Birth of an actor

Hollywood in early September is not very lively. The popular summer movie season has just passed. It is difficult for the films released now to create any good box office results. The actors are either still on vacation or are making movies. The new season of American dramas has just been released. Timetable, if you want to join in the excitement of the Emmy Awards, you have to wait until the awards ceremony at the end of the month.

Even the gossip tabloids, because they have no subjects to report, can only work hard on actors cheating, breaking up and reuniting, and female star street shoots.

But this year, as soon as September entered, Hollywood ushered in a lively event. On September 9, William will hold his 10th birthday party at Malibu Beach in Los Angeles.

——Actually, William’s real birthday is on the 8th, but in Hollywood, few people really celebrate their birthday on that day. Too much work and too busy a schedule, it’s not advisable to open a bottle of champagne and eat a cake in advance or later. It's a very normal thing.

The party scale was very large, not only invited all his friends in Hollywood, but also many Silicon Valley stars, such as Apple founder Steve Jobs, Google founder Larry Page and Sergey Brin etc.

So on this day, there are a lot of luxury cars on Highway [-] in Los Angeles, including Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Maserati... It seems that there will be a famous car exhibition on the road that is always left to the sea and right to the rocks , if you look carefully, you can also find many familiar faces who often make headlines from these expensive luxury cars, James Cameron, Amy Pascal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tony Bee Maguire, Christopher Nolan, Drew Barrymore, Christopher Evans, blah blah blah.

It is said that there are many friends of William Bradley who specially adjusted their itinerary in order to attend his birthday party in Los Angeles.

The reporters in Los Angeles couldn't understand why William Bradley suddenly became interested in hosting such a grand birthday party. Since then, the media has never photographed him publicly celebrating his birthday. Every year, he spends it at home with his mother and friends. Now this season, it is said to be celebrating Cannes Best Actor by the way, but it has been more than three months since he won the award. It was too early to warm up for the Oscars - but this did not delay the media to join in the fun. In fact, they loved William to death, thinking that he finally brought a bright color to the boring early autumn in Los Angeles.

However, the media were disappointed in the end, because the party was held on a huge private beach, and one side was the sea, and the other side was a cliff. The villa was built on the cliff, and the natural geographical advantage prevented any Reporters want to take close-up sneak shots, they can only peek with binoculars from far away, or dispatch a helicopter to take a few high-altitude photos.

Although they couldn't take any recent photos, the reporters in Los Angeles didn't think it was too much of a pity. They had already found a good alternative topic—is such a great sea view villa with a large private beach owned by William?Another Hollywood superstar set up property in Mali?Will it trigger an upsurge in following suit?What are the exterior and interior pictures of the villa?After reporting these things, the media can also summarize which Hollywood stars have bought holiday villas on Malibu Beach, and the price. It may be helpful to spread the reputation of "East Hampton West Malibu" in North America. to boost the local economy.

In fact, the Los Angeles media is only a little bit short of having an environment that is convenient for sneak shots. If William had borrowed a house from Leonardo instead of Lance—William did not arrange property in Mali, because it is also in the coastal area, and he is more Love the living environment in the Hamptons, New York.After hearing that William wanted to celebrate his birthday on the beach in Malibu, Leonardo offered to lend him his house. However, William invited too many guests, and Leonardo's house couldn't fit, so he ended up lending him his house. Using Lance's property, this seaside villa on the edge of the cliff in Malibu not only has a huge private beach, but the area of ​​the residential area is seven times that of an ordinary villa.

After the Independence Day holiday, the stars are busy with their respective vacations and outings. Hollywood has entered the social off-season for a while. Enjoying a vacation is leisurely and comfortable, but after a long vacation, many people will inevitably miss the nightlife of feasting and feasting again. William’s birthday In a sense, the party is a chance for these big coffees who have begun to miss the luxury and gold fans of Hollywood to relieve their boredom.

So just as William expected, the party lasted a full day, and the activities were packed, with surfing, beach volleyball during the day, a "A Beautiful Mind" preview in the evening, fireworks and Superboy singing in the evening The single from the latest music album seems to be a bit out of the scope of a birthday party, and it looks like a big Hollywood party.

