I’m in Hollywood

Going home in the evening, Olivia couldn't wait to ask about the result of Eric's negotiation with Robert Cromwell.

Caroline didn't stay tonight. Olivia was the type to go to bed early and get up early. After having dinner, watching TV with Eric for a while, she left and went upstairs to rest just after nine o'clock.

As usual, Eric didn't have any sleepiness, so he sent Olivia away and called the twins to his side.

Beside the glass curtain wall, looking at the beautiful and quiet girl sitting side by side on the sofa as always, like two lotus flowers, Eric couldn't help but think of all the things he had spent together over the years.

In the wave of immigration after the collapse of the Soviet Union, twins were brought to the United States almost like goods, and then bought by girls like slaves.

When I first learned about this, Eric always felt a little weird, and even wondered if the twins were Russian spies. The reputation of the KGB Swallow was too loud. For this reason, Eric secretly sent private detectives back to Russia more than once to investigate the two women. background.

The detailed reports given by five detective companies have proved that there is no problem with the identity of the twins, and Eric is relieved.

In the blink of an eye, six years have passed.

Thinking about it now, when two girls who had just turned 18 and couldn't even speak English well were brought to North America amid national turmoil, they couldn't see their future at all. The situation was probably like two chicks who had just broken out of their shells. bird.

At this time, a certain magical creature named girl appeared, and a pair of chicks followed ignorantly, identified their identity, and refused to leave again.

Beautiful girls are always pleasing to the eye, and they looked at the twins for a while with enjoyment before Eric said, So, have you been learning anything recently?

Over the years, the girl has been letting the two girls learn all kinds of skills, ranging from flying a plane to opening a safe. It seems that she really intends to train the twins to be omnipotent. Super female agent.

Maybe it's the simple life and the state of mind without distractions, and the speed at which the two girls learn new skills is staggering. This is why Eric suddenly had the idea of ​​letting the twins follow Robert as students at noon.

Instead of studying haphazardly, it is better to find a top-notch teacher to teach.

Although she didn't understand why Eric suddenly asked these questions, Natasha replied, Parachuting.

Eric couldn't help laughing and said, If you parachuted away while you were flying the plane, what should I do?

Natasha shook her head solemnly: No.

Okay, just kidding, Eric said, It's like this, you heard it during dinner, I'm going to hire someone to help Firefly create their own security company, that should be a very powerful person, but , He is sixty-seven years old this year, and it is impossible to work for Firefly for too long, so I want him to teach you, and you can just take over his work in the future.

The twins listened carefully, and when Eric finished speaking, Natasha said, What the master says, we will do it.

Eric made a gesture and said, This will have a great impact on your future. I think you should think about it first?

Natasha nodded: Okay.

So the scene was quiet for a moment.

After a few seconds, Eric waved his hand: Okay, you don't have to think about it, that's the decision.

Natasha nodded again: Yes.

That's it, I'll take you to see Robert tomorrow, he will definitely like students like you, Eric said, looking at his sister next to Natasha: Eve, go to rest first. , Nata and I still have things to talk about.

This kind of words that even children can't coax suddenly made the two girls' faces turn red together.

Even so, Eve obediently got up and left.

The patient Eve figure disappeared, and Eric said in a gentle tone to Natasha, who had his eyes down in front of him, Come.

I didn't have any expectations, but this time Natasha stood up and walked over, but instead of sitting down on his lap as Eric expected, she took the initiative to take his hand and walked upstairs. go.

However, I thought that Natasha would take herself to the master bedroom on the top floor, but when she went to the second floor, the girl turned with Eric to the door of another room.

This is where the sisters live in the villa.

Some charming thoughts just came up in her heart. Natasha opened the door, but just gently pushed Eric in. The girl pulled the door again from outside, without any intention of coming in.

A certain idea suddenly shattered.

In front of it is a suite of suites, outside a living room with a closed floor-to-ceiling window terrace, next to the bedroom.

