Eric's pessimistic judgment on "Confrontational Game" made Joe Silvo's face become solemn. Although Fireflies have a competitive relationship with Warner, Eric either will not make any judgments when it comes to a movie project, but since he opens his mouth, he will never talk nonsense. pbtt After all, the movie will eventually be released. Once the movie is released, the result is completely contrary to what Eric said. Then Eric's words today will definitely make him a big laughing stock in Hollywood. With Eric's current identity, no movie is enough to make him joke about his reputation.

Hollywood is not only a circle of human feelings, but also extremely cold and ruthless. The failure of a big production movie often indicates the resignation of an executive or producer of a film company, so it also forms a unique "exit season" in Hollywood. After the summer and new year periods every year, with the failure of some movies, some people will be swept out by the film company. The cost of "Confrontational Game" is 50,000 US dollars. Although it is not as good as the super production that often costs 70 to 80 million in recent years, it is also a big production movie. Joe Silvo understands that if this movie fails, although it will not be swept out by Warner, the cooperation between the two parties will definitely not be as close as before. Although Eric's recruitment made him very moved, Joe Silvo has been operating in the Time Warner system for nearly ten years. He did not want to rashly switch to another company unless he had to.

After hesitating for a moment, Joe Silvo couldn't help but tentatively: "Eric, do you think the problem with this movie is, and there is still a possibility of remedy?"

Eric smiled and shook his head: "Joe, my position does not allow me to consult you in this regard. It is enough to tell you what you just said."

There are too many problems with "Confrontational Game" in my memory. Although action blockbusters inevitably have shortcomings in the plot, this movie does not even explain a story with a weak plot clearly. Even if the KGB is replaced with other evil forces, it will be of no help to the whole movie.

Eric thinks that the only remedy is to cut off the project directly. Although this will waste the early investment, it can save more production and distribution costs and avoid greater losses. However, this kind of thing is very unlikely to happen at Time Warner. The internal system of Time Warner Group is very bloated and there are many factions. The project establishment of every large-scale film is full of game of all forces. When a movie has a bright future, the management can of course work together, but if there is a problem with the project, the person in charge will definitely rush to clear the responsibility. Even if it is Time Warner's CEO. As long as it does not involve its own interests, it is impossible to take the risk of the board of directors' questioning to cut off a project that has entered the shooting stage.

Eric didn't want to say more, and Joe Silvo couldn't ask for anything.

Joe Silvo appeared at this party, originally trying to talk about cooperation with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who regained popularity with "The True Lies". But after hearing Eric's words, he also dismissed his original plan. If the project "Confrontational Game" was broken, it would be impossible for him to cooperate with Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Confrontational Game" is somewhat similar to "Die Hard" in some settings. Joe Silvo originally expected to create a hot-selling action movie series after "The Deadly Weapon" and "Die Hard", but now, he is thinking about how to avoid more losses. After all, the movie has just started filming. There must be room for reversal.

On the way back to his mansion in Beverly Hills, Joe Silvo thought about it more and more that it was urgent. He called several of the main creators of "Confrontational Games" and then instructed the driver to turn around and drive to the Warner set in Burbank.

Cindy Crawford, who left with Joe Silvo, sat on the other side of the car, looking at the anxious fat man beside him with a nervous look, and inexplicably regretted it. Her agent had a good relationship with Victoria's Secret Operations Director Edward Lazek. In the morning, I heard some news from an Edward Lazek call that Cindy Crawford would appear at the "Real Lies" party. Eric's guess about Joe Silvo was indeed good. Cindy Crawford was not willing to give up the identity of the heroine of "Confrontational Game". But at the same time, she also wanted to get the contract for the spokesperson of Victoria's Secret. She was quite confident in her charm. She thought that as long as she met Eric Williams in person, everything would be fine, but the current situation was completely opposite to what she imagined.

The Cadillac luxury car was moving forward for a while. Joe Silvon noticed the woman next to him again. The woman was delivered to him personally. Joe Silvon planned to enjoy this wonderful beauty tonight, but now he no longer has the intention to play with women. Joe Silvon knew very well that his power in Hollywood came from movies. If the producer's job was lost, his power would also disappear. Those women who used to let him pick him up like docile cats would not look at him again.

When the luxury car went to another intersection, Joe Silvo casually ordered the driver to stop, and then said to Cindy Crawford: "Miss Crawford, I still have important things to do. I'm afraid I can't take you back to my residence. I'm so sorry."

"It's okay, Mr. Sylvo," Cindy Crawford left and smiled charmingly. After the driver helped her open the door, he got off the car gracefully, and did not forget to watch and wave at the luxury car that was leaving.

