At the end of the first rehearsal, Eric's surprise at finding Victoria Adams in the crowd of MV actors almost dissipated, but he thought it was very interesting, but he didn't immediately interact with Victoria Adams as many people envied or expected. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Caroline and Melanie stepped forward to help Eric unload the heavy Steadicam equipment from his body, and Eric called all the creators and the Spice Girls who participated in the music video production to the five-member group, and a group of people gathered around the workbench in the corner of the studio, watching the replay of the first rehearsal and discussing various details that needed to be improved.

Since it was the first rehearsal, there were a lot of things that needed to be improved, and a group of people discussed for about half an hour before they dispersed and adjusted according to the results of the discussion.

Eric and the others dispersed, and one person continued to stay in front of the workbench, operating the computer in front of him to watch the picture playback, and from time to time he wrote down some long-shot shots in the notebook in front of him.

Caroline put a warm cup of coffee in Eric's hand, did not speak, and sat down quietly next to Eric, looking at him carefully studying the camera and taking notes carefully, with a small look of satisfaction.

Melanie, who was not far away, couldn't help but sigh when she saw Caroline sitting next to Eric, thought about it, walked up to Simon Fuller, who was directing the staff to adjust the set, called him to the side, and asked in a low voice, "Simon, what was the name of that girl just now?"

Simon Fuller is also a good person, he thought that it was Eric who asked Melanie to ask, and also lowered his voice and said: "I just asked, her name is Victoria Adams, May, is Williams want to invite her to dinner, I can arrange it." ”

Melanie resisted the urge to roll her eyes, how could these men be like this.

Quickly shaking her head, Melanie said, "That's not the case, Simon, what do you think of Carly?"

Caroline has always been sincere and polite to everyone around her, coupled with her status as a noble daughter, although there has not been much communication these days, Simon Fuller is also full of affection for Caroline, and even involuntarily has a little more respect in her tone, saying: "Miss Wilson is a wonderful girl." ”

Melanie gestured to Eric and Caroline, and said, "Now, Simon, you can tell that Carly likes Mr. Williams. So, do me a favor and make that, well, Victoria Adams disappear, okay?"

Simon Fuller followed Melanie's gaze, and he could easily feel Caroline's affection for Eric.

However, Melanie's words also made him realize that it was clearly Eric, the female assistant, who was thinking about her best friend.

After hesitating, Simon Fuller still persuaded: "May, if you really think about Miss Wilson, I think you should not do this, it is too obvious." I'm afraid Mr. Williams doesn't like people around him to assert ideas, and you should have confidence in Mr. Williams, he's a very professional man. ”

Melanie finally couldn't help but roll her eyes, and said to herself, "That's when you haven't seen him unprofessional."

Simon Fuller refused to help, and Melanie knew that she would probably only find someone else, so she had to dismiss the idea of driving Victoria Adams away.

It's just that she can't help but secretly look at Victoria Adams in the crowd of actors, she really can't see anything that attracts Eric about this girl, her skin is not white enough, her face is not sweet enough, she is not tall enough, well, she is not short enough, and she does not meet her boss's aesthetic standards at all. However, when she thought about it, Melanie suddenly realized that she really couldn't understand Eric's aesthetic standards.

Naturally, Eric didn't know what Melanie wanted to do in private. Of course, even if he knew, he would only laugh it off. Melanie wants to protect Caroline, and Eric is even more so. Eric doesn't have any special feelings about Victoria Adams, who will never be Victoria Beckham again, and since the other party so coincidentally appeared in the crowd of actors in the MV of "Wannabe", Eric gradually turned a blind eye.

After the staff in the studio adjusted the set and actors according to the results of the discussions, the rehearsal continued.

For the next week, everyone spent the same kind of practice over and over again, starting at nine o'clock and continuing until five o'clock in the afternoon.

Although on the third day, many people felt that the rehearsal effect was very good, enough for on-site shooting.

However, Eric did not stop, and naturally no one would raise any objections. After all, Eric Williams is now less than thirty years old and has already achieved an achievement that is beyond the reach of anyone in the room, and yet he still carries a Steadicam camera system weighing nearly 30 pounds and practices more than ten times a day, just more than anyone in the room.

In this case, everyone involved in the filming put themselves in their shoes, if they have a net worth of hundreds of billions of dollars, where would they be willing to do such a tiring and boring job, and if they can lie down, they will never sit again. Therefore, everyone has only admiration in their hearts for his boring practice, and there is no complaint.

