King of Hollywood

The morning sun is in the yard, the automatic sprinklers are spinning and spraying with water flowers, and a water bead is crystal clear in the sun. It's a beautiful day again this Monday. Thomas? Motora tightened her collar against the mirror and looked up, down, left, and right. After making sure there was no problem, she told the maid to say a few words and then left the villa with her briefcase.

A car just slowly pulled in, stopped right in front of him, and drove Sam? Tanaka stepped out and turned around, opening the door for Motora. []

“Thank you, Sam. I'm so sorry you had to pick me up.” Motora dressed up and sat in with a smile.

“This is what I should have done, and it has been an honor to have worked with Mr. Motora for more than a month to secure the acquisition of MCM records.” Tanaka bowed modestly.

“Me too, Sam, you did very well, without you we might have to spend more time and energy.” Motorahaha laughed and made a driving gesture, "let's go and enjoy the victory. ”

He was so proud that he squeezed his eyes and looked out the window at the backward street view that the smile on his face could not stop spilling. Last Friday, Eric, artistic director of mcm records? Norton eventually turned to them in the dark, so that the AC media couldn't pull back even enough money, and when today's contract was signed, they completely gave MCM records away, which was perfect.

Motora was in a better mood, spinning around, and MJ's copyright came back to him after all, along with the entire MCM album. It's not impossible to pull them over, although the two red supergirl idols worship Adrian very much, Norton said, which is fantastic, and probably the first time the AC media has suffered such a major setback. When I think of Adrian and Claude's ugly face sè in a few minutes, this Sony CEO can't help but want to hum a little song.

Soon they arrived outside the mcm record, stopped the car and a few other people on their side met, and Motora took a pedestrian into the building. Then the receptionist led them outside the conference room.

Motora beamed as she stepped into the spacious conference room. Because there's only three people in there, Claude? Ron Reese, Adrian? Corwell, and... Penelope? Cruz?

Even Motora couldn't help but flash a little surprise in her face when she saw Penelope. Did they find out? But he quickly relaxed, and it didn't matter if they found out, that e-mail couldn't be used as evidence, and it was a big deal to sell Penelope to them. You can also save yourself a fortune.

“You're on time, Thomas.” Adrian smiled and greeted first, sitting in front of Claude at the top with a smile. There's nothing on Penelope's face.

“Punctuality is a virtue, Mr. Adrian.” Motora remained polite despite feeling that something was wrong.

“Let's get started, you know, wasting someone else's time for no reason is murder.” Adrian made a gesture, please. Claude then pushed two folders over.

“That is a very philosophical statement, Mr. Adrian.” Once again, Motora suspected Huo's god sè, even with a few people around him, including Tanaka, which was too strange, with only three people coming. One of them had nothing to do with it. What were they thinking? Doesn't it look like a total defeat?

“We've already signed it. Mr. Thomas, you're all that's left.” Claude made a gesture, please.

Motora frowned and began to look at the folder in front of her and couldn't even sit down. Just a few pages later, his face yin up, a glance at Adrian and Claude, who kept smiling, quickened the pace of reading, forgive me, it still took him a few minutes to read it, then snapped a very angry closing of the folder.

“Are you kidding me? Or do you want to use this method to satisfy your poor, unwilling self-esteem? Motora said,“ If you have any more style, take out the real contract and sign your name, not this unknown thing! ”

“I'm sure you misunderstood something, Mr. Thomas, which is indeed today's contract.” Claude said seriously, not slowly.

“Do you think I'm a child?!” Motora can't help but growl, "or do you think Sony Records is your own thing to decide freely about my company?! ”

“Don't move, Mr. Thomas, let me explain.” Claude knocked on the table, still carrying that disgusting smile in Motora's eyes.

“Everyone thinks we've been stuck with the whole situation before, and they're actually wrong, and the response has started a long time ago, and it's easy to solve these problems, but neither they nor you know it.” Claude's tone is very relaxed, "you think joining Warner, Disney, NBC, Fox, and telling Viacom to stand by, could be bothering our acquisition? Well, I admit, it does cause a little trouble, but it's just a little bit. ”

“Thunderstone is smarter than you think, Thomas, and Murdoch is smarter than you think.” Adrian inserted a sentence next to him with a little disrespect and cynicism.

