Parked on the side of the road is a black Ferrari, the streamlined body shines in the sun, even if you don't step on the accelerator to accelerate, the low and restless engine roar still has a special texture, low-key and luxurious, passers-by can't help but project their eyes on.

Paul, who was sitting in the driver's seat, saw the slight surprise on Lan Li's face through the window of the passenger seat, and was thinking about how to speak to Lan Li's chaotic thoughts, and couldn't help but pause temporarily, with a proud smile on his face, "Get in the car." I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time you've seen a sports car. ”

In Los Angeles, you can see high-end sports cars in every street, especially the road from Malibu to Los Angeles, and the last stretch of the road is Santa Monica Boulevard, a six-lane boulevard that leads straight to Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard, and there are countless luxury sports cars on the road.

Lan Li opened the car door and sat inside, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, "But I'm pretty sure, this is the first time I've seen a car from the 'Fast & Thrill' series appear in real life." Lan Li turned to look at Paul, "I'm not mistaken, am I?"

Paul expertly cocked the steering wheel, merged into the traffic, and drove onto Santa Monica Boulevard, "Yes. This is the black convertible that Linier drove in the first part of the series. I'm not a Ferrari supporter, but I really liked this one and bought one for myself. Paul turned his head to look at Lan Li, "Do you want me to open the hood? ”

"I'm worried about messing up my hairstyle. Lan Li said seriously, Paul was stunned, looked at Lan Li twice, and then caught the smile in Lan Li's eyes, and laughed happily. "Do you know whose house the party is?"

"Oh, if I'm not mistaken, Ben Affleck's house. Paul, who lives in Los Angeles all year round, knows a lot more about the situation here. "But now there are fewer and fewer actors living in Beverly Hills, and a lot of people are leaving their homes here and living elsewhere for themselves. It's normal to rent it out to a friend temporarily, so I'm not sure who lives in that house right now. ”

Ben Affleck. This is an unexpected answer. Andy naturally knows the owner of the villa well, but the party organizer is not the focus, the audition is, Andy's attention is on the advancement of "Edge of Tomorrow", and he was negligent for a while, so he didn't talk to Lan Li about the situation of the villa.

"But why did you get Ben Affleck's invitation to the party?" Paul didn't hide his surprise, not because Lan Li wasn't qualified right now, but because—"Their Boston gang is very xenophobic. Even if it's a party, you don't invite outsiders casually. What's more, you're from New York. ”

The American entertainment industry is very interesting, with Los Angeles as the West Coast and New York as the East Coast, all of which are in tat-for-tat, from music to film to art; in addition, the West Coast is relatively harmonious, and can be divided into Seattle and Hollywood, and among the East Coast, Boston and New York are like fire and water, and they do not give in to each other. In the final analysis, it has to do with culture, economy, politics, and so on.

Ben Affleck, Cassie Affleck, Matt Damon, Ed-Harris, Kevin-Smith, and many more are all representatives of the Boston Gang.

"I'm not so sure if the invitation was from Ben Affleck. Lan Li teased lightly, and then did not sell off, and said in Paul's puzzled gaze, "This is an audition, although I don't know why the audition venue was chosen in a party in a private mansion." ”

Paul tucked his chin away, not at all surprised by the audition—there has been a lot of news about Lan Li's new work lately, and Lan Li's name can be seen on the cast shortlist of many productions outside of "Speed and Excitement", and instead, he responds to Lan Li's doubts.

"A lot of auditions in Hollywood are done at parties, especially for the top big-name producers. Paul explained, chuckling as he talked about it, "Once, I went to an audition and stayed at a party for almost three hours, but I couldn't find the producer. I was nervous and couldn't let go of the party atmosphere, and it wasn't my type of party, the music was really noisy......"

This sincere complaint made Lan Li laugh too. Unconsciously, Paul temporarily forgot what had just happened, and temporarily forgot the intention of explaining to Lan Li, and his attention shifted to the party that Lan Li was talking about, and even his tone became cheerful.

"The waiting process became extremely painful, and it was not until three o'clock in the morning that I saw each other. But the other party seems to have just used 'big H', and the whole person is confused and delirious, and invites me to dance a dance for him...... "Big H", the slang for Hai/Luo/Yin.

