King of Hollywood

"Thank you for your hospitality, Catherine and Mark. This was a sumptuous but not extravagant dinner, which is unforgettable." Standing at the door, Adrian hugged Mary, and Jessica on his arm, to the Alba couple who were delivered to the door. So said.

"I'm glad...you like it, Ed, when you're free..." Catherine, who smiled wryly, glanced at her husband who turned black after the conversation, "Maybe you can come here often with Jessie and Mary." .”

"I will." Adrian nodded, then pinched his daughter's little face, "Hey, Mary, we're leaving, so say goodnight to grandparents."

"Good night, grandpa and grandma." The little guy yawned, his little face was full of tiredness, and it was almost time to fall asleep at this time.

"I'm leaving mom, I'll bring Mary back to see you often." Relieved, Jessica hugged her mother, and then looked at her father cautiously.

Mark squeezed out a smile. He reached out and wanted to touch his daughter's head, but after hesitating for a while, he finally just patted her on the shoulder: "Go, your mother and I... both... respect... your choose."

It was very difficult for him to speak, he paused two or three times in the middle, and his face twitched a little, but he finally said everything. Then, after he finished speaking, he was more or less relaxed. After taking a look at Adrian, he said again: "If you have anything to do, you must tell us. Your mother and I are your most solid backing. If someone bullies you, I will unceremoniously show him color."

"I will, Dad." Jessica laughed, but Adrian pretended not to see it.

After that, they walked all the way to the side of the street, and under the escort of Joshua, they boarded the waiting car.

"You won't blame me, Ed?" Joshua scratched his head, and finally asked, a little embarrassed and... scared.

"Don't worry, Joshua, I won't do anything to you." Adrian smiled and put his arms around his shoulders. "Although I was really angry at first, it's good to think about it now. When Mary is older, it will be difficult to introduce her to your parents, and it may take time for your parents to accept her, and time never They are the main reasons for the changes, from this point of view. You are also a lucky star."

"Really?" Joshua breathed a sigh of relief.

"Really." Having said that, Adrian slapped him hard on the shoulder twice, making him grinning.

But in this way, Joshua became more relaxed. The more Adrian did this, the more he expressed that he would not care about what he said that caused today's somewhat awkward family dinner.

"What did you and my dad go to the room and talk about?" After the car started. Jessica asked.

"Oh, some small things, such as your insecurities when you were a child, or all his shortcomings in education." Adrian shrugged, "He didn't want to admit it at first, but he couldn't help it under my strong offensive. deny."

"Did you tell him all of this?" Jessica's pretty face suddenly stepped down, and her voice became quite high-pitched, so that Adrian had to quickly move his fingers to his mouth.

"Be quiet. Don't wake Mary up." Adrian said and patted his daughter who was already asleep in his arms. The little guy murmured a few times, turned his head and continued to sleep.

"How can you tell my dad that." Jessica asked angrily in a low voice.

"Why not?" Adrian asked back, "You are already an adult, Jesse, are you still worried that your father will look good on you after knowing this? Well, don't worry about it. I have already taken care of your father. , he didn't shoot me. You're right, your dad is tough but not irrational."

As he spoke, he grabbed Jessica's shoulder and patted it lightly. Jessica sighed softly, and leaned her head on his shoulder obediently.

"By the way, speaking of it, I still have to thank you." Adrian said again suddenly.

"Thank you for what?" Jessica asked puzzled.

"Thank you for not telling your father the conditions I offered at the beginning," Adrian kissed her forehead, "otherwise it will take a long time to explain to your father."

Jessica immediately understood, she gave him a blank look but didn't make a sound, and only after a long while, she asked in an uncertain tone: "So Ed, if, I mean if, one day I really want to ...do you want to leave?"

Although she lowered her head and couldn't see the expression, Adrian could be sure that there was tension in her eyes, so she complained: "Oh, hell, why do women always like to ask such inexplicable questions."

"Inexplicable?" Jessica raised her head immediately, her eyes wide open, and she didn't seem very happy, but Adrien pretended not to see it and continued on: "Obviously, if I answer no, you must You will say that I am an asshole to the point where I don’t even have credit; but if I answer yes, you will definitely blame me for not caring about you at all. This question is essentially the same as, which one should be rescued first when a mother or a girlfriend falls into the water at the same time? It doesn't make a difference, it's not a good question, it just drives lovers apart."

Listening to his serious words, Jessica couldn't help but chuckled for a long time before stopping, but at the same time she still looked at him with questioning and hopeful eyes.

