Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty

Jill Castle Temple was the most sensational figure since the advent of stereoscope.In Hollywood City, where everyone socializes in praise of the Emperor's New Clothes, Jill can use her tongue like a scythe.Everyone regards flattery and flattery as commonplace, but Jill has no scruples and can say what she wants.She has Toby.With Toby by her side.She wields his power like a cudgel, bashing all the studio bigwigs.These people had never been through anything like this before, but they dared not offend Jill because they didn't want to offend Toby.Toby is a cash cow in Hollywood and they want him, they need him.

Toby is redder than ever.His televised films are at the top of the Nielsen statistics every week.His films make a lot of money.Even when Toby came to Las Vegas to perform, the casino in that casino city would earn double the profits.Toby became the emperor of the film and television industry.People need him to make guest appearances, to record, to video, to promote merchandise including benefit performances, filming, etc., and so on.They need him, they need him, they need him. Hollywood dignitaries scramble to please Toby.And they soon learn that the best way to please Toby is to please Jill.Jill arranges Toby's dates and manages his life herself, so things only work with her approval.She set up an impenetrable wall around him, and only the rich, powerful, and famous people were allowed to intervene.She is the keeper of the sacred flame.This little Polish girl from Odessa, Texas, now entertains and is entertained by governors, ambassadors, world-renowned artists and the president of the United States.The city had treated her cruelly, but she could never do it again.As long as she has Toby Temple.

The real unlucky ones were the ones Jill hated. She and Toby share the bed and have fun.When Toby had enjoyed herself, she leaned into his arms and said: "My dear, let me tell you something about when I was looking for an attorney. I went to a woman—what's her name?—oh, Yes! It's Rose Denning. She told me she could give me a part, and she sat down on the bed and read the lines with me." Toby turned to look at her, narrowing his eyes: "What happened?" Jill smiled: "I was naive, I was reading a line, and felt her hand, was touching my thigh," Jill looked up and laughed, "I was so scared. I never ran in my life. so fast."

Ten days later, the license of Rose Denning's attorney's office was permanently revoked by the City Council. The next weekend, Toby and Jill are at their Palm Springs residence.Toby was lying on a massage table in the courtyard with a thick Turkish bath towel under him.Jill gave him long, soothing massages.Toby lay on his back, with a layer of cotton gauze covering his eyes to block the strong sunlight.Jill rubs his feet with massage cream. "You did show me Cliff," said Toby, "that he's just a parasite. I hear he's been looking for people to work with him all over the city. No one wants him. Leave me, he You can't even go to jail."

Jill said nothing, and after a while she said, "I'm kind of sorry for Cliff." "That's your damn ego trouble, dear. You're more emotional than intellectual. You've got to learn to be hard-hearted." Jill smiled. "I can't help it. That's the way I am." They're in the dock, on the Gill.This is a large motor yacht that Toby bought for her.Tomorrow, Toby's first TV feature of the season begins filming. "It was the best vacation of my life," Toby said. "I don't want to go back to work." "That's one of the best movies ever," Jill said, "I had a great time doing it. Everyone's fine," she paused, then added lightly, "Almost everyone, of course. "

"What do you mean?" Toby's voice was sharp, "Who upset you?" "Honey, no one. Maybe I shouldn't say that." However, in the end she let Toby out of her mouth.The director who cast the role, Eddie Belegan, was fired the next day. In the next few months, all those people who were listed on Jill's list-the directors who cast roles, Jill would tell Toby some "stories" about them, and these people disappeared from the city of Hollywood one by one. up.Everyone who raped her must pay for it, she thought.It's like queen bees mating.Those drones are having fun and, as a result, must be exterminated.

She stalked Sam Winters—the man who had told Toby that she had no talent at all.But she never said a word against Sam, instead she praised him in front of Toby.However, she praised the managers of other studios a little more, and said that other studios have props that are more suitable for Toby...there are directors who really understand Toby.Jill would also add that she couldn't help but think that Sam Winters didn't really appreciate Toby's talent.Before long, Toby began to feel the same way. Clifton Lawrence is gone.Toby had no one to talk to, no one to trust but Jill.When Toby decided to go to another factory to shoot, he believed it was his own idea.But Jill was sure that Sam Winters must know what was going on.

retribution. Some people around Toby felt that Jill would not stay with Toby for long.She is just a temporary uninvited guest, a short-lived darling.So they put up with her, or show her a little bit of veiled contempt.But they are wrong.As a result, Jill eliminated them one by one.She did not tolerate being around people who had previously had a significant influence on Toby, or who could turn him against her.She took care to have Toby switch lawyers and public relations firms and hire the one she chose.She chased away those three clowns and Toby's many supporting characters.She replaced all the servants.Now this is her home and she is the mistress of the house.

