The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

"Harry seems to have grown a lot taller, probably close to six feet?" Aunt May walked into Parker's house, closed the door of the apartment, and talked about the boy who suddenly appeared and left in a hurry.

Peter observed Erica secretly, and found that she didn't seem to notice Harry's intentions, so he breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with Aunt May, "And he seems to be more calm and restrained, but it's normal, Harry has always been like this."

As soon as the words fell, an old incident suddenly appeared in Peter's mind. In the five years he had known Harry, there was a time when Harry almost completely left his calm and restrained behind him——

A few years ago, when Peter and Harry met to visit the science and technology museum of the Flushing Expo, Harry accidentally fell from the height of the stairs. Fortunately, Erica hugged him in time.

But due to the impact, both of them fell to the ground, and Erika dislocated his arm.

Harry was almost pale at the time, and his fingertips were trembling as he lifted Erica up.For a moment, Peter thought Harry might cry at any moment.

In the warm living room of Parker's house, Peter, who recalled the past, couldn't help but cast his eyes on Erica, but found that she didn't pay attention to the conversation between him and Aunt May about Harry, but was standing in front of the half-worn cloth sofa , looking at the answering phone on the chest of drawers.

Erika’s eyes were slightly lowered, staring at the answering and message records on the communication phone. One of the calls to the message number, who had spoken to her in the evening, was from Annie Leibovitz, the chief photographer of Vanity Fair.

She didn't answer the answering message immediately, but took off her coat with a normal expression, sat down on the side of the cloth sofa near the telephone, picked up a scientific magazine that Peter had placed on the drawer, and started to read.

It wasn't until Aunt May went back to her room to rest that Erica finally picked up the phone handle and put it to her ear.

After the genetic mutation, Peter has a hearing far beyond that of ordinary people, so that at this time, he can clearly hear the voice from the phone receiver——

"Miss Parker, regarding the "Vanity Fair" filming invitation, in addition to the basic remuneration of 10 yuan and the introduction of a Hollywood agency, you will also have the opportunity to interview Michael Ovitz in person."

Peter was amazed. Even though he didn't care much about high society, he had obviously heard about the outstanding reputation of Vanity Fair and CAA President Michael Ovitz.

And according to this answering message, this is obviously not the first call from Vanity Fair, Peter looked at Erica, "Rika—"

Erica interrupted his voice with a concise and light tone, "Go to my room to discuss."

At least tonight, she didn't want Aunt Mei to know about it for the time being, because it would probably make Aunt Mei, who had been busy all day, unable to sleep tonight due to worries.

After Peter followed Erica into the bedroom, he asked almost immediately, "Have you decided to accept the filming invitation of "Vanity Fair?"

"I think this is the best salary I can get at the moment." Erica answered frankly.

"A calm, noncommittal answer" was part of her negotiating style when she took an evening call from Annie Leibovitz, so now she's 'treated' better.

Erica looked at Peter with a calm voice, "I can get 7 yuan from the $[-] filming salary minus taxes. With this money, we can persuade Aunt May to quit her restaurant job so that she doesn't have to spend all her time. Being so busy working, being filled with countless overtime and night shifts, it’s great that she wants to be a professional woman, but it shouldn’t be out of pressure to raise us, she’s forced to do so.”

And the [-] US dollars just sitting on the mountain and eating nothing is not enough for the Parker family to resist possible risks in life.

Erica never wants to go through it again. When Aunt May collapsed into the hospital, she and Peter were almost helpless because of the operation fee.

"I'm going to accept the recommendation of "Vanity Fair", take a break from school, and go to Hollywood in Southern California." Erica lowered her voice.

And following her decision to 'suspend school and go to Hollywood', Peter, who had been persuaded when Erica was talking about Aunt May, subconsciously retorted, "No, you can't interrupt your studies to take care of us—"

Peter looked anxious, trying to find other ways to relieve the family's financial pressure. He thought of the fastest way to make money, "I can go to an underground boxing match—"

"Peter Parker!" Erika tried to keep her voice down, but her displeasure was self-evident.

Facing her accusation, the boy was a little at a loss, he apologized without hesitation, "Rika, I'm sorry, I shouldn't argue with you, I just can't accept that you are forced to suspend your studies—"

Peter has never hated his ordinaryness so much as now. People in New York City call him a 'superhero', but he has never been as omnipotent as Iron Man or Batman.

Because he was too young, he couldn't even effectively solve the economic problems facing the Parker family.

Even though Peter is always optimistic and relaxed, his pressure is far more than the so-called adolescent troubles. He lowered his eyes and continued to Erica, "I'm sorry that I can't be like Uncle Ben, so that you and Aunt May don't have to worry about it." Always worry about money. I don't want to be one of your pressures, I should take care of you...I have the responsibility to take care of you and Aunt May..."

Hearing the boy's hoarse voice, Erika was very annoyed by the questioning tone just now, she walked towards Peter, hugged him gently, touched and comforted the boy's soft brown hair, "No, Peter, you don't need to worry about this thing."

She tried to speak lightly, "I sometimes wish you were like every other high school student, with girls and dates on your mind, instead of a part-time job or even an underground boxing match."

"I hope you can get enough educational resources, like Harry, or Stark you like, and all those geniuses who are always mentioned, you are not inferior to them, you are not less talented than anyone ,” Erica suppressed the lump in her throat, “but you never got a thousandth of what they got.”

She stepped back a little and looked into the beautiful light brown eyes of the boy in her arms. "If anyone deserves greatness, it's you. Peter, it should be you."

"No, I don't need those, I don't need you to give up your original life in exchange for those things for me—" Peter's eyes were flushed, and the eyeballs framed by long eyelashes were moist.

And Erica touched the top of his head and showed him a perfectly natural smile, "Petey, this is not giving up or sacrificing, do you remember? I have always loved theater and even wanted to be a Broadway actor."

With a deliberately displeased look on her face, she said to the boy, "Do you think I can't have a successful career?"

"Of course not—" Peter immediately denied, "You are always prepared and omnipotent at any time."

On Erica's extremely glamorous face, her eyes are firm, exuding a strong and confident charm——

"So, no matter where I am or what I do, I promise you, Peter, I will always be your omnipotent Erica, I will never go with the flow, give up my principles, I will set the rules myself, And all will bend to my will."