King of Hollywood

"Very touching speech, my dear," Adrian said softly, taking Gwyneth's hand after she returned to her seat. "Your father will be proud of you in heaven."

"Thank you, Ed, I love you." The calm but tearful girl looked at him gratefully.

"Yes, I love you too." Adrian smiled, leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

Gwyneth immediately opened her eyes wide in disbelief. This is a public place, and it is also the scene of the Oscars ceremony! On the other side, Blanchett pursed her lips with some taste, stretched out her foot and kicked him on the calf. Adrian didn't care, it was just a reward for Gwyneth. In her speech just now, in other people's ears, she was commemorating her father. In Adrian's ears, she was indeed saying goodbye to her father. .

Besides, he is the boss, the camera will not turn to him at this time, and the best actor is being awarded, and this kind of kiss is also within the normal range.

"Okay, the most important moment is coming, let's focus on the stage." Adrian said, and patted Gwyneth and Blanchett's thighs.

Next is the best director. As the finale award with the best movie, like the best actor and actress, it makes many people feel sad and happy every year. However, Adrian will be very concerned not because he has been nominated. Although he has been nominated, he has not worked hard on public relations. He also expected that he would not get it. The degree of conservatism in the film school cannot be viewed too high or too low, and it is neither in his plan nor in his interest to win the best director now.

However, if you don't take it yourself, someone else can take it, and the resources of public relations are also spent on it. Not only that, but also mobilized a lot of contacts and relationships. Even so, it is still unknown whether he can get it. This is Adrian's most uncertain gamble on the Oscars. After all, this can be regarded as making history.

"My God. I didn't expect history to be born from my hands!" Robert Zemeckis, who was the award presenter, exclaimed with a big mouth. He was stunned for several seconds before announcing loudly: "This An unprecedented moment, Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola!"

Different from the imagination, the audience was silent, no matter who, including Sofia herself, stared at the stage in a daze. It seems that they don't know who Sofia Coppola is. But in the next second, all kinds of exclamations burst out, and the whole audience seemed to be dripping into a frying pan of water droplets, and exploded cracklingly. This is the first best female director in the history of Oscars! And still so young!

Sophia opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth in disbelief, then looked around in a daze, as if she wanted to find someone to tell herself. This is her dreaming. Several other candidates, except for Adrian, showed undisguised shock and disappointment. The film academy would rather give the best director to a woman than to them. This is simply too much.

Martin Scorsese was hit the hardest. He sat there stiffly, with a frozen smile on his face. Just when Zemeckis said, "I didn't expect history to be born from my hands", he was ready to get up. But I didn't expect that it would end up like this. after all. Before this, he was full of confidence, and there was no other class that gave him enough advantages like this one.

Sophia is a woman and young, so it can be ruled out first; then Adrian, who won the best director for a non-realistic film, has never been there before. Although miracle directors are good at creating miracles, don’t forget " The Lord of the Rings has another one next year; as for Rob Marshall and Stephen Daldry. Their qualifications are too low, and their works can be counted on one finger, and neither "Chicago" nor "The Hours" has reached the height of "American Beauty". It is not easy to reproduce the miracle of Sam Mendes .

On the other hand, Scorsese himself, together with Francis Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg, was called the four major Hollywood directors in the 1980s. He had countless outstanding works and should have won a small gold medal long ago. people. Faced with this situation, he was naturally full of confidence, but he never expected that the most unlikely person would become possible, and she was the daughter of a director who was as famous as himself back then, how could he accept this!

Adrian, who was sitting in his seat, sighed lightly, and it turned out to be. It seems that old Coppola spent more time on his daughter than he expected. Adrian alone cannot push Sophia to the throne of the best director. After all, she is a woman. It is not easy for the relatively conservative film academy to break through the shackles, so Adrian made the idea right from the beginning Old Coppola.

Of course, he did not come forward directly, but asked the people below to lobby Old Coppola. But after all, the old man started making movies in the 1960s, so he couldn’t tell who was behind the scenes, even though he didn’t have much affection for Adrian—probably an actor or director of the older generation in Hollywood who had a daughter in the entertainment circle, I don't like Adrian at all.

But if she can get the public relations support from the media, Sofia is not without her efforts. Before that, Coppola was very hesitant when facing her daughter's request. It is not easy for a female director to stand out, and it is even more difficult to win the best director. more difficult. Jane Campion, who directed "The Piano Lesson" in 1993, is currently recognized as the female director closest to this honor. Unfortunately, she met Spielberg who came with "Schindler's List" very unfortunately.

