Chapter 531: Departure tide

Chapter 531: Departure tide

Firefly opened the "true lies" project in the process of acquiring Disney last year. The media has been paying attention to the progress of this matter, and with the preparation of the "true lies" project, the media also paid attention to this. The heroes who have been vacant in the project, such as Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, and Nicolas Cage, have all become rumored actor candidates. However, many people in the circle know that the flaming actor’s actor’s object It is Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is certainly aware of this. And both sides had a brief contact at the beginning of the year.

At that time, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s worth was 15 million U.S. dollars, and the other party did not mean to give in. So the convenience was temporarily dragged down. Schwarzenegger was not in a hurry because the box office of his previous films was Yes, Arnold did not consider the "last action hero" will be affected by Waterloo, but the other party obviously knows the gold content of the movie Eric personally selected, so it has not refused, it seems that it is just waiting for the firefly to actively compromise, after all, Fireflies compromised during the box office negotiations of Terminator 2.

Arno is not in a hurry, and the fireflies are certainly not in a hurry. No one knows more about the box office prospects of the movie "The Last Action Hero" than Eric.

Now that the "last action hero" was released at the first week of the box office, Eric could hardly imagine Schwarzenegger’s current mood.

I was planning to return an email to the production department of Firefly, and let the other party wait for another week to restart the negotiation with Arno. The phone in the room rang.

Eric picked up the phone and a familiar voice came from the microphone: "Hey, Eric. I am Jim."

Eric’s mouth smirked with a smile, and his heart was almost able to guess the intention of Cameron’s call. The two sides talked about "Jurassic Park", and after a while, Cameron was preparing for the "true lies", Cameron only talked about his intention to make this call: "Eric, "Last You must know the boxing action heroes?"

"Yeah. The first weekend of more than 16 million US dollars, this data is indeed a bit miserable, the failure of two consecutive blockbusters, I think the Germans will definitely calm down for a year or two, will not easily go to Hollywood to save money. And Michael May, I guess Frank Makasso and John Cali haven't taken their place yet. It is estimated that they will be replaced by Lyon Credit. Maybe MGM will enter the auction process again..."

Listening to Eric and continuing Parabara, Cameron had to cough twice and interrupted Eric’s words: “Eric, we can talk about these things. I mean, “true lies” "The actor, you said that, you hope that Arnold can play."

Eric’s mouth is still laughing, but the tone is full of embarrassment: “Jim, you were there when you were chatting. You know that I was not too optimistic about the project of “The Last Action Hero”, when Arnold’s The pay is too high. So I want to wait for the movie to be released and then talk to Arnold. I didn’t think of a movie with more than 80 million US dollars. The first weekend is only $16 million. The production cost of Jurassic Park is only $75 million. According to this trend, the final box office of "The Last Action Hero" is estimated to be only about $50 million. If the film is only a minor failure, I will not worry too much. But Arnold’s fall is too embarrassing. In this case, his next movie will definitely be seen by Hollywood. The risk is too great.”

Cameron over there, listening to Eric, said immediately: "Eric. Don't **** with me, don't think I don't know you. You guys are definitely smirking now, Arno can't reach you, I called the phone to me, I paid $3 million, you don’t want to use it, don’t think about cheating on me."

The three-million-dollar pay, compared to Arnold’s previous 15 million worth, is entirely at the big price of cabbage. But if this is the turn of Eric himself, it is estimated that he will do the same. Hollywood is very cruel. The total cost of the "Most Action Hero" production and distribution is more than 100 million US dollars. In the current situation, the parties involved in the investment and distribution are estimated to recover only about 50 million US dollars of investment, although there is no Two years ago, "cutting the throat" was so fierce, but this level of loss is enough to bring a Hollywood superstar into the dust. In the original time, Kevin Costner was because of the "future water world". Hollywood's popular box office superstar slid all the way, and finally only fell to the role of Superman Dad.

Therefore, for the current Arnold, it is very cost-effective to have a big bargain on cabbage prices and have the opportunity to re-enter the ranks of superstars again. If you do not seize this opportunity, it is estimated that no one will find him in the next one or two years.

Eric is thinking, the phone rang the sound of Cameron's urging, Eric has to say: "Use, of course, I use it, Jim, this time, even on your face, three million Just three million..."

"Don't, I'm just a spokesperson, you don't have to look at my face."

"Amount, okay, Jim, but you know, fireflies are my own personal industry. It's not like the wealthy German consortium. It costs more than one or two million hairs like roots, so you have a little fun this time. ”

Cameron immediately smiled heartily: "This is of course no problem, Eric, you still don't know me, I will spend every penny on the movie."

Eric’s belly was because he knew it too well.

The two unscrupulous black guys rushed to each other and hang up the phone.

Eric is about to go back to the desk to continue reading the mail, and the phone that just dropped is ringing again.

Although London is already at night, but Los Angeles is still working in the afternoon, Eric is also surprised, picked up the phone again. This time it was Stan Winston, who was anxious in his tone. Eric listened to Stan Winston’s words and thought about it. He said, “Stan, send me a copy of the information. Let me see if I need it, tomorrow morning. Go back as soon as possible."

What did you say over there, Eric hung up the phone.

The call did not ring again, half an hour later. Eric received an email from the digital domain.

Opened for a while, Eric’s brows wrinkled again.

