Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio.

A long list of movie names floated through his mind, Eric shook his head, threw those flying images into the corner, and continued to look down casually, except for these two superstars from his previous life, there was no other familiar one, and the original Chris O'Donnell was of course blown away by the flapping of butterfly wings.

Of course, even if it appears, Eric will not give this role to Chris again, because the other party's sense of existence in the original version is too weak, although Al Pacino's performance is too eye-catching, but the lack of highlights in his own performance is also an important reason.

After quickly reading the thirty documents, Eric asked Martin Brest for a pen, and put a checkmark behind the names of Matt Damon and Xiao Lizi, and after hesitating for a while, Eric finally decided to choose Matt Damon, Matt Damon is just eighteen years old this year, with a sunny and handsome appearance, which is completely consistent with Charlie's image. In comparison, Xiao Lizi's current image is a little more ruffian.

Drawing a circle around Matt Damon's name, Eric said to Martin Brest, who had been watching his movements: "Martin, give the role of Charlie Simmons to Matt Damon, and as for Leonardo DiCaprio, give him the role of Charlie's classmate George." Also, I don't care if they have a brokerage or broker now, if you want to get a role, you have to join UTA. ”

"Eric, what if the two of you don't agree to join the UTA?"

Eric gave Martin a strange look, "Who do they have to disagree?"

Martin was slightly stunned when he heard Eric's natural tone, recalled the information of Matt Damon and Xiao Lizi, and quickly laughed: "Indeed, the two rookies have no reason to refuse.

So, in such a few words, the two roles were decided, both were Firefly's film projects, and the two crews also had dealings with each other, so Martin Brest had already known Eric's procedures for determining the role before, and he and Jonathan Demi felt the same way, thinking that Eric just wanted to reflect his dominance of the movie, so he took the final decision on the role in his hands.

Although Martin felt that Eric was a little sloppy and childish in doing this, he did not refute anything, and in the eyes of Martin, who was almost forty years old, Eric was indeed just a child, and it was understandable to do such a thing. And what he and Al Neng do is to carefully screen out suitable alternative actors, and no matter which one Eric chooses, they will ensure that the other party can be qualified for the role.

Eric didn't mean to excuse himself, and the reason he did it was exactly what Martin and the others thought.

If he is a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, he may be able to show his mind through guò decentralization, and he can also gain the admiration of more people. But at his age of eighteen now, if he does this, it will only make people think that he is young and foolish, so he has to show his strength everywhere, for movies, and for women.

It took forty minutes to travel from the soundstage in Colombia to Malibu, and Eric quickly circled all the casts, partly following Martin's advice and partly following the impressions of some of the actors in his mind.

At a Malibu coastal highway intersection, Martin's car stopped, and Eric stepped out of the car with sunglasses and a baseball cap: "Thank you for sending me here, Martin, goodbye." ”

"Goodbye," Martin rolled down the window and smiled ambiguously at Eric, beckoning his assistant to drive away.

After Passat turned around and left, Eric turned and walked towards the small villa not far away, and came to the door of Virginia's house, where Eric took out a key to open the door and walked in.

It was already evening, the lights were already on in the villa, Eric had just walked to the door, but the door of the villa went out and opened first, and Virginia appeared in front of Eric wearing casual loungewear and carrying two large bags.

"Ahh

"Eric, you...... Why are you here?" the girl hurriedly picked up the garbage bag that had fallen on the floor and placed it next to the door, opening the door a little to let Eric in.

Eric smiled and hugged the fragrant adult ** body, and kissed Virginia on the cheek: "Why are you so nervous, it can't be that you hide a man at home, right?"

"I just didn't expect you to come to me these days. Virginia rolled her eyes slightly: "Even if I hide a man, what can you do to me?"

Eric pinched Virginia's face, and said seriously: "This, there are still a lot of punishment methods, for women who steal love, in some countries in the Middle East, they will be stoned, everyone works together to stone women to death, in the East, there is a kind of immersion pig cage in ancient times, that is, women are stripped naked and put into a big cage, and then thrown into a pond to drown." ”

"Hah, how can there be such a barbaric thing?" said Virginia.

"So, I appreciate the way some places in India punish women for cheating, which is very humane. ”

"Oh," Virginia gave a curious look.

Eric smiled evilly: "In some parts of India, if a woman is found to be cheating, the village chief will gather the strong men of the whole village and serve the woman one by one, ensuring that the woman who is served will never think about a man again for half her life." ”

"Wow, it's disgusting, you're a strong man, you're only eighteen years old, where did you learn so much nonsense. ”

"No way, born so knowledgeable," Eric said truthfully.

