Chapter 699(1/2)
Eric waited for about twenty minutes, and a red sports car appeared at the intersection not far away, and in a blink of an eye came to him and stopped.
Eric walked forward, the window glass fell down, and the girl was too lazy to open the car door, and her little body came out of the car window. Eric smiled and hurriedly reached out to catch it, and carried the girl out of the car.
Having got tired of Eric for a moment, the girl twitched her nose and said with a smile: "Eric, you have the smell of a woman. You can't be kicked out of the bed at the last moment, right?"
Noting the awkward expression flashing across Eric's face, the little girl couldn't help laughing out loud: "Haha, I guessed it right. It's so pitiful. Let Xiao Drew hug you and not cry."
Eric slapped the girl on her little buttocks with laughter and cry, looked at the red face after drinking, and said, "It's so late, hurry up and go home and rest."
"Well, when you go home, you can carry me into the car..."
Eric hugged the girl with one hand, opened the car door and stuffed her in, but did not get in the car directly. He walked to the front and knocked on the window in the cab. The glass slipped down, and the twins asked, "Master, is there anything wrong?"
Eric just glanced at it, made sure the twins weren't drinking, and nodded: "It's okay, let's go."
"Eric, don't look at it. How could I let them drink? It's so dangerous to drive under the influence. Woo, I'm a little dizzy and I want to hug you."
Eric got into the back seat of the car and felt the girl's little body immediately bullied. He reached out and hugged her little head, and smiled and said, "I really want to knock you a little stupid."
"Haha, it's useless to knock me into a fool. I can still guess what you are going to do when you raise your hand."
Feeling the car started, Eric smiled and raised his hand: "Come on, guess what I want to do?"
The girl who was comfortable on Eric's legs stretched out her hand and pulled Eric's big hand in front of her and chewed her gently, and said with a smile: "It's too deliberate, don't guess."
The sports car drove on the winding mountain road in Beverly Hills for more than ten minutes and entered the Trausdale Manor. Eric was lowering his head and talking to the girl. Natasha in the passenger seat turned around and said, "Master, there is someone at the door."
Eric looked up and saw a black SUV parked at the door of Drew's mansion.
The little girl sat up when she heard Natasha's words. She looked at her head and smiled, "Gwyneth Paltrow, I must have forgotten something when I left."
Eric wondered, "Forgot what?"
"How can I know," the girl smiled unchanged: "Anyway, it's okay to pull anything. Just come back if you have an excuse."
Eric understood in an instant, smiled, and said nothing.
Seeing the girl's red sports car parked at the door of the mansion, Gwyneth Paltrow was sitting in the SUV, taking a deep breath, pushed open the car door and got out, a sorry look on her face, and walked towards Eric and Drew: "I'm so sorry, Drew, my bag is at your house. I have an audition form tomorrow and still have it in my bag. I can only come back and get it at this time."
The girl affectionately grabbed Gwyneth Paltrow's hand: "It's okay, Kate, it's already so late, why don't you stay here tonight."
"Will you not disturb you?" Gwyneth Paltrow said to Eric.
Eric looked at the two girls who were obviously not in love but were like sisters, just nodded, saw the door open, and walked towards the yard.
Seeing that Eric had no intention of talking to him, a trace of loss flashed in his eyes, but soon changed his expression and dealt with the little girl who was still holding her hand.
"Let's go in." The girl said without any awareness of Gwyneth Paltrow's expression, and ordered the twins to drive Gwyneth Paltrow's car into the garage.
Eric walked into the yard and saw two maids who were still busy and some miscellaneous items scattered around him. He knew that when he was calling, the girl was holding a party at her home. The two maids didn't know much about Eric's personality. Seeing him appear, the work in his hands had not been finished, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, worried that he would be scolded.
It was almost one o'clock in the morning, and Eric was not Zhou Bapi, so he waved his hand and said, "You guys go and rest first, and clean up tomorrow."
The two maids breathed a sigh of relief, and finished the work in front of them quickly, and quietly disappeared.
There were two years of chattering and chattering behind him. Eric took off his coat and threw it on the sofa. When he walked upstairs, he planned to take a shower.
A moment later, Natasha, holding Eric's coat in her hand, appeared quietly at the door of Yu's room, hung the coat on the clothes hanger next to her, walked over and whispered: "Master, let me do it."
