Made in Hollywood

The business jet slowly stopped on the private tarmac. After the cabin door was opened by the flight attendant, Duke immediately greeted him, and Mrs. Leah and a nearly sixteen-year-old blond girl got off the plane.

"Mom, get in the car first."

Duke took the purse from his mother's hand and looked beside her again, "Hey, Scarlett, you're getting more and more beautiful."

To be precise, Scarlett Johansson's appearance is no different from that of an adult, especially her figure, which is far more popular than her peers.

She took a step forward with a small travel bag on her back, took Duke's arm naturally, followed the two of them towards the car, and said, "It feels so strange, when I got on the plane, New York was still going down. Snow, but it's summer when we get off the plane."

Duke turned his head to look at Scarlett, the melancholy in her eyes seemed to disappear with age.

"It must be fun to spend Christmas in the summer."

Scarlett Johansson let go of Duke's arm, grabbed a sun hat, and put it on Mrs. Leah's head to block the ubiquitous sunshine in the empty airport. She put on a pair of sunglasses and looked at the sun in the sky.

"There's no such nice weather in New York right now," she muttered as she stood there, then hurried a few steps to catch up with Duke and Mrs. Leah.

An RV and an off-road vehicle were parked on the perimeter of the private tarmac. Dukra drove the car, let his mother and Scarlett get into the RV, and then asked the staff to put their luggage into the off-road vehicle. I got into the RV and sat across from my mother.

He gestured to the driver to drive, and said, "The crew is out on set, a bit far from Wellington. Mom, Scarlett, if you're tired. Just get some sleep."

"No need." Mrs. Leah shook her head, "I slept for a long time when I came."

"Which part are you filming now?" Scarlett took off her sunglasses and hung them on her bulging chest. "I specially read the original novel before I came."

"Charle's role."

Pointing to the V-shaped T-shirt she slid down, Scarlett didn't shy away, holding her chest and tidying up a little. Duke looked elsewhere and continued, "I built a near-real Hobbiton, and you can feel the difference from the novel."

"Has a bag bottom hole?" Scarlett's eyes lit up.

"certainly,"

Having said this, Duke remembered something else and turned his head. He said to his mother, "Mom, I heard David mention that the stock market is not normal now..."

"I've sold all IT-related stocks in my hands."

Mrs. Leah frowned slightly, "Duke. Most of your income in the past few years has been invested in IT stocks, so be careful."

"Well, I know how to do it." Duke nodded lightly.

In the past year, the shares of Apple have been removed. As well as Google, which is not listed at all, Duke has disposed of the vast majority of IT stocks. The cashed-out funds continue to invest in Apple, Google, Warner Bros. and Victoria's Secret, but the top management of these companies can only accept a limited amount of investment, and they never want to see any individual shareholder taking too much of the shares.

"Based on my observations. The stock market is so frenetic that it's already a little abnormal."

As a shrewd businessman, after a little reminder from Duke, Mrs. Leah can understand a lot of things, "The new round of shuffling should not be too far away."

In fact, it's not just them, many people can see the abnormality of the stock market, but human greed and greed are endless, the kind of people who can control themselves to make a fortune and leave, there are not many in this world, a considerable part Everyone has a fluke mentality, thinking that even if the stock market collapses, it will not be so fast, and time is enough for them to get more capital.

Which stock market frenzy was not followed by a crash? The one who can really close at the right time is the winner.

"What are you discussing?" Scarlett took out a handheld computer from the tight jeans pockets around her legs, and was playing with it boredly. At this time, she raised her head and looked at Duke, "Why can't I understand?"

Mrs. Leah stretched out her hand and patted her arm lightly, "So, Scarlett, there are many unknown things in this world, school is a good place to understand and learn, you should think about it..."

Hearing his mother's words, Duke couldn't help but cast an inquiring look, and Scarlett hugged Mrs. Leah's arm and said flatteringly, "Godmother, you often tell me that once you have identified your goal, you must walk unswervingly. Only by persevering and working hard can I be successful, and I am sure that my future will be in Hollywood, and I hope to learn more professional knowledge of actors."

"Are you going to drop out?" Duke understood.

Most Hollywood child stars, it should be said that more than 90% of Hollywood child stars, basically choose to drop out of school after the age of 16 when they can legally drop out of school.

"Well!" Scarlett Johansson nodded, "Mom has agreed..."

Hearing her say that, neither Duke nor Mrs. Leah said anything.

