Mayer's eyes flashed, and he took a step forward obediently, trying to sit down next to Eric, but he stretched out his hand to stop him.
Eric raised his hand to block Mayer, but he didn't withdraw that hand. He gently stroked the girl's calf wrapped in a thin silk dress, and slowly began to swim upwards.
Mayer could only feel a few restless little thugs gently but unscrupulously walking upstream from her calf, causing numbness and tremors in the places they passed, making her breathing gradually become more rapid.
Carefully took a deep breath and calmed down his mind. Mayer suddenly felt that even if he wanted to, he shouldn't let his boss do anything wrong on him. He felt that the strange hand had already swam to his waist, and he seemed to have changed his course. Planning to cross the mountain, Mayer raised his hand and pressed it lightly, as if whispering: "Eric, it's already, it's already very late, and, besides, Carly will come over tomorrow morning."
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, Mayer suddenly realized that she must have said something very stupid.
Why mention Caroline at this time.
Sure enough, Eric paused when he heard what Mayer said. Thinking of Caroline's resentful little eyes, most of Eric's desire that had just arisen dissipated. The other women are fine. Mayer basically wants to get along with Caroline day and night. If she knows that she has put Mayer to sleep, Caroline will definitely feel very sad even if she doesn't say anything.
Thinking of this, Eric withdrew his hand, got up and kissed Mayer on the cheek politely, and said, "Then, go to bed early, good night."
"Well, good night," Mayer nodded, and when Eric disappeared at the stairs, Mayer suddenly fell on the sofa, picked up a pillow cat, scratched it, and then slammed Bumped his head on the pillow a few times: "Marisa Mayer, you are such a fool, a big fool, a big fool, a big fool."
It is always rare to have good weather in London. Early on Sunday morning, although it no longer rained as much as yesterday, the weather was still gloomy.
At Wilson Manor, Eric's bodyguards came to pick up Caroline early in the morning.
"Don't worry, Mom, I will take care of myself, and Eric is also very good to me." After hugging her parents again, Caroline got into the car under Mrs. Wilson's concern, and pressed the window again. Reluctantly waving at his parents, he told the driver to leave.
Watching the car driving out of the manor along the aisle, Earl Wilson, who was still holding the attitude of being a father just now, suddenly said to his wife: "This child must be hiding something from us."
Mrs. Wilson glanced at her husband and said, "It should be about Jane. Carly and Jane are very close."
"No, I don't think so." Earl Wilson frowned when his wife mentioned his sister's name, sighed again, and muttered in a low voice, very dissatisfied: "Since I'm back, I won't talk about doing it peacefully." What kind of things, what kind of gallery, does she think she is Picasso?"
Mrs. Wilson took her husband's arm and walked towards the castle behind her, saying, "She can do whatever she likes, she always..."
In the middle of the conversation, she noticed that her husband's face had become even worse, so Mrs. Wilson stopped talking.
Caroline also let out a small sigh of relief on the car heading for London. She originally thought that her parents knew about Eric, but they didn't know. Her aunt specifically told her not to tell her parents about Eric, so she didn't take the initiative to bring it up. However, she was always a little cautious when facing her parents these two days. To be honest, she still very much hopes to let her parents know that Eric belongs to her cousin.
The car did not take Caroline to Kensington, but rushed to the vicinity of Regent's Park. Caroline met Eric and Mayer at a coffee shop in the north of Regent's Park.
The tabloid paparazzi in London are notoriously difficult to deal with. Even though several gossip newspapers under the News Corporation will not chase Eric, the paparazzi of other tabloids have no scruples. It would be fine if it was at other times, but Eric had to avoid the attention of the media because he was going to visit Olivia today.
Therefore, it took a lot of thought in the morning before Eric completely got rid of the entanglement of the paparazzi.
Olivia's gallery is near Regent's Park, although it is not far away, but for the sake of caution, the three of them drove over by car.
