California in April can already smell the smell of summer. The dry fragrance of flowers is mixed with the fishy smell of sea water in the air. The cloudless blue sky makes the sun shine without any obstacles. The streets at 3 o'clock in the afternoon are filled with a lazy breeze. A cup of black tea and a piece of cheese cake are leisurely enjoying the last moment of spring.`

Going up along Wilsey Avenue, passing through the bustling shopping district, gradually entering the luxury residential area halfway up the hillside of Beverly Hills. The hustle and bustle of the city are left behind, replaced by the tranquility gradually settled. However, you can still see young people in groups of three or three, holding a map in their hands, exploring curiously in the streets and alleys, looking around and trying to find their destination in the luxury residential building that does not show any characteristics.

Obviously, although it is the peak tourist season, some tourists still come to Los Angeles and make a special trip to Beverly Hills, hoping to have a glimpse of the world's top superstar residences here.

Beverly Hills is known as the "most noble residential area in the world". Of course, it is not because it is really the "priced" here, but because it is the most famous. This is a city in Los Angeles. It is famous for its many luxury houses that gather Hollywood movie stars. Every year it can attract countless movie fans to flock to it.

Lance skillfully drove into the community full of luxury houses, carefully searching for the door numbers on both sides, and finally stopped at the door of a luxury house, opened the car window, leaned out, and pressed the call button at the door. After a while, a voice came, "Hey, Lance, wait, I'll open the door now." Before Lance could even speak, the iron door slowly opened. When he looked up, he could see the monitor directly above the doorbell telephone.

Driving slowly into the carved iron door, what caught my eye was a green shade, with symmetrical green lawns on both sides spreading in sight, and tall evergreen trees spread like fan-shaped, blocking the street's sight. Go straight ahead along the cobblestone path, and at the end of the road was a circular driveway with a small fountain as the center. Bypassing the fountain, the car parked in front of the porch supported by marble columns.

It is more of a manor than a manor.

A man wearing jeans and a white T-shirt walked out quickly, with a bright smile on his face, and he opened his arms from afar and greeted him enthusiastically. "Hey, man, welcome, welcome!" The person came was the owner of this manor, Tom Cruise, who was at the top of the Hollywood pyramid today. "The car was parked here, and there were no other guests this afternoon." Tom smiled and looked at Lance's movements and said understandingly, "Sorry to let you come to the door in person, it is definitely my rudeness."

Faced with Tom's enthusiasm, Lance showed the polite smile that the guest should have, "It is my honor to be able to visit Cruise's residence in person." Although Tom was enthusiastic, he actually maintained a certain degree of alienation - the two were not friends. So Lance was not too flattered.

"Then let me do my best for the landlord today. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to come here again in the future." Tom said frankly. Tom is now selling his Beverly mansion, which is not a secret in Hollywood. It's not because Tom's financial situation is not effective, but because it is his residence with Nicole Kidman. After the two divorced, Tom did not plan to continue living here.

Lance raised the red wine in his hand, "I hope I will not be too polite as a guest." This is the basic etiquette for visiting the host's house.

Tom took the wine, turned to the trademark part and took a look, and raised his eyebrows gently, "Ramondo in 1996?" he looked at Lance in surprise. He truly showed an accident, "Excellent taste!"

In fact, the red wine produced by Lamengduo Winery is not very famous - at least not as good as Lafite, Bai Cui, Lipeng, etc., but in the eyes of real professional wine lovers, Lamengduo in 1996 won the love of countless people because of its rich and wonderful fruity aroma and long aftertaste. Some even compared it with the red wine of Lipeng winery, but the price is more reasonable and has not been maliciously hyped or tortured.`

Lance's gift was obviously not chosen casually. It was not too expensive, but it was in line with the taste of a true lover, and it also showed his own taste. Tom's surprise did not have any polite ingredients.

Lance smiled slightly without being arrogant. "I tried very hard to adapt myself to the style of Beverly Hills." The joke made Tom laugh.

Walking into the mansion, there is a huge hall on the first floor, which is completely used for decoration. The magnificent decoration is fully revealed in the light-transmitting design on all sides, making people feel that the whole space is transparent. Under the leadership of Tom, I walked into the hospitality hall on the left, "I originally considered hospitality in the yard behind, but Penelope said that the sunshine today is too big and we probably won't even open our eyes. I have to admit that she is right."

