章節 117: Tolerance
After rejecting Jason's idea, Levi returned to Los Angeles with his team. He didn't feel sorry for rejecting this proposal at all: the Venice Film Festival is indeed known as a pioneer tea party, and some unique ideas of the film festival will be favored at this film festival. If Emily participates in the selection, maybe it will win an award. However, this film festival is also the one with the worst reputation among several film festivals.
When this film festival judges the awards, it likes to be cronyistic. It does not care about the quality of the film itself but is busy calculating whether the film's country of production is Italy. This approach made the reputation of the Venice Film Festival the worst among the three major film festivals, surpassed by the Berlin Film Festival, which came from behind. Levi knew this very well from his previous life because, in his memory, the Venice Film Festival had been attracting people to participate in the country. After all, no one was willing to participate. Levi is not in the mood to participate in such a film festival, which makes him repulsive; going to a film festival and losing to some unknown Italian film isn't disturbing enough.
If you have that time, you might as well carefully make your own movie better. Levi took the film very seriously, and his work was meticulous. And not only Levi but Winona also attaches great importance to the film. Even after returning to Los Angeles, she still goes to Enigma Company daily to inquire about the movie's progress.
Compared with the last film, this film was much more difficult in post-production. Because there are a lot of computer special effects problems, the post-production of this film will take a month or two. Levi initially thought that even if Winona just came to visit, she would come here once or twice. Who knew that she would come here almost every day? Levi surely didn't expect he would be tired of her company because of this.
"I used to think that Winona always made bad movies because her attitude was not serious enough. She became famous too early and never seemed to worry about her future. But now it seems that she is quite serious about her future. She cares; it seems that she cares about the movie far more than I imagined."
Levi was also quite surprised by Winona's serious attitude. This girl has always been a bit different. It's hard to imagine that she cares so much about a movie. In addition to working extra hard to make the movie, Levi also had a lot of emotion when talking about it with Theron in private.
Theron returned to Los Angeles from New York around the same time. Although she only had a few scenes in Woody Allen's movie, she worked diligently. Once Levi's movie was completed, she finished her work in New York and had no further involvement in the film's production. Unlike Winona, who can participate in the movie share and oversee the follow-up work, Theron can only wait for the release of the new film while seeking another movie opportunity.
During these days, she was also by Levi's side, and now at this time, Levi was lying on her bed, complaining about the exhaustion of the day's work, while she sat on the edge of the bed, reminiscing.
But unlike Levi, who lamented Winona's dedication, she had different ideas about Winona always appearing in Enigma Company.
Although she has always been regarded as a stunning actress, Winona has had her fair share of personal struggles and imperfections.
"I think she always goes to the movie company; it doesn't necessarily mean that she likes movies; maybe this is her new game." Theron said, "She is a big beauty; you don't have much interest in her, do you?"
"Whether it's in terms of beauty or arousing my interest, you are a total winner." Levi put his arms around Theron, knowing it was time to coax her.
"Just because I'm better doesn't mean you don't mean anything to her, right? Men don't think too much of women, especially beauties. Nick, will you refuse if a woman takes the initiative to throw herself into your arms?"
"If I say no, you will definitely be angry. If I say yes... you will think I'm lying to you and then get angry."
With a bit of playfulness, Levi wants to confuse her — who wants to answer such a question? Why bother making a promise if you're just going to forget about it?
"Nick, you don't have to lie to me. I told you I'm not your girlfriend and am not interested in meddling in your business. I just ask you not to lie to me. I just want to know the real you. I know what Hollywood is like. I'll never be bored because we have a one-of-a-kind dynamic. I just hope that we can be honest with each other. If you really have something with her, please tell me and let me judge whether I can accept it, okay?"
Theron didn't flinch from Levi's hippie smile; on the contrary, she spoke more seriously.
Theron never expected Levi to turn a blind eye to other women: she knew what kind of life Levi lived in the past and knew there would never be a lack of willingness to hook up with a top director in Hollywood. Levi is not yet thirty and doesn't behave like a gentleman. It is too difficult to expect him to resolutely refuse all temptations.
