After coaxing her gently for a long time, Caroline finally fell asleep.
Eric quietly left the girl's bedroom, closed the door, put back a pair of scissors he found in the kitchen, and left the apartment.
Perhaps because of the late night, the street lights on both sides of the road in the resort seemed a little listless, and the air was a little colder. The noise in the banquet hall was much quieter, and some people might have started to rest. Eric didn't mean to show up in the past, but walked to his residence.
The resort is divided into three parts. The main building area is separated by a wide north-south concrete corridor. The east side is the accommodation area, the west side is the activity area, and the banquet hall is on the other side of the activity area. The remaining part is a golf course on the other side of the accommodation area.
Eric's residence is behind Caroline's row of apartments. It is a single-story building exactly like other apartments in the resort. The house looks a bit low, and you can touch the eaves extending from the roof with your hands. Since Phoenix is surrounded by Gobi desert areas, this is also a common architectural style in Phoenix for the sake of wind and sand protection.
The crew originally only planned to stay in Phoenix for a week, and Eric didn't have any special requirements for the residence. The only thing that satisfies him is that these buildings are of masonry structure, rather than the wooden houses that are common in American houses. Although Eric rarely has the opportunity to live in a wooden house now, just thinking about it, he always feels that it makes people feel insecure.
Turning to the apartment in the back row, Eric took out the key from his pocket as he walked. As soon as he looked up, he noticed a small red dot flashing under the eaves of the apartment next door to him.
Looking carefully, I found that Jodie Foster was sitting alone on a wicker chair under the eaves, wearing a black jacket and loose men's washed jeans, with her legs crossed, and a cigarette in her hand. Looking at himself with interest.
Eric came over, sat down on another wicker chair next to him, and said hello, "Why are you sitting here alone, where is your assistant?"
"I was tricked by a guy at the party," Judy said in a relaxed tone, seeing Eric sitting on the other side, said: "How about you, how is Carly?"
"I'm already asleep," Eric said, "By the way, regarding this, I will take Carly back to Los Angeles tomorrow, so I won't be able to play with everyone in Arizona."
In order to reward all the crew members who have worked in the dimly lit studio for several months,
"Arizona is not much fun. I heard them say at the party that they were going to Mexico or Las Vegas," Judy put the cigarette in his hand to his mouth and took another puff, exhaling the smoke, and another He picked up the cigarette case on the small table next to him with one hand and handed it over, "Do you want it?"
Eric felt that Judy's mood at this time was a little strange, not to say depressed, but obviously not in high spirits, and his attitude towards himself was also indifferent. Smiling, he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it. Eric said, "What's wrong with you?"
Judy asked back, "What's wrong?"
"I feel that your emotions are a little bit wrong, have you not come out of the role yet?"
"No, I'm just thinking about men."
"Well, puff, cough cough cough..." Eric choked out all the smoke he had just inhaled into his lungs, coughed for a while, and then recovered and looked at Judy next to him again: "You are here, miss a man ?”
Judy glanced at Eric with contempt: "I'm just thinking about some men."
"Oh, I see," Eric nodded, and said, "Then do you want to understand?"
Judy shook her head: "No."
Eric tentatively said: "Why don't you talk about it, and I'll help you think about it together. Now, as a man, I must have more experience than you."
"Okay," Judy nodded, gave Eric a sideways look, and said, "Tell me, why do men like half-hearted things so much, and even turn to another woman suddenly without warning in the process of chasing one woman?"
With a cigarette in his hand, Eric pondered for a moment solemnly, and said: "From a psychological point of view, this man may be trying to arouse women's jealousy to achieve his ulterior purpose; according to biological From the angle of analysis, this is due to the nature of men to pass on their genes; from the perspective of probability, this man may be trying to increase his success rate in chasing women; from the perspective of physics... "
Eric wanted to continue talking nonsense, but suddenly he felt a small hand grabbing his collar and pulling him away.
