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Eric left the girl's bedroom lightly, closed the door, put back the pair of scissors he had found from the kitchen, and exited the apartment.

Perhaps because of the late night, the street lights on both sides of the road in the resort are a little listless, and the air is a little colder. The noise in the banquet hall was much quieter, and some people may have begun to rest. Eric didn't show up in the past, but walked towards his quarters.

The resort is divided into three parts, with the main building area separated by a wide north-south cement walkway, with accommodation to the east, event areas to the west, and a ballroom to the event area. The remaining part is a golf course on the other side of the accommodation area.

Eric's apartment was behind Caroline's row of apartments, a single-story building identical to the rest of the resort, with a low pitch that could reach out to the eaves that stretched out from the roof. Since the city of Phoenix is surrounded by the Gobi Desert region, this is also a common architectural style in the city of Phoenix due to the consideration of windbreak and sand.

The crew had only planned to stay in Phoenix for a week, and Eric didn't have any special requirements for accommodation. The only thing that satisfied him was that the buildings were made of brick and stone, not the wood-paneled houses that are common in American homes. Although Eric rarely had the opportunity to live in a wooden house now, just thinking about it always made him feel very insecure.

Turning to the back row of apartments, Eric dug through his pocket as he walked, finding the key. As soon as he looked up, he noticed a small red dot flashing under the eaves of the apartment next to him.

Looking closely, I saw Jodie Foster sitting alone on a wicker chair under the eaves, wearing a black jacket and loose men's washed jeans, with her legs crossed and a cigarette in her hand, looking at herself with interest.

Eric walked over, sat down on another wicker chair next to him, and greeted, "Why are you sitting here alone, your assistant?" ”

"Got tricked by some guy at the party," Judy said in a relaxed tone, seeing Eric sitting down on the other side, "What about you, how is Carly?" ”

"I'm already asleep," Eric said, "yes, I'm going to take Carly back to Los Angeles tomorrow, so I can't play in Arizona with everyone." ”

To reward all the crew members who had previously worked in a dimly lit studio for months,

"There's nothing fun in Arizona, I heard them at the party that they're going to Mexico or Las Vegas," Judy brought the cigarette to her mouth and took another puff, puffing on the cigarette, picking up the cigarette case on the small table next to her with her other hand and handing it over, "Do you want it?" ”

Eric felt that Judy's mood at this time was a little strange, not depressed, but obviously not very interested, and his attitude towards himself was also light. Laughing and pulling out a cigarette from the case and lighting it, Eric said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Judy asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" ”

"I feel that something is wrong with your emotions, haven't you come out of the role yet?"

"No, I'm just thinking about men."

"Well, poof, cough, cough, cough......" Eric choked out all the cigarettes he had just inhaled in his lungs, coughed for a while, and then regained his strength to look at Judy next to him again: "Are you there, thinking of a man?" ”

Judy glanced at Eric with disdain in her eyes, "I'm just thinking about some questions about men. ”

"Oh, I see," Eric nodded, "Do you figure it out?" ”

Judy shook her head, "No." ”

Eric tentatively said, "Tell me, I'll help you think about it." Now, as a man, I'm definitely a little more experienced than you. ”

"Okay," Judy nodded, glanced at Eric, and said, "You say, why do men like half-heartedness so much, and even suddenly turn to another woman without warning in the process of chasing her?" ”

Eric held a cigarette in his hand, muttered solemnly for a moment, and said: "According to psychological analysis, this man may be trying to arouse the jealousy of women in order to achieve his ulterior motives; From a biological point of view, this is due to the nature of men to pass on their genes; According to the analysis of probability, this man may be trying to increase his success rate in chasing women; Analysis from the perspective of physics......"

Eric was about to continue to talk nonsense, but suddenly he felt a small hand grab him, pull him by the collar and pull him over.

