Chapter Two Hundred and Forty Seventh Come and Go

? After nearly 20 days of intense shooting, "Sleepless in Seattle" was finally closed. However, Eric did not enjoy the leisure time at all, because the next shooting task of "Home Alone 2" will be even more onerous. Although the plot mode of the second part is the same as the first episode, it also has a lot of innovations. The most important thing is that compared to the first part where most of the scenes were in Kevin's house, the second part has a richer plot. In addition to the roles of the two stupid thieves, there are also more story branches such as Plaza Hotel and Central Park.

"Are you leaving so early?". Early in the morning, Eric walked out of the hotel room and saw that Elizabeth was carrying a simple backpack and was about to walk outside the hotel.

Hearing Eric's voice, Elizabeth stopped and turned around, blinking at Eric: "Do you want me to stay?".

"..."

After a moment of silence, Eric still shook his head and said, "Forget it, even if I agree, your father will definitely not let you stay by my side all the time."

A trace of loss flashed in Elizabeth's eyes, she bit her lower lip, and softly defended: "My father has nothing to do with me."

Eric smiled dryly, and then asked, "Are you still planning to go back to Los Angeles?".

"You are so stupid. My home is in Manhattan. You don't think everyone in the world should live in Los Angeles." The girl subconsciously teased Eric. Seeing the faint embarrassment on Eric's face, he opened his mouth and said, "I... I'm going back to school, and thank you for the information you provided me during this time."

"It's nothing, in fact, I'm just..." Eric stopped quickly when he said this, and then it was revealed. what the two said. In fact, it is still the graduation thesis mentioned by Elizabeth and Eric when they met for the first time. It is a case study of the box office success of several Eric movies. Eric just searched his guts to relay some after-sighted analysis articles that he had occasionally seen in his previous life memory to the girl, and also provided some ideas and details of his shooting.

Elizabeth waited for a while, and saw that Eric didn't say anything, and didn't ask any more questions, and said, "I plan to finish my thesis a year ago, start making my first movie early next year, and then release it in the summer. Did you have a movie showing at that time?".

Eric nodded, although he won't work as hard as this year next year, though. The summer season is definitely not to be missed.

"How about the two of us comparing the box office?" The girl suddenly became competitive, and she blurted out these words without thinking.

Eric subconsciously wanted to say I gave you a zero. Then I remembered that Elizabeth was going to make the famous "Silence of the Lambs".

This movie has achieved so much fame in its previous life, and the box office will certainly not be too bad, and it will definitely be no problem for more than 100 million US dollars.

After Elizabeth said this, she also quickly realized that she was a little overpowering, and tugged off the straps of her backpack in a panic, and said, "Forget it, I'm definitely not better than you. Then...bye."

Eric followed: "Goodbye then, um... Should I help you with your luggage?"

"No, the waiter has already helped me take down my luggage, and the taxi is waiting below."

"Then I'll take you down," Eric followed the girl towards the elevator.

Watching a yellow taxi go away, Eric walked back to the hotel again and walked to the restaurant. Nicole, who happened to be wearing a slim jacket and jeans, came over.

"Eric, good morning."

"Good morning," Eric nodded to the girl: "Have breakfast?"

"Well," Nicole went to the restaurant with Eric side by side.

The two ordered a breakfast and sat down at a table before Eric asked, "By the way, when are you leaving?"

Nicole showed a faint resentment: "You looked so reluctant when you sent the second lady of the Murdoch family, but now you want to drive me away?"

"Don't make trouble," Eric glared at the girl lightly: "You know that's not what I meant."

Nicole saw that Eric was not in a good mood, and stopped joking, saying: "I haven't been back to Sydney for more than half a year, so I plan to take advantage of this free time to go back to accompany my family. As for when to come back, Check out the promotional schedule for Sleepless in Seattle."

Eric suggested: "How about this, I'll tell them and let you come back after Thanksgiving?"

Nicole shook her head with a smile: "No, don't you forget, there is no Thanksgiving in Australia, plus it is summer in the southern hemisphere, although Christmas is lively, it always lacks the atmosphere, so it's okay to miss it, I will Came back on time as per the promotion schedule."

The two chatted while eating, Nicole quickly finished the simple breakfast in front of her, wiped her mouth with a tissue, looked around, and leaned in front of Eric and said softly, "I have to leave for a long time for my flight ticket tomorrow. When is the time, can I go to your room again tonight?"

