Chapter Five Hundred and Seventy-Eight Why Not 0 Vision

Chapter 578

Drew had been quietly listening to the two people discussing how to obtain the copyright of superheroes such as "Spider-Man". When Eric even thought of buying Carlock Pictures, the little girl couldn't help laughing out loud. Come on, look so happy.

Eric looked at Drew and asked, "Is it funny?"

"Of course, it's just a "Spider-Man" copyright. If Carlock wants to jointly develop this movie, it doesn't have to be this movie. We can use the investment rights of "Mission Impossible" or "Night at the Museum" to exchange with them. , it is all about financing anyway.”

The original "Spider-Man" in the original time and space was so successful that Eric subconsciously felt that if he wanted to obtain the copyright of this superhero, he would have to increase his chips. Hearing Drew's words, he suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

Amy Pascal said: "Drew, I have also considered this possibility. But film companies usually use debt financing when raising funds for filming, for films that they are very optimistic about. We only need to repay the principal and interest of the debt, and do not need to share copyrights and interests with others. We did not intend to distribute the film in person. In this case, we already need to give up part of the distribution share. If you introduce film companies such as Carlock according to your imagination By co-producing, we will be able to make less profit.”

"Okay, then pretend I didn't say it." Drew shrugged indifferently, picked up a glass of juice on the table and drank it for himself.

Amy noticed Eric's moving look and said, "Eric, don't you really want to do this?"

"I think this is a good way. Just do it." Eric looked at Amy Pascal with a somewhat reluctant expression. Said: "Amy, I promise you that you will never regret it in the future."

Of course, Amy Pascal could not know whether she would regret it in the future, but since Eric opened her mouth, she had to agree: "Well, Eric, if they ask to share the copyright, should I agree? "

"The investment ratio can be slightly increased. But the copyright must not be shared. "Mission Impossible" and "Night at the Museum" are both series of movies. We must ensure that the launch of the sequel and the choice of the protagonist are completely up to us. Some small concessions can be made on the investment in the sequel," Eric would not make the mistake of Paramount and Cruise co-developed "Mission Impossible", the original time and space because Cruise holds "Mission Impossible" in his hand Half of the copyright of "Spy", Paramount did not even have the right to change the protagonist after breaking with Cruise, and finally had to pinch the nose to invite Cruise back.

Eric was about to ask how Amy Pascal was talking with Cruise when he saw Nicole walking towards him not far away.

Eric waved to Nicole.

She stood up to meet her, but the little girl beside her was the first to float to Nicole's side and hug her tall figure. He also rubbed against Nicole, with an overly enthusiastic look: "Hey, Nicole, wow, I didn't expect your skin to be so beautiful now, I'm so envious, I must go to Africa when I have time. "

"Thank you for your compliment, Drew," Nicole said, but unceremoniously reached out and pulled Drew away from her body and walked towards Eric.

"Hi, Nicole," Eric also stepped forward and hugged Nicole, because there were many guests around, and neither of them made any intimate gestures.

Amy Pascal greeted Nicole and walked to other places with interest.

Drew did not leave, but the three sat down at the small round table. Eric poured a glass of red wine and handed it to Nicole, and asked, "How does it feel to be filming in Morocco?"

Nicole showed a lingering expression: "The place is terrible, and there is still a war. During the whole filming process, we lived with 500 soldiers sent by the local government. The only good thing is that the whole filming process. We haven't encountered any attacks, you must know that we stayed in a small town for five days, and just left, the next day I heard that the town was looted by the government anyway."

Eric doesn't know much about the political situation in North Africa, but he also knows that choosing to shoot in Morocco can save the world at least 10 million dollars in production costs: "I think as long as the first "The Mummy" is successful, the sequel Michael A. Sna will definitely not let you shoot in Morocco."

"Of course, I'd rather give up my role in the sequel than go back to that hellish place," Nicole said, and fondly touched her tanned skin, with what she knew about Drew, Xiao Nizi just complimented her on her beautiful complexion, so she must listen to it the other way around. And it can be seen from Eric's reaction that most Westerners advocate tanning their skin to a healthy wheatish color. After Nicole returned to Los Angeles, many friends praised her for her skin tone became beautiful, but Eric was the only one Ke was unmoved by such a marked change in her.

A few people chatted, the sky darkened before they knew it, the lights in the manor were lit up, and more and more guests were attending the party. Eric then had to get up to entertain some important guests.

Until seven o'clock, most of the guests were there. Eric and the main creators of "Jurassic Park" smashed the ice sculpture symbolizing the billion-dollar box office together in the villa lobby, and the party officially began.

Although Thanksgiving was approaching, many of Eric's women stayed in Los Angeles. Except for Nicole and Drew, Famke Jensen and the Cruz sisters all showed up at the party. Eric thought Jennifer Connelly I should rush home to eat Thanksgiving with my parents, but I didn't expect the girl to rush over as well.

After returning to Los Angeles, Eric had never been able to find time to see the little guy Julia and Emma, ​​so he specially called and invited Julia to bring Emma to the party, so Julia excused that day. Elizabeth's invitation to go to New York with Emma and Elizabeth made Eric dumbfounded. Eric is sure that Julia's state is absolutely 'no help', Eric himself no longer has any expectations, but Julia is like a rope tied to her legs but not locked in a cage The little sparrow, looking at the unobstructed sea and sky, tries to flap its wings from time to time.

