There was a ripple silence at the Los Angeles Times newspaper office, starting with Mona, her surrounding colleagues, then a little further afield, and finally spreading throughout the office.

The people who were a little farther away didn't hear what Mona was saying at all, because their attention wasn't on Mona before, but as the silence centered on Mona extended to them, they also involuntarily stopped talking, and then looked suspiciously at the place where it had first quieted down.

Mona was panicked by everyone's eyes.

"Daniel, Daniel has just announced on his personal MB that after completing his work in 2003, he will temporarily say goodbye to the entertainment industry to clarify the personal character that was discredited in this incident."

Everyone looked at each other for a second, then rushed to their places, turned on their computers, and entered Daniel's personal MB from their favorites - his personal MB has become a constant interface for entertainment journalists for a while.

A well-written letter hangs on his homepage.

The reporter in charge of the news quickly began editing the document, taking pictures and keeping the original statement.

And his colleagues, after confirming everything, began to engage in the usual heated discussions in the newsroom.

"Is he crazy? Didn't his PR already put things down, Donald even went to court, why did he do that? ”

"What a wayward rich man - he makes a movie, and the salary is basically locked at more than 20 million now."

"Is there no one to stop him? CAA would have agreed to his decision, and besides, wasn't he rumored to have signed a back-to-back contract with Universal? Is he going to shoot two "Spy Shadows" at the same time next year? ”

This conjecture was quickly dismissed.

"He doesn't have time at all, you see he's going to shoot "Pirates of the Caribbean" soon, which will be released next year, and the second and third "The Lord of the Rings", and his "Pianist", which won the best actor, is also meaningful. The comedy that just finished filming Universal, Jennifer. Aniston's - Didn't Pitt be asked if he was worried about Jennifer being attracted to Daniel? ”

""Spy Shadow" must definitely make at least one film. Fortunately, he didn't take over the second part of Legally Blonde, as if he recommended Paul. Walker? The handsome guy in "Quick Rush". Another added that they were all well-informed people in the big newspaper. I don't know much about Daniel's plans, but it's probably okay to get a good grasp of them.

"Oh, and when it comes to 'Pretty Woman,' he's with MGM and Lionsgate. We made a film about the Rwandan genocide together, do you remember? Denzel. Starring Washington, Daniel is said to have played a big supporting role. ”

Everyone nodded knowingly.

"It's horrible, how can he have so much work?"

"Or is this just his new film job, didn't he fly to France some time ago to attend the premiere of "Spy" in Paris? There is also the premiere of "The Pianist" - a flight. Attending two premieres is really worthy of his name of 'high efficiency'. "Greek Wedding" makes so much money, and it must have a lot of work with the theater chain. In addition, unless he saw it all at once, he would never shirk those invitations to business events - seriously, why do merchants like to invite him? Even Leonardo and Cameron. Diaz is not half as good as him. ”

"You can't imagine how popular those East Asian and Middle Eastern conglomerates are with him - maybe it's fate, who made him the darling of minorities in the first place?"

And then he also has two big properties of DD Pictures and Weta Digital, as well as mysterious financial investments, tsk. Maybe Colombia can make a superhero movie called "Danny Man" next time. ”

These editors talk about Daniel's future work and come to the conclusion that "Daniel is a superman", which is far from the original intention of the discussion.

While the Los Angeles Times was bustling, the major portals in the United States had begun to publish news, and the major newspapers were moving their important positions. The drama of Pan and Donald has led to an increase in the sales of newspapers in the past period, and now Daniel's response has announced that this media carnival is not over, and they will certainly not be stingy to give support and cooperation.

Journalists don't forget to interview Sean. Pan, he's preparing for the 911 project. At the same time, he was planning his own trip to Baghdad.

He was visibly surprised to hear the news.

"It's a choice, isn't it? Evade? Young people are always so vulnerable, I don't have anything more to say, I have a lot to do, he has the power to never go back to Hollywood. ”

This was a rather sarcastic response. Undoubtedly, it is very unintelligent, the word order is confused, and a map cannon is fired, and the final reaction is also a little ugly.

The reporters who interviewed him were simply ecstatic, and his manuscript was biased in Daniel's favor. Pan so cooperative. Completely helped him save too much time and energy for "re-creation".

