Hollywood Domination Chapter 170: Man, your name is childish
"You seem to be familiar with the terrain of Bell's house," Jenny said in the dim light, "seriously, are we even allowed to come to this area? It doesn't look like it's ready for hospitality .”
"I remember there is a terrace here, yes." Leonardo walked for a while with great interest, and led her to a small plateau, "You can directly see the swimming pool from here, and the view is not bad—there is no Wouldn't it be better to prepare to entertain guests? That way we can be quieter."
He took out two bottles of beer from behind as if by magic, and handed Jenny a bottle, and Jenny took it, "Don't tell me how you brought it here, this will be a limited edition for you The blasphemy of jeans."
Leonardo laughed, "No, I just hold them with one hand, I have strong fingers—mayi?"
He unscrewed the bottle cap intimately for Jenny, and Jenny touched the bottle with him, "cheers."
While sipping the bitter cold beer, she observed Leonardo's expression under the dim light of the silhouette lamp: this is a character she doesn't want to offend—although the rumors outside have changed She won two awards purely by relying on her personal connections, but for Leonardo, no matter whether it is his own connections or not, among the few a-r's under Cesare, he is seriously behind in the Oscars, he is sure He was the one who was most stimulated, so Jenny felt that it was better for her to follow his wishes for the time being, as she didn't want to add trouble to Cesare's brokerage work.
"You're right, the scenery here is really nice." The two drank a few sips of beer in silence, and Jenny broke the silence, "Thank you for saving me from the party."
"You're welcome, the expression on your face is so familiar to me," Leo laughed, "After I played "Titanic", there was a whole year when I was forced to attend important parties, They all have such expressions on their faces."
"So you saw what I wanted at a glance," said Jenny, "and gave it to me generously—you're such a knight."
Leo grimaces, "Sometimes you're shocked by the lack of human expression, trust me, I know that feeling all too well. When you're most famous, the world surrounds you for no reason Turning, their eagerness to flatter and please you is immediately apparent, and these may be interesting at first, but they will soon only bore you-a kind of tolerant boredom.”
He was silent for a while before continuing, "But when you start to lose importance, you suddenly find that the loss of this boredom is suffocating, you can't live without it, you feel useless without it... ...and that's how I perceive fame and power."
Actually, as far as Jenny knows, Leonardo’s star career has been smooth since Titanic. Combined with his rich and colorful love history, Jenny thought he would be a spoiled big boy, just like Christopher, who succeeded too early and was too lucky, so he would always be childish and willful. She didn't expect Leo to have a deep and emotional side, "Wow, Leo, that was really—well, a very profound view, wasn't it?"
"You sound very surprised." Leo combed his blond hair casually, then bumped Jenny's wine bottle, "Just to tell you, don't feel guilty for leaving your master behind, when you are important, No matter what you do, you matter, but when you don't matter, no matter what you do - like Bell."
"Oh, so you heard about her interest in "Avatar"?" Jenny was a little surprised, "Or did she show it so obviously?"
"Oh, so she is aiming at "Avatar"?" Leo imitated her tone and said, he quickly laughed, leaning on the railing, looking sideways at Jenny's eyes. "Don't look at me like that - I'm not clichéd, it's just that Bell's performance is too typical, the girl is rich, has a fiancé who loves her very much, has a stable series, but she just can't bear the boringness that is gradually going away, She's going to kowtow to anyone, whether it's you or someone else, whether it's Avatar or something else, and it really doesn't matter."
"What's important is that kind of tolerant and lofty emptiness." Jenny said, she also leaned over the railing, "Yes, you are right, and I have to admit that although I don't Love traditional parties, but this new kind of party is boring to death—maybe I'm just not the party type.”
"It seems that you are definitely not a party person." Leo nodded, and he showed a somewhat innocent smile, "It's a pity, you know, when I asked Chesa why you didn't hold a party , that’s what he answered me, you’re not a party type.”
"Yeah, it's also because my house is a bit small." Jenny compared the scenery around her, "It's probably only as big as the backyard of Bell's house. Compared with her, I feel so poor."
"Because you spent all your money expanding the company?" Leo asked, "Disney's new princess, huh?"
"Don't call me that." Jenny frowned and said in a fondly reproachful tone, and Leo laughed.
"So, how is Josh recently?" He asked, and Jenny nodded, "When are you going to break up?"
The calmness in his tone made Jenny sure that he had known beforehand. She raised her eyebrows, "It seems that this secret is not a secret."
"You and I are an agency after all, and if you win an Oscar, you get two." Leo spread his hands, "It's not normal if you don't break up with him now. Three months? Half a year? "
"Actually, it should be next month." Jenny said, because Claudia's refresher course will end next month, and she is in Hollywood recently, so she desperately needs a personal stylist. "We haven't selected the media to announce to the public, so don't say it to the public for now."
