It's nightfall.

In the dense residential area in the northwest of Santa Monica, three tall girls each walked out of the supermarket with a convenience bag, attracting the attention of the opposite sex around them.

The black-haired girl with a very white complexion on the far left skillfully opened a pack of cigarettes in the convenience bag with one hand, completely ignoring the surprised gazes of passers-by, took out a cigarette and put it on the corner of her mouth, and then asked the Latino girl in the middle: "Penny, what did that guy stop you in the supermarket just now?"

The Latino girl took out a small business card from her pocket and gestured to the two girls, and said with a smile: "He said that he was a talent scout for an agency, and he thought I was very similar to the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, and wanted to invite me to an audition for their company." ”

The other two women were slightly stunned for a moment, and laughed heartlessly.

The three girls naturally chose the three heroines for "Breaking Bad", but because "Breaking Bad" is still in the early preparation stage, no information has been revealed to the outside world, so the scout in Penelope's mouth will come up with such an oolong.

After a few laughs, Charlize Theron on the other side asked, "Then how did you answer him?"

"I pretended not to speak much English, and he pestered me for a while, and then he left with a business card," Penelope Cruze said, casually tossing it into the trash, though she still had a distinct accent. However, he speaks English very fluently.

After another chuckle, Kate Beckinsale took a few puffs of the cigarette in her hand and suddenly complained, "There are still two months." If I knew that training would be so painful, I wouldn't have come. ”

Penelope Cruze and Charlize Therón both smiled silently when they heard this, apparently having heard Kate Beckinsale complain more than once.

The most ruthless kung fu training arranged by Eric is Kate Beckinsale, Penelope and Charlize have both learned dance since childhood, and there is basically no difficulty in completing various movements, and the daily training is just like the original dance class. Kate Beckinsale is different. She only attended ballet training classes for a few days when she was a child, and now her body is no different from ordinary people, and she even burst into tears in the first few days because of simple leg press training. But in the end, I persevered.

After Beckinsale finished smoking a cigarette, the three girls had already arrived at their apartment, a small separate yard arranged for them by Michelle Simmons, only half an hour away from where they participated in the daily training.

Beckinsale tossed the cigarette butt into the trash can next to him. It feels like there's something I can't get enough of. It seemed that he wanted to pull out another one, but he looked at the courtyard gate not far away, and finally didn't start.

The other two girls just glanced at her movements lightly, but they didn't make a sound, and they occasionally smoked a cigarette or two, but definitely not as often as Beckinsale, but neither girl had any intention of dissuading her. Although Michelle Simmons asked them to get along in private conversations, it doesn't mean that they really have a heart to heart. At the end of the day, they're competitors.

Charlize Theron took out the key to open the door, and the three of them walked into the living room together, Beckinsale threw the convenience bag on the coffee table, leaned lazily on the sofa, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, and the other two girls put down the convenience bag and went into their respective rooms to change into more homely clothes.

Penelope Cruze had just taken off his coat when he heard Beckinsale in the living room shouting, "Penny, Charlie, come out and watch the premiere of "Jurassic Park" live." ”

I wasn't going to pay attention to it, but when I heard "Jurassic Park", Penelope Cruz thought of another name and immediately walked out of the bedroom, and Charlize Theron walked out at the same time.

At this time, the TV happened to show the picture of the reporter who was stirring up the situation asking questions.

“…… Mr. Williams, what do you think about the recent discrediting of Mr. Stallone's "Mighty Peak" by a competitor?"

Seeing the brief cold scene on the TV screen, Charlize Theron laughed, pulled a pillow next to him and squeezed it a few times, gloating: "Ha, this guy is in trouble now." ”

In the past few days, Charlize Theron has also heard about the smearing of "Desperate Bear Peak", as a proud girl in her heart, Charlize Theron still remembers the picture of herself being completely ignored that day. It's really a pleasure to see Eric deflated at this time.

Penelope Cruze looked at the young man on the screen with a small flame called ambition in his eyes, as if he hadn't heard Charlize Theron at all, but Kate Beckinsale looked at Charlize Theron in surprise.

