As noon approached, Julia was busy preparing lunch with the maid in the kitchen. When the phone rang, Julia subconsciously shrank her neck, and the big bowl of eggs in her hand almost fell off.

She had a slight phone phobia these two days, because that night Elizabeth not only rejected Eric's request, but also hung up the phone without waiting for the man to finish it. As a result, every time the ringtone rang in the past few days, the girl felt a little nervous, worried that Eric would call her to "set the accounts".

In fact, from the next day, Julia had wanted to call Eric many times to tell him that he didn't want that character.

Although Eric is very abominable many times, Julia understands very well that everything she can do today in Hollywood is given by Eric. Eric just wants her to give up a role that is not very important, and this requirement is not an exaggeration.

However, a few days later, Julia had never called her. Deep down, she was actually looking forward to Eric calling her again and saying a few good words to coax women... Well, this possibility is not too great, and she is not used to it. Eric is more likely to scold her unreasonably, and then she gave up the role.

The phone rang five or six times in a row but no one answered it. The maid next to him saw Julia standing in place, holding a mixer in her hand and mechanically stirring the eggs in the bowl. She reminded her: "Miss Roberts, has the phone rang several times?"

Julia came to her senses, handed the stirred egg to the maid, and walked out of the kitchen: "Hey, Liz Drew, the phone has been ringing several times, why don't you answer?"

He shouted, walked through the main living room and looked into the side hall. There were still a lot of scripts inside. However, the two girls disappeared. Julia listened and heard the voices of Elizabeth and Drew vaguely heard from outside the window. They might be playing badminton in the backyard. Julia then walked to an extension and picked up the microphone.

"Why did it take so long to answer? I'm outside your house, open the door for me quickly." Before the girl could speak, the familiar voice came from the microphone, simple and straightforward, and unquestionable.

"Ah, Eric. OK... OK, I'll come now," Julia put down the phone in panic and walked out the door.

He opened the door with his own hands. The girl looked outside the villa and saw a black Chrysler sedan parked outside, looking very ordinary, but the girl still recognized Eric with sunglasses in the driver's seat at a glance.

The car slowly drove into the yard. Julia closed the door, and when she came back, she saw Eric parked the car and got out.

"What are you doing? It took so long to answer the phone?" Eric asked casually. He took out his briefcase from the car and stuffed it into the girl's arms, then turned over and went back to get the mobile phone.

Julia took the bag and held it in her hand and explained, "I didn't notice it."

"Oh," Eric just asked casually, took the mobile phone, closed the car door before asking again: "You are the only one at home? Didn't you say that Liz and Drew are both here?"

"They are in the backyard," Julia pointed to the back of the villa. Seeing Eric walking towards the villa with his mobile phone, the girl hurriedly followed the man.

"It smells so good. It seems that I arrived at the right time, just for dinner."

The middle-aged maid named Mary heard the man's voice. She curiously looked at the living room, but she didn't recognize Eric for a while, and quickly shrank back tactfully. As a servant of a celebrity, Mary received a good salary, but the employment agreement signed was also very harsh. The most important thing is that she cannot inquire or spread the employer's *, otherwise she will face sky-high claims.

Julia put the briefcase Eric brought aside, and did not sit down on the sofa with the man, and said with a little guilty conscience: "I'll call them."

Seeing Julia appear and Elizabeth, who had received Drew's serve again, put down his badminton racket and said, "It's time to eat, no more. Julia, I still think we should change this place to a tennis court. The badminton is light and has no meaning at all."

Julia did not argue with Elizabeth this time and said, "Eric is here."

Elizabeth asked uncertainly: "What?"

Drew had thrown away the tennis racket in his hand and ran towards the villa.

Elizabeth looked at Drew's back and shrugged: "Okay, I get it, her master is here."

Julia burst out laughing, hit Elizabeth and said, "Don't always say that, be careful, Drew hears it."

"So what if you hear it, maybe she's still happy," Elizabeth said indifferently, and then lowered her voice: "Eric, how about that?"

"I... didn't dare to look carefully. Who knows if he was angry? Anyway, it was you who hung up that day."

"I'm doing it for you, okay?" Elizabeth said in a tone of regret.

It wasn't about facing Eric, so Julia immediately retorted with cleverness: "If you don't feel guilty, why should you ask this?"

"I'm not guilty, but... it's just that guy is so hateful," Elizabeth immediately retorted, glanced at the villa, Drew's figure had disappeared, Elizabeth immediately hugged Julia and kissed her: "Baby, we must share the same hatred of the enemy later, and we must never surrender. This is not a problem of a character, it is related to the dignity of our women."

Julia broke away from Elizabeth's arms in panic: "Don't, Eric is here, it would be bad if he saw it."

"Let him see it just so that he will give up completely," Elizabeth said.

The two women walked into the villa together and saw Drew whispering something beside Eric.

Seeing the two people coming in, Eric looked up and said, "Julia, let the maid take a vacation when lunch is ready. We have something to talk about, which is not suitable for outsiders to hear."

Elizabeth was about to retort reflexively, but Julia pulled her sleeves.

"I'll tell Mary later," Julia said.

The lunch was ready soon, and the maid listened to Julia's orders and left the villa without any objection.

"I tell you, Eric. We will never surrender this time," Elizabeth said to Eric with her chin raised and swornly at the dining table.

Eric, who was cutting steak, looked up at the girl sitting opposite the dining table, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's okay. I have great experience in treating women who are not convinced of this kind of minor problem. Just slap a few times on the butt. I'll start with you later. The first ten strokes are free."

"You, you...if you dare to do this, I will call the police," Elizabeth said immediately.

