When Theolod officially came out to his agent Marshall, he felt like he had let go of some baggage and was relaxed. The Marshall of this world is both similar and different from the Marshall of that world, which was once the main reason why it was difficult for Theorod to confess to him, but when this sentence was actually spoken, it was not as difficult as Theorod imagined.

Maybe he really let go, and he didn't know whether to be happy for himself or sorry for the past when he thought of it.

After being shocked by Theorod's coming out in person, Marshall fell into a long silence. He knew that although Theorod was a little funny sometimes, he wouldn't joke at this time, and the look on the other person's face was not fake. This is a world that is not tolerant of homosexuality, and even Theorod, who has been with him for so long, has an irrepressible sense of rejection in his heart when he hears this sentence, which is nothing more than that he will choose to hide it for so long.

However, in a way, he watched Theolod grow up in Hollywood, and he was like his child, his business partner, his mentor and friend, and Marshall always cherished that he could have such a good friend.

Therefore, after a long silence, Marshall, who had been contemplative for a long time, sighed heavily, and patted Theolod on the shoulder with a deep meaning: "Thank you, Theo, for choosing to trust me." While I would never want you to be on the street holding a man's hand from a business standpoint, emotionally, in private, as your friend, I respect your sexuality. ”

Theolod had thought about how the other party would react if he came out to that Marshall, and now, this Marshall told him the answer, which made him uncontrollably curl the corners of his mouth slightly, and teased as if it were true: "Then what if I say, I liked you?" ”

"Come on," Marshall rolled his eyes, "it's sad for you to say that, Amanda, she thinks she's the only one who can take a fancy to me." Besides, I don't want to be hunted by your female fans, oh, there are a lot more male fans now. I think I'm not badly charismatic, but to say that I can really attract you, I'm the first to not believe it. ”

Marshall only thought that Theolod was joking, in fact, to some extent, he was indeed joking, because what he liked was not this Marshall, so he didn't say any more, but looked at Mr. Agent, who had to accept this fact, and thought about it:

"Well, if you do ...... So you can't just brush it off all at once because you have an affair with that little star, you know what I mean, right? I suggest you better not come out to the public so quickly, you have just climbed to the top of the entertainment industry pyramid, you are still young, and you still have a long way to go......"

"So, I haven't responded to this scandal yet." Theorod was straight to the point.

"I'm glad we reached a consensus." Marshall secretly sighed in his heart that it was really not tiring to work with a high-ranking actor, "Since the other party took the lead in hype, we can only take advantage of this scandal first." I'll help you write a not-so-'crisp' statement to comfort your fans, and by the way, leave a little hazy thoughts for those media outlets, so that they can hold on to their little tails and continue to hype, just in time for "Phantom of the Opera", I don't think you need me to teach you how to unify your voice, right? ”

"What do you think?"

In view of the fact that the other party's agent took the lead in playing the small idea of climbing high branches and hype, Theolod and Marshall, the two embarrassed old foxes, climbed up the pole by themselves, using the other party to cover for themselves, and they could also promote the new film, killing three birds with one stone.

Warner also seems to have taken aim at the limelight, quickly announcing the heroine of "The Phantom of the Opera". Seeing that this heroine turned out to be Anne who had an affair with Theorod, the reporter immediately rushed to Theorod to ask him about the truth of the scandal between him and Anne.

Theorod, who used to always have nothing to do with unrelated scandals, did not deny the rumors positively for the first time: "Me and Anne? Oh yes, I did send her home that day. I went to Annie's final audition, and it was fair to judge, although her performance in the audition was not perfect, but I still admired this newcomer, she was very talented, so I invited her to lunch afterwards and exchanged acting experience with her a little bit, you see, we are partners in the future, we have to develop a tacit understanding and get familiar with each other. ”

Theorod said all the truth, and not a single word of it was false.

When the reporter heard this, his eyes lit up and he was even more excited: "However, in the previous works, you didn't take the initiative to cultivate a tacit understanding with your female partner like this time, let alone guide each other, Theo, does this mean that she is not the same to you?" ”

"Hey, I didn't use the word 'mentor,' it's like an elder to a junior. Besides, Christine is just different to the Phantom, isn't she? I know what you're trying to ask, man, but, come on, she's only known her for the first day, she's a young but strong and lively girl, and she always reminds me of me when I first entered Hollywood, and who wouldn't be patient with a lovely lady? ”

However, when you first arrived, you were not young at all, but terrifyingly sophisticated. The reporter was almost so excited that he couldn't find the north, although Theolod did not admit the relationship between the two of them, but he did not deny the possibility of the future! What does it mean that he directly points out his admiration for her, praises her cuteness, and does not want to put himself in the position of her "senior"?

There's a play!

He directly and selectively ignored Theolod's habit of sweetly praising women whenever he mentioned them, and his gentlemanly demeanor made him very patient with every lady.

