King of Hollywood

Chapter 150: Acquisitions Again

Although there are many films related to the Vajra, the 33rd and 76th editions are orthodox, in which the female lead is unemployed because of the Great Depression, is homeless to a young girl, has no way to walk, is taken in by directors who want to make landscape films, and then encounters the Vajra. Among the latter, a survivor of the disaster was rescued by the director, who followed him to Sea Island to meet King Kong.

And in the latest edition of the script, the actress is a dreamed actor, and she's in a theater with a little actor, hoping to be the lead one day. But as a result of the Great Depression, she lost her job and everything, even eating a meal was a problem, and was eventually rescued by a director after holding sheep outside a fruit shop.

The director was scorching for her new movie and was going to fight to death without a suitable actress, and then he found the actress outside the fruit shop, not only to buy her a full meal, but also to invite her to perform in her own movie.

Very familiar plot, isn't it? This is almost the reprint that Adrian and Naomi met back then. There may be many differences in detail, but in essence there is no difference, so she hesitated for a long time to ask him with her lips after this meeting: Is that why she was asked to be the lead actress?

What that afternoon's experience meant to Naomi was only clear to her personally, and even Adrian would not have been as profound as she was, as she herself had said, in more than a decade of her grey life a colour had finally appeared. So, you can be sure that Naomi will interpret the character very well, especially in the beginning of the play for over a decade.

Adrian, of course, has some privacy in this arrangement, but so what? Naomi knows that personally, Adrian knows that, and her subsequent reaction explains everything. So Adrian changed his plans to let Nicole go and spend the night alone with Naomi.

“I love you, Ed. Whatever you are.” Sitting on the hillside grass, down the hill downtown Los Angeles brilliant lights, said the woman snuggling in Adrian's arms.

Adrian didn't answer, just held her tight and kissed her gently over the head.

Although the press release of Transformers' launch of the reality film was eye-catching, it did not affect the screening of all the major films and their boxrooms, so Pre-Star War 2: The Clone Attack got 80 million boxes in the first week after it was released on schedule, a lot higher than the first. Steady and steady at the top of the North American ticket list.

Regrettably, however, the Department had a worse reputation than the previous one, with all the criticism in the media, so that the second week had fallen by more than 40 per cent. Despite the success of the 100 million mark and the fact that it would not be a problem to get a $230 million total box office in North America, the media's ridicule remains considerable. Sounds like “Lucas is old” and “The Prelude is not sincere” abound.

Lucas must be upset, but who cares? As long as it attracts attention, journalists don't care about the mood of the target, so most of the characters in the movie are ridiculed, not even Master Yoda's virtual character. The only thing better is Mussel? Jackson and Natalie. The former is not much of a part of the play, and there is a bit of style, so the latter is not much to say.

“This isn't very good either, I don't necessarily have that... temperament.” In the sunny garden, Natalie curled herself on the chair and said in a lazy tone after reading all the scripts or the syllabus.

“But, you know, Nada, I don't have any more ideas.” That sounds like complaining, but Adrian has an unexpected smile on his face.

The premiere of the Star Wars was sure that he wouldn't be absent, so naturally Natalie wouldn't go back to Beverly Hills' mansion with him, and Adrian would never let go of her every chance to come to Los Angeles.

“It's okay, anyway... not in a hurry, is it?” Natalie lowered her head. “And I was thinking maybe I could go back to Israel for further education. ”

“I don't think that's a good idea, Nada,” How could Adrian not know that her little Abacus, going back and forth between the United States and Israel, is more troublesome than going back and forth between Los Angeles and New York, “it's like I didn't suggest that you say to the media that acting is just a side business or something, it's about your image as an actor, and the audience wants to see an example of what it looks like... ”

Natalie silenced down, but without waiting for her to talk, Adrian shifted the subject again: "Well, I had an idea that you might want to hear. ”

Then he went on to say, “In the '60s, a charming priest came to a Catholic school in New York, and he taught his children in a relaxed atmosphere, quickly gaining the favor of many, but it was also hard to accept that the conservative and devout old nuns who were responsible for the school did not like it. Then, because of the civil rights movement, the first black boy went to school, the priest showed an extraordinary enthusiasm for the child, and a young innocent nun looked at them with suspicion, and eventually told them all to the old nun, who then began to investigate and discover that the priest seemed to have a priori.

