King of Hollywood

"I've had enough, Ed." Glum's face was flushed, and he shouted furiously in the office, waving his fists, "I've said so much and made so many opinions, but you listen to every word." If you don't go in, have you ever respected me?"

"Of course I respect you, Winston," Adrian spread his hands behind the desk, as if he didn't see the angry expression on the other side, "I've been trying to find a way to resolve our differences."

"Find a way to resolve the differences?" The old man's eyes were wide open, and his lips were trembling slightly, showing that he was extremely angry. "Leave my opinions aside like air, and always change the plot according to your own ideas. This is also called thinking." A way to resolve differences?"

"But the problem is that your opinion doesn't match the tone of the idea, Winston," Adrian said leisurely, "I've said this many times, you always want to move the script closer to political satire, and you always I want to highlight the two sides of the protagonist, and I don't want to have anything to do with politics at all."

Glum rubbed the sides of his head, and suddenly raised his hands: "So we can't reach an agreement at all? Very good, then I quit, Ed, I fucking quit"

He looked at Adrian with a "one shot, two parts" expression.

"You want to quit?" Adrian raised his eyebrows, he was waiting for this sentence, "Okay, then I will finish it alone."

"Do it alone?" Glum sensed something was wrong, "It's clearly stated in the contract..."

"Articles 11 to 14 of Clause 7 of the contract are a good description of what I can do in this situation." Adrian interrupted him with a light voice, "So I don't think there is anything wrong with it. question."

"This...how is this possible?" Glum's flushed face began to turn purple, and his facial features became a little distorted. After a long while, he said: "This is a trap, I want to sue you"

"As you like," Adrian's face turned cold suddenly, and he sneered at Groom, "I'll accompany you anytime, Winston, anyway, there are too many movies to be made, so I don't care about this one, besides ..."

He sat up straight and looked at him with playful eyes: "The permission that was sold to me was 15 years."

Glum stared at him with an unusually ugly expression, his breathing became much thicker, and his fists were clenched tightly, as if they were about to wave at any moment. But he finally breathed a sigh of relief, gritted his teeth and walked out without saying a word.

With a bang, the office finally returned to silence. Adrian leaned back on the chair and snorted disdainfully. He originally planned to let Glum's Best Adaptation Award be worthy of the name, but unexpectedly the old man Fu Jue's temper can't be changed at all, no wonder he was kicked away in his previous life. Once this kind of person gets stubborn, it doesn't matter what your identity is or how capable you are, let alone nine bulls, ten can't be pulled back, so it's more comfortable to deal with people who know how to advance and retreat and wink.

But it's good now, tearing his face means that he can revise the script more quickly, instead of always putting part of his energy on persuasion and disputes like before. Besides, Adrian has done his best. If Glum really files a lawsuit, he will definitely not be polite to him, and the others will not say much.

After this matter was settled, Adrian started a leisurely life again, such as communicating with Natalie, going to the record company from time to time, or molesting Charlize, and dating Monica—Julia was dating After he was rejected for Thanksgiving together, it gave him a bad look for days.

The publicity work of several films has already entered the track. Needless to say, "The Piano Lesson", "Philadelphia Story" has also attracted a lot of attention for its homosexuality and discrimination against AIDS patients, but it is still better than many "Snyder Le's List. The black-and-white trailer was broadcast on major TV stations a week before Thanksgiving. The trailer edited by Spielberg himself attracted countless eyeballs at the first time, followed by a lot of various remarks.

There is not a single line from the beginning to the end, only a sad and heavy soundtrack, all kinds of black and white images appear alternately from time to time, Jews being insulted at will, crowded train cars heading to hell, gold teeth poured out of bags , as well as Stein's calmness, Ammon's arrogance, and Schindler's contemplation, appearing in sequence, making people feel the pressure involuntarily.

"It is usually said that the trailer is the essence of a movie, and it concentrates the most worthwhile parts in just a few minutes, but "Schindler's List" seems to have broken this rule." Some people wrote so, but some people think that this trailer The film is quite brilliant.

"Spielberg made a bold attempt, in his opinion, to use black and white to better express the sad environment of the time." They said so, and many people agreed with this opinion, and those who opposed it However, they continued to oppose, and the two opinions began to argue again, which further aroused the public's appetite, and the rhythm was well grasped.