Once again, the digital field has seen a wave of departures.

Last time, when the "Tornado" was released last year, because of the huge box office prospects of special effects movies, several major movie companies in Hollywood began to increase their investment in film special effects, and they set up their own special effects departments, and at the same time because of market demand. There are also a lot of small special effects companies in Hollywood, or special effects studios.

However, because Hollywood still had some underestimation of the commercial prospects of special effects movies last year, it did not cost too much to dig the corners of the digital field. The digital domain is not affected much. But this year is different. The record-breaking box office in the first week of Jurassic Park has greatly stimulated several other major Hollywood studios. In order to catch up with this trend, this time the focus on the digital field can only be described at no cost, not only the computer special effects in the digital field, but also the software research team led by Ed Carmore. The big impact, Eric left Los Angeles this week, received more than 120 applications for resignation in the digital field. At the beginning, Stan Winston thought it was the reappearance of the situation last year. It was not too focused on it and was completely disposed of according to the processing experience of last year. However, more and more applications for separation have been received in these two days, and Stan Winston has no way to calm down.

After reading the letters, Eric had some anxiety in his mind. He called the assistant to help him arrange the plane for tomorrow morning, and he silently thought about how to deal with the crisis.

Obviously, the proportion of special effects movies in Hollywood movies is getting higher and higher. It can be imagined to take the scale of the digital field. Even if it doubles again, it is impossible to completely package all the firefly's movie special effects projects. Not to mention Hollywood's broader special effects film market, since it can't stop the trend of special effects industry expansion, you can only choose the one that is most beneficial to you.

In the process of setting up the digital field, Eric considered it. He just didn't think that the original plan was implemented more than three years earlier than he expected.

The details of these things were repeatedly pondered in my heart. Unconsciously, all night, when Eric reacted, the window was already lit.

Look at the time, it is only five o'clock in the morning.

Anyway, there was enough rest time on the plane. Eric didn’t know what to do. After washing, he went out of the hotel room alone and went to the restaurant for breakfast. Because the plane would leave at 8:00 London time, there is nothing to do. Eric opened the newspaper today.

“The young Hollywood tycoon fell in love with the British aristocrats and the two sides visited the Thames intimately.”

In the "World News", a clear photo was published on the front page. The photo was taken when Eric took the umbrella for Caroline yesterday afternoon, and the paparazzi was quite clever, just two people watching. moment. Eric can vaguely think about it. At that time, Caroline should be thanking himself. However, the newspaper has characterized this situation as two people's feelings.

Reluctantly smiled, Eric suddenly remembered that "World News" is also a newspaper of the News Corporation, and it is also the fuse of the famous 'tapping door' in the original time and space.

Aside from this incident, Eric suddenly remembered that he had already made an appointment with Caroline to continue to visit London today, and now he can no longer continue. Eric originally thought that the staff of the branch would explain the girl to the girl afterwards, but there was nothing to do at the moment, and the place where Caroline lived was not too far from here. Eric decided to go personally. trip.

The hotel lobby manager asked for a car, and Eric directed the driver to drive to Caroline’s residence.

A few minutes later, the car parked at the door of the Caroline crew's apartment. Eric just got off the bus and felt the flashing lights nearby. Unexpectedly, I realized that there are also paparazzi guards here.

Eric was about to walk into the apartment without thinking, only to remember that he did not know which floor Caroline lived on. Looking at the paparazzi who was not far from the probe, Eric thought about it and went over.

Which paparazzi saw Eric coming to himself, without any horror, and greeted Eric with a smile.

"Mr. Williams, have you come to pick up Miss Wilson so early?"

Eric did not answer, but asked: "Which newspaper are you?"

"World News," the paparazzi did not hide, added another sentence: "But if there is any explosive news, of course, which bid is sold to which one."

Eric smiled and asked, "Do you know which room Caroline lives in?"

"Room 203, second floor," the paparazzi blurted out without hesitation.

Eric sighed and turned and walked toward the apartment again. At the moment Eric entered the door, he heard a few slight snoring again.

It was still early, and on the second floor along some old stairs, Eric did not touch anyone.

Coming to the door of 203, Eric tapped the door gently, did not respond, and knocked a few times before it sounded a lazy female voice: "It is only seven o'clock, who is it?"

Eric heard that the girl's voice was not Caroline, some accidents, but still said: "Hello, Miss, I am Eric Williams, there are some things to find Miss Wilson, can you open the door?"

There was a slightly astonished whisper, and Eric estimated that the other person was observing himself through the cat's eye and did not dodge.

Then the door was opened.

A girl in pale blue pajamas appeared in front of him.

Eric saw the girl's appearance, and her face suddenly showed a surprised look.

The world is so small.

"You... hello, Mr. Williams, please come in," the girl did not notice the surprise on Eric's face, but instead let him into the room in a panic, and said: "Mr. Williams You sit down, I am going to call Caroline to get up, she, she hasn't got up yet."

"Thank you," Eric nodded and sat down on the couch: "So, I don't know your name yet?"

"I, my name is Rachel Vichy, Mr. Williams, you can call me Rachel."

Eric smiled at the girl's somewhat flustered look and nodded, "Hello, Rachel, you can call me Eric."

"That, of course, yes," Rachel said, smiling at Eric and drilling directly into the other room. (To be continued)