Chapter 275: Urging
Cooperation?
When asked this question, Eric thought for a moment and shook his head. Although he had another soul in his heart, he did not feel any obligation to help Hong Kong films break into Hollywood.
Moreover, there are not many successful examples of Hollywood and Hong Kong films cooperating. The only one he could remember was the Lethal Weapon series, which was obviously not suitable to be taken out now. In the past, it took several movies for Jack Cheung to build his reputation in Hollywood before launching the Lethal Weapon series, and luckily he hit the Western appet.i.te and was a great success. Although Jack Cheung is now very popular in Asia, he is not well-known in Hollywood. If he is invited to star in Lethal Weapon, it makes no difference to randomly find a Hollywood Chinese action actor, but the other party"s remuneration converted into US dollars is almost the same as a Hollywood first-line star.
Mr. Zou, I don"t think this is a good time to collaborate. I know something about the history of your film company. Mr. Jackie Chan, the star of Golden Harvest, tried to enter Hollywood in the early 1980s, but several attempts failed. I think he would definitely not give up his position and career in Hong Kong to come to Hollywood rashly now.
Mr. Zou pondered over Eric"s words, and his eyes showed disappointment and helplessness. Eric was right. The Hong Kong film industry is now in an explosive period. Jackie Chan has learned from his previous failures and would never agree to come to Hollywood easily. Besides Jackie Chan, he could not come up with other actors who could attract Hollywood"s attention. Even this time, the big-budget Ninja Turtles was also just a cover of martial arts. The four Ninja Turtles in the movie were all played by Hong Kong martial artists.
"What a pity," Mr. Zou shook his head and said, although he still had some thoughts about investing in Eric"s movie, but the young man in front of him was the director of the most popular movies in Hollywood this year, and the number of people in Hollywood wanting to invest in his movie was innumerable, and an outsider like Gaharm could not partic.i.p.ate in it.
After finishing the food in front of him, Eric said goodbye to Mr. Zou and got up and left. Just a few steps away. A tall woman in a black dress walked towards Eric with a gla.s.s of red wine. It looks like the same old trick.
What a lack of creativity, Eric smiled helplessly, slightly sideways, and quickly stretched out his hand and grabbed the woman"s wrist, and the other hand took the red wine from the other hand and raised it to the blushing face of the woman: "Thank you for your red wine, Miss."
Ivanka Trump, the woman, realizing her intentions had been discovered, was embarra.s.sed but quickly seized the opportunity to say, "No...no need to be polite. Mr. Williams, my name is..."
The woman was about to introduce herself when Eric stretched out a finger and pressed it against her red lips, looking into her slightly widened eyes, and said, "This young lady, I once heard a very philosophical phrase called "no need to be acquainted when running into each other", so can you not say your name?"
After Eric withdrew his finger, the woman nodded: "Uh...okay, Mr. Williams, may I have the honor of dancing with you?"
Eric shook his head: "Sorry, Miss."
Ivanka Trump was about to leave when a voice with a hint of mockery sounded behind her: "Why did you leave me in the office the first time we met, Eric?"
Eric turned around and smiled at Nicole next to him. The woman had a distant look on her face, completely different from when she was in the study.
Seeing Eric glance at her face, Nicole glared at him and said in an angry tone, "Next time you"d better not... don"t make me do that again."
Eric shrugged indifferently and said, "As you wish, Nicole. You know I"m a gentleman who never forces a woman to do anything."
Nicole bit her lip angrily, recalling the situation in the study where Eric had firmly held her face and wouldn"t let her escape. She almost couldn"t help but pour the red wine in her hand on Eric"s face.
"You are really shameless."
"I love it when women compliment me like this," Eric laughed, "Miss Kidman, may I have the pleasure of a dance with you?"
Nicole hesitated for a moment and still put her hand in Eric"s, while they were walking towards the dance floor, Nicole couldn"t help but ask: "Why did you reject that "nameless" Miss? This isn"t like your character."
"Do you accept the reason that I don"t like her eyebrows?" Eric asked as he hugged the girl in the dance hall.
