King of Hollywood

It's hard to describe Kate's mood when she opened the door after more than 8 hours and saw the tired and dusty Adrian. She stayed at the door for several minutes, then rubbed her eyes in disbelief and screamed With a sound, he threw himself into Adrian's arms, and the excessive momentum brought Adrian back a few steps before he could stand still.

Before the calculation was over, she blocked Adrian's mouth in the next second and sucked it desperately. She exchanged saliva for several minutes and refused to give up. She didn't care about the expressions of the pedestrians around and the family members standing at the door. As if she couldn't express her ecstasy without doing so.

"I can't believe it... I can't believe it... You actually... You actually appeared in front of me..." Kate held Adrian's face and was incoherent with excitement, and there was a sparkle in her bright eyes. shine.

"If you want me to come, then I'll come." Adrian shrugged, showing a tired smile, "Anyway, I'm on vacation now, and it's very convenient to go to London."

This action was exchanged for Kate's unscrupulous kiss again, women are like this, especially a young woman like her who is dazzled by love and sensuality. Once their lover shows with actions that he puts them in the most important place in his heart, they will be moved beyond measure. If your lover still acts like this is a trivial thing, as long as you want me to do this at any time, it will make them more satisfied.

Adrian, who has been a man for two lives, is really familiar with these methods.

In the next three or four days, Kate naturally stayed with Adrian all the time after asking for leave from school. The two played around and even went to the northernmost tip of the British Isle to see the sea view. Even if my mother reminded me not to stay home for a long time on the phone, she directly pushed back with "I'm already an adult".

Adrian had to go back to Los Angeles four days later, however, because Laverne called to remind him to attend the party at the Baccarat Hotel over the weekend, as the owner of the company and "Two Smoking Barrels" and "Memento". It is impossible for Adrian to refuse, the director and producer, let alone there are important things at the party. So even though both of them felt that there was more to say, they still kissed goodbye at Heathrow International Airport.

"Hello, Mr. Adrian, nice to meet you." Adrian, who handed over the car keys to the door attendant, just walked into the lobby, and the lobby manager who was staying here greeted him enthusiastically.

"Hi, Mabuse, how are you doing lately?" Adrian greeted the other party with a smile, because almost all the managers of those famous hotels in Los Angeles knew him during that time of fooling around—this can be regarded as a kind of network.

"As usual," Mabus shrugged, "Is there anything I can do for you? Today you seem to be..."

He looked behind Adrian in surprise, and Adrian probably knew what he was thinking in his heart, although he was a little bit dumbfounded, but he didn't show it on his face.

"It's nothing, I have a party here, in the Blue Room on the seventh floor." Adrian explained briefly.

"Blue Hall?" As the manager of the lobby, how could Mabuse not know who was at the party in the Blue Hall? personal. Of course, as a winking person, he would not talk too much, he nodded calmly and stepped aside.

Adrian didn't speak any more, patted Mabus on the shoulder and walked towards the elevator. He soon came to the seventh floor, reported his name to the waiter outside the door, and walked into the blue hall where the party had just started.

There were not too many people in the blue hall, and they were all holding cups and chatting with each other in twos and threes. Most of them were employees of Bosworth Film Company, and others were invited guests: first- and second-tier male and female stars, various companies producer, director, etc.

The party is an indispensable part of American life, and those guys with the title of party animals often don't feel tired even after a few nights. But parties are not just for carnivals. Those charity dinners, political fundraising dinners, celebrity gatherings, etc. can all be summed up in the definition of parties. Therefore, parties are sometimes important social occasions, which are very helpful for meeting and developing contacts. For example, among the guests invited to the party tonight, many people from Universal are invited.

"Hi, Ed, you're late." Berrant Urwin was the first to discover Adrian, and he came over with a smile on his face and shook hands with Adrian.

"I'm sorry, I need to adjust the time difference, and the traffic situation was not very good when I arrived." Adrian shrugged and glanced around, "It seems that I shouldn't be the last one."

"You won't be disappointed." Berrante knew what he was thinking, patted his arm with a smile, and pulled him to a middle-aged man who was about forty-five or six years old.

