Hollywood Rhapsody

Sarah was nestled in the passenger seat, and she could still see her reddish eyes in the rearview mirror, but she should have been thankful for that, at least she wasn't swollen into peach pits.She lowered her head, just like the posture in Leonardo's arms before, like an ostrich with her head buried, but after twisting her fingers twice, she forced herself to sit up again, took a deep breath and tried to adjust herself status.

How can you be so neurotic and unreasonable?This is not her style at all!Sarah straightened the broken hair on her forehead through the mirror to make herself more energetic, but she was sternly reprimanding herself in her heart—even when she lost her parents and almost died, even after she was reborn and sent letters to her parents with longing, but in the end "There is no such person" has never caused her to collapse in front of others.From a strong girl to a strong woman, she has always been very good at endurance, and tenacity has long been infused into her bones and blood.After the flood that destroyed everything, she knew that she must be strong, no one would adopt a crying little girl, no one would like a gloomy little girl, and no one would comfort her helpless, so in this life She has experienced so much in her previous life, and she has never lost her composure like today.

But today, I don't know which nerve was stabbed. When she realized that even donating to her hometown would face many obstacles, her heart was inexplicably filled with grievances. The backlog of negative emotions in two lifetimes finally broke through the defense line , unstoppably vented.

Fortunately, she was not completely overwhelmed by these negative emotions. The next second she returned calmly, even she was frightened. How could this kind of unreasonable crying happen to her?Does she have a mental illness?

She rubbed her forehead and really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in, no exception!The next is not an example!She warned herself like this over and over in her heart, and at the same time, her brain was spinning rapidly to sort out the emergency plan. She didn't want to leave a crying and weak image in the eyes of Leonardo and her employees, absolutely not!

"Leon, please forget what happened just now. Don't forget, that ugly girl who was crying is not me." Wiping her face neatly, Sarah had regained her usual calm and confident state in the next second. Looking at the rapidly changing night scene outside the car window, his voice was still a little hoarse, "Shall we go for a drive another day? Can you take me to the Diamond K bar now? I need to talk to Alan and the others, and apologize for today's gaffe."

"Actually, I think you are very cute when you cry. You don't show your paws and teeth so proudly like usual, but you are very obedient. You are a soft ball in your arms." Leonardo turned the steering wheel kindly joked.

Sarah shook her head and laughed, a soft ball?Did Leonardo regard her as a kitten: "Cute? Don't be funny, I must have looked like a madman just now, right?"

"Even if you become a lunatic, you are still a beautiful and charming lunatic." Leonardo said, one hand left the steering wheel and put it on the back of Sarah's hand, and whispered softly, "Actually, what I want to say is that you Don't blame yourself, you just cried your nose once in a while, this is the privilege that all girls are born with, no one will blame you for this, on the contrary, this occasional willfulness makes me feel relieved, confirming that you are a will A normal human girl who cries and has a temper, not a genius all-around alien from Mars."

"...Mars?" Sarah twitched the corners of her mouth and said dryly, "Well, I'm honored that my tears have pleased you..."

She found that the originally slightly sad atmosphere had been destroyed by Leonardo's endless teasing, and she didn't even have the mood for self-reflection.

The car soon stopped outside a bar with neon lights, but Leonardo held Sarah's hand and didn't let her get out of the car: "Listen Sarah, you're just too tired, you just need to take a good rest and vent your anger." Just for a moment, I guess those two boys won't mind your gaffe today, you don't have to rush to explain or apologize."

"But crying and wiping tears doesn't conform to the image of a qualified boss. I should save this in time." Sarah put her hand on the doorknob, looked back at Leonardo, and asked tentatively: "To be honest, Don't you wonder why I insist on donating money? Don't you think I'm making a fuss out of a molehill and making trouble for no reason?"

"That's your money, even if you want to put the origami boat into the sea, it's your freedom, why should I be curious?" Leonardo nodded Sarah's little nose, and added in a low voice, "Maybe emotionally It’s true that I’m a little excited, but I don’t think you’re being unreasonable...Why donate so much money to China? I do guess some reasons, what can you have to do with China? As far as I know, only your deceased grandfather, He escaped from the Nazis and fled to China, and survived under the help of China, and you are repaying your gratitude through donations? Whatever, I can only think of this possibility. Although the approach sounds silly, it is not incomprehensible... "

"...You...how did you think of this?" Sarah was tongue-tied, feeling that she was crushed by Leonardo's brain.

