After the Christmas break, on January 4, Theolod took an early morning train, said goodbye to Maggie, and returned to Los Angeles. He also wears a dark blue scarf around his neck, which Maggie has given him as a Christmas gift out of a pile of wool, made with a conscience that can withstand the invasion of snow and cold winds.

After getting off the train, Theolod saw Marshall who came to greet him, Marshall was still wearing a three-piece suit, but because of the cold, he also added a woolen coat.

"I envy you for having such a long Christmas holiday while I'm too busy to go back to Australia. Marshall sighed, then grinned maliciously, "But you're going to be busy from today onwards, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, you have to go to Singer's studio, and Harmony needs you to go and record the song." ”

"Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, there will be an interview with Empire magazine, and the entire crew of "First Degree of Fear" will participate, including you, so today, after you finish recording the song, I will take you to prepare a decent formal suit, and by the way, I will keep an eye on you to buy a mobile phone. ”

"Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, Gray informed me that you need to re-record a few lines, probably because those lines are not edited out well. ”

"From the sixth, you need to find a gym and report there. When you become famous, your past deeds will definitely be dug up, so I need you to establish a sunny and positive health image to cooperate with the PR solution when there is a problem in the future, this is no problem, right? If necessary, you also need a nutritionist to regulate your body. ”

"At the same time, although I believe that you will never do such a thing, I must remind you not to go to any places that damage your image during the promotion of the movie, such as a part-time job in a bar, and pay attention to what you say and do. The paparazzi industry is under great competitive pressure, even when there is no job, Richard will follow three or four paparazzi, and although you are a newcomer, as a guy who can beat thousands of people to get a supporting actor in the first movie, there will be paparazzi around you from time to time, if you are photographed by the paparazzi, you pick your nose on the street or something...... You know. ”

"There are also some new film appointments, I'll talk to you about them when you finish recording the song in the afternoon. Now I'll take you back to the attic first, let you tidy up, have a meal, and then send you to the recording studio. Do you have any questions or requests?" said Marshall, glancing at Theorod, who had been listening to him silently and nodding from time to time to indicate that he knew.

"There is no problem, there is a request. First, I need you to keep an eye on the houses for sale......"

"Great! I've wanted you to move out of that damn little place and live in a bigger apartment, but I haven't mentioned it, and I didn't expect Theo, who slammed the door, to consciously propose to change houses. What kind of villa do you want? I'll try to satisfy you!" Marshall patted the steering wheel directly, and it seemed that he had been holding back for a long time.

"Do you think I can afford to buy a house in Beverly Hills now?" Theolod rolled his eyes directly, "You just need to help me see a moderately priced independent house, it doesn't need to be too big, but the community environment must be warm and harmonious, mostly middle-aged and elderly, convenient transportation, there must be supermarkets and convenience stores nearby, and it is better to have parks and other green facilities, it doesn't matter if you don't, but the lighting conditions must be sufficient, and quiet, with a small lawn, you can plant some flowers and plants to raise a pet." And the facilities in the house should not be too old, at least the layout should be reasonable, and it looks clean and tidy. ”

“…… It sounds like you're choosing a retirement home where you can move chairs and bask in the sun. Marshall spat out.

"That's right, I'm going to live with my grandmother, she can't stay in that messy place anymore, it's not for the elderly. "I can still earn a little more money during the publicity period, so it should be enough to pay off the down payment, and when I become an adult on the 28th of this month, I can go to the bank to apply for a loan." ”

“…… So where do you live?"

"That loft, if it doesn't work, I can also move to that retirement community and live with Maggie, so that I can save rent. ”

“…… But you can't live with your grandmother all the time! How can anyone like to live with an old man in his own house now, unless he is an old man himself. ”

Theorod had to admit that Marshall's fragmented thought had unfortunately hit him with an arrow in the knee, and he sighed and laughed, "You just don't understand it now, Marshall." "And it's only when you've lost all your loved ones that you know how happy you can be to live with your family.

"Don't understand what?"

"It's nothing, you just have to help me take a look, I'll do it on the 28th. ”

"Well, whatever you want. Marshall shrugged.

After leaving for more than two months, Theolod returned to his own snail house again, and after a little tidying up, the daily routine at noon was of course to follow Marshall's meal. And perhaps in order to make up for the guilt of "leaving his post without permission" in the past few months, Marshall also waved his hand very happily and took Theolod to the ...... Susan's Civilian Restaurant.

At about three o'clock, Theorod saw Harmony again, who had been saying goodbye for a long time. He arrived a few minutes before Theorod and Marshall, so he was waiting against the wall outside the studio with a cup of coffee. He seemed to wear only two pieces in the middle of winter, a shirt and a very old leather jacket, a linen-colored scarf around his neck, a beanie hat on his head, jeans and martin boots, and stomped his feet from time to time.

