Chapter 264: After the End
"By the way, Nami, shouldn't you find a new place to live?" Sean asked suddenly.
"Maybe, but I think the current apartment is also good, I have lived in it for almost two years, and it is very emotional." Naomi's eyes flickered, as if she was holding on to something.
Sean continued, as if unaware: "I know of a villa, a villa in Malibu, about four hundred square feet, with a swimming pool and a small garden, and the beach right out, it's beautiful and comfortable, and its owner wants to rent it out, and it's very cheap. β
He squeezed his eyes: "The monthly rent is about $3,000, and you can choose to pay it monthly." β
"$3,000?" Naomi was a little surprised.
"Of course, the price is negotiable!" Sean hurriedly added, trying his best to sell the villa to her, and the nervous look suddenly made Naomi laugh.
"Really?" The corners of Naomi's mouth curved into a cute and charming arc, "So how much more can you subtract?" β
"Hmm...... $2000? Sean asked tentatively, "Okay, $1,500 is fine, it can't be lower, but it's allowed to be in arrears, it's okay...... At least half a year in arrears. β
"But what if you still can't pay the rent after half a year?" Naomi's eyes fluttered, with a hint of charm.
"That's right......" Sean rubbed his chin, then looked around, suddenly moved, turned to her back, leaned into his ear and exhaled softly, "Then use your body to pay it back." β
His tone suddenly became evil, and he reached out and slapped Naomi on the buttocks, startling her slightly.
"Sean!" She let out a low cry of disgust, a blush on her face, and a quick glance around with some concern.
Sean smiled and didn't say anything, posing as a pervert while leaning sideways to prevent others from seeing.
But Naomi quickly recovered, reaching out and brushing the hair between her ears, "Well, in that case, I'm going to check out the villa tonight - there shouldn't be anyone else living in it, right?" β
"Oh, of course not, I can assure you that the villa will be empty after we arrive." Sean immediately replied with his chest straightened.
That's of course, this matter was decided before the Oscars, Galen and Sanders were both "kicked out", and there will only be him and her tonight.
"But I don't have any money with me tonight," Naomi said suddenly, her silky eyes quite charming, "I'll have to think about it, so I'm out of company." β
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back, so that Sean wanted to make a voice but didn't know what to say, so he could only stand there stupidly.
"Okay, it's been molested, but it's good to do it once in a while." He shook his head with a smirk, then wondered how he was going to get Naomi to pay the rent with her body in the villa in a few hours.
The mansion that I bought in Beverly Hills, which cost more than 20 million, has now almost been renovated and renovated, and has been placed for a while, in short, it is now usable. In this way, the villa in Malibu should not be idle, and Naomi has not yet moved out of her previous apartment, although "Mulholland Drive" has finally made her famous, but there has not been much change in income for the time being, in this case, Sean naturally wants to give her the villa to use.
Of course, it is not possible to give it directly, it takes some tricks, unlike Katie, who chose to refuse because she didn't know how to explain it to her family, and Naomi refused because of the independence she has always insisted on. Because of more than a decade of depressed life, Naomi is sensitive to many things, especially self-esteem, and even occasionally a little nervous.
In short, she erected a thin wall over her heart to maintain her fragile self-esteem, so much so that it was rejected along with Sean's many well-meaning helps. But Sean didn't care, he understood very well, just as he understood Jordana's lack of independence, so he had been careful to cooperate and try to keep her from being hurt - someone else's or his own.
So Sean will use the way of renting to let Naomi move to the villa, anyway, the rent will be lower, just collect it every three or five times, of course, it is better to collect it in other ways.
Well, tonight must make her pay half a year's rent. Sean sneered and thought, this can be regarded as revenge for Naomi's teasing, but it is also one of the reasons to press her petite under her and play with her wantonly.
"Are there any other villas you can rent to me?" Just as he was thinking about it, a voice came from the side.
Fortunately, Sean was not drinking water at this time, otherwise he would have squirted, but when he turned his head, his expression immediately became a little strange.
"Huh?" Jennifer? Aniston raised an eyebrow, she was wearing a dark green thin-shouldered dress with a high slit underneath, and her fair thighs looming in the gap.
"This ......," Sean chuckled dryly, "I'm sorry, Jane, no...... Redundant villa too. β
After a pause, he added, "Besides, I have a date tonight." β
No doubt he's hinting, hinting that tonight no matter what Jennifer wants, he may not be able to meet. Originally, there was an agreement that if one of them had an important appointment, it could be cancelled temporarily.