——It is worth mentioning that people in the circle have basically received rave reviews for the film. Although it is still a few months before the official release in North America, many people have already said that they will go to the cinema to watch it again, and even ask William Invitation tickets for the premiere are here.

The moment he woke up, William had a splitting headache. He felt a dry mouth, a sore back, and a small hammer in his head. The reason for the pain was not only because he had taken too much yesterday. Alcohol, and also because he has been having nightmares after falling asleep, and the dreams are all about the plot of "Mice and Man".

Lord Jesus, how many people got drunk on him last night?What time did you fall asleep, three or four?William groaned, then moved his nose. He wondered if his nose was out of order, or if the nightmare had affected his sense of reality, because he always felt like he was lying next to a pile of dead rats...

"Holyshit!" William was taken aback as soon as he opened his eyes, because there were two soles of his feet with big thorns on both sides of his head, and the light-colored hair on his feet grew particularly wanton, and the smell was also ecstasy.There is no doubt that this is the source of the stench that gave William a nightmare all night.

On closer inspection, it turned out that it was actually not one person's feet, but Leonardo and Toby's feet—the three people seemed to be sleeping on the sofa as a bed, and Leonardo and Toby were sleeping in their respective nests. Sleeping soundly in a corner of the sofa, with two legs slumped down on the sofa, one on the other, they were all lying down anyway, William was more miserable, he fell asleep while sitting on the ground leaning on the sofa, Toby And Leonardo's casually outstretched feet squeezed his head right in the middle.

Although the sofa was long enough to maintain a safe distance from each other, who knows if something happened between them when everyone fell asleep.

Thinking of this, William couldn't stay any longer. He got up from the ground and avoided the "corpses" lying everywhere in the villa—there was even a person lying on the kitchen counter, Seriously, it's a miracle the man hasn't woken up yet - he quickly found a bathroom and started taking a shower.

When William came out of the bathroom, some people in the villa had already woken up and started to move. More people greeted William directly after waking up and drove back to the city. The coffee machine sounded from the kitchen. The voice was Brad Pitt, who was sleeping on the cooking table before, making coffee. When he saw William, he showed a smile as if his body had been hollowed out: "Would you like a cup of coffee?"

"Very much needed, thank you."

Holding a cup of coffee just made by Brad Pitt, William looked at his watch. It was [-]:[-] in the morning. He turned on the TV in the living room with some anxiety. NBC was broadcasting a talk show , FOX is releasing a cruise ship advertisement, and the world is calm.

All the sleeping people in the living room were awakened by the sound of the TV. Toby woke up rubbing his eyes. When he saw William, he immediately reached out to ask him for a cup of coffee. When I served coffee with Toby, I emphasized that I had a nightmare for several hours because of the smell of their feet. As a result, Toby just shrugged his shoulders, with a look of "you are more strange", Leonardo also said: " Anyway, it doesn't smell as bad as canned herring."

How dare you compare the taste with the world's stinkiest canned food?William smiled: "It's decided, I will give you canned herring for Christmas." Leonardo: "..."

Toby patted him on the shoulder, holding back a smile and enduring it very hard: "Anyway, don't call me when you are eating."

William walked around inside and outside the villa, but found no trace of the agent. When he returned to the restaurant, he saw Danny Byrne, so he asked him, "Where is Amon?" "Uh... I don't know. Possibly in the toilet, perhaps?"

If Danny's tone hadn't been too guilty, William would have believed him. "To be honest." To be honest, if it wasn't because today was too special, William wouldn't care about the manager's itinerary.

"Amon went to New York, saying that there is a problem with the New York branch of the IAA, and he needs to deal with it." Danny Byrne saw William's face turned very ugly for a moment, and asked in surprise and worry: " What's the matter, Will?"

"I told him not to go to New York today!" IAA's New York branch has expanded too much over the past year, and there have been many internal problems. Amon Goffman has long thought of rectifying it in person. William forced the other party to stay and attend his birthday party... Unexpectedly, he slipped away in the end.