"Of course." Leo made a booing gesture, "It will never be rumored."
Jenny has been interpreting a somewhat sensitive message from his body language and facial expressions, but she feels rather weird about it, so she simply ignores it first, just smiles and says, "Thanks in advance."
She maintained the previous posture, staring at the swimming pool with rapt attention, and never relaxed her shoulders—in the relationship between men and women, the shoulders are the most expressive emotional organs, especially when two unfamiliar opposite sexes are alone. There is very little information exchanged through words on the Internet, and most of the information is conveyed through body language. At this time, the relaxation and tension of the shoulders, the change of facial expressions... These subtle movements seem to affect the air, even if the two people do not make eye contact. Stacking can also change the atmosphere.
Jenny just doesn't give the atmosphere a chance to change now, although Leo seems to have done it a bit obviously from the beginning, it is undeniable that he is leaning sideways under the moonlight, holding a beer and talking and laughing with her in a relaxed manner is very charming , is even more lethal to fans of Jenny, who is a past life, but...
"So," after another moment of silence, Leo started another topic. "You're officially single again next month, aren't you?"
He tried to make eye contact with Jenny, and Jenny's patience reached the limit, "ohmygod, Leo, you're trying to **** me, aren't you?"
"Why did I do this? Why do you think so?" Leo's panic only lasted for a moment, and he realized that he had shown his feet, and he slumped his shoulders and sighed loudly, "Is it so obvious? ?”
"Obviously," Jenny told him, "and your *skills really suck."
Leo was a little embarrassed, but still amused by Jenny's tone, he raised his hands and admitted, "——I don't even know if I did it right, did I do it right? What did I do wrong?"
"I didn't do anything wrong, it's just——you look very strangely unpracticed." Jenny also heaved a sigh of relief, she slid to the ground, leaning on the railing, and Leo sat down beside her , "What, don't tell me you've never had **** with a girl, I don't think anyone will believe this lie."
"This type? Almost never." Leo admits, "Usually I just stare at her for a while, then walk over and say, 'Nice to meet you, I'm Leonardo Di Caprio' - and boom, the next second you're in some room enjoying the best **** ever."
Jenny laughed, "ugh, you did Titanic, you deserved it."
Leonardo grimaced, "Okay——hi, nice to meet you, I'm Leonardo DiCaprio."
"Nice to meet you," Jenny told him, "I'm Jennifer Jefferson."
The two laughed at the same time, Li Ao held his chest and made a gesture of being shot, "Well, I deserve this-I am defeated."
Jenny smiled, but still a little curious, "Why me? I mean, Leo, we've met a lot. If there was an electric current in the first place, we would have felt it, right? Maybe I'm wrong , but it seems to me that you hardly ever looked at me that way before tonight, I mean, you, like Christopher, prefer simple supermodels—oh.”
The change in Leo's expression made her suddenly realize, "Oh no—Christopher, is it? But you—how do you know?"
To be honest, at first she thought that the reason why Leo showed love to her or made love to her was similar to that of Bell, and he wanted to gain some benefits in terms of connections, but Leo was different from Bell, he had been on the A-list for at least six years It's hard to believe that he would act for some illusory rumors without checking with Cesare - he doesn't seem to be desperate to this point at all, and Leo's emotions are not Humble and awkward as if asking for something. It wasn't until now that Jenny suddenly realized that she was puzzled and also amused: these male stars are really all pissy, all single-minded, pure egoism, and cruelly naive, so that you can't even think of it. It's hard to blame them for anything and start feeling sorry for them instead.
"Uh—you and I are an agent after all?" Leo wanted to play dumb at first, but he finally surrendered under Jenny's stare, "Well, indeed, it is said that Chesa is a telltale It's really unreliable - Chris told me."
"What?" Jenny raised her tone, "He can't believe it—he shouldn't be talking about these things as bragging material."
Leo coughed, "To be fair, he didn't go around talking about it, but I have no reason to help him clarify now... so you are free to hate him, go ahead, Jen, and stop answering his calls .”
"If you didn't go around, how did you know?" Jenny asked. The question, Leo, are you trying to get revenge on Chris for taking Giselle to the Oscars?"
Leo didn't answer, and Jenny covered her face, "There's so much wrong and childish about this—I just don't know where to start! Leo, really? Revenge? You're really 32 this year Are you old?"
