He let out a long breath... so long that he almost forgot to breathe in. The hot and boiling air in his lungs completely repelled, and his body slowly cooled down.

The left hand clenched into a fist, and the thumb was tightly pressed against the index finger. Due to excessive force, the finger belly almost turned blue and purple. I raised my left hand and slowly tried to loosen my fist, but I found that my muscles were almost stiff and deformed, and my fingers couldn't be loosened at all. In the end, I could only use my right hand to spread the fist apart one by one.

I stretched out my palm and looked at it, but found that my fingers were still trembling uncontrollably, indicating that my heart was extremely beating.

"Ha." He sneered softly, as if mocking himself for not seeing a big scene, and as if he was venting the last touch of tension in his heart, then slowly closed his eyes and allowed the darkness to slowly surround him. The cold night made him feel safe.

If Lance was not afraid at all in his heart just now, it must be a lie. Tom Cruise is the top figure in the Hollywood pyramid today. Just look at Paramount's attitude. He only needs a few words to get Lance's just starting career back to the starting point.

This is the case with Diorama Film in the previous life. They only need to make a few phone calls and chat and laugh and decide the life and death of Lance. Now Tom is far more powerful than Diorama Film in his peak period. Even George Clooney was still slightly inferior to Tom during his strongest career. The profound connections and the mixed power are accumulated over the years.

So, his confrontation with Tom was an egg hitting a stone.

Any mistake may lead to the entire project "killing with a knife" completely insulated from Chaos Pictures, but this is still a trivial matter. If it really angers Tom, the most difficult thing is to make Chaos Pictures have a difficult future development. After experiencing the success of "City of God" and "After the Day", Chaos Pictures, which is in the rising period, needs the least thing is to establish another enemy - and an enemy like Tom.

So, Lance had no idea what was deep in his heart, not to mention that he did not expect the situation to develop to the point of breaking up.

But Lance knew that he had no way out. "Borrowing a knife to kill" was very important for Tom. Because this is a film that hits Oscars. If the finished product quality is not satisfactory, Tom may not vent his anger on Lance, but they cannot become friends; more importantly, this is also a desperate choice for Chaos Pictures.

He needs Tom to step out of comfort—whether for Tom or for himself.

Lance has not experienced a long spotlight life. He does not know what the so-called "idol baggage" is. He cannot experience this feeling, but he knows what is going on in the comfort field. It can be said that it is boiling a frog in warm water, or it can be said that it is trapped in quicksand. This is a position that makes one feel comfortable and even safe. The experience accumulated over the years has formed a habit and evolved into instinct. Unless the death threat of life hanging on the line comes, most people cannot escape from this field - even if they try to get rid of it, the instinct/energy reaction will fall into the same stalemate again.

Therefore, if you want to get Tom away from that idol-style performance and to get Tom away from that charming discharge mode, you can only cut off the fire.

Lance almost gave Tom any face and attacked without mercy. This powerful medicine was absolutely full of weight and vented without any reservation, but the remaining reason did not completely fall into madness and attack indiscriminately. He always expressed his views around the performance, and at the same time he did not forget to use provocation, hoping to truly stimulate Tom's deep desire for Oscars.

However, no one knows what the result will be of this move. Everything is a double-edged sword. The most difficult thing in the world is the human heart. No one knows how Tom will deal with the powerful medicine just now.

If it fails, then...

Lance did not consider the result of failure because he didn't like to make presets. If something really happened, then soldiers would block the water and soil. Now, what Lance needed to think about was how to break the shackles of Tom's performance and bring him step by step into the right track.

In fact, in the past five days, Lance has tried various methods, and he almost started to do it directly like a clay man. But the power of habit is still too strong, and Tom is completely unacceptable. As the shooting progresses, Tom just becomes more and more irritable and struggles, which makes Lance almost urge to give up... But he will not give up, and even if Tom wants to give up, he will not allow it.

In "Magnolia", the reason why Tom's performance is excellent is actually a similar way to a completely outgoing appearance, which makes Tom's character lose control bit by bit, and finally stops before losing control, which is to reach the best level; in "Night Visit Vampire", Tom left a deep impression on people because Tom can unscrupulously exert his charm, and that kind of image with a hint of evil charm in his handsomeness is perfectly combined with the vampire... So, what about "killing with a knife"?

