Chapter 26: Potential crisis

Michael Klaus saw Eric keep shaking his head and finally played a rogue: "Eric, just write something, you can't let me run for a while? I am this time." After the busy work of Luo Ji Park, even his wife began to complain that I only care about my work, and that you want to pre-empt royalties when you make a movie, I also gave you 200,000 so refreshed. You are not touched a little. What?"
A short, middle-aged man with his eyes open in front of himself to play emotional cards, Eric couldn't help but chill, and thought about it: "Well, Michael, there is a good theme, but also science fiction, However, it is only a rough idea, and there is no specific outline. The story is based on the inspiration of George Romero's series of living dead movies. The story of a virus leak being researched by a biological company has led to the story of human beings being infected into living dead...

Eric has talked about the story of Resident Evil. He has seen the "Resident Evil" series of movies in his previous life. Although he doesn't like it very much, he still retells the story completely because of the memory of his embarrassment after rebirth. Come out.
The previous "Resident Evil" series is the most profitable game adaptation movie, the cost is not high, the total box office of the series has reached more than one billion dollars. Since Michael Klaus did not let him write something, he should first take care of this pit. In the past, Eric was not angry, but it was cheaper for the Japanese. This kind of thing that he likes and hears is still very fulfilling. of.
Michael Klaus is somewhat dissatisfied: "Is this story too small? Eric, the zombie culture does have a lot of people like it, but the audience is still too small, or else?"
Eric’s shoulders shrugged, his hands spread out, and you liked what you loved or not. Michael Klaus couldn’t help but promised:
Well, write the story as soon as possible, with your current fame. Yes, you don’t know how to sell. Right, you can add some adult elements in it, you must be a little hot. Anyway, you are now an adult, no one will blame anything...

He was talking about his suggestion. Michael Klaus suddenly noticed the unnatural look on Eric's face. He turned his mind and found that Aniston stood behind his back with a small mouth and a small mouth. You then said what it looks like.
"That, Eric, I suddenly remembered that there are still some things to do, just like this, goodbye." The boyfriend of the family wrote an adult and got caught in the novel. Michael slammed the bag and slid it. After opening the door, I couldn’t help but turn around and say: "Be sure to write it out as soon as possible."
After Michael Klaus left, Aniston asked: "Eric, you don't really follow the guy's words to write?"
Eric smiled and took Aniston, stroking Aniston because he had been slimming his waist for more than two months. "Of course, I am now promoted by Colombia and Fox to become a teenager in the United States." Model, how can it be because of a little profit, and damage your glorious image."
"Oh, still model, you are a big color jackal, ah, no."
Struggling a few times, Aniston was once again pressed by Eric on the couch.
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After a period of publicity, "Little Ghosts" and "Returning to Seventeen" finally ushered in another key moment, the film preview.
On November 11th, two films were simultaneously screened by film critics. There was no online hype in this era. The film's propaganda was mainly through newspapers. The audience chose movies and basically relied on newspaper comments on movies.
Therefore, the film critics are a hurdle in the process of film propaganda. Of course, after the film critics who participated in the screening watched the movie, as long as the quality of the film was not terrible, it would not be too sharp to evaluate the film. After all, the film critics need the film, but the film does not necessarily need the film critics. Too much can only let the film company block themselves.
On the second day after the screening, the long-awaited comments on "The Little Devil" and "Returning to the Seventeen Years" appeared in the major newspapers and magazines.
"The Little Devils" has created a new pure comedy narrative mode, full of laughter and warmth of innocence and growth, the conflict between the ghostly protagonist and the two thieves, and young and old, have to say, Stewart The performance of Longker, the seven-year-old actor in the film, can be described as stunning, and the new man’s Matthew Perry’s Marvin is also awesome. The face full of comedy style is only one. When it appears, people can't help but laugh..." - "Los Angeles Times"
"The genius director and the talented little actor, a Christmas joyful meal for the audience. I advise you that the audience should not eat popcorn when watching the movie, or it is likely to laugh in the neck of the audience in front of you... ..." - "Chicago Tribune"
""Returning to the age of seventeen" is a transformation of Drew Barrymore. In the film, Drew completely got rid of the image of the little girl in the cute "ET", playing a daughter who is about to rebel in high school graduation. The performances demonstrated by several emotional outbursts are amazing. The performances of Dan Eckroyd and Susan Sarandon are still excellent, and I have to say that Eric Williams is the screenwriter and starring. Sis, the performance in the film is not like a newcomer who has no performance experience at all. In the process of playing with Drew Barrymore, he did not fall into the wind, and he was the director of "The Devil's Home" released at the same time. This is a genius who has been kissed by God, otherwise it is impossible to explain why Eric Williams is so good..." - Empire Magazine

