hollywood melon man

Chapter 294 Victoria’s Secret London Catwalk
Anne Hathaway has a splitting headache.

She vaguely remembered the last scene last night, where she had a happy chat with an uncle who claimed to be a big producer. Then little Gilbert came in and took her away.

This was Anne Hathaway's last memory, but after so many times of secretly trying to drink, this was the first time she got drunk.

"Where is this?" Anne Hathaway woke up and found that it was a strange room, but it was well decorated and quite luxurious.

Anne Hathaway started brainstorming, could this be a hotel? Little Gilbert sent her back to the hotel last night?

Did you do anything to yourself while you were unconscious?
But soon, Anne Hathaway broke her fantasy. An Asian woman wearing a maid outfit came in holding a set of clothes.

Seeing that Anne Hathaway was awake, the Asian woman put the clothes on the bedside table and bowed: "Miss Hathaway, you're awake."

Seeing the confused look in Anne Hathaway's eyes, the Asian woman continued: "I am Kyoko, the housekeeper of the Melon Manor. You were drunk last night, so my husband sent you back to the Melon Manor."

"I'm at Melon Manor?" Anne Hathaway was surprised.

"Yes," Kyoko continued: "Breakfast is ready. Do you want to eat it in the room or go to the restaurant?"

"Is Director Gilbert Jr. here too?" Anne Hathaway asked.

"He is having breakfast in the restaurant." Kyoko replied.

"Then let me go to the restaurant to eat too!"

After Anne Hathaway washed up, she put on the clothes Xingzi brought and went to the restaurant to have breakfast.

At this time, little Gilbert was eating breakfast and reading the newspaper, as if he didn't notice Anne Hathaway coming down.

When breakfast was served, Anne Hathaway said thank you to Kyoko, and then ate breakfast in silence.

She was not an idiot. She knew that what happened last night was a bit strange. She was a little embarrassed to speak at this time and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

After she finished her breakfast, little Gilbert happened to put down the newspaper.

Anne Hathaway only heard little Gilbert complain: "These unscrupulous media really have nothing to do. Everything is worthy of hype, hum!"

"Well," Anne Hathaway finally said: "Thank you last night, if it weren't for you..."

Little Gilbert waved his hand and interrupted Anne Hathaway: "Needless to say, I didn't take action in the situation yesterday. Now you are just having breakfast with an old man.

Jacqueline, although we all know that it is difficult to climb up, sometimes we have to use some unconventional means.

However, this method is somewhat..."

Little Gilbert didn't say it out loud, but Anne Hathaway expressed understanding. She defended herself: "I really thought he was just chatting with me and appreciating me."

"In Hollywood, there is never appreciation without reason. You are not his relative, and your parents and elders have nothing to do with him. Why should he appreciate you?" Little Gilbert taught him like an elder.

"In Hollywood, there is never anything for nothing. If you want something, you have to pay for something else. Do you think that apart from your beauty and physical capital, do you have anything worthy of others' appreciation?"

Anne Hathaway thought the same thing, so she lowered her head and admitted her mistake: "Okay, I was wrong. I will never drink again next time, and I won't drink with those people."

"No, your mistake was that you communicated with people without any precautions and then drank without being accompanied by your assistant and agent." Little Gilbert said earnestly:

"Jacqueline, Hollywood is not a philanthropist. This is the place where the most evil people are. If you don't want to fall, you have to protect yourself."

"But how do I protect myself?" Anne Hathaway asked.

"It's up to you. You choose your own path." Little Gilbert said no more.

I choose you, Anne Hathaway thought silently in her heart.

What happened at the Oscars was just a small episode. The hook-nosed old man didn’t even mention it, so he just kept it to himself.

But Anne Hathaway was caught by the paparazzi last night when she checked into Melon Manor.

So today's gossip news began to hype the scandal of Anne Hathaway moving into Cantaloupe Manor, saying that little Gilbert will soon have a fifth girlfriend.

Some joking suggestions are that it would be better to let the lords in Washington enact a law so that little Gilbert can marry multiple wives.

Of course, it was just a joke, but someone really listened.

For example, a tycoon wearing a headscarf in the Middle East said that if little Gilbert could believe in their national religion, then they would welcome little Gilbert to immigrate there.

However, little Gilbert would not listen to such words. He did not even believe in God, let alone believe in Muhammad.

After these episodes, little Gilbert continued to go to China to complete the final filming of "The Lord of the Rings".

Starting from February and March, the cast and crew have successively announced their completion. However, little Gilbert was dissatisfied with some of the shots and would call in the actors who had finished filming to come back for reshoots.

The post-production of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" went very smoothly. All post-production was completed at the end of April before the crew wrapped up filming.

Although Gilbert Jr. tried his best to control the length, the first film still lasted as long as 181 minutes, and this was even after the ending was cut. Such a long duration will inevitably have a considerable impact on theater film schedules.

