Chapter 19: $700,000 as consulting fees

Under the soft light of the small dining room in the suite, the waiter in the evening dress served the food for two, picked up the wine decanter, and poured the red wine to accompany the meal into the wine glasses of the two, and then bowed politely:

"Please slow down, two."

For Tommy, it is best to eat some food to fill his stomach before attending the drinking party, otherwise everyone will raise their glasses and drink wildly, and only he will stare at the food like a hungry ghost, which is very unsightly, so after the two of them take a shower, Tommy will call the hotel to help prepare a meal.

Seeing that the waiter was leaning but not leaving, Tommy reached for his trouser pocket, only to realize that he was wearing a shirt and tie on his upper body, but only a boxer underneath, and he pointed in the direction of the bathroom: "Help me bring my pants over so I can take out the change and pay you a tip." ”

The waiter turned a blind eye to Tommy's dress, agreed, and helped Tommy retrieve his trousers, Tommy took out his wallet from it, took a few change bills and handed them to the other party, and after sending the other party away, he threw the wallet back on the table, and looked at Diane-Lynn, who had changed into a black backless evening dress and recombed her hair, elegant and beautiful:

"I already know the rule of 12 hours without limit, can I ask if there is no limit to guests?"

Diane Lynn gave Tommy a blank look: "So? Do you want to get your friends with you? ”

"No, no, no, I'm not a fun-loving person, I mean, you are probably the most well-known woman tonight, when you accompany me in the hall, there must be many men interested in you, looking for you to sign autographs, group photos, and conversations, I mean if you don't object, I can charge them, 20,000 at a time, if more than 40 men present are interested in you, it means that there are more than 800,000 in the account, I can generously share it with you, and it is good to be able to come back 400,000." Tommy took a sip of red wine, and then said to Diane Lynn with concern:

"I'm just worried about whether your physical fitness can hold up."

Diane took a bite of salad into her mouth, and said with a smile: "You are really generous, Madame only earns thirty percent, and you have to earn fifty percent." ”

"I'm just proposing an idea that can make you earn more, I'm completely based on my helpfulness and kindness, for your consideration, after all, you are short of money, I am also short of money, the proportion of sharing can be discussed in detail, and it is not impossible to have four or six." Tommy shook his red wine glass and said to Diane.

"I don't think those young people are likely to pay 20,000 yuan a time, and rich young people like you or your friend Stephen are a minority after all." Diane swallowed the food before looking at Tommy.

Tommy showed an affirmative expression of "no need to worry about the other party's default": "I can ask the bank to lend them at a lower interest, you don't have to worry about them not being able to pay, the bank can pay the bill on their behalf, if they default, the bank will arrange for someone to find them and recover the money." ”

"You own a bank?" Diane was stunned for a moment and asked Tommy.

Tommy immediately shook his head: "No, my girlfriend's business, I actually eat soft rice, and I spent such a large amount of money without telling her, if I am discovered, I will die, so I have to find a way to make up for the loss, how about it, are you interested?" ”

"That's good, sir, it looks like as long as I agree, and I don't die of exhaustion, I can make an extra 400,000 when I leave tomorrow morning." Diane raised her head slightly, pointed her smooth chin at Tommy, and said in a mocking tone.

Tommy didn't seem to be able to hear the other party's ridicule, and continued to say seriously: "The best of both worlds, I sometimes admire myself, I can always come up with this kind of ......"

"So you think I'm one of those women who can * give money? You scumbag! Diane picked up the glass and threw it in Tommy's face, angrily scolding.

Tommy didn't hesitate, picked up the salad on the table and splashed it directly on the other party's face, and then looked at Diane Lynn with an apologetic face: "Sorry, I'm really sorry, my language offended the icy and jade saint in front of me, F*ckYou!" So, 700,000 can * you, and 20,000 can only be scolded by you for being a scumbag? ”

Diane probably didn't expect Tommy to be completely intolerant of women's angry temper, and at this time the evening dress and face were full of sauce, and she was helpless with her hands open, speechless for a while.

Tommy wiped the wine from his face with his hand, stood up and walked to the bathroom, brought a towel to wipe the wine stains, and said in his mouth:

"It's a sale once, it's a sale forty times, I don't think it's a disservice to a prostitute to say this kind of thing to her, if you want me to apologize, then I want to tell you that there may be only one person who can make me sincerely apologize for offending you, that is, you have to prove that you are not a woman who is willing to sell her body for money, only then will I sincerely apologize, otherwise you'd better pay attention to your attitude, maybe the Hollywood guys you dealt with before all look personable, like gentlemen, and only when you go to bed will you reveal your true face, it's a pity, I'm not that kind of gentleman, even if all the teenagers in America idolize you, I'm going to throw you sauce on the face, because I paid and we traded equally. ”

He then pressed the speakerphone button and dialed the phone: "Stephen, F*ckYou!" You let this girl from your wife spill me red wine, I want you to take her out of my room now! Then call all the newspapers and ask them to send reporters to the hotel to wait for the photo, and I want all the American newspapers to know a news the next day, this American teenager's dream girl in your mouth is a * woman who collects money to pick up customers. ”

"Shit~ What are you doing, brother? She's the first time in this kind of business, you've got to give her ......" Stephen asked breathlessly as he listened to Tommy's grumpy speech.

