Chapter 16: Bold thoughts

"What do you want to eat? I have some here... um, chocolate, and apple?" Eric asked with some empty refrigerator.
Stuart Langkel sat on the sofa and shook his head. "No, eating late at night is not a good habit. If you have milk, you can give me a cup. Drinking milk at night is good for sleep."
Eric raised his eyebrows and poured a glass of milk over to Stewart. He asked, "Who are these telling you?"
"The book says, Eric, you don't want to be a child who doesn't know anything. I'm already seven years old."
Eric nodded and nodded: "Well, big boy, then, why is your father and mother quarreling today?"
"Dad resigned and said that he wanted to start the company himself. Mom had a quarrel with him. Hey, the woman is really in trouble. When Dad didn't resign, the company that the mother always worked for Dad was too small and had no future. Now Dad. It’s hard to make up my mind to resign. My mother immediately turned her face and said that Dad’s abandoning a stable job is irresponsible to the family.

Eric was on the sofa. He didn't care much about the family affairs of the Langkels. He said with an apple: "I think, this little guy has heard too many things that are not suitable for your age."
Stewart snorted, as if he had heard the compliment, his eyes turned, jumped off the sofa, ran to Eric and sat down and asked, "Eric, are you making a movie now?"
Eric nodded. "Yeah, it’s almost finished. Let your mother take you to see it."
"So, Eric, do you think I can go to the movies?"
"Well? Stu, how do you suddenly come up with such a thought?"
Stewart looked forward with a look forwarded: "I heard that movie stars are very rewarding. If I become a movie star, I can make a lot of money for my family. If I have money, my mom and dad will not quarrel."
If the Langkel couple are here now, don’t know if they will be ashamed to hear these words.
Eric thought about it and said: "But now you are too small. You may not know that the child is one of the most difficult factors to control in the movie. Many movies try to reduce the children's play, even when shooting, the director They will also be trembled, because once the children cry, the whole crew will follow suit. And you have a great Child Protection Law, and the contract signed by the crew has no mandatory effect on children. So, I think I will wait. When you grow up, let's talk, at least until you are eighteen, like me."
"Hey, Eric, I am not a childish little boy, I will be very obedient. I heard that you are a screenwriter of the movie, help me write a role, I will be very grateful to you." Stewart eyes sparkling Looking at Eric, although Stewart Langkel is smarter than the children of this age, he is only seven years old, and naively thinks that as long as Eric’s screenwriter helps himself write a role, he You can go to the movie. .
Eric jumped in his heart, sat down straight, and looked at the little boy in front of him. He just suddenly thought of a person: Macquarie Calkin. The super child star who relied on "Little Ghosts" to be a global fire.
At this moment, a bold idea can't help but emerge from Eric's mind. Although it is not clear enough, Eric knows that if the plan is successful, he can easily cross the most difficult stage of accumulation and directly break through. Realize your own ideals by limiting factors such as age, funds, and qualifications. Although this plan is very difficult for myself at the current stage, I don’t know how to know it. A few hard times in life!
Moreover, look at Stewart, whose IQ is at least 10 years old, and the biggest uncertainty in the movie is gone.
"So, Stu, to be honest, I really have a role for you, and it is the protagonist."
Stewart stunned to Eric's lap and asked his little head: "Eric, what is the protagonist?"
"Amount, the protagonist is... the one with the most remuneration in the movie."
"I play, I play."
Eric said: "But we must get the consent of your parents, then I will send you home, and talk to your parents by the way."
The little hand pulling Stewart just walked out of Eric’s door and heard the voice of the neighboring family.
"I tell you, Richardson Langkel, if there is anything unexpected about Stu, I will divorce you!"
Charlie Longcker, who has always been somewhat weak in the quarrel, suddenly screamed: "Shut up, you, this blue pool, if it is not for you to provoke a quarrel, Stu will sneak away? First go to the basement to see, Stu Is it hiding inside?"
