After rejecting Jason's idea, Levy returned to Los Angeles with his team. He was not at all sorry to refuse the offer: the Venice Film Festival was indeed known as a pioneer tea party, and some of the festival's unique ideas would be very popular at the festival, and if Angel Amelie participated, she might win an award. However, this film festival is also one of the worst among several film festivals.

When judging the awards, this film festival likes to be cronyistic, and does not care about the quality of the film itself, but is busy calculating whether the country where the film is produced is produced in Italy. As a result, the Venice Film Festival had the worst reputation among the three major film festivals, surpassed by Berlin films. Levi knew this very well in his previous life, because in his memory, the Venice Film Festival has been attracting people to participate in the country because no one wants to participate, and he is not in the mood to participate in such a film festival that makes himself stink, if he goes to the film festival and loses to an unknown Italian film, it is not enough to worry about it.

If you have that time, you might as well make your own movies better. Levy values the film and his work is meticulous. And not only Levy, but Winona also attaches great importance to the movie, even when she returns to Los Angeles, she also runs to the mystery company every day to inquire about the progress of the movie.

Compared to the previous movie, post-production of this movie is much more difficult. Because of the problem of a large number of computer special effects, the post-production of this film took a month or two. Levi originally thought that even if Winona came to see, that is, to take a trip or two, who knew that she would come almost every day, she could be regarded as tired of Levy's company, which Levy didn't expect.

"I used to think that Winona always didn't shoot well because she wasn't serious enough. She became famous too early. It seems that he never worries about his future. But now it seems that she is also quite concerned about her future, and it seems that she cares about movies far more than I imagined. ”

Levy was also quite surprised by Winona's serious attitude. This girl has always been a bit of an alternative, and it's hard to imagine that she is so interested in a movie. In addition to the hard work of making the movie, Levy talked about it with Theron in private, and he also felt a lot of emotion.

Theron had also returned to Los Angeles from New York at this time, and he didn't play many roles in Woody Allen's films. By the time Levy's film was finished, she had also finished her work in New York. She doesn't have a big panache like Winona, she can participate in the film sharing, she can go to the crew to see how the follow-up work is, and during these days, she can only rest, waiting for the release of new films on the one hand, and finding another film appointment on the other hand.

During this time, she was also by Levy's side. And now at this time, Levy is lying in her bed, complaining about the exhaustion of the day's work, while she sits on the edge of the bed. Echo the voice.

However, unlike Levy's lamentation of Winona's dedication, she has a different idea about Winona's always appearing in the Mystery Company.

Although Winona has always been a jade girl on the screen, she is in her private life. He has never been blameless.

"I think she always runs to the film company, not necessarily because she likes movies. This is her new game, and maybe it's not a good idea. "She's a great beauty, don't you have any interest in her?" ”

"Whether it's in terms of beauty or in terms of what intrigues me, you're a winner." Levy put his arm around Theron, and he knew it was time to coax her.

"Just because I'm better doesn't mean you don't mean anything to her, right? Men always don't dislike too many women, especially beautiful women, one, two, three...... Nick, if a woman offered you a hug, would you refuse? ”

"I'm going to say no, you're going to be angry. I'm going to say yes...... Do you think I'm lying to you and get angry about it? ”

With a slight playfulness, Levy wanted to fool around - who would want to answer such a question? What's the point of swearing and then forgetting it all?

"Nick, you don't have to lie to me, I told you I wasn't your girlfriend and I'm not interested in taking care of your business. I just ask you not to lie to me, I just want to know the real you. I know what Hollywood is like, and I'm not so bored as to think that we're special between us. I just hope that we can be honest with each other, and if you really have anything to do with her, please tell me and let me judge if I can accept it, okay? ”

Theron didn't flinch from Levy's hippie smile, instead, she spoke more seriously.

Theron never expected Levy to look at any other woman: she knew what life Levy had before, and she knew that there was no shortage of actors willing to hook up with a top director in Hollywood. Levy was not yet thirty years old, and he was not a gentleman in the first place, and it would be too difficult to expect him to decisively reject all temptations. She just wanted to know what Levy thought of these temptations—if he was just a momentary and didn't take them to heart. But if he really loves one of all the beautiful women, then Theron will have a headache and must think about it.