“Before we started, Thunderstone, who smelled the wind, took the initiative to contact us.” Claude made a gesture, "and then made the right decision. ”

“A TV show, Intern Physician Fengyun, is expected to be viewed more than 10 million times in the first season, as is NBC, and Office Fengyun, which will be viewed more than 10 million times in the first season.” Adrian plugged in again, and Sha was pointing a finger at himself, "I said. ”

“Well,” Claude glanced at his best friend, "and, of course, the details of it were gone. ”

“Let me show you that there's no problem, Claude. It's a rare opportunity.” Adrian Haha laughed.

The muscles on Motora's face twitched and stared at them without talking.

“Fox was just a bystander from beginning to end, and in the face of this situation, they would only stick out their claws if they were absolutely certain, and then fly back quickly, trying to use them as guns would have to be strong enough, so it would be easy to get them to stop.” Claude kept talking. “Then Warner might have a little trouble. Unfortunately, they are now constantly involved with the United States online, and they really don't have the energy to deal with other situations, and although they compete with us in many places, just a little bit of a benefit is enough to stop them. ”

Speaking of which, he spread his hand: "So. All that's left is Disney. Are they really interested in global music? Or is this just Michael? Isner's si grievance? Besides, they're not comfortable inside, are they, Roy? Disney recently declared publicly that if Michael... Eisner was lonely. He will resign from the Board of Directors as the only member of the Disney family who remains on the Board of Directors upon resignation. One more push, and it's sooner or later for Eisner to fall. So, last Friday afternoon, we officially acquired Universal Music, but we delayed releasing the news until today. Just a few hours later. ”

“So what?” Motora squeezed these words out of his teeth, and his constant absence made him feel worse and worse, "has nothing to do with what we're talking about today! ”

“Yes,” Claude chuckled, “I just wanted to say. Some things seem complicated, but it's easy to solve. Ultimately, it's just a matter of profit, and we can do much more to Sony than a record company, even though it has the copyright to Elvis and the Beatles. ”

“Sony Cinema lost Spider-Man, but there were other comic heroes, not to mention the fact that we were going to make X-Men into a big series, and we were going to invite them in.” He paused for two seconds before continuing, "As for the Sony Group as a whole, we also have a lot to exchange, like...”

Claude looked at Adrian, and the latter shrugged: “Supporting them on a new generation of high-definition DVD formats, you know, we have tens of thousands of movie libraries, and the four major film and television producers are doing very well, and we're also big shareholders in Apple. ”

He made a slightly ridiculous smile: “Sony's main business is electronics, film and record making at least three years later —— do you really think I went to talk to MJ about copyright? We put you in the plan from the start! Of course, your strategy does have some effect. It's surprising, but you shouldn't be stupid enough to buy my woman, Thomas. ”

Adrian Haha grinned and embraced Penelope's shoulder: “At first, Pepe told me the whole thing, and then I asked her to use the time of our public invitation to trust you, to deepen that impression with some vague intelligence more than once, and eventually misled you, more than a week ago, about our total predicament, even Eric? The news that Norton's starting to shake must be refreshing for you, Thomas. ”

Motora's face is getting uglier and uglier, staring at Penelope, who always has no expression on his face, his eyes seem to be about to burst into flames, his hands clenched into fists, so hard to reach the mouth. “

"itch" swallowed down.

“Of course, Eric helped a lot, and if it wasn't for him and you, we'd take back all the equity and cross hold it, instead of having a seat on the Sony Board of Records like we do now.” Adrian smiled and continued, "As for the money, don't worry, I called my uncle and it was resolved. He's a decent man with a great sense of responsibility, and I only touched him in one word: do you want these precious legacies that occupy an important place in American culture to be in our hands? Or to a group controlled by Japanese funds? ”

By this time, the people who came along had read the contract, as Thomas? Motora's followers, they're all white. Especially Sam? Tanaka, most of this plan was planned and implemented by him, and once Motora signed it, he would definitely leave. Motora seemed unhappy, however, as he bit his teeth and looked at Claude and Adrian: “I won't sign it, I'll tell the board...”

