King of Hollywood

“Can you… explain?” Rachel sounds a little confused.

“You're charming, Rachel,” Adrian said in a sincere tone, looking very clear, "you have a completely different temperament than other actresses, an unspeakable volumetric scent, which gives you a different charm. This is both a good and a bad thing, and the good news is that you're perfect for women with a strong literary temperament, such as female scholars or researchers, and the bad news is that you're going to be confined to this role, and it's hard to break through, simply because the drama is going to be narrow. ”

“It should just be your guess, right?” Rachel frowned and asked, of course, that she would not agree with Adrian, but she was not in a position to argue directly, so she asked.

“Yes, that's why I'm sorry, if you want to play that part, maybe you can sharpen your act and make your play wider.” Adrian sighs, "you don't make a lot of movies right now, and it's very plastic. ”

Surprisingly, Rachel's unnamed slight emotions arose, but at the same time she was cautious, holding her lips shut and not answering. Adrian didn't say anything anymore, just staring at her seemed to find something interesting.

After a moment like this, Rachel, who seemed a little uncomfortable, was just trying to cough up and suddenly heard Adrian say, "If it was Anthony? Mingala to direct...”

Though the voice was light, Rachel, with her ears up, could still hear it and her heart was beating a few points faster. Although she hasn't been in Hollywood long, she knows more about Adrian and naturally knows what it means.

“What are you talking about?” Rachel plundered her hair and asked in a careless tone.

“Oh, no, nothing.” Adrian, who returned to God, laughed and drank black tea under his head.

Rachel was stunned and, although she wanted to say something, she simply sighed in her heart after a moment of silence, and a lost sensation of oil appeared. It's okay, he definitely has other considerations. Rachel's reassuring remarks to herself did not make this feeling of loss manifest. She was completely unaware that her emotions had been completely mastered.

“Well, there's a character you might want to try," Adrian slapped lightly all of a sudden, "but it's not a big part, and it's a commercial movie. ”

After a pause, he added, "Nevertheless, I want you to do your best, okay? ”

Rachel's breathing became slightly rushed. With her intelligence, of course, she could not hear what was implicit in it. Her poor state of mind prevented her from speaking for a moment. Halfway back to God, she realized that her hand was being held by Adrian and nodded seriously: “I will. ”

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Claude fell on the floor with his arms on and blocked in front of him together, his fists falling like rain.

“Look at you, Claude, I can't tell whether Thomas is your companion or Thomas'.” Standing underneath the ring, Adrian, with a white towel on his shoulder, laughed in his shorts, showing off his fine upper body.

“It's easy to say... why don't you try it," Claude yelled, suppressed to no avail.

More than a decade later, the ground was suppressed and turned into Adrian, while those who stood under the ring laughed at it became Claude.

“Hey, man, stand up and fight back, always lie on the ground and only get hit passively.” Claude whispered softly as he drank the water, and in turn, Adrian yelled: “Shut up, Claude. ”

“Where did you find this guy?” After coming down from the ring, Adrian asked his best friend. He gasped and dumped his numb arm. Although he had provided adequate protection, he still had some bruises under his opponent's heavy punch. But this guy's strength and skill are very good, and his eyes are accurate, and he won't defeat the harm, but his big body is very flexible, it's really hard to get, but the disadvantage is that he doesn't speak well, he doesn't say more than three words from beginning to end.

“Know what he's good at?” Despite the towels, Claude did not forget to say a few words.

“It's amazing, but don't forget, I've been sticking around a lot longer than you, and I can't use my legs because of the rules, otherwise I don't know who wins or who loses.” Adrian took the towel and wiped his face.

“Come on, Ed, it's not a free fight.” Claude shook his head, "and now you can't even admit to losing? It's not a big deal. ”

“Hey, I didn't say no, it's just that you think so, and you can hide the fact that you were knocked down two times.” Adrian gave him an elbow with a smile, "Okay, go take a shower, don't get beat up again. ”

Opening the nozzle, the water at the right temperature immediately screamed and brushed on his body, Adrian stretched his arm out of his long breath. Although he had just played a few rounds on the bench for training, he didn't have any bruises or sprains, he was beaten slightly worse, but that was normal.

