The so-called butterfly effect is actually an example of chaos theory, and another most classic real example is the story of a horseshoe nail destroying a country. The more popular explanation of chaos theory is that everything is composed of countless "fragments", and the change of any one of these "fragments" may have a great impact on the whole. From the beginning of an idea to the final completion of a movie, it needs to go through countless changing 'fragments', maybe it's just a screenwriter occasionally popping up a brand new idea, maybe it's just the editor who accidentally cut a certain shot wrong, Therefore, in the case that history has deviated, it is almost impossible to make a movie in this time and space exactly like the original time and space.
Although the core of "Braveheart" is Mel Gibson, the excellent lens and soundtrack of this film have a lot to do with the photographer and soundtrack engineer. If the new cinematography and soundtrack deviate too much from the original style, then the entire movie may look completely different from the original.
Eric didn't talk too many script details with the Weinsteins and Mel Gibson, but instead focused on those details that shaped the style of the film as a whole.
There are many stars with perverse personalities in Hollywood, but none of them are stupid enough to play tricks in front of a big Hollywood boss, even if the big Hollywood boss is ten years younger than him, plus Ed Limato, the Weinstein Brothers Hot field, this meal is quite enjoyable. Although Mel Gibson is already a super star in Hollywood, it is still impossible to compete with the people at the top of the pyramid. Eric heard that a few years ago, when Mel Gibson cooperated with Universal in "Scared Birds", he was in the film Overseas box-office receipts were concealed during release, the entire crew was kicked out of Universal Studios during the process of directing his first film, "The Man Without a Face," and it caused a flurry of tabloid hype, Mel Gibson must have had a good time figuring out his place in that incident as well.
Come out of the restaurant. Eric and Elizabeth bid farewell to Weinstein and others, and boarded Elizabeth's red BMW together.
Elizabeth was driving the car and casually said to Eric who was sitting in the co-pilot: "You don't seem to like Mel Gibson very much?"
Eric I said so-called: "It doesn't matter if you like it or not. His movies are still good, but the character is a little bad. And, you know, although the stars have little contact with the studio, most of them are managed by agents. However, it is still rare for a star to get too close to the studio executives because everyone has a different position, especially when it comes to talking about pay."
Elizabeth smiled and said, "That's why everyone envies Firefly."
Eric asked suspiciously, "What?"
Elizabeth explained: "The protagonists in the cartoons produced by Firefly are the most worry-free 'stars' in Hollywood. They don't negotiate salary with their bosses, they don't play temper, and they don't go on strike. Give you the right to use it to make more money."
Eric smiled slightly, realized something again, and asked, "Fox also wants to make cartoons?"
"Yeah, but we are not as willing to burn money as you are here. Although Dad is firmly in control of News Corporation, after all, he still has to explain to shareholders. If you spend too much money on early research and development but can't produce results , it must be troublesome again, and my father is very envious of you. Firefly is unlisted, so you don’t have to accept various information disclosures every year, and you don’t have to work hard to explain the strategic intention of a business behavior to shareholders. Last year, News Corporation’s accounting expenses due to various audits exceeded 12 million US dollars, which is enough to make a good movie.”
Eric ignored the girl's complaints and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Fox intends to try 2D animation first, which is relatively simple and requires little investment. Moreover, it is easier to find staff for hand-drawn animation."
Eric almost blurted out that I can provide you with 'talent' here. However, if it is another company. Eric might have done it without hesitation, but he still couldn't do the thing of cheating on his own woman.
"Don't do 2D animation. Let me tell you, I'm already planning to close Disney's hand-drawn animation department. Either you don't do it, or you want to go directly to 3D animation."
Elizabeth's eyes widened, and she asked in surprise, "What, you want to close Disney Animation Studios?"
Eric shook his head and said: "Of course not, I just plan to stop the production of 2D hand-painted animations, and Disney Animation Studios will conduct a comprehensive digital transformation."
Elizabeth thought about it for a while, and probably understood Eric's intentions in doing so, and blinked enviously: "It's relatively simple for you to transform towards 3D animation, as long as you transfer the technology accumulated by Pixar to Disney Animation Studios That’s fine, but we have to start from scratch here.”
Eric looked at the pitiful appearance of the girl, and said with a smile: "It's useless to blink anymore. I don't have enough people on my side. Firefly plans to expand the animation department to one or two movies a year. But now Pixar animation can only produce one movie every two years."
"Of course I don't want people from your side." Elizabeth blinked again: "Just license the 3D animation production software dedicated to Pixar Studios to Fox, and the price is up to you."
Eric still shook his head: "Unless your animation studio sells me 51% of the shares, you can ask your father if he is willing."
"I don't want to," Elizabeth immediately answered for Murdoch, then put away her discharge eyes and glared at Eric, before focusing on driving the car.
She already knew that there was little hope for this matter, or that there was no hope at all. The reason why Firefly has been able to monopolize the huge profits of 3D animation in recent years is because of Pixar's absolute leading technical advantages. Although Firefly Software started to publicly release Maya software for special effects production in the digital field after its establishment, the digital field even publicly stated that the publicly released Maya is a castrated version, and the most core technologies are still firmly in the hands of the digital field .
Therefore, if Eric really agrees to this matter, Elizabeth will feel that there is a problem.
The two drove slowly up the Beverly Hills road late at night, and Eric glanced at the side of the road inadvertently. Then he asked, "Trousdale Manor should go east, right?"
Just as Elizabeth was about to speak, Eric remembered the car he was sitting in at this time, and quickly said: "I know, I know. I changed my residence."
Elizabeth snorted softly before saying, "We live on Crest Street on the top of the hill now."
