Chapter 1032 I Like to Deal with Smart People

After the props group was busy for more than an hour, the props Eric needed were rushed out.

Shooting starts soon.

After repeated adaptations, Jodie Foster quickly found the feeling.

In the monitor screen, Jodie Foster, whose right calf is fixed on a special bracket, slowly arches her body, gradually bends her left leg forward, and lifts her two arms in front of her, gradually forming a baby. Posture in the womb of the mother.

The shooting process of special effects movies is usually difficult to give the performers and bystanders too much sense of substitution, but at this time, the woman in the camera lens exudes a primitive static beauty, which makes people addicted.

The studio is very quiet at this time, and even the sound of the machine seems to be much quieter.

Eric sat in front of the monitor and admired the scene in front of him. It was not until the woman in the lens rotated for a full week under the same weightless relative motion of the camera lens that Eric made an ok gesture to Nikkor with no end in sight.

On the model table, Judy was reminded, slowly retracted her posture, and then looked towards Eric.

Eric instructed the staff to untie Judy, walked to the side of the stage, and said, "Although I really want you to do it again, it's perfect enough just now."

"Actually, I really want to do it again. I just felt very good, like practicing yoga."

Eric pointed to the bracket under Judy's feet: "If you want, you can take these home and practice by yourself."

Judy thought for a while, then smiled and shook her head: "That's a weird situation."

The straps were untied, and although it had only been filming for more than ten minutes, Judy still felt a little numb in her calf and walked to the stage with some inflexibility. Eric, who noticed Judy's state, took the initiative to reach out and help her sit down on the edge of the stage.

For "Gravity", it took several days for the crew to complete a shot in many cases, and what Judy just shot was actually just the last short segment of a long shot. However, after completing the shot just now, today's shooting is basically over, and there is not enough time left to start other shooting.

Eric stood by the model table and watched Judy shaking her calves gently, chatting with her casually. After a while, feeling almost recovered, Judy pointed to the slippers that were placed not far away with her toes: "Eric, can you help me get the shoes?"

Eric immediately shook his head and said, "No, I have a cleanliness addiction."

Judy was stunned and said, "Do you want me to step on the ground and walk over?"

Eric looked around: "You can ask them to help you."

"I just want you to take it for me, Mr. Director," Judy raised her chin and said with a proud expression, "I'm the heroine, you don't treat me well, be careful that the heroine plays tricks on you The movie can't go on."

Eric glanced at the distance between the slippers and Judy, and said, "Why don't I take you and wear them yourself."

Judy immediately gave Eric a white look, and said with contempt, "Aren't you a clean freak, how dare you hug me?"

"This is different," Eric shook his head solemnly and said, "In my opinion, women are made of water and are very pure."

Judy blinked and immediately made inferences: "What about the man?"

"This, I haven't thought about it yet. You know, I'm not interested in men."

"You're talking nonsense again, get it for me."

"Come on," Eric spread out his hands: "The princess will carry it or the robber will carry it, or you can carry it, you choose."

Judy wanted to open Eric's hand with a slightly resentful expression, but when he raised his arm, it seemed like he was waiting for Eric to hug him, so he felt light and floated forward a few times. The steps landed precisely on the pair of pink slippers.

It's started again.

In the studio, the passers-by and dogs who consciously pretended to be non-existent were amazed at the same time secretly sighing.

Mr. Director's method of flirting with sisters is really unpredictable, and it seems that he is going to forcibly break the famous Hollywood lily.

Judy only reacted when his feet landed on the shoes. After standing up, he quickly glanced around and saw that everyone didn't seem to pay much attention to this side, so he glared at the man beside him and said, "Eric, this is not allowed in the future, or else I'm going to...but I'm going to be really angry."

Eric immediately surrendered and smiled: "Okay, I promise."

Judy also immediately realized that what she just said was too non-threatening, and even a little like... Thinking that she didn't have any dislike for Eric's brief hug just now, she couldn't help but secretly reflect, and made up her mind. Keep your distance from this guy.

