After hanging up the phone, Eric left the balcony and walked back to the office. Nicole, who had just sat quietly on the sofa and flirted with magazines, looked up curiously.

This is Eric's personal office in Firefly Cinema. Because he rarely works here, the arrangement of the office is also very simple, with a set of office desks and chairs, a set of sofas, and opposite the desk is a row of bookshelfs with many information documents.

Seeing Eric sit down, Nicole poured Eric a cup of coffee in front of him, and asked, "I really want to hear TG's name. Did they call it?"

"It's Rupert Murdoch," Eric shook his head.

In addition to confirming the sale of TG from Eric, Murdoch also hopes that after Fox completes the acquisition, he can switch the original rights and interests of Fox and Firefly in TG, that is, Fox takes back the North American distribution and peripheral development rights of TG movies, and at the same time hand over the overseas distribution rights they originally had to Firefly.

Eric also knew what Murdoch was doing. Although he gave up 15% of TG's interests, he could keep the film company in touch with him. This is undoubtedly the most beneficial solution for Fox. As long as Eric agrees to this condition, Fox is willing to bid 80 million US dollars to "redemption" TG's distribution rights in Firefly's hands and pay another 120 million US dollars to the other three women for the acquisition of TG.

With Eric not intervening at all, TG's most profitable movie is Jin Carrey's comedy. With the frequency of one movie a year after another in the following years, from Jin Carrey's accumulation of the previous movies, it is not a problem for the three movies to obtain a total profit of 300 million US dollars. The total price of 200 million US dollars offered by Fox is also reasonable. After all, Eric got 80 million US dollars to invest in movies, which can double in three years.

When Nicole heard Murdoch's name, she didn't ask any more questions. She took out a thick stack of scripts from her handbag and handed them to Eric: "This was what Pat gave to me yesterday. I think the other party should want you to see it?"

Eric took the script and saw the eye-catching title of "Mummy" on the cover and the logo of Universal Pictures, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Apart from the script, is there anything else to hand over to Universal?" Eric asked and let go of the script.

Nicole shook her head: "No more. But Patt investigated some information after receiving the script yesterday. The film was a remake of a Universal old film in 1932. Michael Eisner personally made the plan, and it seemed that it was intended to make a series of movies similar to "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Universal sold the remake rights to a single production company. It is now trying to take it back, as if they are still in contact with Spielberg, hoping that he can serve as director. Patt said that this is unlikely, but Spielberg should be able to serve as producer. The producer in charge of this project also said yesterday that if I could sign one more, they could make concessions on the pay."

Many scene patterns of Hollywood commercial films have long been finalized. Although the script in Eric's hand is somewhat different from that in memory, the overall conception and character settings of the plot are similar. I hurriedly reviewed the script. Eric looked up and asked, "What do you mean?"

Nicole put down the coffee cup in her hand and said seriously: "I used to play the noisy roles. I think the learned and talented librarian role in this script is quite interesting."

"Since that's the case, then take it," Eric put the script on the coffee table, thought for a while, and walked towards the desk.

Nicole looked at Eric's figure and said, "But this is a Universal movie. That, Michael Eisner..."

"Haha. I'm not that stingy. As long as you like it, it's enough. If you don't act, Universal will also go to find other actresses," Eric said, taking out a phone book from the drawer of his desk, quickly found a number, picked up the landline on the desktop and dialed in.

Nicole was a little surprised by Eric's actions and did not disturb him.

Eric picked up the microphone and waited for a while, the phone answered, and said, "I am Eric Williams, please pick up Mr. Eisner."

In an office at Burbank Global Headquarters, when he heard Eric telling his own door, he was surprised that Assistant Eisner even forgot to inform him in advance and directly transferred the phone to Michael Eisner's landline. After connecting, he realized something. He stood up and pushed open the door of Michael Eisner's office without knocking. However, he saw Michael Eisner saying something to the other end of the phone with a smile. When he saw the assistant suddenly breaking in, he was abnormally not angry, but just waved his hand to signal the other party to go out.

"Eric, I didn't expect you to call me. Is there anything wrong?" Michael Eisner drove away his assistant and leaned on the sofa and asked with a smile.

"I just saw the script of "Mummy", which is a good idea," Eric said casually: "However, I see that Universal should plan to develop a series. I don't know if you have a complete script for the entire series. The outline is OK, I want to see it."

Michael Eisner's fingers that were originally rubbing on the table paused for a moment, and soon said with a smile: "Of course it's okay, I've sent you this to you. By the way, where are you now?"

"Preavesta," Eric replied.

"Oh, the later stages of "Jurassic Park" should be almost completed, right? I didn't see the trailer for this movie in the Super Bowl, and everyone is very sorry."

Eric replied in a constant tone: "I will see it soon, and I believe many people will be shocked."

"Then I'll wait and see," Michael Eisner said with a smile: "Don't forget to send me an invitation during the preview."

"Okay, I'll find a reporter to take photos of you participating in the trial. This is a great opportunity to promote "Jurassic Park"," Eric joked half-truely.

Michael Eisner raised his eyebrows. If such a photo was really released, the relationship between the two would have been publicly 'extinguished': "Haha, I will cooperate with you then. If there is nothing else, should I have time to have dinner together?"

"No problem, then, goodbye." Eric said, and hung up the phone after hearing the other party's response.

Hearing the busy tone on the other side of the microphone, Michael Eisner did not put the microphone back, but held his hand and gently tapped the tabletop, frowned and thought about the purpose of Eric's call.

Want to confuse yourself with his "value" of the script "Mummy" and make the world more invested?

After thinking about it, Michael Eisner felt it was unlikely that the other party should not be able to use such low-level tricks. So what is the intention of the other party to make this call?