She doesn't want Levy to be a saint through and through – true saints don't come to Hollywood, they're all in heaven. However, she hopes that Levy is not at least a pervert or a scumbag. There has never been a lot of scum in Hollywood. Woody Allen's messing with his adopted daughter is still a big Hollywood director, Polanski has conclusive evidence of breaking the law, and some people say that his trip to Europe is a loss for the United States. Day Lewis decides to marry Rebecca. Miller just sent a telegram to throw off Isabella who was pregnant with his child in Paris. Adjani, after getting married, even went back to fight for the custody of this child, in order to show how 'generous' his wife is, Eastwood after the divorce, non-stop contact with various media, not to give his wife any chance to speak - although the whole Hollywood knows that he divorced because he publicly cheated on the media seven or eight times during the marriage, but he still thinks that this is a problem that his wife is not tolerant enough......

Once you encounter a scumbag, you will be mistaken for life, especially in Hollywood, a place that only looks at ability and not morality, and dumps another beauty for the sake of a more beautiful beauty, you will only be praised for your good vision. Theron had seen a lot of her father's virtues as a child, and she had always scoffed at marriage, and she knew that Levy could not be a saint. Still, she wished that Levy would be more honest with her, better—at least, she didn't want her vision to be wrong.

If he really told the truth, then maybe he could forgive him for some of his minor mistakes - Theron sometimes felt that he had been assimilated too much by Hollywood, and his endurance could be said to have skyrocketed.

"Okay, so let me say this, at least nothing is happening now, and if something really happens to us in the future, I must be the first to tell you, are you satisfied?"

It's strange to be satisfied—Theron muttered inwardly, but Levi did admit his thoughts about other beauties this time, and he was much more honest. And, the point is, they really didn't have anything, which soothed Theron's face a lot.

This was also seen in Levy's eyes.

"You women, you always think that you have a good eye, and you think that the characters you like are the best, but you don't know that in the eyes of other people, maybe I am nothing."

Levy's defense just made Theron laugh: Levy is just pretending to be stupid, does Hollywood directors still need how good people are to attract actors? And Theron had seen Winona and said she wasn't interesting, and Theron definitely didn't believe it.

It's just that he is willing to play stupid, and Theron will not reveal it, a smile crossed the corner of her mouth, ending the topic, "I don't care about you anymore, anyway, your movie is almost over in post-production now, and you won't see her in the future." And, do you have any new scripts to write lately? I'm going to be the lead character in your next movie. ”

"Where do I have that time?" Levy shook his head, "I don't want to do so much now, I'm busy right now, not just movies." ”

He was very busy, and Theron knew that on the one hand, Levy now needed to make a post-production of Angel Amelie's beauty on the film, and on the other hand, CBS and ABC were urging Levy to make some new TV shows: Levy had last produced a TV show more than a year ago, and after such a long time, these TV stations were hoping that he would be able to come back and make TV shows again.

Although Levy is indeed a top director now, for TV companies, he still values his talent in TV more. Although movies make money quickly, they are not as stable as TV dramas, and the degree of desire of large companies for TV series is not under movies.

More than a year ago, Levy produced "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", and more than a year later, the ratings of this TV show have also declined. Now Leslie is also in constant contact with Levy, hoping that he will have some remedy or a better TV show.

On the other hand, ABC is also contacting Levy. Of course, they don't have any direct relationship with Levy, but they can find Old Adam and use these networks to influence Levy. Relationships in Hollywood are a net, and it's not hard to find anyone.

"You don't really want to go back to making a TV series, do you?" Theron was a little surprised, "You're a big director now, it's a shame to be doing this again." ”

Behind the scenes in film and television, there is a lot of communication, but this definitely doesn't include directors. It's hard for big-name directors to see the rudimentary filming methods of TV dramas, and they are reluctant to shoot those things.

"I'm not going to be a director, I'm just bringing up a concept for others to do." Levi shrugged, "I have to make some money to spend on too, otherwise where will I have the money to support you?" ”

"I don't need you to keep it." Theron sneered, "You said you don't have an idea for a movie, so you already have an idea for a TV series?" ”

"Well—I really have an idea." (To be continued......)