Nicole leaned closer to the man following his force and reb.u.t.ted, "Nonsense, I think you are afraid of Jenny seeing us here."
"What about you? Being so close, don"t you fear that Jenny will get the wrong idea?"
"Of course not, because Jenny is out." Despite saying that, Nicole couldn"t help but look around.
Seeing Nicole"s reaction, Eric grinned and said, "Nicole, don"t you think our conversation is like that of a lewd couple?"
"You"re so low cla.s.s."
"Oh, you"re starting to flatter me again, that"s not good, men are not supposed to be flattered; how about we go to my study again?"
Nicole pressed her red lips to Eric"s ear and threatened, "As long as you don"t mind people seeing, I have no objections, but if it"s exposed, I"ll be shamelessly competing with Janet for you."
"Wow, nevermind then," Eric seemed to think of something terrible and pretended to make a truce, not mentioning it again.
The lively party went on until midnight. Eric used the master bedroom with a 360-degree view of the Maribor scenery for a "seduction", and Little Girl was half-pushed and stayed.
On the second day, Eric went to watch "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" with Robert Shaye and Mr. Chow from Hong Kong. To be honest, after being baptized by countless special effects blockbusters in his previous life, Eric had the urge to stand up and leave several times while watching this "five-cent" special effects film.
Knowing the box office results, it was easy to see the benefits of this film, so after watching it, Eric endured the discomfort in his heart and praised the film fervently, so that Robert could rest a.s.sured that the film would be distributed.After all, no one can fight against dollars.
Receiving Eric"s affirmation, Robert Shaye set the release date of the movie during Easter, which was not as good as the summer file, but it was still quite good. Besides, summer file must be reserved for their own movies. Although there was some investment in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line, it was still not a natural one.
After discussing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Eric just left the screening room and saw Alan and others outside. He saw Eric coming out and said, "Eric, Walt Disney"s CEO Frank Wells and Fox Television"s CEO William Bell are waiting for you."
"Are they here together? What did they say?" Eric asked curiously.
Alan shook his head: "They are not here together, and they didn"t say why they are looking for you."
Eric looked at his watch and said, "Let"s go then."
When he arrived at his office, Eric saw two middle-aged men chatting in the lounge. He greeted them and wanted to invite them to his office together, but Frank Wells and William Bell exchanged glances and had no intention of going together. Eric realized that the two people had different purposes for looking for him, so he looked around and suggested, "Mr. Bell, why don"t you rest here for a while."
William Bell smiled and sat back on the couch after saying, "No problem, Eric. I don’t have anything planned for this morning anyway."
Eric asked what the purpose of Frank Will"s visit was after they both entered the office.
"Well, Eric, you had promised Disney the distribution rights to one of your films, and Mr. Eisner asked me to come here and discuss this, and also to sign a contract so that Disney can include the distribution plan in their work for next year."
Eric thought for a moment and said, "I"m sorry, Mr. Will, I haven"t decided yet what movie to make next year. How about we wait until after the new year? Don"t worry, I promise to give Disney the distribution rights for one of my films."
Frank Gair remembered Michael Eisner"s instructions when he arrived: "Eric, this could work too. Can we sign an intent contract first without you having to provide a specific movie plan, as long as you can make sure to deliver a movie to Disney next year? Just like the three movie contract you gave to Fox last year, I remember you didn"t discuss the content of the other two movies besides Home Alone, right?"
Eric spread his hands and said: "Frank, you have to know that Firefly isn"t the same small studio it was a year ago, so I can"t answer you so rashly. Many things need to be planned. Since you mentioned the contract I had with Fox last year, you must know about some of the troubles that happened during that time, so I will plan the specific plans for next year and make sure to sign with Disney."
Frank said a few more words before leaving in disappointment, seeing Eric not move. Not many people knew about the matter that was discussed yet and in order to ensure the secret wouldn"t leak out, only a few people directly responsible for the execution were aware besides the six. Michael Eisner hadn"t informed Frank Will about this matter either, so Frank Will thought the reason Eric gave was enough to take back and report to Michael Eisner.
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