Chapter 270 The City of Freedom

Hearing Eric say this, Sherissa Cody really hesitated for a while.

But she soon realized that her hesitation was a little ridiculous.

She knew exactly what Brad Pitt was in now. In the past six months, Brad still only occasionally played small roles in some movies or TV series. In this case, as long as you can get the role of the leading actor of a blockbuster TV series, there is nothing to worry about. You must know that many second- and third-tier Hollywood stars have participated in the competition for the hero and heroine of "X-Files".

After thinking about this, Sherrisha Cody said: "Mr. Williams, I believe 'The X-Files' must be a very good TV series. If I can play the leading role of this TV series, what is it even if it is stereotyped? relationship."

This woman can really talk, Eric thought to himself.

She saw Sherissa Cody then said: "However, Mr. Williams, is it too long to sign a five-season contract in one go?"

Eric immediately shook his head and said in a non-negotiable tone: "It's not long at all, the six leading actors of "Friends" have signed contracts for five seasons."

Sherissa Cody doesn't know if what Eric said is true or not. If so, she really can't find any reason to bargain, let alone five seasons, just a few more seasons, it seems that she And Brad. Pitt also does not have the qualifications and bargaining chips.

Eric observed Sherissa Cody's expression and said, "If you have no opinion, I will watch Brad Pitt's audition tape tomorrow. If his performance can satisfy me, I will notify you to sign the contract. ."

The next day, Eric came to Fox's audition studio and found a tape of Brad Pitt's audition. After watching it several times, it was confirmed that Brad Pitt's current acting skills are indeed sufficient for the role of Fox Mueller, and the producers of Fox and Firefly were invited to discuss it together. It was quickly determined.

The rest is the heroine and some other minor supporting roles, and of course Eric can't care about those minor supporting roles anymore. Just put some energy into the selection of the heroine.

At the same time, another variety show that promised Fox has finally started. After considering it for a long time, Eric finally chose the safest variety show, "Who Will Become a Millionaire".

The show in the previous life originated in the United Kingdom, and it became popular all over the world as soon as it appeared in the late 1990s. Eric remembers that many domestic TV stations on the other side of the Pacific had similar imitation programs at that time. And until Eric crossed, the show still did not exit the TV screen. There are often rumors that there is another millionaire on this show in a certain country.

This show captures the psychology of ordinary people who want to get rich overnight, so it does not have any limitations of the times. Unlike some other shows, although it may be successful now, it is a lot of trouble to operate. "Who Will Be a Millionaire" is much simpler.

Therefore, after writing the plan, Eric first sent people to many countries around the world that pay attention to intellectual property protection to register the program copyright. A lot of money.

"Hey, hey. Eric, how about this title, in "Home Alone". How many brothers and sisters are there in Kevin's family?" Drew was sitting in the passenger seat in the car heading for Malibu. He holds a small hard-covered notebook in his hand, and writes and draws on it from time to time.

Hearing the girl's question, Eric smiled and shook his head: "No, I said it all, the design problem must be closely related to life, and it must be very interesting, your question is completely in the memory of the test person, who would be idle? It's nothing to worry about how many siblings Kevin has."

Drew pouted. Retorted: "Then the problem you designed is even more boring. Who would care about how insects breathe when they have nothing to do."

Eric glared at Xiao Nizi helplessly: "At first glance, it seems that I didn't care at all when I went to school. This problem must be in the biology textbook."

"You are quibbling, only nerds care about these issues." The girl shook her head. Biting the ballpoint pen in his hand, he pondered for a while, and then asked, "What about this, what year did the Hollywood Sign appear?"

Eric nodded: "This question is good, write it down, write it down."

"Hey," the girl smiled smugly, and then wrote it down in a small notebook.

Eric thought for a while, then looked at the girl and asked, "By the way, I really don't know what year the Hollywood Sign was erected, what year?"

Xiao Nizi rolled her eyes at Eric: "How do I know."

"..."

Eric asked speechlessly: "Then how did you come up with this question?"

"I just passed by there yesterday." The girl bit her ballpoint pen and pondered, then looked up at the road ahead: "How far is it?"

"Five minutes, I'll be there soon."

The car stopped outside the manor in the sharp corner of Malibu. Eric opened the door and got out of the car, but he heard a strange cry from the girl in the car: "Yeah, Eric, I knocked a little, and hug me out."

"Climb out by yourself," Eric thought to himself that the little girl was doing something wrong again. He ignored it and walked directly to Frank Gehry and his personal lawyer Edward who were waiting at the gate of the manor.

"Wow, Eric, you are so cruel," Eric was about to reach out to Frank Gehry, who was enthusiastically attracted, when a soft body behind him fell on his back.

Eric slapped the girl's little ass with a backhand: "Don't make trouble, haven't you seen so many people here? I'll stuff you into the trunk if you make fun of it."

"I really hit my knee, and it's all red. If you don't believe me, look." The little girl hanging behind him said aggrievedly.

Eric scooped up the little girl hanging on his back, hugged the girl and glanced at the tender white calf exposed under the knee-length pleated skirt. Although there was indeed a small piece of blue and red on it, there was neither blood nor blood. swollen.

"You can't be lame, just run two kilometers down the ground." After speaking, Eric put Drew down, and the little girl giggled and grabbed his neck for a while, before barely letting go.

Eric just let go of Drew, but in the corner of the eye, he felt that someone in the distance was looking at him faintly. Looking in the direction of intuition, but did not find a figure, I thought that I might be a little suspicious. do not know why. He always had an uncomfortable feeling that he was being followed these days.