But with the support of powerful people, coupled with the contacts he has accumulated, it is not impossible to create miracles. He doesn't like Adrian who seduced his daughter, but he has to admit that Sophia can have today's achievements, can stand up from the shadow of failure, and appear in people's eyes in another way. played a big role. Therefore, when more people lobbied, he finally made up his mind.

"...I really didn't expect to be able to come to the place again tonight, and it is a historic moment, oh, God, I have already finished my speech before." The excited Sophia said incoherently, several times They all brought on a bit of crying, this kind of surprise was too big, so big that she could hardly bear it.

"I...I...I..." She said "I" several times but couldn't say a complete sentence, but fortunately, the following thoughtfully applauded her to show her support.

"...I think I will...not thank you one by one," Sophia finally adjusted, "In addition to presenting this award to my academy, in addition to the people who cooperated, I want to thank you the most... There are two of them, my father. Without him we wouldn't be where we are now...and Adrian, thank you for your guidance and advice...it was one of the happiest evenings I'll ever remember."

Fortunately, she didn't say anything like "I want to thank the two most important men in my life" or "I will always remember everything you did for me", which made Adrian somewhat relieved Although the tone still caused waves of discussion, at least it doesn't have to be such a headache.

To talk, he deserves Sophia's gratitude, knowing that she won the best director despite many factors. For example, Adrian and old Coppola jointly used various resources and contacts to publicize her—although the public relations of the media mainly focused on Gwyneth, it was much easier than Nicole or Monica before, So it's not a problem to give her some.

Then there is a little bit of luck - Adrian once learned from his own channels that the award for best director has caused a lot of controversy within the academy, and the academy is also working hard to rejuvenate. They want to keep up with the trend, so with their consistent urgency, I believe the final number of votes must be very close.

But the most important point is that Adrian has already broken the record of the youngest Oscar nomination for best director and the record of the youngest best director winner! Without Adrian. Then John Singleton, who was nominated for best director at the age of 24, will be the youngest nominee, while Norman Taurrog, who won the Oscar for best director at the age of 32, will be the youngest winner.

Now Sophia is the same age as Norman Taurrog at the time, even a few days younger. Without Adrian, no matter how the film academy changes, it will not allow a woman to break this record. That's right. This is discrimination, invisible but real, and even if you want to complain, you can't do it.

Therefore, if Adrian hadn't raised the record of the best director winner to a point where it was basically impossible for anyone to surpass it, and at the same time was the record holder of the best director nomination, no matter how much effort was spent on public relations for Sofia, it would be impossible. possible things.

That's the end of this year's Oscars. Just being the first best female director is enough to surprise people. What's more, there are still a lot of topics. In comparison, things like "Chicago" winning the best movie have to be placed in the back row.

However, although the award ceremony is over, the party has just begun. Adrian has basically never missed the award ceremony, and naturally he will not miss the "Vanity Fair" party. Moreover, the party is not an award ceremony, and people who did not attend the award ceremony can also participate. Of course, people who have attended the award ceremony may not necessarily attend the party. For example, Scorsese did not. This night is too sad for him.

Lao Mouzi didn't participate either. Although Adrian invited him, he was full of hope but didn't get a single award. In addition, he was not used to the party culture in the United States, so he declined.

"I'm a little tired and want to go back to rest." After the awards ceremony, facing Adrian who invited him, he said so.

But this does not mean that he conceded defeat, and soon cheered up: "I am currently conceiving a new martial arts production, the first draft has been completed, and some ideas have been concretized. If Mr. Kewell is interested, You might as well come to China to have a look, we all welcome your advice.”

New martial arts production? Adrian raised his eyebrows slightly. If nothing else, it should be the little girl who will never die. However, I vaguely remember that although this movie received more criticism than praise in China, it still seems to have gotten a box office not as good as "Hero" in North America. Above, pretty good.

"Well, it just so happens that I also have a plan to go to East Asia..." Adrian nodded. He does have this plan. K is currently operating well and is about to break through 100 million users.

A site like this isn't too difficult to make, although sites of the same type are popping up quickly. But Adrian didn't take it seriously, he went to see it, and it was doing okay, but it was very similar to e, who was as famous as K in his previous life, people could apply for accounts freely, and they could apply for as many accounts as they wanted.

