King of Hollywood

"Can... explain?" Rachel was a little confused.

"You are very charming, Rachel," Adrian said in a sincere tone, his eyes were very clear, "you have a temperament completely different from other actresses, an indescribable bookish atmosphere, which makes you unique Such charm. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that you are very suitable for playing women with a strong academic temperament, such as female scholars or female researchers. The bad thing is that you will be confined to this role and it is difficult to break through , simply put, the play path will be very narrow.”

"This should just be your inference, right?" Rachel raised her eyebrows and asked. Of course, she would not agree with Adrian's opinion, but she couldn't refute it directly, so she had to ask.

"Yes, that's why I feel sorry. If you are willing to play that role, maybe you can hone your acting skills and make your acting career wider." Adrian sighed, "The movie you are shooting now is not Not much, but the plasticity is still very strong.”

The surprised Rachel was inexplicably moved slightly, but at the same time she was a little wary, she pursed her lips and did not answer. Adrian didn't say anything, just watched her and seemed to find something interesting.

After a while like this, Rachel, who was a little uncomfortable to see, was about to cough lightly to remind him, when he suddenly heard Adrian say something dreamily: "If Anthony Minghella came to direct..."

Although the voice was very soft, Rachel, who pricked up her ears, still heard it, and her heart beat a little faster. Although she has not been in Hollywood for a long time, she has a relatively clear understanding of Adrian's affairs, and she naturally knows what it means.

"What are you talking about?" Rachel brushed her head nonchalantly and asked in a casual tone.

"Oh, no, it's nothing." Adrian smiled when he came back to his senses, and lowered his head to cover up drinking black tea.

Rachel was stunned for a moment, although she really wanted to say something, but after a moment of silence, she just sighed in her heart, feeling a sense of loss welling up spontaneously. It doesn't matter, he must have other considerations. Rachel said comfortingly to herself, but she didn't let the feeling of loss show. She didn't realize at all that her emotions had been completely controlled by the other party.

"Well, there is a role you might as well try," Adrian suddenly slapped his hand lightly, "it's just a supporting role that doesn't matter much, and it's a commercial movie."

After a pause, he added: "Even so, I still hope you can go all out, okay?"

Rachel's breathing became a little short, and of course she couldn't fail to understand the implied meaning given her intelligence. The gap in her mentality made her unable to speak for a while, and it was only after she recovered for a while that she realized that she was Adrian's hand was being held, and he nodded seriously: "I will."

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From time to time, there were knocking sounds on the wide arena, and Claude fell to the ground in embarrassment, his arms with armguards together in front of him, and raindrops of fists were constantly falling on it.

"Look at you, Crowe, I can no longer tell whether Thomas is your sparring partner or you are Thomas' sparring partner." Standing under the ring, Adrian was wearing shorts with his muscular upper body exposed and a white towel on his shoulders. Ann said with a sneer. WWw.YZUU point m

"It's easy to say... why don't you try it?" Claude, who was suppressed and unable to fight back, roared with difficulty.

After more than ten minutes, Adrian was suppressed on the ground, and Claude was standing under the ring laughing.

"Hey, buddy, stand up and fight back. You can only be beaten passively when you lie on the ground." Claude said leisurely while drinking water, and then Adrian roared: "Shut up, Claude!" .”

"Where did you find this guy?" Adrian asked his best friend after getting off the ring, gasping for breath while shaking his numb arm. There are still some bruises under the heavy punch. However, this guy's strength and skills are well grasped, and his vision is very accurate, and he will not knock down the vital points. Such a strong body is very flexible, which is really rare, but the disadvantage is that he is not good at words. Three sentences.

"Do you know how good he is?" Claude still didn't forget to tease him even though he handed over the towel.

"It's really powerful, but don't forget, I lasted much longer than you, and I can't use my legs because of the rules, otherwise it's not certain who will win." Adrian took the towel and wiped his face .

"Come on, Ed, this is not free fighting." Claude shook his head, "Could it be that you have fallen to the point where you dare not even admit defeat? It's not a big deal."

"Hey, I didn't admit defeat, it's just that you think so, and by the way, you can also cover up the fact that you were knocked down with two hits." Adrian smiled and gave him an elbow, "Okay, go take a shower, don't Get beaten again."

Turning on the nozzle, the water flow at the right temperature immediately rushed over the body, and Adrian stretched his arms and let out a long breath. Although he had just played a few rounds in the training arena, his body didn't have any strain or sprain, but he was beaten a little bit badly, but that's normal.

