Chapter 245

November in Los Angeles occasionally has heavy rain, and the chill is obvious. On days without rain, the temperature will rise from about 10 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees; it can be said to be the most difficult climate to dress for.

You have to add a jacket when you go out in the morning, but you'll be down to a short-sleeved shirt by noon. Often, people don't realize they've thrown their jackets somewhere until they're shivering from the cold again in the evening.

However, for Los Angeles, which embraces Hollywood, this time is exactly the warm-up period for the awards season. Male and female stars who want to compete for awards begin to frequently attend various banquets to increase their exposure.

But this year, no matter whose exposure it was, they all lost to a young star, River Phoenix.

However, no one was jealous, because that was something bought with a life. On October 31st, this young Venice Film Festival Best Actor died suddenly due to a drug overdose.

This young Best Actor's comedy-drama film, "The Thing Called Love," which was supposed to be fully released this autumn, had its release plan canceled due to the star's disgraceful death.

As a result, this film, which was only screened in a few cities, had already been listed as one of the candidates for the least profitable film of '93.

The reason why it couldn't rely on the actor's sudden death for a Hollywood-style commercial carnival was that the film's open ending should have given people hope, but now it didn't. A bittersweet film, but in the end, because of the real-life actor, it became more bitter than sweet.

If the film's tone or genre had been different, or if the actor had died in a different way, perhaps the film's commercial ending would have been different.

But too many people saw the scene of him collapsing in front of the bar and being taken away by an ambulance. Even if the producers teamed up with the media to try to whitewash it, they didn't know where to start.

A film ending that looked toward a beautiful future, but in reality, the actor had overdosed himself to death. For the film, this was simply a slap in the face; how much box office could they expect? So Paramount simply threw the film directly to video release.

But the waves stirred up behind the scenes by this incident were no less than those in Hollywood, and even exceeded them.

At least when Nick Fury (Black) returned to his apartment and saw the one-eyed Nick Fury (White), he was quite surprised. "Oh, oh, oh, who is this? Isn't this the busy man, Nicholas Joseph Fury."

"Junior, stop using that tone. At least I didn't let you grow up in that kind of environment in the slums."

"Call me Marcus Jason. I'm not used to hearing you call me Junior; at least let the name mother gave me still have traces in this world. We'll talk about gratitude another day. Let me guess, the reason you came to the West Coast? The Joker, right."

"Knowing too much information beyond your clearance is not a good thing." Fury (White) warned.

The young Fury (Black) sneered and said, "Is this something I want to actively inquire about? So many people are making a big fanfare to inquire about such news, even if I didn't want to know, I knew it."

Fury (White) didn't continue to entangle, but turned and asked, "River Phoenix's death, which side did it?"

Fury (Black) said bluntly, "Don't know. All the organizations that once kidnapped him and privately interrogated him about the Joker have suspicions. Including the ones behind you and me."

"However, it's also possible that too many people did the same thing and asked the same questions. But even though he personally denied it, the matter was still not clarified."

"And for those who came to his door, he didn't know how to stop or accuse the other party. The immense psychological pressure made him more dependent on drugs, and it's not certain that he just ate himself to death like that."

"To put it plainly, it's not who did it. It's that everyone is the murderer. Speaking of which, is that Joker very tricky? Why are so many people looking for him, even operating on the premise of destroying him?"

Fury (White) answered evasively, "The Joker's situation is not just tricky, but at the current stage, we can't find a way to deal with him."

"No matter how strong a mutant's strength is, there are ways to restrain them. But for his information, we know too little and simply can't achieve effective restraint."

"This is fear." Fury (Black) mocked.

"Preparing response plans for known or unknown threats is the duty of people like us. Waiting until things happen to deal with them is the Army's job. And waiting shouldn't be our attitude."

Regarding Fury (White)'s words, Fury (Black) was dismissive and said, "Stop preaching, old man. I don't want to hear you say everything you haven't said in decades all at once today."

"I'm dying, kid."

"Ha, this news is worth me having a drink. Do you want some? Beer? Whiskey?" Saying this, Fury (Black) walked toward his refrigerator.

"I'm serious."

The hand opening the refrigerator paused, but in the end, Fury (Black) took out two beers and placed them in front of his rarely seen biological father. He asked, "What's going on? Is there a problem with the Infinity Formula?"

After opening the beer in front of him and taking a big gulp, Fury (White) said, "It seems you know more than I imagined."

"I have eyes, I have ears, I will find the answers myself. You don't still think I'm a child who doesn't know anything if my parents don't tell me, right? What exactly is wrong with you?"

"Since you're so good at finding answers, why do you still need to ask me?" Fury (White) countered.

"Because I need different sources to verify my thoughts."

"Ha, smart choice."

"Then what is going on with you?"

After taking another sip of beer, Fury (White) said, "Since you know about the Infinity Formula, would you not covet its function of maintaining life and youth? Would those old money people who are afraid of death be an exception?"

No matter how much intelligence people package themselves, they are ultimately not the masters of the system; at best, they are just the biggest parasites.

They can certainly use the gap in intelligence to mislead decision-makers, thereby carrying out their own will. But it still can't hide the essence that they are useless after losing the power given by others.

So when those who give power speak, can Nick Fury refuse?

The young Black man, who also understood the system and power structure, was not surprised by such a situation and said, "Even if you hand over the formula, it's not like you can't use it yourself."

"The formula is a small matter; the point is the raw material."

"Raw material?" Fury (Black) finally realized that things might be different from what he imagined.

Fury (White) said, "Rather than not handing it over, or choosing who can use it and who can't, it's better to let everyone who asks use it. When the raw materials are exhausted, there's no need to consider who is qualified and who isn't. Right."

"And then you can take advantage of this opportunity to take a group of people away with you. Are you serious?"