King of Hollywood

(I roughly understand where the problem is, and I believe there will not be a similar situation that is always under review in the future. Well, that's it)

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Two weeks passed quickly, and the Venice Film Festival gradually came to an end, but the main event had just begun. For various film festivals, the most eye-catching is the awards ceremony, especially this year, there are many outstanding works exhibited. For example, "The Death of Stern" in the United Kingdom, "The Angel at My Desk" in New Zealand, "The Man in the Mirror" in Chile, or "Goodfellas" in the United States, of course, there are also amazing, by the American newcomer "Two Smoking Guns", produced by director Adrian Cowell, is a pure British black humor.

Up to now, "Two Smoking Guns" has basically ranked in the top five in terms of attention at the film festival, but 60% of the attention comes from the messy but methodical shooting method, and 40% comes from. The nationality of the director and the style of the film. As we all know, because of a series of factors—historical, cultural—the British look down on Americans, but now a new American director’s debut is a British-style dark humor film, which has to be said to be an interesting thing .

There are not many American directors who can make British-style films, but most of them are well-known people, and Adrian has never worked before this - not even a short story. Basically, he is too new to be new. director. Moreover, he is still a native American, but his debut film has such a pure British style, which has to be amazed.

The British media explained that Mr. Adrian's grandmother was British, and he also lived in London when he was a child, so he was able to make British-style movies. Needless to say, he knew that it was Gary Brook of Touknam Films. revealed. Of course, how many people believe it is unknown.

In any case, people who are following the Venice Film Festival are curious about this film, especially the British and American people. Their curiosity has been raised to a high level, which makes "Two Smoking Guns" a good one. the basis of popularity.

On top of that, at the final awards show, Adrian won the Best Debut Film award to give the film even more attention. To be honest, Adrian did not expect to win the award at all. Although "Two Smoking Guns" is not bad from the perspective of the whole story, the "artistic" taste that the film critics and directors in Europe liked is not there. He was surprised for a while when the award presenter was announced, and only after being pushed by Laverne did he come to the stage to accept the award.

"Thank you to the judges for awarding this best debut to me, and I will tell every story in my future works." After a brief speech, Adrian waved the trophy in his hand and returned to his seat.

It's not that Adrian has no hope of winning one or even several awards, which is of great benefit to his fame and the promotion of the movie, but after he actually got it, he began to disapprove.

If it's the Golden Lion, that's fine, it's not much fun to get the Best Debut Award. Adrian muttered inwardly. Of all the famous movies in the past life, how many have won such consolation awards?

People are like this, eating what's in the bowl and looking at what's in the pot. But this thought was thrown away by him. Anyway, it was at least an honor. It was the first honor he got after his rebirth, and it was also the first step for him to build his own reputation, so the celebration banquet still had to be held. .

It's just because no one expected to win the award, so they didn't book a restaurant or anything, and after the awards ceremony, there were celebrations everywhere, and in the end, I just found a small bar in the hotel where I stayed for a few drinks. Even so, everyone is still very happy, including Laverne, who has been busy at the film festival. He did not expect that what Adrian said to him more than 2 months ago would really come true! Although the film company can only make some distribution fees this time, it is undoubtedly a light through the darkness, and the new boss will obviously not stop there.

Due to the small number of people and the small scale, and the location was not very suitable, the celebration reception ended soon, and Adrian returned to the hotel room with his cute person. Attending Kate with him tonight is not as good as those female stars from all over the world for the time being, but the delicate facial features and the youthful atmosphere of their own are not so beautiful, especially the brilliance between the eyebrows and eyes is very attractive-since the broken melon has recovered After that, the two of them could almost be regarded as singing every night. Kate was the first to taste it, and with Adrian's intention to tease, she was completely addicted to it and couldn't extricate herself.

In addition, Adrian also specially selected a royal blue one-shoulder evening dress for her based on her past life impressions and her experience in this life. After a while, when walking on the red carpet, there are not a few people who attract attention. .

"I should congratulate you, Ed... ah..." Kate just said a word when she returned to the room, when Adrian pressed her hands against the wall rudely. Kate giggled twice and then used her legs Grabbed Adrian's waist.

