Jake làm cùng một điều chính xác ở phía trước của một ai đó khác. "Đó là một psych-out", ông nói. "Làm cho anh ta trông giống như một người cứng rắn. Ông đang cố gắng để đe dọa bạn. Fucking với đầu của bạn. Thêm vào đó bạn cảm thấy mắc nợ với anh ta, bởi vì ông bảo vệ bạn. Tôi biết nó fucked lên. Nhưng đó là cách tất cả mọi thứ ở Los Angeles. | about Jake doing the exact same thing in front of someone else. It s a psych-out he says. Makes him look like a tough guy. He s trying to intimidate you. He s fucking with your head. Plus you feel indebted to him because he protected you. I know it s fucked up. But that s how everything is in Los Angeles. It s all an act. That homeless guy was probably some actor working for free so he can get a part in some movie. The guy s head was on sideways I say. So maybe a stunt man. They can do stuff like that. Trust me as soon as you drove off the guy got up and walked away. It was all staged. Come on these are movie guys. It s what they do. He takes a deep hit off a joint and holds it. How you doing otherwise I m not quite sure how to answer that. I just sigh and say nothing. What he says. I m tired I say. I m feeling old. You and me both brother. You got the two girls there They re tied up in the dungeon room. I m taking a break. After we hang up I go out on the terrace and sit looking out at the lights of Los Angeles. All I have to do is be patient and eventually all of this will be mine. The movie business the music business. All of it. Then I think of the meetings I have scheduled for tomorrow and how much I dread them. I try to imagine doing this job for another ten years. Or even one year. I don t think I can do it. In my bag I still have the card that Matt the CIA guy left with me. I fetch my phone to dial his number but just as I pick up the phone it begins to buzz. It s Mrs. Jobs. She wants to know how I m doing. She says she s sorry for yelling at me and if I really want to flee the 217 country she ll go with me. Which oddly enough makes me not want to flee after all. Let s hang in there I say. We ll give it a little more time. 51 Have you seen it Ja Red says. He s sitting behind his desk looking like a kid on Christmas morning. I m back at headquarters for the first time since my banishment to Palo Alto. I ve been told only that I should be prepared for a huge
