Hollywood (我就是好莱坞) Part I

Chapter 94 - The original

Along the way, Eric was racking his brains trying to find a way to explain to Barry Diller this matter. In the celebration party of 《Pretty Woman》 both of them have talked about the production of his next film, by default, the next film was going to be issued by Fox in the summer.

Now with him suddenly changing his mind at the last minute, what will Fox reaction be like is difficult to predict. If possible, Eric didn't want to go against any one of the film giants, he isn't strong enough now, it is difficult to say that he will not face some pressure. Moreover, Fox also hold the right to distribute three films, which involves hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. Because he was thinking too much, he accidentally ran a red light, but fortunately, nothing happened.

Finally, he arrived at Fox headquarters, reported his ident.i.ty, and was guided by an employee all the way to outside Barry Diller office.

"Mr. Williams, please wait a few minutes. Mr. Diller is having a guest." the secretary led Eric to a lounge area, and served him a cup of coffee.

He glanced curiously at Barry Diller's office door, and tried listening to any sounds but unfortunately the sound insulation was very good. When the young beautiful secretary noticed Eric's curiosity, she hesitated for a moment, then whispered to him, "Fox TV Station Manager"

Eric raised an eyebrow, and pretended that nothing had happened, he give her a grateful look. This girl is a real gem, she said just a simple sentence, and reveled nothing else, this can be regarded as a small favor to Eric. And when the girl bent over, he didn't know whether it is intentional or unintentional, The badge on her chest appeared in front of Eric, she probably wanted him to remember her name, or maybe she just wanted him to see her big beautiful chest.

After Patiently waiting for seven or eight minutes, a middle-aged man with gla.s.ses opened the door and gloomily walked out of the office. Glimpsing the young man sitting on the sofa, he quickly put away his depressed look, and politely give Eric a nod and left in a hurry.

"Mr. Williams, you may go in now."

Walking to the office, a faint smell of smoke wafted into the air, from an ashtray full of cigarette b.u.t.ts that was in front of Barry Diller.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long." After Eric entered, Barry Diller put away his emotions and smiled, but Eric could still see the residual anger on his face.

"No problem, I only waited for a few minutes." said Eric, and sat on the opposite side of Barry Diller on a sofa.

Barry Diller didn't explain anything to him, but just by linking the ident.i.ty of that middle-aged man, he could guess the cause of his anger is that Fox TV performance was worse than expected. ABC, NBC and CBS, those three big television stations, have dominated North American wireless TV markets for so many years, that it is almost impossible for a latecomer to easily threaten their position.

From his point of view, Barry Diller was indeed a media wizard, in his previous life, even with the pressure of the three major television stations, Fox television network, was able to become the fourth largest TV station in North America.

After exchanging a few words, Barry Diller asked him why did he come.

Eric did not come up with any way to soften the blow on the way here, so he could only directly say: "Mr. Diller, I'm afraid my next film will not be released by Fox."

Barry Diller was sure he didn't hear wrong, his eyebrows immediately wrinkled, Both his eyes narrowed. He has just heard some bad news from the manager of Fox TV. and Unexpectedly, when he haven't recovered from the blow yet, bad news comes again.