King of Hollywood

Chapter XV: Contrary to Memory

In a spacious study, the classic atmosphere of the room is perfectly created with carefully carved handmade furniture, gorgeous curtains on the windows and European-inspired decorations. A large row of bookcases against the wall, containing many books, from literary and philosophical history to financial commerce, can be called everything. Bookcases are not locked and many books can be seen across the glass with signs of reading, so these are not used to decorate the doorways.

The top of the study is a large desk with many objects, but neatly arranged, from which it can be deduced that the owner of the study is xing, self-disciplined, authoritative and unquestionable. Right in the middle of the desk, there's a little bronze statue with thick hair and a beard, engraved with the following words: Man's beneficial xing is the pursuit of personal gain. Is this Adam? Smith's famous quote, The National Wealth Theory, the leading founder of economics, influenced many later on.

But the bronze statue is not his half-body, according to Uncle Anderson, a duke of the Corwell ancestry, active in the Tudor dynasty, laying a vast foundation for the Corwell family, and, after seven turns and eight turns, it can also be related in descent to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

Every time Adrian thought of it, he had no idea why these uppermost social guys in the United States - especially those named after them - were so full of aristocracy that they always wanted to connect themselves to the British Crown, as if they were superior by nature.

Europeans have aristocratic ties to understand, after all, they have traditions, but Americans... well, they also came from the European continent, but think about the hard work of the United States when it came to independence, I really don't know if it was irony or ridicule.

“How did you get in so fast, I thought you'd talk to them a little more.” Anderson's old-fashioned voice suddenly rang.

“I suddenly thought of something and wanted to find a quiet place to think about it, so...” Adrian made a gesture and wanted to explain it, and before he finished, he interrupted me: “Think of something? What could be more important than this? Warren's interested in you. You should take your chances, Ed."

“Well, I apologize, uncle.” Adrian shrugged his shoulders and tried to speak in a sincere tone. He was accustomed to the way his uncle spoke reprimand. Generally speaking, at this time, he would have a moment of wandering, waiting for him to finish what he wanted to say. So, even if Anderson's still nagging and having a drink before Warren? Adrian didn't hear a word about Buffett.

He came to New York to see his aunt and uncle just to show his heart, before it was time to have an in-depth conversation with Buffett and the others, and it was supposed to be Claude's thing, and he just needed to make a good impression with them.

Soon, an uncle's words pulled him back from the fugue: "You're too close to the Jews, Ed. ”

“You know, uncle, that's Hollywood.” Adrian said not slowly.

“I understand, but you have to notice that," Anderson frowned, "it's not a good thing to be too close to those people, and you have to understand what you're doing. ”

“Yes, uncle.” Adrian nodded, and though he answered so, his heart was filled with disdain, almost naturally, to confront the Jews, just as they liked to chase noble descent.

Adrian knows this very well, but he never put it in his heart. There is no eternal friend, there is only eternal interest, and this is what British Prime Minister Paxton said in the 19th century - not Churchill, but he condensed it - which does not apply to human beings, but is well suited to States and large groups, so there is no need to worry too much. Of course, it should be brought to Claude's attention.

“I wish Victor could be like you.” Anderson suddenly sighed so much.

“Sooner or later, Victor will understand, uncle.” Adrian said uncomfortably, whilst sighing in his heart for his cousin, he bet his uncle said something like "Look at your cousin” in front of Victor.

No matter where, no matter where, no matter where, no matter where, no matter what era, there is no shortage of parents who hang “other people's children” by their mouths. They always thought it would be better to whip the child forward, but they didn't understand that what the child wanted most was affirmation from his parents, and it was no wonder Victor and his father got caught up in the water.

Of course, this is Uncle Anderson's family business, and he doesn't have to get involved, so just say the last two words. Although Adrian Victor's relationship was general, he was confident Victor would not be jealous of him for it.

“Then I'll say goodbye, uncle. Nice to see you.” Adrian stood up.

“Leaving so soon?” Anderson frowned. "What are you doing? Another movie? ”

“Well… yes, an interesting film that spans the 40 years of American history.” Adrian explained that as soon as the voice went down, my uncle began to criticize me: “I think you should focus on the management of the company, not the filmmaking, although you have earned a lot of honor...”

I don't suppose anyone can handle this kind of care? After coming to the streets Adrian was so belly defamatory. But he quickly left it behind, and anyway, my uncle helped himself a lot, and he liked it, so let him do it.

