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Outside the hotel room where Eric lived, Peter Rich knocked on the door, and after getting a response, he pushed the door open and said to Christina who was following behind: "Miss Aguilera, go in, the boss is waiting for you .”
Christina subconsciously glanced at the assistant Miria who was following behind her. Peter Rich noticed her eyes and said again: "Oh, this..."
"Milia Antin," Miria said quickly.
Peter Rich nodded and said, "Miss Antin, you can go back to the hotel first."
"Oh, of course." There was no way to follow in to meet Eric. Miria was a little disappointed, but she didn't dare to refute. Seeing Christina entering the door, she turned and left reluctantly.
Christina thought that Eric was the only one in the room, but after entering the door, she found that Eric was discussing something with another middle-aged man around a piano near the balcony.
Cameron first noticed Christina entering the door, and when he saw the petite and sweet girl in front of him, he subconsciously asked, "Eric, is this little guy the singer you're looking for?"
Although Christina knew about the "Terminator" series and heard about the "Titanic" that has been hotly discussed in the media for the past six months, she did not recognize Cameron, but the girl looked at Cameron very winkingly. Cameron leaned against the piano in a wrinkled shirt with messy hair, and realized that he should at least be Eric's good friend, otherwise he wouldn't dare to be so sloppy in front of Eric. Therefore, although Cameron's tone was right She was full of doubts, but Christina still smiled at the other party. Seeing Eric turned his head, she hurriedly said hello: "Eric, you are looking for me."
Eric sat by the piano, didn't mean to get up, just nodded to her and said, "Well, come here."
Christina obediently walked to the other side of Eric, and glanced around curiously. There were several manuscripts in front of Eric and on the piano stage, which seemed to be music scores. Cameron and Eric were holding A pencil, those manuscripts are also full of traces of comments.
Seeing the girl's eyes glanced around and landed on Cameron, Eric smiled and introduced them: "Hey, this is Christina Aguilera, oh, this is James Cameron Long, you must have heard of it."
"Of course," Christina nodded. Although she just subconsciously stood on Eric's other side, the girl stretched out her little hand and said, "Director Cameron, hello, I like your movie very much."
"Oh, really," Cameron shook Christina's little hand and joked, "You don't look old enough to watch my movies."
Before "Titanic", all of Cameron's films were rated R except for the more popular "Abyss", which means that children under the age of 17 need to be accompanied by parents to watch. He didn't think that the little girl in front of him, who was just over 1.5 meters tall, had seen his movie, or, even if she had, she probably wouldn't like it too much.
Speaking, Cameron turned his gaze to Eric again. Since Eric called the girl to his side, he was sure that this was the person Eric was looking for.
These days, Eric spends his free time every night composing the lyrics and music of "My Heart Will Go On". Singing the charm of "My Heart Will Go On", Cameron proposed to find a female singer to try. Eric immediately thought of Christina who just joined the group a few days ago. Strong singing skills enough to squeeze into the "100 Greatest Singers in History". From the beginning of exposure to music, Christina imitated Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and other queen-level female singers, although the girl does not have the natural voice of Celine Dion But in terms of singing skills, she is not inferior to a singer with a single musical style like Celine Dion.
Eric sorted out the score in front of him and explained: "Jim, we just found a girl to try the effect of this song, and, I assure you, Christina is definitely the best singer in our entire crew." the one."
"Well, I hope so," anyway, it's just a test song, and Cameron won't be too serious with Eric.
Eric smiled, and asked Christina beside him: "Whitney Houston starred in "Bodyguard" four years ago, can you sing the theme song of that movie?"
Christina asked, "Is it 'I-Will-Always-Love-You'?"
Eric nodded, waved his hand at Cameron, and said with a smile, "Show Jim a few words."
Although "I-Will-Always-Love-You" is sung differently from "My Heart Is Eternal", the two songs are both lyrical songs, and "I-Will-Always-Love-You" is even more difficult to sing than "My Heart Is Eternal". "Eternal" is even bigger, and Cameron also likes music, it is impossible not to know this.
Since she was eight years old, she frequently went on stage, and Christina didn't have any stage fright in her heart. She took two small steps back, brewed her emotions, and began to sing.
If-I-should-stay
I-would-only-be-in-your-way
So-I\'ll-go-but-I-know
I\'ll-think-of-you-every-step-of-the-way
…
Cameron originally looked interested in watching the show, but as the explosive and vigorous soprano almost exactly like Whitney Houston sang from the mouth of the petite girl in front of him, Cameron quickly put away his dissatisfaction. With a thoughtful expression, she even looked up and down Christina in astonishment, as if she was exploring how such a powerful explosive power could be displayed in the small body in front of her.
There are still a lot of things to do right now, but Eric didn't have the patience to wait for Christina to finish singing, and when Cameron's expression began to change, Eric interrupted the girl with a smile, saying: "Okay, let's stop here. "
Christina paused, and quickly put away her voice. She thought she couldn't sing well, so she blinked and stood where she was, with a flash of bewilderment in her eyes.
This time, Cameron started to 'complain' for Christina, saying: "Hey, Eric, why don't you let Christina finish singing, you are so rude."
Eric didn't pay any attention to this guy who was "beautiful before and then respectful", and said to Christina: "It's okay, you sing very well, but we are a little short on time, come on, take a look at these scores first, and sing them to us later." look."
Realizing that there was nothing wrong with her here, Christina relaxed, and politely smiled at Cameron who was speaking for her, and walked over to take the score in Eric's hand.
"This is the theme song of a movie I just wrote. Jim wanted to hear the effect, so he called you over," Eric said, seeing Christina standing next to him reading the score, he turned his head to lean on Cameron at the piano said: "Man, can you bring a chair for our little singer?"
