I’m in Hollywood

During the shooting in the morning, it was nothing. With the arrival of lunch time, the atmosphere of the Tornado crew in the suburban fields became a little strange. Most people talked and did things lightly. Making too much noise will attract the attention of the 'crusade'. Although everyone seems to be doing their own thing on the surface, their eyes unconsciously look towards Virginia. lewen novel

Tornado has been filming for three weeks, and even the slow-moving staff knew about Eric's relationship with the heroine Joanna at this time. And Virginia, who also had an ambiguous relationship with Eric, suddenly came to visit the class, and everyone was very curious about what would happen next.

However, what is disappointing is that the imagined confrontation between the two women did not happen, and the two women did not even touch each other. After Joanna took a bath, she talked with Eric in a low voice, and then talked to a few others. The main actors of the film went to lunch together, and Eric had Virginia's assistant Shanny be greeted, picked up two lunches by himself, and got into a trailer with Virginia.

After the trailer door was closed, Virginia finally didn't have to hide it anymore, and it was an emotional kiss when she threw herself into Eric's arms. After a long time, the two separated, and Eric let go of the soft mature woman in his arms. He smiled and said, I'm hungry, let's eat first.

Virginia knew that now was not the time to be obsessed, and sat down at the dining table with Eric, but still couldn't help sitting side by side with Eric, not across from him.

Eric put the straw into a box of juice and handed it to Virginia, saying, How does it feel to be filming in Ireland?

Virginia immediately showed a small complaining look, and said: It's very cold, I knew I would not accept this movie, I almost froze to death. Kapoor said that this movie might get me nominated for an Oscar. Only persuaded me. After taking it, I only paid 3 million yuan.

Eric remembered something and said, Speaking of this, Paramount also specially sent the script to me for me to read.

Virginia immediately asked: What do you think, is it possible to get the nomination?

Eric recalled the script carefully. Basically, it tells the story of a man who has been out for many years after his business went bankrupt. Returning to her old home in Northern Ireland, she meets the story of a young single mother. The theme of the movie is very thematic, about family. About family and attitude towards life and so on. As long as this type of film can be made a little warmer, even if it fails to win an award, the box office is still very guaranteed.

The theme of the movie is too warm, and Oscar still prefers something deeper, so there is little hope of winning the award.

However, the nomination is still very promising. By the way, how much does this movie cost?

Virginia said: About 15 million. The male protagonist is not very famous, so his salary is not very high, but his acting skills are very good. I am often beaten by him, so embarrassing.

Eric remembered that the hero in the script was a middle-aged man in his thirties. Although Virginia's acting skills can't reach the level of an actress, it is absolutely impossible to be easily overwhelmed. What's more, she is a not-so-famous actor, which made him feel a little curious and asked, What is the actor's name? what name?

Kevin Spacey.

Oh... who?

Kevin Spacey. Virginia repeated it, seeing Eric's face, she wondered, You know him?

Eric said: Yeah, I heard this name occasionally. I remember he played a small role in Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith's Working Girl two years ago.

After speaking these words, the two of them did not continue the topic. Eric just started to think that since Kevin Spacey is still unknown, perhaps Kapoor can find a way to sign him. However, realizing that he has nothing to do with the brokerage company now, he gave up the idea.

Hey, Eric, Virginia took a few sips of juice, then hesitated and said, I... Should I go and say hello to her?

Eric knew that Virginia was talking about Joanna, and smiled: Forget it now, let's go back to Punk City after work today, let's have dinner together.

You mean, the three of us, have dinner together?

Or if I dodge, the two of you communicate individually, but you have to promise not to fight.

Virginia laughed and said, Oh, don't even think about it, you are even more proud of us women fighting for you, not to mention we... we are not little girls anymore.

After eating a simple lunch, the crew quickly started the intense filming work. Although Oklahoma is not as sunny as Los Angeles for more than 300 days a year, most of the time in northern Oklahoma in early summer is still the same. It is sunny, and it is not easy to encounter a cloudy weather.

And although Virginia didn't leave, she couldn't help much, and had to stay bored in the trailer with her assistant. In the afternoon, the studio was still as noisy as before, and it was the scene where the hero and heroine in the ditch encountered a tornado together.

For such a large-scale special effect movie, Eric could not copy the pictures in his memory without distinction, and many scenes were completely new. Therefore, Eric must accumulate enough shooting materials. Although the first tornado scene is not the biggest scene in the movie, if the shooting materials are not available and reshoots are made, it is not only a problem of funds, but also a problem of funds. It will involve the post-production of special effects.

Although it is impossible to completely copy the Tornado in his mind, and even the script has been revised in many places, but Eric is still full of confidence in this film. After all, the main attraction of Tornado is the realistic hurricane special effects in the movie, and although the script has been revised, the tight rhythm of the movie has not changed.

Eric has made a detailed analysis of the original film. Except for the opening foreshadowing and the climax of the Category 5 hurricane at the end, the rhythm of the middle part is basically a five- to ten-minute interval between literary dramas and special effects. Let the audience feel boring because the literary drama is too long, and there will be no aesthetic fatigue because of too many special effects scenes.

The roar of the Boeing engine roared for another afternoon, and when it was approaching four o'clock in the afternoon, the scene finally ended. In the remaining one hour, the crew could not go to other scenes. So began to pack up the equipment in an orderly manner, ready to return to Punk City.

Eric pushed open the trailer door and saw Virginia leaning on the cot boredly, holding a meteorology book specially prepared by the crew in her hand, and a headset in her ear. An assistant named Shani sees Eric appear. Stand up and say hello. Leaving the trailer with a lot of fun.