“To Long Island.” In the car that came in, Adrian told the driver so that he realized when he thought of something to turn around, that Charlize was not around at this moment, although he had come to New York with him.

“It really has reached the point where she can't help it.” Adrian half-modded, then noticed the briefcase left in the car, opened it, looked at it and shook his head with a smile, then looked out the window.

He didn't come to New York to shoot The Agan Legend, the whole movie was basically almost finished, and all he had left was anti-war demonstrations in the reflection pool under the Washington Monument and all kinds of vistas in Washington, so what he was really busy shooting was that he shouldn't be here.

However, since Adrian came to New York, there are naturally things to do, such as visiting his aunt and uncle, and dealing with some of the si things. And then he's going to London, and aside from seeing Emma for a long time, a very important thing has turned out, and it's time to get it under control.

The car stopped on the street, and Adrian got out of the car with his briefcase after finishing his clothes and rang the doorbell a few steps through the fence of a separate two-story villa.

“Hi, Ed, nice to see you.” Shelley opened the door and gave him a hug and turned around and shouted inside: “Hey, Nada, who's here? ”

“Ed?” Little Natalie drilled right out of the inner room and looked at Adrian at the door with a surprise.

Adrian smiled and waved to her and didn't say hello, which is another thing he came to New York to personally invite Natalie to play a corner sè, it is self-evident why he robbed his subordinates of their jobs.

“I love this script, Ed, it's good.” After a brief review of the script, Avner lu gave a satisfied look.

“Thank you, I'm glad you like it.” Adrian with the cup smiled and nodded and looked at Natalie.

Months later, Natalie grew a few inches taller, her hair was no longer the bo* head of "This Killer's Not Too Cold," some like the first time I saw her, long and slightly curved, which made her a little more jubilee show, her round face had begun to get pointed, but her eyes were still so bright.

But at this point, she seemed a little bored, especially after reading the script, although Natalie hid well, and when Adrian asked, keeping a smile was good, but didn't escape his eyes.

“So will you promise to come down?” Adrian looked at her lu with a deep smile.

“Hmm...” Natalie opened her mouth and seemed to want to refuse from her god sè, but after touching Adrian's eyes she swallowed back and hesitated for a moment before saying: “I need time to think about it. ”

“Can you give us a minute, Avner?” Adrian smiled and looked at the girl's father.

“Oh, sure.” Avner nodded, stood up and took his wife away and sat down, giving the living room to two people.

“You thought you could help me convince them.” After they left, Adrian had not spoken, Natalie complained first, and the frowning sè was no longer hidden.

“Unfortunately, Nada, I agree with your parents on this.” Adrian whispered after stalling.

“Why?” Natalie frowned, "You don't think I can explain this horn sè? Or, like Mom and Dad, think about it in other ways? Matilda's only 12, isn't she? ”

Adrian frowned, but didn't tangle with the subject: "Nada, do you like movies? ”

“Of course.” Natalie replied, not knowing why he asked the question.

“So, what do you think of being in a movie? I mean, do you intend to connect sè entirely with interest, or do you intend to treat it as your own business?” Adrian continued.

Natalie did not answer directly this time, but gave a half-hearted response, with a smile on her face and a look at her parents talking from afar: "I'm going to think of it as a career. ”

“Then rejection is the best course of action.” Adrian immediately said, and raised his hand to stop the girl's argument: “Listen, Nada, I know you love this book, and I'm sure you can play this corner, sè."

You're your own Lolita. He said so softly in his heart that the expression on his face was still serious: "But she will ruin your future, Nada. It's not a scarecrow. You should know the huge sensation caused by the publication of this novel, and I'm sure Sandy told you, Adrian? Lynn is facing a lot of moral charges right now, and if you do play Lolita, you will face the same charges. ”

“But...” Natalie hesitated, arguing somewhat uncomfortably: "Weren't you criticized for being so careful in" This Killer's Not Too Cold "? Moreover, there are many controversial sè actors. ”

“This is completely different from" This Killer's Not Too Cold, "as you said, I handled it very carefully, and I stopped with all these feelings, and more importantly, the movie's viewpoint was more than that, so even if there were accusations, there was very little.” Adrian patiently explained, "As for the other issue, yes, a lot of sè actors are controversial, but very few are controversial about this at your age, you understand? This society doesn't like girls your age to play that horn sè, so if you really take Lolita, that horn sè, you may be able to continue to play movies later, but you've been totally unproductive, and your parents are right to let Sandy reject the guy with my name. ”

Although Natalie had never been to Los Angeles since "This Killer Wasn't Too Cold" appeared, Adrian had always been in correspondence with her and occasionally called, playing the listener's corner sè well, so she had a better understanding of what was happening to her, even better than her parents in some respects.