"You came on time. Harmony looked at his watch, threw the empty coffee cup into the trash, and hurriedly pushed Theolod into the recording studio, after entering the door, Harmony suddenly felt much warmer, "My good Theo, you see that I am so poor, I know how to buy myself a mobile phone, and you are a star of tomorrow, don't like those old stubborn old men who don't like to use mobile phones, okay? I want to ask you out these days to go out to drink, watch the game, but I can't find anyone." ”

"I'm not twenty-one yet, Hamm, I'm not even an adult. Theorod reluctantly raised his hand.

"Fu*ck is the legal drinking age, and it's like someone really cares. Little Theo, let me tell you, I've been touching that thing since I was ten years old, and I don't believe you haven't done anything bad. ”

"Of course you do, maybe you can't imagine it. Theorod replied very naturally, knowing Harmony very well, he didn't care what Harmony knew.

He wanted to say something, but Marshall pushed him.

"Gentlemen, can we get started? Theo's itinerary is still a bit full. Marshall said.

How could Harmony Harmony, who had been in the society for many years, not see what Marshall meant, he hugged Theolod's neck with a big grin, and said in a yin and yang tone: "Oh~~ Mr. Upton doesn't want me to know a little secret about Theo, okay, okay, then let's get down to business." Brother Jim, is the studio ready, and our future stars are going to start singing!"

…… This guy behaves like an unobtrusive thug. Marshall held his forehead with a bit of a headache, and he now had to think about whether his Theorod would be brought to ruin by him if he continued to mess around with this kind of person. That's not good, Theolod is a good boy of good character...... Ignore his black history.

Because Theolod knew the song by heart, he only sang it twice before the recording was over, and when he came out of the studio, the time had not yet reached half past three. Seeing that it was still early, Harmony wanted to take Theorod, who was his age, out to play, but Marshall forcefully pushed Theorod into the car on the grounds that he had a full schedule and had no time to go to some indecent places.

"Okay, okay, then I'll make another appointment, it looks like I'm going to have to go back and cut the film, and God knows how much I hate to be in a little dark room and edit film. Harmony stood outside the car and waved at Theorod, and before Theorod could say anything, Marshall drove the car and gave Harmony a look at the exhaust gas.

"Hey, Marshall, you're too nervous, Ham isn't as bad as he thought, you're prejudiced against the director of the cult film. Theolod was a little crying and laughing.

"Anyway, I don't think there are any serious people in cult film directors, they usually have a bit of quirks. Marshall said seriously.

It seems that no matter which Marshall is, he doesn't like cult movies very much. Theorod hugged his chest and shook his head, then I'm afraid there will be more cult film directors who will upset him in the future, because Theorod still wants to make alternative movies. He looked at Marshall's pensive face, and said:

"What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about how to keep that Harmony away from you and whether I should get a record label to release a few albums for you. Why didn't you sue me before, you still sing?"

"Singing is just humming in my spare time, Marshall, you know my mind is all about acting, I haven't learned how to sing systematically. ”

"But these flaws can be dealt with in post, you have a good voice, and maybe you can sell a few albums and accumulate some popularity. Now the audience's taste is too high, and in addition to having good acting skills, actors must at least have a few talents to make them even more crazy. ”

"Not interested. Theolod shrugged without giving Marshall any room for persuasion.

In desperation, Marshall didn't want to mention anything more, he took Theorod to a more prosperous commercial street, and planned to prepare a few clothes for Theorod for tomorrow's interview.

At first, he took Theolod directly to Armani, ready to give him a suit. Although Theolod is already an old man over half a hundred years old at heart, he also knows what kind of clothes people of different ages should wear after so many years in Hollywood, so when he saw Armani's sign, he turned around and left.

"Be younger, Marshall, I'm only eighteen years old, I'm actually not eighteen yet, and when I'm about thirty years old, I'll think about these mature men's suits, okay? And I don't have that much money to waste on a designer suit. ”

Actually, the last sentence is the point.

Marshall groaned in his heart and followed Theolod into a moderately priced luxury brand store.

Men rarely go shopping, and they don't have as much trouble shopping as women. Theorod had always been known for his efficiency when shopping for clothes, and now he barely had to try on clothes to know what suited him and what didn't. So there is no need to hold two or more pieces of clothes to entangle, after fancy a few sets of clothes, Theolod didn't try, directly took his number to the cash register, □□ a swipe, less than half an hour, all done.

This made Marshall, who almost broke his leg while shopping with his girlfriend, suddenly find that today's schedule doesn't seem to be tight at all?