A few minutes later, the car stopped outside a four-story white European-style villa. Eric took Caroline and Mayer out of the car and glanced around. There are no shops at all. Even the luxurious four-story villa in front of me looks more like a private residence than a gallery. Not only does it not have any signboards, but there are fences and steps outside the door. The alienated atmosphere outside the door.
Eric was still wondering if he had found the wrong place. The door of the villa was pushed open, and Olivia came out from inside, still dressed in a black shirt and white slacks, with a faint smile on his lips.
When Caroline saw Olivia, she rushed over affectionately, hugged her aunt, then turned around and stood beside Olivia.
Eric also stepped forward, hugged Olivia gently, and introduced Mayer, and Olivia led the three of them into the villa.
The villa looks like an ordinary residence from the outside, but inside it is a standard gallery layout, with an empty hall, white walls, and soft lighting. There are realistic style watercolor paintings hanging on the wall, the content is mainly about the scenery, the farmhouse in the morning, the castle in the mountains, the small town by the sea, the content varies, but it is obvious that they are all written by the same person. Eric doesn't know much about painting, but he also knows that all successful artists have a very strong personal style.
Olivia quietly accompanied Eric, and when he walked through the hall, several people walked up the spiral staircase to the second floor, where there were still various paintings, but Olivia took Eric In the rest area by the window on the second floor, a large tea table is surrounded by a few single sofas, and there is a small bar next to it.
It wasn't the first time Caroline came here, and she took the initiative to make coffee for several people. Olivia and Eric sat down on the sofa together, perhaps feeling Eric's doubts, and explained: " I don’t like being disturbed by strangers, usually friends or agents I know bring guests over.”
Eric thought of Caroline's mention of Olivia's opening a small shop on the Greek island of Minox, and he roughly understood her attitude towards this gallery, and she didn't need to rely on this gallery to live, so he laughed Laughing, said: "This is not bad."
Olivia smiled and said, "How about you, are you busy these days?"
Eric took the coffee handed over by Caroline, held it in his hand, nodded and said: "I have been flying here and there, I came from New York last week, I will go to Australia next, and then I will fly back to Los Angeles, which just happens to circle the earth One lap."
Olivia also held the coffee cup, reached out to help Caroline beside her trim the blond hair next to her ear, then looked at Eric and said, "You've done a good job, there's no need to make yourself so tired."
Eric just nodded, and Olivia also knew that even if Eric wanted to let go of some things, it was not so easy, so he didn't mention it again, just please Caroline and Mayer to take good care of Eric life.
Chatting casually, before I knew it, it was already noon.
This villa was originally the property of the Wilson family. The downstairs two floors were converted into a gallery by Olivia, and the third and fourth floors were Olivia's residence. Unlike the gallery on the first and second floors, the layout of the third and fourth floors is very different. Warm, it is a feeling of home.
The women prepared lunch together, and after eating, Eric proposed to visit Pinewood Studios in the afternoon.
The Sleepy Hollow town set of Sleepy Hollow was built in a farm near Pinewood Studios, and Tim Burton himself is also in London. As a large project with an investment of over 100 million yuan, Eric must still Pay attention.
Naturally, Caroline and Mayer would not object, and Olivia also nodded in agreement, and everyone set off soon.
More than an hour later, they met with Tim Burton at the Pinewood Studios, and the group rushed to a nearby farm. This is the town of Sleepy Hollow, which is fully built in real scene and covers an area of dozens of acres.
The sky in the afternoon is still gloomy, but this atmosphere just sets off this Gothic-style town. Standing at the entrance of the town, looking at the town houses, churches, wooden bridges, Olivia standing next to Eric suddenly couldn't help but said, "This place is so beautiful."
Eric can't help but agree with Olivia's point of view. Although the atmosphere is a bit weird, the architectural layout of the town has obviously been carefully designed, which is very in line with the beauty of the movie composition. The photos taken here can be directly used as movie posters, or even Well, Eric can feel that as long as the photographer of the film is good enough, after the film is shot, every frame in the future, according to his memory, is completely at the level of computer wallpaper.
