1748 Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger
Surfing shows are also relatively boring, waiting for a wave is incredibly long, and you may have to wait 10 or 15 minutes for a big wave, and then nothing happens.
If you're surfing on your own, the anticipation will continue to be adrenaline-pumping, and you won't feel bored at all, but when you watch the show, the quiet during the gap is revealed, and even if the host and commentator in charge of the broadcast continue to explain the situation, there will inevitably be a gap in conversation.
"Have you eaten dinner?" Paul recalled his plate and stuffed a potato into his mouth.
Lan Li turned his head to look at Paul's plate, "How is the dinner here, is it worth my try?"
"Trust me, you'll never want to try the food here. Paul complained mercilessly.
Lan Li chuckled, "After all, this is a hospital, not a restaurant. If their diet is too wonderful, I think you should question their expertise. ”
Paul let out a chuckle, "There doesn't seem wrong with your interpretation, but I always feel weird." ”
Lan Li's face was still calm, "I think the hospital staff should agree." Paul's smile grew more and more joyful, but Lan Li changed the subject, "How's it going, are you feeling okay?"
"Didn't Meadow tell you everything, and it's updated in real time!, right?" Paul deliberately grimaced, then grumbled, "I now feel like my father's position is a little precarious. ”
It is rare to see Lan Li's slightly embarrassed expressions Family and friends, especially the father-daughter relationship between Paul and Meadow, which is indeed a little delicate, and it is difficult to describe in a few words;
Paul didn't think much of it, and when he saw Lan Li's expression, he laughed happily, "That's fine. Anything, she will be willing to tell you, I know you will take care of her. I was relieved. ”
Narrowing his smile slightly, Paul said seriously, "I want to be her father and my friend." But sometimes some things are not so easy. Raising his eyes, Paul looked at Lan Li and said sincerely, "There may be something that will trouble you, next time I invite you to drink." ”
The corners of Lan Li's mouth rose slightly, "You know, I won't betray my friends. If you want to buy me and learn my friend's secrets, you're wrong. At the very least, this little cost is not enough. ”
"Aha! you're going to betray Meadow! I'm going to tell her!" Paul immediately smug as if he had grabbed Lan Li's pigtails.
Lan Li didn't panic at all, glanced at Paul, and said with a smile, "Who do you think she will blame first? Blame you for trying to buy her friends, or blame me for revealing some inconsequential secrets under pressure?"
Paul was dumbfounded, still holding the fork in his right hand, and a piece of potato was crumbling as if it were about to fall off at any moment.
"Your potatoes are falling. Lan Li said quietly, and then withdrew his gaze.
Paul hurriedly used his fork to control the potatoes that fell on the plate, and then he came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head repeatedly, "Lan Li, I thought you were on my side!"
Lan Li spread her hands, "If you want me to earn Meadow's trust, I have to be on her side. There is always a contradictory and intimate relationship between parents and children, and there is no way to change it. "Parents are worried about their children, and children want to be independent, and it's a tug-of-war.
Paul let out a long breath, "Sometimes, I really feel like you know everything. Are you sure you're only twenty-four, not fifty-four?"
"Is this a compliment or a complaint?" Lan Li said unhurriedly.
Paul chuckled again, "Compliment, compliment, of course. There was a slight pause in his voice, and Paul seemed to hesitate, and his fork began to unconsciously fiddle with the food on his plate, but finally he asked, "Michelle and Dawn have come to visit me alone, Lan Li...... Do you know about this?"
Lan Li turned his head to meet Paul's gaze.
found that Paul didn't dare to look directly at him, still looking down at his plate, this small movement made Lan Li's eyes pause.
Was Paul reproaching him for being nosy, or was he blaming him for being exterminator, or was he worried that he was being too ruthless?
Lan Li knows that Paul is kind-hearted and has no quarrel with the world, and even if he is forced to retreat, he rarely attacks, but it does not mean that Paul is cowardly, but he has his own persistence and belief, and he has always survived in the vanity fair of Hollywood in his own way. Paul was not necessarily in a position to approve of the approach of the Blue Rite.
What's more, without Paul's consent, he laid a wide net for the "Fast and Exciting/Emotional" crew, which is indeed overstepping, and Lan Li did not ask Paul if he needed it.
Paul, after all, is not Matthew.
