King of Hollywood

\u003e Chapter Ninety-Three A Play

Adrian, who is busy molesting Liv from time to time below, doesn't know what Gwyneth is thinking, but even if she knows, she doesn't care. She is a woman who is very good at managing herself. Cardinal and Julia are on the throne of Best Actress one by one, and even Nicole has a Best Supporting Actress, but she has nothing but nominations, and it is normal to have such a small repetition once in a while.

From this point of view, Adrian's suppression of her was very correct, and he almost understood her mind, so it was impossible for her to escape from his grasp. In fact, Gwyneth herself is aware of this, otherwise she would not have talked to Blanchett about it. When Adrian was not around, she and her could be regarded as like glue, in a sense , Gwyneth seems to want to use Blanchett's mouth to express her dissatisfaction.

This is a digression. The arrival of Gwyneth and Liv was just the beginning. Afterwards, Adrian’s women also came to live here for a while, Julia and Zeta Jones, Nicole and Naomi, Britney and Christina, Alexander and Miranda? Ke Er, Lin Chiling, Lin Xilei, etc., did not miss any of them. Even Charlize came here with Sarah in her busy schedule. Unfortunately, Ivanka had to be busy with her studies besides dealing with company affairs—she Still a student at Stanford Business School—so I came here alone, which disappointed Adrian, who was a bit cautious.

Of course, basically after the previous couples left, the latter couples came. As a secretary assistant, Ivanka was well trained by Charlize in this regard. Except for her daughters, the only ones who have been living here are Blanchett, oh, and Jessica, but she can't be regarded as living here all the time because of her running around.

Here, women come in pairs to vacation with Adrian, and outside, movies under the media are launched one by one.

May to June is Dead or Dead, June to end of June is Tomb Raider, and then end June to July is Jack? Chen's "Rush Hour 2", from July to the end of July, is "Transparent Man" starring Naomi, and from the end of July to August, it is affiliated with Universal. Bosworth has investment and Universal is responsible for distribution "Charlie's Angels 2".

Originally, New Line also planned to release "Love in Alabama" starring Sarah at the end of August. Although the time may be a bit tight, this romantic comedy has been promoted since the filming started, and it will be placed at the end of the summer vacation. still can. But this proposal was rejected by Adrian on the grounds that sufficient publicity was needed, of course, why not actually say it.

There is no doubt that these films have achieved quite good results. "Rush Hour 2" has the first film as a base, and it doesn't matter if the plot of the second film is slightly worse. The Japanese actress Yukie Nakama joins the heels, plus Jack? Chen is still very popular in Japan, so when it was released in Japan, it beat all the movies of the same period.

Afterwards, "Transparent Man" was also well received. The director arranged the horrifying and terrifying atmosphere just right, and the special effects team also made the process of making people transparent very realistically, which won a lot of applause, even though it was designated as r After its release, it also won more than 25 million box office in the first weekend.

"Charlie's Angels 2" is a little worse. In recent years, many action actresses have emerged. Needless to say, Dennis's wife, Adrian specially instructed her to take the action route, and now she can basically be regarded as an action actress. , not to mention that there will be "Tomb Raider" starting this summer. However, "Charlie's Angels 2" also has the first film as a background, and the three main actors have their own styles, so they are not much different.

In short, the media has basically achieved a good harvest during this summer vacation. The executives of other film companies are envious and at the same time relieved. At least the gap is not very big. It's a pity what they don't know is that this is just a prelude, and the truly important movies, "X-Men", "Lord of the Rings", and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" are basically scheduled for the end of the year.

In addition, another batch of very commercially valuable series of movies has been put on the agenda, and the preparations for Miramax have already begun. Needless to say, "Pirates of the Caribbean" that convened actors for training, "Spy "Heavy" has been confirmed to be launched in October, playing the role of Jason? Bourne is Joaquin? Phoenix, who had to take over the role after losing a punch to his brother River.