The bedroom door was open at this time, Eric walked in, and immediately saw Eve standing in front of the bedroom wardrobe.

Eve obviously saw Eric walking in for the first time, and he was like a little beast trapped in a trap, holding a pajamas in his hands, and stood motionless in front of the cabinet with a red face.

Looking at Eve's appearance at this time, Eric had no choice but to point behind him and said, Your sister let me in.

Eve was silent for a moment, then gave a faint hum, put the pajamas in her hand back in the cupboard, walked to the big bed and sat down quietly, but did not dare to look up again.

Inexplicably, this situation feels a little familiar.

But something was clearly missing.

So go over.

He also closed the bedroom door and came to the girl's side.

He gently held the girl's face and looked at the charming red face with slightly closed eyelashes and trembling, and suddenly realized that there was a red hijab missing, or a whole set of bright red wedding dresses.

But of course it doesn't matter.

He bowed his head and kissed Eve's lips, feeling the girl's jerky pandering. After a while, Eric gently pushed the girl onto the bed.

Discovered later.

Compared to Natasha, Eve has the obedience that surprised Eric.

Obediently allow Eric to unbutton his clothes, obediently allow Eric to be peeled into a little white sheep, and obediently allow Eric to admire the perfect Dong body in the light.

So it was inevitable that she would get carried away, and she even wondered if she would spoil her sister more in the future.

So he didn't even care that those long legs were wrapped around his waist.

So tragedy happened again.

When the clicking sound like a fractured joint came along with the severe pain, Eric only had time to have a thought, and it really was a sister.

Then I thought it would be better if I fainted and slowed down.

And then really fainted.

sick.

Ask for leave.

Not working.

This time, the situation was even worse than the last time. In order to avoid being seen by the Hollywood natives who were open-minded again, the flaws became a joke, and they stayed at home for the next few days.

Iron Man has already been released, and the busy period of time has come to an end, and it just so happens that it can also be slightly trimmed. Although there are still too many things in the entire Firefly system that Eric needs to pay attention to, sometimes, too many things mean nothing. Do nothing for a few days and nothing will happen.

However, it was better not to stay at home after some regrets.

The next day, Olivia was obviously very distressed when she saw that Eric even walked a little unnaturally.

Although it was impossible for Eric to tell her what was going on, Olivia naturally made her own judgment. Then there is the soft words to persuade Eric to control everything, like a mother who carefully educates her adolescent son about sex, which is embarrassing to the point of embarrassment.

Unable to go out, he invited Robert Cromwell to the manor in person.

After some understanding, Robert was very satisfied with the twin students that Eric recommended for him, and the matter was settled immediately.

Because of the waist injury, I didn't participate in the Iron Man celebration party on Saturday. If it was someone else, it would be inappropriate to do so. But as a boss, I don't want to work and socialize, and naturally no one said anything. Is it possible that I dare to deduct the boss's salary?

However, Katzenberg and other high-level executives still called one after another. Olivia happened to be there, and Eric used it as an excuse.

Although Eric did not appear at the Iron Man celebration party, it did not affect the film's box office momentum in the slightest.

After breaking through 100 million at the box office in three days on the first weekend, after four days of release on weekdays, the box office of Iron Man finally reached a high of 135.75 million US dollars in the first week.

Then, into the second weekend.

Compared with the same period in the first week, the box office of Iron Man dropped by only 36% over the three weekends of the second week. It received another 62.11 million US dollars in three days, and the accumulated box office in ten days was 197.86 million US dollars. The billion dollar mark, but this box office data still makes the whole Hollywood look at it.

Affected by the strong impact of Iron Man, the box office performance of Paramount's West Point Reveal, which was poorly reviewed in the trial stage, was extremely dismal, with only $15.17 million in the first weekend and three days.

According to the word-of-mouth and opening data of the film, the final North American box office of West Point Reveal is likely to be only about 60 million US dollars. Moreover, as a very localized suspense drama, the performance of West Point Reveal in overseas markets is even more unsatisfactory. The film cost $95 million to make, and the global box office is likely to hit a similar level.

