King of Hollywood

Chapter 6 Relief

"Okay, okay, dad is wrong, dad is wrong, stop crying, okay, Juliet?" Adrian kept coaxing the second daughter in his arms, but it was a pity that the little guy didn't buy into him at all, and kept crying, completely The big eyes inherited from her mother were full of tears, making Lily giggle beside her. (, to read,

"Lily!" Adrian couldn't help but glared at Lily. This distraction made Juliet cry even harder, so he had to continue coaxing the little guy in a hurry, and Lily immediately let out more laughter from between his fingers. .

Before, Juliet, who was placed on the soft sofa, was doing what babies would do-biting her own fingers. The mischievous Lily took her hand away from her mouth several times, and told her sister very seriously that biting her own hand is not good, regardless of whether Juliet understands it or not. But every time it takes a few seconds, the little guy will continue to stuff his fingers into his mouth, and then Lily will take it away again, and the cycle will never end.

What is depressing is that Lily teased the little guy for a long time, but the little guy didn't say anything. After Adrian hugged her, he took her hand away twice out of hygienic considerations, and Juliet started crying in dissatisfaction instead. up. Obviously, the resentment that Lily's teasing caused her was passed on to Adrian.

"Let me do it, Ed." After feeding Deva and putting her to sleep, Monica came over, "Juliet must be hungry."

"Okay." After hesitating for a while, Adrian handed Juliet to Monica.

After the little guy sucked it in, he immediately began to suck it in big mouthfuls, it seemed that he was really hungry. Adrian scratched his head involuntarily. With experience, he always judged the children's activities accurately, but he didn't expect to make a mistake today.

"I'm not an idiot. As long as you put your mind to it, it's not difficult to sum up their activity patterns." Monica smiled slightly, her loving and gentle appearance made her look quite holy.

But some people like to destroy this feeling, such as Adrian, he smacked his lips looking at it: "I really envy Juliet."

"Ed!" Monica called out remindingly.

"I just said my thoughts, is there any problem?" Adrian said with a smile, made a very obvious movement of looking around, and then spread his hands. At this time, Lily went somewhere, and the nanny took Deva, who was full and sleeping, away from her, so she wouldn't be worried that anyone would hear her.

Monica naturally also noticed this, and immediately gave him a blank look: "It's not like you haven't tried..."

It was enough to speak halfway, and two blushes flew up on the face. Thinking of the appearance of feeding him with Sophie, even Monica, who had been fighting for a long time, couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Okay - Sophie will be very happy to know." Adrian changed the topic, patted the little head of his daughter who was still greedily devouring, and said.

"What are you happy about?" Kate's voice came over at this time. She was holding a porcelain plate with apple pie made by herself. Although her cooking skills have never been very good, she has been trying to improve .

Diva and Juliet will be five months old soon, and Adrian often finds time to take them to play with Lily, and this is called cultivating the relationship between sisters, anyway, Lily likes them two very much, and they both Don't hate Lily. But whenever you have time, if you take Lily to Monica and Sophie, Kate will follow, and if you take Deva and Juliet to Kate, Monica and Sophie will follow.

When the three women are together, they talk about some common topics when they are mothers, and the rest of the time is relatively indifferent, so every time Adrian chooses to let Monica and Sophie go to Kate when Sarah is not around Come here, and distract Charlize at the same time, so as not to make the already bad atmosphere even more strange.

But Sophie didn't come today because she was busy with a movie, not the one Adrian prepared for her, but "100% Men" by female director Nancy Meyers.

This movie has investment from Bosworth Films, so Adrian recommended Keira last year to get the role of daughter. The heroine was originally Helen Hunt's, but she didn't know why when she was about to start filming in early January this year. The reason is that she resigned, and the crew couldn't find a replacement for a while, and it happened that Sophie was recovering well. Adrian recommended her to the past after knowing about it. As a woman from Paris, the fashion capital, she easily got Affirmed by Meyers. Of course, the leading actor is Mel Gibson, who seems to have lost some honor because of Adrian.

The movie that Adrian arranged for Sophie had obvious goals, but Sophie disappeared from the media and the public for almost 8 months because of her pregnancy and childbirth. She had to hone her acting skills and regain her popularity Row. It just so happened that something went wrong with "100% Men". He happened to recommend Sophie, and he didn't care what happened to Helen Hunter, who was supposed to play the role smoothly. How could such a good opportunity be missed.

"By the way, I haven't congratulated you on being nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress." Kate suddenly said this after asking Monica to taste the apple pie and talking about her mother.

"Thank you." Monica smiled and didn't say much.