This is actually not bad, Rui Fan has always followed the literary route, he doesn't pay much attention to the box office and film salary, and only accepts the scripts he likes. If it wasn't for Adrian this time, he would reject it without even thinking about it. It is not that there are no actors who have persisted in this way. There are also examples of such and such who can maintain a lot of fame and popularity, but relatively speaking, there are too few, and more are still a little famous but still only middle-level actors.

But Rui Fan is just within that few percent range, coupled with his handsome appearance and excellent acting skills, he has countless fans who take the literary route, and the drug abuse incident in the past is even far away. Therefore, it might be better to let him continue, and, in order to cooperate with his own plan, after two years Adrian will have a better role for Rui Fan.

As for the two main young female characters in The Bourne Movie, Adrian cast Liv as Mary, the heroine in the first film, and Jessica in a supporting role in the first film and then promoted to the lead role in the third film. member. Even though Liv is positioned as a vase in literary films, a movie has already been arranged for her this year, and Jeffrey? Rush would play with her, but it would be nice to have a commercial appearance or something like Mary in Bourne would be great.

Although Jessica has tasted the sweetness of making movies, Adrian is not in a hurry to let her take on too many movie roles, so it is better for her to hone her acting skills when she has this time. Although based on her performance, the title of vase will be worn on her head sooner or later, but a vase with some acting skills is better than a pure vase, so this supporting role who has not played many roles at present, and later turned into a leading role is also very suitable for her.

This is all for the future. From June to July, Adrian stayed in the UK for a leisurely vacation. Of course, he didn’t care about everything. He would contact the United States from time to time. Ivanka will come over immediately, so he has enough time to adjust his mood and observe the fruits he has planted.

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"Thank you for sending me off, Feifei." The red-haired girl turned her head and said to the people in the car with a smile on her face after getting out of the car.

"You're welcome, just drop by." The quiet Asian girl with long black hair smiled.

"By the way, Feifei, we are going to have a party in the suburbs with Saren and the others next week, so you can come too," the red-haired girl said immediately, "You should attend more parties so that you can get to know everyone well, I dare you Bet, even though you've been here for a few months, you won't know more than one hand of people."

Liu Yufei hesitated for a moment, as if she was a little moved, but in the end she just sighed and showed an apologetic look: "Sorry, Tina, I have to ask my mother first."

"Oh, it's your mother again," the red-haired girl exaggeratedly rolled her eyes, "I'm 100% sure that your mother won't agree—please, Feifei, you have to have your own opinions, we're just going to play, You won't do anything illegal, so why care about your mother's opinion? Have you never done anything against the rules?"

"But... that's my mother." The girl smiled, and her previous hesitation and excitement were gone.

"Okay, okay," the red-haired girl Tina sighed, and finally made a phone call gesture, "If you change your mind, please let me know."

"Understood." Liu Yufei nodded and waved goodbye to her.

After a few blocks, I quickly returned to the outside of my home. The students who can study at St. Paul's Girls' School are either rich or expensive, and the places where they live are naturally not far away. It is a good way to meet new friends in this way.

After saying hello to the driver, Liu Yufei opened the door and entered her home. Before closing the door, she heard laughter from inside. It seemed that there were guests at home, but... she looked up at the dark sky, what kind of Will the guests choose to visit at this time?

"Mom, I'm back." The girl called out without thinking too much.

"Feifei is back." There was joy in the mother's voice, she walked out of the living room in three steps at a time, holding her daughter in her arms and looking at her with a smile, "it's still so cute."

"Mom--" Liu Yufei immediately dragged her voice coquettishly.

But Liu Li was right, with long black hair, a gray-blue long-sleeved T-shirt, skinny jeans and canvas shoes, Liu Yufei looked cute and full of youthful vigor.

"You came back just in time. A distinguished guest came to the house today." Liu Li said, pulling her daughter inside.

When I came to the living room, a middle-aged white man was sitting on the couch in the middle, looking down at the newspaper. He raised his head and smiled at the girl when he heard the noise, and asked in pure Chinese: "How are you, Feifei?"

