At 5.50, Tommy woke up ten minutes before the alarm clock, first reached out and turned off the alarm clock on the bedside table, and then gently kissed the forehead of Otilia lying next to him, Otilia may feel slightly itchy, buried half of her face in the pillow, and then continued to sleep.

In order to avoid waking Otilia up, Tommy got out of bed with a slight movement, walked out of the bedroom in his pajamas, changed into his morning workout in the cloakroom outside, drank half a glass of water, and then walked briskly to his front yard.

The fitness trainer who was running with Tommy, as well as Paipa, were already waiting outside.

Although Tommy didn't expect to have a muscular body like Jason or his brother Tony, he didn't want this body to be ruined by alcohol or night singing before the age of forty, so he insisted on running in the morning every morning, going home at night to swim, doing stretching exercises, etc., to keep his body and weight at a relatively healthy level.

The fitness instructor accompanied Tommy to do a warm-up exercise and began to jog along the road in the community to the park, while Paige drove the car, holding the steering wheel with one hand, leaning half of his body against the open window, and the empty left hand supporting his head, slowly following behind the two.

After running five kilometers in the beautiful Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, Tommy didn't return the same way in the park, but walked out of the park onto the main road, ready to follow the main road home.

There's a reason for that, of course, because the day for Beverly Hills locals starts almost like Tommy's, around six o'clock, and people can be seen jogging in the park and on Santa Monica Boulevard, accompanied by coaches or bodyguards.

Most of the shops on Santa Monica Avenue will open at 6 o'clock, such as coffee shops, newsagents and some specialty breakfast shops, but the most popular are the gyms on Santa Monica Avenue, which is why Tommy is reluctant to go back after his morning run, but deliberately comes to the avenue to buy a cup of coffee and then go home.

Although Beverly Hills sounds like a general term for the living area near Beverly Hills, it is actually different, Santa Monica Boulevard is a clear dividing line, on the north side of the boulevard, is the mansion where Tommy lives, and the further north Beverly Hills, the higher the mountain, the higher the scenery, and the higher the price of the home.

And south of Santa Monica Boulevard, there are many regular attractions that ordinary people travel to Beverly Hills, including some luxury stores, department stores, some residential areas with relatively low prices and can be purchased without a letter of recommendation, and ordinary movie stars will choose to live on the south side of Santa Monica Boulevard, because it is likely to empty their bank accounts, and they can barely buy a luxury house with a letter of recommendation approved by the owners' committee, but they can't afford to pay for their daily expenses.

Referring to Tommy's tragic experience, you can understand how scary the daily expenses will be, for example, the mansion he bought to be used as a wedding house needs to be renovated, in order to avoid noise complaints from neighbors, he needs to rent three sets of neighbors' mansions nearby, and the construction must be carried out in strict accordance with the time specified by the owners' committee.

Therefore, basically the Hollywood group living on the north side is only the real top male stars, and then there are the owners of various film companies, gold medal producers and the like.

For many Hollywood movie stars, this Santa Monica Boulevard is their touchstone in Hollywood, and only by entering the North End can you prove that you are already a legend in American cinema.

And the gym business on Santa Monica Avenue is not without reason, countless ambitious and beautiful young girls of all kinds, when the gym opens at six o'clock, they quickly rush in to grab the position of the fitness equipment closest to the window, whether it is a spinning bike, a treadmill, or even a weightlifter, they will not care.

These women have the most expensive VIP membership card in the gym, but they never use the locker room of the gym, they will change into tights at home, and then come to the gym gate to wait for it to open, just for the first time to wear the tights that make their beautiful body unobstructed to appear in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the gym in the early morning, observing the men who are accompanied by drivers or bodyguards on this street to enjoy the early morning, they are hunters and prey.

They all shared the idea that if a Hollywood producer happened to pass by his window this morning and happened to feel that he was to his liking, he might get a chance to become an overnight celebrity.

These girls can give everything in order to catch a rich man or meet a big man in the film and television industry, and Paige, George and their fitness instructor have been directly accosted by these women when they finish work, and they will tell Paipa, who is enough to be their father, as long as they are willing to introduce her to Tommy, and give her the opportunity to live in a mansion in the North End, whether it is asking her to pay the bill or accompany her to bed, it is okay.

Many of the housekeepers, drivers, and housekeepers have encountered this kind of thing, and even at the risk of being noticed and fired by their employers, there are always people who take the risk of using this reason to trick the girls into getting into bed, and they will also introduce each other to their employers, but in fact they will trick each other into sleeping with each other as an additional benefit of working in Beverly Hills.

Tommy wasn't ready to play this kind of game of prey and hunter that can't be defined by men and women, but it didn't prevent him from coming to Santa Monica Avenue every day after his morning jog to enjoy these swallows of all races and colors to enjoy the eyes, and bring a good mood to start his day.

