Chapter 306 Eric Thinks so Too

"Hi, hello, Miss Kidman, I'm Tom Cruise, you can call me Tommy, wow, you're so pretty, you're prettier than in the movie, can I call you Nicole? ". Eric was chatting with Paula Wagner when he heard Tom Cruise's attentive voice behind him.

"Of course no problem, Mr. Cruise," Nicole's voice also rang out, with a touch of alienation in her tone, but Cruise didn't seem to realize anything and started talking about other topics.

Paula Wagner smiled awkwardly at Eric, and secretly blamed Cruise for being too inappropriate. Nicole Kidman was Eric's female companion, and the relationship between the two was clear. .

Eric turned his head and glanced, seeing that Cruise was already sitting opposite Nicole, so he had to say to Paula Wagner: "Then, Ms. Wagner, let's sit too."

"Okay, Eric, I'm really... sorry," Paula Wagner said softly apologetically.

"Nicole, the pan-fried foie gras here is very good. It is said that the ingredients are all airlifted directly from France. I think you can have one," Cruise looked through the menu for a while, and quickly raised his head, bringing He smiled at Nicole.

"Sorry, Mr. Cruise, I'm on a diet," Nicole shook her head slightly, then ordered a salad from the waiter and closed the menu.

Cruise touched a soft nail, the smile on his face faded, but there was more interest in his eyes.

Eric and Paula Wagner also finished ordering quickly, waiting for the waiter to leave. Cruise said without hesitation: "Sorry. Eric. I've read the script of "The Ghost Story", but the film that Paula's production company and I are preparing will start soon. , so I definitely can't take that role again, and honestly, I think this kind of thing playing a ghost sounds stupid. Also, I've researched the whole script and I can't find anything that stands out. I recommend you It is best to try another movie, such as the second part of "Dark War", although I can no longer participate, but I believe that with the popularity accumulated in the first film, the box office success is still certain."

Hearing Cruise say this, Paula Wagner put one hand on her forehead and gently touched her temple twice. Obviously, Cruise's self-righteous old problem was committed again, and she completely forgot her previous instructions.

Nicole opened her mouth slightly when she heard this. Then he picked up the juice in front of him and brought it to his mouth without a trace, blocking the sneer at the corner of his mouth.

Eric put his hands on the table. Cross kept rubbing and listening to Cruise's words with interest. After the other party finished speaking, Eric looked at Cruise with interest and said, "In this case, Tommy,

You invited me here today, what's the matter? ".

Paula Wagner was afraid that Tom Cruise would say something inappropriate, and quickly took over Eric's question and said, "Mr. Williams, Tommy is such a person, and he doesn't like to keep anything in his heart. , so please don't mind. We think the script of "The Ghost Story" is still very good, but Tommy's schedule has been arranged, so this time we have no chance to cooperate."

"Oh, so this time..." Eric continued to ask.

Tom Cruise was about to speak when he felt his calf under the table kicked. Cruise looked at Paula Wagner and saw a faint pleading look on Paula Wagner's face, so he shrugged slightly and closed it. mouth.

Seeing Tom Cruise finally stop talking, Paula Wagner breathed a sigh of relief and said to Eric: "That's right, Mr. Williams, Flower Pictures, a subsidiary of Firefly, didn't buy a lot of novels last year. And the movie copyright, there is a TV series called "Mission Impossible", I want to ask if you can transfer it to us, we will definitely give a very reasonable price."

Eric raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "Ms. Wagner, why are you interested in this TV series, if it is changed into a movie, it should be a spy action movie, which is similar to Tom's current screen image. A big difference."

When Cruise heard Eric say this, he couldn't help but interject again: "Look, Paula, Eric thinks so too, so I think it's better not to mention this. I have said that I am not suitable for such pure action films. That is the role that Schwarzenegger or Stallone should play. I am more suitable for drama films. Even if there are some action elements, it should be like a few years ago. "Top Gun", like our recent film, is mainly about the plot, Eric, you should think so too?"

Eric smiled slightly and echoed: "Of course, I also think Tommy is more suitable for narrative-led genre films. If you change it rashly, the risk will be great."

