I’m in Hollywood

Woke up early in the morning, the three people sat together on the cliffside terrace on the top of the mountain to have breakfast. The summer in Los Angeles is not too hot, but only in the early morning is more suitable for the sun.

"I recently found a script for Julia, a biographer, telling the story of a female lawyer who has won hundreds of millions of dollars in civil compensation for her client. This is the largest civil compensation in federal history."

Eric listened to Elizabeth and said, "Irene Brockovich?"

Elizabeth’s expression was very surprised: “How do you know?”

Julia, who was silently beside Eric, looked up curiously.

In 1993, Irene Brockovic, a resident of the town of Hinckley in eastern California, filed a lawsuit against Pacific Electric Company, accusing the other party of illegally discharging heavy metal pollutants, resulting in a large number of residents in the town getting cancer, thus claiming $30 billion, a woman who was not named Lawyers sued the US corporate giant, and the lawsuit was initially seen as a joke by many people.

However, after three years of unremitting lawsuits, in 1996, Pacific Electric Company of the United States finally lost the case, so the town residents were compensated for 333 million US dollars. Although this compensation has shrunk 100 times than the originally requested amount, it actually It is also the largest civil lawsuit in federal history.

"Two years ago, I happened to read reports related to Irene Brockovich," Eric replied casually. Although the lawsuit was deliberately understated by Pacific Electric Company, it did not cause too widespread impact, but A little attention, it is easy to see a lot of related news reports: "So, are you going to let Julia go to Austria?"

Elizabeth did not doubt Eric’s remarks and nodded: “Yes, the Oscar judges like this type of film very much, and we have the Weinstein brothers to help.”

Although Julia won the Oscar for Best Actress for "Never Compromise," Eric did not remember which other nominations and awards the film received.

I thought, Eric said: "Fundamentally, the topic of environmental pollution does not cause too deep social impact in North America. So, I think the film is shot, except for the best actress, the possibility of winning other awards. Not very sexual, but there is Julia in the box office can still be guaranteed."

Compared with some developing countries, the environmental protection system in North America is very perfect. The behavior of companies dare to pollute the environment is rarely, and more accidental environmental accidents. Living in such a social environment, environmental issues are not as profound as ethnic issues.

"That's not necessarily," Elizabeth said. "However, this character has a lot of room to play. At least, Julia's chances of getting the best actress are still very big. If Julia gets a small gold man, you But I can't control the money that Julia had at the beginning. The plane we set up can still have a lot of money to pay."

Eric nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, but I have replaced the stock of the Firefly Group with the money. You are short of money. In fact, you can use these stocks to make mortgage loans. It is a pity to sell them directly. ”

In order to make Julia no longer lazy, Eric took all the $30 million treasury that Julia sold at the time of the TG film company's equity, and exchanged it during the reorganization of the Firefly Group's acquisition of ABC Group. The stock of the Firefly Group.

It is impossible for Eric to swallow the money of Julia. I even forgot about it in the past few years. The stocks in the original are still in the name of Julia, but the firefly is investing in it. Hosting, in a few years, the stocks should have more than tripled, at least worth 100 million.

Due to the optimistic development potential of the Firefly Group and the fact that the Firefly Group distributes very substantial stock dividends every year, since the merger of ABC Group, few investors will be willing to take off the shares of the Firefly Group. In recent years, the Firefly Group’s large and small shareholders The shareholding ratio has hardly changed.

Elizabeth is also aware of the popularity of the Firefly Group stock, saying: "Then we will mortgage you, the Boeing 747's tail I let Boeing want you."

"Amount, how many tails do you still have to pay?"

Elizabeth smiled slyly and said: "We just paid a deposit of $10 million."

"Okay," Eric nodded very quickly, then slammed the pot and said, "You have to discuss this with Drew. She is my little housekeeper."

"Oh, I really have no sincerity."

