There was nothing in the morning shooting, but with the arrival of lunchtime, the atmosphere of the "Tornado" crew located in the suburbs and fields became a little strange, most of the people became light-hearted when they talked and did things, and occasionally someone made too much noise when moving the equipment, which would attract the attention of the 'crusade', although everyone was doing their own thing on the surface, but their eyes unconsciously glanced at Virginia's side.

"Tornado" has been filming for three weeks, and even the most dull staff know about Eric's relationship with the heroine Joanna at this time. And Virginia, who also has an ambiguous relationship with Eric, suddenly arrives to visit the class, and everyone is very curious about what will happen next.

However, it is disappointing that the imaginary confrontation between the two women did not happen, and even the two women did not touch each other, Joanna took a shower, whispered a few words with Eric, and went to lunch with several of the main actors of the movie, Eric asked Virginia's assistant Shanny to greet him, took two lunches for himself, and took Virginia into a trailer.

After the trailer door was closed, Virginia finally didn't have to hide it anymore, and threw herself into Eric's arms with an emotional kiss, and after a long time, the two separated, Eric let go of the soft mature female body in his arms, and said with a smile: "Hungry, let's eat first." ”

Virginia knew that now was not the time to be obsessed, and sat down at the table with Eric, but still couldn't help but sit side by side with Eric instead of him.

Eric inserted a straw into a box of juice and handed it to Virginia, saying, "How does it feel to film in Ireland?"

Virginia immediately showed a hint of complaint and said, "It's very cold." I wouldn't have taken this movie if I had known. Almost froze to death. Kapoor said the film could get me an Oscar nomination. persuaded me to take it, and only gave me a salary of 3 million. ”

Eric remembered something and said, "Speaking of which, Paramount sent me the script to read it." ”

Virginia immediately asked, "What do you think, is it possible to get a nomination?"

Eric carefully recalls the script, which is roughly the story of a man who returns to his hometown in Northern Ireland to live in seclusion after years of wandering and meets a young single mother after his business goes bankrupt. The theme of the movie is very leitmotif. It's about family, it's about affection, it's about life, and so on. As long as this type of movie can be made a little warmer, even if it doesn't win an award, the box office is still very guaranteed.

"The theme of the movie is too warm, and the Oscars still prefer something more profound, so there is not much hope of winning the award, but the nomination is still very promising. By the way, how much does this movie cost?"

Virginia said: "It's about fifteen million, the actor is not very famous, so his salary is not very high." But the acting skills are very good, and I am often pressed by him. It's embarrassing. ”

Eric remembered that the male protagonist in the script was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and although Virginia's acting skills could not reach the level of a movie queen, it was absolutely impossible for him to be easily suppressed, not to mention that he was still a not very famous actor, which made him feel a little curious and asked, "What is the name of the actor?"

"Kevin Spacey. ”

"Oh...... Who?"

"Kevin Spacey," Virginia repeated, and when she saw Eric's face, she wondered, "You know him?"

"yes, I've heard that name once in a while, and I remember he played a small role in Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith's 'Working Girl' two years ago. ”

With that, the two of them didn't continue the conversation, and Eric began to think that since Kevin Spacey was still unknown, maybe Kapoor could find a way to sign him. However, I realized that I had nothing to do with the agency now, so I gave up this idea.

"Hey, Eric," Virginia said with a few sips of juice and a hesitant "I...... Shall I go and say hi to her?"

Eric knew that Virginia was talking about Joanna, and smiled, "Forget it now, let's go back to Cyberpunk City after today's work, and we'll have dinner together." ”

"You mean, the three of us, together, have dinner?"

"Either I'll get out of the way, and you two will talk to each other alone, but you'll have to make sure you don't fight. ”

Virginia laughed and said, "Heh, don't even think about it, if we women fight for you, you will be even more proud, not to mention our ...... We're not little girls anymore. ”

After a simple lunch, the crew quickly began to work intensely on the filming, although Oklahoma is not sunny for more than 300 days a year like Los Angeles, but in early summer, northern Oklahoma is still sunny for most of the time, and it is not easy to encounter a cloudy weather.

And Virginia, although she didn't leave, couldn't help much, so she stayed bored in the trailer with her assistant. The afternoon set was still as noisy as ever, and it was still the scene where the hero and heroine encountered a tornado together in the ditch.

In such a large-scale special effects movie, Eric cannot reproduce the images in his memory without difference, and many scenes are completely new. Therefore, Eric had to accumulate enough shooting materials, although the first tornado scene was not the biggest scene in the movie, but if the shooting materials were not available and reshot, it was not only a matter of funding, but also involved the special effects production in the later stage.

Although he couldn't completely replicate the "Tornado" in his head, and even many parts of the script were revised, Eric was still full of confidence in the movie. After all, the main attraction of "Tornado" is the realistic hurricane special effects in the movie, and although the script has been modified, the tight rhythm of the movie has not changed.

Eric has made a detailed analysis of the original movie, except for the foreshadowing at the beginning and the high tide of the five-level hurricane at the end, the rhythm of the middle part is basically between five and ten minutes between the drama and the special effects rotation interval, which will not make the audience feel bored because the drama is too long, nor will there be aesthetic fatigue due to too many special effects scenes.

The roar of the Boeing engines tossed and turned for another afternoon, and it was close to four o'clock in the afternoon. This scene is finally over. An hour remaining. It is also impossible for the crew to go to other scenes. So he began to methodically pack his equipment and prepare to return to Cyberpunk City.

Eric pushed open the trailer door and saw Virginia leaning boredly on her cot, holding a specially prepared meteorology book in her hand and a headset in her ear. The assistant, named Sanny, saw Eric appear, stood up and said hello, and left the trailer in good spirits.

