Chapter 112: Friend (seeking subscription)

In front of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, the red carpet was spread far away, and a large number of paparazzi and reporters gathered on both sides. Hollywood celebrities, all dressed up, walked on the red carpet in pairs and flashed on the camera. In the mapping, I enjoy showing my best side.
This is a celebration party for the anniversary of the founding of Warner Bros., and its momentum is not inferior to last month's Oscar.
"Director Rosenberg, is Miss Watts your girlfriend?"
"There is always news that Miss Watts can get the heroine in "Independence Day" from Nicole Kidman because of your support?"
While carrying Naomi Watts on the red carpet, Duke heard a lot of crazy questions from reporters, but he was not interested in answering. In fact, since last year, many tabloids have been hyping him and Naomi? Watts was dating and waiting for gossip. He has not given any explanation. I am afraid that this kind of lace news will continue to appear in the future, so why explain?
Besides, this can also play a role in promoting the film.
Due to no interest in dealing with the media, Duke walked the red carpet faster. Unlike him, Naomi Watts kept beckoning to reporters around him, wishing that all the camera lenses were aimed at him.
Walking quickly across the red carpet, the two of @＋ came to the hotel. There were more reporters gathered here. Fortunately, the order was good. Those who passed by would also take photos with their signatures under the background board of Warner Bros.
"It seems to be your friend."
When he walked to the photo zone, Duke looked at the man and woman with interlocking fingers, "No wonder it's so lively. It turned out to be the Cruise couple."
"We haven't seen each other for a long time." Naomi Watts said lightly in Duke's ear.
Turning his head to look at her, Duke immediately figured out what was going on, which is so common in Hollywood. There are countless examples of so-called girlfriends who turned against each other because of a role.
"Miss Kidman, Miss Watts..."
Maybe a reporter spotted Duke and Naomi Watts and shouted, "I heard that you are good friends. Can you take a photo together?"
"of course!"
Nicole Kidman, who was standing in front of the background card, looked over here, with the warmest smile on her face. Naomi Watts didn't even think about it. Loosing Duke's arm, showing almost the same smile, he strode over. Opened his hand and hugged Nicole Kidman, posing a touching look of sisterhood.
Looking at all this interestingly, Duke also walked over, smiled and stretched out his hand to Tom Cruise. "Long time no see. Tom."
"Yeah, long time no see."
Although he was very mindless sometimes, Tom Cruise was not stupid. He gave Duke his iconic smile and shook his hand firmly.
"Let's take a photo together."
Duke looked at the two women holding arms next to him, and sighed that his acting skills seemed to have improved a lot, and he would be able to play some small roles in the movies in the future.
Four people stand together as if they were best friends. Let the reporter take pictures, the atmosphere of incongruity. Only they can feel it.
"Congratulations, Nami."
There seemed to be an intimate chat next to him, and the words under the bright smile were full of sarcasm and hostility, "Now is the heroine of the big production!"
"You're welcome." Naomi Watts raised her chin without a trace.
At the end of the filming, the four people turned and walked into the hotel. They just got out of the sight of the media, as if they had made an appointment. They immediately opened a clear distance, as if they were just strangers who didn't know each other.
But Nicole Kidman's words didn't end. He walked into the elevator room where there was no one for the time being, and while waiting, quietly came to Naomi Watts.
"Unexpectedly, you would grab my role!" she said in a low voice.
"You told me that in Hollywood, every opportunity should not be missed." Naomi Watts did not mean to back down.
Nicole Kidman’s face remained unchanged, her mouth was close to Naomi Watts’ ears, and she said in a voice that only they could hear,
What did you do to get the character? Climbed up. Duke Rosenberg’s bed? It makes him cool?"
The elevator opened at this time, and Duke and Cruise walked in one after another. The two women who remained behind did not intend to move. Naomi Watts also lowered her voice and sneered at each other, "In order to gain a foothold in Hollywood, Mary, don’t you Have you also climbed into Cruise's bed? Duke is single, at least I haven't ruined other people's marriages!"
Nodding lightly, Nicole Kidman was obviously more tolerant than her husband, and walked into the elevator first, and Naomi Watts also walked in.
The corners of his eyes drifted over the delicate makeup of the two women. Duke knew very well that these two Australian women would definitely be like they used to be. In front of the media, there are girlfriends and good sisters, but behind them are the enemies that never communicate. .
