Chapter 320

"Barry, you... hehehehe." This remark directly made Chen Nuo laugh.

But next, Barry Meyer's voice on the phone was exceptionally sincere, as if what he had said was true.

"Chen, I'm not joking with you."

"Michael told me about Rogers this morning. Honestly, I simply couldn't believe my ears."

"Motherfucker, that shameless bastard, I'll have Michael notify him immediately to get the hell out, right now."

"I swear to God, when it comes to fighting sexual harassment, Warner will never have a second choice. We will always stand with the victims and stand with justice..."

Blah blah blah.

Barry Meyer rambled nonsense on the phone, and Chen Nuo was lost in thought.

And Tong Liya was right beside him, watching him.

She watched the man's dark, thick brows knit together, squeezing a few shallow lines between his forehead. She watched his hair, slightly messy from just waking up, and his eyes, which still had a few bloodshot veins.

Her heart felt as if it had been melted by something.

Suddenly, a cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He seemed very dissatisfied with the person on the other end of the phone.

Tong Liya snapped out of her tender reverie, returning to the distress that had kept her restless all night, and her mood tangled into a knot again.

What to do?

Although she knew he had a place in Hollywood and there had been many reports about it in the newspapers.

But what if the person on the other end of the phone really was Barry Meyer, and the Warner Bros. president was holding him accountable?

He had invested so much money in this movie; if a rift were to develop between him and Warner because of this... would it affect many subsequent things? Sigh, if only she had walked faster at the time, there wouldn't be so much trouble.

It's just a pity that he is truly too kind.

The woman's heart was a mess, and for a moment, she didn't even notice how seductive her current posture was.

The quilt on her body had slipped to the base of her thighs, revealing an incredibly beautiful half of her snow-white figure.

The heating was very strong, and she didn't feel cold at all.

She tried hard to mobilize her English listening skills—where nine out of ten holes were blocked—wanting to understand what was going on now.

But after listening for a long time, she couldn't make anything out.

People online all said they didn't know how he learned his English, and they also said he scored over 600 points on the college entrance exam; if he hadn't been picked by Zhang Yimou to film a movie, he probably would have gone to Peking University.

Tong Liya was half-believing at first, but now, after contact, she already believed it 70 percent.

Because the more she understood him, the more she felt he had too many merits.

Speaking of which, besides good acting, good looks, and a kind heart—merits many people knew about.

There was also the size.

As Tong Liya thought about it, her mind drifted from the phone to other things.

Chen Nuo didn't notice the scenery beside him.

No wonder some people said he was now a machine for profit.

He listened to Barry Meyer's aged voice on the receiver, his mind constantly pondering what exactly was going on.

To say that Warner would fire their producer over this little thing, he didn't believe it at all. But to say that Barry Meyer would specifically call him to lie was even more absurd.

Chen Nuo really felt that these Hollywood Democrats deserved to be combined in future generations, and they still wouldn't be able to beat Tang Tang Nade.

Because any normal person, after dealing with these people for a long time, would feel it was truly too exhausting.

Over time, no one could really stand it.

Unlike Tang Tang Nade.

Chen Nuo could imagine that if Old Tang came to handle this, he might be very boastful, very exaggerated, and would strongly demand that he owed him a favor, but he would also definitely make the matter fucking clear. He wouldn't be passive-aggressive here, saying some bullshit that you don't believe, I don't believe, and you also know I don't believe.

"... Back in the nineties, when I first took office, I announced to the whole company that for any project under Warner, such things were absolutely not allowed to happen. For this, I can only call you personally to say I'm sorry."

"OK, Barry, I understand. You are truly a good person; I am very glad that Hollywood has a powerful person like you to uphold justice. I express my gratitude to you on behalf of Ellen."

"Oh yes, Ellen, poor Ellen Page... Oh, yes, please tell her I'm sorry about this. I will compensate her when I have the chance in the future."

"Okay, I will."

"OK, that's it then. Goodbye, Chen."

"Goodbye, Barry."

The phone hung up, and Chen Nuo also prepared to get up and get ready to go to work.

Whatever, let's see if Rogers is still here today, won't we know?

If he's really gone.

He didn't need to dwell on the reasons.

Anyway, when Luo Rui Eisner arrives, she will naturally tell him the truth.

Chen Nuo thought for a while, turned over, and prepared to get out of bed.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, he saw a pair of misty, beautiful eyes staring at him.

Damn.

He just remembered there was still someone on the bed.

"How is it?"

As Chen Nuo moved, Tong Liya also snapped out of her reverie and asked subconsciously.

Chen Nuo noticed that the woman's body language now was not Y but I.

However, in this light that was about to turn white, the hazy complexion was like snow, very seductive.

That short, dark tree root on the snow-covered ground made one want to get to the bottom of it.

