The so-called butterfly effect is actually an illustration of chaos theory, and another classic real illustration is the story of a horseshoe nail destroying a country. The more popular explanation of chaos theory is that everything is composed of countless 'fragments', and the change of any one of these 'fragments' may have a great impact on the whole. From the beginning of an idea to the final completion, a film needs to go through countless fickle 'fragments', maybe just a screenwriter occasionally comes up with a new idea, or maybe the editor accidentally cut a shot wrong, so it is almost impossible to make a movie exactly like the original time and space in this time and space when history has deviated.

Although Mel Gibson is at the heart of Braveheart's creation, the film's excellent shots and soundtrack have a lot to do with the cinematographer and soundtrack. If the new cinematography and soundtrack deviate too much from the original's style, the entire movie may look completely different from the original.

Eric didn't talk too much about the details of the script with the Weinstein brothers and Mel Gibson, instead focusing on the details that influenced the style of the film as a whole.

There are many perverse stars in Hollywood, but none of them will be stupid enough to play in front of a big Hollywood boss, even if this big Hollywood boss is ten years younger than him, plus the hot scene of Ed Limatto and Weinstein brothers, this meal is quite pleasant. Although Mel Gibson is already a superstar in Hollywood, it is still impossible to compete with the people at the top of the pyramid, and Eric heard that a few years ago, because Mel Gibson was working with Universal on "Bird of the Bow", he concealed overseas box office revenue during the release of the film, and directed his first film "The Man Without a Face" In the process, the entire crew was kicked out of the Universal Studio, which caused a wave of gossip and hype, and Mel Gibson must have recognized his position in that incident.

Walked out of the restaurant. Eric and Elizabeth say goodbye to Weinstein and the others and get on Elizabeth's red BMW together.

Elizabeth drove the car and casually said to Eric, who was sitting in the passenger seat, "You don't seem to like Mel Gibson very much?"

Eric said so-called: "It doesn't matter if you like it or not, his movies are still good, but the character is a little worse, and." You know, while celebrities rarely have contact with the studios, and most of them are done by agents, celebrities are still rarely able to interact too closely with the top management of the studios because people have different positions, especially when it comes to pay. ”

Elizabeth smiled and said, "So everyone is very envious of the fireflies." ”

Eric asked, confused, "What?"

Elizabeth explained: "The main characters in the cartoons produced by Firefly are the most worrying 'stars' in Hollywood, they don't negotiate with their bosses, they don't play tricks. Not to mention going on strike, working hard, and giving you the right to use your image in vain to make more money. ”

Eric smiled slightly, realized something again, and asked, "Fawkes also wants to make cartoons?"

"Yes, but our side is not as willing to burn money as you, although Dad is firmly in control of News Corp., but after all, we still have to give an account to the shareholders. If you spend too much money on preliminary research and development but can't get results, it will definitely be troublesome. My dad is very envious of you, Firefly is not listed, there is no need to accept all kinds of information disclosure every year, and there is no need to labor to explain the strategic intent of a business behavior to shareholders, alas, last year, News Corp. accounted for more than $12 million in accounting expenses due to various audits. That's enough money to make a good movie. ”

Eric ignored the girl's complaint and asked, "So what are you going to do?"

"Fox plans to test the waters of 2D animation first, which is relatively simple, does not invest much, and the staff of hand-drawn animation is easier to find. ”

Eric almost blurted out, "I can provide you with 'talent' here." But. If it were any other company, Eric might have done it without hesitation, but he still couldn't do it to pit his own woman.

"Don't do any 2D animation, I'm telling you, I'm already planning to shut down Disney's hand-drawn animation department, you either don't do it, or if you do, go straight to 3D animation. ”

Elizabeth's eyes widened and she asked in surprise, "What, you're going to shut down Disney Animation Studio?"

Eric shook his head and said, "Of course not, I just plan to stop the production of 2D hand-drawn animation, and Disney Animation Studio will fully digitalize it." ”

Elizabeth pondered in her heart, and probably understood Eric's intention to do this, and blinked with envy: "It's relatively simple for you to transform to 3D animation, just transfer the technology accumulated by Pixar to Disney Animation Studio, but we have to start from scratch." ”

Eric looked at the girl pretending to be pitiful and smiled: "It's useless to blink again, I don't have enough people on my side, Firefly plans to expand the animation department to one or two films a year, but now Pixar Animation can only produce one movie in two years." ”

"Of course I won't want anyone from your side," Elizabeth blinked again, "Just license the 3D animation production software for Pixar Studios to Fox, and the price is yours." ”

Eric still shook his head: "Unless your animation studio sells me a 51% stake, you ask your dad if he wants to." ”

"No," Elizabeth immediately replied for Murdoch, then put away her little eyes and glared at Eric, and concentrated on driving the car.

She already knew that there was little hope for this matter, or no hope, and the reason why Firefly was able to monopolize the huge profits of 3D animation in recent years was because of the absolute leading technological advantage in the hands of Pixar. Although Firefly Software began to publicly distribute Maya software for special effects production in the digital field after its establishment, the digital field even publicly stated that the publicly released Maya is a castrated version, and the core technology is still firmly in the hands of the digital field.

Therefore, if Eric really agrees to this matter, Elizabeth will feel that there is something wrong with it.

The two drove slowly up the Beverly Hills trail in the middle of the night, and Eric casually glanced at the side of the road. He asked, "The Trausdale Manor should be to the east, right?"