A slightly cool thin lip with a faint smell of smoke came up, Eric was stunned for a moment, adjusted his posture slightly, and was about to take the initiative, but the little hand pulling at his collar suddenly let go.

Looking at Judy, who was sitting back on the ground as if nothing had happened, Eric said weakly, "This, am I being insulted?" ”

Judy nodded: "Count, little man, you can cry and run back to your house." ”

"Judy, you're not good, you're very unprofessional."

"What should that professional look like?"

"That's how it should be," Eric got up, walked over and snatched the cigarette that was still burning in Judy's hand and threw it aside, reached out to lift the woman's lithe body, pushed open the door behind the two of them, and walked in.

Being carried on Eric's shoulder, Judy seemed to be stunned for a moment before she reacted and leaned on his shoulder and asked coldly, "Eric, what are you going to do?" ”

"Shut up, where's your bedroom?"

“……”

"Huh?"

Judy's tone was a little angry: "You told me to shut up." ”

Eric casually threw the woman on the living room sofa, turned around and turned off the light: "In that case, let's be here." ”

Judy leaned back on the sofa, unconsciously took a pillow and hugged it in front of her, looked at the figure walking in the dark, with a slight tremor in her tone, and a faint expectation, and whispered: "Eric Williams, you are such a bastard." ”

……

Eric still woke up in his bedroom the next morning.

A merciless lace side looked satisfied afterwards, but claimed that he couldn't imagine waking up with a man by his side, so he drove him out mercilessly.

Eric got up and went to see Caroline, took the girl to the dining room for breakfast, and returned to her apartment, where Judy was sitting on a wicker chair under the eaves again, with her legs crossed and a book in her hand, looking very laid-back, and an empty plate on the small table next to her, apparently having just had breakfast.

Eric walked over again, sat down on the other side, and said, "Morning." ”

Judy looked away from the book, as if nothing had happened, and greeted with a smile: "Morning." ”

"What are you reading?"

"Gone with the Wind."

"Oh, an interesting book."

"You've seen it?"

"Yes," Eric nodded, "I often think that Americans are so happy, since the founding of the country, the homeland has only experienced a large-scale war such as the north-south confrontation, and then it is to bully others to the fullest." ”

"You think things are really special," Judy said with a smile on her lips, "I thought you would comment on the women in the book." ”

"This, there's really nothing to comment on, just a group of girls to pity."

"Pity?" Judy's expression was obviously disapproving, and she seemed to be a little reluctant to say: "Do you think Hao Scarlett is also pitiful?" ”

Eric stared at Judy's slightly heroic eyes and asked, "Do you know how old Scarlett is at the end of the book?" ”

Although she had read it a few times, Judy didn't have Caroline's ability to memorize, and she didn't particularly care about this detail, she subconsciously wanted to open the book, but in Eric's gaze, she still shook her head directly: "I don't know." ”

"Twenty-eight years old," Eric said, "is the age at which women are now full of energy, perhaps just becoming a happy little woman who is married, or just starting to work ambitiously to become a strong woman in the workplace, or some of them are still enjoying school life in an ivory tower." However, Hao Scarlett's 28-year-old has experienced the joys and sorrows that many people may not be able to encounter in their lifetime. That's why I don't like Brad, he always claims to be the one who knows Scarlett best, but all the while, he just stares at Scarlett's so-called selfish and greedy side, and then gives Scarlett the so-called love as a benefactor. He didn't understand at all that when he first met, she was just a pampered little girl, and it was inevitable to be arrogant, and when he met again, she was a little woman who had to carry a lot of livelihoods on her shoulders, and in order to find a sense of security that completely collapsed her heart, she had to become more pungent and selfish. ”

Judy has always loved the book in her hand, and for Scarlett, like many people, she likes both her strong side and her selfish and greedy personality. At this time, it was the first time Judy had heard this kind of unconventional understanding from Eric's mouth.

She suddenly thought of herself, she started facing the camera at the age of three, although she is only 36 years old this year, she has an acting career that may surpass most Hollywood actors in a lifetime, and she has also experienced too many things.

