Acting King's Daily [Comprehensive British and American]

Toby pieced together what happened:

Leonardo accidentally saw the design of the ring in Eric Xavier's study, which was designed by Eric Xavier himself.In this case, the ring could serve many purposes, but think of an engagement ring as a 'personally designed' setting.

Not only that, after Leonardo had such doubts in his heart, he began to keenly perceive that there was something wrong with Eric Xavier's behavior, that kind of something full of mystery.Leonardo once caught Eric Xavier on the phone cautiously, and after seeing Leonardo, he changed the place and continued to call. You must know that Eric Xavier did not And Leonardo so far away.

Finally, prior to this, as the public knows, Eric Xavier had never thrown an unsolicited party, not a celebratory party of any kind. The global box office of "The Truman Show" is less than half of "Gait Shot", which doesn't make Leonardo feel that there is anything to celebrate, but Eric Xavier is very concerned about this celebration party, #事If there is an abnormality, there must be a demon#, so under the support of the above various situations, Leonardo came to the conclusion that Eric Xavier will propose to 'someone' at the celebration party.

This sounds plausible, but there are too many flaws in logic, right?

Feeling that something was wrong, Toby moved the remaining beer from the refrigerator. Seeing Leonardo opened another can of beer, he thought for a while and went to get a notebook and a pen. He felt that there were flaws in logic, that he wanted to complain, and that he couldn't figure it out.

In this way, Toby finally realized what was wrong. If Leonardo's gender was changed to a female, then this story could be made into an urban light comedy, and it was still the kind that was mixed with a series of misunderstandings. ——In this story, the trigger for the misunderstanding is the ring and the mysterious phone call——after the heroine’s chain of events, the truth is finally revealed, and the hero and heroine are either reunited after a broken mirror or a happy end where the misunderstanding is resolved.

It's a pity that if there is no if, Leonardo is not a woman.

Toby crossed out the rom-com and stopped halfway through it, because for God's sake, this story really fits.No, Toby realized another important point, that is, in the "urban light comedy", the relationship between the male and female protagonists is determined, but in reality Leonardo and Eric Xavier are not, so I still put this one Go ahead and cross it out.

Still not right, Toby recalled Leonardo's description of the mysterious phone call, no matter how it sounded like he found out that his boyfriend cheated on him, but thinking about it carefully, it was all from Leonardo's point of view. From Eric Xavier's point of view, that call might involve business secrets or something... So this is where the entanglement is.

Let’s not talk about entanglement or not, even Toby’s behavior seems to be inconsistent with the general routine of "a good friend is broken in love, I have to comfort him". When he was writing and drawing, Leonardo had already gone from He found a bottle of red wine at home and drank it as beer.

By the time Toby found out, Leonardo had already downed half the bottle.

"Take it easy, you!" Toby hurried up and snatched the wine bottle. This guy is looking like he's trying to drink away his worries.Toby thought he really had to do something and diverted Leonardo's attention, "Leo, now let's assume that Eric Xavier designed that ring as an engagement ring, and he will propose at the party." Now, then, there must be a candidate for marriage, right? I can't think of such a candidate. "

Very good, this is very good, such words of consolation successfully made Leonardo feel sad.

Toby is really not "adding insult to injury", he is proof by contradiction, understand?If it is proved that there is no candidate for a marriage proposal, wouldn't that mean that Leonardo's hypothesis can be rejected?

Well, this rhetoric moved Leonardo, who looked like he was really about to cry.Leonardo reluctantly began to think about possible candidates, and Toby was beside him as a clerk.

Possible candidates are as follows:

David, the CEO of EX Industries, also works part-time as Eric Xavier's housekeeper.

——Toby had never thought that there was such an option before this. He also found a picture of the CEO of EX Industry in a financial magazine. It can be seen that he is a young talent, and he has a part-time job as a housekeeper. It seems that there is a real problem. While managing the EX industry outside, Eric Xavier’s daily life is also in charge of it. Will this be too wide?Possibly three and a half stars (out of five)

Tony Stark, genius, billionaire, playboy, chairman of Stark Industries, Iron Man.

——There is no need for Toby to look for his information anymore. As a non-entertainment person, Tony Stark's exposure rate has always been high, which makes people enviable and jealous, especially now that he is still He has become Iron Man, a real-life superhero. Of course, those who don't like him will not admit this.These are not the point, the point is the relationship between Tony Stark and Eric Xavier.

