King of Hollywood

"Ed..." the little girl screamed excitedly, ran forward with her hands raised high, then jumped up and threw herself into Adrian's arms, leaving Charlize, who was following Adrian behind, stunned.

"Hey, Emma, ​​it looks like you've grown a lot taller." Adrian held the little girl in his arms, shook her forehead affectionately, and then reached out to pinch her face, little girl Giggling and hiding in his arms.

Immediately 3-year-old Emma has grown up a lot than before, and looks even more cute and cute. In addition, she knows more and more words. After the initial excitement, she immediately grabs Adrian and starts talking. Although the words often don't express the meaning, she can still hear the meaning. Come on, it's nothing more than "I miss you very much", "I'm studying hard", "I already know a lot of words", "I'm very good" and so on, childish and unbearable.

"This is the child you were talking about?" Charlize asked secretly after entering the house, and she had heard Emma's story from Adrian on the way here. After being confirmed, Charlize looked at Emma with pity.

Adrian, who had a panoramic view, roughly knew what she was thinking. He knew some of Charlize's past events through memory, so he didn't ask too much, but after Emma took out her "sweet work" she praised .

I don't know why, Adrian always felt that something happened to the little girl. She had become more cheerful when the New Year's holiday came, and she could even sing a few words when outsiders came to visit, but now that The feeling of being attached to oneself has become stronger again. As for why, since he hadn't stayed in London for the past two months, he obviously didn't know. Although he found an opportunity to insinuate the nanny, the nanny didn't say why.

However, this question was solved immediately after Rodlin and his wife returned home. Looking at Rodlin's slightly protruding belly, Adrian understood everything. This is not to say that the couple has become unkind to Emma because of this. After all, she is the daughter of the dead brother. It's just that after having their own child, subtle changes and deviations in their attitudes are inevitable.

However, Emma's aftermath of the car accident has not fully recovered, and her heart is still very sensitive. Even if such changes and deviations are subtle, she can still perceive them, so it is inevitable that she will have thoughts of being abandoned. After all, she is almost three years old now. Although she is already very smart among her peers, she still cannot think about too complicated problems.

When they slept together as usual that night, the little girl's questioning had already confirmed this guess.

"Why? Their parents?" Emma, ​​who was huddled in Adrian's arms in speckled pajamas, suddenly raised her head and asked this way when she was halfway through the story, looking at him without blinking her bright eyes .

"Honey, this is just a story. What happened in the story doesn't mean it will happen in reality." Although the little girl couldn't express her words, Adrian still understood what she asked, and immediately touched her The head said reassuringly.

Emma obviously didn't understand, her big brown eyes were still staring at Adrian. Adrian couldn't help but sighed, closed the book in his hand and threw it aside, he only told the story "Hansel and Gretel" to lull her to sleep when he was in a daze.

"Okay, little guy," Adrian leaned down, stroked her head, looked at her and said seriously, "I hope you remember, no matter what, I will be by your side, I swear, I swear to God."

The little girl looked at him for a long time, and finally showed a smile. After slipping into Adrian's arms, she hugged him and closed her eyes. Adrian kissed Emma's forehead, and after searching his memory for a while, he began to hum a soothing song.

Although he will not stay in London for a long time this time, because the end of the month will be low soon, Adrian decided to take the little girl with him. Rodlin, who was Emma's aunt, didn't object either. Everyone knew the little girl's feelings for Adrian.

In fact, Adrian also wanted to take Emma back to Los Angeles to live for a few months, but unfortunately this is unlikely. So he finally chose to spend the next few days with the little girl well, and there might be unexpected gains.

"You walk from one side to the other, and then out of the camera, and you, just stand here and don't move, just keep talking. Also, the lighting engineer, I need the scene to be serious but not heavy, so it's better to let the light a little more Brighter." Director Mike Newell stood in the middle of the set and issued orders.

This is in a studio in London, which has been built as a church environment, with a coffin in the middle, and the funeral scene in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" is being filmed.

Neville is a very careful director. It can be seen from the shots of the two weddings that have been filmed. Although the general environment is very similar, there are obvious differences in small details such as costumes, characters, and the process of proceeding. As long as A little editing in the later stage will definitely not make people confused or have a feeling of deja vu.

