Chapter 68: Empathy
"Call me Sidney. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Sidney Bernard shook hands with Xiao Yang with a smile, and was unconcerned about the previous misunderstanding: "If using my name can save some innocent people, I don't mind being used by you a few more times, Xiao, thank you for everything, I mean it." ”
"Thank you for your understanding and forgiveness, ma'am, and besides, you can call me Sunny." Seeing Mel Gibson pour him a glass of wine and hand it over, Xiao Yang hurriedly raised his hands to surrender, "I'm sorry, I'm not old enough to drink." ”
Mel Gibson laughed and made a "relax" gesture, "Please, Sunny, this is Hollywood!" ”
"Thank you, but as you know, I just got out of a lawsuit, and I don't want to get a 'second strikeout' so early (Note 1)." Xiao Yang clasped his hands together to show his apologies, "So...... Just give me a glass of ice water. ”
Judy waved his hand to take a seat, "I'll help you squeeze a glass of juice." ”
After Xiao Yang sat down, the topic between everyone continued, except for him, all of them were people in the entertainment industry, and the content of the discussion was naturally inseparable from the creation of film and television dramas, such as "Gambler Ma Huali", which has just been completed for more than a month, co-starred by Judy and Mel Gibson, and "Gannet Assassination Order" co-starred by Julia and Denzel Washington at the same time.
The first time we met, Xiao Yang didn't act too active, and patiently acted as a listener for a while, occasionally expressing her opinions, and after a while, Judy poked her head out of the kitchen, "It's time to take a seat, ladies (she jokingly deliberately didn't mention gentlemen)!" ”
In the process of eating and talking and laughing, Xiao Yang has been paying careful attention to everyone's expressions and movements and secretly analyzing their personality traits, Julia Roberts is as her name suggests, outgoing, cheerful, optimistic, a little anecdote or anecdote can make her laugh, Mel Gibson is not very sharp, but steady and humorous - of course, this is because he is not drunk, Judy's performance is as capable, hearty and androgynous as ever, just like her role in homosexual love, Sidney Bernard does not talk much, More time is spent smiling and listening, and from time to time shaking hands with Judy in support, not shying away or hiding their relationship.
This is also the meaning of this kind of private party, celebrities are also people, there are things that need to be confided in, there are troubles that need to be comforted, exchanging some secrets between each other also helps to enhance friendship, take Judy's sexual orientation and romance as an example, the so-called secrecy is only relative to media reporters and the public, fans, in front of family and friends in the circle is not too taboo, everyone is a public figure, know what can be said, what can not be said, from this point of view, If it weren't for the memories of later generations who learned Judy's secret, Xiao Yang, who had only been in contact twice, would not have been regarded by Judy as a bosom friend who could share secrets.
After chatting for a while about filming tidbits and anecdotes, Judy took the lead in asking about Michael Jackson: "Do you think he's innocent, Sunny?" ”
Xiao Yang knew why she cared about this issue, as far as the mainstream ******** in Hollywood today, although the impact of homosexual love was not as serious as the child molestation accusation, it was also one of the "unforgivable" alternatives, so he nodded meaningfully, "Yes, I am sure of my opinion, he is just a childlike child, a poor person who has been deprived of the happy time of childhood by the pressure of life and money, he just wants to share some innocence from those children that he has never enjoyed, But he was molded into a demon by a bunch of unscrupulous media and sinister scoundrels. ”
Everyone in the room suffered from the hardships of those media reporters, and these words immediately resonated with Julia, "Are you sure that your prophecy will come true, about the out-of-court settlement between Michael and the prosecution?" If the police, prosecutors, judges, and jurors see the relevant reports and make judgments in M.J.'s favor, wouldn't that indirectly change the trend of the future? ”
"It's hard to say." Xiao Yang shook his head regretfully, "It is an embarrassing but well-known fact that Latinos hate Jackson's wealth, whites hate his black identity, and blacks have a hard time accepting his pale complexion - although he has publicly clarified in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that this is due to vitiligo, so regardless of the composition of the jury, the probability of him being found guilty will be more than 80%, and I believe his defense lawyers have long recognized this." ”
Mel Gibson interjected and asked, "Did Jackson's defense team approach you, after your prophecy was published?" ”
Xiao Yang thought about it for a while and decided to answer truthfully - if you want to take it first, you must first deal with it, and to win the trust of these two big stars, he must first give a sufficiently honest performance, "Yes, someone has approached me privately and got some key information from me that has not been released to the public, I believe that these things will have some positive impact on the case, but will not change the overall trend of the incident." ”
For his assertion, everyone nodded yes, everyone is an insider, no matter what the personal relationship with Michael Jackson is, seeing him suffer such unfair treatment, there will be a kind of empathy, and it is for the same reason that before Xiao Yang kidnapped Judy and publicly predicted the earthquake but it has not been confirmed, Hollywood stars will unanimously denounce his vicious crimes.
After giving some insights on what everyone knew about Michael Jackson, Julia turned the conversation to the Golden Globe dinner the night after tomorrow: "As you said in an interview with NBC, you predict the future and change the future at the same time, so do you think your prediction will affect or even change the outcome of the Golden Globes?" ”
"As we all know, the results of the Golden Globes have been out for a long time, but they have not yet been announced, so my answer is: no!" Xiao Yang spread his hands and smiled confidently: "In a deep sense, I just predicted the results of the Golden Globe Awards, not trying to change its rules, what are the rules of the Golden Globe Awards?" As we all know, it is fame, and my words and actions may affect the subjective impression of individual judges, but will it affect the fame of the selected candidates? Definitely not, so as long as its rules are not broken, there will be no big deviations in the outcome of the whole thing. ”
Note 1: The judicial system in many states in the United States, including California, has implemented a 'triple strike' prison system, that is, three consecutive crimes will be disqualified from bail.