Eric didn't know where Crest Street was. He prefers the Trousdale Manor where Hollywood stars get together, which overlooks the best area of Hollywood. Sitting by the swimming pool on the terrace of the villa will give people a condescending sense of suspension: "I still think that Trousdale Nice villa in Dyer."
Elizabeth said bitterly: "Anyway, I don't want to be neighbors with that crazy girl Drew anymore."
"I thought you were reconciled. What's the matter? Haven't you figured it out already?"
"Humph," Elizabeth snorted, turning her head away to ignore Eric.
Although the mansions in Beverly Hills are more luxurious than the last one, the infrastructure between the mountain roads is really poor. Old telephone poles, street lamps that appeared only a long time ago, and bare hillsides. The car went all the way up the mountain road, and Eric was even worried that something would roll down the slope if the water and soil were not well maintained.
Finally at the top of the mountain, the red BMW drove into a manor. Eric stood in front of the court and looked around, very surprised. Not only can this place overlook the entire Los Angeles, but it can even see the valley area to the north. The view is definitely wider than that of Lausdale Manor.
Elizabeth looked at Eric's reaction with a little pride. Said: "This mansion is exclusive to a hill, it's not worse than Lousdale Manor at all, right?"
"Of course," Eric nodded with satisfaction. Looking at the mountain road leading to Burbank on the other side of the hillside, it seems that it can lead all the way to the Firefly headquarters in Burbank. This road is definitely much closer than Eric has walked in recent days, and said: "It just so happened that I I'm too busy to go back to Malibu, so I'm staying here."
Elizabeth blushed and said, "Don't you plan to ask my master's opinion first?"
Eric smiled and said: "I have already agreed, what else do you ask?"
Elizabeth raised her toes and kicked Eric's leg lightly before she said unwillingly, "Let's go in, do you want coffee?"
It was only ten o'clock. Eric didn't have much pajamas, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
The two pushed open the door of the villa together and walked into the living room. There was only one dim wall lamp on in the living room, before Elizabeth turned on the fluorescent lamp in the living room. The two noticed a distinct white light coming from the kitchen.
"Maybe Julia forgot to close the refrigerator door," Elizabeth said nonchalantly.
Eric narrowed his eyes vigilantly and pointed out. Elizabeth looked over and saw a white shadow staying near the refrigerator.
"We don't have pets at home, what is it?" Elizabeth was not worried, she turned on the fluorescent light, and the two walked towards the kitchen together, and then saw a small person sitting on the floor, holding a chocolate cake in his hands Eating with gusto, there are still bottles and jars that fell out of the refrigerator scattered around the little man.
Elizabeth quickly walked over to the chocolate cake in the little guy's hand, and asked, "Emma, why are you here?"
Emma whined in dissatisfaction when Elizabeth snatched the things in her hands. Eric also saw the little guy's face covered with cream, like a dirty kitten, and he was a little angry and funny. Said: "Doesn't your family have a nanny?"
When Emma heard Eric's figure, she turned her little head to look over, stared at Eric for two seconds, and immediately stretched out two small hands to Eric happily: "Dad... Dad."
Elizabeth stared at Eric helplessly, but no longer tried to correct Emma's address, but the little guy handed it over and said, "Hold it first, I'll see if Carly is there, why is this happening?"
Eric thought that the Carly in Elizabeth's mouth should be Emma's nanny, and took the dirty little guy from Elizabeth's hand without hesitation, and the two walked out of the kitchen together.
Seeing Elizabeth turn around and walk into a corridor, Eric sat down on the sofa in the living room with the little guy in his arms, and asked softly, "Emma, why did you appear in the kitchen alone?"
Emma, who was already three years old, had no problems with verbal communication. Hearing Eric's words, the little guy hugged his stomach pitifully: "Emma, I'm hungry, aunt, don't give me food."
A black line appeared on Eric's forehead immediately, it's not that serious.
Elizabeth quickly led a slightly fat Caucasian woman in blue pajamas to appear in the living room, pointing to Emma and the mess in the kitchen angrily: "How do you take care of the child, fortunately she just ate Cake, what if you swallow something else and get stuck?"
The nanny named Carly showed an aggrieved look: "Miss Murdoch, this incident... I am not to blame for this incident. Miss Roberts came back tonight and said that she would take care of Emma herself, or she will put Emma to sleep in person tonight."
Eric took out a facial tissue from the paper box on the table to help the little guy clean up the cream on his face, and asked, "Has Emma had dinner?"
Of course the nanny knew who Eric was, and shook her head a little primly: "Well, Mr. Williams, I... I don't know. After Miss Roberts said that she would take care of Emma herself, I went back to my room to rest."
Eric smiled and shook his head. It seemed that the problem was on Julia's side. He waved his hand and said, "Go and rest first."
The nanny pointed to the mess and asked, "Do you want me to clean the kitchen?"
"No, let's talk about it tomorrow," Eric shook his head.
After the nanny left, Eric handed Emma wrapped around him to Elizabeth: "Go and take a bath for the little guy first. I'll go and see what's wrong with Julia. Which room is she in?"
Elizabeth also understood the crux of the matter at this time, she was a little helpless at Julia's carelessness, pointed to the stairs and said, "The first room upstairs is."
Eric took out a few pieces of paper and wiped the cream that Emma had put on his chest, and walked towards the stairs. Elizabeth looked at Eric's back, shrugged slightly, and then led the little guy towards the bathroom .
Eric went upstairs, pushed open the door of a bedroom, and turned on the light casually, and saw Julia lying on the big bed in a disfigured manner, covered only by a thin blanket, and There was also a faint smell of alcohol, which made him even more angry. (To be continued.)