After nearly 20 days of intense filming, "Sleepless in Seattle" was finally closed, but Eric did not enjoy any leisure moments, because the filming of "Home Alone 2" will be more arduous next. Although the plot mode of the second part is the same as the first episode, it also has a lot of innovations, the most important thing is that compared to the first part, most of which are in Kevin's house, the plot of the second part is richer.

"Are you leaving so early?" Early in the morning, Eric walked out of the hotel room and saw Elizabeth carrying a simple backpack and about to walk outside the hotel.

Hearing Eric's voice, Elizabeth stopped and turned around, winking at Eric, "Do you want me to stay?"

“……”

Eric didn't know how to answer for a while, he had been resistant to the girl joining the crew of "Sleepless in Seattle", thinking that this little girl was likely to cause trouble, but after a few weeks of getting along, although the two were still bickering in private, Elizabeth did her job very well, although it was less than a month, but Eric and her had established some tacit understanding.

After a moment of silence, Eric shook his head and said, "Forget it, even if I agree, your father will definitely not let you stay with me all the time." ”

Elizabeth's eyes flashed with a hint of loss, she bit her lip and whispered, "My dad can't control me." ”

Eric laughed dryly, then asked, "Are you still planning to go back to Los Angeles?"

"You're stupid, my home is in Manhattan. You don't think everyone in the world should live in Los Angeles. The girl subconsciously teased Eric. Seeing the faint embarrassment on Eric's face, he opened his mouth, and then said, "I...... I'm going back to school, and, thank you for the information you've given me during this time. ”

"It's nothing, I'm just ......," Eric said, quickly stopped, and said again. What the two said. In fact, it is the graduation thesis mentioned by Elizabeth and Eric when they first met, a case study of the box office success of several of Eric's films. Eric only relayed some afterthought articles that he occasionally saw in his memories of his past life to the girl, and at the same time provided some thoughts and details about his own shooting.

Elizabeth waited for a moment, saw that Eric didn't say anything halfway, and didn't ask any more questions, and said, "I plan to finish my thesis before the year, start making my first movie early next year, and then release it in the summer." Did you have a movie back then?"

Eric nodded, though he wouldn't be as desperate next year as he was this year, but. The summer file must not be let go.

"Then how about the box office of the two of us?" The girl was competitive for a while, and this sentence blurted out without going through her brain.

Eric subconsciously wanted to say I'll give you a zero. Then I remembered that Elizabeth wanted to produce the famous "The Silence of the Lambs", this movie had achieved such a big fame in the previous life, and the box office would definitely not be too bad, and more than 100 million US dollars would definitely be no problem.

After Elizabeth said this, she quickly realized that she was a little overwhelmed, and pulled off the strap of her backpack in a panic, saying, "Forget it, I definitely can't compare to you." So...... Good bye. ”

Eric followed, "Goodbye then, huh...... Why don't I help you with your luggage?"

"No, the waiter has already taken my luggage off for me, and the taxi is waiting below. ”

"Then I'll send you down," Eric followed the girl to the elevator.

Watching a yellow taxi go away, Eric walked back to the hotel again, towards the restaurant, and happened to be wearing a slim little jacket and jeans.

"Eric, morning. ”

"Good morning," Eric nodded at the girl, "Breakfast?"

"Hmm," Nicole walked to the dining room with Eric in front of her.

The two ordered a breakfast and sat down at a table before Eric asked, "By the way, when are you leaving?"

Nicole showed a faint resentment: "You looked so reluctant when you sent the second miss of the Murdoch family, but now you want to drive me away?"

"Don't make a fuss," Eric glared at the girl lightly, "you know I didn't mean that." ”

Nicole saw that Eric was not in a good mood, and no longer joked, saying: "I haven't been back to Sydney for more than half a year, so I plan to take advantage of this free time to go back to spend time with my family, as for when I will come back, it depends on the promotional schedule of "Sleepless in Seattle". ”

Eric said, "Why don't you tell them and let you come back after Thanksgiving?"

Nicole smiled and shook her head: "No, don't you forget, there is no Thanksgiving in Australia, plus it's the summer of the southern hemisphere, and although Christmas is lively, it always lacks that atmosphere, so it's okay to miss it, I'll be back on time according to the publicity schedule." ”

The two of them chatted while eating, Nicole quickly finished the simple breakfast in front of her, wiped her mouth with a tissue, looked around, leaned in front of Eric and whispered: "I have to leave for a while for tomorrow's ticket, can I go to your room again tonight?"

