CHAPTER 53, 18PLUS III

Early morning.

The bright sunlight crept into the hotel room with the sound of heavy curtains pulling, inch by inch, into this hotel room without much life, coating it with a gentle halo of warm colors.

Lying on the snow-white big bed, Josie frowned a little uncomfortably, still burying her head into the soft white goose down pillow with her eyes closed, and asked in a muffled voice: "What time is it, Dorota?" "

"Seven o'clock in the morning." Answering Josie was an abrupt low male voice.

Now Josie had to sober up.

She struggled to stretch her eyelids a little, moved her head from the pillow, and caught a glimpse of a tall and tall black figure out of the corner of her eye, hurriedly covering the lower half of her face and brushing her long hair before yawning slightly.

Then she sat up from her warm bed and stretched out widely.

"Good morning, Keanu." Josie said with a smile.

Her youthful and wanton beautiful face shone brighter and brighter, as if God had quietly placed an aperture in front of her forehead that should have belonged to an angel, which catalyzed a wonderful charm that was both gentle and charming, but without the slightest vulgarity.

Angels are supposed to be.

"Good morning, Josie." Keanu couldn't help but smile, "It looks like you slept well." "

Josie hugged a pillow, enjoyed the beautiful scenery in front of her very comfortably, and said casually: "Don't open all the curtains, maybe some paparazzi will hang on the tree outside." "

"Are you worried about this?" Keanu was a little surprised.

Sharing a room with the hottest sex idol of the moment, such a photo undoubtedly deserves the explosive headlines of all Hollywood entertainment news, even newcomers without any fame, can become a hot topic in a short time.

But the fake gossip hotspot is obviously not what Josie wants, otherwise she would have had many opportunities to concoct gossip that would bring her benefits.

"No, it's just that I don't want to appear in magazines as if I just woke up." Josie held her chin with one hand, and her fingers moved below the jawline, as if she was touching the keys of the piano. With an undisguised conceit, she said, "Although I know that I must be more charming like this." "

Keanu let out a few chuckles, imitating Josie's natural tone, and said, "Oh yes, but you also have to know that you still have an hour to collect yourself and come with me to receive your gift." "

"And gifts?" Josie's face showed surprise.

"Of course." Keanu smiled and asked, "Didn't you like last night's present?" "

"But the most flattering gift in the world is already here." Josie's sweet words came as soon as she opened her mouth, and when she looked up, she was a charming smile, "Isn't it? "

Keanu laughed and said nothing.

Josie didn't ask, took care of herself and lifted the quilt wrapped around herself, stepped on the carpet barefoot, and asked while putting on a dressing gown: "What should I wear?" "

"Already in the bathroom." Keanu replied, with pure appreciation in his eyes that was enough to delight any woman.

"It seems that this surprise is a bit interesting." Josie pressed the order for a meal, and after she finished the order, she turned her head and asked, "Don't mind having some breakfast with me, Keanu?" "

"I happen to be hungry too." Keanu is good as the flow.

He watched Josie put on her slippers and enter the bathroom, and after a while there was a sound of running water, which was obviously not over so soon.

So Keanu grabbed a copy of My Father's Dream on the bedside table, picked a comfortable chair, put a glass of water in hand, and sat by the window to read the book.

The sunlight outside the window shines through the leaves and the white rose in the vase, shining into his tender eyes from the window, making his pupils appear particularly clear and crystalline, and his handsome and tall contour line is also faintly warm due to the action of light, and the whole person seems to unconsciously exude the light that belongs to the morning sun.

Josie ruffled her long semi-wet hair, just enough to take in the beautiful scenery.

Keanu raised his head as if he felt something, his gaze stopped at the soft and shiny ends of Josie's hair that seemed to be dripping with water, and smiled slightly: "Maybe you need some help, ma'am?" "

"No, I don't need to." Josie smiled and refused, "You don't want to know how much an elegant and beautiful lady will put much thought into herself before going out, my gentleman." "

She came over and drank half a glass of water, just by his cup.

When he appeared in the room again, it was already Josie who was enough to appear on the best dress of the week. Horton.

"Where are we going without revealing?" While eating a plain whole-wheat sandwich, Josie asked.

"Your sun with the blue horizon." Keanu sold a pass, "Trust me, you'll love it." "

"Wait and see." Josie said.

The black Porsche sports car quietly left the Star Hotel on the Sunset Strip in the early morning and drove unimpeded to Malibu on the golden beach.

The weather today is very good.

The sky above the coastline is the clearest turquoise blue, the clouds are white and immaculate, like a ball of delicious marshmallows, and the warm breeze of the stretch of coastal road is simply intoxicating.