The cool and thin lips with a faint smell of smoke came up, Eric was stunned for a moment, adjusted his posture a little, and just about to fight for the initiative, the little hand that was pulling his collar suddenly let go.
Seeing Judy sitting back on the ground as if nothing had happened, Eric said weakly: "Well, am I being molested?"
Judy nodded: "Forget it, little man, you can run back to your room crying."
"Judy, this is not good for you, it is very unprofessional."
"What should a professional look like?"
"It should be like this," Eric got up, walked over to snatch the cigarette that was still burning in Judy's hand and threw it aside, stretched out his hand to lift the woman's light body, pushed open the door behind them and walked in.
Being carried on Eric's shoulder, Judy seemed to be stunned for a moment, before reacting and leaning on his shoulder, she asked coldly, "Eric, what are you going to do?"
"Shut up, where is your bedroom?"
"..."
"Um?"
There was some anger in Judy's tone: "You told me to shut up."
Eric threw the woman on the sofa in the living room, turned and turned off the light: "In this case, let's stay here."
Judy leaned on the sofa, unconsciously took a pillow and hugged it in front of her body, looked at the figure walking in the dark, with a slight tremor in her tone, and a touch of expectation, whispered: "Eric Williams, you're such an asshole."
…
Eric still woke up in his bedroom the next morning.
A relentless lesbian, obviously content afterward, says she can't imagine waking up with a man next to her, and kicks him out mercilessly.
After Eric got up, he went to see Caroline, took the girl to the restaurant for breakfast, and returned to his apartment again. Judy was already sitting on the wicker chair under the eaves again, with her legs crossed and her hands in her hands. Holding a book, he looked very leisurely, and there was an empty dinner plate on the small table next to him, obviously he had just had breakfast.
Eric walked over again, sat down on the other side, and said, "Good morning."
Judy looked away from the book, also as if nothing happened, and greeted with a smile: "Morning."
"What book are you reading?"
""With the wind"."
"Oh, a very interesting book."
"you saw it?"
"Yeah," Eric nodded, and said: "I often think that Americans are so happy. Since the founding of the country, the mainland has only experienced a large-scale war of confrontation between the North and the South, and then they just bully others as much as they want."
"You have a special way of thinking about things," Judy said with a smile on his lips, "I thought you would comment on the women in the book."
"This, there is really nothing to comment on, it's just a group of pitiful girls."
"Pity?" Judy obviously disapproved, and seemed to be a bit reluctant: "Do you think Scarlett Scarlett is also pitiable?"
Eric stared at Judy's slightly heroic eyes, and asked, "Do you know how old Scarlett Scarlett was when this book ended?"
Although she has read it several times, Judy does not have Caroline's photographic memory, and does not pay special attention to this detail. She subconsciously wants to open the book, but in Eric's eyes, she still directly Shaking his head: "I don't know."
"28 years old," Eric said: "For today's women, 28 years old is the age when they are full of vigor, maybe they have just become married happy little women, or they have just started working and are ambitious to become women. A strong woman in the workplace, or some people are still enjoying campus life in the ivory tower. However, Scarlett Scarlett, at the age of 28, has already experienced the joys and sorrows that many people may not necessarily meet in a lifetime. So I don’t like Rhett Brad, he always He is the one who claims to know Scarlett Scarlett the best, but from the beginning to the end, he just stared at Scarlett Scarlett's so-called selfish and greedy side from above, and then gave Scarlett Scarlett's so-called love as a charity. He didn't understand at all. When we first met, She is still just a spoiled little girl, and it is inevitable to be a little arrogant. When we meet again, she is a little woman who has to carry many lives on her shoulders. In order to find a sense of security that completely collapsed in her heart, she had to... Don't become more aggressive, more selfish."
Judy has always liked the book in her hand. For Scarlett Scarlett, like many people, she not only likes her independent and strong side, but also hates her selfish and greedy personality. At this time, it was the first time that Judy heard such a different understanding from Eric.
