Chapter 104 Sleepy Valley Town

Mayer's eyes flashed, and he took a step forward in obedience to the ground. He wanted to sit down beside Eric, but he reached out and stopped him.

Eric raised his hand to block Mayer, but he didn't withdraw that hand, lightly caressed the girl's calf wrapped in the light silk dress, and slowly began to swim upwards.

Mayer only felt a few restless little villains gently but recklessly walking upstream from her calf, bringing numbness and tremors wherever they passed, making her breathing gradually become faster.

Carefully took a deep breath and calmed down. Mayer suddenly felt that even if he wanted to, he shouldn't let his boss do things on him. He felt that the strange hand had swam to his waist, and it seemed that he had changed his course. With the plan to go over the mountains, Mayer raised his hand and pressed it lightly, as if whispering: "Eric, it's already, it's very late, and Carly will come over tomorrow morning."

As soon as the words came out, Mayer suddenly realized that he must have said something very stupid.

Why are you talking about Caroline at this time?

Sure enough, hearing Mayer say that, Eric paused, thinking of Caroline's resentful little eyes, Eric's just rising desire dissipated most of it. Other women are fine. Mayer basically wants to get along with Caroline day and night. If she knew that she had put Mayer to sleep, Caroline would definitely feel very sad even if she didn't say anything.

Thinking of this, Eric retracted his hand, got up and kissed Mayer on the cheek politely, and said, "Then, go to bed early, good night."

"Well, good night," Mayer nodded, and when Eric disappeared at the head of the stairs, Mayer suddenly fell on the sofa, picked up a pillow and scratched like a cat, and then ruthlessly He bumped his head on the pillow a few times: "Marissa Mayer, you're a big idiot, a big idiot, a big idiot, a big idiot."

It is always rare to have good weather in London, and early Sunday morning, although it was no longer as rainy as yesterday, the weather was still overcast.

Wilson Manor, Eric's bodyguard came to pick up Caroline early in the morning.

"Don't worry, Mom, I'll take care of myself, Eric is also very good to me," hugged her parents again, Caroline got into the car under Mrs. Wilson's concern, and pressed the window again. Reluctantly, he waved to his parents before telling the driver to leave.

Looking at the car driving out of the manor along the corridor, Earl Wilson, who was still holding the gesture of being a father, suddenly said to his wife, "This child must be hiding something from us."

Mrs. Wilson glanced at her husband and said, "It should be Jane's business. Carly and Jane have a very close relationship."

"No, I don't think so," Earl Wilson frowned when he heard his wife mention his sister's name, sighed again, and muttered in a low voice dissatisfied: "Since I'm back, I won't say anything to do it peacefully. Some things, what gallery, does she think she is Picasso?"

Mrs. Wilson took her husband's arm and walked towards the castle behind her, saying, "She can do whatever she likes. Back then..."

Halfway through, noticing that her husband's face had gotten worse, Mrs. Wilson stopped talking.

Caroline also breathed a sigh of relief in the car heading for London. She originally thought that her parents also knew about Eric, but they didn't know. Aunt specially told her not to tell her parents about Eric, and she didn't take the initiative to mention it, but she was always a little cautious when facing her parents these two days. To tell the truth, she still very much hopes to let her parents know that Eric is her cousin.

The car did not take Caroline to Kensington, but rushed to the vicinity of Regent's Park. Caroline met Eric and Mayer at a cafe in the north of Regent's Park.

The tabloid paparazzi in London are notoriously difficult to deal with, and even though several of News Corporation's gossip papers won't chase Eric, the paparazzi of other tabloids have no scruples. If it's other times it's nothing,

Just to visit Olivia today, Eric had to avoid the media's vision.

Therefore, it took a lot of thought in the morning before Eric completely got rid of the entanglement of the paparazzi.

Olivia's gallery is near Regent's Park. Although it's not far, the three of them drove over to be cautious.