The beach is a vast blue velvet, the silky water is troubled by snow-white foam, from time to time the fine grains of sand are washed away, the sky, the sea, the white sand, the generous gifts of nature make this landscape, present a layered strong beauty, even the most sophisticated artist can not fully capture it.

The hustle and bustle of the entertainment metropolis made both stars feel a lot more relaxed, and the blue coastline without flashes and paparazzi was particularly tranquil and beautiful, and the sound of waves and seagulls remained almost only on both sides of the road.

Keanu parked his car in front of a beach villa and pulled out his car keys, "Come on, it's time for you to open the present." "

Josie raised her eyebrows lightly, and her expectations for this gift were stretched enough.

This small house away from the private beach is not much of a mansion, even looking a few years old from the exterior walls, but its garden and lawn are well groomed, and it shows that the owner here enjoys the present life.

Josie guessed that they were here to meet someone, so she took out the small mirror she carried with her to check her makeup, and quickly touched up her makeup, asking, "How do I look?" "

Keanu smiled, "You've always been beautiful. "

Josie smiled back and accepted his compliment unceremoniously, but Keanu's next words immediately made her nervous-

"Well, get ready to meet James. Cameron's 'Rose'? "

Malibu in November is as cozy as spring.

The famous Hollywood director James . Cameron, is in line with the heroine of "Titanic" in his mind, the role of Rose, the elderly actor Gloria. Stewart, through the telephone, initially exchanged their understanding of the script.

The conversation came to an end, and Gloria's side just happened to ring the doorbell.

"It seems that you can only go here today." The octogenarian actress said with some hesitation, "I rarely have a guest at the door, Jim." "

"Don't worry, I'll visit you in Malibu next week, Gloria." James. Cameron glanced at the memo on the other end of the phone, "With Deborah." "

Deborah he mentioned was the costume designer for the new movie "Titanic", Deborah Deborah. Lynne. Scott, the other party has already begun to design the costumes for the film.

Unfortunately, the site for the construction of the one-to-one ship model is still under negotiation, and Fox's Mexican filming base will not start construction until the first half of next year at the earliest, so filming will be delayed in the second half of next year.

As for the release, it is even far away.

That's not good news, as Cameron's pre-exploration work alone has burned millions of dollars in Fox.

Not to mention Cameron's spectacular live-action shooting plan, the cost of 75 million US dollars is simply not enough, and Fox's production department has now had to assume that this is only an upfront cost, tentatively setting the project at 100 million.

But at least so far, Hollywood director James . Cameron, considered by the industry to be worth the price.

Gloria opened the door.

I saw a pair of men and women with the same outstanding looks standing outside the courtyard, the black-haired young man was about six feet one, and the blonde girl next to him was half a head shorter than him, and the height difference was perfect.

"Oh, boy, you look so beautiful!" Gloria opened the fence door, first gave Keanu a warm hug, and then asked while welcoming the two into the door: "Little girl, what's your name?" You look hotter than when I was younger, it's amazing. "

"Hello, Ms. Stewart, I'm Josie. Horton. Josie smiled back, "But I would prefer to have the same grace and beauty as you are at your age." "

Gloria, dressed in a delicate linen dress, smiled, took Josie's hand sharply and said: "Call me Gloria, my dear, you must know that the important point of staying beautiful is to make the mind young - come in, coffee or tea?" "

"Two cups of tea will do." Keanu who walked at the end closed the door.

"Then you can try the English black tea that I brought with you." Gloria turned and went to the kitchen, "Just sit and make this your home." "

"No problem, Gloria." Keanu made a "ladies first" gesture at Josie.

Gloria's loud response came from the kitchen: "I'm not referring to you, bad boy!" Take care of your little girlfriend! "

"Okay, I see." Keanu was helpless and casually explained: "Gloria is always so energetic. "

Josie picked a single sofa and sat down, looking at the decorative paintings on the wall, and said: "She looks energetic, so enviable." "

That's the truth.

Gloria. Ms. Stewart celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday four months ago.

This age is already very old for ordinary people and Hollywood actors, but Gloria is clear-headed, speaks clearly, and is even ready to go to Hollywood to make movies again, rejuvenating the sunset of her career.

"I hear you guys seem to be discussing me!" Gloria raised her voice.

"Yes, we are praising you." Keanu said as he slipped into the kitchen, "Let me come." "

Without saying a word, he took Gloria's tools, poured boiling water into the teapot, and then took up the tray on which the tea set was placed.