Tickets to the Tambors' party became the most sought-after commodity in the city.Every character wants to be the first to go.Actors, celebrities, governors, bosses of big companies all flock there.The press was there in full force, and the lucky guests got an added bonus: because, not only did they go to the Templer's house and have a good night, but everyone could know afterward that they had been to Tambor's. Ball's, and had a great evening. When the Templers were not entertaining, they were guests.Invitations flooded in, inviting them to premieres, fundraisers, political events, restaurant and hotel openings.

Toby would have liked to be alone at home with Jill, but Jill liked to go out.Some nights they had three or four parties, and she dragged Toby from one to the other. "My God! It's time for you to go to Grossinger and become a director." Toby said with a smile. "I did it for you, honey," she replied. Toby was making a movie for MGM and was busy all day.One night he came home late, exhausted.But he saw that Jill had prepared his evening dress for him. "Let's stop going out! Be good! We haven't been home a single night in this fucking year." "It's the Davis Corporation annual meeting. They'll be embarrassed if we don't show up."

Toby sat heavily on the bed: "I'm counting on a nice hot bath and a quiet night. Just the two of us together." However, Toby went to the party anyway.And because he has to "play a part" every time, and every time he's the center of the party, he has to muster all his energy until everyone's laughing, applauding, and praising Toby for how wise and brilliant he is. Funny characters.Late that night, Toby lay in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.He was completely worn out.The words, the laughter again and again and the success of the party are always in my mind.He was, he thought, a very happy man indeed.And it's all thanks to Jill. How her mother would have admired Jill if she had lived! In March, they received an invitation to participate in the Cannes Film Festival. "No," Toby said when Jill showed him the invitation, "the only cannes I can go to is my bathroom. I'm tired, honey. I'm broke." Jerry Guterman is Toby's public relations assistant.He told Jill: "Toby's film is very likely to win the Best Picture Award. If Toby can participate, it will be even more beneficial." He thinks it is very important for Toby to go. Lately, Toby has been saying that he feels very tired, doesn't sleep well, takes sleeping pills at night, and is dizzy and dizzy the next morning.Jill asked him to take it at breakfast to fight fatigue and maintain Toby's energy for the day.Obviously, this method of compulsively suppressing fatigue seems to be even more unfavorable to Toby. "I've accepted the invitation," Jill said to Toby, "but I'm going to withdraw. No problem, dear." "Let's go to the hot springs for a month and just lie in the soap." She looked at him and said, "Inside what?" He sat there very quietly: "I wanted to say sunshine, but somehow it turned into soap." She smiled: "Because you're funny." Jill squeezed his hand. "Anyway, Palm Springs sounds great. I like being alone with you." "I don't know, what's wrong with me," sighed Toby, "I just don't have energy. I guess I'm old." "You'll never grow old. You'll outlive me." He grinned. "Really? I think my guy will live a long time after I'm dead," he said, scratching the back of his head. "I want to take a nap. Honestly, I haven't Excited. We don't have a date tonight, do we?" "There is nothing that cannot be postponed. Let the servants go away tonight, and I will cook your supper myself. Just the two of us." "Ah, that would be great." He watched her go, thinking to himself, God, I am the luckiest of all people. They lay in bed for a long time that night.Jill makes Toby take a hot bath.She then gave him a relaxing massage, rubbing his tired body and releasing tension from his entire body. "Ah, it's much better now," he muttered. "How can I live without you?" "I can't think," she said, clinging to him, "Toby, tell me about the Cannes Film Festival. What's it like? I've never been there." "It's a bunch of scammers from all over the world trying to sell their shitty movies out there. It's the biggest scam in the world." "You make it exciting," Jill said. "Really? Well, I think he's kind of exciting. The place is packed with characters." He looked at her for a moment. "Do you really want to go to that stupid film festival?" She shook her head quickly. "No, let's go to Palm Springs." "Hell, we can go to Palm Springs anytime." "Really, Toby. Film festivals don't matter." He smiled slightly: "Do you know why I am so obsessed with you? Any woman in