King of Hollywood

After returning to Los Angeles, Adrian's life has become much easier. Although the crew of "This Killer Is Not So Cold" came back a day before him because of the trip to Miami and New Orleans, it does not mean that the post-production work will start immediately . Take a vacation and rest for a few days before talking, anyway, I have time this year.

As for other aspects, the professionals of his own companies are in charge. He only needs to keep an eye on the situation through Charlize and give his own opinions. Being a boss is like this. Some things do need to be controlled by oneself, but some things are not needed. If you have to do everything yourself, what do you need those professionals for?

However, although the things at work have decreased, the troubles in life have increased a lot. For example, arrange a reasonable time for dating. This happened when I came back to deal with the acquisition of Pixar last time. Charlize would tease him like that when they made out in the room.

In addition, his scandal with Julia has returned to the public eye. After a period of time, it has faded a lot. After all, apart from the first photos, there is no more evidence. Coupled with the two people's always ambiguous answers, the enthusiasm gradually faded.

But at the end of June, the trailer for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" began to play, and the scandal was brought up by reporters again. Adrian had sworn at the beginning that he had specially invited Julia to be the heroine. Although most of the reporters gathered outside Julia's villa, although Adrian was very careful, he was almost caught by them.

He happened to come out of Julia's secret villa in Santa Monica that day, and the two spent four pleasant days here, recalling the madness they had when they were here, so they didn't pay much attention to the surrounding situation. It wasn't until he was about to come out of the nearby convenience store that he realized that there seemed to be many suspicious people around. Fortunately, Adrian was wearing a hat when he came out, and immediately warned Julia not to come out through the mobile phone, and the other party might just hear that there were People suspected of them appeared here, so they didn't stay for long before leaving - for the paparazzi, staying in the same place for an afternoon is indeed not too long.

Even so, the tabloids still published a report like "Adrian and Julia Suspectedly Spending the Weekend in Santa Monica", capitalized and close-up in Spring and Autumn style, which attracted a lot of attention.

Adrian didn't take this too seriously. If it wasn't for the promotion of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" that created this situation, he wouldn't mind publishing it. Moreover, because the publicity effect was not bad, film critics expressed their concern one after another, and he deliberately created another scandal.

It's not a big deal, but the reporter took a picture of him and Monica at the Italian restaurant. He originally entered her house for half an hour and then came out, but considering Julia's mood, he still only sent her Get to the door.

When Adrian was leaving, Monica's eyes were quite resentful, but she didn't say much. After all, she and Julia were different. Therefore, Adrian rewarded her well, took her back to the villa when he was on the cusp of the storm, and then used all the available places, which made Monica lie in bed for a whole day the next day.

In fact, it is not as exaggerated as the cusp, most of the news is based on "Adrian has a new love?" " is the title, and a small part is "Monica and Adrian renew their relationship? ", in short, it is to take out Adrian's claim of Monica as his muse at Cannes last year, and to prove from this aspect that the two may be dating.

In short, there is not enough evidence, whether it is with Julia or Monica, there are no intimate photos that can be used as ironclad evidence. In addition, Adrian's identity is different from that of a celebrity after all. Ordinary people may not know it. The media But they don't know, so they are still abiding by the rules. Even those unscrupulous tabloids can only say that he may be hugging left and right.

"Your recent limelight is really strong, Ed, I should congratulate you again." Claude said on the phone haha.

"Then should I say thank you?" Adrian said angrily, "Okay, Crowe, I didn't call you to hear what you said."

"Okay, okay," Claude sighed, "He's really impatient, so I'll start with..."

Claude is much busier than him during this period. He must always pay attention to the competition between Redstone and Diller on Paramount, keep abreast of the extent of the early acquisition of TBS, and pay attention to the situation in Japan. ——Clinton It is a foregone conclusion that the government will force the yen to appreciate, but most of the savings of the Japanese have already been swept away last time.

However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Besides, the resources in Adrian's hands are not comparable to those at the beginning. Even if the harvest is not much, as long as he operates carefully, he will not be much less than last time.

