Chapter 1015 You Are Not Good
Nicole put down the menu in her hand, she was a little puzzled, and asked, "Who else wants to rush to Austria?"
"Julia is currently preparing a biopic. According to the preparation progress, it will probably be filmed early next year and released at the end of next year," Eric explained without concealing, and looked at the script in his hand.
There are two words on the cover of the script, "moulin-rouge", which translates as "Moulin Rouge" that people are familiar with later. Even someone with absolutely no interest in musicals would be hard-pressed not to be impressed by Nicole's peerless grace in this film.
Eric has naturally seen "Moulin Rouge". The film gave him the feeling that the plot is general, even a bit cliché, but the beauty of Nicole in the film is to turn all living beings upside down. Once Nicole was in the 1990s, even though she was Tom's wife, she was not very famous. It is through "Moulin Rouge" that many people know that there is such a Hollywood actress named Nicole Kidman.
Hearing that it was Julia, Nicole said with a slightly weird smile on the corner of her mouth, "Then I won't argue with her, hehe. In fact, I haven't even thought about the Oscar thing yet, I'm just interested in this subject. I'm more interested, and Pat also suggested that I try something new. Also, the investor for this script hasn't been found yet, so I'll show it to you. The screenwriter Baz Luhmann is from Australia, and he wrote the script. Came to the Nevada set of The Mummy 3 in person this week to talk to me about the script and hope I could be a part of it."
The Australian gang in Hollywood has always been relatively low-key, and there is no British gang. Actors are generally distinctive in terms of personality and accent. However, this small circle is also quite grouped.
However, the biggest supporter of the Hollywood Australia Gang should actually be Twentieth Century Fox, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Many Australian directors and actors have come to prominence through Twentieth Century Fox films. The Baz Luhmann that Nicole is talking about at this time is a typical example.
A few years ago, Baz Luhmann's first Hollywood film "Romeo and Juliet" was produced by Twentieth Century Fox. This modern version of "Romeo and Juliet" used to have Xiao Lizi as the male lead, but because of the advance of "Titanic", the male lead changed, but the film's box office was still good.
In the past, Baz Luhmann was the producer of several consecutive films by 20th Century Fox, and also had very frequent cooperation with Australian-born actors such as Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman.
Eric opened the script and read two pages, heard Nicole's explanation, and asked: "Baz Luhmann's last work, Romeo and Juliet, seems to be doing well at the box office, and I happen to remember that the film was produced by Fox. Why didn't Baz Luhmann work with Fox this time?"
"I've been in contact with it, just because it's a musical, and it's still an original musical without Broadway's popularity, so Fox isn't very interested. The last Hollywood musical that sold at the box office, um... I can only think of 1978's "The Prodigal Son," which was 20 years ago." Nicole tilted her head slightly, and added: "Also, Baz Luhmann needs $60 million. Investment, which is probably why Fox is reluctant to accept the project. $60 million is already a big-budget project, but this movie doesn’t have the box office potential of a big-budget movie.”
Eric remembers that the beginning of "Moulin Rouge" was the Fox logo, but now, Fox's film production department is in charge of Elizabeth, and many things have changed.
After thinking about it for a moment, although he already had a conclusion in his heart, Eric couldn't nod his head immediately, but said: "Then I'll look at the script first, and if I think it's good, I'll talk to Liz, and continue to let Fox invest, I can I don’t want to be complained by her that she always grabs projects from Fox. If that doesn’t work, you can only let Baz Luhmann pull the investment. However, as long as you nod to join, I think Baz Luhman will find an investment. Fang is very likely.”
In many Hollywood projects, the starring lineup is first gathered and then the investment is drawn.
Producers can easily persuade film companies to invest, or raise production funds directly through pre-sale distribution rights, if they can get first-tier superstar participation contracts.
With the world's best-selling "The Mummy" series, and the box office record of those films in the past, Nicole can definitely be regarded as Hollywood's most box-office actress, even stronger than Julia. She nodded to express her interest in projects, and Hollywood was willing to invest in a large number of film companies.