This is not a threat. You must know that the biggest feature of k is that it can ensure that the person on the other side of the network communicating with the user is a real person, not someone's... vest.

in short. There will be no such thing as, "Old poster, you are so naive, do you think there are really so many people replying to your post on this forum? In fact, I am the only one replying, otherwise I will send you the same message with a different ID" Case. And to compete with k to really snatch users? Taking the lead and cultivating loyal users, with the support of large media groups, it is not that easy.

So Adrian thought that he could also change his vest to start promoting in China, of course. Or cooperate with Huayi, if they want to, and call Renren directly. In addition to that, he has other things. For example, Scorsese is so pitiful tonight, so give him some compensation, by the way. Control the rhythm in your own hands, and don't affect your own plans.

But then he thought of one thing: "By the way, I heard that China doesn't seem to be safe recently."

Lao Mouzi was stunned for a moment, and it took him a few minutes to react, and then flatly rejected: "There are some special cases. But they are all normal."

Adrian originally wanted to say something, according to his friend's news, but think about it or forget it, you may not appreciate it if you say it, so forget it, but. I'm afraid the trip will be postponed until the second half of the year.

The party was as lively as ever. Celebrities, big and small, adorned it dazzlingly every time. Of course, the most concerned one was the freshly released best director. This was the first female director of the Oscars, and she was still so young. People who live in one moment will be honored in the future.

"I really don't know what to say to you, Ed. You're such a..." Sophia sighed when facing Adrian alone after dealing with many people.

"What is it?" Adrian raised his eyebrows.

"You know what I'm going to say, bastard, genius, playboy..." Sophia gestured, a complicated look flashed in her eyes, and then shook her head again: "I really want to punch Nikolai, think of him The look in his eyes before, and the look on his hippie smiling face, I swear, if he hadn’t slipped away so fast, if I just said one more word, I would definitely give him a good look.”

"Okay, Sophie, okay," Adrian grabbed her hand and patted the back of her hand lightly, "I know what you're thinking, don't worry, just do what you want Bar."

Sophia stopped. She deliberately wore long, soft hair and wore a chic dress with thin shoulders, dark green and wavy patterns, which gave her a different kind of tough style, which was very tasteful.

"I'm afraid." She said in a low voice.

"Why," Adrian smiled, "do I look like a man-eating monster?"

"It would be fine if it was." Sophia sighed, "I'm afraid of you, Ed, if you don't plan to let someone go, that person won't be able to struggle out, you always have a way to deal with women, let them... Willingly..."

She smiled wryly and looked at him calmly.

"If I told you, stay with me," Adrian reached out and stroked her face, "what answer would you give me?"

"I don't know, Ed, I don't think a lot of women know either," she replied honestly.

"So you see," Adrian laughed, "do whatever you want."

Sophia looked at him for a long time, then suddenly smiled, then stood up and sat on his lap, put her arms around his neck, and kissed his mouth. This kiss was not warm, but it had a long breath, and they separated after being lingering in the warm affection for a long time.

"I know that I'm not the type you particularly like, and I also know that you've taken a fancy to me, but it's still a pleasure to meet you," Sophia's finger brushed his lips, "Thank you for the gift , Ed, I will never forget you in this life, goodbye."

As she said that, she got up to leave, but turned back before taking two steps, shook her hair, and said in a very natural tone: "By the way, if I still need to ask you to solve my physical problems in the future, don't refuse me."

"Well... I'm happy to help you." Adrian raised his hands with a smile. Well, that's not bad.

Although it is in the corner, the affection between Adrian and Sophia is not unseen, but no one will care, just as he continues to flirt with the Wonder Girls separately afterwards, which is already normal in people's eyes. Maybe they will be very envious, but basically there is no feeling of jealousy anymore. No matter who can win the best actress Oscar for five consecutive years, they are fully qualified to be favored by them.

However, although Adrian is proud, he also has troubles. After all, there are more than Miracle Girls here. Scarlett, Annie, Kirsten, etc., come to chat with him in turn. Although Kate and Sarah are not so active, they come out. For fairness, he had to go find them. Before that, he had always avoided all women appearing in the same public place, but now it seems that maybe some adjustments should be made.

For example, tonight, because of the previous default rules, the passion at each awards ceremony is different women who have never tried it, and the combination of stature is also different, so Zeta Jones, who won the best supporting actress, and won the best It's a shame that the heroine's Gwyneth can't moan under him together.

Not only that, but when he flirts with Gwyneth and talks about things after the party, Nicole's voice cuts in: "You should be with me tonight." (To be continued...)