King of Hollywood

"Taylor...Swift?" Adrian raised his eyebrows in surprise, no wonder he looked familiar.

"Yes," the girl in front of me obviously misunderstood, and she puffed out her chest even more proudly, "I have an excellent voice, and I can also write songs and lyrics by myself, so I don't need any training at all!"

"Taylor!" A voice came over at this time, full of dissatisfaction and anxiety. A middle-aged woman in her forties had a face so similar to Taylor's. There was no doubt that it was her mother.

"Mr. Kewell." The two supervisors who were in charge of discovering newcomers in the reception room also stood up immediately.

"Don't worry, I was planning to go back, but when I heard the debate here, I was curious, so I came to have a look." Adrian waved his hand and motioned everyone to sit down, "Can anyone tell me what's going on?"

Taylor, whose ass hadn't even touched the sofa, was eager to stand up again, but her mother gave her a hard look, so she had to sit back and shut her mouth resentfully. Adrian, who saw it in his eyes, pursed his lips slightly. Combined with the relevant information he recalled at the moment, this is indeed a very restless girl who likes to highlight herself, and her family situation seems to be good. It may take some effort to deal with her.

From the mouths of the two executives, Adrian quickly learned the whole story. To put it simply, Taylor Swift decided to become a singer when she was still a child, and she was still in a bar in her hometown of Pennsylvania. He sang in the song and started sending his demo tapes to various record companies two years ago to seek a contract. It's a pity that these record companies rejected her without exception.

Although it was a setback in his eyes, Taylor did not give up. While continuing to sing and write songs, he continued to send his demo tapes to more record companies. Then, after entering 2003, a subsidiary of Universal Music received her sample tape and felt that it had some potential, so it was handed over to the parent company. After reading the relevant materials, Universal Music agreed with their opinion, and then began to try Contact Swift Home.

The next thing is today. After getting the news, the happy Taylor came to Los Angeles for an interview accompanied by her mother. only. Full of confidence, she didn't know until she came here that she would not be able to release the record immediately as she imagined, but would have to receive two years or even longer training first.

The very proud girl felt that she had been deceived, but Universal was quite powerful, and the most popular female singers in recent years were basically under their banner, so she was a bit reluctant to give up on this, so the scene just now happened.

"You are really... a very confident girl, Miss Swift." Adrian said with a smile.

"Of course. I can sing, compose and write lyrics. I can't think of a reason to receive training." Taylor immediately jumped up, looking very dissatisfied.

"Taylor!" The mother sitting next to her yelled with some headaches, and after pulling her back to her seat, she stretched out her hand to Adrian with a wry smile: "Hello, Mr. Adrian Kewell .I'm Adria Swift, Taylor's mother, and I'm sorry to bother you."

"No, no, I've seen a lot of confident children, but not many of them are so confident." Adrian smiled and shook hands with her. Then he added: "I'm serious."

"Wait, I know what you want to say, but I have one point to make clear." Taylor intervened again at this moment, defending himself regardless of his mother's eyes, "What I object to is not training, but systematic training. There are a lot of things that can be learned while working, and I'm gifted at it, and I can attest to it, it's a waste of time to train like a rookie who doesn't know anything about music."

Still have some brains, know where your abilities are, instead of being so confident and proud that you are blind. Adrian nodded secretly in his heart.

"Nothing to prove, Miss Swift." He spread his hands and raised his hands in a leisurely manner.

Taylor wasn't angry, but had a look of "I expected you to say that". Looking back at the guitar case he brought over, he raised his chin and stared at him and asked, "Is that okay?"

"Oh, of course." Adrian made a gesture of invitation.

"I wrote this song when I was depressed about the courses I was not good at in school. I wrote it a few years ago. Later, I revised the tune and lyrics. It was very popular when I sang it in bars." She plucked the strings So said.

Then, when the smooth syllables sounded with the vibration of the strings, Taylor began to sing. The lyrics and tune are not complicated, typical country type, no wonder she said before that she will be the best country music singer, it seems that she set her goal very early. As for the voice, it still has some characteristics, a bit magnetic and pure, without any strength, even if it is popular, it will not be popular for long.

Papapapa, after she finished singing, Adrian applauded lightly: "Not bad, Miss Swift, very good."

Taylor, who already had a proud expression on her face, suddenly smiled like a flower, and her crooked eyes sparkled even more. To be praised personally by the director of Miracle was enough to make her even more proud.

Then, the following sentence from the other party immediately made her face collapse: "But it has not reached the point where you can not accept training."

"Don't worry, Miss Swift," Adrian smiled and raised his hands to stop the girl who was about to lose her temper, "I know that it is very difficult to convince a confident child, why don't we use examples Let's prove it."

