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Seeing that Courteney was about to leave, Simon greeted Roger and walked out of the supermarket with the girl.

Saying goodbye to Courteney on the street, Simon walked towards the parking lot not far away. Janet and Catherine were already preparing for the evening party at his home, and Simon had to go to the rental company to confirm that all the props were returned to the warehouse .

Chapter 052 Christmas Eve

After the film was finished, Simon also began to focus on the later stages of the film.

Next year's Sundance Film Festival will start on January 1th, and from November 16th, the post-production time for "Run Lola Run" happens to be only two months.

During the filming process, Simon got along with most of the crew members very happily, and agreed to cooperate again in the future.However, in order to save money, after the filming ended, Simon immediately disbanded the crew.

In the following days, Catherine and Janet were the only ones who stayed by Simon's side to help him complete the later stage. Simon was only employed temporarily for the other behind-the-scenes needs.

Although it is so meticulous, in fact, since the original photographer, editor, and soundtrack artist in the original budget table were all performed by Simon alone, the production funds for "Run Lola Run" are actually very abundant.

Janet deliberately calculated, and the result was that the budget of 65 US dollars may not even be used in the end.

However, Simon did not spend so much.

For a movie to be successful, excellent production is one aspect, and post-publicity is equally important.

Simon never thought of leaving other film companies alone to announce "Run Lola Run", which is simply unrealistic for him now.However, the extra tens of thousands of dollars will definitely come in handy in the future publicity and distribution process.

Since the editing had already started during the production process, it only took Simon two weeks to completely complete the rough cut of the film after the film was finished.Entering December, while continuing the fine editing, Simon also began to be busy with the soundtrack of "Run Lola Run".

The soundtrack style of "Run Lola Run" is mainly fast-paced electronic music. Although Simon can complete the composition, the specific music recording still needs a professional band to complete. WMA also represents a very large group of musicians, and Simon has not encountered too many obstacles in this regard.

So busy, the time has come to the end of the year without knowing it.

Montana area, outside the villa where Simon lived.

Today is already October 12th.

Catherine parked the car on the side of the road, came to the door of the villa, was about to ring the doorbell, but the door just opened, and Simon and another slightly fat man in his early 30s appeared at the door chatting in a low voice.

Nodding to Simon, Catherine greeted the man again: "Good afternoon, John, I didn't expect you to come here today?"

The man named John was carrying a briefcase and nodded with a smile: "Yes, Ms. Bigelow, I'm about to say goodbye. Also, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, happy holidays."

Catherine also said: "You too, happy holidays."

Having said that, Catherine and Simon sent the man to the side of the road together, watched him drive away, and then entered the villa together.

Last month, several insert animations in "Run Lola Run" were completed, and everything else was fine. Simon was not satisfied with the 2D animation effect of the title of "Run Lola Run" at the beginning, and planned to use 3D technology to reproduce the animation. Do.

In this era, there are not many companies that produce 3D animation.

After some inquiries, Simon finally contacted a 3D animation studio in San Francisco, which is also famous, named Pixar.The man who had just left was none other than Pixar's vice president, John Lasseter.

Pixar was originally the animation department of Lucasfilm. George Lucas was involved in the divorce case and had to sell the assets under his name.Coincidentally, Steve Jobs, who founded NeXT Computer Company after leaving Apple, was very interested in Pixar, so he bought the company earlier this year.

Jobs originally hoped that Pixar's animation production technology would promote the sales of NeXT's graphics computers, but the reality was not satisfactory.In order to maintain Pixar's operations, the studio had to accept external orders such as animation advertisements.

At the beginning of the month, Simon and Pixar agreed on a 10-second 3D title production plan, and John Lasseter had just personally delivered the finished product.

Walking into the living room, Catherine saw a pile of materials and drawings scattered on the coffee table, and she naturally stepped forward to tidy them up, saying, "I'm going back to San Francisco later, how about you?"

Simon sat casually on the armrest of the sofa, watching the woman busy, enjoying this feeling, and said with a smile: "Why don't you take me home, and introduce me as you like."

Catherine gave Simon a blank look, and said, "Jenny wanted to bring you back to Australia a few days ago, why didn't you go?"

"I'm afraid of flying."

"I also took the plane this time, I just didn't get a ticket last time."

"Oh, it seems that suddenly I don't feel so scared anymore."

Listening to Simon's rascal tone, Catherine raised the document in her hand and patted it on his knee before continuing to sort it out.However, after a moment of hesitation, the woman still said softly, "You, do you really want to go back with me?"

Simon felt that Catherine's tone was serious, and his face was slightly flushed. He shook his head quickly and said, "It's still not necessary, I'm not ready."

Christmas is a time for family reunion in the West. Simon knows that he is far from going home with Catherine, so it would be too abrupt to do so.

Imagining how Simon might be alone tomorrow night, Catherine had already softened her heart.Hearing his rejection, the woman breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little disappointed.

Averting her eyes from looking at the man next to her, Catherine put the arranged documents on the coffee table and said, "Then, I may not come back until after the New Year."

"Understood," Simon nodded, and said solemnly: "Also, don't pay attention to the conversations of the neighbors on the plane."

Catherine glared at Simon, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth: "You think everyone else is as rascal as you."

Janet returned to Australia a few days ago to send Catherine away, and Los Angeles suddenly seemed to be empty.

Was working on audio editing recently and it didn't work the next day.

Most of the people had rested, and he was still in the studio, which seemed a bit too bleak.

After a busy morning, I decorated the villa inside and out like other houses, even decorated the roof with colored lights, and bought a Christmas tree.