In order to accumulate more experience in shooting long shots, when determining that the MV rehearsal is about the same, Eric often changes the way of shooting, sometimes letting the MV actors leave, and the five girls perform alone, sometimes letting the actors involved in the filming improvise a drama according to their roles in the MV; during this period, Eric also deliberately took out a plot in "Birdman" and let the actors perform, and practiced the camera movement technique in "Birdman" in his memory.

At the same time as the filming of the MV for "Wannabe", Simon Fuller also began to warm up for the release of the first single of the Spice Girls.

Since the Spice Girls recruited members with great fanfare in July, the girl group, which is said to be built by Eric Williams himself, has attracted everyone's attention.

In recent times, although there has been a lot of speculation in the local media about the reason for Eric's arrival in London, most of the topics are inseparable from the Spice Girls, which has further increased the attention of the media and the public.

Therefore, Simon Fuller intends to strike while the iron is hot and release the first single as soon as possible after the filming of the "Wannabe" music video is completed.

When Eric finished a week of rehearsals in the studio at Pinewood Studios and moved to London for a live-action shoot, the British branch of Firefly Records, which had been established for a few months, officially announced the release date of the first single record of the Spice Girls, October 27.

Due to repeated rehearsals in the studio, the live shooting went exceptionally smoothly, and the MV was completed in just two days.

At this time, the news that Eric himself served as the MV photographer of "Wannabe" was finally dug up by the British tabloids and quickly caused a sensation.

A few months have passed, "Casino Royale" has not yet been released in the UK, and the cumulative box office in the UK has reached more than 93 million US dollars, although it has not been able to catch up with the record just set by "Titanic", but this box office is enough to squeeze into the top few box office charts in British film history. "Casino Royale" has experienced the second phase of large-scale release after September, and the cumulative global box office has exceeded 900 million US dollars, steadily moving towards the box office goal of 1 billion. In this case, Eric personally carried the camera to shoot the music MV, which naturally made many fans and music fans look forward to it.

On October 11, after the filming of "wannabe" was completed, Eric handed over everything to Simon Fuller, and he did not rush back to Los Angeles, but stayed at Pinewood Studios outside London to continue the preparation of "Gravity".

Because of the one-shot shooting method, the post-production work of the MV of "Wannabe" was completely completed in only one week, and then, on October 20, a week before the release of the single record of "Wannabe", the music video of the song officially landed on major British TV stations.

Perhaps because of the high level of anticipation in advance, "wannabe" does not seem to have reached the point of wowing the media and music critics.

In the 90s, the mainstream music genre in Britain was pop rock, and most people, whether they were solo singers or singing groups, were more or less influenced by pop rock styles. But the song "wannabe" by the hot girls is a pop dance song that completely deviates from the mainstream music genre and has nothing to do with pop rock.

Moreover, most music critics felt that compared to Eric's previous amazing songs, "wannabe" seemed very lacking in substance, more like a mediocre saliva song.

Some media even fired directly at the MV of "Wannabe", not only thinking that Eric's 'one-shot to the end' shooting method was just a gimmick and did not have anything outstanding, but also commented very harshly that the five girls in the MV were dressed like five little prostitutes.

Just when everyone thought Eric Williams might miss out this time, on October 27, the single "wannabe" was released, and in just four days, the single album sold more than 100,000 copies, and then, the first week of record sales finally reached 160,000 copies. Not only did they easily rush to the top of the British singles chart, but they even threw aside the second-place singles on the charts by more than 90,000 copies, and for a while, all the media and music critics who were already not optimistic about the hot girls group shut up and began to study what was going on.

Almost naturally, the first thing that comes to most people's minds is that Eric may have cheated on the list, but after some digging, no one has found substantial evidence.

At the same time, all over the UK, whether it is a big city shopping street or a remote suburban town, many people unconsciously feel as if they can hear the song "wannabe" everywhere, and casually walking on the street, you can hear some young people suddenly popping out of their mouths with the phrase 'zigazig-ha', which is a very elusive interjection in "wannabe", but it inexplicably makes many people feel very cool. The five-member hot girl group has become a sexy idol in the hearts of British young people in a short period of time, and at the same time, it has also become the object of crazy pursuit by British paparazzi.

Successful people have everything, and this is a wise saying in any field.

As "wannabe" swept the UK with its brainwashing power, the media, which had been very dismissive of the song and the Spice Girls, gradually changed the direction and began to praise the Spice Girls for 'perfectly combining dance pop and feminism, and injecting a strong female solo style'.

When Eric saw this sentence in the "Pop Hit Chart" magazine, he was eager to find a prawn tied to an egg and mail it to the music critic who wrote the article.

In fact, there is no profound reason for the success of the hot girl group, and they are indeed completely the product of assembly line operations, as some media have commented.