There are all kinds of directors in the film industry, some are good at using technology, such as James Cameron; some are good at mobilizing actors' emotions, such as Jonathan Demme; some are good at controlling the scene, such as Mike Newell .

They each have their own characteristics. For example, if you are not satisfied with the light on the set, Cameron will tell the lighting engineer in detail what type of light he needs, and let him do what he said meticulously; He will tell the lighting engineer the effect he wants and then leave it alone, as long as the lighting engineer meets his requirements; as for Neville, he will discuss it repeatedly with the lighting engineer to let him fully understand his conception and implement it.

However, they all have one thing in common, a great attention to detail. In fact, excellent directors often have a good grasp of the details of the movie. A movie can last up to 180 minutes. It is impossible to tell a story without loopholes. the most important means. While audiences might come up with things that even the director hadn't thought of—especially a film with an open ending—and argue with each other, yell, and try to prove themselves right, so what? Will their strife have any impact on the director and the film company?

Adrian is well aware of this, so so far, except for "Scent of a Woman", he has made films that "was" famous for their details. At the same time, he is also constantly observing the directing methods of other directors and confirming his own things, otherwise he would not have visited three studios successively at this time.

"Very good, everyone is doing well, rest for ten minutes, I hope to continue." After a shot, Neville clapped his hands and shouted, looking very satisfied with this shot.

A few seconds later, the dignified set became noisy, and Adrian on the periphery immediately walked towards Neville with Emma in his arms.

"Hi, Mike," he greeted.

"Hi, Ed." Neville, who had exchanged a few words with the assistant director and a few assistants, turned his head and responded. He didn't complain like Demi did, "It's been a long time since I came to the set". Deep down in his heart, he wished that Adrian would not come.

Although Adrian promised him at the beginning that he would not interfere with his power on the set, what could he say if he really pointed fingers at him? Adrian is not only a producer, an investor, but also the title of "Miracle Director".

"You directed it very well, Mike. It was absolutely correct to invite you—Emma is not allowed to mess with my hair." Adrian tilted his head, but the little girl in his arms bared her teeth and claws relentlessly, giggling At the same time making faces, Adrian had no choice but to roll his eyes and let her do whatever she wanted, which immediately made Neville laugh.

"You two are really close." He said with a smile, and then asked, "Do you think there is anything that needs to be revised?"

"Of course not." Adrian waved his hand, he already understood Neville's worry, "I said, unless there are special circumstances, I will not interfere with your decision."

Having said that, he looked at the actor in the distance, and couldn't help but ask Neville, "What do you think of Dan?"

"Nice guy, I was a little apprehensive before filming even though he auditioned really well. But it turned out to be superfluous, I'm surprised he can play a decadent male like Memento and Pulp Fiction Or a character like a neurotic robber can also play such a romantic comedy role, which is very good." Neville said, but followed the topic, "But his state doesn't seem to be very good recently."

"I can see it." Adrian looked at Dennis from a distance and said in a funny tone. Dennis was talking to a beautiful woman with a sad face in the corner at this time.

"Okay, I'll go over and talk to him first." After greeting Neville, Adrian walked there, and before he got to the front, he heard the woman say in a frustrated tone: "Dan, I I don't know, I really don't know..."

After hesitating for a while, Adrian said, "Hi, Dan."

"Ah? Ed?" Dennis, who was about to hug the woman to comfort her, turned around and replied in a surprised tone, "When did you come to the set?"

"I've arrived in London a long time ago, I played with Emma for two days, and I arrived on the set this morning." Adrian explained, and then smiled and looked at the woman beside him with a puzzled expression.

"Well... this is Noni, um, Winona, Winona Ryder." Dennis immediately introduced, but his expression became a little weird, and he followed to look at Winona: "Noni, this is Ed, aka Adrian Cowell."

Adrian looked at Winona with great interest. This was the first time he saw her. Although it didn't change his opinion of her, he still stretched out his hand: "Hello, Winona."

"Are you that Miracle director?" Unexpectedly, after hearing his name, Winona's face was immediately covered with a layer of frost, and then she turned and walked out. Dennis wanted to stop her, but after looking at Adrian awkwardly, he made an apologetic gesture and chased her out.

Although Adrian was a little surprised, he didn't say much. He shrugged and walked to the other side. The woman who was talking with someone else was his main target this time. ()