When Theolod left the crew, he officially entered the preparation period for "The Genius Ripley". The start of filming for "The Genius Ripley" is scheduled for August 14, and almost all of the footage was filmed in Italy. It's only mid-June, and there's still nearly two months left for Theorod to prepare, but before that, "Two Smoking Guns" will be released in London, England, on August 10.

At the beginning, Theolod was asked to take over the role of Taylor for various reasons, one of which was that Twentieth Century Fox released "Two Big Smoking Guns" on the premise that Theorod had to appear in "Fight Club", and his influence at that time was not enough to make the production company decide to release a little-known film because of a word, so he agreed, and Twentieth Century Fox also sent someone to contact Guy Ritchie.

But when Twentieth Century Fox actually got their hands on the film and was captivated by its unique editing and narrative style, they could hardly imagine that such a cool film could be made by a rookie director, and they were amazed by Rich's talent, believing that Guy Ritchie would become a cult film genius like Quentin Tarantino and David Fincher.

I thought it was just a good deal, but I didn't expect this favor to bring a lot of benefits, and the people of Twentieth Century Fox naturally invested a lot of energy in promoting "Two Big Smoking Guns", of course, the publicity is mainly in the United Kingdom, and the only actor in the film who can be used as a selling point is Theorod.

As a result, after Theorod's name appeared in the promotion of the film countless times, some critics began to sneer - "Twentieth Century Fox needs to take a new star whose fame has not yet spread throughout the European battlefield, and pull a film that is unknown to everyone from actors to directors except for the new star who has heard of it slightly, and even one of them is a football star who has been sent off with the fastest red card!" I really don't know if Twentieth Century Fox is on the verge of despair, or if he dotes on the rising star so much that he believes he alone can make an independent film. ”

And some cult movie fans also have some doubts, in addition to the ongoing filming of "Fight Club", Theolod's cult film is only one extremely depressed "Strange Boy", they recall the rabbit boy in "Strange Boy", as the soul of the whole movie, his image is too negative and pessimistic, so that they can't help but hesitate a little - who knows if the "coolest movie in history" in the propaganda is true or false?

In any case, Twentieth Century Fox did enough pre-publicity work with Theorod's name, so he had to go to the premiere in London, and Theorod planned to fly directly to Italy after attending the premiere. And in the last two months, he had to "learn" the piano.

"Theorod" was supposed to know how to play the piano, and in order to make things seem reasonable, he had to at least ask a teacher to make a show.

On the second day after he returned home, Theolod asked Marshall to hire a piano teacher for him, and by the way, in order not to disturb Maggie's rest, he also planned to rent a small house in the suburbs as a place for his own practice. His plan made Marshall a little helpless, he thought that the money saved by Theolod at the moment without buying a luxury car or a big brand was enough for him to buy a small cottage in Beverly Hills, which was definitely enough for him to live alone, and as for Maggie's retirement home, he could go back to visit it when he had time.

"Do you see which star who has climbed to your height, and will choose to live in an elderly residential area and accompany his grandmother? You weren't very famous before, so it's okay to do that, but now you're getting more and more famous, and there are more and more paparazzi squatting outside your house, and while most of them won't and don't want to bother Maggie, who told you to live with her? It's hard for them to not want to bother. Do you want to make the last time Maggie couldn't go out in the morning because of Natle's kind of paparazzi? ”

Marshall was right, Theorod thought about it and decided to buy another apartment, but at the moment he will not move out, because Maggie is getting older and older, her hair has almost all gray in recent years, her ears are often unable to hear clearly, and her legs and feet are not good, if Theorod moves out again at this time, what should Maggie think?

Although she would definitely say that she understood Theorod and told him not to worry too much so as not to be distracted by work, Theorod knew that Maggie must be very uncomfortable in her heart, and the older she gets, the easier it is to feel lonely, and the sixty-year-old Theorod has already experienced it deeply.

So, Theolod lived a life of running to Beverly Hills every morning to practice the piano, and then returning home in the afternoon to figure out the role, and he had to contact a nutritionist to lose his muscles. Ripley was just a poor boy who worked countless jobs to make ends meet, and he was even a little malnourished, so Theolod had to at least make himself look a little thinner and weaker, not the veteran fighter he was now.

