In the summer of 1994, the 1994 season was extremely hot because of the battle between the two movies "Save Private Ryan" and "Real Lies". In the third week of June, Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek 7" was released. Although this science fiction film, which cost only US$35 million, was adapted from a classic American science fiction drama, it did not seem to meet the visual needs of the audience. It only won US$0.0 million in three days in the first weekend, ranking first between "Real Lies" and "Save Private Ryan", and did not show the momentum of being able to compete with the two blockbusters. Although the cumulative box office of "Mummy", which entered the fourth week of release, has reached US$160 million, its box office potential has basically been exhausted, and it has lost the threat to "Real Lies" and "Save Private Ryan".

Moreover, the possibility of "The Lion King" on June 27 will have a small impact on the two live-action movies. After all, the audiences of live-action movies and cartoons are very different, not to mention that the two movies, "The True Lie" and "Save Private Ryan", are both R-level films, and the possibility of mutual influence is even lower.

Eric was worried that Warner's $63 million western film "The Law Enforcement" would become an obstacle to the box office harvest of "Real Lies" and "Save Private Ryan". However, compared with the good reputation shown in the small-scale trial of "The Lion King", although "The Law Enforcement" also held a trial, the entire film critics seemed silent. Under this situation, as long as anyone with a little common sense knows what happened, the reputation of "The Law Enforcement" must be very unsatisfactory, but

The critics did not disclose this news before the mass release under Warner's public relations, so Eric also confirmed a guess that had been hesitating in his heart. "The Law Enforcement Warrior" should not be a new film caused by the butterfly effect, but should have been silently stumbled in the original time and space. In this case, Eric had no worries. After the box office of "The True Lies" was released on the second weekend, Fireflies held a celebration banquet at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Because the interview with Victoria's Secret Angel was not completed until after 6 pm, Eric rushed directly from Prea Vista to the Sunset Tower Hotel.

"The True Lies" is still being released, so this celebration banquet is quite high-profile. Not only did it lay the red carpet, but a large number of reporters were also invited to continue to build momentum for the movie's box office.

Eric had already set off a little late, and encountered a traffic jam on the way. It was already 7:10 at the Sunset Tower Hotel. The media reporters who accepted the invitation thought that no more celebrities would appear, but they were already planning to leave. Seeing Eric's appearance, they all rushed up. Fortunately, these invited reporters were very disciplined, and with concerns about Eric's current identity, they did not ask any sensitive questions.

After Eric patiently accepted the interview, he walked into the hotel, and some Firefly executives and members of the crew of "The True Lies" were already welcomed.

He said hello to everyone. Eric came to Cameron and was about to make a few jokes about "Save the Soldier Ryan". Seeing Linda Hamilton beside Cameron, he didn't talk about this topic. He just exchanged warm greetings for a few words, and everyone walked towards the banquet hall together.

After a busy day of work, Eric didn't have much effort to socialize others. After dealing with some guests who took the initiative to chat, Eric came to the Camerons and his wife and said to Linda Hamilton: "Linda, can you lend me Jim? We have something to talk about?"

"Of course it's okay," Linda Hamilton raised his glass to Eric and walked happily toward other places.

Eric could see that Cameron and Linda Hamilton were no longer as enthusiastic as they were. In my memory, the two delayed until 1997 to barely get married, but the marriage lasted for only one and a half years before it broke up. However, Eric didn't know if Cameron could meet Susie Amis, the woman who fits his personality most this time.

Cameron followed Eric's gaze and looked at Linda Hamilton's back as he left, and inexplicably sighed: "Woman!"

Eric could hear Cameron's emotion and was definitely not just directed at Linda Hamilton, and smiled and said, "You won't really be hit, are you?"

"Of course not," Cameron immediately denied, but hesitated and said: "I went to see that movie, and Catherine did a great job."

"Okay, let's not talk about her anymore," Eric patted Cameron's shoulder: "Since you lost this time, you'll win back next time, so when are you going to start preparing for "Titanic"?"

Cameron thought for a while and said, "Linda and I plan to go to Hawaii for a vacation next month, and we can start preparing at the end of the year. However, Eric, I think 70 million is definitely not enough, so this time we might as well increase the production cost to $100 million so that I can arrange funds better?"

Eric held his chin and pretended to hesitate for a while before 'reluctant' said: "I can promise you this. Anyway, you are almost used to burning so much money every time you shoot a movie. However, it is only 100 million US dollars. You must not overspend this time. You should know that Firefly Group is no longer my own. If it exceedspends, those shareholders will definitely jump out and point fingers."

Cameron privately calculated that the production cost was $150 million, but Hollywood has not had any movie that is so expensive. He felt that if he proposed it, Eric would definitely refuse it on the spot, and might even cut the project. Cameron has recently developed more and more ideas about the production of "Titanic". The project was cut is something he absolutely did not want to see. Therefore, Cameron thought in his mind that he would raise the cost to $100 million with Eric first, and then... the matter was unstoppable. Half the film was filmed, and there was no money. Besides continuing to add, what else could he do? It was impossible to make the project unfinished.

Therefore, Eric said this, and Cameron readily 'agree' and patted his chest and promised: "It's absolutely okay, Eric, this time I promise I will never overspend again, otherwise I won't have a penny of director's pay."

The two unscrupulous guys held their own little plans and soon discussed the specific plan of the project seriously. They also brought Cameron's producer partner Jon Landau over together.

When Eric and Cameron discussed this matter, no one came to disturb him without tactfulness. However, after discussing the topic of "Titanic", Eric saw a man and a woman walking towards him as soon as he parted.

