King of Hollywood

w "Look at this shot, how beautifully it was shot. If they do it a few more times, they will save a lot of money to fill the pond. ()" As the white ball draws a high arc in the air, After falling into the pond without any accident and splashing a small flower, Claude, wearing a hat and dressed casually, said loudly.

"Shut up, Crowe, be careful I hit your head with the next shot." Adrian swung his golf club threateningly.

"If you hit it while aiming, I would rather." Claude replied with a laugh.

"Damn... I don't know what you guys are thinking. There are so many ways to entertain, why did you choose this one? Just to laugh at me?" Adrian sat down on the chair a little depressed.

After so many years, his golf skills... It cannot be said that there is no progress, but it is basically negligible. Not to mention Charlize who had to practice because she went, even Kate, Sarah, or Sophie, Monica, they all played better than Adrian, even the relatively poor Julia , At least half of the ten swings can make the ball fly to the target.

So, Adrian's golf skills have become a joke, no wonder he is so depressed.

"Beforehand, I didn't say anything." Victor, who was sitting on a chair, put his cue aside and was flipping through something, raised his hand and said.

"Yeah, I didn't say anything, neither bad nor good." Adrian chattered.

"Okay. Ed, you are already considered a legendary figure, why do you care about these?" Claude, who also sat on the chair, said half teasingly and half comfortingly, "You said it yourself, no one is Perfect, since you are such a genius in the production and operation of film and TV, and you have such an advanced vision in IT, isn't it normal for you to play golf in a mess?"

"Legendary character?" Adrian snorted.

"Oh, of course, take a look. Over the years, how many outstanding, classic movies and TV series have been born from your hands?" Claude said seriously, "not to mention many high reputation, high box office and high ratings It has something to do with you. It is a recognized fact that you support half of the media by yourself. You can boost everyone’s morale with a single sentence. There are two important TV dramas coming out this autumn, right? "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" ", just because you said it would be popular, and everyone takes it for granted. Not to mention the summer vacation. "King Kong", "Hulk", "Fantastic Four" and "Bourne Bourne 2" , the performances are all excellent, which one is not your support?"

"Okay, I see." Adrian raised his hand, and he was really going to be in a trance if he continued.

I won't talk about "King Kong" and "Hulk", because he stepped in to make changes. At least it has surpassed the original version at the box office. The same is true for "Fantastic Four", which was released at the end of last month. Jessica and Joshua starred together as a sibling. In this regard, I respect his opinion quite a lot-it is much better than the original version in general.

Although there are still many loopholes and unsatisfactory places, they can either be ignored. Either it is a common problem of superhero movies and can be ignored. Jessica has already accumulated a lot of popularity and has skyrocketed because of this, becoming one of Hollywood's sexiest idols. In addition, "The Bourne Shadow 2" was released in early August, even though she only had a dozen or so appearances abroad. minute. It still attracted a lot of fans, and its status was further stabilized.

As for the box office of "Bourne Shadow 2", it has the foundation laid by the first film, and Jason Bourne has a completely different spy style from Ethan Hunt and James Bond. Needless to say. With all this in mind, when "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives", which he strongly supports, are broadcast in the fall, one can imagine how high his reputation in the circle and the group will reach.

"There are also IT, e-bok, utube and tter. They are all very popular websites." Victor added leisurely beside him.

"Sometimes I really doubt you, Ed, can you really predict the future." Claude laughed again.

"What if I can?" Adrian made a serious look.

"Great, Mr. Prophet, please tell me, how many daughters will you have before you can get a son?" Claude immediately laughed, and Victor next to him also made a thumping sound.

Adrian raised his eyebrows a little annoyed and depressed, and said "warning" after a long while: "Be careful, Crowe, maybe you won't have a son in the future."

It's a pity that the exchange is still the laughter of the two.

"Speaking of which, I'm really surprised, Ed, you have already had 8 daughters by now, and from the perspective of probability, you should have a son anyway. Is it true that, as Kate said, God didn't intend to give you A son." Claude immediately added fuel to the fire.

"Which Kate?" Adrian narrowed his eyes and asked back. Claude opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly got stuck. Although he knew which one it was, he couldn't say it for some reason. Who made Adrian's woman call this name? There are as many as three, even though the spellings are different, and one is a nickname, but the pronunciation is similar.

"From the perspective of probability, this situation is normal." Adrian, who had a rare chance to make a comeback, finally smiled. "Actually, it doesn't matter if you have a son or not. Having a daughter is enough."

