I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 136
[Chapter 133 Lunch]
In an ‘exquisite’ restaurant, after Eric finished ordering, he smiled and watched with interest as Julia elegantly communicated with the ‘waiter’ and skillfully ‘manipulated’ the tableware in front of him.
“What are you looking at?” Julia quickly felt Eric’s gaze and asked curiously.
Eric shook his head: “It’s nothing, just suddenly remembered the first time I met you in Jeff’s restaurant, and I feel that you have changed a lot now.”
Julia obviously didn’t want Eric to mention her worst For a period of time, he glared at each other angrily: “Are you asking for credit?”
“Of course not,” Eric smiled: “I just think… It’s very interesting, Cinderella has become a high-ranking person in the blink of an eye. The princess.”
“Don’t mention ‘Hollywood Cinderella’ in front of me, okay, I’m getting sick of this title.” Julia rolled her eyes, although the title contained the envy of the media and the public , but it also contains a lot of ridicule.
“Okay, then, why did you suddenly come back?”
“I received an endorsement, and I rushed back to shoot an advertisement, and by the way…by the way, I will visit you.”
Julia said and stammered a little.
In fact, she mainly came back to see Eric. Shooting the commercial is an excuse. If she wanted to, it would not be a problem to shoot the commercial in Louisiana. Anyway, she was in a crew, and many equipment and personnel were readily available. .
But after all, Eric had been in a coma for more than ten hours before, and although he was safe in the end, this incident caused a stir in Hollywood. , if she did not ‘show’ her face from beginning to end during the process of Eric’s injury being completely improved, she would inevitably be called ungrateful by some media.
And the reason why I waited for Eric outside the studio today, instead of visiting in private, was just a little thought from Julia. Without him, in order to create a little exposure, Julia is also uneducated in this regard. Pass.
Although “Fengyue” is still in hot release, she herself has disappeared from the media for a whole month. The Louisiana town where “Steel Magnolia ‘Flower'” was filmed is too remote,
and the director Herbert Herbert Ross was worried about being disturbed by reporters, so the news of the shooting location was strictly blocked. Even if there were three or two paparazzi with kittens who found there, they would not get any valuable news.
At the same time, Julia was also a little nervous about going to visit Eric ‘privately’. She had a fresh memory of that time when she visited Eric secretly. Severe and mean reprimands couldn’t help crying, Julia hated this incomprehensible man so much that her teeth tickled.
“Thank you for your concern, Julia,” Eric replied earnestly, and then asked curiously, “By the way, what commercials are you shooting for?”
“Lancome’s perfume endorsement,” Julia took a small He proudly raised a few fingers and shook it in front of Eric: “One year, that’s the number.”
“Wow, it’s a… huge sum of money,” Eric didn’t bother to tease, little girl I don’t mind you being a little vain, but if you want to show off, you should find a suitable person. Is it really appropriate to do this in front of my brother?
“Okay, I know you don’t like it, so don’t use that expression,” Julia pursed her red lips in dissatisfaction, and remembered that her mouth would appear bigger if she did this, so he was dissatisfied with himself and quickly Putting away the corners of his lips: “I can’t compare to you. With a little injury, the entire United States has attracted the attention, and even took away the limelight of the Oscars just held.”
“It should be said that I will do this Oscar If it wasn’t for my injury, this year’s Oscars would have received more scolding.” Eric shrugged and replied, “Actually, the academy should thank me.”
“I’m not quite sure about this, but I only saw in Louisiana that the director of this year’s Oscars, Alan Carr, announced that he would never accept the invitation to be the director of the party again, but things shouldn’t be as bad as you said? ”
It’s worse than you think, but I can’t tell you too much, because I and many other presenters and performers have signed a non-disclosure agreement, guaranteeing not to mention it for 20 years. And any inside story of this Oscar. And Disney has come to join in the fun these days, threatening to sue the awards ceremony for ‘privately’ using Snow White’s portrait, anyway, ‘chaos’, if it wasn’t for my injury It has attracted the attention of most of the media, and the college must make at least one public apology to calm the anger of the media and the public.”
Julia opened her eyes to listen to Eric’s narrative, but she couldn’t understand much, after all, she didn’t I personally participated in this year’s Oscars, and even that night, because of the rush to shoot some scenes, I couldn’t ‘take’ time to watch the awards ceremony.
So the topic was quickly turned to Eric’s injury, and the ‘girl’ was still most concerned about the injury on Eric’s forehead.
“Hey, it was inconvenient to get in the car just now. Now, let’s talk about it. What’s the matter with the injury on your forehead? I don’t believe it’s as simple as falling down the stairs. There must be a secret?”
Eric spread his hands Helplessly said: “But that’s the truth.”
“Definitely not,” Julia showed a sly smile: “I read the newspaper the other day carefully, after you were injured that day, it was Drew and The hospital that your ‘girl’ friend named Jennifer Aniston took you to.”
“And then?”
