King of Hollywood

"Poor Victor." Claude sighed after a long while.

"Yeah, poor Victor," Adrian sighed, "Although I'm not familiar with my cousin, I still don't want him to hold grudges against me."

"Well, even so, this is not the reason for you not to attend the reception." Claude changed the subject and brought the topic back, "Come on, Ed, it's just a reception, and it's not something terrible. "

Adrian raised his hands noncommittally, then wiped his face and changed the subject again: "How about we talk about something else? Study the method of acquiring TBS?"

"The acquisition has already started, Ed." Claude shook his head with a smile.

"It's already started? Why didn't I know?" Adrian looked surprised.

"It's just started, and two 4.99% outstanding shares have been absorbed through agents." Claude said with a shrug.

"Agent? Two 4.99% outstanding shares?" Adrian looked at him puzzled, "Can you be more specific?"

"Well, to put it simply, if you hold more than 5% of the shares, you must notify the other party and the stock exchange, which is equivalent to telling the other party that we want to acquire them," Claude explained, "so Continue to hold 4.99% of the outstanding shares through agents, then negotiate with some independent shareholders, wait for more than 50% before integrating, and finally announce and issue a purchase offer—in fact, 30% is enough.”

"50% is better," Adrian said suddenly, "the greatest possibility of success must be guaranteed."

Claude smiled noncommittally: "Even if only 30% can vote in the board of directors, and we can win a few allies, Ted is not without enemies."

Speaking of this, he didn't wait for Adrian to speak again, and waved his hand: "Okay, Ed, don't be a mother-in-law anymore. This is not at all like you who encouraged me to start a business with you."

Adrian raised his hands, as if he was still thinking about some excuse, and then asked casually, "Who organized it?"

"Sidney? Harman, Harman Industries Group." Claude immediately answered.

"Sidney? Harman? That...an old man who makes electronic equipment?" Adrian's expression changed, as if thinking of something, "How many people have received the invitation? I mean, will Jobs participate?"

Claude raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Are you interested in Jobs again? Didn't you get bored with his sermon-like preaching before?"

"Yes, that way of preaching may be very passionate and exciting to ordinary people, but it is not suitable for us." Adrian sat back again, "But I have been dealing with him very well, because... "

He put his arms on the back of the wooden chair, and after blowing into the sweat that rolled down his nose, he looked at Claude seriously: "Jobs has something I want."

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In the resplendent and spacious hall, well-dressed gentlemen and graceful ladies are gathering together in twos and threes, smiling and talking, and the long tables near the walls on both sides are full of exquisitely made food. Waiters come and go, ready to serve every guest who needs it. The band at the very front is playing melodious and beautiful music, and couples of embracing men and women dance lightly on the dance floor.

"You dance well. It's unimaginable. Four hours ago I was still teaching you how to walk." Adrian put his arms around Charlize's waist and held her hand, leading her to follow the rhythm Keep jumping.

"This dance step is not difficult to learn. Besides, it's not like I haven't danced before." Charlize, who was facing each other, snorted softly. She was wearing a black thin-shouldered dress and long gloves, and her golden hair was coiled high. , with a pearl necklace on her pure white gooseneck, and a pair of small earrings on her ears, making her look extraordinarily glamorous.

"I didn't know that ballet and ballroom dancing have something in common." Adrian deliberately showed surprise.

"In addition to ballet, I also danced other dances. I have a foundation, so I learned quickly." Charlize didn't bother to argue with him.

At the end of the song, Adrian let go of his hand, but he immediately turned to his side and bent his arm slightly. Charlize naturally took his arm, and then the two walked out of the dance floor together.

"The scallops are good, but it's a pity that the fishy smell is a bit too much." After tasting the food on the long table, Adrian wiped his hands and said, but Charlize, who had also tasted it, disagreed: "I think it's just right. .”

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is fine." Adrian shrugged kindly.

Charlize rolled her eyes secretly, then sighed: "Now I have another job, to accompany you to the reception."

"You know, Charlie," Adrian suddenly laughed, "You speak like a bitch."

The girl suddenly showed a choked expression, and glared at Adrian sullenly.

"Isn't it? This isn't the first time you've said this, and you're just short of a salary increase." Adrian looked at her and smiled even more happily, until he felt the hand in his arm move. He tightened his tone and changed his tone: "You are an assistant and secretary, Charlie, so no matter how many things the boss asks you to do, you have to agree to it."

