[Comprehensive] Tom Sue can be summoned by doing enough cannon fodder 99 times

Alex rented a business apartment in Manhattan. The environment here is good, it is very close to Central Park, and there are many celebrity neighbors, which means that in his new residence with a much higher security level, Alec Stan can finally relax and throw himself into the sofa after work is over, anyway, anywhere in the house—

Instead of babbling and starting checking doors and windows in case the paparazzi waiting downstairs hold up their telephoto lenses, the tabloids the next day will show the color of underwear Alex wore last night and someone would start laughing at him for liking SpongeBob SquarePants; or would fidget and wait for the doorbell to ring, and then his neighbor—not the big-breasted neighbor, who didn't come back from a mission—would show up uncomfortably at the door, saying " Mr. Pauline, I like you very much, and my whole family likes you very much, but if you don't get rid of those flashing monsters downstairs, I'm afraid our family will become the backbone of your hater club!"

Of course, none of the above are the key points for Alex to move to Manhattan. If you want to pursue comfort, isn’t the Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, California a better choice?If you want to be safe, then those villas with cliffs on the beach in Malibu-unless the paparazzi get a set of 007 equipment, and then practice 007's skills, oh, I almost forgot, it's useless for them to practice, Because there's Alex's biggest fan, Iron Man.

But because of Alex he is poor.

Just finished filming a movie, Alex got a salary of 50 yuan, which is an unimaginable amount for a newcomer. Alex had no agent at the time, and who would It was expected that the audience would buy into Alex so much, and it propped up the box office that made the producers laugh from ear to ear-so, if it weren't for Natasha for Steve's sake, Alex The salary in hand may only be 5, or at most no more than 10.

Fortunately, Owen is a very considerate agent, more precisely, he has a boss who cares about Alex very much, so he also carefully selected a few endorsements to take over for Alex, but The result of this careful selection is that those fast-selling brands that are rich in endorsement fees but will definitely reduce the celebrity style are excluded, and the rest are luxury brands whose spokespersons are terribly reserved, yes, and endorsement fees are also terribly reserved. , but fortunately Alex is very popular with designers and fashion circles, so these endorsements saved a lot of energy.

But after getting the money, excluding his rent and daily expenses, and the salary paid to his agent, assistant, clothing team, PR and bodyguards, there is only a pitiful number left in Alex's account.And Alex has no new film appointments recently. Of course, this is mainly due to Alex's personal reasons. In addition, Owen's suggestion recently is to reduce his exposure. After all, the previous series of public opinion battles made Alex Alex's excessive exposure has caused a small number of people to burn out. Before such sentiments spread, Owen decisively contacted the print media and online media, hoping that they would reduce the release of Alex's news. At the same time, he also asked Alex's recent Stay at home honestly——

"Whether it's Captain America or Iron Man, you'd better stay away from them during this time—"

Owen spoke righteously. He remembered that some time ago, when the public opinion war was in full swing, he had received a call from Captain America——Captain America!He actually had a private conversation with Captain America on the phone at nine o'clock in the evening, which made Owen couldn't help but show off to the people around him for a while, and he received a lot of jealous eyes—but the one who deserves the most envy It was the kid in front of him. Everyone could see Iron Man's ruthless pursuit of him. Owen almost couldn't hold back a few times, and he couldn't get away from a mission in Asia, but seeing Alex's news , the first time I called back to care, and I was even afraid of adding pressure to the former. It was only from the side, that is, the Captain America who came to inquire about Alex from Owen. If it weren't for Alex's agent, They understood each other like best friends, and only listened to Captain America's instructions on the phone. Owen almost thought he had married Alex long ago.

This is not the end yet, what's more, his boss, the reason why Owen said the above sentence is mainly because his boss's visa on Earth has expired, and by the way, he has to go back to his hometown of Shenyu to deal with some problems before leaving. He issued this order: "Look at him, anyone who dares to approach, especially the one with a searchlight hanging on his chest, you will blow him up—"

"..."