Therefore, Robert Egger communicated with Little Gilbert whether the time could be shortened further, preferably to less than 150 minutes.

Little Gilbert's answer to this is that the film cannot be reduced by one second. Even if it is reduced by one second, the viewing experience will be greatly reduced.

Robert Egger had no choice but to accept such a long completed film.

The closer we get to the summer release, the more intense the promotional campaign for "Lord of the Rings" will be. The crew released multiple trailers, as well as behind-the-scenes footage, etc., which continued to attract the attention of movie fans.

After Anne Hathaway finished filming, she cooperated with the crew and went to catwalks with the Victoria's Secret Angels.

At London Fashion Week, she stepped out again in Evening Star pajamas. This time, the Evening Star pajamas are made of Chinese silk, jade, Ceylon gemstones, pearls, etc.

There is also pure gold wire woven into mesh silk yarn on it, and paired with a set of diamond necklaces, it can be called a collection of luxury goods.

At this time, the diamond myth has not yet broken, and this set of Evening Star pajamas seems to be much more valuable than the one bought by New York real estate tycoon Donald.

In addition, it is linked to the movie and was worn by Anne Hathaway. Victoria's Secret has a price tag of 8 million.

But to the rich, eight million is just a number. Soon a long-established London aristocrat bought the Evening Star pajamas and said he would give them to his granddaughter as a gift.

In addition to Evening Star pajamas, the catwalk show of the Victoria's Secret elves attracted a lot of attention, and Sky TV broadcast the entire catwalk event live.

Little Gilbert remembers that many Victoria's Secret catwalk events in previous lives would have included performances by singers and bands. Accompanied by the singing of singers and bands, the Victoria's Secret catwalks were unique.

So in this London catwalk, the recently popular Spice Girls appeared on the London catwalk stage.

The Spice Girls look far inferior to the Victoria's Secret Elf, but they are quite popular. They are one of the first-tier groups in the European and American music scene, and they can compete with the Backstreet Boys.

Little Gilbert did not go to London to participate in this catwalk event and entered the last filming cycle. He was busy filming the final scene.

For this scene and other scenes, the crew began hiring a local horse farm two years ago and bred 2,000 horses, which later increased to more than 4,000 horses.

During the filming, seven horses died and some were injured.

Fortunately, the animal protection organization did not come to China, otherwise the crew would have been protested by the animal protection organization. Animal protection organizations do not protect all animals. At least animals in China are not considered animals.

Although some horses were injured, more than 4,600 horses participated in the final show.

More than 4,600 horses came together to shoot the final charge. It was definitely a shocking scene.

For this scene, the crew trained more than 1600 extras in advance. In addition, a team of people who can ride horses and actors with close-ups were provided here to form the actors of this scene.

The filming location for this scene was on the large plain in front of Baicheng. There was a high slope to the east, and the horses and extras would rush down from here.

Little Gilbert wanted the first ray of morning light as the sun emerged from the high slopes of the eastern prairie, so at around three in the morning, the crew came to the scene to prepare.

Here, actor Bernard Hill, who plays King Théoden, is communicating with little Gilbert about his thoughts during filming.

"I think mobilization before the war is very important. Later I thought it would be better to add a scene of horseback riding with swords and spears to collide." Bernard Hill said.

Little Gilbert expressed his approval: "Play it according to your own ideas, Bernard, this scene is up to you."

Bernard Hill made an OK gesture and immediately went to prepare. He was the main coffee today and was under a lot of pressure.

He had prepared for this scene for weeks and rehearsed it dozens of times, all for the perfect performance today.

"Director, it's almost time, we should start." Ning Hao, who was already an assistant director, had grown up a lot. At this time, he looked at the timetable and reminded little Gilbert.

"Okay," little Gilbert shouted, holding up the walkie-talkie: "The set is all ready, follow the schedule, no mistakes can be made."

The open-air studio was very busy at this time. More than 4,600 horses and people were involved in this scene. This can be said to be the largest shooting scene of a cold weapon cavalry charge in the history of film.

In fact, at first, the special effects director suggested that Little Gilbert use special effects to do this scene, but after thinking about it, Little Gilbert found that it would be cheaper to shoot in real life.

The reason is simple. This is China, where labor costs are quite cheap and horse fees are very small.

If it were filmed in New Zealand, not to mention whether we could find so many extras who could ride horses, the cost of just a few hundred horses would be worth the more than 4,000 horses here.

So little Gilbert finally adopted the method of real shooting to complete the scene.

Although special effects are very advanced now, in terms of effects, it still depends on actual shooting.

Therefore, this has put forward new requirements and tests for the deployment of the crew. Such a large-scale shooting has never been seen in Hollywood or in China.

Perhaps only "Ben-Hur" forty-one years ago can be compared with this scene today.

Waiting for the first rays of the morning sun to rise, the filming of what can be called one of the greatest scenes in film history finally began.

(End of this chapter)