"I guess you may have been touched by the stories of your ancestors. If it were me, I would probably be grateful. After all, without China's rescue, your grandfather might have suffered an accident, and you would not have been born in this world. So this The kindness is worth keeping in your heart." Leonardo felt that this reason made sense, and he even thought of a sentence from Sarah once as evidence, "You said that you wanted to make the story of your grandfather into a movie..."

"To thank those Chinese who helped my grandfather..." Sarah was surprised that Leonardo remembered her unintentional words, but she didn't want to continue this topic, and followed Leonardo's statement to admit the original intention of donating Is it the Jewish father?No, she didn't want to lie to Leonardo, this guy thought her so kind and wonderful!Make her feel that even a small lie is a shameful crime.

So she had no choice but to hastily opened the car door and jumped down, escaping from Leon's gentle gaze, and concentrated on solving another problem - establishing professional prestige as a boss!

At the coffee booth next to the bar, Sarah showed a decent and sweet smile to Alan and Ian opposite: "Although it is not convenient to disclose the personal reasons for the donation, I still want to thank you for being so considerate, Ian, Thank you for providing a low-key donation channel, which will save me a lot of unnecessary troubles, and at the same time I must say sorry to you, I hope you don’t take it to heart when I was too emotional before.”

Even after listening to Ian and Allen's concerns about the donation, Sarah still insisted on completing it, but the way of donation is more secretive, so as not to be used as a handle to attack the prophecy network or Sarah personally. I was curious about what contacts Ian used to skip charity organizations to complete the donation, but this is Ian's personal relationship, and Sarah tactfully did not delve into it.I have to say that her attitude towards Ian has become very subtle. Although this guy is just a member of her team like Alan, Sarah will always give him more attention faintly, as if there is an intuition in her heart reminding him Watch her—watch out for Ian Mellon!He is taciturn, but by no means simple!

After solving the follow-up question of "Donation Storm. Wave", Sarah let out a long breath, and the arc of the corner of her mouth rose a little bit: "Then we can talk about business affairs next! About the cooperation between Prophecy Network, Starlight, and Google Models, and new projects that we didn’t have time to discuss, I read Ian’s financial budget statement, which is very detailed, but if you follow your expectations, and if you draw a clear cooperation price with Starlight and Google, you may need to increase the budget by two. "

Sarah raised two fingers and shook, and then pushed a folder in front of Ian and Allen: "This is a few emails between Yahoo and Michael Ovitz, and Ovitz's "Tomorrow" Star" online voting and official authorization drafted quotation."

"Yahoo wants to compete with us for business?" Allen roughly scanned the email and frowned, "Yahoo promised to set up a column for "Rising Star", undertake all online publicity and voting work for free, and pay Starlight 200 million... advertising fees? "

"Yes, they are even willing to raise the price to buy out all the news related to "Rising Star", and Ovitz thinks this is a good opportunity to make money, and is happy to engage in an open bidding." Sarah's finger was in the offer I clicked on the list, and slowed down to remind Allen, "If my private wishes are not considered..."

"Ovitz already released the reserve price at the beginning of the "Rising Star" singer season." Ian told Allen to pay attention to the sending time of several emails. Yahoo noticed the business opportunity shortly after "Rising Star" started broadcasting. , and tried to contact Ovitz, "Yahoo is richer than us. If that's the case, he may have grabbed the cake of "Rising Star", and most of the audience will leave Prophecy.com and join Yahoo."

The ratings of the third episode of "Tomorrow's Star" reached 2000 million, and the revised singer's season even pushed the ratings to 3000 million. Nearly half of the people who watched this program will register on Prophecy.com and participate in online voting , and some of them are resident in the fan community to support their favorite contestants. This data and results are enough to make Yahoo and other similar websites jealous.

"Our conversation was interrupted because of the arrival of Leonardo and Jason. Ian, do you still remember where we were talking?" Sarah folded her hands and looked at Ian with a smile.

Ian raised his eyebrows in surprise, as if he didn't expect Sarah to bring up this topic again, the smile on his mouth deepened, and he uttered a word concisely - "Group!"

"Yes, the group!" Sarah's tone was a little excited. She even looked directly into Ian's eyes and smiled knowingly, "Is this the information you want to hint to me? You just want me to think of this There is still the word 'group' in the world, but you actually do not object to the current cooperation model of the three companies."

"Yes, I have no objection, and I have even been observing silently." Ian nodded frankly, his expression did not change much, but his eyes seemed to be brighter, "After you asked us to cooperate with "Tomorrow Star "When promoting, I thought of the issue of advertising fees."

"But you didn't say anything at the time. You were expecting my follow-up decision." Sarah leaned back on the back of the chair, waiting for Ian to continue with interest.