She suddenly thought of herself, and she started facing the camera at the age of three. Although she is only 36 years old this year, she has an acting career that may exceed the lifetime of most Hollywood actors, and she has also experienced too many things.
This man's words are not implying something to himself. Damn it, I don't want to be flattered by this guy's inexplicable words.
Feeling that Eric was still staring at her, Judy turned her face away from Eric's gaze, curled the corners of her mouth, and said with some displeasure: "No wonder you are so good at coaxing women."
Eric looked at the woman with a somewhat flustered expression, smiled, leaned over with his arms on the table next to him, and said, "Hey, I'm going to leave later."
"Yeah, send your dear little assistant back to Los Angeles, I know."
"So, when you're parting, shouldn't a polite kiss be too much?"
Zhu Di was just about to say that you have a good idea, but when she saw the expectant expression of the little man beside her, she suddenly couldn't bear to refuse, she looked around guiltily, and reluctantly moved closer, just as the corners of her lips touched together, she felt a A strong arm stretched out, hugged her body domineeringly, and subconsciously struggled, Judy soon relaxed, squinting her eyes to feel the man's unscrupulous attack.
A moment later, the door behind the two was opened, and Judy's little assistant came out with a pot of coffee. Seeing the scene in front of her, she suddenly opened her eyes wide, and the tray in her hand fell to the ground. The coffee pot, Mugs, sugar cube jars and the like were scattered all over the place. After reacting, the little assistant raised his hand to cover his face, and yelled, "My God, my God, what happened to my eyes!"
Eric had to let go of Judy, who was already a little confused, and helplessly looked at the startled little assistant, and said to Judy, "I won't be responsible for her eyes, will I?"
Judy also woke up, remembering Eric's arrogance just now, Meimou gave him a hard look, but her tone was a little soft: "You go first, I won't see you off later."
…
In order to avoid bumpy roads, Eric took Caroline directly to Los Angeles by helicopter.
At around eleven o'clock in the morning, the VH-60 landed on the tarmac of the Sharp Point Manor, and many people rushed over. The news of the accident that happened to the crew yesterday is still being fermented in the media. Although everyone has already understood the details of the incident, it is always necessary to take a look at it in person to be at ease.
Eric greeted Katzenberg, Amy Pascal, and Bill Michanik and other executives of the Firefly system one by one, let everyone into the villa for a while, and then told the girl to give Everyone was preparing lunch, and then looked at Rachel Weisz and Melanie Gleeson, who were chatting with Caroline: "Why are you two here?"
Rachel squatted next to Caroline's wheelchair, and pointed to the girl's splinted ankle: "You're ashamed to say so."
Before Eric could speak, Caroline couldn't help but said, "Rachel, this was just an accident."
Rachel touched Caroline's delicate face with pity, and said, "Go to my place in the afternoon. It just so happens that I will be in Los Angeles at the end of the year, so I can take care of you." After Rachel finished speaking, she said to Eric : "So, capitalist, Carly shouldn't be exploited by you anymore, right?"
Eric nodded somewhat unreasonably: "Well, you can rest as long as you want."
Satisfied with Eric's answer, Rachel got up and pushed Caroline's wheelchair and walked towards the villa.
Eric and Melanie followed behind them and asked, "How's your job at Firefly Electronics?"
Melanie nodded and said, "It's okay, but I need to travel frequently."
Although he didn't pay special attention, Eric also heard from Caroline that Melanie broke up with her boyfriend who was planning to get married, possibly because of work. Eric didn't know whether he should comfort Melanie, so he could only say, "Just wait a year or two before Europe stabilizes. At that time, if you want to change a position, you can tell me."
Melanie just responded with a smile, she was very satisfied with her current job. For this reason, some sacrifices in private life are also worthwhile in her opinion. After all, it is a lifetime for most women in the workplace to be the vice president of the first-level department of a large company with unlimited growth potential. An unattainable height, but for her it was just a starting point. If you get something, you will naturally have to pay.