"It's fine now." Chen Nuo lifted his feet back up from the floor.

"Ah? It's fine? Really?"

"Really."

"Really, really?"

"Really, really."

Tong Liya looked at Chen Nuo's expression, and after being stunned for a while, her expression finally softened bit by bit. The heart that had been anxious all night finally felt at ease.

She felt as if a heavy stone had been lifted, and she smiled like a flower again, revealing her canine teeth, "That's great, that's really great. I thought..."

"Thought what?" Chen Nuo asked curiously. Calmly, his right hand wrapped around the woman's smooth, jade-like shoulders.

Tong Liya's body stiffened for a moment, and her speech slowed down: "... thought there would be..."

"Would be what?" Chen Nuo continued to ask, and at the same time, his other left hand stroked from bottom to top.

Tong Liya's body went limp like water, her hands grabbing Chen Nuo's left arm, but she didn't know if she was stopping him or encouraging him. "... there would be trouble."

"Who has trouble? Me, or you?" Chen Nuo's fingers moved.

"It's you..."

Tong Liya covered her mouth, waiting for a long, long time, but didn't wait for the next step.

The sound of footsteps and talking in the hotel corridor was endless, which was even more annoying.

So she couldn't help but climb up.

When I became Y, and then became Ψ.

Twenty minutes later,

Chen Nuo had sweat on his face, but that wasn't from being tired, nor was it sweat.

He had been lying down the whole time; not only was he not tired, he wouldn't have sweat.

That belonged to someone else.

Tong Liya blushed to her ears, and the whole person was almost embarrassed to death.

She never expected that such a strange thing would happen in this strange posture.

She scrambled down from him, dived into the quilt, and felt she had no face to see anyone anymore.

She covered her face with the quilt, and after a long while, she squeezed out words, muffled: "... sorry... you go wash up quickly..."

The man was very rational at this time, feeling like a sage; he didn't answer and didn't get up.

He touched his face, and there was no smell.

Obviously, the ingredients were clean.

Chen Nuo changed the subject and said: "Yaya, are you leaving today?"

Tong Liya was silent in the quilt for a while before saying: "Yeah, I only asked the company for three days off, and I have to join the crew when I go back."

"Okay..."

"Chen Nuo."

"Hmm?"

Tong Liya poked her face, which still had lingering blushes, out of the quilt, revealing two eyes.

But as soon as she saw him, the things she had planned to ask became uncertain again.

Finally, she could only say softly: "No, nothing. You go wash up. You're going to be late."

That was indeed the case, so Chen Nuo left first.

Tong Liya left the hotel afterward.

The wind outside the hotel was very cold.

She wrapped her clothes tightly, but didn't feel cold.

Because her clothes were very thick, and she had also put on shoes.

Tong Liya originally wanted to ask what their relationship would be in the future, but in the end, she didn't ask it out loud.

Because she figured it out; it was too early to ask now. She had to work hard, no matter how far away she was from him now.

She also had to try her best to get closer to him.

At that time, when she said it, she would have more confidence.

And the possibility of getting the answer she wanted would also be greater.

Work hard! Yaya.

One day later at the hotel, Chen Nuo met Luo Rui Eisner, who had come from afar.

The long-lost blonde woman was still as radiant and moving as ever.

A knee-length white long down jacket, the slim-fit design outlined her tall figure perfectly.

A circle of soft white fox fur at the collar of the clothes set off her fair face even more beautifully and movingly. A head of smooth, shiny blonde hair poked out from the edge of the down jacket's hood, hanging wantonly in front of her chest, covering half of her pretty face, making her pair of azure eyes look even more sparkling like gems.

On her lower body was a pair of black tight leather pants, tightly wrapping her round, perky buttocks and straight, long legs.

"Hahahaha..."

After hearing Chen Nuo's retelling of the phone call with Barry Meyer, she laughed instantly, changed the position of her long legs, crossed them, and said: "He said that to you?"

Chen Nuo hummed, "So what exactly is going on?"

"He didn't say anything wrong either."

"What do you mean?"

Luo Rui Eisner laughed: "Simply put, Rogers and you had a conflict; he did call Michael Slan, and Rogers actually didn't think wrong; Warner was really prepared to stand on his side in this matter."

"Including in the internal meeting, they were also discussing how to put pressure on you. Chen, although your share in this movie is not small, Warner is really not that easy to provoke. To be able to solve it so satisfactorily in the end, you have to thank one person."

"Who?"

"Mark Zuckerberg... Haha, don't look at me like that; if it weren't for his FB, you couldn't possibly have that account now, right? In that case, even if I wanted to say something at the meeting, I wouldn't find a reason."

Chen Nuo smiled slightly: "So it was you, right?"

Luo Rui Eisner shrugged and laughed: "I just reminded them a little. Conversely, I actually have to thank you. If it weren't for this, if it weren't because I wanted to repair their relationship with you, I couldn't have gotten this producer position."