But they didn't give him a chance, and Claude interrupted him directly: "Well, Thomas, it doesn't work, you know, you've lost, and the people you're waiting for will never come, and the guys behind you, they just called Sony on the phone. Sign, at least you can get off the stage with dignity; don't sign. Not only will they be directly dismissed by the board, but all benefits will be drastically curtailed. Neither we nor Sonny will give you a chance. ”

“The board is not just asking you to hide the information, you understand, Thomas,” Adrian put a smile away at this moment, and the tone became less polite. “So please sign this contract and get out of here in a rounded manner. ”

Motora's mouth shivered twice, without the appearance of previous rage. The whole person instantly seemed old and silent for minutes, eventually turning over the contract in front of him and pulling out a pen. Trembled and signed his name on it. Then, I left my pen and didn't say a word, and some of them left the conference room shaking, and a few of them looked at me, and I looked at you, and eventually I walked out. Tanaka is more like dead ash.

“You're too mean, Ed.” After they left, Claude Haha laughed, "Leaving here in a rounded manner? Oh, I think it could be the most popular nonverbal curse of the year. ”

“Why be so polite with him? Claude, although we won eventually. But this guy still caused us some losses, and to be honest, I'd rather throw this contract in his face at Sony Records' board meeting.” Adrian said lazily.

“You have to think about Sony's face, after all, Thomas? Motora is their CEO, and he's been doing well, and if we hadn't had enough backhand and cards, he would have been treated like a hero.” Claude shrugged his shoulders and looked at Adrian's side, Penelope, who had begun to look like a needle felt, and stood up: “Well, you have things to take care of, and I won't delay you. ”

Watching Claude leave the conference room, Adrian stood up and grew breathless, not even talking, and Penelope next to him had pounced down on his knees, shaking violently with no one sè on his face: "Sorry, Ed! Sorry! I was wrong. They made me huo because I lost my mind. I just... I just..."

“You just don't think I can give you more, do you, Pepe?” Adrian didn't even look at her and came to the small table in the conference room and poured herself a cup of coffee.

“Listen, Ed! Listen to me!” Penelope's knee rubbed against the floor and made a dull noise. As she passed a chair, she accidentally hung the stockings out of the tui with a big mouth, but she completely ignored it. She just looked at Adrian with a cry, "Forgive me, Ed! Please! I don't know why I promised then, I shouldn't have joined these... I really don't know why...”

With fear and panic in his once glorious eyes, tears began to diffuse and the god of remorse sè, kneeling with his arms on the ground, his head shivering.

“I understand you, Pepe, everyone has ambitions and * *, everyone wants to achieve their ambitions and * *, which is perfectly normal," Adrian sips coffee and finally turns around and looks down at Penelope, "but there are many ways to achieve ambitions and * *, some very small gains and some very high risks and some very high gains, but why did you choose the stupidest one that is particularly risky and yet very uncertain? ”

“I know, I'm stupid, Ed. Please, I'm stupid. Please, forgive me.” Penelope said in tears.

“No, Pepe,” Adrian sighed, dropping the cup in his hand, "anyway, we've had a great time most of the last few months. ”

“If… if… you want to now…” Penelope hurriedly squeezed a smile.

“I've always had a clear grudge, so..." Adrian ignored me, pulled the checkbook out of his arms, wrote a few letters and tore it down and yang, "This 3 million is my compensation for you. ”

He smiled and walked to Penelope on his knees, leaning down and putting the cheque in her collar, pinching two handfuls on the pair of tenting slippery nèns.

Thought he was overjoyed when he got the hint of Penelopeton, and when he reached out and wanted to hug Adrian's big tui, he turned around unexpectedly and left her empty.

“Then," Adrian leaned on the long table and closed his smile and his gaze became cold, “go back to Spain and never let me see you in Hollywood! ”

Penelope with the name of Spanish national treasure? After a few years of intermittent development to Hollywood, Cruz returned to Spain quietly and for a while there was talk that some people thought she was not used to the Hollywood style, so she chose to come back. There are also speculators that she seems to have been involved in something big and had to come back to discover her Spanish director, Pedro? Almodova takes the previous view.

Penelope himself didn't say anything, just a low-key announcement that he would no longer go to Hollywood, then picked up a little production in Spain, and then worked with Almodova again. Strangely enough, however, this time she did not know why she had made such a scene fight with Almodova that she finally announced her withdrawal from the crew, while Almodova publicly announced that she had become an unbelievable throw fu and vowed never to cooperate with her again.

But then Penelope announced his exit from the entertainment business, and the excited people immediately started all sorts of speculation again, and a lot of reporters wanted to interview her to find out what was really going on. But she seemed to have predicted that she would disappear with her family just days after the statement was issued, and that no one had seen Penelope since.