With only one wall lamp on in the living room of the villa, the sound of Spanish coming from the TV, and the couch facing the door, Eric saw a Spanish girl curled up on the sofa staring intently at the TV screen, holding a bag of potato chips in her hand, stuffing a slice into her mouth from time to time, making a squeak like a mouse gnawing on something.

"Hey, little wildcat," Eric said hello as he approached the couch.

The Spanish girl turned her head and suddenly saw Eric, her eyes suddenly widened, her little nose twitched, she smelled the smell of alcohol on Eric's body, and she shrank back, and she was holding a bag of potato chips in front of her.

Eric also felt that something was wrong, but he thought that maybe it was because he had drunk more wine tonight, so he instinctively shook his head, but it caused a wave of dizziness, and he couldn't help but sit down on the sofa, reached out and hugged the girl next to him, and put it on his lap with a slight force.

"I'm sorry, Penny, I accidentally drank more," Eric pulled out the packet of potato chips that the girl still held in his hand and threw it on the coffee table, and kissed the girl on the lips.

The girl who was originally in a stupor felt Eric's movements, her face was immediately extremely hot, and her eyelashes blinked quickly a few times before the girl recovered from this series of emergencies, at this time, she also recognized Eric, and with some shame, she put her hands in front of Eric to prevent the man from continuing to move, and said in jerky English: "Williams, sir, I, no, Penny, I am, Monica." ”

"What did you say?" Monica Cruz's accent was a little heavy, and Eric, who was still dizzy, didn't hear clearly for a while.

Monica was about to explain when a voice rang out: "Monica, I just heard the sound of cars outside, is it Eric...... Ahh

Penelope came down from the second floor and walked to the staircase, just in time to see his sister sitting on Eric's lap with a shy face. Suddenly let out a soft cry of surprise.

Eric turned his head to see Penelope standing at the top of the stairs, still wearing the black dress in the afternoon, looking at the girl in the white nightdress in his arms, and then remembered that Penelope had mentioned that her sister had gone to Los Angeles in the afternoon, and the two girls looked so similar that they could be distinguished from each other if they looked closely. But Eric had a hard time telling how the two sisters looked different.

Looking at Penelope, who was surprised at first and then looked a little weird at the staircase, Eric subconsciously grabbed Monica's waist, picked up the girl and put it beside him, and said, "I said how it feels a little light, it turns out to be my sister." ”

Monica Cruz looked confused, but Penelope burst out laughing, ignoring Eric, who was slightly embarrassed, walked over to the couch and whispered in his sister's ear. Monica nodded shyly, stood up and said goodnight to Eric, and ran towards the second floor.

When Monica's figure disappeared, Penelope followed the example of his sister just now, sat on Eric's lap, put his arms around Eric's neck, and pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Eric, do you think I'm a little fat?"

Penelope doesn't mention the own goal just now. Eric wouldn't even take the initiative to lift it up, caressing the girl's slender waist. said: "Yes, but I think women still feel a little fleshy." ”

Penelope followed Eric's strength and pressed against the man, leaning into his ear and asking teasingly, "How do you feel?" ”

"I'm a little drunk, I can't remember it for a while, I have to try it to find out. ”

"Then try it," Penelope leaned over and gently bit Eric's ear. He whispered, "It's right here." ”

……

Remembering some of the sounds she heard at the top of the stairs last night, Monica Cruz couldn't sleep all night, and she was originally a little in awe and curiosity about her sister's man, and she had heard more than once about the miracles that Eric had created in Spain. But last night's little oolong. Inexplicably, the awe and curiosity in the girl's heart were transformed into something else unknown.

She still had to go to school during the day, although she didn't sleep well at night, Monica still got up on time, remembering that Eric must still be here, she stood by the closet and hesitated for a while before picking out a pink dress to wear, although she still had to wear a school uniform to school, but she felt that even if it was just to wear it for a while, it would be good for him to see it.

Walking out of the bedroom, the corridor on the second floor was quiet, and the door to Penelope next to her was still closed, and she thought that her sister and Eric had not gotten up, and went downstairs with some disappointment to prepare breakfast.

Downstairs, Monica saw Eric busy in the kitchen, and the air smelled faintly cereal.

Hearing the noise behind him, Eric who was making an omelette turned around, this time he didn't admit that he was mistaken, the two sisters are indeed very similar, but there is a big difference in temperament, Penelope has a wild charm, while Monica does not have this aura.

Saying good morning, Eric knew that Monica didn't speak much English, and asked in a slow tone, "Is Penny awake?"

Monica felt comfortable with Eric's deliberately slowing down to talk to herself, and said obediently, "Not yet," and after saying this, Monica added in a ghostly way: "She often sleeps lazy." ”

After saying this, Monica noticed the playful smile that flashed on Eric's face, and immediately hung her head a little shyly, secretly regretting that she shouldn't have said this.

"Then we'll leave her alone, help me get the porridge out, and we'll have breakfast first," Eric said, gesturing to the side.

Although Monica still didn't understand some words, Eric's gestures were clear to her, and she hurriedly stepped forward, took out two small bowls from the cupboard, and brought out the fragrant cereal.

After dividing the two breakfasts, the two of them walked together to the next dining room, and after sitting down, Eric looked at the somewhat empty right-hand side, where there used to be a stack of newspapers, even in Europe.

"Have you ordered a newspaper?"

Monica looked up, confused for a few seconds before remembering the meaning of the word 'newspaper': "Yes, I'll get it." ”

After a while, Monica walked back to the dining room with a few newspapers and handed them to Eric.

Penelopdine's newspapers are not many, most of them are female-oriented newspapers, and two gossip tabloids, but Eric found a copy of the Los Angeles Times. This time the stall is open at hand.