This man's words are not hinting at himself. Damn, I don't want to be flattered by this guy's inexplicable words.

Feeling that Eric was still staring at her, Judy turned her face away from Eric's gaze, pursed the corners of her mouth, and said with some resentment: "No wonder you are so good at coaxing women." ”

Eric looked at the woman with a little haste in her expression, smiled, leaned over with her arms on the table next to her, and said, "Now, I'll leave first." ”

"yes, send your little assistant back to Los Angeles, I know."

"So, a courtesy kiss shouldn't be too much at parting, right?"

Judy just wanted to say that you think beautifully, seeing the expectant expression of the little man next to her, she suddenly couldn't bear to refuse, she looked left and right weakly, and came over very reluctantly, the corners of her lips just stuck together, she felt a powerful arm stretched over, brutally hugged her body, and subconsciously struggled, Judy quickly softened, her eyes narrowed and felt the man's unscrupulous attack.

A moment later, the door behind the two was opened, and Judy's little assistant walked out with a pot of coffee, and when he saw the scene in front of him, his eyes suddenly widened, and the tray in his hand fell to the ground, and the coffee pot, mug, sugar cube and the like were scattered all over the ground. Reacting, the little assistant raised his hand to cover his face, and shouted: "Oh my God, my God, my eyes, what's going on!" ”

Eric had to let go of Judy, who was already a little confused, helplessly looked at the startled little assistant, and said to Judy: "I won't be responsible for her eyes, right?" ”

Judy also came to her senses, remembering Eric's arrogance just now, her beautiful eyes glared at him fiercely, but her tone was a little soft: "You go first, I won't send you later." ”

……

In order to avoid the bumps in the road, Eric took Caroline directly back to Los Angeles by helicopter.

At about eleven o'clock in the morning, the VH-60 landed on the tarmac of Jianjiao Manor, and many people rushed over. The news of the crew's accident yesterday is still fermenting in the media, although everyone has understood the details of the matter, but you always have to take a look at it in person to rest assured.

Eric and Katzenberg, Amy Pascal and Bill Michanick and other firefly executives greeted each other one by one, exchanged pleasantries for a while, let everyone into the villa for a while, and then instructed the girl to prepare lunch for everyone, before looking at Rachel Weisz and Melanie Gleeson, who were talking to Caroline: "Why are you two here?" ”

Rachel crouched beside Caroline's wheelchair and pointed to the girl's splinted ankle, "You're embarrassed to say it." ”

Before Eric could speak, Caroline couldn't help but say, "Rachel, it was just an accident." ”

Rachel touched Caroline's delicate little face with pity, and said, "Go to me in the afternoon, it just so happens that I will be in Los Angeles at the end of the year, just enough to take care of you," Rachel finished speaking, and said to Eric: "So, capitalist, Carly shouldn't be exploited by you anymore, right?" ”

Eric nodded a little irritatedly, "Well, you can rest as long as you want." ”

Satisfied with Eric's answer, Rachel got up and pushed Caroline's wheelchair towards the villa.

Eric and Melanie followed behind the two and asked, "How is work at Firefly Electronics?" ”

Melanie nodded and said, "It's okay, but I need to travel a lot." ”

Although not particularly concerned, Eric also heard from Caroline that Melanie broke up with her boyfriend, who was already planning to get married, probably because of work. Eric didn't know whether to comfort Melanie or not, so he could only say: "It will be good to wait for another year or two for the European side to stabilize, and when the time comes, if you want to change positions, you can tell me." ”

Melanie just smiled in response, she was very happy with her current job. Some of the sacrifices in her private life for this are also worth it in her opinion, after all, being the vice president of the first-level department of a large company with unlimited growth potential at the beginning of her career is a height that most women in the workplace cannot reach in a lifetime, but it is only a starting point for her. If you have what you get, you have to pay for it.