041 Secret trade
Lan Li looked at the girl in front of her, her pupils slightly contracted, then she took out her cell phone, aimed at the girl's figure and pressed the shutter key with a "click".
The girl obviously did not expect that Lan Li's actions would disrupt all her plans and couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Hey, are you crazy?" She rushed towards Lan Li with great strides. Her wolf-like posture actually had a horrifying aura, but Lan Li was not worried at all. She raised her right hand high, and her height advantage immediately made him invincible.
The girl's height was only at Lan Li's chest. Looking at the distance that was out of reach, she wisely chose to give up. She stopped in front of Lan Li, rolled her eyes wide, and looked speechless, "So, this is how you welcome me? How long has it been since we met... Christmas two years ago?"
"I should ask you this sentence." Lan Li was unmoved. "You looked at the tone just now. Obviously you knew I would appear today, but you didn't call me in advance?"
This replied question made the girl stunned, and waved her hand helplessly, "You don't need to show off your intelligence in front of me."
Lan Li shrugged, but he didn't buy it at all. The guy in front of him was not a little Baihua who could be bullied. "I just left evidence for emergencies."
"Hey!" the girl raised her voice complainingly, but glanced at Lan Li, and the rebuttal words were not expressed in the end. "Otherwise, you deleted the one just now, I designed the light, angle, and took another one? I don't trust your photography skills, it's simply an introductory level."
Looking at the girl's disgusting face, Lan Li didn't argue. In fact, she was indeed his photographer. "There is no need. Anyway, no one who may see this photo then knows how to appreciate your photography skills."
The girl curled her lips and looked unanimous. She knew that Renli was telling the truth.
"Tell me, why did you appear here? And came out of the media room, which means that today's interview team includes you." Just a meeting and clues were pieced together, Renli guessed the truth, "But in fact, shouldn't you work for the United Nations in Sudan now? At least that's how George and Elizabeth believed."
Standing in front of Renli was his sister, her biological second sister, Edith Hall. She was born in art and had outstanding talents, but when she grew up, she gave up art, became interested in photography, and became a professional photographer.
Photography is a product of art relying on modern technology to a certain extent; in addition, she is a woman. In the traditional concept of aristocratic family, women can choose their own interests and hobbies, and in the future, it is enough. Just like Elizabeth has her own gallery, although traditional British aristocrats still have many constraints on women, they have made great progress.
The clever thing about Edith is that she chose the United Nations as a partner and went to all over the world to complete shooting as an official photographer, which was used as a charity. Such behavior was highly praised even among British nobles. Therefore, her family did not object too much to Edith's choice.
Last month, Sudan ended its seven-year civil war, and since then the Sudan Republic was officially established, and the United Nations peace forces are still dealing with subsequent things in Sudan. Logically speaking, Edith should be in Sudan now, not Los Angeles.
Edith rolled her eyes and said, "God, I knew I shouldn't take this job." In fact, after she took over the job, she realized that the male protagonist of the "Pacific War" was actually Renli, and it was too late to refuse at that time.
But direct surrender is not Edith's style. "If my family knew that you have become a TV actor, not a movie actor, not a drama actor, but a cheap soap opera actor, do you think they will come here to catch you back in person?" She is fighting for her own chips
The first reaction of Lanli, a cunning guy, was to take photos when he met. Obviously, he foresaw the current situation and held the handle in his hands early. Edith couldn't help but grind his teeth secretly. Everyone thought Lanli was a kind and elegant gentleman. Only she saw through the true face of this cute brother at home, and she was really a tear of bitterness.
"Crocodile tears don't work." Not to mention that Lanli was reborn and was not that easy to fool. Just saying that they had been together for twenty years, how could he have been deceived by Edith's trick? "George and Elizabeth have cut off all my financial resources. They refused to call me half a year ago. So..." Lanli shrugged, meaning: Your threat is useless.
Edith opened her mouth and was about to say something else, but Lanley took the lead. "Arthur knew about the Pacific War, so he wrote an email to mock me." TV actors, in the eyes of many nobles, cannot even be called "actors".
"Damn Arthur." Edith cursed. That guy Arthur was only good at talking and was not reliable in actual actions.
Edith took out a cigarette from her pocket, lit it quickly, held it at her mouth, and scratched her head in trouble. Lanley was not in a hurry, stood by her side quietly, then took a step to the side, and moved away from her position. Edith noticed the small action and her eyes widened, "Don't tell me, you tried to get the hotel camera to capture me, and then hope they would drive me out?"