And in addition, Crowder has also made several good acquisitions, such as the acquisition of the relatively well-known Evra Publishing Company and its merger with its subsidiary, as well as the acquisition of the British Bullfrog Games Company and AI Publishing Company. Doss Game Company Adrian didn't know the strength of the former, but he had a little impression of the game they were developing called "Theme Park", which should be said to be very good. As for the latter, oh, they developed the game "Tomb Raider"

"You mentioned this game company to me. After analyzing and discussing it, I felt that their price-performance ratio was good, and their prospects were not bad, so I bought it." Crowder said.

Well, Adrian admits that this is a big surprise, if their 3D engine has been made, it will just make Tomb Raider, which is already a novel, into a game.

In this way, "Resident Evil" can also be considered to be made into a game, and it might as well be handed over to Silicon and Synapse Studios-oh, they have officially changed their name under his proposal, um, Blizzard Studios. Although it was a bit strange for them to make this game, it didn't matter. It just so happened that Pixar was going to lay off some game programmers, so they could merge with some of the staff here to form a small department dedicated to developing the games he wanted to develop.

When Adrian bought Silicon and Neural Synapse, he also promised not to interfere in specific affairs, so they will definitely meet this small request. He really wants to know how the "Resident Evil" full of American flavor will be. what it looks like.

"By the way, I can't wait to buy TBS now. I want to know if you can still create miracles." After chatting a few words about work, Claude said so suddenly.

"There are indeed some ideas. If it is well executed, it should become a classic work, but it may be difficult to reach that level." Adrian replied after thinking about it.

"You rate this TV series so highly?" Claude asked in surprise.

"Of course, I am clear about my idea." Adrian said leisurely.

This TV series is of course "Friends", which was officially broadcast in late June. Although the schedule of this TV series is scheduled for the beginning of the summer vacation, the advertisements have been made as early as the beginning, not only from time to time. Appetite, and specifically pointed out that the idea came from the miracle director Adrian, which attracted a lot of attention. Especially after Adrian's scandal was revealed, they made a small play on purpose.

It is precisely because of the relentless advertising campaign that the first episode of "Friends" directly reached 35% of the ratings after it aired, which is a remarkable statistic for a new drama. But this is just the beginning. When the second episode aired, this figure rose to 45%, and after the third episode aired not long ago, it directly rose to 55%.

Such a triple jump, although it is not certain that there will be no successors in American dramas, it is definitely unprecedented. The humorous language and funny daily life of the characters in the play resonated with many Americans. After watching it, many people called to ask for a rerun. Seeing that the TV series is so popular, they arranged it in a daytime slot. Many people who watched it chose to watch it again. At the same time, many people who missed it for various reasons also seized the opportunity to watch it. Therefore, the ratings of the rebroadcast were not much lower than that of the first broadcast.

Facing such a situation, I couldn't help but grin from ear to ear, because the surprising and even terrifying ratings caused many advertisers to come to their door brandishing checks and paying high advertising fees, even Bosworth Sri Lanka Films also got a considerable share of the profits. In addition, it also stimulated the stocks, which simply added tens of millions of income.

At the same time, "Friends" has also received unanimous praise from critics. Although it has only aired three episodes so far, many people already think it is a wonderful work.

"The six people have their own personalities and characteristics, and various ordinary but interesting stories are staged in the city of New York. The screenwriter and director grasp the humor in life just right, as if it is happening around us, plus the six It’s no wonder they are so well-received, and we have every reason to look forward to the next episodes.” This is an article published by the well-known critic Cirén Hind in the Washington Post.

In short, the most popular TV series in the first half of the year in the United States is "Friends", which aired only three episodes, and the most popular character is none other than the confused young lady Rachel Green - this is a special poll Yes, Jennifer? Aniston's sweet image and the plump character of this character won the support of the vast majority of people.

It's no wonder that Claude sighed in this way. If this TV series was broadcast on TBS's channel, he could seize the opportunity to expand the original TV network to a larger extent.

Of course Adrian understands this regret, but unfortunately he has no better way. After all, he is not sure that there will be no TV series of the same type before that, so he can only act first, and regret it. ()