King of Hollywood

"It's right here, let me go down." As the street scene gradually became familiar, Sarah, who had been silent since getting in the car, finally spoke. She originally wanted to refuse Adrian to send her back, but Adrian was worried about doing so and promised to only send it to a place two blocks away from her home, so Sally finally acquiesced in his approach.

Adrian parked the car on the side of the street as promised, and Sarah immediately untied the seat belt of the co-pilot and was about to get out of the car, but Adrian stopped her at this moment: "I still want to talk to you about something, Sarah."

Sarah's body froze, she withdrew her hand to open the door, sat upright in her seat, and looked straight ahead.

"Your current agent is Chelsea? Perkins, right?" Adrian didn't seem to notice her movements, "I'll let her form a team for you, who will be responsible for designing your image and various public relations. Although Youth idols are relatively the fastest to become famous, but it takes time, and your current age is in an embarrassing period. The smaller girl characters do not match your image, and the older mature images may not be able to grasp well, so this paragraph You can only play supporting roles during the time.

But don’t worry, until the second half of next year, I will prepare a suitable youth idol movie for you, and before that, I will try my best to arrange for you to play some moderate supporting roles in those big productions, such as "True Lies". You can take this opportunity to learn something under the guidance of your team. I want to train you to be the best idol star. Even if the transformation is not smooth in the future, you can still leave your own trace in the entertainment industry, understand? "

Sarah stared blankly at Adrian, and didn't come back to her senses until the other party asked her again if she understood.

"I see." She nodded hurriedly to express her understanding. Seeing that Adrian had no intention of speaking, she opened the car door to say goodbye and left. After one foot had already been stepped out, Sarah turned her head and bowed again. He said in a low voice, "Thank you."

After walking a few steps on the street and looking around to make sure she didn't know anyone, she turned around to look for Adrian's trace. The car parked on the street had already started, and she turned around and drove towards the way she came.

Sarah finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her beating heart finally calmed down, but at the same time, an indescribable feeling came to her heart. With a wry smile in her heart, she walked towards her home.

Only two blocks away, she quickly came to the outside of the house, carefully observing the left and right while taking out the key to open the door. Although she and her mother moved to the safest neighborhood here after getting the pay for "Ghost Horse Elf", some habits cannot be changed for a while.

"Mom, are you back?" Sarah found her mother's handbag on the coffee table after entering the living room.

"Yes, baby." Roselan came out of the kitchen hearing the sound.

"How early is it today?" Sarah was a little surprised at first, but then turned into confusion.

"Because... I don't have any work to do today, so I asked for leave early and came back." Roselan hesitated a bit, a trace of embarrassment flashed from her face, and then changed the subject and asked, "Where did you go? I see." Your schoolbag is at home, so it should be after school and then go out?"

"Yes, I went out for a stroll with a few friends." Sarah replied with a smile, and did not pursue further.

"Great, you should hang out with your friends more, don't worry about this and that all the time," Roselan followed her daughter's words. "I hope you can be happier, Sassy, ​​Ed always said that you sometimes seem too gloomy."

When Sarah heard Adrian's name, Sarah was in a daze for a few seconds, but then she adjusted and smiled at her mother: "Okay, Mom, I will take care of myself."

Roselan stared at her daughter for several seconds, and suddenly stretched out her hand to hug her, but when she stretched halfway, she realized that she was still wearing a cooking apron, and immediately withdrew her hand in embarrassment. At this time, Sarah strode forward and hugged her mother without hesitation. She hugged her tightly and leaned her head on her shoulder.

"Sassy, ​​oh, Sassy." Roselan called softly with some sadness, she wanted to touch her daughter's head, but her hands were still stained with oil, so she had to let her daughter hug her.

"Mom, I love you." Sarah let go of her hand and looked at her mother and said, with a faint flash of determination in her eyes.

"I love you too, Sassy." Roselan looked at her daughter lovingly and responded softly, followed her to turn and walk to the kitchen when she thought of something: "By the way, I'm making your favorite sushi. I learned how to make it in the restaurant, and I guarantee it tastes good.”

"Great, I'll help too." Sarah said and rolled up her cuffs.

"No, no, baby, just go back to your room and rest, and come down when I call you, okay?" Roselan shook her head, rejecting her daughter's help.

"Why?" Sarah asked puzzled, "I can cook well, and I have cooked for you before."