Owen often wonders what this young man named Alex Poulin can do.However, when his eyes fell on Alex's downcast face, Owen's rough heart couldn't help trembling, and he forgot all the thoughts in his head, and only started to comfort Alex like an old lady. Alex: "Hey, don't feel bad boy, this time it's just a supporting actor, it doesn't matter if you don't take it..."

Just like Irving, many media, including Alex's fans, saw the former's moody look in the recent street photos, and they all thought that Alex was disappointed because he missed the Golden Globes.

On the TV, accompanied by a classic jazz saxophone, Renee Zellweger, wearing a strapless black dress, stepped onto the stage in her silver high heels. She squeezed the envelope in her hand nervously, He leaned closer to the microphone and said, "I know there must be tens of millions of people from all over the world who are concerned about this result like me. Yes, regarding the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor this time, I am very honored to present this award— —First of all, the shortlisted nominees this time are Morgan Freeman's "Million Dollar Baby", David Carradine's "Kill Bill 2", Clive Owen's "Stealing Heart", and Alex Pollin's "The Duchess". "..."

The camera swept over the faces of these nominated actors one by one, some were relaxed, some were nervous, and Renee exhaled softly: "..." She opened the envelope, "Clive Owen, congratulations—— "

Clive, who was sitting at the round table, widened his eyes when he heard the result, and then the widened smile on his mouth proved his excitement and joy. After embracing the people around who offered his blessings to him, Clive walked away. on stage.At this time, the camera also took the actors who were also nominated for the supporting actor but failed to win the award one by one. Alex stayed the longest, especially the fans in front of his TV. The appearance of smiling and applauding towards the awarding platform is almost automatic to the point of breaking my heart——

Stark hugged a pillow, he looked at the person beside him, and then stretched out his hand to poke Alex's arm cautiously: "Hey, talk to me—"

Alex seemed to have recovered from something, he looked at Stark: "Say what?"

Stark glanced at the TV, where the rebroadcast of the Golden Globes had come to an end, and then took another look at Alex's face, which made it difficult to guess his thoughts. After all, he may be good at speaking sweet words, but it is something Stark is not used to doing to comfort someone sincerely. He tried to make himself appear natural: "I mean-anyway, dear, you They are all the best leading actors in my eyes..."

Alex was drinking water, and he couldn't help but spit it out.

Stark raised his voice dissatisfied: "Hey, can you be serious? I'm serious..."

After waving his hands and laughing for a while, Alex couldn't hold it back, and said sorry to Stark.

"Okay." Stark made a helpless expression, "Anyway, you can always make me unable to get angry at you, huh?"

"Thank you for speaking so highly of me, anyway—" Alex thought for a while, he felt that he still had to resolve the misunderstanding, "Actually, I'm not sad about the Golden Globes, although everyone says so , but I really haven't - I've been feeling down lately, really just because, I don't know what I'm going to do next..."

That happened at the afterparty of the Golden Globe Awards, and Natasha won the Best Actress award, so after the official Golden Globe Awards party, Natasha invited everyone to her mansion in Beverly Hills, where she was welcomed Natasha's infection, the atmosphere of the night was very good, people were like a celebration after the war, they were all crazy.

Alex didn't know where Natasha dragged him out. Anyway, he supported Natasha, who couldn't stand still, and heard the latter thank her, who was obviously drunk. She thanked Alex Alex's appearance brought inspiration to everyone. She said that her best actress was also a credit to Alex. Alex once wanted to record this scene. He felt that Natasha would do anything for the video in his hand after waking up, because for the first time he felt that her goddess was a bit ashamed.

The reason why Alex couldn't do this was because he couldn't free his hand at all. Natasha gave him a long and tight hug, and then she called everyone to come together. At that moment Alex really Regret why he didn't get drunk, and be the sober one among a group of drunks, this feeling is like you appear in a zombie series, and the zombies have already besieged the city, but the protagonist and his party still need three episodes to get to you...