As Daniel expected.

The print press showed full enthusiasm for this final move.

There are fewer and fewer people on the Internet who criticize him for being "hypocritical", "liar", "speculator" and "disgusting", and there are more people who comment that his actions are "too impulsive" and "fragile", and there is no shortage of new labels given to him by young people who are "cool" and "handsome".

The results came as expected.

Cusa, Trickor, and even the three new assistants who had just been hired were relieved.

However, Sally, who has recently become his administrative assistant, expressed strong dissatisfaction with Daniel's action.

She believes that Daniel should not use such a method to divert public opinion at all, the public is forgetful, you can see that they always take turns to choose the main party or the Republican Party, they are dissatisfied with Clinton, and then they choose Bush, Bush will not satisfy them, and next time it will definitely be another Democrat who comes to power. So Daniel shouldn't have taken such drastic action at all, he just had to wait, wait until things calm down, everyone's emotions have stabilized, and then it is enough to do something to please the audience, and people will forget about his little bit of black history.

But Miller gave Daniel a thumbs up — his daughter is a huge fan of Daniel and is only 9 years old this year. He wanted her daughter's idol to be a fair and upright person.

And the rest of the newcomer, Disal, after observing it, thought that Daniel didn't need to do psychological guidance, so she prepared the food.

"I know that everyone is a little surprised and disapproving of my decision." Daniel began to dissect the reasons for his decision, "At the beginning, I asked you to work hard to destroy Sean. Pan or Donald to take the initiative. But we all know that this doesn't actually solve the problem, a criminal is really not credible, but there is no law that finds that the testimony of a criminal is not valid, in other words, if I stop there, then the question will always follow me.

It can be brought out at any moment, and anyone who wants to deal with me can use it to disgust me. No, my future will never stop at my current achievements, and I will not allow such a stain to exist. And Donald thinks that I insist on an 'anti-war' position for the sake of profit, then, when I can get 20 million per play, and when I earn more than 100 million a year, I choose to stop my career. What could be more proof of my heart than this decision? The results also showed that the problems that plagued us no longer existed, and that if anyone mentioned Daniel as an 'anti-war opportunist' in the future, we would not need to open our mouths, and someone would naturally refute him.

I think you must be curious that I am so insistent on my 'anti-war' stance. The trouble it caused me far outweighed the benefits it brought me. But, trust my judgment, when we finally get to a high enough position, this position will help us to be a positive Hollywood star with strong influence and a strong 'anti-war' stance that will appeal to certain groups, not to mention that I am not the only one. ”

"You mean democracy—"

"Not now, Sally, not now, it's still time to invest, and when the time comes, things will happen naturally. Listen, now the call to fight Iraq is getting louder and louder, there are many Americans who oppose the war, but now, the support for the war is the mainstream, but this will not last forever, we will always be disgusted with the war, we will always feel heavy and expensive for the huge price paid by the country. Time will tell if 'anti-war' is a promising position.

Finally, I would like to explain to you the most realistic reason for my decision: I need to stop. ”

Daniel looked at his team members with a sincere gaze.

"You might say, I could have done less work. But come to think of it, is it possible? "The Lord of the Rings" will only be more successful than the other, this one is 900 million in the world, and the next two will definitely exceed 1 billion in the world, and then "The Impostor" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", I predict that they are both 200 million level films, and I never lie. And "The Pianist", a Jewish protagonist, World War II theme, plus the quality you can see, it is not difficult to win an Oscar nomination, right? And, Cussa, when I contacted Harvey through Tim, you knew that the pianist award would definitely be handed over to them, and they were all Jews, right? The result of all this is that I will lose the power to control my own time! Those who wish to earn dollars and influence from me, will not allow me to stop. If it weren't for this reason, would Universal have agreed to me postponing the filming of the third part of "Spy"? If Pirates of the Caribbean does as I expected, will Disney agree to make a sequel? Won't Finn even ask me to do more public activities? The network of relationships I've built over the years can instantly become a compulsive pressure that pushes me forward – until I fall to the ground and lose the aura of 'never fail'. (To be continued.) )

PS: Chapter 1 Thank you for the tips from Rabbit, Slimy and Eternal Brothers