I’m in Hollywood

Chapter 1031 Watching

The words brought the relationship closer, and Shirley Lansing keenly felt that Terry Lucio's emotions were a little tense. Although he didn't know the inside story, he did not continue to increase the offensive of human feelings, and sipped gracefully. He took a sip of coffee, put down the cup, and began to enter the theme, saying: Terry, Ted, if possible, I hope you can keep the script of the pirate movie at Paramount. What price do you think is appropriate?

Terry Lucio's lips moved, but he looked at his friend beside him.

Ted Elliott hesitated, but he could only bite the bullet and said, Ms. Lansing, we very much hope to cooperate with our own company, but, you know, that, other companies contact us first, It's not convenient for us to ignore each other directly.

Shirley Lansing nodded, without showing any unhappy expression on her face, and said, In this case, let me explain what we mean first, Paramount can give $2 million and a certain profit share. , I hope you can think about it carefully. The company is just looking for a suitable special effect film project, and we cooperate with our own people, and this film will also be able to get more resources tilted in the future.

At $2 million, which is twenty times the price of Firefly's offer, not to mention the profit sharing, Terry Lucio and Ted Elliott felt that their heartbeats could not help but speed up. Both of them have passed their thirties, but they have been in Hollywood for so many years, let alone a million-level income, they have never made an income of more than 100,000 US dollars.

However, because of the ghosts in their hearts, the two did not dare to agree.

The more they get now, the more miserable they will end up once the matter is exposed.

Leaving Shirley Lansing's office, the two quickly found a coin booth and hurriedly dialed the number of their agent, Matt Gilson. Ted Elliott, who was holding the microphone, couldn't wait to ask: Matt, is there any response from Firefly?

On the other side of the phone, Matt Gilson's anticipation was obviously a little excited, and he said a series of words in a hurry.

Listening to the numbers that he had never dared to think about before, Ted Elliott calmed down a bit and interrupted the other party: Matt, I don't want to hear any offers from Sony Pictures, and I don't care about Warner Bros. How much is the brother going to give, I just want to know, what is the reaction from Firefly?

...

After a while, he hung up the phone, Ted Elliott looked at his friend beside him, shook his head and smiled bitterly: The situation is worse than I thought, now, everyone seems to have determined that this is Eric A script that Williams personally saw.

Terry Lucio's tone was also a little anxious: We didn't discuss it, just said it was possible, why did it become like this?

Ted Elliott took the cigarette out of his pocket, looked around, put it back, and leaned a little dejectedly against the door frame of the phone booth and said, It may be that Cutthroat Island impressed Hollywood too deeply. , everyone thinks that no one except Eric Williams would be interested in pirate films. Of course, it could also be that Matt used some misleading language when he contacted these studios, you know his own.

I think, Terry Lucio hesitated, and said: This script is very likely really Eric Williams himself. Think about it, it's just less than a day, things will change. The rumors are so big. If this script has nothing to do with Eric Williams, Firefly will probably refute these rumors publicly, rather than deal with it coldly now.

It would be great if it was like this, and the big deal is that we have never written this script, Ted Elliott said: In the original Cutthroat Island, it was not always rumored that it was Eric Did Williams deliberately set a trap for Michael Eisner? The big seven studios are still competitors after all, and now everyone is snatching up a pirate script, if it's nothing to do with Eric Williams , do you think the Firefly side will push the boat and trick other people?

Hollywood is no good. At that time, the bigger the project is piled up, the more unlucky we will be if it fails.

Terry Lucio hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said: Otherwise, let Matt choose the one with the highest price to sell this book, they are voluntary anyway. If each of us can get one million...

Before Terry Lucio could finish speaking, Ted Elliott shook his head and said, Terry, I wouldn't do this, but I have a family to support. And, let's talk about you, Bang. Ni is a housewife and has no income. With a million dollars, we are kicked out of Hollywood and it is impossible to find any decent jobs. Do you think this money can support the rest of our lives? What's more, your family's Claire and Danny are both in high school, and both children have excellent academic performance, and they will definitely go to the Ivy League in the future, do you see which Ivy League school tuition fees are less than $40,000 a year?

Hearing Ted Elliott's remarks, Terry Lucio had no confidence, but he was still a little unwilling: This matter may not necessarily be as bad as you said. We The script, as long as it is done carefully, even if it has nothing to do with Eric Williams, the box office should not fail too much, and special effects films have sold very well in recent years.

That's not the point, the point is, unless the project is very successful at the box office, once the big companies realize they've been cheated, we're both going to be out of luck. There's a whole bunch of lunatics in Hollywood, but there aren't many in this circle. It's a secret, it's better not to take any chances. Ted Elliott said, turned around and picked up the receiver, took out a coin and put it into the phone, saying, It's better to talk to you again. Matt talking in person, we can't be killed by our own agent like Pierce Brosnan.

The thoughts that arose in Terry Lucio's heart were almost dissipated by a few buckets of cold water from his friend, watching him make a call, and said: Ted, you say, if this script is really Eric Williams, take a look In, Firefly called again, we want to do this?

Ted Elliott understood that the situation had developed to this point, and the possibility of the situation described by Terry Lucio was very low, and listening to the beep from the microphone, said: Really In that case, you should be glad we passed this level.

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To those in the circle, Hollywood really has no secrets, and a lot of news usually travels fast.