It's finally over? Virginia asked as she took off her headphones and sat up.

Well, you can go back to Punk Town soon. Let's go, take my car, this car will not go back to Punk Town, the driver will drive directly to the next filming location.

Virginia followed Eric out of the trailer, and a cool breeze blew. Virginia raised her head and glanced at the gloomier sky, suppressed her little expectation and said, It won't rain, right?

Eric glanced at the drooping clouds and said, The weather forecast says there may be light rain at night, and it may be cloudy tomorrow.

Virginia followed Eric two steps, and felt a cool breeze get into her collar again, and said, I just read the book that said Oklahoma is in the tornado corridor, look at the weather like this. There won't be a tornado, will it?

A tornado is not a fun thing. You can expect it to rain, so forget about it.

Seeing Eric casually pierce his own thoughts, Virginia blushed slightly, and it was no small matter to stop the filming. There are hundreds of people in the crew. Just doing nothing, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars every day, even if Eric is rich, it is impossible to play like this. In order to let Eric spend more time with her, she is looking forward to rainy days. There are indeed prodigal girls. suspicion.

I just...I didn't expect rain, Virginia glanced at Eric with a guilty conscience, and made a weak distinction.

During dinner, Jeffrey also rushed back from another set, saw Virginia coming, just said hello, and gave up the plan to use dinner time to talk about something with Eric.

For dinner, Eric didn't take the two girls out to eat, but chose the small restaurant inside the hotel that the crew had contracted.

Punk City is just a small town with more than 20,000 people, and the massive presence of the crew here has attracted the attention of too many people. Although a large number of reporters attracted by the crew in the early days of filming have been scattered, occasionally three or two kittens will appear here, trying to dig out the news, if Eric takes the two girls to the streets , will definitely be in the headlines tomorrow.

There is no smell of gunpowder getting along between the two women, at least on the surface they get along very happily. Virginia and Joanna know very well that they are only lovers of Eric. Because of the age difference, the possibility of marrying this little man is Zero, there is nothing to contend with. Although Virginia's tone is occasionally a little cautious, Joanna's character is like water, plain and indisputable. It's impossible for Virginia to provoke anything.

This situation made Eric very satisfied. After eating a meal for more than an hour, at seven o'clock in the evening, looking at the two women who were still chatting happily, Eric stood up and said, Let's chat, I'm going to check out today's footage, discuss with Stan about special effects, and try to be back at ten o'clock.

When Eric left, Virginia and Joanna, who were chatting originally, fell silent in unison, and at the same time picked up the coffee in front of them, the atmosphere continued awkwardly for a moment, and Virginia laughed: Finally, no more Get over that little bastard.

Joanna also smiled. The two women had just kept a tacit understanding of how to get along with each other. They just didn't want Eric to be too distracted.

He is very tired these days. He rarely rests before twelve o'clock. He gets up at six o'clock every day, Joanna said.丨 It's as if she has been living in the same room with Eric.

That... I live next door to him, Joanna finally couldn't help but defend.

There is a huge warehouse in the south of the hotel where Eric lives. It used to store corn, but now it has been transformed into a huge studio, which houses various movie equipment and more than ten computers. Although it was night, the working group in the digital field dedicated to the special effects of Tornado was still busy at this time.

Eric, Stan Winston and several other special effects engineers are discussing the special effects processing plan for the material in the past few days. Although the hardware facilities are sufficient to meet the special effects of Tornado, it involves a large number of cg scenes in the movie. This is the first time, everyone needs to explore slowly, and occasionally need to develop special solutions for certain scenarios.

Large-scale destruction scenes will definitely be a very important branch in the field of computer effects in the future. Although this small program can meet the needs of this movie, it is still too limited. Stan, you can ask someone to prepare a detailed plan, and I will let me The San Francisco side specializes in developing similar applications.”

Stan Winston nodded, and the two of them pointed at an unrendered all-gray scene on the computer screen, before Stan Winston said, Leave the rest to us, Eric, maybe you should go back to rest.

Ah? Eric made a puzzled syllable, looked at his watch, it was only half past nine, he noticed the ambiguous look on Stan Winston's face, and he was suddenly embarrassed.

Stan Winston patted Eric on the shoulder and blinked his eyes unscrupulously: If necessary, maybe we can start work later tomorrow, and everyone won't say anything.

Forget it, I'll do it a long time ago, Eric explained, looking at the mocking eyes that everyone showed after hearing Stan's words, he no longer insisted on staying here, said a few more words, and quickly left the studio .

When I went back to the hotel and walked into the room, I saw Virginia, who had changed into pajamas, leaning on the sofa in the living room to watch TV. Eric had already handed the room card to the girl before, so it was not surprising. Instead, Virginia sat up and asked curiously, Didn't you say ten o'clock?

I was driven back, Eric said with a shrug.

Thinking of some possibility, Virginia smiled shyly: That... it doesn't matter, will I affect my work?

Of course not, Eric took off his coat, walked to the bathroom, and said, I'll take a shower first.

Virginia turned off the TV, got up and turned off the ceiling light in the door, leaving only a dim wall lamp, and the atmosphere in the room became blurred.

Eric took a shower in a hurry, and saw the changes in the living room after coming out. He thought Virginia went to the bedroom and was about to go there, but heard a cat-like voice from the sofa, and a charming little face appeared from the sofa. The back of the sofa chair came out, looking at Eric with eyes like water, Eric smiled slightly and jumped up without hesitation. (To be continued.