[American Entertainment] Born to be passionate

"Merry Christmas and see you next year."

On Christmas Eve, the festive atmosphere in London gradually increased, and people's enthusiasm for work diminished, so Edmondo's crew temporarily put down their work and went home for the holiday.As a good boss, Edmondo rented two special planes for himself and his employees to return to the United States quickly. In addition, he also gave everyone holiday benefits.

Among them, the art director even received a check from Edmondo to thank him for providing a good movie title.Earlier this month, the "Bug" film project was officially renamed "Virtual Killer".

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the plane arrived at Los Angeles Airport, the staff said goodbye to each other, and then they were gradually taken away by relatives and friends who came to pick up the plane.Jason was a little embarrassed. This emotionally sophisticated boy was picked up by his parents in a car. Before leaving, his parents thanked Edmondo for giving him the opportunity.Of course, Jensen's parents must have no idea how their child got the chance.

Soon, Toby who came to pick up Leonardo arrived, and he rang the car horn from a distance, and Edmondo waved to him. "Come celebrate the holiday with me, Dudu." Leonardo signaled his friend to wait a moment, and he said, "My "The Man in the Iron Mask" just came out, although it's not a very profound movie, but I played Louis XIV in it." , I thought, maybe you'd be interested—we could go to the cinema and relax."

Edmondo pulled off his sunglasses and blinked regretfully. "Sorry, Leo. My usual job is all kinds of movies, and going to the theater is definitely not entertainment." He glanced at his watch, "The appointment is at the mall at 10:[-], I can't let the girls wait for me It's been too long, see you when I start work next year, I will send you a gift, bye."

Leonardo looked at the retreating figure without saying a word.Toby walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder as reassurance. "Come on, lover, at least he's not going to meet a man." He said helplessly, "We have prepared a surprise party for you, maybe that will make you feel better."

……

It's true that Edmondo wasn't going to see a man, but what he was thinking of was a guy who said he wanted to contact him but never heard from him again.River-Phoenix only called him 3 times in two months, and didn't mention Christmas together at all, which was so weird that no one would believe it.

He is now sitting in a cold drink shop in a downtown Los Angeles mall, with Alicia and Nicole sitting on one side and Edmondo on the other, the shop's sign on the table, a large glass of cocktail-style iced drink, and a glass of wine on the table. All drink from this cup.

"Maybe he's just busy and doesn't have time to talk on the phone," Nicole Kidman said.She gave him an excuse that was not very tenable.

Alicia and Edmondo gave unanimous stares to this reason.

"Hey! Don't laugh at me, what's wrong with this reason?" Nicole asked a little bluffing, she has become a lot more cheerful since she divorced Cruise, "I've heard so many people use it, and this reason Very reasonable."

"Oh, my dear Nicole. There's nothing wrong with this reason, it's just that when someone uses it on you, it means that he doesn't care about you anymore." Alicia pierced the bubble mercilessly, she Pinch the straw with two fingers and explain: "I'm busy so I don't have time". An interesting beauty."

Alicia said it seriously, Nicole was a little at a loss, and Edmondo raised an eyebrow at her.

"There's nothing to worry about, Nicole, you've already divorced the one who will put you off." He spread his hands and said, "Now we're talking about Rui Fan, I wouldn't find it strange if this happened to anyone else, It happened to be Rui Fan—he never put me off.”

"—Phoenix doesn't seem like the kind of person who would cheat. I guess he may be re-examining your relationship." Alicia said, "I don't know the specific reason, but he always gives me a feeling that he doesn't belong to the city. , I mean—he’s more of an innocent boy who runs a farm in a small town and loves working with animals.”

"That's why he's a vegetarian. He loves animals and can't bear to eat them." Edmondo affirmed her idea, saying, "Rui Fan's ideal is to open a farm far away from Los Angeles. Taking care of animals and farming every day. He asked me before if I would like to join him, you know, I am a social animal, it is okay to leave my current life for a few days, but if I continue like this, I will die. "

Alicia snapped her fingers and said, "Maybe that's the problem."

"But this topic happened two years ago." Edmondo shook his head and replied, "The most recent one - I didn't agree with him to go to London to work with me, but it was entirely out of consideration for his health, he didn't reason to be angry."

"Well, it's also possible." Alicia wrinkled her nose and said, "Because Leonardo was shot and injured, and you not only didn't accompany him, but also went to London to shoot with Leonardo, and I would be angry too."

Edmundo looked over in disbelief.

"I stayed with him for half a month in Rio, and I didn't hire a nurse at all. I called the doctor when he was in trouble. I was the one who took care of him all the time. What else does he want from me?" he said, "Leo's job is there. I promised to start it on his birthday. And the scenes, machines, and staff are all in place. It will cost nearly 200 million US dollars if we don't start shooting a day. I'm very rich, but that It doesn't mean I'm willing to waste money."