Adrian, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but secretly laughed, and shook his head slightly. Although Kate behaved normally, his slightly tasteful appearance still couldn't escape his eyes. She is like this, she obviously wants to but never speaks in front of him, always thinking that it will appear as if she is making a deal with each other, just like she always liked to put on a deal in the past to cover herself This contradictory attitude is really...cute!

"Today's pie is a little better, did you add anything?" Adrian walked in after Kate brought the leftover pie back to the kitchen.

"It's the same as usual." Kate shrugged and dealt with it on her own.

"Can't you leave it to the servants?" Adrian put his arms around her waist from behind.

"I like to do it myself, can I?" Kate finally turned around and snorted softly.

"Of course." Adrian smiled and kissed her on the back of the neck, and then deliberately changed the subject, "Speaking of which, it's really not easy to get Monica nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress."

Kate took an obvious deep breath, then turned her head and asked nonchalantly: "Really? So what are the chances of winning?"

"It's not high, so I spent a lot of effort." Adrian said with a shrug.

Harvey Weinstein finally agreed to his request, as he said before, as long as the Weinstein brothers have money, they can even dance on the stage to strip. The big-budget trilogy mentioned by others may be questionable, but what comes out of the director of Miracle is another matter. In this case, why not work hard? For the Weinstein brothers who are familiar with the operation and tone of the film academy, this is definitely not a particularly difficult task. Although it is still 100% impossible, it can be infinitely approached, not to mention that media resources can be deployed at will.

And Adrian is very accurate, what he said is also true, the Weinstein brothers have always hoped that Miramax can be responsible for some big productions, so that Miramax can develop into a big film company. Disney, which was supposed to acquire them, parted ways precisely because its conservative style for teenagers was incompatible with the somewhat radical Miramax, and they positioned them as supporting roles.

However, the media does not have such problems. After the acquisition of Miramax, it also operated very well. Although the Weinstein brothers were worried for a while after Universal was acquired, they did not have conflicts with the media. Adrian also knows that 100% is impossible, unless the entire film academy is bought, and the large-scale production trilogy is not only to reassure them, but also to make them work harder for public relations and fight for it.

Of course, Adrian did not forget to add some conditions. The three best heroines who need their full public relations must be determined by him. At the same time, the trilogy will not be approved until 2002 at the earliest.

"Monica is really lucky." Kate couldn't help but say this.

Adrian couldn't help chuckling, and began to move his hands from her waist: "By the way, there is a role that you might try. It took so long to complete "Secret Agent Belle" and "28 Days" Now, you should have had enough rest."

"Didn't you say that the script for "Tomb Raider" is still being written?" Kate first thought of this.

"Yes, but I'm talking about another script." Adrian said with a smile, "a relatively literary script."

"You want me to make two movies a year again?" Kate turned around and frowned slightly.

"So what? Didn't you also star in two movies last year?" Adrian held her face and smiled, "This movie is also adapted from a novel, and it has more room to play than "28 Days". "

This is the advantage of adapting scripts from novels. As long as you get the right to adapt, you can advance or delay it according to your own will. Like the "Bone Jigsaw" for Monica, a movie that was supposed to be released last year is only now starting production, and it will be a while before production begins, and of course, Denzel Washington is still the male lead. main character.

In short, as long as it is still in line with the current social environment, it doesn't matter if it is delayed at all, and the same is true for the one prepared for Kate.

"You know, if you want to win the Oscar for Best Actress, qualifications are a must." Adrian kissed Kate's lips.

The title of Rose of England sounds good, and it also has some advantages, but it is subject to greater constraints. It is not so easy to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

"It sounds like... are you ready?" Kate was a little uncomfortable, and her eyelids were lowered, as if she was chuckling but more hesitant.

"Of course, my baby, although it's a little troublesome and it takes a long time, I've already made arrangements." Adrian called it nasty.

After all, Kate is the first woman after his rebirth and the mother of his first child. Even if he wants to win the Best Actress, he has to win it in a real way and not rely entirely on public relations.

"If you doubt again, I will strip you naked in front of Monica..." He then said threateningly, although he swallowed half a sentence, he knew what he was going to say by looking at his playful look, Kate Immediately gave him an elbow unceremoniously.

Just when Adrian was about to pretend to be in pain, there was a knock on the door, and after getting permission, a servant walked into the kitchen with a mobile phone.

"There is a lady calling for you, Mr. Adrian." The other party said so.

"Okay, thank you." Although Adrian said that with a smile, he sighed in his stomach. If he was in his mansion, Yukie would call him out first and then explain the situation, instead of in front of Kate. .

Maybe it would be better to take Lily, Diva, and Juliet to my side in the future. Adrian, who took the phone, thought so, and then heard who was on the phone, and then made a gesture of apology to Kate and walked out.

Kate sighed, put down the remaining apple pie on the plate two or three times and was busy for a while. Just as she was about to go out, Adrian suddenly came in.

