King of Hollywood

At the Academy Awards, there is one object that will always be thanked by the winners, and that is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They created the award, they run the award, they decide who gets the award, so every winner has to thank them, it's a symbol of power.

But at the 73rd Academy Awards, one person seems to have a tendency to share this kind of gratitude with them, which sounds ridiculous. The film academy is a group, how can one person stand shoulder to shoulder with the group? But unfortunately, this is indeed true. A few years ago, Al Pacino had already thanked Adrian when he won the best actor as he wished, but people didn’t notice at that time, even though he continued to win the best actor and actress a few years later, even if he continued to Some people put a series of halos on his head, such as miracle director, ace screenwriter, gold medal producer, etc., but it was not until today when it suddenly broke out that people were surprised to find that he already had a lot of influence in several major industries of the film industry. considerable influence!

Of course, as a single person, it is definitely not comparable to the Film Academy, but for the winners of several important awards to express their gratitude so publicly, and at the same Oscars ceremony, there is no one but Adrian for so many years . Although he only appeared on stage as a filmmaker when the best film was presented at the end, his name was heard all over the award ceremony. A Chinese saying, but they have definitely seen a movie, one of Francis Coppola's top works: "The Godfather"!

"So what?" Adrian looked at Claude with a smile, and took the cup from the bartender, "Everything I do is within the scope of the rules, no one stipulates that the chairman of the board of directors of the media group I can’t be a director and producer, and no one stipulates that directors and producers can’t use their available power to promote and publicize themselves. I am a very disciplined person, as long as others follow the rules.”

"Yes. You are a rare genius." Claude also laughed, "No one can be like you, owning a huge media group and making excellent movies."

That's right, there are quite a few producers in Hollywood who are powerful in public relations and good at winning awards, such as the Weinstein Brothers under the media company. Similarly, there are not a few big directors who can make good movies and are always shortlisted for Oscars. They have connections and connections and own large film companies. Spielberg is an example. But Weinstein can't make a movie like Spielberg anyway, and no matter how Spielberg does public relations and publicity, he can't reach Weinstein's level of flexibility and sensitivity, just like fish and bear's paw. You cannot have both.

But Adrian has unified the two. He not only owns the world's largest media group and a huge publicity machine, but is also good at discovering the strengths of screenwriters, actors, directors and even producers and guiding them to the career path. Gao Feng, and at the same time being able to direct and produce high-quality works that meet the appetite of the Oscars is the most important point. Even if the guests attending the Oscars tonight are not angry with so many people thanking Adrian, they may feel free to attack " "Never Compromise" or the various shortcomings of Julia or Nicole, but I dare not say that they are not qualified to win Oscars.

The quality of the movie is there, and no one can deny it unless you open your eyes and tell lies. But it's not just Adrian who offends in that way. Because of this, Adrian was not too worried about the reaction of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. After all, this is a loose group with thousands of members. Even he is one of the members. Many people in it have interests with him. It's not hard to divide them when you have a lot of resources - as long as you don't cross the line.

Adrian has always been good at stopping a little ahead of the baseline, and as he told Claude, he is a very disciplined person. As long as others follow the rules. As long as he controls it properly, even if someone wants to lift the table, they may not be able to lift it up.

"Hello, Mr. Kewell, I was listening to some people discussing you just now, but I didn't expect to meet you here." A voice came into Adrian's ears at this moment.

The speaker was a woman in her thirties. She sat down and asked the bartender for a glass of wine before turning her head to say hello to Adrian, well, it was much better than other people who wanted to strike up a conversation.

"Hello, Miss Lane, I didn't expect to see you here, you are still so beautiful." Adrian nodded politely.

Diane Lane, a female star who was as famous as Brooke Shields and Jennifer Connelly in the 1980s and marked by youth, is also one of the recognized vases. Youth idols can never escape this label. Today, Brooke Shields got married and divorced, and she has long since passed away. Jennifer Connelly switched to TV series because of Adrian, two movies that were supposed to make her comeback. A Beautiful Mind was given to Gwyneth, and Requiem for a Dream didn't show up at all - Adrian hated this movie that was brutal for its own sake, nothing but the soundtrack, in short, that It is a typical intention to do something unusual in the eyes of others to attract attention.

This is a digression. Although Diane Lane is still active in the film industry, and is also a frequent visitor to parties like the Oscar night of Yelichang, she still can't take off the hat of the vase, so why did she strike up a conversation with Adrian? it goes without saying. Of course, as a woman who has been in this circle for more than 20 years, she knows what is the most appropriate way to do it. After chatting with Adrian for a while, she politely said goodbye. No.

