King of Hollywood

"Frankly speaking, Ed, if the chef knew that in your eyes, his carefully cooked food is easier to fill your stomach than the pizza in the takeaway shop, I'm afraid he would cry." Claude While talking, he pressed the switch on the wall, and the bright lights immediately filled the minimalist living room.

This is Claude's rented villa on the other side of Beverly Hills, which is quite modern and well furnished inside and out. He moved out as early as after graduating from university, unlike Adrian—the previous Adrian—who had nothing to do all day long, after making a lot of money this time, he already planned to buy a villa that was completely his own .

"Please note, Crowe, I'm talking about filling the stomach, not the deliciousness of the food." Adrian corrected him, "The veal he cooks is indeed delicious, and I never deny it. "

He couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he said this. Although because of the small part of his soul, Adrian doesn't reject Western food, and he can taste one, two, three, four, but deep down he still misses Chinese food. . He's been around restaurants in Chinatown, and yet... have you ever seen Kung Pao Chicken soaked in orange syrup? Fortunately, I occasionally cooked in my previous life. Thanks to my abnormal memory, I can still recall it. From time to time, I cook some home-cooked food for myself. In addition, not all Chinese restaurants in Chinatown are completely westernized, so I can barely solve the problem. Gluttonous.

"You guys, French food is meant to be tasted. It's easy to fill your stomach. Two burgers from Burger King are enough to do this." Claude shook his head and came behind the bar in the living room and fell down. Two glasses of whiskey.

"Kate said the same thing, it's a pity that you missed the point, I didn't deny the deliciousness of French food, I just said that it can't be used to fill your stomach, it's all true, isn't it?" Adrian took Claude Cups pushed over.

"Kate? That chick you met in England? Are you still dating?" Claude asked in surprise, "It's not like you, Ed, you were never interested in a girl for more than 5 years before." sky."

"That was before," Adrian said disapprovingly, "I have already brought her home."

"Whoa whoa whoa, is the end of the world coming?" Claude gestured exaggeratedly, "Our Ed actually brought the girl home! Dude, this is the first time! It's amazing , do you plan to marry her?!"

"Shut up, Crowe," Adrian rolled his eyes at him, "will I give up the whole forest for one tree?"

"Then you are..." Claude looked at him with interest

"I want a tree, and I want the whole forest." Adrian shrugged.

Claude was a little stunned, but immediately laughed: "It really is Ed, but don't you think it's a little greedy?"

"Oliver Stone has a famous quote in Wall Street." Adrian sipped his whiskey.

"Greed is good." Claude immediately continued.

"I modified this sentence a little bit, moderate greed is good." Adrian smiled, "The key is, to know where my speed is, I need to make my speed bigger now. "

"Well, what are you going to do? The profit this time is enough for you to get a seat in those group companies?" Claude didn't continue the discussion on this topic, but asked about something else.

Adrian smiled, looked into Claude's eyes and said seriously: "Let's do it together, Claude."

"What did you say?" Claude showed a look of surprise, and the wine glass he sent to his mouth stopped in mid-air.

"Remember what I told you in the coffee shop? I want to control Hollywood! I mean to build my own media empire, not to become a shareholder of those old companies!" Adrian clenched his fists fiercely. With a wave in the air, "We can work together, Crowe, you have a talent that I can't match in business, but I also have a talent that makes you hard to match in film, and my vision of the overall situation is no worse than yours." !Together we will go nowhere!"

Claude looked at Adrian in a daze, and he twitched the corner of his mouth as if he wanted to laugh: "You have changed so much, Ed, it's hard to imagine that you were still a..."

"Okay, Crowe, it's meaningless to me to turn over old accounts, I've changed." Adrian sneered.

He put down the cup in his hand, came to Claude and stared at him: "Tell me, Claude, what are you hesitating about? What are you worried about? Or do you want to tell me that you plan to stay in the Godfather's company just like that?" Here, slowly wear down your aggressiveness and courage, and then take over after the godfather retires?"

Claude didn't speak, just pursed his lips and looked at Adrian seriously.

"Think about it, Crowe, what do you want most?!" Adrian made an exaggerated gesture, "Will you take over your father's company and follow the route they planned for yourself? Or start from scratch, Break out a new world of our own?! We are still young, Crowe, we have the ability and we have a chance! Even if we lose, we can start all over again!"

Seeing his fanatical expression, Claude took a long breath: "Tell me, Ed, why the media?"