Thinking about it this way, a lot of gossip-style news popped up in Toby's mind. You must know that Tony Stark is the gossip object of Eric Xavier, who is comparable to Leonardo. ET Films is the ironclad evidence. Seriously, if it wasn’t for the fact that Tony Stark’s playboy image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he can act as a buffer in it, the media would at most say it’s a “genuine base in your circle”, otherwise… ...so maybe four stars.

Wait, this is wrong, Toby circled the gender of the two suspicious candidates in front, looked up and said: "Leo, I think we may be thinking in the wrong direction, I think if Eric Xavier He would really propose in public, and the object of his proposal is more likely to be a lady. By the way, didn’t he say that he had a female crush? But it was snatched away by someone, and a scene was staged A real-life Karl-Rose-Jack love triangle. Has the other side changed their minds?"

It's not impossible, not only Toby, but also the media and movie fans at the time thought that Miss Ocean Heart had her head pinched, and even Eric Xavier didn't like it?This feels like when "Titanic" was released before, the female fans of Karl's school despised Rose and didn't want Karl, and choosing Jack was picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon.

What Toby didn't know was that Miss Ocean Heart didn't choose 'Carl' in the end. On the surface, the media felt puzzled or distressed, but the rumors in the market became more and more intense. They believed that Miss Ocean Heart was keenly aware of it. Eric Xavier's sexuality is vague, so he doesn't want to wrong himself.This can be compared to Tom Cruise, rumored that his marriage with his current wife Nicole Kidman is a deal, Tom Cruise needs a shield, Nicole Kidman needs exposure and popularity , and now Nicole Kidman is famous and has works, so the marriage of the two has cracked.

But the truth is more interesting than the rumors.

Leonardo reached out and rubbed his red and white face, hesitatingly squeezed out the truth like toothpaste.

Toby was petrified. He mechanically wrote the words 'MissLeo' on the notepad. After writing a line and the pen fell through, Toby came back to his senses. He swallowed his throat and found his Voice: "I was wondering why you didn't go to the masquerade ball, so that's how you went."

Leonardo glared at Toby, who was spitting out, and didn't even bother to talk to Toby.

"Uh."

Toby felt that he should not express any opinions on this shocking truth for the time being, at least for Leonardo's cross-dressing behavior, and Eric Xavier's ability to win the Golden Globe Award for best drama. The best actor award is really not unreasonable. Look at how sincerely he was talking nonsense when he was interviewed by the reporter!

Toby added Leonardo's name to the list and gave it four and a half stars.

#If this is not love#

So, "Leo, has it ever occurred to you that the ring might be for you?"

Leonardo tapped his drowsy forehead, groaned in pain, and said as if thinking of something: "Toby, that seems to be a female ring."

Toby was stunned, grinning with a stiff face: "You're kidding me." In fact, Toby wanted to flip the table: I've racked my fucking brains to prove it for you, and you're only telling me now this matter!

"Really." Leonardo snatched the notebook and pen from Toby's hand, flipped a page, and tried to recall the design drawing he saw at that time, trying to imitate it.As he drew and drew, Leonardo remembered that in his dream, Eric taught him to draw design drawings after transmigrating into Rose, and those warm pictures of each other, there was no one else, just the two of them... …

"Leo? You're not crying—"

"I didn't!" Leonardo threw the notebook to Toby, turning around so that Toby couldn't see his face.

Toby caught the notebook in a hurry, and he was very sensible and didn't say anything. He just looked down at the ring drawn by Leonardo.Well, I can only say that the ring he drew is very abstract. Toby can only tell that there is a gemstone on the ring. Of course, it may be a diamond. It really doesn't seem to be a men's ring. It does not mean that men cannot wear gorgeous rings inlaid with gemstones and diamonds.

This is going astray again, but fortunately Toby still knows how to "rein in a precipice". He glanced at the 'broken boy' in his family and frowned, "Leo, I think it's better for you to ask Ask Eric Xavier."

What about the method of proof by contradiction?

Toby is so "perfunctory", and Leonardo can't blame him for throwing him a sentence of "don't worry about it, just leave me alone".

The lovelorn is the biggest, well, the suspected lovelorn/crush is the biggest, and Toby is holding his notebook, carrying his pen, and giving the living room to Leonardo.

Toby was not idle, he went to the Internet to check to see if any media had noticed any clues, but after checking, there was no sign, even in the fan forum, no one mentioned the celebration party two weeks later. To propose marriage, this kind of thing like "extraterrestrial visitor" is associated.The media and movie fans are still speculating about the guest list and what race the invited guests will dress up as.

