IAIH :: Volume #1

#94: Originally is the cocoon that make

All the way, Eric is racking brains to ponder how to explain this matter to Barry Diller. At the 《Pretty Woman》 victory celebration meeting, they the ditch adopted the issue of below movie, was almost equal to tacitly approving the next movie to distribute in the summer files by Fox. 一路上,艾瑞克都在绞尽脑汁思考如何向巴里迪勒解释这件事情。《风月》的庆功会上,两人已经沟通过下部电影的问题,几乎等于默认了下一部电影将由福克斯在暑期档发行。 Now suddenly reneges, Fox will have anything to respond that is very difficult to expect. If possible, Eric does not want with any film giants mutual hatred, his present strength not is very formidable, the bitter experience suppressed is very difficult saying that can have a fracture. The situation, on Fox is also pinching the distribution rights of his three movies, this involves to several billions USD profits. Because will during often fall into to intertwine, Eric had not run a red light carefully, does not have any condition luckily. 现在突然变卦,福克斯会有什么反应很难预料。如果可能的话,艾瑞克不想跟任何一个电影巨头交恶,他现在的实力还不够强大,遭遇打压很难说会不会伤筋动骨。更可况,福克斯手上还捏着他三部电影的发行权,这涉及到数亿美元的利润。因为不时会陷入纠结当中,艾瑞克还不小心闯了一次红灯,幸好没有出什么状况。 Finally arrives at Fox Headquarters, after Eric sent out the status, opens access came to outside the Barry Diller office. 终于还是到达福克斯总部,艾瑞克报出身份之后,一路畅通无阻的来到巴里迪勒办公室外。 „Mr. Williams, please wait a bit for several minutes, Chairman is receiving callers.” The Barry Diller secretary has ushered in the outside restroom Eric, carefully is Eric carries one coffee. “威廉姆斯先生,请稍等几分钟,总裁正在会客。”巴里迪勒的秘书将艾瑞克领进了外间的休息室,细心地为艾瑞克端上一杯咖啡。 Eric looked at one to Barry Diller office gate curiously, office sound-insulated is very good, here is basic a sound unable to hear. That young attractive female secretary noted the Eric curious look, has hesitated, small sound track: „Fox TV Station Manager.” 艾瑞克好奇地向巴里迪勒办公室门看了一眼,办公室的隔音很好,在这里根本一点声音也听不到。那位年轻漂亮的女秘书注意到了艾瑞克的好奇神色,迟疑了一下,小声道:“福克斯电视台经理。” The look that Eric raised the eyebrow, has to pretend calmly, as if just not to have made noise the girl who throws a gratitude. This girl is really a worldly person, simple a few words, almost can be said as anything had not disclosed that has actually given a Eric small favor. Moreover, the girl bends down, does not know that is intends or has no intention, the tag just appears in Eric at present, thinks that does not remember the name of opposite party not be good. 艾瑞克挑了挑眉,只好向已经装作若无其事,似乎刚刚并没有出声的女郎抛去一个谢意的眼神。这女郎真是个人精,简单的一句话,几乎可以说是什么都没透露,却算是给了艾瑞克一个小人情。而且,女郎俯身的时候,不知道是有意还是无意,胸牌刚好出现在艾瑞克眼前,想不记住对方的名字都不行。 Waited patiently for 78 minutes, a middle-aged person opened the door to walk from the office dejectedly. Glimpses to sit on the restroom sofa, looked by the glass to his Eric, the middle-aged person receives depressed expression hastily, the politeness nods the head to Eric has hinted, in a hurry departed. 耐心地等了78分钟,一个中年人垂头丧气地开门从办公室里走了出来。瞥见坐在休息室沙发上,透过玻璃看向他的艾瑞克,中年人连忙收起沮丧的神情,礼貌地冲艾瑞克颔首示意了下,才匆匆离去。 „Mr. Williams, you can go.” “威廉姆斯先生,你可以进去了。” Eric enters the office, light smoke scatters in the air, in Barry Diller front ash-tray has piled up several cigarette butts. 艾瑞克走进办公室,一股淡淡的烟味飘散在空气中,巴里迪勒面前的烟灰缸里堆积了好几个烟头。 „Eric, making you wait for a long time.” After Eric passing through the gate, Barry Diller received just mood, but Eric in saw the residual anger to the square features. “艾瑞克,让你久等了。”艾瑞克进门之后,巴里迪勒已经收起了刚刚的情绪,不过艾瑞克还是在对方脸上看到了残留的愤怒。 „Several minutes.” Eric was saying, under hint of Barry Diller, moved toward on the opposite sofa to sit. “几分钟而已。”艾瑞克说着,在巴里迪勒的示意下,走向对面的沙发上坐了下来。 Barry Diller has not explained anything, but related to just left the status of that middle-aged person, Eric guessed correctly reason that the opposite party got angry, the Fox TV Station achievement was nothing else but unsatisfactory. ABC, NBC and CBS three big TV Station have dominated North America Wireless TV Market these many years, is impossible to make a successor do to threaten own status easily greatly. 巴里迪勒并没有解释什么,但联系到刚刚离开那个中年人的身份,艾瑞克还是猜到对方发火的原因,无外乎福克斯电视台的业绩不如人意。ABC、NBC和CBS三大电视台把持了北美无线电视市场这么多年,不可能让一个后来者轻易做大威胁到自己的地位。 Currently speaking, Barry Diller truly is media rare talent, previous life is going against three big TV Station pressures, has developed Fox TV Network actually, becomes North America fourth largest TV Station. 从这一点来看,巴里迪勒确实是媒体奇才,前世顶着三大电视台的压力,硬是将福克斯电视网发展了起来,成为北美的第四大电视台。 Chatted several, Barry Diller has asked the Eric purpose in coming. 闲聊了几句,巴里迪勒才开口问艾瑞克的来意。 Eric has not found out any tactful view all the way, can only come straight to the point saying: „Perhaps Mr. Diller, my next movie cannot distribute by Fox.” 艾瑞克一路上也没有想出什么委婉的说法,只能开门见山道:“迪勒先生,恐怕我的下一部电影不能由福克斯发行了。” Barry Diller determined one have not misunderstood, brow wrinkled immediately, both eyes narrow the eyes. Just heard some bad news from the Fox TV Station Manager mouth, cannot think that the mood has not transformed completely, came a bad news. 巴里迪勒确定自己没有听错,眉头立刻皱了起来,双眼微眯。刚刚已经从福克斯电视台经理口中听到了一些坏消息,想不到,心情还没有完全转换过来,又来了一个坏消息。 „Eric, do you want to break a contract? You have thought consequence that such makes?” “艾瑞克,难道你想违约？你想过这么做的后果吗？” Since has spread out the matter, Eric no longer is also overcautious and indecisive, is looking straight ahead a Barry Diller item of ecliptic: „Mr. Diller, I do not plan to break a contract, in the contract has not forbidden me to cooperate with other Film Studio, has not stipulated the specific running schedules of three movies, therefore I want by the end of the year, paid is OK to the Fox three movies.” 既然已经将事情摊开,艾瑞克也不再瞻前顾后,直视着巴里迪勒的目光道:“迪勒先生,我并不打算违约,合约上并没有禁止我与其他电影公司合作,同时也没有规定三部电影的具体档期,所以我只要在年底之前,交付给福克斯三部电影就可以了。” Barry Diller has gawked slightly, the light regret has braved. 巴里迪勒微微愣了一下,淡淡的悔意冒了出来。 