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Dylan is a paparazzi, a freelance paparazzi, and every time he secretly takes a photo, the one with the highest price wins. has been in this industry for only three years, but he has seen a lot of big scenes, and he clearly knows that the paparazzi appear in any corner of Hollywood, and almost everyone shouts and beats.

Last time, he waited for four hours outside a restaurant in order to secretly take photos of Sean Penn carrying his wife Robin-Wright on a date with an underwear/underwear model, covered in bags bitten by mosquitoes; And was chased by Sean and fled in all directions, and Sean, who was furious, completely lost his mind, and almost crawled on the ground to avoid the tragic fate of being beaten. But the scoop paid him $100,000.

Now, Lance looked at himself with a calm and calm expression, and the eyes hidden behind the glass bottle bottom lenses were inexplicable, which made Dylan's heart contract violently, and he turned his head twice, and then chuckled, "As you said, the crew really didn't have anything worth filming, I wandered here for half an hour, and I didn't find any valuable news." Dylan slowly retracted his martial arts posture, showing a relaxed posture, trying to match his words to achieve the purpose of confusing his opponent, but in fact, his muscles were even tighter, and they could be activated at any time, "So, I was thinking about whether I should leave, so as not to disturb the normal work of the crew." ”

Lance stood loosely in place with his hands behind his back. That look couldn't be more relaxed, but his eyes were like falcons, firmly staring at the person in front of him, without the slightest slackness, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was kindly outlined, "Hehe." If that's the case, you shouldn't mind if I check your camera, right? ”

Dylan gritted his teeth secretly, but he still grinned on the surface, "I don't think so, this is my personal belongings, and it will make me feel uneasy to give them to a stranger to check." ”

From a legal point of view, the paparazzi are dominant. Thanks to the law's strong protection of press freedom, even if the other party is a paparazzi. However, if an artist uses force to force a camera inspection, the artist will be fined or warned. In other words, Dylan is invincible.

Lance chuckled and shook his head, and said in an intimate tone, "I'm not asking you to give me your camera, I'm asking you to show me the results of your photo shoot tonight." "It's a reasonable request," you are now standing on my turf. The invasion of strangers, which made me feel uneasy. The same words shot back. This made Dylan's heart sink, and sure enough, Lance said, "I'm sure you're going to make the right choice, aren't you?" ”

As he spoke, Lance slowly pulled out a packet of Skittles from his pocket. I actually started to eat candy in a leisurely way. Dylan only felt a tightness in his throat, and his first reaction was to "turn around and run away", but with a slight turn of the soles of his feet, the clear friction sound came, and instead the noise from all directions swarmed in. Dylan's raised heart was in a state of free fall in an instant.

Lance said this, obviously implying that this is the territory of "borrowing a knife to kill", surrounded by all the crew members, and Dylan is difficult to fly even if he has wings. Two simple sentences, but both soft and hard, the absolute strength did not leave Dylan with any reason to refuse.

Dylan struggled to support his back, unwilling to leak his nervousness, he knew he was the one who had the advantage, but against Lance, he always felt that he was a little shorter, and this feeling was really too bad. Dylan gave a friendly smile and pulled the digital camera out of his pocket, but instead of turning it on, he put it in his hand and checked it, "Actually, I didn't really take anything, just some pictures of Tom Cruise, and pictures of Kate Beckinsale laughing with a small character." ”

It's the truth -- at least nine out of the truth.

What Dylan didn't say was that he also took a photo of Kate and Lance in the same frame, of course, there was nothing real in these contents, he was hiding here just now, just checking the photos he had taken, but unfortunately there was not much of a big explosion, and he was thinking about how to find more gimmicks next. If that's all he wants, he can only talk about some scandals at most, and his power is really limited.

But what Dylan didn't know was that Lance didn't mind the scandal, and if Dylan was just concocting the scandal, it wouldn't have any effect on the crew at all. Because the cooperation scandal in the process of film shooting is actually the most basic - or the lowest - propaganda means, when the crew has no news to hype, they hype up the scandal or disagreement of the hero and heroine, which is hype that does not require cost. So, even if Dylan reported, Lance wouldn't care.

What Lance really cares about is Tom Cruise's picture.