A few minutes later, the car stopped outside a four-story white European-style villa. Eric took Caroline and Mayer out of the car and glanced around. This was a secluded street. There are no shops at all, even the luxurious four-storey villa in front of you looks more like a private residence than a gallery. Not only does it not have any signboards, but there are fences and steps outside the door, showing a deliberate rejection of passers-by. Alienation outside the door.

Eric still wondered if he had found the wrong place. The door of the villa was pushed open, and Olivia came out, still dressed in a black shirt and white slacks, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Olivia, Caroline pounced affectionately, hugged her aunt, and then turned around and stood beside Olivia.

Eric also stepped forward, hugged Olivia gently, and introduced Mayer, and Olivia took the three of them into the villa.

The villa looks like an ordinary residence from the outside, but the interior is a standard gallery layout, with an empty hall, white walls, and soft lighting. On the walls hang a series of realistic-style watercolor paintings, the main content of which is the scenery, such as farms in the morning, castles in the mountains, and small towns by the sea. Eric doesn't know much about painting, but he also knows that all accomplished artists have a very strong personal style.

Olivia quietly stayed by Eric's side. After he walked in the hall, several people walked along the spiral staircase to the second floor. There were still various paintings here, but Olivia took Eric with him. When I came to the rest area by the window on the second floor, there were several single sofas surrounding a large coffee table with a small bar next to it.

It was not the first time that Caroline came over and took the initiative to run to make coffee for a few people. Olivia and Eric sat down on the sofa together, perhaps feeling Eric's doubts, and explained: " I don't like to be disturbed by strangers, usually familiar friends or agents bring guests over."

Eric remembered Caroline's interesting story about Olivia's opening of a small shop on the Greek island of Minox, and he had a general idea of ​​her attitude towards this gallery. She didn't need to live by this gallery. He smiled and said, "That's not bad."

Olivia smiled and said, "How about you, are you busy during this time?"

Eric took the coffee from Caroline, held it in his hand, nodded and said, "Flying all the time, I came from New York last week, then I will go to Australia, and then fly back to Los Angeles, just around the world. A circle."

Olivia also held the coffee cup, reached out to help Caroline beside her to straighten the blond hair on her ear, then looked at Eric and said, "You have done a good job, there is no need to make yourself so tired."

Eric just nodded, Olivia also knew that even if Eric wanted to let go of some things, it was not so easy, so he didn't mention it again, just ask Caroline and Mayer to take good care of Eric life.

Very casual chatting, unknowingly has arrived at noon.

This villa was originally the property of the Wilson family. The two downstairs floors were converted into galleries by Olivia. The third and fourth floors were Olivia's residence. Unlike the galleries on the first and second floors, the layout of the third and fourth floors was very Cozy, it feels like home.

The women prepared lunch together, and after eating, Eric proposed to visit Pinewood Studios in the afternoon.

The set of Sleepy Hollow in Sleepy Hollow was built on a farm near Pinewood Studios. Tim Burton himself is also in London. As a large project with an investment of over 100 million yuan, Eric must still want to Pay attention.

Caroline and Mayer naturally would not object, Olivia nodded in agreement, and everyone set off soon.

More than an hour later, they met Tim Burton at the Pinewood Studios, and the group rushed to a nearby farmhouse, which was a town of Sleepy Hollow that was built entirely in real-life and covers an area of ​​dozens of acres.

The sky in the afternoon was still gloomy, but this atmosphere just set off this Gothic-style town. Standing at the entrance of the town, looking at the town houses, churches, wooden bridges, Olivia, who was standing beside Eric in the tower and other buildings, suddenly couldn't help but said, "It's really beautiful here."

Eric couldn't help but agree with Olivia's point of view. Although the atmosphere is a bit weird, the architectural layout of the town has obviously been carefully designed, which is very in line with the beauty of the film composition. The photos taken here can be directly used as movie posters, or even , Eric can feel that as long as the photographer of the film is good enough, every frame of the film in the future, according to his memory, will be completely computer wallpaper level.

