Chapter 33: Initiative

The next day, the impact of this matter continued to expand. Most of the newspapers clamored for Colombia at the same time. Somehow, they angered the Colombian family's Coca-Cola Group and began to accuse Coca-Cola of its business strategy for Colombia. After all, the performance of the Columbia Film Company in recent years is indeed very good. The Coca-Cola Group did not care about this ‘small thing’.
Surprisingly, after the stock market opened on the day, the stock price of Coca-Cola, which was very stable, fell directly by 1.7%. This figure may seem insignificant, but after multiplying the market value of tens of billions of dollars, it is not so calm.
Coca-Cola CEO Guo Sida slammed Blount Cohen directly on the phone and ordered Blunt Cohen to quickly resolve the matter, otherwise he would get out of the position of Colombian president.
At the high pressure of the Coca-Cola headquarters, at 10 am, Blount Cohen personally held a press conference at Columbia, euphemistically apologizing to Eric, and promised to implement the gambling agreement.
Eric, who got the news, certainly won't make things more rigid. Immediately, his private lawyer, Edward Lewis, issued a statement of understanding in the Los Angeles Times. The storm has just risen and it has quickly subsided.
Perhaps because of this breach of contract, according to the general law, there should be a certain decline in the "Little Ghosts" box office, the second week not only did not fall, but rose a lot, got a box office of 28.76 million US dollars, broke through in two weeks The $50 million mark.
At the same time, "returning to the age of seventeen", which received a box office of 14.73 million US dollars, is still in the second place in the box office list. The two films related to Eric, the total box office even exceeded 50% of the total box office in North America this week, once again surprised some people.
Although the results are still amazing, the media's attention to Eric has slowly declined. The reporters near Eric’s house finally left after they could not find useful news for several days.
During the week, Eric basically stayed at home and concentrated on the creation of Michael Klaus's "Resident Evil". The previous "Resident Evil" story has two versions, one is Capcom's game story line. One is a movie version of the storyline with Alice as the main character. It is a pity that Eric has only played the fourth and sixth generations of the Resident Evil game, so the story of the game version is not too well understood.
The story line of the movie version obviously has not much to write. On the basis of the game content, it is the personal opening and closing show of the female man of Mila Jovovich.
Therefore, the writing of "Resident Evil" novels is not as easy as "Jurassic Park". It took Eric for three days to conceive an outline with Lyon as the actor. The content began with Lyon’s participation in the police station and continued until the crowds rushed out of the raging city where the virus broke out.
Eric has cleverly integrated the characters of the previous generations, such as Chris, Jill, and Wesker, into this novel. Of course, the sister Wang, who is most welcomed by Chinese game fans, is definitely indispensable. Eric tasted the relationship between Ada Wang and Lyon as a relationship between the Queen and the pet boy.
This is not the original of Eric. On the previous world, some game fans commented on the relationship between the two people.
In the game, the elegant and evil Ada Wang often performs the task, encounters the little Lyon in the depths of the water, calmly helps him to get rid of the predicament, as usual, ridicule the drama, leaving a rocket launcher with a lip print Gone away.
Every time I play these episodes, it is easy to reminiscent of some evil pictures: little baby, come over... (touch~ touch~ head~)... well, no matter what, let’s play .
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With the boiling water out of the kitchen, Eric James Brooks, who is sitting on the sofa in the living room reading some of the Resident Evil, is directed at the coffee.
"James, what do you think?" The coffee was handed to James, and Eric sat down opposite and asked.

It’s quite a picture, and people have an immersive feeling, just like watching a movie, it’s wonderful.

Eric nodded and James's evaluation was very pertinent. Because of the predecessor's career, Eric used a lot of montage techniques in his writing when he was writing. The biggest feature of this writing method is to give people a sense of picture.

If you make a movie?
Eric asked again.
James put down the manuscript and seriously said: "I feel that this novel is not suitable for making movies at this stage. Although there are many people who love zombies, the base is too few, so it is decided that the film can only use small and medium-sized investment. If a novel is made into a movie, it needs a lot of special effects. If the investment is too little, it will definitely not be effective, and it will become nondescript. Therefore, it is better to develop special effects technology for a few years to become cheaper."
It is worthy of being a gold medal producer. In a few words, the limitations of Resident Evil and the prospects for adaptation are outlined. Past biochemical fans often complain that the "Resident Evil" movie series investment is too small, the special effects picture is not hot enough, why is it that Mira has no other big names, I don't know if I really follow the fans' willingness to shoot because of the movie classification Because of the audience's face, the film company's minute loss is absolutely not discussed.
After talking about a few "Resident Evil", Eric asked about James's intentions.
"Invite me to attend Fox's reception?" I thought that James was running the "Little Ghosts" overseas copyright. I didn't expect it to be another thing.
In the past few days, Eric has received several calls and invitations related to "Little Ghosts", and even Michael Eisner, who was originally prepared to join him in Colombia, once again called himself. However, he already had his own plan in mind, so he refused directly.
Seeing Eric's somewhat unexpected expression, James smiled: "Of course, do you think that I came to "Little Ghosts"? Many people have extended an olive branch to you these days, I heard that you refused. I think, Maybe you are waiting for Fox's initiative, right?"
The surprise in Eric’s eyes flashed away. He was really waiting for Fox to contact him first so that he could take the initiative. Since the other party has already guessed it, and let the James Brooks gold medal maker personally invite himself, Eric will deny that it is a little bit of a family.
Shrugging and smiling, Eric said: "I do have this idea, James, after all, our cooperation is quite enjoyable."
James sincerely said: "So, I came over personally today. In fact, Mr. Barry Diller wants to see you, talk about "Little Ghosts", "Jurassic Park" and your... next movie ""
"Oh, is Fox really greedy?"
James smiled: "This has nothing to do with greed, Eric, this is business. If Fox does not shoot, other companies will also be interested in these. Of course, Fox will not be as short-sighted as Colombia, we hope that the two sides can work together equally. mutual benefit."
These words are good to listen to, Eric will not be stupid to really believe. Fox said this, because they did not get the distribution rights of "Little Ghosts". Otherwise, because of the gambling agreement, it is impossible for the other party to make up the moths. The eavesdropping scandals that were published in the past are just the tip of the iceberg where these giants are doing privately.
But at present, Eric has to choose a giant to be a patron, so as to reduce the embarrassment of the outside world, better protect themselves and secretly develop strength. After some comparison, Eric selected Fox.
In the next few years, Fox's main goal, led by Barry Diller, is to create the Fox TV network, so the relative attention in the movie will definitely decrease, which gives Eric the little sparrow in the spotted nest. Point resources have created a good time.