American winner takes all

Chapter 25 A went up

There is a hotel called "Eternal Love" near Century City, which is very close to the ICM headquarters office where Lisa works. It only takes 10 minutes to walk to Ethan.

From the outside, this hotel doesn't look like much, but the rooms are unique.

For example, the interior of this room imitates ancient Greek design, with domes and miniature stone arches. The furniture mostly uses simple geometric shapes. The famous oil painting "Venus and Mary Frightened by Vulcan" hangs on the wall above the bed. "Mars", this original oil painting is located in the Louvre Museum. It depicts the embarrassing scene of Venus and Mars being caught by the torturer Hephaestus during their tryst, revealing a bit of ambiguity.

Under the painting is a round bed. The round bed has three fixed rotation angles and can face the shower room enclosed by transparent glass, an oval-shaped oversized bathtub, and the metal rod from floor to ceiling. Tube.

Surrounded by white gauze, two figures are looming.

Lisa leaned sideways, supporting her head with one hand, and brushing her streamlined muscle lines with the other hand.

It's not too exaggerated, but it's three-dimensional enough, with a sense of supreme beauty that was created by the Creator himself.

"Do you know why I brought you here? You remind me of Discopolos in ancient Greece."

Lisa's fingers tapped on Ethan's back, as if she were playing a piano.

The two of them were playing some kind of music just now, but Ethan was the musician, and he... was some kind of musical instrument.

Seeing that Ethan looked puzzled, she had no choice but to continue explaining: "It's the statue of the discus thrower. Maybe you can learn about it in your AP Art History class next semester."

Ethan's ambitious AP course plan will not start until next semester.

Ethan turned over, looking eager to try.

"Take a rest, young man." Lisa pushed him a little and lost his voice.She felt as if she had met Eros, an evil god in Greek mythology.

Like a wolf or a tiger?Nothing more.

Ethan originally thought it was a wasteland opening, but he didn't expect it to be a speed run. Before he had started a few bursts, the boss entered the hidden stage.He overestimated the boss's HP and underestimated his own equipment level.

Looking at Ethan who was lying down again, Lisa's eyes were full of kindness: "Your T-shirt is almost faded after washing. Use the money I gave you to buy some clothes later."

"Speaking of this...I still need some money." Ethan suddenly said.

"Why do you want so much money?" Lisa was puzzled.

Ethan looked at the ceiling: "I thought of a way to make money. It was a charity sale for the football team. They sold some drinks, hot dogs and the like in the auditorium, and promised to donate part of the sales to some elementary schools in some poor communities. , used to fund school-age football training. This will cost some money, about $[-]."

Ethan explained in detail that this was originally the way he thought of making money the day he drank expired milk. Before he could apply to Thomas, Thomas took the initiative to talk about another way to make money.

This plan is just for borrowing money.

"Did you come up with it yourself?" Lisa smiled, but she thought it was a good idea.

Whether he makes money or not is secondary. The most important thing is that it allows Ethan to accumulate social and business experience. This is the most valuable thing.

Let alone 1W, even if it was more, she would be willing to let Ethan try.What young people lack is opportunities.

"I'll write you a check later." Lisa said very grandly, without even asking.

"The money will be returned to you later." After thinking about it, Ethan said.

"There's no rush to pay back the money. Just take it first. Do you have a driver's license? You can buy a car." Lisa asked again.

"I haven't learned yet." Ethan shook his head.

The more concentrated and prosperous cities in the United States are, the lower the driver's license ownership rate is. For example, in New York, the more remote areas have a higher driver's license ownership rate.

Moreover, the United States does not really have one driver's license per person, accounting for about 16%. The ownership rate among teenagers aged 19-25 is [-]%.

"Then take advantage of this summer training break to get your driver's license." Lisa started planning.

"By the way, there is another thing. Mia has written a script and wants you to see if it is possible to sell it." Ethan stood up and took out a stapled book from the backpack on the table. script.It was the "Seven Deadly Sins" he dictated before. Mia worked overtime until early in the morning to rush out the script. The specific details were slightly different, but the main story and characters, as well as the reverse ending, were consistent with what Ethan had said before. Exactly the same.

