The props team was busy for more than an hour, and the props Eric needed were rushed out.
Filming begins shortly.
After several times of adaptation, Jodie Foster also quickly found the feeling.
In the monitor screen, Jodie Foster, whose right calf is fixed on a special bracket, slowly arches her body, her left leg gradually bends forward, and her arms are relaxed and placed in front of her body, gradually forming a baby Pose in the mother's womb.
The shooting process of special effects movies is usually difficult to give the performers and bystanders too much sense of substitution, but at this time, the woman in the camera lens exudes a primitive static beauty all over her body, which makes people want to stop.
The studio was very quiet at this time, and even the sound of the machines seemed to be much quieter.
Eric sat in front of the monitor and enjoyed the scene in front of him. It was not until the woman in the camera rotated for a full circle under the same weightless camera lens relative movement that Eric made a gesture of OK to Nicole.
On the model stand, Judy was reminded, and slowly stopped her posture, and then looked towards Eric.
Eric ordered the staff to untie Judy, walked to the side of the stage, and said, "Although I really want you to do it again, it was perfect enough just now."
"Actually, I really want to do it again. This feeling is very good, like practicing yoga."
Eric pointed to the bracket under Judy's feet: "If you want, you can take these home and practice yourself."
Judy thought for a while, then shook her head with a smile and said, "That's a weird situation."
The straps were untied, and although it had only been filmed for more than ten minutes just now, Judy still felt a little numb in her calf, and walked to the edge of the stage a little awkwardly. Eric, who noticed Judy's state, reached out and helped her sit down by the stage.
For "Gravity", the crew often took several days to complete a shot, and what Judy just shot was actually just the last short section of a long shot. However, after completing the shot just now, today's shooting is basically over, and the remaining time is not enough to prepare other shots.
Eric stood by the model table and watched Judy swaying her two calves gently, chatting with her casually. After a while, feeling almost recovered, Judy pointed to the slippers placed not far away with her toes: "Eric, can you bring me the shoes?"
Eric immediately shook his head and said, "Sorry, I have a cleanliness."
Judy froze for a moment, and said, "Don't tell me you want me to step on the ground and walk over?"
Eric looked around: "You can ask them to help you."
"I just want you to help me, Mr. Director," Judy raised her chin, made a proud expression, and said, "I'm the heroine, you don't treat me well, be careful that the heroine plays with her temper and makes you film I can't keep shooting."
Eric glanced at the distance between the slippers and Judy, and said, "Why don't I carry you over and wear them by myself."
Judy immediately gave Eric a blank look, and was very contemptuous: "Aren't you a clean freak, how dare you hug me."
"It's different," Eric shook his head solemnly, and said, "In my opinion, women are made of water and are very pure."
Judy blinked, and immediately drew inferences: "What about the man?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. You know, I'm not interested in men."
"You're talking nonsense again, get it for me quickly."
"Come on," Eric spread his hands: "The princess can carry it or the robber can carry it, or you can carry it, you choose."
Judy wanted to open Eric's hand with a slightly annoyed expression, but when she raised her arm, she seemed to be waiting for Eric to hug her, so she felt light and floated forward a few times. The first step landed precisely on the pair of pink slippers.
It started again.
In the studio, passers-by and dogs who consciously pretended not to exist were amazed and secretly sighed at the same time.
Mr. Director's method of flirting with girls is really too wild and unconstrained. It seems that he wants to straighten the famous lily in Hollywood.
When Judy landed on the shoes, she realized that she stood up and quickly glanced around. Seeing that everyone didn't seem to pay much attention to this side, she glared at the man beside her and said, "Eric, don't do this in the future, or else I'm going to... I'm going to be really angry. "
Eric immediately surrendered, smiled and said, "Okay, I promise."
Judy also immediately realized that what she said just now was too non-threatening, even a bit like... Thinking that she didn't have any disgust with Eric's short hug just now, she couldn't help but secretly reflect in her heart, and made up her mind Keep your distance from this guy.
