"You're bullying me!"
"I am bullying you!" Jonny Lee Miller closed in on Matthew step by step, completely different from his previous silence. "Not only will I make you a sissy, but I'll also let all of America know you're a sissy. I'll record it and sell it to those companies in the Valley, turn it into a video tape and sell it to every corner of America!"
"Video tape!" Matthew suddenly had an idea when he heard this, and he shouted, "Miller! I have a video tape of you!"
Jonny Lee Miller was stunned for a moment. "What video tape?"
Seeing that there was a chance, Matthew said again, "Of course, it's the video tape of your divorce with Angelina Jolie!"
"It was you after all!" Jonny Lee Miller glared at Matthew hatefully, then said, "No, there was only one copy of that video tape!"
Tom Hardy couldn't understand what was going on. He looked at Matthew, then at Jonny Lee Miller, and couldn't help but slow down his steps like Jonny Lee Miller. W W w .. l ā
Matthew almost mobilized all his brain cells, making things up in his head and saying them out loud. "Since I entered your estate, would I only film one video? The video I gave to Angelina Jolie was indeed only one copy, but later I went in again and recorded another one! One of you…"
He deliberately paused, creating an atmosphere where this matter couldn't be spoken of, after all, he didn't know if Jonny Lee Miller had played any special games that night.
"You actually filmed those too!" Jonny Lee Miller roared.
Matthew immediately said, "I didn't want to say it, I almost forgot about these things. Mr. Miller, you're leaving me no way out." He pointed at Jonny Lee Miller and said, "The video tape is hidden with my girlfriend. If you don't want it to become a meticulously produced video tape in the San Fernando Valley, you'd better stop now!"
These words seemed to have magic, and Jonny Lee Miller immediately stopped, while shouting to the other side, "Tom, wait!"
Tom Hardy got into the crew through Jonny Lee Miller's connections, so he had no choice but to stop.
"Rachel, Venus, Jennifer, Bellas…" Matthew rattled off the names of those models at the time, and deliberately said, "Do you want me to be more specific? I'm still in contact with some of them and can find them at any time!"
Jonny Lee Miller's face turned very ugly. These names were indeed those of the models.
Matthew secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Taking action was too risky and a last resort. For now, he could buy some time. This was, after all, a public bathroom, and someone might come to shower at any moment. As long as these two guys were alarmed, they would probably restrain themselves a lot.
"John!" Tom Hardy caught on a bit. "As long as we film it, do we still need to worry about those videos?"
Matthew deliberately shrugged, "There's no need to worry. Jonny Lee Miller is a big star, and I'm just a nobody actor. At worst, we'll both be ruined. Let's see whose loss is greater!" He looked as if he was ready to go all out. "I wonder how the media will report this matter then. Mr. Miller's big star status will probably be gone."
He reminded him, "In the video I have, it's not just ordinary male and female scenes. Even if the public's attitude towards Hollywood is open, they probably can't accept a star doing those kinds of scenes, right?"
Tom Hardy shouted,
"We…"
Before he could finish his sentence, there was a sudden knock on the door from outside, followed by what sounded like someone shouting.
"Matthew!" The person shouting was James McAvoy. "Matthew! Are you in there?"
"I'm fine!" Matthew shouted loudly, "I'm great! I'm chatting with Jonny Lee Miller and Tom Hardy!"
Matthew pointed at the tasers in their hands and said, "Gentlemen, you'd better put away those messy things. It wouldn't be good if someone saw them and misunderstood."
Jonny Lee Miller immediately put away the taser, took a few steps back, and put all the tools he had deliberately used to pressure Matthew into his bag.
Tom Hardy held the taser, seemingly unsure of what to do for a moment.
The knocking on the door outside continued, and then James McAvoy's shout came again, "I've sent someone to open the door, wait a moment."
Matthew looked at Jonny Lee Miller and Tom Hardy, not speaking for the moment, but his gaze was exceptionally sharp.
"Tom…" Jonny Lee Miller put away his things and called out, "Let's go."
Tom Hardy glared at Matthew unwillingly, put away his taser, and prepared to go to the door to get the camera.
"Are you just going to leave like that?" Matthew tightened the bath towel around his waist. "I still want to chat with you two."
Tom Hardy turned to Matthew, "We have nothing to talk about."
Matthew completely ignored him and said to Jonny Lee Miller, "We'd better talk about how to deal with that video tape."
As if he really had such a video tape, "After I leave, I might impulsively call my girlfriend and tell her to sell the video to a company in the San Fernando Valley."
