Chapter 252 Black Pot
After Li Zimmerman took a shower and changed her clothes in the bathroom, Eric had just finished reading a pair of newspapers and looked at the girl who was a little overwhelmed. Eric said, "Li, can you go downstairs to help me and Jeffrey pack two breakfasts? Anything is OK."
"Oh, well," Li Zimmerman nodded quickly, picked up his bag and walked out of the room, and breathed a sigh of relief. At least, Eric did not speak directly and let her go.
"Do you still seem to be reluctant to leave?" Jeffrey asked teasingly.
Eric didn't care about Jeffrey's tone at all and smiled, "Of course, the experience last night was wonderful."
"Okay, hurry up and talk about the serious business. What do you think of these reports?" Jeffrey pointed helplessly at Eric and brought a bunch of newspapers.
Eric also put away his cynical expression and said, "If I didn't ask you to do this yesterday, then today we will be completely in a passive situation, because ordinary people will always have preconceived ideas, and it will be very difficult for us to defend ourselves in the future. It's not bad now, at least, the water is mixed up by us, and public opinion will not attack us one by one, so as long as you do various public relations well, there will be no big problems. By the way, I called Robert last night and he would fly over to help in the morning. He must have more experience in this regard than you."
"Well, I'm actually trying to tell you about this, but I think you might..."
Eric smiled: "Maybe something, you can't say, I always treat Robert as an outsider, right?"
"Isn't that the case?"
Eric denied: "Of course not. Although I do mind the 15% stake he took, but since the two companies have merged, I will definitely treat him as my own. As long as Robert doesn't provoke an infight first, I will never do this first."
Jeffrey, who was already quite familiar with Eric, rarely gave Eric a look of contempt: "Your words are really unconvincing."
"No, I'm telling the truth," Eric retorted, "Jeffrey. My goal is much larger than you think. If you start to argue with people in terms of interests now, it will be difficult for me to move forward."
"What is your... goal?"
"Hollywood!"
Jeffrey was stunned, but didn't understand, and asked, "What?"
"Hollywood," Eric repeated, with a young and frivolous tone in his tone, saying, "I'm going to think of the first thing people think of when they mention the word 'd' when they say it. It's not Los Angeles, not several major film companies, nor any movie stars remembered on the Avenue of Stars, but me, Eric Williams. Hollywood is me, I am Hollywood!"
Eric's heartfelt words sounded very contagious. Jeffrey stared at the eyes and wanted to say a few words to hit Eric. He opened his mouth, but turned into a blessing: "Then, I hope you can succeed."
"It will definitely be." Eric nodded solemnly: "So, Jeffrey, you think. My goal is so far and the road is so long. Will I stop and fight with a companion who might help me get a little faster for a few sips of dry food?"
Jeffrey smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I understand."
The two of them briefly discussed the countermeasures, and Li Zimmerman knocked in with a few breakfasts and walked in.
"I think I'd better go back to my room to eat," Geoffrey said unbearably as he looked at the pair of men and women leaning against each other on the sofa opposite. After saying that, Jeffrey picked up his portion and walked out without waiting for Eric to speak.
"Don't worry about him. Let's continue eating," Eric said when he saw the girl's expression.
"I won't disturb you anymore, right?"
"Of course not, everything has been said. By the way, you said last night that besides the models, you are also performing stage plays on Broadway?"
Li Zimmerman nodded: "Yeah, I like acting very much. By the way, Eric, I'll have a show on Broadway next month. Will you come back and see it?"
Although the girl looked at Eric with a very expectant look, he could only shake his head: "Sorry, Li, after "The Little Little Owner" was closed, I must rush back to Los Angeles immediately."
Li Zimmermann said in disappointment, lowered his head and fiddled with the salad in front of him. Although he wanted to take the initiative to seek some opportunities, the girl who knew the rules of the industry knew that if she asked Eric for something, she might only get a blank check.
So this kind of thing can only be said by Eric. If the other party doesn't mention it from beginning to end, she can't complain, just think it's an ordinary night stand.
After all, Li Zimmerman also heard that Eric chose her, a newcomer who was not well-known among a bunch of supermodels. Whenever he remembered the roommate who was also a model in the elite model management company, he heard that he had received this role, and the girl was proud.
Because as a newcomer who has been in the industry for less than a year, when she heard that she had this opportunity, she didn't even want to come and fight for it, because she felt that she could not compete for the large group of supermodels, but her roommate encouraged her to submit her resume together, and she was selected for no reason.
However, at the same time, because of the jealousy caused by her good luck, she and her roommate quickly got married. After hearing the other party's sour sarcasm these days, she stopped talking to the other party and planned to move out as soon as possible. Compared to this opportunity, what is a friendship that is not so reliable, not to mention that the roommate did not wholeheartedly regard herself as a friend, and often used her posture to be used as a predecessor because she entered the industry earlier. To put it bluntly, the competition between models is so fierce that it is difficult to generate real friendship, except... lace丨娱.
Eric sniffed the faint perfume smell from the girl and ate breakfast before asking, "Do you want to move towards professional actors?"
Li Zimmerman was delighted and nodded quickly.
"Just, let me give you another chance," Eric said, "You should know Friends, right?"
"Of course I know, I also know that the sitcom was written by you personally, and I watch it every week." Maybe because I heard something familiar to me. The girl said excitedly: "I like the character Rose the most. I think he is the kind of stupid perfectionist, which is much better than her sister's obsessive-compulsive perfectionism. And Phoebe..."
The girl Brabra said a few words, and soon realized that something was wrong. She quickly closed her mouth and looked at Eric awkwardly.