She suddenly remembered that she didn't want to completely offend Leo, so she focused the question on herself, "And you're pulling me in? Leo, are you serious? You and Giselle are a fiancée, very Obviously, this woman is special to you - and Chris and I are just friends. Of course, this is not to say that if we were dating, you would be less at fault. I thought you and Chris were at least friends. ——"
People often have an illusion, as if a successful person is extremely successful in any aspect, a financial tycoon must have a perfect family life, at least in the two circles of Chinese rich and Hollywood, Jenny has already put this Assuming it proves false, aside from her ex-husband’s family’s habitual derailment phenomenon, the emotional chaos in Hollywood has actually vividly proved what will happen if some outstanding young people are placed in a circle far away from the public too early—— Leo is 32 years old, but not mature enough to get married, he's not even mature enough to get rid of 'my ex-girlfriend found my best friend to get revenge on me, so I'm going to do the same to him to get back' This kind of young and ignorant middle school students' thinking.
"Okay, ok." Fortunately, he still knows how to be shy, "It's just a very sudden thought—just, you know, the moment I saw you just now suddenly flooded into my mind, of course I Also know it's not good, but I just didn't think about it that much at the time, you know, I was just... I was just mad at the whole Giselle thing, and maybe cared a little bit--and, again, to be fair , I was caught by you without even doing anything, so this should be considered a misdemeanor, right?"
He made a dog-like gesture of lowering his hand, pretending to poot his mouth pitifully, "Please don't sue?"
A person who looks good can take advantage of many moments in his life, and this is the case now, Jenny's anger melted away in Leo's blue eyes, and she sighed, "fine!— —but I reserve the right to sue Chesa.”
Leo flinched, and continued to speak in a sharp baby voice, "y——"
"You deserve the threat," Jenny said grimly, before she couldn't help laughing, "but seriously, I guess the whole thing would **** you off, but I didn't think you would So annoying."
"You mean—" Leo also relaxed, and returned to his original voice. He leaned back to the corner, put his long legs aside, and his posture was much more comfortable than before.
"The whole thing about Chris getting an Oscar and Giselle walking the red carpet with him." Jenny honestly said that after the attempted joke just now, she felt that the distance between herself and Leo had really narrowed Not a lot. "But I'm not sure which **** you off more, whether Chris won the Oscar, or whether he actually walked down the aisle with Gisele."
"To be honest, it should be the latter." Leo spread his hands and replied in a sincere tone, "He won the Oscar first, it's okay, his performance is really good, and he also spent a lot of money. He deserves it. Maybe I can't be happy for him, but I won't be angry about it."
Indeed, although facing fierce competition in many cases, there are many examples of actors of the same age becoming friends in Hollywood. His identity was exposed in the media, and Jenny nodded, "Well, in the whole red carpet incident, to be fair, Chris was a bit out of place, if he really treats you as a friend, before agreeing to come down, He should think about your reaction."
"Yeah - that's the most annoying part, you think you guys are friends, I mean, after all the parties and drinking and telling the truth, you think you guys are already tight buddies." Li Ao took a sip of wine, "Then he stabbed you suddenly—"
Jenny wanted to speak, but Leo shook his finger, "nah-ahah—don't say that Chris might not think too much, that's exactly his problem, he's a very smart guy, if he wants, He can figure it out, but it doesn't look like I'm worth it."
Jenny can't say anything more for Christopher, but from her position, it seems that the rift between Chris and Leo should not be deepened, "So - Giselle should be happy, she may not be able to marry you, But this time she took a good friend of yours away."
"Whatever you want," Leo said in a bleak voice, "Women, who knows what they are thinking."
'What is Giselle thinking', this question doesn't seem to be a problem for everyone, Jenny bit the inside of her cheek, ended the topic full of mines, and only made a vague echo, she lowered her head After taking a sip of wine, there was another silence on the terrace—but the atmosphere was much more peaceful than before.
"Speaking of Chris," Leo touched Jenny with his toe to arouse his attention. He looked at Jenny with some curiosity, as if weighing her true thoughts, "Are you sure you don't have anything? ?I mean, I talked to Chris twice, and at the end of last year, he suddenly became very difficult to date-of course, now that I think about it, he was difficult to date all of last year-"
"What did he say?" Jenny forcibly suppressed her reaction, and replied in a casual tone. "Oh, don't tell me he poured out our love for you—"
"Too much love, are you serious?" Leo made a puking expression, "But he said something, which left me with the impression that this matter seems to have something to do with you. So I Think, **** him, maybe you guys have hooked up? But judging from your reaction, it seems to be a misunderstanding."
"Total misunderstanding." Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, "It's just sex, nothing else, I promise you."
"Very charming promise." Leo teased, "You sound like it's a disgrace to have slept with Chris - but then again, since we're probably not friends by now, so, Well done Jenny, that's the spirit, you just have to keep it going."
Jenny laughed, "Didn't you ever think that maybe I just said that to stay competitive with you?"