Speaking of this, Paul paused, his face was full of helpless smiles, and seemed to awaken his previous memories again, and shook his head slightly, "But the problem is, the music next to it is Indian dance music." Ha ha. Paul himself couldn't help but laugh.

Lan Li shrugged, "At least, you still have music." This response made Paul stunned, looked horrified, and made up the picture of dancing without music, and then laughed again, "So did you dance?"

Paul's laughter froze on his lips and he looked away in a panic and looked straight ahead. Although he didn't speak, his expression and movement couldn't be more obvious. However, after waiting for two seconds, Paul didn't hear Lan Li's laughter, this is really abnormal, he turned his head, and then saw Lan Li's serious look, silent, Paul was stunned, "What's wrong?"

Lan Li waved his hand, signaling not to disturb, "I'm making up for it." ”

One second, two seconds, this is even more direct than hilarious, Paul was immediately overwhelmed by shame, and shouted speechlessly, "Lan Li-Hall!" At this time, when he heard Lan Li's cheerful laughter, Paul looked up and sighed, thinking about it, and laughed himself.

The Santa Monica to Beverly Hills is directly accessible along Santa Monica Boulevard, and it's only a fifteen-minute drive if there were no traffic jams like today. Paul expertly navigated the wide streets of this small hill and soon found his destination. However, all parking spaces on both sides of the street were full, and the two had to move on, looking for parking spaces in nearby neighborhoods.

There was no specific time for today's audition, and the other party just asked Lan Li to attend the party and meet at the party. Therefore, Lan Li did not rush in, but walked around the neighborhood with Paul twice, and after parking the car three blocks away, the two of them staggered towards the villa.

There were four bodyguards in black suits standing at the gate of the villa, they just asked, "Who invited you", Lan Li reported his name, and then the two of them went in smoothly, without any security checks, no duplicate confirmations, not even a guest list.

Lan Li thought it was quite curious, "Does this mean that anyone can come in? just give Ben Affleck a random name?"

"Of course. Paul replied in the affirmative, "If only you are bold enough." "Hollywood seems to be shrouded in a halo for most ordinary people, more or less there will still be a sense of distance, which is timid, so outsiders can't imagine that just by reporting a name, you can enter Hollywood's top party," such a party, the focus is never on entry, but on how to adapt. ”

In a simple sentence, Lan Li understood.

Party organizers always welcome more strangers, especially young and beautiful women, entering the party is only the first step, and the next thing is whether you can let go, whether you are willing to post upside down, whether you can let go of your reserve and fear, and whether you can fit in, this is the most important thing. Otherwise, even when you're at a party, you're always just an outsider.

It's like Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden.

Before the two of them could continue talking, noise, music, and screams were already rushing in.

Entering the villa, a man in a beautiful bikini and a man in swim trunks walks through the crowd with trays of cocktails and snacks, and a man playing in front of a black and white piano wearing only a suit vest and briefs, and playing a melodious Tchaikovsky.

In stark contrast, the guests were all dressed neatly, and some were even wearing suits and ties. The California sun penetrates the room unbridled and unobstructed, and the eyeballs are filled with jumping colors such as mint blue, pink, baby yellow, bright red, and bright green.

"Good afternoon. A blonde in a high-cut vintage bikini walked over, winked at Lan Li and Paul, and winked at the tequila in her tray, "Need a hot start?"

Lan Li needed to prepare for the audition, so naturally he couldn't drink, he turned his head to look at Paul, Paul also shook his head, and then Lan Li showed a smile at the girl, "Before I lose it, I still need to be sane for a while." ”

The girl didn't mind, laughed brightly, turned around, and her long blonde hair fluttered like a waterfall, and she fluttered away on ten-centimeter high heels.

Passing through the surging crowd of the villa, the jelly-like blue pool comes into view, the golden sunshine, the blue pool, the green shade, the colorful swimsuits, the white buildings, and the pink flamingo inflatable toys floating on the pool, the men and women are all wearing swimsuits, playing in the water, carnival, there is a DJ DJ DJing next to the pool, the deafening music is coming, and the crazy writhing body can see a large area of flesh color, simple, primitive, rough, direct.

A sliding door separates the two worlds. If the indoor is "Truman's world", then the outdoor is "spring break", and in a trance, it seems to be both heaven and hell.