"To be precise, I am looking forward to the confrontation between you and Michael Ovitz. This will not only show whether your leadership is enough to control the old and spicy Mr. Ovitz, but also test Ovitz's ability to form a group. Attitude, believe me, before the word 'group' comes to your mind, he has already seen through your deepest desires, that cunning old guy has always had a good sense of smell, and you..." Ian did With a gesture of clasping fingers, "You once tried to persuade Larry and Sergey to join the prophecy network, and you also had the idea of ​​setting up Starlight under the banner of the prophecy network, so I guess you have always had the idea of ​​bringing the three companies together. Thoughts, as you said, I am trying to hint to you, but it is not that there is the word 'group' in this world, but it has always existed in your heart."

"Wow! Wonderful! You actually took old Michael's attitude into consideration!" Sarah really wanted to give Ian a high five this time. Are you sure this guy is from the Department of Mathematics and not the Department of Psychology?Sarah made no secret of her admiration for Ian, and she was admiring the smart guy with a whole new set of eyes, "After seeing the results of my confrontation with Michael, you decided to set an alarm clock for me to realize What I have been thinking about for a long time is how to make the three companies win-win, and continue to deepen cooperation and bundle development, the trend of the three companies gathering will become increasingly clear, and the concept of the group can be put on the agenda.”

Sarah shook her head uncertainly as she spoke, and cast a questioning look at Ian: "Why don't you continue to hide your clumsiness? It prompted me to come up with the idea of ​​'group' instead of directly putting this word in front of my eyes, which shows that You are a smart and low-key subordinate, if you don't admit it, I will think that the previous hint is just an illusion. Your dormancy was successful, but why didn't you continue?"

"Because..." Ian slowly separated his clasped palms and spread them out in front of him, as if showing an invisible picture scroll for Sarah. He looked directly into Sarah's eyes and said slowly, "Because I want your attention, I try to be in your sight, I want you to see me."

"What?" Sarah frowned in confusion, "Aren't you sitting right in front of me? Sorry, what were you talking about?"

"It's nothing." Ian shrugged with a smile, and joked while withdrawing his hand, "I'm just trying to keep my job. After making the boss cry, I think it's necessary to show my personal value, lest the boss fire me... ..."

"Are you worried about being fired? No, no, you never need to have such worries. What boss would drive away such a good employee? At least I will never!" Sarah promised with a smile, and once again said to herself The behavior of crying nose expressed apology, "You know, the imbalance of female hormone secretion can lead to emotional abnormalities, tears come as soon as you say it... In short, I should say sorry to you, I was too impulsive at that time."

"In fact, it was indeed my fault for making you cry. As an excellent subordinate, my first consideration should not be to question my boss, but how to achieve your wishes." Ian also started the "Self-Review" The model, and even the attitude of admitting mistakes is very correct.

"But your doubts are actually reasonable." Sarah felt that a team needs different voices, and she didn't want employees to be silent because of the "donation storm".

"But there is indeed a better solution that can avoid the minefield and meet your expectations, and I didn't think of it at the first time." Ian's attitude of admitting his mistakes is firm.

This kind of dialogue was beyond Sarah's expectations, and she was even a little dumbfounded. Did the "donation storm" develop to the end that the two were scrambling to write a review?She looked at Ian and couldn't help sighing: "You are probably the best employee in the world, smart, capable, humble, and considerate... I can't even help wondering why such an excellent you are willing to give in to such a small prophecy. Net? Your talent is enough to get a better job, enter a more famous company, and get a better salary, but you chose the Prophecy Network, why?"

Ian didn't answer. This question was more like Sarah's compliment in disguise, so he didn't need to answer.He just smiled and looked at Sarah quietly. From Sarah's point of view, he seemed a little unfathomable, and seemed a little happy because he was praised.

for what?Ian repeated this in his heart, but his eyes became more focused...

The "donation storm" came and went quickly. Sarah found that this uncontrollable crying seemed to pour out the negative emotions that had been buried in her heart for many years. Those lingering in the depths of her soul had even fermented and turned sour The smelly old haze, with a flood gone forever.It was followed by an unprecedented sense of relaxation, which made Sarah glow with a different kind of vitality, like a newborn sapling, with a fresh fragrance after being baptized by the spring rain.

Under the sun, Sarah raised her head and slowly raised a clean and sweet smile. The blingbling and radiant beauty that does not require special effects was recorded by the camera throughout the process, so that after many years, this scene not only became a classic of "Sarah" The lens also provides the most powerful proof for the protagonist to "talk about love because of drama".