Adrian often exercises and is coached by a professional dietitian and fitness coach, and is in a pretty good shape, with strong chest and abdominal muscles that exude masculine beauty that complements 6 '1 "tall. The women who slept with him, Monica, Julia, Drew, Cameron, all said he was very sexy. Private doctors also say that his body is much better than the average person's, and in the proverbial word,“ as strong as a cow ”. But these are just things that make him grow even, and they're definitely a lot worse than someone like Thomas who works out for boxing.

“What do you think of those three teams?” Claude, surrounded by a bath towel, wiped his head off the other side.

“My opinion? Of course it's for sale. Do you want to keep it?” Adrian shrugged.

“That's what I thought, too, but I'm afraid Ted wouldn't agree, after all, and TBS's home camp is in Atlanta.” Claude said in his clothes.

there's a lot more to TBS than CNN and the newline, and there's a lot more to it, like two or three filmmakers, and Claude's going to merge them. Then there are three teams, the Atlanta Eagles, one of the 17 oldest NBA teams, the Atlanta Warriors, who won the baseball world tournament, and the Atlanta Flames, who played flat in the hockey league.

Not surprisingly, large groups of companies will have one or two teams, either because of the boss's hobbies or because of the company's growth. After all, major leagues in several major global sports - NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL - have a wide range of influence within the United States. It's just that the three teams that TBS owns, apart from some value in the NBA's older Eagles, have almost nothing left to offer, and in Atlanta, whether it's Adrian or Claude, they're not interested in running it.

“Do we need to consider Ted's opinion?” Adrian asked back.

“It must also be taken into account, at least at this stage.” Claude sighed.

“Well, then the Eagles can keep it, but two teams out there have to sell it," Adrian said after thinking about it, "and told Ted we'd be better off in the future. ”

“What, you've got a goal?” Claude revealed an intriguing divinity.

“Our home base is Los Angeles, and it's natural to think about Los Angeles' team.” Adrian, open your hands.

“Really? Fast boat or lake man? If it's the latter, Jerry? Buzz won't sell, I'm afraid.” Claude thought.

“Not now," Adrian shook his head, "our goal now is to seize every opportunity to expand and pool resources to ensure that the company goes smoothly - and that's why I think those three teams should be sold. ”

On one main occasion, building your own media empire was the most important thing, and it was only right to think about something else when that goal was almost complete. Jerry Buzz isn't selling? Is it true he won't sell it? Besides, here in America, the NFL is the most popular sport.

“By the way, there's some bad news.” Claude, who was already wearing pants and a shirt, changed the subject.

“Tell me about it.” Adrian, also wearing a t-shirt, looked at him.

“Both HBO and Warner say no.” Claude shrugged with regret.

“Really?” Adrian frowned, and Warner said no, but it was surprising that HBO was so direct. Originally thought HBO had become a subsidiary of Warner after the merger of times, and now it has not fully developed, it should be good to talk, now it seems to be wrong to predict.

“What's your opinion?” Adrian asks Claude.

“My opinion?” Claude laughed, "Remember, TBS also has a home and an HBO cable network, but usually sports shows are the main focus, and TV shows are bought from other TV stations. ”

“You mean tnt?” Adrian recalled, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate, and as you said, they're predominantly sporting events, which is very different from HBO homemade TV movies and dramas. ”

“Then we restructure it in the HBO model, just as we restructure the brokerage company in the C + model.” Claude goes on to say, "I can probably guess why you need HBO, Ed, but I think as long as the TNT reorganization goes smoothly, the same effect can be achieved. ”

Adrian stopped the job and sat on the bench for a moment, finally nodding his head: "Okay, you can try. ”

If TNT could really be restructured in HBO mode, it would certainly be a better thing. All he had in his hand was the idea of a few high-quality dramas. As long as he copied them as much as possible, that TV station would play fine.

“Plus, there's something else about amazing comics. ”

“Oh, don't tell me there's trouble with that, too, Claude. ”

“Of course not,” Claude Haha laughed, "this is good news, it's easy to acquire amazing comics, but we can wait a little longer, and depending on their current predicament, another six months to a year will be easier. ”

“Sounds good," Adrian laughed, "Well, you can do it anyway, as long as... nothing goes wrong. ”

The two of them dressed and walked out of the gym to the garden, where the maid had prepared their afternoon tea.