So, in the next few days, although the entire crew still cooperated tacitly, everyone found that Judy deliberately avoided conversations and contacts with Eric outside of work.

While Eric continued the shooting of "Gravity", he had to devote his energy to focusing on many other things, and naturally he had no intention of chasing after him.

The story of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" script continues to ferment.

Within a week, not only major Hollywood studios responded to the script, but even some independent producers were involved. This incident even attracted the attention of well-known Hollywood media such as The Hollywood Reporter and Variety Show. .

However, even though Warner Bros. has offered a reported high price of $3 million, Terry Lucio and Ted Elliott have not given a positive answer, and Hollywood has even rumored that the two are working together. A script bid is brewing.

Two years ago, Shane Black, the screenwriter of the "Lethal Weapon" series, sold his "Agents" script for a sky-high $4 million through script bidding, once again setting a record for the price of his own original script. Although the film's final box office flutter was terrible, the script bidding model still caused many Hollywood gold screenwriters to follow suit.

Hollywood has a lot of lunatics, but not a few fools. That quote from Ted Elliott is actually pretty accurate. The delay of the two also made some people realize that the two of them were more likely to wait for the response of the Firefly Group.

These days, even MGM and 20th Century Fox are making offers as if to join the fun, but after the initial contact, Firefly seems to have completely forgotten about the "Pirates of the Caribbean" script. The Firefly script procurement department originally The follow-up talks with Matt Gilson are set to fall apart.

If a movie wants to succeed, there are too many uncontrollable factors, but equally, if a movie wants to fail, there will be more uncontrollable factors. In the traditional concept, Hollywood does not think that someone can see the success or failure of a movie in advance, but countless facts have proved that this law does not apply to Eric Williams at all.

The "Midnight Bell" that is being released is the most direct evidence of this view. Although there are rumors that Eric Williams himself did not expect such a phenomenal success for this film, there are not many people in Hollywood. would really believe this. It was also strongly stimulated by the box office explosion of "Midnight Bell", when the news of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was heard, the major film companies were so urgent.

Similarly, because of the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Cut Throat Island", which was so disastrous at the box office that it was included in the Guinness Book of Records, has also been mentioned by many people again. Looking back now, more and more people are more certain. This is the pit that Eric Williams dug for Michael Eisner at the time. After "Cutthroat Island", Michael Eisner's control of Disney was severely damaged, and Firefly was able to successfully complete the snake swallowing elephant of the Disney Group.

So now, what's going on with Pirates of the Caribbean?

Although there is a '4200' plan that many people feel too radical, Firefly Group has not shown any intention of expansion within Hollywood in recent years. It stands to reason that the possibility of this script being a trap is very small. The Firefly Group has been almost unbeatable in Hollywood in recent years, and there is really no need to dig a hole for anyone. Moreover, with the lessons learned from Cutthroat Island, any production company that wants to get this script will be careful not to repeat the same mistakes.

So, after a while of disturbance, they gradually calmed down, and everyone turned their attention to the Firefly Group, waiting for Eric Williams' final reflection.

The script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is here. Even if it is won immediately, it will take at least a year to complete the development of such a special effects blockbuster project. Therefore, everyone does not lack this patience.

It was already Friday, and after four o'clock, Caroline and Mayer rushed over from Burbank with a thick stack of documents.

After he was busy with the last set of shots, Eric announced the end of work, and brought the two girls to a large worktable in the corner of the studio. He basically completed the work log in the studio after get off work these days. He didn't go back to his office in the studio on purpose.

"Eric, the $4 billion fund was successfully paid yesterday. This is the list of investable short-term bonds sent by Mr. Hansen at noon. He has made a detailed explanation."

With the Nasdaq breaking through 2,000, neither Firefly Investments nor the Clover Fund stopped investing in stocks.

