When Miranda Kerr heard Carter Moon's words, her expression was a little confused. She knew about Air Force One, but she obviously didn't understand that there was also Navy One helicopter.
In addition to the famous Air Force One, there is also an exclusive helicopter formation team to serve as the federal president's travel mission. This helicopter formation has two types of special helicopters for politicians, the VH-3D transformed from the Sea King SH-3D helicopter and the Black Hawk UH. -60A helicopter modified VH-60N.
Erik's two private airports in Ventura, north of Los Angeles, and Long Island, New York, have begun construction, and orders for two Boeing 747-400s and two other Gulfstream V business jets have also been placed. Considering that the distance to Ventura Airport is more than 40 kilometers even if starting from Pointe Manor, Eric purchased two more helicopters, which can make it easier to travel between Ventura Airport and Malibu Pointe Manor or Los Angeles Travel between cities.
Angle Manor was originally another Bell civilian helicopter, but Eric couldn't compliment the safety of civilian helicopters.
Among the two political helicopters, the VH-3D was produced in 1976. The style is already very old, so it is naturally not considered. Eric ordered two from Sikorsky Aircraft Company directly according to the configuration of another VH-60N helicopter.
Of course, some secret-related electromagnetic pulse protection systems cannot be installed, and Eric is not interested in these. He has always believed that once a nuclear war breaks out, human civilization will also be doomed to destruction. The so-called nuclear protection system , just a kind of self-comfort.
In addition, the federal government does not actually prohibit civilians from buying military helicopters. The military often even auctions off military helicopters at low prices to those who like to collect military equipment. Larry Ellison has collected two fighter jets .
As for the VH-60N, it is also no longer banned for sale. The main reason why no one else buys it is that this helicopter is too expensive.
Ordinary civilian helicopters can be bought for two to three hundred thousand dollars, even the most expensive model in the Black Hawk series, the current price does not exceed 10 million dollars, but the two VH- 60N, even if some military equipment that cannot be installed is removed, the cost is still as high as 33 million US dollars, which is close to the price of a Gulfstream V ultra-long-range business jet.
Moreover, this is just the beginning. In the future, the annual maintenance cost and the cost of hiring pilots will be a lot of money.
It can be said that in the entire United States, apart from the Mr. President who can enjoy the support of taxpayers, there are absolutely very few rich people who can use the VH-60N as a private car without paying attention to expensive expenses. Eight years of this kind of treatment are only limited within the budget.
As soon as the VH-60N started, Miranda immediately felt the difference in this helicopter.
Whether in movies or on TV, none of the shots of helicopters is accompanied by a huge roar, and the pilot needs to shout to communicate with people. But in this plane at this time, the airflow brought up by the propellers stirred up dust around, but only a slight hum could be heard in the cabin, and even speech would not be affected.
After the helicopter flew smoothly, Miranda Kerr couldn't wait to unfasten her seat belt, knelt on the seat and looked out through the porthole.
The entire coastline of Greater Los Angeles forms a bay in a circular arc shape. It departs from Firefly Studios next to Marina del Rey to Malibu Pointe Manor, and the helicopter travels on the sea all the way.
Feeling the helicopter flying over the sea at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, Miranda even felt that she could hear the whistling wind outside the cabin. The girl's mentality couldn't help becoming arrogant, and she pointed out the porthole with disdain: " Eric, look, those houses by the beach in Malibu are like little boxes, really ugly. Wow, you can already see the Shell Villa, it’s so beautiful, that’s the house that people live in.”
Eric was flipping through a book on accepting Lockheed Martin. Recently, in order to become more integrated into the role of Tony Stark, he has been reading this information.
Hearing what Miranda said, Eric smiled without looking up: "I remember someone said they wanted a small box just now."
At this time, Carter Moen and the others were sitting in the back row. Miranda heard Eric's teasing, and said a little embarrassedly: "I don't think about it at all now."
The road distance from Firefly Studios to Sharp Point Manor is more than 40 kilometers. It takes about 40 minutes by car even if there is no traffic jam. The VH-60N, with a maximum speed of nearly 350 kilometers per hour, landed on the tarmac of the Sharp Point Manor in less than fifteen minutes while flying at two points and one line.
Miranda Kerr obviously didn't want to finish it, until she entered the villa, she held Eric's arm reluctantly and asked: "Eric, if you can't accompany me tomorrow, I can use this plane to bring a few Is a classmate going to Santa Cruz Island to play?"
Santa Cruz Island is more than 60 kilometers west of Malibu. It is the largest island in California. It also forms the California Channel Islands National Park together with several islands such as Santa Rosa Island and San Miguel Island. . The natural environment of several islands is very well preserved, and there are almost no local residents. They are very good tourist destinations, and Eric has been there a few times occasionally.
Eric took off his coat and planned to go upstairs to take a shower first. When he saw Miranda following him expectantly, he nodded and said, "Okay, but you are absolutely not allowed to spend the night outside. You must come back before dark."
Miranda followed Eric up the stairs, giggled, and said, "I know, actually I only plan to go with a few female classmates, so I won't bring any messy boys with me."
Eric nodded in satisfaction and said, "Good boy, I like smart girls, don't follow me here, I'll take a bath."
"Eric, can I wash with you?"
"Not good," Eric shook his head immediately.
"What a coward."
Miranda Kerr complained countless times. Although she has been intimate with her many times, until now, Eric still insisted on not leaving her body, which made the girl feel a sense of frustration in her heart.
