I’m in Hollywood Chapter 905: kinship

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At six o'clock in the afternoon, the first day of the "Titanic" theme exhibition hall closed.

In the first 33 steps of statistics, in addition to the 100,000 USD income of 20,000 tickets, the first day income of other souvenir shops, restaurants, bars and other consumer items in the park also reached 570,000 USD, that is to say, the entire theme exhibition hall, All-day operating income is 670,000 USD. If this enthusiasm can be maintained, the annual operating income of the exhibition hall will exceed 200 million USD, and Firefly has invested less than 15 million for the entire exhibition hall.

Of course, it is unrealistic to want the theme exhibition hall "Titanic" to keep this hot. Because it is a single film theme project, the ticket price of the venue is only 5USD, which is less than one tenth of Universal Studios. However, with such a good beginning, it is logical to continue to expand the scale of Firefly Studios theme park.

The night is coming. Although the movie-related exhibition area on the big ship has been closed, places such as restaurants and bars will be open until late at night. The big banquet hall on the ship will also undertake a variety of party in the future.

To celebrate the opening of the "Titanic" theme exhibition hall, Firefly held a grand celebration party on the big ship today. Eric didn't intend to join in the excitement, but it was still forced by the girl.

"The problem now is that the north of the studio is Ballona Canal, the south is a dense residential area, and the west is Lincoln Avenue. If the theme park wants to expand, it can only go east, so that it can also meet the" Titanic " 》 The exhibition halls are connected. But the east side has gradually developed into a residential area in recent years. If the news of our expansion of the theme park comes out, the residents in the east will definitely sit on the ground, and this is not without precedent. When the Orlando Disney world was built, I encountered this kind of problem. At that time, due to the early leakage of the plan, the land price was raised several times. "

On the deck of the top of the big ship, Katzenberg and Eric leaned on the railing together, looking at the crowds of people around the big ship and discussing the expansion of the studio.

Eric turned around and glanced to the east. Compared with the desolation when the Firefly cinema was just established in the night, there are indeed a lot of lights on there.

The original purchase of this land was basically based on the price of the wasteland. In order to promote the Firefly cinema to be located in its own tax zone, Playa Vista also gave many discounts.

But now, if the studio wants to expand to the east of the residential area that has formed a residential area, it is absolutely impossible to follow the original cabbage price. Even, considering the strong capital strength of Firefly Group, no one will miss the opportunity to make a fortune.

Retracted his eyes and continued to lie on the railing. Eric pointed to the dark area west of Lincoln Avenue: "Jeffrey, where is it?"

Katzenberg followed the guidance of Eric and said, "I have also asked people to collect information over there. Lincoln Avenue goes west to the seaside. There are about 160 hectares of free land, which is larger than the area of ​​the movie city. It ’s just that if you buy it for theme park development, the “Titanic” exhibition hall here and some other sightseeing projects planned to open in the studio will be cut into two pieces by Lincoln Avenue. And, even if you do n’t consider The segmentation factor of Lincoln Avenue, from the "Titanic" exhibition hall where we are now to the sea beach, the straight-line distance is more than 4 kilometers, and tourists are too willing to run back and forth so far. "

Eric thought about it for a moment, and said: "In this way, Jeffrey, you first contact the Playa Vista district government office to take down the land on the west side, and let the theme park team try to plan it. Large parking lot, the theme park will definitely not work without a spacious parking lot. "

Katzenberg nodded, and buying 160 hectares of land to the west will not cause any financial pressure on Firefly Group: "Eric, what about the east?"

"Come together, you can buy as much as you can, but we can't be the wrongdoer. If the asking price of those households is too high, then consider as finished," Eric added: "In addition, you can also let people release the theme park. Fake news in the west, so it should be easier to buy land again. "

......

In the crowded banquet hall of the big boat, Melanie · Gleason just left to pick up two cocktails and came back. I saw two boys chatting with Carolyn.

Speeding up and walking over, Melanie · Gleason was directly inserted between Carolyn and the two boys, staring at each other with a bit of a voice, saying: "Hey, guys, my sister is only 12 years old Oh You better stay away from her, "

Although the two boys were a little dissatisfied, they dared not make trouble here, and looked at the petite girl like a doll with nostalgia before does not abandon walked away.

Maybe it was infected by the lively atmosphere around, Carolyn had a little ruddy face, and took a cocktail from Melanie, but was a little dissatisfied, said: "Mei, how can I be so small, you did n’t say it last time Am I fourteen years old? "

"The little **** are getting bolder now, they are not easy to use when they are 14 years old," Melanie came over and kissed the little face of Carolyn very roguely, watching the girl shrink her neck slyly. , Laughed: "Let's go, let's go around first, and then meet Mr. BOSS you think about day and night."

"You are embarrassing me again," Carolyn protested, and looked around with regret, said: "It's a pity, Rachel returned to United Kingdom, otherwise she will definitely come over today."

"Let ’s think about yourself first," said Melanie: "Are you really planning to follow Eric?"

"I, um, I think this is a good opportunity," Carolyn said, his long eyelashes drooping, and the tone was inexplicably a little sad, saying: "And, just like Peter, working around Eric for a while Time, I will probably go to work elsewhere. "

Melanie sighed. She also knew that Nizi was actually aware of many things. Although Carolyn always looks like a petite little doll, every time Melanie uses the guise of a girl to help her stop the conversation with her, it is uncomfortable, but in fact, she is already 26 years old this year. Little girl who just left the ivory tower.

He reached over and carefully hugged Carolyn in his arms, Melanie said: "Then so, anyway, every girl wants to grow up, you have to meet a few bastards."

Carolyn gently patted on Melanie and said: "You are teasing him again with the lines in the Eric movie, he is not an asshole."

