King of Hollywood

“Poor Victor.” Claude sighed so much after half a while.

“Yeah, poor Victor,” Adrian sighed, "although I'm not familiar with my cousin, I still don't want him to remember me for it. ”

“Well, that's not why you're not at the party, though.” Claude turned the story around and pulled it back, "Come on, Ed, it's just a party, it's not a horrible thing. ”

Adrian couldn't help but lift his hands and erase his face and shift the subject again: “Why don't we talk about something else? Study how to acquire TBS? ”

“The takeover has begun, Ed.” Claude shook his head with a smile.

“Already started? Why didn't I know?” Adrian revealed a surprise.

“Just at the beginning, two 4.99 per cent of circulation units have been absorbed through agents.” Claude shrugged.

“Agent? Two 4.99% outstanding shares?” Adrian looked at him confused, “could you be more specific? ”

“Well, simply put, if you hold more than 5 percent of the shares, you have to notify the other party and the stock exchange, which is tantamount to telling the other party that we're going to acquire them," Claude explained, "so it's enough to keep holding 4.99 percent of the outstanding shares through the agent, then negotiate with some independent shareholders, wait more than 50 percent, then consolidate, and finally publish and issue an offer for the acquisition - 30 percent. ”

“Still 50% is better,” Adrian said suddenly, "the maximum chance of success must be guaranteed. ”

Claude laughed indiscriminately: “Even if only 30% can vote on the board, and we can pull a few allies together, Ted is not without enemies. ”

Speaking of which, he didn't wait for Adrian to say another word, he waved his hand: "Okay, Ed, don't ever do that again. It's not like you who inspired me to start your own business with you. ”

Adrian yanked his hands, seemed to be thinking about some kind of pretext, and asked casually: "Who hosted it? ”

“Sidney? Haman, Lloyd of Haman Industries answered immediately.

“Sidney? Haman? The old man who... made the electronics?” Adrian moved, seemed to think of something, "how many people were invited? I mean, will Jobs be in? ”

Claude raised his eyebrows with some surprise: "Are you interested in Jobs again? Weren't you tired of his sermon? ”

“Yes, that way of speaking can be warm and exciting for ordinary people, but not for us.” Adrian sat back, "but I've been dealing with him very well, because...”

He put his arms on the back of a wooden chair and blew his breath against the sweatball on the tip of his nose before looking seriously at Claude: "Jobs has what I want."

In the magnificent and spacious hall, well-dressed gentlemen and approachable ladies gather to smile and talk. On the long tables near the walls, they are filled with beautifully made food, and waiters in white uniforms often come and go ready to serve every guest who needs them. The bands in the forefront are playing loud and beautiful music, with a pair of hugging men and women dancing on the dance floor.

“You dance well. It's hard to imagine. I was teaching you how to walk four hours ago.” Adrian held Charlize's waist and limbs in her hand, dancing with her at a rhythm.

“It's not hard to learn the steps, and besides, I haven't danced before.” Face-to-face Charlize hummed, wearing a long black skirt with thin shoulders and long gloves, a tall platter with blonde hair, a pearl necklace on a white goose neck and a pair of tiny earrings on her ears to make her look extraordinarily beautiful.

“I don't know yet, ballet and social dancing have something in common.” Adrian deliberately showed surprise.

“In addition to ballet, I danced other dances with a foundation, so I learned quickly.” Charlize was too lazy to argue with him.

At the end of the song, Adrian unwrapped his hand, but he immediately flanked himself and slightly bent his arm. Charlize naturally grabbed his arm and then the two walked out of the dance floor together.

“The scallops are nice, but the smell is a little bit more.” After tasting the food on the long table, Adrian wiped his hands to say so, but Charlize, who had tried it as well, disagreed: “I thought it was just right. ”

“Okay, well, whatever you say is fine.” Adrian shrugged his temper.

Charlize secretly turned a white eye and sighed: "Now I have another job to attend with you. ”

“You know, Charlie,” Adrian laughed suddenly, "you sound like a grumbling woman. ”

The girl gave a choking look and stared angrily at Adrian.

“Isn't that right? It's not the first time you've said that, you're just missing a raise.” Adrian laughed more happily when she felt the manual movement in her arm before clamping her tone: “You're an assistant and secretary, Charlie, so the boss has to promise you more. ”

“Including sleeping with you?” Charlize asked in disgust.

