webnovelvip Chapter 134
Chapter 134
"Don't be sad, it was a commercial awards show, and you were there just because you didn't want people to pay too much attention to your condition. We showed our faces in front of the camera, accepted the award for you, and then left."
After hearing the news that Edmondo had woken up, everyone came. For a while, the ward was more lively than Oscar's party. The live broadcast on TV was still going on. The little golden man belonging to Edmondo was brought to him in the bag, and Anderson squeezed in from behind everyone and sat beside Edmundo's bed to comfort him.
"I'm not upset at all, everyone knows how I feel about Oscar, I'm just—I can't believe I've been asleep for so long." Casting his eyes away, Dimat lowered his head. "Well, anyway—tell me, what are these two statuettes?"
"I thought you watched the live broadcast of the Oscars." Anderson asked, shaking his eyebrows.
"Yeah, I watched it, but I just watched Leo, wait, he got the award for me, right?"
"Yes, it's me." Leonardo also squeezed over and took the opportunity to express himself. He took Edmundo's hand and gently rubbed the back of his hand, "I didn't want to go to the Oscars, and they didn't give me a nomination , but I have to go, if I don't go, who will help you accept the award?"
"I can." Rui Fan interjected softly.
"I can do it too," Keanu said, "Although I'm not nominated, I'm the award presenter, so I'm the most suitable."
"But we unanimously decided that I would go on stage to accept the award for him. It's an agreement, isn't it?" Leonardo was a little aggressive, and he raised his chin. "Vote to decide, fair and just."
"Come on, Leo, everyone voted for me, except Johnny." Rui Fan rolled his eyes at Leonardo, "Everyone has 1 vote, only you have 2 votes, so you have [-] votes for this matter." Thanks Johnny."
Johnny Depp, who was sitting on a chair not far away, raised his hat to everyone, because he didn't have to go to the Oscars, so he was the one who arrived the fastest. (one) "You're welcome," he said.
Rui Fan wanted to say something, but Edmundo on the bed suddenly chuckled and attracted everyone's attention. "Oh—this is so sweet, thank you for remembering me." Edmondo said, "Also, Rui Fan, I saw you go up to accept the award. This is your first Oscar for Best Actor, right? ?”
"Yes." Rui Fan was a little surprised, "You paid attention to me, all of you."
"Oh darling, I've always been watching you. You smiled so happily when you accepted the award, it's like I'm not lying in a hospital bed. Oh, that sounds a little mean, no, it's pretty mean—" "Edmondo said with a distressed expression, "It may be that sleeping too long has slowed down my brain activity, please don't mind."
Rui Fan, who was inexplicably stunned, was stunned for a long time, and then he came back to his senses under the reminder of Keanu and Anderson. He saw Edmondo grinning at him and making a successful prank gesture, so a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth .
"Of course, who can blame you," he said.
After joking with everyone, Anderson stood up and presided over the overall situation. He coughed lightly and said, "Okay, stop making trouble, let's talk about something serious now. Edmundo, I just met the Chinese producer backstage at the Oscars." , the producer mentioned the movie to me, and the director even had tea with you, his name is Johnnie To, do you remember him Edmondo?"
"Uh, Leslie introduced me to the director who once lived in the Kowloon Walled City." Edmondo tried hard to dig out the name from the depths of his memory, "I remember him, what's wrong?"
"He made a movie this year that hasn't been released yet. He wants to cooperate with us in overseas distribution. The profit is 55 points. If the performance is good, we can talk about it." Anderson said, "I have given me the movie sample, but I haven't watched it yet. Ask for your opinion first."
Edmondo spread his hands. "I haven't read any opinions yet." He said, "What's the name?"
""Gunfire"." Anderson struggled to speak two Chinese pronunciations, "The translation is "The Mission", which looks like a typical pornographic movie."
Edmondo had heard this name before, he recalled it carefully, and finally retrieved part of the plot from the memory of his previous life.To be honest, it would be a loss if they bought the overseas distribution rights of this movie, because it has very regional characteristics, and moviegoers who have been influenced by Hollywood for a long time will not stop and watch this delicate movie.
