King of Hollywood

\u003e Chapter 115 Finally over...well, wait? !

When the sun was about to set, Trafalgar Square was already crowded with people. Under the huge poster of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", countless book fans and reporters were looking forward to it. Although their purposes are different, it does not prevent them from casting their fiery eyes on every guest who appeared on the red carpet. I have to admit that the influence of the Harry Potter series of children's literature is huge—well , starting from the fourth part, with the death of Cedric, the whole series has completely cast a gloomy adult tone, but at least the first two are indeed children-oriented works.

"Mr. Adrian, can you tell me in detail how you and JK Rowling met?"

"Mr. Adrian, what plans do you have for the future of this series?"

"Mr. Adrian, Kate? Is it possible that Miss Beckinsale will be good in the Harry Potter series?"

These British journalists are much bolder than their American counterparts. After all, the UK is one of the bases of News Corporation. Although Adrian has a good reputation in Britain with several British classical-style movies, the media has also extended its tentacles. Over here, Claude is considering acquiring FHM, but the base camp is always in Los Angeles, so the influence is not as good as News Corporation, and these guys can ask Adrian and Kate as well as their relationship with Lily in different ways.

However, there is a limit to being bold, otherwise, the MTV executives would be their best fate. Although the ensuing 911 dilutes the public's attention to this incident, it has become quite popular in the circle. response. No matter how much News Corporation competes with the media, it will not offend Adrian for a few reporters or editors.

So Adrian dealt with it easily, and thanks to Rowling announcing that he was secretly married, he could shift the topic to her without any scruples, without worrying about entertainment reporters making up stories between him and her . This kind of sign has happened before. After Rowling became famous in one fell swoop, the matter of Adrian's funding for her couldn't be concealed, but Rowling was still just a soft single mother at that time, so the reporters didn't go too far In some aspects, she is becoming more and more temperamental now, but unfortunately she has a formal boyfriend soon, and now she even announces that she is married.

The husband was naturally the dentist mentioned before, and the wedding ceremony was held in his own home in a very low-key manner around the beginning of December. Only immediate family members attended, and Adrian was not even invited. Of course, Rowling called him to apologize afterwards. After all, Adrian is a world-renowned figure. If he accidentally brought the reporter over, the previous secret preparations would be wasted.

On today's red carpet, the first thing Rowling saw him was still to apologize.

"No need to do this, Joe, I understand you very well." Adrian is very generous. As mentioned above, this is not his own territory after all, so sometimes there will inevitably be some mistakes, which is why he arrived in London One of the reasons why I came here after resting on the plane all afternoon.

The funniest thing at the premiere was Emma, ​​who participated in this kind of event for the first time. Although she was usually so lively and mischievous, she was very nervous when she walked on the red carpet. Even though she was wearing a plain long dress and her hair was neatly combed, she was very cute. Not only was her body tense, but her smile was a little stiff, not even as good as Eric who played Harry? Reese and George as Ron? Sanders came to relax.

"Okay, gentlemen, let's invite our little actors in. It's not like you didn't interview them at the press conference last year." Adrian immediately came over to help them, and then took the three children into the theater .

After the audition last year, the candidates for the young actors were decided. The crew immediately held a press conference to disclose their information to the reporters. Concise, but definitely not as rigid as it is today.

"I'm just a little nervous, a little nervous," the little guy explained with some annoyance after entering the front hall of the theater and heaving a sigh of relief, "Although there were a lot of people at the press conference last year, they weren't as many as now ..."

She raised her head and looked at Adrian with some anxiety and shame: "It's nothing, right? Everyone... the first time... will be like this."

"Of course not, my dear, don't take it to heart," Adrian smiled and touched her head, "You will only become more and more outstanding, believe me."

How could he not know the little girl's thoughts, Emma didn't care about other people's perception at all, she just wanted to know if her clumsy performance would affect how she looked in his heart.

Except for the three young actors and the original author Rowling, all the old actors came and added a lot to the premiere. They can basically represent the highest level of the British film actor circle, except for Richard? Harris. The old actor who played Dumbledore was unable to make the trip because of some minor physical problems and was bedridden in the room of the Savoy Hotel. This made Adrian a little worried. If he was not careful, he might "repeat" Unavailable for the entire series.

But this is a matter for the future, and there is nothing to worry about now, so Adrian's attention immediately turned to the director.

"I'm exhausted, Ed." Chris? That's what Columbus said again.

"Yes, I know, Chris, you did a great job, very good." Adrian laughed and hugged him.