Eric got up and asked Natasha to look at the water flow, walked to the sink to take out her teeth, squeezed the toothpaste and asked, "What are Drew doing underneath?"
"Chain with Miss Paltrow."
"It's so late, let them talk tomorrow."
"Yeah," Natasha nodded, and saw Eric start brushing her teeth, focus on the bathtub, fill it with water, reach out to test the water temperature, and quietly exit the Yu room.
After brushing his teeth, Eric took off his clothes and soaked it in the bathtub. He squinted his eyes comfortably under the stimulation of warm water. After a while, he felt that the Yuki's were pushed away, and the girl quickly flew into the bathtub.
Eric's little body was pressed in his arms with restless little body in his arms and said with a smile: "Stop making trouble, it's so late, where is Gwyneth Paltrow?"
"Go to the guest room to sleep, Eric, are you going to go to the night attack? Maybe she will be looking forward to it?"
"Not interested. Since you don't like her, why are you doing so perfunctorily?"
The girl rubbed Eric's shoulder and said, "It's very interesting to see that she hates me very much, and she has to work hard to get close to me."
Eric patted the girl and said, "Don't play too much."
"If you don't like it, I'll ignore her."
Eric shook his head: "No need, but, why did I hear you just called her Kate?"
"That's her name, the godfather himself."
Eric curiously said, "Oh, what about your teaching name?"
"I just recognized my goddaughter casually when I was filming "ET". I was eight years old at that time. How could I have any reputation? They were born and raised in Hollywood. They were named very formally in the church during baptism."
Feeling the girl's mood inexplicably depressed, Eric came over and kissed the baby's face: "It's okay. Why don't I give you a name for me?"
"Okay, do you want me to call me dad?"
"Uh... don't call that."
"Haha," the girl twisted her body again, and a splash of water was blowing out: "You obviously like it very much. I feel it."
Eric reached out and pressed the girl again: "I'll throw you out again if I make trouble."
"Haha," the girl laughed a few times, stopped tossing, and said, "By the way, Eric. I got a cool script today, and I spent a full 500,000 dollars. Please help me see."
"Tomorrow, I won't see what time it's now."
"Just take a look," the little girl became more and more energetic as she said. She climbed to the edge of the bathtub, grabbed the shampoo bottle and pounded it on the edge of the bathtub, and shouted in a stack of words: "Natasha, Natasha..."
The voice of the twins came: "Boss?"
"Help me get the script today."
"OK."
After a moment, Yumu door was gently pushed open. Natasha walked in with a script in her hand, but a faint blush appeared on her face, which had always been quiet and beautiful, and her eyes were dodging slightly, and she didn't dare to look at Eric who was soaking in the bathtub.
Although there was a layer of foam floating on the bathtub and I couldn't see anything, Eric also felt a little embarrassed. He was about to speak and ask Natasha to go out quickly, but the little girl stretched out her two white little arms and asked Natasha to help her dry with a towel, and said, "What are you shy? I am Eric's, and you are Eric's."
Natasha responded softly: "Yes, boss."
Seeing the twins leave, Eric asked, "What did you do?"
The girl did not answer directly. She said with a smile: "If you don't want it, I'll give them to someone else."
"Forehead……"
"Okay, I won't give them to others, haha, let's read the script," the little girl held the script in one hand and handed a dry towel over the other.
Eric wiped his hands dry, took the script from the girl and opened it, his eyes almost jumped out.
There is only one word on the cover of the script, "Scream", and the screenwriter's column is also a very familiar name, Kevin Williamson.
Fortunately, the little girl turned around and hung a towel, but she didn't see Eric's brief surprise on her face, otherwise she would have guessed something.
Feeling the girl turned around, Eric asked casually while flipping through the script: "Where did this script come from?"
"Everyone has been scrambling recently, but the price is $350,000. Several major studios have withdrawn, and only a few independent production companies are still competing. I think this script is cool, so I just offered $500,000 to get it."
The scripts of Hollywood big-name screenwriters can be sold for $2 million to $5 million, but due to box office potential limitations, the script prices of horror films are usually not too high. Although we know that "Scream" was a big box office in the original time and space, just from the current situation, the price of $500,000 is a bit high. A horror film script is good for around $200,000, and even the more exciting ones will not exceed $400,000. This is why several major studios will withdraw at the price of $350,000.