Lan Li temporarily suppressed the disturbing thoughts in his mind, and looked at Paul calmly, waiting for Paul's follow-up.
Paul paused, then continued, "They're all hinting at me, and now Universal Pictures is considering making them the producer of the next installment in the series, and they're asking for my opinion. But why are they asking me? Shouldn't they ask Fan? Do you know why?"
There was a slight hesitation in the tentative statement, but then Paul exhaled and mustered up the courage to turn his head to look at Lan Li, "Lucas told me that in recent times, Fan has been tossing around some things in the crew, and he thinks that these actions are all aimed at him and trying to expel him from the crew. Does this have anything to do with you?"
Lucas Hunter is Paul's agent.
In the face of Paul's direct inquiry, Lan Li did not hesitate to answer directly, "Yes." ”
I thought that Paul would be angry or anxious, or even incomprehensible, but unexpectedly, Paul frowned, "Will this affect your work?"
What was Paul's concern about this?
"Lan Li, Fan is not a soft persimmon, he will never surrender casually. What if he bites like a mad dog, slanders your reputation, and affects your work?" said Paul, worried, "Does Andy know about this?"
Lan Li was slightly stunned.
He suddenly realized that he was being too cautious, and that there had been a lot of things going on during this time, and he had always been a little restrained, for Arthur, for Andre, and for Paul.
Is it because of the existence of George and Elizabeth that he has always been vigilant, in his own security field, only a very small number of people can really touch and show their truest faces, without any cover-up, and now there are others "violating" his security field, so he sounded the alarm?
"That's what you're worried about?" Lan Li's shoulder muscles slackened unconsciously, "I thought you didn't want to stir up strife, and you didn't want to kill them all. ”
"Of course. I really don't want to cause conflict if I can. But...... I also know that this is impossible, Fan is not the kind of character who stays quietly in place. Paul's tone was also a little helpless, "I've tried to help you and fight him, but it's really not what I'm good at." I'm just worried that if it affects your career for the sake of a mad dog, it's not worth it. ”
Paul turned his head and looked at Lan Li with a smile, "Because I know how serious you are about your career." ”
A shallow warmth flashed in Lan Li's eyes, "Paul, you should believe me, I won't sacrifice my career for a mad dog." I'm not that selfless. ”
"But if you provoke him...... Paul is still very worried, he can't see the blueprint for Lan Li, and he can't understand the whole plan. The only thing he could fully understand was Diesel's madness and persistence.
Lan Li lowered his eyes, a chill flashed in his eyes, it seemed that Paul still didn't know enough about his abilities, "Do you think I would solve the problem so simply and rudely?" and then raised his eyes again, smiled and met Paul's gaze, which made Paul stunned, "Only when hope is completely cut off, the mad dog will go crazy, but if there is a glimmer of hope and let him continue to work hard, he will never cut off the way back." Vin Diesel, he's not going to tear the mask completely. ”
Diesel values power, profit, and reputation above all else, and as long as he does not completely cut off hope, he will do his best to fight for it, and may even compromise on it. He is not the kind of personality that "would rather be broken than broken", and he will never be able to have the courage to "put it to death and come back to life", because he can't be cruel to himself, unless he is really in a desperate situation and there is no way to retreat, he will never give up struggling.
In other words, for his own sake, the mad dog must not go mad, otherwise it may end up together. It doesn't matter if you sacrifice anyone, but you must not sacrifice yourself.
Lan Li didn't kill them all, which is one of the reasons.
As Paul said, Diesel is not one of the countless nobodies in Hollywood, he can gain a foothold in the industry, and the interweaving of connections and interests is also intertwined, but his involvement is still too shallow and short-sighted, and restricted by his own strength, which is limited to the tree of "speed and excitement/emotion", but if it really forces Diesel to rush and jump off the wall, he must be more powerful to do.
Lan Li is willing to make a move, but he is not necessarily willing to entangle with a mad dog, it is unreasonable for a mad dog, even if he fights back, it will be just a mouthful of dog hair, even if he wins, it is equivalent to not winning.
Therefore, Lan Li always left a glimmer of life, hanging Diesel and forcing him into a desperate situation, but he would not push him off the cliff, so he held a glimmer of hope, unable to make up his mind to break the cauldron and sink into the cauldron, so he could only survive without going up or down.
He never said he was a good person.