Hearing Eric's answer, Elizabeth glared at her softly: "You... are so ungraceful."

"What does this have to do with manners?" Eric opened a can of beer and sat down on the sofa: "Do I follow your words and say that I like this book, and then talk to you about the philosophy of life conveyed in the book. I have a lot of fun and I wish I had met too late?"

"Isn't this usually the case?" Elizabeth asked back with his head raised and his mind.

Eric smiled slightly: "When you were in school, you must have encountered such things often, right?"

Elizabeth nodded honestly.

Julia, who was holding the juice a little restrainedly, couldn't help but chuckle. She started to enter society after graduating from high school. Although she did not have Elizabeth's high IQ and high education, her knowledge in interpersonal communication was much better than Elizabeth, who had been well protected since childhood. She understood something after thinking about it. Eric also laughed out loud, facing Elizabeth's puzzled gaze, and explained: "As your second lady in News Group, if a man wants to get close to you, the material aspect will definitely not work, and he can only take action from a spiritual level. So, silly girl, most of the time when you encounter such a thing, men want to pick you up."

This was the first time Elizabeth was pointed out by someone. Thinking of her having felt moved because of this kind of thing, she couldn't help but open her mouth slightly and look stunned.

Eric took a sip of beer and leaned against the sofa and sighed: "Speaking of this, I often used such a low-cost way to pick up girls in my previous life."

"Ah... Bah!" Although Elizabeth knew that what Eric said was probably the fact, she still spat at Eric unwillingly: "You think men are as dirty as you."

"For most men, becoming the son-in-law of the Murdoch family can help them struggle for thirty years less. So what if it's a little dirty?"

Elizabeth retorted unconvincedly: "These... are all your guesses."

"Do you guess you know it?" Eric didn't mean to bicker with the girl: "By the way, what's the matter with me so late?"

When Julia heard this question, her waist was slightly straightened, and she would always make this move when she was nervous. However, Elizabeth said generously: "Since you are in Venice, let's go and play together, how about tomorrow?"

Eric thought about the schedule and nodded: "No problem, I'm available tomorrow."

Elizabeth originally thought that it would take some time to invite Eric, but she didn't expect that the other party agreed so easily. It was already late at night in Venice, and it was not suitable for two women to stay in a big man's room for too long. After chatting for a few words, Julia, who had never said a few words, stood up and said goodbye.

The next day, when I learned that Eric had arrived, Andrei Smirnov, the chairman of the jury, invited Eric for breakfast early in the morning. Although I needed the help of a translator to communicate, the two of them were still very happy. They chatted in the restaurant of the boutique hotel until after nine o'clock, Andrei Smirnov had to leave reluctantly due to work reasons.

After taking Allen to the agreed dock, Eric discovered that Julia and Elizabeth had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as Eric appeared, Elizabeth complained in dissatisfaction: "Hey, Eric, you are really unpunctual. You actually let the two girls wait for you for so long?"

"I still have things to do, how can you two ladies be as leisurely as you guys," Eric explained. He asked Allen to go to rent a boat, and they are going to the main island of Venice today.

After finding a speedboat, Elizabeth pulled Julia into the cabin, but drove Alan, who was the translator, away on the grounds that he could speak Italian. He took the speedboat to the main island, and the three of them changed to a gondola and wandered along the Grand Canal.

The morning sun shone warmly on people. Eric, dressed in casual clothes, leaned on a chair in gondola, looking at the surrounding building mirrors with relish. From time to time, he raised the camera on his chest to take a few photos. Elizabeth, sitting on the other side, chatted loudly with a fifty-year-old ferryman standing on the bow of the boat in Italian, and the two of them laughed loudly from time to time.

"Hey, Julia, why are you not talking? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Eric pressed the shutter at an arch bridge a few times before he realized that the girl sitting next to him was always quiet.

This gondola only has one seat, so the three of them are crowded together, Eric is on the right, Elizabeth occupies the left, and Julia is arranged in the middle. Both girls are slim and Eric is not fat, so there were three people sitting in the seats of the two, and it didn't seem too crowded.

Julia raised her head, faced Eric's concerned gaze, and hurriedly said, "No, no."

"Oh," Eric thought for a while, and didn't know what to say for a moment. Just as she was about to raise her camera to continue taking pictures, the girl spoke first, her voice was a little low: "Eric, when will you go back to Los Angeles?"