"Including going to bed with you?" Charlize asked angrily.

"I think I have to clarify, Charlie, I'm going to bed with you now." Adrian looked at her with a half-smile.

She showed a choked expression again, she wanted to have an attack but couldn't, so she could only pinch his arm resentfully, and then responded with another topic: "It's not that you don't like receptions, you said you attended Are you going to leave in a few minutes?"

"Of course, but I want to meet an important person at today's reception, so I waited until now." Adrian said and looked around, while Charlize showed a curious look: "Important person? Who else is better than Haman?" Is the industrial conglomerate or Bank of America more important?"

"He is not as important as Sidney or Ekas. I just want to get something from him. I have observed it for a long time and it is worth getting." Adrian said and patted her hand, "Look, he's over there, let's go."

The tall man was chatting with several guests with great interest, and he knew what he was talking about with his knees. Adrian didn't know how many times he had listened to his sales pitches. Compared with the last time we met, he had a lot less hair on his forehead. Although he was wearing a neat suit, Adrian still thought he was more attractive when he was wearing a cardigan and jeans.

"The Internet is taking shape, and computers will further accelerate their development. The future is the age of information, and I have no doubts about it." Jobs said eloquently, with only one expression on his face, that is confidence.

"I have no doubts, it's just that it takes time." Adrian cut in immediately.

"Hey, Ed, I'm so glad to see you." Jobs showed a look of surprise, and then stretched out his hand, without any dissatisfaction because Adrian kept perfunctory him before. No wonder this guy can get up after falling, and climb higher

"I'm glad to see you, too." Adrian shook hands with him, and introduced after his eyes fell on Charlize: "This is my girlfriend, Charlize Theron; Charlie, this It was Steve Jobs, the inventor of the personal computer."

"Hello, Steve." Charlize stretched out her hand generously, looking very elegant and temperamental. Coupled with her beautiful appearance, she was really too beautiful.

"Hello, Charlize." Steve smiled and shook hands with him, then turned to look at Adrian: "No one has ever told you, Ed, your girlfriend is quite beautiful."

"Everyone said that, a lot of people have come to chat with her tonight, so she had to stay by my side." Adrian shrugged and said in a joking tone, and at the same time gave Charlize a meaningful look .

Charlize didn't say anything, and kept her demeanor, but the hand holding Adrian's arm was a little bit harder.

Jobs laughed out loud, patted his arm affectionately, and then asked, "I haven't seen you much these days, are you making a new movie?"

"Yes, we have been filming in New York for more than a month. Because there is something going on in Los Angeles, we have to come back and deal with it before continuing." Adrian explained, then looked at the men and women next to Jobs, "No Shall I introduce you?"

"Oh, sorry, my fault." Jobs said and introduced Adrian.

The people who can attend Sidney Harman's reception are basically executives of major companies, so when they first heard that Adrian was a director, they all showed more or less disapproving expressions until Jobs introduced him After he became the chairman of the media, several people showed surprise on their faces and greeted him warmly.

Because of the acquisition of Paramount, and a good fight with Redstone and Diller, the media is no longer as low-key as it was in the past two years, and it has attracted the attention of many people. No matter how important these executives are, they are not as honorable as the chairman of a large company, so it is very normal to be arrogant and respectful

Adrian exchanged a few words with them and didn't take it seriously. This is human nature. Besides, who knows if he will deal with them again in the future, because it's an idiot to show his identity and self-restraint to others because of a small matter. will do.

And his goal was Jobs, there was no need to get entangled in these trivial matters, so Adrian immediately turned his attention to the middle-aged man in front of him. Under his intentional guidance, the two quickly argued about computer technology. Of course, Adrian is definitely not as good as Jobs in this respect, so he just picked some things to apply.

"We all know that last year's "Jurassic Park" combined special effects and computer CG technology to create realistic dinosaurs on the screen. I believe that with the development of time, only CG can be produced in a few years. Such a dinosaur." Adrian said.

"So, our views are actually the same, it's just that there is a difference in time." Jobs shrugged.

"That's the way it is, but you always want to refute me and ignore it," Adrian laughed, and then began to lead the topic in the direction he wanted, "Maybe it won't be long before we can see A movie made in full CG that is as realistic as a real person. But before that, computer animation has to be developed first.” ()