She just wanted to know what Levi thought about these temptations; it would be fine if he just thought of it for a while and didn't take it to heart. But if he really fell in love with all the beauties, Theron would have a headache and have to think about it.
She doesn't ask Levi to be a complete saint — real saints don't come to Hollywood; they're all in heaven. However, she hoped that Levi would at least not be a pervert or a scumbag. There have always been a lot of unsavory characters in Hollywood.
Woody Allen is still a prominent Hollywood director who messes with his adopted daughter.
Polanski has broken the law with conclusive evidence, and some people say that his going to Europe is a loss for the United States.
When Day-Lewis decided to marry Rebecca Miller, he sent a telegram, dumped Isabelle Adjani, who was pregnant with his child in Paris and went back to fight for the child after marriage.
After the divorce, Eastwood continuously contacted multiple media outlets to portray his wife as "magnanimous" without allowing her to speak. Although the whole of Hollywood knew that he divorced because, during his marriage, he publicly disclosed seven or eight cheating times to the media. However, he still thinks it is a matter of his wife's lack of tolerance...
In Hollywood, a place that only cares about ability but not morality, you will only be praised for your good vision if you dump a beauty for a more beautiful beauty.
Theron saw a lot of her father's "virtues" when she was a child. She also knew that Levi could not be a saint. However, she still hopes Levi will be more frank and reasonable with her — at least, she doesn't want her vision to be wrong.
If he really told the truth, she might be able to forgive some of his small mistakes - Theron sometimes felt that she was too assimilated by Hollywood. Her level of endurance has increased consistently over time.
"Well, let me say this, at least nothing happened between us; if something really happens between us in the future, I will be the first to tell you, are you satisfied?"
Satisfaction is strange - Theron muttered in her heart. Levi made a frank admission about his thoughts on other attractive people, which eased Theron's mind because they were ultimately insignificant.
This was also seen by Levi. "You women, you always feel that your vision is very good and the characters you like are the best, but in other people's eyes, maybe I am nothing."
Levi's defense just made Theron laugh: Levi is just pretending to be stupid. Does a Hollywood director need to be physically appealing to actors? Moreover, Theron met Winona, and Levi said he was not interested, and Theron certainly didn't believe it.
It's just that he was willing to play dumb, and Theron didn't reveal it.
A smile crossed the corner of her mouth, and she ended the topic, "I don't care about you anymore. Anyway, the post-production of your movie is almost over now, so you won't be able to see her in the future. She is gone. And do you have any new scripts to write recently? I want to be the lead role in your next movie."
"Where do I have that time?" Levi shook his head, "I don't think about so many things now; now I'm busy, not just with movies."
He was very busy talking, but Theron knew it well: on the one hand, Levi now needs to complete the post-production of the movie Emily, and on the other hand, whether it is CBS or other TV stations, they are urging Levi to make some new TV show. Levi hasn't produced a TV show in over a year. Now, many TV stations are eager for him to return to the industry and create new content.
Even though Levi has become a successful director, TV companies still highly value his talent in television. Although movies make money quickly, they are not as stable as TV dramas. The desire of big companies for TV dramas is not inferior to movies.
More than a year ago, Levi produced "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." After more than a year, the ratings of this TV show have also declined. Now Leslie is also often in contact with Levi, hoping that he has some remedial measures or some better TV show.
On the other hand, ABC is also contacting Levi. Of course, they didn't have any direct relationship with Levi, but they found old Adam and used these relationships to influence Levi. Hollywood's human relationship is a web, and it is not difficult to find anyone.
"You don't really want to go back and make TV dramas, do you?" Theron was slightly surprised, "You are already a big director now, so it would be a bit embarrassing to do these things again." There is frequent exchange among behind-the-scenes workers in the film and TV industry, but the director is not included. It is difficult for big-name directors to appreciate the crude filming methods of TV dramas; they are not willing to shoot those things.
"I don't want to be a director; I just bring up a concept for others to produce." Levi shrugged, "I have to earn some money to spend; otherwise, how can I have money to support you?"
"I don't need you to support me." Theron sneered, "You said you have no idea for a movie, so you already have an idea for a TV series?"
"Well, I really have an idea."
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