"Mr. Katzenberg has personally started your plan by operating an affiliated private equity fund under the group. Hathaway, State Street Global and Firefly Investment are also following up. If we want to avoid being noticed by Marvel, it will take about a month," Kelly handed over the next document and said: "Also, several newspaper groups have made second rounds of quotes on our paper media assets. The highest bid is Condé Nast's $1.4 billion. ≤,"

Eric quickly read the documents in his hand and said: "Let Jeffrey start the acquisition negotiations. Yahoo Network and American Online need a lot of money. Tell Jeffrey that you don't need to worry too much about the price. As long as the price reaches the estimated $1.5 billion, but what I want is the buyer to pay cash as soon as possible."

Kelly nodded, wrote down the memo, and then looked up and said, "That's all serious things..."

Eric looked at the closed office door and joked: "Do you want to do something unreasonable here?"

Kelly gave him a blank look and handed the last document to Eric, saying, "This is from Miss Murdoch. The New York Post was intended to publish it tomorrow, but she stopped her. She said that you can watch and handle it yourself. She can stop the New York Post's report, but she can't control other newspapers. There is also a copy of the file related to this news release."

Eric glanced at the title of the press release, "The Dark Past of the Genius", and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

After seeing the name of Charlize in the article, Eric almost guessed the general content. After reading the article roughly, Eric confirmed his judgment.

In the original time and space, Charlize was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress with "The Devil". In the subsequent media public relations battle, the news that Charlize was shot and killed by her mother when he was fifteen was hyped up by the media again. As a simple victim, Charlize was even far-fetched by the unscrupulous media to the word "paternal killing". Eric didn't pay much attention to the storm, and his own result was that Charlize still successfully won the Oscar Best Actress Award.

At present, perhaps because Fox's "Ah Du and Agua 2" is about to be released. However, the box office momentum of "Charlie's Angels" has not weakened at all. The New York Post dug up this news from somewhere, so it had the idea that it was similar to those of the media in previous lives. However, it may be that the article did not deliberately distort the facts like in the original time and space, but the tendency and hints between the lines are still arousing imagination.

"Since this matter has been discovered by the media, it must be impossible to hide it," Eric thought about it. He tore off a note and wrote a line of words, handed it to Kelly, and said, "You can communicate with ICM in person, and let the public relations department cooperate as much as possible to guide the eunuch according to this principle. I don't want to see any messy news coming out."

Kelly took the note handed over by Eric, saw the strong girl who said 'Repentant family tragedy, walking out of the shadow', nodded, and said: "MGM's ceo Frank Makaso doesn't know the phone number here. He called me and wanted to make an appointment with you to talk about "Charlie's Angels". MGM hopes to start two sequels of "Charlie's Angels" at the same time."

"Let them go to Jeffrey and discuss these things before..." Eric said halfway, raised his head and asked, "Has something happened?"

Just as Kelly was about to speak, Eric suddenly said, "Oh, it must be Penny and the other three."

Kelly nodded: "The head of DreamWorks hopes to sign the contracts for the next two sequels with Miss Cruze and the other three at one time, but Ms. Michelle Simmons from ICM has not responded."

Eric said: "I will help ask what the three of them are thinking, so that MGM can do a good job of issuance."

...

In the following days, with the cooperation of Firefly Public Relations, ICM Agency, and MGM, news about Charlize's girlhood began to appear in the media one after another, but most of the information put Charlize completely from the victim's perspective to express full sympathy. At the same time, it fully promoted Charlize's experience of going to Hollywood alone, completely portraying the girl as a self-reliant girl who walked out of the dark shadows.

The first impression effect of ordinary people is very strong. Since they were instilled with such ideas in the first place, the future of articles that smear Charlize in the media will only arouse the disgust of most people. At the same time, Charlize, who originally had a weak presence in the trio of "Charlie's Angels", also rose a lot in disguise.

In the second week of July, Fox's "Ah Du and Agua 2" was officially released, but it was affected by the box office decline of the stamina of "The Lion King" and "Charlie's Angels". "Ah Du and Agua 2" only earned more than 33 million yuan in the first three days of the first weekend, which was $4 million lower than "Charlie's Angels". It is expected that the box office will be suspended within 45 million in the first week. However, compared with "Charlie's Angels", which produces a production cost of more than $80 million, the biggest cost of this vulgar comedy is only Jin. Carrey's pay, the entire production budget is less than $40 million. Therefore, Fox is still very profitable in this film.