A lot of people are always complaining about the reality of dissatisfaction. After reading
Returning to the age of seventeen,
you will find that you are not unhappy, but that all kinds of negative emotions completely envelope you and isolate you. Have happiness, but only the protagonist in the film can be fortunate enough to get rid of his original skin and examine himself from another perspective..." - "Washington Post"
There are many newspapers that praise the two films, and some criticisms are inevitable. After all, the two major media groups are no longer strong enough to control all the public opinion, not to mention the other four major film companies will certainly not let Colombia and Fox too Satisfied.
The "Chicago Sun" directly criticized "Little Ghosts" as a noisy work completely out of reality. The plot lacks rationality. The teasing of two thieves is impossible in reality, so it is likely to cause problems for young children. Wrong boot.
Another "Los Angeles News" put forward a more sharp point of view. In the newspaper, the shot of Kevin's toy gun appeared in the movie "The Little Ghost", and the review body was called to re-examine the rating of the film. This news even caught the attention of a television station in Los Angeles. Eric knew that after this incident, he also had some concerns. In his impression, although the United States has a lot of guns, it is very strict with the guns of minors in film and television works. strict.
Uneasy to call the head of "Little Devils" Lester Reid asked about this matter, Lester did not care to let him rest assured, and revealed a hidden inside story.
The owner of the Los Angeles Newsletter is a shareholder of Universal Pictures. On November 18th, Universal Pictures will release an animated film "Small Footboards", which will be made as a child-oriented competitor like "Little Ghosts". This kind of thing is normal, and Colombia will respond to this behavior accordingly.
Putting down the phone, Eric sighed and fell into treacherousness so quickly. At the same time, this episode also gave him a sense of crisis. Now compared to the movie giants, he is still a humble little shrimp, and there is no threat to the giants, but once the "Little Devils" is released and has achieved great success like the previous life, then his existence will definitely cause those The giants are vigilant, especially Colombia, which is about to be smashed.
If at that time, he does not have enough strength and does not want to give up most of the benefits, then waiting for him may be the giants spare no effort to suppress.
Tom Cruise, an example of the past life, is an example. With the movie department starring Tom Cruise, the power and interest he asked for was getting higher and higher. Finally, Tom Cruise shot a When the film earned more money than the Paramount Pictures, the Paramount owner, Somer Reston, directly smashed the face with Tom Cruise in the newspaper, while Viacom’s media Tom Cruise has been smearing for years, directly to the bottom of Tom Cruise's career.
"Oh, dear, what do you think, how do you look at your face?" I noticed that Eric had been on the phone and had been stunned by the phone. Aniston gently pulled Eric's shirt.
"Oh, nothing."
Although Eric is always confident, Aniston still feels that he is worried about the box office of the two films. After all, Eric had only the car left by his father, and everything else that could be mortgaged was mortgaged. Once he failed in the bet of "The Little Ghost", Eric would go bankrupt.
From the back of his boyfriend's waist, put his face on Eric's back, Aniston whispered: "Dear, please talk to me if you have any thoughts. Although I can't help, I can still do it. A qualified listener."
"Just suddenly felt..." Eric turned and held Aniston tightly: "The road ahead may be harder to go, Anne, will you stay with me forever?"
"Of course, I will." Aniston did not understand the deep meaning of Eric's words, but he chose decisively to answer affirmatively.
"Thank you, Annie, then, don't you really go to New York with me? I talked to James about it, just a ticket."
The release date of "Little Ghosts" and "Return to Seventeen" is getting closer and closer, and the two crews will also go to New York on the East Coast for publicity, but as a dispensable in "Returning to Seventeen" Supporting role, Aniston is not among the actors involved in the promotion.
Don't want her boyfriend to worry about this little thing again, Aniston shook his head and said: "No, I have lived in New York for many years, nothing new."
The two men squinted for a while, and Aniston pushed Eric back and turned to pack the luggage for Eric.