However, perhaps many legendary musicians have won the following and admiration of countless fans with their rich humanistic lyrics and songs, but for most ordinary people, music is just a kind of entertainment after all. The hot girl group happened to accurately capture the spirit of 'entertainment first', with a bright and lively image, simple and pleasant melody, and light-hearted and funny lyrics, it quickly won the popularity of the majority of young people.

After "wannabe" became an instant hit, Eric gave Simon Fuller a few other songs from his memory that belonged to the Spice Girls, and let go of the matter completely.

According to the pre-drawn contract, when the second generation of Fireflyer players is released in North America and Europe in April next year, the Spice Girls will not only become the European spokesperson of Fireflyer players, but also make an exception for their first album to adopt the strategy of simultaneous online and physical release, which can greatly promote the popularity and sales of Fireflyer players in Europe.

It's winter in London in November, and the temperature in the suburbs is even colder.

Rachel Weisz still drove a large-displacement Jaguar Monarch to the outside of the Pinewood Studios, Caroline, wearing a white trench coat, was already waiting at the gate, the girl politely said a few words to the doorman, and the gear lever at the gate was raised.

"Rachel, you're a superstar finally willing to come and see me," Caroline began to tease Rachel with a smile on her lips as she pulled away from the co-pilot and sat into the car.

Rachel started the car and drove into the studio gate, and a hand quickly reached over and pinched Caroline's face, and said in a female hooligan tone, "Little baby, not only did I come to see you, but I also planned to take you home tonight." ”

Caroline shrunk her neck, dodging Rachel's clutches, and laughed.

Rachel quickly parked the car in the studio's parking lot, got out of the car and gave Caroline a big hug before saying, "By the way, what about Mel?"

"She's inside, let's get there," Caroline gestured out of the parking lot.

Rachel reached out and grabbed Caroline and walked out, asking, "I heard that Eric has been living here for a month, what is he secretly up to?"

"His new movie, well, I can't tell you much. However, it must be a very powerful movie. ”

Rachel lowered his head again as if he wanted to kiss Caroline on the cheek, and when he saw the girl shyly dodging away, he said, "Yes, Eric Williams's movie, of course, is very powerful." ”

The two girls chatted casually and went to the studio where Eric used it as a studio.

The set for the rehearsal of "Wannabe" has been removed, but in addition to the two modified orange robots, there are also a few more strange pieces of equipment, the most conspicuous of which is the five-meter-high box composed of many one-square-meter LED screens.

Rachel saw Eric and a few others standing in the big box at a glance, and asked curiously, "Carly, what's that?"

"Lightbox," Caroline explained, seeing that Rachel still didn't understand, she added: "This is used to simulate the space lighting environment, Eric's new movie uses ordinary lighting methods, it is difficult to accurately simulate the space lighting environment without any diffuse reflection, so he plans to take this way, directly play a simple space scene on the LED screen around the light box, so that the actors perform in it, just like being in space." ”

Caroline was explaining to Rachel the purpose of the surrounding equipment, and Eric walked over with Melanie, hugged Rachel, and said in a somewhat joking tone, "Rachel, you superstar is finally willing to come to see me." ”

Rachel was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing, as if he didn't think it was too enjoyable, and turned into laughter, looking like he wanted to squat on the ground with his stomach in his hands.

Caroline didn't expect Eric to say exactly the same thing as she just now, and then think about it, maybe it's because they've been together for a long time, and what she said just now is obviously imitating Eric's usual joking tone, realizing that Rachel might have guessed this, Caroline's little face suddenly turned red, and she couldn't wait to find a place to hide.

Eric didn't know what kind of joke Rachel caught, and looking at Caroline's reaction, he probably guessed that this matter should be related to her, and didn't ask more, just said, "Okay, Rachel, lady, be careful that I take pictures of your current appearance and sell them to the paparazzi." ”

Rachel took a deep breath, finally stopped laughing, straightened up, and couldn't help but say, "Eric, you've broken Carly again." ”

"Well, I'm guilty," Eric shrugged, gesturing toward the workbench, "Let's go sit down, seriously, how did you have time to come over today?"

"I'm here to see Carly and Mel," Rachel said, sitting down at the workbench and looking at the table full of pictures of space scenes, "Eric, are you going to make a space movie?"

"yes," Eric nodded, "a space disaster movie." ”

Rachel glanced around the table and noticed a rendered concept map, which he looked at as a realistic simulation of the drafts Caroline and Melanie had seen on the plane. Feeling the feeling of a few thin lines connecting the two astronauts in the picture, Rachel couldn't help but be interested, and asked Eric very bluntly, "Eric, is there a suitable role for me in this movie?" (To be continued.) )