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After Frank left, Josie sat alone in the living room and replayed the conversation between the two.

He finally suspected that something was wrong with his daughter, but Josie wasn't worried, because she and "Josie Horton" had always been one person, and they shared memories, emotions, and even souls.

Then, Josie asked Dorota to rush back to New York immediately, go to the house in the Upper East Side to get some samples for DNA testing, and then called private detective Don Conkey, asking him to find a way to get Ashley Mills The one she got—she had to figure it out—after she got it, she sent a sample including herself for a paternity test.

Then, she and Al drove to Century City.

The black Volvo was still driving smoothly on the road. Josie looked at El a few more times in the rearview mirror, and El asked with some doubts, "What's the matter, Josie?"

"It's nothing." Josie said, "I just noticed that you've grown a beard recently."

El touched his chin subconsciously, and said while driving: "It looks more mature and reliable, doesn't it?"

"As long as you're happy," Josie said.

El felt that he was being praised, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked: "I'm sorry, I heard a little bit about the content of the argument between you and Mr. Horton, you are really because of..."

"No, it's not." Josie replied decisively. She easily caught El's erratic gaze from the mirror, and a smile of unknown meaning appeared on her lips, "I just see one and love the other, and don't want to take any responsibility— —So, I've never been a nice guy. Get it?"

The smile on her lips was weak and cold, and the smile clearly didn't reach her eyes. There seemed to be a hint of warning in her tone, and she seemed to be just joking with El.

Josie went to CAA's Death Star building.

The agent she found for herself, or the CEO of Tianji Films, was one of her agents, Archie Dano.

As her career took off, Archie's role became somewhat awkward.

Partly because she's always been more in tune with Martha, and Archie's style doesn't quite fit Josie's way of doing things.

On the other hand, Archie has also done a lot of things for Tianji Films under Qiao Qian's name. It can be said that the copyright of the first film project under planning was all run down by this agent for her in the early stage. .

So she decided to put him in another, more suitable position.

From being a middle-level member of Hollywood's top CAA to a new company's top management, Archie fell in love with this proposal without thinking about it for long.

The reason is that he himself feels the bottleneck of his career, and Tianji Films is backed by Tianmu Capital. For him, not only is his salary guaranteed, but he also has more room for improvement.

However, specific matters need to be discussed in detail, and Tianji Films has to provide a formal employment contract.

This is a good beginning.

Josie then received a call from Brad Renfro, who came to thank her for recommending him to the crew of "In the Name of Love".

His audition has been successful, and the producer, Universal Pictures, has offered a good salary, and he can also act with a top actor like Daniel Day-Lewis.

To be honest, Josie also really wants Daniel to play her father, or something else, as long as she can cooperate with Daniel, but there is no suitable opportunity for the time being.

"Are you free today?" Brad asked. "If so, would you like to come and see our band rehearse, which is in Silver Lake."

Josie thought for a while and thought the proposal was good, so she agreed and planned to go there later.

The Silver Lake district of Los Angeles is adjacent to Hollywood. Many young people with dreams will live here, and it is also the habitat of many artists and musicians.

By the way, "Mr. Honey" director Cameron Crowe and his wife Nancy Wilson, a rock musician, also live in Silver Lake.

Josie called Nancy in advance, but the other party was not at home, so she only asked El to carry two bottles of red wine from the trunk, put them at their door and left.

Arriving at Brad's rented rehearsal room, the teenage runaways were having a blast, the long-haired frontman hoarsely singing an unknown rock song, and the smoky-makeup The knuckles of the keyboard trembled like crazy, and the drummer shook his head and made a few wrong notes.

Only Brad Renfro, who is in charge of the bass, looks more normal, still with soft blond hair loose, wearing a simple Kurt Cobain style flannel shirt and jeans, and is playing his part with all his heart .

But it was precisely because of this that he seemed a little out of place.

Josie's arrival made the band members work harder, and one had to wonder if the key continued to rise, and the long-haired lead singer's voice would crack.

Brad couldn't help frowning, stopped playing and said, "Take a break, it didn't feel right just now. Freddy, your tune is too high."

"Cough, I think it's pretty good." The long-haired lead singer Freddy looked over with sticky eyes, and smiled at Josie: "Hi, Josie, I like your movie very much, take a photo with me Bar?"

As he said that, he came over very familiarly, trying to grab Josie's shoulders, obviously treating her as the kind of girl who loves to play in the rehearsal room.

El suddenly took a step forward, his tall body stood in front of Josie, and with a cold face, he stretched out his hands to touch Josie's chest.

Freddy sneered, raised his hands exaggeratedly, and said, "Hey, man, I just wanted to take a picture with her, so you can't do this to me? You're her boyfriend or something."

"Freddie——" Brad came over and pressed the man's shoulders, and squeezed his hands, "Enough, today's rehearsal is over, you all go back."

Freddy shrugged and whistled: "Brad, I remember you said it yourself, you can't bring girls to the rehearsal room, what is it now?"

Brad grabbed Freddy by the collar and warned, "That's to keep you from fucking around in the rehearsal room, you bloody bastard!"