In the end, Alex was fished out by Loki.

Lying on the railing of the balcony, Alex took a big breath of fresh air, and then he looked at the people behind him: "Why are you here? I thought you didn't like this kind of party..."

Alex didn't finish his sentence because he saw Loki's gloomy and terrible face, and Alex, who survived many times by his animal intuition, shut his mouth obediently.

Loki pursed his lips, and he took a few steps closer, so close that he could touch Alex's face as soon as he raised his hand,

Alex ducked back. "Hey, I could actually do it myself—"

"Don't move." Loki spit out two words coldly.

So Alex let Loki wipe many lipstick marks on his face with a handkerchief. Seeing Loki's tightly frowning brows, Alex subconsciously said: "Everyone is crazy!" , so this is just a joke, you know, Diana and the others are a little drunk—we have a good relationship with the whole crew, except for those few..."

Seeing that Loki's face has gradually become better after his explanation, Alex couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, but he quickly began to raise a huge question mark in his heart-why should I talk to him? explain this?It's not like a husband who got caught being unruly was afraid that his wife would divorce him...

Ignoring Alex's messiness, Loki folded his arms and leaned against the window sill, just a random movement, which was indescribably charming when he made it. He didn't look at Alex, but just looked out of the railing Well, the paparazzi downstairs tonight are all left in twos and threes, as if they were exhausted from a night of Golden Globes carnival.

Rocky suddenly said, "Are you lost? About tonight's Golden Globe Awards..."

Alex shook his head quickly: "Not—"

Rocky turned his head and looked at Alex: "Actually, we all know that you could have won the Golden Globe this time. The 90 judges from the Foreign Press Association, once there are some people who are manipulated, it is easy to change The overall pattern—and compared to the Oscars, where you have to sit in a grand theater, at the Golden Globes, you can even walk onto the stage with a glass of wine. What kind of menu did the chef prepare for the awards dinner—”

"Everyone in the game knows how to play this game—" Loki smiled lightly, as if he had encountered something interesting, and his green eyes were faintly flickering, "And those Many of the judges even like you very much, because your high popularity can bring them more attention, and they can do anything for the ratings—”

Of course Alex knew this, which is why his team decided to release that report on the eve of the Golden Globes.Rocky looked at the silent Alex and continued: "You know that at a certain moment, the Golden Globe is within your reach-but you gave it up."

"Why?" This was not a rhetorical question, and Loki quickly gave the answer on his own, "Because you don't care—you come here, but you don't really care about anything..."

"I..." Alex felt uneasy in his heart, as if something he was trying to hide had been discovered, he opened his mouth, but Loki didn't give him a chance to interrupt.

"Let me guess - you play by rules that only you know, and you come here to do something by those rules, you can cheat, you can sacrifice yourself, you can do whatever it takes, because you can do anything Don't care, when you finish your mission, you walk away, you make the people who stay behind go crazy, no one knows where you came from, let alone where you went, you even make them doubt themselves , wondering if you ever existed..."

Alex turned his head, he didn't dare to look at Loki's expression, but he could still feel a strong gaze on him, Alex tried to make his voice sound calm, he said "I I don't understand what you're talking about—" After that, Alex wanted to leave, but Loki grabbed his slightly trembling hand.

"You must be panicking—" Loki moved closer, his eyes fixed on Alex, not letting him go, "because all developments are out of your control, your so-called predetermined Script—you don’t know what’s going on in the middle, things are going against what you think, you can’t change it, you don’t know what’s the point of staying here, and you can’t find a way to leave—”

"enough--"

"Then stay." At the same time as Alex, Loki said these words, "Do what you want to do, and I will take care of the rest for you. You just need to..."

"Stay here." Loki said slowly, his tone was still calm, he tightened his jaw, and Alex's figure was reflected in his eyes, "please—"

Alex didn't know what to say, but he looked into those green eyes, and a familiar image appeared in his mind for a while, this time he could even faintly see some vague outlines, and when Ya Alex came back to his senses, only to find that Loki suddenly leaned over. The two were so close that they could feel each other's warm breath.

