Chapter 576 If I Come to Choose

Chapter 576

The next day, Eric rushed to the office building that Drew had rented for Flower Pictures in Venice Beach in the morning. ∑. ∑

You can see that the three-story building on the beach and the sea in the distance has been rented by Drew, and most of the rooms are in the process of being renovated. Eric came here specially to talk to Amy Pascal about Flower Pictures in person.

Last night, I chatted with Drew to the end. Under the obsession of the girl, the two quickly shifted their positions. Many things were not discussed. Since Drew brought Amy Pascal, the former chairman of Sony Pictures in space and time, over , then talking about these things with more professional people is obviously more effective.

In Eric's view, Drew's ability to employ people is much stronger than her other abilities. For example, Eric has always been puzzled, how did Xiao Nizi treat the Russian twins so obediently, you must know that the strength of the twins is definitely at the actual combat level, but even if Xiao Nizi is angry with them, The twins also bowed their heads without refuting, like a pair of docile kittens.

In the days when the twins first appeared beside Drew, seeing that the two girls always had cold and cool expressions, but they didn't have any boxer temperament at all, Eric was curious and met with him in the gym of the manor. One of the twins had a fight. Or it can't be called 'a fight' at all, because Eric raised his hand and surrendered without persevering for a minute, so he got a dark circle under his eyes and was laughed at by the little girl for several days.

And now, the girl has made Eric unexpectedly persuade Amy Pascal to join her flower film industry, which makes Eric feel more detached than killing a chicken with a knife.

"Amy, why did you think of tossing with Drew?" In the office, Eric asked the most interesting question just after seeing Amy Pascal.

Amy Pascal wore a big wavy hairstyle and seemed to be in a good mood. Hearing Eric ask, he smiled: "Eric, you should understand, I'm here for you, and Drew knows that too. I'm here for you."

"If so. You can come to Firefly. Firefly is in the expansion stage. If you come, I will definitely approve of it."

"I thought about it when I decided to leave Colombia, but Firefly's management system is already very perfect. If I join, it will be difficult to exert my ability. It will be different here," Amy Pascal waved his hand gently: "Here It's like a blank sheet of paper, I can display myself to the fullest, and no one will care that I am a woman. Because the boss of the company is also a woman."

Eric looked at Amy Pascal's smug expression and asked, "Then do you have your own complete plan now?"

"Of course," Amy Pascal really took out a document from the file cabinet next to it and handed it to Eric.

Said: "I prepared this these days, and I also gave Drew a copy, but I think you only came back yesterday, and she must not have had time to give it to you."

Eric opened the document and realized why he wanted to seriously discuss the development ideas of Huahua Pictures last night, but Xiao Nizi always seemed to be half-hearted. It turned out that he had already made a complete plan.

Looking at the document draft with more than ten pages. Eric closed the blue plastic folder casually: "Amy, let's talk briefly."

Amy Pascal also did not object, saying: "I have studied the copyright of Huahua Pictures, and I think there are two copyrights that are more suitable for the development of Huahua Pictures at this stage, "Mission Impossible" and "Identity of Bonn". "

"Mission Impossible" and "Bonn's Identity" are the TV series version of "Mission Impossible" and the original novel name of "Bourne Bourne" respectively. In Eric's plan, "The Bourne Bound" will not be suitable for development in a few years, and it is still too early. However, he did not interrupt Amy Pascal's story and let the other party continue.

"...Flower Pictures will take a few years. If it can successfully produce several big and profitable movies and have its own series of movies that can make a steady profit, then it can expand by going public or issuing bonds. I personally 's proposal is the first step. Work hard to bring about the merger of Flowers and MGM. With Sony Columbia's situation, I think they will be forced to withdraw from Hollywood in less than five years at most."

Amy Pascal said this, and gave Eric a meaningful look, seeing that Eric's expression was completely unchanged. He just shrugged slightly and continued: "At that time, we can further annex Columbia Pictures on the basis of MGM. Of course, the rush of all this is that the film developed by Flower Pictures can be successful. First of all, in film production In terms of funding, I believe that with Eric as your endorsement, we can easily get funds from Wall Street or European film funds, or, Firefly can invest in person, but I don’t think you want Firefly to be too involved in flower shadows. In the industry, at least not yet, right?"

Amy Pascal's plan is obviously much more meticulous than Eric's original plan. Although Columbia and MGM in the original time and space have become subsidiaries of Sony, Eric never thought of letting Flower Pictures grow up. To the earth to annex two companies one after another. However, the feasibility of this method is definitely much safer than simply and crudely using large sums of money for acquisitions.

Although Eric originally planned to use Firefly Pictures to annex MGM's film library in a few years, but MGM's fall to Drew's side is actually no different from falling into Firefly's hands. I heard Amy's question. , Eric nodded and said: "Before the anti-monopoly law is further liberalized, I really don't want Firefly to participate too much in the flower film industry, although everyone knows what's going on, but we law-abiding citizens always It is to take the initiative to give Sec a reason not to trouble us. Another point is that I hope that the theatrical distribution of Huahua Films’ films will also be represented by other film companies, because Firefly’s own projects have already occupied a lot of publicity resources. Of course, You can rest assured that Firefly is the most solid backing for Flower Pictures under any circumstances, and I just hope things never get so bad."