“How's it going with Milan Max?” After sipping the coffee, Adrian asked.

“With two companies struggling tirelessly, the Weinstein brothers naturally enjoyed watching the show," Claude shrugged, "but there were signs of loose ends on Disney's side. ”

“Signs of loose ends?” Adrian couldn't help but frown, "Michael? Isner gave up so easily, something that was about to come out? That's not his style. Or is this just the smoke that Disney sends out? ”

“Smoke is about 30% to 40% likely, Michael? Eisner's energy seems to be on top of something else, and, you know, at the beginning of this month, his deputy Frank? Wells crashed.” Claude's analysis says, "so it's also possible to give up Miramax. ”

Adrian thought about it, and it was possible. What belonged to Miramax had already been divided by him, and accordingly, in the eyes of other companies, its value had been reduced a lot, and with Disney talking about it last year and this year, it was predictable that Ethner would abandon Miramax.

“But I have an idea,” Claude said again, "a somewhat bold and even crazy idea. ”

“Really? Tell me.” Adrian's interest in getting Claude to say so solemnly, with the words "bold” and “crazy”, would certainly surprise him.

However, he was disappointed that Claude shook his head: "No, no, this idea is not ripe right now, I need more information and intelligence, and… I need to look at something. ”

“So mysterious, that must be important.” Adrian's unceasing questioning asked, but Claude just smiled and stopped talking about it. In that case, he stopped asking, and Claude would certainly have informed him if he wanted to do something.

They then talked about something else, like merging the TBS production companies into the newline or Bosworth. Claude wants to merge into the new line, so he thins out the new line. The remaining equity in Shay's hands retained the right to operate independently after TBS acquired the new line, but the new line is now less prestigious than Miramax, and it is sufficient that AC Media has a film company that maintains the right to operate independently.

But after careful reflection, Adrian objected. First, the TBS production companies were not very large, and even if the new line were merged, they would not be too thin. Second, Adrian's signature horror film, Scream, which belonged to the new line, had been sold to Universal in advance, and its first * grade production of Seven Crimes was now stirred up, so it was still a second-line movie company for a long time, even if the problem was not too serious.

Besides that, Robert? Shay is also a very capable person, and it would be beneficial to have him caged. Moreover, if Adrian's vision succeeded, it would be easier to dilute his equity approach.

After a rather pleasant afternoon at Claude's, exchanging opinions on these things at work, Adrian stayed pretty much in Los Angeles. David Finch doesn't have much of an opinion or even a few compliments on Gwyneth's role as the lead actress, but it will take a while for the shoot to start, and the prep isn't so easy to complete. Also in preparation is Little Woman, which is a little faster, after all Adrian had set a schedule for the film last year.

And that's it. For Rachel? Viz's character is Sarah from the upcoming Disk Spy? Davis, was it just outside the Prague embassy? Ray >

Besides, the whole team is basically the same, except his wife Nicole? Kidman plays Claire? Phelps, Rachel Weiss as Sarah? Davis and Anthony? Hopkins plays rebel boss Jim? Phelps - God knows how the director of a company that used to be a producer persuaded the old man, and Adrian could have been stunned long after he found out. In short, Cruz is still quite satisfied with the team and naturally won't say much.

This arrangement is mainly due to the fact that there are no better roles yet. Although Adrian finally came up with two suitable scripts, they belonged to something that didn't even have an outline, and it would be impossible to shoot them for a moment and a half, so simply leave them here with this character.

Unlike the women who grew up in Hollywood, Rachel and Gwyneth graduated from Cambridge, she was smart and a little arrogant, as you can see from now on. So it's not easy to get her completely, and you can't seduce Gwyneth like that. But as long as she develops in Hollywood, she can't escape Adrian's hands. Smart women always think a lot, but think too much and get lost more easily, and then...

After leaving Claude, Adrian drove to Julia's covert villa and spent the night with her before flying back to Alabama on a private chartered plane the next day. While there are some things in Los Angeles that can't be handled in time, such as seeing the tempting fairy on the pretext of preparing Little Lady, or seeing how Blanchett is doing, the shooting of Agan Zheng is also important.

But it doesn't matter. We'll be back in Los Angeles after the shoot. We'll talk about it.

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