King of Hollywood

Adrian felt very depressed. That girl is really beautiful. Although she is still very young, she has already developed a good figure. She will definitely be a stunner in a few years. He should sign her in the name of the company, and then Take it with you to train and train it well, and then... But he just didn't realize it because he was immersed in the pleasure of venting.

That's right, the big words he said to the girl were indeed venting. As soon as he started to preach, a very angry and unwilling emotion surged up, and scenes flashed in his head. There was the previous Adrian The various lives of Zhang Haoxuan also have the life experience of Zhang Haoxuan in his previous life-in a way, they can be regarded as the same fate.

In fact, this kind of emotion has always been hidden in Adrian's heart, but it has been suppressed in the corner for various reasons, but as his stories succeed step by step, this emotion is slowly released. If it's just like this, it's fine, although there is a lot of stagnation, but there will always be a time when it is released.

However, although the plans he made were for his first goal, every time he re-examined, he would feel the great attraction among them. Unknowingly, the second goal began to have the same position in his heart as the first goal. It's even. Adrian firmly believed that he would be able to achieve his goal, but before that, he had to smile with his old-fashioned uncle. With such a contrast and the girl's words, he suddenly burst out.

That's fine, it's better to let it out than to release it slowly, God knows if there will be any other problems after a long time. It happened that he didn't know that girl, so he could yell out a lot of words, which greatly relieved his mood. However, I don't know what will happen to that girl in the end. After all, I am so arrogant because I have a cheating tool. If it is because of this... forget it, or forget it, who knows? Maybe she will have a better life in the future, not sure.

This world is so interesting, sometimes you don't necessarily change something even if you try your best, even if you know what will happen; but sometimes you can change a person's life with just a few words.

After sighing for a while on the bench, Adrian finally calmed down. Anyway, his goal is Hollywood, so if you miss it, you should miss it, and... he couldn't help but think of Kate's hot body.

It's better to swallow the food first, Adrian said to himself.

After two days in New York, Adrian returned to his villa in Los Angeles. The room was kept clean and tidy under the care of Mrs. Galen. After talking on the phone with Laverne, Dennis, and Claude, he locked himself in the study and got busy again.

Naturally, he is continuing his plagiarism. In addition to the novel versions of "Resident Evil", "Tomb Raider" and "The Matrix", he is also busy writing new movie scripts. According to his plan, the filming of the new film will start at the end of October or early November, and it will take about 3 months for the filming and post-production to be sent to the Berlin Film Festival.

Anyway, it is a certainty that "Two Smoking Barrels" will make money, and everyone will do it while taking advantage of the victory. Of course, this kind of progress is indeed a bit too fast, but Adrian has no other choice, he is also forced to hurry up, and sometimes he can't help complaining: If only a few years earlier when he was reborn .

Time passed quickly, and it came to mid-October in the blink of an eye. Adrian's prediction was correct. The box office of "Two Smoking Barrels" in the two most important viewing areas in North America has reached 39 million so far. The box office exceeded 20 million pounds!

Such excellent results are of course because Adrian brought the original flavor of the movie over, and Laverne's excellent operation is also one of the reasons. While Adrian won the Venice Film Festival for Best Debut Feature—not a good but not bad award for a rookie director—most Americans are not interested in the Venice Film Festival. As for the gimmick of a new American director making a pure British black humor movie, it can attract a large number of cut movie fans, but it is still a bit powerless to get most Americans to pay for the movie theater.

However, Lavern managed to do it, basically using all the available methods. In addition to focusing on the two points mentioned above, he also deliberately promoted the complex multi-line narrative technique used in the movie. This trick is very useful, and it doesn't cost much, but the effect is exceptionally good. In the end, although there were only more than 100 movie theaters in the first week of release, the weekend box office was 7 million! You must know that the whole movie, including the shooting cost and various other expenses, is only a little over 1 million. Even if the final box office is only 7 million, Adrian still made a profit.

But this is just the beginning, the second week of release reached 500 screens, and the total weekend box office has quadrupled to 16 million! By mid-October, the number of theaters had already reached 1,500, and the total box office had reached 30 million. Many directors or producers were amazed by this.

"It's very simple, good movies will never lack audiences." The famous film critic Ronnie Gross concluded.