Nicole nodded and said, "Okay, but this script is actually not very good. What I like more is the shooting concept depicted by Baz Luhmann. He hopes to use a very gorgeous image style to make this film. The story unfolds, so you'd better find time to talk to Buzz Luhmann in person."
Eric smiled and said, "Since you like this story so much, then I'll just agree to it."
"Okay, if you dare to promise me, you can nod your head, and I will give you a 10% discount on the salary," Nicole raised her lips, looking at Eric with bright eyes, and said, "However, in this case, you'd better not let Fox While investing, I don’t want to lose money, and Leeds will stab me in private as a villain.”
"Well, I don't want to either," Eric said jokingly with a frightened expression. Seeing the waiter walking over with lunch, the two stopped talking temporarily, and after the other party put down the plate and left, Eric said solemnly: "Then after I finish reading the script, I will take time to chat with Yobaz Luman. On your side, how long do you plan to stay in Los Angeles?"
Nicole is currently filming "The Mummy 3" of Universal Pictures, and also made a cameo appearance in "The Scorpion King", a spin-off of the "Mummy" series. Eric thought that she left the group at this time, probably for the upcoming release next week. The premiere of The Scorpion King. It's just that the release date of "The Scorpion King" is on the 17th, and there are still ten days left. Even if the premiere is held a few days in advance, Nicole seems to be back a little early.
Nicole picked up the cutlery and cut the steak, took small bites, and said, "I only took two days off. Tomorrow I will shoot a print advertisement for an endorsement brand, and I will return to Nevada the day after tomorrow."
Eric secretly overcame a psychological obstacle, then picked up the knife and fork in front of him, and said, "I thought you came back for the premiere of The Scorpion King."
"Well, come back again next week, it's not like you don't know how much the crew will burn a day, how could I have been away for so long," Nicole said, seeing Eric's slightly struggling expression, smiling Raising his knife and fork, he joked, "Why don't you use mine, you've tried poisoning, look, I'm fine."
Eric smiled and cut the steak in front of him. He has been working hard recently to reverse his increasingly serious tendency towards cleanliness, and said at the same time: "Maybe it is a special poison. I have seen some Oriental martial arts movies, There is a poison called, um, three steps down, when you get up, take three steps, and then there is no more."
"Hehe, how could there be such a poison? It doesn't make sense at all?"
"I think it makes sense. It should be similar to blood toxoids, just like snake venom. After being poisoned, once you get excited or struggle, your heart beats and blood flow speed up, and the toxin attacks faster." Eric After saying this, he turned and said: "Since I've only been back for two days, stay with me in the studio in the afternoon. Your suggestion just now helped me solve a big problem, and maybe you can help me think of something better. Let's go back to Malibu tonight."
"Not this time," Nicole shook her head regretfully and said, "I just happen to have other things to do, so I won't be able to accompany you these two days."
Eric wondered: "Huh?"
"It's a friend. She came from Japan and wants to develop in Hollywood. In the afternoon, I took her to see Pat and asked him to arrange an agent for her first. She is my best friend. If you have free time in the past two days. Time, of course, to accompany her to get acquainted with Los Angeles."
Eric was even more curious: "Do you still have Asian friends?"
Nicole shook her head and said, "It's not Asian, she is also Australian, but she has been working in Japan for the past few years."
Eric was just distracted by Nicole, but when she said this, Eric immediately realized that Nicole's best friend was Naomi Watts.
Calmly lowering his head and cutting the steak, Eric said casually, "Since it's your good best friend, then bring it here to meet you."
Nicole gave Eric a light glance and said, "I'm afraid to bring her before you, and she and I will not be best friends soon."
Eric looked innocent: "You are not good, the most basic trust between people."
Nicole said in a low voice: "A ghost will believe you, you bastard. Jenny hasn't said a word to me all these years."
Eric immediately raised his hand and surrendered: "Okay, I am guilty, but I have changed my mind now."
Nicole rolled her eyes again and said, "I don't believe you will change your mind now."