Before December, Columbus finally completed the filming of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" according to his instructions. Although it will take a lot of time in the later stage, it has achieved the goal Adrian wanted.

"Take a good rest for a few days, the second part can be slowed down in the later stage, we have already started looking for your successor," Adrian continued, "Anyway, I am very glad that you can direct the first two films in this series , Chris, this must leave a heavy mark in the entire Harry Potter series."

"Thank you, Ed." Hearing his praise, Columbus also became happy. "I can't help but want to know the reaction of the audience."

When he mentioned this, his eyes immediately lit up. Every director is like this. When talking about his own work, especially he feels very good, and his friends around him also say that it is good. When the work has not been officially released, he will want to get it right away. Feel like showing off. I believe that at this time, I will persuade you with a word or two, and then promise that I will shoot slowly in the future-anyway, Eric and George have started to change their voices, and the third film will be ready to start by the end of next year-maybe Columbus will agree.

But Adrian didn't do that. Columbus's style suitable for all ages is indeed the most suitable for the previous two films. From the third part, the Harry Potter series began to slowly adopt the dark colors of adults. It is inevitable to change the director. necessary.

Although the premiere was so lively, there is nothing to say about the movie itself. As I said before, the first two children's books in the Harry Potter series are very colorful, and the movie only needs to use this color to the extreme. Columbus happened to be an expert in this area. So even if the plot is compressed because of the movie, many details are either ignored or cancelled, but the protagonist full of childishness, the wonderful and mysterious magic school, and the ubiquitous warm colors make this movie very attractive. Coupled with the beautiful soundtrack carefully crafted by Williams, it makes people feel like they are in it.

Speaking of the soundtrack, there is another interesting thing. Adrian liked the soundtrack of the Harry Potter series of movies in his previous life, that is, "Variations on a Theme of Hedwig". Will it make the wonderful melody so popular disappear? So through the relationship with Spielberg, John? Williams was invited to be responsible for the soundtrack of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

However, after all, Adrian still has his own movie to be produced, and it is impossible to keep an eye on the post-production progress of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", so it was only when it was almost completed that the song Williams made was not The "Variations on a Theme of Hedwig" that I want. Although the song is also very good, it is still a little bit worse than the one in memory. After so many years of copying work, he has already escaped from the "preconceived" situation. He said that if it is a little bit worse, it must be that much worse. a little.

Adrian is a little helpless about this. If he thinks it’s not good, let Williams overturn and redo it, regardless of the movie schedule or Williams’ own mood. Is it possible to guarantee that what he wants is what he wants by doing it again? ? But it is impossible for him to write it. Although he is famous in the record industry, he has not yet reached the place where he can write scores at will, and when Williams asked him how he made it, why did he invite him to do the soundtrack if he could do it? , how to answer?

Finally, after much deliberation, Adrian simply used a certain melody to be somewhat similar to "Variations on a Theme of Hedwig". When humming the soundtrack in front of Williams, he suddenly stopped here. After thinking for a few minutes, he said why not. Then he hummed the whole song again. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Williams stayed for a few minutes and suddenly yelled, which shocked Adrian.

"That's right! This is what I want!" The old man lost his composure at the time, and quickly found the paper while humming the melody that Adrian had hummed before, writing and drawing on the paper, causing the people next to him to look at each other. .

But no matter what, "Variations on a Theme of Hedwig" finally became the soundtrack of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which is gratifying.

The plot of the movie will not be described in detail. Harry, who lived in his uncle's house and suffered a lot of abuse because of the death of his parents? Potter learned that he was a wizard at the age of 11, and he was also the savior who killed a big devil ten years ago. Then he took a steam locomotive to go to the magic school in the Scottish Highlands, made two good friends, and Frustrated the plot of the big devil. Although many places have been modified, the theme is still very clear and clear with Rowling's supervision.

Then the next day, the major British media praised the film almost one-sidedly. From the director to the actors to the original author, they were all British. Of course they had to praise their own people. As for the content of the movie, this is a fairy tale movie, and it is also a fantasy fairy tale movie. As long as the basic logic is self-consistent and the plot is relaxed, it is enough.

Although the release time in the United States was a bit late, and there were a few critics who thought the movie was not very good, most of them still praised it. Relatively speaking, the French seem a bit petty. Although "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will not be released in France until next year, many journalists and film critics attended the premiere in London, so some people use an understatement The tone said that this is just a fairy tale fantasy movie, and then pull out Stendhal, Balzac, Hugo, Flaubert and other literary giants to talk about it, and you can see it at a glance, which makes people feel funny.