"Ah... Uncle Adrian?" Liu Yufei hesitated for a moment before recognizing him.

Adrian has also been to her house before, and during the time in the United States and the United Kingdom, none of the Westerners she came into contact with can speak his Chinese so well, so she was very impressed, and her mother did not Don't tell her less that they are able to settle down in London today thanks to this media tycoon.

"I haven't seen you for a few months. You have become much prettier. You are already a big girl." He continued with a smile.

"Thank you." Liu Yifei smiled softly and lowered her head, looking very shy.

She didn't see that a satisfied expression flashed across Adrian's face, and her mother was slightly relieved.

"Beifei, help me stay here with Adrian, okay, I'm going to cook dinner myself." Liu Li said again at this time.

"But mom..." Liu Yufei was a little puzzled.

"Come on, you can't let Ed here alone, okay, it's settled." Liu Li couldn't help but push her daughter on the sofa, and then went straight to the kitchen.

The helpless Liu Yufei had no choice but to agree, but she was still restless and did not dare to look at Adrian.

"Your mother said, you acted in a stage play at school, can you tell me what kind of role it is?" Adrian started the conversation, as if he didn't notice her discomfort.

At first, the girl only answered with "um" or "yes", and when she really needed to explain, she would speak a little more, and her voice was timid. But as the chat deepened, she let go of herself unknowingly. Later, she not only took the initiative to say a lot about herself, but was often amused by the other party. The obvious difference made Liu Yufei even think that she had returned to China.

"This steamed Wuchang fish is really good. Ms. Liu's cooking skills are really good. I haven't been late for such an authentic Wuhan dish for a long time." During dinner together, Adrian said this after tasting Liu Li's cooking skills.

"Of course, when my mother was in Wuhan, not only was she a good dancer, she was also good at cooking!" Liu Yufei said proudly, and then asked strangely: "Uncle Ed, have you eaten authentic Wuhan cuisine before?" ?”

"I have eaten in Hong Kong, but if you say it like this, it may not be so authentic, after all, I have never been to the mainland." Adrian shrugged.

"My fish is not authentic. Although this Wuchang fish was brought in by air, its freshness is relatively low." Liu Li patted her daughter's head lovingly.

"By the way, Mom, there's something... I want to tell you..." Liu Yufei suddenly became hesitant, "Tina and Saren asked me to go...to their party..."

"No." Liu Li rejected her daughter's request without even thinking about it.

"What's going on?" Adrian asked immediately.

"That Tina and Saren are Feifei's classmates in Sao Paulo, young people who love to play, they know about parties all day long, and always want to take Feifei to go together." Liu Li's tone was a little dissatisfied.

"They are not bad people." Liu Yufei argued in a low voice.

"I know they are not bad people, but they spend much more time playing than studying. Now is the best time to learn knowledge and enrich yourself. What will happen if you patronize this place?" Liu Li said unceremoniously to her daughter.

Seeing the girl flatten her mouth, Adrian couldn't help interjecting: "It's not a big deal to have some fun, and it's no big deal to go to some classmates' parties. Learning is important, and playing is equally important. Proper rest can make people work harder."

"You don't understand, Ed, Feifei in our family is too simple, weak-tempered, doesn't have much assertiveness, and doesn't know how to protect herself. She does what others tell her to do. Those parties are full of people, and she smokes marijuana at such a young age." There are not a few of them, her classmates may not be bad people, but what about the others? If something happens, I won’t have time to cry.” Liu Li shook her head and sighed.

Liu Yufei stopped talking. She knew that her mother would not agree, so she didn't take it seriously, but...why does mother seem to be complaining to Uncle Ed? This made the girl feel uneasy again. She knew more or less what happened to her mother in New York back then. Her mother had worked hard enough, and she really didn't want this to happen again.

Fortunately, after dinner, Adrian stayed for a while and then left. Although Liu Li asked him to stay here for one night, he politely and resolutely declined, which somewhat relieved Liu Yufei. It's just that she still feels that her mother still has something on her mind, and when she fights with her afterwards, she is always absent-minded.

