Chapter 542: Becoming More and More Concerned
Hollywood had been greatly affected recently. There was even a special investigation team that had visited all the film and television companies in Hollywood, and all of them had to be investigated. And Lionsgate, where Yu Linna was currently staying, was no exception. Just after Ye Zhiyun had returned to her home country, Yu Linna had originally been planning to go to San Francisco with her team, but coincidentally, the investigation team had come. They could only be investigated first, and then to make some records. Actually, there was not much to be done. They just had to cooperate a little and it would be over soon.
The main reason was because of that big shot’s sex scandal in Hollywood. With this matter being exposed, then, many stars and directors had also been exposed to have been involved with some female stars and even staff. Although there were also many rumors, it had still caused a considerable impact.
The matter was not over yet. Not long after, it was exposed that a popular male star in Hollywood had been confused by his female agent and several other Hollywood practitioners since he had debuted at the age of twelve, and had been subjected to sexual abuse for eight years, and he himself had also remained silent for many years. And this matter, after investigation, was indeed true. Overnight, Hollywood’s scandals were everywhere. People had thought that only women were being violated, but they had not expected that even men were.
Because of the impact of these things, Hollywood had had to pay attention to this matter, so there were special people to investigate.
“Your name?”
“Yu Linna.”
“Date of birth?”
“I’m sorry, I don’t know. I’m an orphan. But I should be 20 this year.”
“Have you been living in China all this time? Is this your first time in America?”
“Yes. I’ve been living in China all along. I’ve never been to America before.”
“Do you have proof of identity?”
“I do. This is my ID card. Do you understand Chinese?”
“Alright, thank you for your cooperation.”
Yu Linna’s investigation was relatively fast, because she had not been in Hollywood for many years. The investigators had asked her about things from more than ten or twenty years ago, and she knew nothing. The staff also knew these things, so after proving her identity, they had quickly drawn a full stop.
But the others still had to be investigated slowly. Anyone who worked in Hollywood had to be accepted. This matter was later even called the historical event of the “Hollywood Great Rectification.”
And this investigation was not just from the current practitioners of Hollywood. The actors from at least twenty years ago, and even the retired ones, were not spared. Catherine was one of them. She, who had already left Hollywood for more than ten years, had received a phone call, saying that someone wanted to investigate, and asked if it was convenient for her. After all, her years of fighting, her reputation and identity were also there. Catherine had still accepted this investigation.
That afternoon, a few members of the investigation team had started to take notes, asking her some questions.
“Madam, about twenty years ago, did you have any contact with Berg in Hollywood?”
“I did. It was about twenty-one years ago. We had a brief cooperation for work. At that time, he had wanted to co-film a movie with me. We had talked very well, but he had suddenly harassed me verbally. I was very unhappy, and then I had unilaterally said that I would not sign the contract. He had later been apologizing to me all along, but later I had only agreed to film a product commercial for him, and the matter had ended unhappily.”
“Did you have any contact later?”
“No. After that, because I was pregnant with my second child with my husband, I had very little contact with him. Plus, the number of films I was in had decreased, and slowly, we had no more contact.”
“Madam, it may be a little impolite to say so. If I have offended you, I apologize first. Your second child, I remember, had gone missing seventeen years ago.”
“Yes. My child’s bones were only found two years after she had gone missing. The police had said that it was confirmed to be a corpse, and the death registration had also been done. After that, I had basically not filmed in Hollywood. You should know if you have investigated.”
“We know. Madam, then before you had retired, you had a strong network in Hollywood. Can you recall if there was anyone doing similar things at that time?”
Catherine had spent a long time taking notes with them. Fortunately, the other party was also very polite to her and had not made things difficult for her. Plus, after investigation, Catherine was indeed a proper and upright person, with a clean slate. The investigation members had expressed their gratitude for her cooperation.
This matter had implicated many people in Hollywood, and had even involved matters from more than ten or twenty years ago. Catherine, because of the impact of this matter, had begun to have the truth of her leaving the circle more than ten years ago dug up.
In the few days that the scandal had been fermenting, Catherine had been mentioned more than once. Although the result of the investigation showed that she was innocent, there were still people who wanted to ask her about the truth of her leaving the circle. After all, when she had left the circle, it was the evil era when the big shots of Hollywood were brazenly making moves on women. Many people were wondering if it was related to this matter. Catherine had stood up several times to say that there was no such thing, that these were two different things.
“My leaving the circle has nothing to do with this matter at all. I only left Hollywood because of family reasons. My former agent can testify for me. Please stop saying that I have a relationship with anyone.”
Catherine had even accepted an interview with a reporter after a long time. She, who had not faced a camera for many years, had stood in a public place after many years to be interviewed and had expressed her own opinion.
Although the innocent are innocent, it is also inevitable to be slandered by people. Catherine had once been rumored to have had an affair with a Hollywood big shot. Catherine had been angry and had directly sued the other party in court, which had caused a huge stir in the whole of Hollywood. Catherine, who had not appeared in the newspapers and news headlines for many years, had been forced to return to the public’s view because of the impact of this matter. Some fans had even called out to her from afar, asking her to return to Hollywood to film.