However, Eric then calmly responded and easily resolved the crisis, and the scene burst into applause.

Charlize Theron was a little depressed.

Penelope Cruze's eyes still didn't take his eyes off the TV screen, but leaned over and asked, "Charlie, haven't you seen Eric Williams, what do you think of him?"

"One...... Abominable fellow," Charlize Theron said after a moment of deliberation, and when the female reporter on the TV asked about the box office expectations of Jurassic Park, she couldn't help but prick up her ears, and the guy on the TV seemed to be trying to get around the question, but the female reporter chased after her.

“…… However, I think you're more curious, since Mr. Williams, you can break the mold and schedule 3,000 screens for the premiere of this film, what is your box office expectation?"

Then, she saw Eric Williams raise the microphone to his lips, and after a brief hesitation, said, "If you really want to know, then." My expectation for the global box office of Jurassic Park is that it is a billion dollars!"

Wow –

Even sitting in front of the TV, all three girls could still hear the uproar at the premiere. It was just a chaotic picture, and the reporters who were originally sitting quietly in the audience waiting for the opportunity to ask questions couldn't help it anymore, and took the initiative to get up and ask aloud.

Charlize Theron and Kate Beckinsale were also shocked when they heard Eric spit out the figures, a billion dollars, and no movie in Hollywood history has ever reached this box office figure. However, Penelope Cruze next to them was even more surprised: "A million, how can it be only a million." How is that possible!"

Charlize Theron was stunned, and before she could react, Kate Beckinsale gave Penelope Cruze a blank look: "Penny, it's a billion dollars." Not a million. ”

In English. Only the first of the two measuring words million and billion is different, and the pronunciation is very similar, so it's no wonder Penelope Cruze listens to the fork, of course, mainly because she doesn't think about a movie at the box office in the billion-dollar way at all.

Penelope realized that he had misheard, and was a little embarrassed, but then reflected that the figure of one billion dollars should come, and his delicate jaw suddenly had a tendency to fall: "Wow." Billion...... Dollars!"

Because of Eric's answer, the question session of the premiere could no longer continue. The creators of "Jurassic Park" hurriedly answered a few more questions and left the stage, and then the trailer of "Jurassic Park" began to play on TV.

According to Eric's original idea, the two-minute trailer of "Jurassic Park" does not appear in full of a giant dinosaur, but the changes in the expressions of several protagonists in the trailer and the trembling roar of the giant beast at the end still make people have strong expectations for this movie.

After the trailer aired, Kate Beckinsale couldn't wait to say, "Penny, Charlie, how about we go to the midnight show tomorrow night?"

Charlize Theron didn't look interested in the slightest: "Didn't that guy say, don't go into the cinema because of publicity, so you better go and see it first, if you think it's good, I'll consider whether to take a look twice." ”

Penelope waited for Charlize to finish before he said, "Kate, then let's go together." ”

"Yes," Kate Beckinsale nodded immediately.

Charlize Theron was dissatisfied: "Hey, didn't you two watch the trailer just now, saying that it was "Jurassic Park", but there was not even a shadow of a dinosaur, I'm sure, you will be absolutely disappointed after watching it, it is better not to go." ”

Kate Beckinsale and Penelope Cruze looked at each other before Beckinsale said, "Charlie, how do I feel like you've always been grudge against Mr. Williams?"

Penelope Cruze also nodded in agreement: "yes, yes, like a ...... Well, like a resentful woman, hey, what happened to you that time you met?"

"Resentment...... Resentful woman," Charlize Theron snorted in a long voice, but she seemed to notice something, but her eyes were a little flustered, and she threw away the pillow in her hand and stood up: "Ignore you, I'll go take a shower and sleep." ”

Penelope Cruze looked at Charlize Theron's back as he fled, "Charlie, it's only half past seven." ”

Kate Beckinsale followed suit and said, "Shall we buy your tickets tomorrow?"