Tommy's eyes stared at Diane, and his mouth said to Stephen on the other side of the phone: "It's the first time for me to spend so much money sleeping with a girl, it's the first time, why should I accommodate her, America pays attention to equality between men and women!" Affirmative action can't just be talked about! ”

Stephen said helplessly: "Don't make a fuss, Tommy, I know you're not ......"

"Stephen, you're a fool*, you're going to die on a woman sooner or later." Tommy saw that Stephen was completely unaware that he was trying to scare this girl, and he had no tacit understanding with himself, so he could only curse in frustration and hang up the phone.

Diane wiped the mess on her face with a napkin at this time, looked at Tommy, her tone was indifferent, and her eyes were calm: "Your friend didn't cooperate with you to scare me, which disappointed you." ”

"It's ridiculous that you're pretending to be smart with a salad dressing." Tommy walked back depressed and threw the towel in his hand to the other party:

"Okay, it's settled, I just feel sorry for Stephen's stupid* help me spend this money, I'm not a stingy person, I just prefer to spend money where it's worth spending, but you're still very observant, that's right, Stephen is a kind fool*, he doesn't hurt women."

"In Hollywood, it's a must-have skill to look at words and looks." Diane Lynne took the towel that Tommy had thrown over, wiped the stains on her face and said:

"So, your 700,000 yuan, if you sleep with an Oscar, maybe it will make you feel worth the money?"

"No, there is no woman in this world who is worth this price, except for my girlfriend." Tommy sat back in his seat, ripped off his shirt and cut the steak with a knife.

Diane wiped it a few times and found that it was hopeless, so she simply took off her evening dress and sat back at the table wearing only underwear: "But you obviously don't respect her." ”

"Respect her and don't conflict with me and other women." Tommy takes the beef into small pieces.

Diane also began to cut the food with her head down, asking as she cut, "Is what you said true?" ”

"What?" Tommy asked vaguely, chewing on the beef.

Diane stopped cutting the steak and looked up at Tommy: "Your girlfriend, an ordinary girl in a small city, the story of realizing her self-worth. ”

"If you ignore her father's 500 million market value shipping company, yes, she is an ordinary girl in a remote town." Tommy swallowed the food and took a sip of his own red wine.

After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the wine decanter again and poured a glass of red wine into Diane's empty wine glass, which was empty because of splashing her face.

"Thank you." Diane looked at Tommy who poured the wine, and said with a smile: "The woman splashed you with red wine, and you are willing to help her pour the wine, which barely makes me have a better opinion of you, so you eat soft rice and use your girlfriend's money to ...... Having fun, is it true? ”

After Tommy finished pouring it, he put down the wine bottle, sat back down, and shook the red wine glass to look at Diane: "Of course, I rely on my face to cheat women out of money, so you poured red wine on my face, which made me unbearable." ”

"Your acting skills are so good, you can tell outright lies with a serious expression." Diane said to Tommy.

"I'm sorry I hurt you with my words just now, and that's serious." Tommy raised his glass to Diane and said with a serious expression.

Diane raised her glass and touched him lightly: "I accept it, but I won't agree to your proposed plan to make money, even if you can make an extra 400,000." ”

"I'm kidding, you're my girlfriend tonight, and only I can touch you." Tommy brought the glass to his lips, took a sip, and said lightly.

At this time, the doorbell rang suddenly, Tommy looked down at his boxers, and then at Diane, who was only wearing underwear: "Which of the two of us do you think is more suitable to open the door?" ”

"It's better to keep eating." Diane said to Tommy.

"Makes sense." Tommy nodded, "I guess it's Stephen's peacemaker." ”

The two continued to eat their food with their heads down, and they didn't hear the doorbell, and soon, the doorbell was replaced by a knock, and a woman's voice sounded outside the door: "Diane! My dear! You okay? ”

When Diane heard this voice, she quickly got up, didn't care that she was only wearing underwear, and walked over quickly to open the door.

A tall blonde girl walked in quickly from outside, hugged her, then turned her body, turned Diane to her doorway, separated her from Tommy in the room, and asked Diane nervously, "Diane, are you okay?" Has anyone hurt you? ”

"Who is she?" Tommy asked curiously when he saw the nervous blonde.