"Yes, I know, but not today." Roselan smiled, "Listen to me, okay?"

Sarah, who still wanted to persist, caught the pleading in her mother's eyes, and couldn't help feeling a little pain in her heart. She still kept a smile on the surface, and nodded obediently: "Then I'll go back to my room."

After seeing her mother enter the kitchen, Sarah went upstairs. As soon as she entered her room, she fell on her back on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze. She couldn't remember how many times this was the first time. When my father was still there, my mother was a full-time housewife, so after my father left for no reason, my mother who knew nothing looked for a job and hit a wall.

She has worked in all kinds of jobs, such as cleaners, waiters, promoters, etc., and besides these, she often helps Sarah choose the role of a guest agent (Note), if Sarah is not already a little famous at that time, everyone God knows what their lives would be like if they could still make some money every month.

Even so, life continued to make things difficult for them. The mother never worked for more than half a year in every job she won, and she was always dismissed because of various problems. Every time my mother was fired, she would hide it from her, and then try her best to find a new job before she found out, and she could hide it once or twice, but after a long time, how could Sarah not notice it? It's just that she never exposed her mother, just like she did just now.

Although Sarah continued to rely on acting to make money to cover up her sadness and grief, she was never as popular as the girls at the same time until she met Adrian. Although the performance in "Memory Fragments" has never been screened, "Ghost Horse Elf" has really made her a high-profile object. Not to mention those interviews with those reporters, there are many more in school. Several times the number of movie fans came.

Of course, fame is still secondary. This movie earned her a salary of almost 800,000 yuan. In addition, after the movie sold well, Adrian gave her a red envelope of 300,000 yuan. This is the first time she has received it. so much money. Sarah immediately moved here with her mother to the Xilin District, and bought a lot of things for her mother. That was the happiest time of her life so far.

But the next audition for "True Lies" gave Sarah a blow. Even though she followed the director's request seriously and got another chance through Adrian, she still failed.

Once some things have tasted the sweetness, it is very difficult to think about the past, and Sarah does not allow this to happen. She does not want her mother to go back to the original life. But she didn't know what to do. Although the agent still had many opportunities to comfort her, how could she understand the extreme insecurity hidden in her heart?

No matter how independent and assertive Sarah is, she is still just a girl in her teens. After thinking about it, she can't help but think of certain things she has heard. As a person who has been in this circle since she was 4 years old, of course she has heard a lot of such things. At first she was disgusted, but after hearing too much, she became numb and didn't care. It's just that she didn't expect that one day this way will be one of your choices.

People are always like this. Once it comes to their most important things, they will always get confused. Once they find a feasible way, it will be difficult to turn their eyes to other aspects. This is true for people no matter how smart they are. After all, only the best people, or those who can predict the future like Adrian, can jump out of the chess game and think about problems from the perspective of a bystander or God.

But Sarah didn't know what to do, she couldn't tell her mother, and she couldn't ask others for advice, so after thinking for a long time, the appearance of a person jumped into her mind.

The girl who was lying on the bed in a daze suddenly jumped up, took a few steps to the dressing table and sat down, stared blankly at herself in the mirror for a while before sighing with a wry smile, then lowered her head and covered her face. Whether it was the robbery incident or the filming of "Memory Fragments", or the visit of the crew of "Ghost Horse Elf", Adrian gave her a different feeling, that is... a sense of security. Yes, the sense of security, especially when he carried her up the stairs at the Golden Globes night party and curled up in his arms.

Besides, she was indeed making trouble for no reason in the restaurant incident, but Adrian specially gave her a rewritten role in order to compensate himself. Moreover, he also recommended him to star in "Ghost Horse Elf", and he also recommended him to audition for "True Lies". Although Sarah knew a little about his private life, she still thought he was a good person. So, after much deliberation, she can only find him, at least...she doesn't hate him.

I can't... I really can't... Sarah looked at herself in the mirror between her fingers and murmured.

She plucked up a lot of courage and went to Adrian's office. When she heard his promise, she was relieved and felt lost, and at the same time felt an indescribable shame.

How did he see himself? contempt? Contempt? Sarah bit her lip. Even in the car before, he told her that making her the highest quality idol star couldn't make her feel better.

Forget it, it doesn't matter, let it be like this, as long as...as long as mom...