"What are you going to do?" Alex wanted to hide, but was hugged by Loki, "Hey, I really hate this position..." But before he finished speaking, he was felt soft on his lips. Touched.

Loki explained what he was going to do without blushing and heartbeat: "Kiss you."

"..."

"I'll bear it if I'm late, so why am I the last?"

"Do you know you can't np now?"

"Of course, so this won't be np, I will definitely be the only one."

"Would you like to talk to me?" Stark waved his hand in front of Alex, "Hey, so I have no sense of existence, how many times can you wander in front of me in a day? "

"I'm sorry, I just..." Alex finished his memories of the conversation with Loki that night, and he said simply, "Okay, I need to talk, let's talk—"

As a result, the two stared at the villain for a few minutes.

Stark turned his head away first: "I'm pretty good at dating, but I'm not good at this kind of thing, why don't you talk to me about the previous one?"

Alex smiled speechlessly: "I'm afraid I can't agree with you, Mr. Stark."

"Call me Tony—" Stark said very dissatisfied, "You keep calling me wrong, are you expecting me to do something to you?"

"Don't force me to do it—" But seeing the rascal appearance of the other party, Alex still had to swallow, "Okay, Tony." He pulled his hair a little anxiously for a while, "About what I want to talk about—I I don’t know if you have a feeling, when you are tired of something, you want to give it up, but you can’t, something is restraining you, not only the effect of external forces, but also yourself, you feel unwilling..."

Alex has been cannon fodder for so many years, and it would be ridiculous to say that he was willing to be cannon fodder every time.Of course he also wants to do something, especially when he has made so much effort, but as long as the protagonist appears, he doesn't even need the protagonist to do something, everything he does is automatically destroyed, and he has to make up Go up and deliver the head.

It's not that Alex didn't think about killing the protagonist and becoming a regular, but he was still too far-sighted, so that he was silently being cannon fodder for so many years. Until now, the unusualness of all this may imply that he got a chance .

"Well——" Stark thought for a while, as if it took a while to organize his words, "Do you know what I first entered my father's laboratory for?"

Alex frowned curiously and thought: "Because you are interested in everything about your father?"

"No——" Stark made a big cross with his hands, and then made a sound like a wrong answer, "I walked in there for the first time, but I didn't care about everything in it, I was thinking about this What is it that makes my father hang out with them every day and never see me—"

Seeing Alex's surprised expression, Stark smiled: "Yes, I'm just sharing my fragile childhood memories with you - what's wrong? Do you think Tony Stark shouldn't have such a childhood?" ?Although I look a little different from ordinary people, but that's because I'm a genius, not a freak..."

"No, I mean, I'm surprised you'd share this with me—" Alex pursed his lips.

"To be honest, even I am a little surprised." Stark thought for a while, "But you give me a very familiar feeling, really, as if we have met a long time ago."

But Stark quickly revealed this, and he continued his story: "Anyway, I stayed in the lab after that, and I tried to understand them, and then I became obsessed with them, and I also had Had a lot of crazy ideas, a lot of times I disagreed with the old man, he wouldn't let me do it, but I went anyway, he asked me why, and I said no—no reason."

At this point, Stark seemed to recall something: "Although the old man is annoying, I think he still taught me a lot, as a father, how to treat his son..."

Alex didn't speak, he looked at Stark, who just needed a quiet company at the moment.After a while, Stark seemed to pack his own emotions, he looked at Alex: "So you already know what I want to express, otherwise if you ask me to tell such a story again, I'm afraid I will feel Got a little goosebumps—"

"Thank you, Tony." Alex smiled, but he seemed a little unable to bear the tender atmosphere between the two of them at the moment, "Anyway, it's hard for you to tell me such a story so hard—I will take care of it." It’s the one who made this bowl of chicken soup for the soul.”

"That's good—it's really not easy for me." Stark exhaled exaggeratedly, "You know, I didn't swear a single word in the whole article..."

