At the end of February, Natalie was on the West Coast, and on February 27th, Ryan took her with her to Lucasfilm for Padmay? Amidala's audition.

The Long Island girl went into the dressing room, and Ryan was in George? Lucas led the tour of Lucasfilm.

Due to Lucasfilm's distance from Los Angeles, Ryan was here for the first time, and after a rough turn, he and George? Lucas enters the prop warehouse, which is filled with props for Star Wars Episodes.

"Wow, this is R2D2." Ryan was the first to see the famous robot, and then found the little green-skinned old man next to him, "This is Master Yoda. ”

"George, this place is really enviable."

These were carefully prepared props for Industrial Light & Magic, and Ryan was intrigued, "Do you have a Jedi Knight's laser sword?" ”

"That's it."

George? Lucas took a plastic rapier from the shelf and handed it to Ryan, "Applying a fluorescent layer during filming and then processing it with post-effects is the standard weapon of the Jedi." ”

Ryan took it in his hand, waved it a few times, and immediately lost interest, props were just props.

Soon, Lucas's assistant came over, and Natalie was dressed up and waiting for him, the director and producer.

"Is that okay?"

Walking to the audition room, Ryan pointed to the door and asked Lucas.

"Of course."

George? Lucas nodded, pushed open the door and walked in first.

Ryan followed and saw Natalie dressed up. I almost laughed out loud.

At this time, the Long Island girl, with her hair coiled up high, a wig on it, two red dots dotted on her snow-white face with a thick foundation, and the robe she wore on her body was indescribably complex, and it was the Japanese-style geisha makeup that had been complained about by countless people in her previous life.

This look is as ugly as it gets! Ryan could only sigh with emotion.

Sitting on the side, Ryan didn't say a word, quietly watching Natalie cooperate with George? Lucas. In fact. There are some things that he doesn't need to say, and the two sides also have a tacit understanding, as long as Natalie's audition effect is above the level line, the role will belong to her 100%.

About half an hour later. Lucas closed the audition. Natalie was asked some more questions about the script and the characters. None of this is difficult for a smart girl.

The only problem is that the timing of the film's start time conflicts with the release time of "The Diary of Anne Frank", but this is a minor issue. Lucas could have postponed Amidala's role and shot other characters first.

"Well, Miss Natalie......"

"George, call me Nat."

"Alright then, Nat, you've done a great job." George? Lucas sends Ryan and Natalie out of Lucasfilm.

Despite the fact that George? Lucas didn't say it explicitly, in fact, there was no suspense for this character.

"Do you want to get around San Francisco?"

After starting the car, Ryan asked Natalie in the passenger seat.

"Let's go back to Los Angeles." Natalie's brow furrowed, and as the car drove out of downtown San Francisco, she added, "I want to go back and rest early, and go see Scarlett tomorrow morning." ”

"Scarlett is in a bad mood, I was crying all the time when I was talking to her on the phone the other day, it's better for you to go see her, after all, you are her best friend."

Speaking of Scarlett? Johnson, Ryan could only shake his head, this kind of family dispute, it is difficult for outsiders to help.

"His father was too much!" Natalie snorted in a nasal voice.

"Honey, this is Hollywood, and few men can withstand the temptation." Ryan uttered an accepted truth.

Just some time ago, Mr. Johnson took the initiative to talk to Melanie? Sloan divorced and threw himself into the arms of a new love, although he left most of his assets, including the villa in North Hollywood, to his ex-wife, which still caused great harm to the family, especially the children.

"What about you, Ryan?" Natalie stared at him with burning eyes, "I've heard that there are a lot of girls in Hollywood who dream of becoming famous overnight, looking for your private contact details everywhere. ”

"Why do I not know what I do?"

It's not a good topic, and Ryan simply pretends to be confused.

The two returned to Los Angeles in conversations, sometimes laughing and sometimes stabbing at each other.

"Nat, the security in Los Angeles has not been very good recently, don't go out of the hotel at night." Before Natalie got out of the car, Ryan specifically instructed.

"Uh-huh~" Natalie waved at him, "Ryan, don't forget to come and pick me up early tomorrow morning." ”

"No problem."

The security in Los Angeles has been bad enough lately, and the two gunmen robbed another cash truck, and they are said to have powerful automatic firepower.

Ryan has heard stories of Los Angeles police officers applying to take automatic weapons to the streets, but the state government has denied them.

These guys are crazy! Don't they know that the Constitution, which gives citizens the right to legally own guns, is used to kill people?

Of course, this is purely Ryan's extremely boring idea.

February entered the last day, due to the late script last night, Ryan woke up a little late, and when he went down to the second floor, Nicole had already finished breakfast and was sitting in the living room studying the script.

