King of Hollywood

Time has entered the month of 1994, and Adrian's life has started to cycle again: in the late stage of making "Forrest Gump" in the studio, understanding and other aspects of the situation in the office and harassing Charlize, and with different wives Dating.

The later stage of "Forrest Gump" is basically coming to an end. Although he only watched the roughest edited version, he knows that there will not be too many surprises, and the publicity work can also start at the end of the month.

As for other movies, the aftermath of the summer vacation is still coming back. Whether it is "True Lies", "Tornado", or "Bad Boys", they are still in theaters, even if there are only a few of them. "True Lies" has already collected about 150 million box office in North America. "Tornado" is more, 100 million more than "True Lies". Quite an excellent result, not to mention the overseas box office.

As for the two films released at the end of the summer vacation, "Ghost in Disguise" is also showing good momentum. Although the theaters have fallen below, the North American box office has already exceeded 100 million; "Interview with the Vampire" is not very strong. The box office in North America has already exceeded 100 million, but now it has been two months and only a few theaters are still playing. After all, vampire movies still have limitations. Of course, again, the overseas box office has not been counted.

In any case, this was a bumper harvest, and Bosworth naturally got a lot of bonuses. New Line and Miramax were envious, and they became more involved in the movie that is currently being prepared. Because they're under the same umbrella, they know that Bosworth has three or four more movies coming out by the end of the year.

In addition to "Forrest Gump", the later stages of "Life and Death" and "Sleepy Hollow" are almost coming to an end. Adrian has seen the rough cut versions of these two films. The performance in "Life and Death" is remarkable. It not only has the typical woman's foresight but also has the same typical woman's perseverance. It is completely different from Sandra Bullock. Adrian I believe that Blanchett is definitely better than Bullock.

Liv in "Sleepy Hollow" is much worse than Christina Ricci, after all, she doesn't have much acting experience. But Liv's advantage is that she is several times more beautiful than Rich, sitting there is like carved out of jade stone, with a little innocent and melancholy temperament. Tim Burton has mastered this point very well. The lieutenant general has magnified this advantage several times. Every shot about her is exquisite, even the rough version still gives people a feeling of astonishment.

It's just that the movie "Sleepy Hollow" needs too many special effects, and now it's not five or six years away, so according to Burton's estimation, it will be at least until Thanksgiving if it is fully completed, so I'm afraid it won't be in time for Christmas. .

Adrian is noncommittal about this, and it will be determined by the specific situation at that time. If it really can't keep up with the publicity, it can be postponed to next year. This year, Bosworth Films has released too many blockbuster movies.

However, "Woman" faced with the same situation is not good, because of various reasons, such as background costumes need to be exquisite, and the director is not Adrian, there will inevitably be some delays, maybe it can be released before 1994, but in terms of publicity There may be a discount.

It stands to reason that since the film cannot be fully promoted, it is the correct approach to squeeze the maximum value of the film and postpone the release, and there is already an example of "Sleepy Hollow". However, Adrian requested that "Women" must be released at the end of the year, and even if it cannot be released, it must be screened in mainstream theaters for more than 7 days, because this is a necessary condition for the Oscar.

At the beginning, I bought the adaptation rights of "The Woman" because of Winona's nomination for the best female lead. In the past two years, the best male and female lead roles have all come from him. This kind of aura must be maintained. Row. Adrian has watched some of the clips, and Winona's acting skills are pretty good, so getting a nomination won't be a problem with a little work.

As for winning the best female lead? Forget it, she is still too young, 23 years old can win the best supporting actress, but want to win the best actress? How embarrassing for so many seniors. Adrian didn't take it seriously, it was enough to have this best actress nomination, as long as Tom Hanks wins Best Actor in this year's Oscars, his aura will still not decrease in the slightest, by the way Sold favors to Dennis and Winona.

But publicity is indeed a problem. Although many film companies don't think too much about the movie's box office when arranging Oscar-winning movies, proper publicity is still necessary. After much deliberation, Adrian asked the company's producer in charge of supervising "Women" to edit a good trailer early and plan to release it before Thanksgiving, try to do a good job in the early publicity, and wait for Wei Nuo to borrow it after the release After Na was nominated, she carried out post-stage publicity.

In addition to these few films, there is also a film that is being prepared in the UK that Adrian has always been paying attention to. The preparation of "Braveheart" does take a lot of work. I saw a lot, not to mention the rental of horses, castles, and the production of various props.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it will be very convenient to start shooting after hard work now, so Adrian doesn't care. Looking at the seriousness of the team, it may not be possible to get the best costume and best art direction in 1996.

