Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 105 Sudden bad news

Raymond was stabbed to death.

Just last night, in the early hours of the morning, after he drank with some brothers, Damai and Xiaobei went to the dance floor to dance and take advantage of other girls.

Davis and Raymond sat in the box and quarreled. This habit lasted for many years. Whenever the two brothers drank, they would quarrel because of their different views on something.

But they all thought they were right and refused to admit defeat, so they argued like two children until their ears were black and their necks were thick.

Damai and Xiaobei left because of this, and Akadi was no exception.

However, not long after she walked out of the box, she met the guy who had coaxed her into filming a movie!
  This guy was beaten up by Davis, and now he would not let her go when he met Arkadi, so he called his brothers to catch her.

As a result, Arkady ran back to the box first and told Raymond and others about the matter.

When he learned that someone was going to bully his girlfriend, Davis got even more drunk, and he just took a gun and wanted to kill that bitch.

But Raymond stopped his brother. He still maintained some sense and wanted to bring back the two brothers, Damai and Xiaobei, to support the show.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the change. The group found this box and started fighting taking advantage of the large number of people.

It was during this process that Davis was entangled by two people and his gun was not drawn.

The black talent scout whom Davis had beaten took out a knife, but when he was about to attack Davis, Raymond blocked him with his body.

A full eight cuts, right on the chest.

In the end, Raymond fell in a pool of blood, and Davis shot and broke the black man's arm in anger.

Badman also received the news in his bed in the early morning. At that time, Raymond had been sent to the hospital and was in the process of rescue.

Unfortunately, it was not until eight o'clock in the morning that the doctor declared that resuscitation was ineffective for several people. The knife stabbed into the heart, and all of Raymond's accumulated fat could not save him.

When Tang De received the call, Raymond's body had already entered the morgue. Badman's purpose was to notify him to attend Raymond's funeral in two days.

"Didi didi." The phone was hung up, but the original smile on Tang De's face also disappeared.

"What's wrong? Don?" Anne Hathaway saw something strange in the man's expression, hugged Don De from the back, and used her chest to warm Don De.

"It's nothing..." Tang De patted her hand, turned around and kissed her, but there was no charm in the kiss, only comfort.

"I'm going to attend a friend's funeral in a few days."

"Are they very close friends?"

"No."

"But I think you seem very sad." Anne Hathaway stared at Tang De intently. Tang De, who was completely quiet without a smile, seemed to have changed his appearance. This was not his usual self, but he was more attractive than usual.

She felt that this man was a mystery. Although he looked so young, she always felt that youth was just a surface, a disguise, like an iceberg hidden under the water, which made her unable to help but explore more.

"Really?" Tang De smiled, patted her hand, stood up and walked into the house.

Raymond's funeral was scheduled to be in his old neighborhood. This was his own wish. He once said to others that he could not leave this neighborhood, otherwise it would be like a big tree missing its roots.

But in the end, he broke his promise and moved out of the old neighborhood to a bigger, newer house.

But he eventually came back here, maybe it was the revenge of the old neighborhood, or maybe it was the fate of his skin color.

Tang De did not stand still because of this incident. He and Raymond were not close friends. If Jimmy died unexpectedly, he might really be more sad.

In the past two days, he has been busy in the company because there are really many things.

The shooting of several large-scale commercials, the work arrangements of Kaiden, Cindy, and Lilina, and the music video taken over by CAA.

Vice President Edinson was already grinning from ear to ear. Recently, because of Tang De's golden brand, many clients came to his agent to sign an all-inclusive MV contract, asking him to make a fierce statement at the president's meeting. made waves.

But what made him even more happy was seeing Brady's deflated appearance.

When Carl and Tang De were talking on the phone, they were speculating about the love and hatred between the two vice presidents. Unfortunately, he joined the job too late and didn't hear any gossip.

Tang De has also received several new MVs. The first was Beyoncé's MV. She has now joined Jay-Z's company and is gearing up to release her first solo album.

The second is the new album music video of Mariah Carey, the queen-level singer. She just terminated her contract with Virgin Records some time ago, and now she has switched to Island Records, a subsidiary of Universal, and has also established her own personal music company.

With her connections, it was extremely easy to find a music video director, but as she said, she liked Tang De's style very much, so she specifically found CAA to cooperate with Tang De and gave him a large budget.

Apart from these two, Tang De has not taken over other MV shooting work, because he is no longer the original Tang De, and his current work focus has gradually shifted from MVs to movies. As for now, let’s take a rest.