"Do you understand, Victor, what Ed means is that his daughter will continue to increase." Claude continued to tease.

"Okay, Crowe, let's talk about this topic again." Victor smoothed things over, although he kept laughing, "Where did we just talk about? A legendary figure, right?"

"That's right, Director Miracle has become a signature of our group, a very eye-catching signature." Claude nodded.

"So I plan to make this signboard more dazzling." Adrian spread his hands.

actually. This situation was what Adrian wanted to avoid the most at the beginning. He was always a little worried that if the development of a group relied too much on one person, it would not be a good thing. If this person is charismatic, capable, and has vision and brains, he can naturally lead everyone on the road, but without this person, the group is likely to experience violent turmoil, such as Jobs and Apple.

What's more, Adrian is not lacking in charm, and his ability and mind have been honed over the past few years. But it's hard to tell with vision, "luck" will run out sooner or later. So he has always been very worried that as long as he says a word, the people below will do it without thinking, and he is too lazy to analyze and verify or not close enough to analyze and verify. He also always hopes to create a situation where the group can continue even without himself, training screenwriters, training various teams, and so on.

only. The idea was good, but it was actually not easy. The more he wanted the group to develop rapidly, the more he had to keep highlighting himself. After a long time, Adrian gave up this plan after careful consideration.

Anyway, this contradiction cannot be resolved for a long time. Then, whichever is more important for the two interests, he will help the group run as much as possible. As for the future, it doesn't matter, even true geniuses will sometimes run out of inspiration. He can't escape the nourishment of characters who have released various types of works for several years in a row.

Moreover, the group also has Claude. With his control ability, even if it will cause turmoil at that time, it can be limited to a certain range. If Adrian captures enough resources, this kind of turmoil may be further developed. decrease. certainly. These are ideal states, but as long as he can rule Hollywood, even ten years, it is worth it.

Therefore, he has the current plan and successfully realized the first step, and now he is about to start the second and third steps.

"What do I need to do?" Seeing the topic. Victor finally asked his doubts. He has read the information given to him by Adrian in detail, and he can't see what needs to be done by the Internet Group, unless he starts to work on his new work now. Build momentum.

"I need to keep it secret." Adrian gave the answer, "If possible, I hope that from the beginning to the end, the media and the public will not know what I have done."

Claude and Victor both frowned.

"It's not easy, other media groups are not obliged to cooperate with us, and..." Claude said while flipping through the information on the small table under the parasol, "You are going to Europe for live shooting, and you need a lot of extras , the local media will not fail to see unless they are collectively blind."

"This is what I want to see the most," Adrian shrugged. "At the very least, the public can know that I am making a new work, and can know the time period of the content, but absolutely cannot know what the theme is, and This will remain the case until at least March next year."

"March?" Claude raised his eyebrows immediately. As Adrian's best friend, he understood his thoughts almost immediately.

"Yes, March." Adrian smiled slightly.

"Are you so sure that if it leaks out, it will have a great impact on your plan?" Claude asked again.

"Trust my judgment above, Crowe." Adrian said.

"Well, what you're planning is really big." Claude laughed, and then mouthed to Victor, who was still a little confused. Victor chewed repeatedly, and then suddenly realized look.

"It seems that Ed intends to create an unparalleled record." He said with a smile.

"As I said just now, I'm the most eye-catching signboard of the group, so I naturally have the responsibility to make this signboard more dazzling, and..." Adrian stood up with a smile, and suddenly took on an aura of no one else , "King, you should have the posture of a king!"

Since expressing to Claude that he wants to control Hollywood, Adrian has been moving towards this goal. After continuous development and accumulation, he is not far from that goal now. If you want to control this vanity fair, having a huge capital is the most basic requirement. Then, fame, ability, recognition from people in the circle, etc. are also very important-this is also capital in a broad sense-and Adrian now wants What he did was to allow himself to obtain a unique record that would never exist before or in the future, and to let his reputation reach a height that no one had ever reached before.

That's why he seriously discussed with Claude and Victor and sought their support. Even going so far as to, uh, play golf with them.

After Adrian fully expressed his intention, the matter was settled like this, next? It is still a matter of summer vacation. This matter requires a lot of resources. The media group and the Internet group have to cooperate with each other. Adrian also needs to spend time preparing, so at least two months have passed before starting .

Although the summer vacation is coming to an end, there are still many movies waiting to be released. For example, Universal, after the box office hits of "King Kong" and "Bourne Shadow 2", still has a big production like "Van Helsing".

