I’m in Hollywood

Underworld is a project that Eric personally finalized. Although the budget is only 20 million US dollars, it is considered a low-cost production by now, but he has been following it up in person. In addition to providing a lot of classic lens designs of Underworld based on memory, in order to ensure the shooting style and action style of the film, Eric also brought Baige Wu as the producer.

The film started shooting in September last year and is now more than half completed. Eric just watched the demo last week, although the heroine has been replaced by Natasha Henstridge, and the director is no longer Len Wiseman. , but under the double control of Eric and Baige Wu, the quality of the new version of Underworld is definitely better than the original.

In all fairness, according to the release plan of the new line, it is obviously more secure to release this movie in the summer. However, after hesitating for a few seconds, Eric made a decision.

If you want to promote 3d and imax movies, you can't do it without taking some risks.

Although it's a night scene, as long as you pay attention to the brightness during the conversion process, this film is really suitable for making a 3D film, Eric said while thinking: I'll talk to Kenneth later, this piece I will take charge of the matter myself. In addition, I remember that there is also a Return to the Cretaceous on imax, which can also be used to fill the film source vacancy. I will see if there are other suitable films, and then pick another one, so that Sure enough.

After talking about these things, the breakfast was almost the same. Katzenberg left the restaurant first, and Eric waited for Julia to finish his food slowly before saying: You didn't make an appointment with the Never Compromise crew. Can you read the script, and let me send you there?

Julia also knew that it was impossible to pester a man all day. She came over to hug Eric intimately, and then took the initiative to leave.

After personally putting Julia in the car, Eric returned to the headquarters building.

In the morning, the company will hold the annual film business summary and recall. Eric came to the large conference room of the headquarters, and the senior management of the group have basically arrived.

Eric sat down at the conference table, and the secretary of the conference room began to distribute materials to everyone.

As the conference materials were distributed one by one, whispering voices involuntarily rang out in the conference room.

Eric opened the folder in front of him and looked at the brilliant box office list in his hand. Although everyone must have obtained relevant statistics before this, he still understands everyone's mood at this time.

Movies such as Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace are still in theaters at the end of the year, so the box office charts on the data are only counted until December 31 last year.

Glancing at the box office ranking data in his hand again, Eric couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

The top ten films on the North American domestic box office charts in 1998 are roughly as follows:

1. Charlie's Angels 3, $322 million, mgm.

2. Midnight Bell, $286 million, nl.

3. Mission Impossible 3, $266 million, mgm.

4. The Day After Tomorrow, $253 million, bv.

5. The Matrix 2, $238 million, ab.

6. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, $218 million, fox.

7. Teddy Bear, $212 million, nl.

8. The Scorpion King, $193 million, uni.

9. Ace Power 2, $186 million, fox.

10. The Truman World, $125 million, par.

It is not difficult to see from this list that although the top ten films in the box office list are directly from Firefly Group, only The Day After Tomorrow by Bowei Distribution Company (bv) and Midnight by New Line Pictures (nl) are directly from Firefly Group. Bell and Teddy Bear,

But it is clear that seven of the ten films are from several major distribution labels such as BV (bv), New Line (nl), MGM (mgm), and Fox (fox) of the Firefly system, even if it is The Matrix 2 by Amberlin Pictures (ab) is also inextricably linked with the Firefly system. The Scorpion King and The Truman World, which barely squeezed into the list, can only be ranked in the list. position at the end of the list.

Eric understands that the mood of everyone in the conference room will be a bit complicated at this time. After all, most of these films, as long as Eric is willing, should be directly from the Firefly Group at this time. In this case, the Firefly Group can even create The miracle that MGM during the golden age of all-time victories failed to create.

However, in Eric's personal position, he is very satisfied with this list.

After all, if all the films such as Charlie's Angels 3 and The Matrix 2 are kept in Firefly, given the limited distribution capacity of Firefly Group, it is not to say whether these films can continue to play their original box office potential, even if they do get With a box office close to the one in front of us, the Firefly Group will also become very dazzling on this list.

Now, this series of films is scattered under different labels. Although the discerning person can see which films are related to Firefly at a glance, it also gives a fig leaf to many people who are not willing to face the reality. .

Recently, there have been signs of a firefly system in Hollywood. It is conceivable that without this layer of fig leaf, the situation will definitely be more tense.

However, thinking about this year's release plan, Eric couldn't help but have a little headache.

Compared with the relative silence last year, there are five blockbusters that Firefly Group Bowei will directly release this year, namely Enemy of the People in the Easter period, Iron Man and Cars in the summer period, and the end of the year. Gravity and The Lord of the Rings, it is not difficult to imagine that these five films definitely have the potential to squeeze into the top ten of the annual box office chart.

Moreover, starting from next year, the Firefly Group's average next year's blockbuster release scale will definitely be only a lot more. Counting MGM, Fox, and Columbia, the entire Firefly system is likely to put all the top ten in the box office rankings. Occupied, that kind of situation, although the blood is boiling, it will also bring more pressure to the entire Firefly system.

However, it is impossible for Eric to stop the pace of expansion just because of these considerations.

The meeting started soon, but because of these things in his mind, Eric was a little absent-minded throughout the process.

The meeting was held all morning, and we had lunch with everyone at noon. We arrived at Firefly Studios in Playa Vista just after two o'clock in the afternoon.

The later stages of Gravity have been a long and intense production process, and as long as he is in Los Angeles, Eric spends a good part of the week on the film.

Today, there happened to be a scene of the heroine that needs to be re-dubbed. Eric rushed to Firefly Studios, and Judy and his little assistant were already waiting in the post-production studio.

