King of Hollywood

"In the previous preview, some critics called the film a downright feminist work, what do you think?"

"What made you make such a work that is far from Shangbu's style?"

"According to those who participated in the test screening, all male characters are marginalized, because of their own reasons?"

In the face of these aggressive reporters, I couldn't help but feel depressed and annoyed, but on the surface I had to cheer up: "I just want to change the subject and try various types of movies, that's all."

But this not only didn't kill these guys, but made them more talkative, and I got more headaches, even though it's been several times, why can't I deal with these guys?

Fortunately, a hand was placed on my shoulder at this time: "Hey guys, this is not a good way to treat a lady."

The reporters in front of him immediately sneered, and followed them one by one with their eyes shining, sending the things in their hands to him: "Mr. Cowell..."

I couldn't help rolling my eyes in my heart, and I could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but only a few seconds later, the other party took my arm and pulled me into the theater: "Sorry, everyone, the premiere will start soon. Well, let's talk about it later."

After walking with him for a long time like this, after entering the theater and leaving those reporters outside, he looked at me and laughed: "Darling, this can't be done, it's been so long, you still haven't learned how to deal with it. those guys."

"I'm not you, I have decades of experience." I said unceremoniously.

"But since you've gone this way, you have to learn to deal with them." He laughed again, and when he saw my face became a little ugly, he changed the subject: "By the way, those reporters didn't ask anything inexplicable. problem?"

"Fortunately, it's all about movies, not as stupid as last time, am I your new little girlfriend, such a question." Speaking of this, I couldn't help rolling my eyes.

He immediately burst into laughter, looking so happy that he really wanted someone to punch him hard. Unfortunately, this is a public place, so I can only stare at him and shout, "Dad!"

"Oh dear, sorry, so sorry." Dad finally stopped. Although the shoulders are still twitching, "But don't worry, they have sent that guy to Fiji as a foreign correspondent, and there will never be another such idiot in the future. I promise."

Seeing the way he was holding back a smile, I could only sigh again, holding his arm and continuing to walk inside.

Oh, forgot to introduce myself, my name is Lily. Lily Beckinsale Cowell, 26, has just released her fourth film directed entirely by women. Yes yes, the daughter of the Hollywood famous or notorious Adrian Cowell. The one next to me is my father. Although he is in his fifties, he looks like he is only in his forties at most, and he is full of masculine charm at all times. It's easy...attracting women, especially with talent and power...

My father has many titles, the most talented screenwriter, the most sought-after producer, the super director who is good at creating miracles. And in private, only close people will call it, the king of Hollywood, etc., but the most well-known one is Playboy! When I was very young, I remember there were many aunts besides my mother. Many of them are very nice to me, and I am very happy that they get along very well. For example, Aunt Charlie, I like to chat with her the most. I will tell her a lot of things that my mother and father are unwilling to tell her. She is also very happy to explain to me.

The consequence of this is that when I realize that the family environment is not right, I have become used to it. Well, I'm used to it, but I can't imagine how mom and all those other aunties would get used to it anyway?

"You have to know, Lily, your father is a terrible person. He can control people's hearts. He plays with us and makes us irresistible." This is the answer of mother, of course, with a smile, a " I'm lying to you" is really annoying. And the others, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Ini, Aunt Monica, etc., answered the same thing as my mother, and it is absolutely impossible to say that it was not negotiated. In the end, Aunt Charlie solved my confusion a little.

"Your dad is talented, he knows how to coax women, and he has insight into people's hearts, so he can easily grasp other people's weaknesses and take advantage of them," she said.

Well, I admit, Dad is really talented, let's not talk about the Matrix trilogy, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, etc. I remember almost ten years ago or so, he has been working for Mom There are also films directed by aunts that are more artistic. Movies of this type generally don't have a high box office, so some reporters who couldn't find a topic teased him that he couldn't make commercial movies anymore. As a result, he easily named Uncle Knight and his wife, um, and Emma Waugh. Tesson made a "Inception" for the crew to keep everyone shut up.