"Yes, yes," Melanie echoed, remembering some interesting things that Rachel had talked to her, and continued with a smile: "He is a bad guy."

Carolyn suddenly blushed and said: "It's really annoying, Rachel even told you this."

Eric and Katzenberg talked about the expansion of the Studios, and also entertained some of the more important guests. They noticed that Carolyn and Melanie had arrived on the top deck, so they waved to let the girls come.

Melanie pushed Carolyn, the girl came alone and greeted politely: "Good evening, Eric."

"You too," Eric smiled and looked at Carolyn's knee-length tuxedo dress tonight, complimenting: "You are so beautiful tonight."

"Thank you," Carolyn nodded, watching Eric relaxing on the railing, stepping forward slightly, standing reserved next to Eric and looking at the night view in the distance.

After thinking about it for a few days, Eric made up her mind completely. Looking at the Carolyn who was standing next to him, he did not rush into the subject, and casually chatted: "So, how is it going?"

"Very good," Carolyn said. In his heart, Basic Instinct wanted to spend more time beside Eric, so he took the initiative to find a topic and said, "My aunt came to Los Angeles last week to see me."

Eric felt something suddenly flash in his mind: "Your aunt?"

"Yeah, this is the first time I saw her, Eric, did you forget that when we met at Harvard that year, I still showed you her picture."

Eric suddenly remembered it, and at the same time another figure appeared in her mind, the woman wearing a black shirt that was encountered at the premiere of "Casino Royale" London.

When I met Harvard a few years ago, Carolyn showed me a picture of her aunt. Although the light in the corridor was relatively dim at the time, after Carolyn reminded me, Eric was still 100% certain that the woman was Carolyn. Aunt.

It's just why the other party appeared at the premiere of "Casino Royale", remembering that Carolyn said a few years ago that her aunt mentioned herself in the letter. If you think of it this way, the other party might have rushed to ‘look’ for her niece ’s boyfriend. This kind of thing is in line with certain previous life customs.

However, carefully recalling the expression of the woman at that time, Eric inexplicably felt that things did not seem as simple as imagined.

"Then, Carolyn, are you carrying your aunt's picture now?"

Carolyn did n’t understand why Eric asked about this, but nodded, took out a wallet from his handbag, turned it over twice, and showed it to Eric, saying: "Nà, this was last week when my aunt and I were in Starlight Taken on the avenue. "

Eric took the girl ’s wallet and looked at the woman who was holding Carolyn intimately in the photo. Once again, she felt a completely unknown feeling. She struggled for a while, but she could n’t tell where she was. Something went wrong.

Carolyn saw Eric staring straight at the photo for a while, remembering that the T-shirt he wore that day was a little short, as if showing a waist, his face was a little red, and he wanted to take the wallet back, but I ’m embarrassed, I have nothing to say: “But, um, Eric, I feel like your eyes are like my aunt.”

Carolyn's completely unintentional words, but like a lightning, split Eric's confused thoughts into a transparent, he only felt that his hand was loose, and the girl's delicate pink wallet had fallen.

A woman who only checks her boyfriend for her niece will certainly not show an expression of guilt.

However, if you follow a certain line of thinking, many details seem to make sense. Moreover, Eric finally realized that the strange feeling in his heart was called deja vu.

The wallet fell, and Eric instantly recovered, quickly apologized to the girl, and ordered a waiter on the lower deck to throw the wallet up, and then handed it to the girl and said, "I'm sorry, I accidentally dropped it." Go on. "

"It's okay," Carolyn shook his head, put the wallet back in his bag, and raised his head, but he saw Eric looked at him again, smiled shyly, and said, "Eric, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing," Eric said, reaching over and twisting on Carolyn's shoulder: "There is a hair here."

"Um ... yeah," Carolyn just wanted to nod, but already felt his head stretched, and crooked his head with the power of Eric. The girl looked at Eric and took it back casually and stretched it into his pants pocket, dissatisfied. Wrinkled little nose: "Eric, you are so bad."

Eric looked at the girl with a small expression that was obviously angry but more cute than any other. He hesitated and gestured towards Melanie who had been standing not far away. When she came over, she said, "This way Okay, Melanie, you will follow me with Carolyn in the future. "

Carolyn and Melanie suddenly looked at each other.

Actually, Melanie originally had this idea, but she also knew that she could not always be by Carolyn. What's more, if Eric needs two assistants at the same time, it might not be her turn in terms of ability and qualifications.

Eric did n’t explain anything more. Seeing that the two girls did n’t object, they said, “Then it ’s so settled. Let Kelly arrange it for you next week. Now let ’s play first. I still have some things.”

When the two girls leave, Eric leans on the railing and silently drinks a glass of red wine, leaves the top deck, and finds the Katzenberg that is being discussed with Cameron in the early preparations of "Spider-Man". The two came to an office in the cabin together. Eric handed a paper bag with a simple napkin folded to Katzenberg and said, "Jeffrey, do me a favor. In addition, the fewer people who know this, the better. "

Katzenberg saw Eric with a serious expression, nodded solemnly, and took the paper bag, but his eyes were puzzled.

Eric actively explained: "There are two hairs in it. I need you to find someone to do a relative test."

Katzenberg clearly does not understand the term Eric said: "kinship test?"

"It's DNA identification, let you check, the owner of these two hairs, um, is it a cousin."

Eric said this, Katzenberg immediately understood.

Although I became more curious in my heart, Katzenberg also knew that Eric gave him such privacy-related matters out of trust, so he refrained from finding out the truth and took out his wallet to carefully collect the paper bags. , Nodded and said: "Relax, Eric, I will let someone do it immediately, and I will give you the result on Monday." (To be continued.)