Jude returned from the bathroom, surrounded by a tall blonde woman in a silver off-the-shoulder gown, her milk-like skin becoming fairer and fairer under the light, and her whole person looked as graceful as a marble sculpture.

"Look, our protagonist is back."

I don't know who said something in the hall, which attracted the attention of the guests.

The crowd parted automatically, making way for Jude and Nicole Kidman, who were walking this way.

Along the way, people kept raising their glasses to Jude and saying something very comforting. Nicole Kidman, though not Jude's girlfriend tonight, waited patiently out of politeness.

Nearly 1.8 meters tall, she is only half a head shorter in front of Jude, and this is because she is not wearing high heels today, in fact, since marrying Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman has rarely worn high heels in public.

"Jude and Mrs. Cruise have known each other before?"

Facing Kate's puzzled gaze, Li Tet was also a little confused.

He turned his gaze to Tom Cruise to the side and asked the same question.

Tom Cruise shook his head, indicating that he didn't know anything about it. However, looking at his appearance, he still minded Nicole Kidman standing with Jude, and this displeasure was written directly on his face.

Li Te realized that the situation was wrong, and quickly added: "I know, it's the bathroom!" ”

This remark reminds Kate and Tom Cruise at the same time, that the only place where Jude and Nicole Kidman, two people who didn't know each other before, could have crossed paths is the bathroom where they both have been.

Looking at Jude and Nicole Kidman who were walking this way, Leeter joked with Tom Cruise: "I thought I would have to wait a little longer, but now it seems that I don't need to." ”

"I think it's all thanks to Nicole!" Wagner glanced at Litter with a smirk. "Without her, we might have had to wait a long time."

Tom Cruise's brow furrowed again. The picture of Nicole and Jude together kept replaying in his head, and he was actually a little jealous at this moment.

This jealousy was initially only directed at Jude's height. But it soon turned into jealousy of Jude's age and talent.

has a handsome appearance that does not lose to himself but is ten years younger than himself, he can obviously eat with his face, but he is also a talented director.

became famous at a young age, frivolous and indulgent, and easily ruined his acting career, but he relied on the opportunity to transform into a director and rose again, and he was more valued than before.

It took Jude Locke less than a year and a half to complete the transformation from a Hollywood bad boy to a genius director, and he has changed from a low-level actor to a current first-line movie star. But it took a whole decade.

For a time, jealousy took over Tom Cruise's entire heart.

Although reason told him to stay calm, a deep-seated concern shook his purpose for coming to the party tonight - would inviting Jude to be the director of "Mission Impossible" threaten his place in the film?

Jude didn't know that in just a few minutes, Tom Cruise's impression of him had completely changed, and the reason was that he was standing with Nicole Kidman and made Tom Cruise feel jealous.

Jude was only surprised when he met Nicole Kidman outside the bathroom, until he mentioned Tom Cruise's plans for a new film and revealed that Cruise was interested in inviting him to be a director. Jude really paid attention to the Mrs. Cruise in front of him.

As soon as he returned to the hall, he followed Nicole Kidman in this direction, and was stopped several times along the way, using the excuse that something was going on, and it only took the shortest time to get in front of Tom Cruise.

"I also said say hello to Mr. Cruise and I'll go to you. Now it seems that it is not needed. Jude put his arm around Kate's waist and bowed his head and kissed her on the cheek.

"I've told Director Locke about your plan, and I can see he's interested in it." Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise also hugged each other after meeting each other. When kissing, she encountered embarrassment, and Nicole had to bow down slightly. Tom Cruise was able to kiss her cheek.

"We'll talk about that later!" Tom Cruise whispered something in Nicole Kidman's ear.

Immediately after parting, Tom Cruise handed his hand to Jude.

"Hello. Director Locke! ”

"Hello, Mr. Cruise!"

Jude continued to put his arm around Kate, only to give Tom Cruise a polite shake with his free right hand.

Jude is too familiar with Tom Cruise's face, and the memories of the two planes are added together, making it really difficult for him to be as curious about this big star as ordinary people, so his eyes quickly fell on the middle-aged man next to Tom Cruise.

"Sir, have we met somewhere before?"

Wagner, who was about to introduce himself, froze suddenly, and after a few seconds he awkwardly explained: "I worked at CAA for a while......"

Jude suddenly pointed at Wagner, "I remember, you know my former agent Ryanson, and you two seem to have a good relationship." ”

It's okay not to mention Ryanson, but Wagner's expression becomes even more ugly when he mentions it.