the world would pester me to take her to the film festival. You are also eager to participate, but did you say anything? No. You want to be with me I'll go to the hot spring together. Have you rescinded your decision to accept the invitation?" "Not yet, but—" "No, let's go to India," he said with a perplexed look on his face. "Did I say India again? I meant to say—Gana." When the plane landed at Orly Airport in France, someone handed Toby a telegram.Toby's father died in a nursing home.It was too late for Toby to go back to the funeral.So Toby built a new row of housing for the nursing home and named it after his parents. People from all over the world gather in Cannes. Here, Hollywood, London and Rome are all mixed together, forming a cacophony of southern accents, forming a world where color movies compete with widescreen movies.Film producers from all over the world gathered in France, carrying iron cylinders under their armpits, which contained films produced in Britain, France, Japan, Hungary, and Poland. They became rich and famous overnight.The whole area is packed with professional and amateur film people.Veteran and novice, newcomer and retiree, all compete for the prestigious prize.Winning an award at Cannes means money in the bank.If the award-winning film has not yet signed a release contract, you can renew the contract, and if you do, you can also increase the conditions. Hotels in Cannes are overcrowded.Those who couldn't live had to live along the coast to Antibes, Beaulieu, Saint-Tropez and Monton.Then the inhabitants of the little village looked with awe at the men of the hour in the restaurants and taverns of the street. The rooms were booked months in advance.But Toby had no trouble securing a large room at the Carlton Hotel.Toby and Jill were entertained wherever they went.Photojournalists' cameras clicked and their pictures were sent all over the world.Golden lovers, queens of Hollywood.Journalists interviewed Jill, asking her for her opinion on everything from fine wine in France to African politics.This scene is a world away from what Josephine Zinski was back in Odessa, Texas. Toby's film did not win an award.But two nights before the end of the festival, the jury announced that Toby Temple had been awarded a special award for his outstanding contribution to entertainment. It's a big event.The grand ballroom of the Carlton Hotel was packed with guests.Jill sat on the stage next to Toby.She noticed he wasn't eating. "What's the matter, dear?" she asked. Toby shook his head: "Maybe I've been out in the sun for too long today. I'm a little dizzy." "Tomorrow, I will pay attention to let you take more rest." Jill has arranged for reporters from "Paris Match" and "London Times" to visit Toby tomorrow morning, and have lunch with a group of TV reporters, and then a cocktail party.But she decided to cancel less important events. At the end of the banquet, the mayor of Cannes stood up and introduced Toby. "Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, please allow me to introduce a master artist who uses his creations to bring joy and happiness to people all over the world. It is my honor to present him with a special award to express our love for him And gratitude." He held up a gold medal and ribbon and bowed to Toby. "Mr. Toby Temple!" The whole ballroom stood up and cheered, and there was a thunderous applause.Toby sat in the chair without moving. "Get up," Jill whispered. Slowly, Toby stood up, pale and unsteady.He stood for a moment, smiling, then moved over to the microphone.Halfway, he staggered and fell to the floor, unconscious. A French Air Force jet transport plane flew Toby Temple to Paris.He was admitted to an American hospital there, where he was placed in intensive care.The best medical experts in France were called in for a consultation, and Jill sat waiting in a single room in the hospital.For thirty-six hours, she did not eat or drink. Calls were made to the hospital from all over the world, but she did not answer any of them. She sat alone, her eyes fixed on the wall, and she could neither see nor hear what was going on around her.There was only one thought on her mind, that Toby had to get better.Toby was her sun, and if the sun were gone, the shadow would be gone.She will never allow this to happen. At five o'clock in the morning, Chief Doctor Duclos entered Jill's room.In order to be close to Toby, Jill specially booked this room. "Mrs. Temple—I'm afraid there is no point trying to alleviate this sudden event. Your husband has suffered a severe stroke, and it is impossible for him to move or speak under any circumstances."

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