"Really?" Jennifer looked away and responded in a light tone, "Of course, you have a date, frankly, not many people really know, you and Naomi?" Watts has a lot to do with it. β
Sean frowned slightly, is it a delusion? How do you think there is a faint vinegar in her tone, and ...... From this point of view, Jennifer's already delicate face is even more perfect, even if there is a little flaw, but it is covered in the long hair that hangs down, but there is a little self-deprecation and loneliness between the eyebrows.
This subtle look made her feel alone, even if there were people talking and laughing a few feet around, Sean couldn't help but feel some pity.
"But," he coughed lightly, "it's a few hours before my appointment, soβ"
Without going on, the meaning behind is obvious, and honestly, it's not a good idea, especially at times like this, it's just ...... He didn't have anything else to say.
"Really?" Jennifer turned her head, still saying such a faint word, and looked at Sean intently for a moment before she said, "Okay, come to the room on the second floor in ten minutes, you know which one." β
Then, she lowered her voice again: "I'll squeeze you dry." β
Squeezed dry? That's not going to be easy, dear Jane. Sean shrugged at her departing back, and then thought to himself what she would do to blow the trumpet laterβsince she claimed to be draining him, she would have to do everything she could.
But in the end, he sighed slightly in his heart, how much can Jennifer's loneliness guess a little, first of all, Brad? Pete didn't take her to heart from beginning to end, and the simplest example is Sean's participation in "Ocean's Eleven". According to Jennifer's relay, Pete asked her if she had slept with Sean, but when he appeared in the crew of "Ocean's Eleven", Pete had no problem with him.
It's so weird, if it weren't for the fear of angering the other party, Sean would have wanted to ask what was going on, but it was also certain to a certain extent that he really didn't take the ex-girlfriend to heart. No wonder the two were married for three or four years in their previous lives and were praised by countless people, but in the end they were still pried into the corner, and it is said that it was Pete who took the initiative.
This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, her career has not improved, yes, "Friends" made Jennifer popular all over the United States, she became a well-known American sweetheart, and women competed to imitate her hairstyle, which was a good thing that many actors couldn't exchange. But at the same time, Rachel's role also restricts her, and the roles offered by the producers who come to the door waving checks are basically the same as Rachel, all of them are confused and silly big sister images.
Although Jennifer still picked a few roles that require acting skills among these, the story is also a script with some depth, such as the early "Dream Lover" or the recent "Girl in the Rye", but unfortunately the former has a mediocre back, with a pitiful box office of only 20,000, while the latter was completed at the beginning of last year, but no distributor has taken over until now.
Some of these were said intermittently by Jennifer in bed, and some were heard by Sean, and although it was stipulated that neither of them should pay too much attention to each other's lives, but they were never strictly enforced.
In short, you can imagine how bad Jennifer's mood is, but unfortunately Sean can't do anything, and his own production company can provide Jordana and Katie with roles at most, and a famous actor like Jennifer can't hope for it, although this is an opportunity, so ...... I can only comfort her physically.
Thinking so, Sean looked at the time, then looked around again, and was ready to leave, he didn't know that his every move, from Naomi to Jennifer, fell into someone's eyes.
Don't mention this, although as expected, after the Oscars, some people began to hint that Harley could get the actress because of her skin color, and by the way, she said that Sean failed to get the Best Supporting Actor nomination, but as said before, these are gone, and no amount of nagging can change anything, so Sean quickly left it behind.
After a few months off, he began to look for a suitable role, and Paramount still hasn't replied, so he'll have to plan ahead.
Frederick was very supportive, but unfortunately the recommended scripts were not very good, and then at this time, "The Perfect Thief", which had been delayed for a year, was released on the weekend of April 5th. As for the results, 3,000 theaters, with a box office of 21 million in the first weekend, it is not very good, and there is definitely no hope of selling well, and it should be possible to recover the cost.
In any case, the two robbers escaped the punishment of the law, and they also lived a shameless life with the crazy heroine, two men and one woman, contrary to the character prototype, and incompatible with the mainstream social consciousness of the United States. What's more, the two robbers don't have any shining points, they just want to commit crimes, although "Ocean's Eleven" is also a high-IQ crime, but the object of theft is even more annoying, the second is that Danny as the male protagonist is portrayed as a deep love, and the third is that no one was injured or killed in the whole process, so the box office was judged.
Even so, some people are glad that the one-year delay in release has been like this, and if it had been after 911, when various events that affected public sentiment continued to emerge, and there were competitors like "Training Day", the box office might have been even worse.
Sean only paid a little attention, because he was now caught up in another thing, something that made him annoyed and even angry.