Chapter 001: City of Angels
You better watch out.
You better not cry.
You better not pout.
I'm telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town......
Accompanied by melodious singing, the festival marked by a white-bearded old man is coming. Although those who have studied religion may know that the Son, who is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit, was actually born around the vernal equinox, this does not prevent them from enjoying this annual festival. On the eve of Christmas, the streets of Los Angeles are filled with a peaceful atmosphere, as if the city of angels, which is usually impetuous, full of temptation and bizarre, has really had angels come tonight.
The same is true in St. Andrew's Hospital, as a hospital, the smell of lysan water can never be transformed into the smell of a turkey feast, but the Christmas tree adorned with various ornaments still gives this hospital a festive feeling - although it is not easy to kiss the beautiful nurse under the mistletoe, the company of a dozen or so Santa Claus still makes the patients feel a little warm. They hugged and took pictures with the smiling Santa Claus in "hohoho", and accepted worthless gifts from fake old people wearing fake beards, not caring whether it was a drunkard, a thief, or a fool who was hiding under the fake white beard.
This is the miracle of Christmas, the miracle of this day.
However, no matter what kind of miracle moment, happiness is always accompanied by unhappiness, like the tangled light and shadow. Happiness always needs to be set off by misfortune, and unfortunate people will be more aware of their unhappiness when they see the happiness of others-
"Do you want to buy a lucky rabbit leg for transport?"
There is no doubt that Sally's luck in the last few days has not been very good. And looking at the guy in front of her with gauze on his forehead, his eyes closed, and his hands constantly making strange gestures, she couldn't help but feel that today's luck seemed to be worse.
"It's Christmas Eve, Lord, please bless me a little more!"
Although he is not a devout believer, he has the mentality of holding on to Buddha's feet temporarily.
When it comes to Los Angeles, it's natural for many people to associate with Hollywood, and Sally is no exception. She has been working hard in Hollywood for a while, although it can't be said to be smooth sailing, but last month, she finally got her first role - of course, just a small supporting role, and even whether there are lines depends on how it is finally edited, but compared to a girl who drifts in Hollywood, can only make a living by working in restaurants on weekdays, and occasionally has to be harassed by some Frankenos, Sally, who has been a model, can already be said to be on the fast track to fame.
- As I said earlier, happiness always needs to be complemented by misfortune. If it's someone else's misfortune...... That's even better.
However, there is always a chance of an accident when racing in the fast lane. After all, not everyone is an old driver, and you don't know if you're in a hearse or not. What's more, when God opens a window for you, who knows if the old man, who likes to play pranks, will erect another door behind the window, and then put seven or eight locks on the door—
Yesterday, the director called her and "regrettably" told her that her role had been canceled due to a script adjustment.
Although the director's tone was indeed "regrettable", the dissatisfaction that could not be concealed between the words convinced Sally that the reason why she lost the role she had already won was only because when she was drinking in the bar a few days ago, the director hinted that she would wait for him in the alley behind the bar and "dedicate herself to art", but she directly conveyed these words to a gentleman next to her who wore a silver stud earring on his left ear and was wearing a delicate Italian handmade suit, and hinted that this gentleman, Mr. Director admired him very much......
"I can only help you get here, I wish you happiness!
Sally wanted to reply to Mr. Director like this, but to her regret, she forgot to ask the name of Mr. Stud Earrings......
However, despite being covered in spikes, Sally is still a young girl, and this setback makes her depressed and gets drunk at an apple cider house near her rented apartment. Although at the last moment before vomiting and getting drunk, she realized that as a beautiful young girl, she would definitely become the favorite of those "corpse pickers" who roamed the neighborhood, but her liver did not have the ability to metabolize a large amount of alcohol in an instant-
"If I wake up and find myself sleeping in a cheap hotel room with someone's 'tube' in my mouth, I'm going to bite into it!"
- This is the determination of the girl before she gets drunk.
Fortunately, God did not arrange for her to be a criminal;
Unfortunately, when she woke up with a hangover headache, she was in the hospital, with the expensive bill for the ambulance in front of her—
"What!?I was drunk and about to commit suicide by jumping off the overpass, but although I was rescued, I knocked out the person who saved me!?"
When she learned the cause of the incident from the rude doctor named House, Sally couldn't believe it,
"Not to mention whether the height of the overpass is high enough to commit suicide, I used to be a model! Model!!!!Do models know what a model is!?Just to make myself skinny and skinny, and torture myself every day like a slave owner tormenting a poor slave!!In order to lose a pound of fresh meat for myself, I would rather go to Sherlock! How could such a fool who had left all his weight in Venice smash a big man into serious injuries! Doctor, are you a fool for me!?"
