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Filming soon began.

After a few iterations of adaptation, Jodie Foster quickly found her senses.

In the monitor screen, Jodie Foster, whose right calf is fixed to a special stand, slowly arches her body, her left leg gradually bends forward, and her two arms are raised loosely in front of her, gradually forming a baby's posture in the mother's womb.

The filming process of special effects films is usually difficult to give the performers and onlookers much of a sense of substitution, but at this time, the woman in the camera lens exudes a primitive static beauty from top to bottom, which makes people want to stop.

The studio was so quiet that even the machines seemed to be much quieter.

Eric sat in front of the monitor and admired the scene before him, until the woman in the camera rotated for a full week in the relative motion of the same weightless camera lens, and Eric made an OK gesture to Nikkor.

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

Eric instructed the staff to untie Judy off, walked to the side, and said, "I'd love to have you do it again, but it's perfect enough." ”

"Actually, I want to do it again, it's a very good feeling, like I'm doing yoga. ”

Eric pointed to the stand at Judy's feet, "If you want, you can take these home and practice them yourself." ”

Judy thought for a moment, smiled and shook her head, "That's too weird. ”

The straps were untied, and although she had only been filming for more than ten minutes, Judy still felt a little numb in her calves, and her movements were a little inflexible and she walked to the side of the stage. Noticing Judy's condition, Eric reached out and helped her sit down on the edge of the stage.

For "Gravity", there are many cases where the crew takes several days to complete a shot, and what Judy just shot is actually only the last short segment of a long shot. However, after the shot just finished and today's shooting is almost over, the remaining time is not enough to prepare for other shots.

Eric stood on the edge of the model table and watched Judy gently shake her legs, chatting casually with her. 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, "I'm sorry, I have a cleanliness fetish. ”

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

Eric looked around, "You can ask them to carry it for you." ”

"I just want you to help me get it, Mr. Director," Judy raised her chin and made a proud expression, "I'm the heroine, you don't treat me well, be careful that the heroine plays tricks and makes your movie not work." ”

Eric glanced at the distance between the slippers and Judy, and said, "Why don't I carry you over and wear it myself." ”

Judy immediately gave Eric a blank look, very disdainful: "Don't you have a habit of cleanliness, why do you dare to hug me." ”

"It's different," Eric shook his head solemnly, "In my opinion, women are made of water, very pure. ”

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

"Well, 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 his hands: "The princess is still a robber to carry, or you can carry it, you can choose it yourself." ”

Judy tried to open Eric's hand with a slight look of disgust, but when her arm was raised, she made a gesture as if waiting for Eric to hold her, so she felt her body light, and floated forward a few steps before landing accurately on the pair of pink slippers.

It's starting again.

In the studio, passers-by and dogs who consciously pretend not to exist are amazed and secretly sigh at the same time.

Mr. Director's flirtatious methods are really fanciful, and it seems that he is going to straighten the famous Hollywood lily.

When her feet landed on her shoes, Judy reacted, and after standing up, she quickly glanced around, and saw that everyone didn't seem to pay much attention to this side, so she glared at the man next to her and said, "Eric, don't do this in the future, or I'll ...... But I'm really angry. ”

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

Judy also immediately realized that what she had just said was too non-threatening, and even a little like ...... Remembering that he didn't have any disgust with Eric's brief hug just now, he couldn't help but secretly reflect in his heart and made up his mind to keep his distance from this guy.

So, in the next few days, although the whole crew still cooperated tacitly, everyone found that Judy deliberately avoided talking and contacting Eric outside of work many times.

While Eric continued the filming of "Gravity", he had to devote his energy to many other things, and naturally he didn't have the heart to chase after it.

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

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

However, even though Warner Bros. has offered a supposedly high price of $3 million, neither Terry Rucio nor Ted Elliott has given a positive answer, and Hollywood is even rumored to be planning a script bidding meeting.

Two years ago, Shane Black, the screenwriter of the Lethal Weapons series, sold his "Agent Crazy Flower" script for a sky-high $4 million through a script auction, once again setting a price record for his own original screenplay. Although the final box office of that movie was miserable, the script bidding model still caused many Hollywood gold medal screenwriters to follow suit.

There is a whole bunch of crazy people in Hollywood, but there are not a few fools. Ted Elliott's statement is actually quite accurate. The delay of the two also made some people realize that the two of them were more likely to be waiting for the reaction of the Firefly Group.

These days, even MGM and Twentieth Century Fox have made offers, but after the initial contact, the Fireflies seem to have completely forgotten about the "Pirates of the Caribbean" script, and the follow-up negotiations between the Firefly script procurement department and Matt Gilson have also come to an end.

There are too many uncontrollable factors in a movie that want to succeed, but again, if a movie wants to fail, there will be more uncontrollable factors. Traditionally, Hollywood doesn't think anyone can see the success or failure of a movie in advance, but it has been proven countless times that this law does not apply to Eric Williams at all.

The ongoing release of Midnight Bell is the most direct evidence of this view, and while it is rumored that Eric Williams himself did not expect the film to be such a phenomenal success, few in Hollywood would really believe it. To a large extent, it is also strongly stimulated by the box office explosion of "Midnight Bell" that when they hear the news of "Pirates of the Caribbean", major film companies will be so impatient.

Similarly, because of the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Cut Throat Island", which failed miserably at the box office and was included in the Guinness Book of Records, was also mentioned by many people again.