Julia immediately recalled the situation that night. A faint numbness spread throughout her buttocks, her cheeks quickly turned red, and even... she felt a sense of inexplicable expectation in her heart.

But this expectation made Julia a little scared. The girl knew very clearly that this emotion was definitely abnormal. So she quickly said: "Eric, I will not act in Captain Hawk anymore. I will call Kapoor in the afternoon and turn off the film appointment. Give it to whoever you want."

Eric raised his eyebrows at Elizabeth with pride. Elizabeth slapped the tableware in her hand on the dining table, glared at Eric angrily, gave Julia a look of contempt, and stood up suddenly: "I'm full. You eat slowly."

After the girl finished speaking, she left the restaurant and walked towards the second floor.

Julia thought Eric had achieved the purpose of this trip and should leave after lunch. But the man did not act as she wanted. Until she and Drew cleaned the tableware, Eric had no intention of leaving.

When Eric, who was watching TV in the living room, saw the two girls coming out, he said, "Go and call Liz down, I have something to discuss with you."

Julia nodded just now, but Eric stood up and said, "Forget it. I'll go."

"Eric, don't... don't bully Liz all the time." Julia watched Eric walk towards the stairs and finally said weakly.

Eric let out a reassuring gesture to Julia. He walked up to the second floor. Because he had been here once, he already knew the distribution of the two people's rooms. He walked to the door of the second bedroom on the left. Eric knocked twice, pushed open the door, and saw Elizabeth lying obliquely on the big bed, his head buried in the pillow in his arms.

"Liz, are you asleep?" Eric asked when he walked to the girl and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Elizabeth, who heard Eric's voice, turned over and hugged the white pillow in front of her chest and looked at Eric: "Hmph, bastard, I don't want to talk to you."

"Stop making trouble, go downstairs to have something to say, I have something to say," Eric pulled the pillow that the girl was holding onto her chest and said seriously.

Elizabeth waved her arms, snatched the pillow childishly, and hugged it in her arms again: "Hasn't your purpose been achieved, what else to say?"

"If it were just about the role of Captain Hawk, I wouldn't have come here. It's another very important thing. Be obedient and go downstairs with me."

"I'm in a bad mood today and don't want to hear it," Elizabeth said in a long voice, and turned over again and buried her head in a pillow and lay on the bed. Her slender calves wrapped in jeans were raised and kicked up twice, throwing the sandals on her feet on the floor.

Seeing the girl seemingly going to stay on the bed, Eric remembered the ostrich that buried his head in the sand. Then, he smiled and raised his hand and slapped the girl's buttocks.

"ah……"

Elizabeth jumped up screaming.

#

"Have you read this book?" Elizabeth was "persuaded" downstairs, and three women and one man gathered in the living room. Only then did Eric take out a book from his briefcase and put it in front of the three people.

Elizabeth took the book in front of her and looked at the title of the book, "Dancing with the Wolf", the author is Michael Blake.

"I haven't read it, why do you come here to take this book? Even if you want to get the copyright to make a movie, why do you have to ask the three of us? I'll tell you, we have to choose the script ourselves this time, and we will never let you interfere in the slightest bit," Elizabeth's tone was still a little hateful. Although she wanted to reach out and rub her butt, the girl was unwilling to show weakness in front of Eric.

Eric just smiled and explained: "This is a story about a lieutenant named Qiang Dunbar who was injured and sent to the west to stay with the local Indians. You can take time to read the details. The story is well written and it is very important to you."

The three women turned their eyes to the book together, and Elizabeth said, "I didn't understand, can you explain it clearly?"

"This is actually the case. This book was originally just a script and was written in 1980. It seemed that it was called "XX Knight". I didn't find the specific name. Later, Kevin Costner got the script from the author Michael Bregg in 1986, but Kevin Costner ran around for several years but couldn't find a production company to invest in.

It was not until the previous year that Michael Breg wrote the original script into the novel "Dancing with Wolves" at the suggestion of Kevin Costner. Because the novel sold well, a small production company was finally interested in investing in the movie, but there was no suitable director willing to take over the movie. Kevin Costner had to take over it himself and directed and acted in the movie himself.

According to the information I collected, the film was completed last year. Because Kevin Costner's pursuit of excellence was spent, the small production company refused to invest again after spending all 15 million yuan. He had to pay $3 million to make up for the money. The release of the film was also very unsuccessful. None of the seven major film companies was willing to take over the distribution work. It was completed at the end of last year. It has been recently that the film was found to be the publisher. It is Orion Pictures. You should know this film company, right?"

Elizabeth nodded: "I know, but why are you talking to me about this?"

"I'm expressing you the fact that this video has been very, very unpopular since its production, and it's very beneficial to what you'll do in the future."

Elizabeth seemed to understand something: "So, do you think about this movie?"

"Yes, but I'm late. The small company that made this movie has signed a distribution contract with Orion, just over a month ago. Moreover, they plan to release it on a small scale at the end of the year, take the route of Oscars to make Olympic films, expand their influence by winning awards, and then slowly recover their investment through theater releases, videotape distribution, etc. This is the point I want to say. According to the information I have collected, this movie poses a great threat to "The Silence of the Lambs". You should know how discriminatory Oscars are. As long as there is another choice, Oscars will never award the award to a horror film."

Elizabeth was still very confident about "The Silence of the Lambs". When Eric said this, the girl wondered: "If this movie is really as good as you said, why would no one be willing to release it?"

"High-quality films may not necessarily achieve high box office. Just look at the list of Oscars awards in recent years and you will know that a large part of them are released by independent production companies, and many films are not favored before they are released, but it often happens that they become big Oscar winners after they are released. Of course, counterexamples are everywhere, so it is easy to understand that those film companies are unwilling to release them.
Chapter completed!