King of Hollywood

Chapter Ten Standing still

"When he greets you, you have to be very puzzled, but not too obvious, like... the first time you come to this country. (! www.dukank)" In the studio, Shimizu Takashi is giving "The Grudge 2" The heroine explained the scene, still full of beards. The translator stands by to make supplements and explanations in case of poor communication. Although a work has already been screened all over the world, Takashi Shimizu's English has not improved much.

"Can I understand it as doubt and defensiveness at the same time?" asked Jennifer Love Hewitt, who looked a little melancholy, with dark brown and black wavy hair, standing next to him who was adjusting the house in the movie , and then the photographer who was killed by Kayako, of course, has nothing to do with Edison? Mr. Chen, but the popular Japanese drama actor Takashi Sorimachi, who recommended it.

Adrian's eyes lingered on Sorimachi Takashi for a while before moving away, the corners of his eyes were slightly raised, which looked a little weird, but disappeared after moving to Love.

"How is your cooperation?" Adrian asked Yukie beside him.

"Not bad, Jane is a very smart girl." Yuki Hui replied with a low eyebrow, not caring about other people's eyes at all. In fact, most of the crew knew her relationship with Adrian.

Adrian opened his mouth and wanted to say something about it, but after thinking for a few seconds, he kept looking at Love. She kept focusing on the director and didn't glance at him, so she gave up the plan . Although Love has always been Sarah's "little follower" and Adrian has played with her several times, she always looks resigned.

Adrian, who is familiar with women, knows that at least one-third of her is pretending, but so what? The benefits are enough, and if she's really a smart person--in fact, Love has proved this point--should know what she can do. Besides, in the past more than a year, Sarah no longer cares about those things with her, and the "little follower" is no longer worthy of the name, so there is no need to worry about Yuji Hui getting along with Love?

More importantly, Yukie doesn't have many roles in "The Grudge 2". If Shimizu Takashi's hands and feet are fast enough, Adrian can take her with him when he returns to Los Angeles.

"I must find a way, Mr. Adrian." When Adrian asked, Shimizu Takashi replied and bowed.

As one of the few directors in Japan with internationally influential works, after the release of "The Grudge", Takashi Shimizu, who was still a newcomer director, immediately jumped several levels, and may even be above his teacher Hideo Nakata. The right to adapt the movie "Bell" was taken by Adrian? However, Takashi Shimizu still respects Hideo Nakata.

I don’t know whether it’s good or bad for him that there is no ban on the broadcast. In my memory, the earliest Japanese version was released within two days. There were rumors that someone was scared to death, so the broadcast was stopped immediately, so there is no need to think about the box office. . Although there were similar rumors when this version was released in Japan, it was immediately clarified that Adrian would not allow things that would affect the box office. The Japanese film market has always been a dumping ground for Hollywood.

In this way, Qing Shui Takashi's legendary status will inevitably be much lower. After all, not every director has the title of "works scare people to death", even if this title is not easy to verify.

After thinking about it for a while, Adrian immediately threw it away. This is Shimizu Takashi's business, and it has nothing to do with him. Even his statement was not taken to heart, there is no need to be too polite to the Japanese.

As for the animation, the progress is very smooth. The 2D animation of the Japanese is indeed very good. However, although Hayao Miyazaki is the most well-known, Japan is not the only animation studio in Ghibli. There are several studios in this edition that are very famous in the world-wide animation circle.

Needless to say, Tokyo, 4 degrees Celsius Studio, etc., they participated in the production of the original version. In addition, this studio produced the movie version of "Pokemon", which was released in North America last year and achieved a good box office. At the beginning, the media obtained the distribution rights of "Pokemon" in North America, and the film version was naturally released by their film company. In addition to making a lot of money, they also took this opportunity to release the theme song of the movie version of "Pokemon". A new female singer: Jessica? Simpson.

That's right, that Jessica Simpson, who almost became a member like Britney and Christina, but was eliminated in the end. It was so easy to be spotted by a small music company. The record that took three years to record was not released, and the company went bankrupt. Originally, she was supposed to sign with Sony Records, but m Records has sprung up suddenly, and it has always been known for its preference for signing young singers, and it has continuously released outstanding girl singers, so it was finally signed by m at the beginning of last year, and then trained for a period of time, and got He took the opportunity to sing the theme song of "Pokemon" and became famous in one fell swoop.

At this time, Adrian knew that his record company had actually signed Jessica Simpson, but his first reaction was, why are there as many girls named Jessica in the United States as there are girls named Kate in the United Kingdom?

Well, this is a digression, back to the animated version of "The Matrix", in addition to those mentioned above, Ai Hui's de studio also participated in the production. As one of the local pillar industries, large Japanese companies will be involved in some animation production, and Aihui is no exception. Since the media is one of Aihui's board members, what's the problem with their participation? Besides, the technology of the de studio is also very good, no worse than the old studios like 4 degrees Celsius.