Eric didn't care too much, and Elizabeth's temper was actually very strong, and it was impossible for him to come out with the money. Over the past few years, the two women have invested in the home of foreign exchange and technology stocks under his guidance, and it is more than enough to pay for a Boeing 747. Continue to eat his breakfast slowly, Eric continued to return to the topic just now, and asked: "The script, who are you going to direct?"

"We are in contact with Martin Scorsese, you know, he is good at using real-life documentary models to play real-life themes."

"Martin is not suitable," Eric shook his head and said: "What you just said is correct, but Martin's film gives a third-person perspective too strong. Since it is Julia's one-man show, this film's Style should be more inclined to the first person perspective, in fact you can try Steven Soderberg."

"The director of "Sex, Lies, and Videotapes"?" Elizabeth asked one after another, and then said: "It seems that since the original "Sex, Lies, and Videotapes," Soderberg has not had any more outstanding years. Works."

Eric explained: "With the first feature film to get Cannes Golden Palm, Soderberg's talent is unquestionable. Moreover, he is not as big as Martin, a slightly weaker director, can also give Leah has more room to play. If you let Martin shoot, it must be a standard Martin Scorsese movie. Although he often takes nominations, the college has never liked him very much."

Elizabeth was somewhat motivated. She was very convinced by Eric’s suggestion in the film. “That I asked Harvey to contact Soderberg and listen to the other’s thoughts. Speaking of the original sex, lies. And the videotape is still Harvey to help him, otherwise he is unlikely to get the Golden Palm."

After breakfast, Eric bid farewell to the two women and rushed to the Firefly Studios to work.

Today's "Spider-Man" audition continues, but the object is only a supporting role, and naturally does not need Eric to personally come forward.

As for the alternative girls of Gwen Stacey identified yesterday, the crew will also conduct detailed analysis and evaluation of all aspects of their audition tapes. The follow-up process is very trivial, and the final round of small-scale auditions must be at least Wait a week or two.

In the morning, with Jos Weiden discussing an hour of Iron Man later, Eric got into the studio of Gravity.

From the plan of finalizing the filming of Gravity last year, almost all aspects have been prepared for a year, and the film has decided to start shooting next week.

The only change in the plan was that Eric found himself unable to personally act as a photographer if he wanted to flexibly mobilize the entire crew while taking control of all the details in real time during the filming process. Frank took it.

Eric’s desire to travel across Oscars can only be temporarily adjusted, unfortunately starting with the most difficult best films, best directors and other awards.

In the dedicated studio of Gravity, Nickel Frank is presenting Eric with a difficult shot that he has just set.

After many films, Nickel is already one of the best photographers in Hollywood. In fact, the photographer is similar to the sniper. Apart from some basic talents, the outstanding snipers are all fed with bullets, and the photographers are the same. in this way.

After Eric gave up his thoughts as a photographer, he described his shooting ideas to Nickel in detail. Nickel heard Eric's ideas and raised the challenge that he had never seen before.

In the past few months, Nikkor’s mind has basically been placed on the technique of “gravity”. He is now as skilled in the operation of the two high-precision robots from KUKA. The engineers at the factory can even say that it is still the case, because the robotic operation engineers in the assembly shop usually only need to set a fixed running program, and Nikkor needs to operate two robots to make ever-changing actions according to the needs of the lens.

Inside the light box, the robotic arm of the professional 35mm camera has been installed to quickly approach the dummy on another rotating arm at a speed of nearly 50 meters per second.

However, the relative running distance between the lens and the target is only three meters. The camera with the high speed of the robot arm stops in the place where the dummy's helmet glass cover is only one centimeter. This scene makes some other crew members on the scene have some Frightened, they realized that if they were sitting in the position of the dummy, they would see an icy metal robotic arm slamming into the face with a camera weighing more than ten kilograms. Even if it was scared on the spot, it would not be impossible.