So, in the next few days, although the entire crew still cooperated tacitly, everyone found that Judy often deliberately avoided talking and contacting Eric outside of work.
While continuing the filming of "Gravity", Eric had to devote his energy to focusing on many other things, so naturally he didn't have any intention of chasing after him.
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" script still continues to ferment.
Within a week, not only major Hollywood film companies responded to the script, but even some independent producers got involved. This incident even attracted the attention of well-known Hollywood media such as "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety Show" .
However, even though Warner Bros. has already offered a high price of US$3 million, Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott, the two screenwriters, have not given a positive answer. A script bidding meeting is brewing.
Two years ago, Shane Black, the screenwriter of the "Lethal Weapon" series, sold his own script of "The Secret Service" for a sky-high price of 4 million US dollars through script bidding, once again creating a price record for his original script. Although the final box office of that movie was terrible, the script bidding model still attracted many golden screenwriters in Hollywood to follow suit.
Hollywood has a lot of lunatics, but not a few fools. Ted Elliott's words are actually very accurate. The delay of the two also made some people realize that the two of them were more likely to be waiting for the reaction of the Firefly Group.
These days, even MGM and 20th Century Fox have joined in the fun and offered quotations, but after the initial contact, Firefly seemed to have completely forgotten about the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean". The follow-up negotiations with Matt Gilson are also in vain.
If a movie wants to succeed, there are too many uncontrollable factors, but similarly, if a movie wants to fail, there will be more uncontrollable factors. In the traditional concept, Hollywood does not think that someone can see the success or failure of a movie in advance, but countless times have proved that this law does not apply to Eric Williams at all.
"The Ring at Midnight", which is currently in theaters, is the most direct evidence of this point of view. Although there are rumors that Eric Williams himself did not expect this film to have such a phenomenal success, few people in Hollywood would really believe this. To a large extent, it is also strongly stimulated by the box office hit of "Midnight Ring", when they heard the news of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the major film companies expressed such urgency.
Similarly, because of the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Cutthroat Island", which failed so badly at the box office and was included in the Guinness Book of Records, was brought up again by many people.
Thinking back carefully now, more and more people are more determined. This is a hole that Eric Williams dug for Michael Eisner at the time. After "Cut Throat Island", Michael Eisner's control over Disney was severely damaged, and Firefly was able to successfully complete the snake swallowing of the Disney Group because of this.
So now, what the hell is going on with Pirates of the Caribbean
Although it has the '4200' plan that many people feel is too radical, Firefly Group has not shown any intention to expand aggressively in Hollywood in recent years. It stands to reason that the possibility that this script is a trap is very small. Firefly Group has been almost the best in Hollywood in recent years, and there is really no need to dig holes for anyone. Moreover, with the lessons learned from "Cut Throat Island", any production company that wants to get this script will be careful to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
So, after being disturbed for a while, they gradually calmed down, and everyone turned their attention to the Firefly Group, waiting for Eric Williams' final reaction.
The script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is here. Even if it is won immediately, it will take at least a year to complete the development of such a blockbuster special effects project. Naturally, everyone has no lack of patience for this.
Time soon came to Friday, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, Caroline and Mayer rushed over from Burbank with a thick stack of documents.
After busying with the last set of shots, Eric announced the end of work, and took the two girls to a large workbench in the corner of the studio. He basically completes his work log in the studio after get off work these days. He did not return to his office in the studio on purpose.
"Eric, the payment of the 4 billion US dollars was successfully completed yesterday. This is the list of investable short-term bonds sent by Mr. Hansen at noon. He has made detailed annotations."
With the Nasdaq breaking through 2,000 points, neither Firefly Investment nor Clover Fund will invest in stocks anymore.
In comparison, investing in bonds is much less risky. After discussing with Eric and Chris, Eric and Chris plan to save the newly obtained 4 billion US dollars in the form of short-term convertible bonds by selling 10% of America Online’s shares, which can guarantee a certain amount of income and offset inflation. losses, and to maintain the safety of funds to the greatest extent possible. The cash reserves of many large companies are actually carried out in this way, and the proportion of cash actually stored in banks is actually very small.