Eric looked at the tall girl with a beautiful mole on the corner of her lips with interest, knowing that this was definitely not a coincidence, but he quickly withdrew his eyes and greeted the middle-aged man with a big beard beside the woman. Compared to a woman, Eric valued the fat man who looked a little like Harvey Weinstein, Joe Silvo.

Although in Hollywood, producers such as Jerry Brookheimer, Jon Landau have a more famous reputation, in terms of status, at least before the new century, no one in the producer circle could surpass Joe Silvo. The Silvo production company in his hands has participated in the development of many well-known action movies such as "The Deadly Weapons" series, "Die Hard" series, "The Matrix" series, "Operation Swordfish", and "V-character Vendetto". In the mid-1980s, Joe Silvo was once one of the important candidates for Disney EO. Although he failed to compete for Michael Eisner in the end, it is enough to prove this person's super strength in Hollywood.

"Good evening, it's been a long time since we met," Eric took the initiative to greet Joe Silvo, and greeted enthusiastically.

Joe Silvo shook hands with Eric and said with a smile: "Good evening, Eric, congratulations to your Firefly for having two more box office bombs this year."

Eric let go of the other party's big hand, took a glass of champagne from the waiter, and asked, "What are you doing recently?"

Joe Silvo then suddenly remembered it, pointed to the beauty mole girl beside her and said, "My production company is doing a gunfight movie recently. This is my heroine, Miss Cindy Crawford."

Eric raised his glass to Cindy Crawford and smiled, "Congratulations, Miss Crawford, Joe's video will definitely make you famous in one fell swoop."

"Thank you, Mr. Williams," Cindy Crawford had already freed his right hand holding the goblet. Seeing that Eric had no intention of shaking hands with her, she had to change the cup back without any trace. She had always been the focus of everyone's eyes that Eric, the legendary playboy, would definitely pounce on him without hesitation, but Eric, including Joe Silvo next to her, had a cold reaction that made her feel unwilling to give in the first time she tried.

Then, Eric said something even more frustrating without hesitation: "Miss Crawford, can I talk to Joe alone?"

Cindy Crawford suppressed his anger and kept a charming smile, saying, "Okay, no problem."

After Cindy Crawford left, Joe Silvo joked: "Eric, there is no need to be angry with a woman who is not worth mentioning. You are not able to find enough beautiful beauties on the show. I heard that the Firefly Cinema gathered the world's top models today, which is enough to make you look dazzling."

Eric spread his hands, and didn't mind Joe Silvo's jokes, and smiled and said, "I'm a young man, so it's true that I often play tantrums. And since this woman has already won the heroine of a big-produced movie, she is still unwilling to let go of the spokesperson of Victoria's Secret, which makes her look a little greedy. I don't like women who are too greedy."

Joe Silvo smiled unanimously. There are too many people in Hollywood who want Eric to be just a young and energetic young man, but no one naively thinks this will be true. After thinking about it, Joe Silvo said with a little cunning look in his eyes: "Eric, why don't you talk about the video I'm making? If you can convince me, I can kick that chick off immediately."

Even if Joe Silvon said nothing, Eric knew which movie Cindy Crawford was about to be in.

If it is not included in other cameo movies, the movie called "Adversarial Game" is the only movie starring Cindy Crawford, of course, the last one. Because "Adversarial Game" tells a very chaotic and inappropriate story, a female lawyer accidentally discovered the KGB spy ship. In order to eliminate the evidence, the Soviet KGB agents launched a series of assassinations on the female lawyer. During the whole process, the violent department in the United States seemed to disappear without a trace, completely allowing the female lawyer and a detective who accidentally got involved.

A group of KGB agents were chased on the land of the United States like a lost dog, and almost died several times. If it were before the collapse of the Soviet Union, videos of this kind of theme might have caused some response, but now it was 1994. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Soviet power collapsed, Russia fell into an economic winter, and the people were unable to bear the burden. In contrast, the confidence of the American people was also unprecedentedly high. In this case, seeing such a film that was completely contrary to the "main theme" and even a bit absurd, the outcome of the movie can be imagined.

Seeing that Eric did not object, Joe Silvo told Eric about the plot of "Confrontational Game". Of course, he wanted to get some advice from Eric, but after saying that, Eric just shrugged without any comments. Instead, he said to Joe Silvo: "Joe, after making this movie, why not come to Fireflies, I will give you the same treatment when I was in Warner, and I will soon make my movie version of "The Matrix", and this project can also be left to you."

Eric's words are completely sincere. Joe Silvo is best at making large-cost action movies like "Die Hard" and "Deadly Weapons", which just complements Jerry Brookheimer, who has been captured by Fireflies and is good at G-special effects movies. As Fireflies' strength continues to expand, Eric cannot always keep doing his own work in his projects. It is inevitable to win over more excellent producers.

Joe Silvo was stunned when he heard Eric's words and tentatively said: "Eric, aren't you optimistic about this video?"

Eric asked, “How much has you made it?”

Joe Silvo said: "The filming has started. If it goes well, it will be released next summer."

If the other party's project is still in the preliminary preparation stage and has not invested much money, in order to show his sincerity to win over Joe Silvo, Eric told the other party in detail, and advised him to decisively cut off the project. However, since the film has started, a large amount of funds must have been spent, so many things cannot be reversed. Eric can only spread his hands to Joe Silvo and said, "If you believe me, try to get Warner out the production funds. In addition, if you want to join Firefly, I welcome it at any time. "The Matrix" will not be launched in the second half of next year. Before that, as long as you come here, the project will be yours at any time."
Chapter completed!