[American Entertainment] Born to be passionate

A few days later, Edmundo took Rui Fan and Leonardo on the return flight together. Fran stayed because the publicity work was not over. According to the contract, he would shoot two commercials here, so he had to Watch the others leave.

The airline overcharged Edmondo for a dispatch due to a revision of the original plan, but managed to get them to Los Angeles before the initial announcement meeting.

After irresponsibly leaving Rui Fan and Leonardo at the airport and begging them to help bring back those little toys brought back from Japan, the great director who is full of enthusiasm for his work took his cousin's assistant and rushed directly to Global Headquarters.

If history has not changed, then the film "Entanglement" will encounter a very serious problem: publicity.

I don't know which supervisor made the decision. Back then, this movie was promoted as a horror movie.

This led to attracting a large number of non-audience groups into the cinema to watch a not scary ethical movie, so the box office and word of mouth at that time were far from expectations.

It wasn't until later that the CD was sold and some film critics saw it, that the word-of-mouth of the film regained its momentum, the ratings on the website rebounded, and finally broke into the top 50 IMDB ratings.

But that was all in the previous life. This time he changed the core of the film and changed the release time. Edmondo is not sure if he will encounter the same publicity problem.

That's why he ran to the meeting in a hurry, so that he could do something before the plan was finalized.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." As if seeing Edmundo's worry, Michelle, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, comforted, "There are nearly 3 months before the release, you can Do whatever you want."

Edmundo raised the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly.

"You're right, I still have plenty of time, thank you." He replied simply, not wanting to reveal too much of his mind.

Then Edmundo propped his chin and looked out the window. At first he thought Michelle wouldn't be able to do the job of assistant for too long. He is a big dog with a lot of brains, but Yue Xiangxiang discovered that he is actually a very careful person, and can detect subtle mood changes.

and so--

"You are qualified, my dear cousin, Michelle, I am very happy to say that." Edmondo looked at the assistant and held out his hand, "I will notify Anderson to re-draw the contract when we return from Universal, you You will be my official assistant soon, congratulations."

Michelle blinked, as if he had forgotten that he was not an official employee. After a few seconds, he laughed happily, and then shook Edmondo's hand.

"I won't let you down, sir." He prolonged the final pronunciation, which made him look a little funny, "As long as we are together, I believe that success will come sooner or later. When the time comes, don't forget I."

What he said was a little inexplicable, as if they were some kind of partner or were bound together.

It's cute, Edmondo thought, it's not too difficult to accept if it's weird.

"Of course I won't forget you." He replied, "You are my cousin and assistant."

"Very good, great!" Michelle smiled again and rolled his eyes, he patted the back of Edmondo's hand with a bit of elder meaning, "Then I want to give you a gift, small but definitely The gift you wish for."

Just as they were talking, the car reached the end of their trip and stopped.

"Then I'll wait for your gift." Edmondo smiled at Michelle, and didn't take this promise too seriously. After all, the era he hoped for was impossible to have, "Go, go and see them How are you going to promote my movie?"

Then he put on sunglasses, opened the car door and got out, and when he got out of the car, all about the present was completely forgotten.The angel followed behind him, smiling meaningfully at the white figure.

Oh, dear Edmundo, he promises you will love that gift.

……

What is pleasing is that the announcement of the film this time did not operate in the direction of horror films like in the previous life, but dug deep into the theme, combining "you can never imagine where human nature will take you" and "do you really want to go?" Do you know yourself?" as the core of the propaganda.

"——All of us believe in Mr. Moreira, and believe that this movie will be a success." The person in charge said very officially, he shook hands with Edmonton, "But the publicity still needs to start with the actors, and the effect will be more significant , we're going to make a fuss about the custody case between Fron and his parents."

This is a good method, but only from the point of view of publicity.

"Ed, does he agree with your publicity? I remember that his custody lawsuit is still in progress." Edmundo asked with vigilance, "Even if he is indeed one of the leading actors in this movie, the lawsuit It's his personal privacy, if he doesn't agree, you can't use it as a means of publicity."

"You can rest assured about this, Mr. Moreira, it was approved by Fran himself." The person in charge smiled respectfully, "When we explained the matter to him, he agreed with almost no hesitation. He was delighted to be working on the film, and I must say, thanks to the director."

The implication is extremely obvious, more like a cliché.

Edmondo didn't follow him. As long as he didn't reveal his thoughts, the matter between him and Fran was just his guess.

Hollywood is full of traps, whether it is enemy or friend, anyone with information may do something like backstab, so self-defense is extremely important.

"I wish this movie a success." He extended his hand to the person in charge in a business-like manner, "Have a nice cooperation."

……

After having lunch at the Global Headquarters, Edmundo took his assistant home by car. The warm afternoon sun shone on his body through the glass, combined with the slight bumps in the car, he was almost about to fall asleep.

But when the car reached the gate, Edmondo's sleepiness suddenly disappeared like an ebb tide, and he frowned quickly, expressing his puzzlement to the people waiting at the gate.

"Jajin, why are you here, looking for Rui Fan?" He asked the driver to stop at the door and rolled down the window to the slightly embarrassed boy, "You can go in after talking to the guard, why are you here? wait."