“I think I need to clarify, Charlie, that I'm sleeping with you now.” Adrian looked at her with a smile.

She showed a choking face again, wanted to have a seizure but couldn't, she could only hate pinching it in his arm, and then hit back with another topic: “You don't like liquor parties, you said you were leaving after a few decades? ”

“Of course, but I'm meeting someone important at today's party, so I'm waiting.” Adrian said, looking up, Charlize revealed his curiosity: “An important figure? Who else is more important than the CEO of Harman Industries or the CEO of Bank of America? ”

“He's not as weighty as Sidney or Eckhardt, I just wanted to get something from him, something I've been observing for a long time, something worth getting.” Adrian clapped her hand, “Look, there he is, let's go. ”

Tall men are having a lively chat with several guests, think on their knees and know what he's talking about, and Adrian doesn't know how many times he's heard his sales. He had a lot less hair on his head than the last time he saw him, and Adrian thought he was more attractive in sweaters and jeans, even though he was wearing a strong suit.

“I have no doubt that the future is an age of information, as networks are being shaped and computers will accelerate further.” Jobs whispered that there was only one expression on his face, which was confidence.

“I don't doubt it either, it just takes time.” Adrian plugged in immediately.

“Hey, Ed, nice to see you.” Jobs revealed his surprise and reached out, not dissatisfied with Adrian's constant laying before, no wonder he fell and climbed higher.

“It's good to see you, too.” Adrian shook his hand and introduced him after his gaze fell on Charlize: "This is my girlfriend, Charlize? Charlie, this is the inventor of the PC, Steve? Jobs. ”

“Hello, Steve.” Charlize's generous outstretched hand, very elegant and elegant, coupled with its beautiful appearance, is truly unparalleled.

“Hello, Charlize.” Steve smiled and shook his hand, then turned to Adrian: “Nobody said, Ed, your girlfriend is pretty. ”

“Everyone said that there were a lot of people coming over to talk to her tonight, so she had to stay with me.” Adrian shrugged his shoulders and said in a joking tone, meaning a long glance at Charlize.

Charlize didn't say anything, he maintained his own demeanor, just a little hard with Adrian's arm in his hand.

Jobs laughed and shot him in the arm and asked, "I haven't seen you much in a while. Are you making a new movie? ”

“Yes, in New York, it's been filming for over a month, and because there's something going on here in Los Angeles, we'll come back and deal with it before we go on.” Adrian explained, and looked at the men and women next to Jobs, "wouldn't you like to introduce them? ”

“Oh, sorry, it's my fault.” Jobs introduced Adrian as he spoke.

Can you attend Sidney? Harman's liquor clubs were basically executives of major companies, so when he first heard that Adrian was a director, he showed more or less an unexpected look, until Jobs introduced him to the chairman of AC Media, a few showed surprise and then greeted him with enthusiasm.

Because of the acquisition of Paramount and a good fight with Ray Stone and Diller, AC Media is no longer as low-key as it was two years ago, attracting a lot of attention. These executives are no longer as honorable as the chairmen of a large company, so it's perfectly normal for them to go forward and back.

Adrian and them chilled out a few words and didn't take it personally. Besides, who knows if they'll ever deal with each other again, because a little bit of self-reliance gives people a look, and that's what a fool would do.

And his goal was Jobs, and there was no need to get involved in these little things, so Adrian immediately turned his attention to the middle-aged man in front of him. Under his deliberate guidance, the two of them quickly argued about computer technology, and of course, Adrian was definitely not as good as Jobs in that regard, so he just picked out a few things to apply.

“As we all know, last year's Jurassic Park combined special effects with computer cg technology to make real dinosaurs on the screen, believing that over time, it would take only a few more years for a cg to make such a dinosaur.” Adrian said so.

“Well, our views are in fact the same, except for differences in time.” Jobs shrugged.

“That's what it was, but you always wanted to dismiss me and ignore it," Adrian Haha laughed and started to steer the conversation in the direction he wanted, "and maybe not long later, we can still see a film made by the whole cg that's as realistic as it is real. Until then, however, computer animation has to develop. ”

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