Socialized around at the party. Eric looked at his watch. It was nearly eight o'clock. Buffett, however, didn't realize that just now, he was going to ask someone to ask if there was anything other than the situation, when he saw a lot of female guests gathered on a sofa beside the glass curtain wall of the villa, talking and laughing about something, and let Eric even more. Surprisingly, all his women were there. Perhaps this is also the reason why a group of flamboyant women got together but no ignorant male guests came forward to strike up a conversation.

Nicole just noticed that Eric looked at them in surprise, and walked over without a trace from the crowd.

When Nicole walked in, Eric asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"

"Gossip, clothes, cosmetics, men." Nicole smiled and said, "Anyway, what you men are not interested in, we will talk about it."

"Actually, men are very interested, especially the last item you mentioned. Can you tell me something secretly?"

Ni winked playfully: "Of course not."

Eric shrugged and said with a smile, "Okay, then, I'll take the time to torture and extract a confession."

Nicole's face was slightly red, but she didn't say anything. She reached out to Eric: "Let's go dancing, shall we?"

Eric shook his head apologetically: "I'm waiting for an important guest, and I'm afraid I can't accompany you."

Nicole tapped the corner of her lips to act like a spoiled child, but she was very knowledgeable and did not entangle. Just as he was about to leave, Eric pulled La Nicole. He leaned into her ear and said softly, "Tell them for me to stay tonight."

Nicole thought that Eric was going to whisper something, and when she heard this, she immediately rolled his eyes at him, but said helplessly: "I'm only responsible for telling it, it's none of my business if they don't want to stay."

"Of course," Eric was about to make a joke or two when he saw Jeffrey beckoning to him not far away. Eric realized that Buffett might be here, nodded to Nicole, and hurried to Jeff walk in.

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Eric brought Jeffrey, Katzenberg and others to the parking lot, and saw a silver-haired man in his sixties with tortoiseshell glasses walking down from a black Mercedes-Benz.

"Hello, Mr. Buffett," Eric stretched out his hand, unable to resist looking at the legendary rich man again.

On the list of the world's richest people, most of the rich have accumulated amazing wealth through a company or a product, such as Bill Gates who made his fortune from Microsoft, or Larry Allison who became rich from database software. There is Warren Buffett who has repeatedly climbed the throne of the world's richest man by means of diversified investment.

"Eric, it's nice to meet you," Warren Buffett held Eric's hand enthusiastically: "I'm officially sorry, I came a little late when I encountered something."

"It's okay, Mr. Buffett, let me introduce you..." Eric introduced Katzenberg and others one by one, and then walked towards the villa together surrounded by everyone.

Originally, seeing Eric leading Firefly and other executives to the parking lot solemnly, he already realized that some important person was coming. When the guests found out that this person was Warren Buffett, many of them showed surprise and understanding. After Eric and Buffett disappeared in the villa, some guests couldn't wait to run to the corner and take out Mobile phones spread the news to the outside world.

Obviously, since the major shareholder of the TV station is here, the goal of Firefly Pictures to acquire the TV network is self-evident, and the news of tomorrow will definitely affect many things, such as the recent rise in stock prices and cbs, The uptrend in stocks is sure to come to an abrupt end, and may even fall, and the opposite is sure to happen for stocks.

Most of the people who attended the party tonight were people from the Hollywood circle, and not many people had interaction with Buffett, so Eric took Buffett directly to his study.

"Eric, when Firefly acquired Disney, I actually wanted to meet you, but unfortunately I never had the chance. You know, I was a Disney shareholder at the time."

Eric poured twice the Coca-Cola that he had prepared earlier, handed Buffett a glass, and sat down on the sofa opposite: "Actually me too, Mr. Buffett, like many people, I admire your investment methods very much. , I've also considered buying some Berkshire stock."

Buffett groped for the glass of Coke in his hand with great interest, and said: "If you want to invest, of course I will be very welcome. Before coming here, I have watched all the films you have participated in, although some I am not I like it very much, but it is undeniable that these are commercial films with very high box office potential, and I am curious, how did you create or select these scripts?"

"By personal feeling, we all know that investing in movies is like a gamble. Before a movie is released, no one can know whether it will be popular with audiences. Otherwise, the people who made "Star Wars" would absolutely It won't be George Lucas."

Eric's explanation is absolutely impossible to satisfy Buffett. However, Buffett does not mean to delve into it. In the small house in Omaha, he has been pondering Eric over and over again for a long time. Ke is like a darling kissed by the goddess of luck. Since his rapid rise in 1988, this young man has never missed a step, whether in investment or in movies. Although he is reluctant to admit it, Buffett feels Eric It should be the same type of person as him. Since the 1960s, Buffett has been picking and choosing from different investment portfolios. The reason why he can accumulate nearly 10 billion US dollars of wealth now is also because he has not been in all these years. There have been huge mistakes in investing.

Therefore, since Firefly Pictures announced its withdrawal from the Fox network, Buffett has been closely watching every move on Firefly's side. On the day Firefly Pictures announced its bid for the Blockbuster chain with Viacom, Buffett realized from a series of clues that Firefly’s true purpose was definitely not Blockbuster.

"Eric, I'm curious, the video tape industry is growing at the same rate every year as the movie box office, but the development of the TV network has been sluggish for a long time. Why don't you choose Blockbuster, but buy it?"

Now that Buffett has come to the door, Eric didn't argue any more and said, "I remember you once said that I am fearful when others are greedy, and I am greedy when others are fearful, right?"

Buffett smiled, expressing acquiescence.

"The development of the video tape industry is at a moment when you say everyone should covet its profits, and the TV network happens to be the kind of existence that discourages many people, so I don't think it's so unexpected to choose an acquisition. things?" (To be continued.) (www.. )