The movie "Sarah" was expected to take two months to shoot, but with the efficient operation of the entire crew, "Sarah" finally completed all the shooting half a month ahead of schedule.

"It's great! I didn't expect the filming to go so smoothly, and I didn't even get enough of it!" After the movie finished, Sarah and her friends cheered and sighed. She and Leonardo hugged each other, and Anne and Rachel Pulled and turned around twice, followed by a kiss from Channing, he laughed and touched fists with Lee Pace, and fell into Evans' arms unexpectedly. In the end, someone yelled, everyone Saying "Sarah! Sarah!", she was thrown high into the air, and when she was dizzy and her feet finally stepped back on the ground again, three Leonardo appeared in front of her, no matter it was real or not. Even the ghost was laughing at her messy hair.

After the carnival, it was a reluctant farewell. After seeing off the dear friends, Sarah circled the date of the finalization with a marker. After looking at the calendar, she was pleasantly surprised to find that she still had enough time to prepare for the SAT test (USA college entrance examination)!She decided to apply for EarlyAction (EA, apply in advance) to Harvard, which also means that taking the SAT in October has become a must, so it is as if she always holds a 800-page professional tome before the filming starts. After the film was finished, she immediately embraced a new SAT tutorial book in her arms. The rapid change in status made Leonardo, who originally planned to take her away for a carnival, very depressed.

"SAT exam? Are you sure you really need to prepare?" Leonardo and Jason chose to ignore Sarah's showing off. A pervert who passed 9 AP exams and won the AP National Scholar Award is actually worried about the SAT. take an exam?Obviously they can't understand the test-taking habits of a person who has been devastated by test-oriented education for most of his life.

"I wish you good luck, although I don't think you need good luck at all." Leonardo hesitated for a moment, but still gave his blessing to the face.

But it turns out that Leonardo's words were not wrong at all. Sarah didn't need any luck to deal with the mob named "SAT1" easily and without pressure, but she didn't immediately pounce on "SAT2" because of her energy. Soon attracted to another thing.

"Hi, Anne, how are you doing recently?" Sarah looked at the newspaper in her hand and called Anne Proulx.

Anne Proulx, a Pulitzer Prize winner, launched "Brokeback Mountain" on October 10 last year. When Sarah saw the "New Yorker" article, she realized the opportunity. As a book fan, she immediately gave Anne Wrote a long letter, before her Sarah was published, and Anne gave her some advice, and the friendly communication continued.

Not long after starting the "Sarah" project, she realized that she really had the ability to make movies, and for a small company that was just starting out, large-scale production was obviously unrealistic, and literary or romantic movies with moderate costs were definitely the best choice, so Sarah's first thought was "Brokeback Mountain".Participating in the production of this film was officially included in the plan by Sarah, and she couldn't even imagine what the guy would look like when Leonardo was cast.After persuading and fighting for one phone call after another, Sarah successfully moved Annie to make this movie. At that time, she didn't know that she had inadvertently won a time war. The real screenwriter of the original "Brokeback Mountain" La Lee McMurtry was only one step behind her, and had no choice but to brush past the broken back.

At this time, Sarah's tone of voice on the phone was not cheerful, and her voice was a little low: "I just saw the newspaper, poor Matthew Shepard."

"Yes, I saw it too. This incident is outrageous. Homosexuals are not wrong. They are innocent and vulnerable groups, and those murderers must be severely punished!" Annie expressed her anger.

Sarah glanced at the description in the newspaper again. The poor 21-year-old boy was brutally abused and tied to a fence in a remote area to die. The desperate tears on the dead man's face were poignant.Sarah sniffed and took a deep breath before slowly saying: "We need to do something, because of Shepard's tragedy, I want to change and add some plots to the script of "Brokeback Mountain"."

"This is news that can comfort me. I really hope that the movie will be released sooner, so that they can face up to homosexuality, and don't let the sad story happen again." Anne's voice was a little choked, and Sarah could imagine her holding a handkerchief and constantly wiping her tears It seems that her support and sympathy for homosexuality have existed for a long time, and only such Anne can create a deep and moving "Brokeback Mountain".

The author has something to say: Wow!Do you guys miss me?

Dailin will be busy from the 10th to the 20th of every month, but the update still needs to be posted!

"Brokeback Mountain" is a movie that Dai Lin loves very, very, very much!

Then the homosexual college student who was tortured and killed mentioned in the article is a real incident. If you are interested, you can search "Matthew Shepard" on Baidu. His incident was also very sensational at the time!

Finally, send a goodnight kiss! mua~