Chapter 32 (2/2)
Edward Lewis quietly listened to Eric, once the latter was done, he picked up the coreement and carefully looked at it for a few : “Eric, this contract is without any proble it”
“That’s good” Eric nodded, he took out his pen and directly signed the document
Edward Lewis looked at the young : “Eric, I think that you may be in need of a dedicated teaal matters”
“Oh ?” When Eric heard Edward Lewis’ statement, he raised his head with a smile
Edward Lewis looked at Eric’s ser beat around the bush: “I think that th to handle this Eric, froilance, you ht have been duped So if you let my law firm represent you in the future, ill be take over the next negotiations with Coluht for your interests in court”
Froreement, Eric knew about Edward and his team’s professionalism He was also aware that he needed someone to represent him full-time, so after a feords, the two quickly reached an understanding Edward took out a prepared power of attorney forned it
“Then I’ll let you handle everything else Edward, I really don’t want to deal with Columbia in person anymore”
“No proble else, then we’ll take our leave”
Bidding farewell to Edward and his assistant, Eric breathed a sigh of relief, he could finally focus on his career
He was very co those matters to Edward, after all, as his personal teaht for Eric’s interests He wasn’t the slightest bit worried, because even if they conspired with Coluainst him, once discovered, they would receive the scorn of the entire nation, and their entire careers would be destroyed Besides, Colu that kind of mistake now
His deduction was spot on; Coluht in the public’s opinion whirlpool
After Eric’s stateht their headlines coColumbia appeared in all the newspapers A variety of speculations started to pop up everywhere, so the flames in order to further expand their sales
Eric’s words had been transcribed verbati for a time, reporters had quickly made up their assumptions
Some newspapers weren’t sure how Michael Eisner’s was linked to his stateot along well and that he would be very happy to ith him in the future This allowed soht have played a hand in exposing Columbia’s ‘poor means’
Michael Eisner had been hesitant about telling his old friend how Eric had foiled their plans, but when he saw the newspaper, he quickly called Blount Cohen to explain what had happened, to no avail as the latter clearly didn’t believe him
Eisner could only bitterly smile, he was also aware of Blount Cohen’s suspicious character, it seemed like their friendshi+p was done for However, he didn’t feel resentful towards Eric, what he felt was closer to appreciation
A bunch of reporters had also found out that Home Alone’s screens had only reached 1500 this week, which was even less than 17 Again as number two at the box office and whose number of screens had already reached 1600 This discoverythe cority
The other studios who had close relations with theHome Alone, had a field day They condemned them with full force, so theiant
As soon as those articles appeared in the newspapers, Columbia’s public hotline directly exploded The people’s sense of justice wouldn’t let them off the hook, so the phone were in tears after having been insulted for hours, and two of thenation letters the next day
After Blount Cohen had s he could in his office, he i with the public relations departies
In the evening, the television station under Columbia’s control issued a statement They said that the number of screens for Honed a co that Eric’s claiainst him were ridiculous, that he was just dissatisfied by the number of screens they had added and so this was his way to retaliate
However, since Eric hadn’t responded, the eneral public didn’t believe any of it