This is a matter of movies. As for the record company, Super Boy is not considered a big hit, but the development momentum is still good. During the period, a black nvxìng rapper and a male singer were released, which are not bad. Overall, the label's performance has been mediocre, neither great nor bad.

Adrian originally planned to buy another record company, but Claude's sudden plan interrupted his plan, so he had to put it on hold for now. It doesn't matter, it won't be too late to buy again in two years, and it will also allow the record company to continue to accumulate experience and build a good relationship with more outstanding music producers.

As for those two guys, they are both under control. After more than a year of brainwashing, they are both moving in the direction Adrian wants to see. Because of Adrian's eccentricity, and the repeated statement that he values ​​them, Christina has already regarded Britney as her biggest opponent, and desperately wants to surpass her, and wants to get more from Adrian. Much recognition.

As for Britney, the general process is that she starts to become proud because she is constantly being praised. At this time, Adrian will praise Christina and criticize her, and Britney, who is hit, will work harder to express herself.

Repeating this way, I believe Adrian will gain something in two years.

Things are relatively simple for record companies, as are game companies and publishing companies. Silicon and Synapse Studios, which was renamed Blizzard, received a new funding injection, so "Warcraft: Humans and Orcs" was released two months earlier. Because of Adrian's presence, although this "Warcraft" has not changed much, it has completed a lot of details, and also added a lot of easter eggs about the background of trolls, night elves, and the creation of the Titans. So even though this real-time strategy game was accused by many people of plagiarizing "Dune", the sales are still very good.

Seeing this, Adrian did not interfere too much and let it develop freely. Anyway, Vulture Studio, which will be the future Northern Blizzard, has records with him. As for the group that originally independently produced "Resident Evil", the progress has been relatively slow. If it only runs on a computer, a series of issues such as hardware and compatibility have to be considered. However, the character design and scene basically conform to Adrian's idea, and there is no problem. If so, it may be on the shelves by the end of 1995.

As for "Tomb Raider" produced by Studio S, if there is no problem, it will be a little later than "Resident Evil", but Lara Croft's figure may not be so plump, and will be more delicate. Because Adrian gave Kate's photo to the studio and asked them to make a character model according to this appearance and figure. The reason was that "it was described in the image of my girlfriend at the beginning." The studio has no objection - even if he wants to object, he can't. For Adrian, he has the right to make the image of his wife into a game character.

Publishing companies tend to be as mediocre as record companies. Although they have published several books with good sales after "Resident Evil", "Tomb Raider" and "The Matrix", there is generally no big show. Ben Arndt, who co-wrote "Resident Evil" and "Tomb Raider" with Adrian, doesn't have any good works. He is still between first-rate and second-rate. He would like to make more "Resident Evil" To expand the plot, Adrian gave a lot of ideas, but was opposed.

"Writing so much in one go, it's better to spend a few years to refine it, you are not without strengths, Ben." Adrian said so. He originally planned to acquire a new publishing company, which was a package plan with the record company, but was also interrupted by Claude, even though the impact would not be too great, he was somewhat depressed.

Fortunately, Rowling’s book has been signed, and it includes the next two volumes—the publishing company signed a good contract with Adrian’s suggestion, which made her really grateful to Dade—if it works well , After these three books are published, the company will inevitably go up several steps.

As the two most important parts of TBs in the current career, "Millionaire" has brought very high popularity and ratings, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has also attracted many young audiences, and everything is going well. On TnT's side, "The City of Desire" also started the final preparation stage, and the female protagonist chose Cindy Crawford at Adrian's insistence.

Generally speaking, this kind of TV series should use the kind of female actors who have some qualifications, but the reputation is between the first and second tier, such as supermodels or vases like Cindy Crawford, The price/performance ratio is really not high.

Adrian doesn't think so, anyway, making TnT produce a TV series is a bit of a desperate taste, and all the conditions are met in the end. Cindy Crawford can become one of the top supermodels, and Sarah Jessica Parker's sensitivity in fashion is definitely unmatched. What's more, this TV series is not an acting skill, so it doesn't matter if the salary is a little higher .

So after Adrian personally went to the men and had an "in-depth" and "thorough" chat with Cindy, the supermodel immediately agreed to act, and the rest depends on the production situation of TnT.

As for Claude's new plan, no one knows about it except the two of them. The godfather may have guessed something, but he is not sure. They still have ample cash at present, and they don't need to raise funds immediately. In addition, Dinis is currently conducting the first round of negotiations with Dinis. time, so it is better to start from the dark first.