"Sooner or later, I will take care of you, little goblin." Eric didn't care about girls' aggression. He would not have sex with girls under the age of sixteen. Starting from Drew back then, although he often had intimate relationships with these goblins Contact, but this insistence has not changed. It's not out of fear of rules or laws, Eric just thinks that the more a person reaches the pinnacle of wealth and power, the more he should have some persistence: "Let's go to the kitchen to see what we have to eat at night. "
"You have to do it yourself, you are the world's first billionaire now." Miranda obviously doesn't have Eric's temperament of "experiencing life". If possible, she prefers to be surrounded by a group of servants, what? Nothing to do, just enjoy life.
"Hundreds of billionaires also need to have a life. Do you think I should use gold to build myself a bed, and then lay a thick layer of banknotes on it all day long?" Eric smiled. Shaking his head, he patted the girl's buttocks and said, "Go quickly."
"I really want to have such a bed," Miranda looked forward to a little, then turned and walked downstairs.
After dinner, Miranda, who obviously also had a tendency to be a night owl, took him to the screening room to watch a movie. Halfway through a "Terminator 2", Eric was so sleepy that he almost couldn't keep his eyes open.
When I woke up in the morning, there was a naked body curled up in my arms, as if holding a piece of nephrite jade, with a nice body fragrance.
Suppressing the desire in his heart, Eric got up and prepared breakfast after washing up. He planned to wake up the girl who was lying in bed, but Miranda appeared in the dining room in good spirits, with today's newspaper in her hand. After being together for so long Well, this girl still knows that Eric has the habit of reading newspapers in the morning.
"Eric, look, this photo is very good," grinning and spreading out a section of the "Los Angeles Times", Miranda showed a photo of a black VH-60N helicopter speeding over the sponge. Rick. The title was "Williams' Navy One," and it seemed gimmicky, or resentful.
It has been many days in a row, all Eric has left for the reporters waiting outside the Firefly Studios is the shadow of this arrogant modified Black Hawk helicopter, which is different from those ordinary camouflage Black Hawks or the rustic dark green of the real Navy One. Rick's two VH-60Ns are a striking piano black, and even when the photos are printed in low-res newspapers, they still look great.
After receiving the newspaper, Erica opened the chair and sat down, saying: "Let's eat, didn't you say that you are going to Santa Cruz Island with your classmates today? We will go to the studio first, and you will call your classmates there." Just let them come over. When you come back in the evening, I just come home from work."
Miranda sat down next to Eric, graciously picked up the boxed juice on the table and added some to Eric's cup, before saying, "I just saw two helicopters in the hangar."
"You still want to drive out together?"
Miranda shook her head: "No, but it must be cool."
Eric shook his head: "Don't even think about it, just keep a low profile."
Miranda pointed to the newspaper that was still open, and two dimples appeared on her cheeks again: "Is this also called low-key?"
"Of course, didn't you see us flying so low?"
"hehe."
After breakfast, he rushed to Firefly Studios. Eric handed over Miranda's trip to Santa Cruz Island to Carter Moen, and hurried into the studio to start today's shooting.
In the cave scene, only Tony Stark put on the Mark1 armor and fought all the way out of the cave. Except for saying goodbye to the dying Dr. Ethan, these scenes do not require any lines, so it is much simpler. As for the cave, the scene where Tony Stark destroys the weapons from Stark Industries will still be filmed in the mountains of eastern California.
While Eric was shooting in the studio, some crew members had already rushed to Las Vegas in a low-key way to prepare for the shooting in Las Vegas on Monday. Since there are several outdoor scenes in Las Vegas, in order to avoid being watched by people, the crew is very careful, and the confidentiality work is also stricter.
The shooting in the morning went well. Near lunch time, Eric had already finished the literary scene between Tony Stark and Dr. Ethan. However, in the afternoon, since the Mark1 armor will use flamethrowers, for safety reasons , everyone on the crew no longer allows Eric to go into battle in person, but to be done by a substitute.
The flame spray device designed by Stan Winston for Mark1 is actually two hoses connected to the high-pressure oil pump. The nozzle is installed on the armored arm. The double wearing the armor needs to hold two long hoses while walking and spraying Fire, this kind of device is indeed dangerous, but the possibility of threatening the double's life is not very high, at most it is only injured.
The crew has bought insurance for the stand-in, and signed a very strict contract to ensure that in the event of an accident, the responsibilities of all parties are clear, and it will not bring troubles such as shutdown to the crew.
Next to the monitor, Eric was still wearing the armor on his lower body, standing by and patiently watching Joss Whedon directing the double performance with only half of the armor on, and he himself only had the last scene left.
The stand-in's performance was very smooth, without any accidents during the period. After the end, a group of people quickly stepped forward, holding fire extinguishers and spraying wildly at the props that were still burning, but several other people quickly stepped forward and put the armor on the stand-in. Take it off and put it on Eric.
Everyone is in a very relaxed mood at this time, the next scene is finished, and they can have a day off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they can go to Las Vegas, which all men dream of. The shooting schedule in Las Vegas is three days, which will definitely leave a lot of entertainment time.
Eric only needs to defeat two more terrorists who rushed up and walk all the way to the entrance of the cave, and all the scenes will be completed.
"Eric, I'll discuss it with you in advance. After the movie is finished, can you give me this Mark1 armor?" Holding the director's script in his hand, Joss Whedon said with a smile on his face.
"This probably won't work. This armor will definitely be used in future film promotions," Eric shook his head, motioning for the staff to put the helmet on for him, looking at Joss Whedon, who was a little disappointed, and said, "However, When the movie comes out, you can still take it home."
"Then it's settled," Joss Whedon clapped his hands excitedly, and then said loudly to everyone around him, "OK, everyone is ready, the last shot is finished, everyone can leave work."
Listening to Joss Whedon's excited tone, Eric also smiled and began to walk to his position and began to bury his seat. (To be continued.)