After a week of running-in, under the influence of Eric's professionalism without holding his personal identity, everyone in the "Iron Man" crew gradually let go of all kinds of scruples in their hearts, and the entire crew's operation speed became more and more efficient.
The cave scene was originally planned to be shot in two weeks. Since everything went well, after one week, the shooting progress of this part of the scene has exceeded 70%.
At the same time, these days, speculation and discussions about the actor of "Iron Man" in the media have become more and more lively.
Although the crew has strict confidentiality measures, more and more clues are still being dug out by the media.
All of this is gradually pointing to a fact that many people find a little unbelievable. Eric Williams may really be playing the leading role in "Iron Man".
In the end, it wasn't until Eric appeared at the premiere of a movie called "Murder Lebowski" with black hair that most of the media finally confirmed the fact that Eric played Tony Stark.
"Murder Lebbis Lebowski" directed by the Coen Brothers is produced by Polygram's Working-Title Films.
When Eric planned to invite Jeff Bridges to star in "Iron Man" last year, "Murder Lebowski" happened to be finished, and he let New Line win the North American distribution rights of this classic anti-genre film. After Seagram acquired PolyGram, although Universal began to take over PolyGram's film business, Universal will definitely not be able to take back the films that have signed contracts.
Although "Murder Lebbis Lebowski" has received good reviews, it is far from being able to compare with the news that Eric personally participated in "Iron Man". It just so happened that "Forbes" magazine released a new year's list of the richest people in North America. , Eric's net worth of 136.7 billion US dollars directly made the whole topic hot.
Microsoft, whose market value exceeded US$200 billion, allowed Bill Gates, who still held about 25% of the company's shares after the continuous reduction, to soar to US$51 billion. However, just like last year, in the face of Eric, who has the most wealth figures, Damen's net worth is still less than half of Eric's.
Since the enterprises under the name of Firefly Investment almost cover the entire information industry, perhaps influenced by the discussion about Eric's net worth some time ago, "Forbes" magazine also gave Eric a "Rockefeller in the Information Age" at the end of the special article. ' title.
At the same time, regarding Eric's decision to play Iron Man himself, the media's comments were also mixed. Some people thought that Eric was just playing for tickets, which might ruin the entire comic book adaptation series. Participating in the performance will definitely allow Firefly to devote more resources to the "Iron Man" project, and the audience will get an unprecedented special effects blockbuster.
As the topic spreads, there will naturally be other messy discussions. Among them, the most talked about by passers-by is undoubtedly the question of who is richer, Eric Williams or Tony Stark.
Only, the question didn't even generate much debate because the conclusion was so obvious.
Stark Industries can easily find a prototype in the United States, that is the famous Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world's largest military industrial group.
However, although Lockheed Martin has a pivotal position in the military industry in the United States and the world, as a listed company, Lockheed Martin's current market value is actually only 22.5 billion US dollars. By analogy, the market value of Stark Industries is only about 20 billion U.S. dollars, but as the major shareholder of Stark Industries, Tony Stark's net worth cannot exceed 10 billion U.S. dollars anyway.
Firefly Studios, in Studio No. 7.
The cave scene is coming to an end. Today’s shooting is Tony Stark finally putting on the Mark1 armor. As long as the next few battle scenes are completed, the shooting in the cave will be completely over.
The Mark1 armor was carefully crafted by Stan Winston for several months. After wearing it, it is like a real armor, which is very flexible and full of momentum. Therefore, although the entire armor weighed 45 kilograms, Eric did not ask the crew to arrange a substitute.
Behind the monitor, Joss Whedon replayed the shot just now, confirmed that it was correct, and made an OK gesture to everyone: "Okay, I'm here today, call it a day."
There was a burst of applause in the arena, and several staff quickly stepped forward to help Eric dismantle the Mark1 armor on his body.
