Hollywood Road

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"It's a coincidence, Murphy."

Sitting at the same table, Catherine Zeta Jones took the initiative to greet Murphy. The two met as early as when Miramax Films was operating "Chicago."

"Yes, Kate." Murphy nodded to her with a smile, "Long time no see, you are more beautiful."

"Thank you."

She introduced to Murphy next to Michael Douglas, "This is my husband..."

"Oh, I know." Murphy stood up and offered to reach out to Michael Douglas, "Hello, Michael, it's nice to meet you."

A smile broke out on Michael Douglas' long face. "I'm glad to meet you too, Murphy."

His smile only stays on the surface. The old Robert Downey is very annoying, the younger Robert Downey is even more annoying, and his best friend Murphy Stanton is also annoying.

Murphy had an enthusiastic smile on his face, and his calm eyes concealed the sharpness that others could hardly detect. When he saw Michael Douglas, who also had a enthusiastic smile on the opposite side, he could only think of two things: drug products and Robert Jr. Downey goes to jail.

But Murphy knows that the Douglas family is deeply entrenched in Hollywood and cannot be easily shaken. What to do must be carefully planned with Downey.

"Michael, I admire Mr. Kirk Douglas very much." What Murphy said seemed to be true. "Can I visit him?"

Michael Douglas frowned slightly, then loosened it, and said politely: "Of course, my father is always very hospitable. He likes your noir films very much. He is a loyal fan of your film noir and will definitely welcome you."

Murphy made a surprise: "This is my honor."

At the same time, his head turned quickly, thinking about everything about the father and son, trying to find a place to use it, and the final conclusion was still a drug.

Throughout the dinner, Murphy and Michael Douglas were chatting and laughing, but they were always thinking about how to deal with Douglas and his son.

Although Robert Downey Jr. has no real evidence to prove that all this is related to them, this kind of thing does not need evidence at all.

After the banquet, Murphy and Michael Douglas walked out of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel together due to the relationship between Catherine Zeta Jones.

There are still a lot of paparazzi and reporters squatting outside the hotel. They saw an English rose, an Oscar actor and a new first-line director walking out together, surrounding them like flies smelling blood, and all kinds of problems don’t need money. Threw it at the three of them.

Faced with the questions of these guys, Murphy answered seriously, "Yes, Michael and I are very good friends."

Michael Douglas was standing next to him, facing the camera of the reporter and the paparazzi, he could only smile cooperatively.

Murphy reached out and took Michael Douglas's shoulders and answered another reporter's nomination, "Of course I want to work with an Oscar actor. It is definitely a pleasure to be able to make a movie with an acting school like Michael."

Catherine Zeta Jones looked at Murphy and then at Michael Douglas. There was always something wrong. The two people got acquainted too quickly, right? Is it really so congenial?

It’s not bad to get acquainted with a big director! She looked at Murphy, and the two of them were clearly going downhill now, and getting to know a director who could rescue even a bad guy like Robert Downey Jr. had more advantages than disadvantages.

Facing media reporters, Michael Douglas’ acting skills are no worse than anyone else. He slapped Murphy’s shoulder vigorously and told reporters, “Hollywood movies are becoming more and more homogenized, with unique styles like Murphy’s. There are too few directors. It is the dream of every actor to cooperate with such a director."

Murphy and Michael Douglas glanced at each other and smiled heartily at the same time.

At midnight, Murphy returned to Beverly Hills. Early the next morning, he talked with Robert Downey Jr. on the phone and made an appointment. Then he contacted Ross and agreed to meet near the Old China Town in the city center in the afternoon.

After lunch, Murphy drove away from Beverly Hills and returned to the familiar downtown slum, which is still dilapidated and ruined, showing the true side of America.

Black off-road vehicles pass through the narrow streets of the Old China Town. There are fewer Chinese signs on both sides than before. Murphy has heard that the Old China Town has become a Vietnamese world.

"The Vietnamese are ambitious and unruly."

Still in that old bar, Murphy met Rose, who had been missing for a long time. He talked about some situations in the city center. "The Vietnamese also want to intervene in the underground arms and cocaine trade in the city center. It has already happened with my people. Several conflicts."

Murphy was just listening and didn't make any comments. He didn't know why. He felt that this friend said more than before.