Although most of the animation studios involved in the production are Japanese, not all of them are in the United States, and the Hanna-Barbera studio of tbs, a subsidiary of the media, is also a member. It is the studio founded by William Hannah and Natherfine Barbara, which has produced animations such as "Tom and Jerry" and "Scooby-doo". When tbs "robbed" MGM The home studio was also acquired, so it has now become a media industry.

Although the media mainly focuses on Pixar's 3D animation films, most of the TV shows are 2D animations, so 2D animations have not been pulled down, except for the North American distribution rights of "Pokemon" from Nintendo. , and also sold the copyrights of a series of animations such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "South Park"-the former is very popular with children, and the latter is very popular with adults for its various heavy-handed and funny. The hanna-barbera studio has also made great progress because of this, and the ratings of "The Powerpuff Girls" produced more than two years ago are also very good.

"I'm very satisfied, everyone, and I hope to keep it going." Adrian said to several persons in charge after understanding the situation in detail.

All of them can be regarded as relatively top-notch animation studios, and the competitive atmosphere is also good, and they started working as early as the second half of last year, so the first part of "Revival of the Machine" has been completed for a third of the time. If you keep the progress , it can be played at the end of the year or early next year at most. Of course, Adrian didn't intend to use too many tricks, so all the Buddha statues at the beginning of the original version were cancelled, and frequent tricks will only make the story worse.

He was very satisfied with the outstanding performance of several major studios, so he had nothing to say. After a comprehensive understanding, he gave a few words of encouragement and ended the matter here.

That's it for the two most important things. As for another temporary problem that was forced by Claude...

"Mr. Adrian, I am Nanako Matsushima." The woman with an indescribably gentle temperament bowed deeply to Adrian who was sitting on the sofa. Her simple attire gave her a sense of family Housewife's taste.

Yukie, who was kneeling on the carpet and peeling apples, couldn't help but raised her head and glanced at the other party. Although Nanako looked calm, the timid and helpless expression between her brows was not hidden.

At the beginning... Maybe it was the same? Such a thought suddenly came to her mind.

"Yukie." Adrian called her at this moment, and Yukie put down the knife immediately, wiped her hands with a tissue, bowed and exited the hotel suite. When closing the door, she saw Nanako sitting down beside Adrian respectfully with her head down, and Adrian raised Nanako's chin unceremoniously, and she couldn't help but sighed softly.

"Is there any problem? Since Ed said Matsushima Nanako is good, those guys will definitely send her here in order to curry favor with him." While drinking at the bar, Ayumi Hamasaki who asked her out said nonchalantly.

"But..." Yukie seemed to be thinking of something else hesitantly.

"What's the matter, Yukie, this society is like this, especially in Japan, women are still just accessories in many cases," Ayumi Hamasaki shrugged, "Look, I am now the most popular singer in Japan , and in Aihui Records, they can almost sit on the same level as those producers, but how much bitterness and how much effort I put in and how many people know about it? And still can’t lack the support of Ai De. I don’t mean to mention the past Those things, Yukie, but to be honest, if you hadn’t been brought to the United States by Ed, even with your current achievements, the situation like Matsushima Nanako would still fall on you.”

"I didn't mean to say this, Ayu..." Yukie wasn't angry at all, that's how Ayumi Hamasaki talked to friends in private, and he spoke very directly. Although the maverick side is mostly packaged, there must be that foundation to package, no? What's more, Ayumi Hamasaki and Yukie rolled with Adrian on the bed together.

I mean...you know, Sorimachi-san is doing The Grudge 2 and Ms. Matsushima seems to be dating him, so Ed is going a little too far. "She said with some worry.

"In fact, this further proves my point. Let's not talk about whether their dating is true, so what if it is true? It's not a matter of a big man's words, and that big pervert Ed always won't stop when he sees it. Yes, so don’t think too much about it.” Ayumi Hamasaki shook his head, then smiled and leaned into Yukie’s ear: “If you’re really worried, I happen to have a few friends in the circle, maybe you can put Introduce them to Ed?"

"You obviously didn't drink much, but why do you always talk drunk." Yu Jihui was slightly embarrassed, and turned her head to the side.

Well, she was indeed a little worried. Although there were many women around Adrian, and there was no shortage of Asians, and that Lin Xilei came to Tokyo specially a few days ago, Yuki Hui was always unique. Naturally, she doesn't want this uniqueness to be broken. Although she is docile and lively on the whole, she is not just stupid and has no scheming.

However, if Yukie knew the real reason why Adrian was interested in Nanako Matsushima, she might not think so.

Since arriving in Tokyo, Adrian has been in constant contact with people from Sony. Although Sony Records is only a part of the entire group, it is almost squeezed out by Ai Hui in Japan. It is relatively easy to collect relevant information. And this is the territory of the Japanese, he is here alone, if they have any ideas, now is a good opportunity.