"Sorry, Kate, I'm going out to play." Adrian said apologetically, "I may not come back tonight."

"Understood." Kate replied with some helplessness, "Remember to tell Monica."

"Of course." Adrian smiled and kissed her, and turned to leave the kitchen.

"May I know what it is?" Kate asked suddenly.

"Hmm..." Adrian stopped in his tracks, turned around after a while, smiled awkwardly, pointed to Kate's belly, and then quickly slipped away.

It took Kate a few minutes to understand, but unfortunately Adrian had run away without a trace, and it was useless even if he stepped down.

After greeting Monica in the living room and kissing the three little ones goodbye, Adrian drove away from the villa. The matter is not big or small, it’s just pregnancy syndrome, although it’s only been over a month, and the lower abdomen is not obvious at all, but Jessica is not even 20 years old after all, and she has to hide it from her family, so she is a little emotional It's normal to have ups and downs and want to find support.

"Look, I'm coming right now? So don't worry." Sitting on the sofa at Jessica's house, Adrian hugged her and said affectionately.

"I'm just a little... scared." Jessica said meekly, nestled in her arms.

For the purpose of taking care of her, and worried that she would feel more insecure if she was alone, Adrian hired a middle-aged woman to take care of her—of course, the quality is the best—if it is not considered A sudden move might draw her family's attention, and Adrian had already asked her to live in Beverly Hills.

"Don't be afraid, no more people know about this matter for the time being," Adrian continued to coax her, "and there is no delay, "Keep the Last Dance" has already been filmed, and "Dark Angel" The filming of the second season is coming to an end soon, and you don't have many roles, so it's just a matter of peace of mind to cultivate yourself."

After a pause, he said again: "Although I have a new movie to start shooting next month, if you want, you can come to the crew to have fun. We are going to Missouri, and the forest over there is very beautiful."

"I...I'll think about it." Jessica nodded.

Seeing her appearance, Adrian couldn't help but sighed in his heart. Frankly speaking, Jessica now is not as playful as she will be a few years later, so there was no need to use that method to force her back then. But after doing everything, it doesn't matter anymore, and Jessica chose the third option on her own initiative. As for the fear that arose in her heart, it will slowly disappear with the birth of the child. Could it be a daughter again, and it's also so... 囧.

Adrian coaxed Jessica well all afternoon, making her giggle non-stop, and made her feel a lot happier, and even fell asleep together in her arms at night. But after waking up in the morning, one of her legs crossed over his lower abdomen, almost crawling on his body. It's okay now, but if it's another two months, she won't be allowed to sleep in this position. As you can see from here, being pregnant and having no one to move away has hit her hard, but... that's exactly what Adrian wants to see, isn't it?

Although it took time and energy to take care of his own woman and daughter, Adrian did not let go of work, such as choosing the right young actor for "Winter's Bone", he didn't have so much time to go to Missouri for detailed research. In the final analysis, whether the actor fits the character image, in addition to his own strength, the makeup artist also contributed. Children born in the local area may have a bonus in temperament, but this is dispensable.

If children with good acting skills are eliminated because of this, it will affect the shooting instead. Adrian has another film to make this year, and "Winter's Bone" was added in the middle, so he only gave Shooting by myself for 6 weeks.

In addition, he has to take care of many movie projects, especially those for his own women.

"I am very optimistic about you, Steven, especially after watching "Strategist" directed by you, I know that you have finally started to face yourself." Adrian spread his hands while leaning on the high-back chair, although some Lazy, but very serious expression.

"Thank you, it's a great honor for me to get the comment from the director of Miracle," the man sitting at the desk who was not yet forty years old pushed his glasses and said in a slightly teasing tone.

"Come on, Steven, you are also qualified to be called a miracle director." Adrian laughed.

The man he called Steven in front of him was not Steven Spielberg, but Steven Soderbergh, the youngest winner of the Palme d'Or before Adrian. Although he basically took the niche route, with the release of "Strategic Master" produced in 1998, he also began to develop into commercial films, so Adrian asked him to direct a film that should have been directed by him: The Drug Network!

Speaking of it, the process of this film falling into his hands is very interesting. The original version was a British TV series, produced in 1989, and later sold the rights to a film by a Hollywood producer. However, no one invested for a long time. Finally, it was easy to persuade Fox Searchlight, but it was put on hold due to various candidate issues, and finally it was taken over by Focus Pictures, a subsidiary of Universal.

Every major film company has a small company that specializes in investing in and producing art films, such as Fox Searchlight of Fox and Focus Pictures of Universal. It was already at the end of 1999 when they got it, and then they were discovered by Adrian who often browsed the company's scripts, so there is no need to say more about the latter.