So, the best way is -
"Maybe we can discuss the right to adapt with them." Edmondo suggested, "There are large cultural differences, and some lines lose their original splendor after being translated, and American audiences prefer stories that happen in the local area, so I think the cooperative release It's better to buy out the adaptation, and then double the profit."
Anderson nodded. "That's also a way." He took out his notebook as he said, "I'll see when it's appropriate to arrange a meal together. They like to talk about it at the dinner table."
Just as he was talking, an interrupted message suddenly appeared on the muted TV. His photo was placed on the eye-catching yellow, which caught Edmondo's attention. He took the remote control back from Rui Fan's hand and turned on the sound. Everyone turned to the TV.
[BreakingNews: This station received a recording tonight that revealed that the talented director Edmondo, who was unable to attend the Oscars due to illness, had a miscellaneous scene with the underage Edward Furlong backstage at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. This incident has caused more serious consequences for Edward Furlong. According to sources, Furlong formally made a decision to sue Edmondo earlier today. 】
With a bang, the two statuettes on the bed fell to the ground.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Edmondo: "Hah???"
……
Edmondo went through the discharge procedures despite the doctor's obstruction. Due to the breaking news last night, the news about him was heated up again. The reporters and paparazzi who came to understand the situation surrounded the hospital entrance.This may be the most exciting Hollywood news in the past five years, and the attention is almost equal to the hearings of the president and interns.
Edmundo didn't take it seriously at first, but after being poked in the nose by several paparazzi with microphones and cameras, Edmundo really got angry. Fortunately, Anderson stopped him from beating people.In the end, they dispatched a helicopter to return directly to the manor from the roof of the hospital. Although the movement was loud, it could at least temporarily keep them away from the surrounding flashlights.
"It's crazy, why is this thing not over yet." Edmondo jumped off the helicopter and walked into the room quickly. He threw himself onto the sofa and told the assistants who rushed over: "Go, contact DreamWorks ’s press spokesman, ask him what happened, I thought the video was in a safe place. Also, call Fron, I want to know what he thinks, is it true that suing me .”
The two assistants rushed away, Edmondo watched the closed door make a heavy nasal sound, then turned his head to look at Dimat (because he was marked, he will temporarily follow Edmundo in case he appears again Accident).
"I want you to be my lawyer. You have to prove my innocence." He said bitterly. There is nothing to worry about, just counter-claim him for rape|violence."
Before Dimat could answer, Anderson was on the phone and hurriedly opened the door to come in. Behind him were other people, another helicopter they made.
"No! It's only been a day, what does the PR team do? You can't stop the project anyway, and you want the public to think that Edmondo is a ||rapist||rapist before it even starts? Then It's not good for you!" Anderson sounded annoyed, and he gestured to Edmondo a few times during the quarrel with the opposite party, and then stood by the window and continued to quarrel on the phone.
Leonardo rushed to the front and jumped on the sofa, "I told you that guy was mean, and now you see." He said angrily, "You shouldn't have been nice to him in the first place, that ungrateful A traitor, worse than Judas!"
"How do I know he will be like this? I have helped many people, and no one has 'I will become a bad person' or 'I am a traitor' on their face." Edmondo replied in a bad tone, "Don't put Fault on me, victim blaming is out of fashion now dear."
This made Leonardo very hurt, and he sat back aggrievedly.
"Don't take your anger out on him, Dudu, I don't think Leo meant that." Rui Fan stood up and said, "Now our focus should be—whether this is true and what Fran himself thinks."
"It's true, Edward Furlong is going to sue Edmundo." Anderson returned to the sofa after making the phone call, and he shook the phone in his hand at the crowd, "The court has received the application, and I will return it to the card Mellon called, and he contacted Fran immediately, but he didn't get any useful clues."
Edmondo lay back on the sofa, folded his hands, and muttered impatiently in Portuguese that no one could hear. Keanu was the closest to him, and he guessed it was a curse sentence.
At this moment, one of the assistants who left earlier came back, and he shook his head at Edmondo. "Tom Kratch said he didn't leak the video, he's got the audio file, it's not the same as the video," he said.