As the clock ticked into August, Theolod managed to lose thirty pounds and return to his initial skinny and tall stage, during which Marshall also found him several magazine interviews and photo album shoots, which allowed him to make some extra money.

The doorbell made Theolod put down the notebook in his hand and walked out of the study, Maggie was sitting in the living room knitting a sweater while watching TV, probably not hearing the doorbell. The sweater she had in her hand was prepared for Theorod for the winter, and every year at this time of year she knitted a new thing for Theorod, either a sweater or a scarf.

Theolod opens the door and discovers that it is Natel.

Since the Reggie incident more than two months ago, to be precise, after the two of them "talked" in the car, Nattle has rarely taken the initiative to contact him, if the contact is also a matter of work. Theolod thinks that Natel has probably figured it out, after all, he was not born gay, and this kind of thing is often confused by delusions.

Natel said hello to Maggie, and went to the study with Theolod before she got straight to the point, "I'm here to give you this, I don't think I can be your sidekick anymore." ”

Natel holds a copy of the text in his hand.

This happened suddenly, and Natel did not have any signs of preparing to leave before, so Theorod was directly stunned in place, and it took a long time to react. Thinking of those things before, he couldn't help frowning, looking a little hesitant and embarrassed.

"Nat, I thought...... I mean, you...... Figured it out? ”

"Yes." Natel nodded.

"Okay...... So what are your plans for the future? ”

Natel stared at Theolod strangely for a long time, as if he could see something in his expression, and the expression on his face immediately changed, and he still looked a little irritable and forbearing, but he didn't know what he was enduring forbearance.

"Well, it's still embarrassing......" Theorod said with a pretended relief, apparently misunderstanding the meaning of the look on Nattel's face, "but ......"

"Smack!"

Before Theolod finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by Natel with a text, and before he could react to what was going on, the other party said a little angrily: "How stupid are you, I didn't say I was going to resign, don't look like life and death!" ”

“…… Yes? Theorod rubbed his head and looked at Natel with a puzzled expression, "Then ...... you say?" ”

"I mean, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you on set in the future, and you're right, I'm not suitable for this kind of front-line assistant job. And although Reggie deserves to go to jail in the end, people won't forget who I am, and my memory will keep them holding on to your past, and I know that I've always been by your side will attract criticism, so you should reduce your contact with me. Nattle said with a stern face.

"Unfortunately, I think you've adapted well in the past few months." Theorod sighed and smiled, "Besides, I don't care what they think of me. ”

"But I care."

Theolod smiled stiffly, he was not a fool, of course he could understand the meaning of this sentence.

As if unaware of his anomaly, Natel continued: "That's why I have to leave the front, you said you wanted me to think about it, I think clearly, and I know very well what I'm doing, you can't convince me with your great reasoning that comes from nowhere. ”

Theorod opened his mouth slightly, and just as he wanted to say something, Natel quickly changed the topic, took a businesslike look, and handed the text to Theorod: "To get back to the point, Marshall has already handed over to me the work that should have belonged to the assistant, but you gave him to do it, such as the specific work of the magazine interview that he attended after the London premiere according to the box office situation, etc." Please refer to this document for details and responsibilities, and sign your name at the end if you think there is no problem. ”

"Okay......" Theolod had originally intended Natel to be a behind-the-scenes assistant, so he didn't have any objection when Natel proposed it now. It's just that for some reason, he always felt that something was not right, but he couldn't say it, so he left the inexplicable love behind him, lowered his head, and looked at Wen Jiàn roughly.

While Theolod was browsing the text, Natl had his eyes fixed on him. He saw the blond hair that had been rubbed by Theolod, messy and a little fluffy, and a few tufts of curled hair looked so cute that it almost made him feel the urge to rub it again.

But not yet. Nattle could sense the crampedness and embarrassment of the older boy beside him because of his gaze—though he didn't seem to react much on the surface—and he could see him speed up the movement of those pretty eyes, and the gentle flutter of his long, thick eyelashes.

Well, this reaction is on this precocious child...... It's still pretty cute.

Thinking like this, Nattle's smile was a little playful.