Maybe it's time to hire a bodyguard team, Eric thought. But on the surface, he focused his attention on the few people in front of him.

"I'm so sorry, the girl always likes to make fun," Eric shook hands with Frank Gehry, Edward Lewis and others.

"It doesn't matter," Frank Gehry laughed, and Edward Lewis echoed.

"Then let's go in and keep looking at the design drawings. After waiting for more than half a year, this place is finally built."

Eric looked impatient. Made Frank and the others laugh.

"Please come with me," Frank said, beckoning everyone to get in the car, the gate of the manor was opened by a temporary guard, and the group drove directly to the mansion on the edge of the cliff. As for the other buildings in the manor, Eric didn't have the heart to check them one by one, as long as they passed the inspection, these buildings were all places where servants or guests lived.

Several cars drove along a winding corridor to the main building on the cliff bank, which Eric called the "City of Liberty".

The group got out of the car, and Eric saw the shell-shaped silver building in front of him that was more delicate and atmospheric than the one in his mind. Involuntarily exclaimed.

The Iron Man Malibu mansion in memory is only a concrete building, but although the building in front of us inevitably uses some reinforced concrete, most of the main structure is made of granite, special glass and low-alloy high-hardness steel. The shell-shaped building surface is also covered with silver titanium alloy material, which gleams in the sun.

Originally, Frank Gehry’s budget for the construction of this manor was only $5 million, but with Eric’s promise of unlimited funds, Frank Gehry increased the budget, first to $10 million, and finally to $20 million, and at the last minute of construction, an additional $2 million budget was requested from Eric, 90% of which was spent on the building. You know, in this day and age, $20 million can already build a twenty-story building. And now. The housing prices of the entire Malibu have not yet reached the level of tens of millions of dollars in later generations. The price of most Malibu villas is only a few hundred thousand dollars, and the price of luxury houses with facilities such as private beaches is only a few million. This shows how extravagant this single building cost 20 million US dollars to build. Eric remembered that the billion-dollar mansion of Bill's classmate, whom many people talked about in his previous life, actually cost only more than 50 million US dollars, and that was after 2000.

A group of people stood outside the silver building for several minutes, and finally Frank Gehry said with a smug tone: "Okay, I think we'll go in and have a look, I believe the interior of this building will be even better. Surprising.

The staff opened the door of the mansion, and Frank Gehry walked in with everyone.

Just stepping into the hall, the first thing the group saw was not the large living room, but the sparkling sea.

"Wow, it's so beautiful." A group of men still maintained restraint and restraint, but Xiao Nizi ignored these, exclaimed and rushed towards the floor-to-ceiling window more than ten meters long and more than two meters high.

"Eric, Eric, come and see," Drew leaned on the glass window without any scruples and looked at the sponge outside.

Eric was a little worried: "Mr. Gehry, are these glasses okay?"

"Of course not," Frank Gehry said. "This is special glass, which looks no different from ordinary glass, but this glass is actually three-layered with a polycarbonate material layer in between. Even if you are shot, as long as you Not large-caliber sniper rifles can be blocked. So ordinary impact will not cause any damage."

When one of Edward's assistants heard Frank Gehry say this, he was surprised: "Mr. Gehry, according to what you said, isn't this bulletproof glass? It should be expensive, right?"

Frank Gehry shook his head and said honestly: "Although it doesn't answer the point of bulletproof glass, it's about the same. As for the price, 20 million US dollars is spent on these things. Eric, I will show you. Would you like to visit?"

"Of course," Eric ignored the little girl who was lying on the glass looking at the seascape, and followed Frank Gehry to other places.

Frank Gehry introduced as he walked: "This floor is mainly the living room, kitchen, fitness room and reception room. According to the design draft you gave us, Eric, the basement floor is a studio. The second and third floors are shared. There are eight bedrooms, as well as a study room, a small screening room, and a total of twelve bathrooms in the villa."

Eric nodded lightly, followed the spiral staircase all the way to the second floor, listened to Frank Gehry's introduction, looked around, and then everyone went to the topmost floor, which is a large giant that can look around. Lying, through the glass window, you can not only look at the scenery of Malibu city, but also see the sea in the distance.

Looking around, Eric suddenly thought of a question and said to Frank Gehry, "Mr. Gehry, are these glasses one-sided?"

"Of course, I might overlook such an important detail. All the glass windows in this building have been specially treated. Although you can see the light from the outside and look in, it is impossible to see anything inside."

"That's good," Eric nodded and looked at the scenery around the master bedroom. If he and a certain girl were on the big bed, and were seen through the window through the window, then Too bad.

It took more than ten minutes to turn around, and the group came to the living room again, but the little girl was nowhere to be seen.

"I think Miss Barrymore must have gone to the swimming pool outside," Frank Gehry said with a smile. "It's just right, the scenery there is very good, let's go there and talk about things."

After passing a car door next to the living room, several people came to a huge open-air swimming pool facing the cliff.

Although the indoor business is also very good, after all, it has been blocked by a layer of glass, but there is no block here, and it looks like a vast sea and sky.

"Mr. Gary, are you swimming now?" Xiao Nizi's voice came from behind a reclining chair.

It was only then that everyone discovered that the girl had found a pair of sunglasses on her face from somewhere, and was lying on a reclining chair to bask in the sun.

"Of course, Miss Barrymore," Frank Gehry seemed to like Xiao Nizi very much, and said with a smile, "But we will have to wait for Mr. Williams to sign the contract for the project acceptance." (To be continued. )