"That's weird." Edmundo turned over and sat up abruptly.
"The audio file is in the possession of Edward Furlong. It is different from the one captured by Kraqi. He had a recording pen with him that day." Dimat explained that in order to conceal that he had received a commission from Furlong but did not tell Edmund In addition, he pretended to hear it from his assistant, "I sent an email to Fran as your lawyer, and his lawyer said that he refused all private calls before the trial, and he himself—"
"What did he say himself?"
Dimat raised his head and looked deeply at Edmondo: "He said, this is just the beginning."
Immediately, Edmondo felt that all the blood in his body gathered in his head. "So Fran started it," he said. "That means the case has to be fought?"
Di Matt nodded.
Edmondo stood up, and walked around the sofa and everyone with a reaction that was almost out of his body, his eyes were dim.
"Filhodaputa (expletive)"
……
A week later, as the court announced the formal opening of the case, the matter was heated up to an all-time high. People consciously divided into three factions, arguing from morning till night.
Some people supported Edmondo, saying that Franco was not suspected of being deceived from the audio, and that it happened only a few months before his 18th birthday; of course, there were people who supported Franco. The law clearly stipulates that you cannot have a relationship with someone under the age of 18, and Edmondo should be sentenced; there are still people who act as excuses, and no one stands.
Anyway, messed up.
But at this moment, something worse happened, and the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) was involved.
The reason is that a tabloid reporting on Wall Street published the news that Edmondo made black-hearted money. The newspaper said that Edmondo took advantage of the financial crisis in Asia in 1997 to amass money. It was transferred to his account several times for reasons such as gifting luxury goods (equivalent to taking money from the left hand to the right hand), and the behavior involved|money laundering.
In addition, they also stated that several films shot by Edmondo have been exposed as deliberate tax evasion.The newspaper quoted a "dictation" of a local employee who claimed to be working on Edmondo's crew, accusing Edmondo of being a toxic capitalist who sucked the blood of the poor.
"It's ridiculous! I'm a capitalist? This newspaper really dares to say it!" Edmondo snorted a few times and threw the newspaper in his hand on the table. He looked at Rui Fan beside him, "I can sue them for defamation. Right."
Rui Fan smiled encouragingly at Edmondo. "Calm down, don't be fooled by them, you just need to focus on next month's trial." He said that he pouted at Di Matt, who was processing documents not far away, "Your lawyer is already helping you Plan what to do, have a little confidence.”
Fewer and fewer people came to visit Edmondo this week, and most of them were banned from approaching him by their family members or agents because of rumors.
For example, Leonardo, his mother belongs to the part of the people who support the law, thinking that Edmondo will pay the price for breaking the law and having sex with minors.Edmundo didn't want to force him and his mother away by saying some exaggerated words against his will because he made him and his mother quarrel.
Depp is in the same situation as he is.
Keanu doesn't care about these, but "The Matrix" needs him to go back and make up some shots, so he can't come.Now, only Dimat and Rui Fan are left in the living room.
Edmondo was very pleased that Rui Fan didn't listen to his family this time. They supported Edmondo, but they didn't want Rui Fan to have anything to do with him at this time. Rui Fan rejected them and insisted on moving back to the manor with Edmondo.
"I know, people here are friends with money and fame, and it's not the first time I've encountered this kind of behavior of attracting attention." Edmondo said and shrugged, "I'm calm, don't worry .”
Just then Anderson arrived.
"Damn it, they're serious! The FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are working together. God, this is the first time I've seen it!" Anderson cursed and came to Edmondo, and then threw out a notice, "They want to investigate you, Edmond Mondo, the FBI and the IRS!"
"Ha!" Edmondo laughed self-deprecatingly, "Who do they think I am, bin Laden?"
The air was quiet for a second, and several people present looked at it suspiciously.Only then did Edmondo realize what he had just blurted out.It was only 1998, and bin Laden was a nobody.Edmondo patted his forehead and shrugged.
"Don't mind me," he said, "I'm pissed off."
Anderson rolled his eyes. "That's not the most troublesome thing," he took a deep breath. "The most troublesome thing is that the higher authorities have agreed to investigate you. Someone will come to inform you that your account has been frozen tomorrow morning, and you must stay at home until the investigation is over."