After Cadillac disappeared, Cindy Crawford retracted his body and looked at the desolate streets around. With the sound of the iron trash can being kicked, a woman's curse was soon heard: "Damn Los Angeles, Damn Hollywood..."

Anything, even a piece of worthless soil, can definitely find a basket of advantages if someone says it is good. Similarly, even a gem, if someone says it is bad, it is easy to find a series of shortcomings.

Joe Silwo was originally very good at the script of "Confrontational Game", so he ignored the shortcomings that many people could find according to law. However, when Eric, a legendary director who created the box office myth, read the story without any value, the shortcomings in the script were immediately exposed.

In a conference room at the headquarters of Burbank Warner Films, although it was already early in the morning, facing the gloomy Joe Silvo, director of "Confrontational Games", Andrew Cyps, screenwriter Charlie Fletcher, and several other assistant directors and production assistants were silent.

The problems that Eric can discover can be discovered as long as the main creators of the movie face it carefully, they can actually discover them. After all, these people have been immersed in the film industry for many years.

"The filming was paused for a week, and I'll say hello at the headquarters. In a week, I'll see a brand new script," Joe Silvo tapped his finger on the table and stared at the results of the discussion on the memo for several hours: "Kerberg's gimmick is definitely not available, the Soviet Union is over. Kerberg has no attraction to the audience, and it's okay to change to a mafia or a drug lord in Latin America. Also, what's going on with the ex-girlfriend of the hero Marx? I remember she had to start one scene, and this character was optional. Why did it suddenly appear again in the 24th scene?"

Facing Joe Silvo, who suddenly raised his head and stared at him with sharp eyes, screenwriter Charlie Fletcher subconsciously glanced at the assistant director named Thomas Samuel on his left hand.

Seeing this situation, Joe Silvo still didn't understand how he searched the actor information for a while, found a member of the actor information, and then looked at the deputy director named Thomas Samuel with a smile: "Salma Hayek, Humph, the Hunter is so big, this Mexican girl must be very comfortable serving you, right?"

Thomas Samuel realized that this was the prelude to Joe Silvo's about to be furious, and stood up tremblingly and said, "Mr. Silvo. Please explain me. I just think this character in the original work is very interesting, so I suggest..."

"Your life will definitely be more interesting in the future," Joe Silvo interrupted Thomas's argument, put the information in his hand into a ball, and threw it hard at the other party: "Now, take your Mexican Pit, get out of me, don't let me see you again in Hollywood."

After the unlucky deputy director left the conference room in a mess, Joe Silvo coldly swept the others and said, "I don't care how you use your identities to trick those ignorant young actors in private, but if you really dare to trade your own jobs, I will definitely make him look good. Remember it to me. This is a business of tens of millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars!"

After the roar, Joe Silvo quickly calmed down, turned his eyes to the memo in his hand, and quickly raised his head to the screenwriter Charlie Fletcher: "The heroine's role is too heavy. If she was Nicole Kidman, I wouldn't mind doing this, but this character was completely reduced to a vase that only screamed in the later stage. Since there is no characteristics, then focus on creating the male protagonist. In addition..." Thinking of what happened a few hours ago, Joe Silvo said: "I will notify Cindy Crawford tomorrow that she was fired. This woman has no box office appeal. Even if we need a vase, we need a vase with box office appeal."

Director Andrew Cyps, who sat down at Joe Silvo, whispered: "But Mr. Silvo and Cindy Crawford were introduced by Mr. Melnik..."

Joe Silvo hesitated for less than a second, but when he remembered Eric's recruitment at the party, he immediately said with confidence: "If I don't want to, no one can stuff people into my movies. If Melnick insists, I don't mind making this matter on the Warner board to discuss it."

The Benjamin Melnick mentioned by Andrew Cyps is Warner's executive president and chief financial officer. Most people in the conference room know that Joe Silvo was very polite to Benjamin Melnick in the past, so they were a little puzzled why he suddenly became much tougher tonight.

But this is not something that they little shrimps can care about. With these high-level struggles, it is difficult for them to affect them, so they nodded and agreed.

Joe Silvo was very satisfied with the reaction of the crowd and said, "So, do you have any candidates to recommend?"

Andrew Cyps said: "How about Claudia Shiver? If you talk about vases, Hollywood has absolutely no vase that is more appealing than her. But her current salary is around 50,000 US dollars, which is ten times the salary of Cindy Crawford this time?"

