British 1986

As soon as Anthony Hopkins mentioned this, the host next to him started laughing. He subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Old Karl sitting in the first row. He had already guessed who Anthony Hopkins was talking about. .

Although this internationally renowned director is somewhat watery, if we put aside his professionalism and just talk about pure fame, he is definitely an internationally renowned director!

It’s just that you Anthony Hopkins, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually took the initiative to talk about that person from a distance on the stage where the Academy Award for Best Actor was awarded. Is it really okay for you to act like a dog-licker?

"I think if I have a chance, I can meet that gentleman, and if we can cooperate once, that would be even better, haha."

From what Anthony Hopkins said, it seemed as if he would be satisfied if he could meet Allen once, and even if he could cooperate once, he would die without regrets.

Such an expression left the host speechless.

You were so perfunctory when you just gave your acceptance speech, and now when you talk about the noble man from your hometown, you look like you're rushing to lick him. It's disgusting!

Standing on the Oscar stage, and saying such words blatantly during a live broadcast, it seems that Oscar is a bad guy. Only after winning the Oscar can you have the courage to go to that aristocratic gentleman.

The host was speechless and didn't want to ask anymore. He forced a smile and gave a few compliments, and then Anthony Hopkins came off the stage with the statuette trophy.

Los Angeles Music Center, around 10:30, this Academy Awards ceremony finally ended.

The outside was crowded with movie fans, but many award-winning crews and stars waved slightly to the fans as soon as they walked out of the venue. The awards ceremony was over, but the real nightlife had just begun!

Those who won the award should celebrate. Those who did not win the award and only received nominations also received corresponding publicity opportunities and appeared in the live broadcast.

Producers and public relations companies also need to celebrate, as do actresses and some directors, to deepen feelings and promote integration.

Everyone is busy going to the places they should go, booking hotels, villas, etc.

Anthony Hopkins followed Old Karl staggeringly, while Old Karl dealt with everyone who came up to greet him impatiently.

There are men and women, there are stars, there are producers, there are many directors and heads of film and television companies.

Although Karl Lao is not involved in the film and television industry, the people behind him are!

Even if the movies made by that aristocratic gentleman generally do not have high box office, that is not a problem!

Fame and wealth always come before wealth, and noble status represents the greatest fame!

After a certain period of time, everyone has no shortage of money. Just like Cameron's favorite actor Arnold, he is now a popular star in Hollywood. How much is his current salary?

Twenty million dollars! Not even bargaining.

And even if someone does offer 20 million US dollars to Arnold to make a movie, whether he takes it or not depends on his mood.

A movie can take as short as three or four months, or as long as half a year.

After deducting taxes, you can get 10 million US dollars just like that. You can work hard to make two or three movies a year. Isn't this money difficult to make?

In addition to the remuneration, after each film is completed, the actors can continue to receive dividends from the copyright income of the film in the next few decades, which is more than the remuneration!

Just like Allen, he mainly sells video tapes. Every time a video tape is sold, part of the income earned from these copyrights has to be distributed to the actors, even if it is renting the video tape or playing it on TV. Copyright fee!

This is a long-term income. It can be said that for an actor of Arnold's level, if he acts in a movie now, his continuous income over several decades can add up to hundreds of millions of dollars in income. If you don't know the industry, you will be shocked when you hear this. Income, isn’t it shocking?

For them, money no longer matters at this stage, and they begin to pursue fame. For example, making more in-depth movies and winning awards are all types of fame. And if they get to know people of high status, even It's cooperation, which is even more tempting to them than just the name.

This has reached a class level.

America says it’s about freedom and equality. Haha, no fool would really believe that, right?

If there is true equality, why do wealthy communities have such strong defense forces, while civilian areas are so chaotic?

Is it because there are not enough police officers?

It's because that garbage is not worth protecting at all!

If there was equality and freedom, why would there be so many wealthy families in the United States with servants?

Servants are inherently products of the class system.

This is also the reason why Cameron, as a Hollywood rookie and director with great promise, immediately joined Allen's apprenticeship as soon as he was seduced by Carl Sr.