Filming is scheduled to begin in September, with several other sets and various props in the works. However, the photographer has already been chosen, and it happens to be Emmanuel Lubesky. Although many people later came to know Lubesky through the long takes in "Gravity" or "Birdman", in fact Lubesky's use of natural light lenses is even better, which is exactly what "Sleepy Hollow" needs. photography style.

Tim Burton is a genius who is eccentric, withdrawn, and likes to immerse himself in his own small world. Apart from movies, Eric doesn't have many other topics when he gets along with each other. While visiting the small town of Sleepy Hollow, Eric listens Tim Burton explains his shooting ideas.

Tim Burton originally hoped that the film would be dark to the end, but this does not meet the tone of a commercial film, let alone a large-scale production with an investment of over 100 million. Therefore, the script finally has a rather warm ending. The two sides reached an agreement on the script, and Eric did not intend to interfere too much with Tim Burton's play.

After spending the weekend in London, Eric set off again the next day for Queenstown, New Zealand.

This trip far exceeded the previous several flights. From the UK close to the Arctic Circle to New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, the straight-line distance was close to 20,000 kilometers.

At present, there is no passenger aircraft with a battery life of 20,000 kilometers. Eric's Boeing 767-200er is the longest range in the 767 series, but it only has a battery life of 12,000 kilometers. Therefore, from Departing from London, you need to stop in Singapore for refueling when you arrive at xn first. The entire journey time is expected to exceed 24 hours.

The time of xn was 11 hours faster than that of London. Eric departed from London Heathrow Airport on Monday afternoon and arrived in Australia at the time of xn. According to the local time of xn, it was already five o'clock in the morning on Wednesday.

New Zealand is far from the Middle-earth tourist destination that later became popular with the "Lord of the Rings" series. The entire country does not even have a decent airport. Whether it is Wellington Airport in the North Island or Queenstown Airport in the South Island, it is not enough for a medium-sized Boeing. The 767 aircraft took off and landed smoothly.

Leaving the Boeing 767 at Xn International Airport, Eric borrowed a small Gulfstream III jet through Elizabeth's family before taking off from Xn again to Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand.

When Eric was a trapeze, in North America, the three-day box office for the first weekend of "The Matrix 2" had also been released. After creating a record-breaking $9.95 million at the midnight box office data, counting the following three weekends, "The Matrix 2" finally grossed $83.66 million in its first weekend.

Although it did not break the box office record of $91.05 million in the first weekend set by "007: Casino Royale" last year, it also easily surpassed the box office data of $73.75 million in the same period of "The Day After Tomorrow" two weeks ago. , Everyone has begun to pay attention to whether "The Matrix 2" can maintain enough box office stamina in the future.

Entering the third week, under the influence of "The Matrix 2", the decline of "The Day After Tomorrow" expanded to 55% over the same period of the weekend, and the box office fell to $18.91 million over the three weekends in the third week, with a cumulative box office of 194 million, although this week's box office It can break through 200 million steadily, but according to the current box office trend, it is difficult for the total North American box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" to exceed 250 million US dollars.

Judging from the current situation, the opening weekend of "The Matrix 2" is not much worse than last year's "007 Casino Royale", or the first weekend box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" is not better than last year's "007 Royal Casino". Casino” is too different. The box office of the three films can exceed 100 million US dollars in the first week. The key to affecting the total box office of the film in North America is the subsequent drop in the box office.

Due to the overwhelming word of mouth, the box office decline of "007: Casino Royale" for several consecutive weeks last year remained at more than 30%. With the same opening, it seems that there is a small difference in the percentage point drop, but the impact on the final box office is very obvious. . Assuming the same first-week box office of 100 million US dollars, according to the 30%, 40%, and 50% decline figures, the total box office is completely the difference between 400 million, 300 million, and 200 million.

However, although the future box office trend of "The Matrix 2" is still unclear due to the polarization of word of mouth, the box office of more than 80 million US dollars in the first weekend is enough for many media to sneer at Firefly's abandonment of the "Matrix" series sequel. some time.