I'm in Hollywood

Chapter 304: Reserved

Nicole shrugged indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter. I've received several other movie offers, and I just happen to be staying here so Eric can help me choose. His taste has become well-known throughout Hollywood, and I heard that you have contributed a bit to that."

Drew shot a dissatisfied look at the woman upon hearing her words and asked, "Where's Eric?"

"In the study, talking to a guest," replied Nicole.

"Put my things in my room," the girl said, pushing her luggage towards Nicole and ran towards the study.

Nicole looked at the small luggage in front of her, wrinkled her brow slightly, and soon a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She picked it up and walked towards the staircase.

Drew arrived at the door to the basement library and quickly punched in the code on the keypad. The door opened automatically, and he descended down the spiral staircase, but he didn't see Eric's figure. Drew realized that Eric must be in the library on the second floor, and someone who wasn't close to Eric would not be allowed to enter the room filled with sensitive materials such as scripts.

As he climbed the stairs to the second floor library, Drew pushed open the door and saw Eric sitting across from a brunette man discussing something.

Upon hearing the noise, the brunette man turned his head, and Drew, who had a good memory, recognized the man as Michael Kraus, the publisher of Eric's book "Jurassic Park." Drew greeted Kraus with a polite, "Hello, Mr. Kraus."

Michael Krause was taken aback as he saw Drew effortlessly call out his name. He stood up, a bit surprised, and said, "Hello, Miss Balmoral. I'm surprised you still remember me, we only met once at last year's party, right?"

Drew shook hands with Michael Krause and then turned to Eric, flitting over to him like a swallow returning to its nest. She rubbed her face against Eric's chest and said, "Eric, I miss you so much."

Eric chuckled and patted the girl's head, "Okay, enough of that. We have a guest here. Go and make us another pot of coffee, we just finished it."

"Grr. As soon as you get back, you start bossing people around," the girl grumbled unhappily but still jumped up and went out with a light step.

"Drew has always been like this, making you laugh," Eric explained helplessly to Michael Krause, who was still staring in disbelief.

Michael Kraus awkwardly chuckled and then said, "No, nothing. Let's continue talking about The Matrix, Eric, I think the novel is written too short, only about 50,000 words, a lot of things are written ambiguously, I think, if it could be expanded to 200,000 words, it would be better."

"I also want to do that, Michael, but you should understand that I don't have that much time right now. Writing 50,000 words is already good, and you should also know that I wrote this novel just for the movie rights," Eric said, spreading his hands. The two of them were talking about the famous movie "The Matrix".

Due to the release of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and some previous events, Eric's vision in the movie industry has spread throughout Hollywood. As a highly risky industry, Hollywood filmmakers are inevitably more interested in these things, which is why Drew acquired the rights silently.

After the incident, Eric had originally planned to obtain the script for "The Matrix" from the Wachowski brothers, but that plan could no longer be carried out. The "Matrix" from his previous life was only released in 1999. Now, the concept was just some scattered thoughts in the minds of the two brothers. Eric wrote it out without any hesitation, making some ambiguous changes, so that the novel and the movie were quite different, but the main plot did not change much. Although it was only about 50,000 words, it was enough to occupy this pit and he would not have to worry about copyright issues in the future.

"Eric, actually, this story is quite wonderful, so I think I might be able to find someone to expand the story to 200,000 words, don't worry, there will be no problems with the copyright, I guarantee it and I'll sign a perfect contract with the hired guns."

Eric immediately shook his head: "Michael, finding a hired gun is a very risky thing. in the future, when the benefits reach a certain level, I just guarantee that the hired gun will definitely jump out, so I won't take that risk."

Drew, carrying a pot of coffee, walked in as the two were talking. He poured coffee for both of them and, curiously, picked up the manuscript of the novel in the middle of the two and asked, "What are you guys talking about? Hmm... The Matrix. Interesting name."

Michael gazed at Drew, who was sitting on the sofa next to him flipping through the manuscript, and looked helplessly at Eric.

"It's okay, let's continue our conversation," Eric gave Michael a reassuring look; he knew that Michael was worried that Drew might overhear something she shouldn't and spread it around.

Michael said, "Well, Eric, since you don't agree, let it be. I want to ask about the matter of "Running Out of Time", have you ever thought of turning this story into a novel?"

"Michael, the rights to "Running Out of Time" are jointly owned by Firefly and Columbia. The first installment in the series grossed over four hundred million dollars worldwide, and with the subsequent sequels, the box office revenue could exceed one billion dollars. Involving such massive funds, Columbia would not agree to turn the series into a novel for just a few hundred thousand or a million dollars in royalties."

"That's too bad," Michael Kraus shook his head, and he talked to Eric about the details of the publication of "The Matrix." Michael declined Eric's invitation to stay for dinner, and he said goodbye.

Eric escorted Michael out of the villa and returned only after the other man had driven towards the gate of the estate.

"Wow, Eric, how did you come up with this? It's amazing," Just as she entered the living room, Drew excitedly waved the manuscript in her hand and said to Eric.

Eric snatched the manuscript of "The Matrix" from the hands of Drew and asked, "When did you come back?"

"I came here right after I got off the plane," Drew chuckled and hugged Eric's arm, walking into the basement's study room together with Eric.

"Then what were you doing at the crew of 'The Silence of the Lambs'? If it was okay to shoot in Los Angeles, why did you, little girl, go to Pennsylvania?"

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