Monica took a small bite of breakfast very reservedly, and looked up at Eric unintentionally, smiling if she happened to make eye contact.

Eric flipped through a page of the newspaper and asked, "It's Wednesday, and you still have to go to school, right?"

"Yes. Hearing Eric speak, Monica immediately became attentive and uttered the name of a private school that Eric didn't understand at all, sounding like it was in Spanish.

They chatted casually until after breakfast, and Penelope didn't get up, and Eric remembered that Penelope didn't wake her up because he didn't have anything to do today.

Monica had breakfast and took the initiative to clean up the dishes. I went back to my room, and a few minutes later I walked out in a school uniform with a school bag in my hand.

"It's beautiful. ”

Eric, who was flipping through the Los Angeles Times in the living room, saw Monica appear in front of him in a white sleeveless shirt and a red and black plaid skirt, and politely praised it.

"Thank you. Eric, then I'm leaving. Monica waved her hand, and when she got a response, she pushed the door open and walked out.

Eric looked at his watch, it should be about the same time, left a note for Penelope, rolled up the copy of the Los Angeles Times that he hadn't finished reading and walked out of the Spanish girl's villa. I plan to finish it in the car that goes to the company.

The driver was already waiting on the side of the road at the entrance of the villa, and the lights were dim last night, when Eric saw the villa in front of him, and beyond a lawn and a gentle slope, there was an endless blue sea. You can faintly hear the sound of the waves crashing. Moreover, the road in front of the villa is just a C-shape, there are no buildings on both sides, the privacy is very good, if you want to be more hidden, you can also build a fence, it seems that the Spanish girl has spent a lot of thought, of course, these careful thoughts cost money, now it is only 1993, in Santa Monica City, there are not many mansions worth close to one million dollars, and most of the homes in Santa Monica will not cost more than 300,000 US dollars at this time.

Eric looked left and right, Monica's figure had disappeared, the school bus of American schools was very convenient, Eric didn't care how the girl would go to school, got into his Bentley business car, and told the driver in the front seat to drive.

The car drove forward for dozens of meters, and after turning, Eric looked up by chance and saw Monica standing quietly next to the fork in the road, asking the driver to stop, Eric rolled down the window and beckoned to the girl: "Do you want me to take you to school?"

Monica had said that the school bus would come soon, but looking at Eric's gentle smile, the girl's heart throbbed slightly, and she hummed softly. Eric pushed the door open, moved in a bit to sit Monica next to him, asked for the school's address, and the car started again.

Monica's school wasn't too far away, and in less than ten minutes, the car stopped in front of a private middle school. Although the United States is a country on wheels, Bentley's atmospheric and somewhat arrogant car is still beyond the reach of many ordinary people, and Santa Monica is not a wealthy area like Beverly Hills, and most of the students here are only children of middle-class families. After the car stopped, many of the middle school students who were walking towards the school gate frequently looked at Eric's car, and some students even stopped, as if to see who would get out of the car.

After all, she was just a sixteen-year-old simple-minded girl, and feeling the gaze outside the car window, Monica's little vanity was greatly satisfied, and there was more different meaning in her eyes when she looked at Eric.

"That's it, I'm not going to get out of the car, I'll be recognized," Eric reached over and walked over to the girl to help her open the door on the other side.

Feeling Eric's arm inadvertently touching him, Monica didn't dodge this time, said thank you a little shyly, hesitated for a moment, suddenly leaned over, kissed Eric on the face, and then escaped and got out of the car.

Eric smiled and touched his cheek, which had just been attacked, thinking that he hadn't yet had a strategy, and the dungeon was already 90% complete.

Putting aside some little evil thoughts in his heart, Eric picked up the schoolbag pulled down by the girl next to him and handed it to the driver in the front row: "Send it to Miss Cruz." ”

……

The negotiations in Paris on the division of shares in DreamWorks Pictures came to a final result in the last three days, with Firefly Pictures holding 30% of the shares and becoming the largest shareholder of the production company, and some European film capital dividing the remaining 55%, and finally MGM Pictures got 15% of the shares through equity swaps, while at the same time, DreamWorks held nearly 9% of MGM's shares.

After the final plan was released, MGM Pictures once again began to publicize it with great fanfare, but the management of MGM Pictures once again played a small trick and did not disclose the specific terms of the equity swap between the two parties, but repeatedly advertised that MGM controlled 15% of the shares of DreamWorks Pictures and belonged to the single second largest shareholder after Firefly.

Affected by this good news, in just one week, MGM's stock price rose by 11%, and there was a lot of interested capital in the original unwanted MGM Pictures equity in the hands of Crédit Lyonnais, but at this time, Crédit Lyon was no longer in a hurry to sell, even if in the next three years of cooperation, DreamWorks Pictures had a box office performance that reached the current "Jurassic Park" For half of the films, the market value of MGM Pictures will continue to rise, and when the time comes, Crédit Lyon will choose the right time to make a move again, and it can even earn back all the hundreds of millions of dollars lost in the early stage, and may be able to achieve some profits.

After the contract was confirmed by DreamWorks, Eric also began to lead the preparation of "Breaking Bad", and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, this time he still participated in the entire production process of the film under the name of the producer.

At the same time, Eric also began to make frequent appointments with several major Hollywood agencies to select suitable scripts for DreamWorks' remaining eight films in addition to "Breaking Bad" and "Resident Evil".

It was the first time that Eric publicly selected scripts on a large scale, although it was not for Firefly Pictures itself, but the script agents of the three major brokerage companies broke through the threshold of the copyright department of Firefly Pictures in just a few days, and a large number of high-quality projects to be developed were sent to Eric, which was dazzling, and also made many solo film companies who wanted a good script but couldn't look at it. (To be continued......)