"So, Mr. Erudite, do you have in mind a way to punish the man who betrayed his girlfriend, and let me hear the most brutal?"

Eric choked on a bit, coughed dryly, and said, "Uh...... Not really. ”

"Cut," Virginia rolled her eyes as she pulled out of Eric's arms, "stop, you go in first, I'll throw the garbage away." ”

"Come on, it looks heavy," Eric grabbed the plastic bag, not knowing what it contained, it was heavy.

"Just throw it in the trash can at the door," Virginia saw that Eric had already grabbed the bag, and did not stop it, and pointed to the door.

Eric threw away the garbage and returned to the house, and saw Virginia's figure busy in the kitchen, so he walked in, hugged the girl from behind, and watched Virginia add sugar cubes and milk powder to the coffee cup: "Actually, I don't like to drink coffee too much, I would rather drink plain water, I heard that drinking plain water is one of the secrets of longevity." ”

Virginia smiled and continued to add ground coffee to her cup: "You are only so young, how can you think of longevity, are you afraid of death?"

"Of course not, I'm not afraid of death, I'm just afraid of regret. ”

"Regret, what regret?"

yes, what's the regret?

Eric rested his chin on the girl's shoulder and thought about it, his regret in his previous life was that he couldn't watch his children grow up, and he couldn't make a movie of his own in the end, when he was reborn, the film industry in China was in the stage of explosion. Although he has been running for four, he still hasn't completely given up, and he has also discussed with a few friends that the movie world is so good, maybe it will take a few years to make a good book, and use the connections accumulated over the years to make an investment in making a movie of his own.

It's a pity that the plan hasn't been implemented yet, and I came to this plane inexplicably. It's been less than a year now, and the achievements he has made have been completely a super life winner in the eyes of his previous life, and it would be too hypocritical to talk about any regrets.

"Why did you suddenly stop talking?" asked the girl, carefully pouring the boiling water into the coffee cup, turning her head.

"It's fine, just thinking about what I would regret if I suddenly hung up now. ”

Virginia put down the kettle, turned around and raised her face to look at Eric's expression seriously: "Eric, if you've been thinking about death and the like lately, I'd like to find a psychiatrist, are you too stressed?"

"Of course not," Eric saw a deep concern in the girl's eyes, and quickly denied it, wanting to explain, but he didn't know where to start.

"Let's go to the living room and talk," Virginia handed Eric a cup of coffee, picked up the cup herself, and the two walked to the living room together.

Sitting down on the couch, Virginia asked, "Why did you come to me today, didn't you live with Aniston?"

Eric smiled bitterly: "It's strange that Jane Ken and I ** have happened to have such a bad thing, and now she has gone to Burbank to rent a house by herself." ”

If it weren't for the accidental fall from the stairs, Eric would have had even more headaches about how to persuade the little girl to come back.

Woke up from a coma that morning, taking advantage of Aniston's weak mind due to worry and sleepiness, Eric managed to fool the little girl into the cast list. But then he made another big mistake, and he put Aniston and Drew together on opposite sides of his hospital bed.

As a result, at noon, he had dinner with Jeffrey and Kapoor, and when he returned to the ward, he found both girls awake. And the scene was quite chaotic, the pillow quilt was kicked to the ground, a scaffold for hanging water bottles was also pushed to the ground, and the two girls were like two crazy little wild cats, twisting together on the hospital bed, disheveled, and the scenery was half-hidden, while chattering, while pushing each other to drive each other out of the hospital bed, it seemed that it was not a bed, but Eric himself.

Eric persuaded the two baby bumps to be coaxed, and then Aniston wiped his tears and condemned Eric for being eccentric, and Drew persuaded Aniston to break up with him with sharp teeth.

Eric saw the small appearance of Aniston's oath, and secretly enjoyed a little in his heart, but then Aniston did not live in the villa, but rented an apartment in Burbank, although he did not mention any breakup, but he had a cold war with Eric, and then the machine was turned on, Eric was busy and had no time to coax the girl, so he could only make a few harassing phone calls to the little girl every day to declare his sense of saving.

Hearing Eric's explanation, Virginia's face also turned red: "You should accompany her more, the little girl should coax more, and you shouldn't always be so strong." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about this headache for now. Aren't you going to the UK the day after tomorrow, I always have to come to see you, I talked to Jonathan, as long as the production is completed before September and the Venice Film Festival is not delayed, so he will strive for excellence while shooting, and it is estimated that you will stay in the UK for a long time. ”

Virginia took a sip of coffee and blinked, "You're going to come to the crew to see it...... Visiting the class?"