The documents brought by the two women at this time are all Eric preparing to deal with over the weekend, but after introducing it to Eric, Mayer continued: "Also, Eric, this is a proposal from the five major record companies to Yahoo! In addition, they also filed a lawsuit against Firefly Electronics again, this time they asked Fireflyer to strengthen the encryption and identification of genuine music.”
Listening to Mayer's introduction one by one, Eric marked with a pen on several documents that he thought needed special attention, and asked at the same time: "Why is there no news from Morgan Stanley, AOL stock? How is the distribution plan going?"
Mayer shook his head and said, "We haven't received any relevant information recently."
"Then I'll call Chris and talk about it in person," Eric nodded, without further questioning, looking at Caroline next to him, "What about Los Angeles?"
The Firefly Group is mainly concerned with movies. Although the autumn season of TV dramas is coming, Firefly has not made much progress in the TV business this year. MGM's TV business is expanding very rapidly, but in this regard, the girl usually talks directly to Eric. Without Eric's order, the assistant's office will not pay attention directly.
In terms of movies, "Iron Man" has been under Eric's close attention. The post-production of "Teddy Bear" is more than half completed, and "Underworld" has completed the team and is about to rush to London to shoot. In addition, there are scripts and budget materials for some projects.
After saying this, Caroline said: "One more thing, Eric, in the UK, the reality show "Pop Idol" in charge of Mr. Fuller has finished recording, and it will probably be broadcast on Sky TV at the end of next month. Did you call over there and ask if you want to send some samples?"
"Just send me the first three episodes after the editing is done," Eric said, seeing that things were about the same, he asked, "Where's the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean"?"
"Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott have been holding off on requests from several other studios, and now that most of them are on the sidelines, it looks like they're not going to get Firefly. The group’s response is that they dare not take the next step rashly.”
After thinking about it for a while, Eric understood the joints. After thinking for a while, he said: "The two of them are smart people, and I like dealing with smart people. There is no need to drag this matter on. Let them come tomorrow morning Meet me at Pointe Manor."
For the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Eric has always been determined to win it. He has even prepared the price bidding process with several other major film companies. After all, no matter how high the price of a script is, it cannot be so high.
However, judging from the current situation, the two screenwriters are both smart people. In this case, it may be a good way to cut through the mess openly and honestly.
Caroline responded, seriously wrote down the matter in the memo, and looked up at Eric again.
Eric didn't talk about business anymore, he turned his body relaxed and said, "So, do you have any plans for the weekend?"
"Yes," Caroline nodded, and said, "Rachel is in Los Angeles recently. We made an appointment to go to Ventura tomorrow, and Mel will come over."
"Rachel," Eric said with a smile, "this girl is an international star now, and she has never thanked me properly."
The corners of Caroline's mouth curled up, and she said, "We invited you to dinner early tomorrow."
"How can it be just a meal?" Eric said, admiring Caroline's pretty face, "at least give me a kiss, well, why don't you do it for her."
Caroline shrank her neck and said, "I will tell my aunt that you bullied me."
"Usually, mothers are towards their children, so she may be very happy that I bully you."
"would not."
"You can give me a kiss if you want." Eric smiled and said, "And don't worry, I won't tell your aunt about your bullying me."
"I didn't bully you."
Eric leaned forward a little, posed, and said, "Come on, bully me."
"Obviously you are going to bully me," Caroline blushed, and looked around. The people in the studio had almost left, and the few remaining people didn't look this way. After a moment of hesitation, they still He couldn't help but lean over and pecked Eric's face lightly.
Not far away, the door of the makeup artist happened to be pushed open, and Jodie Foster walked out of the room talking and laughing with two makeup artists, just in time to see this scene.
Judy deliberately alienated Eric these days, and she still felt a little guilty. But at this moment, seeing Eric cheekily letting his little doll-like assistant kiss her, the guilt in her heart suddenly turned into something she didn't even realize, and a look of disdain appeared on her face. In the past, I looked like 'so you are this kind of person'.