It’s easy to make money, and it’s easy to get the money once you have achieved fame, but it’s not easy to improve your status and class!

If there is an opportunity to advance in class or be with someone of higher class, no fool will miss it.

Old Carl was still dealing with everyone who handed him business cards and talked to him. Suddenly

There was a muffled sound in the distance, not a loud bang, but a very muffled sound, like the muffled thunder before the spring rain. Along with the muffled sound, there was a faint firelight lighting up the sky due east of the Los Angeles Music Center.

Old Carl pretended to be surprised and quickly turned to look in the direction of the muffled sound.

The Los Angeles Music Center and Koreatown are not even six kilometers apart in a straight line, so they are extremely close!

Before anyone could figure out what was going on over there, the second, third, and fourth muffled sounds came one after another, and the sky over there became brighter!

It was as if something exploded, and then, crackling sounds sounded intermittently.

Abroad, no one would think that this kind of crackling sound is a firecracker, but this is America!

Everyone subconsciously heard it, it was the sound of gunshots!

Although it was intermittent, the gunfire was so intensive that anyone with some knowledge could tell that at least hundreds of guns were fired at the same time!

At this time, it was the end of the Oscars. The media outside were still there, and all the media were a little confused.

They all knew to some extent that Los Angeles had been uneasy recently, but they didn't expect it to be so uneasy!

Is this a fight? Or was there a riot?

But anyway, this is definitely big news!

The Oscars are over now, and these stars are no longer important. Some smarter media are already quickly packing up their equipment, loading their cars, and then stepping on the accelerator and driving in that direction.

Is this big news, a big hit, or is it happening in Los Angeles, America? What is this?

This is a promotion and salary increase, this is an endless bonus!

"Sir!"

Anthony Hopkins was still calm, approached Old Karl, and asked softly.

The people who had just come to get close had almost dispersed. Star ran faster. Gunshots were heard over there, and they had already started running away.

"Don't panic, we are still some distance away. Go back quickly. Pay attention to safety tonight and watch the news tomorrow to see what happened."

Old Karl sighed, pretended to be calm and said something to the people around him in a loud voice, and then he took Anthony Hopkins with him to the car.

In Old Carl's villa in the suburbs of Los Angeles, this place is relatively far away from Koreatown. From here, you can't even hear what is happening over there. Even if you can see the sky being faintly reflected in red, no one will care about that direction. Isn't that where the Oscars are being held tonight? Who knows what those stars are doing.

Ceylon had just finished his supper when he suddenly received a call from Karl Lao.

"Hello? Jazz."

"Ceylon, I just attended the Oscars. Something big seems to have happened here. Why don't you come and see what news there is?"

Old Carl conscientiously completes his own character design. He likes to support his younger generations.

There is big news here. Now the BBC's special interview team is temporarily resting in his villa. It is reasonable to make a phone call to inform them.

But Ceylan's face darkened when she received the call. She already felt something was wrong. Although she didn't know Allen's plan, she went out for interviews in the middle of the night and went to make big news.

I glanced at some young people chatting in the distance. These people were very courageous. They had been entertained very well by Old Carl these days. They had a very good impression of the old Sir. Some of them even showed up when Old Carl was not at home. , and had the audacity to compare old Carl with Spencer, the son of an earl who was recently at the BBC headquarters, and then everyone complained and abused Spencer.

"Okay. I understand. Where is the location?"

"It's just east of the Los Angeles Music Center. When you come here, you can follow the crowd and find out."

Even though Old Carl knew that the place where the accident happened was Koreatown, he didn't say anything. He never said any key information on the phone. The young master had warned him a long time ago that the Yankees are very insidious and they like to monitor the phone, no matter who it is, no matter who it is. At no time should you give critical information over the phone.

Ceylon took everyone and equipment and went out to report big news. From the suburbs into the city, the further in, the greater the flow of people on the streets.

But this is only relatively large compared to the situation in the suburbs where no one comes out at night. The closer you go to the city, the better the public security is, so people dare to go out at night.