After that, he directed and produced the "Daredevil" trilogy by Marvel Comics, which was very sensational, created a new superhero genre, and made Daredevil, a second-tier superhero, become the most popular. one. There are still many people who are constantly digging the connotation, and even said that the third film is alluding to the subprime mortgage crisis before. The only thing that is not very happy is the Marvel comics, because the too realistic style prevents them from adding Daredevil to the Avengers. .

However, Dad was not very happy. He said in private that in fact, this series is more suitable for Batman as the protagonist. I don't quite get it, if he thinks Batman's wealthy status is more ironic in the hint of the subprime crisis, Daredevil's lawyer status isn't bad either - some critics say so.

So I think that he is actually trying to be lazy. If he really wants to adapt the Batman series, Warners will definitely welcome it with both hands, and even if he is dissatisfied, he can't say anything. So although I often wonder why my father has a company but doesn't take care of it, and leaves it to Uncle Claude to make movies by himself, I must admit that he is indeed the greatest director and producer in Hollywood.

If this is a bit vague, then the four best directors in the family are not fake. In addition, there are also the best actresses for mothers and various aunts. Even if public relations are a big factor, but there is no strength. No matter how PR. And the best screenplay, whether adapted or original, has also been won, and it is still often nominated. Best director too. Calculated from my father's earliest nominations, there have been more than a dozen now, and he has already broken the nomination record for best director. Looking at this, if he continues to direct. Maybe even a best director - that's impossible.

According to Dad. Taking four is the limit, he has already broken several records, and the Film Academy will not let him continue. However, compensation can be done elsewhere. Like the best foreign language film.

It was also almost ten years ago or so, probably because "The Undertaker" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film but didn't win the award. What's it called... a piano made of steel? do not know why. After the film was released, there were some unflattering views on both sides. Mainland film critics said that he moved the inspirational style of the American middle class to the mainland, while film critics in North America said that he was trying to curry favor with the mainland government. It's strange. Although I don't understand some things because of cultural differences, the inspirational feeling is very good, especially the scene where a few old workers are making pianos under the powerful background music is very tense.

Interestingly, the box office of the movie is quite high in the mainland. Although the scale of the North American release is small, it is also very good in proportion. Then it won the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. I think those film critics must be very good-looking, but Dad didn't think so, he said that the film school would do this, mainly to disgust the Chinese... well, I don't like politics.

In short. I will pick up the guide tube, and this probably has nothing to do with it.

"Lily!" After entering the front hall of the theater, the voice with surprise came into my ears, and then two figures rushed over.

"Hi. Diva, Juliet!" I smiled and hugged my sisters. Diva is the child of Aunt Monica and Daddy. And Juliet is the child of Aunt Sophie and Dad.

Speaking of which, I'm starting to get depressed again, and I don't think there's anyone in Los Angeles, in the United States, or in the world more than my sister. Remember what I said before? My dad was a playboy, and I had many aunts besides my mom, and the women I could call aunties...have had kids with my dad!

There are only a few people who don't, such as Aunt Charlie, I once asked her why, to know that even Aunt Sarah and Aunt Liv, who insisted on not having children, were eventually enlarged by their father, but Aunt Charlie always Insisting on not having children, it is said that... um... several times Dad tried to impregnate her with a torn raincoat, only to be found out.

"If I had a boy, he might have become like your father; if I had given birth to a girl, she might have met a man like your father," Aunt Charlie said.

Really... I really want to ask, if that's the case, why did you stay by your father's side for so many years? Of course, Aunt Charlie certainly didn't think about it when she said this, sometimes... girls can do certain things too.

In short, my father is such a superb playboy. He is still unmarried, but he can keep many women around him, including his mother, and willingly conceive and bear children for him - maybe not so willingly, but who cares? Like Aunt Rachael, she had a weird relationship with Dad, though not the weirdest -- I can't tell you anyway -- but had a baby for him nonetheless.

No one said anything about it, maybe some at first, but then it all disappeared. Just like what Dad always said, if you do one thing to the extreme, no matter how much dissatisfaction others have, they won't be able to say it. A playboy like him who can keep many women around and give birth to a lot of children is indeed the first in the world.