Lanley's face was full of innocentness, "Edise, you have been in Africa for a long time. Do you have paranoia caused by the pest?" Well, the plan was discovered, and it was really disappointing.
Edith squinted her eyes and looked at Lanli, then turned around and walked quickly towards the balcony at the end of the corridor. Without turning around, she knew that Lanli must have followed. Sure enough, when she turned around in the balcony, she saw Lanli standing under the milky yellow light. Edith put her hands on the railing, "Tell me, what do you have to ask?"
If Renli told her family about her situation, she would probably suffer in the next period of time; and considering that the family had ignored Renli for more than half a year, who would know if they would throw all their resentment on her? Edith knew that she had no room for refutation.
"I owe me a favor." Lan Li did not jump into the trap in a hurry, but said calmly, "You will be responsible for taking pictures later, right? You'd better not treat me as a test subject." Without extra words, the threatening tone could not be clearer.
Edith let out a sip of cigarette speechlessly, "You must know that everyone else is lined up to let me take pictures. This time, 'Vanity Fair' has been communicating with me for two months in order to invite me to take pictures."
Lanli suddenly realized and pointed her chin, "So, this is not the first time you have taken a photo of a person for a magazine. Does it mean that you have never been to Sultan? Well... I should check the photos of famous magazines in the past few months." Lanli looked at Edith seriously, "Is it the kind of fashion magazines?"
Edith bit her cigarette mouth hard. This time she was wrong and took all the initiative, but she still fell in front of Lanli. "Isn't it just that she used you as a test subject in junior high school. I studied it for a while, but it was just a trivial matter. I remembered revenge for so long." Edith muttered, but Lanli couldn't help but gently lifted her eyebrows and let him lie flat on a bench, relying on her waist to support her, and she interpreted the flexible posture of landing at high altitude for two hours. Is this a trivial matter? Or is it a trivial matter that he stood in the fountain in the cold winter to pose in the shape of Popeye and tossed all afternoon. Is this a trivial matter?
Seeing the light flashing in Lan Li's eyes, Edith immediately stopped when she saw it was ready, "Trade!" She originally thought that during the photo shoot today, let Lan Li challenge the difficult ones. Yesterday, she fantasized about several different sets of movements at home, and she was so happy that she almost laughed out loud, but now all of them are ruined!
Lan Li nodded in agreement, Edith took a puff of cigarette and expressed her dissatisfaction. However, she did not argue anymore. Although Lan Li was full of bad water, she definitely did what she said. She didn't have to worry. "You really plan to continue on the path of actors? You are a smart person and you should know how unreliable this path is."
"Then what suggestions do you have?" Lan Li said half-jokingly.
Edith thought about it seriously. She and Renly are the same type of people. They are rebellious at heart and have been trying to break free from the shackles and depressions of traditional British aristocrats.
In fact, she admired Renli very much. From choosing a major at Cambridge University, to taking a break from school to going to the Royal Academy of Drama Arts, and then preparing enough funds, she ran to New York. The whole process was step by step, without hesitation, resisting the huge pressure from home, and truly opening up her career as an actor. Deep in her heart, she hoped Renli could succeed, and then perhaps, she could truly get rid of the shackles brought by the hat of "female".
"Become a better actor." Edith replied, which made Renly smile. "This time, I listen to the editor of 'Vanity Fair'. You should be the absolute core protagonist, and focus should be on you. Spielberg seems to look at you differently, and say, what did you do?" Edith put out the cigarette and walked back to the direction of the room side by side with Renly. "Spielberg is not interested in men, so how did you buy him? You are an unknown new actor and have no unspoken rules, which makes no sense!"
Lanley deliberately ignored Edith's serious nonsense method. If he had taken it seriously, he would have been reincarnated long ago. "Can't you think of any other reason?"
"I can't think of it." Edith's answer was unreasonable.
Renley glanced at Edith speechlessly, "Then you can ask for it yourself, editor or Steven."
"They will definitely tell me that it is because of your strength. Haha, the fool will believe it." After Edith said that, he clapped his hands and laughed, obviously taking revenge for the forced transaction just now.
Lanli shrugged lightly, "As far as I know, someone is a fool." After that, Lanli pushed open the door of the room, picked up his suitcase, and walked in. Edith landed behind and bit her lower lip with a depressed look on her face. "Lianli Hall!" But the wooden door that was slowly closed was greeted.
Yiya, Yiya, the swaying sound really makes people smoke!
Chapter completed!