Naturally, another fierce collision followed, but the intensity tonight was far more intense than before. From the wall to the floor, from the bed to the sofa, from the bathroom to the window, there are no traces of love between the two. Not only did they use a lot of fancy styles, but they also asked each other again and again, as if it was never enough. of.

Both of them knew that the separation was imminent.

In any case, Kate is going back to finish high school, and Adrian is going back to the US after the festival to continue making her plans a reality. So parting is inevitable, so the madness before parting is inevitable, even if it will meet in two months at most.

After the Venice Film Festival, after handing over the distribution of "Two Smoking Guns" to Laverne, Adrian sent Kate back to London, and then reluctantly flew back to the United States, but he returned Not Los Angeles but -- New York.

The Big Apple, the economic center of the United States of America, Wall Street, the economic center of the Big Apple, is full of greed, calculations, traps, ruthlessness and intrigue. Even so, there are still countless people who have invested here one after another. This is the power of capital. But Adrian didn't come here for capital -- of course, in a sense it would be -- he came here to meet someone.

"I told you a long time ago, Ed, don't do nothing like a rogue all day, but you heard it that time? Besides drinking and fooling around, drinking and fooling around." The old man put down the knife and fork in his hand and took a sip of wine. He said while wiping his hands. His forehead was slightly bald, the bridge of his nose was high, his face was ruddy, and his brown hair was neatly combed back.

"I know, Uncle Anderson, I'm changing myself now." Although Adrian was a little unhappy in his heart, he still replied in a respectful tone.

"Change? To make a movie? To be a director?" the old man said sarcastically, "You are still so unprofessional, or do you think that you have acquired a film company to prove that you have cheered up? The Kewell family can continue to this day, isn't it? Those self-righteous little smarts, when will you really mature?"

Adrian was annoyed for a while, but he still listened patiently. Fortunately, another old man on the long table said at this time: "Okay, Anderson, Ed is at least working hard for himself, don't you just Can't you say something encouraging?"

"Work hard? Run to make a movie?" Anderson snorted and didn't speak again, clapped his hands and got up and left the restaurant.

The old man sighed and looked at Adrian with apologetic eyes: "I'm sorry, Ed, you know your uncle...he actually loves you."

"It's okay, Aunt Martha, I understand." Adrian wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue, suppressing his displeasure.

"Have a coffee in the living room and tell me about the movie making." Martha stood up and said with a smile.

"I'm happy." Adrian nodded and stood up, and the servants immediately stepped forward to clean up the table.

Anderson Cowell, the older brother of Adrian's father, is a typical wasp, stubborn, old-fashioned and unsmiling. He has a good business relationship with Adrian's father, but he doesn't deal with it very much in private. Opening and closing his mouth is always a family thing. Whether it is Adrian before or Adrian now, they don't like him.

The Cowell family does have a long history. According to the records that Adrian's father put in the house, the ancestors can be traced back to the passengers on the Mayflower! There have been brilliance in the past few hundred years, but there must be ups and downs. Now it has spread across the United States, but it is impossible to talk about the family. Anderson is just seeking a little psychological comfort. That's it.

Even so, Adrian made a special trip to New York to visit his uncle, because he has a considerable network of connections on Wall Street. As I said before, no matter what country or country, human relations are essential. Even in the United States, human relations rarely exceed the rules, but they are only very few.

In the past two years, because of Adrian's drunken life, the relationship network accumulated by his father was almost cut off. If it weren't for him having a good godfather and a good buddy, maybe he would have been cheated long ago, and there are not a few playboys who have been cheated in the United States.

Now that he has become him, he has his own ambitions, and it is essential to reconnect with him. Fortunately, only two years of time were wasted, and the tea has not completely cooled down, otherwise he would not be able to contact several major film companies so easily, but it is impossible to hope to make up for the relationship that has fallen behind these two years. .

Adrian also understands this, so he came to New York just to see his uncle and aunt, chatting with them and never mentioning anything else. These things have to be done step by step.