Nicole's voice is not too loud but not too small. If someone pays attention to their side, it is likely to be heard. Eric glared at the bold girl, and finally nodded slightly: "Be careful. One point, don't always be bumped into by chance."

Nicole laughed, using Annie's sweet smile in "Seattle", and she almost understood Eric's character. Although this man is very strong, he is not a harsh person. So she sometimes even enjoys seeing Eric knowing his little tricks, but with a depressed and helpless look on his face.

In the last few days of "Sleepless in Seattle", an assistant director had already followed Eric's instructions and started shooting some simple shots of "Home Alone 2", such as the aerial shot when Kevin climbed to the top of the Twin Towers, Or make a picture of a taxi passing over the Brooklyn Bridge.

Therefore, after the filming of "Sleepless in Seattle" yesterday, the crew had one day to rest, but Eric could not rest for a moment. Not only did he have to make countless calls every day to remotely control the post-production of "Seattle", he also needed to check "Home Alone 2" "The lens material of the early shooting, determine which ones can be used and which ones need to be supplemented.

The next day, Eric personally started the shooting of "Home Alone 2". According to the order of the easy and the difficult, the scenes at the beginning were placed in the Plaza Hotel.

"Stu, wait, you go straight from here, when you come to that place, stop this gentleman to ask the way, and then continue, remember, don't go too fast, understand?".

"Of course, Eric, do you have to repeat such a simple thing, when I'm an idiot?". The little guy rolled his eyes. At this time, the boy was wearing a thick pair, a knitted hat on his head, and a small brown backpack standing beside Eric.

Seeing the depressed look on Eric's face when he heard the little guy's words, Donald Trump, who came to make a cameo on the other side, laughed, looked at Stu and said, "What an interesting little guy."

"Well, anyway, just remember, go to the door now, we're ready to start." Eric finished, walked to the monitor, and at the same time took the walkie-talkie and told all the group performers scattered in the corridor to start burying their seats. .

This long shot is indeed not difficult for Stu at all. With the little guy's acting skills, it is not a problem at all to just walk through the corridor from the door to the hall.

The hardest is for photographers and sound engineers.

Because this was a frontal follow-up shot that lasted for more than half a minute, and a photographic track could not be laid, the photographer Nikkor could only bend down with a heavy camera in his hand and retreated according to the rhythm of the little guy. Therefore, although it was just a simple walking shot, But it required at least five people to cooperate. In addition to the recording engineer and the photographer, there were several assistants who cooperated to close the cables connected to the microphone and the camera along with the actions of the recording engineer and the photographer.

"Nikor, are you ready?" Eric walked to the hotel lobby, where the director's monitor was placed, still holding the walkie-talkie to confirm to everyone, and the sound of OK came from the walkie-talkie from time to time.

Eric came to the monitor, but saw a blond hair faintly flashing behind the monitor. Eric hurriedly took two steps, and finally saw a little girl in a pink children's trench coat lying on the ground. Behind the director's monitor and a bunch of other equipment, I touched and looked at it curiously.

Little Loli looks about ten years old, taller than Stu, with a beautiful pink cartoon hairpin on her blond hair, a beautiful lock of bangs on her forehead, and long eyelashes The big eyes flickered twice from time to time, and the pointed little chin had already revealed a bit of beauty.

Seeing Eric looking at her, Little Lolita just glanced at him, still playing with her own curiosity, while several staff members around also turned a blind eye to the little girl.

What's going on? Could it be that his position was unknowingly occupied by a Lolita star of unknown origin?

"Hey, little guy, who are you?" Eric took two steps forward and blocked the little girl's little hand that was going to press the button next to the monitor. At the same time, he couldn't help reaching out to squeeze the little loli's face with baby fat. .

"Who are you?" Little Loli flexibly avoided Eric's claws and looked at Eric with vigilance.

Eric smiled and pointed to the seat behind Little Loli: "I'm the one who should be sitting in that seat."

Little Loli turned her head and glanced at it, and immediately pouted her little mouth, and said disdainfully: "Hmph, just say that you are the director, isn't it alright, adults just like to be roundabout when talking."

"Okay, my name is Eric Williams, this little girl... little lady, can you tell me your name?". Eric said, reaching out to Little Loli.

Little Loli immediately took a step back with a look of disgust. She didn't mean to shake hands with Eric at all. She raised her chin and said in a clear childish voice: "My name is Ivanka."

Eric raised his eyebrows: "Ivanka? Ivanka Trump?"

"Yeah." Little Loli nodded. (To be continued...)