Mary Langkel was frightened by her husband’s sudden snoring, and it was indeed her own fault. For a moment, she was just behind her husband and was looking for it. Eric’s voice rang in the next door.
"Hey, Mr. Langkel, don't worry, Stu is here." Eric hugged Stu, and both the couple saw Eric's son, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
After returning Stewart to the Langkel home and hearing about Eric’s general remarks, both couples regretted and promised not to quarrel in front of the children.
"Actually, Mr. Longkel, there is one more thing, just Stu said that he wants to play a movie. Just right, I have a script here that is very suitable for Stu, and, with the intelligence of Estu, I think that the role is completely no problem."
The couple had some surprises. If they didn't know about Eric's current situation, they might probably use Eric's words directly as a joke. However, even Eric’s news appeared in the newspapers, so they were surprised, but they also had some expectations.
The life of both couples is somewhat unsatisfactory, otherwise it will not cause a middle-aged crisis. If the son can play a movie to become a star, it means nothing to say.
"Eric, can you tell me roughly what movie?"
Eric said: "Of course, this is a comedy, roughly a little boy who was forgotten at home by careless parents..."
It took five minutes, Eric to talk about the story, and then said: "I just talked to Stu for a while and found that Stu’s current IQ is higher than the little boy in the movie, so If you agree, you can let Stu try."
Several people looked at the boy who was sitting next to him and seemed to be very well-behaved or pretending to be very well-behaved.
"Hey, Mommy, I think I can, this story is great."
"The child is still too small, I think..." Richardson had just said halfway and was blindly stunned by Mrs. Longkel.
"Eric, can you think about it?"
"No problem," Eric nodded and added a firetrack: "But you must reply to me as soon as possible. This movie is scheduled to be released during the Christmas season. If the score is good, it is likely to make a series. If you agree, there is no accident, the protagonist will be Stu."
A series of movies, even ordinary people, know that the protagonist's pay will definitely get higher and higher.
At the same time, Eric did not tell the Langkel couple that he would personally direct the film. Now that everything is still not eye-catching, Eric can't even be sure that the plan will succeed. He doesn't want to be a kid. The script for "Twice Century Fox or other film companies, but intends to be completely independent of their own production, for the half-footed into the circle, the difficulty can be imagined.
When I got home, Eric, who was excited, didn't sleep. Sitting in front of the typewriter, she quickly tapped the script of "The Little Devil" and thought about the specific implementation process of the plan.
First of all, capital, actors, in addition to Stewart, the two thieves are also the top priority, Eric did not intend to invite former Pepsi and Peggy and Daniel Stern, both of whom are now more famous The film actor, Joe Percy also won the Oscar supporting actor nomination, his own money, even the two people can not afford to pay.
Eric intends to find two TV actors who perform comedy. The status of TV actor in this era is completely incomparable with the movie actor. When he greets people, he is embarrassed to say that he is a TV series, so the pay is quite low.
The location must be chosen in Canada, Los Angeles is just entering the fall, and many places in northern Canada have snowed.
There are other messy things...
The lights in the bedroom were all lit up all night, and when the sun shone into the bedroom, Eric stood up and stretched.
After a night, the cost of the previous "Little Ghosts" is said to be 18 million US dollars. From the professional perspective of Eric, it is entirely the cost of shooting plus the cost of publicity. Pure shooting costs are just a few million, most of which are paid by actors and directors.
But now, because there is already a complete "Little Ghost" in the mind, Eric has to do it completely on the film, so it can save a lot of unnecessary waste.
In terms of propaganda, Eric also has another plan. But no matter how carefully calculated, there is no one million dollars, and the film can't be filmed.
One million, "Returning to the age of seventeen" will kill in the next few days, Eric can get a remuneration of 500,000 US dollars, plus the original script is paid for about 90,000 US dollars, plus less than Six hundred thousand dollars.
Well, "Jurassic Park" is now selling so hot, and discussing with Michael Claus, perhaps also can get 200,000 dollars, and finally there is a gap of 200,000.
In the natural thought of the boat to the bridge, Eric decided to try to prepare for it.