I’m in Hollywood

Ps: This is Chapter 507. I accidentally mistyped the chapter number.

"This year's Golden Globe Award, are you not planning to participate?" Looking at the analysis of the Hollywood Reporter's nomination for the 50th Golden Globe Award, Elizabeth sat on the table with her long legs, some gloating Asked.

The Golden Globe Awards have no technical awards, and Eric’s "Tornado" last year only has the award-winning strength in sound and special effects.

"Look at the mood," Eric pushed the newspaper he had read to the side and took the milk in front of him and drank slowly.

Although the "Tornado" did not receive any nominations, the Golden Globe Awards Dinner still sent an invitation letter to Eric, but Eric has not yet decided to go. This award ceremony is not attended, but once it is attended, I have to abide by the rules of the award ceremony, and with his current influence, the 'care' of the lens is definitely very frequent. It is still very tired to smirk for two hours with the atmosphere.

Elizabeth also knows that Eric’s attitude towards the Golden Globe and Oscar is not too keen, let go of the “Hollywood Reporter” and take it in the newspaper of Eric’s hand and read it again while reading the headlines of the entertainment version. I asked, "Would you really not plan to fight for Oscar in the future?"

"Spielberg became a frontline director from "The Great White Shark" in 1975, but until now, nominated so many times, the old man who refused to give him a best director, they are not, I have not It is necessary to deliberately paste it."

"Speaking, this time, "Schindler's List", Spielberg will definitely be able to get a small gold man?"

"Of course, his biggest competitor this year is Clint Eastwood's "Unforgivable". But "Unforgivable" is a Western movie, and "Schindler's List" is a biographer, not to mention the same year. The Jewish experience of the Holocaust, the Jewish influence in Hollywood, in any case, "Unforgivable" is no more than "Schindler's List." That year, "Ben Xu" was able to create Oscar nominations and the number of awards, mainly Or because it is a tribute to the Jews," Eric said, suddenly stopping the words: "Hey, Liz, is your family Jewish?"

Elizabeth bent her lips. Shaking his head and jokingly said: "No, so what do you want to say, although I say it well, I will not expose you to racial discrimination."

Eric breathed a sigh of relief and secretly reflected for a moment, and he still did not fully integrate into the world. The topic of race is a bit too casual. Americans are very sensitive to racial discrimination, and even have specifically enacted legislation for this purpose. Now it’s just a good time for two people’s private occasions. If you are in a public place or just be a Jewish person opposite you, some of his words will definitely be Causes the other person's suspicion and resentment.

Although Americans like to laugh at themselves, the racial temperament is a minefield that will be indiscriminately bombed, compared to the weak blacks. The reaction of Jews to racial discrimination will be more intense, as explained by the unfortunate experience of Mel Gibson in the original time.

Elizabeth saw that Eric suddenly fell silent and no longer mentioned the things that had just happened. Compared with Eric, Elizabeth, who has lived in the United States for many years, rarely cites racial topics like ordinary Americans.

Americans have always said nothing about racial discrimination.

After a leisurely meal, Elizabeth saw that Eric was not eager to go to work, and then mentioned another message that was just seen in the newspaper: "The directional sale signed by Paramount and Viacom. The contract was abolished by the Los Angeles Superior Court, and qvc also offered its first offer. $7.8 billion, which is much higher than the acquisition of Disney last year. It is estimated that the deal will soon be over?"

"No, the total box office of Hollywood movies in the world rose by 15% last year. It will certainly maintain a similar high growth rate in the next few years. If I didn't win Disney at a high premium last year, this year's $6.5 billion must also Can't take it. Although Martin Davis is not very good at running a film company, as a savvy businessman, he can definitely see that since he can't keep Paramount, the deal drags on him for a long time. The better."

Elizabeth listened to Eric and said this, suddenly remembering the last year's incident, said: "When you filmed Jurassic Park last year, did Martin Davis go to Kauai? Why didn't you go? In this case, when I acquired Disney, did Le Shidong not bring you a lot of trouble?"

"This is a very interesting topic," Eric said with a smile. "For example, you and other groups of people are racing on the runway. If you are already ahead, you will stop and set some for the backward opponents. Obstacles, or continue to rush to make your opponents go further?"

"Of course, I continue to run," Elizabeth said without hesitation. "But I feel that this is two things. It is definitely not good for you to stop and set obstacles for your opponent, but it is definitely not the same as working with Paramount."

"In the Japanese acquisition of Colombia and Universal, the reason why the fireflies cooperated with them was because in that case, Colombia and the world would give a higher proportion, while the fireflies themselves were not strong enough. But now if I have a good idea, I can completely digest all the benefits with the fireflies' own channels. There is no need to just set aside some obstacles for Viacom to give Paramount a benefit. The Japanese are outsiders. They are not too familiar with the operating mechanism of Hollywood. When they see the film company’s big sales increase the stock price, they can only pay honestly. Viacom is different. I started to get involved in Hollywood before, and I am very familiar with the rules of the game."

Eric finished, saw Elizabeth's thoughts in a smile, smiled, got up and simply cleaned up the tableware and asked, "I am going to go to Prea Vista, what about you?"

Elizabeth returned and said, "I will go back to Beverly Hills first."

......

Firefly Studios Digital Field Effects Center.

