Before AD [Babylonian Favorites]

The most taboo thing in our line of work is gaining weight, so I pay great attention to diet control on weekdays.However, that night, I went to a bar near my home with Marlena to have a drink or two, as a celebration of my first audition, which was a big success.

Malena obviously drank too much, and kept hugging me and shouting pork chops.After shouting for a while, he suddenly threw the ten-centimeter red high-heeled shoes onto the next table, sat down on the ground and cried loudly.

The face of the bar owner was almost blackened into a potsticker.

"Francisco, is this your new girlfriend? I didn't expect you to be so lucky." He looked at Marlena with eyes that looked at pork, and clicked his tongue.

I hurriedly pulled her up apologetically, trying to carry her out, but she was as drunk as mud, so I had to lift her up with a princess hug.

"Come on, buddy, get her done!" Along the way, drunkards kept waving glasses and yelling at me with lewd smiles.

Driving back to the apartment, and carrying this dead lady up to the third floor, I thought I was near death.

I took out the key and was about to open the door when I heard a miserable voice in my ear: "Little Francisco."

Recently, the light in the corridor of the apartment broke down and I haven't had time to fix it. When I turned my head, I saw two green eyes glowing in the black light.

The man rested his head on his hands and looked at me with a deep pose.

I almost jumped up, I'm X, scary don't bring this!

A closer look revealed that it was John.

I suppressed the urge to hit Malena on him like a heavy missile, and said to him: "What are you doing here? Didn't I send you an email, all your personal belongings will be delivered to your mother in a few days There."

John sighed: "Little Francisco, in the end you still haven't figured out what the crux of the matter is."

"The crux of the matter is that I'm holding back the idea of ​​beating you up and asking you to leave very politely." Without looking at him, I gently put Marlena down, and supported her to open the door with one hand.

"Okay, then I'll just ask you a question, and I'll leave as soon as I figure out the answer, and I won't bother you at all." John said, "Little Francesco, actually, I've been skeptical. For the past three years, I love you so much I can't wait to give you my heart. Lung, and you... have you ever really loved me?"

He doesn't mention it, but when I mention it, I get angry: "Fuck you bastard! I will provide you with food and drink, and you give me a cuckold, and you think I don't love you enough? What do I want? Fuck love you?"

Tears suddenly fell from John's green eyes, and he sat down slowly against the wall.

"You know in your heart, little Francesco, that you don't know how to love, you don't know what it's like to really love someone."

I couldn't react for a while.

"Little Francesco, my dearest little Francesco," he called to me in a gentle but sad voice, "I love you so much, I wish you could understand my love, but after all these years, you are still like this."

He closed his eyes: "I don't want to admit it, but I have to admit it. Little Francisco, this is too cruel, I just can't accept it just thinking about it. You... don't belong to me, you never...belong to me. "

I froze.

John slowly raised his head and looked at me: "I hope you will understand one day. More than anyone else, I sincerely hope that you can meet a true love..."

bang.

I muffled his voice at the door.

"Goodbye."

I seem to hear John whispering.

After getting Marlena settled down, I went back to my room to lie down after taking a shower, but I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning for a long time.

uncomfortable.

Unspeakably uncomfortable.

I stop thinking about these things.Rubbing her hair, she pulled out the file folder from her bag and began to read it.

It seems that Bagoss's lines are really not ordinary, and there is a requirement for an English accent, asking me to imitate Arabic-style English.Halo, this accent is so weird, I had to bite my tongue off.

In the introduction of the main characters, little is said about Bagoas, only that he is docile, quiet, smart and well-behaved, and was once the male favorite of Persian Emperor Darius III.Later, the Persian Empire was captured by Alexander, and Bagoss naturally became Alexander's male favorite.This guy has a hard life. The two emperors he served have died one after another, but he is still alive.

However, these are not the point, the point is that he is still a eunuch!

Cups.I can now see the kitchen knife in my mother's hand with a cold light.

I raised my eyes slightly, and a photo of a sculpture above came into my eyes.

It was a man with his head up slightly.

The thick curly hair and the high bridge of the nose made him look radiant, but his eyes were blurry, probably because there were no pupils engraved on them.

This is Alexander the Great.

He set off with his father at the age of 18, became the king of Macedonia at the age of 20, and conquered the last known place in the world at the time - India at the age of 32.For more than ten years, he conquered cities and territories, and was invincible[1].

Invincible, what kind of concept is this?In Alexander's stormy life, he never lost a single battle!

I'm a little skeptical, how can anyone do this?This is bragging, right? !

His character is a mystery.Some people say that he is extremely violent, cruel and selfish, and can kill his closest friends, while others say that he is magnanimous, gentle and polite, and even cares about his defeated enemies with meticulous care[2].

I take another look at the photo.

Hey, such a person probably only exists in fairy tales, and it is more reasonable to be admired by all generations.

I stretched my waist, felt a heavy sleepiness, threw down the folder and fell asleep.

A week later, I got a call from Oliver that the cast was almost ready and we were flying to Egypt for the shoot.