As for the specific location of the accident, there is no need to ask, just follow the opposite direction of the flow of people.

When we were still one block away from Koreatown, cars could no longer drive in. The outside was surrounded by Los Angeles police, various interview vehicles, and some people watching the excitement.

Ceylon asked people to go over and negotiate with the police with their documents.

There was a smoky and burnt smell in the air, as well as the aroma of barbecue, and it was a little bit spicy to the eyes, but since it was night, I couldn't see anything clearly.

Ceylon hasn't figured out what's going on with these smells yet, and the people who negotiated in the past have returned.

"Boss, the police said it's unsafe to go any further. If we insist on going in, any accidents will be our own responsibility!"

This person looked extremely excited as he spoke. The more danger there is, the more big news there is. As a reporter, how can you be afraid of danger?

Ceylon glanced at the young man in front of him with a complicated expression. He was such a good guy, but he was a bit shy.

"To move the equipment, let's go in and ask everyone to be careful and don't run around!"

Walking along the alley, there are obvious traces of black smoke on the wall in the alley. It is about two or three meters high. It is extremely obvious. You can see it just by shining a flashlight. It feels like what happened just now. There had been a fire, but apart from being unusually dry and filled with an unpleasant smell, there were no traces of the fire in the alley.

Ceylon was walking on the far left side of the team, neither in front nor behind. They had just walked out of the alley. Their current location could be reached in less than a thousand meters along this straight road. Koreatown.

There were several unknown people lying on the road. These people were covered in darkness, and it was impossible to tell what race they were. They were just lying on the ground, some were curled up, and some seemed to be in extreme pain. There was still darkness on the ground. scratches.

"vomit"

Some people with shallow stomachs in the team had already begun to vomit while holding on to the wall.

They finally knew where the smell of barbecue in the air came from.

The vomiting man was just about to raise his head and say something when there was a crisp sound of "Pop!"

The person who was vomiting froze with an expression of disbelief on his face. He swayed twice and then collapsed with a plop.

This scene shocked the team who were still feeling disgusted just now. Ceylon was also shocked, and there were even some fragments in her mind.

She had thought about many situations, but she had never thought of this, so direct? Just so aboveboard, just one shot?

Where is the enemy? I don’t know, who fired the shot? have no idea.

Why they attacked them, I still don’t know!

Without giving everyone a chance to be confused, starting from the first shot, several more gunshots were fired, and several more young people fell down in the team. This scene even scared everyone who was still excited just now!

Some people howled and started to hide in the alley, and some people lay on the ground and yelled. The whole team was in chaos!

Ceylon was so frightened that she hid behind the photographer carrying the camera and subconsciously said loudly: "Don't panic, don't panic, hide in the shadows, bend down, don't mess up!"

But the team was crying and causing chaos for a long time, and no one listened to him at all.

The crackling gunfire was not dense, but with every gunshot, someone fell down and ran?

There were even gunshots coming from behind them, and they were blocked at the entrance of the alley, with no way to escape!

There are tall buildings with red brick walls on both sides. There are no windows below the second floor. There is not even a trash can in this alley that can be used as a cover!

Ceylan didn't even care about how dirty the ground was. She lay on the ground and curled up. With every gunshot, her curled up body shook with the sound of the gunshot.

She didn't know how many people had died, and she didn't know when the gunfire would stop, but she felt that as the gunfire continued to come, the other party was getting closer and closer to them.

Until there were footsteps behind him, Ceylon was so frightened that he didn't even dare to raise his head.

boom!

The sound of gunshots even rang in Ceylon's ears. The photographer hugged his legs and wailed. His camera was also picked up and taken away. When the masked man squatted down to pick up the camera, Ceylon turned his face sideways. , eyes just met his.

These eyes!

Ceylon's pupils suddenly shrank. She knew these eyes. She had even seen him in the villa in the morning, a very shy young man!

You can’t go wrong!

She remembers the other person's eyes!

The two parties looked at each other, and the other party held a gun in his left hand. Under Ceylon's shocked eyes, he raised the gun towards her, "Bang"!