"Ah, I, I can do it myself," Christina, who had already started humming in a low voice, said hastily when she heard this. She didn't dare to let a big director like Cameron move the chair for her.
However, before the girl moved, Cameron had already handed over a chair behind him and said, "Hey, little guy, oh no, Christina, go on."
Cameron didn't feel much about picking up the heavy solid wood chair, so he handed it over carelessly, but it was not so easy for Christina to pick it up. Eric got up quickly and helped put the chair behind Christina.
Christina sat down and began to read the music score carefully. Although she has no talent for composing, she has been taking music lessons uninterrupted for these years, and the music score is still very easy to read.
Seeing the girl looking down at the score, Eric knew that he might have to wait for a while, so he got up and walked to the refrigerator, poured two glasses of whiskey and a glass of juice, and passed them to Cameron and Christina. Holding a glass, he chatted with Cameron casually, and said: "I think the arrangement at the beginning, you can consider the Scottish whistle. This instrument has appeared several times in the play, and it is very similar to the female singing at the end of the plot. fit."
"Scottish whistle," Cameron thought for a moment in doubt, and said, "Oh, I remembered, James did say, is there such an instrument here?"
"I don't know if you can buy it in Venice. If you want to hear the effect, you can ask your assistant to look for it next year."
Cameron nodded, seeing that Christina was still reading the music score sentence by sentence, and said, "Eric, this is too slow, why don't you sing it to her, I think Christina will learn it after listening to it once or twice."
Eric looked at Christina, saw the girl nodding, took the score and said, "Okay, I'll sing a cappella first, listen to it."
Christina's musical talent is indeed very strong. Eric just sang a cappella in a low voice, and Christina can roughly follow the lyrics. Accompanied by the piano, Eric and Cameron heard "My Heart Will Go On" from a professional female singer.
Because Christina deliberately suppressed her voice, according to Eric's request, she didn't show the somewhat masculine angry voice she is good at. Therefore, the girl's cover of "My Heart Will Go On" is really a bit like Celine Dion At least both Eric and Cameron are very satisfied with the natural sound of music.
When Christina's voice fell for the third time, Cameron clapped his hands and said excitedly: "It's great, it's great, Eric, I've decided to use this song as the ending song of "Titanic". Well, I think I should make this song before the Venice Film Festival, because this song and the film are the perfect match, I don't want to wait for a moment, I will fly back to Los Angeles tomorrow, let James arrange the song as soon as possible, and strive Get it done before the festival opens."
This kind of song is still very labor-intensive. After Christina finished singing, she was sipping juice and was a little surprised when Cameron said that this song was going to be the theme song of "Titanic". Everyone is saying that "Titanic" will become the next "Future Water World", but this is a super blockbuster movie costing 215 million US dollars. If you can sing the theme song of such a movie, then...
Thinking in her heart, Christina put down the cup without a trace, and blinked at Eric.
"There are still 20 days left before the opening ceremony. I think it should be fine if we rush a little bit," Eric nodded. Cameron originally planned to make this song slowly if it was suitable, but at this time he had a whim , he is not opposed to making "Titanic" more perfect at the opening premiere of the Venice Film Festival, so he replied, and at the same time, feeling that Christina looked at him with anticipation on her face, Eric smiled Laughing, he stretched out his hand to pinch Christina's face, and said, "Don't think about it, this song is not suitable for you, and you can't take the road of lyrical songs. Firefly Records will release a single for you at the end of the year. So just follow the route the company prepared for you and work hard.”
Christina shrank her neck, but she didn't resist Eric's slightly intimate gesture in her heart, and said with a smile: "Well, I see, Eric."
Cameron, however, noticed the interaction between the two sensitively, his eyes flickered, and he raised his hand to look at his watch. Before he knew it, it was a quarter past nine in the evening.
"Okay, Eric, I'm going back to get ready now and fly back to Los Angeles tomorrow." Cameron finished his glass of whiskey, straightened his body, and waved to Christina again: "Good night."
Christina replied politely: "Good night, Mr. Cameron."
Eric got up and sent Cameron to the door.
Seeing that Christina didn't follow, Cameron reached out and pulled Eric out of the door, and asked in a low voice: "Hey, Eric, although I don't want to interfere with your private affairs, but..." Pointing into the room, Cameron Long lowered his voice again and said, "How old is she?" "
Eric shrugged helplessly and said, "Sixteen years old."
"real?"
"certainly,
He was not opposed to making "Titanic" more perfect at the opening premiere of the Venice Film Festival, so he replied. At the same time, feeling that Christina looked at him with anticipation on her face, Eric smiled. She smiled, reached out and pinched Christina's face, and said, "Don't think about it, this song is not suitable for you, and you can't take the road of lyric songs. Firefly Records will release a single for you at the end of the year , so follow the route prepared by the company for you and work hard.”
Christina shrank her neck, but she didn't resist Eric's slightly intimate gesture in her heart, and said with a smile: "Well, I see, Eric."
Cameron, however, noticed the interaction between the two sensitively, his eyes flickered, and he raised his hand to look at his watch. Before he knew it, it was a quarter past nine in the evening.
"Okay, Eric, I'm going back to get ready now and fly back to Los Angeles tomorrow." Cameron finished his glass of whiskey, straightened his body, and waved to Christina again: "Good night."
Christina replied politely: "Good night, Mr. Cameron."
Eric got up and sent Cameron to the door.
Seeing that Christina didn't follow, Cameron reached out and pulled Eric out of the door, and asked in a low voice: "Hey, Eric, although I don't want to interfere with your private affairs, but..." Pointing into the room, Cameron Long lowered his voice again and said, "How old is she?" "
Eric shrugged helplessly and said, "Sixteen years old."
"real?"
"Of course, (to be continued.)