So the next day, a gossip news with a bold and red headline came out - ""Actor" Theo: I admire her". The article directly portrays Theorod as a successful Prince Charming, and Anne as Cinderella Sindurella, and even points out bluntly: Theorod makes no secret of his love and appreciation for Annie, and perhaps this appreciation will become another emotion in the future.

This fairytale story made many fans jealous and resentful - why can a little girl who has just debuted be appreciated by their lord? What's so good about her? Her performance in "Getreal" is not at all pleasing to the Lord! And she's not cute, her mouth is so big that she laughs like she's going to eat their Theo!

Theolod's fan forum exploded, and his fans rushed to his private blog and .a.'s official website to protest, but fortunately Anne had not yet opened a blog and official forum, otherwise her blog would have been paralyzed with the jealousy of her fans.

Theolod had been prepared for this for a long time, and almost at the same time as the news was published, his blog and official website were updated with a note that both Marshall and his own, and the public opinion that would be carried away by the exaggeration of the media was slightly broken, of course, only slightly.

Annie's agent was also a little crying, he knew that with the character of Theorod and his agent, this scandal would be suppressed if it didn't get too hot, so when he saw Annie get into Theorod's car, he made up his mind to take the opportunity to increase exposure, but who knows, Theolod would give such a reluctant answer, which made him have to start to doubt-

"Anne, have you ever wondered if that Theo really likes you?"

“…… How is it possible, I think I can tell which boy has a crush on me better than others. Anne frowned at her agent, and seemed to be still haunted by the fact that the other party was playing a small trick to hype up without discussion.

In fact, when he said that, Theolod thought of infinite possibilities, he called Anne directly after the reporter left, first apologized to Anne for not directly denying the possible scandal the next day, and euphemistically suggested the importance of choosing an agent, which was caused by his agent's poor consideration, if the object was not him but a bad tempered big name, Anne's future was over.

That's right, Theolod is digging into a corner for his own stake.A., in fact, he has also succeeded, at least Anne, who was originally dissatisfied with her agent, is becoming more and more dissatisfied at the moment.

Theolod and Marshall successfully controlled public opinion at a stage where it did not go overboard but would not die down quickly, and whenever the entertainment media tried to exaggerate, Marshall would quickly jump out and severely accuse the other party of smearing, but Theorod's attitude was so unclear that now not only movie fans, but even some senior media personalities began to be confused - is this like it or not? If Theorod just wants to use this opportunity to hype up "The Phantom of the Opera", then it shouldn't be, with Theorod's current status, this kind of behavior is completely redundant.

Even Warner's Robinoff couldn't resist calling to inquire about it, and if their Phantom and Christine looked at each other and Warner's side had absolutely no objections, Theolod told him a much more blunt answer than he told the media - he only regarded Anne as a junior to be cared for.

Of course, he also has no reservations about his grandmother Theorod, he doesn't want Maggie to misunderstand anything, so on the day the news is published, he confessed to Maggie that his relationship with Anne is purer than his and Corrie's, which makes Maggie feel a little sorry - "That girl looks very beautiful." ”

Nattel, on the other hand, didn't need Theorod to explain anything, he had long understood what Theorod and Marshall were thinking, at least Theorod didn't see anything unusual on his face when the other party visited regularly on the weekends. He was still the same old man, carrying a lot of things into the kitchen, while Theolod just had to slump on the couch and watch the DVD and wait for the other party to contract his three meals a day.

I don't know when this habit was formed, so much so that occasionally when Nattle was absent or a few hours late, Theorod would start to think absent-mindedly about when the other person would show up.

Theolod was a little curious about the normal Natel at the moment, and he thought that with the other party's temper, he might call him back that day or rush directly to him and ask him what was going on. Apparently he had miscalculated his patience and even Maggie couldn't bear it, and he didn't care about it at all.

Could it be that he has already given up? He hadn't mentioned that matter for a long time, as if he wanted to seal up his disgraceful past and become his good friend and brother again, and he never wanted to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Thinking of this, the sumptuous delicacies on the table somehow suddenly made him lose his appetite. Theolod shook his red wine glass quietly, looked at Nattel, propped his head, and said in a relaxed tone: "You seem to be quite quiet these days, didn't those reporters go to you to verify?" ”

"Yes, they asked me what type of girl Theorod liked, and they wanted the girl I portrayed to be close to that Hathaway." Natel sliced the steak with his eyes down, and his tone was inaudible.

Theolod raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then how did you portray it?" ”

Natel finally glanced at him and replied honestly, "I don't know. If I might have said Caterina like that before, but now? He shrugged and rolled his eyes.

