mousepad-d2 Chapter 36
Chapter 36
Obviously, it was a surprise that no one expected that Rocky was exposed to the public this time and attracted so much attention.
Of course, since this alien started recruiting and buying horses a few years ago and founded this economic company, he was destined to have a relationship with Hollywood, but after all these years, after getting this company on the right track, This alien handed everything over to his outstanding agent, so that the entire Hollywood, including the inside of Ala, didn't have a clear understanding of Loki's existence.
It wasn't until this time that everyone realized that Ala, a first-line entertainer who controls almost two-thirds of Hollywood, be it an actor, director, singer or host, the CEO of the most influential Hollywood organization is actually a paparazzi photo A rather handsome young man.
Of course, it’s not that no one wants to reveal another identity about Rocky. Similarly, some media bought these revelations from these elderly witnesses of history, but due to political factors, no mainstream media dared to release them. , As for the monitoring of public opinion on the Internet, with the assistance of Tony Stark, the off-site director, they have already handled it with ease.
Therefore, Rocky, who simply became the CEO of Ala, became a legendary figure in the eyes of the public. With such a great achievement of Ala, in the end, yes, it is his damn handsome face that caused all this, and many people have launched appeals on the Internet, hoping that this easily fascinated thousands The CEO should stop hiding behind the scenes, but should come to the front of the scene as soon as possible.
In short, the hot discussion about Rocky lasted for nearly a week, and Alex has received calls from Owen more than once, and he pleaded: "Only you, Alex, only You can save me, otherwise I might really be taken to an alien planet to mine—”
"You only said that to Captain America, or the Avengers, but it wasn't me—" Alex gloated a little.
"No, listen, there may be thousands of ways to defeat the aliens, but you are the only one that is the most effective."
In fact, this time Owen started to take advantage of the trend after seeing the media's attention to Rocky, and because of his actions, the hot discussion that should have disappeared in two or three days lasted for a longer time this time, of course Owen originally just wanted to use this to cover up the trouble caused by Alex's own party, but even later he didn't expect that the spontaneity of the public made the situation almost out of control, which of course provoked Loki dissatisfied, and Owen, who caused trouble, could only ask Alex to come and save him.
But Alex himself doesn't know what to do, because apparently he just got into trouble too.
"What is this?" Loki's eyes flickered. Although there was a smile on his lips, everyone could feel the hidden danger there.
Alex looked serious: "I think it's up to me to question you—God, when you come to Earth, you must abide by our rules, such as personal items that cannot be tampered with without your permission... "
"Hmm——" Loki folded his arms, still raised his chin slightly, and looked at Alex calmly.
As a result, Alex, who was at a loss for words, became quiet for a while, and now the volume of the video being played on the laptop next to Loki became particularly clear.
If you take a closer look, you will find that the protagonist of that video is Rocky. This is made by a netizen who quickly became his fan girl after the former became the center of heated discussions.In fact, the video is just a collection of all the photos about Loki that can be found on the Internet, and it is accompanied by music. In the video, there are a few single photos of Loki, which are very rare and highlight his charming temperament even more, so this The click-through rate and forwarding rate of the video are quite high, also because his background sound matches the photos very well.
And this is nothing at all, as Alex who often goes to his support club forum to spy on the screen, seeing this reposted video, clicking on it, it is a very normal thing, the premise is that he should not write that comments.
Alex imitated the tone of his female fans online very well. He first praised the maker of this video, and then: "I think the music in the middle-" Alex refers to the not long ago In the video of Loki being followed by the paparazzi when he went out, he was wearing sunglasses. It is estimated that this god did not expect these mortals to be so courageous. Those shots almost poked his sunglasses crookedly, so Loki just frowned and put the sunglasses on. He took it off, and then his cold eyes met the camera that was filming him, "We can change to Fergie's song, she has a lyric in it, it's 'kneeldudes, i'myourincess', isn't that Does it fit his expression in the video?"
Of course, Loki, who had browsed through all of Alex's replies, had that expression at the moment.
Alex couldn't help turning his gaze aside: "Actually, my account was hacked last week, so those replies must not be written by me..."
Loki almost laughed out of anger, he thought he should reach out and pull Alex's shoulder, let the latter look him in the eyes and tell a lie.