Eric shook his head: "I'm not sure, the schedule is in July, if the filming can be closed in mid-May, I will go to the United Kingdom, if the shooting doesn't go well, it is likely that I won't be able to go." ”

"Oh," Virginia nodded noncommittally.

After a few more casual conversations, Eric patted his stomach: "That, Vicky, I'm hungry." ”

The girl hurriedly stood up: "What do you want to eat, can I drive to the supermarket?"

Eric stopped the girl's move: "Don't bother so much, just do something." ”

"Well, there's pasta at home," the girl said, walking towards the kitchen.

After Virginia was busy in the kitchen with her apron on, Eric got up and walked to the second floor, and came to the balcony, where the sun had completely set, and it was getting darker, and Eric was lying on the balcony railing looking at the sharp corners of Malibu not far away, because of the sky, only some dim outlines could be seen, where construction had begun and was expected to be completed by the end of the year.

In addition to the replica of the super-sea view mansion, several other villas will be built on the estate, which is more than one hectare, and will be used to entertain guests or hold banquets.

Eric has seen the complete design of the entire estate, and the other villas are far less expensive than the sea-view mansions because they are located in gentle places, but in the design drafts provided by Frank Gehry, several buildings are naturally integrated together, with the green belt, tennis courts, apron and other facilities in the estate, giving people a sense of naturalness.

Of course, correspondingly, the cost of the entire estate is more than 20 million US dollars, anyway, there is a special accounting firm to supervise the financial status of the project, since you have made up your mind to build an ideal luxury estate, as long as the other party does not swallow up the project money or other cats, then you can be extravagant, and make money is not just for spending.

After dinner, although Eric was very tired, he still patiently accompanied the girl to watch a soap opera on the sofa for a while.

"Eric, I heard that Firefly is planning to shoot a TV series?"

"yes," Eric's big hand moved on Virginia's chest, "By the way, this is a sitcom, and it will need a lot of big stars to make cameos in the future, do you want to come?"

Virginia gasped softly, and replied with a misty look in her eyes, "If you let me go, I'll go." ”

Eric said, "Jenny is one of the main characters. ”

Virginia smiled and pressed Eric's big hand moving on her chest: "Heh, then I'll go too, you're in charge of coordinating a qiē, anyway, it's all caused by you as a ghost." I'd like to see if your girlfriend can't help but bully me in public. ”

"I don't care," Eric said with a smile: "According to the ancient tradition of the East, your identity is a big girl, and it is natural to be bullied by your wife, of course, if you have the ability to complete the counterattack of the maid, I am also happy to see it." ”

Although Virginia didn't understand what was going on, it didn't prevent her from understanding the meaning of Eric's words, and gently bit Eric's arm, leaving a series of faint tooth marks: "You're such a bastard." ”

Eric had enough of it, withdrew his hand and hugged the girl: "Okay, let's go upstairs and have some fun." ”

Virginia only felt herself soar into the air, waving her little hand and saying, "Hmm...... Ah, don't worry, turn off the TV first, really. ”

Eric grabbed the remote control and turned off the TV, picked up the girl and slapped the other party on the buttocks before walking upstairs.

After a night of absurdity, Eric got up refreshed at seven o'clock the next day, and after a hurried breakfast, he asked Virginia to drive him to the crew.

Although it was a night apart, after starting the rival scene that was not filmed yesterday, Cruise and Hanks quickly entered the state, and the remaining few shots were all done in half an hour, and Joe Pesci, who heard that he had missed the bad news yesterday, also appeared very brightly, and when he heard Sean let Andy go, he shook his head and looked excited and the image in his memory was almost carved out of a mold. Pesci's voice was more joyful than Huang Qiqi in the original version, and the crew members on the scene couldn't help but laugh, and Hanks also clearly expressed his concern that he might be suppressed in the scene.

For the next period of time, the filming was still slowly advancing according to the plan, and a few days later, the crew set off for the United Kingdom, in addition to the actors, the crew was basically built by Jonathan Demmy alone, Eric did not intervene, Jonathan Demmy has been in Hollywood for more than ten years after all, and has more connections than Eric in this regard.

Eric didn't take the time to send him off, but Jeffrey, as one of the producers, went with the crew to a small island in the English Channel, and stayed with the crew for a few days before returning.

In mid-April, after more than ten days of shooting, all the indoor scenes were completed, and the most difficult exterior scenes began.