The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

"Next, we need to discuss in detail the terms of this movie contract." Erica and director Cameron each led a team of business lawyers to discuss the "scary" movie "Titanic" with a budget of [-] million US dollars. Money baby'.

James Cameron talked about the preliminary preparations, "Before the official shooting, I am afraid that it will take nearly a year to complete various tasks including setting construction. The full-scale model of the Titanic will be built by the production design team. Zero creation, recreating everything on board."

With a single word from a great director, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars were burned from a budget of [-] million. Erica felt that she now began to understand the mood of the miser Grandet.

But she is not 'stingy' to propose, "Many props in the movie, I suggest using foam rubber."

Although this will be a lot of money, Erika thinks it is necessary. "This movie is almost like a disaster movie. Foam rubber props can better protect the safety of stuntmen."

As a producer, Erica does not intend to be a ruthless capitalist, she hopes to protect the rights and interests of the cast and crew as much as possible.

Cameron agreed with her proposal and showed appreciation. He seemed to remember something, and said to Erica, "The directors who have worked with you in the past seem to have praised your directorial talent and talked about your interest in various films. Planning work, excellent organizational and leadership skills."

Erica didn't show too much surprise when she praised this top Hollywood commercial director, but she did have some plans when it came to the 'director'.But not in the near future.

During the negotiation meeting, the terms of the contract had already entered into the shooting plan, and Cameron gave Erica a dose of vaccination, "The filming of "Titanic" may be a difficult experience."

After all, this is a shipwreck movie, a "romantic love epic" that is not much different from a disaster movie.

Erica thinks about the injuries she got in the storm during the filming of "The Truman Show", and "Titanic" may be more serious, but she is an actress, and sometimes these things are inevitable.

"I hope that the preliminary stage set will be completed within a year, and the official shooting date will start in July next year. The shooting plan should not exceed six months." Erika requested.

Cameron does not seem to object, "In fact, four to five months should be able to complete the filming."

Erica smiled, "It's a huge project, and I like to allow some time for contingencies to be resolved."

After explaining the almost loose shooting plan requirements, she kept smiling, and then said, "About the "Titanic" film project——

The budget is 1000 million U.S. dollars, the preparation time is one year, and the shooting plan is six months.Hopefully we can agree on these three points, and when it exceeds expectations, in order to keep costs under control, you lose $[-] million in the director's salary, and a share of the total box office. "

"I agree," Cameron agreed, adding, "Erica, you are a generous and qualified producer."

When the final lengthy and detailed film contract was completed, Erica and Cameron shook hands in a business courtesy, "Now, you and I embark on this giant gambler ship."

"If the movie blows up and the dreaded Waterloo happens, we may never have a job again," Cameron said half-truthfully.

The corners of Erica's mouth curled up, "On the contrary, we will become a miracle in the world's film history."

However, it will be two years before the game can be decided. Now, after signing the film contract, Erica said to Cameron, "I hope to delay it for a few months, and then publicize the news about "Titans" to the outside world. "Nick" project preparations."

Her request is undoubtedly a bit abnormal. If it were another producer who invested [-] million U.S. dollars to shoot a commercial blockbuster, they would probably publicize it vigorously in order to maximize the reputation of the studio and the film.

But Erika seemed to be waiting for another moment.

Although James Cameron was puzzled, he finally agreed to her request.

In the president's meeting room, after Cameron and the legal teams of both parties left, Erica made a call to her public relations manager Howard Bregman.

The PR legend known as Hollywood's "Hand of God" once again revealed the inside story to her, "CAA partner Ron Meyer, after leaving CAA, will serve as the president and chief operating officer of MCA Global. Almost slapped Ovitz in the face."

In fact, after Michael Ovitz assisted Panasonic in the sale of MCA Global and sold it to the Canadian brewing giant Seagram, it was widely rumored that Ovitz would be the president of MCA. Langmeyer under the halo of Ci.

This matter is not a battle between Ovitz and Langmeyer, but the complicated "Hollywood politics", which is a kind of sanction for Ovitz, who has been elected "the most powerful man in Hollywood" for successive years.

"Michael Eisner, chairman of Disney's board of directors, is still inviting Ovitz to be president of The Walt Disney Company?" Erica asked Bregman.

She got the exact answer, "Ovitz was doing the math on his stake in CAA recently."

A few minutes later, Erika ended the call with Bregman and dialed the internal line of Chief Financial Officer Keira Brown, "In the near future, I will repurchase Ovitz's stake in the studio. "

Ovitz, as a partner of Elrica Independent Studios, holds a 15% stake, and Ovitz will apparently sell all his shares before he becomes president of Disney.

Keira Brown expressed support for Erica's repurchase of shares, but reminded, "Repurchasing shares and investing in "Titanic" are really two expensive expenses, and this year's books may not look good."

The investment in "Titanic" was undertaken by Erica's independent studio, not Columbia Pictures.The CEO of Columbia Pictures refused to contribute to the [-] million "gamble", and Erica was happy to see it.

"Maybe the next two years will not be good for the books," Erica explained to Keira frankly, "But after this, maybe there will be a headwind comeback?"

Keira Brown clearly trusts Erica's "magical tricks" and she no longer has any doubts about her recent huge payout.And after Erica ended the intercom call, her mobile phone rang quickly.

From Lex Luthor.

Erica ignored it, she was very clear about the purpose of Lex's call - to ask her to attend the White House state dinner next week, and the British crown prince will visit.

The White House state banquet is known as the banquet that determines the direction of the world. Erica received the invitation a month ago, but she seemed very uninterested. She did not forget the explosive news that Lex Luthor made before.

In fact, Erica was almost a little shocked by Lex's reckless behavior - I am afraid that none of the presidents who have been in the White House will deliberately create a scandal for themselves like Lex Luthor .

But aside from this scandal, Erika had to admit that Lex Luthor was a brilliant and outstanding politician, and she turned to the Washington Post on her desk with a headline-"Lex Luthor Arthur, America's preeminent White House strategist since Franklin Roosevelt".

"As the youngest president of the United States in history, Luther, during his three-year administration, has recovered the slumped American economy and created amazing prosperity in the technology industry. According to opinion polls, Lex Luthor has become the second only to Lincoln in the eyes of Americans. Greatest President with JFK."

At this time, the great Mr. President is calling her.

Erica frowned, and pressed the answer button with delay.