King of Hollywood

Moving his eyelids, Adrian woke up from his deep sleep and slowly opened his eyes. The first thing that catches the eyelids is the simple ceiling of the living room of the wooden house. The morning sun shines from the outside, and it seems that a few birdsong can be heard.

He let out a long breath, and Adrian looked at the girl in his arms. Sarah, who was lying on his chest, was still sleeping soundly, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised as if dreaming a sweet dream, but her hands were hugged so tightly that he wanted to It is very difficult to move.

Smiling and shaking his head, Adrian opened the corner of the quilt wrapped around his body, moved his body that was a little stiff from sleeping on the floor, and tried to open the girl's arm. But after several attempts he couldn't get out without waking Sarah up, so finally he sighed and slammed his head on the floor and continued to lie on his back.

But it was this action that made Sarah react. She trembled slightly, then opened her eyes slightly, looked around in a daze, and then smiled sleepily at Adrian.

"Good morning, Ed," she said in a soft voice.

"Good morning, baby." Adrian smiled and kissed her tender face, "Sorry I woke you up."

"It's okay, I should get up too." Sarah was about to sit up as she said, but she frowned after making a movement.

"It will hurt the first time. Although I have tried my best, some things are unavoidable." Adrian smiled and stroked her head, "But don't worry, it will be much better after a day."

Although she had already had the most intimate contact, Sarah's face was still stained with a layer of blush. After sticking out her tongue in embarrassment, she shyly covered her head with the quilt.

Adrian laughed, and patted her across the quilt: "You can sleep a little longer, and I'll make breakfast."

After getting up from the floor and getting dressed, the phone rang as soon as he turned on the phone. Adrian raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then pressed the answer button: "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"It's me, Ed. I heard from your secretary that you went to the San Bernardino National Forest Park. Is it necessary to go on a date with that kind of place?" Claude's joking voice came out immediately.

"Just say what you have to say, Crowe, I still have a lot to do today." Adrian said angrily.

"Wow wow, that sounds really angry, what happened, did I interrupt your sex?" Claude laughed louder, but immediately changed his tone, "I said , did you forget something?"

"Forgot what?" Adrian frowned, and then stretched out, with a little excitement, "The dust has settled."

"The dust has fallen," Claude repeated, "so you have to attend a reception tonight, a reception at my house, understand? It's at my house."

"I see, it's at your house, not at the godfather's house." Adrian said with a smile, "I will come."

After hanging up the phone, Adrian sighed, feeling relieved, and then turned to look at Sarah. The girl wrapped herself in the quilt, looking very bloated, only revealing her bright and curious eyes.

"Unfortunately, Sarah, we have to make a small adjustment to our itinerary." Adrian said after scratching his head.

"It's okay, you have your own things to be busy." Sarah seemed quite understanding, but she just covered her mouth under the quilt and spoke in a muffled voice, "But I may need to rest a little longer, You know, I might not be able to walk..."

"I'll go with you in my arms. If I have a chance to hold you in my arms, how can I let it go?" Adrian walked over with a laugh, hugged the girl through the quilt, and kissed her on the forehead.

Sarah giggled, and moved her body to lean on Adrian tenderly, her appearance of infinite nostalgia made people feel pity. Adrian held the girl in his arms and patted her on the back. The sunlight shone in the living room like a quiet oil painting.

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The brisk and melodious music, the well-dressed crowd talking and laughing, and the couples dancing on the dance floor are all indispensable scenes at the reception. At this reception held in Claude's new villa in Beverly Hills, many famous people came, including Warner's Jeffrey Cassoway, Disney's Michael Eisner, Viacom Sam Redstone of CBS, or Donaldson Duncan of CBS, and Oliver Myers, head of the Los Angeles branch, etc., are some people who have extensive influence in the media industry.

It's normal. The theme of today's reception is to celebrate the media's successful acquisition of TBS. Ted Turner finally agreed to the conditions offered by Claude. Claude has already told him clearly that even if you can still struggle, we have enough funds to deal with it. Coupled with Adrian's arrogant provocation and mocking self-display, Turner understood that these two ambitious boys had enough strength, and the unwillingness to admit defeat in his bones also made him want to take a gamble. How far a young man can go, so it finally became a happy situation like this.

"This is something worth celebrating." After the reception, Adrian had to chat with Claude in private in the study, and because of this, he did not bring a female companion.

"Of course, it's really worth celebrating after planning for so long." The glasses filled with amber liquid collided with each other and made a ding sound, and Claude immediately raised his neck and drank the whiskey.

"This is just the beginning." Adrian didn't do this, but turned the glass and looked at the liquid inside in a daze.

"Yeah, this is just the beginning." Claude said in agreement, sitting on the table and let out a long breath.

Although they didn't say anything else, both of them knew the meaning behind it. Maybe they were already very successful in the eyes of ordinary people, and they could have a lot of voice in the media industry at a young age, but they both Clearly, for people at a higher level, they are still very weak, how to keep themselves from being annexed, how to cooperate with the vertical and horizontal to further develop and grow on the basis of maintaining a win-win situation, these are issues that must be considered all the time.

However, Adrian is far less worried than Claude, because...

"As long as we keep going, Claude, this place will eventually belong to us." Adrian raised his cup to Claude.

"You still look so confident, Ed." Claude poured himself another half glass, then raised the glass, and touched it again, "I believe that if there is a miracle, there will be a second." indivual."

"Very good," Adrian laughed, "Now I'll give you two goals, and it's up to you how to do it."

"Oh?" Claude raised his eyebrows, "Let's hear it."

After taking a sip of whiskey, Adrian put the glass aside, sat up straight and looked at his best friend in a leisurely manner: "Surprise and..."