Although a lot of model effects were used in the filming of Jurassic Park, the special effects experts in the digital field never gave up the research and development of computer cg special effects technology. After nearly a year of technical research. Dinosaur lenses that need to be created with digital effects have reached a level that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Because of the time, Eric did not urge the digital field to speed up the production process. This meticulous attitude made the Jurassic Park only 70% of the post-production work, and then It takes at least two months to complete the film completely.

Eric and Stan Winston checked the progress of the previous period of time and repeated the scene of a section of the Tyrannosaurus roaring. Stan Winston’s face was full of excitement and pride, even if it was two years ago, he could not imagine that one day he would have the opportunity to make such a realistic shot of ancient behemoths.

"Eric, you really don't plan to release the trailer of Jurassic Park on this year's Super Bowl. I think if this behemoth can be on the Super Bowl, it will definitely surprise the world. "Stan Winston skillfully manipulated the computer in front of him and turned to ask Eric, who was sitting next to him."

Eric is discussing some details with a special effects artist. Hearing Stan Winston asks, "Because I don't want to release the trailer so early, let the image of the dinosaur be revealed in advance. In the future, the film will be officially released, and the degree of surprise will definitely be discounted."

"But even if the trailer is not played on the Super Bowl, do you still want to play the trailer on the TV before the movie is released?"

Eric replied with confidence: "The propaganda department has already made the corresponding plan. In the future, when making the trailer, it will be based on Professor Hadmond's explanation. With proper suspense, the figure of the dinosaur will appear. There won't be a full picture."

"This is indeed a good method. Right, the late stage of "The Great Clash" has already been completed. Do you have to go and see it?"

"Okay," Eric promised, and the two went to another work area in the digital arena.

After repeated revisions, the script of "The Great Clash of Heaven and Earth" removed the ugly plot and increased the portrayal of the disaster. With strong technical support in the digital arena, Roland Emmerich boldly added special effects scenarios. This series of changes not only makes the film's story more compact, but also has created special effects scenes that are more shocking than the original version of Eric's memory.

"After this summer. Hollywood will fully enter the era of special effects movies," Stan Winston couldn't help but sigh in the studio's lounge area.

If the last two years of "Terminator 2" and "Tornado" are just to show the great potential of special effects movies, this year's summer file for two consecutive "Jurassic Park" and "Heaven and Earth" as long as they can be at the box office Great success, then Hollywood will fully realize the huge commercial prospects of special effects movies.

Eric and Roland Emmerich sat down on the other two sides, Eric said with a smile: "In this case, the digital field must be scaled up again."

"Then the cinema can't be installed now," Stan Winston pointed to the firefly studio that had been built outside the glass window.

Roland Emmerich said to Eric: "I heard that some of the unused land that was not planned was bought by fireflies. Why not build a corporate campus in the digital domain alone?"

At the beginning, the fireflies bought 100 hectares of land in Prea Vista, and only a third of the fireflies were built. With the development of Firefly Studios and the surrounding environment, in order to work in the studio. Thousands of employees and their families provide a stable living environment, and another third will be used to build the Prea Vista community, which is rented out to these people, and the remaining one third is temporarily fireflies. Reserved for backup.

However, although the digital sector will certainly expand the company again, Eric has some hesitation about whether it should build a corporate campus in the digital sector in Los Angeles. Because the tax rates in the US states are different and the labor costs are different, as one of the most powerful states in the US, California's tax rate and labor costs are undoubtedly very high, although currently as the top special effects company in Hollywood. One of them, the profitability of the digital field is very strong, but Eric has to consider the era of future special effects companies. After ten years, the most important thing for the special effects company to survive is to transfer to other states with low tax rates and even Go abroad.

Eric put his own concerns on Stan Winston briefly. Stan Winston thought for a moment and said: "If this is the case, we'd better be able to lay out in advance and choose the right one in other states. Establish a branch office and recruit employees from the local area to attend training in Los Angeles. This measure to increase local employment can earn us more tax benefits."

Eric thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry too much. After this summer's summer, let's see how the two movies react."

Roland Emmerich smiled and said: "Eric, don't you have confidence in your Jurassic Park? I have seen some shots and can be described as shocking."

"Of course not, I am just worried that I can't reach my original psychological expectations."

Stan Winston also came to the mood and was curious: "What do you think is the box office of Jurassic Park?"

Eric put his hands on the table at the same time and lifted ten fingers toward the two.

"One billion dollars?" Stan Winston subconsciously lowered his voice and cautiously asked, Roland Emmerich also showed a surprised expression.

Eric explained: "Yes, but I mean the total box office on a global scale."

"Even if it's global," Stan Winston stared at Eric, as if he wanted to determine if he was crazy: "The highest box office record is now no more than 800 million."

"et aliens, $790 million," Roland Emmerich echoed.

"Since ten years ago, "et aliens" were able to get a box office of nearly 800 million dollars in the world, then there is nothing impossible in the world after ten years," Eric said, looking at the expression is still somewhat sluggish. The two of them laughed: "Or, let's make a bet?"

I don't know why, I heard Eric want to bet, Stan Winston and Roland Emmerich immediately remembered the 18-year-old boy and the Columbia Film Company's gambling gambling on "The Devil's Head" a few years ago. In the end, Colombia lost a mess, and Colombia’s then Ceo Blount Cohen lost control of Colombia.

A moment later, Stan Winston and Roland Emmerich almost shook their heads in unison: "No gambling."

Eric laughed and said: "Don't be like this. I haven't gambled with others for a long time, and this time I really don't have 100% confidence." (To be continued)