Gloria complained in a stack of voices: "No, no, no, your movements are too rough!" Really, this little thing is not a big deal for me, I can do it myself! "

Keanu didn't answer, only took a step on his legs, and within a few steps had already put the tray on the coffee table in the living room, and the little old lady behind her followed with small broken steps in an apron, her movements still flexible.

Only then did Keanu say, "As a gentleman, I will not allow any beautiful lady to suffer for me in front of me, Gloria." "

"Look at this sweet little mouth." Gloria also sat down on the sofa, looking very useful, "Don't be fooled by this bad boy, sweetheart, the Shakespeare he reads will only come at such times." "

Keanu only chuckled and served the two ladies two cups of hot tea.

"No, Keanu is a good guy." Josie said that she was very aware that she was the one who liked to deceive people with sweet words, so she added: "He treats people very sincerely." "

Gloria glanced at Josie, and then cast a mocking gaze at Keanu, as if to ask: What kind of soul soup did you pour into this little sweetheart?

Keanu shook his head with a smile and said loudly: "It's okay, Josie, I'll be embarrassed if I continue to boast." "

"Really? I don't believe it. Gloria muttered in a small voice, "That's not what the smile on your face said, Keanu. "

When she said this, the two who were originally not there had some strange emotions, and it happened that their eyes also collided together, and unexpectedly, there was also a bit of a hint of meaning.

Gloria had a smile on her face, her eyes shining without reading glasses, and she suddenly changed the topic and said: "Ah! I'll have to find my character biography for Josie baby, wait a minute. "

Saying that, he got up again and went to the study to find something, and I don't know if he deliberately left the space for the two young people.

Josie drank tea in silence.

Her keen perception made her realize that a gaze was resting on her, but this gaze was as gentle and calm as ever, and there was no ambiguous spark that flashed a minute ago.

"Found it, here." The old lady returned to the living room with her own small steps, holding in her hand a script that had been read many times, "For confidentiality requirements, I can only read a short paragraph that is allowed to be made public." If it's okay, I'll start now? "

Gloria certainly knew the purpose of their visit today, and the girl in front of her was about to fight for James. Audition for the lead actress of Cameron's new film.

In fact, the vast majority of people have never seen the full script of the film, including Gloria, but her script has a clear heroine background and main story line.

"That's enough." Josie's tone was sincere, "Thank you so much, Gloria, this is so important to me. "

Gloria was a little surprised, because it was Josie herself who came forward to thank her.

However, she did not say anything politely, waved her hand and put on a pair of small round reading glasses, flipped through the script and read: "As soon as the Renault stopped, the driver respectfully ran over to open the door for a young woman." I saw that she was dressed in an extremely beautiful white suit and a fashionable wide-brimmed hat, looking about seventeen years old, full of nobility. "

Gloria's lines are pronounced with great charm.

While Josie was still immersed in this afterglow, she had already taken Keanu's hot tea, picked off her reading glasses and looked down to take a sip.

Josie's mind is recalling the cross-era movie that swept the world, and the debut of the heroine Rose is very amazing, Kate. Winslet's classical oil painting-like beauty and sexy body with plump and curved bodies are really impactful.

When she came back to her senses, she heard Gloria say: "The heroine Rose is a repressed aristocratic girl who yearns for freedom and romance in her bones, but her mother requires that her words and deeds conform to etiquette." "

From Rose's rebellion, we can assume that the mother's authority was not enough to completely deter her. So what caused Rose's rebellion? She may have had an open-minded father, and before the mother and daughter fell, her father shielded her from the wind and rain, and her personality was not traditional and old-fashioned, and even some boys' adventurous spirit. "

Gloria casually talks about her understanding of the character, and in fact she has written a very detailed biography of "Rose".

Because this film and this role are extremely important to her, it can be seen as the distillation of all the experience and understanding of her decades of acting career.

"But sadly, her father left them, and in order to maintain the dignity of the family, Rose had to obey her mother's arrangement and marry a nouveau riche fiancé who had no resonance... Oh, of course, her father may not exist, but as an actor, you have to use your imagination to enrich and create stories outside of the script. "

Although anyone with a slight background in Hollywood knows that James. Cameron is preparing a romance film about the shipwreck disaster, but in fact, few people have read the script or even the script outline, and some people only know that the male and female protagonists of this love pair are named Jack and Rose.

So far, the crew has kept the script secret.

Gloria is one of the few Hollywood who is able to compete with James. Cameron is one of the people who discusses the heroine and the whole story.

The actress put on her reading glasses again, looked at Josie who was thinking, and proposed: "You have to be 'Rose', forget yourself, believe in the situation of the script, just the opening scene, let's do an improv - your body will tell you what to do." "

"I'll match the play." Keanu volunteered.