Everyone has the right to choose their own path, Duke will not interfere with others casually, and Mrs. Leah is just Scarlett? Johansson's godmother.

The RV parked in Blenheim Town, where Duke rented a detached house for his mother, put down the luggage of the two, and rushed to the location of the crew.

"The air here is really good!"

As soon as she got out of the car, Scarlett stretched out her arms, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "It's much better than New York."

She opened her eyes, put on her sunglasses and sun hat, took Lady Leah's arm, and walked towards Hobbiton under the leadership of Duke.

Although the Hobbiton built by the crew is much smaller than the description in the novel, the scenery in it is extremely beautiful, especially the various plants planted are at the most vigorous stage of growth in midsummer. The sight, for Scarlett Johansson, who grew up in the steel jungle of the city, has no charm.

"I don't even want to go back to New York."

Walking across the bridge over the Liquor River, Scarlett curiously bent over and touched the arch bridge made of polystyrene, "Although I have been to many crews, this is the best filming location I have ever seen, if not To touch with your hand, who would have thought that this bridge was not made of stone at all."

"A lot of things here are fake, right?" Mrs. Leah stopped and asked.

Duke nodded and pointed to the trees and grasses in the distance, "Real plants can't be so lush and withered, many of them are props made by the crew."

He specifically pointed to the crooked-neck tree above the bag end hole, "There are 250,000 fake leaves hanging on it?"

"How much?" Scarlett Johansson stood up and said in surprise, "It turns out that such a beautiful tree has fake leaves on it!"

"Only more than half are fake."

Duke greeted the two of them to continue moving forward, and after turning a corner, they came to a flat grass with a table, tableware and chairs with distinctive hobbit characteristics, and banners and slogans were hung in some places. , which says Happy Birthday to Bilbo Baggins.

"Are you going to shoot Bilbo Baggins' birthday party?"

Standing on the periphery of the venue, Scarlett Johansson looked at the busy staff inside and asked, "When will this scene be filmed."

"Tonight." Duke pointed to one of the large cakes, "Didn't you see, the cakes are all ready."

"What's that for?" Scarlett tilted her head. "Don't tell me it's cream."

"Polystyrene..." Duke turned and pointed to the small arch bridge over the Spirit River. "It's the material that makes the bridge."

While speaking, Duke suddenly turned to Mrs. Leah, "Mom, and Scarlett, are you interested in guest appearances?"

"Cameo?" Mrs. Leah didn't understand what Duke meant.

"It's like this." Duke pointed to the huge banquet venue, "Bilbo Baggins' birthday party needs a lot of actors, and the crew is currently not enough. In order to gather people, in addition to professional actors, I Staff from other departments such as props and sets, as well as some people who came to visit the class, had to join the ranks of the extras.”

The scene required hundreds of actors, but with Christmas approaching, it was difficult to find so many extras, so people had to make up the numbers to serve as background paintings.

"I'll forget it." Mrs. Leah was obviously not interested in guest appearances.

But Scarlett Johansson was in high spirits. "Can I be a female hobbit?"

"certainly."

This is just a humanoid prop.

"Actually, I'm still interested in elves." Scarlett muttered.

Duke looked at her and shook his head, "Honey, your figure is enough to play a female hobbit, the words of a female elf..."

Scarlett lowered her head, looked at her towering chest, and seemed a little distressed, "I seem to be growing too fast."

"You should be on a diet, Scarlett," Mrs. Leah reminded her.

"Well." Scarlett nodded, leaned over to Duke, and asked in a low voice, "Do I have a close-up?"

Stretching out a finger and gently tapping her forehead, Duke's voice took on a serious tone, "Don't be too greedy, Scarlett."

"Oh..." The girl lowered her head and pulled the golden ponytail in her hands, "I see."

After walking around Hobbiton and Shire, Duke brought the two into the crew station. Scarlett Johansson went to the makeup group to report, and then, together with her mother, turned around in the crew station.

The sun was getting lower and lower, and it sank below the horizon. The dusky sky gradually became darker. When it was completely dark, a large number of actors set off from the crew station, under the responsibility of their respective team leaders, according to the plan. Go to the venue.

On the lawn where the banquet is held, countless lanterns have been lit, just waiting for the shooting to start. (To be continued ~^~)

PS: There is something else happening this weekend, I can’t code words anymore, and the manuscript is about to bottom out. . . . .