The two were eating and chatting when Nicole's cell phone rang. Listening to Nicole's low voice and excitedly shouting Naminami, Eric was immediately 100% sure of the identity of a certain girl over there.
However, Eric didn't dare to talk about Naomi Watts again because Nicole looked like he was preventing fire, theft, and someone. Eric changed the subject after Nicole hung up the phone in a hurry.
After having lunch and sending Nicole away, Eric returned to the "Gravity" studio with the "Moulin Rouge" script she had left behind, and began to discuss with Nicole Frank and the prop engineer who came over to discuss in the light box Set up the safety rail thing.
Compared to Eric's methodical pace of life in Los Angeles, many people in New York are on a roller coaster these days.
At the end of June, under the pressure of the resignation of the entire management team, Firefly Investments gave up the plan to replace the CEO of AOL to redefine the company's development direction, and finally gave up the constraints on AOL completely. The three AOL directors of Firefly System All resign.
Stimulated by a series of good news operated by Steve Case, after a brief shock, AOL's stock price began to climb again. As of the close of last Friday, AOL's single stock price had rushed to US$281.01, with a market value of more than 461 US dollars. 100 million.
It's just that, on Monday, at a small press conference held by abc group because of the resignation of espn TV ceo Steve Bernstein, Robert Iger publicly confirmed Firefly when asked by reporters, whether it was intentional or unintentional. Investors are set to slash their holdings of AOL shares in the coming months.
The media and the market have been spreading rumors that Firefly Group will reduce its holdings of AOL by 10% at one time. At this time, it was confirmed by the core executives of the Firefly system, and Wall Street was in an uproar.
Anyone with a little common sense of stocks knows what kind of catastrophic consequences a corporate shareholder like Firefly Investments can have to reduce their holdings on a large scale.
Under the panic of the market, AOL’s stock price, which was still rising on Monday, plummeted by 5.7% on the same day. The next day, the stock price fell by 3.3%. In just two days, AOL’s market value has increased from 46.1 billion US dollars. Its highs fell to $41.9 billion, with a fortune of more than $4 billion missing.
In order to boost market confidence, AOL used the funds raised by management to continue to absorb the stocks sold off in the market. At the same time, Steve Case decisively released AOL's financial report for the second quarter of 1998 ahead of schedule.
From April to June, in three months, AOL's second-quarter revenue reached US$922 million, with a single-quarter net profit of US$135 million. Although the quarterly net profit of US$135 million was not much, it was almost the same as the same period last year. increased by 70%. This kind of performance growth rate is rare in the entire United States.
At the same time, AOL predicts that at the current growth rate, the company's full-year net profit will reach 500 million US dollars, this figure has almost doubled compared with last year.
If AOL can maintain such a high growth rate continuously, then, in less than five years, AOL's price-earnings ratio can return to the normal level below 30.
On the other hand, the rapid expansion trend shown by the Internet also proves that AOL has this kind of performance growth potential.
AOL's stock has finally stopped its streak of rout after hyping it up with its stellar quarterly earnings report.
However, under the shadow of the reduction of firefly investment, the market's attitude towards American Online stocks has also become more cautious.
In Manhattan's World Trade Center, Morgan Stanley's president's office, it was another Friday before he knew it, but John Mark didn't have any thoughts about taking a weekend off.
Since Eric mentioned the Russian ruble last week, he has been reading materials related to the Russian economy in the past few days. The ruble, it is simply impossible to escape the fate of the plunge.
Not to mention other things, just Russia's current foreign debt scale has reached more than 120 billion US dollars, and a very large part of it is short-term foreign debt of the nature of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.
On the other hand, the foreign exchange reserves of Russia, which are used to resist foreign exchange financial risks and repay foreign debts due, are only 13.6 billion US dollars, which is almost only one tenth of the scale of Russia's foreign debts.
It is conceivable that once international currency speculators attack the Russian ruble, Russia will have no power to fight back.
Looking at the information in his hand, John Mark's assistant knocked on the door and handed over a folder, saying, "Mr. Mark, this is the general data analysis of the Nasdaq at today's closing, as well as the latest stock price information from America Online. ."