After returning to Los Angeles from Boston at the end of May, after more than a month of busyness, Eric checked most of the movie projects he needed to take care of himself, and his schedule gradually became relaxed. In addition to being distracted to pay attention to the layout of winning Marvel Entertainment, he also spent more time preparing for the Victoria's Secret show.

In the Victoria's Secret show studio studio, Eric had just sent away the head of the Firefly Music Department who had sent a stack of singer tapes. Three girls who had just returned to Los Angeles after traveling to Europe and East Asia, as well as Penelope's sister Monica, walked into his office together. Penelope and Kate were holding a set of gorgeous angel wings in their hands.

After saying hello to Eric, Penelope couldn't wait to gesture behind him with a set of butterfly wings and said, "Eric, are these angel costumes you want to wear at the Victoria's Secret Show? So beautiful."

Eric smiled and looked at the two women putting angel wings on their bodies, saying, "You must have taken it on the shelf next to my office door. These are scraps to be disposed of. The angel wings that were actually selected are kept in the vault."

Kate asked curiously: "These are already so beautiful. Those selected must be even more amazing. Can we take a look?"

Eric shook his head and said, "I'll give you a few tickets to the market then. No one can read it now."

Kate stuck his tongue at Eric and said, "So stingy."

Eric did not answer. After seeing Charlize, who had been acting very quiet after coming in, he joked: "Charlie. Are you planning to steal Kate's character in the sequel?"

"No, of course not," Charlize shook his head quickly.

Just as Eric was about to continue saying something, Penelope couldn't wait to hug Kate when he heard Eric mentioning the video, he couldn't wait to gossip: "Eric. You don't know, when we went to Tokyo, Japan to promote, a man saw Kate on the spot and started crying on the spot. While crying, he wanted to rush to the stage, which scared us."

Kate pushed Penelope away dissatisfiedly and said, "Why do you think he was coming for me? Maybe he wanted to pounce on you."

Penelope smiled and said, "Although I can't understand that guy's Japanese, everyone can hear the pronunciation of 'Selina' clearly."

Eric said: "I've seen it in the newspapers. Kate is now the most popular Western actress in Japan. How does it feel?"

Kate shook his head and said, "Not really, people in that country always feel weird."

"This is because of cultural differences. Different countries and ethnic groups will feel this way when they see outsiders, otherwise there would be no racial discrimination." Eric explained briefly and said, "I won't talk about this anymore. Someone asked me to ask, what are your three plans for the sequel?"

The three women looked at each other a few times and didn't say anything for a while.

Eric reached out and pointed at Penelope: "Penny, say."

"Eric, we don't mind shooting sequels. But we don't want to drive two sequels so tight. If one movie a year, we will definitely be stereotyped by the characters."

Eric remembered that MGM hoped to add the two sequels of "Charlie's Angels" to the Ten Films Plan of DreamWorks, and the original ten films were planned within three years. Hearing Penelope's answer, Eric almost understood.

After tapping on the table gently for a while, seeing the three girls looking at him becoming more and more nervous, Eric suddenly smiled and said, "I have no confidence in me, and I am still worried that I will sell you?"

Although Eric is very gentle in life, he often shows strong performance when it comes to movies. The three girls are really worried that Eric forces them to shoot one movie a year. When Eric says this, Kate, the most intelligent person, has already relaxed and laughed: "Who makes you so badly deeds?"

Eric smiled and said, "It seems that I'm going to find some time to help me recall what bad things I've done."

Kate was stunned for a moment, and his little head quickly recalled it. He didn't recall anything for a while, but he still hummed in discontent.

Eric didn't care and explained patiently: "You must be thinking too seriously. Since this is the case, it's better to change it to two years. In fact, the production plan of any Hollywood film company is not fixed. It involves investments of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. It's not too cautious to produce the production process. It's normal for various changes to occur during this period. Although the agreement was three years and ten films, if it was not completed for various reasons, the remaining projects would either be ruined or postponed. Just like Spielberg, he still owes several global film contracts, which are said to be contracts from more than ten years ago."

Penelope's eyes rolled and asked, "What about our pay?"

"Your pay has nothing to do with me," Eric laughed again: "Although Fireflies have 30% of the interests in DreamWorks, the funds for film production come from Europe, so just let Michelle talk for you, as high as you can, but don't play too much, be careful that everyone will break up."

Kate asked, "How much do you think we offer it appropriate?"

