I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 255

[Chapter 250 2 things]

“Ms. Schneider, as long as we don’t lay the fake snow directly on the lawn?”

Shirley Schneider looked confident when she saw that Eric thought of something. There was a hint of hesitation in her expression, but she was very confident. Quickly said: “Yes, you can lay it on the roadside, but absolutely not on the lawn. And after the fake snow laid on both sides of the road is completed, it must be properly cleaned up.”

When Eric spoke, he kept Staring closely at the woman in front of her, seeing the struggle flashing in the other’s eyes, she was more certain about certain guesses. If the other party was purely for environmental protection, then she proposed a feasible solution, and this woman would not reveal it. Hesitant look.

Although he understood this in his heart, Eric still said to the other party in a negotiating tone: “Okay, then, if we put a layer of plastic sheeting on the lawn mat, and then put fake snow on it, it will be fine, right? Shirley Schneider was stunned

for

a while, before nodding slightly unwillingly: “I think… maybe… it’s possible.”

“Let’s do it then.” Eric said, no more Ignore this woman.

With a wink at Jeffrey, the two walked a little further before Eric said to Jeffrey: “Jeffrey, the Central Park show is suspended, immediately let everyone prepare for the next scene, my next A scene should be when Kevin escaped from the Plaza Hotel and

was

caught by two stupid thieves in the back alley, let me arrange the scene there, our afternoon shooting can’t be stopped.”

Shirley Schneider saw something unusual in her expression, and said to Eric: “Eric, the US headquarters of News Corporation is in New York. They must have deep connections locally. Do you want to contact Murdeau? gram?”

“Go to Murdoch for help if something happens. Let him think of us. Besides, Murdoch is not a philanthropist.” Eric shook his head and continued: “Also, “” “Home Alone 2″ also involves the interests of Fox Film Company, if we fail to resolve this matter, Fox will definitely take the initiative, and there is absolutely no need for us to take the initiative to send favors.”

Jeffrey smiled.

Said: “It’s still what you think, then I’ll ask someone to buy plastic film. However, I don’t think it will take long, we don’t need to change the scene at all.”

Eric pointed to those who were lying on the lawn. The men and women said: “With these people here today, let’s not even think about filming. I’m worried that they will deliberately create conflicts, just like what happened when I was not here. Once something happens, it will be resolved. It’s even more troublesome. So let’s change the scene temporarily, by the way. Did a reporter from the media just come?”

Jeffrey didn’t expect why Eric would ask this question, and after thinking about it, he said: “It seems that there are a few .But they just took some pictures

from a distance, and after being driven away by our staff, they left honestly.”

“It seems that the trouble has just begun.” Eric murmured and said to Jeffrey: “You make arrangements first, and then come back to the hotel with me. I think you have more important things to do this afternoon.”

“Alright then.” Jeffrey nodded and hurriedly went to implement the things Eric explained.

After Jeffrey left, Eric asked the staff for a camera, took some pictures of the protesters lying on the lawn, and asked Allen to immediately take it to print.

After nearly an hour, Jeffrey returned to the hotel where the crew was staying, and Eric handed him a stack of photos.

“What’s this for?” Jeffrey picked it up suspiciously, looked up, and asked.

“Just in case,” Eric said, “Don’t you realize that the purpose of this so-called environmental protection organization’s sudden appearance is not simple. We have also filmed a few scenes on some roads with vegetation before, but we haven’t seen it. To these people. It happened that this last week, we filmed the scene in Central Park, and they appeared.”

Jeffrey heard Eric’s words and quickly understood that it was obvious that someone wanted to delay “” The shooting progress of “Home Alone 2”, and it is more troublesome to appear at this most critical moment than to intervene at the beginning.

Central Park has a very important position in the hearts of New Yorkers, so if today’s filming, if the incident that was boycotted by environmental protection organizations was exposed, and people with ulterior motives randomly fabricated facts and deliberately exaggerated the raw material of artificial snow, Qishui The harm of magnesium sulfate to the vegetation of Central Park, then, under the public protest, the shooting of Central Park will definitely usher in greater resistance, and even the New York City government has to give a reasonable suggestion to the crew in order to appease the public’s concerns. Before the plan, he directly intervened to prevent the filming of the “Home Alone 2” crew.

