Producer [American Entertainment]

1981 came quietly like this.

Sabatino's villa in Beverly Hills is still as cold as the South Pole, the southernmost point of Antarctica. There is no colder place in the world than that.

Between the owner of the manor and his cousin, since returning from New York on December 12 last year, not a word has been spoken, even at Christmas.The servants didn't even dare to take a breath, and they walked as quietly as possible, whispering and whispering, trying to make it seem like they didn't exist.

"It's really not even Christmas." The new Mexican girl who came to the kitchen and the chef's apprentice said, "I thought that all Americans must celebrate Christmas."

The chef's apprentice rolled his eyes: "Why don't you think Santa Claus is real? The owner of this house is a Jew, so he doesn't have the habit of celebrating Christmas."

Judaism celebrates Hanukkah, which is actually close to Christmas, but Hanukkah lasts for eight days, and its nature is more similar to the family reunion of Easter.The most famous traditional activity is that the junior children in the family are responsible for lighting the middle candle on the Hanuka lamp, and then lighting one more candle every day until they are all lit on the eighth day.

"Eh? Then where is the so-and-so card candlestick in our house? Mr. Lesenbra's room? I haven't seen it before." The kitchen girl was very regretful.

"Uh, there's never been such a thing at home, and Mr. Lexembla has no habit of celebrating festivals." It can be said that apart from William's birthday, Lexembla doesn't care about any date, including his own birthday, because he Think that is meaningless, not as important as the annual "fiscal year".

"What about Mr. Theros?"

"Probably the same as Mr. Lesenbra. They are big people, busy people, and they don't have holidays." The chef's apprentice guessed casually very irresponsibly.

It's not that William doesn't care about festivals because he's busy, but since his parents passed away, he doesn't particularly like this kind of family reunion day.That would make him look lonely, so he hypnotizes himself as if they weren't there so he doesn't have to remember how much fun the three of them had in London every Easter, Halloween, Christmas and New Year's Eve .

Old Bernstein deliberately used Hanukkah as an excuse to take Sabatino and William to his estate in the suburbs, trying to resolve the conflict between the brothers.

In the end, Sabatino said, "I didn't see you last year, so I insisted on telling us to go back to celebrate Hanukkah", which blocked all the subsequent words.

So, the two-week Christmas holiday passed without embarrassment, and the people around Lesenbra thought about the triple weekly salary, this compensation, begging for every year! [Hey, Saturday, January 1rd is the day of the premiere of "Two Smoking Barrels".

The night before the premiere, Sabatino finally sat down and decided to have a face-to-face meeting with William.

In the study room on the second floor, both parties tried their best to control their tempers, not wanting to become the kind of people with low emotional intelligence who "only use the most vicious language to hurt the people closest to them".

But they couldn't deny that the one-month cold war made the relationship between them quickly go back to more than a year or two years ago, and it was not even as good as when they first met each other.At least from William's point of view, this is true. At that time, he was only afraid of Sabatino, but now he is angry and afraid, so he is useless.

"Why did you go to Central Park that day?" Sabatino said, his voice was so dry that even he was startled.

William felt that his cousin's voice was very cold and emotionless.He lowered his head, preferring to count the patterns of the handmade Persian wool carpet on the ground, rather than look into Sabatino's unwavering eyes.

"I told you on the phone, I had a friend for dinner that night, Jeremy Besby, he said that near Central Park, there is the best burger in New York. I don't know how good the burger is. I only know that he likes it, so I’m going to do what I like, and persuade him to finish writing his short story.”

Sabatino frowned: "You like that novel so much?"

"I'm going to buy the copyright of his novel and adapt it into a movie." William finally told the truth, which he didn't tell Sabatino, "I think that science fiction story is very unique and unconventional. It may not be possible to create a new posture for shooting science fiction movies, and it will save money. Can you imagine it? Shoot science fiction movies and save money.”

Sabatino's lips squirmed slightly, but he still didn't make a sound in the end.He wanted to say, why didn't you tell me you wanted to make a movie?I'll pick for you the best-selling script, the best investment, and the best production team.

But when Sabatino thought of this, he also understood why William would not tell him this.

Because making movies is William's hobby, not a job he has to but also completes.And who would like to have his interests done by others for him?

Anyway, Sabatino didn't want to.

Sabatino sighed inwardly, what he had done before was outrageous.Since he was reborn, he seemed to be possessed, and he always insisted that it would be safe only if he helped William do everything.He felt that he could give William the best things in the future, and help William eliminate risks and failures.He carefully protected William from growing up, fearing that he would feel that he was a disgusting pedophile who would only appear in his life after he became an adult; seeing that William had no friends of the same age, he created a mitotic version of himself to be friends with William Well, thinking about it now, these actions of his would definitely be said to be too controlling.

