At 11 a.m., walking out of the screening room where the same movie was shown for the fifth time, Rachel Weisz felt a little silly.

It's still like this morning time to run to watch a movie.

However, since receiving an invitation last week, I can't help but want to know more about a man who stands at the top of the Hollywood pyramid, "This Man from Earth" happens to be his latest work, and it is not a commercial film like the DC Cinematic Universe.

Rambled.

If you know Chinese, Rachel Weisz probably sees the information from "This Man is from Earth".

Simon Westeros's earliest "Lola Run" also watched it, and when I heard that it was just an 18-year-old movie, I just thought it was incredible, and she still had some admiration for her who liked drama since she was a child. Later, Simon Westeros quickly rose to prominence in Hollywood, did not give much time to react, and went further to become the richest person in the world, even if she started to dabble in acting at the age of 15, she still felt that this was a legend that was unlikely to cross paths in this life.

Unexpectedly, just last week, the agent suddenly called in an excited tone and told her to rush to the CAA headquarters in Century City as soon as possible.

Last year, I started to try to enter Hollywood, because I already had good qualifications in the UK, and I easily signed under the CAA banner.

Then it was learned that Simon Westeros wanted to go on a date.

The two had never met in this circle early, and had heard a lot of rumors about Westeros, and Rachel Weisz certainly understood what 'dating' meant here.

Since she was a child, she has a lonely personality and even a little rebellious, she is not a casual woman.

However, an invitation from Simon Westeros, with her Cambridge graduate and brilliant brain, certainly knew what that meant.

Entering this circle, there are all kinds of gossip everywhere, and Rachel Weisz knows very well that most of Hollywood's new actresses who have risen in recent years have various connections with Simon Westeros, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Courteney Cox, Famick Jensen, Julia Roberts, Valerie Golino, Meg Ryan, etc.

Therefore, if you agree to the so-called 'date' of the other party, you will have a good chance of becoming the next Westeros girl.

It's just that there is no lack of pride in his bones, if the two sides can meet at the party, if he can be patient and talk to her first, Rachel feels that he will not resist too much.

Now, is this a call girl?

After generating this idea, I wanted to blurt out and refuse directly, but seeing the fanatical expression of my agent Todd, Rachel only felt that if she refused on the spot, she would probably be strangled to death by the other party, and seemed to have found an excuse for herself in her heart, so she said that she needed to think about it.

Mr. Agent didn't mean to get a positive answer from her at all, and said that it was okay to speak, but just helped her start to open up in the next few days.

Even Michael Ovitz, the president of CAA, took the time to have lunch with her.

It is difficult for this circle to keep any secrets, news inevitably spreads, and in the face of a bunch of flattering or jealous eyes, Rachel Weisz does not dare to appear at any party occasions these days, not even the CAA headquarters.

In just a few days, there was another news.

A few days ago, the Italian film master Bernardo Bertolucci's new film "Stealing Incense" auditioned successfully got a role, and when the agent informed her, the tone seemed to be in a good mood, but it was a lot of toss to get this role in Bertolucci's new film, but now she said that it was a bit of a loss to let her play such a small role that is not even the second female lead.

However, after all, it is a Bertolucci movie, so it should be regarded as accumulating qualifications.

Still gossiping on the phone.

said that the heroine of "Stealing Incense" originally basically finalized ICM's Liv Taylor, who is the daughter of Stephen Taylor, the lead singer of the famous band Aerosmith, in terms of resources and connections, no one could have cut off her beard from her.

When things came to an end, something changed.

The heroine suddenly turned to Mia Koschna, the actress who was nominated for this year's Oscar for Best Actress with last year's "Little Women".

Although Mia Koschner's chances of winning the Golden Man are almost zero, a girl who has just turned 20 to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress is a qualification that many other Hollywood actresses may not be able to reach in their lifetime, if not the youngest nominee in Oscar history.

How could such a girl from a family of Russian-American immigrants in Canada with no background be able to do this?

The point is, yes, Simon Westeros.

You must know that "Stealing Incense" is not a project of Daenerys Entertainment, but a film invested by Fox Films, but Simon Westeros was just a phone call that made Fox give up the originally selected heroine.

At the end of the gossip, the agent also said demagogically that as long as she can climb the towering tree of Simon Westeros, she will also have a day when she can grab whoever she wants.

Rachel felt that the agent was too excited, and couldn't help but retort what if she wanted to steal the role of Mia Koschna, and the agent's words 'it's up to you' made her feel like she had dug a hole for herself, and some thoughts that couldn't be suppressed in her head haunted her for days.

It's just that after the excitement has passed, things seem to have changed again.