"Oh, how can you stand here without me being a bastard, big star?" Freddy slapped Brad's hand off with a sneer on his face, "So don't yell at me, Brad De, don't let us fawn over your chick like a bunch of clowns—Brian, Dan, let's go and leave room for our big star!"

The remaining drummer and keyboard player obviously had a better relationship with the lead singer. After hearing this, they filed out behind Freddy. When they passed by Josie, the lead Freddy even blew a whistle on purpose.

Erben wanted to punch the bastard directly, but Josie tugged at the hem of his clothes behind him and shook her head at him.

The originally noisy rehearsal room suddenly became deserted. Brad took down the bass in his hand and put it on the instrument stand. He said with a gloomy expression, "I'm sorry, I didn't see it as a rehearsal, but I showed you a joke instead."

"It's quite funny." Josie picked a round stool and settled down. "So where's your money, Brad, and it's all here?"

This building is quite famous in the Silver Lake District, and the equipment in the rehearsal room is considered top-notch, but on the contrary, the level of this underground band is not even third-rate.

Al leaned silently against the door.

Brad shook his head and nodded, and replied, "Not really. But Freddie and I had a dream together. We grew up in the same place, and he was like part of my family."

"A family member who smokes, drinks, burns his head and is addicted to drugs?" Josie wrinkled her nose, inadvertently glanced at the suspicious plastic cover in the corner, and suddenly jumped up from the stool, "Ewwww, it's disgusting! Look, You should have hired a cleaner to clean this place."

Brad followed Josie's line of sight, his handsome face turned red immediately, and he said falteringly, "Josie, why don't we go to the corridor, I don't know..."

"I really want to tell you that it's no big deal, but the truth is that I really don't understand the kind of friends you make." Josie waved her hand, looking very uncomfortable.

"He wasn't like this before." Brad looked a little lonely, and while taking Josie and El out, he said, "We used to...fight together, steal cars, and go to juvenile police." Friends of the Institute, until Mr. Schumacher discovered me and brought me into the crew of "The Ultimate Witness."

"Then the two unknown people who should have been at the bottom of this society, one became one of the most anticipated newcomers in Hollywood, and the other continued to frequent juvenile detention centers or the police station?" Josie glanced back. Glancing at the complete equipment in the rehearsal room, he let out a chuckle, "Brad, you shouldn't be responsible for other people's lives."

As far as Josie knew, Brad's film salary was more than enough to support himself and his family, and paying the rent for this rehearsal room was not a burden.

But the problem is that some people can lie on him and suck blood as friends without any guilt.

Brad sighed and whispered, "He's my friend."

Josie noticed that his eyes were lowered slightly, the brown eyes were more melancholy, and there was a loneliness that didn't match his age.

She didn't continue talking to him.

There are many similar rehearsal rooms in the empty corridors, and there is nothing worth seeing. Those famous or unknown bands gather in this building, and there are constant voices coming from the open doors.

Of course, there are also many young and beautiful girls appearing here.

Josie couldn't understand certain cultures in this circle, but she couldn't quite associate Brad in front of her with those bohemian rock musicians.

Still, they listened to Brad's bass playing for a while.

Perhaps because of the favorability bonus, Brad's individual level sounds a little higher than the previous three. When he was immersed in it, he had a smile from the heart on his face, and he enjoyed it very much.

Josie was aroused by him, so she played the drums in the rehearsal room, thinking that she was much better than the drummer who was beating around just now - at least she didn't make a wrong sound, and her posture was very good at bluffing.

Both Brad and Al gave her a big round of applause.

Al looked surprised and said, "I only know that you play the piano very well, but I didn't expect the drum set to be as good..."

"So chic." Brad thought of an adjective for El, "After all, you look very sweet, not like a girl who can play with this."

Josie smiled, and the drumstick spun a fancy circle in mid-air before falling back between her thumb and index finger. She raised her eyebrows and looked at the two boys provocatively.

"You mean I look like the kind of girl who just takes daddy's credit card and buys a bunch of designer brands?" she joked, using lines from "Leadership," "Come on boys , we’re going into the 21st century soon, why do we still have these stereotypes? And, among other things, Nancy’s guitar can kill everyone in this building.”

The "boys" she named laughed a little embarrassedly.

At this time, someone knocked on the door of the rehearsal room, and Nancy Wilson, whom Josie had just talked about, pushed the door in, with a bright smile on her face: "Oh, sweetheart, I heard you boasting before I even entered the door. Me, I guess you got honey on your lips today. Whoa, look at you guys, were you playing just now?"

Her gaze mainly fell on Josie who was sitting in front of the drum kit, and she seemed surprised.

"Yes." Josie blinked at Nancy, "How about it, we're pretty good, aren't we? Let me introduce my friend Brad Renfro, who plays bass; my all-round assistant, Al Kayser, he is in charge of acting as a cheering audience."

"That's right, almost the whole floor knew you were coming, but I had people keep the idlers outside. Hello, I'm Nancy Wilson." Nancy was amused by her, and nodded to the two of them, Then he turned his head and shouted outside: "Keanu, I would like to accept the bet and invite us to dinner tonight."

There was a chuckle first from outside the door, and then a tall and straight black-haired man came in. It was Keanu Reeves who had almost disappeared recently.