"Why didn't I see Penelope?" The whole room was peaceful and peaceful. As Tom's female companion, he was also the hostess here, but he did not appear, which made him a little strange.

"Oh, she went to the script discussion." Tom invited Lance to sit down. The tea set was already set on the table. "Tea or red wine?" Tom raised the gift in his hand. Lance said with a smile, "It's better to have black tea, it's only three o'clock in the afternoon."

Tom nodded in agreement, "I'm also worried that it would be too exaggerated to be drunk next to the swimming pool at 3:00 pm." This made Lance chuckle, "By the way, Penelope told me that you were originally a director of the script, and he also thought you could work together this time."

"Oh?" Lance didn't remember which work he became. In recent times, in order to "kill someone with a knife", he always stayed at home and was busy revising the script. The re-creation of the script has not been completed, and Lance had to focus on Tom first. For today's meeting, Lance spent a whole week preparing - creating a script has never been easy, and an excellent script is even more difficult. Therefore, Lance was slightly behind the acceptance of external information.

Tom noticed Lance's doubt and explained, "'Saharan Cavalry'? Didn't you say that this work is directed by you?"

"Saharan Cavalry"? Of course, Lance remembers this work, but after he reached a preliminary agreement with Brad, Lance politely rejected Howard, thinking that the project would end here. Howard would seek director again, so where did the news that Penelope got emerge?

"I thought it was a secret, who did Penelope hear?" Lance did not affirm or deny it, and slapped it.

"Uh, Howard Baldwin?" Tom handed a cup of black tea to Lance, then put the sugar bowl aside. "I thought it was not a secret. Howard emphasized that you were very satisfied with the script, which made Penelope quite happy. After all, you just completed an excellent script." Tom nodded to Lance, and the two of them laughed tacitly.

Tom did not notice that Lance had no intention of responding positively - even if he noticed, it was nothing. There were countless situations like this in Hollywood. From the beginning of negotiations to the end of cooperation, the road was very long. "The final script was handed over to a new director named Breer, who seemed to be a TV series director. By the way, this work was jointly produced by Baldwin Pictures and Diorama. I remember you and Ryan from Diorama are old acquaintances, right?"

Lance suddenly appeared, and he seemed to have missed something.

After reading the script of "The Sahara", Lance lost interest in this project. The main storyline of the script is too thin, much inferior to the "Haikatsune" series. It feels that all the ups and downs are spliced ​​randomly. It can be seen that the screenwriter's understanding and reading of the original novel is still profound; this is not a fatal injury for adventure movies, but the problem is that this script also failed to create the heroic image of the male protagonist. Not to mention that it is comparable to Indiana Jones, even the basic personal charm is not reflected.

It can be said that the story of the "Saharan Cavalry" itself has the potential to be successful, but it is not surprising that the original track has begun to be lost from the basis of the script, and the exhibition has become increasingly chaotic since then.

After refusing Howard, Lance no longer cared about it - the main reason was that he had to focus on "killing with a knife", which was a script that had to be 100% focused, not as simple and crude as "the day after tomorrow".

But unexpectedly, Howard actually used his name to attract the attention of others. Obviously, the favor of the winner of the best adapted script of the new science, Xiaojinren, is a huge attraction for commercial scripts like "Saharan Cavalry". Howard's idea is understandable. However, Howard did not expect that his unintentional action would bring the willows to the door, and his unintentional actions attracted Diorama Pictures to the door. This "hatred" was indeed very good.

Now, Baldwin Pictures and Diorama are going to jointly produce the "Saharan Cavalry", and Lance doesn't know what reaction should be. It seems that, inadvertently, he stepped on Diorama Pictures again... or not?

"Sorry, sorry, I've deviated from the topic." Tom finally noticed Lance's "no response" and laughed haha.

"Oh, no." Lance shook his head and paused slightly. "This is indeed a good work. I had great expectations for the script newspaper at the beginning. In the end, it was my regret." Whether he stepped on Diorama Pictures, he would never mind a final shot. "Great regret!" Lance said seriously, and his regretful expression just expressed his "real" emotions in his heart. "Now, I can only hope that the regret of missing the "Saharan Cavalry" can be compensated by another work. I think Brad Gray should have told you this script, right?"

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