Adrian exercises regularly and is guided by professional nutritionists and fitness trainers. He has a pretty good figure, with strong chest muscles and abdominal muscles exuding masculine beauty, which complements his 6-foot-inch height. The women he slept with, whether it was Monica, Julia or Drew, Cameron, said he had a very sexy body. His personal doctor also said that his health is much better than that of ordinary people. As the saying goes, he is "as strong as a cow". But these only allow him to develop evenly. Compared with someone like Thomas who exercises exclusively for boxing, he must be much worse.

"What do you think, about those three teams." Claude, wearing a towel, came out from the other side, wiping his head.

"My opinion? Of course it is sold, should we keep it?" Adrian shrugged.

"I think so too, but I'm afraid Ted will not agree. After all, this is his hard work, and the base camp of TBs is in Atlanta." Claude said wearing his clothes.

There are many things that TBs belong to, besides net and new line, there are many other things, such as two or three film production companies, Claude is planning to merge them. Then there are three teams, the Atlanta Hawks, one of the seven oldest teams in the nBa, the Atlanta Braves, who won the World Series of Baseball, and the Atlanta Flames, who performed mediocrely in the ice hockey league.

This is not surprising, large group companies will more or less own one or two teams, some because of the owner's hobbies, some for the company's development, after all, the major leagues of several major ball games - nFL, mLB and nBa Or nhL, which has a wide range of influence in the United States. It’s just that the three teams owned by TBs have some value in addition to the relatively old Eagles in the nba, and the remaining two are almost dispensable things. In addition, they are in Atlanta, whether it is Adrian or Crowe Germany, have no interest in operating.

"Do we need to consider Ted's opinion?" Adrian asked back.

"At least it has to be considered at this stage." Claude sighed.

"Okay, then the Eagles can keep, but the other two teams must be sold," Adrian said after thinking for a while, "Tell Ted, we will have better ones in the future."

"Why, you already have a goal?" Claude showed interest.

"Our base camp is Los Angeles, so we naturally have to consider the Los Angeles team." Adrian spread his hands.

"Really? The Clippers or the Lakers? If it's the latter, Jerry Buss probably won't sell it." Claude said thinking.

"Not now," Adrian shook his head. "Our goal now is to seize all opportunities to expand and gather resources to ensure the smooth development of the company-this is why I think those three teams should be sold."

There are major and minor things. The most important thing is to build your own media empire. It is the right way to wait until this goal is almost completed before considering other things. Jerry Buss not selling? Will he really not sell it after spending a lot of money? Besides, here in the United States, the nFL is the most popular sport.

"By the way, there is bad news." Claude, who had already put on his pants and shirt, changed the subject.

"Let's hear it." Adrian, who was also sympathetic, glanced at him.

"Whether it's Warner or Warner, it's a direct refusal." Claude shrugged regretfully.

"Really?" Adrian frowned, and Warner's refusal was expected, but it was a bit unexpected to be so direct. I originally thought that it became a subsidiary of Warner after the merger of Time and Warner, and it has not fully developed yet, so it should be easy to talk about, but now it seems that I was wrong in my prediction.

"What's your opinion?" Adrian asked Claude.

"My opinion?" Claude smiled, "Do you still remember that TBs also has a similar premium cable TV, but it usually focuses on sports programs, and the TV series are bought from other TV stations."

"You mean TnT?" Adrian recalled, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate. As you said, they mainly focus on sports events, which is very different from self-made TV movies and TV series."

"Then let's reorganize it according to the model, just like reorganizing the brokerage company according to the CAA model." Claude said immediately, "I can roughly guess why you need it, Ed, but I think as long as The reorganization of TnT went well, and the same effect can be achieved."

Adrian stopped working, sat on the bench and pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, you can try."

If TnT can really be reorganized according to the model, it would be a great thing. What he has in his hands is nothing more than the idea of ​​several high-quality TV dramas. As long as he replicates them as much as possible, that TV station will have no problem broadcasting them.

"Also, there's something about Marvel Comics."

"Oh, don't tell me this one's in trouble too, Crowe."

"Of course not," Claude laughed, "This time is good news. It is very easy to acquire Marvel Comics, but we can wait a little longer. According to their current predicament, another six months to a year time will be easier."

