I’m in Hollywood

A few days after Eric went to New York, the 65th Academy Awards were held in the Los Angeles Music Center, and Schindler's List was undisputedly the biggest winner, with a total of ten. With two nominations and eight golden awards, Steven Spielberg finally got his wish for the Best Director Oscar.

Steven Spielberg has been in the business for 5 years since he entered the Burbank studio pretending to be a Universal Studios employee, and has since worked with Jaws, et Aliens and Treasure Hunt Movies such as The Raiders have created a series of box office results. They can be described as the most successful commercial film directors in Hollywood and enjoy a very high status in Hollywood. However, now that they have been recognized by the Film Academy, they still shed tears with excitement on the podium. .

Although it was approaching midnight in Eastern Time, the two women accompanied Eric through the entire award ceremony. When they noticed Spielberg's wiping tears, Virginia asked Eric in a low voice if he would receive Oscar director, will it be the same.

Eric remembered how he felt when he won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for Scent of a Woman two years ago. At that time, he thought that as a person who lived a new life, he would be very indifferent to the attribution of the award, but when the award was presented. In the adrenaline-pumping atmosphere of the ceremony, it was almost impossible to keep calm. However, Eric can be sure that if he really wins the Oscar for best director in the future, he will definitely be excited, but it is unlikely that Spielberg will cry like Spielberg, because Spielberg is middle-aged However, he still maintains a childlike sincerity, but Eric has long lost any childish heart.

Last year's Tornado, unsurprisingly, won the Best VFX award. Stan Winston was present to receive the award in person. Because of the absence of Eric, the director and the heroine, Joanna. In addition, there are no important nominations, except for the best sound technicians and Stan Winston and others, the main members of the Tornado crew did not attend the Oscars. Tornado won a technical award is not bad, all the other shortlisted films of Firefly Pictures came back empty-handed.

Therefore, intentionally or unintentionally, after the Oscars, in addition to congratulating Spielberg after more than 20 years, many media turned their attention to Firefly. The films criticizing Firefly Pictures are too commercial, and even Disney has become mercenary. They only know how to make profit by making commercial films that are profitable, and they forget to pursue the artistic and social factors of the film itself.

Eric basically glanced at these sour articles. In the final analysis, it was Firefly Pictures’ performance that was too strong last year, with a 7% annual North American box office share, which was the second highest in North America. No. 1 and No. 3 add up to more, and it's not surprising that other studios feel on pins and needles. Thinking of the several films that have already started the summer promotion, Eric thought to himself after this year. The other six are expected to be more angry, but they will definitely get used to this situation sooner or later.

after April. Virginia and Joanna both entered their due dates, and everyone in the manor, including Eric, became more cautious.

Because the two women were pregnant at the same time, although the possibility of the children being born at the same time was very low, Eric prepared two identical delivery rooms in the villa, and even the doctor team prepared two teams.

It was like this until April 9th, which should have been an ordinary Friday. Eric had lunch and went to the study to deal with some documents from Los Angeles as usual. And Joanna sat next to Eric like a shadow, holding a book in her hand and reading quietly.

In the face of the media's criticism of Firefly's over-commercialization, although Firefly has been very indifferent from top to bottom, no matter what the outside world has made a public response, but within Firefly, after several meetings and discussions, the management It is agreed that the Oscars are an important part of Hollywood after all, and even if it is to maintain public image, Firefly should not be ignored too much. After several days of discussions, management negotiated two alternatives.

One is that Firefly sets up a special art film department, and invests or buys several art films for the Olympics every year. Another option is to acquire a second- and third-tier film company specializing in art films. Moreover, Michael Lynn and others even have a target, Miramax.

Eric is not surprised to see this name. A few years ago, Miramax was only operating some peripheral awards such as the best foreign language film, but in recent years, with the Weinstein brothers in awards PR With more and more experience, he tries to get his hands on the core Oscar awards such as best picture, best director and best actor and actress almost every year. This year, although Miramax also faced losses due to its aggressive expansion of production and distribution businesses, and had to choose the road of sale, its Crying Game still brought Miramax the best film. , Best Director and Best Actor nominations for the three heavyweight Oscars. If it wasn't for Schindler's List, it would not be impossible for The Crying Game to win one or two of these awards.

However, seeing the documents in hand, Eric no longer has much interest in acquiring Miramax. Perhaps because of the remarks in the media during this period, the Weinstein brothers thought that Firefly was interested in acquiring Miramax. It is more 'urgent' than several other competitors, so it has offered a price of 100 million US dollars, and also hopes to retain a certain share and maintain Miramax's independent operation.

A few years ago, Eric chose the two film companies New Line and Miramax as the acquisition targets of Firefly, mainly because the two film companies already had relatively mature distribution channels. There are good movies, the expansion is very rapid, and the new line is finally selected, mainly because the scale of the new line is larger.

And now, Eric has lost his original thoughts about Miramax. After seeing the conditions put forward by the Weinstein brothers, he is even more interested. After acquiring Miramax. Also let the Weinstein brothers run the film company alone. With the two brothers unwilling to make only the Oscar-winning film, Miramax's mind was expanded. In the future, Firefly and Miramax will definitely repeat the mistakes of Disney and Miramax in the original time and space, and parting ways is almost certain.

Eric didn't intend to drag the two brothers with his own thoughts into the Disney system to block himself.