He spoke off the cuff, "Don't doubt my ability to find connections. You should know that some of the models from Red Penguin Company come from the San Fernando Valley. I often pick them up and drop them off, so I know some people from those kinds of companies. I imagine they'd be very interested in your video."
As someone appeared outside the bathroom door, coupled with Matthew's convincing bluff based on facts, the situation here gradually turned around.
Jonny Lee Miller put away his things, slung on his backpack, but didn't leave.
He couldn't possibly let such a video circulate, otherwise, plagued by scandal, his already struggling career would likely be completely ruined.
"Miller." Matthew smiled at him. "Let's talk."
Jonny Lee Miller was silent for a second, then asked directly, "Alright, what do you want?"
Tom Hardy looked at Jonny Lee Miller, feeling that these words sounded familiar, then remembered, hadn't Matthew Horner just said the same thing?
In less than two minutes, how had the situation reversed?
Matthew looked at the camera placed at the entrance of the shower room, "Leave it."
"Okay." Jonny Lee Miller didn't hesitate at all. "It's yours."
"Bring it over now." Matthew was worried they would tamper with it, after all, it had his compromising photos on it. Jonny Lee Miller gestured to Tom Hardy, who picked up the camera and threw it over.
Matthew caught the camera, took out the tape inside, and then put the camera under a shower, giving it a direct bath. Even if there was anything left inside, it was basically ruined.
And he would definitely take the camera's corpse with him.
"Good!" Matthew then looked at Jonny Lee Miller again and said, "Now let's talk about the second item."
Jonny Lee Miller suppressed his impatience, "Go on."
Matthew deliberately stated a condition that Jonny Lee Miller could accept, "Don't bother me again during the filming of 'Black Hawk Down'! Aside from work-related matters, we don't know each other."
Jonny Lee Miller also didn't want to deal with Matthew, and this perfectly suited his needs, so he immediately said, "No problem! Unless our characters have lines during filming, I won't say another word to you."
"That's best." Matthew paused, then suddenly turned to Tom Hardy. "There's also a very simple condition, Mr. Miller, which is very easy for you to do."
Before Jonny Lee Miller could speak, he continued, "If you agree to this, once you've done it, I'll immediately have my girlfriend return the video tape to you! If you don't agree, then I can only say I'm sorry. I'm very short on money lately, and it could probably sell for a good price."
"Speak!" Jonny Lee Miller stared intently at Matthew. "Don't go too far!"
Matthew showed a smile, "Absolutely not too far! It absolutely will not harm your interests, Mr. Miller."
Hearing him say that, Jonny Lee Miller breathed a sigh of relief. If possible, he also didn't want to pay such a huge price.
Matthew stopped beating around the bush and said directly, "I want you to find a way to make Mr. Tom Hardy voluntarily withdraw from this crew!"
"What?" Tom Hardy could hardly believe his ears.
"Impossible!" Jonny Lee Miller's first reaction was to refuse.
"Then there's nothing to discuss."
Footsteps suddenly came from outside, the person unlocking the door had arrived. Matthew spread his hands and said, "The door's about to open, I'm leaving."
He deliberately let out a long sigh, "Mr. Miller will soon be able to buy it at the video store, so the one in my hand doesn't matter anymore."
Tom Hardy looked at Jonny Lee Miller, "We…"
Creak—
With a crisp sound, the bathroom door was opened, and footsteps approached. Matthew shook his head, picked up the showered camera, holding the video cassette in one hand and the camera in the other, and slowly walked towards the door, no longer looking at Jonny Lee Miller and Tom Hardy.
Jonny Lee Miller made his decision in less than three seconds. "Alright!"
Tom Hardy instantly became anxious and roared, "Jonny Lee Miller, are you crazy?!" He pointed at Matthew and yelled loudly, "For this bastard, you…"
"Shut up!" Jonny Lee Miller interrupted him, after all, someone had already come in from outside. "Don't forget, you only got into this crew through my connections!"
Although both belonged to the same agent, the agent completely prioritized him. Tom Hardy was just a promising young actor, and for the sake of his own future, such a young actor could be abandoned without a second thought.
Tom Hardy pointed at Jonny Lee Miller, suddenly not knowing what to say, seemingly greatly shocked.
Jonny Lee Miller ignored Tom Hardy, glanced at James McAvoy who ran in from outside, and said to Matthew, "Don't forget your promise!"
Matthew swore, "Don't worry, I'm a very trustworthy person!"
"Are you okay?" James McAvoy stopped at the door. "I heard Ben say…" )