Chapter 017: Preparing the Crew
On the filming set, Eric made a lot of mistakes during the filming process because of his thinking, but because the film was near the end, Penny Marshall had a surprisingly good temper and patiently corrected Eric's mistakes.
Eric even had the idea of asking Penny Marshall for help, but he thought about it. Penny Marshall knew, as Twentieth Century Fox knew. With the eyes of so many professionals at Twentieth Century Fox, it is obvious that they can see the potential of this low-budget Christmas comedy, and they will definitely find a way to intervene when the time comes, which is not what Eric wants to see.
In the end, Eric thought of a certain pseudo-Lori who was practicing in a drug rehabilitation center. In later generations, in that notorious situation, Drew was still able to make a comeback, successfully get rid of the curse of child stars, and become a well-known actor, director and producer in Hollywood.
Don't look at the girl who is only thirteen years old now, with her kind of human personality, her connections in this area should not be underestimated. At least, it's definitely okay to ask her to help put together a small crew.
On October 9th, the movie was finally completed, and Eric also got a check for $500,000. So he began to prepare his next plan non-stop.
……
"Eric, where are we going?" asked Aniston, sitting in the co-pilot, curious.
Eric took out the script from his bag and said, "You take a look at this first." ”
Aniston looked at the name and was surprised, "Wow, your new script?"
"Hmm," Eric nodded, starting the car and saying, "I'm going to shoot this movie myself." ”
"What, Eric, you're not kidding, do you know where the camera's boot button is?"
"Of course I know, by the way, I'm going to be a director, not a cinematographer. "In his previous life, he had been in the circle for so many years, and he had basically done all the professions related to film and television, and he did them all well, if he knew how to do it, except for the actors, he was the only one in the entire crew.
"Okay, okay, then, where are we going now?"
Eric hesitated, but said, "Go to the drug rehabilitation center and see Drew." ”
"Humph!"
"Annie, I brought you with me, I just don't want you to have any misunderstanding. ”
"Humph!"
"I wanted to ask Drew to help find some professionals to form a crew, and although she is not very old, she still knows quite a lot of people. ”
"Humph!"
Eric sighed, pulled over to the side of the road, unbuckled his seatbelt, and said, "It seems that today I am going to convince some jealous little girl first." ”
"Hmph...... Ah, what are you doing? No, ......."
Eric pounced, Aniston couldn't break free with his seat belt, and was directly pressed by Eric on the passenger seat and kissed deeply.
Aniston reflexively struggled, and as Eric kissed and caressed, she quickly softened, and after Eric tapped her teeth with his tongue, she finally gave up her resistance completely, and the little fragrant tongue responded jerkyly.
The two of them kissed wet for four or five minutes, and Aniston felt Eric's big hands become more and more presumptuous, and even got into his clothes, slowly attacking the pair of delicate buds on his chest.
"No, don't, Eric. When Eric was about to succeed, Aniston, blushing, finally stopped him: "Here...... This is the road. ”
Eric also sensed that he was a little out of shape, let go of Aniston, gently lifted the long hair scattered on her forehead, looked at the red and blood-dripping coquettish face and said, "It's okay not to be on the side of the road." ”
"You...... That won't work either. ”
"Okay, let's not be jealous. Let's go. ”
Eric fastened his seatbelt and started the car again.
"Hey, Eric, you can get Penny or James for help, why do you have to find that...... That guy. In order to maintain a ladylike image in front of Eric, Aniston quickly swallowed back words like Bichi, and gently stuck out her tongue.
Eric recounted his concerns, and Aniston sat in the passenger seat and clenched his little fist lightly, but did not speak again.
At a well-known drug rehabilitation center in Los Angeles, when two people went in, they were searched to prevent visitors from bringing drugs in. Following the guidance of a staff member, Eric quickly found Drew.
When I saw Drew, the girl was lying in the sun by an open-air bath in a cool outfit, holding a hardcover copy in her hand.
"Hey, Drew?" called Eric.
"Eric, if you don't come to see me, I'm going to run away to find you. ”
As soon as Eric's voice came out, Drew, who had already spotted his figure, shouted, jumped up directly from the recliner, and quickly pounced on Eric, hanging on Eric's body like a koala, and gnawed at Eric's lips with a small mouth.
Eric hurriedly reached out in front of his face, but Drew kissed Eric's palm without care, and stretched out his tongue to lick it, and the wet and hot touch of the small tongue from the palm made Eric feel a little uneasy for a moment.
"It's disgusting, like a puppy in heat!" Aniston, who was completely ignored by Drew, scolded fiercely.
Although there was a strong urge to pull Drew off Eric, there were still many people around looking at him, and Aniston was not as cheeky as Drew.
After a while, Eric finally got Drew off himself. Drew just found out at this time, and said to Aniston: "Hey, big fat girl, I heard that you starved on the set in order to lose weight, it's really pitiful." But you don't look like you've lost much weight, do you?"