Julia leaned forward slightly and said in a low voice, “I think it must be your ‘girl’ friend Anise. Dun suddenly went to your house that morning and found you and Drew on the same ‘bed’, picked up the ‘flower’ vase or something and smashed it on impulse, right?”
The surprise in Eric’s face disappeared in a flash. Although Julia’s guess was far from the truth, one thing was true. He was again abused by Aniston’s innate talent. It was hit, but fortunately Virginia was smart enough afterwards to not ‘show’ during the entire incident, and only went to the hospital with the others to see him when his injury had completely stabilized.
Julia keenly caught Eric’s change in expression, her red lips parted slightly, and she showed a surprised expression: “No way, am I right?”
“Absolutely not, I’m right. Lamp swears,” Eric smiled and pointed to the crystal chandelier above his head: “I just accidentally fell, my pathology report has been published in many newspapers, you can definitely see it, I have bruises in many parts of my body, don’t you? Do you think Aniston has the ability to cause me such a wide range of injuries?”
“That’s not necessarily the case,” the ‘girl’ looked up and down Eric in disbelief, as if thinking if she wanted to cause that kind of injury , how to start.
“Forget it, let’s not talk about this unpleasant topic, let’s talk about “Steel Magnolia ‘Flower'”, after all, I only communicated with Mr. Herbert Ross over the phone a few times, and it happened that you, the client, were here. How?”
Julia shook her head honestly, she was still not sure why Eric would watch this movie, and she was forcefully suppressing her salary to let her play.
In Julia’s view, “Steel Magnolia ‘Flowers'” is a trivial story with no central point at all. A group of housewives’ wives live an ordinary life day after day, various festivals, various life and death, each trivialities of life.
“I still think this story is a little too ordinary, without… without any highlights?”
Eric was about to answer, the ‘waiter’ brought the dishes ordered by the two, and opened the wine for the two in person, patiently. After waiting for the waiter to finish all this, Eric fiddled with the dishes in front of him and asked, “What do you think should be the highlight of a movie?”
Julia took a sip of red wine, Putting down the glass and thinking for a while, he waved his hand and said, “At least…at least…”
“At least there must be an unforgettable love story, where the male and female protagonists live and die in love, or a big scene, such as speeding cars, explosions, and soaring flames?” The
‘girl’ man nodded quickly: “Yes, at least there should be these things, right? ”
I won’t criticize you in public. If you want to know why, come to my house at night, and I will analyze for you in detail what are the elements of a movie’s success.” Eric said, squinting. He glanced at the ‘girl’ opposite, with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.
“Uh… this, forget it.” Julia seemed to be scratched by Eric’s eyes, leaned back subconsciously, and quickly refused, she knew that if she went, she would be trained again. Maybe he will be dragged to the bed by this hateful man with a ‘flower’ heart at night.
Eric just played with the ‘girl’, and quickly put away his cynical expression, and analyzed seriously: “Actually, the success or failure of a movie depends on the director’s story. Can it resonate with the audience? I have carefully studied the script of “Steel Magnolia ‘Flower'”. This is a good story that puts ordinary warmth into trivial scenes. Unknowingly, it made me cry.”
Julia ‘showed’ a stern look, nodded convincingly, and then asked the question she cared about most: “That… do you think this movie can win How much will it get at the box office?”
“What do you think?” Eric asked rhetorically.
Julia hesitated for a while, stretched out two fingers, and soon felt that this number was too underestimated, added two more, hesitated and retracted one.
She believes that it is not bad that the film can get 30 million at the box office, and with the scale of the film’s investment, Firefly can make a small profit.
In fact, Julia feels that if she is allowed to continue to act in romantic comedies, even if it is a relatively similar theme, with the influence of “Fengyue”, the movie will properly get 50 to 60 million box office, but for this family trivia Like a movie, Julia really can’t raise her confidence.
“You have no confidence in me?”
“I just…just don’t have confidence in this movie,” Julia said honestly.
Eric calmly wiped his mouth with a napkin and smiled: “How about we make a bet, I bet that the box office of this movie will not be less than fifty million.”
“What is the bet?” Julia asked curiously.
Eric gave another wicked smile: “If you lose, come to my house and be a ‘maid’ for a week. If I lose, I will be a driver for a week.”
If Eric didn’t say it’ When the word ‘maid’ was used, her expression was too evil, and Julia almost blurted out to agree. She felt that her chances of winning were more than 70%, and the ‘maid’ of this era was still a very serious profession.
But noticing Eric’s expression, Julia was keenly aware of the inappropriateness, and decisively refused: “No, I don’t want to bet with you.”
” How about
sixty million?”
He refused more firmly: “Don’t think about it.”
Because Eric still had filming work in the afternoon, the meal ended after half an hour, but it also provided a lot of photo materials for the paparazzi. In short, the media will definitely be published tomorrow. There is an affair between Eric and Julia.
After lunch, Julia sends Eric back to the studio.