Alex finished his class at ALA today, and he waited for Owen's arrival at the restaurant not far from the company, but before his stool was heated up, he saw a familiar figure in the distance.

Caesar felt that he really should go to say hello to Alex, knowing that people are now rumoring that he was lost because he missed the Golden Globe, so he had to go to comfort Alex, and at the same time tell the former The good news is that the two scripts that Alex was intentionally invited to join were still won by him in the end.

Caesar felt that he was so anxious to deal with Alex before that he must have lost his head. Yes, Alex does have acting skills, but so what, Hollywood has many actors with acting skills and talents, but Oscar for Best Actor There is only one protagonist, even if Ala has a strong background, so what if he devotes all his resources to Alex, Caesar holds a huge golden finger, he knows the future, and an actor must have acting skills, box office appeal is the ultimate let The root of his power in this circle, thinking about the blockbuster movies over the years, Caesar believes that with his obstruction, it is very difficult for Alex to have such good luck to hit one.

Therefore, Caesar's guess is that Alex may act in many independent films in the future, the critics will love him, and after he has been struggling for many years, the Oscar will give him another award, then maybe that is all he has done , he will be an excellent actor, and will never become a Hollywood legend like him.

Caesar walked over with a smile, but unfortunately, Alex stood up suddenly, Caesar thought for a while, and followed.So as soon as Alex walked out of the bathroom, he saw Caesar at the door. He raised his eyebrows strangely: "Don't tell me that you are waiting for me here on purpose? Then you are too perverted——"

Caesar held back his anger and showed a gritted smile: "No, it's just a coincidence, I think, after all, we made a mistake in cooperating once, and your acting skills earned me a lot of money for "The Duchess", so I have to thank you—by the way , don't be sad for the golden ball, I heard them say, you always hide in that little apartment, biting the quilt and crying, anyway, everything will be fine, Alex."

After finishing speaking, Caesar wanted to take a good look at Alex's expression of livid face from his anger, but the latter didn't, he just raised his chin: "I've heard such a saying, sometimes, what do you think? Just do it, for example, this person standing in front of me is so annoying that I want to beat him up, then I should do it—"

After speaking, Alex grabbed Caesar's tie, pulled him in, and quickly locked the bathroom door.

And Caesar's assistant could only wait anxiously outside the door. He was afraid that he would attract others by making a noise, which would be too embarrassing.After a while, the bathroom door was opened. The assistant suppressed Alex's timidity, and said sternly, "Mr. Pauline, I'm afraid you will have to pay for what you did. We will call the police. Injury, so wait for our lawyer's letter."

Alex smiled: "How much is your account number? Since you are willing to call the police and let more people know that Caesar was beaten black and blue by me, then I should pay you to thank you——"

The assistant couldn't speak anymore, and Caesar's painful roar was heard inside, and he hurried in.

Alex shrugged. He planned to call Owen and tell him that he might be able to change restaurants, but before he could reach the door, a woman bumped into him suddenly, and there were a lot of documents scattered around the room. On the ground, Alex squatted down and picked up all the documents for the lady.

"Are you okay?" Alex's gray eyes showed polite concern.

"I'm sorry..." the lady said, but when she saw the person in front of her clearly, she was a little surprised, and then her face flushed with excitement, "Oh my god, you, you are Asia Alex Polling..."

"Yes, I'm glad you recognized me," Alex said, handing the documents to the lady.

"Compared to the movie, you are more-more..." The lady seemed unable to find the words to describe it for a while, and when she saw Alex who seemed to be leaving, she suddenly said, "I'm sorry, maybe these It's abrupt, but can you tell me your contact information? Or your agent's is fine..."

Facing Alex's puzzled gaze, the lady continued: "There is a role, if you are willing to act, really, you are the best candidate in my mind-by the way, I forgot to introduce myself , I'm Stephanie Meyer, maybe you don't know me, but I recently published a book called Twilight..."