...The Next Day...
I made my way to my Uncle's office and opened the door.
Looking up, "Eren good to see you, nice interview yesterday by the way it made all of social media go crazy for Home Alone, DreamHigh, and you."
"I had a feeling it would have that effect."
"So, about these other films?"
"About that, I have the next film ready," I say walking up to his desk and putting a stack of papers on the table.
"Shawshank Redemption?" After around 30 minutes he looked up and smiled, "You son of a bitch you did it again."
"You're god damn right."
"Listen, pretty soon I'll be establishing my company, so I'll need some help to do a few things."
"Of course, what do you need?"
"I need the best lawyer you have. And I need you to look for a secretary that will be overseeing my company."
"Alright, I'll get right on that."
"Ow, about the auditions I want up to Low B-rank actors, nothing above."
"Why the sudden change," Uncle said with a questioning look.
"For this film, the acting ability will be what makes this film special, however, for the initial draw-in to the movie we need a somewhat recognizable actor for this film to work."
"Ok, I understand, thinking about it like that I can understand the need for that."
"Also, I'll send you some criteria that you can go through to eliminate unnecessary auditions."
"Really? That would be great I remember the terrible condition my back was in at the end of the last auditions."
Laughing at his comment, "True I remember my ass was killing me last time."
"By the way, somebody from Disney called wanting a meeting with you."
I stopped a little shocked, "Disney, what in the world could they want from meee--, AHH SHIT."
"What's wrong?"
"When I mentioned the idea of making a musical in the interview on Sunday Night Live. You know Disney has a reputation when it comes to musicals. They either release most of them or have some stake in the ones that get made."
"Do you think they will try to stop you?"
"I doubt it. They will probably offer me a deal since I have had a sudden rise in popularity so the potential opportunities for using me a big. Most likely the deal will trap me into making sequels or giving them the power to influence and change the film in the future."
Looking worried Uncle asked, "Are you going?"
"I have to, Disney by itself will eventually become an obstacle that we have to either pass or die trying to. However, if I can keep the lion from eating me by offering him some meat, I will take it. Better them try to control us than devour us."
"So, are there no positive outcomes?"
"Currently, no but I will milk them for every advantage they can give," I say turning around to walk out, "Let them know I will meet with them today."
"Ok, be careful."
"I will."
...Later That Day…
I arrived at Disney Headquarters and I have to say, as far as bullshit goes, Disney being the same in both worlds is ridiculous. In both worlds, they are the behemoth. However, a difference is that they don't have their classic theme parks and a lot of their famous movies. Overall, the power remains and Disney has a lot of it.
Arriving at the meeting place there were two words written on the door that proved my point, 'Walt Disney' in bold words. Taking a deep breath, I walked into the lion's den hoping to not get skinned alive.
"Mr. Wayne, I'm glad you decided to accept my meeting."
Walking over and stretching my hand out for a handshake, "Well, meeting the famous Walt Disney is something I couldn't miss."
Both of us took a seat across from each other and the smile on Walt's face immediately disappeared and was replaced with a business one, "Well I won't sugar coat this I was hearing a rumor that you were making a musical."
"Yes, I had an idea for a film and am confident I can produce something on the same level as Home Alone," I said staring into his soul.
"Well, here at Disney we have the reputation of making the best musicals in Hollywood," he said with a little ego.
'To be fair, he's not wrong even without their classics they still in this world crawled up to the top without any competition being absorbed or crushed.'
"You have indeed cemented your place at the top of the musical film world." 'For now.'
"Well thank you, we here at Disney would like to assist you in making this musical," Walt said with a smile appearing back onto his face.
"And what if DreamHigh has no interest in wanting Disney's assistance?"
Walt then looked into my eyes with the same smile, but I could tell his eyes were saying a million words. 'In truth I just wanted to gauge his reaction and maybe get him to reveal some of the eggs in Disney's basket. It's idiotic for me to think that Disney doesn't have people everywhere feeding them information.'
"Well, why wouldn't you with all the resources that Disney has we can make the movie more efficient and get it to more people."
'No direct threatening, so he's not revealing anything.' Taking a sigh I smiled at him, "That is true if Disney is interested in assisting we would be happy to have the help."
"Wonderful, when the time comes please come visit us with the script," Walt said reaching his hand out for a handshake.
Forcing a smile, "You will be the first to know," I returned the handshake & said goodbye turning around to the exit. 'Looks like my plans have to change.'
…Later That Day…
Returning to the office I informed Uncle about the conversation with Walt and returned to my office and contemplated the current situation when my phone started to vibrate. When I looked at what the vibration was about it was a message from Uncle saying I was #1 trending with a link.
Clicking the link it sent me to the social media page of FirstCleb, the most famous celebrity news company.
FirstCleb: Earlier today JaydenCollins, a book publishing company released a promotion for a new book called Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone. Why is this important? Well recently in an interview on Sunday Night live the newest upcoming star and the director of the hit Home Alone revealed that he was planning on releasing his own book matching that exact title. Set to release on Jan 4, with the hype for Home Alone increasing coupled with the movie being released internationally tomorrow Eren Wayne may have secured himself for a book of the year nomination. #ErenWayne, #HarryPotter, #SundayNightLive, #HarryPotter&ThePhilosophersStone, #HomeAlone
'Looks like the marketing promotion for Harry Potter has started.' Smiling Eren returned to his original thoughts. 'My plan was to audition myself as the lead for the High School Musical movies however I am certain that will never happen if Disney is involved for fear of me having too much influence on the film. I also don't know when the next time I will be getting more skill points. Currently, I'm not confident or skillful enough to be able to play the role effectively. I think I'll change to simply directing the High School Musical movies. There will be other opportunities in the future.