and asked, "How much did the first book of Harry Potter sell?"

Without thinking about it, Caroline replied accurately: "The global sales statistic last week was 13.5 million copies." ”

Eric nodded with satisfaction, although the "Harry Potter" series is still not at its peak, but under the promotion of the Firefly Group, from the release of the first volume in September last year to the present, the global sales have reached 13.5 million, which is definitely a miracle.

"It's up to Harper Collins to decide when they want to release the second book, as long as they keep it at a rate of one book a year," said Caroline, pushing the manuscript of the novel to Caroline, "Also, make three copies of this novel and send it to East Hampton, the little ones love the story." ”

"Okay," Caroline nodded, picked up the first draft and held it in her arms, and added, "Also, there was just an email from the new line, and they have negotiated with Chris Tucker for the salary of "Rush Hour 3", $20 million. Jack Cheng still hopes to get a share on top of his salary. ”

Eric waved his hand: "I don't care about this matter, let them talk about it themselves, if they want to share, the basic salary cannot exceed 10 million, this is the rule of fireflies." If you can't talk about it, don't shoot it. ”

"Well," Caroline nodded, and continued, "Also, the copyright department has approached Nancy Collins' agent for the rights to adapt the short story of Monster Love, and they are willing to sell. It's just that we can only get the film and television adaptation rights, and the other party has sold the game adaptation rights to White Wolf Games in advance. The copyright department sent us an email asking if we needed to take back the game adaptation rights. White Wolf Games has not yet started working on a game adaptation of the novel, and as long as the price is right, the other party should be willing to sell it. ”

Since 1993, the annual output value of the video game industry around the world has been comparable to that of the film industry. Movie adaptations are also getting more and more attention from several major movie giants. Firefly also has an entertainment and interactive department that makes video games, but Eric is not optimistic about the future of this department at all.

There are many similarities between video game production and film, and they are both creative fields.

A great video game is inseparable from a creative core creator, just like a film director and producer. For example, in the entertainment and interactive department, hiring a group of programmers to develop a game according to the process of developing software is like asking a group of pure technicians such as photographers and lighting engineers to make a movie, and the possibility of producing a high-quality product is very low.

Therefore, before the advent of online games, Eric did not plan to get too involved in the gaming field.

Even if online games emerge in the next few years, Eric is more inclined to use Yahoo's huge user base to represent, and as for online game production, the studio model is still the best approach. Of course, Yahoo could also take the form of capital injection or acquisition to gain de facto control of these studios.

Thinking of this, Eric shook his head and said, "No, as long as you get the film and television adaptation rights." Is there anything else?"

Melanie had encouraged herself to invite Eric to dinner more than once in the past few days, but Caroline knew how busy Eric had been these two days, and it was obviously not the right time. What's more, Eric has already made arrangements for tonight.

Quickly finding a reasonable reason for herself, Caroline hesitated slightly, then shook her head and said, "No." ”

Eric raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "Then you and Mei should go back to rest after work early, today is the weekend, you can play more in the evening." I'm going to leave work soon. ”

Tomorrow is the Oscars, and Eric is going to the Oscar Eve party tonight, not for fun, but to take the opportunity to chat with Harvey Weinstein about FFM.

Half a month ago, the second season of "The Black Road Family" was officially launched, and the number of viewers for the first episode of the second season reached 5.16 million, which was more than twice the average viewership of the first season, and even broke the viewership record of paid cable stations.

With the ratings boom caused by "The Kurodo Family" and other original series and high-quality movies released by FFM TV Station one after another, the total number of subscribers of FFM TV has also successfully exceeded the 10 million mark. Compared with last year's "Kurodo Family" before the broadcast, it has achieved an increase of more than 120%.

Due to the lack of a cable TV operation system like Warner Cable, the growth rate of FFM TV subscribers will definitely start to slow down significantly after the early outbreak. FFM TV also needs to make appropriate adjustments in its operational strategy in the future.

After Caroline left, Eric flipped through a few more papers, and it was five o'clock in the afternoon.

Looking at the other pile of documents waiting to be processed, Eric had no choice but to give up.

Although tomorrow is the day of the Oscars, the filming of "Iron Man" will still continue, but no scenes for Eric are arranged, and he can still continue to work for a few hours during the day.

Leaving the Burbank headquarters, drive down the mountain road to Elizabeth and Julia's Beverly Hilltop mansion.

Julia went to Paris for a commercial shoot and will not attend the Oscars tomorrow, and only Elizabeth is wearing a gown with the help of two stylists.

Eric walked into the villa, looked at the three people who were busy in the living room, just nodded, and leaned back comfortably on the sofa.

"Eric, how is this dress?" asked Elizabeth, who was carrying the hem of her bright red one-shoulder gown, and gave a small turn.

Eric has always preferred one-shoulder dresses, and always felt that this kind of dress had an inexplicable playfulness and sexiness, and the women around him seemed to gradually realize his preference.

Looking up and down, Eric nodded, just looked at the skirt that was almost dragging to the ground, and said, "It's beautiful, but tonight is a party, not an awards ceremony, aren't you afraid of tripping yourself?"

"If you don't wear high heels yet, you won't be like this if you wear high heels," Elizabeth lifted the hem of her skirt again, revealing her two white little feet, and then pointed to the two big boxes on the coffee table in the living room, and said, "By the way, I also ordered a suit for you, as well as leather shoes, you can quickly change into them." Lisa is here, and if it doesn't fit, you can change it temporarily. ”

"I'm too tired to change my clothes, I'm going to wear this set," Eric leaned back on the sofa again, he didn't want to be tossed again, and said, "Besides, I'm hungry, and if I don't eat, I'll faint with low blood sugar in the past, you can do it." ”

Elizabeth looked at Eric as a fool, kicked him lightly on the leg angrily, leaned down and threw away his two leather boots, and said in a rude tone: "Change, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have bothered to wear such a formal dress." ”

Eric lifted his leg, "Why don't you help me get dressed?"

"You think beautiful," Elizabeth rolled her eyes at him, and walked back to the two stylists who had seen the scene but tried to pretend they weren't there, and asked them to help arrange the dresses.

Eric felt Elizabeth's threatening gaze for a moment, so he had no choice but to get up and hold the two boxes of clothes and shoes, and walk upstairs to the bedroom.

After changing her clothes and going downstairs, the two stylists had already started to help Elizabeth with her hair.

It was almost impossible for the woman to dress up for an hour or two, and it was not until half past six that the two finally left the Beverly Hilltop mansion.

Although Elizabeth didn't plan to have dinner, she didn't mean to let Eric accompany her to be hungry, so she went to a restaurant and ate something with Eric before the two of them rushed to the location of the Oscar Eve party at seven o'clock.