Barry Diller's tone was very plain, but Eric realized that the topic would not be destined to have any results if he continued to talk about it.

Although Eric felt a little regretful, it was more of a pity. With Barry Diller's talent, the TV shopping company with a size of less than 1 billion US dollars would definitely not be able to fully utilize its talents. What's more, Eric knew that in a few years, with the emergence of e-commerce, the way of TV shopping will be abandoned soon.

Barry Diller gave up this opportunity, and hopes are slim to return to Hollywood.

The purpose was not achieved, and Eric did not rush to leave. The two of them were chatting about other things casually. It was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that the mobile phone Eric carried with him rang.

After answering, Eric listened to the other side and quickly hung up the phone.

Eric did not avoid Barry Diller when answering the phone. Therefore, after he hung up, Barry Diller said, "Did Jeffrey call?"

Eric smiled and nodded. Barry Diller has received a lot of attention during this period. Although the dust settled in Paramount's acquisition, Barry Diller's attention did not disappear immediately. In just a few hours of meeting between the two, the news had already reached many people.

Although both sides knew that Jeffrey Carsonberg called to test Eric's intention to contact Barry Diller, Eric explained: "Jeffrey said that a company's movie had just been finalized and asked me if I wanted to watch the movie?"

"Then go to Burbank, the remaining time is enough to finish watching a video." Barry Diller said with a smile, and then added: "Jeffrey's personality is still a bit impatient, similar to Michael. Frank Wells, who has a very peaceful personality, just can complement him. You know, in the years Michael was in charge of Disney, Frank has always been a buffer between Michael and Disney managers. Whenever those managers are scolded by Michael, Frank will come forward to calm those people's emotions. I don't know much about Mr. Hanson. So if Jeffrey is the eO, I suggest you better let Frank continue to be Jeffrey's deputy."

Eric got up and put on his coat, reached out to hold Barry Diller and shook it: "Thank you for your advice, Barry, I will consider this matter carefully."

Barry Diller personally sent Eric away from the hotel. As soon as the two walked out of the hotel gate, they were surrounded by a group of reporters who heard the news and asked about their intentions for meeting.

Since Barry Diller did not agree to his invitation, Eric did not intend to make trouble, and said nothing, he got into his car under the escort of the bodyguard.

When he arrived at the Firefly headquarters, Eric found that Katsonberg personally brought a group to wait for him in the hall. On the phone, Katsonberg's excuse was to invite Eric to come and watch the complete film of "Night Visit Vampire". At this time, director Neil Jordan, the director of "Night Visit Vampire", the original author Anne Less, and Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst and other starring actors appeared here. In addition, David Geffen, who collaborated on the development of this film, was David Geffen's production company.

He said hello to everyone one by one. Although Carsonberg concealed it well, Eric could still see the confusion and exploration hidden in his expression.

After a brief greeting, the group surrounded Eric in the middle and walked towards the elevator. Because there were too many people, everyone consciously divided it into two groups. They gave one elevator to Eric, Carsonberg and David Geffen.

After entering the elevator, Eric chatted with David Geffen for a few words before asking why Carsonberg did not see Michael Lynn and others.

"They are all in Playa Vista," Katzenberg replied, and said as if nothing had happened: "Eric, why did you suddenly come back today?"

Eric explained: "Barry and I are good friends. He couldn't snatch Paramount from Redstone, so I came back early to comfort him."

Katzenberg nodded, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. As an old subordinate of Barry Diller, after Barry Diller failed to acquire Paramount, Katzenberg also called to greet him. But he did not believe that Eric came back from New York just for this matter, and his relationship with Barry Diller was much weaker than himself. If he expressed comfort, just one phone call would be enough.

Carsonberg could also guess the reason why Eric and Barry Diller met. Since Eric said so, instead of admitting the purpose of the meeting between the two, it means that the two have not agreed on something, and there is no need to continue talking about it, so he felt relieved.

To be honest, Katzenberg did not think Michael Eisner was much better than himself. Many successful Disney films in the late 1980s were completed under his leadership. But if compared with Barry Diller, Katzenberg was willing to feel inferior, so it was hard for Katzenberg to imagine how Barry Diller would have joined Firefly Pictures and let him give up the position of Firefly Pictures that he was about to get. Katzenberg would definitely not want to. He had been struggling for so many years before he could reach the position of the head of a large film company. How could he give up easily? But if Barry Diller was his subordinate, Katzenberg felt that this situation was even more unimaginable.

After letting go of his worries about this, Katzenberg became talkative and talked about some of the things that have happened recently. David Geffen, who was also bald on the other side of Eric, also keenly felt that the atmosphere suddenly became very relaxed, and followed suit.

The three of them came all the way to the screening room with laughter. While the projectionist was about to play, Eric approached Carsonberg, who was sitting on his left, and asked in a low voice: "Jeffrey, David seems to be too enthusiastic. Is there anything going on?"

David Geffen sat on Eric's right, and Carsonberg lowered his voice and said, "Gefen Records is about to leave Time Warner."

The screening room is not a place to talk about things. After saying this, Katzenberg sat upright again. He believed that this sentence was enough for Eric to understand the information he wanted.

Of course, Eric understood the intention of Katsonberg's words. It is now 1993, according to the historical development in the original time and space. Tomorrow, David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Katsonberg will jointly establish DreamWorks Film Company.