The two men interrupted like this, and Paula Wagner didn't know what to say. With a distressed look on her face, she reluctantly glanced at the man beside her who was smug after being 'approved', and then looked at her face again. Eric with a faint smile on her face, for some reason, she always felt that the smile on the corner of Eric's mouth was a little strange.

Bypassing the matter of the original TV series of "Mission Impossible", Eric quickly said: "Tommy, let's talk about the movies you are planning to make recently. I believe many fans will look forward to it very much."

"That's for sure," Tom Cruston became interested, but looked at Nicole in front of him from time to time, and said, "A few years ago, when Mr. Paul Newman and I co-produced "The Color of Money", I was very interested in racing cars. I became interested, so I always wanted to make a racing movie. In the setting of the script, the racing scene in this movie will be very grand and exciting. Paramount promised to invest 60 million US dollars in this movie. I believe, This movie will definitely be able to create the box office glory of "Top Gun" in 1986. By the way, Nicole, the movie just lacks a heroine. Do you want to try it? From the first time I saw you, I thought, You are a perfect fit for the role of Claire."

When Nicole heard the $60 million investment in the film, she immediately took action. She glanced at Eric and saw a noncommittal look on the man's face, so she asked tentatively, "Mr. Cruise, can you elaborate on this? role?".

"Of course, Claire is a doctor. The hero Cole met after a racing accident. Claire was quickly moved by Cole's strength and indomitableness and fell in love with the hero..."

Cruise spoke with great interest for seven or eight minutes, only reluctantly paused when the waiter was serving a few people, and Nicole tried to follow Cruise's rhythm from time to time.

Listening to the conversation of the pair of men and women next to her, Paula Wagner looked at Eric on the opposite side worriedly. Seeing that Eric was enjoying the food in front of him as if nothing had happened, he was slightly relieved.

"Ms. Wagner, are you still Tom's manager?". Eric ignored the conversation of the men and women beside him, took a few bites of food, raised his head and suddenly asked Paula Wagner opposite.

Paula Wagner didn't know what Eric meant by suddenly asking this question, but she quickly replied, "No, I'm in charge of C/W Productions now, so Tommy has a new agent named It's called Pie Kingsley."

Eric sighed inwardly, Tom Cruise was really lucky, even though he was a stranger in this time and space, two women who were very important to his career development still appeared by his side.

Paula Wagner can be said to be Tom Cruise's great benefactor, who directly brought Cruise from a nobody to the ranks of Hollywood superstars, and then assisted Cruise to set up a production company and acted as a series of Cruise films. The producer of , it can be said that Cruise's success is half of Paula Wagner.

Then Cruise and Paula Wagner established Cruise/Wagner Productions together, Paula Wagner became the head of the production company, and Cruise changed another agent, Pai Jinsley. The ability of this female agent is also very good. She took over Paula Wagner's position and worked diligently for Cruise's brokerage for 14 years. In the past ten years, Cruise has given birth to a lot of things. In terms of affairs and life, he was also a mess, but under the maintenance of Pie Jinsley, Cruise's public image has been maintained flawlessly.

In the previous life, both Cruise and Nicole were once their agents. Jinsili served as the agent, but after the divorce of Cruise and Nicole, Cruise's own career did not improve much, but Nicole skyrocketed, not only successful After being crowned Oscar, he also entered the 20 million salary club.

Under the extreme imbalance in his heart, Cruise found a random excuse for Pi. Kingsley's public relations Oscar to fire the hard-working agent, and then let his sister, who has no professional experience, act as his agent like a child's play. people.

It didn't take long for Cruise to taste the consequences of doing so. Without a strong agent in charge of negotiating and taking care of the public image, a series of events followed. Negotiations with Paramount broke down and the sofa jumping incident. , Faith was attacked by the media, and scandals with actresses were frequently seen in tabloids. In just over a year, Cruise's public image plummeted, and his acting career also suffered a huge blow.

In the following years, Paula Wagner was disappointed and left Cruise's production company. Subsequently, except for the "Mission: Impossible" series, Cruise's movies almost lost one of them, because For this reason, Cruise is not strong against Paramount Pictures in the "Mission: Impossible" series, and the glory of getting $75 million in remuneration for a movie is gone forever. (To be continued...)