novelraw Chapter 298
Chapter 298
In a members-only club in West Hollywood, the handsome men and women on the dance floor are twisting their bodies to the blaring music, and the lights above their heads are unpredictable, making the scene even more luxurious.
Among them, a blonde girl is particularly eye-catching, with a proud height of nearly five feet ten inches, a cold and beautiful face, and a charming and charming dancing posture, it is impossible to ignore her.
"Wow, she's so hot!" Lucas Haas elbowed Tobey Maguire next to him by the railing on the second floor of the club, "Why didn't there be any sparks when you made the movie? "
Tobey Maguire, who was drinking, glanced at Lucas Haas, looked back and said, "Dude, this girl is different from those little models and actors around us. Approaching her with a mentality, I am afraid she will lift our skulls."
"Are you talking about Charlize?" Leonardo DiCaprio, the central figure of the small group, walked over with his arms around a young and beautiful blonde, with a conspicuous lip print on his handsome face.
But everyone has long been familiar with this.
"Yeah, I think she worked with you too, didn't you, Leo?"
"There is no rivalry." Leonardo put his hand on Lucas Haas's shoulder and reminded: "Don't look, man, this is a girl who has a master."
"who?"
"The one who was recently sent a 'marriage proposal' by his girlfriend."
"Forget it, I can't afford to provoke you." Lucas Haas turned to Leonardo's female companion, "Hi, Paris."
"Hey, Toby, Lucas, aren't Kevin here?"
"He's down there with Brian."
"Where's Alicia?" Leonardo asked casually.
"Look, it's there." Toby pointed Leonardo in the direction, "She recently got into a hot fight with a rocker. I don't know when normal people will appear around her."
Leonardo laughed and said comfortingly, "Ha, at least young rockers are much more normal than veteran rockers and divorced directors." After a pause, he said, "Do me a favor, Toby, you Go and take a word to Charlize yourself."
"Okay, what do you say?" Toby subconsciously glanced at Paris beside Leonardo.
Fortunately, Leonardo didn't let him be his wingman in front of his girlfriend, as Toby expected, but said: "There's a silver Jaguar parked at the back door, and there are people who want to see her—you think, she will go?"
"How the hell do I know?" Toby cursed with a smile, turned around and went downstairs to the dance floor.
Three 10 minutes later.
Charlize Theron left from the silver Jaguar belonging to Martha Miller, and walked into a small bar with a firm expression.
At the bar, Ali Emmanuel, a gold medal manager of Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company, was dressed in casual clothes, and raised his wine glass to the blonde girl who had just entered the door.
"Nice to meet you, Miss Theron, I think you have made the wisest choice..."
Back at the house in Los Angeles, Martha Miller threw the key in her hand into the jar at the entrance, and instead of turning on the lighting system of the whole house, she sat alone in the dark living room, leaning on her sofa without saying a word .
The moonlight outside the window raised the gauze curtain and quietly fell on her no longer young but still beautiful face, revealing her exhaustion and confusion at a glance.
Tonight, she did not choose to take over Charlize Theron's economic contract, but transferred it to her colleague Ali Emmanuel.
"Superstar Professional Account".
The word sounds enticing.
But Martha believes that only the most shining star is qualified to be called a "superstar" of an era.
There is no doubt that Charlize Theron has great potential. From appearance, talent, personality to ambition, it is very close to the feeling she had when she first met Josie.
She had a hunch that the other party was likely to become popular next time.
The problem, however, is that Martha doesn't want to lose Josie.
Sometimes, it was difficult even for her to tell whether some of the decisions that Josie said calmly contained hidden temptations, but she was unwilling to gamble.
Only one top female star is enough.
Whether it's in Hollywood, or on her client list.
This girl is calm, rational, intelligent, and self-disciplined, but also sensitive, suspicious, stubborn, and possesses a strong desire to control.
But it is undeniable that as a partner, Josie has always been good enough.
Therefore, Martha began to seriously consider another plan, that is to leave the progressive elite, leave the brokerage industry, and continue her unfinished business in another way.
The next morning.
Josie, who was considered "calm" and "reasonable", ate five NGs in a row, and tried to take a deep breath in her seat with a look of irritability that was hard to hide.
Beside her, Nora Efron, the director of "Like Heaven", pointed to the playback screen on the monitor: "Look at you, every pore of yours has rejection written on it, this is terrible."
"Sorry, my question." Josie held her forehead helplessly, "Give me 10 minutes...no, 15 minutes to adjust."
Nora Ephron shook her head: "I think it's useless to give you more time, because your resistance to dogs seems to be physiological, which makes you unable to accept similar intimate contact, It doesn’t matter how many times we shoot. My personal advice is that you should see a therapist when you’re done.”
"I'll think about it, Nora." Josie didn't agree.
In fact, she has long been aware of the problem, but this is related to some childhood times that she does not want to recall, and she would rather cover up those bad memories in the past.
It's just a pity that even though she tried to develop a bond with this dog, she still couldn't get close to KK in front of the camera like everyone else.