However, after talking about taking a rest and taking care of the company's affairs, Tang De, who stayed at home, couldn't take any time off. After taking over the job of grocery shopping at home, he planned to go out to the supermarket.

Going downstairs and passing the mirror, Tang De accidentally noticed that his hair seemed to have not been cut for a long time, and the sideburns on both sides had grown to his chin, as if they were going to be connected to his beard.

"It's so ugly." Tang De decided to get a haircut while going to the supermarket.

Driving all the way, they arrived at a nearby large-scale member supermarket. Tang De looked at the surrounding environment while pushing the cart to get the food.

The lights here are bright, the people coming and going are very well-educated, and there is no loud noise.

Unlike ordinary supermarkets in the Bronx, there are dogs barking, children crying, couples quarreling, and even a faint smell of urine.

After Tang De visited once, the job was completely handed over to Carmela.

"It's better here." Tang De said to himself as he threw a few cans into the shopping cart. Just as he was about to walk to the fresh food area, his phone suddenly rang.

"Hey, Badman."

"Donde, Raymond's viewing ceremony is scheduled for the weekend."

"understood."

"Where's Davis?"

"He's still in the police station. I spent the money and he will be released on bail."

Funerals in the United States are roughly divided into three steps. The first is the viewing ceremony, also called the vigil. The embalmed body will be placed in the coffin for a short public viewing, where relatives and friends can hold commemorative activities.

The second is the memorial ceremony, which is usually held in a church or cemetery. There may be an introduction or picture display about the life of the deceased, and the family members will also share the story of the deceased.

The third is burial. Under professional prayers, the body is buried in the ground, and then the relatives bid farewell briefly.

Tang De naturally attended the ceremony. Although he was not Raymond's close friend, the relationship between the two was actually closer than many friends who had been estranged for a long time.

After hanging up the phone, Tang De looked at the dead animals in the freezer in a daze, his silent face reflected in the reflection of the glass.

Then he reached out to pick out the selected fish and prawns from the freezer, and suddenly remembered what Raymond said to him yesterday, saying that he had already recorded a new song and was confident about it.

For some reason, Tang De was a little curious about what this song was like.

Thinking about these things, Tang De finished shopping for all the things, walked out of the supermarket and drove directly back to his home.

"He's back." His mother, Carmela, greeted him at the door and said with a smile, "I'm making your favorite cheese-baked shrimp rice today. Do you want to add onions?"

"No, Carmela, you know I don't like it." Tang De shrugged and handed the bag to his two younger brothers, and then rubbed their heads with his hands for a while, tickling them with joy.

"Go, don't bother brother." Carmela tied the apron around her body, and when she turned to leave, she suddenly paused and turned around and said: "You have to wear black when attending the funeral. I have already washed your suit. When the time comes, Get another bouquet of flowers."

Tang De was stunned for two seconds and then smiled: "Thank you, Carmela."

"You're welcome, my great director, you'll know when you get to my age..." Carmela cleared the table and said in an experienced tone: "Death is just one of the itineraries arranged by God, there are other things in life. There are many things more tedious, more difficult, and more noteworthy than death.”

Tang De was stunned for a moment and raised his eyebrows: "Are you comforting me?"

Carmela stopped and looked at him: "Of course, is it so easy to hear?"

"That's right, Carmela, but I want to say that I'm actually not very sad." Tang De told the truth. He just thought of himself after Raymond's death and the consequences of the accidental fall. Everything always made him feel like an unreal dream.

But as time goes by, this feeling is dissipating now, and his life has more of a sense of reality.

With money, women, and status, he has already lived a better life, and it will be visible to the naked eye that it will be even better in the future.

But his sense of security had been decreasing until Raymond was killed, which made him think about self-defense and security.

After all, in America, you never have to worry about a gun murder happening here.

However, Carmela didn't know about Tang De's worries and just thought that he was sad about Raymond's death.
  "Okay, it seems I said too much. Anyway, go and wash your hands. We will eat in a while." Carmela continued to enter the kitchen to get busy.

Tang De came to the bathroom, picked up the soap and rubbed it on his hands. However, when his eyes crossed the mirror, something suddenly flashed in his mind, making him stagnant for a moment.

After being silent for a long time, he looked at his long sideburns in the mirror, suddenly put his hands on both sides of the sink, and sighed in a low voice, dumbfounded: "FXXK... I forgot to get a haircut..."

(End of this chapter)