Theolod took a slight sip, just as if he hadn't asked anything just now, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, no longer asking questions, trying to return to the quiet stage of eating and sleeping. But before the silence could be maintained, Natl spoke again: "Actually...... I'm curious. ”

Seeing Theorod ask him with his eyes, he frowned lightly and continued, "You and that Marshall...... Why did you decide to use the scandal to cover up the fact that you haven't had a girlfriend for a long time? That guy will even cooperate with you? ”

"Oh, of course, because I came out to him." Theorod understated.

Natel finally didn't calm down: "What? You ...... him?! ”

"yes, considering he's been my agent for a long time to come, and even forever."

“…… Why the are you going to ...... him all of a sudden? You haven't really said anything to me... Come out to Maggie! She's still your grandma! ”

"It's because I'm too close and care about her that I don't know how to tell her." Theolod sighed faintly, "Even though I knew that even if I told her, she would eventually choose to support me, she was the best grandmother in the world." ”

"I thought you were a ......"

“…… I'm not, because it's hard for women to really attract me, more often than not I just see them as my friends, but ...... Well, man, are we really going to talk about this while eating? Actually, I'm coming out to you now, so you don't have to feel sorry for it. ”

"It's different!" Natel raised his voice, but saw that Theorod still had that calm and breezy look, and the disappointment suppressed the fire in his heart again, and he was no longer obsessed, "Okay, yes, at least I, as your friend, am the second to know about it." ”

As a friend? All right.

Theorod had lost his appetite completely, but on the surface he had finished his dinner as he had done every time in the past.

The next day, Natel, who was supposed to come back to visit after his vocal lessons at Theorod, appeared in front of his villa early. He obviously knew that Theorod invited Anne to contact him, and his statement was that even if Theorod deliberately did not intend to stop the scandal at this time, the two of them also needed to avoid suspicion, and if the paparazzi photographed Anne and him alone, it would directly confirm the rumors that they were dating.

Theolod was noncommittal, although he did invite Anne, and this little girl did still maintain the innocence of a newcomer, but at this moment, no matter how naïve and rough she was, she would never run stupidly.

So, Natel stupidly accompanied Theorod to a vocal lesson, in which he was drowsy, but Theorod who practiced with him remembered him again.

"If you don't want me to play against Anne, well, can you be my sparring partner, Nat?"

Nattel probably forgot about the last time he was a sparring partner for Theorod, and he agreed without thinking about it.

So, after the teacher left, Theolod, who would have practiced on his own, turned on the music, and he had already practiced "themusicofthenight", which was not too fast, so he had to speed up the speed at which he absorbed the knowledge.

"themusicofthenight" is a phantom solo, after the phantom first brought Christine into the dungeon, the original form of this song is Webber's love song to Sarah Brightman, and in "The Phantom of the Opera" is also a love song sung by the phantom to Christine, both from the style of the song and the lyrics, there is a strong lingering flavor.

Nattel knows how terrible Theolod is when he enters the play, and at this moment he has already regarded himself as a phantom, and Natel sitting in front of him is his Christine. At that moment, Natel suddenly remembered the night in Italy during the "Genius Ripley" period, and Theolod who turned into Ripley looked at Nattel, whom he regarded as Dicki, and there was also that hot but suppressed affection in his eyes.

This time, however, the affection was even more torturous, and the lightness of Theolod's unspeakable singing made Natel's heart itch.

The phantom is tempting Christine, tempting her to stay in the dungeon, to stay by his side.

Theolod is tempting Nattel, as the lyrics say—

"(Caress me, believe me, indulge all the senses) ......"

Theorod's singing stroked Nattel's cheek, crossed his eyes, wrapped around his neck, and lay into his chest......

Almost distracted, Natel saw the affectionate and crazy phantom hiding behind the cold mask in Theolod's dark blue eyes, and slowly restrained his lover with music. But in a trance, he saw Theorod again, passing by the phantom, holding the other's mask and putting it on his face......

This discovery almost made it impossible for Natel to control his messy breathing.

“…… What do you think? After singing the last line, Theolod couldn't help frowning when he saw that Natl didn't react, and asked, "Is it not emotional enough?" The Phantom is a guy who represses himself to the point of madness, and this is not the time to be too revealing/skinny...... What are you doing? ”

Theolod was analyzing, but was suddenly pulled into his arms by Natel, and he was suddenly a little surprised.

The other party grabbed his arm tightly and almost gritted his teeth and said, "You fucking cunning bastard, what the hell were you just seducing/seducing Christine, or were you teasing/teasing?" Why can't you just let me go and tell me the answer......"

Natel said, slamming his hands on Theolod's face and kissing him the lips.

The hot gas blew across his cheeks, and the brutal tongues exchanged saliva with each other, and in a hazy state of almost oxygen-deprivation, Natel seemed to get a shallow response, but he didn't remember, the tentative response had long since been rudely suppressed by him, as if he only wanted to make this a one-sided plunder, and to reject any reaction from Theorod that some of his reactions might hurt him. 166 Reading Network