So I have many sisters, dozens or dozens? Oh, please, don't make me count, I'm glad I'm the eldest daughter now, otherwise I'd be crazy to be caught between a bunch of older sisters and younger sisters. You may ask strangely, what do you mean by dozens or dozens of sisters, then I'll tell you... ahem, although my father has children with many women, but... but... they are all daughters.

This thing has been a Hollywood joke for a long time. As the unparalleled playboy Adrian Cowell, it is ridiculous that all daughters are born. As for why this is the case, from the occult point of view, God thinks that he has too many women, so let his children be daughters as compensation for the world - this is just shit, I don't want to do it What compensation for that bad old man.

You can never imagine how mean my father was sometimes. I remember very clearly that when I was fifteen years old anyway, that was when I was young and impulsive, and with all kinds of idealism, I was very dissatisfied with the environment at home. Although they got along well with Aunt Charlie and the others, there were still a lot of relationships with women in general. I always feel that my mother tolerates them as indulging my father. So I proposed to move out in protest.

Of course my dad disagreed, but it didn't bother me, knowing how many times I fought him growing up—well, I'll admit it. Dad still loves me. In short, I was very careful, rubbing his words and running him to the point of being speechless, and you would never imagine how he would turn it around.

He talked a lot about how difficult it was to raise me, as if he was aggrieved. I was calm at first, but he took out a photo. A photo that I kept with me in my wallet, probably when I was a few months old, he held me up high, I smiled happily, while he A face... um... that... um... that's it.

I was almost mad, God, how could I have such a father! Especially at dinner. In front of many aunts and sisters... I know, I chose this time, but... at that moment I really wanted to jump up and bite him hard, although I haven't done that for a long time. Of course, I didn't do that. Seven or eight years old can do this, but fourteen or five years old is too stupid, so I finally bit my lip and glared at him fiercely for a long time, snickering and angrily leaving.

No one sympathizes with me. Even my mother, because... she felt that she should be proud of it. I understand. I understand very well, I've heard certain stories from Aunt Charlie about Mom and Dad, and Mom obviously thinks it's great that I've been able to do things she wasn't able to do in the first place. Well, Mom, I understand how you feel, but... dammit! Anyway, this is over.

As I used to say when I was a kid, Dad is a big badass! Big big badass!

Let’s not talk about this, let’s get back to the topic. Before, it was from the perspective of mysticism. From a scientific point of view, it was… how should I put it, in the tadpoles of men, the survival time of the Y gene is longer than that of the tadpoles with the Y gene. The X gene's is longer, and although the father's... is said to be strong, but the regular abuse... or... oh, stop here, I really don't want to say that.

In short, there are more and more my sisters, not only close aunts basically have their own children, but also those who are generally related to me, such as Alexander Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr. Apart from that, those from the Asian circle, Li Zi, Lin Zhiling, etc., were not left behind. I don't know why, they always like to be independent and form a small circle. If they don't get along well, isn't Aunt Yukie staying at home well?

Ahem, it's none of my business, and I'm not interested in talking about it, at least their children don't form an independent circle, and everyone... gets along pretty well. In the current situation, it doesn't matter whether there is a boy or not, you must know that Uncle Claude does not know whether it is affected or what. The first child is also a daughter, and a son will be born several years later, and he is only 7 years old now.

The little guy is cute, but every time they come to us, my sisters always have a lot of fun with him, and several times Kelly and Alice pull him out as a little girl for a walk. Poor Albert was completely unable to resist, and was played with tears in his eyes every time, so that he was willing to come to play now, this child must have left an indelible shadow in his heart.

If the father has a boy, this kind of encounter will only be more or less, even if there is a father to protect him, he will not be able to escape.

"This is your fourth work, what do you think, Lily?" Juliet asked with a smile.

"What else can I feel, just like that." I shrugged.

"Don't be so perfunctory, Lily, we are asking you very seriously." Diva answered immediately, with a dissatisfied tone, and it was a perfect match for Juliet.