The box office performance was unsatisfactory, and various revenue in the later period will also shrink significantly. Paramount is destined to suffer huge losses in this project.

However, Paramount's doom apparently did not end there.

On May 17th, just after the new week, Firefly Group held a press conference and announced a news that shocked many people.

Due to the fact that Viacom's Blockbuster chain stores concealed the rental and sales data of video tapes and DVDs, Firefly Group decided to temporarily suspend the supply of videotapes and DVDs to Blockbuster chain stores until Blockbuster accepts Firefly Group's accounting review and compensates Only if it loses, Firefly Group will consider continuing to cooperate with it.

In fact, although the film industry system in North America is very complete, there are very strict regulations in both the cinema market and the home entertainment market. But because there are too many interests involved, the secret of box office and sales data has never stopped.

Therefore, this time, Firefly Group doesn't even need to make fake accounts. It only needs to ask the company's accounting department to conduct a strict audit of the sales data provided by Blockbuster, and easily find the loopholes.

Then everything just went right.

After the Firefly Group issued a statement, the three major film companies MGM, Fox and Columbia followed up at the same time, and together they announced the suspension of cooperation with the Blockbuster chain.

For a time, the entire Hollywood began to turmoil.

You should know that usually, even if there is a problem, for the sake of the bigger picture, the film company will only pursue accountability and compensation in a small area. This has never happened to a large chain of video tapes and DVDs.

Therefore, even a complete outsider can easily understand that the purpose of the Firefly Group is definitely more than the surface.

At the same time, Viacom naturally reacted immediately.

Redstone personally came forward and denounced the four major film companies Firefly, MGM, Fox and Columbia for disrupting the market order and a malicious monopoly. Viacom will not succumb to the Firefly system and will take legal measures to safeguard its own rights.

Firefly also immediately made a public counterattack on Redstone's remarks on the Yahoo portal.

Firefly System has not been involved in the terminal videotape DVD retail business, and has no direct interest competition relationship with Blockbuster. Therefore, Mr. Redstone's accusation of monopoly is completely nonsense. All of this is entirely Viacom's fault. What Blockbuster should do is to face up to its own serious problems, cooperate with Firefly's accounting review and make compensation.

The two sides started a war of words in the media, but the major film companies of the Firefly system did not hesitate at all. The home entertainment distribution divisions of each of them immediately cut off the supply of Blockbuster chain stores.

Then, the dispute quickly spread to the stock market.

A lot of news can never be considered a secret in the industry. The Firefly system suddenly targeted Viacom, and many people figured out the reason for the first time.

Considering the strong attitude of Eric Williams in the last online gossip incident, the industry generally has a bearish attitude towards Viacom.

So, although Blockbuster's market value of $3 billion is only one-twentieth of Viacom's recent market value of $70 billion, Viacom's stock price fell 11 in just one day. %, the market value fell from $73.1 billion at the opening to $65 billion, which is equivalent to evaporating two and a half Blockbusters.

At the same time, the stock prices of movie galleries and Hollywood video rental and sales chains, which are next to Blockbuster in the industry, have risen sharply.

Even the next day, the film gallery company seized the opportunity to publicly announce that it would raise $1 billion to add 1,000 stores across North America within a year.

Once the layout is completed, the number of chain stores owned by the film gallery will reach 2,500. Although there is still a big gap in terms of the number of more than 4,000 chain stores owned by Blockbuster at this time, the two parties have obviously reached the same scale and magnitude. . Moreover, compared to Blockbuster, which has been going downhill, movie galleries are doing much better.

As a result, affected by this good news and the decisive measures taken by Firefly System after the statement, the stock price of Film Gallery rose again by 17% the next day, with a market value of US$4.6 billion, even surpassing the industry's evaluation of Blockbuster chain stores. More than 50% of the valuation. The stock prices of other competitors in the same industry continued to rise at the same time, only Viacom's stock price did not stop the downward trend after the first day's sharp decline.