- Well, the young girl is already incoherent, but what she doesn't want to believe is obviously something special.
However, Dr. House was indifferent to the girl's excitement:
"Even if you can disprove Newton's law of inertia, the hospital bill will still be paid. Cash or card, ex-model, Miss Fool who doesn't want to be treated like a fool by me?"
- People who can see through the essence of things at a glance are really annoying!
The fact that he would commit suicide while drinking did shock Sally. But for this young girl who is drifting in Hollywood, has no social security, and has just lost her job, what is even worse is the ambulance bill.
"Which ambulance is called by Bichi? If you save people, you can save people, what is it called! It's better to just leave me alone! I don't know how expensive this American ambulance is?"
- At this point, to Sally, who is empty, to be or not to be, that's the question......
Of course, Sally also knew that this ambulance was actually more for the unlucky unlucky guy who was smashed unconscious by her. After all, the reason why she jumped off the flyover and didn't even hurt her two pieces was thanks to the guy below who was on her back. If she doesn't come to the hospital, it's hard for the other party to say.
After weighing her conscience and wallet for a long time, Sally decided to pay the bill for her savior. Of course, this is because the ambulance obviously cannot be called by an unconscious person, and secondly, it is impossible to get an unconscious person to pay.
But in this way, her wallet was completely vacuumed, and if it weren't for the two credit cards that could be overdrawn, she would probably have to buy three matches this Christmas and light them in the corner to keep warm.
"If I can't find an acting opportunity these days, I guess I'll have to go to the Cheesecake Factory (cheesecake factory) to work with Penny!"
The girl, who had prepared for the worst, decided to take another look at the culprit responsible for her current condition before leaving the hospital - although in the final analysis, it was her own drunkenness that caused the series of things that followed. But as everyone knows, being unreasonable is a woman's prerogative, and Sally clearly has no intention of giving up that privilege.
"WTF!?Is this guy awake!?"
- Don't wake up early, don't wake up late, but the old lady just paid the bill and you woke up, deliberately!?
Obviously, poverty did not limit Sally's imagination, but also indirectly amplified her brain.
"But what does that mean? Although Dr. House said that a concussion may cause temporary amnesia, it is not the memory that is lost at all, but the whole brain!"
Seeing the other party lying on the hospital bed, with his eyes closed, words in his mouth, and his hands constantly making strange gestures, Sally's first reaction was that she had lost her mind.
- However, how is the action in this guy's hand a bit like the action done by those people named "daoshi" in the Hong Kong films he has seen before?
It was at this moment that the "lost mind" opened his eyes.
PS1: The title of the first chapter, I'm sure you've all seen it, "City of Angels", a very famous old movie, is of course also another name for Los Angeles. I hope that the names of all the chapters in this book can be made by the names of movies, TV series, animations, and novels, and sometimes followed by subtitles as a summary of the content of the chapters;
PS2: Because the essence of this book is still a movie, there are also chapters where a certain movie is actually filmed, so when I use the name of the movie as the title, at that time, I will add the title of the book to the name of the movie to distinguish it from the usual titles;
PS3: The song at the beginning is "Santa Claus Goes to Town", although it is not as famous as "Jingle Bells" in China, it is also a good Christmas song, very tasteful, and has been quoted in many American dramas and movies, such as a Christmas special of "Tracing the Bones";
PS4: Rabbit legs can bring luck, which is a superstitious tradition in the United States, some say that it originated from voodoo, some say that it comes from Indian legends, anyway, some people believe in this;
PS5: Needless to say, it's who is in "The Big Bang Theory"!
PS6: By the way, anything like this, from the characters in the film and television drama to the real characters in the novel, the relevant film and television dramas will not be specifically written in this book, so the protagonist of this book will not shoot or supervise "The Big Bang Theory" like many Hollywood books;
PS7: Men's earrings and handmade Italian suits are generally symbols of GAY, and Xu Zheng and Huang Bo's "Heart Flower Road" also borrowed this stalk;
PS8: Needless to say, where did Dr. House get the easter eggs;
PS9: Sally's self-deprecation, taken from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice;
PS10: to be or not to be, what is taken from Shakespeare's work, needless to say;
PS11: Three matches, taken from "The Little Match Girl";
PS12: Cheesecake Factory is a chain of casual restaurants that is well-known in the United States, and although it is said to be an Italian restaurant, it seems to sell everything. Penny in The Big Bang Theory works there;