Eight Hundred and Fiftieth Eight Chapters Old Friend

With the passage of time, the sky has dimmed, and the giant Titanic model located in the northeast corner of Firefly Studios also lights up all the lights. Against the background of the surrounding twilight, it really looks like a giant ship floating on the sea.

As the most high-profile party in Los Angeles since the Vanity Fair dinner in March, "Titanic"'s $1.8 billion global box office celebration brought together more than 700 Hollywood stars, singers and socialites, as the party gathered Most of the most powerful people in Hollywood, and many people spared no effort to get an invitation to this party. Last night, Eric also saw the girl receiving a call from the relationship asking for an invitation letter.

At seven o'clock, the party officially started.

Since everyone is not the kind of person who likes to procrastinate, there is no lengthy speech. Katzenberg and Cameron each gave a brief speech, and officially announced the "Titanic" theme exhibition to the invited media. news, the carnival officially began.

Although most areas of the Titanic model have not yet been opened, due to its inherent large size, more than 700 guests and a large number of service personnel are scattered in the banquet hall, restaurant, bow and top deck and other areas. crowded.

Eric took Drew to chat with a group of more important guests, and then came to the restaurant to have something to eat. In order to prepare for the party, Eric also worked all afternoon and was already hungry.

After taking two servings of food from the buffet table, Eric and the girl just found an empty table when Elizabeth and Julia walked in from the door.

The two women did not shy away from the strange gazes of other people in the restaurant, took the food, and walked straight over.

"Good evening, Eric," Elizabeth sat down on Eric's left side under Julia's slightly resentful eyes, nodded to him, and then looked at the girl: "You are fine, little one. Bichi."

Seeing that the girl was about to play darts with her fork, Eric quickly held it down: "Okay, don't make trouble. Liz, apologize to Drew, and don't talk like that in the future."

Elizabeth was very reluctant, pouted, and said, "I'm sorry, little... Drew."

"Hmph," the girl shook the tableware in her hand unwillingly, and said, "If it weren't for too many people here, I would definitely let Natasha beat you hard."

Elizabeth was not afraid at all, and raised her chin: "If you have the ability, you can do it yourself."

"I'm afraid I'll disfigure you. Oh, you're not very beautiful in the first place. In case, tsk tsk, it would be too miserable."

Eric was very helpless to the habitual bickering of the two women, so he had to threaten: "If you two quarrel again, I will go somewhere else with Julia."

Before Elizabeth and Drew could respond, Julia immediately looked at Eric expectantly, her eyes were bright, and she nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Mmmmmmm."

Elizabeth was very dissatisfied with Julia's reaction: "Um what, I really don't have a position."

"Liz, if you dare to murder me again, I won't help Fox make films in the future."

The girl immediately saw the needle: "Yes, Julia, come to MGM, I'll give you 20 million yuan."

Elizabeth teased: "20 million, if you have the ability, you can get the contract now, and I will sign it for Julia."

Eric interrupted the mutual scratching of the two kittens in time, picked a slightly more serious topic, and said, "Speaking of which, how much did you pay Julia for this film this time?"

In recent years, Julia has mostly been filming for Fox, as the two women are half-assed in their relationship.

After last year's "Shakespeare in Love", Julia soon collaborated with Fox in another romantic film, and Eric intervened a little, so he easily picked the one that Julia had a good reputation. "My Best Friend's Wedding", just after Claudia Schiffer was brought into the crew, Eric ignored this matter. He only saw "My Best Friend" on the release list of summer movies recently. Friend's Wedding" is scheduled for mid-July,

Along with "Ice Age", it belongs to the flagship film of Fox's summer file.

"Julia 15 million, Claudia 5 million," Elizabeth did not hide, said: "The total cost is only 40 million US dollars, and the two of them accounted for half, and now the actor's salary is really getting higher and higher. I feel In the future, it will be difficult for medium and low-cost commercial films to invite A-level stars, especially after "Titanic", everyone will definitely focus on a few blockbusters every year, and first-line actors will definitely tend to these movies, or, also Only these movies can afford A-stars."

"Oh, in the past few years, I heard that Germany has begun to discuss the topic of amending the tax law to prevent capital outflow."

Since Jim Carrey first received his first $20 million salary from Sony Pictures, most of the A-list superstars have raised their prices significantly in recent years. However, Eric is also clear that this phenomenon is mainly caused by a large number of tax avoidance funds from all over the world flowing into Hollywood, especially Germany. In recent years, the funds flowing into Hollywood have exceeded 3 billion US dollars a year, accounting for almost all Hollywood movies. A quarter of the production budget.

However, the good days of Hollywood superstars are actually the last few years.

When the bubble of the new technology wave bursts in the next few years, some important film capital exporting countries have tightened their investment, and the remuneration of Hollywood superstars will return to rationality. There are not many.

Eric was chatting casually with the three women when Cameron hurried over from the door of the restaurant, nodded and said hello to the three women, then said to Eric: "Eric, come with me, take you there meet in person."

Eric got up and asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Cameron smiled and said mysteriously: "Peter Parker."

Eric immediately understood that Cameron had recently started to look for a male lead for "Spider-Man". Eric had no feeling for the consecutive Spider-Man actors in his previous life, so he did not intervene in this matter. Let Cameron toss himself.

Just making a gesture to the three girls, Eric left with Cameron with confidence. In fact, without him, Elizabeth and Drew can be more harmonious. The two women are very smart, and they will not really have any conflicts in public to make people laugh.

