King of Hollywood

A long silence enveloped the office, and Adrian didn't say anything, just staring at the girl in front of him. Sarah tried her best to maintain her posture. Even though her chest was rising and falling, her body was trembling more and more violently, and her face was getting paler, she still stubbornly stood upright and looked at him, as if Everything has been spared.

"Big stars are roughly divided into two types." Adrian finally opened his mouth, his tone unhurried, "One is powerful stars, and most of them rely on low-budget independent art films to hone their acting skills They start out, until one day they are spotted by a certain director or producer, starred in a movie with a good reputation at the box office, and then become a popular actor; the other is youth idol stars, they can easily attract most of them People—especially teenagers who are the main consumers. It has a very high popularity, and there will be a large number of movie fans everywhere, but it is not easy to transform.”

"Of course, this is just a general classification of mine. If necessary, I can find a professional to explain it to you." Adrian gestured to Sarah, waiting for her response.

This was another accident. During this period of time, accidents always seemed to happen. Counting the previous application letter, this was already the third one. Adrian did not expect that the girl would come to the door directly. Although it was just a sentence, the meaning in it was self-evident.

Sarah has been in the entertainment industry for a long time, and I believe she has some understanding of certain things, but it is still surprising that she came to Adrian so boldly and so boldly. You know, Adrian originally planned to train her for a year or so at a moderate level, and then slowly seduce her.

However, Sarah should have done this after careful consideration. It can be seen from the previous sentence "Mom didn't know she came here" and her various small actions, but what drove her to do this?

"How much money does that type of star make?" Sarah asked bluntly, maintaining her posture from beginning to end.

Adrian couldn't help raising his eyebrows again: "They're all about the same, this depends on the commercial value of the star."

"Which type of star can make the most money in the shortest time?" Sarah asked again immediately, but the tremolo of her voice became heavier and her body trembling became more and more obvious. I can't stand it anymore.

"The second type," Adrian replied immediately, "I said before, as youth idol stars, they can easily attract the attention of those teenagers, and then turn them into popularity, although popularity is not exactly the same as commercial Value, but without popularity, there is no commercial value at all. But since it is a youth idol, once the youth is gone, the popularity will definitely decline. The young people are the group that likes the new and dislikes the old the most. At that time, the image has been fixed in a certain range, and if you want to transform... ..."

"Then the second one." Before he finished speaking, Sarah's voice sounded, with an indescribable determination.

Adrian still kept his mouth shut. In fact, he was aware of her choice as early as when she said "make the most money in the shortest time", so he paused for two seconds and nodded: "Okay , the second one, I know."

After getting the answer, Sarah couldn't hold it anymore, and slumped on the chair like a deflated ball. She covered her face and let out a long breath before letting go of her hands. It dimmed down, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and a trace of sadness and gloom flashed across his beautiful face.

"I want to make money, a lot of money. I want my mother to live in a big house. I think she will not be tired and can enjoy life comfortably..." Sarah leaned on the chair and murmured, as if Confiding to Adrian seemed to be self-justification and comfort, and the godless eyes looked forward out of focus, which made people feel pity in their hearts.

Adrian listened silently, he still knew something about Sarah's family situation. Her irresponsible father abandoned her and her mother disappeared when she was 6 years old. It was a great blow to Sarah, who had just made her debut in the entertainment industry at that time. Since then, she has been dependent on her mother for life. She bears almost half the burden of the family.

Because of this experience, Sarah attaches great importance to her mother and material things, and is very independent and stubborn. Otherwise, she would not be so excited and resentful when she was robbed on Thanksgiving in 1990, otherwise she would not have made her own decisions. He ran to Adrian's office. It's just that her experience is still a little shallow after all, how could she go directly to the producer's office to say these things? If someone else was sitting here, she would have been invited out long ago.

Even if some things are on the surface, even if everyone knows it well, they still need excuses. Just like Drew and Adrian, they both knew that this was a deal, but once they talked with others, they would only say that they felt good and saw each other, so they went to bed.

This kind of thing is too common in Hollywood, such as male and female guests staying in the waiting room on the show, and there are a lot of situations where a passionate moment is staged because of feeling up—of course, most of them are young people—so no one can say what.