Amy Pascal nodded and said, "Before I left Columbia, I had a personal conversation with Mr. Cooper." Referring to Peter Cooper, Amy Pascal showed obvious disgust in his eyes, but still said: "Columbia will In charge of the distribution of Huahua Pictures' films, and Mr. Cooper promised to give Huahua Pictures the best and most generous share conditions."

It took half an hour to talk about his plan before Amy Pascal said: "Then. Eric, now you can talk about your opinion. Although you have not refuted me just now, I can also feel it. Yes. You don't agree with some of my views?"

"I'm definitely not as good as you professionals in terms of company management," Eric said with a smile: "I only want to talk about movies. Although big-budget movies have become the main profit trend in Hollywood, I hope that flowers and movies will The industry is still able to get involved in low- to mid-budget independent film production.”

The 1990s were the golden decade of Hollywood solo movies, although most of them became expensive visual rubbish. But every year, there are still many excellent movies standing out, and there are many independent movies with high box office.

Amy Pascal clearly understood some of this, nodded and said, "Anything else?"

"I looked at the list of the Flower Pictures copyright library last night, and "Mission Impossible," "Bourne's Identity," and Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" series are the most valuable ones, and they all own The potential to develop into a series of movies, but the latter two are not suitable for development now, what you can do now is "Mission Impossible", and I will personally provide you with a change of mind."

Amy Pascal was a little disappointed: "Eric, is there only this one?"

actually. Originally there was "Forrest Gump", but if you choose to make "Forrest Gump" now, then it can only be released next year. In that case, "Braveheart" on Fox will face "Forrest Gump". Biography" must be a tragedy, not to mention that Tom Hanks is still shooting "Saving Private Ryan" in Ireland, and it is impossible to take other films in a short time. Therefore, Eric still intends to shoot "Forrest Gump" next year and release it in 1995. As for what Olympic-award-winning films will be hit at that time, it is no longer within his scope of consideration.

Eric just nodded. After hesitating for a while, he said: "When I was in Berlin last time, I came up with a very good idea for a fantasy movie called "Night at the Museum". The script has been registered, and this can be handed over to you."

Amy Pascal looked surprised, and then asked: "Eric, aren't all the scripts you wrote yourself developed by Firefly?"

Eric said: "Firefly's flagship films in the next three years are almost all set."

Amy Pascal suddenly remembered the project information that Firefly had already revealed.

Saving Private Ryan, True Lies, The Lion King, Jurassic Park 2, Alone Day, Toy Story 2, and more, plus collaborations with Columbia and DreamWorks It can indeed be said that Firefly's flagship movies in the next three years have been determined. This made her envious, and it is estimated that the mentality of several other Hollywood film companies is the same.

Although other film companies have begun to make large-scale movies in the past two years, they have not been successful because they do not have the special effects technical support provided by Firefly's digital special effects company, nor the magical existence of Eric. Even the most beautiful Steven Spielberg in the 1980s is now left far behind by Eric.

Seeing that there was no problem with Amy, Eric said: "Then, that's it, you can start preparing for "Mission Impossible" and "Night at the Museum", and you can also choose some well-known directors for small costs. Invest in movies.”

Amy asked, "Eric, do you have any advice for the protagonists of these two projects?"

Eric hesitated, but still said: "I recommend Tom Cruise for the actor of "Mission Impossible", but the condition is that Tom Cruise can only participate in this project as an actor, and he needs to sign at least three films The contract for the film. As for "Night at the Museum"..." Eric thought about it and found that Ben Stiller has not yet become famous. Except for Ben Stiller, all Eric can think of is Jim Carrey. However, although Jim Carrey is very suitable for the position of the hero of "Night at the Museum", Eric is not very interested in cooperating with Jim Carrey: "This is to choose from the more well-known comedians now, the specific situation depends on the actor's schedule. And the quality of the auditions decided that the film was about the miraculously resurrected creatures in the museum, so the male lead wasn't the most important thing."

Amy Pascal nodded, then shook her head suddenly, and said, "Eric, although Cruise's career has declined a bit in the past two years, if you want to sign a contract for three films at one time, I'm afraid it's not that simple. I've dealt with Cruise during the production of "Dark War," and he's not that kind of person, and I'm afraid he will ask his production company to participate in the project."

"I understand that you can try to get in touch with the other party, and it won't bring us any loss. If he agrees, it is naturally best, but we can also make certain concessions in terms of salary, but if he insists on If you get too involved, then Hollywood isn't going to find a replacement for him."

"I'll talk to him," Amy Pascal nodded, documenting the events in the memo match.

Eric waited for the other party to finish writing before saying, "Now let's talk about another very important thing."

"Huh?" Amy Pascal immediately raised her head when she saw Eric's very cautious look.

"It came to my mind last night that I had people investigate the Marvel superheroes some time ago."

"Eric, are you going to develop a superhero movie like Warner did?"

"There is no such plan at the moment," Eric said: "I mean, I have asked people to investigate some superhero copyright matters in Marvel comics some time ago, including "Spider-Man", "Captain America", "Fantastic Four" "The copyrights of these superheroes are in the hands of some second- and third-rate small companies, so I want you to buy them back for me."

Amy Pascal thought about the information about the amazing superheroes before saying: "Eric, it is said that there are many amazing superheroes, and it is not so easy to get them all back."

"Then, at least get "Spider-Man" back, I'm actually most interested in this superhero."

Amy Pascal smiled and said, "Spider-Man is one of Marvel's most popular superheroes, and if I were to choose, it would be Spider-Man." (To be continued.)

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