“When are you going back to the crew?” Eric asked when parting at the studio’s ‘door’.
“The plane at four o’clock in the afternoon.” Julia didn’t get out of the car, and replied in the car: “By the way, Eric, the filming budget of the crew seems to be insufficient, maybe at least an additional two million dollars.”
“Ross What did Mr. ask you to say?”
Julia nodded, but Herbert Ross didn’t know that Eric had noticed that his crew’s budget was tight and was even ready to increase the budget.
Considering that Julia and Eric are relatively close, when Julia came back, please ask the ‘girl’ to test Eric’s tone.
After all, this is a low-budget movie. If an additional budget of 2 million is added, the cost will reach 10 million US dollars, and the box office will need to reach more than 33 million to recover the cost.
Despite the addition of Julia, Herbert Ross himself is not sure whether his family movie without comedy elements will reach the scale of more than 30 million box office.
“There’s no problem with this,” Eric nodded. “You can tell Mr. Ross and ask him to ask Jeffrey for money.”
“Then I’ll thank you for Mr. Ross,” Julia smiled and said to Eric. Say goodbye and drive away.
In the afternoon, the scene of Andy and yoyo in the small restaurant was filmed first. I don’t know why, after a meal, ‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi returned to the dull state in the morning, and this scene was reversed. Repeatedly repeated several times, although the ‘girl’ repeatedly apologized with such a pitiful expression, Eric couldn’t help but get angry, and also drew a big picture for ‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi in his heart. Cross.
If we don’t cooperate again, this beautiful ‘flower’ vase is really tossing people. It’s not wrong to have so many Golden Raspberry Awards. Let’s continue to harm others in those independent films.
At the same time, Eric also gave up the idea of having a super-friendly relationship with ‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi. Hollywood is so big and there are so many beautiful girls, so this one is not bad.
After tossing for half an hour, the scene in the restaurant finally ended.
“Eric, I’m so sorry, I’m a little bit bad,” ‘Bo’ji Shields finished her own shot, which means today’s work is all done, pack up your things, and go to the changing room to change your clothes , When he was about to leave, he approached Eric again.
At this time, the ‘girl’ man’s clothes are no longer the professional ‘girl’ man’s dress in black ‘color’ in the camera just now. I don’t know whether it is intentional or not, the ‘girl’ man is wearing a tight dark blue ‘color’ at this time. High-waisted denim ‘trousers’, and the hem of the shirt was tucked into the waist of the ‘trousers’, the curves of the ‘hip’ and the slender legs were unobstructed in front of everyone.
Almost all the male ‘sex’ in the crew cast their eyes on the ‘female’ man consciously or unintentionally. At the same time, they thought of the famous advertisement of denim ‘pants’ by ‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi, and many people even thought about it. After a thought, is there really nothing between the ‘girl’ and the denim ‘pants’?
Although Eric gave up some thoughts, he didn’t mind eating the tofu that was delivered to the ‘door’, admiring the delicate appearance of ‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi, as well as the perfect body curve, with a slightly relaxed expression Said: “It doesn’t matter, ‘Bo’ Ji, I hope you can seriously appreciate the rest of your scenes after you go back. Those are all location scenes. If you waste too much time like now, it will definitely affect the progress of the shooting. It will consume unnecessary budget.”
“Well, I will definitely work hard,” ‘Bo’ji Xiaosi nodded, looking at Eric seriously, the high heels rubbed and moved on the floor a few times, long legs ‘ The follower also put on a slightly provocative posture, waited for a few seconds, but found that Eric had withdrawn his eyes, and had no intention of inviting dinner or the like.
‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi didn’t dare to be too obvious. If she was rejected by Eric, then she might be laughed at by the crew members, especially Cruise who was clearly rejected by her before. Neng Neng said a little disappointedly: “So, goodbye, Eric.”
“Goodbye, someone will inform you about the next scene,” Eric raised his chin and nodded at the “girl” Lang, holding the pencil on the table After putting a few marks on the ‘flower’, he turned around and began to instruct the assistant.
‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi stopped for a few more seconds, and could only leave in despair, UU reading www.
sonicmtl.com She had already hinted so clearly just now, but Eric was still indifferent, which made ‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi a little frustrated.
“How long will it take for Hanks to arrive?” Eric didn’t care about the departure of ‘Bo’ Ji Xiaosi. Although he also noticed the other party’s hint, since he has made a decision, he will definitely not change it.
Failure to resist ‘temptation’ in Hollywood can lead to very bad results.
“Ten minutes to go,” Allen said.
“Okay, hurry up and clean up here, let’s move to other scenes.”
Eric looked at his watch and thought to himself.
Cruise’s one-man show has been completed. Next, Eric plans to shoot a few scenes of Cruise and Hanks in the small bar. Today will also be the first duel between the two protagonists. The almost parallel acting careers of the two celebrities, Eric couldn’t help but be slightly excited, looking forward to what kind of sparks would be produced when the two of them played together.
[End of this Chapter]
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