Besides, there are plenty of excuses, such as one-night stands or dating. Even people in the circle don’t necessarily know who is dating who for a real relationship or for some other purpose. How can those who only read media news understand what’s in it?

There are hints of everything, and only a fool would say that. Although Sarah was also hinting, it was too blunt and awkward. If it were someone else, they would think there was some conspiracy in it more often.

Here, it is very rare for an actor to sue a producer or director for sexual harassment, because that would be tantamount to declaring war on the entire Hollywood system, otherwise who would be willing to undress in front of the camera? Whether this undressing is art or something else. Therefore, for men and women who want to get ahead, even if they meet, they have to pretend that they don't.

However, since it is very rare, there are still some. Usually some young actors who can't get along will use this method to blackmail a fortune and leave Hollywood. The media and film company bosses are also happy to take this opportunity to promote Hollywood. bright side, as long as their interests are not compromised.

The producers and directors involved will inevitably be unlucky. Although they will not completely ruin their reputation, they have to keep a low profile for a long time, and people in the circle will temporarily keep their distance from them, even if they do the same thing. do less.

Most of the recruits are second- and third-tier producers or directors. The real big-name producers and directors are very cautious and very skilled in those things, and the young actors who want to make a fortune will not be stupid enough to target them. them.

If Adrian hadn't had a better understanding of Sarah and had planned it in advance, he would definitely not agree easily. Even so, there are still many doubts, for example, why she came to him as if going all out.

"Drink some water." Adrian got up and poured a glass of water for Sarah and handed it to her.

"Thank you." Sarah took it and said in an imperceptible voice, her head was drooping and she didn't dare to lift it up. After the previous conversation, her courage seemed to have disappeared.

Adrian didn't say much, returned to his position and pressed the speakerphone of the phone, followed by a series of numbers.

Soon, a slightly rough voice sounded over there: "Hey, who is looking for me?"

"James, it's me." Adrian looked at the phone and replied, while glancing at Sarah across the way. She froze for a moment, then slightly adjusted her sitting posture, showing a listening expression.

"Hey, Ed, why are you free to call me today?" James Cameron over there laughed.

"Because you have squandered more than half a year after getting the investment and haven't started it yet." Adrian said jokingly, "I'd like to know if you still want to direct this movie."

"Oh, of course, everything is ready, but you want to kick me away?" Cameron also jokingly replied, "You know, Ed, this movie needs a lot of preparation, just with the Air Force It took quite a while to contact the Harriers."

"You can contact while taking pictures." Adrian reminded.

"What if we haven't negotiated when we need it?" Cameron asked back immediately, but he immediately skipped the topic, "Okay, Ed, everything that needs to be prepared is almost ready, and the machine will be turned on at the end of the month, you It's going to make for a great movie."

"I have no doubt about it, James, and the actors are all right?" Adrian asked again.

"Yes, signing right away, I have to admit, you're right, Jamie Lee Curtis is pretty good."

"And what about the other one?"

"Who?"

"Sarah Michelle Gellar, as Arnold's daughter."

"That girl with long brown hair? Oh, she's not bad either, she gives off a very tough and independent feeling, but lacks the vivacity that a fourteen or five-year-old girl should have, so I put her as a backup..."

"How can I put it, James, I've recommended her twice."

"You mean..."

"You should understand, shouldn't you? Besides, isn't it the director's job to instruct actors how to perform and let them bring out their other side?"

"Okay, okay, I know, but I'm very strict at the scene."

"Of course, I don't think she will disappoint you."

After finishing speaking, Adrian looked at Sarah who had been listening intently, and the girl immediately came to her senses. She shrunk her neck subconsciously, then puffed up her chest a little, straightened her body, and looked at him again.

"You won't let me down, and you won't let him down, right?" Adrian asked softly after pressing the speakerphone to hang up the phone.

"Yes." Sarah nodded vigorously, then trembled slightly when she thought of something, but she still mustered up the remaining courage to open her mouth to say something.

But before she could speak, Adrian stood up: "Okay, you should go back. She will be worried if you have been out without telling mother for so long. Let me take you back." ()