After the film was completed, although she had met a few times, Judy's attitude towards Eric was obviously a little struggling. She was a very independent woman and did not want to be one of Eric's many lovers, but , The charm that this little man exudes also makes Judy a little hard to resist. Therefore, Judy's attitude towards Eric also seemed a little indifferent.

Because it was only a few scenes, the dubbing time was not long. After half an hour, Judy ended her work.

Seeing the woman packing up and planning to leave, Eric insisted: Otherwise, go to my office and sit, you must have nothing to do in the afternoon, right?

Judy hesitated, but nodded.

The two left the center of gravity in the later stage together, came to the administrative building where Eric's office was located, and walked into the office. Eric found Judy's nervous look, and deliberately pulled his little assistant in, and couldn't help but laugh. .

He took out his wallet from his pocket and flipped through it, and found that there was no banknotes, Eric looked at Judy, stretched out his hand and said, Give me your wallet.

Judy took a small step back subconsciously. Hearing that Eric just wanted his wallet, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes at him: You actually want my wallet, you are Eric Williams.

Having said that, Judy took the wallet out of her handbag and handed it to Eric.

Eric opened Judy's wallet, took out a one-dollar bill from it, and handed it to the little assistant behind Judy who was trying to pretend that he was not a light bulb: Hey, go out and buy some candy, you don't have to stay here anymore. with us.

Seeing his little assistant's head being sent out by Eric, Judy finally reacted and couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Eric, grabbed his wallet, and said, You guy , I thought you were going to do something.

Eric went to the coffee machine himself to give them coffee, and said with a smile, Yeah, I definitely did what you thought I was going to do, so I asked your assistant to follow up, right?

Judy didn't answer Eric's words, but couldn't help blushing. Seeing that Eric was busy with his back to him, he relaxed a little and tried to keep himself calm as he walked to the sofa in the reception area of ​​the office and sat down. , looking downstairs lazily through the glass window behind the sofa, the view here is very good, you can see the studio area in front and the savvy commercial loft in the digital field. Thinking about it, the view from his residence seems to be very good. , especially the shell villa in the sharp corner manor, so I suddenly had some thoughts of wanting to see it.

However, just as her thoughts were wandering, Judy heard a faint voice beside her: How good it is now, the two of us can finally be alone together.

Judy inexplicably felt that this sentence was very strange from the tone to the content, and even couldn't help but shuddered, turned around and saw Eric standing next to the coffee table with a smirk, and then realized When he was tricked, he finally couldn't help it, and lifted his foot and gently kicked Eric's calf.

Eric smiled and put the coffee on the coffee table, grabbed the woman's ankle nimbly, sat down on the sofa, put the woman's legs on his knees, and took off a black high-heeled shoe from her feet, He smiled and said, You are wearing high heels today. Did you wear them on purpose for me to see?

The two calves were hugged by Eric, Judy leaned slightly on the sofa, feeling a little weak all over, hearing the man's words, she rolled her eyes gently: Eric, I suddenly found out, You are such an arrogant guy.

No, there is something wrong with your description. A man's self-confidence far exceeds his personal ability. That's called arrogance. I feel that I have always been a very humble person.

Eric said, and took off Judy's other high-heeled shoes. Although the woman was wearing high-heeled shoes, it was still a pair of men's jeans. The trouser legs were a bit wide, but it was just enough for Eric to reach out and drill through the gap. go in.

Feeling that the calf was directly caught by the man, Judy's body became a little softer, and she had no strength to break away at all, and maybe she didn't have the idea to break away, gropingly grabbed a pillow and hugged it in front of her chest, feeling a little self-sacrificing ' He let the man do what he did, and then pretended to be dissatisfied and whispered: Eric, you bastard.

Don't, praise me later, I don't feel it right now.

Pooh!

He opened his eyes in a daze, and found that the light in the room was a little dim. Thinking of the afternoon, Judy secretly regretted it. It was absurd, and he let the little man succeed so easily.

Moreover, the office is next to the bedroom. Hmph, this bad guy must have done a lot of bad things on weekdays.

Thinking that other women might have been lying on the bed under her, Judy felt very uncomfortable even though she had no cleanliness.

So he huddled in the duvet and turned around, and stretched out his little hand to grope for a while, and found that there was no one on the other side of the big bed, not even the sheets had any residual warmth, which means that the guy must have left long ago. I was left here alone, and I couldn't help but have some small resentments.

What is the situation now? Maybe, I should stay away from that guy in the future. At least, at least, I can't let him always succeed so easily.

Thinking so chaotically in my heart, the bedroom door was pushed open, Judy's body froze, but she didn't pretend to be asleep, the lights in the bedroom were turned on, Judy turned around, leaned on the pillow brightly and looked sideways. The man who walked in had a simple white shirt, straight trousers, and that angular face.

Realizing that her feelings for the man in front of her became more and more obvious, Judy suddenly felt a little apprehensive.

What happened to yourself?

Eric came to the bed, noticed the woman's twinkling eyes, helped her brush the long hair on her cheek, and said with a smile, what's the matter?

No, Judy shook her head and said, Now, what time is it?

It's six o'clock, and I've made a reservation at a restaurant in Venice Beach for dinner.

Judy hesitated a little: Next door, isn't there a restaurant on the boat, will you be discovered when you eat outside?

You can't eat on the boat all the time, Eric said with a smile. Also, it's okay to be discovered. Everyone must think that I'm your good buddy... Ah, take it easy, it hurts.

Begging for mercy to avoid the little hand that the woman pinched on his waist, Eric reached out and rubbed it, Okay, do you want me to help you get dressed?

Judy immediately shook her head: You go out first!

Eric didn't force it, got up and walked out, saying, You can take another shower, I'll wait for you outside.

Judy watched as the bedroom door was closed, and after a while, she got up and started getting dressed.