Joss Whedon came over with the director's script in his hand and said, "Eric, there are only five scenes left, I think, maybe I can work an overtime day tomorrow, so that I can go directly to Las Vegas next week shoot."
California's labor laws for the film industry are even more stringent. Today is Friday, and there are no special arrangements. As usual, the production team has a weekend. Of course, it is not impossible to work overtime, but the salary of employees is several times higher than that of the working day. Therefore, the general crew will not easily choose to work overtime.
The helmet was taken away, Eric moved his neck, raised his arm to let someone remove the breastplate, and said: "Joss, let someone arrange it if you think it suits, I don't have anything special on weekends."
Joss Whedon nodded, turned around and told a staff member behind him to notify everyone to work overtime tomorrow.
Eric chatted with Joss Whedon for a few more words, and the armor on his body was completely removed. He said goodbye to Joss and planned to go home to rest. Ke is really tired.
Caroline and Melanie came up together, Melanie handed Eric a bottle of water, Caroline opened the folder in her arms, took out an invitation letter and said, "Eric , this is sent by Ms. Madonna Ciccone, and she wants to invite you to the celebration party for the release of her new album."
Eric took the invitation letter and looked at it, but he thought of Victoria Adams who was stuffed next to Madonna by himself, and he didn't know what happened to the girl.
However, the date on the invitation letter is tomorrow night, so Eric could only shake his head and said, "Forget it, I have to continue working tomorrow, so I don't have time. However, her new album has been released, when is it?"
Caroline replied: "On March 3, the first week sold 760,000 copies, which is the best result of Madonna since 1990."
Eric just nodded. All he cared about was when he could deliver Madonna's album to the Yahoo Music Store, so he didn't ask any more.
Caroline closed the folder and said, "Also, Eric, Miss Ke'er is waiting for you outside."
Caroline said, the three walked out of the closed cave set, and Miranda Kerr happily ran over from the waiting area: "Eric, you are finally off work."
Just wearing the Mark1 armor all afternoon, it was like lifting a dumbbell all afternoon. Eric felt Miranda Kerr's slender and light body leaning towards him, and subconsciously hugged and weighed it. Miranda was easily hugged by Eric Get up, then put down, said: "Okay, there are so many people here, don't act like a baby."
"Hehe, have I become lighter again?" Miranda asked again with a smile, and then greeted Caroline and Melanie with a sweet smile. Rick attaches great importance to these two female assistants, and the girl is very smart to plan to build a good relationship with them: "Carly, May, hello."
Although Caroline felt sore in her heart, she nodded politely: "Hello, Miranda."
Melanie didn't have such a good temper. She still clearly remembered the girl's domineering look at the time, she nodded stiffly, then put her arm on Caroline and said, "Eric, let's get off work first."
Seeing Melanie pulling her face and leading Caroline away, the sweet smile on Miranda's face remained unchanged, and she held Eric's arm: "Eric, I really want to see you filming, They won't let me in. Can I go in and see now?"
"It would be nice to let you into this studio, you think anyone can come in," Eric smiled and shook his head.
He is very good to the women around him, but he insists on what he should have and never backs down. The filming of "Iron Man" is still in a state of strict secrecy, and everyone who can enter the cave set has signed a non-disclosure agreement.
Miranda also knew that these things would be difficult for her to succeed, so she turned around and said, "Then, Eric, how about we go to Tokyo for the weekend, I heard that the cherry blossoms there are very beautiful now."
Eric really wanted to take a note of the girl's jeans-wrapped buttocks. He traveled tens of thousands of kilometers across the Pacific Ocean to see the cherry blossoms on the weekend. He was very creative: "Don't think about Tokyo, I have to work tomorrow."
Miranda shook Eric's arm in disappointment: "Is tomorrow Saturday?"
"Many people still work on Saturdays. It's not like you. You know how to play all day long. How about I ask Drew to take you to Tokyo?"
When Miranda heard Drew's name, she immediately shrank her neck.
