[American Entertainment] Born to be passionate

"I'm telling you to quit those pills, but I didn't tell you to abuse yourself, Rui Fan, is his brain rusty?" Edmondo called Keanu aside, and then paced around fidgetily, " Did you tell him not to do that, it's utter stupidity."

"I told him that withdrawal is very similar to losing weight. Most people can't achieve quick results. I also suggested that he exercise with me and gradually replace it with ordinary cigarettes." Keanu spread his hands and replied quickly, "But Rui Fan No, he dismissed my methods and said he was going to make it out in a month in his own way. And that's what caused his fever."

Edmundo looked at the toes of his shoes and cursed under his breath.

"Don't think so much about Dudu, let's go back to the manor and figure out a solution. Rui Fan listens to you, you have to persuade him to let you go." Keanu was a little anxious, he pursed his lips and grabbed Edmondo's arm, "I know you're working, but—just this afternoon, it won't take up too much of your time."

Edmondo was almost shaken, he shook his head and broke away from Keanu's hand.

"I can't help him professionally. He needs a doctor more than me." He calmed down and said, "I'll call the butler later and ask him to hire professional doctors and nurses to take care of Rui Fan. Don't worry, he'll be fine."

Keanu Reeves frowned: "Wait, you mean-you're not going back?"

"Do not."

He has his principles and cannot be broken because of a stupid act, Edmondo is very sad about what happened to Rui Fan, but think about it carefully, if Rui Fan can control himself, or in the first drug addiction Ask him for help when you have an attack, and everything now will not happen.

"He has to remember this lesson." Edmondo raised his chin and added, "I can save him once, twice, but I can't always save him when he needs it."

But Keanu didn't understand, he just felt that Edmondo was cold-blooded.

"He doesn't need professional care from a professional doctor. If he needs it, I'll send him to the hospital. What he needs is you." He looked at Edmondo with disappointed eyes, "He wants you to forgive him, he I love you, that's why I did this, don't you even want to see him?"

"You also want me to forgive you, and you love me too, but you didn't abuse yourself." Edmundo replied simply, he didn't want to explain more, "I love you, but sometimes it's complicated."

After speaking, he took Keanu to the office, and used the phone there to notify the housekeeper. After putting down the phone, he folded his arms and looked back at Keanu.

"I'm serious, he needs a doctor. Not seeing him is not because I'm cold-blooded, or put work ahead of him, I just don't think it's going to help his recovery."

"I can't persuade you no matter what, can I?" Keanu said softly, "I don't understand, Edmondo, your reason for refusing to go back with me is simply untenable."

He rarely called Edmundo's full name.

"Maybe what happened between you and Rui Fan, I don't know, but I know you still care about him, and he still values ​​you more than anything else." Keanu added.

Edmondo was silent for a while, and subconsciously raised his hands to curl the hair around his ears to force himself to calm down.

"It's time for you to go back, Kiki." He said, "I hope you remember that you are not an outsider, Rui Fan also regards you as very important, and so do I."

……

After Keanu left, Edmund became more or less melancholy. He looked at his desk, and there were two photo frames on it, one of him and Anderson, and one with Rui Fan and Keanu.

The white-haired young director changed his posture and let himself go. He put the office chair back, rested his hands on the back of his head, and put his legs on the table.

But just as he was closing his eyes, Leonardo knocked on the door and walked in.

"Are you sure you don't want to take a look? Phoenix seems to be very serious." He said, "It's just one afternoon and one night, and the progress won't be delayed for too long. According to our current speed, it will be over in a week at most."

Edmondo didn't answer him: "When did you start caring about this?"

"There is no reason, River Phoenix is ​​a senior I like very much, and I have a lot to learn from him in terms of acting."

"I thought it was because of me, it seems I was thinking too much." Edmondo finally made a joke, then he slightly lowered his head and said seriously: "If I want to see him, I can do it anytime, but it's very complicated. "

"He is your friend, isn't he, and the meaning of a friend is to be by your side when each other is bad." Leonardo tried to enlighten Edmundo, this matter has nothing to do with love, if possible, he certainly hopes that Phoenix can be good Get up, "I hurt my knee once before, and Toby stayed with me until I was healed."

"It's not as simple as you think." Edmundo said, frowning and blowing his hair on his forehead, "Rui Fan's problem is much more serious, I hope he can quit completely, but I have never seen a successful drug recovery Never. So—Leo, tell me, why do those damn pills exist, and what is the meaning of their existence.”

"This is a good question, but I'm afraid no one knows the answer. Maybe there are too many people who are not happy with their lives. Where there is demand, there is supply." Leonardo showed maturity beyond his age, he sat on the single sofa , trying to lighten the subject: "There are tons of people like that in Hollywood, and you can't hide from them. They were offered to me once, and I turned them down. They don't tell you how bad they are. It will only tell you that it will make you forget all your troubles."

