Chapter 572 The Story of the Emergency Room

Eric pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered Elizabeth's strong character and relationship with him. The girl would never take down the project "Braveheart" without saying hello to him at all, then...

Thinking of the figure of an old fox, Eric said: "Liz, I suddenly feel that I shouldn't care about this matter, when "Braveheart" loses money, plus the lessons of "Cut Throat Island" a few years ago, In the future, Firefly Pictures will compete with others for scripts, and its competitiveness will be greatly increased. Please search for the most complete!

"And then you just watched me get kicked out by the company?"

Eric shook his head: "No, I guess it's your old man who is leaving."

Elizabeth was silent for half a second, then said bitterly, "Can't you be so smart?"

Eric shook his head and sighed: "No way, alas, something like IQ..."

Elizabeth looked at Eric's stinky appearance, raised the mouse in her hand to throw it over, but then put it down: "Well, this project was indeed discussed by my father with Mel Gibson himself."

"So, you shouldn't worry about it. Your old man is too shrewd. If he doesn't change, he will reap the consequences sooner or later. Oh, no, the last time he provokes Drew's little girl, he already reaps the consequences. Look at you. News Corp.'s stock price has been skyrocketing recently, and if it were people, it would have fallen apart."

Elizabeth also seemed a little helpless: "My old man is already sixty-two years old, do you think he can change?"

"Okay," Eric spread his hands: "Is it any good for me to join this project now?"

"Firefly can participate in the investment," Elizabeth stretched out five white fingers: "Half of it will do, but we have to keep the copyright."

"I don't invest. You set the price so high that Mel Gibson might take all the profits in the end," Eric immediately refused.

"Then what do you say?"

Eric said casually: "Forget it, this time I will be a good person. In addition, the heroine's position is reserved for me."

Elizabeth showed a look of contempt: "Who is it this time? It won't be Joan's sister. I saw a photo of the two of you in the newspaper a few days ago."

Eric has a headache when he thinks of Aiwa: "Of course it's not her. If I do anything to Aiwa, Qiong must bring Xia Xia back to Poland."

"Humph,

Don't think I don't know about the Spanish sisters, tsk tsk, be careful when you wake up. Just like Michael Jackson. "

"I'm that kind of person, Monica is sixteen years old. Besides, I didn't touch her again."

"What about Drew, when the two of you met, I counted, 1988, 1975, what a coincidence, the same age as the boy in the Michael Jackson case..."

Eric narrowed his eyes: "Why don't we discuss "Braveheart" today, and focus on these issues?"

Elizabeth immediately sat upright. Seriously: "Okay, the heroine belongs to you, what's next?"

Eric recalled the script of "Braveheart" that he had read some time ago, and the difference was not too much from what he remembered. Right now, the hero and heroine can also be identified as the original cast, the production funds are sufficient, and the quality of the film is absolutely guaranteed. Now only the issue of distribution remains.

"How are you going to distribute this film?"

"My dad plans to make this movie the main movie of next year's summer season," Elizabeth recalled what Eric just said: "But now, according to what you mean, should it be put in the end of the year?"

"Well, in terms of production, I have read the script. There is no need to make major changes. The hero and heroine are determined. As long as a suitable producer is selected to cooperate with Mel Gibson, the quality of the film can be guaranteed. Now there is only one left. "Braveheart" can be regarded as an Olympic film, if it is placed in the summer season, it will definitely not be able to enjoy the box office bonus of the awards season, so it is best to put it in the end of the year."

The so-called awards season. Usually from the end of the year until the Oscars in March of the second year, the period is huge. Every time you win an influential award during the awards season, it can stimulate the box office of the movie and win important Oscar awards. After that, the box office usually has a rebound, so for a movie like "Braveheart" that has the potential to win important Oscar awards such as best picture, it is the best choice when it is released at the end of the year.

Elizabeth took out a notepad from her handbag, wrote down these things, and then looked up and asked, "Anything else?"

Eric tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, pondered for a moment, and said, "I haven't heard any news from the Weinstein Brothers' Miramax Company recently. Have they found their next home?"

"Not yet," Elizabeth thought for a while, then said, "Aren't you not interested in Miramax?"

"I'm not interested doesn't mean Miramax has no value. The Weinstein brothers' level of operating the Oscars is obvious to all. The Oscar economy is still very profitable, so 20th Century Fox might as well win Miramax. Then hand Braveheart to them."

Elizabeth picked up the pen and just wanted to write it down, and suddenly said: "It seems that the two brothers are asking a high price. Why don't we follow the way of cooperation in "Silence of the Lambs", Fox pays the money, and they help with public relations?"

"Fox's unwillingness to buy Miramax doesn't mean that other film companies are not interested. If they find an owner in more than a year, do you think they will still operate the Oscar-winning film for Fox?" Maybe you will become rivals at some point."

"It seems like this is the only way," Elizabeth wrote down the plan, and suddenly said: "The World War II film that Firefly is making should also hit the Oscars, that Katherine Bigelow?"

"The film will be released next summer, and Katherine is a woman, so the chances of winning the best picture and best director are not high this time. We will fight for the best actor then, your side, Mel Gibson at the same time. As the director and the male lead, you can't take both the golden statues, so you can focus on the best director at that time."

Elizabeth remembered some of the ridicule she received in the media after "Silence of the Lambs" won the best picture, and understood that what Eric said was the truth, said: "But Mel Gibson is not a well-known director, he should be more Is it suitable to fight for the best actor?"

