Chapter 99 (2/2)
”It's not that they shouldn't announce it” Said Eric patiently: ”I meant, before the movie release, they can't promote it, otherwise, even if I did not deliberately iard it as deliberate, this preconceived idea will subconsciously cause the audience to be disgusted with the film But as soon as the film is released, after word of mouth is out, we can then hype up the ads, ill not only play the effect of free publicity, but also attract the audience who are curious about the i scenes in thethe movie box office”
Jeffrey revealed ain front of a merchant of Venice”
”Is that sarcasm?”
”Yes, but I added a lot of praise and adhed
”Oh, Lord Jeffrey, how very generous of you” Eric answered with an English accent and laughed
After the joke, Eric looked at his watch and said: ”I have another appointment, so”
Jeffrey did not wait for Eric to speak out and quickly replied: ”You are telling ht?”
”Sure it out yourself”
Jeffrey thought of so for a moment, and asked: ”is it a date with a woman?”
”A ner, his naned a oing to ask him to help me”
”Are you talking about that piece of rocky land by the beach you spent 5 million to buy?”
”Why, do you think I spent too much money?” Eric retorted: ”Wait until I have successfully built my Malibu 10880 people will try to buy it even if I ask for 50 million dollars”
”To tell you the truth, your willful practice kindato act like boys you age should, otherwise, I will subconsciously start seeing you like one of my peers Eric, why do you always call that place Malibu 10880?”
Eric blinked, and said: ”it's a secret”
”Tell me, I promise not to tell other people” Jeffrey curiously looked at Eric
”Since it's a secret, you can't tell anyone other than myself, you're also 'other people'” Eric of course could not explain to Jeffrey, so he quickly left the office
Michael Jackson's famed Neverland Ranch had an area of 11 square kilos, It only cost him 195 million By comparison, his piece of land is only about 006 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 60000 square et it, that's a very big difference in price That's because of lobbying and his private lawyer additional ”public relations fee”, because the land was a public small park and was not available for sale
”Mr Williah very iinative, but there are too many irrational places, and the construction is rather difficult, especially to build on the edge of the cliff” Frank Gehry give his professional eye evaluation of Eric's drawings
The two of theether in the Malibu sharp corner, accompanied by Frank Gehry's assistant, Eric too wasn't alone, Virginia happened to be at houest secretary
This place had already beco to Eric, and he has also obtained a building per as he doesn't disturb or anger his neighbors, no one will coe him
”Mr Gehry, you mean that the construction is too difficult, that doesn't mean you can't build it?”
Frank Gehry nodded: ”But it will cost a lot of money, I don't think it's necessary If youthe reatly reduce the difficulty of the construction, It can also save more than thirty percent of the construction cost In addition, various pipeline lines will be more easily erected”
Eric eye shi+fted to the place Frank Gehry pointed at, if they built the mansion their a very unpleasant rocky area will block his sea view
Shaking his head, Eric refused Frank's advice: ”Mr Gehry, if I insist, how much will it cost?”
”I can't give you a specific figure for the moment, because I don't have the survey data yet, If you insist on building according to your own design, ill need lot of geological surveys to be done to test the ground, To detere of the cliff, If not, ill need to reinforce the ground, that would s more complicated and more expensive But I think five million is certainly unavoidable”
”Only 5 million?” Eric was skeptical, to buy this piece of land he spent 5 million
”Mr Williams, as far as I know, you can by the most expensive house in Malibu at that price”
”Sorry, Mr Gehry, I don't know s I would like to take the liberty to ask, If I use 10can be built?”
In this era, even Microsoft's president Bill Gates, can't come out with 20 million in cash, after all, most of Bill Gates money is in stocks But the ood, you can get tens of millions of dollars or even hundreds of millions of dollars of funds in a relatively short period of time
Frank Gehry looked at the boy in front of hiht for a while then said: ”In that case, I'll build a piece of art for youMr Williams, are you sure?”
”I'm sure, Mr Gehry, what I want is a piece of art” Eric replied without hesitation