They were basically conceived and born at the same time, with a difference of only a few minutes before and after, plus more than ten years of eating and sleeping together, they were more twins than twins. Naturally, their relationship was extremely good, but...

"Help me, I've already dealt with reporters outside, so don't ask me to say this again." I complained bitterly.

"That's right. Be considerate of your sisters and change the subject," Dad spoke to me next to him, "Juliet, how far your photography has come."

"Dad always protects my sister." Diva and Juliet rolled their eyes together. Then giggled. Only then will they call me sister.

"Diva's condition has been very good, and you can see it soon." Juliet replied immediately, and then hugged Diva affectionately.

Just like I did as a director, Juliet and Diva have their own careers. And just as their lives are quite complementary. Juliet is a photographer and is now well-known in the industry, but Diva is more famous. She is a model, and the two of them cooperate with each other in the industry. It is also a different landscape.

"That's great. I'll definitely make a good comment." Dad gave a smirk, and Juliet leaned back alertly, because as long as he made this gesture, there was definitely nothing good.

But before he could continue, an unhappy voice interjected: "You better deal with the matter in your hand before commenting, Ed!"

Then, a blonde girl who was not much older than me in an OL uniform appeared in front of me and glared at my father. Say hello to us by the way: "Hi, Lily, Diva, Juliet, sorry to bother you, I can't help it."

She sighed, looking helpless. Looking annoyed at Dad again, Dad had to reassure her: "Okay, Anna, I apologize. That's really my problem, but I've seen most of the documents. No?"

This is my father's third secretary, Anna Sophia Rob, who is only two years younger than me. Since Aunt Yini went to Global as an executive, she has been selected by my father as the secretary, and she has been almost ten years since then. year. Dad's secretary is actually a very good place to train people. Women who are qualified for this position are very capable. Just like Aunt Charlie, who was transferred to the media company as an executive two years ago. Although there are factors in which Dad may want to resign, and then make way for Uncle Claude, and choose more suitable factors, Aunt Charlie's ability should not be underestimated.

To give the simplest example, the children in the family all have their own small circles. For example, I am closer to Diva, Juliet, and Mary. The only person who can be loved by every child is Aunt Charlie. .

Of course, there is a price to be paid to get this position. That's right, just like Aunt Charlie and Aunt Yini, you have to accompany you from the company to the home and then to the bed.

"I did read it, but you didn't sign it! I had to drive home to get all that stuff, and then come here to notify you. Don't tell me about phone calls or anything, if you don't put pressure on your face, you won't be at all. I will care, these will be used tomorrow!" Anna said angrily, looking at him with an angry look.

Dad's three female secretaries are very personal, and Aunt Charlie likes to be cynical and sarcastic. Aunt Yini is a little arrogant. Anna is outspoken and straightforward, often complaining and criticizing directly, and every time her father admits his mistakes before giving up.

But no matter what, the relationship between Dad and them is very good, especially Aunt Charlie. Although she doesn't want to admit it, she does sometimes surpass her mother. Aunt Yini is a little bit closer, but her connection with her father is also very close, and her care can be heard in those roundabout words. Anna once again, but as long as she comes here in such a hurry, she knows that her relationship with her father is even stronger than that of many women. Being able to do anything for Dad is the biggest thing they have in common.

"Okay okay, thank you, Anna." Dad smiled and put his arms around her waist and moved forward. Anna, who was about to say something, suddenly closed her mouth and frowned, but looked away expectantly.

I couldn't help but rolled my eyes, didn't look at these, and then chatted with Diva and the others.

"I heard that Mary is going to open her own restaurant. I don't know how many people will want to try the food made by the daughter of the famous Hollywood king."

"Why do people go to restaurants for the daughter of the King of Hollywood to be a chef, when they don't really want to try Mary's cooking? She cooks delicious food."

"Because she is indeed the daughter of the king of Hollywood, this is a fact that cannot be changed." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (m) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is me. maximum power.)

PS: I originally wanted to make a big chapter of 4D, but it turned out to be more than 1W2, so I had to divide it into two paragraphs