Alicia gave him a smirk before meeting Nicole Kidman's eyes.

"Listen, Nicole, do you want to punch him in Phoenix's place?" She sarcastically said, "Eddie, you're really—I don't know how to describe you, I'm sure you didn't mean to be so arrogant, But that feeling is something you're born with and it's hard to judge."

Hearing this, Edmundo's first reaction was still disbelief, but this wasn't the first time someone accused him of being arrogant by nature, but the first time he didn't know how many times, he swallowed the rebuttal that came to his lips, and hesitantly started Think about what you are doing wrong.

Seeing that the atmosphere on the table was developing into a not-so-good situation, Nicole Kidman came out to smooth things over.

"Maybe Hill and I will accompany you to find him and see if we can find some problems." She said to Edmondo, "I don't think you are so arrogant and arrogant-but I seem to have heard a while ago It may be true that River Phoenix is ​​following up on your game-adapted film project and is busy with work."

Alicia had lost her firm position, and she agreed with Nicole's suggestion, but Edmondo was reluctant because she didn't want to ruin her good mood. "We're here for shopping, and it's Christmas soon, so don't spoil the fun," he said.

But Alicia wasn't going to let him go.She said: "Don't blame me for speaking too bluntly, Eddie, every relationship of yours is beautiful because of you, but it is also dying because of you. Relationships need to be managed. I agree with your way of playing life, but I I don't think you can do that without feeling completely out of touch."

Edmondo raised his eyebrows: "What does that mean? You think it's all my fault?"

Alicia raised her chin. "No, what I mean is-victims will fall in love with criminals, what ability do you have to show no affection to your lovers? This may be a test for you, Phoenix just reduced the number of times you contact you. Can't accept it, join him and leave you?"

"He won't leave me, and I can't accept that he calls me less. I'm just curious about what caused him to change."

"But it seems to me that's your problem, you're too arrogant to believe that you're in love with him."

"WHAT? This is ridiculous. I didn't fall in love with him, I didn't fall in love with anyone, and I even doubted my ability to fall in love with others."

"Of course you have. This incident is the best example."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Nicole tried to save them helplessly. "I heard that "Good Will Hunting" is in the works, and it is very likely to win an Oscar, and the big boat can't steal the limelight. You picked the male lead, right, Eddie?" She raised her voice and said, "Uh— — Hey, you know what, I also heard that Edward Furlong recently made some money investing and bought a vintage mansion that he is currently renovating. Guess who is nominated for Worst Pair with Razzies - it's Lay Leonardo! The Man in the Iron Mask and himself are nominated."

But no, whatever she mentioned couldn't stop them.

Soon, the dispute between Alicia and Edmundo entered a heated stage, but suddenly, Alicia was stunned. She looked behind Edmundo in surprise. There was a whole glass wall through them. You can see the inside of the mall.

Seeing her abnormality, Nicole and Edmundo followed her gaze, but unexpectedly, the moment Edmundo turned his head, Alicia crazily rushed towards Edmundo and covered her his eyes.

"Don't look!" she exclaimed. "Please Eddie! For God's sake, don't look!"

Edmund froze for a few seconds, then decisively pulled her hand away.With Alicia's sigh, what appeared in front of his eyes was Rui Fan——and the physiotherapist he hired for Rui Fan, the Italian teenager Liam.

The two seemed to have just finished shopping, Rui Fan was carrying several bags, and his expression could not be seen due to the angle, but Liam's intentions were all written on his face and Edmondo could see it clearly.

"Whoa," Nicole exclaimed dryly, "this is—it couldn't be worse."

……

Liam stopped, as if he knew where he should stand, he thanked Rui Fan for his guidance and accompanied him to buy Christmas gifts for his mother and sister, and quietly mentioned what he really wanted in the following conversation Come to test each other. "It was a good date, thank you, I appreciate you," he said, "and my mother and sisters, for them I thank you in advance for the gifts you have chosen, they will love them."

"No, this is not a date, Liam, you have to be clear about your position." Rui Fan said seriously, "The only reason I am willing to accompany you out to buy things is that you performed well during my recovery. Your obligation, before this job is about to end, I would like to be friendly, such as sending Christmas gifts to your family in the name of Edmondo, your real employer, and me."

Liam looked heartbroken.He said: "I thought you liked me, you didn't refuse my request."

"I haven't, but I have been correcting your misunderstanding from the very beginning. This is a business matter, and has nothing to do with dating." Rui Fan said impartially, "Maybe it's my fault, I should ask the helper at home to come out with you to buy Gift."

