[US Entertainment] Wild Child

Leonardo called a few times, most of them were bored, and asked her what she was doing, she was too young, if she wanted to go out to play, she would definitely be accompanied by a guardian, how boring; and asked her if she was determined Come down and go to School of Creative Arts.

By the second week of August, Dennis and Suzanne finally decided to move.They haven't found a suitable house yet, but the Orange County house has been visited, a deposit has been paid, and the house has been agreed to be paid in full next week.Dennis made a decision and decided to live in the hotel for a while. The furniture and sundries at home were packed first, and they rented a warehouse for storage. He only brought some clothes and necessities that he often wore with him.

Dennis's job has not been transferred yet, so the Brooke couple temporarily separated for the first time in 10 years of marriage. Dennis lives in a hotel near the Orange County Bank, and Suzanne takes Summer to live in a hotel near the Creative Art School.

Suzanne, who didn't have to do housework, suddenly felt a lot easier.

She was seriously considering going back to school, took some university materials back to read, and asked her daughter seriously if it was okay for her mother to go back to school.

"That's fine. Moms should have their own careers, not just someone's wife."

Susanna smiled and touched her small face, "That so-and-so is your father."

"Father should learn to be independent." A little disgusted.Dennis is a typical hands-off shopkeeper-style man. He basically does nothing when he goes home, at most he takes care of the children. Fortunately, he is a good man in other respects. He loves his wife and daughter very much. He works hard and makes a lot of money. To mess with flowers and grass outside, otherwise Summer would really despise him to death.

Suzanne is also a finance major. She met Dennis during her internship in a bank. She got engaged to him before the internship was over. After graduation, she got married and devoted herself to being a housewife.Suzanne is 33 and Dennis is 39.

"Irene said that I could consider being your PR manager. I want to study for a second degree, and then I can find a job in Hollywood. After a few years, when you grow up, I will open my own PR studio to serve you. .” The plan was well arranged.She has no employment pressure, and indeed everything can be arranged around her daughter's career planning.

"I hope you can do what you want to do too."

"That's what I want to do, love you, take care of you."

"Do you really like it?" Summer asked suspiciously.

"Do you think mom doesn't have her own life? But mom likes to take care of you and dad. For me, this is the life I want. Of course, it's very cumbersome, but I like everything in life to be in order. According to my Think about it. Dad is stupid and can’t take care of himself. You are still young and can’t take care of yourself. You are the people I love the most. Let me take care of you, which is very good.”

It seems that Suzanne is really a family woman, but she really matches Dennis very well.

Emily Tracy thinks Suzanne's study plan is very good and strongly encourages it.She believes that although it is good to concentrate on being a housewife, women still have to have their own careers, so that life will be more colorful.She invited the Brooke family to visit her home. Of course, bank executives are very popular professions in Hollywood, and everything in Hollywood is inseparable from money.

Toby also called a few times, and sometimes he would come to the hotel where she was temporarily staying to play with her. They were killing time in the hotel lobby, and Summer invited him and Leonardo to eat ice cream and pizza.Toby is a single-parent family. His mother Wendy gave birth to him at the age of 18. At the age of 20, Wendy divorced her husband Vincent.Vincent also has two sons, one is Vincent Jr., a half brother who is 2 years older than Toby, and the other is Timothy, a half brother who is 9 years younger than him.

When Toby was a child, he wanted to be a chef like his father, but when he was 13, he suddenly changed his career goal and wanted to be an actor. Summer asked him why.

"Probably because," Toby shrugged a little emotionally, "it's faster to be an actor. It's hard for my mother to raise me alone, and my father... my father can't give me much maintenance." Wendy was giving a film producer As a secretary, sometimes he would take Toby to the office. When he knew that a child actor could earn hundreds or even tens of thousands of dollars a day if he was lucky, he was shocked and moved.

What Leonardo said felt the same when he heard it.Ilmelin also had to take his father, George, to court a few years ago to enforce $20 a week in child support.

The two of them had similar experiences. They both came from single-parent families, and their finances were quite tight. Both Ilmelin and Wendy tried their best to satisfy their son's wishes and support their careers, although the prospects now seemed not optimistic.

In contrast, Summer, who has a good family background and a very good relationship with his parents, is an outlier.

She thought about it, "But the initial investment and waiting time to become an actor is too long, and you have to take some acting courses, which is also very expensive."