Edmondo blinked. "Freeze? Accounts?" he asked. "All?"
"Yes, all your accounts will be frozen."
"Wow." Edmondo sighed emotionlessly, then he looked at Rui Fan, and said with a sneer, "It looks like I'm going to be poor soon, my dear, would you be my sugar daddy?" Me, I have a lot of tricks on the bed."
Rui Fan was taken aback, he didn't expect Edmundo to be so -- er, optimistic.
But before he could say anything, Anderson blushed coldly. "Don't use your black humor elsewhere, Edmondo, I'm talking about serious things now." He said, "Your account freezing not only means that you can't get a penny out of it, It also means that the funds for all projects related to your account will be broken, remember, you promised to give Shinji Mikami a studio, and he can spend whatever money he wants, and the account that gave him the money was opened in your name."
"Oh, I didn't think of that." Edmondo sat up straight and replied dryly, "Then what should we do now?"
"There is no good way, I can only transfer more before the account is frozen," Anderson said, and he glanced at his watch. "I just checked your account 5 minutes ago, and it is still available, but the freeze is only for a moment. ,I have no idea--"
"I have an idea." Demat suddenly interrupted Anderson. He took off his monocle and seemed to have read all the documents. "It's not normal," he said. "It's not normal since Furlong exposed the audio file. It's reasonable to suspect that someone is behind the scenes."
Of course, this matter is not only caused by someone's hands and feet, but also by demons or angels.
"Obviously." Edmondo spread his hands, "I dismissed all the servants, assistants, including the financial advisor and my cousin. Everyone may be a leaker, even the two of you, I can't be sure (Referring to Rui Fan and Di Matt), no offense meant."
Anderson changed his expression, he patted Edmondo's hand away and walked towards Dimat.Dimat stood up, and both of them looked at each other with serious faces.
"You said you have a solution, what is it?" Anderson asked.
"Hey, I—"
"Hush, boy, I want to hear his method." Anderson sternly reprimanded Edmundo, he looked to Dimat and asked, "Is your method safe?"
"Okay, mom." Edmondo muttered sarcasm in a low voice, then put Rui Fan into a comfortable position, and lay down in his arms as if angry.
Rui Fan was very helpless, he stroked Edmondo's hair, and then looked at Dimat, he also expected his method.
"My method is very old-fashioned." Dimat said, "The key to success is-Whether Edmundo is willing to obey."
……
When the case leader came to Edmondo's mansion early the next morning to inform him, he was no longer there.On the other side, on a deserted road, Dimat was driving Edmondo on a wild run.
"This is the way you said, run away?" Edmundo on the co-pilot complained loudly, "I really don't understand why it was approved by Anderson and Rui Fan, it's like declaring my guilt to the outside world, and why Absconded in fear of crime."
"Yes, all the media this afternoon will frantically report that you are absconding in fear of crime, and I want to take you out of this environment." Dimat calmly replied, "These things are designed around you, usually the efficiency of the IRS and FBI It's not that high, in order to suppress the scandal, we will carry out a targeted investigation, if you stay in the manor, there is a high possibility that something will happen."
"Huh? Have you seen too many Hollywood movies?" Edmondo replied in disbelief. "I can't believe it—this is so stupid! Stop the car, I'm going back."
"No." Dimat refused without hesitation, "I promise to take you to a place far away from all this, and bring you back after the investigation confirms that there is no danger."
Any out-of-the-way action on a high-speed car may cause danger, so Edmondo can only sprinkle gas on his thigh. "Damn it, stupid." He cursed under his breath. "So when will I end 'exile'?"
"When it's all over," Demat replied, "we'll prove your innocence, and then—"
"careful!"
Just like the kind of plot that is about to be used badly by Hollywood movies, the protagonist’s car was hit by a car accident when it was passing the intersection and was knocked into the air. Everything happened in slow motion before Edmondo’s eyes. He watched the sudden acceleration over there. The van rammed into them, and the glass splattered as the impact happened.