"No wonder he asked me not to tell you before he left. In case you ask, I have to find an excuse to hide it from you..." But in the end, he didn't hide it from you. Danny thought a little bit of guilt towards Amon Goffman. road.

"When did he leave?"

"Around three or four o'clock in the morning? It's almost when you and Leonardo DiCaprio and the others drank together until they fell asleep. He saw that you couldn't care less about staring at him, so he left quickly."

Leaving at three or four in the morning... William counted the time when the flight arrived in New York, and broke out in a cold sweat.

He hurried to the landline to call Amon. During the period, he had to dial a second time because he pressed a wrong number. The sound of the phone ringing and waiting to be connected made people anxious. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, and before Amon could speak, he asked first, "Ami, where are you?"

"I just got off the taxi and I'm going to take the subway to Manhattan..." After speaking these words, Amon Goffman remembered that William hoped that he would not come to New York these days, and he understood that Danny Bourne would definitely The confession was not kept secret: "Well, Will, I really have something very important to come to New York—"

"The following words are very important, Amon Goffman, listen to me carefully—" William quickly interrupted the agent.

The Jewish agent fell silent obediently, because he had never heard William address him by his full name in such a serious tone.Intuitively, he thought that what William would say next might be important.

"Where are you now?"

"The subway entrance near Rockaway Park."

"Is there anywhere nearby where I can sit for a while?"

"There are benches in the park and a cafe next to it."

"Don't take the subway, go into a coffee shop and order a cup of coffee, whatever, and stay there."

"Can't you ask why?"

"No."

"Okay." Amon Goffman pushed open the door of the coffee shop while talking, and ordered a double espresso for himself while on the phone, but the waiter didn't seem to hear him, Staring blankly at the window, Amon turned his head and saw that not only the waiters behind the bar, but almost everyone in the store were looking out, so he followed everyone's gaze and looked towards the window.

"Jesus Christ..." Amon Goffman couldn't believe his eyes: "Smoke is rising from Manhattan!"

"Stay there and don't move!" William yelled the last words at his agent, and then ran towards the living room, calling Madeleine, Lance and other relatives and friends who were not in Los Angeles to confirm their safety.

William switched the remote control back and forth, and none of the TV stations responded, and then when he switched to CNN again, the TV screen showed a tall building smoking in the sky above Manhattan, and the voice of the hostess sounded very heavy : "A plane crashed directly into Building 3 of the World Trade Center in New York from the air. Now it is the picture [-] minutes after the incident. Thick smoke is rising from Building [-]..."

"Manhattan is on fire? What happened?"

"What did the host just say - a plane crashed into the Twin Towers?"

"Is today April Fool's Day?"

Today is not April Fool's Day, today is September 2001, 9.

Someone refused to believe it, snatched the remote control from William, and frantically changed channels.

But not only CNN, ABC also began to broadcast news about the World Trade Center in New York, and then CBS, FOX, NBC, BBC... Almost all TV stations began to report the breaking news that the North Tower of the Twin Towers in New York was hit by a plane , Some of them took pictures from high-rise buildings in the distance, and some relayed the signals of other TV stations. They were as rich and powerful as ABC TV station, and they even used helicopters to go to the sky of Manhattan to broadcast live.

"Now you are filming a trick show, right? Will you cooperate with some TV station? Are there countless cameras in this house to record our reactions?"

William shook his head, and the person who put forward this conjecture immediately showed a bewildered and powerless expression—in fact, even he himself did not believe this conjecture, because there is no prank show that can float thousands of meters above Manhattan The thick smoke could be clearly seen outside, and it was impossible for the six major TV stations to broadcast such a piece of news that could cause panic throughout the United States at the same time.

So here it is - New York has been attacked!One World Trade Center was hit by a plane!

"Jesus Christ!"

"my Lord!"

"This is crazy!"