"Wait, just a few minutes." Josie closed her eyes and thought of Kate in her mind. Winslet's image was temporarily discarded and replaced with her current face, and after a while, she frowned, as if slowly immersed in memories, and suddenly opened her eyes and said, "Okay, I can start." "

She adjusted her sitting posture as if she were holding a pole in her hand, and her hands were propped up on it.

The show began.

"Driver" Keanu stepped forward and respectfully opened the door.

Inside the door, first the fingertips belonging to the young woman were extended, then her graceful arms, she gently put her right hand in the driver's palm, slender legs and that beautiful face, almost in no particular order.

After getting off the car, she naturally withdrew her hand, transferred the cane of her left hand to her right hand, stood in a straight posture, pressed the brim of her hat with her left hand, and raised her eyes to look at the huge ship not far away.

At this time, the camera should capture her appearance from three different angles, a large close-up, a close-up or medium scene, and a panorama, showing the heroine's appearance in all aspects.

She wore a high-quality white suit, but the costume did not take away the blonde beauty's slightest appearance, but set off the light and elegant nobility of her body.

She doesn't have a smile on her face, but her face and facial features are stunningly beautiful, and there is hardly a single extra fold in her fashion, even in the crowded docks, such as the modern girl walking down from the latest fashion pictorial in Paris.

Even better, she has the smell of old money that has soaked into her bones.

At a slight glance, coldness and arrogance quietly converged under her eyes, making this alpine flower more and more difficult to pick.

Natural beauty and nobility hit the heart.

Gloria couldn't help but hold her heart in her hands and sighed silently: This girl is indeed suitable for playing a rich girl, and her natural aristocratic temperament is very elegant and fascinating.

Keanu was also momentarily shocked and amazed.

It was the first time he had witnessed Josie's performance at the scene, and he could feel that from that moment on, she was like a changed person, the original sweet and lovely temperament disappeared, and there was an aristocratic sense of alienation from head to toe.

Especially when Josie looked at him, he could fully feel the loneliness that penetrated into her marrow, and it was reflected in her almost impeccable appearance and atmosphere with an extremely delicate and fragile beauty, firmly capturing his gaze.

He didn't seem to know Josie in front of him, and he seemed to have just reacquainted her, and those slightly melancholy eyes looked at her silently, and their eyes were amazingly bright.

Josie couldn't completely ignore this burning gaze, took the initiative to break free from the character state that belonged to Rose, tilted her head a little suspiciously and asked: "What's wrong, Keanu, is there something wrong with me?" "

Gloria on the side smiled and said, "No, my dear, you should be more confident, because after you enter the role, you are simply glowing, and people can't take their eyes off." "

"Indeed." Keanu followed suit and smiled, "You're so shining. "

His tone was sincere and gentle, and with the very pure concentration and appreciation of his gaze now, it really overwhelmed anyone.

Josie actually felt a hint of blush heartbeat.

But more than that, there is a strong determination to make this character perfect.

"Thank you." Josie said, "But I feel like I can do better." "

- She hasn't fully entered the role just now.

Gloria's old but clear gaze swept between the two young men, and then casually took off her reading glasses, cleared her throat and said, "Come on, look at my 'Rose', maybe you will have a different experience." "

She straightened the folds of her skirt, and her eyes gradually became distant and sad...

Gloria's acting direction didn't last long.

Because she was a little too old, she soon felt low energy and needed to rest.

Keanu and Josie immediately took their leave and agreed to visit Gloria in Malibu next time.

The black Porsche drove the long coastal road again, and the sky was already dyed with the burning light.

"After the Christmas break, Titanic will start casting." Keanu asked as he drove, "Will your agent be able to arrange everything for you?" "

"That's fine." Josie replied.

Even if Martha. Miller and Archie. Dano's energy together is still a little lacking, but this level of big-budget heroine is enough to make Kevin . Hauvian personally went into battle.

If the second case really comes, then after that, the core of Josie's agency team will completely change.

Josie remembered this incident, and then changed the subject, saying: "You didn't eat cake last night, don't let me treat you to dinner tonight." "

Keanu smiled and asked her, "What do you like to eat?" "

He didn't have the habit of letting ladies treat him to dinner, but if she really wanted to invite her, then he had to be hospitable.

"Sushi, Sichuan or Thai?" Josie vaguely remembers that the Hollywood star once mentioned that he loved to eat Sichuan food, but the authenticity of the interview statement during the film's promotion period is debatable.

When Keanu heard this, he couldn't help but laugh again.