Hollywood (我就是好莱坞) Part I

CHAPTER 29 - STRANGE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

Eric looked around through the dense crowd, and his sights stopped towards the west, where the empty Runkle's house was. Home Alone had been released for less than three days that the couple had hurriedly take Stuart and left the promotion tour, as someone had apparently offered them a high price for an advertisement.

When Eric was still in New York, he had seen in the newspapers that thanks to Home Alone's popularity, Stuart had made several successful commercials and earned a few millions in endorsement, which lead to the Runkle family moving into a mansion in Beverly Hills.

Although Eric had initially hoped that Stuart's parents wouldn't only be concerned about profit like Macaulay Culkin's in his past, that was obviously just his wishful thinking. He could only pray that Stuart wouldn't go down the same path as Macaulay instead, as Home Alone's sequel still needed the smart little guy. In the past, the third Home Alone's box office directly plummeted from the second's 170 million $ to 18 million $, because Culkin hadn't been a part of it.

While he was still in his thoughts, ten minutes had passed and the surrounding reporters were getting more and more agitated. Some people had discovered Eric's difficult position and decided to call the police, and Eric was then led away by them once they arrived.

Ah, God bless the people !

Eric drove to the headquarters of Columbia, and once he arrived, the two receptionists- eyes lit up when they saw him. They didn't know anything about the Columbia executives' complex emotions towards Home Alone's box office, what they knew was that this young man in front of them would soon become the youngest millionaire in Hollywood. So after notifying the president's office of his arrival, the two girls started flirting with him; if this stud fancied them, that would be equivalent to reaching heaven in one step.

Eric was also joyfully teasing those two flowers, he made some casual jokes to which the girls giggled endlessly, and two perfumed contact cards had unwittingly made their ways to his hand.

"Hey, Eric." While he was still in midst of chatting at the reception, Blount Cohen's voice suddenly sounded nearby. Turning around, he found the CEO with his arms opened wide, so Eric stepped forward and warmly hugged him.

"Mr. Cohen, why did you personally come down, you could've just sent someone."

Blount Cohen laughed: "Why, is this old man bothering you young people in your flirting ?"

"Of course not." Eric quickly denied.

Blount Cohen said: "Home Alone made a pretty good box office, so I personally picked you up, let's get down to business first, you young people can flirt later."

Eric nodded, pocketed the two girls' cards, and followed Blount Cohen in the elevator.

Looking at the two people boarding the VIP elevator, the petite receptionist girl asked the one next to her: "Emilia, do you think Eric will contact me ?"

The tall and blonde Emilia leaned towards her ear and whispered: "Who knows, he might even contact the two of us at the same time, how would you like that ?"

"Ah ? That...... Um..." Imagining that possible scene, the petite girl's face flushed slightly.

Emilia suddenly laughed, and said: "Lisa, stop your wishful thinking. Judging by our conversation with Eric Williams just now, he didn't seem interested at all. He was probably just humoring us."

"How can he only be eighteen ?" Although she had just met him, Lisa had a very good impression of Eric. If another guy had flirted with them, he would have been beaten up flat by Columbia's security. But Eric was a stud and he was about to become filthy rich, so him flirting with them flattered the girls instead.