The room became chaotic in an instant, screaming and panic evasion also existed. Don’t think that Hollywood stars are very calm when they are used to seeing big scenes. When they witness such a disaster, their fear and panic performance is exactly the same as that of ordinary people.

"Everyone calm down! We are in Malibu, we are safe!" William raised his voice and said, "The most important thing now is to confirm whether our family and friends in New York are safe!"

William's words miraculously cooled the boiling atmosphere. With his reminder, after the shock, everyone hurriedly picked up the mobile phones and phones around them, and started calling their family and friends to confirm their safety, even if it was No relatives living in New York at all.

There are also many people who came to William after calling the family, hugged him or shook his hand and said, "Thank God thank you, Will, if I hadn't received your party invitation, I would be here now." New York!"

"FXXK!"

"Crazy! They're crazy!"

"My God! My God!"

Suddenly, scalp-numbing screams and cries sounded on the TV, the voice was full of panic and anger, and everyone who looked up at the TV at this time was dumbfounded, and the ABC helicopter shot clearly captured The scene of the second plane crashing into the south tower of the Petronas Twin Towers, burst into flames and exploded instantly.

……

Buildings [-] and [-] of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York were hit, the Pentagon was hit, and the last of the four planes hijacked by terrorists crashed towards the White House. This is what happened in the next few hours.

The whole world was shocked by the attack in New York, and at the same time, the entire United States was also in panic.

All flights in the United States were grounded. Except for those who lived in Los Angeles or the surrounding areas and rushed back to accompany their families, everyone else stayed in the villa to watch live TV.

After the twin towers collapsed vertically one after the other, everyone decided that something had to be done instead of sitting around and waiting - they were Hollywood superstars or Silicon Valley super rich, and the most things they had were fame and money.

So in this beach house in Malibu, a fundraising event was held soon to donate for the victims, New York police officers and firefighters and their families. Everyone raised their hands one after another to say the amount of their donations. Checks were written on the spot, and donations totaled $200 million before people drove into the city of Los Angeles for a collective prayer service—and those who left Malibu later made up donations, bringing the total to more than $4000. $[-] million.

—Later, the Hollywood people in Los Angeles and New York held several fundraising galas, but none of the galas was higher than this number.It's ironic to think about it. The organizer invited many celebrities and organized a fundraising party. The total amount of donations is not as high as the amount of donations that people slumped at William Bradley's house.

During this period, William received three calls, one was from Madeleine, saying that she would come to Los Angeles tomorrow, and the other was from Lance, who said that everything was fine in Washington, and that the U.S. stock market had been closed urgently, and President Bush Jr. was preparing to Made a nationally televised address and said he would take care of everything, reassuring William.

The last call was from Amon. The Jewish agent hesitated several times, wanting to ask if there was any secret behind the call William made to him before the New York attack. William said before he finished asking, "In New York Take care and come back when the airport reopens."

Amon Goffman understood William's implication of "I can't say anything", and hung up the phone in understanding.

William knows that Amon will ask again sooner or later, but no matter whether he will answer in the future, he will definitely not in the near future-the vigilance of the US security department must have been raised to the highest level for such a serious terrorist attack. Maybe they have already started wiretapping the country's phones, and they must not be the object of suspicion at this sensitive moment.

Moreover, even if he is face-to-face with his agent now, he still doesn’t know what to say and where to start—could he say that he had already reminded Lance Roderick of the 911 incident with the reason of a dream, saying that Lance I tried my best to warn the officials of the US security department in various ways. Before the warning was issued, friends in the military told them that such a warning was not unusual for the US government. As early as 1997, the US government Have you ever made the assumption that if the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked, and even NORAD conducted several anti-terrorism exercises in 1999 and 2000?

I still told my agent that just over a month ago, the security department received a security briefing titled "Bin Laden is determined to launch an attack in the United States", which contained detailed records of the hijacking attack plan, and the US government did not seem to No precautions were taken against this briefing, but Condoleezza Rice, a close friend of the President and US National Security Advisor, called many important people in the country and asked them not to take any flights on September 9. A plane destined for New York?