Needless to say, he knew who was manipulating it. With Laverne's ability and the secret help of those old men, "Schindler's List" will definitely receive more praise than the version in memory. In addition, Viacom's acquisition of Paramount has also been settled. Although Summer Redstone had settled Barry Diller as early as the end of October, he simply used his funds to acquire Blockbuster Da, and then borrowed from the bank as collateral, and finally offered a price of 11 billion U.S. dollars, but it was not until mid-November that Paramount was officially taken over.

During this period, they were basically negotiating with Claude. Crowder seemed to take this opportunity to join Viacom's board of directors, even if he couldn't do anything, he still wanted to occupy a seat. But Lei Shidong obviously doesn't think the media is qualified to do this, so the two have been unable to agree.

Claude was not in a hurry, and talked slowly with Redstone until he submitted a letter of intent to acquire Turner Broadcasting in mid-November. Many people were taken aback by the actions of the media, especially Ted Turner, who was immersed in the joy of successfully acquiring New Line Films. He has almost 40% of the shares of TBS - Crowder thinks 30% is enough, but Adrian insists on 51%, and the two take a compromise number: 40%.

Not everyone knows their details, so although some people in the industry are surprised, they are not optimistic about this acquisition. But Lei Shidong was obviously not among them, so he agreed to Claude's request after thinking for a long time.

"He is optimistic about us." Claude said to Adrian, "If Diller hadn't blocked the acquisition of Paramount this time, he might target us after the acquisition of Paramount. very interested."

"Thank him for me and tell him I'm glad we got a seat on Viacom's board," Adrian replied.

As for the acquisition of TBS, I have been waiting for so long and I am not in a hurry. Claude has already made full preparations. Even if Ted Turner has 10,000 reluctances, he will not be able to win this war—at least he is. Said. Adrian, who is not proficient in this area, naturally gave full power to his best friend, and then enjoyed life with peace of mind.

Thanksgiving in 1993 finally came. Adrian went to Italy with Monica as promised. Because they kept a low profile, no one noticed them. The two visited central Italy together. Of course, as a repertoire, they spent Thanksgiving at Monica's parents' house.

"My parents like you very much." When Monica said this to Adrian, the two were walking on the streets of Milan. After hearing that Adrian had never been here, Monica immediately took him to Milan. When she was a professional model, she had participated in catwalks in Milan and was very familiar with everything here.

"Thank you, they are so enthusiastic." Adrian smiled slightly, holding Monica's arm tightly.

Enthusiastic indeed, his personable good manners and manners endeared Monica's parents to such an extent that Monica's mother asked her daughter privately when she planned to marry. It was the second day of Thanksgiving, and when Adrian was about to tell Monica to leave as planned, he overheard it outside the half-closed door. At the same time, there are also some very embarrassing topics, such as her mother asking her, is it a little unbearable to scream so loudly at night?

There has just been a heavy snowfall in Milan. The winter sun shines on the white snow that has not been cleaned, making everything look so clean. Although people are wearing thick clothes, they are still very tasteful in dressing. It is indeed fashionable. capital.

Monica didn't speak anymore, she just walked quietly with Adrian, her feet creaking on the snow.

"What are you thinking?" Adrian asked proactively, "Do you think the small fashion show before was not exciting?"

Although this year's International Fashion Festival has passed long ago, this is Milan, and there are fashion shows of all sizes at any time. In addition, Monica has spent a lot of time, so it is natural to go to a few catwalks. It's just that Monica's attention was obviously not on the catwalk when watching. As for where, you can peep a little bit from the conversation just now.

"Probably." Monica said so, then suddenly laughed, with a carefree brow.

"Ed," she leaned into his ear and asked softly, "If one day I want to leave you, will you let me leave?"

"Of course not," Adrian replied without hesitation, "You know, I'm a bastard, greedy and possessive, so I will never let you go."

"It's really... a standard Eddie answer." Monica curled her lips and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Unless," Adrian suddenly said again, "I can't give you anything anymore, and you feel that you have no more nostalgia for being by my side."

Monica raised her head immediately, staring into Adrian's eyes, and he stared back seriously.

"As expected, you always..." The girl sighed, and suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, so there was another couple of men and women kissing passionately on the streets of Milan.