In comparison, investing in bonds is much less risky. The $4 billion newly obtained by selling 10% of AOL's stock, after Eric and Chris discussed, plan to save it in the form of short-term convertible bonds, which can guarantee a certain income and offset the inflation brought by losses, while maintaining the safety of funds to the greatest extent possible. The cash reserves of many large enterprises are actually carried out in this form, and the proportion of cash actually stored in the bank is actually very small.

The documents brought by the two women were all Eric prepared to deal with over the weekend, and they just introduced Eric, and Mayer continued: "Also, Eric, this is what the five major record companies proposed to Yahoo! In addition, they also filed a lawsuit against Firefly again, this time asking Fireflyer to strengthen the encryption and identification of genuine music."

Listening to Mayer's introduction one by one, Eric used a pen to mark several documents that he felt needed special attention, and at the same time asked: "Why is there no news from Morgan Stanley, the 15% How's the AOL stock distribution program going?"

Mayer shook his head and said, "We haven't received relevant information recently."

"Then I'll call Chris to talk about it in person," Eric nodded without further questioning, looking at Caroline beside him and said, "What about Los Angeles?"

The Firefly Group's side is mainly about movies. Although the autumn TV series is coming soon, the Firefly TV business has not done much this year. The TV business at MGM is expanding very rapidly, but in this regard, the girl usually talks directly to Eric, and the assistant's office does not directly pay attention.

In terms of movies, "Iron Man" has always been under Eric's close attention, most of the post-production of "Teddy Bear" has been completed, and "Underworld" has completed the formation and is about to rush to London to shoot. In addition, there are some project scripts and budget information.

After saying this, Caroline finally said: "There is one more thing, Eric, the UK side, Mr. Fuller's reality show "Pop Idol" has been recorded and will probably be broadcast on Sky TV at the end of next month. , call over there and ask if you want to send some samples?"

"Just send me the first three episodes after editing," Eric said, and continued, "What about the script for "Pirates of the Caribbean"?"

"Terry Lucio and Ted Elliott have been dragging out the negotiation requests from several other studios, and now most of them have also entered a wait-and-see mode, and it seems that the two of them can't get Firefly. The response from the group is that they don't dare to take the next step rashly."

Eric pondered for a while, and then understood the joints. After thinking about it, he said, "They are both smart people. I like to deal with smart people. There is no need to drag this matter on. Let them come tomorrow morning. See me at the Sharphorn Manor."

Caroline responded, took it seriously on the memo, and looked up at Eric again.

Eric didn't talk about business anymore, he turned his body relaxedly, and said, "So, do you have any plans for the weekend?"

"Yes," Caroline nodded and said, "Rachel was in Los Angeles recently. We made an appointment to play in Ventura tomorrow, and Mel will come too."

"Rachel," Eric smiled, "this girl is now an international star, and she has never thanked me properly."

Caroline curled her lips and said, "We've invited you to dinner tomorrow morning."

"How can it be just a meal?" Eric looked at Caroline's sharp little face: "At least give her a kiss, or you can do it for her."

Caroline shrank her neck and said, "I will tell my aunt that you bullied me."

"Usually, mothers are for their own children, so she might be happy that I bullied you."

"would not."

"Or you can kiss me." Eric said with a smile: "And don't worry, I won't tell your aunt about your bullying."

"I didn't bully you."

Eric leaned forward a little, took a pose, and said, "Come on, bully me."

"It's obvious that you're going to bully me," Caroline blushed and looked around. The people in the studio were almost gone, and the few remaining people didn't look this way. He reached over and lightly pecked Eric's face.

Not far away, the door of the makeup artist was just pushed open. Jodie Foster and the two makeup artists walked out of the room chatting and laughing, just to see this scene. She has deliberately distanced herself from Eric these days, and she still feels a little guilty, but at this time, seeing Eric cheeky and letting the doll girl kiss her, the guilt in her heart suddenly turned into even her. Even though he didn't realize the taste, his face immediately showed a look of contempt, and he stared at him fiercely, with the appearance of 'So you are this kind of person'.