"September 5th, the day after tomorrow."

The girl raised her head, looked at Eric, and said curiously: "Why are you so anxious? Aren't you going to play in Venice for a few more days?"

Eric raised his camera and captured the silhouette of a seabird passing through the water, explaining casually: "I want to take a while longer, but I will have to shoot two more movies in the next two months, and the time is very tight."

The girl nodded and gently lowered her head.

"By the way, Julia, when are you going back?"

Julia hesitated for a while before saying, "Originally, Liz said she wanted to take me to Australia to see. Their family has many ranches there, but I don't plan to go."

"It's time to go back, "Steel Magnolia" is scheduled for November. It's almost time for you to cooperate with the promotion. In addition, you need to choose a script for next year's movie."

Julia looked at Eric with complicated eyes, and then she spit out a word: "You..."

Eric lowered his head and took out the film that had been taken from the camera, changed to a new film, looked up at Julia's expression, and quickly understood what the girl was thinking, and smiled: "I will not interfere with your movie next year, you can also try to choose it yourself. Of course, it is best to listen to Kapoor's opinions more."

This year, two big-selling movies were designated for girls, and Julia has been sent to the peak in a short time. Although Eric can allow girls to continue this peak, according to Julia's not very quiet personality, Eric thinks it is better to let girls experience some ups and downs.

Moreover, he will not be as hard at making movies as he does this year. If he keeps shooting crazy, he will always sell out all departments. The giants who have been divided up too much interest can't bear it anymore. There is no possibility of buying a murderer to kill him. Next year, he plans to focus his main energy on a layout that is crucial to his future film career.

When Eric interfered with her movie choices, Julia always thought about how to escape this guy's control, but now, suddenly hearing Eric no longer care about her, Julia felt a little empty instead.

"Hey, look at it, here's the Bridge of Sighs." While the two of them were having their own thoughts, Elizabeth on the other side suddenly shouted in English.

Eric looked up at the direction Elizabeth pointed, and a completely enclosed white stone arch bridge like a loft floating in a narrow water lane. The boatman named Loviso smiled and waved his oars to row Gondola into the water lane.

"Bridge of Sighs, such a beautiful name. Julia, do you know the legend about the Bridge of Sighs?" Elizabeth sighed like a literary young man, then turned to ask Julia next to him.

Julia shook her head in confusion. She really didn't know that now is not like the era of extremely developed information ten or twenty years later. Clicking on the web page and entering a few words can make it clear.

Seeing Julia shaking her head, Elizabeth waved her little hand proudly and explained: "Look, the two buildings connected to this kind of arch bridge are the Governor's Mansion of Venice and the prison of severe prisoners. It is said that after trial in the Governor's Mansion, few prisoners escorted to this prison can come out alive again, so the prisoners passing through this kind of bridge always sigh with regret, so the name Sigh Bridge is given."

Eric took a few photos, put down the camera and smiled, "I think it's more appropriate to rename this bridge to the Gate of Hell. If this bridge has life, after so many prisoners sighed over and over again, his heart would definitely be filled with all kinds of violent emotions. In the movie, it is the kind of typical villain who feels that the whole world is sorry for himself, and who is anti-human and anti-social all kinds of evil."

Elizabeth's intriguing movements stopped for a while, and she actually thought that Eric said it was quite reasonable, but the girl quickly rolled her eyes at Eric: "Hey, don't you always be so bad, okay?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

Elizabeth turned her head angrily, intending to ignore the abominable guy, and whispered to Julia's arm.

Gondola slowly drifted under the bridge of sighs, and the boatman standing at the stern raised his voice slightly and spoke a few Italian words to the three of them.

Eric and Julia looked at Elizabeth without knowing it. The girl raised her chin with a little smugness before translating: "Mr. Loviso said that if a couple kissed under the bridge of sighs, they would be able to obtain eternal love."

When Julia heard this, she glanced at Eric secretly, but with just a glance, she lowered her eyes guiltily. However, Elizabeth couldn't help but stand up slightly, her eyes wandering between Eric and Julia, looking eager to try.

When Eric saw Elizabeth's appearance, he kept his hands on his chest funny and said righteously: "Don't think about it, I will never kiss you."
Chapter completed!