Eric thought for a while and said, "The two sequels contracts will be $12 million each, so don't mention the results. After all, there are three of you, and the average starring film pay of $18 million per movie is already a sky-high price. The producer also has to invite other actors, and the total pay for actors may be 25 million. If you ask for a high price, the producer can only compress the shooting budget, which will definitely affect the quality of the sequel and will be harmful to you."

Eric said it was underestimated, but even Charlize, who had always been worried, couldn't help but be amazed. After all, their first film pay was only 200,000 to 300,000 US dollars, and they suffered so much. Now their value suddenly soared to the level of tens of millions. In the past, I never thought that they could make so much money.

After being surprised, Kate quickly thought of something and said, "Is it more than 45 million? I heard that Nicole Kidman can earn more than 30 million with a "Mummy"."

"Mummy" is very popular in North America and overseas, and various revenues are expected to add up in the next few years. It will bring nearly $400 million in net profit to Universal Pictures. It is precisely because of "Mummy"'s box office hit that after the heart surgery, Michael Eisner easily regained control of Universal from Michael Orwitz.

However, the biggest personal profit for this film is undoubtedly Nicole. The 8% omni-channel share contract at that time will bring her no less than $30 million in income, which also makes her the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. It is estimated that it will be difficult for others to surpass her in the next ten years.

"Just like Jack Nicholson's super high pay in "Batman", Nicole got so much this time. It was just an accident. Universal probably regretted it so much. They had to spend $10 million to get Nicole, but now they have paid three times the price. Moreover, Nicole will definitely have to be honest in the next sequel."

Penelope said: "Then we will talk according to the number you gave."

Eric nodded, looked at the angel wings next to him, and smiled, "These must be worn inside to look good. There is a fitting room next to you. Let's wear it and show me."

Kate immediately blushed and glared at Eric Penelope, but smiled and picked up his wings, pulled Kate and walked out: "Kate, let's try it, we don't have to show it to someone."

The two women said and left the office. Eric looked at Monica who blinked her big eyes and pointed to the door: "You go too, help your sister change her clothes."

"Hmm...well," the increasingly lush little girl seemed to realize something, and walked out in panic with her head hanging down.

After the office door was closed, Eric asked Charlize: "Is something wrong?"

"No." Charlize shook his head, hesitated, and said again: "Michelle told me, I also saw the notes you wrote. I... I just want to thank you."

"Oh," Eric nodded and joked, "You know, I am a capitalist. If you make money for me, of course I will protect you."

Charlize bit his lower lip, tangled for a moment, and said, "I, I don't want to owe you anything."

Eric smiled and said, "Although I really want to say righteously that you don't owe me anything, you know, men are all vanity. So what I actually want to say is that if you feel owed me anything, you can continue to owe it. Whenever I think of a beautiful woman who feels that she owes me a debt, I feel very satisfied."

Charlize finally couldn't hold back. He laughed for the first time since he arrived in this office, but the girl quickly restrained her expression and glared at Eric with a angrily and said, "Are you, this how you coax girls in private?"

"Not necessarily, it depends on the person. For example, you have to do the opposite. In an oriental military strategy, it is called playing hard to get," Eric pointed out with a smile on his face and continued to 'talk': "For Kate, such a little proud girl, you should be more powerful, and for Penny... there is no way to do it."

"You're such a bastard," Charlize couldn't help laughing again, but the girl had moved to the door without realizing it.

Then, in Eric's surprised gaze, Charlize reached out to lock the office door, and then walked towards Eric with a 'moment of momentum'. Eric was about to get up in confusion, but Charlize pressed onto a wide leather chair. Then, the girl's slender body was bullied, and she reached out and pulled Eric's tie, like a kitten that suddenly went crazy, but the panic hidden in the girl's expression completely betrayed her.

Just as Eric was about to say something, Charlize had already put the torn tie in front of Eric as an eye mask.

Then, the slightly cool thin little bitch kissed her clumsyly.

When the thin lips that trembled due to tension left him and his little hands pulled his shirt randomly, Eric subconsciously joked again: "Charlie, you have to know that in America, some crimes are not only directed at men."

However, as soon as this sentence was finished, Eric felt a bite on his shoulder.

As the man gasped in a cold voice, the girl with a slightly trembling voice still held on and said hatefully: "Let you always ignore me on purpose."

"Sir Queen, this is the office. Why don't we talk about it when we go home? Don't worry, I will definitely not let you go..."

"Shut up, don't move."

...

*ps: I watched "Casino Royale" today, and then I got this chapter...
Chapter completed!