"This is our general manager, Mr. Elaine Edo." Berlant introduced.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Edo." Adrian smiled and held out his hand.

"Me too, Mr. Cowell, you can call me Elaine." The other party had the same smile, "Although I know you are very young, I still couldn't help being surprised, now it's the world of young people Yet?"

"It's just a small achievement, I still need to work harder-you can call me Adrian."

"This is no small feat, Adrian, hardly any director can make two low-budget high-grossing films in one year, and also win awards at different film festivals, too modest Just pride."

"I'm just telling the truth, Elaine, and I'm not denying that I've done a good job, but I'm not going to take credit for anyone else. Without my production team, without that wonderful general manager, without Universal's distribution, without this It is not certain whether such a result can be achieved.”

The two flattered and tested each other, and then Elaine left temporarily, and Berlant, who had been staying nearby, came over immediately: "It seems that you have a good chat."

"Indeed, Universal has an excellent general manager who taught me a lot," Adrian nodded to him. "By the way, Berlant, I haven't congratulated you on being promoted to department manager yet."

"I was just lucky," Berrand shrugged, "I just happened to meet you."

The two looked at each other, and then both laughed. Both of them knew that if the only one who glared at Universal had been with Adrian, it would be impossible for Berrant to appear here today.

"Let's be honest, which movie do you want me to direct? "Scream"? Or "American Pie"?" Adrian stopped circling around and asked straightforwardly.

"It's up to you," Berlandt spread his hands, "The preparatory work for the two films is almost ready. You can direct whichever one you want. If you have any opinions on actors or other aspects, you can always raise them." come out."

"It's really generous. I believe not many people will refuse it." Adrian smiled. It is certainly related to the fact that he has produced two movies with good word-of-mouth and box office in one year, and it is also related to It is related to the script that was sold before.

For example, the school comedy "Ten Things I Hate About You", which was sold to Universal, earned 42 million at the box office at a cost of just over 10 million when it was released at the end of January this year. Other film companies except Warner also made more or less money, and Warner's "Bodyguard", which invited Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner to star in according to the prompt left by Adrian, although Because the investment is relatively large, in order to achieve the best effect, it has been adjusted to this year's summer vacation, but most people who participated in the trial meeting thought it was very exciting.

Therefore, Adrian is even more important in the eyes of the executives of various film companies, and Universal, which can be regarded as close to the water, will naturally want to further win him over.

"So you agreed?" Berlant asked hastily.

"I'm sorry, Berrand, although this condition is very attractive, but I already have other arrangements." Adrian shook his head and refused, the feeling of coercion is far from enough compared to looking up.

"I still remember that when I was in London last year, you once said to me that no one can understand your script better than you." Berlant continued to persuade without giving up.

"I'm really sorry, Berlant, if it was some other time, I would definitely consider it, but I already have other arrangements." Adrian said sincerely, "A new movie is already in preparation. "

It's all like this, and it's hard for Berlandt to say anything, after all, the other party has his own film company.

"New movie? You're really full of energy, and the second work hasn't been released yet." He said teasingly, "Okay, let's leave it at that, and hope to have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

"Maybe we can cooperate now," Adrian said suddenly, "It's just in another way."

"Another way?" Berlandt asked puzzled.

"My new film has a much larger investment than the previous two films, maybe Universal can consider participating?" Adrian looked at Berlant with a smile on his face.

Berlant's eyes lit up immediately: "May I know what kind of movie you plan to make?"

"A feature film based on the second novel in Stephen King's collection of novellas "Different Seasons": "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." Adrian said unhurriedly Said.

"I didn't expect you to have Stephen King's idea," Berlant exclaimed. "I think I have to talk to Mr. Elaine first, Ed, but I believe it should be fine."

"I believe it too." Adrian nodded. With the two works of "Two Smoking Barrels" and "Memory Fragments" as well as several previous scripts, it is easy to get investment from a big company like Universal.

It's just that I don't know what kind of expression they will have after losing money. Adrian said so in his heart. Although "The Shawshank Redemption" is known as the most perfect movie in history, and basically deserves this title, only few people know that the original box office of this movie with an investment of about 25 million US dollars was less than 30 million.

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