The door of the tavern was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a bald black man walked in, first smiled honestly at Murphy, and then said, "Wade Wilson, that cheap guy is here."

Rose looked at the bald black man suspiciously, obviously not understanding who he was talking about.

Murphy reminded, "Downey is here."

Hearing this, the black man smiled and stroked his bald head.

"He won't be Wade Wilson anymore," Murphy also joked to the black man. "He will be Tony Stark soon."

While talking, someone walked in. Robert Downey Jr. was wearing a well-fitting suit, a pair of sunglasses, and his hair was meticulously combed. This suit was dressed up on his body, which always made people feel particularly sloppy.

He stood under the headlight at the entrance of the tavern, spreading his hands like the protagonist of the movie, and said carelessly, "Hey, you two dark guys, are you waiting for me? Actually, I've been here long ago, just not I would like to sit here and wait for you. I want you to wait, so I went around the old Chinatown and met a Vietnamese..."

"Shut up, Downey." Murphy didn't have any interest in who he met, so he interrupted the wordy guy, pointed to Rose and asked, "Why, don't you recognize him?"

"Of course I do." Robert Downey Jr. looked at Rose and put away the laughter on his face. "How could I forget Rose. At the beginning, we were called the three heroes of the state prison."

"Hi, Rose." He beckoned to Rose, "You still look as fierce as before, and how many people have blown their heads. I think your experience can be made into a movie. Look, Directed by Murphy, I'll star, we don't charge you a cent, you go to Hollywood to find out, is there anything cheaper than this?"

Rose did not interrupt Jr. Robert Downey, took a deep look at him, stood up and walked over, stretched out his hands, and gave him a strong hug. Robert Downey Jr. was a little surprised, but he also hugged Rose back.

The bald black man next to him looked at Rose and Robert Downey Jr. holding them together, and kept touching his shiny bald heads. It seemed that someone had said before that the true love of his boss is Downey.

Now it seems that there is such a thing.

"Okay, you two will talk about the old things later," Murphy interrupted Ross and Robert Downey Jr., "We are now on business."

Ross and Robert Downey Jr. sat at the front of the bar like Murphy. Murphy asked the bartender to pour them two glasses of dark beer and said, "Downey has found out who was behind the scenes that framed him in drug trafficking."

The laughter and frivolity on Robert Downey Jr’s face disappeared, replaced by viciousness and spite, "I won't let those **** go! I must let them ruin!"

Afterwards, he roughly told Rose about the lack of evidence he found. Rose nodded slightly and said, "At the time, I thought that you were in jail. There were ten Hollywood stars. There are nine drug abusers. Why did the Los Angeles police find you? With your capital at that time, this is not a big deal, but the prosecutors have been chasing you until you are sent to jail. Give up, someone must be manipulating behind the scenes."

"There is indeed some contradiction between my father and Kirk Douglas." Robert Downey Jr. had a gloomy face. "That old fox hit me on the idea..."

Having said that, he shook his head, if it hadn't been for him to give someone a handle, there would be nothing to do.

In fact, being sentenced to jail is not entirely a bad thing. He met Murphy inside, and then his whole life changed. The previous Robert Downey Jr disappeared completely, and the new Robert Downey Jr. Born...

If it were not for this special experience, it would be hard for Robert Downey Jr. to say what will happen to him in the future? May sink into a sea of ​​poison, and can no longer extricate himself...

Rose thought for a while and asked, "How do you want to solve it?"

He didn't say much, he had decided to participate in it. Although it was not Murphy's business, he and Robert Downey Jr. had a close friendship.

"At the Oscars night party last night," Murphy said faintly, "I met Michael Douglas and his wife and chatted with Michael Douglas for a while."

Robert Downey Jr. answered, "The picture of you and him has appeared in the newspaper."

"If you want to defeat a person, you must first understand him." Murphy suddenly smiled, "Michael Douglas's acting skills are very good."

After saying this casually, he returned to the topic, "Michael Douglas and his ex-wife have a son, which is not liked by Catherine Zeta Jones, but he and Kirk Douglas..."

Murphy didn't say it clearly, but Rose and Robert Downey Jr. understood.

The three people took out the black bald and the waiter in the bar and had a secret conversation. It was not until two hours later that Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. walked out of the bar and left separately.

After another day in Los Angeles, Murphy returned to Paris to continue his filming work.