Although she had little evidence, she was convinced that the other person was guilty, so she did everything possible to expel the priest from school. The priest, who insisted on his innocence and claimed to defend his authority at all costs, waged a smoke-free war between the priest and the nun. ”

Speaking of which, he paused and waited for Natalie to digest these words before continuing: “Ultimately, the priest made a compromise for the child, leaving the school, the old nun finally achieved her purpose, and then, in the face of the young nun who had told herself these things at the moment of no one, she finally couldn't help crying, because she never had any real proof. So, whether a priest molested a child or not didn't really have much to do with the story, just to tell people how much suspicion and stubbornness affect people. ”

Natalie still hasn't spoken. Just turn your head to the bushes in the distance, and your face changes slightly a few times. Adrian smiled in his eyes. That's how smart people are, always thinking too much, even he can't help himself, let alone always hiding the contradiction in Natalie?

“The old nun is definitely not for you, but the young nun is fine.” Adrian continued.

“Yes, it's a very good idea, from a human point of view, thought-provoking, writing into a script should be... very good.” Natalie took a deep breath. She's obviously certain that this is what he uses to warn himself, because...

“But you ignored a little bit, Ed,” she raised her head and tried to make herself look serious, "I'm a Jew, although I'm not particularly devout... but I'm still a Jew. ”

“Yes. What a shame.” Adrian laughed, "so I didn't take it out before, and it was just sensational, and it was good to get your approval. ”

Said here he stood up and looked at the sky with his hands in the cold shed. The sun is unusually strong, and although it's still June, the weather in Los Angeles is already about the same as in summer.

“If you can't pick a good script for the time being, take a short break and graduate anyway. It doesn't matter if you don't want to move to Los Angeles, but a long stay is a must, right?” Adrian smiled, "Don't worry, I'll give you a good script by the end of the year. So stop thinking about it now and swim with me. ”

He leaned down in front of her and blinked badly: "I chose a swimsuit for you. ”

Natalie opened her mouth to say what she was going to say, but eventually just shrugged her shoulders and said in a careless tone: “It shouldn't be the king's new clothes. ”

Adrian laughed sooner, and he really wanted to see Natalie naked, but if it was just in the air, she might be able to barely accept it, completely naked just because she didn't want to. It doesn't matter. Adrian doesn't mind at all. Take it easy. Besides, the swimsuits are good. The three only big slaps make her look sexy, and because she doesn't stick to the complete vegetarian diet anymore, she has a lot of full-bodied, very well proportioned body.

Despite subconscious vigilance and resistance, it is inevitable that Adrian will laugh when Natalie enters the state and plays in the water.

Do whatever you have to do, Nada. Adrian thought so when she kissed a wet girl, but unfortunately the idea of "Child Abuse Suspicion Cloud".

Adrian has planned everything, but for insurance purposes, he intends to give Natalie another well-weighted, well-regarded partner, which is best shown next year. I just came to find a lot of them, but they weren't particularly suitable. Natalie didn't feel much when she saw the ideas herself. At present, the only one suitable is "Child Abuse Suspect Cloud".

The movie was supposed to have had a stage play in '05 before it was converted into a movie. The young, innocent nun's role suited Natalie's current public image, but there was still an insurmountable obstacle. It was a nun, and Natalie was Jewish, and she was born into a slightly more conservative Jewish family.

In fact, it's no big deal for Jews to play Catholics, characters are actors, actors are actors, but this is likely to have an impact on Adrian's plans. So he abandoned this tempting idea, and although it was only possible, it was certain that it was controversial, and he didn't want to risk it, after all, he promised to take her to a height no one could reach.

Don't worry, it's still that sentence, slowly, although there is still a late production of "The Hacker Empire", "The Ring King" and "The Witch Head", there is likely to be another movie at the end of the year, but there is still a few months left to find a good piece for Natalie.

With the launch of Star Wars, the battle for the summer vacation season began to get hotter, but movie companies under AC Media were not releasing business as they did last year. Seems to have suddenly become weak after last year's * *, even Pix, who is already a busy animation world, has no work this year, even though several popular movie masterpieces are scheduled for the end of the year.

But if you think that the development of the AC media has stopped, it's a big mistake, and after July, the AC media announced very low profile. Successfully acquired FHM from EMAP, an old British media company, and yes, yes, it's famous, first-rate men's magazine, The Men's Gang.