Elizabeth was just about to speak, when Eric remembered the car he was sitting in at this time, and hurriedly said, "I know, I know, I have changed my accommodation." ”

Elizabeth snorted softly before she said, "We now live on Crest Street at the top of the hill. ”

Eric doesn't know where Crest Street is, but he prefers the star-studded Strausdale estate. It's the best area overlooking Hollywood, and sitting by the pool on the villa's terrace gives a sense of condescending suspension: "I still think the villa in Strausdale is good." ”

Elizabeth said in a hateful tone, "Anyway, I don't want to be neighbors with that crazy girl from Drew anymore." ”

"I thought you were reconciled, what a big deal, haven't you already figured it out? ”

"Hmph," Elizabeth snorted, turning her head away from Eric.

Although the mansions in Beverly Hills are more luxurious than the last, the infrastructure between the mountain roads is really poor, with old telephone poles and street lamps that appear from a long distance. There were also bare hillsides, and the car was driving all the way up the mountain road, and Eric was even worried that something would roll down the slope if the soil and water were not well maintained.

At the top of the hill, the red BMW drove into a manor, and Eric stood in front of the court and looked around, very surprised. This place not only overlooks the whole of Los Angeles, but even the valley area to the north, and the view is definitely wider than that of the Trausdale estate.

Elizabeth looked at Eric's reaction with a slight smugness. He said: "This mansion is a hill of its own, no worse than the Trausdale estate, right?"

"Of course. Eric nodded with satisfaction, looking at the mountain road leading to Burbank on the other side of the hill, it seemed that it could lead all the way to Burbank's Firefly headquarters, this road was definitely much closer than Eric had walked in recent days, and said, "It just so happens that I've been too busy to go back to Malibu recently, so I'll live here." ”

Elizabeth's face turned red. "Aren't you going to ask my master first?"

Eric laughed, "I've already agreed, what else to ask." ”

Elizabeth stood on tiptoe and kicked Eric lightly on the leg before she said unwillingly, "Let's go in, do you want coffee?"

It was only ten o'clock, and Eric didn't have many pajamas. Nodding his head, he said, "Okay." ”

The two pushed open the door of the villa and walked into the living room, where there was only a dim wall lamp, and before Elizabeth could turn on the fluorescent lamp in the living room, the two noticed a distinct white light coming from the kitchen.

"Maybe Julia forgot to close the refrigerator door," Elizabeth said absently.

Eric narrowed his eyes warily and pointed at it, and Elizabeth looked over and saw a white shadow near the refrigerator.

"We don't have pets at home, what is it?" Elizabeth was not worried, turned on the fluorescent lamp, and the two of them walked towards the kitchen together, and then saw a small figure sitting on the floor, holding a chocolate cake in his hand and eating it deliciously, and there were bottles and cans from the refrigerator scattered around the little person.

Elizabeth hurriedly walked over to the chocolate cake in the little one's hand and asked, "Emma, why are you here?"

Emma was taken away by Elizabeth, and whined dissatisfiedly, and Eric also saw that the little guy's face was covered with cream, like a dirty kitten, and said a little angrily and funny: "Don't you have a nanny at home?"

When Emma heard Eric's figure, she turned her little head to look at it, stared at Eric stunned for two seconds, and immediately stretched out two small hands to Eric happily: "Dad...... Father. ”

Elizabeth glared at Eric helplessly, but no longer tried to correct Emma's title, handed the little guy over, and said, "You hold it first, I'll go and see if Carly is not there, how can this be,"

Thinking that Elizabeth's Carly should be Emma's babysitter, Eric doesn't mind taking the dirty little guy from Elizabeth's hands, and the two walk out of the kitchen together.

Seeing Elizabeth turn around and walk into a corridor, Eric sat down on the sofa in the living room with the little one in his arms, and asked softly, "Emma, why are you alone in the kitchen?"

Emma, who is already three years old, has no problem communicating with each other, and when she heard Eric's words, the little guy hugged her stomach pitifully: "Emma, hungry, auntie, don't give it, eat." ”

A black line immediately appeared on Eric's forehead, it's not so serious, my aunt, not my stepmother.

Elizabeth soon led a chubby white woman in blue pajamas into the living room, and pointed to Emma and the mess in the kitchen with some anger: "How do you take care of the child, fortunately she ate cake just now, what if she swallows something else and gets stuck?"

The nanny named Carly looked aggrieved: "Miss Murdoch, this matter ...... I am not to blame for this, but Miss Roberts came back in the evening and said that she would take care of Emma herself, and that she would put Emma to sleep herself. ”

Eric took out a tissue from the cardboard box on the table to help the little guy clean the cream on his face, and asked, "Did Emma eat dinner?"

The babysitter, of course, knew who Eric was, and shook her head a little reservedly: "This, Mr. Williams, I ...... I didn't know, but after Miss Roberts said she was going to take care of Emma herself, I went back to my room to rest. ”

Eric smiled and shook his head, it seemed that the problem was on Julia's side, and waved his hand, "You go and rest first." ”

The nanny pointed to the mess and asked, "Do you want me to clean the kitchen?"

"No, we'll talk about it tomorrow," Eric shook his head.

After the babysitter left, Eric handed Emma wrapped around him to Elizabeth: "You go and give the little one a bath first, I'll go see what is wrong with Julia, which room is she in?"

Elizabeth also understood the crux of the matter at this time, and was a little helpless about Julia's carelessness, and pointed to the staircase and said, "The first room upstairs is." ”

Eric grabbed a few pieces of paper and wiped the cream on his chest with Emma, and walked towards the stairs, Elizabeth glanced at Eric's back, shrugged her shoulders slightly, and then led the little one towards the bathroom.

Eric went upstairs, pushed open the door to one of the bedrooms, turned on the light, and saw Julia lying on the big bed with only a thin blanket on her body, and the faint smell of alcohol in the air. (To be continued.) )