"Morning, Nicole."

Ryan casually threw his coat onto the couch next to Nicole and walked into the dining room.

"Ryan, breakfast in the cooler."

Nicole put her coat on the couch, reminding the guy who had entered the restaurant.

"Got it, Nicole."

Listening to the muttering voice, Nicole also knew that Ryan had found breakfast, and just as she turned her attention to the script, the phone rang in her coat.

Taking out her phone, Nicole pressed the answer button, it wasn't the first time she had answered the phone for him.

"Ryan, where have you been?" The voice was unusually familiar.

"Nat?"

"Ah, good morning, Nicole."

"Is there anything wrong, Nat?" Nicole's brow furrowed. "Ryan is having breakfast."

"Nothing." The voice on the other side hesitated, but continued, "I made an appointment with Ryan yesterday to take me to North Hollywood to visit Scarlett, and I want to ask him when he will be at the hotel. ”

Nicole thought for a moment before she said, "Wait a minute, Ryan will leave after breakfast." ”

"Alright then, see you soon, Nicole."

The golden-red eyebrows were twisted in one place. An eyebrow knot protrudes from the white and smooth forehead. Then Nicole felt a slender finger on the center of her eyebrows, and easily smoothed the knot.

"Did something happen, Nicole?" The person who came over was naturally Ryan.

"Nat's call, urging you to pick her up at the hotel." Nicole shoved her phone into Ryan's hand.

Pick up Natalie from the Four Seasons Hotel. Ryan drove the Land Rover straight to North Hollywood. It didn't take long to come to the vicinity of Laurel Valley. Just cross Laurel Valley Avenue and it's Scarlett? Johnson's home is in a residential area.

"You've been in touch with Scarlett?" While waiting for the signal to change, Ryan asked Natalie.

"yes. As I could hear on the phone, she was sad. Natalie straightened her seat belt, seemingly uncomfortable, "The family is broken, and it hurts the most for a child of her age." ”

"Hmm." Ryan nodded in agreement.

Things are as Natalie said, if Scarlett? No matter how young or older Johnson is, the impact of her parents' divorce on her will not be as great as it was later.

"Mr. Johnson has gone a little too far......"

"Alright, Nat, this is someone else's private matter, not something we should meddle in."

"I understand, Ryan." Natalie still seems to be angry with her friend, "Men who abandon their wives and daughters should be thrown into the sea to feed the fish." ”

"Come on, Nat, if it's as you say, then at least hundreds of thousands of men in the United States will be humanely destroyed." Ryan started the car and drove into Laurel Valley Boulevard.

It was just a little past nine o'clock, and Laurel Valley was a busy business district, with so many vehicles coming and going, that the speed could not be raised at all.

"You shouldn't be stuck in traffic, right?"

Although the probability of traffic jams in North Hollywood is unlikely, it is not uncommon.

"Only God knows the way."

Natalie looked around and saw an empty parking lot to the left of the car and a white rectangular building dozens of feet to the right.

"This is the Bank of America branch in Los Angeles."

The car in front of him stopped, and Ryan had to hit the brakes, just near the entrance of Bank of America.

"It's said that you owe a lot of money to the bank?" Speaking of the bank, Natalie remembered what Ryan had mentioned in the letter.

"It's just a few hundred million dollars, and it will be paid off soon." Ryan didn't care about that debt at all.

"I'm still waiting for you to become a homeless man when you go bankrupt." Natalie playfully stuck out her tongue.

"Are you glad I'm unlucky, Nat?"

Ryan was about to rub Natalie's curly hair when a red and blue glow came into view, and a Los Angeles police patrol car approached him, turning from the auxiliary road outside the fence to the white building with the Bank of America sign.

There can't be a bank robbery, right? Ryan shook his head, just about to dissipate the cranky thoughts in his head, when suddenly all the information about the two bank robbers popped up all this time.

"Nat, what time is it?" Ryan asked, frowning.

"Nine-twenty-ten."

"Be specific."

"February 28, 1997, 9:20 a.m." Strange as it was, Natalie replied.

That strong sense of immediacy came to Ryan's mind again, and although the memory reminded him that something terrible had happened today, he was not a computer after all, and where could he think of something tangible for a moment.

Bank of America! Laurel Valley Boulevard! White rectangular building! Squad car...... And two robbers!

When these symbols floated past Ryan's eyes one by one, the title of a documentary appeared - 100,000 urgent!

In his previous life, he watched this documentary once on TV and on the Internet, and he was not particularly impressed, but now he finally understands what it is.

"Nate ......"

"Phew! Woo ......"

The sound of automatic rifles kept coming from the Bank of America, interrupting Ryan's words. (To be continued......)

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