She received an invitation on March 2nd, and today is March 10th, during which she was even very unhappy to be dragged to a private hospital in Malibu for a medical check-up, but there has been no movement from Westeros.

Could it be that the 'date' was unknowingly canceled?

Whenever this thought arises, I don't know if it's a situation or a loss.

Near noon, the street in West Hollywood seemed to be full of traffic, Rachel Weisz stood at the door of the theater and reminisced about the plot of the film just now, and then came to the nearby parking lot, got into his Buick sedan, looked left and right through the window, and was about to find a place to solve lunch first, when the mobile phone suddenly rang.

As soon as she connected it, she heard the excited voice of her agent Todd coming from the microphone, and Rachel probably realized something, only to feel that her heart began to beat faster.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Santa Monica Airport is located in downtown Santa Monica.

Rachel Weisz, who dressed up and changed into a low-cut Versace black low-cut evening gown from Westeros, was accompanied by her agent Todd Winterburton to the airport tarmac, where a Gulfstream V-shaped private jet was already waiting on the runway.

After listening to the agent's advice, Rachel and the two girls in uniform by the gangway confirmed their identities and entered the cabin with the CK satchel also sent by Westeros.

Then, Rachel couldn't help but be a little stunned.

In the luxuriously decorated Gulfstream V cabin, there was already another girl in the same costume at this time, and she was also looking at her suspiciously.

The flight attendant who had just introduced herself named Nikki Dennis didn't seem to notice the anomaly between the two of them, and offered to help introduce: "Miss Vichy, this is Kate Beckinsale. Miss Beckinsale, this is Rachel Weisz. ”

After Nikki's introduction, Rachel Weisz felt that it would be rude not to greet the other party, so she took the initiative to step forward and stretched out her hand to the girl named Kate Beckinsale, and vaguely felt in her mind that she seemed to have seen each other. When Kate Beckinsale spoke, the quintessential British accent reminded Rachel of a thriller she had seen in England a few years earlier.

This is his own fellow countryman.

After greeting each other, Kate Beckinsale apparently also discovered the fact that Rachel was from the UK, but did not say much for a while.

There was some inexplicable strange smell in the air.

After saying hello, Rachel originally wanted to sit on the other side of the cabin, Nikki didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional to make a gesture of please, in the end, Rachel, who was still on a private jet for the first time, was embarrassed to refuse, and followed the other party's guidance to sit opposite Kate Beckinsale.

And then there was silence.

Nikki briefly introduced some precautions, confirmed that the two had no other questions, and left for the time being.

The Gulfstream V soon began gliding on the runway of Santa Monica Airport.

When the private jet stopped trembling at all, Kate, who was sitting opposite, fumbled to open the seat belt on her body, and Rachel hurriedly lowered her head and concocted the same.

After a few moments, the two women looked up again.

Eye to eye.

Finally, Kate Beckinsale suddenly showed a kind smile that was no longer pretending, and whispered, "What a bastard." ”

Rachel naturally knew who the bastard in Kate's mouth was, and at the same time understood why the other party said that.

It's obvious.

Somebody, that's wanting, um, uh.

Echoing the same smile, Rachel also whispered, "Indeed, bastard." ”

The two girls said this, but they both subconsciously tilted their eyes slightly in the direction of the aisle, a little worried that Nikki just heard it, the other party was obviously not a full-time flight attendant on this plane, it should be the rumored waitresses of the Westeros family, judging from Nikki's form and demeanor, Rachel felt that the female guards were more likely.

Nikki soon reappeared, with a decent smile on her face, and asked the two girls if they wanted something to drink.

Rachel wanted to ask for a cup of coffee, but Kate took the initiative to ask what was on the plane, listened to Nikki's introduction, and asked for red wine for the two of them on her own initiative.

Nikki left briefly and soon returned with another girl, each with a tray of red wine and some nutty treats.

Carefully helped the two girls to open red wine, and asked again, Nikki was about to leave with her companions, Rachel finally remembered something, called Nikki and asked, "Where are we going?"

Nikki paused and replied, "Seattle." ”

Kate, who was quietly looking at the bottle of red wine from Château Latour, also reacted and wondered: "Go...... Why go to Seattle?"

Nikki showed patience and smiled: "Microsoft's headquarters is in Seattle, today is the day when Microsoft releases the Windows 95 operating system, and the boss is invited to this conference. ”

That's when I understood.

Both girls have moved from the United Kingdom to North America in the past two years, and have spent most of their time in Los Angeles, but they have never had the opportunity to go to Seattle, and their impression of the city is probably the "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan two years ago.