On this point, Toby was right before. Everyone else expected Leonardo to be an elf, and the heir to the EX industry——Tolkien’s preference for elves is obvious to all. He said many times The elves are his most proud creation, and he spent an amazing amount of time building elf culture, history, and even created two complete elven languages, Quenya and Sindarin.In terms of external conditions, elves have also become almost perfect existences. They are tall, intelligent, beautiful, and elegant. They are best at poetry, literature, and music. Anyway, they are the embodiment of beauty.

Ladies would be more than happy to dress up as elves, Toby thought, scratching his chin.At this moment, Toby couldn't help but open his ears to listen when he heard rustling noises coming from outside.

At first it didn't sound very real, Toby moved his position quietly, and poked his head out to look at the living room. After listening for a while, he knew that Leonardo was calling Eric Xavier now, and Toby I felt that Leonardo seemed to be drinking a little too much, and he talked a little bit with a tongue, and then Toby heard Leonardo say something that was almost earth-shattering: "What? You are going to propose to three people at the same time!"

Toby: "!!!" Is he dreaming, or is the world crazy?Thinking about the three "suspects" he listed, isn't this the right number?

Not really, okay?

Toby only drank a sip of beer, and contributed most of it to the floor, so he was not so drunk, even if he was really drunk, he would not believe such absurd things.So in order to find out the truth, Toby resolutely moved to the living room, and almost stepped on the empty red wine bottle. Well, Leonardo drank a lot of wine, so this time he became a strong and cowardly man. up.

After successfully arriving in the living room, Toby... listened to the corner of the wall openly.Why is it aboveboard?Toby felt that he could just walk around in front of Leonardo without being noticed. He was too concentrated on the phone.That's right, Eric Xavier is planning to propose to three people.

What Toby didn't expect was that Leonardo really parroted three names next.

Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving.

Two men and one woman!

Wait, why does the name sound so familiar?

Toby scratched the back of his head and quickly remembered, aren't these three actors who are reported to be starring in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy directed by Peter Jackson?Cate Blanchett also won the Best Actress in a Drama Series for "Elisabeth" at the previous Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

So, what the hell is going on here?

Toby thinks he should think about "The Lord of the Rings", and at the same time, he can cross out the conjecture that the ring is used for marriage proposal, but he drank a lot of wine, and he is not a Tolkien fan like Toby Leonardo, his thinking is not so clear and correct.He did recognize that it was the name of two men and one woman, and then he asked in a flash of his brain: "Eric, are you bisexual?"

Toby: "..." What a powerful reasoning ability.

Then, something very good and powerful happened——

Leonardo leaned over to the sofa unsteadily, and didn't know what Eric Xavier said on the other side of the phone. Toby moved a few steps closer and heard Leonardo muttering One sentence: "Exactly, me too."

Then, Leonardo's call was over.

……

When Leonardo woke up with a splitting headache, it was already noon the next day. He didn't wake up from pain, but from hunger.

Leonardo staggered out of the guest room. Toby, who was reading the original "Lord of the Rings" with his legs crossed in the living room, raised his head when he heard a voice from the book: "Leo, you're awake."

Leonardo rubbed his forehead and said nothing.

Toby cleared his throat and spoke again: "Leo, do you remember what happened last night? Well, I can give you a hint. You came to me yesterday and told me that Eric was going to propose at the theme party. Then you got drunk, but you called Eric and asked him about the ring."

Leonardo's already ugly complexion became even uglier now, "I, he—"

Seeing him like that, Toby stopped being a fool: "There is no such thing as a marriage proposal. It's all because of your misunderstanding. The thing about the rings is true, but it's not one, but three. It's from "The Lord of the Rings". The three rings of elves mentioned, Naya, Nanya and Via, are the ring of fire, the ring of water and the ring of air. I understand that."

In "The Lord of the Rings", these three rings are in the hands of Gandalf, Galadriel and Elrond, and Gandalf's one was given to him by Cirdan, that is to say, Ian McKellen, Kate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving are their respective actors.Toby would know so clearly, or Eric Xavier told him that after Leonardo fell asleep at a critical moment, the other party called him on his mobile phone.

Leonardo showed the expression of the rest of his life, and his face looked much better.

Toby hesitated, he couldn't bear it anymore, but he had no reason to hide such an important matter, so—"Leo, what, you confessed to Eric on the phone. Well, probably of."

—What should I say, fate, the tortured little goblin?