Now Ryan Sen has become a joke in CAA, everyone knows that he used to be Jude's agent, and after Jude was unilaterally terminated by CAA, he hooked up with Jude's ex-girlfriend, because of this Jude vowed never to cooperate with CAA again, and the conflict between the two sides even triggered the most serious image crisis in CAA's more than 20 years since its establishment.

In order not to arouse Jude's disgust, Wagner quickly cleared it up and said: "I, like Ritter, have left CAA and now co-founded a production company with Tom. ”

Jude took Wagner's business card and looked at it, and put it in his pocket.

"Mission Impossible is a good copyright, and I once wanted to buy it, but unfortunately it didn't work out."

"Really? That's great! Wagner clapped his hands excitedly, and then realized that his words could easily cause misunderstanding, and hurriedly changed his words: "I don't mean that Mr. Locke did not get the copyright to Mission Impossible. Rather, since everyone is interested in this movie, it should be easier to reach a consensus in the next step. ”

At this time, Tom Cruise suddenly coughed next to him.

"I'm sorry. Excuse me! I'm curious if Mr. Locke really bought the rights to Mission Impossible, would you star in the movie himself? ”

Jude glanced at Tom Cruise with some bewilderment. Although he didn't understand why he was like this, Jude still told his thoughts truthfully: "Of course not! If I were to buy the rights to this TV series, I would only find Mr. Crews or Brad Pitt to play the movie, because in Hollywood only the two of you are the most suitable image, and at the same time have enough box office appeal. ”

"But I think Director Locke is also very suitable." Tom Cruise went on to emphasize: Knowing that Jude didn't want to talk about it more, he still didn't want to give up.

Jude pouted noncommittally: "If Mr. Cruise insists on that, of course I'm fine, but seriously, I'm not really interested in this character at all." ”

Wagner didn't know that Tom Cruise had changed his mind. At this time, he also wanted to promote the cooperation between Jude and Tom Cruise.

"That's right, I also think that Tom is the most suitable actor for this movie, and Director Locke is definitely the most suitable director at the moment, at least I think so."

"The best fit?" Tom Cruise meditated on this sentence in his heart, and it suddenly occurred to him that Shay White, president of New Line, mentioned in his speech at the beginning of the party that Jude is currently the best director of his age in Hollywood.

Considering Jude's age of twenty-two, there really can't be any loopholes in this statement, but it makes Tom Cruise feel particularly harsh.

It's as if a voice keeps saying in your ear: You're old! You're almost out of date!

"Tom?" Nicole Kidman quietly grabbed Tom Cruise and whispered a reminder in his ear.

"What?" Tom Cruise came to his senses. He looked at the people in front of him blankly, "I'm sorry, where did you just go?" ”

Seeing that no one else had the intention of speaking, Wagner had no choice but to reply: "We are talking about inviting Mr. Locke to be the director of Mission Impossible." ”

"That's right. It's a very good idea. Tom Cruise nodded, looking supportive of the matter.

Nicole Kidman couldn't help but frown with what she knew about Tom Cruise. As soon as he heard this, he knew that he was just coping, but in fact, he didn't think it was like this at all.

She couldn't figure it out. I only left for more than ten minutes, what happened. Let Tom Cruise change his mind so quickly?

"Please give me a week to think about it." Jude didn't agree directly, but it seemed that he was moved.

Wagner was fairly happy with the result, but Tom Cruise kept frowning and didn't speak.

"Is a week too long? What I mean by this is that we're going to be in touch with other directors before the director of the film is officially decided, and hopefully Mr. Locke will get back to us as soon as possible. ”

Tom Cruise's words took everyone by surprise, especially Wagner, who stared directly at Tom Cruise with wide eyes, wondering if he had taken the wrong medicine tonight.

"Three days, I'll give you an answer!"

This is Jude's bottom line, and it's entirely for the sake of the face of the movie "Mission Impossible".

Don't look at Tom Cruise is now one of the most expensive male stars in Hollywood, but in Jude's eyes, he really can't compare to the movie "Mission Impossible".

If it weren't for the fact that the film would be selling $180 million at the box office in North America next year, Jude wouldn't be here to talk nonsense with Tom Cruise at all.

[Tom Cruise was typed as Tom Hanks in yesterday's chapter, and now all of them have been corrected, I'm sorry to all book friends, mainly because the names of these two people only went one word, and they were accidentally confused.] Well, by the way, ask for a monthly pass! (To be continued......)