She can walk the dog or make eye contact with the dog, but her body's completely spontaneous reaction cannot deceive people. Whenever she is approached by it, her body language becomes rigid.
This made her always good acting talent also failed, because she couldn't believe the situation created by the script.
Those who don't understand just think it's hypocritical, but Nora Efron has already seen that she really has some psychological shadow, which can hardly be overcome immediately.
“Maybe we could do this shot with CGI, or a cat? No, it’s likely that the cat won’t work, and it’s too late to improvise animal actors.”
Nora Efron made a proposal that she thought was good, but Josie obviously didn't like computer special effects, so the final result of the processing was to abandon the full-body shot and instead shoot a close-up of the middle shot separately for the stand-in, and edit the scene later together.
It's really very simple.
I just don't know why Josie, who has always been easy-to-use, even specially raised a dog for such a scene. Apart from challenging her own tolerance, she just raised a dog son for the housekeeper next to her.
Eve, who came to visit the set, shook her head disapprovingly, looked away from the swaying Corgi, took out her cigarette case from the pocket of her jacket, turned and walked outside the studio.
As soon as she lit the slender lady's cigarette in her hand, Caroline, the real company boss, called: "Honey, tell me where you are going?"
"I've been watching corgis wiggle their ass all morning and haven't said a word to my client yet," Eve replied, puffing on a cigarette. "To be honest, I sometimes don't understand the kind of things that sometimes come out of me as an actor. Stubbornly opinionated, like she's going to try "The Lawyer" again after experiencing the life of a doctor in residency."
"I guess that's not what we need to care about at work," Caroline said.
"That's right. But I have to say, she was born to be a superstar." Eve breathed out smoke, and glanced at the watch on her wrist, "There are still 15 minutes, and the paparazzi we arranged are already in place. Now I need to find out if this Hollywood couple is available."
With Josie's current status and wealth, most people may no longer choose challenges full of unknowns, but are more inclined to circle around in their comfort zone.
But it was obvious that Josie was unwilling to do so.
Otherwise, she would have accepted commercial blockbusters such as "Pearl Harbor" and "Tomb Raider", instead of finally choosing "Secretary Belle" and "I Am Sam".
In Eve's view, her celebrity client belongs to that kind of unpredictable complex of contradictions. Whenever people think they know her well enough, she often has unexpected new ideas, and she is always rational and ambitious. Switch seamlessly between home and wayward artist.
—almost as split as she had two personalities in her head.
I just don't know how long this irrational "accident" will keep her fascinated.
Five minutes later, Josie finished her morning shooting;
15 minutes later, she and Jim, who was filmed in Group B, appeared on time at a street restaurant in Carmel. The two had a good talk and couldn't help kissing each other;
An hour and a half later, the freshly released photos had been delivered to Eve. She picked out the most eye-catching ones and faxed a copy to the office.
"Why didn't you choose to reveal it during the film's promotional period?" In Josie's trailer, Eve crossed her arms.
Continue to operate the scandal to maintain the heat, until the movie is released a few weeks before it is officially released, this method is more in line with the principle of maximizing benefits, and the risk is less.
"Because I'm not sure how long my passion can last." Josie, who was fixing her makeup, didn't look back, but only made eye contact with Eve in the mirror, "But Jim is a very good person, and I don't want him to Get away from me."
And she needs a stable relationship that she can disclose recently, in order to deal with some of the troubles she may face outside of Hollywood.
Eve snorted lightly, and asked, "But don't you think your own words are contradictory?"
"Perhaps it is?" Josie said lightly, "But that's not important."
Eve's expression was half a smile, and she looked at Josie's delicate and eye-catching face in the mirror, raising her eyebrows: "So, you're starting to lose your freshness again."
Josie didn't answer, but closed her eyes for a while to rest, and didn't even look at Eve.
Yes, Jim is a nice guy.
But... She was getting tired of the way he looked at her.
The professional make-up light strips on both sides of the mirror shine light on her face. The warm and cold light sources give her skin an unreal smooth texture. The facial features are so perfect that they seem to be models made with computer special effects. any excess emotion.
In fact, she really didn't have any extra emotions in her heart.
No pain, no guilt, very peaceful.
—So is this really love?
The only thing that was certain was that her possessiveness towards him still existed, and she would not let him leave her side unless she came to call for a stop.
"OK. It's okay. Even though you were still talking about it 10 minutes ago." Thinking of Jim's overly handsome face, Eve couldn't help shaking her head, but smiled again, "By the way, I personally admire you very much. , women, what's wrong with sleeping more handsome men or even beautiful women? You are so young and beautiful, it would be too regrettable if you were trapped to death by a tree."
Sure enough, the more beautiful a woman is, the more she will deceive people.
Let's hope Mr. Stewart, who is still in love, doesn't find this out, or it's another regrettable heartbreak.
As for Josie.
Now that the relationship is announced, let's also make a crisis plan by the way. Although Eve is very confident in her client's self-control, she will turn her face faster than flipping a book if she can't stand it!
God willing, Josie's "temporary" can last a little longer...