"A hodgepodge of all the monsters together, nothing new at all? Haha." Adrian flipped through the newspaper and chuckled.

Such comments don't mention this version, even the original version is not suitable. Of course, the plot of this version is not much different from the original version, but in terms of the rhythm of the story. From a commercial point of view, it is qualified, and the audience is still buying it. And as I said before, the failure of the original box office has a lot to do with the poor distribution.

Now, Universal's distribution capabilities have been completely rectified after the media took over, and Adrian has paid special attention to this movie. So the problem is naturally not a problem.

"What are you laughing at?" Kate just came back from the garden, and at the same time supported Meghan with her protruding belly.

"It's nothing, some film critics are always arrogant." Adrian smiled and stepped forward to take Megan's arm.

Jessica, as he said, became popular after "Fantastic Four" and "Bourne Shadow 2", so she was surrounded by various announcements and media. Greatly reduced the number of trips to Meghan. Although Adrian intends to go to accompany her, it is impossible to be there every day, so he just picks her up from time to time to stay for a few days.

Kate didn't say anything, not that she was generous, she was just numb, this is Adrian's eighth child with different women. To be an ordinary woman. I'm afraid the cold war has already begun, but Adrian's women are different. They all have a big heart-it will grow out if they don't, as long as they stay by his side-ignoring is a basic skill.

"You mean, they're becoming more and more like you?" Kate snorted.

"Is that what I look like in your eyes?" Adrian looked shocked, as if hurt, "I'm speaking for you, Kate."

But it didn't do her any good. After shrugging his shoulders and then walking upstairs, Adrian raised his hand and put it down, and finally sighed. He originally wanted to ask if he could give Princess Anna a kiss tonight. Like "Tomb Raider" and "Underworld", the costume in the movie has long been taken back.

"Do you often do this?" Megan, who was wearing loose clothes, asked curiously.

"Yeah, so you must not do this, Megan." Adrian said and sat down beside her, put his arms around her shoulders, held her hand, and looked at her with very sincere eyes.

Before Megan could speak, a sneer came into his ears. The voice was very soft. If it wasn't for the perfect connection, he just finished speaking, and there were just a few seconds of silence around him, so I'm afraid he wouldn't have noticed it. From this, we can know that the guy who made the sound must have been here for a while. Kate, Ivanka, and Yukie are not so boring. Sarah and Charlize have not returned yet, so it will only be...

Adrian quickly looked behind, and a shadow shrank behind the single sofa.

"Come out, Lily, I see you." He said leisurely, "Don't let me come over, honey."

After a while, the little guy reluctantly came out from behind, and Diwa and Juliet followed her sister as usual.

"Hi, Megan, how are you?" Lily greeted Megan generously without even looking at her father. The two younger ones followed suit, but they were not as calm as their sister. It is inevitable that I will glance at my father a few times.

Adrian didn't pay attention to his daughter's pretentious posture, and unceremoniously pulled her over, and "ravaged" her on her head: "What are you doing sneaking into the living room at this time?"

"Daddy is so annoying!" Lily, who managed to escape from his hands, cried angrily, then snorted, folded her arms and turned around, making a look of disdain: "Mom paid me $5 to pay her Design a more reasonable layout for the small cabinet, I wanted to ask your opinion after I made it, but now it seems that it is unnecessary."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Dad to speak, he took the hands of the two younger sisters and ran out bouncingly. Adrian sighed, didn't say anything, and only after a while did he turn his gaze back to Megan.

Then, Megan pursed her lips: "You liar."

"Oh?" Adrian blinked in confusion, waiting for Megan's next words, but after several minutes, she didn't speak, and she just looked at him half-blaming and half helplessly.

"Well, if you want, I would like to apologize again for my behavior. Although it was not intentional, it objectively caused your ignorance of the facts." Adrian said, and then he will not let go His hand gripped tighter, "Will you forgive me, Megan?"

"I have no choice..." Megan sighed, and then felt her tone was a bit heavy, and hurriedly wanted to explain: "I mean... I mean... this feels a little strange, Lily is younger than me It's... not even ten years old..."

"It's okay, I know, this kind of thing is really embarrassing, but don't take it to heart, just get used to it slowly." Adrian smiled and pressed her head into his arms, then sighed in his heart, no What's it like to be ten years old, and there are people who are only five years younger than Lily. I hope... my strategy will work. (Welcome to your support, which is my greatest motivation.) m