Tom not only dyed his hair gray in order to shoot "Murder with a Knife", but also restrained his whole appearance, looking like an inconspicuous middle-aged man - even a little down. What does this mean? It means that Tom has made a huge sacrifice for the new movie.

After this news is announced, it will not cause a sensation, but it will cause a lot of discussion, and more importantly, it will make people wonder what kind of work Tom is starring in and what role he is. And that's exactly what Lance wants to avoid.

If "Killing with a Knife" really wants to make a difference during awards season, the publicity strategy must be carefully arranged. In Lance's view, because Tom's performance is not the kind of shocking performance, he must lower his expectations, lower his attention, and promote "Killing with a Knife" as an ordinary commercial film, so that people can draw their attention to the box office.

Without any expectations, after the movie was released, Paramount contacted the intimate media and quietly steered the conversation on top of Tom's acting skills. The strong contrast will allow Tom's performance to get more attention and praise, and with a series of auxiliary publicity, it will open the door for Tom to attack the Oscars.

Is it okay to announce Tom's look in advance? Of course, it's not a secret after all, the film was filmed on the highway and pedestrians have seen it more or less - since social networks and smartphones have not yet emerged, they have not begun to circulate on the Internet; But it does affect the follow-up publicity plan - the propaganda strategy of "killing people with a knife" in the previous life was like this, and Tom's "earth-shaking transformation" was taken as a highlight in the early publicity stage, and a lot of publicity was launched, but when everyone was expecting Tom to make a huge earth-shaking change, they saw an image of "Tom Vincent".

It's not that Tom hasn't transformed, he did make a breakthrough in playing the role of Vincent, but he always retained Tom's charismatic image. met expectations, but failed to detonate word of mouth, which directly led Tom to miss the ending of the Oscar nomination.

So, if such a situation can be avoided, it is naturally the best.

"It's a shame that it's a shame, I don't know if anyone is willing to buy these photos." Lance's thoughts didn't leak out in the slightest, and he still had a friendly smile on his face. "Still, I need to check it out with my own eyes."

This was a natural request, but Dylan raised his right hand and said with a smile, "You know it's impossible, I've shown my sincerity, and I think that's enough." ”

Originally, this was just Dylan's habitual self-preservation, but it made Lance's eyes twinkle slightly, and Dylan's intuition keenly captured the information - Lance seemed to be protecting some secret of the crew, although he didn't know what it was, and he didn't know if he filmed it, but ...... As long as he goes back and searches slowly, he can always find it.

Dylan's right hand clenched the camera, shook it slightly, and his smile finally bloomed naturally, "Maybe, I can expect to look forward to it, many times, surprises always come when you don't expect them." ”

The implication of this sentence could not be more obvious.

In fact, Lance has countless options at this time, he can grab the camera and delete all the photos; It can also directly trigger a physical altercation and destroy the camera...... But the problem is that once the other party perceives the secret he is trying to hide, the other party will definitely not let it go, and it is very likely that he will be entangled in the future; Once the matter is big, it attracts the attention of other paparazzi and flocks collectively, and it will really be impossible to prevent it.

Therefore, the simplest and most effective way is to fundamentally eliminate it, ask for the camera's memory in the way of interest exchange, and shut up the paparazzi in front of him, and wait for the "borrowing a knife to kill" is completed, and the matter can be calmed down.

However, how much is the bargaining chip for this exchange of interests? What kind of chips can be considered equivalent exchange? What kind of chips will not make the other party perceive his true purpose? What kind of chips are good for money? More importantly, is there such a bargaining chip that not only does not harm the interests of "borrowing a knife to kill", but can help the crew?

For a while, countless thoughts flashed through Lance's mind, and he even thought about it, otherwise he would give up like this, even if the other party broke the news about Tom's style, it would not be fatal, but ...... Lance quickly rejected the idea, and now this seemingly ordinary link is likely to affect the whole game later, and really affect the whole body.

Thinking of this, Lance not only did not panic, but became more and more calm - as long as it can be exchanged for benefits, there are actually solutions, not to mention, even if the transaction is not successful, let the other party break the news, and the other party may not be able to grasp the point.

Lance nodded slightly, "That's true, look carefully, the surprise may be hidden behind you." Then, Lance didn't go around in circles anymore, but said straight to the point, "I have a deal here, I don't know if you're interested?" ”

Dylan's eyes lit up!

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