Chapter 97: Overwhelmed
Frankly speaking, Xiao Yang is actually not too keen on similar occasions, not because he is too noisy, too chaotic and too hypocritical, but because he has no money in his pocket. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Looking at the audience, not to mention a top star like Judy with a salary of millions, even those second-tier artists, directors, and producers who are struggling hard, who is not the master with a lot of money?
Count it carefully, in addition to the banquet organizer and the hotel's work and service staff, the one present may be the most deflated in his pocket.
Realizing this, he couldn't help but want to stand up and raise his arms and shout: "Local tyrants, take out your checkbook, and help me, a poor man!"
As if hearing the cry in his heart, the table next to him was quickly occupied by two self-cooked producers - according to the custom, the period before the beginning of the banquet and the end of the banquet is used for everyone to socialize and socialize, so many drunken guests who do not want to drink begin to hang around the table early in the morning, and the target that has been aimed at in advance to build friendships and relationships, paving the way for a series of open and secret transactions.
What Xiao Yang was a little unexpected but pleased to see was that in addition to the senior executives and big-name producers of several major film companies, he, an "outsider" who did not have a deep relationship with the entertainment industry, actually became the focus of public relations, and for a while, the table he was at became the most popular position in the audience, and I don't know how many directors, producers and actors came over with wine glasses, or asked Judy and Julia to help introduce them, or took the initiative to report to their homes, and simply greeted him, left a contact information and left. Among them are established stars such as Bruce Willis and John Delawarta, as well as some up-and-coming artists who have just made a name for themselves and aspire to greater popularity, and even Jim Carrey and Matt Damon, who have met by chance at the door of the hotel, have come to say hello.
Although he was a little overwhelmed, Xiao Yang still welcomed everyone's initiative to come over and mix their faces, you must know that these are potential customers, who can't get along with or can't get along with money, right?
As for the reason why everyone is so popular, Xiao Yang also knows it, for him who thinks he has no power and no power, these people fancy him the tried and tested "golden mouth", you must know that no matter how big-name directors or producers are, they dare not guarantee that every work they shoot can be box office and word-of-mouth, and no star or artist dares to guarantee that his star road will be smooth for a lifetime, if he can ask this great prophet to divinate his fate, or be asked by him to say "I am optimistic that you can win the XX Award", Regardless of whether this sentence can come true in the end, its fame and worth will inevitably rise.
Of course, there is no free dinner in the world, whether it is charity or divination, there is a certain price to pay, for which everyone has more or less promised some benefits, just like this round of entertainment, even Xiao Yang himself can't count how many blank checks he has received, especially a few talented and good-looking second-tier actresses with poor star luck, and they are not shy about proposing to find a private place to ask him to "divination" for him alone, its boldness and explicitness, Far from being comparable to Anna's rough young girl.
It's not that they don't know how to clean themselves, because Hollywood itself is a mercenary who likes the new and hates the old, and if you want to get its appreciation, people first have to turn themselves into a.
For these lost lambs who are willing to fall, Xiao Yang, who is compassionate by nature, just wants to say...... "Better-Call-Hsiao!" ”
It was precisely with these uninvited guests as a guise that he ignored Judy's kind reminder and ignored Mel Gibson, who waved to him across a few tables, yes, Xiao Yang saw him, and the other party knew this clearly, but he didn't take the initiative to go over to greet him, and he didn't even owe a friendly smile, which meant obviously: Ignore me, busy.
He can treat people as air, but they can't turn a blind eye to him - the last time the check was not cashed, Gibson felt that something was wrong, and went out of his way to talk to Julia before Xiao Yang showed up, and only after asking about the amount of money she paid for that divination did he realize that he had made a big joke - he was still a little too much at the time......
At the same time, as one of the witnesses present at the time, Julia also took the initiative to mention to him that Xiao Yang helped her "change her life against the sky", which made her even more uneasy, saying that she had inadvertently offended the prophet, would he apply the same means to himself and change his good luck into bad luck in the next two years?
Although he is not sure whether his fate can be artificially changed, from the previous earthquake, to the Golden Globes a few days ago, to last night's Jackson settlement, a series of prophecies have been confirmed, which makes him secretly suspect that maybe this prophet really has some kind of magical sorcery that can predict and even change the future - he doesn't even need to take the initiative to do anything, as long as the final box office and awards of "Braveheart" may be revealed, there will definitely be a lot of male movie stars jumping out to compete with him.
handed over the olive branch several times in a row, seeing that Xiao Yang didn't give him face at all, and didn't care about each other's previous relationship, but chatted with an actress who was just a little famous, Gibson felt that he couldn't hold on to the big-name shelves anymore, so he took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and walked over, "Good evening, Xiao." ”
You can ignore it across the two tables, and people take the initiative to get under their noses, and it seems unsophisticated to ignore people, Xiao Yang picked up the juice and touched it with him without smiling, "Good evening, Mel, I didn't even pay attention to when you came." ”
"On the contrary, I have seen you a long time ago, but unfortunately you are so popular." Resisting the urge to punch him in the nose, Gibson glanced at the second-tier actress intentionally or unintentionally, "A few words in private?" ”
After the actress said goodbye and walked away in a very interesting way, he took the initiative to open the topic: "Listen, I want to apologize to you for the check I sent you last time - I drank that night and was in a hurry, and I accidentally wrote a zero, and I didn't realize it until this morning, when the bank informed me that it was not cashed......"
"Wait, what's the check...... Oh, the one you said came from the post office? Xiao Yang pretended to think about it seriously, "To tell you the truth, I didn't look at the numbers on it at all, but framed it as a souvenir, you must know that it has your autograph of a big star!" ”