Looking back now, more and more people are more convinced that this is a hole that Eric Williams dug for Michael Eisner at that time. After "Cut Throat Island", Michael Eisner's control over Disney was severely damaged, and Firefly was able to successfully complete the snake swallowing elephant of the Disney Group.

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

Despite the '4200' plan, which many people feel is too radical, the Firefly Group has not shown any intention of aggressively expanding within Hollywood in recent years, and it stands to reason that the script is a trap. The Firefly Group has been almost unbeatable in Hollywood in recent years, and there is really no need to dig a hole for anyone. And, with the experience of "Cut Throat Island", any production company that wants to get this script will be careful not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

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

The script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is here, and even if it is won immediately, it will take at least a year for such a special effects blockbuster project to be developed, and everyone naturally does not lack this patience.

It was Friday, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, Caroline and Mayer arrived from Burbank with a thick stack of papers.

After finishing the last set of shots, Eric announced that he would call it a day, and took his two daughters to a large workbench in the corner of the studio, where he basically completed his work log after work these days, and did not return to his office in the studio this time.

"Eric, the $4 billion fund was successfully disbursed yesterday, and this is the list of investable short-term bonds that Mr. Hansen sent at noon, and he has annotated it in detail. ”

With the Nasdaq index breaking through 2,000 points, neither Firefly Investment nor Clover Fund is investing in stocks.

In comparison, investing in bonds is much less risky. The latest $4 billion from the sale of 10% of AOL's shares, Eric and Chris discussed the idea of saving it as a short-term convertible bond, which can not only guarantee a certain amount of income, offset the loss caused by inflation, but also keep the funds safe as much as possible. In fact, the cash reserves of many large enterprises are 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 girls at this time were all prepared by Eric to deal with over the weekend, and just introduced them to Eric, and Mayer continued: "Also, Eric, this is a private settlement clause proposed by the five major record companies to Yahoo, in addition, they have also filed a lawsuit against Firefly Electronics again, this time they ask Fireflyer to strengthen the encryption and identification of genuine music. ”

Listening to Mayer's introductions one by one, Eric marked a few documents that he felt needed special attention, and at the same time asked, "Why is there no news from Morgan Stanley, how is AOL's stock distribution plan going?"

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

"Then I'll call Chris and talk to him personally," Eric nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and looked at Caroline beside him, "What about Los Angeles?"

Firefly Group's side is mainly a matter of movies, although the autumn file of the TV series is coming, but Firefly has not made much action on the TV business side this year. MGM's TV business is expanding very rapidly, but in this regard, the girl usually talks directly to Eric, and without Eric's instructions, the assistant office will not pay direct attention.

In terms of movies, "Iron Man" has always been under Eric's close attention, more than half of the post-production of "Teddy Bear" has been completed, and "Tales of the Night" has been completed and is about to rush to London to shoot. In addition to this, there are also some project scripts and budget materials.

After saying this, Caroline said: "One more thing, Eric, over there in the UK, Mr. Fuller's reality show "Pop Idol" has completed the recording, and it will probably be broadcast on Sky TV at the end of next month, and they called and asked if they would like to send some samples over?"

"Just send me the first three episodes when it's edited," Eric said, seeing that things were almost the same, before asking, "What about the Pirates of the Caribbean script?"

"Terry Lucio and Ted Elliott have been dragging several other film companies to negotiate with each other, and now most of them have also entered a wait-and-see mode, and it seems that the two of them will not dare to rush to the next step without a response from the Firefly Group. ”

Eric pondered for a moment, then understood the joint, thought for a moment, and said, "The two of them are smart people, and I like to deal with smart people. There's no need to drag on this matter, let them see me at Sharp Corner Manor tomorrow morning. ”

Eric has always been determined to win the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", and he has even prepared to bid for the price with several other major film companies, after all, the price of a script cannot be high no matter how high it is.

However, looking at the current situation, the two screenwriters are smart people, and in this case, it may be a good way to cut through the mess openly and honestly.

Caroline answered, jotting down the matter in her memo and looking up at Eric again.

Eric didn't talk about anything else, but leaned over relaxedly, and said, "So, do you have any plans for the weekend?"

"Yes," Caroline nodded, "Rachel has been in Los Angeles lately, and we've made an appointment to go to Ventura tomorrow, and Mel will come over." ”

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

The corners of Caroline's mouth curled, and she said, "We've had dinner with you tomorrow morning." ”

"How can it be just a meal," Eric said, admiring Caroline's pretty little face, "at least kiss it, or you will do it for her." ”

Caroline craned her neck and said, "I'll tell my aunt that you're bullying me." ”

"Normally, mothers are oriented towards their children, so she may be glad that I am bullying you. ”

"No, it won't. ”

"Why don't you kiss me. Eric smiled and said, "And, don't worry, I won't tell your aunt about you bullying me." ”

"I didn't bully you. ”

Eric leaned forward a bit, struck a pose, and said, "Come on, bully me." ”

"Obviously you're going to bully me," Caroline blushed, looking around, the people in the studio had almost gone, and the few remaining people didn't look this way, hesitated, but couldn't help but lean over and gently peck Eric in the face.

Not far away, the makeup artist's door happened to be pushed open, and Jodie Foster walked out of the room with two makeup artists talking and laughing, just in time to see this scene.

Judy has deliberately distanced herself from Eric these days, and she still feels a little sorry in her heart. But at this time, seeing Eric cheekily let his doll-like little assistant kiss him, the little regret in his heart suddenly turned into a taste that even she didn't realize, and she glared at her with a look of contempt on her face, looking like 'you are actually this kind of person'.