At the airport, I met the actor who played Alexander, Colin, a new-generation actor who looks exactly like Brad Pitt.I heard that Uncle Oliver's ideal Alexander was Brad Pitt, but it's a pity that Pete hung up the phone decisively when he heard that his wife Angelina Jolie was playing Alexander's mother Olympias in it.

The Egyptian set was a magnificent ancient palace.

Oliver proudly told us that the palace was temporarily built according to the Persepolis Palace, the royal palace of the Persian Empire. Because it tells the official history, the prop master has put in a lot of effort in textual research.

"Since it is so famous, why don't we go directly to the real Persepolis Palace to shoot?" I wondered.

Oliver shook his head and said regretfully: "Little Francisco, you don't know that the real Persepolis Palace is in Iran. After thousands of years, there is only a ruined site left. And it is said that the palace that was destroyed back then It was Alexander the Great himself who built a palace worthy of a miracle."

"Alexander?" I became even more confused, "Alright, what did he do to destroy such a beautiful palace?"

In ancient China, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, burned the Afang Palace in anger. How could Alexander do this?Is it possible that as long as you are a hero, you must burn a palace to prove your extraordinaryness?

"How can we speculate on the thoughts of a great man?" Oliver sighed. "Historians think this is his blemish, and some people even think that this is the biggest mistake he made in his life."

The huge palace complex is surrounded by mountains. From a distance, the sky is vast. The gray-white stone steps at the entrance are stacked one after another. You can imagine the prosperous scene when the courtiers met.Rows of respectful envoys and soldiers holding spears are engraved on the walls on both sides of the steps, which are spectacular and eye-catching.

In front of it is a spacious gatehouse. When you walk in, the central hall is supported by hundreds of limestone columns piercing into the sky. This is the very famous Hall of Hundred Columns in ancient Persia.The whole palace is very big, like a maze, if Oliver hadn't sent us a map in advance, I'm afraid we would all be dizzy.

My first scene with Colin was the first encounter between Alexander and Bagoas in the inner palace to the southeast.

Colin wore armor and was surrounded by soldiers.His hair was soft, sheer blond, and his face was boyish, but manly.There are clouds of beauties around, and the fragrance is permeating, but Colin looked here and saw me at first sight.

I wore a gorgeous Persian robe with my chest bare, and I also looked at him from a distance.

He walked towards me in a heroic manner.

Colin stood in front of me, patiently listened to the supervisor's compliments to me, and said to the supervisor: "Tell Bagos, just say that if you want to go home or go to another place, I will set you free."

I bowed my head and said, "My parents have died in the war, Your Majesty, I have no other place to go."

I opened my mouth, and everyone started laughing wildly.

I sighed and held my forehead. The Arabic-style English was really good.

"Serious! Why are you laughing!" Oliver jumped out of the crowd and knocked Colin on the head. "Bagos is a Persian! You guys can't speak correctly, you guys!"

Colin was straightening his crown, holding back a smile and saying, "I was wrong."

This one came up twice.

"Stop! It's all right."

I found a chair, sat down, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Colin wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at me: "Little Francesco, you still said you can't act? Isn't this passage too true? The way you looked at me just now, I really thought you fell in love with me. Me!"

I am speechless.What kind of world is this?The joker thinks I love him, and my real lover suspects that I don't love myself.I see how I will live with a lover in the future, I can act with him every day!

"Are you joking, Alexander," I said sullenly, "aren't you still laughing at me for a long time?"

"My name is not Alexander, my name is Colin!"

During the time I spent with him, in order to get into the role as soon as possible, I kept calling him Alexander, and Colin despised me for a long time.

"Little Francisco is working hard." Oliver patted me on the shoulder and glared at Colin. "It's not like you, who doesn't listen to scolding no matter how many times, and doesn't have any sense of drama. He has the nerve to call himself a new generation of capable."

Colin was so shocked that he silently picked up his script book and memorized his lines.

"Don't pay attention to that guy," the uncle smiled at me, "Little Francesco, are you interested in becoming a professional actor? I think you are very photogenic and have a good sense of drama. You should have great potential. Why don't you stay in the ballet troupe , Come out and hang out with me!"

I quickly waved my hand: "Forget it, this time acting as a male favorite is enough, I want to live a few more years."

"Seduction is an art too!" Oliver quipped, before being dragged away by the photographer before he could say anything else.

I went back to the house and rummaged through my bag. I was checking my itinerary when I heard intermittent singing from the other side of the palace.

The voice was not real through the lush tree shadows.

Early in the morning, who is singing?

Yet the man's voice was soft.It's like a long raving in sleep, and it's like a feather passing through my heart lightly.

I involuntarily put down my bag and walked out the door.

In the gap between the huge white columns, a tall man in a Persian robe stood leaning against the wall.

The morning glow renders the clouds, and the flowing clouds roll across the horizon.

The man seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly turned his head and looked at me.

Those big eyes seem to pour into the blue of the entire Aegean Sea, affectionate and gentle.

The author has something to say:

[1] The statement about "the last known place in the world" is from a European point of view.At that time, Europe's knowledge of Asia was limited to the Indian peninsula, so most East Asian countries, including China, were unknown to them.

[2] This evaluation comes from "Alexander the Great" Baidu Encyclopedia.