The little girl once again guessed what he thought from Eric's expression and explained: "The 500,000 US dollars is more than just this script, but also includes the contracts for two other sequels, and there are two scripts of the same type. Together, they are actually five."
Hearing the girl say this, Eric's thoughts just now disappeared.
It's true, too.
How could this girl suffer a loss?
Eric could guess the idea of screenwriter Kevin Williamson. In Hollywood, as an unfamous screenwriter, $500,000 is definitely a huge sum of money. Hollywood has thousands of scripts every year. Many screenwriters often fall silent after one or two works, and maybe they will earn less than $500,000 in their lifetime. Kevin Williamson must also have the idea of making more money on this script.
However, with a $500,000 five-piece contract, Kevin Williamson will definitely regret it in the future and cry without tears when "Scream" is sold at the box office.
Feeling Eric's emotional change, the girl laughed smugly and said, "Eric, how do you think of the girl who was just killed when I was actually starring in the script?"
Eric leaned against the edge of the bathtub, flipping through the script in his hand, and asked calmly, "How did you have this idea?"
"I just think it's very interesting. I haven't acted in a movie for a long time. And it won't take long for this role."
"Well, if you like it, just act it, by the way, how is Tina's script for "Mean Girl"?"
"The preparations have begun. We plan to put them in the end of the year, and there is also this "Scream". If the filming goes well, it will also be held at the end of the year. If no one is willing to release it, we will do it ourselves. Oh, and there is also a sequel to "Mission: Impossible". Kevin Costner's agent called over two days ago and said he wanted to talk about the sequel contract."
Eric asked, "How did you reply to him?"
The little girl smiled and said, "Of course I ignored him. Everyone knows that there is a big problem with "Future Water World". Although it has been barely finished, we found out that the movie spent 130 million yuan during the filming period. I heard that the original director was so scared that he quit after the filming ended up. Now the post-production costs at least 30 to 40 million US dollars. Kevin Costner must want to sign the sequel to "Mission: Impossible". If "Future Water World" fails, he can get some guarantees so that I won't let him succeed. Even if I want to talk, I will wait for "Future Water World" to be released, haha. With "Scream" and "Mean Girl", it's enough for Amy and I to be busy for a long time, and there are also "Forrest Gump" that will be released in the summer season, and we have to participate in the promotion of "Museum Wonderful Night" in the Museum. There are so many things."
Last year, Warner took over "Future Water World" that Kevin Costner has been preparing for by that big-name actors. Now he will definitely regret it.
The final production cost is 170 million yuan, and the promotion and promotion will cost at least 30 million US dollars. The total cost is 200 million US dollars. Warner needs to recover 600 million US dollars worldwide to recover the cost at the box office. According to Eric's memory of this film, 600 million US dollars worldwide is impossible, and it would be good if there is no miserable loss. When the box office is falling, even if you are a blockbuster that burns down $200 million, the revenue of peripheral video tapes and TV licensing will definitely not be high. Warner's huge losses in this film are almost a foregone conclusion.
Eric couldn't help but think of Warner's list of films this summer, in addition to "Future Water World", there are four films: "Batman Forever", "The Story of Fire", "Counterattack", and "Evaporation Secret". In addition to "Future Batman", which has guaranteed the benefits, Eric doesn't remember that there are big-selling global films at least in the box office. But the cost of these five films is higher than that of the other films.
Not to mention the collapsed 170 million yuan cost of Worlds, "Batman forever" spent $120 million because of a star, "Evaporation Secret" also spent $100 million because of Arnold Schwarzenegger's high pay, and "The Story of Fire" was 70 million. The production cost of "Counterattack ****", which was accidentally disturbed by Eric last year, is the lowest, but it is also a large-budget film of $50 million.
In Eric's opinion, these films are definitely not worth these high production costs. Although Time Warner's film business revenue this year will rise significantly with the continuous bombing of five blockbusters in the summer, Eric is almost certain that compared with the annual loss of only $91 million last year, Warner's loss amount will definitely increase significantly this year, and Time Warner's CEO Terry Semer will be more and more difficult.
Perhaps, while Time Warner's performance is sluggish, Fireflies can do something.
To be continued...