She felt that it must be that Christina Aguilera said something bad about herself in front of Drew. Anyway, Drew didn't give her any good looks in the few meetings, and she still knew that she was in Eric Drew was far from being favored in front of her, and she asked Drew to take her to Tokyo. Miranda worried that Drew, who always had an evil smile in his smile, would throw herself from the plane into the Pacific Ocean midway.
Shaking her head regretfully, Miranda said: "Then, forget it, but, Eric, it's my birthday next month, so you can't forget it this time."
Eric nodded and said with a smile, "Well, what birthday present do you want?"
"Shouldn't this be something boys put their minds to?"
Eric hesitated for a moment pretending to be thinking, and said, "I'll give you a big puppet."
Miranda asked, "How big is it?"
Eric remembered the super big rabbit that Stark gave Pepper in "Iron Man 3", and said: "The three-meter-high one, which type do you want, and I'll let someone customize it."
"Hehe, what do I want such a big puppet for? I'm not your puppet girl." Miranda imagined such a big puppet toy, and she was really moved. If there is such a big puppet toy, it is still very cool. , However, this is not what she wanted, the little body rubbed against Eric, and the girl said: "Eric, actually, I also want to move out, like, Giselle and Ale Like the two of them."
"That's not okay, I'd better give you a big puppet," Eric shook his head immediately. It's not that he doesn't want to, even if it's a villa worth tens of millions of dollars, it's nothing to Eric's current net worth, but Miranda is not old enough to be independent at all, looking at the girl's sullen appearance , Eric said again: "Forget this year, next year, your sixteenth birthday, you can choose a house in Los Angeles."
Miranda immediately showed a smiling face, as if the depression just now didn't exist at all: "That's settled, but, really, you can pick whatever you want, can you go to the Sharp Point Manor?"
"Can't."
"Hmph," the girl pouted coquettishly.
The two walked out of the studio talking and laughing. It was off-duty time and there were many people outside, so Miranda consciously let go of Eric. However, seeing that he didn't go towards the parking lot, but went in the opposite direction, he was a little puzzled and said, "Eric, aren't we going back to Sharp Point Manor now?"
"Come back, but not by car."
Eric shook his head and explained that these days, as the news of his participation in "Iron Man" was confirmed, a group of paparazzi immediately surrounded him. These people did not dare to stalk Eric's personal privacy, but Purely want to get a few pictures of his daily life. Now, as long as it is Eric's black-haired daily life, it can be sold for a good price in newspapers. Some media even say that they are willing to buy Eric's "Iron Man" studio stills at a sky-high price. Naturally, this is unlikely to succeed.
Miranda followed Eric for more than ten minutes in doubt, and came to a lawn near the administrative area, only to see a domineering pure black helicopter parked here. This helicopter is nearly 20 meters long, and it is almost a common civilian More than twice that of a helicopter.
"Wow, this, I've seen it, this is the Black Hawk."
"The black one is the black eagle," Eric patted the girl on the back, and Miranda, who stayed where she seemed to be planning to appreciate it, stuck out her tongue and hurriedly followed Eric towards the helicopter.
Excitedly got on the plane, sat down on the seat, Miranda touched left and right, and said: "This must be the Black Hawk."
Eric shook his head, reached out to hold the girl down, and helped her fasten her seat belt. Eric's security captain, Carter Moen, had just stepped onto the helicopter at this time, and when he heard the girl's words, he explained with a smile: "Miss Ke'er, this is VH-60N, although it is in the same series as the Black Hawk, but if it is not If asked for a name, one would call it 'White Eagle'."
Miranda sat obediently, letting Eric fasten her seat belt, but did not forget to say: "Hehe, White Eagle, it doesn't sound good at all, and it's still black."
"It's really not as domineering as the Black Hawk." Carter Moen sat down in the back row and said with a smile, "However, it also has a nickname called 'President's Eagle'." (To be continued.)