NovelEnglishAmy Pascal showed a very direct interest in Eric: “Eric, you’re younger than I thought. I had just entered college when I was your age.”
“You look very young, Ms. Pascal.” Eric complimented.
Amy Pascal laughed: “Thank you, Eric. Calling me Amy is fine, I read Jurassic Park, and I really like your writing, so I wanted to ask, are the movie rights still in your hands ?”
Eric jolted slightly: “Of course.”
“Well, I wonder if you’d be willing to sell those rights to Columbia ? We won’t be stingy when it comes to the price.”
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Eric shrugged and told her the truth: “The head of the 20th Century Fox Distribution Department, Mr Carter Hunt, didn’t even watch the movie, and just bluntly refused.”
“Carter Hunt, huh, I know him, one really arrogant man.” Amy Pascal smiled and said: “Well then, I think I’ll take a look at that movie first.”
Eric nodded, then the three of them went directly to an auditorium at Columbia Pictures’ headquarters, gave a copy to the projectionist, and sat on the leather seats.
“Eric, you don’t seem to be really looking forward to it ?” Before the film started screening, Amy Pascal caught a glance of Eric’s face, and quipped.
Eric helplessly smiled: “Amy, you know, I made the movie from start to finish, my mind is filled with every shot, and I’ve also seen it a lot of times, however, I believe you will definitely not be disappointed.”
The theater lights dimmed, Amy Pascal nodded, and looked back. She had mixed emotions about all this, Columbia Pictures was lacking a good movie project, that was true, but thinking about how they were even reduced to turning their sights towards a high school student’s movie, she couldn’t help but sigh in the dark.
As one of the top management, Amy Pascal was familiar with Columbia Pictures like the back of her hand. This years profits weren’t good, if it weren’t for the accumulated earnings of their past few years, the company would have certainly faced huge losses.
Columbia’s parent company, Coca-Cola, had suffered heavy losses last year, and if Columbia still couldn’t make any profits for them, it would likely be sold. In fact, the Sony consortium had already made an offer.
With the start of the movie, the interesting plot and Stuart Runkle’s pranks, Amy Pascal’s thoughts scattered as she focused on the screen.
Once the movie was finished, Amy Pascal was stunned silly, she couldn’t believe that such a great comedy was the work of an eighteen-year-old boy.
She excitedly stood up as she faced Eric with a grin and said: “Eric, can you wait here while I make a phone call ?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSeeing Amy’s expression, Eric was sure of one thing; it was in the bag.
They watched the movie in a cheerful atmosphere, and although commuting time was near, no one was eager to leave. After 45 minutes of screening, the higher ups had already started whispering together.
Hearing the price, Jeffrey Hanson who was sitting next to Eric, became incredibly joyful. A one million dollar project and they were willing to offer ten times that, if the decision was his, he would have immediately nodded.
Blount Cohen noted Jeffrey’s expression and revealed a smile of satisfaction, the company estimated the movie’s box office at 50 million $ and they could easily shoot a sequel, so after some deliberation, they had decided to directly give a high price and buy the copyrights.
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* As in, those who made the movie, not the name of the job, in case you’re confused.
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