"Okay, I'll wait for you." Laila wanted to say a few more words to him, but she heard someone calling Roy's name on the other end of the phone. "Someone's calling you, go ahead and take care of it."
Roy gave a fierce look at Leonardo, who had come running over to find him, before gently saying, "I got it, take a good rest, okay? Don't let that director tire you out."
The director he mentioned was naturally Christopher Nolan, who always lingered around Laila asking this and that, which made him feel extremely... envious! He also wanted to be by her side all the time!
After a few tender words, he reluctantly hung up the phone. When he looked up, he saw Leonardo staring at him with a smirk.
"It's Laila, right? I can tell from your expression."
"So what?" He glared at him irritably. It was all this guy's fault that he had less time to talk to Laila.
Leonardo could tell what he was thinking from his expression. After all, similar things had happened too many times. "I really admire you, you know?"
"Of course, I'm your idol," Roy replied nonchalantly.
"Bullshit idol! It's almost like I'm your idol!" Leonardo rolled his eyes without any handsome demeanor. "I mean you and Laila. You've been working with her for so long, it's really incredible."
"Why do you say that?"
"Don't you think she's sometimes quite scary?" Leonardo patted his chest. "Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I've heard some people say she's terrifying on set. You've been working with her for so long, how could you not have any psychological shadow?"
"Scary? Are you kidding me? She's so lovely!" Roy looked at him as if he was looking at a fool.
Leonardo was also stunned, "Lovely? Where are your eyes?"
He admitted that Laila was very beautiful. But she was not sexy at all, more like a lady from the Middle Ages. Compared to her, he still thought Victoria's Secret Angels were more to his taste.
Roy and Leonardo looked at each other with expressions that said, "You have a problem with your eyes."
"Where is she not lovely?" When it came to his girlfriend's justice, Roy had to get an explanation.
"Where is she lovely?" Leonardo widened his eyes. "I remember the first time I saw her, I felt uncomfortable all over as if my whole body was tied up with ropes. Later, when I saw her again, that feeling of being bound became even stronger. Let me tell you, I felt the same way when I was filming with Cameron. So I can be sure that Laila is definitely a tyrant on set!"
He had been psychologically scarred by director Cameron while filming "Titanic," so any strong aura would set off his "detector," and he would keep his distance.
With Laila's business growing bigger and her influence increasing, she inevitably exuded the aura of a superior. When the boss could be approachable, but really wanted to get angry, how many people would not be scared?
If Laila's subordinates heard what Leonardo said, they would probably agree and give him some praise. When they saw the boss, even if she was smiling, they wouldn't dare to breathe. It was only when she passed by that they would finally breathe a sigh of relief.
This was partly because of her increasingly strong aura, and it might also be related to her icy blue eyes. As Roy had said, the icy blue color seemed cold and unfeeling. Being scanned by such eyes, few people could maintain smooth breathing.
Although Leonardo had not filmed under Laila's command, because of his good relationship with Roy, he had met her a few times in private. Every time they met, he felt uncomfortable all over, as if any slightly rough action would be unforgivable.
This was also something he couldn't understand. If you talk about playing, Roy also liked to play, except that he wouldn't get involved with women, and going to bars was their favorite pastime.
But it was such a guy who liked to play who actually fell in love with a woman like Laila. Not to mention cheating, even when other women approached him, he usually sent them away with a cold face. It's not that he didn't talk to women at all, but when he felt that the woman had feelings for him beyond friendship, he would resolutely ask her to leave.
At this moment, Leonardo, who still regarded the Victoria's Secret Angel team as his harem, couldn't understand why Roy, who was so similar to him in many ways and could talk about many topics together, was so deeply in love with a woman like Laila, who was very "scary."
However, Roy was the same. He couldn't understand why he would mix in a group of women all day long. His woman was to be cherished and pampered. What was the point of pampering other women? Could it help improve the relationship between the two, or make them happier?
To his words, Roy retorted with just one sentence, "I don't know if she's a tyrant or not, but I do know that with her help, I got that little gold man, and you didn't."
That was definitely a powerful blow, leaving Leonardo clutching his chest with one hand and pointing at him, unable to say a word for a while. After a while, he trembled and exclaimed, "You're too ruthless!"
Roy raised an eyebrow, "Don't tell me you don't want that award. Listen to me, if you want it, cooperate with Laila. With her help, you'll definitely get closer to that award."
Does Leonardo want the Oscar for Best Actor? If it were people from later generations, they would guarantee that every one of them would raise their hands and answer "yes."
For that award, he had struggled for twenty-two years.
To be precise, from the first time he was nominated for an Oscar to when he won the Oscar for Best Actor with "The Revenant," he had experienced 8054 days, during which he had been nominated four times, but had sadly become a runner-up each time. It wasn't until 22 years later that he finally got the coveted little gold man amidst the blessings of people worldwide.
To win the award, he had been filming with director Martin all along, but in the end, Martin won the Best Director, while he only got the nomination.
In previous life, his hard pursuit of the award, but repeatedly failing to win it, had become a joke that netizens played to death.
Now, although he wasn't so obsessed, there were already some signs. Seeing a good friend not only win the award he wanted but also stylishly refresh the lower age limit, how could he still face this matter calmly?
So Roy's words directly pierced his heart.
"Can she really help me win the award?" Leonardo's heart skipped a beat.
"Of course, do you want to see how many people she has helped win Oscars? Let's not talk about others, just look at 'Chicago,' that was a sweep! Do you understand?"