"But I just want your help. Mr. Moreira has so many lovers, he won't notice us." Liam took a step forward, trying to get closer to Rui Fan, trying to kiss him, " Not to mention that he also suffers from a narcissistic personality disorder, the type of person who doesn't care about anyone other than himself."

Rui Fan had already begun to dislike the Italian boy in front of him, and he avoided the approach of the other party. At this moment, the mobile phone in his inner pocket rang, and he took out the mobile phone and said: "You have no evidence to prove that Edmondo is sick. , don't chew your employer's tongue behind your back, it's impolite."

Liam said relentlessly: "It's true that Mr. Edmundo Moreira is my employer, but I can't stop my pursuit of feelings for my employer." He snatched all the packages in Rui Fan's hands, and then Using the time difference of 1 or 2 seconds, he tried to raise his head to kiss him again, but it still failed. This time Liam's lips stuck to the palm of Rui Fan's blocking hand.

At the same time, Rui Fan answered the phone with his other hand, but to his surprise, a familiar voice came from inside——

"Hi, my dear little Phoenix, miss me?"

"Dudu?" Rui Fan said pleasantly, he forcefully stopped pushing and shoving with the Italian boy, and then asked: "You came back from London?"

"Yes, I'm back." Edmondo laughed softly, "Do you want to see me?"

"Of course." Rui Fan thought that Edmondo was flirting with him, so he pushed Liam away and silently scolded him to stay away from the receiver, "I've already helped you with all the application procedures for "Resident Evil", you can Catch up with next year's summer vacation, so, should I have some rewards?"

"Oh, you want a reward, let me see what reward I should give you." Edmondo maintained his lowered voice, and after pretending to think for a few seconds, he said with a smile: "Why don't you turn around, after we meet Let's talk about it again."

Rui Fan seemed to feel a bucket of ice water being poured straight from the top of his head, he turned around in a daze, and on the opposite side of the glass not far away, Edmondo was sitting there drinking a glass of drink, he rushed to him Smiling sweetly and waving, Alicia Silverstone and Nicole Kidman were beside them with shocking but unstoppable faces.

"You see us at last, honey," Edmondo said. "Now, tell me, what reward do you want?"

……

About two hours later, Edmondo almost walked back to the manor, and Ruifan followed him all the way, but Edmundo forbade him to approach him, and said that if he touched any part of him, he would I'm going to beat him up.

"Don't be angry, Dudu," Rui Fan said patiently, "We can talk."

"Angry? How can you tell that I'm angry?" Edmondo spoke quickly, "I'm not angry at all. In fact, I'm very happy that you finally recognized my way of life. I support you dating someone else. Then Absolutely, no-question-question.”

Edmundo didn't sound lifeless at all, but this made Rui Fan very happy, at least he knew that Edmundo really cared about him, and would appreciate him being close to others.

"It's not what you see, baby, I didn't take Liam on a date, and by God he's a minor," he said.

"Don't call me baby, you sound like a piece of scum, baby!" Edmundo replied, still not looking back, "You mean you can't sleep with him because he's underage so you can only take him Going to the mall, right?"

"No no no, absolutely not that meaning, I mean I don't like him, very, very much." Rui Fan desperately explained, "Christmas is coming soon, his work is coming to an end, I want to express my kindness to his family— — After all, you hired him because of his family’s difficulties, and I did it entirely on your behalf.”

"I don't need it! I paid him three times the salary is the greatest kindness. What else can I do? Give him his lover so that he can spend Christmas less alone?" At this time, Edmondo didn't know anything. Can't listen, "Impossible, even if you are my least favorite one, I won't give you to him—"

Of course, he regretted it after saying that.God, if Alicia heard it, she would ridicule him like a medieval slave owner, and be even more sure that he was an arrogant guy. Even he himself thought that sentence was too much.

However, Rui Fan's reaction was different from before. Not only did he not quarrel with Edmondo because of his excessive words, but he kept apologizing, saying that he should not easily agree to Liam's request to help him choose gifts.

This aroused Edmondo's suspicion to a great extent.

Poor Rui Fan thought that this would ease the other party's anger, but he didn't know that his behavior turned into a guilty conscience in Edmondo's eyes, and he further believed that there was something wrong with them, and became even more angry.

"Don't be angry, Dudu, let's decorate the Christmas tree. This year, I asked my friend to get a fake fir, so that I can have a perfect Christmas without cutting down the tree and damaging the environment."

"What! You—" Edmondo suddenly turned around and stared at Rui Fan, "Not only did you find your physical therapist to be your little lover, but you didn't allow me to use a real tree as a decoration, do you intend to destroy My Christmas!"