The car rolled 3 times in a row before finally overturned and stopped. Edmondo's eyes were blurred, and he cursed subconsciously.
"Dimat, Dimat! Are you okay!" he asked, "We have to get out quickly, according to the law, this car should explode|explode later!"
As an Alpha, Dimat was not seriously injured. He coughed twice and unbuckled his seat belt. "I'm fine," he said. "And you?"
"It's terrible!" Edmundo replied quickly. He pulled the seat belt, but the thing was still trying to be squeezed and stuck in the seat. "Damn it, this thing won't open!"
"Don't worry, I'll help you." Dimat pushed through the broken glass and climbed out, squatted down on Edmondo's side, and pulled the seat belt hard.Soon, he dismantled the door frame and the seat belt came off. "Grab my hand and I'll get you out."
Edmundo grabbed his hand obediently, and crawled out while complaining: "Look now, do you still think this is a good idea?"
Dima pulled him hard. "I think--"
But before he finished speaking, he heard two 'bang bang'. Before Edmondo could react to what happened, the strength in his arm disappeared, and he fell back into the car again.
"WTF! Dimat? How are you? Dimat!" It took Edmundo a lot of effort to climb out of the car on his own. On the ground, there are two gun holes in the back.Only then did Edmondo realize that the sound just now was a gunshot, and he rushed over, "Dimat—"
Edmondo failed to complete the inspection of Dimat, and when he carefully helped Dimat up, someone knocked him unconscious with a gun butt.
Damn, he forgot to be alert to the hot shot of Dimat.
In a daze of consciousness, Edmondo seemed to hear the conversation between two people, one of whom had an obvious juvenile voice.
"I just asked you to stop him, but I didn't ask you to do that."
"What's the matter, he's not dead."
"But he was injured, and now those injuries will be counted on your head."
"Talking nonsense, take him away, he is yours now."
Edmondo fell into a deep coma.
……
When he woke up again, Edmondo's injuries had been treated, and someone changed his clothes.The ceiling above his head showed that he was definitely not in the hospital. He groaned and subconsciously raised his hand to his forehead. At this moment, he found that his wrist was tied with an iron chain, and the sound of clatter woke him up.
"My God—where am I?"
Not only the wrists, but also the ankles have the same iron chains. Edmondo sat up and looked around. The four iron chains tied him to this big bed that seemed to accommodate two people, and the range of motion was limited to the distance from the bed. Around a meter or so.
"What is this, how can there be such a kidnapping."
Edmondo mumbled and looked around.
There is a glass of water on the bedside table, and there are drops of water at the bottom of the glass. It seems that it has just been placed on it; looking out along the wall, there is no window in this room, and the light comes from a desk lamp not far away; the door is made of iron, which looks very Xin is not the kind of lock that can be opened by prying; the surrounding is filled with a cold and damp smell, as if it is underground.
"Hey! Is anyone there?" he asked aloud. "Tell me what you want!"
A few seconds later, the door was opened. Judging from the sound, the door was quite thick, and then a black shadow appeared, and Edmondo saw the steps behind the shadow, which proved his judgment was correct, and he was indeed locked underground. .
"There's no need to use intimidation, I know it better than anyone else." Edmondo said, he tried his best not to look like the passive party, because the light was too dark and backlit, he couldn't see the person clearly "I don't know why you framed me, but I promise, if you let me go, I will fulfill your request."
With the sound of footsteps, the man approached a little bit, and the light gradually became clear, and Edmondo could clearly see the handsome face with a melancholy aura.
Edward Furlong!How is it him!Edmondo's pupils shrank instantly. "Impossible, you—" His voice trembled, almost drowned in the rattle of the iron chain, "You—"
"Yes, Dudu, it's me." Fran stopped by the bed with a smile, "You have fulfilled my request, and I got what I wanted."
Edmondo could not speak a word.
Fran's grin widened as he leaned over and grabbed the chain, then swooped in and bit Edmondo's lips until they were red and swollen.It wasn't a kiss, it was more like a simple vent of anger. Fran squeezed his chin to force him to look up, then suddenly changed his method, and kissed the corner of his mouth softly and reverently.
"Now you are mine alone."