Chapter 698： Very miserable

The public reception venue is located in the luxury residential area in the northwest of the famous Hollywood Amphitheatre. Eric has just arrived at a mansion by car and saw the familiar white BMW sedan in front. Catherine Bigelow just handed the car keys to The younger brother, who was planning to walk into the mansion, saw the black Rolls-Royce coming over and subconsciously looked at it. Eric pressed the window and waved outwards. Catherine nodded with a smile and stopped. Wait for Eric to get off. ~,

"Carter, you can get off work, don't have to stay here waiting for me," Eric confessed to the driver before getting off the bus and took a box and got off the bus.

Catherine stepped forward and smirked with Eric. She saw Eric’s drive and left, flashing a bit of doubt, but did not say anything, just curiously watching Eric’s square box in his hand: "Is it a gift? This is bad. I thought I didn't need it. I didn't bring it."

"Of course not," Eric shook his head and looked up and down at this time. Catherine, the last time they met, was last year’s project discussion about "Brothers", but unfortunately because the project budget of "Brothers" was too high, the subject matter was also Not suitable for public television stations such as abc, most of the senior executives are opposed, and Eric has not insisted that it can only be put on hold. In the past few months, because he was too busy, he only occasionally called Catherine several times.

I haven't seen it for a few months, Catherine still hasn't changed, wearing a simple black tunic dress, black high heels, a simple red string on the wrist, just standing there, still giving a quiet The feeling of restraint.

I feel Eric's eye changes, although I haven't seen it for a long time, but after many experiences, Catherine has almost formed a conditional reflex, and the subconscious will have to make a defensive posture. However, Catherine quickly noticed that Eric’s eyes did not make her remember the aggressiveness of the moment, and the mood relaxed slightly, but inexplicably felt a touch of loss.

He is such a good man, what kind of woman can't find it. Definitely already to myself...

The mind involuntarily came up with such a thought, but only half of it thought, Catherine quickly annihilated her thoughts, and there was a faint fluster in her expression. The eyes are dodging, and Eric said: "Let's go in."

Eric raised the box in his hand: "You don't want to know what's inside?"

"What is it?"

"I will tell you after the reception, but you can disclose some of them first. This is a gift for you."

"Gift?" Catherine paused and looked at Eric: "Give me a gift?"

Eric is just a faint smile. Lifting the arm slightly: "Okay, let me sell a small one, let's go in."

Catherine looked at Eric's raised arm and hesitated whether to act.

"You won't even give this face, I am a man, very hurtful."

Catherine finally reached out and held Eric, but it seemed that she was not willing to add a whisper: "Little man."

After Catherine finished, she couldn't help but laugh out. It felt like she had returned to the period when she was in the 60th Soho Hotel in Manhattan, New York a few years ago. Then Catherine thought of the white scarf.

It turned out that he had already given his own gift.

The scarf was still quietly placed in her closet, occasionally going to some cold places, and it was brought around, but it was rare to realize that this was a gift from someone, as if it had An inconspicuous part of her life.

Eric felt that the woman leaning against her was relaxing and jokingly said, "Do you know, Catherine, in some stories, often called a woman who is a 'little man' next to her, and the end is often miserable. ""

Catherine's character is destined that she will not be interested in certain types of film and television literature. Instead, he asked seriously: "Wrong, why?"

Eric felt that the woman had some naive eyes and coughed and did not answer directly. Once again, he nodded his head and said: "Well, it is very miserable."

It may be that Eric’s expression is too serious. Catherine didn’t think about it at all, just snorted and said, “I don’t know what you are talking about. Male chauvinism.”

The people in the villa were informed and they all greeted them. Eric and Catherine stopped chatting and concentrated on these people. However, Eric was mainly engaged in Catherine’s entertainment. For this kind of party, Catherine I have never had any experience. When I was surrounded by too many people, I might even notice an uncomfortable expression.

This reception was contacted by Eric by Francis Coppola. Through many cooperations, the connections between Eric and the Coppola family have been very good.

Since it is a public relations cocktail party, of course, it is impossible to carry out a big fanfare. There are only 20 guests scattered inside and outside the mansion on the mountainside. Many of them are middle-aged and elderly people similar to the age of Coppola, and the aging of the Oscar jury. It is already a well-known thing. Of course, the guests are not all directors, actors, producers and people outside Hollywood are not lacking. There was no music in the venue, and there were not many waiters who shuttled. There were a few long tables on the lawn filled with buffet drinks. Everyone gathered in groups and chatted in low voices. Since they promised to come, In fact, it is equivalent to making some hidden promises, so there are not many people who talk about Oscar directly.

Eric took Catherine into the crowd and went to the long table on the lawn to take some food and rest for a while, whispering, Coppola with a 50-year-old bearded middle-aged man come over.

"Eric, Catherine, let me introduce, this is Terrence? Malik, Taryn, this is Eric, and Catherine."

"Hello, Mr. Malik, call me Eric," Eric picked up his eyebrows and shook hands with each other.

Several people said hello, Coppola pointed to the round table next to the mansion pool, said: "Eric, let's talk over there?"

"Of course," Eric nodded with a smile and couldn't help but look at Terrence? Malik. There was some faint speculation in his heart. Terrence? Malik was one of the famous directors of the 1970s. "The Day of Heaven" also won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, but Terrence Malik did not know for a reason after the "Day of Heaven" that it has been almost for twenty years now. time.

In the original time and space, Terrence Malik will come back in 1998 and direct a war film released in the same year as "Save the Great Ryan". This war film name has two common translations, some of which are called literary arts. "The thin red line", popular, is called "Red Alert." (To be continued.)