His head couldn't help but feel a little thrust. Lance decided not to continue thinking for the time being. He knew that the method was in a corner of his mind. He needed to give himself some breathing space, and then quietly waited for the solution to surface. It was like a toy that he couldn't find at home. After forgetting it, it appeared in front of him at some point.

There was a faint pain in his shoulder. The movement that hit Terence just now was from Gao Wenxue, but he was not very skilled after all, and he was not very skilled and had not used any accurate force. Now he could feel the pain on his shoulders. I don’t know if it was bruised. After rubbing his shoulders, Lance took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed a familiar number. After a while, the phone rang for a while, the phone was answered, and the voice was filled with tired sleepiness, "Who is there?"

"You've entered preseason mode?" Lance rubbed his painful temples, pulled the corners of his mouth, and showed a relaxed smile.

Gao Wen on the other end of the phone had already sat up, but when he heard Lance's voice, his shoulders relaxed again and hid in the quilt, "Well, now we are going to start adjusting the biological clock. You call me at this time, wouldn't you just ask me to get up and buy you candy, right?"

The two brothers seemed to remember the interesting things they had before and couldn't help but laugh, "No, what I'm missing now is a bottle of beer."

Gao Wen still closed his eyes tightly and said happily, "I can order takeout for you, beer and pizza." After a pause, Gao Wen shrugged, "Of course, unless you want to share a Hawaiian pizza with me." The subtext is that he is willing to take the initiative to deliver it to his door.

Lance chuckled and shook his head, "Are you sure? You sat next to me and looked at me jealously. Maybe in the end, you can't stand the temptation or temptation again." Although Gao Wen couldn't help eating high-calorie food, he had to keep it regular. It's midnight now, and under normal circumstances, Gao Wen will not eat.

"It's still offseason now." Gowen's words made Lance laugh again. "So, are you still working now? Or are you going to finish work early today?"

"Uh, it's still on the crew, today's shooting is only halfway through." Lance relaxed slowly, sinking himself into the soft sofa, relaxing his tight muscles. Then he heard Gao Wen's hearty laughter, and the roaring sound hit Lance's eardrum like a drumstick. "I told you before, you really want to suffer. You chose a work that was filmed at night, which affected the biological clock of the entire crew. Otherwise, you might as well go to London to shoot."

Listening to Gowan's gloating words, Lance curled his lips, "There is not enough money, otherwise, if you sponsor me all the three-week salary in September, I will fly to London to shoot."

"You really treat me as an ATM?" Gao Wen finished speaking, laughing loudly, "Both Theo and Ian can't help. How about it? Now I know that I am irreplaceable!"

Lance couldn't help but rolled his eyes with three black lines on his forehead. Gao Wen's thoughts were indeed different from ordinary people. "How about it, how are you preparing for this season?" Lance directly ignored the topic just now and started chatting with Gao Wen. Although Gao Wen's voice was still lazy, he complained about his teammates and teams, and he said a lot. Lance sat at the end of the phone and nodded in response.

"Knocking" knocking sounded over, and Albert's slightly hesitant voice came over, "Lance, it's fifteen minutes."

In the blink of an eye, the fifteen minutes of rest had arrived, and I don’t know what was going on outside. Is Tom still there? Is Terence still there? Can the crew of "Killing with a Knife" continue to shoot?

"I get it." Lance shouted to the door, then lowered his head and said to the phone, "I'm going to work, you can continue to sleep."

"Jesus Christ, after you use me, you abandoned me like this?" Gowen mumbled complainingly, which made Lance burst into laughter, "If you don't want to sleep, I can ask Theo to call you and continue talking about life." One sentence made Gowen choke directly.

"Lance." Just as Lance was about to hang up the phone, Gao Wen's voice came again, causing his movements to stop. "You know, you are always the best. You have to believe in your choices and decisions. At least, I will never doubt you." Gao Wen chuckled and paused, "Maybe Theo and Ian can be added." After that, Gao Wen was silent for about half a second, "I'm going to bed, you'd better not call me again to harass me, otherwise I'll let you know what a pile driver is next time I meet!"

The phone immediately hung up. Lance sat in the darkness and was stunned. He thought he was hiding well, but he didn't expect that Gao Wen could hear something unusual. The tranquility in the darkness gently covered the skin, but the cool air made Lance's brain gradually wake up, and a gurgling warm current flowed slowly in his heart. He raised his right hand and rubbed it at the corner of his eyes, then stood up, sorted out his clothes at the door of the RV, opened the door, and took another step.
Chapter completed!