But God knows, he never thought about it that way, he could swear not for a second.He doesn't want to control William, he just wants to give him what he thinks is best.But he forgot to ask if William liked it.

What should I do to really treat William well?

Sabatino fell silent suddenly, and William didn't speak anymore. He felt like a robot, answering only when he asked, and crashing when he didn't ask.

Maybe it was a long time later, maybe it was just a moment, Sabatino finally resumed the topic: "How did you know each other?"

"At the award ceremony of the Saturn Awards." Blood Red was shortlisted for the Saturn Awards at the end of July last year.Due to emotion and reason, William, as one of the producers, has to attend to support.This is Blood Red's first and likely only nomination, and William's first as a producer.

Unfortunately, in the end, Blood Red was only shortlisted and did not receive any awards.

But on that occasion where people from the sci-fi and horror worlds gathered together, William was not completely in vain. He met Jerome, the author of sci-fi.

It seemed to Sabatino that he had encouraged, half-forced, William to attend the Saturn Awards, Sabatino recalled.It is said that it can prepare for the Oscars in the future.He meant that once you have participated in a ceremony, no matter how big or small the occasion is, once you are familiar with the basic procedures, you will not be shy about going to a big ceremony.

The reason why William is so encouraged is that Sabatino also has his own selfishness. He hopes that William will become more and more adaptable to life in front of the spotlight. He does not want William to show an expression of being out of this world. , He thought he was inextricably linked with this world and could never be separated.

So, is it really the fault of being too arrogant?If he hadn't encouraged William to go to the Saturn Award, William would not have met Jeremy, and if he hadn't met Jeremy, how could he have saved Lennon?

Sabatino's face became even more ugly because of guilt.

William deepened his misunderstanding of Sabatino. To be honest, he is not yet capable enough to interpret too many different emotions from the same face.

From William's point of view, Sabatino, who was cold and silent, was angry. It was terrible. Who was he angry with, me?

The time on the clock passed slowly, and the sky outside was getting darker and darker. William and Sabatino were full of thoughts, and they didn't know where to start.

Sabatino wanted to raise his hand to rub William's blond hair, or pat his fair cheek, and said openly, brother overreacted a while ago, can you stop being angry with me again?

William was thinking the same thing.He was thinking, if he didn't try to act like a child, and act like a baby with Sabatino, saying, brother, I was wrong, I promise I won't be so reckless again.I don't feel good about causing you to worry about it for so long.Don't be mad at me, okay?

Unfortunately, after thinking about it, none of them could really say it in the end.

After all, Sabatino is not the kind of cheerful and rough guy, and William also feels that he can't grasp the ability to act like a baby, so the two can only endure it, and went back to their rooms in silence.

William turned back and forth on the bed, feeling uncomfortable at all, and tossed and tossed until it was almost dawn before falling asleep drowsily.

So, the next morning, William inevitably got up late, and he was almost ready for lunch before he ran in the morning.Naturally, it is impossible to see Sabatino at the breakfast table. He is a workaholic, with a clear distinction between public and private, and never lets his emotions really affect the progress of work.

William was the only one on the long milky-white dining table, facing the full format breakfast.Standing in a row behind him, William once thought that he would never get used to being watched while eating in his life, but today, less than a year later, he got used to it.

From frugality to extravagance is easy! From frugality to extravagance is easy.

After the meal, the butler said to William, what outfit do you want to wear, master, for today's premiere?Which car do you drive?There is absolutely no one to stop you when you go out, but can you bring a few bodyguards with you?

The more William listened, the brighter his eyes became, thinking, this is the signal that his cousin wants to reconcile with him, right?

As a family, there is no need to make a solemn apology, is there?His father was like this. Often times during the day, the quarrels were extremely fierce, and the world was turned upside down. William was afraid that they would be separated, divorced, and never see each other the next day. But when he woke up and looked again, his parents had reconciled as before, and they were still alive. Extra sweet, as if they kiss each other every few minutes before they die.It is especially unbearable.

But William's joyful mood at this time could not be maintained for a few seconds.

Because the butler immediately added another sentence to William: "Master Sabatino, he has already flown to Silicon Valley overnight, so you don't have to worry about him not letting you go out."

The corners of William's brilliant mouth were frozen on his face before he had time to fully raise it, both up and down were embarrassed.So, cousin still hasn't forgiven himself?Out of sight, but pure in heart?

He doesn't even care about me anymore.William was even more sad and didn't even want to go online.

Sabatino stayed in front of the computer and waited for a long time, but William never came online.Are you busy with the premiere?William should be happy this time, right?He also specially asked the butler to find out all the good reviews he had received in newspapers and magazines during the screening, and put them in the most prominent places so that William could see them.