Although he couldn't figure it out for a moment, Michael Eisner quickly ordered his assistant to send Eric the outline of the series "Mummy" to Eric. He was not worried that Eric would copy the script of "Mummy". If this really happened, then Global could happily fight Fireflies with a lawsuit.

While Eric was calling, the curious Nicole had already pulled a chair and sat opposite Eric.

After Eric hung up the phone, Nicole asked curiously: "Hey. What do you want the script of "Mummy" to do?"

"I am very interested in the special effects of "Mummy" and want to let the digital field take over the special effects work of this movie," Eric did not hide it, but he could not explain it to Nicole too clearly. Specifically, he was very interested in the special effects of the second part of the original "Mummy". In the script just now, Eric had already seen clues about the reincarnation of the heroine Evelyn and the information of the undead army of Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of death.

In the original "Mummy 2", the army of undead summoned by the Scorpion King left a deep impression on Eric. Because of the high cost of labor in the West, it is basically impossible to achieve a real-life war scene within the budget of a movie in this era. The only way is to use computer CG special effects. If the outline of the Global script does not deviate from the original version, the special effects production of the sequel to "Mummy" will be a very good exercise opportunity for the development of large-scale war special effects in the digital field.

Although Eric has signaled that the digital field has begun to develop related technologies, there is no real film work for practical application training, no one knows what the specific effect will be, nor does he know which aspect to be developed and improved.

Large-scale war special effects are an important part of the development of special effects films in the future. Once we master this opportunity, the digital field will be technologically ahead of other film companies. Even if there is no scene of the undead army in the outline of the "Mummy" series sent by Universal. Eric plans to develop a related special effects film in the next two or three years to let the digital field "practice".

Nicole was not very interested in topics such as special effects, and her slender fingers bounced on the script a few times. She looked at Eric and said, "If you really don't have any objections, I'll let Pat negotiate a contract with Global?"

Eric looked at the thick script that Nicole pressed under her arm and suddenly thought of Michael Eisner since he sent the script to him through Nicole's hand, the reason should not be just to ask Nicole to ask if she would like to act. Thinking of the inside story of Joanna who suddenly quit acting half a year ago, Eric took the script over again, pulled out a pencil from the pen holder next to him, knocked on the table and thought for a while, and finally wrote a 5% number on the cover, and handed the script to Nicole.

Nicole tilted her head and looked at the numbers above and asked, "What is this?"

"Your personal pay should be $10 million now. I owed Michael Eisner a favor last year, and now I just happened to pay him back. Let Pat help you talk about omni-channel share according to the bottom line of 5%. Although giving up the fixed pay will make your time to recover your pay, you will definitely get more than $10 million. If you give up the pay and get the share, it can be considered a disguised increase Global's confidence in this project."

"Ha, you use my film appointment to make a favor, and don't ask if they are willing or not. Who knows if this movie can make 200 million," Nicole rolled her eyes, and the corner of her mouth was still picking.

Eric felt the girl's anger and asked with a considerate smile: "Will you?"

Nicole is not short of money now. She can get more rewards and make Eric remember himself a good point. It is also a good choice. After pretending to think for a while, she said 'reluctantly': "Okay, I promise you, but with Jack Nicholson's matter in front, do you think Universal will easily agree?"

Jack Nicholson's pay in "Batman" is a topic that many celebrities in the entertainment industry talk about, and many people dream of such a chance to make a fortune. Eric said: "If Universal does not agree, then you can just get a $10 million salary directly, and you will not lose anything."

Nicole pointed his chin thoughtfully, reached out to snatch the pencil from Eric's hand, and directly added a number one to the 5% number on the cover, which turned into 15%, and then said to Eric: "Then I asked Pat to start talking from 15%, and maybe I can talk about more than 10% in the end. Although this movie is a big investment, even if the subsequent release fee is included, the total investment will not exceed 100 million US dollars. If I only get 5% of this 10 million yuan salary, it would be a loss."

Computer special effects movies have just emerged in North America and the global market for a few years. It is the time for the strong market demand. The script of "Mummy" is also very good. As long as the main creators do not mess around and maintain the original version in Eric's memory, it is not a problem to earn more than 300 million US dollars in box office worldwide. A rough estimate is that if you invest 60 million, promote 20 million US dollars, and rely on box office to completely recover the cost. The subsequent video tapes and surrounding areas will make more profits. In the two-year omni-channel distribution cycle, profits exceeding 20 million US dollars are not a problem. If Nicole can really divide the omni-channel share to more than 10%, she might become the first female star to step into a 20 million yuan pay club.

Thinking of this, Eric couldn't help but give Nicole a thumbs up and smiled, "It's cruel enough, it's really the most toxic woman's heart."

"Bah, don't say that to me." Nicole gently tweeted Eric's hand and put the script into his bag. Then he asked with a curved corner of his eyes: "It's almost noon. Is it okay for us to have lunch on Venice Beach? Are there several good restaurants there?"

"Will you not be watched?" Eric asked with a smile. "Mr. Smith" is still being released sporadically, and some overseas markets are in full swing. Nicole is at its peak. Now her every move is closely watched by paparazzi. Although it is unlikely that paparazzi will enter the cinema, as long as the two go out, they will definitely be watched.

"I asked the assistant to drive the car away first and lure some people away. You find an ordinary car and we can sneak out. It should be fine. Even if it is discovered, I don't have a boyfriend and you don't have a formal girlfriend. What can they say?" Nicole said, his eyes resentful: "Or, are you unwilling to show up with me?"

"Stop, this look is too lethal, I surrender!"
Chapter completed!