After much deliberation, Eric decided to use the first plan.

Making up his mind, Eric turned on the computer and started typing his opinion on the blank document.

Just after typing a few lines of text, the study door was knocked abruptly. Eric frowned and did not respond. A maid pushed the door and probed in. He said eagerly, Mr. Williams, Madam's amniotic fluid broke.

Eric stood up suddenly: Did you call the doctor?

The lady just felt a little sick in her stomach. Ms. Paquin just came to check on her, and now the lady has been sent to the delivery room.

Eric turned the desk and was about to walk out. After taking a few steps, he turned to look at Joanna: Joan, have you...

Joanna closed the book, stood up with a smile, and said, What a coincidence, don't worry about me, go and have a look.

Then you can have a good rest here, you don't have to go there. Eric said, and followed the maid out.

Go through the long corridor. Going all the way to the south-facing room at the other end of the villa, Eric had already heard Virginia screaming in pain, and just as he was about to push the door in, a nurse with a tray came out of the other room. , saw Eric's behavior and quickly pulled him: Mr. Williams, you can't go in like this, you have to put on a sterile suit first, Mary, help Mr. Williams get the clothes.

Eric agreed, changed clothes in a hurry, and finally walked into the delivery room.

This remodeled delivery room is absolutely no less than a high-end ward in any hospital. All equipment is brand new. Eric promised that the personal doctor in charge of the two women would donate all the equipment in the delivery room to each other after using it. When the other party was excited and gaffe.

Virginia, who was lying on the hospital bed, saw Eric appear, and immediately stretched out her hand: Eric.

I'm here, Eric stepped forward to hold the woman's hand and comforted him before looking at the middle-aged woman wearing a mask beside him: Ms. Paquin, how is it?

Don't worry, Mr. Williams, there will be no problem with me, and Eliza will come over later.

The middle-aged woman said that Eliza was a doctor of another team. Eric turned his head, looked at the busyness of the doctors and nurses, and stopped disturbing, quietly guarding Virginia.

It always takes a long time for a woman to give birth to her first child. Eric was prepared for this. However, Virginia began to toss from the rupture of the amniotic fluid in the afternoon and continued until the early morning, and the guy was reluctant to come out.

Virginia, whose face was pale, heard Eric whispering and discussing with the doctor that once the twelve hours passed and the guy had no movement, he immediately cried out in a low voice: Eric, I don't want a caesarean section, Listening to that will make the child stupid.

Don't be silly, how could you be stupid, you lie down, Eric sat down next to the woman again, and took her hand to comfort him.

Yes, yes, I don't want a caesarean section anyway.

Eric said helplessly: Then you work hard and let the guy come out quickly.

pain……

Then the caesarean section.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

Yes yes yes, blame me, don't cry, relax, relax.

I'm hungry.

There's porridge in the kitchen, I'll go get it for you, Eric said, and hurried out of the delivery room.

The hostess was in labor, and no one rested. The whole villa was brightly lit. Eric passed the living room. Joanna, accompanied by a maid, was sitting on the sofa and whispering these words. Seeing Eric coming out, Joe Anna hurriedly asked, Eric, how's it going?

Eric shook his head: Dr. Paquin has passed twelve hours, if there is still no movement, it is best to have a caesarean section. I will help Vicky get food, Joan, you should rest early.

It's alright, I can't sleep either, Joanna shook her head lightly and stroked her abdomen, perhaps because of Virginia's influence, she felt a little pain in her stomach, but it was just as many times as before. It's normal, in order not to worry Eric, he didn't come out and continued: Gina just asked if she wanted something to eat, you go to the kitchen to get it.

Watching Eric get into the kitchen and quickly came out with a bowl, the maid who was beside Joanna said softly, Mr. Williams is so considerate.

Yeah, Joanna said softly, feeling the tingling pain in her abdomen again, she frowned slightly, and reached out to grope for the remote control beside her. She wanted to turn on the TV to divert her attention, and moved her body slightly. When she touched the remote control, she also saw a light water stain on the sofa.

Just what the maid wanted, she followed Joanna's dull gaze, and immediately covered her mouth and cried, Oh, my God.

After saying this, the maid got up and ran nervously towards the delivery room.

Joanna's amniotic fluid also broke... Eric was at a loss when he heard the news, but the doctors calmly divided into two teams, guarding one person on the other.

To be on the safe side, Dr. Paquin suggested that Eric could contact one or two more doctors. Encountering such a coincidence, Eric no longer considered any confidential matters at all, and immediately agreed to the other party's suggestion. Seeing Eric's agreement, Dr. Paquin recommended his two colleagues to Eric.

Residents nearby had already noticed this brightly lit manor. After two helicopters flew in one after another and landed on the manor, they became even more curious. Some people came to ask enthusiastically, but none of them got an answer from the guard.

Eric had a brief conversation with the doctor who had just come by helicopter and was a little surprised to see him, and then got into Joanna's delivery room.

Seeing Eric coming, Joanna, who was biting her lip slightly, immediately reached out to him.

Seeing that the man took her hand and comforted her softly, Joanna still couldn't help crying: Eric...

It's okay, it's okay, soon, don't worry. Eric comforted in a series of words, reaching out and wiping the corners of Joanna's eyes.

Joanna shook her head gently, and said sadly and timidly: No, Eric, I am, I, my child is not called Hawaii. (To be continued...)