"I think, after I have this qualification, my future career might be much easier. So, how do you feel?"

"What feeling?"

Luo Rui Eisner said: "Making Warner Bros. back down, aren't you proud?"

"In such matters, that bunch of people at Warner have always only cared about their own dignity. In my impression, there was a similar incident a few years ago. The female lead was Charlize Theron. Before filming 'In the Valley of Elah', she joined a Warner crew, but because the producer asked her for sexual bribes, she was kicked out of the game because she wasn't willing. As a result, she stabbed this matter to a small media outlet. Hehe, guess what happened later?"

"What?"

"For three whole years, Charlize Theron, she only filmed one independent movie, 'In the Valley of Elah', with an investment of less than 10 million dollars. Last month, she even came to LA, wanting Warner to forgive her."

"And Barry Meyer didn't even see her. Because three years ago, he told all of Hollywood that within five years, don't give her any movies to film, and there are still two years left now. He doesn't intend to break his word either. So the former Hollywood darling, the South African treasure, really could only go to take independent movies."

"That's five years; for a 30-year-old actress, her whole life is almost ruined like this. Charlize Theron's achievements in this life are probably limited."

Chen Nuo laughed: "Speaking of which, I should thank you even more."

Luo Rui Eisner said seriously, "No, no, no, not me. But FB, or Twilight."

"Warner Bros. is not Harvey Weinstein; outside of the awards season, it still has huge influence. Not to mention the Time Warner behind it."

"So, although the 'Twilight' series of movies gave you a lot of things. In the eyes of the outside world, it gave you the fame of an A-list superstar and super lots of money. But in my opinion, the biggest help it gave you is that it made you sign a contract with Facebook."

"No one could have thought of it, really, maybe except yourself; in the whole world, not a single person could have thought of it."

"You, an Asian actor in your 20s, just one year later, possess a social account that the whole world is moved by. Even the current US President's follower count doesn't have as many as yours."

"'Time' is right; nowadays, 20 million American Gen Yers stand behind you."

"Anyone who wants to deal with you has to think of this point first. And this is also the real reason why Barry Meyer will stand on your side in the end."

"Even if I don't remind him, someone else will remind him. Because everything Warner did to Charlize Theron cannot be applied to you. Silicon Valley tech companies won't buy Hollywood's account..."

"Hey, brother, I've said so much, can you give some response?" Luo Rui Eisner finally said with dissatisfaction.

Chen Nuo shrugged and said: "Respond to what? I can only say, I didn't expect it either. When I started cooperating with FB, I definitely didn't think it would be like today. I was just playing around at the time."

"Is that so? Then a while ago, you did so many things to buy shares in FB; how do you explain that? Could it be that you were also playing around?" Luo Rui Eisner shook her head and said, "Chen, since that Harvey incident, I've felt that you have your own unique insights on many things, or rather, an extraordinary intuition. And these intuitions are sometimes unexpectedly correct."

"For example, Twilight. If the success of 1 was accidental, then now this second part, although it just premiered, seems to be another big-selling movie, then this is inevitable."

"So, there is one thing, I want to ask you to help me."

Chen Nuo glanced at Luo Rui and smiled: "What is it, can't even your girlfriend help you?"

Luo Rui Eisner knitted her delicate brows and said: "Speaking of this, Angelina asked me to bring you a message."

Chen Nuo laughed: "What did she say?"

"She said see you in Berlin." Luo Rui Eisner looked him up and down very impolitely and said with a bit of jealousy, "Are men that good? Shit, or is it that you are really different down there? I even regret introducing her to you. This makes our recent dates always talk about your affairs."

Chen Nuo covered his crotch with his hand and said with dissatisfaction: "Hey, be polite, okay? Is this the attitude of asking someone for help? By the way, is she really going to Berlin?"

"Who knows, maybe she's just joking. She's filming an agent movie recently. Very busy."

Luo Rui Eisner suddenly lowered her voice, blinked her blue eyes, her red lips parted slightly, and whispered, "That time you were with her in Cannes, was it really that good? She said it was the most wonderful time of her life."

As she spoke, Luo Rui subconsciously licked the corner of her mouth, as if something white was stuck there.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Damn, this pair of adulterous women really talk about everything. Chen Nuo didn't have this habit, so he quickly changed the subject: "What exactly do you want to ask me? Hurry up, I still have to rush to drink coffee."

"Coffee? When did you like drinking coffee?"

After Chen Nuo explained, Luo Rui Eisner realized: "Keira Knightley, aha?"

Under Chen Nuo's annoyed gaze, Luo Rui waved her hand and laughed: "Don't worry, I'm different from others; maybe they would think you want to sleep with her, but I know you won't. For the woman you like, you absolutely wouldn't have the attitude of drinking coffee together every day."