"A very attractive woman, with a wink, is much better than those who like to pester endlessly." Claude praised from the side.

From the beginning of the "Vanity Fair" party, there have been people coming over to strike up a conversation with Adrian and establish relationships, men and women, old and young, actors and producers, magazine editors, etc., even if they were still holy tens of minutes ago The auditorium complained why so many people were thanking him. People are animals of interest, so Adrian doesn't have to worry about the bad influence of today's events.

"Want to talk to her in private?" Adrian asked with a smile, "while you're still free."

"Oh, hell, don't mention that, okay?" Claude rolled his eyes, looking quite distressed, "Dad already...forget it. I'll leave it to you, the godfather of Hollywood."

"Come on, Crowe, don't use that title, okay?" Adrian sighed.

"What?" Claude raised his eyebrows in surprise, "A miracle director with huge influence in Hollywood sometimes feels inappropriate?"

"Of course not, I just don't like the word godfather, it is easy to cause a lot of associations, I prefer another word," Adrian grinned... saying goodbye to Claude. Adrian started to hang out at the party, he was not for entertainment, someone was waiting for him to comfort, of course, there were also people who didn't need it.

"Why should I be sad? You have made me mentally prepare hundreds of times. Do I still need to care?" Kate shrugged naturally, as if she really didn't care at all.

"Hmm..." Adrian didn't know what to say for a while, and after touching his nose, he asked again: "Then I'm leaving."

Kate directly made a gesture of please.

"Am I really leaving?" Adrian raised his legs and gestured to leave.

Kate looked at him with a half-smile.

"Are you really not going to keep me?" Adrian frowned.

"Why do you want to keep you? There are many people waiting for you," Kate snorted. "I saw Gwyneth sullen over there just now, and it seems that no one wants to talk to her. Aren't you going to comfort her and show your demeanor?"

"Then I have to show you first." Adrian laughed, reaching out and brushing the hair from her ear, "Okay, then I will pass, be careful. It is circling around you There will be more and more journalists, so take extra care when you take Lily out and don't let them take pictures."

"You've said that hundreds of times." Kate rolled her eyes at him.

Adrian smiled and glanced around. Although there were many people, there seemed to be few looking this way, but it was not clear what happened. This is just right. He immediately pinched Kate's chin, leaned over and kissed Kate's delicate lips lightly, and then left. Kate was stunned for several seconds before looking at his back and sighing with complicated emotions.

"Hey, why are you here alone?" Adrian quickly came to Gwyneth who was sitting in the corner with a glass of wine.

The girl glanced at him resentfully, raised her head and drank the drink in the cup in one gulp.

"Huh, that's not like my baby," Adrian laughed. He put his arms around her shoulders, "It's just a best supporting actress, why should you care so much?"

"I don't care, I just..." Gwyneth said discreetly, biting her lip and looking very unwilling. "I just... don't want to lose to that woman!"

Speaking of this, she suddenly looked at Adrian suspiciously: "You must have someone give her special public relations support, Ed."

"How could it be?" Adrian laughed dumbly.

Well, Gwyneth’s agent and PR team were arranged by Adrian, and he didn’t give any special instructions, so they didn’t use all means to publicize, so even if her parents were there, they still had her godfather by her side Help, still can't control the result. Adrian did not deceive her, and he did not give special support to Nicole's public relations.

"Okay, dear Gwynnie, don't worry about it." Adrian slipped his hand to the back of the sofa, put his arms around her waist and stroked her back, "It seems to me that this is better, keep failing Keep working hard, and when you pick up the statuette, everyone will applaud you, and no one will be able to question you."

Having said that, he paused for a while, and looked to the side, just right.

"Russell." Adrian called out in greeting, and the new actor who was passing by stopped immediately and walked over with his girlfriend.

"Ed." He looked excited, obviously still immersed in the joy of winning the award.

"How does it feel to be the best actor?" Adrian asked jokingly.

"Great, very good, I like this feeling." Crowe replied with a smile.

"Don't get too complacent," Adrian reminded with a smile, and then changed the subject, "By the way, "A Beautiful Mind" has been launched for a month, isn't it good?"

"Well...it's not bad," although he didn't understand why he suddenly turned to this topic, Crowe answered seriously, "Mr. A wise man between sobriety. I remember visiting his house and he was almost..."

Speaking of this, Crowe seemed to think of something funny: "He spent almost ten minutes thinking about whether to drink black tea or green tea."

After these words were uttered, several people present laughed, and Gwyneth was no exception.

"I have to say that Ms. Alicia is also a great woman. Thanks to her taking care of Mr. Nash day after day, otherwise he might not be sober." Crowe then said.