"Is it finally over?" asked Virginia as she took off her headphones and sat up.

"Hmm. I'm going back to Cyberpunk City soon, let's go, take my car, this car won't go back to Cyberpunk City, the driver will drive directly to the next filming location. ”

Virginia followed Eric out of the trailer, a cool breeze blew, Virginia looked up at the more gloomy sky, suppressed the small anticipation in her heart and said, "It's not going to rain, is it?"

Eric looked at the low-hanging clouds and said, "The weather forecast says there may be light rain in the evening, and it may be cloudy tomorrow." ”

Virginia followed Eric two steps. He felt a cool breeze slip into his collar and said, "I just read that book that says Oklahoma is in the tornado corridor." Looking at the weather like this, there won't be a tornado, right?"

"Tornadoes aren't fun, you just want some rain, forget it. ”

Seeing Eric casually poke his careful thoughts, Virginia's face turned slightly red, and the suspension of filming was not a trivial matter. There are hundreds of people in the crew, just don't do anything, and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every day, even if Eric is rich, it is impossible to play like this, she is looking forward to a rainy day in order to let Eric spend more time with her, and she is indeed suspected of being a loser.

"I just...... I wasn't expecting rain," Virginia glanced at Eric with a feeble look.

At dinner, Jeffrey also rushed back from another set, saw Virginia coming, just said hello, and gave up on his plan to use the dinner time to talk to Eric.

For dinner, Eric didn't take the two girls out to eat together, but chose the small restaurant inside the hotel chartered by the crew.

Punk City is just a small town of more than 20,000 people, and the crew's presence here has attracted too many people's attention. Although a large number of reporters attracted by the crew at the beginning of filming have dispersed, occasionally three or two kittens will appear here in an attempt to dig up the news, and if Eric takes the two girls swaggering on the street, he will definitely make headlines tomorrow.

There is no gunpowder between the two women, at least on the surface, they get along very happily, Virginia and Joanna know very well that they are just Eric lovers, because of the age gap, the possibility of marrying this little man is zero, and there is nothing to fight about. Although Virginia occasionally has a little caution in her tone, Joanna's personality is like water, plain and indisputable, and it is unlikely that Virginia just wants to provoke something.

This situation made Eric very satisfied, the meal lasted for more than an hour, and at seven o'clock in the evening, looking at the two girls who were still chatting happily, Eric stood up and said, "You guys continue to talk, I'm going to go and see today's shooting materials, and by the way, discuss with Stan about special effects, and try to come back at ten o'clock." ”

Waiting for Eric to leave, Virginia and Joanna, who were chatting, quieted down in unison, and at the same time picked up the coffee in front of them, and the atmosphere lasted awkwardly for a moment, and Virginia laughed: "Finally, I don't have to accommodate that little bastard anymore." ”

Joanna also smiled, the two girls had been very tacit and had been maintaining that harmonious attitude just now, just not wanting Eric to be too distracted.

"He's tired these days, he rarely rests before twelve, and he gets up at six o'clock every day," said Joanna, as if to explain something, but soon realized that she was saying something ambiguous, as if she had been sharing a room with Eric.

"That...... I live next door to him," Joanna finally relentlessly excused.

To the south of Eric's hotel, there is a huge warehouse that used to store corn, but now it has been converted into a huge studio with all kinds of film equipment and more than a dozen computers, and although it is night, the digital team dedicated to the special effects of "Tornado" is still busy.

Eric, Stan Winston, and several other special effects artists are discussing the special effects processing plan for the materials in the past few days, although the hardware is enough to meet the special effects of "Tornado", but this is the first time that a film involving a large number of CG scenes has been made, and everyone needs to explore slowly, and occasionally need to develop special solutions for certain scenes.

"Large-scale destruction scenes will definitely be a very important branch of the field of computer special effects in the future, and although this small program can meet the needs of this film, it is still too limited. Stan, you've got a detailed plan ready for me, and I'll have San Francisco develop a similar application. ”

Stan Winston nodded, and the two of them pointed at an unrendered, all-gray scene on the computer screen before Stan Winston said, "We'll take care of the rest, Eric, maybe you should go back and rest." ”

"Huh?" Eric uttered a puzzled syllable, looked at his watch, it was only half-past nine, and noticed the ambiguous look on Stan Winston's face, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Stan Winston patted Eric on the shoulder and winked unscrupulously, "If necessary, maybe we can start work later tomorrow, and people won't say anything." ”

"Forget it, it's been a long time ago," Eric explained, looking at the teasing eyes of everyone after hearing Stan's words, and no longer insisting on staying here, saying a few more words, and quickly leaving the studio.

When I returned to the hotel and walked into the room, I saw Virginia, who had changed into pajamas, bored leaning on the sofa in the living room and watching TV. Instead, Virginia sat up and asked curiously, "Didn't you say ten?"

"I've been chased back," Eric said with a shrug.

Virginia thought of a possibility, and also smiled a little shyly: "That...... It's okay, I won't affect my work. ”

"Of course not," Eric said, taking off his coat and walking towards the bathroom, "I'll take a shower first." ”

Virginia turned off the television and got up to turn off the ceiling light in the door, leaving only a dim wall lamp, and the atmosphere in the room became blurry.

Eric hurriedly took a shower, and when he came out, he saw the changes in the living room, thinking that Virginia had gone to the bedroom, and was about to go over, but he heard a girl's cat-like voice coming from the sofa, and a charming little face poked out of the back of the sofa chair, looking at Eric with watery eyes, Eric smiled slightly, and pounced without hesitation. (To be continued......)

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