Chapter 352: Bickering
Staying at the Firefly office until nearly seven o'clock, Eric did not return to Malibu, but drove directly to the premiere theater of "Sleep with the Enemy" on Sunset Boulevard.
The premiere began at seven o'clock, and it was already a quarter past seven when Eric arrived, and without much stay, Eric hurriedly stepped onto the red carpet under the arrangement of the staff.
After posing for a few photos with the reporters, and without answering any questions from the media, Eric went straight into the theater. Shay certainly didn't want to be in the limelight at the premiere of "Sleeping with the Enemy," and of course, Eric didn't want to be in the limelight. If it weren't for the fact that someone else was in Los Angeles and didn't attend the premiere of "Sleep with the Enemy" would have caused the media to have a bad guess, Eric wouldn't even be interested in attending the premiere of "Sleeping with the Enemy".
"Hey, Julia, long time no see, you're so beautiful today," Eric said as he entered the screening room, and saw that there was a vacant seat next to Julia, and sat down.
"Thank you, Eric, but ...... here," Julia gestured to Eric's location, a little hesitant.
"What's here?" Eric asked, confused, and got up and looked at the chair, but didn't press anything.
"This is my place, you open it for me!" Before Eric could turn around, he heard Elizabeth say angrily.
"Liz, why are you again," Eric said helplessly, turning to look at Elizabeth, the girl had cut her hair short, wearing a simple white shirt and black slim trousers, and a brown cow belt around her waist, looking very smart: "Wow, you didn't walk the red carpet like this just now, did you?" ”
"Why not, do you think there's anything wrong?" Elizabeth raised her chin proudly, and her little feet in black sandals pushed Eric to the seat next to her.
Eric reluctantly moved a seat next to him to see the girl sit down. only said: "It's not just inappropriate, it's just a smashing scene, you don't think the actress who participated in the premiere was wearing an evening dress." ”
"Eric. Liz came straight through the side door," Julia explained suddenly.
Elizabeth gave Eric a slap in the face. Cai said to Julia: "Ignore him, the best way to deal with this kind of person is to ignore it." ”
"Liz, your words really hurt me, have you forgotten all those good times we spent together?" Eric feigned grievance.
"Forget," said Elizabeth plainly and plainly.
"Hey, it looks like I should visit your house more, it's been a long time since I've seen Mr. Murdoch, is he in Los Angeles lately?" I'd like to thank him in person for "The Silence of the Lambs". ”
Elizabeth finally reached over angrily and pinched Eric's ribs: "I warn you, Eric. Williams, don't talk about this everywhere, or I'll break off your friendship. ”
"Okay, okay, what a dutiful daughter," Eric said with a grin.
"The Silence of the Lambs" earned nearly $40 million at the North American box office in its two weeks of release, and the total North American box office may reach more than $130 million.
According to the distribution contract signed by TG Films with Firefly, "The Silence of the Lambs" could bring Firefly no less than $30 million, which is equivalent to at least 15% of Fox Film's annual profits. If "The Silence of the Lambs" had been taken by Rupert. The news that Murdoch gave up to Fireflies will certainly affect Murdoch's reputation at News Corporation, and may even become an excuse for other News Corp. shareholders to attack Murdoch. That's why Elizabeth warned Eric so solemnly.
Of course, Eric didn't want to publicize it, he just really wanted to see Murdoch's expression after learning about the box office success of "The Silence of the Lambs", which must be interesting.
"One more thing, Eric, I have to warn you not to force Julia to take on movies she doesn't like. While filming "Sleeping with the Enemy", Julia almost couldn't help but see a psychiatrist. ”
"It won't be so strict, right?" Eric leaned forward slightly and looked at Julia and asked.
Julia didn't speak. Elizabeth immediately said: "Of course there is such a strict zhòng, because every time she sees the male protagonist in the script." Just think of some nasty guy. ”
"Something nasty, it can't be me, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"Such a strict topic is not quite in line with today's occasion. Let's go over and talk about something else, like, do you have any plans for your next movie? ”
The two girls gave Eric a slap in the face, but they didn't chase after it anymore, Elizabeth said: "Originally, TG was just a photo shoot and nothing, and I had already chosen an office building on the side of Century City, and I would first set up the company administration department that was responsible for the day-to-day work, and then talk about the next movie, so Firefly must pay us the share as much as possible." ”
"Ahem, you see, we talk about money and hurt a lot, and I think you can talk to Robert," Eric said jokingly.
"Hmph, don't think I don't know, the original new line is notoriously delinquent to the producers, if you dare to play with us, I'll kick Drew out of TG."
"Wow, then I'd like to see, even I can't get rid of that little goblin. I'm betting $1 million, you can give it a try. ”
"How about betting on your Sharp Horn Manor?"
"There's no need to gamble on this, you just move in and live, let's talk about it first, and you don't need to talk about getting married."
Elizabeth lifted her foot and kicked Eric in the shin, but Eric was on guard and laughed and dodged away.
"Alright, you guys, we're going to get started," Julia reminded at this point.
Both Eric and Elizabeth were quiet and no longer frolicking, and Julia got up and walked onto the stage with the creators of "Sleeping with the Enemy", and after a brief interaction with the audience, the screening of the film soon began.
Laura, played by Julia, was supposed to be a wealthy housewife, but because of her husband Martin's suspicious personality, perverted possessiveness and strong violent tendencies, Laura lived in fear every day, and after being unable to get rid of her husband through legitimate ways many times, Laura thought of a way to fake her death and escape.
During a sea rafting, Laura pretended to fall into the water and drowned, finally freed from her husband's shackles, escaped to a small town in Iowa, and started her life again.
However, because of the negligence when escaping, the clues left behind made Martin realize that Laura was not dead, and Martin, who fell into madness, began to search for Laura's whereabouts by any means.
This should have been a rather mediocre and simple story, but Julia's excellent acting skills have created the character of Laura very successfully, through guò's rich expressions and body language, in just over ten minutes, the audience has a strong sympathy for the image of Laura in the film who endures her husband's bullying like a doll.
With Laura's smooth departure, most of the audience breathed a sigh of relief.
But the film isn't over yet, and Martin unexpectedly picks up Laura' A phone call from a friend before his death made him realize that Laura may not be dead, and then Martin proved it and began to embark on a crazy journey to find Laura, and then, the plot once again firmly entangled the audience's heart, with the ups and downs of the plot, the audience's heartstrings were also plucked a few times from time to time, this fear lasted for an hour and a half, and as Laura finally shot Martin dead in his apartment, all the viewers who watched the movie breathed a sigh of relief.
Eric was even able to listen to the low applause that came to mind in the theater after Julia fired on the screen, which was clearly a nod to the movie.
And Elizabeth, who had been silently enjoying the film beside her, also glanced at Eric at this time, with a faint warning in her eyes: "To be honest, I like this plot the most, I decided to buy a ticket to watch it again tomorrow." ”
"It seems that I should have had someone add a reminder like 'pure fiction, don't imitate' at the end of the film."
"Plus it's useless, I got A's in all subjects when I was in college, which is enough to prove my ability to learn."
"Liz, it seems that there is a deep misunderstanding between us, this is not good, why don't we find a time for a good talk, well, you can bring Julia."
"And a gun."
"You don't need to bring this, I have a ready-made one."
"You go and die."
When the two were arguing quickly, the lights in the screening room also came on, and a wave of applause followed. (To be continued)