Filming is scheduled to begin in September, with several other sets and various props in the works. However, the photographer had already been chosen, and it happened to be Emmanuel Lubeski. Although many people later came to know Lubesky through the long shots in "Gravity" or "Birdman", in fact, Lubesky's use of natural light lenses is even better, which is exactly what "Sleepy Hollow" needs. photography style.
Tim Burton is a genius who is eccentric, withdrawn, and likes to immerse himself in his own little world. Except for movies, Eric doesn’t have many other topics when getting along with him. While visiting the town of Sleepy Hollow, Eric listens to Tim Burton explains his shooting ideas.
Tim Burton originally hoped that the film would be dark to the end, but this did not fit the tone of a commercial film, let alone a large production with an investment of over 100 million yuan. Therefore, the script finally had a rather warm ending. The two sides reached an agreement on the script, and Eric did not intend to interfere with Tim Burton's performance.
After spending the weekend in London, Eric set off again the next day to Queenstown, New Zealand.
This time itinerary far exceeds the previous few flights. From the United Kingdom, which is close to the Arctic Circle, to New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, the straight-line distance is close to 20,000 kilometers.
At present, there is no airliner with a battery life of 20,000 kilometers. The Boeing 767-200ER that Eric took is the longest one in the 767 series, but it only has a battery life of 12,000 kilometers. Therefore, from Departing from London, you need to stop in Singapore for refueling during the first rush to XN. The entire journey time is expected to exceed 24 hours.
The time of XN is 11 hours faster than that of London. When Eric departed from London Heathrow Airport on Monday afternoon and arrived in XN, Australia, according to the local time of XN, it was already five o'clock in the morning of Wednesday.
New Zealand is still far from the middle-earth tourist destination that became popular with the "Lord of the Rings" series. The whole country doesn't even have a decent airport. Neither Wellington Airport in the North Island nor Queenstown Airport in the South Island is enough for a medium-sized Boeing. The 767 took off and landed smoothly.
Leaving the Boeing 767 at XN International Airport, Eric borrowed a small Gulfstream III jet through the relationship of Elizabeth's family, and then took off from XN again to Queenstown on the South Island of New Zealand.
When Eric was a trapeze man, in North America, the three-day box office of the first weekend of "The Matrix 2" had already been released. After creating a record-breaking $9.95 million midnight box office data, counting the following three days of the weekend, "The Matrix 2" finally reached a cumulative box office of 83.66 million US dollars in its first weekend.
Although it did not break the box office record of US$91.05 million in the first weekend created by "Casino Royale" last year, it easily surpassed the box office data of US$73.75 million in the same period of "The Day After Tomorrow" two weeks ago. , everyone is beginning to pay attention to whether "The Matrix 2" can maintain enough box office stamina in the future.
Entering the third week, under the influence of "The Matrix 2", the three-day weekend box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" fell to 55% over the same period, and the three-day weekend box office of the third week dropped to 18.91 million US dollars, with a cumulative box office of 194 million. Although this week's box office It can steadily exceed 200 million US dollars, but according to the current box office trend, it is difficult for the total North American box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" to break through 250 million US dollars.
Judging from the current situation, the box office opening of the first week of "The Matrix 2" will not be much worse than last year's "007 Casino Royale". The difference between "Casino" is too much. The box office of the three films can exceed 100 million U.S. dollars in the first week. The key to affecting the total box office of the film in North America is the subsequent drop in the box office.
Due to the overwhelming reputation, last year's "007: Casino Royale" had a box office drop of more than 30% for several consecutive weeks. The same start, the seemingly small percentage drop, had a very obvious impact on the final box office . Assuming the same first-week box office of 100 million US dollars, calculated according to the 30%, 40%, and 50% decline figures, the total box office is completely different from 400 million, 300 million, and 200 million.
However, although due to the polarization of word-of-mouth, the future box office trend of "The Matrix 2" is still unclear, but the box office of more than 80 million US dollars in the first weekend is enough for many media to sneer at Firefly's abandonment of the sequel to the "Matrix" series. some.