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"Unexpectedly, you are quite capable, but there is one thing, why everyone has become an idiot, and you are the only one who is still wise and powerful."
Another morning, in Eric's room, Elizabeth sat on a chair by the small wooden table, looking at Eric who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom and asked.
"I'm the director. I'm in charge of the entire crew, just like the alpha wolf among wolves." Eric rinsed his mouth and wiped off the froth around his mouth, and continued: "If I make a mistake, doesn't it mean that All of you are wrong."
"Hmph, you can really quibble." Elizabeth curled her lips in dissatisfaction. Seeing Eric come out, the girl pointed to the breakfast on the tray in front of her and said, "Here, here you are."
Eric was not polite, he directly pulled the tray in front of him, and ate quickly, knowing that Elizabeth must have eaten. According to the girl herself, she is on a diet. During this time, she only eats an apple and a glass of milk for breakfast. But in Eric's opinion, it must be because Elizabeth couldn't stand the sanitary conditions here, and couldn't find a place to make her own breakfast, so she had to do something simple, and the girl had very little food for the other two or ten.
Seeing Eric who started to gobble it up, the girl reluctantly picked up the document in front of her, read today's shooting schedule and other things to Eric, and reminded Eric of some things that need to be allocated extra time to deal with . These were originally Alan's work, but since Elizabeth insisted on doing it. Eric assigned this part of the job to her as a matter of course. At the same time, you can also raise your eyes every morning by the way. Although also aware of Eric's 'dirty' thoughts. Elizabeth did not refuse.
"By the way, I think you definitely need to read this newspaper."
"What," Eric put down the glass and took the newspaper.
It was the Seattle Times, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Washington State.
Of course, this is not what Eric cares about. What he pays attention to at this time is the headlines on the front page of the newspaper.
"Sony Buys Columbia Pictures for $5.5 Billion."
Although it has long been known that Sony may complete the acquisition in September, it is also worried about the Japanese acquisition of Columbia. The future payment of "Dark War" is a problem, but it is impossible for Eric to keep this matter in mind.
After reading the article carefully, Eric breathed a sigh of relief, put the newspaper aside and continued to eat breakfast. He read a piece of news from this article. Under the pressure of public opinion, the Japanese publicly issued a statement stating that Sony will not participate in the management of Columbia Pictures, and the company will still be managed by the American management team. Sony will only maintain the identity of an investor. . Since nothing will change, presumably there will be no twists and turns in the future share of "Dark War".
Elizabeth stared at Eric for a while before she couldn't help asking, "Are you proud now?"
Eric swallowed the food in his mouth. Looking up in doubt, "What can I be proud of?"
"Oh, I didn't expect you to be humble." The girl curled her lips: "Or maybe you didn't read carefully just now. The analysis in the fourth paragraph of the article, because the two movies "Home Alone" and "Dark Wars" have pushed up one after another. The share price of Columbia Corporation has been lowered, and the Japanese have paid at least 700 million US dollars for this, which is 700 million US dollars, doesn't this make you proud?"
Eric shrugged: "Of course I'm proud, but it's not to the point of jumping up for joy. After all, the Japanese didn't put the 700 million dollars into my card."
"As for "Dark War", I have heard about the content of the contract. Firefly didn't invest a penny, but got more than half of the box office profits."
"Why do you look at me with a look that I took advantage of? Although I took more than half of the profits, Columbia also made money." At this point, Eric pretended to be angry and said: "And You just said that the Japanese paid an extra 700 million U.S. dollars for this, so I still lost money, and my average movie made Colombian shareholders an extra 350 million U.S. dollars, but they refused to give me a penny."
Startled by Eric's divine logic, the girl opened her small mouth slightly, and said after a while: "You are really..."
"Okay, these are not things you should worry about now," Eric finished his breakfast, took out a napkin and wiped his mouth, "The most important thing is for us to make this movie well."
"When you say that, I remembered something again." The girl raised her head, looked at Eric who walked to the cabinet to get his clothes, and said, "I have also read the script these days, and I think this movie is very... Strange."
"Strange?" Eric turned his head and glanced at the girl.
Elizabeth nodded: "Yeah, don't you think that two people who have never met before, one starts to worry about each other before seeing each other, and the other looks like reunion after a long time when he sees each other. It seemed too far-fetched."
"I don't think so," Eric said, wearing his coat, "Liz, have you ever heard of... Fate?"
"Predestined relationship?" The girl repeated the phrase Eric had pondered for a while before translating, then shook her head and said, "I don't think it's possible. How can there be a predestined relationship in this world?"
"Everything that has already happened and cannot be changed is predestined, that is, the so-called fate. Just like me and you, me and Jenny, me and Drew, me and Vicky..."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes: "Listen to you, why do I have the urge to beat you up. Also, don't put me in a row with other women, okay?"
Eric smiled: "Okay, just kidding. In fact, in the far east, there is a very romantic view, which is called looking back 500 times in the previous life, in exchange for passing by once in this life."
"What do you mean?" Elizabeth asked.
"It's a long story to say," Eric looked at his watch, and said, "Everyone must have already set off, let's go too, we'll talk on the way."
This small hotel is less than one kilometer away from the seaside hut used by the crew for filming, so everyone in the crew walked there.
After greeting other people, the two walked side by side on the street before Elizabeth said, "Go on?"
Eric nodded and said: "There is a point of view in Eastern Buddhism that life will not be annihilated, and their souls will reincarnate repeatedly, so there will be past and present lives. So, if you think about it again, you should understand, right?"
"Looking back 500 times in the previous life, in exchange for passing by once in this life," Elizabeth murmured and repeated this sentence, then looked at Eric and said, "Isn't that...too tired?" ( It’s a great event to drop pie in the sky, a cool mobile phone is waiting for you! Follow~ Click/official account (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter dd), and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now follow dd WeChat immediately Official account!) (To be continued..)