However, at least it is very successful commercially. In the UK, the box office of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" exceeded 20 million pounds in the first three days! You must know that many good movies have only so much box office from online to offline in the UK, such as Adrian's debut "Two Smoking Barrels", which shows how popular this series is.

Of course, no matter how high the box office is in the UK, it is still a small head. The most important thing is North America, which has harvested 100 million in three days! This is the second movie to exceed 100 million in the first week! Even if it's not as good as Spiderman's 110 million, even if it's just a few hundred thousand more than that line, it's indeed over 100 million. Countless film companies are envious. The first movie that broke 100 million in the first week was owned by the media, and the second film that broke 100 million in the first week was also owned by the media. This is too...

The three young protagonists naturally became popular child stars in an instant. Everything about them was quickly posted on websites related to the Harry Potter series. Almost 99% of book fans immediately accepted "Harry" and "" Ron", "Hermione" specific image.

"Oh, I can't believe it. It's just a movie, but it can cause such a big response. The children in the neighborhood now see me and keep calling me Hermione, as if the name Emma never existed." The little girl complained to Adrian on the phone, "And now I have to follow the crew to do publicity, I'm starting to regret it."

"Really regret it?" Adrian didn't persuade, but just replied with a smile.

There was silence immediately, and the little guy's muffled voice came over after a while: "Don't think that you can escape like this, Ed! I will definitely give you a good look next time!"

Then he hummed twice more threateningly, and despite being thousands of miles away, Adrian still seemed to be able to see her lying in the bedroom of her London home, holding a phone and punching her fist.

"Don't wait too long, I will return to Los Angeles soon, and you can come to my house for Christmas, your aunt will agree, and Lily misses you very much." Adrian said with a smile, and then ignored the little girl's words Protested loudly and hung up the phone.

Then, he stretched out his hands and rubbed his head and let out a sigh of relief. The little girl has become more and more difficult to coax. After the premiere, Adrian had to live in Emma's house under Emma's hard-wondering. You must know that the little girl has never achieved her goal when dealing with him. If he doesn't agree, the next step will definitely be coercion and use.

Whenever he thinks about what happened in the manor's study that day, Adrian has some headaches, but after so long, he has never found an opportunity and a suitable reason to talk to the little girl. But it is even more inappropriate to let it go. On the night of the premiere, Emma, ​​as expected, expressed that she wanted to sleep with him after chatting and playing games. Of course, Adrian unceremoniously carried her back to the bedroom, and the little girl crossed her legs He still remembers the angry appearance of sitting on the bed.

Fortunately, she was going to follow the crew to do publicity immediately, and Adrian went to his manor on the pretext of having something to do in London, otherwise she didn't know what she would do, since she was already famous now.

Shaking his head, putting these aside for the time being, he didn't have much to do in London, except to attend the premiere and go to some places to see how it was going, so Adrian got up and went to the upstairs room. At this moment, the four stewardesses on his private jet are following the blaring music in the ballroom, and what he has to do is to relax himself.

Although it is winter and swimming in the lake is not possible, other facilities of the manor can still be used, such as playing tennis or riding horses in the woods. And doing something you like to do is also the key content, and in this case, when Adrian shows his great strength, it is not difficult at all to say a few words of care.

Only Priyanka resisted a little, but after witnessing Adrian and Ellie's lingering in the lounge chair during tennis, Adrian and Eliza's passion in the bushes while riding a horse, and Gerry during the meal When she got under the table to taste "milk", her few restraints were also thrown aside.

As a bonus, Adrian put her first in line when he pulled the four women into the bedroom and made them crawl side by side and stick their butts up, one by one.

This taste is really refreshing, especially when I wake up the next day with arms and thighs crossed, and I got up, they are still sleeping soundly in the bedroom, the feeling of elation makes people feel refreshed, and the bed really It is a place where men like to find a sense of accomplishment.

However, although Adrian completed the great feat of 1v4 for the first time, he also felt tired for the first time. Although he is strong and strong, and he is well maintained-even though he plays a lot, he should be adjusted and exercised. No less, eating habits are also quite good, these are the best solutions given after discussions by various experts - but after all, they are not the male protagonists of those super YY novels I read in my previous life.

It would be nice if you really pick a few hundred. When this idea came to his head, Adrian laughed, then shook his head indifferently.

It took another two days before he left for Los Angeles, but the four stewardesses were always soft-handed compared to the time they came, and their brows were more charming. As for the reason, the two drivers can completely guess, so they never hit their minds.

Finally, there are no premieres in this schedule to attend... Well, wait, what about "Moulin Rouge"?