“Mom, you’re in the news again recently. You’re so amazing.”
Yu Xiayue had even called her later, talking about this matter. Catherine really didn’t know whether to cry or to laugh.
“Yueyue, don’t you make fun of me. I’ve already been out of the circle for so long. To think that someone would still bring me up.”
“Doesn’t this show that your influence is very deep? By the way, I saw in the news before that our neighbor’s house was burgled, and the person was even injured. Are they alright?”
“The person is fine. You also know that the one who lives in the neighbor’s house is a Hollywood producer and an actor. To still be burgled. Because of this matter, I’m in the news again.”
“Hahaha.”
Catherine was very helpless. Recently, she had always been mentioned by the media. The discussion about her had been going on and on, and had never stopped. She couldn’t even be low-key.
“Yueyue, I want to ask you, do you know a person named Yu Linna? Just that mixed-race girl who is very popular on YouTube.”
“You mean her? I know her. Didn’t I tell you before that I had met a very good writer friend? It was her, the one with the pen name Shion.”
This daughter had mentioned it before, but she had not paid much attention to it at that time. With her reminder, Catherine had started to use Google to search for content about Yu Linna. But there was very little information about her online. Although her name was Yu Linna, the same as her deceased daughter’s name, she did not dare to say that she did not care at all.
If she couldn’t find it on Google, Catherine had gone over the wall, to China’s Baidu website to look. And she had actually found it. The Chinese online was not very difficult for her. She could understand it at a glance. After roughly browsing through her experience and looking at the names of her works, she had fallen into deep thought.
“Yueyue, you and her have a very good relationship, right?”
“Yes, it’s pretty good~ I don’t dislike her at all. I even like her very much. You’ve met her? Then you have to thank her properly. She’s taken care of me a lot. By the way, she likes delicious food just like me. Next time, let’s have her come to our house. My play is almost finished. I should be going home in a while.”
Catherine was looking at Yu Linna’s photo on her phone. No matter how she looked at this face, it was very similar to her daughter, Yu Xiayue. It couldn’t be said to be 100% similar, but it was indeed six or seven tenths similar. A careful comparison with Yu Xiayue’s childhood photos made it even more obvious. Catherine pressed her temples.
“Yueyue, how do I feel that she looks very much like your deceased younger sister?”
“Huh?… Although I’ve also thought about it, but Mom, she’s already gone. This kind of thing is impossible…”
“…That’s right. Forget it. I’m tired. I’ll hang up first. We’ll talk again when we’re free.”
Catherine hung up the phone, threw all of Yu Xiayue’s photos on the table, and leaned against the sofa by herself, extremely tired. Because of Hollywood, she had had to appear in the public eye, and because of this, she had had to bring up the story she had long wanted to forget. Then, the appearance of this person, Yu Linna, had made her even more flustered, completely without a direction.
The headache that had only occasionally occurred before was now almost a daily occurrence. The headache medicine in the house had all been eaten by her at once.
And as this matter was getting bigger and bigger, Yu Linna had come to San Francisco with the crew, and had started to film on location here. She had set foot on the land of San Francisco, and after checking into the hotel, she had drawn open the curtains and had looked at this city, and had actually had a dazed feeling. It was clearly her first time here, but she had a feeling that she had been here a long time ago.
When the crew was not filming, Yu Linna had gone out of the hotel and had happened to go for a good walk around San Francisco. She had gone to buy an egg pancake to eat. The shop owner had just shouted “welcome” when he had glanced at her.
“Belia… I’m sorry, miss. What would you like?”
“?”
“Eh, um… you look like a friend’s daughter. I accidentally called you by the wrong name. Here, this is your egg pancake.”
“Mmm, thank you.”
Yu Linna didn’t think much of it and took the egg pancake and left. The shop owner had been looking for a long time there, saying that it was a rare sight in all these years. His wife had even scolded him for being in a daze all along and not being willing to do business. This day, Catherine had come to the shop, wanting to buy some egg pancakes to bring back. The shop owner had even talked to her about this matter.
“Kate, this morning a customer came who looked quite a lot like your daughter. You know, your daughter has been buying things from me since she was little. I wouldn’t be mistaken. She’s like a smaller version of your daughter, but she’s not as lively as your daughter. She’s a very quiet girl.”
“…When did you see her?”
Catherine was even more concerned.
She had specially made a phone call to a friend at Lionsgate, asking if there was a crew that had come to San Francisco to film today. A quick inquiry showed that it was true. It was the crew that Yu Linna belonged to, and they had now come to San Francisco. As soon as she had heard this, she couldn’t be calm at all. She even wanted to find that child at the first opportunity, but thinking that she was not familiar with that child, her feet had stopped again. She rubbed her temples, and the symptoms of her headache were even more obvious.
Too many things had happened these few days. Think about it, a biological daughter who had been deceased for many years, now there was someone with the same name as her deceased daughter, and even her appearance was very similar. For this kind of thing to happen to Catherine, how could she not care? Reality was reality, that’s right. But sometimes she would also feel that it was not like reality.
Yes, she had begun to be lost.