Without asking too much questions, and when Nikki left again, Kate Beckinsale took the initiative to talk about "Sleepless in Seattle".

I happen to have seen this movie.

However, Rachel liked it, but Kate felt that the story was too idealistic.

As the exchange deepened, the two girls also learned more about each other, and then they were surprised to find that Rachel Weisz was a top Cambridge student, and Kate Beckinsale had studied Oxford. The difference is that Rachel got her degree, and Kate chose to take a leave of absence in her junior year to concentrate on filming.

After chatting for more than half an hour over a glass of red wine, Kate suddenly asked Rachel, "What do you think we'll get after tonight?"

With such an explicit topic, Rachel could only pretend to be stupid: "Huh?"

Kate Beckinsale smiled again and said, "I'm sure you've heard that Simon Westeros is very generous, and often gives mansions to the women around him, just like the waist and leg spirits. ”

Both women are from wealthy backgrounds, but they are only slightly stronger than the middle class, and luxury yachts and private jets are far away from them.

Rachel Weisz imagined that she owned a mansion in Beverly Hills, and inexplicably looked forward to it, but asked rhetorically, "If he gave it to you, would you ask for it?"

Kate nodded without hesitation: "Yes, why not." ”

Rachel paused and said, "But, you know, there is no pie in the sky, and if you take Simon Westeros's things, you will definitely be his woman for a long time to come." ”

Kate seemed to know about this, poked her head slightly, and whispered: "I have inquired, Westeros is a very good man, if we get the mansion, we only need to stay with him for a year or two before leaving, and he will not stop it." ”

Rachel looked at Kate and said, "But, don't you think that's not appropriate?"

Kate shrugged: "I just think it would take four or five years to buy a mansion worth two or three million dollars in Beverly Hills, even if we get a good opportunity soon after tonight." Besides, this is Simon Westeros, and the matter between him and those two waist and leg spirits is basically public, do you see anyone laughing at those two women? Anyway, I only see a lot of people envy them to death. Not to mention the house, maybe you should know Instagram, Westeros casually gave the two of them some shares, I recently read in a magazine, guess how much it's worth now?"

Rachel could only shake her head.

Kate stretched out her hand and shook it in front of Rachel and said, "$50 million, tsk, if I can have such a sum of money, I don't need to do anything, I just need to enjoy life in the future." ”

Rachel heard Kate say this, and couldn't help but fantasize about how she would spend her $50 million, and her head was a little messy for a while.

Kate sighed with yearning in her eyes, took a sip of the red wine in front of her, leaned back in her chair relaxedly, tilted her head slightly to look at Rachel, and said with a smile: "Anyway, even if there is nothing else, Simon Westeros is also a good lover, handsome, talented, well, physical strength must be great." ”

Rachel's cheeks were slightly hot at Kate's last remark, and she said, "But, you know, Westeros is married." ”

Kate said confidently: "What's this, maybe I can still snatch him." ”

Saying this, Kate was interested again, and half-jokingly said to Rachel: "Let's try to snatch him together, just like the waist essence and leg essence, well, I am the waist essence, you, the forehead, and the leg essence are also mine." ”

Rachel saw that Kate was getting more and more boundless the more she spoke, and wanted to stop, listening to her occupy all the waist and leg essence, but subconsciously retorted: "What do you mean that the waist essence and leg essence are all yours?"

Kate looked at Rachel carefully with a scrutinizing look and said, "You're beautiful, Rachel, but, okay, don't blame me for being too upright, you'd better control your figure." ”

Women often have a hard time standing up to men dictating their bodies.

However, what is even more unbearable than this is probably a woman pointing fingers at her figure.

Rachel simply rolled her eyes, intending not to have these outrageous conversations with Kate again.

Kate didn't mind, and quietly sipped the red wine for a while, as if she felt that the atmosphere was almost brewing, and spoke again.

Chatting like this, the two-hour trip passed quickly.

When the Gulfstream V landed at the airport on the south side of Lake Washington, looking out the porthole at the drizzly sky, a thought crossed Rachel's mind, and sure enough, it was the same as "Sleepless in Seattle".

I also subconsciously realized that these scattered and chaotic thoughts were probably an instinct to hide my inner tension.

Leaving the airport, they took a speedboat directly to Mercer Island in the middle of the lake on the shores of Lake Washington, and entered the tree-covered mansion at the southern end of the island, where there were already people waiting for them.

It's still not Simon Westeros.

Without seeing the man for the first time, both women couldn't help but feel some emotions of relaxation and loss in their hearts, as well as the expectation hidden in their hearts unconsciously, until late at night on this day, a certain man finally returned.