Chapter 253 Stupid things
The second-hand Ford made a few muffled noises, and then stopped suddenly. Although he was wearing a seat belt, George Northson, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was still hurt by the ribs because the vehicle suddenly stopped.
Unlocked the seat belt and got out of the car, lifted the front hood with a faint smoke and looked at it a few times. George Northon cursed a few words that started with f, looked around. It was less than a kilometer away from the premiere of "Far Crying Island" and had to use all his strength to push the car to a parking space on the side of the road, then took out a bag with a camera and a recorder from the car, and hiked to the premiere of "Far Crying Island" from the car.
At this time, George Northon no longer had the gentlemanly style of the suit and tie that he had been half a year ago. He was wearing a dark gray jacket without zipper on his upper body and a loose jeans on his lower body. The stubble on his face made him look a little out of place.
Because the July storm that attacked "Dark War" accidentally made a big splash, he, an originally famous film critic, was not only banned by most Hollywood film companies, but also lost his job with a rich income.
Although George Northson earned more than 100,000 US dollars a year before the accident, like most Americans, George Northson also had the habit of spending in advance. This habit led to him being completely bankrupt within a few months after losing his job and the public relations income of the film company. Not only was the apartment in Beverly Hills taken back by the bank, but he had to sell his original sports car to pay off his debts.
When "Premiere" magazine was pressured by Columbia, some other Hollywood film-related magazines must not dare to hire him.
In order to live, George Northson had to find a job in a newspaper called Hollywood Online. Although the newspaper sounds quite high-end, it is not even as good as the Hollywood Reporter or Hollywood Observer. This is a gossip tabloid. George Northson is now a reporter for Hollywood Online. To put it bluntly, he is a paparazzi.
Although he can earn some monthly salary for "Hollywood Online" and occasionally post reviews to get some royalties. George Northon can still earn more than $3,000 in monthly income, but this salary earned by busy and exhausted every day is less than one-fifth of what he earned from having easily published a few reviews before.
Every time I get bored by this huge gap in life, George Northon will appear Nicole Kidman's pretty face.
If he hadn't met that hateful woman, he could still live a decent and relaxed life now. Why did he fall to this day? Living in a small apartment in Burbank, driving every day like a dog and following the little stars around Los Angeles. Many times he ran around for a day without any gains. He was even scolded by the fat pig-like editor-in-chief.
Thinking of Nicole Kidman and George Northon naturally remembered Eric again. Shortly after that incident, Nicole became the heroine of Eric's new film. Although many newspapers promote how Nicole Kidman is excellent and how lucky she is. Some newspapers also released the detailed process of how Eric selected this Australian girl from Australia from many audition actresses.
But George Northon remembered clearly that what happened that night, Nicole Kidman and Drew Barrymore obviously knew each other, so it would be impossible for her not to know Eric Williams.
Therefore, George Northon once wanted to reveal to the media that things were not what they saw. That woman must have an ulterior motive with Eric Williams. She was able to win the heroine of "Sleeping in Seattle" and must have made some dirty deals with Eric Williams.
However, first of all, he had no evidence. Secondly, he was banned for attacking Eric Williams' "Secret War". Even if he broke the news to the media, most newspapers probably wouldn't believe it. Even if there were gossip tabloids who were willing to post, people would think that he was throwing dirty water on the young director because of his ban. At that time, he might even face the risk of being prosecuted, so George Northon had to bury this matter in his heart.
Recalling all the happenings in the past few months, George Northon took a few minutes to this luxury cinema on Sunset Avenue in Hollywood. The premiere of "Far Cry" will be held here tonight. Of course, George Northon could no longer sit in the cinema and watch the films as comfortable as invited critics. He could receive a PR check afterwards.
He is not even qualified to attend the press conference after the end of the film, and can only squeeze on the red carpet with many paparazzi reporters. He is waiting for the director and starring important characters of the film to appear, and he is looking forward to getting some revelations from the other party.
If there is a choice, George Northon would definitely not be present at the premiere of this movie. After all, because of his hatred for Nicole Kidman, he had no good feelings for Eric. Otherwise, he would not have been confused and angry with the "tease" of Nicole on him to director Eric's "Dark War". But today is October 30, and his interview task this month has not been completed. If he cannot hand over the manuscript tomorrow, the harsh editor-in-chief will definitely deduct his salary with confidence. Therefore, George Northon now has to endure the disgust in his heart to attend the premiere.
It was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and the red carpet laid in front of the cinema was crowded with dense crowds.
Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, King Basinger, Melanie Griffith, Julia Roberts...
Hollywood stars appeared one after another on the red carpet, causing screams from movie fans.
Like other paparazzi blocked from the cordon, George Northon shouted at the stars who were calmly walking on the red carpet, hoping that the other party could answer their questions while posing, but they were destined to get no response.
Wasting a whole roll of film without any useful gains, George Northon cursed anxiously, put on new film, and looked at Demi Moore, who had just walked the red carpet with her intimately leaning against Bruce Willie, hoping that the actress wearing a long tube top dress would fall hard when she was going up the steps, and it would be better to step on the corner of her skirt and pull off the tube top dress, so that he would have a press release topic and could just stop working, without having to endure the crowding and noise here anymore.
Unfortunately, this "beautiful" wish was destined to not have any lustful passing angel to fulfill it. Demi Moore and her husband Bruce Willy quickly stepped onto the steps and walked into the cinema.
As soon as the two of them disappeared, cheers and screams of onlookers sounded on the other end of the red carpet. George Northon carefully distinguished and heard Eric Williams' name. Although he felt irresistible, a strong sense of resentment was felt. However, the experience of these months had already worn him out of pride. Therefore, George Northonon quickly cheered up like other paparazzi around him, hoping to stop Eric Williams from answering several questions.
Eric Williams appeared around the corner, wearing a decent black dress, with a faint smile on his face, and waved his hands to the fans on both sides from time to time. The petite but extremely conspicuous woman who walked over with Eric's arm was Virginia Madson, the heroine of "Far Cry"
Still seven or eight meters away, the paparazzi shouted at Eric frantically.
"Eric, can you stop and take a picture?"
"Eric, look here and see here!"
“…”
Eric walked to the reporters' area with Virginia in his arms, stopped at the right time, letting the girl pose for free and get a lot of exposure, which can play a good role in promoting Virginia's fame.
"Eric, can you take a photo with Ms. Madson with her?"
“Eric…”
The reporter paparazzi shouted again dissatisfied.
Eric, who was standing on the red carpet, smiled and shook his head. Even though many people knew his relationship with Virginia, and even many gossip tabloids made up scandals between the two, Eric would not take the initiative to provide materials for these people.
The clever paparazzi heard Eric leaving soon, and quickly reached out the tape recorder in his hand and asked Eric.
However, Eric seemed to have not heard any of these people asking questions, and he stretched out his arm very gentlemanly, picked up Virginia, and planned to walk into the cinema.
Seeing such an excellent opportunity missed again, George Northon had a sudden inspiration and shouted: "Mr. Williams, don't you think it's very stupid to release "Far Cry the Island" on November 1?"
Because he tried his best, George Northon's voice instantly suppressed everyone.
Eric paused, turned his head and searched for it, and quickly locked in George Northon.
Although I knew the name of the critic who wrote the film review and attacked "Dark War", Eric had never seen him himself. Therefore, Eric's eyes showed an interesting look at this time.
Seeing Eric stopping, the paparazzi behind the cordon started to frantically again, and the sound of the shutter sounded wildly.
Eric let go of Virginia and walked a few steps towards George Northon, "Are you talking just now?"
Chapter completed!