Diane patted the other party's shoulder, but instead comforted the other party in a relaxed tone: "I'm fine, Laura, don't worry." ”

After letting go of the frightened other party, Diane Lynn introduced Tommy: "Laura Dunn, my friend, she also introduced this business. ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Dunn, and forgive me for not getting up and shaking your hand, lest I be embarrassed, for I haven't put on my pants yet." Tommy glanced at the other and continued to pick up the knife and cut the steak and put it in his mouth.

Seeing Tommy's shirt on the floor covered in red wine stains, and looking at the evening dress on the floor covered in salad dressing, Laura nervously whispered to Diane, "Mr. Stephen called me, let me see if you're in trouble." ”

"It's nothing, as you can see, I poured him a glass of red wine, and he returned a plate of salad, and then apologized to each other." Diane turned around and walked into the dining room with Laura Dunn: "Want to eat some food to fill your stomach?" ”

Laura Dunn seemed to know how to deal with guests better than Diane, she pulled the seat next to Diane and sat down carefully, and then said to Tommy gently but seriously: "Sir, whatever Diane did, it was unintentional, she was a little nervous, I hope you can ......"

"If I'm not mistaken, Stephen told me about you, Miss Dunn, your parents are Hollywood stars, you should be at home in Hollywood, I wonder how you ended up here?" Tommy picked up an empty glass, poured a glass of red wine for the other party and handed it over, and asked with a curious expression.

“…… Thank you. Laura Deen didn't expect that the other party completely ignored her apology for Diane, but asked about her own experience, she took the wine glass and hesitated, and said:

"Because of lack of money, sir, there are countless actresses in Hollywood, but there are so many film projects in a year, not everyone's film appointments are constant, for most women, the money earned by the salary is not enough to meet the expenses, many women attend the press conference, and they look glamorous and beautiful at the dinner, but that is all an illusion, the income of men and women in Hollywood is completely unequal, if you are lucky enough, a girl like us, get the female number one, the salary is up to 300,000, and the salary is 100,000 yuan, Some low-cost productions will even offer a salary of 50,000 yuan, which is simply not enough to maintain the expenses of a decent life for a female star, you have to hire assistants, hire makeup artists, drivers and even rent a house...... It's already considered lucky to receive a movie a year, like Diane, because of the box office losses of the previous two movies, no film company dared to provide her with a job opportunity for two years, people like us, there are alternatives in Hollywood, Diane is the dream girl of American teenagers, what about the other three to choose from, why choose box office poison, so, sir, if she has any emotional problems, it is because of the previous ......"

Laura tries to turn the conversation back to Diane, hoping to apologize to Tommy on Diane's behalf and explain that Diane has no intention of offending him.

Because Stephen's phone call to her was a little scary, saying that Diane had spilled a glass of red wine on the guest, and the guest was furious and wanted to ruin her.

Diane Lynn is doing this kind of business for the first time, but Laura is not the first time, she has accompanied Stephen before, knowing Stephen's background, the person who can make Stephen have some scruples, that is naturally a big man on the top, so Laura immediately apologized to her guest Frank and hurried over, hoping to apologize to the other party for her friend Diane.

"So your parents' connections are completely useless?" Tommy completely ignored Laura's painstaking efforts to turn the topic back to Diane again and again, but raised his wine glass, gestured to the other party, and continued to curiously ask about the other party's experience.

"Of course, there are roles, for example, other girls have to graduate from high school to have the opportunity to step into Hollywood, and sell their bodies to those producers, those directors in exchange for opportunities, and my parents are insiders, I don't need it at all, I closed the deal with the producer early." Laura Dunn and Tommy touched each other slightly, then took a sip of red wine, looked at Tommy, laughed at himself, and spoke.

(PS: Regarding the issue of her transaction, Laura said it herself, it can be seen that her parents are insiders, as long as they are not really big names, they can't escape the clutches of those people in Hollywood.) )

Tommy frowned, his expression was a little shocked, he had heard a lot of lace news in Hollywood before, but he didn't expect this place to be so sinful, the two actresses in his room were violated by those Hollywood scum under the pretext of becoming famous by filming.

Is this still an America that respects women? Is there still a royal law? Is there still a law? How could a righteous person like himself turn a blind eye to such a crime?

He, Tommy Hawke, is forever at odds with sin.

He got up and picked up his pants, pulled out a cigarette from it, lit one, sat back in his seat, and looked at Laura and Diane opposite: "After listening to your experience, I ...... Sorry, Laura, I'm sorry because my curiosity made you turn up the scarred past. ”

"The price of fame." Seeing that Tommy didn't mean to blame Diane, Laura breathed a sigh of relief and followed Tommy's tone and said: "In Hollywood, a place where male power is supreme, a woman has no choice if she wants to become famous, unless she is lucky enough to be reincarnated as the daughter of those movie tycoons. ”

"Sooner or later, God's light will cleanse the whole of Hollywood completely." Tommy, as if he had become distracted by Laura's words, leaned back in his chair and smoked a cigarette, and said sadly.