"So," Adrian reached out and lifted Jessica's chin, and lifted her beautiful face in front of him, "No matter what is happy or unhappy, you must tell me, because it is only In this way, I can judge, when you said that to me, were you impulsive or really tired, understand?"

Jessica didn't answer, but leaned her head even tighter on his shoulder.

That was the case for the time being, and the reason for this was not entirely up to Adrian himself, although he did silence Mark Alba. This is not difficult, just like what he said to Lily at the beginning, once there is any conflict with someone, always remember to occupy a position that can be praised by others, and maybe there are many other things that can be praised by others. Where to attack, but as long as you keep emphasizing your side that cannot be refuted, and then seize the opponent's flaws and chase after it, it is easy to completely overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum. This really depends on personal ability.

However, this is not the only factor to solve the problem, or even an important factor. Generally speaking, whether the Alba couple can be solved depends on Jessica's personal attitude. As Adrian said. Everything between him and Jessica is in accordance with the law, and he can be accused morally, and he can only be accused morally. Besides, the children have already been born and are still so old, can they not admit it?

So after the initial impulse, the Alba couple made the decision to invite him to come over as a guest, which also shows that they actually have plans to compromise. Needless to say, Jessica's attitude. Although he loves to play, so many years of family education is not without effect, and he gave birth to a child early, and Adrian took Mary with him during the period when he was not a mother at first. Coupled with the suggestive conditions he gave when she was first pregnant, all kinds of factors gathered together, even if Jessica had any thoughts, she would quickly dismiss them automatically.

Naturally, it was impossible for the Alba couple to get support from their daughter, and Joshua also stood on Adrian's side—for Jessica's sake, Adrian gave Joshua a lot Chance. Except for the supporting roles in "Dark Angel". In the past few years, he has also played important supporting roles in many important drama dramas, such as "" or "24", and he can be regarded as a second-tier actor now.

So last year, Adrian gave him another very important role, the Human Torch in "Fantastic Four". That's right, she and her sister acted as siblings in the movie as real siblings. Paramount also took a fancy to this before agreeing. Joshua and Jessica are indeed very similar, and they are quite handsome. It's just that the eyebrows look weird, so Adrian specially asked someone to repack them for him. The effect is very good.

In short, with their siblings standing on their side, plus the lovely Mary and his own words, Adrian successfully managed the Alba couple. His favorite trick is to take advantage of the situation. A person's ability is always limited. Even if he can predict the future, it is impossible to fight against the whole society.

The so-called historical trend is mighty and mighty, and those who follow it prosper and those who go against it perish. It may not be appropriate to use it here, but it is enough to explain some problems. Therefore, if you want to achieve your own goals and involve a wide range of people and affairs, creating and using momentum is the only choice. For example, the current promotion of "The Lord of the Rings", in addition to spending a lot of money on publicity and public relations, many book fans and film critics believe that this final song is eligible for a statuette, and Adrian should also become the final song again. good director.

In addition, the film academy’s discrimination against non-realistic works and the need to make changes. Adrian has been nominated for the third time with his trilogy, and he has been nominated for countless times before. It has been ten years, and everything is pushing "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and Adrian to his throne. All he has to do is to guide and follow this trend, even if someone opposes it, it will not help.

The same is true for Best Actress. It’s interesting to say that Kate and Sophie are both famous for their "Warmth Contains Light" and "Life of Rose", but at the major award ceremonies at the beginning of the year, they didn't get a single award. , whether it is the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Directors Guild Award, or the various Film Critics Association awards, let alone the Golden Globe Awards, so many people are not very optimistic about them.

"Someone has done an analysis of the past Academy Awards. The chances of actors from the United States winning acting awards are much higher than actors from other places. Obviously, Oscar is always a game for Americans, so the European actors on this year's nomination list You don’t need to pay too much attention to it.” Some British newspapers reported this, and of course, they did not forget to ridicule Oscar by the way.

It's a pity that this is all a superficial phenomenon, and Kate will not talk about it. Adrian has no intention of letting her reach the top now. Since she wants to become the best actress without any dispute, it means that she still has a long way to go. . As for Sophie, he had been preparing for the day from the start, not to mention Weinstein helping.

The biggest factor is that "Fahrenheit 9/11" won the Palme d'Or. After the Cannes Film Festival in May, the French praised it quite a bit, and praised it as a work of conscience. After half a year of fermentation, it has gradually calmed down, but as the documentary was officially released in the United States, and Michael Moore made it clear that this documentary was made for the general election at the end of this year, as long as one less person votes for the Bush administration It's a result, so the French are excited again, and they can ignore Sophie who starred in "La Vie en Rose" by the way.