He turned his head and whispered a few words to a supervisor, who immediately got up and walked out, and then he looked at Swift who was pouting again, and asked somewhat rudely: "Do you think you are beautiful, Swift?" Miss Swift?"

This sentence made Taylor and her mother stunned, and then both of them couldn't help showing a look of dissatisfaction. It's too much to ask such a rude question, isn't it? But Adrian didn't seem to see this, he just stood up and made a gesture of invitation, and smiled mysteriously: "Let's go up first, as I said just now, it's better to prove it with examples."

Although I have no idea what he wants to do. But Taylor, who was not convinced, stood up. Her mother seemed to feel that something was wrong, but she finally accommodated her daughter, and then they went all the way to the dressing room.

"It may take some time, please listen to them obediently, my dear lady." Adrian smiled at the girl after chatting with the makeup artist for a while.

By this time, Taylor basically knew what he wanted to do, but she was just more curious. In fact, this girl with some brains still knew what she looked like. She couldn't say she was ugly, but she definitely wasn't beautiful. certainly. In the eyes of her classmates, she is an ugly monster, but no one dares to say it in person, because all those who do this are ridiculed by her from the beginning to the end of the songs, but these songs are catchy, highly sung and the lyrics It's very ingenious, as soon as people hear it, they can know who they are talking about, but they can't catch any clues. Over time, no one dared to provoke her.

So Taylor has always flaunted her musical talent and rarely mentioned her appearance, although she has also thought of ways, but no matter how she dresses up, she is just... cute. So, at this moment, she was really curious about how that man could make her beautiful.

The makeup artist's fingers brushed over the girl's delicate face and hair, massaging, wiping, and cleaning. They were busy without saying a word, then looked at the man from the corner of their eyes, and talked with their mother with a relaxed expression, not paying attention to this side at all. Taylor couldn't help being a little bored, but when he thought of the possible results. She could only sit on the chair patiently and still play with them.

In a daze, the girl heard someone calling herself, and opened her eyes after yawning. The dressing time was so long that she sat on the chair and took a nap. It's just that when she finished this action, there was no other sound. She stared blankly at the mirror in front of her with an expression of disbelief.

Big golden waves curled down softly to cover most of her forehead, her eyelashes were neatly trimmed, and there was a thin black shadow around her eyes, which made her eyes more three-dimensional and conspicuous without destroying the overall delicate feeling , the just right red lips glow with healthy water, and the red lips and white teeth are full of indescribable temptation, especially the girl in the mirror has just woken up. The lazy and confused look of Ruoyue is really beautiful.

Finally, Taylor reached out and touched her face, and the girl in the mirror did the same. She could finally confirm that the beautiful girl in the mirror was herself, and suddenly, a great excitement and joy rushed into her heart.

"Mom, I..." Taylor jumped up from the chair, screaming happily and was about to throw herself into her mother's arms, but she immediately realized where she was, and stopped in embarrassment.

"Do you understand now?" The man in charge of all this asked with a smile, while the mother stood by and looked at her with happiness and worry.

"Hmm...Thank you for your pointers, Mr. Cowell, but...I don't quite understand." Taylor lowered his head slightly, and replied very honestly, completely without the self-confident and blind attitude before.

There was a gleam of approval in Adrian's eyes: "It's very simple, this is the real purpose of the training, to let you learn how to fully display your beauty and talent in front of people in front of the media. You have great potential, Taylor, I'm sure, in the discovery I have basically made no mistakes in terms of talent, but this does not mean that you are now a qualified star, understand? A qualified star, not a qualified singer."

Taylor blinked and said nothing.

"A real star knows what the media wants to see, what his fans like, how to avoid his weaknesses, and how to present his best side to the public. Why do many popular child stars fail to continue their glory when they grow up? On the one hand, it is because the gap is too large, and on the other hand, it is because it will not show a brand new self." Adrian continued.

Although the girl is very smart, but it's about music, and she doesn't understand this kind of inductive chatting technique that confuses concepts, so she nodded unconsciously.

"I know, you are a proud girl," Adrian smiled slightly, "so how about this, we set the record release date in the contract in the summer of three years later, and then formulate a training plan and scoring method, as long as If you can complete the training well in advance and get recognized, then you can release your own record in advance, the more the training program is completed in advance, the earlier the release time of the record will be, is that okay?"

Taylor didn't speak, but bit his lip for a while. Glancing at her mother again, she just looked at herself with a smile. As always, these things are always decided by the girl herself, and her parents will basically not interfere.

"When the time comes, will you write a song for me?" the girl finally asked.

For a proud girl like this, if you want to control her, the best way is to start from the weakest point and destroy her self-confidence little by little, such as now. Adrian made use of her undeveloped appearance to make a fuss, and easily left a deep impression on her mind, and it was much easier to do anything after that.