"That kind of thing doesn't work for actresses like us, sir." Diane saw Tommy's expression and reminded lightly.

Mainly when taking a bubble bath, she has already seen how strong this man's acting skills are, this bastard can press his head without letting himself stop, while making emotional phone calls, calling on women to be independent and find self-worth.

This man is a natural actor.

Tommy ignored Diane's ridicule, and just said seriously: "I'm really angry about this, I know, I don't seem to have a position to blame those people right now." However, if I get dressed one day, you will see that I am very different from those people, I really respect women from the bottom of my heart, and I am willing to speak up for women. ”

"Uh......" Laura didn't speak, she smiled at Tommy and nodded.

Tommy looked at Diane, who didn't have too many scruples after seeing Tommy frankly, and said to Tommy: "Laura doesn't know how to respond to you, the reason is, can you put your pants on before you say you respect women?" ”

"Jesus' nakedness does not affect the worship of Him." Tommy sighed and looked at Laura Dunn, who was clearly more pleasing and looked younger than Diane:

"Laura, do you have an agency?"

"Of course." Laura didn't understand why the other party had such a question, but in the spirit of not offending the guest, she said truthfully.

Tommy thought for a moment, then looked at the other party: "I have a friend, he runs a brokerage company, if he is willing to bear part of your expenses, I mean, such as drivers, makeup artists, stylists These expenses are all paid by the brokerage company, and maybe even the brokerage company's commission for you will be very low, will you be much easier?" ”

"That's not important, sir, the most important thing is to help me get a job offer, a brokerage company that doesn't take my commission, but can't get a job offer, and a brokerage company that takes away 40% of my income, but can help me get one or two movie contracts a year, of course I will choose the latter." Laura replied without thinking.

In Hollywood, it depends on whether the agency can help the artist continue to get film contracts, resources, improve popularity, and prolong the life of acting.

"You have a lot of truth in what you say, but to be honest, you are in such a need of mercy in my eyes, I can't bear to let you beautiful girls be exploited by those greedy capitalists in Hollywood." Tommy said a little sadly, then put down the dishes and stood up:

"I'm not in the mood to dine, you are free, by the way, Diane, if you want, you can leave directly after the cocktail party, and you don't have to go back to this room."

Tommy dropped the sentence, got up and left the dining room, and after calling Paige in the living room to bring a new outfit up, he walked lonely to the balcony of the living room.

"Who is he?" Laura looked out on the living room balcony, looked at Tommy in the night with a cigarette in her mouth, and asked Diane.

Diane shook her head: "I don't know, but I think it's better not to be curious about him, since he said that the deal is over, I will leave as soon as the party is over." ”

At the same time, Tommy stood on the balcony and dialed Susan's number from his mobile phone: "Where are you?" ”

"In Canada, help BT find a partner TV station that may output programs." Susan said, "If not, register a black television station in Canada." ”

"I came across by chance, there is a group of injured actresses in Hollywood, we have to save them, the only problem, these women don't believe in men, Mark and I are unlikely to be trusted by each other, I think you can hand over the work to other people, help Hollywood silently form a victim alliance, if it works well, this will be the most important political asset in your life, and these girls will also be your most effective gold medal fighters." Tommy exhaled a puff of smoke in the night wind and spoke.

Susan paused for a few seconds: "Help these poor women speak up and bash Hollywood studios?" ”

"Don't worry, I told you how to grow mushrooms, invest in these women first, and when you need to go further politically, release them and blow up a gap." Tommy turned around, leaned his back against the guardrail, looked at the two Hollywood actresses sitting at the table in the soft light, and said.

Susan seemed to capture Tommy's train of thought, and she tried to give the answer she had guessed: "Do you want to choose a Hollywood listed film company when you need to spend money and you don't want to dig into your own pocket, and when you buy its stock in the hope of making a profit, or even when you have a bad deal with another company, you can pick a few people from the victims' league and accuse the other company of what it has done to them?" ”

"It's not that superficial, Susan, but you can think of it as a surprise to me, and you can always surprise me." Tommy laughed and complimented Susan:

"The call with you is the happiest thing for me today, simply put, you gain their trust, feed them as much as possible, so that they will be willing to use their scars as weapons for you one day in the future."

"I'll see you in Los Angeles as soon as I get back to Los Angeles after I hand over my work to the others, good night." Susan didn't follow up, and now that Tommy had decided on his mind, she didn't need to waste any more time thinking about it.

"Good night, Susan." After Tommy finished speaking, he hung up the phone, he looked at the starry sky, and said to himself:

"It would not seem so heart-wrenching if I used 700,000 yuan as a consulting fee to help my dear Susan's political career find an excellent entry point."

(End of chapter)