Even after "Fahrenheit 9/11" failed to be shortlisted for the best documentary Oscar, French critics criticized it vigorously. Think how disgruntled the film school would be. Well, that being the case. It is also time to respond to these idiot-like Gallic chickens, so what is the best way to use it? Maybe some people will have trouble finding a way, but don't worry, Weinstein will tell them.

Just this is not enough. So Adrian also prepared other things, such as the short film "Sleepless in the Supermarket". When he started his trip to East Asia last year, Sophie took this short film to various film festivals, although they were all not very well-known films-at most, it was as famous as the Toronto Film Festival, which was even more famous than the three major film festivals. Can't compare - but got some good reviews. The slightly stream-of-consciousness but not particularly obvious style has attracted the attention of some people.

The only thing criticized by critics is that Cayden Cross is a bit too beautiful. After Sophie reversed the gender of the character, although she can better grasp the whole short film and highlight the style of the movie, it also makes Cayden It looks like a vase. Kayden can be regarded as somewhat acting, but he is still very immature, if it is a standard movie. She might have a little play. But playing the leading role in this kind of short film, plus Sophie's extraordinary performance, it is inevitable to be criticized.

However, even so, it does not prevent the short film "Sleepless in Supermarket" from being nominated for the best short film Oscar, of course. Adrian pushed from behind. So, on the list of nominations for the 76th Oscar. In addition to having a Best Actress nomination, Sophie also has a Best Short Film nomination. This is the first time in the history of Oscar's film, and one can imagine what a surprising scene it will be.

With these, coupled with the continuous nominations in the past few years, as well as the publicity and public relations that secretly used all means, just like "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", various factors gathered to form a trend, supporting Sophie Mai To the queen throne.

So Adrian likes to take advantage of the situation, and the plan he designed for himself to ascend to the throne is to use this situation to the extreme. Although it took a lot of long-term planning to do that, it wasn't too difficult for him, was it? Of course, if there is no long-term planning, such a success rate will not be high, such as——

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry that you didn't get a golden gramophone, Wei Niu," Adrian had to raise his hands and said to the angry Avril.

The Grammys are always held before the Oscars, and this year is no exception. The Oscars are scheduled for the last day of February, so the Grammys will be held 21 days earlier, on February 8. Several of Universal Music's most popular female singers were shortlisted, but the awards were still the same. Christina and Beyoncé each gained, while Britney and Avril Lavigne did not.

It doesn't matter to Britney, Adrian was the one who created momentum for her at the beginning, and won the best album award with the number one sales among female singers in the world. Once or twice. But Avril Lavigne has not achieved anything in the Grammys so far, and only a few nominations have been won with great difficulty, so she is naturally very depressed.

So, when Adrian came to see them, he just teased a few words, and the girl immediately turned black. Seeing this, he had no choice but to apologize first.

"Sorry, Ed, I'm a little emotional," Avril Lavigne quickly realized her gaffe, and apologized after sighing, "But... just sitting there and watching other people go on stage happily to receive awards and give speeches , The originally excited and eager mood slowly cooled down as time went by...I felt this way last year, and I felt it again this year, it's really...very, very bad."

"I understand, Wei Niu." Adrian opened his arms and hugged her, "Don't take it to heart, the Academy of Recording and Science is like this, the more popular singers are, the more they ignore them, as if this can make the Grammy It’s so ridiculous to be unconventional. In this case, you need a normal mind and a good work. A normal mind can help you face honor and music better, and a good work can let the recording and science society see how good you are , you don’t need their approval, you are still the most popular little witch of rock and roll.”

He spoke eloquently, but in exchange for Avril's eyes: "Come on, Ed, these are the words that are often on the lips, but the problem is, knowing it is one thing, and doing it is another." Something happened."

"So as long as you do it a few more times, you will know what to do." A cheerful voice came from behind, and then a body hugged her from behind, "Hi, Ivy."

"Boob?" Avril was startled and turned her head, then looked angrily at the girl in front of her, and then greeted Christina who followed into the lounge.

"I knew that you must be one step ahead of us, you are always like this." Britney said with a smile, "Maybe I should learn from you how to fly to the master's side in the first time,"

Britney is used to calling Adrian the host in front of more and more people. Of course, they are all people who are very familiar with each other. Similarly, Avril rolled her eyes because of this.

"You have to learn to get used to it, Ivy," Britney said indifferently, "just like me, I never get affirmation, and then the master will give me a reward."

After she finished speaking, she laughed and took Adrian's arm, and Avril Lavigne rolled her eyes again with that intimate and attached look, and immediately walked out: "Okay, you guys talk slowly, I still have something to do." (Unfinished to be continued..)