Just a few days passed, and although he attended a lot of various receptions, there was no progress. Sony always treated him respectfully, as if what happened in the United States had nothing to do with them. This is also related to the lack of information. The movement of Sony Records is still not very clear, so Adrian simply took the initiative to find a breakthrough. At the reception, he told the cadres sent by Sony to accompany him that Matsushima Nanako looked very good.

In fact, he has a lot of choices, such as Noriko Sakai, but she got married the year before last, and it is estimated that she will be almost played by Gao Xiangyuyi, and Japan's three major Japanese drama queens from the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s, Takako Tokiwa He has already played, and Nakama Yukie was taken to the United States by him, so he just had a taste of Matsushima Nanako, who is currently popular. In fact, he already had this idea long before that, otherwise he wouldn't feel weird seeing Takashi Sorimachi on the set of "The Grudge 2".

Needless to say, Nanako took the initiative to come to the door that night, and her low-browed and pleasing appearance was very appetizing to Adrian, so she naturally accepted it unceremoniously. It's just that things were beyond his expectation again. Although he pretended to be unintentional and showed some words in front of Nanako, Nanako didn't change at all, and Sony didn't respond at all.

Could it be that the fact that the Japanese like to use women as spies only exists in novels? Adrian thought depressedly. Could it be that there was a problem with the original layout itself, and the entire Sony Group may not care, but it is impossible for Sony Records to have no reaction at all?

So poor Nanako had to fully bear his dissatisfaction.

"So...Sorimachi-kun...I'm so sorry, I can't come here recently...Because...something..." Nanako Matsushima tried her best to maintain a steady tone, the fine beads of sweat on the tip of her nose and the somewhat distracted eyes showed This woman is almost at the limit, "Sorry, this is... a company matter, I can't say... yes, I'm having a massage, and then I'm going to another place soon..."

Finally, the call ended, and the phone fell to the ground with a thud. Nanako, who was dressed as simple as in "Spicy Teacher", slammed the hand that was holding the phone on the floor-to-ceiling glass of the suite, and screamed frantically Swinging her butt so that the people behind could attack more fiercely, her absent-minded smile made her look like she had collapsed.

No wonder, in the past few days, Nanako Matsushima has been played by Adrian to her heart's content, not to mention the role-playing of "Spicy Teacher", with Ai Hui's popular singer Ayumi Hamasaki and the most outstanding Japanese actor in Hollywood Yu Nakama Not to mention Ji Hui's 4P, she even found a room on the set of "The Grudge 2", allowing her to watch the shooting outside through the door and suffer violations.

However, although Adrian was not polite to her at all, he did not really spoil her. After all, it is not easy to cultivate a popular Japanese drama queen. When he left, he opened a $3 million Cheque.

As for Sony...

"Then there is only one explanation. Sony as a whole adopts a default attitude towards Sony Records' actions, neither supporting nor opposing. After all, although we are young and developing very fast, we are also very stable at the same time. Basically, we have not released any major records. problem, so there is no need to have a full-scale confrontation with us." Adrian discussed with Claude on the phone before boarding the plane, "Of course, this is all based on the fact that Sony Records will move."

"Okay, then let's adjust our plans and wait and see what happens. Obviously, Disney is just here to disrupt the situation. If it is Warner's announcement of the acquisition of Universal Music, it may need to be taken seriously, but right now, I think they are probably just trying to pull The high stock price made our acquisition aborted." Crowder then said, "But the problem is, even if they estimate the liquidity we may hold, even if you and I don't invest additional capital, just financing is enough to win Universal Music, why did they do this?"

In the final analysis, the success of the acquisition depends on the funds. If there is an infinite amount of funds, no matter how much the other party raises the stock price, they can eat it all at once. Therefore, the reactions of the opponents are very puzzling.

They discussed it several times but couldn't come up with any results, and finally decided to stand still and not invest additional funds for the time being. Let's talk with them for a while. Anyway, it is common for an acquisition to take a month or two. No matter what plans the opponent has, it will be revealed sooner or later.

Therefore, after Adrian returned to Los Angeles, he began to make final preparations for "Winter's Bone". The studio in Missouri was ready, as long as the actors for the two roles of the little boy and the little daughter were confirmed Then you can boot.

"You guys did a great job, Parker, and I'll start supervising the final auditions right away." Adrian flipped through the forms for the young actors and said to the casting director, he was very satisfied with their work.

"Wait, what is this?" He suddenly turned to a little girl's form and asked.

"Oh, she's from Georgia, the whole family just moved to Los Angeles, and she's blonde and blue-eyed, but she's pretty cool, and I think it's worth seeing her in person," Parker explained.

"I will." Adrian nodded while pinching his chin and staring at the form.