Joaquin Phoenix was standing by the gate, like a dead tree stump.

"Hi, uh..."

He looked at Edmondo with some uneasy eyes, but soon, he suppressed that emotion again.

The boy with darker hair than Rui Fan put his hands together in his pockets, then cleared his throat and walked towards the car.

"I'm not here to look for Rui Fan, in fact I don't want him to know that I've been here..." He lowered his eyes and said slowly, "I'm here to look for you."

Edmund raised an eyebrow.

"Looking for me?"

……

He never thought that Joaquin Phoenix would come to find him. Out of curiosity, Edmondo took the boy into the manor without telling Rui Fan, and told Michelle not to tell them that after he came back, he took Joaquin to the manor. Upstairs study.

"Tell me, what do you want to do." Edmondo looked at the desk with his arms folded and raised his chin at Joaquin, "There is a chair over there, sit on it."

Joaquin blushed a little, looking very nervous, Edmondo subconsciously cast his eyes to examine him, and at this moment he suddenly realized that the boy in front of him had grown up a lot compared to his impression, half a bit like Rui Fan The face is getting more and more beautiful.

Gee, hell.

Edmondo secretly pinched himself, that was Rui Fan's younger brother, even if he was as old as Leonardo, he couldn't hit him.

"Now you can begin."

Joaquin pulled a chair and sat down, smiled awkwardly, and took a deep breath as if preparing himself.

"I'm here to apologize." He said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to destroy your relationship with Rui Fan, I'm just—immature, I haven't experienced enough."

Oh?

Edmondo looked over in surprise.

"Are you really Joaquin and not someone pretending to be him, I clearly remember his kid hating me." He shrugged and teased, "Apologize? I can't even think about it."

Joaquin blushed all over his face and clenched his fists with his hands on his knees.

"I'm really sorry, Eddie, I don't hate you, I was too stupid before—I hope I still have the right to call you that." He said in a deep voice, "During this period of time, I realized the mistakes I made. At home, I was the biggest one, and I finally knew how hard he was."

The teenager explained himself in frustration, as if he was sincerely confessing to the priest in church.

"I do everything, and Mom takes it for granted." After a pause, he added, "I wanted to work, so I got acting work too, and the people on the set—I had I really don’t know how Rui Fan persisted.”

How did you persist?Because of you.

He has to support the whole family, and he has no right to be willful.

Edmondo sneered with a bit of disdain.

"So you can understand Rui Fan better now that you have walked the road that Rui Fan used to be. It's his pain, your apology should not be to me."

"I understand." Joaquin replied with his shoulders down, "but...that hurt you more, you never thought of anything, now that I think about it, I don't know the reason why I accused you at that time, so I apologize to you more than Rui If it is more difficult, I must first get your forgiveness."

Edmondo was amused by the boy's wonderful idea. He didn't see a logical relationship from the long series of explanations, but—it was quite cute.

"Joaquin, I'm serious, you don't need my forgiveness." He said sincerely.

Hearing this, the boy's face paled instantly, and his clenched fists began to tremble.

He just knew that Edmundo didn't intend to forgive him after he did such an excessive thing.

"Hi, sorry to bother you." He stood up abruptly, "I'm leaving now."

However, before he could reach the door, Edmondo's voice sounded.

"Come back." He ordered with a smile, "If you know me like your brother, you'll know that I don't care what other people think. And——I never held grudges against you. How can I forgive you?"

Joaquin froze, he turned and looked over in disbelief.

Edmondo gave him a smile, then opened his arms to him.

"We're okay (wecool)"

Joaquin rushed over from the door and hugged him in two steps. The boy grew a lot taller than the last time we met, even taller than Rui Fan. His hug was very similar to Leonardo, but stronger than him.

Enough Edmundo, he said to himself, this is the brother of your best friend and lover, control yourself.

"Okay, go to Rui Fan now, he will be happy to see you." Edmondo patted Joaquin on the back and released him, "Since you also want to develop in Hollywood, remember to ask me for help if you need it .”

Joaquin nodded.

"Speaking of which, I do have something I want to ask you." He said hesitantly, "It's the film I'm working on. I'm halfway through the contract process with the film company. The director seems to be involved in some kind of case. Make a fuss about terminating the contract."

"What do you want me to do? Ask me how..."

However, before Edmondo could finish his sentence, there was a knock on the door, it was Michelle.

"Eddie, the police are looking for you at the door. I've checked the ID, and it's indeed from the Los Angeles Police Department." He said, "By the way, it would be even better if Joaquin was here, and they plan to find him too."

LAPD?

Edmondo and Joaquin looked at each other, obviously neither of them knew what was going on.

"Please come in, I happen to be free right now."

Two men in police uniforms walked in about 10 minutes later.

"...We are investigating the drug-related cases that happened in the Viper House last year. I hope you can cooperate."

Viper House?Drugs?

Could it be about Rui Fan?Edmondo pursed his lips, it has been so long, what else needs to be investigated?

A policeman said: "The man who poisoned River-Phoenix was now our informant. He disappeared two days ago."

Edmondo froze in place.

"What did you say? Rui Fan - didn't drink that stuff voluntarily?"