"Whatever you want, buy a ticket and give it directly to the homeless, I will never go. ”

Penelope laughed a few times and chased after him: "Then we'll buy one for the 'homeless', and you will be responsible for the popcorn money." ”

Charlize's frantic roar rang out from the bathroom: "You two, shut up. ”

"Haha......"

……

While several girls were frolicking, the movie had already begun to play on the stage at the Grand Theater in Hollywood, and Eric had just walked into the backstage when he was surrounded by a group of people. Charlie West, who was in charge of organizing the premiere, looked at Eric's gloomy face and explained in a worried tone: "Mr. Williams, I have asked people to find out, the reporter just now is ......"

Eric waved his hand, "Forget it, I don't care about this. ”

Charlie West immediately shut up.

Jerry Bruckheimer saw that no one else dared to speak anymore, so he had to say, "Eric, what are we going to do next?"

Eric didn't answer Jerry's words, silently took a bottle of water handed over by the staff and took a few sips, and said to the people beside him: "Who is the head of Carlock Pictures now?"

Hearing Eric say this, everyone present knew that Eric was completely hairy this time.

If Carlock Pictures is just doing some small things in private, it won't be a good idea to take a ride on "Jurassic Park". But directly stirring up trouble at the premiere of "Jurassic Park" has already touched the bottom line that fireflies can tolerate.

Seeing that after Alan heard Eric's words, he immediately walked to the neighborhood and started to make a call, Jerry Bruckheimer couldn't help but persuade in a low voice: "Eric, the time is not suitable for reacting too aggressively, it is too easy to give someone a handle." ”

"I know, don't worry," Eric nodded.

Everyone sat down in a lounge and waited for the curtain call after the movie was over.

After a while, Alan walked in with a mobile phone, leaned over to Eric with the microphone and whispered, "Eric, Carlock is now in charge of Mario Casal, he is one of the two founders of this company, he is now online, do you want to ......"

Eric shook his head and said indifferently: "You tell him that this matter is over, I don't want to see similar messy news in any media, otherwise I will directly erase the name of Carlock from Hollywood, I am very angry today, and I am not in the mood to joke with people." ”

Alan nodded, and walked out again with his mobile phone.

Eric frowned and sighed, if it weren't for the guy who stirred up the situation just now, he would never easily reveal his box office expectations for "Jurassic Park", Hollywood's previous highest-grossing movies in the world were within $800 million, and the number of one billion will definitely cause waves in the media, and these discussions may not necessarily bring good results, if the box office of "Jurassic Park" in the first week does not reach an amazing level, then the wind direction is likely to change at any time.

But because of the reporter who stirred up the situation, Eric had to come up with a more explosive news and suppress the topic caused by the reporter's troubles as much as possible, otherwise, even if no one pushes it, there are bound to be a lot of arguments in the newspaper tomorrow such as 'explanation is a cover-up, and a cover-up is the truth', and the black pot of fireflies smearing "Desperate Bear Peak" is estimated to be impossible to get rid of.

Eric's words that Eric just told Allen to the head of Carlock are not completely false words, Carlock Pictures is a sole production company that relies entirely on external financing to produce films, and it doesn't even have its own distribution channels, if Eric really wants to make this film company finished, it is not a difficult thing, as long as the news is released to the outside world, Firefly will snipe any film produced by Carlock, then with the box office power shown by Firefly's films in recent years, considering the risk of investment, those German investors will definitely not easily invest in the film of this film company, Hollywood can invest in more than one film company, and without external financing, it is inevitable that Carlock will go out of business.

Unfortunately, Eric can't do that, at least not for the time being, as Jerry Bruckheimer reminded him that if the Fireflies fight back too aggressively now, it will definitely give someone a hand.

A few minutes later, Alan walked back to the break room again.

"Eric, Mario Casal has firmly denied that Carlock Films is involved in today's events, but, judging by his tone, he is clearly convinced, and I don't think this will happen again in the future. ”

"That's it," Eric nodded, letting go of the matter and asking about the London premiere. (To be continued......)