Edmondo put his legs down and stood up, nodding in approval, his eyes were a little wandering, as if he remembered something from a long time ago.

"I was also recommended pills, after I came to America, but I've seen the horrors of that stuff in Rio, I mean—my mom traded me for two bags of white||powder, The drug dealer took me to the factory and asked me to stand outside to inform them, to shoot the police when I saw them, and to run over and hug the police’s thighs before it was too late to buy them time to escape.”

“Like what happened to the black boy in your movie, Where I Was Born and Raised.”

"Yes, that's my real experience." Edmondo gestured to Leonardo to look at the photo on the desktop, which was a photo of him and Anderson with a gun in his hand: "This is me I took a photo with Anderson on the second day of the escape. I got the gun out of the drug den, so I was afraid that I would not survive a few days, so I took a photo as a souvenir for him. Fortunately, there were traitors in the stronghold later, and the police took them away. Take them all away, and no one will care about me."

Edmondo is a director, and he is best at telling stories. Leonardo entered that memory when he heard it.

"What happened next?" he asked. "What happened after that?"

"Later my mother tried to sell me to the red-light district, but before that she died on the bed while picking up customers on drugs. I sold the gun to buy her a cemetery, and borrowed money to buy her flowers. , and according to what she said, I chose the most beautiful photo of her and printed it." Edmondo said with a faint smile: "I haven't been back for 5 or 6 years, and the cemetery administrator is said to have died of a heart attack. I don’t know what’s going on with that area now, maybe it’s turned into a golf course.”

Leonardo felt uncomfortable when he heard it, but he didn't know what to say. His childhood was not very good, but at least his mother loved him.

Leonardo pursed his lips: "I'm sorry to remind you of a bad experience."

"No, no, don't be sorry, it's nothing." Edmondo waved his hand, his tone brisk: "That's all in the past, it can't have any effect on me, I even used them as material to make a movie, and broke the box office Record."

Then he stood up and stretched.

"There is no negotiating about drugs, I won't regret it." Edmundo said firmly, "Let's go, Leo, we still have a movie to finish, if I can't finish it, I'm going to find that disgusting producer, I believe you don’t want this bad thing to happen, right.”

……

The shooting in the afternoon went even better than before, maybe because no one wanted Edmundo to lose to the producer. After dinner, Edmundo did not go back to the hotel with everyone, he stayed alone in the studio The material that has already been shot is integrated and edited.

But that was just an excuse, Edmondo only spent half an hour sorting, then he went to the manor quietly, without letting anyone but the housekeeper know, he walked into Rui Fan's room with dessert.

Under the treatment and care of professional doctors, he looked much better, but he was still pale and looked very weak.

"Don't hate me, little Phoenix, I just want you to get better." He put down the cake, then came to the bedside and kissed Rui Fan's forehead, then he gently picked up Rui Fan's forearm to check, in his right hand There was an obvious strangle mark on his wrist, and Edmondo stroked the bruise, "Stop doing this again, you have a better way."

In the next second, Edmondo was grabbed by the wrist with a backhand and pulled onto the bed.

"I know it's you, Dudu, you won't stop coming to see me." Rui Fan whispered in his ear hoarsely, "I will quit, cleanly, don't leave me."

Before Edmondo could say anything, broken kisses rained down on his ears and the back of his neck.

"Damn it, Rui Fan—" Edmondo cursed in his mother tongue and then turned his head to avoid it, "When is the time to kiss, you can fix yourself before we talk about it."

Now is a very difficult time, Rui Fan is still not fully conscious, Edmundo dare not even speak loudly to him, he is more firm than anyone else in front of others, but softer than anyone else in the back, which leads to Now the embarrassing situation arises: Rui Fan can do whatever he wants, and Edmundo has no better choice than to complain.

like this.

Rui Fan sighed in a low voice and wrapped his arms around Edmondo's waist, and then groped to grab his waist||belt, Edmondo originally planned to break the hand, but Rui Fan kept lingering in his ear He took a breath, and said "Please, don't go." in a fragile voice over and over again.

So Edmondo compromised.

"I'm going to shoot a movie tomorrow, Rui Fan, with dozens of shots." He said softly with some reproach, "We can't make it too late, the most I can—"

The following words were swallowed into the stomach.

Well, he didn't think anyone would mind being a little late for more than ten minutes.

……

The next morning, Keanu Reeves deliberately got up early to bring breakfast to visit his friend who was overly withdrawn. He thought that if Rui Fan was still as sluggish as yesterday, then he would go find him again Edmondo, let him come back no matter what.

He opened the door and walked in.

"Good morning Rui Fan, I brought you a cow—"

Before he finished speaking, he froze in place.

"Dudu...you—Rui Fan...you...WTF??"

Keanu Reeves drops milk on the floor as he looks at the clothes on the floor and his two best friends rolling together.