Enjoying the picture of the perfect girls exercising, when she returned to the accommodation, Otilia had already gotten up and finished washing, and at this time she was discussing today's arrangements with her assistant in front of the porch, and when she saw Tommy coming back, she interrupted the conversation, stood up and walked over to give Tommy a good morning kiss back and forth, and then let Tommy take a shower.

By the time Tommy had changed his clothes and sat down at the table, breakfast was ready, Dorothy had put the newspaper in front of his seat, and the television had been turned on early by Dorothy to tune in to the morning news that he often watched.

"I'm going to go to KeyBank's California branch this morning to attend a meeting with outstanding customers in California, and then go to a low-level community to give a keynote speech on how KeyBank will help them revitalize their communities." Otilia sat down next to Tommy, picked up the hot milk and took a sip: "My assistant Erin just had a question about why my boyfriend got into TV, of course, it's not an important question, but if someone starts a conversation about it and asks why you want to get into TV, how do I tell them?" ”

Tommy cast his gaze from the newspaper to Otilia's face, a little puzzled, "Why is this question occurring, I mean your speech?" Who wrote it for you? Fire her, Otilia, don't let your family or relatives appear in your external image all the time, men appear in their public image with family and relatives, which means that this man has a sense of responsibility, but every time a woman appears in public, she is always accompanied by her family and relatives, which will dilute your image as an independent woman and a working woman. ”

"So, when other people talk to me about family issues, love issues, I put a straight face on them, hey, pay attention to the attitude, I'm an independent woman, I don't need a family, I don't need a relationship? Why be so hypocritical, I am a woman, I will be a mother in the future, I will eventually return to the family. Otilia heard Tommy's words, thought for a few seconds, and asked rhetorically.

Tommy moved to help Otilia put a piece of light shrimp on her plate: "It's not hypocrisy, it's unnecessary, of course you need family, you also need love, but your secretary didn't understand a problem at all, that is, not everything about you needs to be said to everyone, right?" It's her problem, and you should consider firing her, and of course, you can dismiss me, but you have to tell her that if she gives Tommy Hawke a speech writing secretary, she doesn't have to do anything but dress up nicely every day and stand next to me as a vase for me, because I'm definitely not going to use her junk speeches. ”

"Like my job?" Sophia walked in from outside at this time, sat down at the table and asked with a smile, "Good morning, Ottilia, good morning, Tommy." ”

Just like Otilea's assistant, Sophia would come to Tommy's house every day at breakfast time, have breakfast with him, and give some work arrangements for the day.

"Good morning, of course you're different, Sophia!" Otilia immediately said to Sophia seriously, and then looked at Tommy, trying to make Tommy realize the seriousness of what he had just said: "Tommy, if anyone hears what you just said, it will feel hurt, whether it is to my assistant or to Sophia. ”

"Of course you're different, Sophia." Tommy's words relieved Ottilia, but Tommy took a sip of his coffee and made some additions:

"Because you are not eye-catching at all, but I must admit that although you are not a vase, you are now indispensable, so to speak, in addition to not being able to work as a lawyer and a judge, you can now work as an assistant to the president or handle some vice president work in any company, which is all my credit, I have taught you how to work word by word in the first two years, but let me regret that you have never paid me tuition, and it is even more regrettable that you have made so much money, you have not thought of improving your appearance, Make yourself look more like a beautiful vase. ”

"Tommy~!" Otilia frowned, "You have to treat Sophia with the respect you deserve. ”

Sophia was used to it, and just smiled at Otilia and said, "Otilia, can you provide me with legal assistance, I'm going to sue Tommy Hawke, the bastard, who has been harassing me verbally all these years, and I'm going to ruin his family and ruin his reputation." ”

"Can you wait until I marry him, and then you can file a lawsuit, so that when I divorce him, he is the party at fault, and I can win more sympathy from the court and get more property." Otilia knew of course that Sophia was joking, and said with a smile.

Tommy looked at the two women in an affirmative tone: "You know what? If I were the dean of your law school, I would never let the kind of you have the opportunity to get your diploma, and you who have the qualities of kindness, sensibility, and fantasy are a shame for American law schools, and you two want to sue me too? Let's put it this way, it's harder than if I was a Mormon fundamentalist sect, mixed up with the leader of this cult, and then used the doctrine to brainwash all the young women in California into polygamy and willingly marry me. ”

"I can't believe that there are still people who believe that Tommy respects women, and this guy said right in front of me that he wants all the young women in California to marry him, and he has a big appetite, Tommy." Sophia said sarcastically.

"I've always had a big appetite." Tommy nodded, not denying it.

Sophia looked at Otilia: "Be careful, Otilia, you just heard that this guy is revealing his true colors, and he has plans for young girls all over California. ”

"I think you're the one to be careful, Sophia, and if Tommy is really that bad, you, as his assistant, are the first woman to be hurt by him." After Otilia finished speaking to Sophia with a smile, she turned her head to look at Tommy, and said with a firm gaze:

"He has a lot of respect for women, I'm sure."

