It's not easy for Melissa to force herself to cheer up. But she has no choice. She messed up and things messed up like this. Although she still didn't understand what was going on and how lanli saw through everything, she was in a desperate situation and her survival instinct began to boil in her body.
Langley rejected John's proposal. She's still not out of the cast.
That's good news.
There was a ray of light in Melissa's eyes, full of hope. Lanli didn't kill her. Lanli was still tolerant. Does that mean that... Lanli can let bygones be bygones? So, how should she move Langley?
"Sorry." Melissa said carefully, showing her most real face - she felt panic and fear, which are not fake, but she still tried to keep a low profile, like ants, humbly begged for lenley's forgiveness, she knew that those in charge liked to see such an appearance: as if they could control the life and death of others.
Melissa looked at lanli's expression with the rest of her eyes: no change, this is good news, which shows that her strategy is correct.
"I... I know it's wrong, but it's all my agent's idea, and she says that's how Hollywood works." Instead of crying, Melissa murmured in a choking way that she was not too obsequious, but could show her "persistence".
She knows how to impress a man.
"She said that such an opportunity is really rare and I have to take it well. I refused, I denied, but she didn't give me too many choices. " It's not unusual for Melissa to stop talking and try her best to leave all the black pots to her agents. In fact, this is the way actors and agents work together.
But Melissa's cleverness is that she didn't blame the agent too much, but then took the blame on herself. "I know, I know, in the final analysis, it's all my choice. I nodded and agreed. I came out in person. It's still my fault. I shouldn't do that. I shouldn't agree. "
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
As she said that, Melissa covered her cheek and tears flowed through her hands. She didn't ask for anything. She just apologized and begged for mercy, because she clearly knew that apology was the only key point at this moment. Any request would not achieve the goal, but might cause the other party's disgust.
Lan Li, standing on one side, said nothing.
Everything in front of us is like a mime, full of a sense of absurdity and embarrassment, presenting the ugliest side of Hollywood in the most vulgar way.
This is not the first time that Lan Li has encountered a similar situation. He has made different choices at the fork of the vanity fair. There is no right or wrong. It's just that he has different values. He leads to the end in his own way. There is no need to blame each other, but it's just that he doesn't plan for each other.
But Melissa chose the most vulgar way, like a bad soap opera, or a naive high school stage play, to dramatize everything, but there is a thick vulgar and boring hidden.
Such means can't go any further in Vanity Fair. Of course, maybe it's because Melissa doesn't have access to really advanced means at all. That's the best way she knows. It's not her fault.
So people always say that character decides fate and vision decides life.
Objectively speaking, Melissa is smart, she knows how to seize opportunities, she also knows how to examine moderately, she also knows how to weigh the pros and cons. In particular, the choice and grasp under the crisis situation is really impressive, which is far from the purity and sweetness of the first meeting at Lincoln Center.
Melissa raised her eyes through her fingers and looked at lanli quietly, but she only saw a calm face. She was a little unpredictable, which was not normal.
So Melissa decided to take the initiative.
"Lenley, I'm sorry. I sincerely apologize. No next time, absolutely no next time, I really know wrong. Please forgive me Melissa said eagerly, taking a small step forward, trying to grasp Langley's right hand.
But Lan Li quietly let her body, to avoid her action, which makes Melissa Leng in place, tears like broken pearls, big drop down, "you still won't forgive me, right? I'm really wrong. What can I do? Or can I make it up? I'd like to. Really, I'm serious. There's no next time, I promise. "
"I know. There's no next time." Lanli said calmly, but in the face of Melissa's tears, he showed a calm and calm heart. Extreme dramatization and extreme calmness formed a sharp contrast. The gap was so big that he created an incredible sense of absurdity.
Melissa froze in place, tears hanging on the eyelashes, unknown why.
Lanli is still smiling. He is still the gentleman in the media life, but the temperature has faded from his eyes. "This is the last time."
last hole.
Melissa suddenly understood what this sentence meant. She was hit by 100000 points in an instant, and the whole person began to belch. Once and again, she could not help but cover her mouth tightly, and looked at Lan Li in disbelief. She could not believe that Lan Li was so understated to say such cruel words.
"It's not fair." Melissa said reflexively, and the anger and resentment burst out.
Melissa shook her head and refused to believe her ears. "I've apologized. I'm apologizing. Don't you hear me? Even if it's a crime, there's a chance to atone, but why don't I? Why? "
"Because there's no real apology in your eyes." Lan Li said with a smile, "you know, there are two kinds of apology, one is sincere, the other is calculating." After a short pause, Langley shook his head. "I don't like the latter."
To be honest, Langley really gave Melissa too many opportunities. From the night of Lincoln Center to today, he left room for maneuver step by step, hoping that Melissa would suddenly realize that everything could dissipate in the wind, just like Emma Watson not long ago.
But Melissa missed it all. Even in the end, she was still calculating. The point is, she's not as smart as she thinks.
In addition, Langley must admit that Melissa was unlucky to hit the muzzle of the gun. After egot, his mood has always been a little irritable. Even after experiencing the baptism and precipitation of the best friend party, he calms down a little, but the ubiquitous spotlight gradually enlarges the negative mood, and it is inevitable that he will be a little too extreme when dealing with things.
If it was in the past, Lan Li might have laughed it off; But today, he has no room.
"It's not fair! Everyone is calculating, everyone! " Melissa's eyes widened and her pretty and sweet face became ferocious.
"Yes. It's not fair. " Lan Li gently agreed.
So crisp, but let Melissa can't help choking, behind the words so dead stuck in the throat, don't know how to deal with, tears hanging on the eyelashes, completely in place.
"Everyone has a choice. When you choose to break the deadlock and win the opportunity, you lose the right to be treated equally," he said. I'm not a judge, but I'm not Jesus
"..." Melissa tried to speak, but she didn't know what to say. She just squeezed out an excuse, "but everyone does."
"Yes, then you have to bear the consequences of everyone's failure." Lanli replied calmly. But after that, he realized that his tone was too much like the superior judge, which was not his original intention.
After a short pause and serious consideration, Langley remained calm and added, "my suggestion is that since you have chosen this way, you should go on unswervingly. Don't arm yourself with morality when you fail. It's not worth it. Because it makes you more humble. "
It's like this.
In some cases, lenley even admired Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence, and even Chris Hemsworth. At least, they stick to the path they choose and go on without hesitation. This is a kind of life attitude. Lanli does not agree with support, but it does not mean that it is right or wrong.
Like Melissa, she only makes herself more miserable.
Lanli doesn't want to continue to pester. It's useless to say more. The dust has settled down here. He steps away and leaves the area at the entrance of the apartment. But then he thinks of another thing and turns to Melissa, who is so lost that she says, "finish your work."
Melissa raised her head for some unknown reason and looked at Langley in amazement.
Langley explained, "just now you said, what should you do? You should finish your work well. I'm really worried if I'm going to make a movie in the way I'm doing today. "
There are too many flaws.
Melissa watched the figure of lanli leaving. Instead of taking a taxi, he stepped on a skateboard. At this time, Melissa noticed lanli's skateboard. She never noticed such details; After half a beat, the humiliation and pain began to pour up slowly, like a loud slap on the face, and the hot pain spread little by little.
Everyone said that Lan Li was a gentleman, elegant, gentle and graceful.
Melissa used to think so, but now she realizes that Langley is a devil. The cold blood and cruelty in her bones are deeply hidden under the gentleman's skin, and she is hurt to the skin with acuteness and cruelty. She suddenly realizes that she has provoked the devil, so in the future
Thinking of this, Melissa couldn't help shivering. One by one, she couldn't stop.