Initially that contract was he is responsible for signing personally. Has not forbidden the cooperation of other Eric and Film Studio, this point truly is the negligence of Fox. Because drafted the contract the staff majority of attention to place in the related «Home Alone» detail provision. Moreover Eric signs is three movies, Hollywood can one year be able to instruct Director of three movies to be few, if majority of Director can maintain one year a speed of movie, that is the high production. Who can think that this young people have such exuberant energy. 当初那份合约是他亲自负责签订的。没有禁止艾瑞克与其他电影公司的合作,这一点确实是福克斯的疏忽。因为起草合约的工作人员大部分注意力都放在了有关《小鬼当家》的细节条款上。而且艾瑞克一签就是三部电影,好莱坞能一年能指导三部电影的导演寥寥无几,大部分导演如果能保持一年一部电影的速度,那就算是高产的了。谁能想到这个年轻人有这么旺盛的精力呢。 But had not stipulated that the running schedule of movie, is Barry Diller is actually intentional. Drafts the contract time, Fox requests to tie up the release another two movies to Eric not to favor, therefore, although Eric has asked the issue of running schedule specially, hopes that places in three movies the popular holiday running schedule, for this reason also has the too small dispute with Barry Diller, but Fox rejected by all sorts of reasons finally. 但没有规定电影的档期,却是巴里迪勒有意为之。起草合约的时候,福克斯对艾瑞克要求捆绑发行的另外两部电影并不是太看好,因此,虽然艾瑞克专门提过档期的问题,希望将三部电影都放在热门假日档期上,为此还与巴里迪勒有过小小的争执,但福克斯最终还是以种种理由拒绝了。 Fox also has own idea, once the Eric first two movies are not favored, Fox can also place the unpopular these two movies calmly the spring files or the autumn files, this will not take Fox too many resources, but can also fulfill the contract smoothly. 福克斯也有自己的想法,一旦艾瑞克前两部电影并不被看好,福克斯也可以从容地将这两部电影放在冷门的春季档或者秋季档,这样并不会占用福克斯太多的资源,还能顺利履行合约。 Who can think that Eric following 《Pretty Woman》 attains once more greatly successfully, now causing all people are impossible to take the luck again and so on reason to appraise this youth. Many movie fans also start to anticipate his next movie. 谁能想到,艾瑞克接下来的《风月》再次大获成功,导致现在所有人都不可能再拿运气之类的原因来评价这个少年。很多影迷也开始期待他的下一部电影。 But now, in atmosphere stagnation some offices, when Eric said just that words, Barry Diller discovered that he thinks before happily has rejected the running schedule request of Eric, now actually has become a big cocoon, has bound oneself. 而现在,气氛有些凝滞的办公室里,当艾瑞克说出刚刚那番话,巴里迪勒才发现,他之前自以为得意的拒绝了艾瑞克的档期要求,现在却成了一只大茧,把自己裹了进去。 „Eric, haven't shares of percent 35 been able to make you satisfy? 《Pretty Woman》 cost only then 7 million USD, if subtracts the advertisement support of Lamborghini that 1 million, the actual cost of movie 6 million. But the announcement expense that Fox so far, pays has surpassed 15 million USD, is 2.5 times of your movie cost, 2.5 times! We only take 20%. Such profit division, what do you have not to be dissatisfied?” “艾瑞克,百分之三十五的分成难道还不能让你满意吗？《风月》的成本只有700万美元,如果减去兰博基尼那100万的广告赞助,电影的实际成本才600万。而福克斯到目前为止,付出的宣发费用已经超过了1500万美元,是你电影成本的2.5倍,2.5倍！我们却只拿20。这样的利润划分,你还有什么不满足的？” Barry Diller spoke of finally, in the expression was almost bringing roaring, was sending out a threatening imposing manner from top to bottom. He just came back from Europe yesterday evening, several days of rushing about are tired, even well has not slept, very early in the morning heard a Fox new opera jointly to get rid to strangle to death by three big TV Station, news that the viewing ratio threw miserably. 