Of course, the whole thing is not simple. Taylor is different from Britney, Christina and Avril Lavigne. If you really want to do it, you will have to spend a lot of effort. Adrian didn't have any particularly strong desire to possess Taylor Swift, but just recalled all kinds of information about her. It is rare to have such a challenging goal, how can we not try it?

But that's all for the future, let's deal with the current things first, for example, Megan doesn't want the heroine of "Transformers".

"I've read the script several times, and I feel stupid. And I'm too young." Megan said this, and pestered Adrian to act like a baby, hoping to change to a movie.

"Okay, little fox, don't bargain with me." Adrian said bluntly, how could he not know what she was thinking. She didn't feel that the character was too stupid or that she was too young at all, she just suffered from low self-esteem again, so she should be given certain pressure and encouragement at such times.

"Look, isn't the box office of "Big Liar" very good? It was released in January, and the reputation is quite good." He then said encouragingly.

The comedy movie "Big Liar" is scheduled to be at the end of the New Year's schedule in January, although this schedule is not very good. But the 12 million box office in the first week still proves that this movie has merits. You must know that the cost of the whole movie is only so much. Film critics also said that although the plot is old-fashioned, it is generally interesting.

"But they say I'm a vase." Megan, who was riding on Adrian's body and wrapped his neck around his neck, pouted and said.

Indeed, despite the good word-of-mouth, and Megan has some bright spots among them, film critics still call her a vase unceremoniously.

"Most sexy and beautiful actresses almost start out as vases, and that's no big deal, my little fox. As long as you don't think of yourself as a vase, and try to prove that you're not." Adrian pinched her chin laughed.

Megan didn't speak, just crawled on his chest, looked up for a long time, and then poked his chest with her fingers: "You are always so talkative, Ed, no wonder you can deceive many women."

It sounded like he knew something, but Adrian didn't care, just smiled and kissed her: "It's great to be able to trick you—is it okay?"

"Yes, there's no problem. You know, Director Miracle personally asked me to take over this. How many people can refuse?" Megan snorted softly, with the corner of her mouth curled up in a very seductive look.

Although there was an unknown light in her eyes, she still stuck to him, exhaling this fiery breath at him: "Call me again."

"No problem, little fox, you will always be my little fox." Adrian stroked her back and said softly, then remembered something and said: "By the way, the Sundance Film Festival is coming soon, I Planning to visit this year, do you want to go with me? The ski resort in Park City is beautiful."

Unexpectedly, Megan gave him a blank stare: "If I remember correctly, Mr. Cowell, the Sundance Film Festival opens on the 20th, right? Unfortunately, I will participate in "Transformers" in those few days audition!"

Adrian laughed dumbfounded.

Although Utah and California are separated by Nevada, Salt Lake City is not far from Los Angeles, especially for those who have air transportation, but Adrian's visits to the Sundance Film Festival have always been rare. He doesn't like the Sundance Film Festival very much. In fact, he doesn't like most film festivals, but it is necessary to come here once or twice. In any case, this is a relatively well-known film festival in the United States internationally. Come and show your support.

It doesn't take much time, and... sometimes it pays off.

The doorbell rang, and Adrian, who was in pajamas, stretched and came to the door of the suite: "Who is it?"

"Ed, you haven't woken up yet?" Harvey Weinstein at the door was stunned.

"What's the matter? It's just after 9 o'clock." Adrian made a gesture to invite in indifferently.

"It's only after 9 o'clock? Oh, hell, you seem to have forgotten all about it." Weinstein complained, and then a lazy female voice came over: "Ed, who's here... Whoa!"

The young girl who came out of the bedroom screamed, quickly pulled her pajamas back, and looked at Weinstein in shock. She has long black hair and a pair of beautiful blue eyes, very delicate and sweet.

"Oh, Zoe, I'm sorry, this is Harvey, Harvey Weinstein, from Miramax." Adrian hurriedly introduced, "Harvey, this is Zoe, Zooey Deschanel , it's... um..."

"The heroine of "The Most Loved You" is a girl with great potential. I know that this movie has received a lot of praise at the film festival." Weinstein immediately took up the conversation.

"Yes." Adrian smiled, then walked up to the bed partner who hooked up with her yesterday, and gently squeezed her little chin: "Sorry, dear, it seems that Harvey has something to talk to me about. May I have a few minutes? It won't take long."

Then he kissed her lips again.

"No problem, then I'll go in and change first." Zooey smiled sweetly, kissed back and then went back to the bedroom.

After watching her go in, Adrian turned around, and then waved his hand twice in front of Weinstein, who was also paying attention to Zoe: "Hey, Harvey."

"No wonder you got up so late, that's a pretty girl." Weinstein said, looking away.

"You're here just to say that?" Adrian asked jokingly.

"Of course not, it's just that you obviously forgot what we had an appointment with." Weinstein spread his hands. (to be continued..)