However, history has deviated greatly now. Katzenberg did not leave Disney Spielberg because of the intensification of conflicts with Michael Eisner. Nor did he have the intention of solo because of the great success of "Jurassic Park". Only David Geffen's record company has separated from Time Warner Group due to the death of Steve Rose and some conflicts with Time Warner.

Although Geffen Records cannot be compared with world-class record giants such as Columbia Records and Universal Records, when he established DreamWorks in the original space-time, David Geffen, who joined his own music company, was the richest among the three.

Since there is no DreamWorks now, David Geffen obviously wants to find a close collaborator for his record company again. Among the seven majors at this time, except for his newly separated former boss Time Warner, Firefly Pictures is undoubtedly the best choice.

After becoming successful step by step since "Home Imperial", Eric also wanted to develop Fireflies into a media giant involving all media and entertainment industries, of course, the record company was within his plan.

However, after years of experience and precipitation, Eric gradually calmed down.

Just as Eric said when talking to Elizabeth about Yahoo that he would not get involved in paper media, Eric found that expanding the territory of Fireflies into the music field is not a good choice. Like the paper media that has rapidly declined after the new millennium, the record industry has already experienced a decline under the threat of the piracy industry because of the emergence of tapes that were much cheaper than vinyl records in the 1980s. After the arrival of the Internet era in the next few years, the emergence of online music downloads will completely break the record industry into the abyss.

Although there are still a few years before the further decline of the record industry, if Fireflies want to enter the music field with great fanfare, then when the situation may occur, under the competition of several traditional record giants, Fireflies have just gained a foothold after several years of development, and the cold winter in the record industry is coming soon, that is not worth the loss.

Eric's mood when watching "Night Visit to Vampire" may be similar to that of Westerners watching "Journey to the West". Without the accumulation of cultural foundation, it is difficult to resonate too much with this type of film. During the entire movie, Eric was absent-mindedly thinking about the record company that Carsonberg just mentioned.

After the movie was played, Eric mechanically applauded with the others in the screening room, but the last thought in his mind was that instead of entering the field of music distribution, it would be better to use the Internet and hardware to build a paid platform like Apple in the original time and space. That is the way to make a profit in the music industry in the Internet era.

The lights in the screening hall were on, and everyone in the screening hall started to talk in a low voice. Eric was thinking about the thought he had just had, and a female voice rang in his ears.

"Mr. Williams, what do you think of the movie?"

Eric looked up and saw Anne Rice, who was about fifty years old wearing a black suit and cutting her head similar to Anna Wintour, whom she met some time ago, came over.

Eric could see from Anne Rice's expression that she was very satisfied with the film, but Eric didn't watch the film carefully just now, and could only echo according to memory: "It's great, especially Kirsten's performance, which gives me the feeling that there is a thirty-five-year-old soul hidden in her twelve-year-old body."

Anne Les was originally seeing Eric sitting here in a daze, and was still a little dissatisfied. When he heard Eric's words, his emotions disappeared immediately. Then he felt like he was finding a confidant. He waved his hand to call Kirsten Dunst, who was sitting not far away, hugged him affectionately, and said, "Mr. Williams, it's such a coincidence. I feel this way too."

What a coincidence, this sentence was originally what you said.

Eric secretly underestimated, but said calmly on the surface: "So, Ms. Les, you are also satisfied with this movie, right?"

"Yes, I was worried that Mr. Cruise would not be competent for the role, but his performance was far beyond my expectations."

"Since that's the case, Ms. Les, why don't you write a review yourself?" Eric said in the woman's tone: "This is very helpful for the promotion of the movie and can also allow more fans to see the movie."

Anne Rice's status in vampire themes is almost equivalent to that of romance novels and Aunt Qiong Yao. As long as this well-known author personally speaks up in the media, the role it plays is no less than the effect of millions of dollars in advertising.

Anne Rice did not make a promise immediately, but just said ambiguously: "I will express my true views on this video."

After Anne Les said this, he pulled Kirsten Dunst's little hand towards the outside of the screening hall, and whispered to Lolita from time to time.

Everyone quickly moved a conference room. Several main creators of the film, the producer of Fireflies, the director of the publicity and distribution department, and several specially invited film critics began to express their opinions to modify some details of the film.

Although most people looked expectant, Eric never expressed his opinion. The same thing is said, a guy from the West doesn't feel much about vampire movies, and rashly making suggestions for modification may be counterproductive.

Half an hour after the meeting went on, David Geffen received a call and said goodbye to everyone. Eric and Carsonberg also left the conference room by taking the opportunity to send David Geffen away.

The parking lot of Firefly Park is open-air. When the three of them left the office building and walked towards the parking lot together, David Geffen seemed to ask casually: "Mr. Williams, does Firefly Pictures have any intention to develop into the record industry?"

"Sorry, David, I haven't considered this yet. However, Firefly's main energy will be on the TV network in the next stage. Even if you want to enter the record industry, it will take a few years to wait."

David Geffen said oh, but his expression did not change much. Although he wanted to get to the towering tree of Firefly Pictures, David Geffen had no other way to go. Eric was not eager to show off, so he didn't say anything else.
Chapter completed!