Cameron was mysterious along the way, and Eric didn't bother to get to the bottom of it immediately. The two came to the top deck together. Following Cameron's guidance, Eric immediately saw a family of four standing together. mouth.

A couple, a boy of sixteen or seven years old, and a little girl of five or six years old.

Just a glance, Eric recognized them, took two steps forward and patted on the shoulder of the young boy who was still a little green on his face, and then hugged him casually. Hey Stu, long time no see."

The family in front of them was Eric's neighbors when he lived in North Hollywood, the Runkel family.

The teenager Eric hugged was naturally the former hero of "Home Alone", Stuart Runkel.

After the filming of "Home Alone 3" that year, due to his age, Stuart Runkel is no longer suitable to continue the road of child star, and it has been quiet in these years. Eric only vaguely heard that the family moved to New York, but never saw them again.

In fact, Eric is more fortunate that Stuart Runkel did not follow the path of Macaulay Culkin in the original time and space.

"Eric, it's nice to see you again," Stuart Runker was obviously excited. After hugging, the teenager turned around immediately, pulled the five- or six-year-old girl over, and introduced, "Eric, this It's my sister, Linda."

"Hello, little guy," Eric reached out.

The little girl was obviously taught carefully. She reached out her hand and shook hands with Eric, and said in a tender tone, "Hello, Mr. Williams, I like your movies very much."

Eric laughed and joked: "Have you seen your brother in the movie?"

The little girl nodded: "I see, my brother was so powerful back then, and I want to be like him."

"Oh, then your parents are going to have a headache," Eric joked before saying hello to the Runkels.

Although there was some unpleasant cooperation in the later years, it is already an old thing at this time, and Eric will of course not care about these anymore.

The Langkels' attitude was much more humble and sophisticated than a pair of children. They spoke compliments carefully, and did not forget to mention some old events in those years.

After briefly chatting for a few minutes, Eric didn't rush to ask Cameron what was going on. After all, everything could be understood.

In the original plan, Eric wanted the new version of "Spider-Man" to start in Peter Parker's high school years. Although most high school students in Hollywood teen movies are basically played by actors over the age of 20, this is also a helpless move to maintain the level of actors. After all, young actors who are really in the high school age group are definitely not so good at acting. .

If there is an actor whose age fully agrees with his acting skills and meets the requirements, the film company will definitely not refuse.

At this time, in the face of the upcoming "Spider-Man" movie, who gained fame with "Home Alone" back then, Stuart Runkel, who was already a 16-year-old boy at this time, was just the most suitable.

Eric just didn't expect that Cameron didn't say hello to him before, so he brought the other party to him.

Cameron led Eric here, and was soon pulled away by other guests. Eric chatted with the family for a while, and then took Stewart to the railing not far away.

Leaning casually on the railing, Eric looked at the boy who seemed a little restrained when facing him alone, and said with a smile, "How have these years been?"

"It's alright, it's mainly for school, and occasionally I can catch a play or two," Stewart also leaned against the railing and said, "My parents are quite disappointed, they're not as beautiful as they were in previous years. I think that's the same. That's good, when Director Cameron called, I was hesitant to go back to my old life."

Perhaps it was because he had experienced the world too early, but Stewart's tone had a bit of maturity that surpassed that of a teenager.

Eric nodded slightly and said, "Finally decide to try it?"

"Well, you know my parents," Stewart said. "But, Eric, if I can pass the audition, I hope to sign again in two months."

Eric wondered: "After a few months, why?"

Stewart said frankly: "My sixteenth birthday in July."

Eric also understands that under federal law, teenagers can have independent financial autonomy after the age of sixteen. Stewart obviously didn't want his parents to relied on guardianship's rights to make trouble.

"It's no problem. It's just over two months. I'll say hello and drag it for you."

Stewart laughed: "Eric, I haven't auditioned yet."

"Oh, I still have confidence in you," Eric also smiled and added: "However, in fact, this role is not as good as outsiders think, Jim should have told you about this role. Some requests?"

"This, he hasn't told me yet."

"That's it," Eric explained, since Cameron hadn't had time to say, "We're planning to create a very large comic book series, so once the character is confirmed, you'll have to sign at least six film deals at a time. .” ℃≡miào℃≡bi℃≡館℃≡

Stewart obviously had the intelligence of the year. Although Firefly has not publicly announced the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan, he was able to guess and guess, saying: "Like MGM's Secret Service Cinematic Universe?"

Eric nodded: "Yeah, so if you decide to participate, at least in the next ten years, you may be tied to this role."

There was indeed a little hesitation in Stuart's expression. A slightly ideal actor probably wouldn't want to be tied to a role for a long time.

Eric will not force anything. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is necessary to sign the packaging contract in advance, which will not be changed by anyone. Eric doesn't want every future film to have to tug at the actors.

After a while, Stewart asked again, "Eric, isn't six too many? There are basically no films in Hollywood that can make six films, right?"

"Our broad plan is three single films, three crossover films, like MGM's Secret Service Cinematic Universe. So, if it's extended later, six may not even be enough."

Eric briefly explained that these details will be mentioned before signing the contract with the actor, so it is not a secret, after a pause, Eric added with a smile: "However, there is one more point, our The remuneration plan is also very generous, which will use a floating mechanism linked to the box office. On the basis of guaranteed film remuneration, the higher the box office, the higher the remuneration the protagonist will get. Moreover, in order to show fairness and equality, In case the contract cannot be executed due to Firefly's reasons, the actors can also get some compensation."