Like the acquisition of TBs, Claude has already started to purchase 4.9 in batches through agents, but there are not many outstanding shares. In addition, because Disney has announced the acquisition plan, the stock price of the broadcasting company has risen a lot, with great fluctuations. So the acquisition didn't go as smoothly as last time.

"It doesn't matter, as much as we can buy, sooner or later we will be positive, at most it will make us more confident." Claude didn't care, he had a whole set of plans.

Adrian has also seen his arrangement, but he can understand more or less the front part, but he doesn't understand what's behind. According to a certain saying in the previous life: Although I can't understand what you are talking about, I feel very powerful.

"That's why I let Claude handle it completely. I have too many things to pay attention to, and this is not something I am good at, so why pretend to understand?" Adrian leaned on the back of the chair, Putting his legs on the desk, he looked at the ceiling and said in a lazy tone.

Charlize, who was tidying up next to him, gave him a blank look and didn't speak, but he just asked a casual question, but he didn't expect to get a long speech. long time.

"I've already arranged Kate's itinerary," Seeing that Adrian wanted to continue, Charlize promptly handed the itinerary in front of him, "Another Kate."

"Thank you, Charlie, you are really a good helper to me." Adrian took it and flipped through it and said in admiration, "Kate finally returned to Los Angeles. I thought she would stay in Melbourne until the end of the year."

As he spoke, he sat up straight and hugged Charlize, who was about to leave, into his arms: "How can I thank you, Charlie?"

"Let me think about it... How about letting go of your hand and letting me go out?" Charlize, who was sitting on Adrian's lap, letting his hand walk around her waist, thought about it, and said it in a serious manner. Said in a tone.

"Except for this?" Adrian chuckled, put his hands on her thighs, and caressed into the depths of the short skirt with the black lace suspenders.

"You've crossed the line, Ed." Charlize reminded, but she didn't want to clamp her legs like before.

"Don't you think, sometimes, it's very exciting to cross the line?" Adrian said with a smile, stretching his hand further in, sticking to the inside and then up is the key area.

"Sometimes yes, sometimes... no." Charlize closed her eyes and took a few quick breaths, then stood up suddenly.

Adrian rubbed his fingers and looked at her with regret all over his face.

"I know what you want to do, Ed." Charlize, who walked a few steps to the wall, straightened her skirt, and gave him another white look, "Don't think I will promise you."

"I also know what you're thinking, Charlie." Adrian got up and walked in front of her, blinking slyly, "If you really want to consume your enthusiasm and curiosity, you should try the office jī Love is right."

Charlize looked at him, breathing involuntarily for a few seconds, then raised her chin and changed the subject: "Sometimes I wonder if you want to sleep with all the women named Kate."

Adrian laughed, rubbed his chin and answered irrelevantly: "By the way, what do you think of me inviting Kate to live in the villa? Anyway, she is only on vacation and will return to Melbourne soon."

"This is your business." Charlize shrugged, then walked out, and turned her head when she was almost at the door, "Don't worry, I will move out temporarily, you can live a two-person world with her with peace of mind .”

It's... interesting. Seeing Charlize's disappearing back, Adrian showed a meaningful smile, and at the same time brought a little regret. The ending of that night was not as he wished. He originally thought that they could continue after having dinner together, but who knew that the two women who were obviously at odds with each other before could cooperate so tacitly.

The three of them are still sleeping on the same bed, but as long as Adrian touches one of them, the other will inevitably use various "coincidence" methods to stop him. Attack two at the same time? They will definitely go straight to the point and force him to be honest. As God bears witness, during the chat before going to bed, the two women were still arguing with each other in cryptic language.

So, even though I slept very sweetly until dawn, I didn't do anything, which was really depressing. If I had known this, I might as well do it again in the shower.

Although this kind of situation will never happen again in the future, even if Kate was semi-forced by him to take back to the villa several times during this period, Charlize consciously avoided it, but judging from their regular chats and the content of the chats—— There are quite a few fronts—it can be seen that the relationship between the two is getting more subtle. The relationship with Monica and Julia is somewhat similar, but there are more differences.

Especially today when he proposed to bring Blanchett back to the villa, Charlize’s reaction was really interesting. It’s not that Adrian never brought Sarah and Liv home, but that time Charlize temporarily moved out ?

Thinking about the scene where she and Kate hugged each other in half-undressed clothes, it was quite ugly, but it was a pity that there was no camera in hand at the time, otherwise it would be so bang when it was taken. Adrian sighed in his heart, and an idea popped up immediately.

His fingers tapped back and forth on the desk, and a smile emerged from the corner of his mouth. that's a good idea ed