“Why would you want to buy this magazine?” In Claude's big office, Adrian asked with some curiosity that the acquisition was entirely Claude-led and that he didn't care much, even though he knew it, but waited for it to come back and the acquisition had been completed.

“Why would you just ask this magazine.” Claude asked back. “You know, I bought not only FHM from EMAP, but also a lot of European radio and television. ”

“I know we're expanding in Europe," Adrian said, “but I think I've emphasized to you that the development of paper media will soon begin to decline, even though fhm has a lot of readers. But you can't escape the circle, can you? ”

“So I've had people redesign fhm's website and let them transplant some of maxim's success stories," Claude laughed, "come on, Ed. Don't pretend in front of me, now you can arrange whatever you want... the woman you want to arrange on the cover of the fhm. ”

Adrian sighed after closing his eyes and staring at him for a while: "Well, fhm is good indeed. Although I would prefer… that's not easy, it's a magazine that started in the last 40 years and is now a famous fashion brand.” Claude leaned lazily against the high chair, "and you said. The dusk of paper media is coming... and espn. We have enough paper magazines. ”

“Yes, I know.” Adrian sighed.

maxim doesn't say, it was acquired shortly after the inauguration, and Adrian's attitude toward the internet fits right with them, and is now very famous, only slightly worse than a first-rate magazine like fhm. As for ESPN, it was a well-known sports channel that was acquired early by ABC. Hearst Group also had some shares, then after ABC was acquired by AC Media, ESPN was separated like CNN, by far the most famous and most used sports channel in the United States, and various life TV dramas talked about sports with ESPN.

ESPN is currently preparing to move towards Europe, which is why Claude will acquire some of EMAP's radio and television stations together.

However, ESPN magazine was founded at the end of 2000. Sports channels are best known as ESPN, but sports magazine is the most popular sports picture newspaper, and the annual painting women are highly sought after. It is also because of this that ESPN, although it has always had the idea of creating a magazine, after all, has no experience, worried about competing but the Sports Painting, coupled with its own constant development and consolidation, has still not paid for it.

And then Adrian found out, and he started inspiring —— he implicitly remembered that ESPN had his own magazine —— and he gave them a comparison... a lame idea, ESPN that Sports Painting had done, and ESPN that Sports Painting hadn't done. Simply put, espn can not only invite some pretty female athletes to cover or insert pages, like Sports Pictures, but also a strong sexy male athlete to cover or insert pages, and both men and women can attract a lot of readers.

“Sometimes I really want to open your head and see what's in it.” Claude asked him that after knowing that the rear beam was half a mile away, and Adrian responded with a shrug, which was a trend.

after discussion and investigation, the ESPN side decided to do so, and after hurrying to prepare for it, finally started the issue at the end of the millennium, and after more than a year of development, it was quite a response. Though slightly different from expectations and not comparable to Sports Pictures, the "men's” trick did attract many positive reviews, and Adrian proved himself once again.

In short, ESPN will certainly have its place in sports magazines as long as it keeps going, constantly adjusting itself, and with AC media support. And now with FHM's membership, even if AC Media doesn't have such well-known magazines as Times, Fame Fair, and People, it also has its own territory on it, and so on...

“Never mind, Ed,” Claude waved now, "it didn't cost much, we were good value for money. ”

“So you're targeting Dallas cowboys now?” Adrian hummed out.

“You finally talked about it,” Claude “Ha" laughed, "I thought you weren't going to say that. ”

Adrian squinted his eyes, the Dallas Cowboy, one of the NFL Gates, who won several big league championships, was the New York Giants, who also won many big league championships, who won the most championships, the biggest competitor. As I said a long time ago, a lot of millionaires and large groups like to raise teams a few times, and the American sport is still pretty good, and Claude is certainly no exception.

He's not really a fanatic about American football, and probably prefers baseball a little bit more, but since AC Media is already the world's premier media group, it's certainly important to have the hottest and most luxurious team - even Claude - to avoid the idea that, after all, few people can reach the height they have at the age of 30.

Not to mention Los Angeles and fun, there are nba and lakers and fast boats, there are mlb dodges and angels, there are nhl mighty ducks and kings, there are mls of the Los Angeles galaxy and american chivas, only there are no nfl teams. Claude had to look at the Dallas cowboys in Texas because there were no goalie teams in the big cities around him.