"Why?" Adrian raised his eyebrows, and he suddenly turned around and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, and opened the curtain with a bang, and the bright night view under Beverly Hills suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

Adrian took a deep breath and pointed to the little lights: "Look, look at this city, Crowe! Here is the world's largest film industry, here is the world's most dazzling star, countless people come to They are looking for their dreams here, always thinking that maybe one day they stand on the stage dazzlingly and attract the attention of the whole world! But they don't know, they don't know, they only see one side, the beautiful and attractive , the glamorous side! On the other hand, the dark, dirty, and lustful side is well hidden behind and covered up! Why? Because what they see is only what those people want them to see You and I know this, Crow! Think about how we feel when they roll with our baton, when they blindly cheer us on?"

The fierce words echoed in the room, and Claude sat up straight involuntarily. Adrian, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, didn't say any more, but just looked at his best friend with piercing eyes.

Suddenly raised his head and poured down the liquid in the cup, Claude stood up, an unknown light flickered in his brown eyes.

"Then, let's do it!"

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Adrian knows how the world will develop in the next 20 years, and his own conditions and abilities are not bad-don't think that copying movies is a simple matter. So it is not impossible for him to control Hollywood, as long as one problem is solved, that is management and operation!

Yes, he knows what to do to make a lot of money, but he was just a director after all in his previous life. When did he manage and run a big company? The previous Adrian may have a little experience, but more of it is eating, drinking and having fun. So he had to solve this problem before he could realize everything, so he finally thought of Claude.

At the beginning, Adrian didn't realize this, he just wanted to make a start-up capital through Claude. And Claude's flexible completion of the assigned task made him realize the great value of the other party to him, so he put all his eggs in one basket and handed over the futures matter to him, and the result was naturally needless to say.

Because of this, Adrian made up his mind to tie him and himself to everything, and Claude was also a person who was unwilling to be lonely, dared to dare to break through and refused to be sheltered by his parents, and with his very deceptive rhetoric, he finally agreed. down.

"Tell me about your plan, Ed," Claude said after the two came to the study and sat down, "Don't tell me, you have no plan."

"Of course there is a plan, but you also know that I am not this material, so I only have a general idea, and you need to supplement the rest." Adrian made no secret of his shortcomings.

Claude raised his hand and made a "tell me" gesture.

"First of all, of course, it is necessary to establish a media company. You can also buy an empty shell. How much each invests, how to distribute the equity, and whether Bosworth Films is included in the company. We will talk about it in detail later." Adrian said slowly Speaking, "You are the CEO, you have the final say on everything, and I will not interfere with anything."

"To put it simply, you don't care about anything, you can be the major shareholder with peace of mind, and I will handle everything." Claude sighed leisurely, "This is really unfair, Ed, you are too relaxed Alright."

"It's okay to say that, in short, everything is up to you to decide," Adrian ignored his joke, "If I have any opinions or suggestions, I will discuss with you and seek your approval and support. "

"In this case..." Claude suddenly thought of something, "What if you insist on something and I still disagree?"

"Then I will stay by your side 24 hours a day to lobby you. No matter what you are doing, whether you are working, eating, bathing, sleeping or even sleeping with women, I will be by your side." Adrian said leisurely.

"Damn! Ed, you are disgusting!" Claude waved his hand in disgust.

"No way, I can't turn against you." Adrian spread his hands.

"Okay, okay, skip these for now, and then?" Claude changed the subject.

"Set up a venture capital company with a focus on the IT industry." Adrian threw out the answer he had already thought about.

"Venture capital company? IT industry?" Claude raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I thought we were discussing the media industry."

"Yes, I know," Adrian nodded, "how can I put it... What do you think of this year's election?"

"This year's general election?" Although Claude didn't understand why he turned to this topic, he still gave his own answer: "The Democratic Party has an advantage."

"real?"

"Really—what about you?"

"Democrats have an advantage."

"real?"

"real."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly both burst out laughing. Ron Rees's family has always been biased towards the Democratic Party, because California is the territory of the Democratic Party most of the time, but the Kewell family has always been neutral, so Claude asked a question in a mocking way with Adrian's sentence.

"Do you know who the Democratic Party's presidential candidate was initially determined in January, Claude?" Adrian asked after laughing.

"It seems to be..." Claude turned his head and thought for a while, "William Jefferson Clinton?" (Note)

(Note: In reality, in the U.S. general election, both parties have to wait until July and August to officially determine the candidates. The plot has been changed here, and I have thought about modifying it to be in line with reality, but the plot behind it is a bit troublesome, so I still Forget it, let’s take a look)