Eric smiled and said, "Thank you for enjoying this TV series. It's like that. There is an episode in Friends, which is a new power outage in New York, and Chandler and a famous model were locked into the ATM hall of the bank. There is about the length of an episode, and I can recommend you to try it."
According to the original script, this episode should have happened in the seventh episode of the first season. And Chandler met a Victoria's Secret underwear model, but Victoria's Secret is not very famous yet, so Eric changed the identity of the girl to a famous model. The script has been modified, and the plot has also been postponed to episode 20, and it must have not been filmed yet.
Li Zimmerman couldn't help but confirm, "Really, Eric, do you think I... really do it?"
Eric nodded again. There will definitely be many similar characters in the movies or TV series he will prepare in the future. Instead of giving a cheaper unscrupulous casting assistant director to sneak into a young actress, it is better to use it as a favor by himself. Friends' current influence is much greater than the first season of his previous life. Therefore, being able to make a guest appearance in it is equivalent to being familiar with more than 20 million viewers across the United States, which is much better than shooting the covers of several magazines.
Of course, Eric can only give Li Zimmerman so much.
I guess I have shown my face twice in a popular TV series and a big-selling movie. It is easy for a girl to get some roles. Whether she can go further in the future depends on her own efforts and luck.
When Li Zimmerman saw Eric's affirmative look, he immediately rushed up and kissed him hard on the face.
"Okay. OK," Eric licked his face with a warm little tongue. He quickly pushed the girl away: "Stop making trouble, let me finish breakfast."
After dinner, Allen came to Eric's day schedule as usual. After Allen finished talking about the matter, Eric pointed to the girl beside him: "Allen, please contact Los Angeles. I remember that there is a model role in Episode 20 of "Friends", so I'll leave it to Miss Zimmerman."
Alan quickly wrote the matter on the memo, looked at the woman beside Eric, hesitated for a moment before saying, "Eric, did you tell Mr. John Aniston directly?"
Eric almost forgot about this. Apart from Eric, the most powerful person in the crew of "Friends" is John Aniston, who is the producer. If he pushes Li Zimmerman over, John Aniston will not only not let the girl get that role, but will definitely call him to scold him.
After thinking about it, Eric waved to let Alan come over and leaned into Alan's ear and said, "In this way, you say it was recommended by Jeffrey. He was single for so long and was a little old. It's not easy to pick up a girl. Let John worry more."
Alan twitched his lips and asked, "Eric, do you want to... know Mr. Hanson?"
"Don't worry, I'll tell him."
Allen thought it would be strange if you were willing to tell him such a big slap, but he just nodded helplessly, closed the memo and left in a hurry.
"Eric, I didn't expect you to be so bad," Li Zimmermann glared at Eric with a angrily glance. Although Eric leaned into Allen's ear, his voice was not so low that she couldn't hear it: "I'm just a guest star in an episode, and I won't be overestimating my ability to have a conflict with your little girlfriend."
Eric smiled: "If you don't say that, you won't even get the character."
Li Zimmerman asked inexplicably: "Why, wasn't Friends invested in your Firefly?"
"Yes, but the producer of Friends is my little girlfriend's dad."
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Although Eric's prior arrangements did not overthrow the "hard behavior" of "Home Imperial 2" crew destroying the ecological environment of Central Park, this incident still had a great impact. Although some rational people believed the views in the newspapers of Geoffrey's public relations, many people believed the views in other newspapers.
Therefore, in the next two days, the issue of whether the crew of "Home Imperial 2" should continue to lay artificial snow in Central Park for filming caused huge debate, and it even spread throughout the United States, forming a hot topic.
Eric asked Geoffrey to donate $500,000 to the Central Park Preservation Committee in advance to play a significant role. When the reporter interviewed the crew of "Home Imperial 2" who was chairman of the Preservation Committee, whether the filming of "Home Imperial 2" in Central Park had a significant impact on the environment, Mr. Frick said a lot of good things for the crew of "Home Imperial 2" and listed a series of measures taken by the crew one by one. He also said that the crew of "Home Imperial 2" is a very responsible crew.
Of course, the committee accepted the crew's donation of $500,000, and Tim Frick did not hide it, otherwise it would be even more troublesome to be caught by the media. But Tim Frick couldn't say that this was the crew's compensation for the damage caused by artificial snow to the park's vegetation, otherwise it would be equivalent to slapping himself in the face. Instead, the crew saw that some public facilities in Central Park were old, so they donated the money to replace the park with a batch of new public facilities.
Because the interview with Tim Flick was broadcast during prime time, many people saw this news, and coupled with a series of public relations from the crew of "Home Imperials 2", the form gradually became clear.
Finally, the Manhattan District Government issued a statement saying that it would send a supervision team to monitor whether the crew uses artificial snow according to the rules promised in advance during the shooting of Central Park. Moreover, the supervision team will also select several volunteers among citizens to ensure the fairness of the supervision team.
After the statement was issued, the crew of "Home Imperial" immediately issued a statement saying that they would not only cooperate with the supervision team, but also willing to bear the expenditure outside the Manhattan District Government budget.
The two sides showed goodwill, and News Corporation also secretly made efforts at this time, and the matter was finally properly resolved.
And the so-called environmental protection organization Gepo did not come to stop the crew from shooting again.
In late October, "Home Imperial 2" was successfully closed. In addition to rushing back to Los Angeles, in addition to the later stages of two movies, the release date of "Far Crying the Island" also came.
This is Firefly Thanksgiving - the first shot in Christmas. If you can get a good start, it will have a certain box office gain effect on the next few movies. Therefore, Eric also attaches great importance to this matter. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!