"Is this a joke or the truth?" said Leo immediately, "because I'm going to mean it, I'm going to mean it, Jane—maybe we should try it tonight—"
Although he and Jenny have known each other for a long time, it is only during this conversation that they really get to know each other. Jenny will not take Leo's jokes seriously - she must be too complicated and difficult for Leo Now, compared to a group of supermodels who are equally beautiful and let him choose, the relationship between the two parties' needs is simple, and there is no burden. Although she is also very beautiful, her attraction to Leo should be close to zero. However, she could feel that she and Leo had a weird fit, the kind of pure friendship.
"Come on, if you know where I live, and you can avoid the paparazzi." The two were joking casually, while changing the topic, chatting about the eternal topic among stars: avoiding paparazzi, New movies, box office, "seriously, I have to start looking at a new house, our house has nothing to talk about right now."
"By the way, for tomorrow's dinner, let me declare in advance that there will be meat, so you'd better be prepared, because James is a carnivore—talk more about diving, he likes this topic." Leo reminded Jenny , "And have you decided to take this movie yet?"
"It should be 90% possible. Of course, everything has to wait for a discussion with Cameron before making a decision. I heard that he also invited you to read the script. Will you participate in it?"
"It's hard to say, this script doesn't attract me very much, the story is too simple, I feel that the core of the whole movie is the visual effect, to put it bluntly, its plot may be more boring than "Pirates of the Caribbean"." Leo's The tone was a little confused, "Your acting skills are very good, Jennifer, almost genius, it is hard for me to understand that you will continue to choose... this kind of film."
Jenny is a little ashamed, but Leonardo is qualified to say that, because he has never acted in "this kind of movie". "You have a point, but I think it is likely to be a cross-generational film, and it is very exciting to be able to participate in it-of course, most of the time, you will be processed special effects face, and there is not much room for acting..."
"right?" Leo called out, "so I was puzzled when I heard about your decision. Of course, James never misses, but... this role is just not suitable for you and me-but they still Trying to talk me into it, I hear it's either me or Chris."
"Yes—" Jenny started, she really wanted to talk to Leo about changing the script, at least so that she could show a small face in real life, but people's voices were already coming from the direction of the building.
"Ah, there they are," someone said from a distance, his voice clearly drunk - not an easy feat considering what a boring party it was. "Hi, Leo! Jennifer!"
"shot." Li Ao muttered, he waved his hand helplessly into the distance, and pulled Jenny to stand up. "Happy hour is over-but the conversation is not, we will continue to talk tomorrow, I also have some thoughts about "Avatar", maybe we should bring Chesa..."
"Okay." Jenny took a deep breath, "Are you ready?"
"3, 2, 1," Leo counted down, and then smiled kindly and politely with her, waving to greet the crowds pouring out, "hi, guys——no, we're just discussing some movies Thing, yes, about the next movie... I don't know, I can't say more now..."
Once they found out where they were going, the party center was naturally moved to the terrace, and Jenny spent the whole night socializing with different people-after all, she is the one who runs a film company, although she can't do it as widely as a producer. Forging good relationships and irresponsible sweet talk, but it is impossible to put on a cold attitude and play big names, even Weinstein is not that good.
——Maybe it was because she was busy, maybe it was because she was upset. It was not until she got on the car home that Jenny realized that what happened tonight still brought certain risks, but she thought about it and decided not to worry too much. Duo: After all, this is a private party. As long as Bell is not interested in doing something, no one should be bored enough to take pictures and post them on the Internet. With Bell's current state of mind, she is unlikely to do such a stupid thing. Now she is no longer able to be overwhelmed by one or two scandals. Apart from disgusting her and cutting off all possibilities of reconciliation between the two, doing so will not bring her any practical benefits. On the contrary, it will make Bell's "Avatar" The dream has become a bubble.
"What are you thinking?" Jim asked curiously, and glanced at Jenny through the endoscope, "You look distracted."
"Nothing." Jenny shook her head, "It's just..."
Thinking of the conversation with Leo tonight, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips, she shook her head again, and repeated, "I just... thought it was fun."
Jim looked at her suspiciously again, then shrugged, and continued to drive the luxury car intently through Beverly Hills in the middle of the night. Jenny leaned back and looked at the flowing street lights through the car window, her smile gradually deepened...
p, beep, the sound of the text message broke the silence in the car, and Jenny's repeated thoughts just came up, she moved her body, and Jim murmured an apology, picked up the phone and checked the text message.
"Oh, *." He whispered, pulling the car to a sudden stop, bowing his head and pressing the keyboard. "Do you have Internet access on your phone, Jen? Check out Hilton's blog—this time it's going to be fun."