Adrian was very surprised when he learned about it. At least in his memory, he only had the British box office of "Two Smoking Barrels", which was about 20 million pounds. But it has only been released for a month now, and the box office in the UK has already exceeded 20 million pounds, while it is conservatively estimated in North America that it may eventually exceed 40 million U.S. dollars!

"I have to admit, dear Laffer, I found a treasure." In the conference room of the film company, Adrian, who was sitting on a high-back chair with his hands crossed, looked at his general manager with a smile.

"Thank you, Ed." Lavern nodded slightly, "Actually, I am the same."

"Really?" Adrian raised his eyebrows.

"At least in the things I've experienced, someone who can make a film that costs only $200,000 in two months and wins the Best Debut Award at Venice, and also grosses $30 million in North America. Currently there is only one." Lavern said calmly.

"Ha, Laffer, I didn't know you would flatter." Adrian laughed.

"What I said is the truth." Lavern still maintained his calm.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, what do you think of my new script?" Adrian changed the subject.

"The story can only be considered good," Lavern said unceremoniously, but the topic changed immediately, "But the sub-camera is very interesting. If the two aspects are combined, I can't make a specific judgment."

"That's right, this time the focus is on editing. The quality of the story is very important, but the method of telling the story is also important." Adrian said calmly, spreading his hands.

There was a knock on the door, and after getting permission, the staff outside came in: "Mr. Adrian, Mr. Dennis is here."

"Very well, let him in." Adrian said quickly.

"Sorry, I'm late." Dennis quickly appeared at the door.

"It's okay, you just moved to Xilin District..." Adrian couldn't help laughing before he finished speaking.

"Hell, Dan, what's the matter with you?" He stood up and looked at him funny.

"Is there something wrong?" Dennis raised his hands, but then reached out to pull his tie. Although he looked handsome in a suit, he didn't know why he always gave others an awkward feeling, and he couldn't even smile. Laverne shook his head and covered his mouth.

"I think, since there is an important matter today, it is natural to dress more formally." Dennis said with some self-deprecation, but did not hide the helplessness in his tone.

"It looks like you should find a girlfriend." After he reached for the collar again, Adrian said with a smile, "Okay, let's untie the tie. In addition, the collar should be open, and the clothes should not be worn." buckle."

"Thank you." Dennis didn't refuse, and directly took off his tie, then opened the collar of his shirt and unbuttoned his suit as Adrian ordered, which immediately made him more pleasing to the eye.

"I'll introduce you to some tailors when I have time. After tailoring the clothes, I believe they will definitely be much more suitable than your current clothes." Adrian continued.

A wry smile flashed across Dennis's face, and then he nodded: "Thank you, Ed."

How could Adrian have not noticed his expression, and after chuckling in his heart, he beckoned Dennis to sit down.

"There are two things, the first is this." He pulled something out of his jacket pocket and handed it over.

"This is..." When Dennis took it over, his body couldn't help trembling slightly.

"Is this for me?" Although he tried his best to keep his tone calm, the trill could not be hidden from the other two present.

"Relax, it's only 500,000 yuan." Adrian understands his feelings. Dennis has obviously never received such a large amount of money, even when he was filming "Two Smoking Barrels", it was only 10,000 yuan. USD pay.

"But..." Dennis looked suspiciously at what he wanted to say.

"This is my red envelope for you, everyone has it, and everyone who has contributed should be rewarded, right?" Adrian spread his hands, "I originally planned to give you 1 million, but considering that you can't be inferior to others It was too far, so cut it in half. Okay, relax, I bet you're not going to take just that, see what the critics said? Brilliant! Dude, you're already famous!"

In Adrian's version of "Two Smoking Barrels", the most acclaimed performance is Ed played by Dennis, especially when he came out of "Axe" Harry after the gambling was counted. very good.

"Understood." Dennis took a deep breath, "Then let's talk about the second thing, the new movie?"

"Yes, I believe you have read part of the script yesterday. I need you to lose about 100 pounds within a week. I will ask Laffer to arrange someone to guide you on how to do it." Adrian said a little bit.

"No problem." Dennis readily agreed.

They had already talked about this matter back in Venice, and Dennis agreed without hesitation at that time, let alone now. After several years of tempering, he knows when he should do what. Since he is so lucky now, he will not let it go easily, so when the movie received good reviews, many people came to his door to be his agent and asked Adrian , after the other party asked him to slow down for a while, he immediately rejected these people. Today's facts prove that his approach is completely correct!