Because of Adrian, Natalie is now more famous than he remembers at the same time, so naturally there will be countless appointments, of all kinds. Even if his edition of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" was dealt with in the plot, and some ambiguities were diluted, the blameworthy voice was inevitable, and there was no shortage of Daoists everywhere, many of them against Natalie herself.

So Natalie's parents started picking scripts for their daughters more carefully, so that the overripe horn sè would be excluded, not to mention movies like Lolita, which still count as conservatives. However, to Adrian's surprise, Natalie herself wanted to play the corner sè.

“I think I can pinch this corner sè, I don't understand why Mom and Dad should object, don't I know how to protect myself? I'm a big girl now. Do you have any advice, Ed? ”

This is a quote from Natalie's letter confirming that she really wants to take over Lolita's corner, sè, and that she obscures her desire for Adrian to help. Reminded that when she first auditioned, she didn't mean to say how she liked Lolita, Adrian again lamented that the words of the media were not entirely believable, and Natalie would reject the corner sè, mostly at the request of her parents.

So he took this opportunity to come to Natalie's house in New York, not to persuade Avner and Shelley -- even if Shelley might agree, conservative Avner wouldn't allow it -- but to persuade Natalie, as he just said, that if she did take over this corner of sè, she would inevitably be excluded from mainstream society, inevitably without a first-rate actor, which is not alarming, and how many people in previous life knew what else was commendable about the actress in the '97 edition of Lolita?

However, it was also a good opportunity, so Adrian had already prepared a script.

“Do you think the corner sè of this script hasn't challenged xing, Nada?” Looking at the contemplative girl, Adrian suddenly asks, “Do you think the single-parent family's horn sè is simple? ”

Looking at the script on the coffee table, Natalie shook her head: “Not necessarily, but... I just...”

She made a gesture and smiled bitterly at the corner of her mouth, grieving with a little bit, biting Chun like I saw pity.

“An actor out of sè finally has the courage to try different horns sè, Matilda and Lolita are actually in some ways the same, you have shaped her well, I bet this one will become a classic horn sè in a few years, so there is no need to play similar horns sè at all.” Adrian's tone hid a glimmer of good faith in you, "and Amy, this lonely girl who had to live with some strange father because her mother was in a car accident, deserved your shaping. ”

His film for her is called "Flying With You," which is a very warm, environmentally friendly and interesting film about a girl named Amy who lost her mother in a car accident and was brought back to farm life in Canada by her divorced father. Amy, who had no idea how to get along with her father, was very uncomfortable until one day she unintentionally found a nest of wild geese eggs on the farm, and her homemade incubation equipment smoothly gave birth to them and became the mother of forehead geese.

Amy loved the geese and officials who could protect the wildlife told her that it was illegal to keep them unless they had wings. So Amy figured out a way to bring them home, but the question is, what do we do if they never fly? When the pilot's father came up with a solution, he sold his homemade moon deck and bought a small plane to act as a goose mother and fly south with the wild geese.

After many challenges, the fathers and daughters broke into the air base, encountered fog, nearly crashed, and so on, they finally sent the geese back to the south of the United States, and after such a divine journey, Amy's heart finally completely accommodated her father.

Anyway, this is a warm and wonderful film about affection, and there's nothing special about it, so it was only before Avner praised it for being a good script.

“Listen to me, Nada.” Adrian suddenly grabbed her hands and Natalie didn't make any money, even though she was surprised.

“I love you, Nada,” Adrian looked her in the eye and said, “Remember what I said, you're the most gifted girl I've ever met, and you're very smart and very sè, so why limit yourself to one type of horn sè? Make the most of your talent and you'll be one of the best actors."

Looking at Adrian for a while, Natalie shrugged her shoulders: “You're really good at talking, Ed. ”

Then suddenly she thought of something, her face sè became a bit strange and embarrassing, and after a slight flash of red flashed, she suddenly drew her hand back and left the phrase "I'll tell Mom and Dad” to get up and run away.