Aniston was about to have a seizure when Eric knocked on Drew's head and said, "Okay, Drew, don't laugh at Annie, take care of yourself." ”
Drew snorted in pain and said with tears in his eyes, "Eric, you're so eccentric. ”
Ignoring Drew's pitiful appearance, Eric said, "There are a lot of people here, take us to where you live." ”
Drew's place is similar to a hotel suite, even the kitchen is available. The three of them came to the living room, Drew poured two glasses of juice for Eric and Aniston, sat down on the couch with one himself, and said, "Okay, Eric, is there anything to find me?"
"Uh, can't I just come to see you?" said Eric, a little embarrassed.
Drew pursed his lips: "Are you angry with me with a big fat chick? You know I don't like her." ”
There was no one else beside him, and the jealousy that Aniston had endured for so long finally broke out: "I'm fed up, you little Bichi, I don't like you either!"
Drew snorted twice with a triumphant face: "The true nature is revealed, hehe, Eric, you see, the big fat girl is not a lady at all, it is all pretended, and you will have to bear it in the future." ”
"You ......"
Eric rubbed his temples in annoyance, and secretly decided to try not to let the two of them appear together in the future: "Okay, stop me, I'll be angry if I make trouble again." ”
"Eric......" Aniston looked at Eric, looking aggrieved.
"Annie, why don't you wait for me in the car outside, I'll be here soon." ”
Hearing this, Drew's eyes lit up, and he quickly lowered his head casually and pretended to drink juice. But how sharp is the sixth sense between women, and Drew's short-term snickering is still caught by Aniston.
"I don't," Aniston refused, puffing out her cheeks.
Eric couldn't help it, so he calmed down a little, then took out the script and handed it to Drew, "That's right, Drew, there's a script here, can you introduce me to some professionals? I want to form a temporary crew." ”
Drew took the script and flipped it over on his lap, and quickly giggled: "Hehe, that's funny, it's a good script." Well...... Eric, you mean ......"
"Yes," Eric nodded, "I want to make this movie independently, I made a budget, and I only need about one million, and I can probably get this money." However, it is only a million, so it needs some reliable and cheap professionals. ”
In fact, there are so many practitioners in Los Angeles film, even if he doesn't rely on Drew's help, Eric can put the crew together, but on the one hand, this will waste a lot of unnecessary time, on the other hand, the person he finds may not be reliable, if something happens during the filming process, then he will only want to cry without tears.
While Eric wasn't paying attention, Drew glanced at Aniston proudly, then nodded obediently and said, "No problem, I know a lot of people, you all need those?"
Aniston's anger rose at Drew smug eyes, but she could only puff out her cheeks and glare at Eric fiercely.
"Photographer, gaffer, sound engineer...... Anyway," Eric pretended not to see Aniston's disapproving look, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "I don't have anything right now." ”
Drew thought for a while and said, "I just know about a small film company that has recently collapsed, they have a shooting team, but unfortunately the owner of that film company took a loan from the company, and he lost money by making a movie, and now it is estimated that it has been liquidated by the bank." It's a really good team, and I made a cameo in one of their films. If they haven't broken up by now, you can take them all over. Well, I think they would be willing to take the job of filming this film rather than being unemployed. ”
Eric excitedly, "That's great. ”
Drew stood up and said with a smile: "I'll call you and ask, I hope it's still too late." ”
After Drew finished speaking, he walked to the phone in the window and dialed the phone, and Aniston on the sofa leaned over resentfully, grabbing the hem of Eric's T-shirt with her little hand and tugging, looking very entangled in her heart. She felt that she was useless, even Drew Barrymore could do Eric a big favor, and she needed Eric's care to get a small role in the movie, and Drew was now unabashedly digging into his corner, which made Aniston even more uneasy.
Soon, after making the call, Drew brings Eric the good news that the studio is completely finished, but the team members are still in Los Angeles, and the owner of the original company is willing to introduce the team to Eric.
After agreeing on a time and place with the owner of the studio, Eric quickly got up and said goodbye, not wanting to waste his time for a moment.
When saying goodbye, he forcefully asked for a kiss, and Drew reluctantly let Eric go.
On the way back, Aniston was sullen, and Eric could only keep comforting him.
"Annie, I'm sorry, I can't help it, among the people I know, only Drew can help, and then I have to rely on myself to find actors. ”
Aniston looked at Eric a little unconfidently and said, "It's okay, Eric, I understand, you will ...... Will you ever love me?"
Eric didn't hesitate to say, "Of course. ”
"I love you too, Eric. ”
"Annie?"
"Huh?"
"Be my girlfriend, right?"
Aniston's face suddenly turned red, and she was a little overwhelmed and said, "Oh, Eric, I think I ......"
"No, little fool, don't think so much, you just have to answer 'yes' or 'no'. ”
"Yes, I do. ”