Nicole's voice was not loud but not small, and if someone had paid attention to them, it would probably still be heard, Eric glared at the bold girl, and finally nodded slightly: "Be careful, don't always happen to be touched." ”

Nicole laughed, using the sweet smile of "Seattle" in Annie, and she almost figured out Eric's character, this man is very strong, but he is not a harsh person. So sometimes she even enjoys seeing Eric know the little tricks he plays, but he looks depressed and helpless.

In the final days of filming "Sleepless in Seattle," an assistant director had already followed Eric's instructions and started shooting simple shots of "Home Alone 2," such as aerial footage of Kevin as he ascended to the top of the Petronas Twin Towers, or as a taxi ride over the Brooklyn Bridge.

Therefore, after the closure of "Sleepless in Seattle" yesterday, the crew had a day to rest, but Eric couldn't rest for a moment, not only had to remotely control the post-production of "Seattle" with countless phone calls every day, but also needed to check the footage of the pre-shooting of "Home Alone 2" to determine which ones could be used and which ones needed to be reshot.

The next day, Eric personally began the filming of Home Alone 2, and the first scenes were placed in the Plaza Hotel in the order of first easy and then difficult.

"Stu, wait, you go straight from here, and when you get to that place, stop this gentleman and ask for directions, and then continue, remember, don't go too fast, understand?"

"Of course, Eric, you have to repeat such a simple thing, when I'm an idiot?" the little guy rolled his eyes, and at this time, the boy was standing beside Eric in a thick pair, with a knitted hat on his head, and a small brown backpack on his back.

Seeing Eric's depressed look when he heard the little guy's words, Donald Teplanhaha, who came to make a cameo on the other side, laughed, looked at Stu and said, "What an interesting little guy." ”

"Okay, anyway, just remember, now go to the door, we're ready to start. With that, Eric walked over to the monitor, holding the walkie-talkie and instructing all the group performers scattered in the hallway to start taking their seats.

This long shot is really not difficult for Stu at all, with the acting skills of the little guy, just walking through the corridor from the door to the hall is not a problem at all.

The most rare is for photographers and sound recordists.

Because this is a head-on shoot that lasts for more than half a minute, no camera track can be laid, and the photographer Nikkor can only bend over and retreat to the rhythm of the little one with a heavy camera in his hand, so although it is only a simple walking shot, it requires the cooperation of at least five people, in addition to the sound engineer and the cameraman, and several assistants, with the actions of the sound engineer and the cameraman, with the cooperation of the cable connected to the microphone and the camera.

"Nikkor, are you ready?" Eric walked to the hotel lobby, where the director's monitor was placed, still holding the walkie-talkie to confirm the people one by one, and the intercom also heard OK and something like that from time to time.

Eric came to the vicinity of the monitor, but saw a puff of blond hair faintly flashing behind the monitor, Eric hurriedly took two steps closer, and finally saw a little girl in a pink children's trench coat, lying behind the director's monitor and a bunch of other equipment, curiously touching and seeing.

Little Lori looks like she is about ten years old, taller than Stu, with blonde hair with a beautiful pink cartoon hairpin, a lock of beautiful bangs on her forehead, long eyelashes, big eyes flickering twice from time to time, and a pointed little chin that has revealed the appearance of a bit of a beauty embryo.

Seeing Eric looking at him, little Lori only glanced at him, still fiddling with her own curiosity, and several staff around her also looked at the little girl with a familiar look.

What's going on, is it possible that his place has been unknowingly taken by a Lolita of unknown origin?

"Hey, little one, who are you?" Eric took two steps forward, blocking the little girl's small hand that was about to press the button next to the monitor, and at the same time couldn't help but reach out to pinch little Lori's baby fat face.

"Who are you?" Lori nimbly dodged Eric's clutches and looked at Eric with a wary expression.

Eric smiled and pointed to the seat behind Lori, "I'm the one who should be sitting in that seat." ”

Little Lori turned her head to look at it, and immediately pouted, and said disdainfully: "Hmph, don't you just say that you are the director, adults just like to beat around the bush when they talk." ”

"Well, my name is Eric Williams, this little Lolo...... Little lady, can you tell me your name?" said Eric, holding out his hand to little Lori.

Little Lori immediately took a step back with a look of disgust, didn't mean to shake hands with Eric at all, raised her chin and said in a crisp childish voice: "My name is Ivanka." ”

Eric raised an eyebrow: "Ivanka?

"Hmm. Little Lori nodded. (To be continued......)