I also received a few calls, inviting him to spend Christmas together, but they all declined one by one.

In the afternoon, I drove again to the street market for purchases. I also took the time to visit the motel where I stayed when I first arrived in Los Angeles, and brought a box of pumpkin pie to the Spanish old man.

The old man and his sons and daughters were already married, and they were just spending the holidays with their wife. Seeing him coming over, he was very pleased, claiming to be looking forward to his movie, and even opened the box of pumpkin pie to taste it on the spot, and praised him again and again.

So joked that the pumpkin pie was left over from Halloween.

Seeing the old man's suspicious look of wanting to vomit, he quickly changed his words.

Speaking of which, the two extra-large pumpkins on Halloween were not wasted. They were sent to be processed into pumpkin pies and distributed to everyone on the set.

The box was, of course, a store-bought one.

very fresh.

Stayed in the motel for more than an hour, chatting with the old man, playing guitar, and then went home.

until dark.

But I just prepared a very simple dinner, alone, I don't like to waste.

After filling his stomach and watching TV for a while, he simply hid in the piano room again, sat next to the Steinway piano that Janet sent, and pondered the last piece of soundtrack of "Run Lola Run".

In fact, the soundtrack has been completed, I am very satisfied, and I don't plan to modify it.

Just passing the time.

Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.

For a moment, I suddenly remembered the idea at the party at Brian's house that night.

that movie.

An old gangster who carefully maintains his "career" and carefully guards his few brothers. Occasionally, he fantasizes about retiring, getting old, and moving to an inconspicuous Pacific island country, looking at the seaweed that only shines once a year .

Suddenly, I met a woman who was moved by my heart.

But hold on.

insist.

I am alone, but not lonely.

How can you not be lonely?

Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.

At ten o'clock, I finally decided to rest, but the doorbell rang suddenly.

Ding dong, ding dong.

It must be a hallucination.

The ringing still continued.

Ok.

The hallucinations shouldn't last that long.

So I left the piano room.

open the door.

Janet Johnston stood gracefully outside the door, wearing a cropped T-shirt, shorts, fluffy blond hair, a flushed face, two straight, white long legs, and pink flat shoes.

Like a Barbie doll.

Seeing him in a daze, she habitually flickered her long eyelashes a few times, staring at him with bright eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Little boy, were you thinking just now, who is knocking on your door at this time? Is that your girlfriend?"

He shook his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "No, it's too risky to think like this. It would be bad if it was a man."

She laughed too.

Subsequently.

She raised her arms: "Come on, hug me."

Without further hesitation, Simon stepped forward and hugged the woman's light body.

Start cold.

So he had some pity, and pretended to reprimand him: "It's winter, why don't you dress like this and play performance art?"

Janet felt warm as she pressed against the man, but she was not to be outdone: "It's so stupid, it's summer in Australia."

Just as he was saying this, a wallet fell from Janet's hot pants pocket to the ground. Simon looked down, and saw passports and air tickets spilled out of the wallet, but he ignored these things and went straight to the place with the woman in his arms. her bedroom.

Wrap Janet in the quilt, hand over some clothes from her closet, and run to boil water.

After a lot of busy work, Janet changed her clothes, held hot cocoa, and sat on the bed as before, looking very satisfied.

Simon sat down by the bed, looked at the woman, and asked, "Why are you here at this time?"

"I'm worried that you are too miserable alone. Look how good I am."

Simon smiled and said, "I've always been alone, it doesn't matter. But you, if you run out suddenly at Christmas, your parents will definitely be sad."

Janet heard Simon lightly say that she had been alone all the time, her heart tightened inexplicably, she reached over, touched his cheek, and said, "I've seen my mother, as for the old man, he won't be sad. What's more, There are still a bunch of people accompanying them, and it doesn’t matter if I’m missing one of them.”

Simon pricked Janet's palm with his stubble and said, "Your family is quite big."

Janet withdrew her hand and said, "Yes, two older brothers, two younger brothers, and I'm the only girl in the family. So, if you bully me in the future, you will be beaten badly."

Simon smiled and said, "Well, it doesn't matter who beats who."

Janet gave him a blank look, finished the hot cocoa, handed the empty cup to Simon, and said, "I heard the piano when I was at the door, are you playing the piano?"

Simon put the glass aside and nodded.

Janet suddenly became interested again, and raised her hand to Simon: "Hold me over, I suddenly want to hear you play the piano."

Seeing that the woman had already thrown herself into his arms, Simon reached out to catch her, but said, "It's not that you have changed your clothes, can you go by yourself?"

Janet wrapped herself around Simon: "It's troublesome to wear shoes, hurry up."

Simon had to pick Janet up again, came to the piano room, put her on the bench, and sat down by himself.

After sitting down by the piano, Janet jingled a few times skillfully, but then she stopped doing it and said, "You come."

"What do you want to hear?"

"I don't know, just play whatever you want."

Simon looked at Janet, who was always leaning against her side with a somewhat girlish air, thought for a while, and said, "Sing, I'll play, you sing."

"Hmm."

Simon pressed the keys and tapped out the beginning of a paragraph.

After distinguishing for a moment, Janet smiled and stretched out a finger to 'make trouble', ding, ding, dong, dong, once in a while, but it completely matched the notes of the tune.

Then, a slightly hoarse female voice began to sing softly with a special charm.

When I was a little girl, I asked my mom.

What will the future hold?

will i be beautifulWill I be rich?

Mother said.

let it go.

The world is unpredictable, whatever happens with him.