The shooting schedule of “Home Alone 2” is calculated by the day, and now it’s the last minute. If it is interrupted and delayed for a few days, then correspondingly, it will affect the whole body, and many things in the original plan have to be put off.

Moreover, it is impossible to revise the script to remove the Central Park scene now, because all the previous filmings are interlinked in the plot, and there are even many scenes of Kevin running out of the Central Park exit. If modified, Then a lot of the material that was shot before will be scrapped. If you want to make more shots, maybe “Home Alone 2” can only be postponed until Christmas.

The more Jeffrey thought about it, the more worried he became. He held the photo in his hand and asked Eric, “You said, who is making trouble this time?”

Eric picked up a copy of the “Movie Guide” he just bought next to him and pointed to the page The movie schedule listed above: “The schedule of “Home Alone 2″ is scheduled for November 17. If we postpone the release due to some troubles, it will be good for the movies released during this time, so we don’t know at all. Who is making trouble.”

Jeffrey picked up the newspaper and looked at it. On November 17th alone, seven or eight films were released, including Warner’s, which was postponed from the summer to the Thanksgiving period in order to avoid the edge of “Dark War”. “Lethal Weapon 2”, Paramount’s Christmas comedy “Harlem Nightclub” starring Eddie Murphy, followed by Universal’s “Back to the Future 2” two days later.

Eric said in a heavy tone: “See, several major film companies have films released during this period. During Thanksgiving, the total weekly box office is about 100 million US dollars, so if “Home Alone 2” is postponed , these other films will be able to divide up the box office share of at least 30 million US dollars that originally belonged to “Home Alone 2″. Of course, according to the law of 28, you must see the main films of those big companies who will get the most points, so their The suspect is also the biggest. But we don’t have the time and energy to dwell on this matter in front of us. Even if we find out, it won’t help us. The only thing we have to do is to do everything possible to finish the film on time.”

Jeffrey put down The newspaper, thinking that the opponents this time are likely to be giants such as Warner or Universal, then Firefly does not have much resistance in front of these companies, and hesitated for a moment before saying: “Then, Eric, you really don’t need to inform Fox. A word?”

Eric thought for a while, then shook his head again: “Not for now, let’s see what happens tomorrow, I’m sure there will be reports in the newspapers tomorrow that we are using artificial snow to cause damage to the environment of Central Park.”

“What do I do now?” asked Jeffrey, who had never encountered anything like this before.

“Two things,” Eric clearly thought about it for a long time, and raised three fingers: “First, Central Park is currently managed by the Central Park Preservation Committee. You donate a sum of money to the committee in the name of Firefly, Well… just 500,000, this will ensure to the greatest extent that once there is a public opinion storm, the other party will speak to us.”

After saying this, Eric handed the photos to Jeffrey, and said: “Secondly , that’s all, contact as many local New York newspapers and media as you can, and let them know about the protests we encountered today. Ask them to help with some reports, focusing on what we have done to maintain the environment of Central Park. Work hard. There is also the need to find one or two professionals in related fields to explain in detail the fact that magnesium sulfate heptahydrate does not cause harm to vegetation, and is even a chemical fertilizer.”

“Eric, five hundred thousand will not Will it be too much?” Jeffrey asked weakly, and he was still a little reluctant to give away such a sum of money for nothing.

Eric covered his forehead and said solemnly: “Jeffrey, you have to understand the current situation, once things change and “Home Alone 2” cannot be completed on time, it will not be a loss. It’s about $500,000. And the original production budget of “Home Alone 2″ of $25 million is expected to have some surplus, so this half a million can be included in the production cost.”

Jeffrey finally ordered. Nodding: “Okay, I understand. Also, because of the temporary change of the shooting plan, the shooting in the afternoon may be delayed by an hour. After all, it is necessary to communicate with the relevant streets.”

“I see, I will be there in person later. It’s arranged, you can do your business.”

Jeffrey picked up the photos taken by Eric and left in a hurry.

Maybe it was because of the idea of doing a full set of dramas. During the filming in the afternoon, the members of the environmental protection organization came over again.

Although he still pointed at the crew’s behavior of laying artificial snow, and even provoked a few words from time to time, he no longer forced the crew to lie on the ground like in Central Park to prevent the crew from filming.

Eric also issued a stern warning to the crew members at noon, no matter how provocative these people are, they must not conflict with each other, because doing so means falling into the trap of the other party.

(To be continued..)

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[End of this Chapter]