Chen Nuo chuckled: "Then what is my attitude?"

Luo Rui Eisner giggled: "Maybe you don't even know you like her. Come on, Chen, what cultivating feelings and finding the feeling between marriage. Don't make things so complicated. Now the whole world knows that you are just one Venice away from getting the European Grand Slam. Who in the world is qualified to teach you how to act? Do it according to your own ideas, screw it."

"Okay, let's talk about business; I need you to give me a suggestion. Do you know Netflix?"

Chen Nuo nodded calmly and said: "Heard of it, a company that rents videotapes, what's wrong?"

Luo Rui Eisner smiled and said: "Videotapes are already a thing of the past; they are now not satisfied with past business and are preparing for a key transition period to 'streaming media' services... Don't ask me what streaming media is; I don't want to explain this. I'm still exploring it myself."

"In short, they are contacting me now, wanting me to go to their company, giving me a vice president position, and also preparing to give me shares, letting me be responsible for their publicity and some product operations. If I do well, they also promise to give me a COO position in a few years. Do you think I should go? Based on those intuitions of yours."

After finishing, Luo Rui Eisner stared at him without blinking; although the smile was still on the corners of her mouth, this woman's acting skills were at most at the level of a bit player, and Chen Nuo could see through the anxiety in her heart at a glance.

"Thought about this for a long time, right?" Chen Nuo laughed.

Luo Rui Eisner pursed her lips, wrinkled her nose, and revealed a fierce smile, "Hurry up and say it."

"This is really a big deal for your career; if you take one wrong step, it won't be easy to turn back, right." Chen Nuo said unhurriedly.

Luo Rui Eisner hummed: "Looks like you have an idea. Sure enough, I didn't guess wrong; you really have a lot of research on online media. Otherwise, FB would be fine, so how could you go to China to endorse a Weibo again. Okay, tell me your opinion, I owe you..."

"No, no, no."

The joke had gone too far, and Chen Nuo quickly interrupted: "You don't owe me... we are friends. Look, for the matter just now, I didn't thank you from beginning to end either. So now, I am also very happy to share my thoughts with you."

He looked sincerely into Luo Rui Eisner's eyes, "I think you should go. This is my suggestion. I have many reasons, but I think you actually know them all. This is all I can say; I think Warner, Disney, all seem like old, undead zombies. There, you will only rot with them."

"And you, whom I know, are so full of talent and potential. I think you should try some new things. Create a new world from the old world."

"You have this ability, Luo Rui Eisner. I believe that one day, you will lift the entire Eisner family in your hands and let it step into that world with you."

"You can do it; I have no doubt about this."

Chen Nuo and Luo Rui Eisner stared at each other.

A piece of water rippled in Luo Rui Eisner's blue-wave-like eyes, as if it had gathered into a vast ocean, enough to drown any heterosexual male.

After being silent for a long while, her jelly-like lips, painted with shiny lipstick, parted, and she whispered: "Chen, thank you. I will remember your words. However, your hand... Chen, did you forget that I once said if you do it again, I will sue you for sexual harassment?"

Chen Nuo naturally withdrew his hand, which had been placed on Luo Rui Eisner's thigh at some point, coughed lightly, and said: "Sorry, I was too absorbed just now."

"Do you want to touch my pussy when you're absorbed?"

"What are you talking about!" Chen Nuo was angry and stood up, "This is framing! Goodbye, Luo Rui Eisner, I don't think I have anything else to say to you. Your misunderstanding of me is too deep. I'm going to find Keira Knightley to drink coffee! Bye-bye!"

He really left, rushing out looking angry, and gently closed the door.

Luo Rui Eisner looked at the doorway, her eyes flickering for a long time, not knowing what she was thinking, and then suddenly cursed: "Shit."

The 'Inception' crew stayed in Xinjiang until December 11th before finishing filming the scenes in this icy world.

I have to say, for such a small scene and a little bit of acting, it took nearly a month to film; the IMAX camera definitely contributed a lot. From this, it can be seen that 3D IMAX movies at this moment can really only be played by crews with deep pockets.

December 11th.

There was still one week left until 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon', which premiered on November 18th, left theaters.

There were still 9 days until 'Avatar', which premiered on December 20th.

Just in the car as the crew left Yili, Chen Nuo received a call from Summit Entertainment CEO Will Stanson.

The old cowboy was a bit proud and a bit dissatisfied on the phone, saying: "Chen, have you seen our box office? My God, a miracle has really appeared again."

"However, I still want to say, if we had placed the schedule in the Christmas season of December, we would definitely have had better results."

"I don't understand why you insisted on moving the schedule up by a month before."

"What's wrong with James Cameron again? Look at our box office performance; I don't think he can crush our Twilight either."

(End of chapter)