巴里迪勒说到最后,语气里几乎带着咆哮,浑身上下散发着一股逼人的气势。他昨天晚上才刚刚从欧洲回来,几天的奔波劳累,甚至都还没有好好睡一觉,一大早就又听到了福克斯一部新剧被三大电视台联合出手绞杀,收视率惨扑的消息。 Just reproved Fox TV Station Manager, expelled the office, finally also welcomed a bad news. The anger of pressing erupts once more. 刚刚把福克斯电视台经理训斥了一顿,赶出办公室,结果又迎来了一个坏消息。才压下去的怒火再次爆发出来。 Eric had not actually been frightened by the Barry Diller imposing manner, refuted calmly: „Mr. Diller, Fox, although has paid the 15 million USD price, can actually trade to surpass the 80 million profit, therefore I do not owe you anything, to be honest, I come time, has been very at heart disturbed, I do not hope that gets into a deadlock with Fox, but wants to discuss well.” 艾瑞克却没有被巴里迪勒的气势吓到,冷静地反驳道:“迪勒先生,福克斯虽然付出了1500万美元的代价,却能换来超过8000万的利润,所以我并不欠你们什么,说实话,我来的时候,心里一直很忐忑,我并不希望跟福克斯闹僵,而只是想好好谈一谈。” Saw with own eyes the opposite youth not only had not been frightened by oneself, and does not have the youth air/Qi abundantly with oneself to the roar, instead is calm and composed even in press of work refutes own words, Barry Diller calms down quickly, discovered one control the mood the ability to link an under 20-year-old youth to be inferior unexpectedly. Engaged in introspection itself, Barry Diller sits own kindergarten classes for six and seven year olds chair, has made several deep breath gently. The look stares at Eric to say as before: „Good, Eric, you... What new condition has, can say first looks?” 眼见对面的少年既没有被自己吓到,又没有少年气盛地跟自己对吼,反而好整以暇地反驳自己的话,巴里迪勒很快冷静下来,发现自己控制情绪的能力竟然连一个不满20岁的青年都不如。反省了一下自己,巴里迪勒坐回自己的大班椅,轻轻做了几个深呼吸。眼神依旧盯着艾瑞克道:“好吧,艾瑞克,你…有什么新的条件,可以先说说看？” Eric realized that Barry Diller completely had not understood own meaning, explained: „Mr. Diller, I have not wanted to revise the plan of contract. The words that I just spoke do not want to gain more benefits with Qiao from Fox. Some person of starting out let the condition that I am unable to reject, wants to take the distribution rights of my next movie.” 艾瑞克意识到巴里迪勒并没有完全理解自己的意思,解释道:“迪勒先生,我并没有想要修订合约的打算。我刚刚说的话也并不是想要拿乔从福克斯得到更多的利益。有人开出让我无法拒绝的条件,想要拿下我下一部电影的发行权。” Barry Diller able to move unhindered Hollywood these many years, after at this moment calm down, think quickly a possibility, opens the mouth to ask: „Columbia?” 巴里迪勒纵横好莱坞这么多年,此刻冷静下来之后,很快想到一个可能,开口问道:“哥伦比亚？” Eric nodded. 艾瑞克点了点头。 Barry Diller lowers the head pulls out a cigarette to light silent, deeply has pulled out one. Since Columbia persuaded Eric, explained condition that the opposite party pledges, coming out that Fox is impossible to take. Columbia all behaviors to clash the high stock price now, gains more benefits from Japanese there is the goal. At this time, the opposite party to draw the Eric new piece, pledged any crazy condition not to be strange. 巴里迪勒低头沉默地掏出一支香烟点燃,深深抽了一口。既然哥伦比亚已经说动了艾瑞克,说明对方开出的条件,福克斯根本不可能拿的出来。哥伦比亚现在一切行为都以冲高股价,从日本人那里获取更多利益为目标。这种时候,对方为了将艾瑞克新片拉过去,开出什么疯狂的条件都不稀奇。
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