Not far from the console, Nickel skillfully repeated the action with the robotic remote PDA, repeating it five times in a row, and said to Eric, who has been staring at the monitor screen on the desktop, "How?" The accuracy of this machine was originally in the millimeter level, but I added another insurance measure to the KUKA engineers, which is absolutely safe."

In Gravity, many actors quickly flew to another target or the target was close to the actors.

More than ten kilograms of camera, the metal arm of the thick mouth of the bowl, the relative speed of 50 meters per second, if it is out of control, Eric simply can not think about the consequences, this is not allowed to make mistakes, even once No.

After hesitating for a moment, Eric said: "When you still want to rub it as far as possible, you can't hide it. Try shooting slowly."

Slow-motion shooting, the film speed is reduced several times, the relative running speed can also be slowed down several times, and the high-speed relative movement effect can still be formed during normal screening. The speed will slow down and the level of insurance will be higher.

"Eric, it's really safer, but if it's a close-up, the actor's facial expression is easy to wear."

Eric thought for a moment and said, "Let's take another look at the close-up and we can't take risks."

"In this case, there is no need to shoot at a slow speed. You can use a dummy directly."

Eric laughed: "How do the dummy do the action?"

"That's a substitute."

Eric still shook his head: "The substitute is too dangerous."

I was chatting, and the sound of the crisp high-heeled shoes came from my ears. Everyone looked around and saw Nicole Kidman wearing a black knee-length dress carrying a bag and coming to Eric. .

I greeted everyone, and Nicole embraced Eric with a sigh of relief, only to look at the surrounding shooting props, with a little resentment in her voice, saying: "It’s so powerful, you guy, but Don't look for me to play."

Eric smiled and said that Nicole sat down on the chair next to him, clicked the mouse to replay the camera just now, and pointed to the robotic arm not far away, laughing and threatening: "Do you dare to play?" ?"

Nicole put the bag on the large console, watched the playback on the screen, and looked at the robot arm not far away. "This is too dangerous. If you find it, it will kill you. You Why do you want to shoot such a dangerous lens. And, where is just a dummy, if it is me, I will definitely hide backwards, and you can't shoot the shot just now."

Next to Nickel Road: "Nicole, you can't hide, the actor's entire body is fixed on the bracket, with a one-piece helmet on the head, only the limbs can move freely."

Nicole said: "The machine here looks so powerful, why don't you design a device that allows the actor to escape in a dangerous moment?"

Nickel said: "These machines are very sophisticated and it is impossible to move at will. We thought about using bullet-proof glass as a helmet, but if it hits it, the protection effect is not great."

Nicole thinks about the lens just now, and knows that even if the mask glass is not smashed, the consequences are quite fierce, and even the actor's head will be squeezed out. She couldn't help but get up and looked around. She suddenly pointed to the sliding track under the arm outside the light box: "Why don't you put the slide on the machine inside? If there is a collision, the actor can't move, as long as The machine inside can be retreated."

Eric just wanted to say that the space inside the light box was too small, but he realized it in a blink of an eye. He suddenly got up and grabbed Nicole's thin waist and kissed him on the lips of the girl: "You are my little baby."

Nickel also reacted at this time, they have been trapped in the thinking shackles of photographers and directors, but Nicole easily solved the problem that plagued them for a long time from the perspective of their own actors.

The space inside the light box is really not big, but as soon as an accident occurs, the actor rebounds back even if it is 20 or 30 centimeters of moving space, it is enough for the mechanical arm to complete the emergency braking.

"Hey, come here in the morning, let the props come over and discuss it in the afternoon." I figured it out, Eric relaxed to Nickel. After all, if you can do it perfectly, Eric doesn't want to use special effects.

After greeting, Eric squinted at the reddish Nicole to go to the restaurant for lunch.

A few minutes later, in the luxury restaurant on the big ship, looking at a script that Nicole handed over, Eric was surprised: "You are also planning to go to Austria?"