Early in the morning, almost everyone on the Gravity crew knew about the Pirates of the Caribbean script. However, because of the possible leakage of commercial secrets behind the scenes, no one took the initiative to mention this topic in front of Eric.

Therefore, the atmosphere in the studio full of curiosity is inevitably a little weird.

Eric already knew more details at this time. He knew that this matter was not leaked from within the Firefly Group, but that the script owner only relied on speculation and deliberately released the wind, and the purpose was self-evident.

Katzenberg's opinion is that it's better to drop the script completely, otherwise, this will only happen in the future.

Intellectually, Eric naturally understands the correctness of Katzenberg's opinion, but other scripts are fine, but this is Pirates of the Caribbean.

Although Eric's butterfly will bring a lot of uncertainty to the project, considering that three of the four Pirates of the Caribbean series have reached the global box office billion level, it is enough for Eric to ignore all possibilities. risk.

Fortunately, since this matter has been known to everyone, it is impossible for the dust to settle in a short time, so Eric decided to temporarily watch the progress of the matter.

In the Gravity studio, the crew continued to work on the scene of the heroine Ryan's baby curling up in the mother's body.

After making various adjustments in Wia's state, it still could not be completed, and Eric decisively began to seek other methods.

In front of the capsule model, everyone gathered to express their opinions. Special effects supervisor Robert Byron said: The problem now is that we need a support, which can ensure that Judy can complete the required actions, but not Influenced her to show the perfect sense of weightless suspension in front of the camera.

Is it okay to add a fixed robotic arm to my waist, I mean, if there is no problem in the later stage? Judy raised her hand and gestured around her waist, but involuntarily glanced at Eric's waist, thinking Thinking about what happened yesterday, I still feel a little funny, but it seems that this guy is no longer in pain today.

Eric noticed Judy's eyes with a wicked smile, and glared at her helplessly, but said seriously: There is no problem in the later stage, just erase the device. But the idea you said doesn't work, For this shot to be perfect, all parts of your body have to be very relaxed, hoop your waist, and it takes force to curl your legs up, it’s impossible to do it easily, and you won’t get up naturally.”

Don't you mean to make me completely forget the sense of direction? Judy said: In this case, my legs don't have to be flexed and stretched up, and the equipment can be hung from the ceiling to hang me horizontally.

Eric said directly: Isn't this posture when you were in the Wia state just now?

I mean fixed equipment, Wei Ya is floating, and I can't use it at all.

Eric thought for a while, and just wanted to try it, Robert Byron said: Judy, this is not good, to meet Eric's requirements, the range of fixed equipment can't be too large, only like a belt. In a thin circle around your waist, in a horizontal state, your entire body weight is only supported by one line, and both parts of your body have to sag, making it more tiring to perform movements.

Then you are thinking of other methods. If it doesn't work, maybe I can try it later. Judy didn't mind that his plan was rejected continuously, and he leaned on the model next to him and waited for everyone to continue the discussion. The long legs are naturally crossed, and the feet are only temporarily put on a pair of slippers because of the needs of the performance.

Eric happened to be standing opposite Judy, and suddenly felt that Judy had put on a pair of red thick-soled high-heeled shoes and a white wide-brimmed hat. It's back to the year in Taxi Driver that fascinated a guy into a role that would not hesitate to assassinate the whole.

Of course, that's not the point.

The point is, seeing Judy's action, Eric suddenly had a flash of inspiration, snapped his fingers, raised his chin towards Judy, and said to Robert Byron and Nickel next to him, Look, support. Found it.

Everyone looked at it together. Judy was confused and kept the pose just now. Most of the people were also confused. Nickel also joked: It's a pity that the clothes are not in place, otherwise we can shoot a space version of Rental today. Driver.

Eric motioned for Judy to change positions, stand sideways to everyone, and said, Judy, use your right leg to support and try the posture we need.

Hearing the words, Judy let go of the ground with one leg, bowed her body, bent her arms and left leg, tried it out, and felt that it was indeed much easier than the plan she just proposed. However, after showing it for a while, I felt that my right leg was not fixed, and my body was still not stable enough, so I threw off my slippers and got up and climbed to the half-human-high model platform behind me, my eyes swept around, and fell on Eric, saying: Come, help me fix it.

Eric came over with a smile, tried it, and wrapped his arms around Judy's calf that was around the outer edge, hugging it tightly in his arms, and said, Okay, try again.

Judy briskly lifted one of the inner legs and shook it, feeling that her body was much more stable. She glanced at the man beside her, and could not help but tap Eric with her toes, and said in a strange way: Hold so tightly, Are you sure you're not taking advantage of me?

Of course it is, for such a legitimate reason, it doesn't take up nothing, Eric smiled and said, Hurry up and do your posture, I'm afraid my hands will not help but run up.

Judy immediately glared at Eric: You dare!

Around, everyone is a black line.

Big Brother Big Sister, we are all living people, living people, living people.

Judy quickly realized that there was something wrong with what she said just now, stuck her tongue out in embarrassment, and began to try movements. Nickel also picked up the dv next to him and ran to the opposite side.

After tossing around for a while, everyone gathered next to the computer to watch the samples shot by Nikkor. Robert Byron said: This method is feasible, that is, we are going to make a prosthetic leg for Judy, and CG simulates the limbs, which is another challenge. what.

Try to do it better. After this time, this technology will definitely be used in the future, Eric said: Also, we can only think of this relatively feasible method for the time being. Of course, if you still If you can think of a better way, let me know.

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