Eric nodded earnestly: "At that time, everyone will have their own abilities. No woman has ever won the best director at the Oscars, so there is a little public opinion hype. Maybe Katherine can be pushed up, "Saving Private Rui" A movie with a main theme like "En" has a very high probability of winning the best picture. Well, there is Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson is much more handsome than Tom, and under normal circumstances, handsome people are not easy to win. to Oscar."

"Okay, okay. We're not competing for Best Actor," Elizabeth quickly surrendered. Then he laughed: "If the academy knows that we are discussing dividing up the Oscar awards in two years' time, will they not give us a single award at that time?"

Eric lowered his voice: "Well, it's very possible, so don't talk nonsense when you go out."

"Hey..." Elizabeth smirked twice: "Hey, is there anything else?"

"That's all for now. I'll tell you when I think of it."

Elizabeth was about to close the notepad, and said, "How about you help to watch the movie when the film is finally cut?"

"That's too much. I'm the boss of Firefly Pictures. Is it appropriate to run your company as an editor?"

Disappointed, Elizabeth stuffed the notepad into her bag and said, "Don't think I don't know your mind."

"Oh, tell me?"

"Mr. Williams, can you tell me why you suggested me to work at Fox in the first place?"

Eric snorted: "Can you still go to Warner as a vice president?"

Elizabeth ignored Eric changing the subject. Said: "You want me to take my father's class, and then use me to expand your influence in Hollywood. Your ambition, Drew, that dead girl didn't come out at the beginning, hum, I will follow your wishes, but I Let's see. How will you unify Hollywood in the future."

Eric didn't have the embarrassment of being broken at all. He leaned back on the chair with his coffee cup in his hands, and said leisurely, "I promise you will see that day."

"Then I'll wait," Elizabeth said, picking up her bag and standing up.

Eric got up and asked, "Aren't you going to rush back to Los Angeles now?"

Elizabeth asked curiously, "Why should I go back to Los Angeles?"

"Where are you going then?"

"Of course I'm going home," Elizabeth gave Eric a roll of eyes: "When I was fourteen. Dad moved our family to Manhattan. Do you think our family is still in Australia?"

Eric really forgot about these: "Then I will send you, is your old man still in Los Angeles?"

Elizabeth said: "He went to the UK, it seems to be about Sky TV, I went home to see my mother."

After sending Elizabeth away, Eric went back to the study and just wanted to call Sophie, when he suddenly realized that Rose de France had recently entered the crew of "Roses of Pride", but Eric had no contact with the crew. way, can only temporarily let go of this matter.

There was nothing left or right, Eric took the TV drama plan document passed over from Los Angeles and read it.

It took more than two hours to read all the dozens of plans. Eric did not find any American dramas that appeared in his memory, but Eric still wrote on several seemingly good projects. My own suggestion is to let the TV drama department decide whether to shoot or not. Anyway, the cost of TV dramas is much lower than that of movies, and according to the normal process, a TV drama often only shoots a pilot to test the effect first, so it will not fail if it fails. bring too much loss.

After reading these documents, he was about to put away all the documents when Eric suddenly found the document that Elizabeth had just flipped through.

Eric took the document and opened it at will. Although he no longer had any expectations in his heart, Eric's pupils shrank suddenly when he saw the name of the project planner.

Because on that column, a very familiar name was written: Michael Clayton.

The original author of the famous "Jurassic Park" in time and space, but Eric wrote "Jurassic Park" a few years in advance. Although Michael Crichton is still a good screenwriter in Hollywood, he is not. As dazzling as the original time and space.

Looking at the TV series project planning book in his hand, although the content has not been opened yet, according to memory, Eric has almost guessed what this TV series will be.

"The Story of the Emergency Room", the most popular medical drama in the 1990s, because of the popularity of "Story of the Emergency Room", it even led "Grey's Anatomy" and "House" in the following ten years. The rise of a host of medical dramas such as The Doctor.

"Emergency Room Story" has not only been produced for more than ten seasons, but also won the popularity of George Clooney, who is known as the fifth Hollywood diamond king.

Eric flipped open the cover excitedly and glanced at the content of the TV series planning case. As expected, the content was exactly the "Emergency Room Story".

After simply flipping through the plan, Eric also calmed down from his excitement. What he has to consider now is how to win this project absolutely and safely. He just experienced the "Braveheart" a few months ago. Fight, Eric doesn't want to do it again.

For the TV network won in the future, the value of "The Story of the Emergency Room" is definitely not weaker than that of "Friends", and this TV series also has a very big advantage, that is, "The Story of the Emergency Room" has many protagonists. It can even be said that there is no protagonist, which means that "The Story of the Emergency Room" can continue to be filmed as long as the ratings are good. There is no problem with whoever leaves if there are many starring roles, as long as there is another one.

Thinking of this, Eric picked up the phone and directly dialed Michael Lynn, who was far away in Los Angeles. The two chatted on the phone for a while, and Michael Lynn felt Eric's serious attitude and crashed. Said to follow up on this project personally.

However, remembering the last experience, Eric told Michael Lynn not to be too conspicuous. After thinking about it, Eric looked at the pile of project planning books and finally suggested that Michael Lynn choose a few of them. Let the copyright department come forward and take it down together, so as not to cause too many opportunities for people.

After repeated explanations, Eric hung up the phone with confidence. (To be continued.)

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