"Beifei, are you asleep?" After knocking on the door, Liu Li pushed open the bedroom door.

"What's the matter?" Liu Yufei, who was sitting on the bed reading with the bedside lamp on, raised her head.

"There are...some things I want to tell you." Liu Li at the door seemed a little hesitant.

"Then let's talk." Liu Yufei happily arranged a place on her bed for her mother to sit down on.

"Daughter, Mom..." Liu Li sat down and looked at her daughter, "Mom... I hope you can... I hope you can..."

"Just tell me what you need me to do," the girl knelt on the bed and hugged her mother from behind without realizing anything, "As long as I can do it, I will do it."

"But... Feifei..."

"Just like what Uncle Ed said, I'm a big girl too. My mother has worked so hard, so of course I should share some of it."

Looking at her daughter's bright eyes, Liu Li reached out and touched her head, gritted her teeth, finally made up her mind, and whispered a few words in her ear. Liu Yufei was at a loss at first, but soon her face turned pale, and her hands holding her mother unknowingly let go, and she looked at her guilt-ridden mother in disbelief.

"I know...it's a little...it's a little..." Liu Li looked at her daughter with a wry smile, seemingly unable to say the rest.

"How could you be like this... how could you be like this..." Liu Yufei murmured and took a few steps back, looking at her mother with strange eyes. She was weak and could only rely on her mother, and she was still angry until now. When he got up, he could only keep asking softly.

"I'm sorry for you, Feifei, but..." Liu Li stretched out her hand to hug her, but the girl screamed and backed away, holding her arms with a pale face and trembling like a frightened little rabbit.

"How could you do this! You are my mother!" Liu Yufei finally yelled out, then jumped out of bed and hid in the bathroom, ignoring her mother's cries and slamming the door.

Then, the girl leaned against the door and sat down helplessly hugging her legs, sniffing her nose lightly, tears began to glisten in her eyes, she tried her best to block her ears and didn't want to listen to her mother's "listen to me" outside The voice, but the heart keeps twitching. All the affairs in her life were arranged by her mother. She never thought about what she would do when one day her mother could no longer arrange, or arrange some things that she could not accept. It can even be said that without her mother, she would not be able to live alone. What he didn't expect was that this day would come so soon, and her mother... Mom actually asked her to do that kind of thing.

Thinking of this, a huge sense of helplessness and emptiness flooded into her heart, making her so uncomfortable that she didn't know what to do. For a while, she couldn't help but want to cry, and then she heard crying.

"Mom?" Liu Yufei opened the bathroom door, her twitching heart suddenly ached, the mother who always took care of her, made her happy and laughed, was also sitting helplessly on the ground at this moment, crying loudly crying.

"Mom, don't be like this, Mom." The girl couldn't help but shed tears, and grabbed her mother's hand to drag her up.

"I'm sorry for you, Feifei, but what can I do..." Liu Li choked and said, "Who made us women, who made our lives miserable... You are by my side, when you see An's family is Why do you treat our mother and daughter... just because you are a girl, and the two old men in the An family refuse to admit it... just because I am a dancer, they think I am not good enough for your father, Fei Try your best to drive us away... You know how we got here in the past few years... I only have this ability, and I only have this capital... I really can't imagine what I will do after losing these things ...I'm sorry for you, Feifei, I can't give you a good future, I'm an incompetent mother..."

She said without hesitation, as if she wanted to vent all the sadness in her heart. Tears rolled down Liu Yufei's face, and she couldn't help but hugged her mother tightly and whispered, "Mom, stop talking, Mom, I promise it will be."

Liu Li raised her head and watched her daughter cry again, saying "I'm sorry" repeatedly, which made her hug her tighter, and her voice became choked up: "I know my mother has paid a lot for me, I should also pay for my mother...Anyway...Anyway...Anyway, I can't do it..."

Although she was still sobbing, Liu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and it was worth all the effort she had put in to put on such a big show.