But as soon as he saw Loki's movements, Alex subconsciously wanted to hide. There was no way, the shameful play of being unable to move that night and being touched under the skirt made Alex feel a little sad every time he thought about it. So he dodged Loki's hand and ran directly to the French windows, outside the window was the open-air swimming pool.
Yes, Alex still lives in Manhattan, but he has changed the previous house that was comfortable enough for him. There is no way, because the house is too cheap compared to his current worth .Hollywood is such a powerful place. In the past, Alex had no money, but through "Twilight" and "Dancing Out of My Life", and became the youngest new star on the Forbes wealth list, Alex's current net worth Of course it's not the same, so if he is still driving his old car and living in his cheap house, not only the media, but even his fans will express bad opinions about it, and this is not good for Alex. Kex's personal image, especially his style, has been severely damaged, so if he wants to live a frugal and low-key life, of course he can, at least after he wins an Oscar enough to be labeled an artist, but before he still Now that he is working hard for a statuette, Alex's entire team will not allow him to develop himself in that direction, and of course Alex must cooperate with this.
It’s just that this newly changed fourth-floor apartment made Alex feel a little empty, so that’s why he didn’t stop people like Rocky from coming uninvited. After all, he usually lives alone and talks to multiple people. It's also good.Fortunately, Alex often goes out to film, and he can’t live in this apartment a few times a year. Most of them live in hotels, so Alex uses the swimming pool in his new home for the first time today. The reason for using it The other way was blocked by Rocky, so Alex had to jump.
Alex is quite good at work like using strength, so he even mistook himself for Poseidon for a second, and quickly pushed aside the current, thinking that he could climb ashore and go around to another place. When one side avoided Rocky completely and then called an off-court aid to escape, a hand grabbed his ankle.
Alex couldn't help being pulled deeper into the water, and the current slowed down his struggling movements.Then Alex gradually saw Loki swimming in front of him from behind him. There was light in the water flow, and what was reflected in his sight was a cool, bluish color. Under the water, Loki's face suddenly appeared Become too beautiful to be real.
Alex remembered a French movie he watched last night, Sailor and the Mermaid. The whole movie was very bad, both in terms of storyline and costume scenes, because it is said that the director spent all his budget on photography. Although the two young actors The acting skills are young, but the director's control of the camera presents a dreamy beauty.
Alex still remembers the most beautiful scene in the whole movie, the sailor sank to the bottom of the sea, and the mermaid swam over. At that time, the simple special effect of the fish tail made Alex play a few times. When the actress playing the mermaid gently embraced the sailor, they looked at each other, the water waves above their heads shone with light spots, and they were in the quiet seabed where the world belonged only to them.
And Alex is still thinking that Loki should play the mermaid, because he is so beautiful underwater.Of course, Loki didn't know that Alex was imagining that he was wearing a sequined fishtail and swimming in the water. He looked at the person in front of him. Alex's skin was almost transparent under the water. , and the way he was struggling gave people a feeling of fragility, as if he wanted to gently pinch his neck with his hands, or——
Alex's lung capacity was no longer enough, and Loki finally let him go mercifully. Alex returned to the surface in a hurry, but before he took a big breath of oxygen, he was suddenly grabbed by someone. Holding his waist, his back pressed against the cold wall of the swimming pool, which made Alex tremble all over, and the next second, his warm body approached him.
Alex and Rocky's legs were entwined under the invisible water, and his neck was grabbed by Rocky. Although the force was not strong, it just forced him to raise his head, but the slight suffocation gave Alex felt dizzy for a while, especially after Loki bit the tip of his tongue out of anger and started this not-so-tender, trembling kiss, Alex felt The dizziness became more intense, and he seemed to hear someone calling his name in a trance.
"Alex—it's Martin..." Jerry walked through the living room, he vaguely saw the movement in the swimming pool, but when he really got closer to see clearly, Jerry immediately silenced the sound, and There was a series of panicked sounds like a chair being knocked over.
Loki frowned in dissatisfaction, but seeing Alex's pale face, he finally let him go.Alex let out a breath, and climbed onto the shore with weak hands and feet, and Loki, who had just disappeared into the swimming pool with his divine power, reappeared, and he picked up a thick towel to wrap Alex's whole body.