Then again, the competition between Hollywood's first- and second-tier actresses is fierce, and only fools believe that there will be so-called friendship between them.
With a soft "ding", the elevator door opened. Before Tom Cruise and his wife could move, Dukla led Naomi Watts out first, turned out of the elevator and came to the entrance of the grand banquet hall. , The people of Warner Bros. welcomed him warmly.
"Hi, Duke."
"Hi, Jeff. Hi, Kevin."
Entering the banquet hall, Duke shook hands with several senior Warner Bros. leaders, and the Cruises who followed him were temporarily in a state of no one.
Nicole Kidman looked at the leaders of Warner Bros. and other film companies who warmly greeted Duke Rosenberg and Naomi Watts in front of him, feeling that the hand holding her was getting tighter and stronger. Growing bigger and bigger, not only frowned slightly, but in recent years, the couple has indeed not received such a cold reception. With Cruise's temperament, I am afraid that they have been angry.
"Tom, calm down!" she reminded in a low voice.
She believed that if no one reminded him, Tom Cruise would turn around and walk away. It was not him who was ashamed, but also her Nicole Kidman.
"If his next movie fails, these people will still..."
Vaguely, Nicole Kidman heard her husband seem to be talking to himself in a low voice, and the hand holding her became stronger. She obviously felt the pain and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. "Tom , You hurt me!"
Tom Cruise gave her a cold look and threw her hand away.
After talking to the people at Warner, Duke looked back when he walked to the center of the banquet hall, and saw Tom Cruise's face gloomy, Nicole Kidman's face tightened, it seemed that the husband and wife were in conflict... …
Under the guidance of Warner’s staff, Duke and Naomi Watts came to a small table in the center of the front row, shook hands with the person who reached out next to them, and sat on the two adjacent ones. On the seat.
"What did you say to Nicole Kidman?"
When he was bored, Duke couldn't help but think about gossip, "When he was outside the elevator."
"She laughed at me..."
Naomi Watts didn't seem to care, and whispered, "Because I made you cool in bed, so I got the role in "Independence Day."
Duke shrugged and said nothing. Strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with that.
"Isn't she the same?" Naomi Watts squinted at Duke, and continued, "If it hadn't ruined Tom Cruise's marriage, would she have a foothold in Hollywood?"
Listening to Naomi Watts' words with a hint of resentment, Duke could roughly guess that it was definitely not the first time that these two men faced each other.
Sure enough, without waiting for Duke to ask anything, Naomi Watts added,
After the audition results for Independence Day came out, she spread news in the Australian actor circle, saying that I ignored my friendship and the help she had given me. Her role."
"Now the entire Australian gang is repelling me!" Her eyes looked back, where Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were sitting. "And she ruined one of my auditions!"
"Don't care too much." Duke thought for a while and reminded her, "Too much care about some personal grievances is not good for your career."
Hollywood competition is ubiquitous. If you want to climb to the top, it can be said that there are enemies and competitors everywhere. If you focus on fighting with these people, you will end up with nothing.
Obviously, Naomi Watts was pointed out by Nancy Josephson, and she withdrew her bitter gaze, picked up the wine glass in front of him, touched Duke's glass, and drank it.
"Hi, Duke."
A warm greeting came from nearby, and Duke stood up and took a step forward, "It's nice to meet you, Townsend."
The person who came to say hello was Twentieth Century Fox’s current CEO Townsend Roseman. After Duke made a gesture of asking to sit down, he temporarily sat at this table.
"How did the later stages of the film progress?" He naturally asked "Independence Day."
"all the best."
The post-production of the film took a long time. Due to the waiting for special effects, Duke’s work was not as intense as the previous two.
It will definitely be completed on time in June.

"The good news that Fox is waiting for you." Townsend Rothman smiled brightly, as if the film had already been sold, "I believe this will be a successful collaboration like "Life and Death".
"I believe this too."
Seeing Townsend Rothman preparing to leave, Duke stood up and shook hands with him, watching the helm of Twentieth Century Fox go away.
"In just a few years, you have become a popular director in the eyes of the film company." Naomi Watts next to him said in a compliment, "You are already a successful person in Hollywood, Duke."
"Thank you."
Just nodded to Naomi, Duke discovered that two more people were coming. The middle-aged Jewish man walking in front was Robert Solomon, the executive vice president of Warner Bros., and behind him, he was almost forgotten— —Rick Solomon! (To be continued...)