"Mia..." Lisa hesitated.

She won't know, will she?
"She doesn't know yet, but I secretly made a copy of the script." Ethan asked her to read it.

What kind of script can a housewife who has stopped writing for 20 years write?

Lisa obviously wasn't optimistic about Mia's current ability, but Ethan handed over the script and couldn't refuse it directly, so he put the script on the bed and read it.At first, her movements seemed a bit sloppy, but after half a minute, her page turning speed slowed down significantly, and she began to read more carefully.

After about 20 minutes, she raised her head: "I think it's pretty good, especially the final ending, which is eye-catching. It's a slightly gloomy story in style. But the development of the story is too messy, and there are too many cases, and the audience You might get bored, and there are many scripts of the same type, but this one is not particularly outstanding.”

As an agent in Hollywood, Lisa has done many things to help people sell scripts, and she can also comment on them.

The implication is that there is something, but not much.

There was nothing that could be done about it, Ethan was reporting it verbally, and Mia was not an experienced professional screenwriter.The middle stage of the script is actually different from the movie, and that's all we can do now.

"I will take the script away and then I can try to sell it to some producers and mail it, but there is no guarantee that anyone will be willing to buy it," Lisa said.

Lisa agreed to both of the things Ethan mentioned, and the goal was successfully achieved.

Ethan took practical actions to express his gratitude.

"Oh..." Lisa couldn't speak, so she could only make a nasal sound, and her long and narrow eyebrows trembled slightly.

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"Coach Thomas provided me with a way to make money quickly and gave me the phone number of an agent in Las Vegas..." In the evening, while Catherine was tutoring him in his homework, Ethan talked about ways to make money.

"But the premise is that you can win, otherwise you will lose everything. You still have to have capital." Catherine put down her pen.

"That's right, so you have to be prepared. Lisa has taken Mia's script away and is going to sell it to some producers and mail it to them for their review," Ethan said.

"You two met in the afternoon? Didn't I tell you that I would go with you to meet her!" Catherine said.

"You have to train in the afternoon, so I can only go there alone, in Century City, a cafe downstairs of the ICM headquarters." Ethan continued.

"She didn't do anything to you, right?" Catherine looked worried.

"Of course not, so many people are watching."

"Well, I will only meet her in public from now on." Catherine added.

"Life will gradually get better." Ethan turned to look out the window.

It had just rained in the afternoon. At this time, the sky was clear, and a crescent moon was surrounded by stars. The palm trees in the distance were blown by the cool breeze, and their shadows were swaying. It was a rare cool night in this hot summer.

Suitable for a man and a woman to go out for a walk.

"I won't go." Catherine looked a little hunched over and looked embarrassed.

"Uncomfortable?" Ethan could tell.

Catherine nodded.

Ethan placed his hand directly on Catherine's lower abdomen, his warm palm spreading the warmth.Coarse Europeans and Americans don't have much warmth in their subconscious, they only take ibuprofen.Catherine was stunned, and something was touched in her heart.

"Eh..." Catherine was a little surprised and felt more comfortable.Of course it's more of a psychological effect.

"You have taken care of me so many times, let me take care of you these days." Ethan moved his chair so that the two of them were next to each other.

After a brief silence, Catherine subconsciously called Ethan's name softly, her eyes misty, a little dreamy, a little intoxicated.

From a biological and psychological perspective, women's endocrine changes occur at this time, and their desires rise.And physical pain can lead to inner irritability.

If you lack caring or hear too many clichés like "drink more hot water", you may vent your anger by losing your temper in order to achieve inner balance.

Of course, you can also find someone you like to lean on and seek some comfort, especially after being touched by someone's actual actions.

She took the initiative to rest her head on Ethan's chest.Very grounded and warm.

Ethan pushed her chin and asked her to raise her face.

Catherine closed her eyes and waited.

A meteor streaked across the night sky, fleeting.Time seems to be frozen, and the moment is eternal.

(End of this chapter)