Chapter 13: Planning the Action
In order to achieve the goal of becoming famous in one fell swoop, it is necessary to try to ensure the success rate of the plan, so Xiao Yang has a lot of brains in the selection of kidnapping targets. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The first criterion for selecting a target is to be famous enough and influential enough that the police will not dare to take violent rescue actions rashly.
Beverly Hills has never lacked rich people, let alone celebrities, in contrast, Jodie Foster, who just won the second Oscar and Golden Globe award the year before last and has a lot of film contracts and conversations, is definitely one of the best.
The second criterion, which is also crucial, is to be easy to use.
In line with this principle, those famous male movie stars, especially action movie stars, are the first targets that Xiao Yang excludes, if he picks up the devil like Stallone and Schwarzenegger without opening his eyes, his small body can't resist the big fists of others.
As for other female stars, according to their different habits and personalities, they either like to hug each other and hire a large group of bodyguards and servants at every turn, or they pull a group of fox friends and dog friends back to party every day, or they attach too much importance to secrecy ~ privacy, and they will not easily contact strangers.
As one of the most popular actresses in the early and mid-90s, Judy Fosse certainly pays attention to secrecy ~ privacy, and even more so than others, for the simple reason - she is a gay man.
The current social atmosphere and moral foundation are not as good as more than 20 years later, even in the Hollywood entertainment circle, which is known for its openness, the topic of homosexuality is enough to make people secret, forced by the pressure of mainstream public opinion and market values, all gay stars have to carefully keep their sexual orientation secret, even in the era after the legalization of gay marriage, no one dares to easily "come out" publicly or semi-publicly, if this offends fans and producers, It would be tantamount to a death sentence for his acting career.
It is precisely for the same reason that Jodie Foster's daily life is also low-key and much simpler than that of ordinary female stars, living in a simple place on weekdays, occasionally going out for shopping and shopping, and only bringing one or two family members or relatives and friends with her at most, which determines that she is more likely to become the "target" of a criminal with ill intentions like Xiao Yang.
In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Xiao Yang selected two other female film and television stars from the annotated list on the map as alternative targets, and after remembering the general locations of several mansions in his mind, he folded the map and set off to Beverly Hills to investigate the "crime location".
The distance is not far, Xiao Yang did not spend extra money on the car, walked along Hollywood Avenue to the west, after reaching the end, turned south onto Santa Monica Avenue, continued to go straight southwest, and came to the foot of Beverly Hills after more than half an hour.
As the most famous city within a city in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills has the reputation of "the world's most exclusive residential area", and it is also one of the most ideal investment and residence places in the hearts of countless celebrities and wealthy people Voiceover: The sun is always shining in Beverly, but it doesn't shine on everyone here, and the seemingly perfect world is sometimes an illusion.
This town is ruled by identity, but identity is limited by money, relationships, fame and even appearance, you can be the center of attention today, and you will be penniless tomorrow, and everything will come and go in a hurry.
But! If you know how to play this game, Beverly is your place to be, and there's no better place to live!
"Soon, I'll be the winner of the game and have my place here!" Xiao Yang said to himself in his stomach.
He soon found Jodie Foster's mansion in the middle of the hill – a two-storey villa in typical Baroque architecture, the main building a little far from the road, hidden by lush trees and flowers, with only a faint view of the roof and half of the walls, as well as the lawn and garden inside the iron gate next street.
As an independent small city covering an area of less than 6 square kilometers, Beverly Hills has its own police station and laws specially designed to protect the rights and interests of residents, and any attempt to enter private territory or snoop on hidden ~ private areas may lead to arrest, so Xiao Yang did not dare to get too close, just stood on the side of the road and looked at it from a distance, and after understanding the general terrain, he turned around and left - it is very simple to know if a star is not at home, just see if there are any reporters squatting nearby.
Xiao Yang did his homework before coming, knowing that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the shortlist of this year's Oscars tonight, as a two-time actress and a frequent visitor to the Oscars, Judy will definitely be invited to attend, and stars usually spend most of the day or even a whole day before attending the ceremony to choose dresses, hairstyles, and makeup, and it is reasonable that there is no one at home at the moment.
An Bu was in the car, and walked around Beverly Hills along the winding mountain road, as Xiao Yang expected, the other two alternative targets were not at home, but he was not discouraged, anyway, the purpose of coming here today was just to snoop, and the time to really do it was tomorrow.
To ensure the success of the plan, it is also necessary to choose the right time to act, if you start too early, the stalemate will be too long, which will greatly increase the probability of various variables, and it is easy to be sabotaged by the police, and too late may not attract enough attention to achieve the expected sensational effect.
After a few circles in the residential area, browsing the beautiful scenery of the mountain villa, and by the way, I took a few photos for a few tourists who met by chance, Xiao Yang went down the mountain according to the original road, and found a convenient hotel nearby as a place to stay tonight, like most hotels in Los Angeles, this small hotel that is not even rated by stars is expensive, the facilities and services are poor, and even the toiletries are not provided - obviously the scenic spot is not only a domestic patent.
After a simple dinner, Xiao Yangwo watched the 66th Academy Awards nomination dinner broadcast live by ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) radio television in his hotel room.
Arthur Shearer, then president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (July 1993-July 1997), and Clint Eastwood and El Pacino, the last year's best director, and El Pacino, the best director of the previous year, announced the full list of nominees for the 24 categories of the Academy Awards.
After patiently watching the whole process and comparing the list of nominees for this year with the memories deeply imprinted in his mind, Xiao Yang's confidence has greatly increased, this world is still the one he is familiar with, and it has not changed because of the arrival of his little butterfly!