Of course, Joe Silvo couldn't not know about Claudia and Eric. He subconsciously felt that if an invitation was sent, Eric would definitely make Claudia Shiver reject the invitation.

However, Joe Silvo soon thought of handing over the revised script, what if Claudia Shiver accepts it? It is very likely that Eric recognized the script, and this benefit would definitely not be bought by $50,000. He believed that Warner would definitely increase the budget of $50,000 without hesitation for this reason. And even if it was rejected, they would not lose anything.

"After dawn, you can contact Claudia Schiffer's agent immediately." Joe Silvo said to Andrew Cyps: "But don't hand over the script now. First test the schedule of the other party, and then show it to the other party after the script is modified."

Andrew Cyps nodded and wrote this in the memo.

"Then, let's continue to discuss," Joe Silvo took a sip of coffee, cheered up, and said: "The scenes of the male and female protagonists being chased are obviously too heavy. This will make the audience feel depressed. Therefore, the plot of the pursuit must be deleted, and the plot of the male and female protagonists joining forces to fight back is added. This is what the audience hopes to see..."

...

Of course, Eric didn't know that what he was so happy had affected so many people and things in just one night. After attending the party last night, he thought of the Victoria's Secret spokesperson and called him tentatively. Chocolate Claudia had just returned to Los Angeles recently, and Eric rushed to the girl's residence in Beverly Hills.

In a mansion halfway up the hillside of Beverly, Eric was wearing a casual vest and beach pants. He sat on the terrace on the second floor enjoying the warm morning sunshine and flipping through today's newspapers. Under his feet was the City of Angels dyed golden by the rising sun. From a distance, you can even see the traffic flow of traffic moving like blood in the veins of the entire city streets.

Claudia, who was arrogant and lazy, wore a simple T-shirt and jeans, walked out through the second floor living room with a tray, placed breakfast on the round table, came over and kissed Eric, and said, "I made a beef sandwich, try it?"

Eric pecked Claudia's last lips, reached out and pulled her into her arms, hugged her soft waist under her T-shirt. He pointed to the breakfast on the table and smiled wickedly: "I fed you last night, now it's your turn to feed me."

Claudia chuckled and twisted her waist, but she had no intention of breaking free. She sat obediently on Eric's lap, reached out to pick up the sandwich on the plate and delivered it to Eric's mouth.

Eric took a few bites of the sandwich before suddenly remembering what was thrown behind his head last night, and asked: "There's something I want to ask you what you mean. You know I'm preparing a show for Victoria's Secret. This brand needs five spokespersons. Four of them have been confirmed, and the endorsement fee will definitely be very generous. However, this time it's different from an ordinary show and it takes some time to rehearse. Are you interested in coming together?"

Claudia's eyes lit up. She had always hoped to participate in a movie directed by Eric himself. Although this time it was not a movie, Claudia also knew that this was a great opportunity to spend time with Eric. However, Claudia quickly shook her head in disappointment: "If it were the case with me last year, there would be no problem, and it might not work now."

Eric didn't mind either. He just asked curiously: "Didn't you just finished a movie? You'll have another film appointment so soon?"

Claudia shook her head and said regretfully: "No, but I signed a three-year contract with French Neiyi brand Farmanl last year. I will definitely not be able to participate in Neiyi show of other brands. Eric, I'm so sorry."

Eric smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, I'm just asking casually."

Claudia nodded, leaned over with a charming expression and asked, "When are you going to make a movie? Can you please let me be the heroine?"

Eric sniffed the nice smell of the girl and said, "I dare not make any promises to you. I will not have plans for the next movie until the Victoria's Secret show is over, but I promise you that as long as there is a role that suits you, I will never consider other people's."

"Really?" Claudia raised her lips and said, "Don't even Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and others?"

Eric nodded with a firm expression and said, "Yes, I won't consider it."

Claudia smiled and kissed Eric in the face, saying, "Although I know you are coaxing me, I'm still very happy."

"I definitely didn't coax you. You are completely different actors, so there is no competitive relationship."

"Oh..." Claudia's face immediately showed a little loss, her acting skills improved significantly, and her tone was resentful: "You must think I'm just a vase."

"Yes, Hollywood's most beautiful vase, no one."

"That's still a vase," Claudia seemed a little reluctant to give in, and reached out to pull Eric's neckline, as if she wanted Eric to withdraw this comment.

Eric smiled and pinched Claudia's face, took the sandwich from her hand and finished eating it. He suddenly picked up the girl in his arms and walked into the room, saying, "It's still early, let me enjoy the 'Miss Vase'."
Chapter completed!