"Did you hear that, Gwyneth? You are playing a great woman." Adrian immediately turned to Gwyneth and said, "Can you fully interpret her inside?"

"Of course," Gwyneth showed displeasure, "Lon has praised me more than once, Russell can testify."

"That's right, that's true." How could Crowe not understand why Adrian called him over at this time, and immediately nodded and said: "Gwyneth is very good, Ed, Mr. Director does admit it. You recommend her to play Ms Alicia is a perfect fit and I think next year these days might be a good time to celebrate her."

"Maybe I can celebrate you at the same time—well, then I'll just wait and see the finished product." Adrian gave Gwyneth a meaningful look, and then laughed.

After chatting for a few more words with Chloe, Adrian stared at Gwyneth's gray-green eyes: "Do I need to say anything else?"

"No, I'll do what's required of me," Gwyneth said, raising her chin.

"Then, I'm going somewhere else, sorry, baby." Adrian kissed her on the lips at the same time, then got up to leave.

Looking at his back, she let out a sigh of relief, and Gwyneth couldn't help but frowned slightly. She always felt that she seemed to have overlooked something.

After comforting Zeta Jones, and teasing with Julia who was carrying little Emma, ​​Adrian left the party hall and walked down the corridor.

"It's so strange. I saw her here just now." After walking back and forth, he murmured to himself in a strange way.

Or go see Nada first and then come back? Although I wanted to keep her until the end, it would be a pity if I went back early. Adrian thought so, and was about to go back to the hall, when a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the corner, grabbed his collar and pulled him over, and then pulled him into a room next to him.

Before Adrian could speak, his mouth was blocked by wet lips, and the opponent attacked fiercely. As if he wanted to seize the opportunity to overwhelm him, he naturally counterattacked unceremoniously, his tongue was entangled with each other, and the sound of tsk tsk rang continuously in the dim room, if after a long time. The two parted with a gasp.

"You led me here on purpose." Adrian said with a smile after pressing the chandelier switch.

"So what?" Nicole's face was flushed, her gray-blue eyes were hazy, she giggled and giggled, and she was extremely seductive.

She scooped up the skirt, took off the thong inside two or three times, then kicked it to the side, then skillfully untied Adrian's belt, unzipped it, and grabbed it in... She breathed hot air in his ear, with a faint smell of wine, obviously had a few drinks before, "I know who you are going to accompany tonight, it doesn't matter, I just need to do it now, I want you to rape me hard! Ed, do you understand, ruthlessly, mercilessly, if you don't paralyze me here, I will never let you go!"

"I like your lewd look now, Nicole," Adrian took a deep breath feeling the movement of her hands, "As you wish, but..."

He made a gesture of digging out his wallet: "I don't have that much cash to pay for this tonight."

"You're the worst prostitute in the world!" Nicole gritted her teeth after looking at him for a while, but the look of excitement in her eyes grew stronger, and one leg was lifted up and stuck to his waist. "But it's okay, I entertain you for free tonight, are you satisfied now?"

"Very satisfied." Adrian laughed and hugged her... Yes, it is indeed a pity, but this is also normal, I am a little younger. "Natalie dealt with the producer in front of her absent-mindedly, while glancing around from time to time.

"That's the problem with the Oscars, the awards go to people who are really talented, not seniors, and frankly, I think 'Winter's Bone' is more relevant than 'Never Compromise' "Higher." The producer chattered.

Natalie smiled and didn't answer. She glanced around again, but there was still no one.

"You want to find Mr. Adrian?" The producer saw it.

"Yes, no matter what, I should thank him in person, just like...Russell or Julia." Natalie took a deep breath.

"I'm afraid we'll have to wait for a while. I just saw him as if some lady went upstairs," the producer blinked. "Why don't we find a place to chat privately and wait for him to come back."

"No, no need, I have to go back, it's not too late to say thank you." Natalie picked up her handbag and was about to leave.

"I can take you back." The producer said immediately.

"Thank you, no need," Natalie's tone became cold, "I arranged everything when I came here."

After she finished speaking, she hurried out. Fortunately, the annoying fly didn't follow, which made her heave a sigh of relief. At the same time, the intense conflict in her heart also made her uncomfortable. After witnessing Adrian's powerful influence tonight, Natalie knew that he really could lift himself to the top of the world if he wanted to, set a nomination record so close to the highest Oscar honor, and then rubbed shoulders After that, she has never wanted it like this, especially when she knew she couldn't get it. When Spacey opened the envelope on it, she still wished to read her own as if obsessed.

Now, Adrian has proved what he said at the beginning, but...she is scared...(to be continued)Q