Soon, though, Otilia changed her face:

"But I don't understand, why do you mention me and Sophia's names every time you belittle American justice? What's wrong with us going to law school? ”

With that, Ottilia placed her own sandwich with fried eggs, Spanish sausage, and half-melted Swiss chocolate on Tommy's plate:

"That's the price you paid for teasing me and Sophia."

In Otilia's opinion, forcing Tommy to eat two high-calorie, high-fat sandwiches for breakfast is a very vicious punishment.

"Maybe you can add me to that?" Sophia pushed the uneaten sandwich in front of her in front of Tommy, making a gloating face.

Tommy looked at the three sandwiches in front of him, and ate them without hesitation, looking like he had a great appetite, but he swallowed the three sandwiches in a few minutes, and then took a sip of coffee: "As I said, I have always had a big appetite." ”

"I don't think it's a matter of appetite, it's that Dorothy's breakfast is delicious." Otilia sees that Tommy has eaten all the sandwiches, so she helps herself and Sophia divide two apple cakes to satisfy their hunger.

"Dorothy's cooking skills are certainly very good, but I still have a doubt, that is, Dorothy has mastered all kinds of European and American cuisines in her home economics class, but I suggested that she help me learn how to make a Chinese breakfast for two weeks, and she hasn't let me see Chinese food on the table once." Tommy simply changed the subject.

"If it weren't for the fact that you paid enough wages, your gardener, and the other servants would have already taken Dorothy and you to court, and her children were ready to cut ties with her because she was forced to taste her various exercises, Dorothy practiced hard every day, but she wanted to make sure that no one was poisoned, and the food must be delicious, so she dared to let you taste it, don't let him change the subject, Otilia, let him ......"

Tommy didn't wait for Sophia to finish asking, and immediately turned the other party's question to another, earlier one: "Let's go back to Otilia's original question, OK?" The reason why I joined the television industry is because now and for a long time to come, I believe that compared with newspapers and periodicals, television is a more important channel for the public to know the truth and understand the world, and the eyes are the windows of the soul, and I am the eyes of the American people, and I will let them see the truth that they need to see. ”

Otilia nodded thoughtfully, her boyfriend had a great and impeccable reason for whatever he did.

Before making software, he wanted to let the people at the bottom change their fate through technology and knowledge.

Now making television, he wants to let the American people have the eyes to see the truth and understand the world.

"So, do you think that the current TV networks are deceiving the American people, and you are ready to show the audience the truth?" Otilia followed the answer Tommy told her and asked another question: "Doesn't that mean that all TV networks will give you a lot of resistance like Lotus back then, so your TV station will also be remembered by the American people because of a competition or a confrontation like Actor?" ”

"No, maybe there will be competition based on ratings, but it won't be what you think." Tommy said affirmatively to Otilia: "And, in my conception, the BT network will be remembered by the American people for the first time, and it will not be because of competition or confrontation in the ratings. ”

"So what is the reason for the first national celebrity on BT TV in your conception?" Otilia asked curiously.

"Because BT TV makes the American people see ......" Tommy drank the last sip of coffee, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile:

“a beautiful sight to behold。”

"Oh...... That must be beautiful. Otilia heard Tommy's seemingly casual and perfunctory answer, and did not continue to ask, but responded in the same perfunctory manner, and continued to enjoy breakfast.

After Otilia had finished breakfast and left with her team of assistants, Sophia said to Tommy in an affirmative tone: "Behind the greatness and beauty, there must be some careful thoughts. ”

She knew Tommy's quality back then, under the banner of equal rights in science and technology, but in fact, when she saw herself for the first time, she frankly admitted that a large company in the computer industry was building an industry ecological structure, but when she met for the first time, she didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at all, and it wasn't until a long time later that she went to see Delia with this bastard, and she completely understood that what kind of technological equality and women's employment are empty words, and he just wants to kill Lotus and replace him.

So Tommy's words just now sounded great and pure, but Sophia was sure that Tommy was hiding other ghosts.

"My mind is not very small, and I don't need to hide, a question, after the Murdoch Group established a media empire in Australia and the United Kingdom, why did the Murdoch Group still borrow heavily and land in the United States with billions of debt pressure, trying to gain a foothold in the American media industry, even if it was regarded as a thorn in the side of countless newspaper tycoons and the three major television networks in the United States, even if every day passes, his American business will lose millions of dollars together?" Tommy smiled and looked at Sophia and asked a rhetorical question.

Sophia thought of a few answers, but she denied them without opening her mouth, and finally shook her head.

"Well, to put it another way, what is the most useful weapon for politicians in the magical country of America?" Tommy saw Sophia stop talking a few times, and finally shook his head and smiled and changed the question.

Thinking of the arrangement of the guy in front of her to Tony, Susan, David, Dennis, and even Otilia, Earl Rush, and so on, Sophia tentatively said slowly, word by word:

"The emotions of the people."

(End of chapter)