But being angry, Edmondo still allowed Rui Fan to come in. With a cold face, he walked quickly into the manor and went upstairs to the study. Now, only a large number of documents and drafts of the script can calm him down.However, today was not going well for him. On the desk, Edmundo found some information that did not belong to him.

Those were psychology books and some printer paper with CT copies of human brains.

Rui Fan panicked at a speed visible to the naked eye. Although he tried his best to cover it up, Edmondo still easily saw through him.This matter must have something to do with him, he thought, these copied pictures, these books and materials are all related.

"Uh, it's nothing, it's all research materials." Rui Fan said in a panic, "You know, well, I'm preparing for the role."

"Role?" Edmondo narrowed his eyes, and he opened a notebook, which recorded some content related to personality disorders, "Why, you want to return to the marginal role?"

This is a very good excuse, Rui Fan nodded.

However, the next phone call brought him back to his original form in an instant.It was a call from Flovich's psychiatrist's counseling office, calling Edmondo's office, and it was Mr. River-Phoenix.

"We have received your email. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a complex mental illness, often non-inherent. Such patients often exaggerate their self-worth, but at the same time, paradoxically, they are often accompanied by He has a very strong sense of inferiority complex. Therefore, based on the information you provided, we do not believe that Mr. Edmundo Moreira has the possibility of suffering from such diseases."

Edmondo thanked the other party very politely, and then hung up the phone.He silently picked up the documents on the desktop, then slowly turned to look at Rui Fan.

"you--"

At this time, Rui Fan felt hopeless, but at the same time, in his despair, he had a certain determination of 'no retreat'.Before Edmundo could speak a complete sentence, he rushed over and threw Edmundo down on the desk table, and then kissed him hard, almost madly.

At first Edmondo resisted Rui Fan's lips and tongue, he struggled to push him away, the desk was in a mess, and office supplies fell down, but no one had the time to care.Rui Fan used all his strength to fix Edmundo on the table, both of their faces were stained to varying degrees, and during the tug, Rui Fan, who had the upper hand, broke several buttons——Edmundo hesitated, The ripped neckline and contents kept irritating him, so he changed his mind.

When the brain can't think or make the right decision, it's better to give up and let the following take over.

Edmondo put his arms around Rui Fan's neck and made him sit on the desk, his position was upside down, and he didn't know who flipped through the folder.

With all the information flying in the sky, they finally did the right thing - love.

……

But if you do it, you still have to fight.

They maintained this wonderful relationship all afternoon and all night, arguing while watching work projects, arguing while eating dinner, arguing while bathing, and arguing while doing work.Strangely enough, they chose a bed tonight, a decent place, in Edmondo's words - boring.

Of course, in the process of doing it, Edmondo did not forget to say a few words of irony.

"Tell me, Rui Fan, how is he? Liam, that boy, does he have a lot of tricks?" During the intermission, Edmondo leaned on the head of the bed and asked, "When you were looking at me, what did you think? who is it?"

These words hit Rui Fan's Achilles' heel, so he forcibly canceled the intermission.

"Again, I don't care about Liam, I haven't had sex with anyone other than you since 1993." He whispered into Edmundo's ear through gritted teeth, adding more force, "I've been watching It's all about you, and no one else, do you dare to say that you are the same?"

"Why not?" Edmundo said, accepting the role reversal well. "I've been thinking of you all the time. Are you satisfied?"

Rui Fan didn't believe Edmundo's words, and Edmondo didn't believe Rui Fan's words either, so they did it again.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, they just lay down and fell asleep. At 6 o'clock, a phone call came in. Edmondo buried his head in the quilt, and Rui Fan answered the phone. It was Spielberg.

Spielberg said with a smile: "Good news, Rui Fan, please tell Eddie that the rendering of "Resident Evil" is completed, and the trial screening is done this afternoon. It is an internal screening, so remember not to disclose the information to others. Afternoon It starts on time at 2 o'clock, and you can bring your family."

Edmundo answered the phone with a yawn, and Spielberg repeated it, emphasizing that "you can bring your family."

"I don't have any family members to take with me." Edmondo said deliberately, "I'll take Anderson there."

"I know, I didn't say bring family members, you must have just woken up and are still in a daze." Spielberg played a trick, "I mean let you bring Rui Fan, why, Rui Fan is yours now Are there any family members?"

Edmondo hung up the phone with a snap.

Rui Fan was only sad for a few tens of seconds for the sentence 'no family to take with him', and then he fell asleep, but 5 hours later he was woken up by Edmondo's pat on the back, which was not gentle at all.

"Go take a shower and change clothes, and go downstairs for dinner in 40 minutes." Edmondo ordered, "You have to follow me to watch the internal screening, do not accept rejection."