Time soon came to September, and singer Whitney Houston filed a divorce application in the court and leaked to the media, which became the beginning of heated discussions throughout September, and there were no new major productions to be released in September , so the public's attention followed the media, and began to take stock of Hollywood star couples and lovers' separation and reunion through the divorce case in Houston.
Leonardo put down a magazine, which also made a similar inventory, and he himself was one of the protagonists: "It's really ridiculous, I was with her before, why didn't I know it myself?"
Alex glanced at Leonardo, then turned his gaze back to his mobile phone: "I didn't even know you still cared about this?"
"Of course, it's interesting to take a look at it when you're free, isn't it?" Leonardo shrugged, then he turned his head and glanced at the time on the wall of the lounge, "It seems that things are not going well——"
Today, Martin invited the two leading actors, Leonardo and Alex, to watch the rough cut version of "The Departed Walker". In fact, according to the plan, "The Departed Walker" should have been released in mid-September, but until Now, not to mention the final version, even the rough-cut version of Martin is still unwilling to hand it over to Warner.
To be honest, Warner is not so concerned about the release of "The Departed", and this film is not like what the outside world thinks, it has Leonardo, Alex, and actor Nicholson, It's a big production with a strong cast, but in fact, it's just a b-level production that had a hard time getting a budget. In addition, old Martin's movies have always been well-received and hard to get hits. Therefore, such a low rate of return is hard to come by. To satisfy the investors, Warner will be responsible for the release of "The Departed", which is also because of the film's Olympic awards. Whether it is the best director, best actor, or even the best film, as long as there is one nomination, then not only It can increase the box office, and the later DVD and overseas distribution can make Warner a small profit.But in any case, you have to finally see the quality of the film to make a decision.
It is because Warner, who is both the publisher and one of the producers, really can't stand Martin dragging the front line too long, and Martin has already delayed it by at least one month more than the original plan during the filming period. They had to pay a certain liquidated damages, but fortunately, Julia was a very capable producer, and the photographic equipment during the filming period was sponsored by the manufacturer, which left them with a fortune.But at last, before the deadline, "The Departed" was finally able to hold a simple test screening.
This time the invited audience was very small, most of them were members of the Film Critics Association.In fact, everyone's expectations for "The Departed" are not small, and many of them have full confidence in the old Martin, but more people are puzzled by Martin's choice of Alex to play the role of Colin. Not to mention, "Twilight" has achieved great success, so its influence is also huge. Therefore, people's impression of Alex is more of his expressionless vampire in "Twilight", In "The Duchess", the good impression that Kyle brought to film critics was also lost because of Edward.
Although Nicholson publicly stated in an interview not long ago, Alex is indeed a talented actor, and it is a great pleasure to work with him.But none of this has affected the thinking of film critics who have not seen the film, although some of them can understand that Alex took over "Twilight", his career is an actor, he depends on this for a living, he must contact It is a commercial film that makes money, but more people are still disappointed with Alex, especially after the "Twilight" that they were not optimistic about took hundreds of millions of box office and gave them a slap in the face, so they still hold Alex. Alex expressed doubts about his acting skills, and began to believe in Kyle's portrayal more. Maybe it was just a flash in the pan for Alex. After all, Hollywood can create a group of people, and it can easily destroy a group of people.
Jill of "The New Yorker", as a film critic who has a good relationship with Caesar, he should most hope to see Alex being severely suppressed by Leonardo in this movie, or he and the whole movie The incompatibility of the film has affected everyone's viewing experience, but he still has some conflicts because Martin Scorsese is a director he admires very much. He couldn't help murmuring: "I hope this time is not good, Let Martin know what kind of actor he should choose..."
The best viewing positions are reserved for film critics and audiences, so most of the actors and creators are in the front row or the back row.Because Alex and Leonardo have seen the rough cut of the film before, of course, they made a lot of revisions afterwards, but the two stood together and looked at each other, still a little nervous, or , Both of them have confidence in their performances, knowing that after watching the movie, people will of course have to evaluate the performance of the two actors, so which one is better?
"Want to make a bet?" Leonardo glanced at Alex, "Among the 100 audience members, do you think the most filled in on the 'actor who impresses you' on the pink questionnaire returned is yes Whose name is it?" But here, Leonardo paused, and he pointed in a certain direction, which was a seat in the back, where Captain America and Tony Stark were sitting, "But let's talk first, we Gotta deduct those friendship tickets—"