Both boys are very sensitive to money, and the mother is always worried when it comes time to pay the bills every month, so the audition time is very anxious to perform, but the repeated failures will definitely bring them a kind of "Am I wrong?" suitable for this line of work” frustration.

On the contrary, Summer, the youngest, comforted them that gold always shines.It doesn't matter if you fail a hundred times, as long as you succeed once, you are a victory.

Leonardo still plays with peers like Toby most of the time. Wendy and Ilmelin quickly became friends, and they can send their children to each other to take care of each other; Susanna gets along well with Emily , the two have contacts with each other.

In September, the new semester begins.Sam Brooke is a sixth-grader at the Creative Arts School.

Her locker was diagonally opposite Leonardo's locker. When get out of class was over, Leonardo came over and said a few words to her, but was called away by his classmates.

There is still a big gap between the sixth grade and the ninth grade. They have different schedules and course progress, and they have never attended classes together.She skipped 3 grades directly, which is the only one in the school. In the first few days, many students came to watch this little genius.Fortunately, she is tall and doesn't look much worse than her classmates, so she lives in peace for the time being.

Leonardo was a maverick kid at school.He looks smaller than his peers, is not tall, has a baby face, and loves to show off in all kinds of ways among his peers.

In comparison, Summer is very cool. Her grades in the culture class are the best among the 10 freshmen in the sixth grade from the entrance test. The teachers like to ask her questions in class; she learns very quickly in the dance class, and the progress is quickly caught up. Classmates; I don’t worry about acting class, I can play any role assigned by the teacher, and it’s okay to play a girl, but most boys don’t like being assigned female roles.

It didn't take long for her to start a homework writing business in the school, and she was charged weekly for copying homework, and if she was asked to write homework for senior grades, she would also be charged weekly by subject.Leonardo never thought that she could still make money in school, and her weekly income could reach hundreds of yuan, sometimes even more.

"Are you short of money?" He asked confused.

"There is no shortage." They are in the basketball hall. The advantage of private schools is that they have complete supporting facilities. There are several courts alone, including indoor basketball courts, swimming pools, outdoor football fields, and baseball fields.Summer is writing a ninth-grade math homework, writing fast.

"Then why do you help others with their homework?" He pointed to the homework book.

"Because I'm free, and, why not? You see, I can do an assignment in 10 minutes without getting it all right, or the teacher will know he didn't do it himself."

It seems that there is no problem.As for what to do if the student can't answer the exam, I'm afraid that the person concerned hasn't thought about it so much, so they don't have to worry about others.

"Be careful, it will be bad if the teacher finds out."

"Don't worry, it's much safer than you sneaking to the bathroom to smoke."

Leonardo was speechless.It is not news that the ninth grade students secretly smoke in the toilet, both men and women, the teacher is not willing to care about this, most of the time they pretend not to know.

Summer often met them puffing in the toilet, and always glanced at them coldly. Some older children asked her if she wanted one, and she said "scroll", making the older children laugh wildly .

By October, Leonardo was filming an episode of "Lacy the Dog," and Summer was getting a multi-episode recurring role on a medical drama, going to Burbank twice a month. studio.

The Brooke family finally moved to a middle-class community in West Hollywood, where the environment was elegant and the price was high. Fortunately, the bank provided low-interest loans, and with the money from the sale of the house in Orange County, the financial pressure was not too great.

After moving to the new home, Summer invited some friends to play on weekends. There were classmates from the school, and there were also children from other schools whom he met during the audition. There were boys and girls.

Samo was the little host and invited them to eat cream cakes. Suzanne made some fruit and vegetable salads and mixed juices. The mothers sent their children over and brought some favorite foods of their own children. There was quite a lot of food in the small party .

The older children rushed to play Nintendo game consoles, salivating for the latest Nintendo handheld game console Gameboy owned by Summer. This new game console has been very popular since it was launched in Japan in April. It was launched in North America at the end of July. It was all the rage, the sales were hot, and it was priced at $4, which is undoubtedly a lot of money for children.

Both Leonardo and Toby were obsessed with Tetris and rushed to play it.When the party was over, Summer lent Toby the Gameboy, which disappointed Leonardo for a while.

Wendy picked up Toby first, and Ilmelin was still talking to Susannah outside the door.