"Sounds good," Adrian smiled. "Well, you can figure it out. Anyway, you are responsible for these things, as long as... nothing goes wrong."

After getting dressed, the two walked out of the fitness room and came to the garden. The servants had already prepared afternoon tea.

"How's Milan Max going?" Adrian asked after taking a sip of coffee.

"There are two companies sparing no effort to compete, and the Weinstein brothers are naturally happy to watch the show." Claude shrugged, "But Disney has shown signs of letting go."

"Signs of letting go?" Adrian raised his eyebrows involuntarily, "Michael Eisner so easily gives up on things that are almost in his mouth? This is not his style. Or, is this just the smoke from Disney? "

"There's about a 0% to 100% chance of smoke, and Michael Eisner seems to be preoccupied with other things, and, you know, earlier this month, his second in command, Frank Wells, crashed died." Claude said analytically, "So it is possible to give up Miramax."

Adrian thought about it carefully, and this is indeed possible. He has distributed a lot of things that originally belonged to Miramax. Correspondingly, in the eyes of other companies, its value has also dropped a lot. In addition, Disney has released such a big deal from last year to this year. Things, Eisner ditching Miramax was also to be expected.

"But I have an idea," Claude said at this time, "a bold and even crazy idea."

"Really? Let's hear it." Adrian suddenly became interested. It would definitely surprise Claude to say it so solemnly, with the words "bold" and "crazy". .

However, to his disappointment, Claude shook his head: "No, no, this idea is not mature now, I still need more information and information, and... I still need to observe something."

"It's so mysterious, it must be very important." Adrian asked tentatively, but Claude just smiled and stopped talking about it. That being the case, he didn't ask any more questions, anyway, if Claude wanted to take action, he would definitely notify him.

The two then talked about other topics, such as merging the production companies under TBs into New Line or Bosworth. Claude wants to merge into New Line, so as to divide the remaining equity in the hands of New Line President Robert Shea. After being acquired by TBs, New Line still retains the right to operate independently, but the current reputation of New Line is not as good as that of Miramax. , and it is enough for a media company to have a film company that maintains independent management rights.

But after careful consideration, Adrian expressed his objection. First, the production companies under TBs are not large in scale, and even if they are merged with New Line, they may not be able to share much; The horror film "Scream" has been produced by Adrian ahead of time and sold to Universal, and its first top-level production "Seven Deadly Sins" has also been fiddled with now, so it was still a second-tier movie for a long time The company, even if there is a problem, it will not be too serious.

In addition, Robert Shea is also a very capable person, and it is also beneficial to win him over. Moreover, if Adrian's long-term plan can be successful, it will be easier to divide his equity.

After spending a fairly pleasant afternoon at Claude's house and exchanging opinions on these work matters, Adrian has almost stayed in Los Angeles. David Fincher didn't have much opinion on Gwyneth's role as the heroine, and even praised a few words. However, it will have to wait for a while before the filming starts, and the preliminary preparations are not so easy to complete. Also in preparation is "Little Women", which is a little faster, after all, Adrian had already set the production schedule for this film last year.

Also, the role given to Rachel Weisz is the Sarah Davis in the upcoming "Mission", the female agent who was killed by Jean Reno outside the Prague embassy. Although the film production rights have been handed over to Cruise's production company, how can there be a free lunch in the world? On a series of matters such as the selection of actors, Bosworth has the main say. Tom Cruise didn't say anything. Although he is not very smart, he also knows the rules.

Besides, the whole team is basically the same crew, except for his wife Nicole Kidman as Claire Phelps, Rachel Weisz as Sarah Davis, and Anthony Hopkins as the villain ss Jim Phelps—God knows how the head of the company who was the producer in the past persuaded the old man to come down. Adrian was stunned for a long time when he found out. In short, Cruise is quite satisfied with such a team, so naturally he will not say anything more.

The reason why Rachel is arranged this way is mainly because there is no better role at present. Although Adrian finally thought of two suitable scripts, they both belonged to things without an outline, and it would be impossible to shoot for a while, so he simply used this role and left it here.

Rachel is different from women like Gwyneth who grew up in Hollywood. She graduated from Cambridge is very smart and a little arrogant, which can be seen from the fact that she just came to him now. So it's not easy to get her completely, and you can't use methods like seducing Gwyneth. But as long as she develops in Hollywood, she can't escape Adrian's palm. Smart women always think about a lot of things, but if they think too much, they are more likely to get confused, and then...

After leaving from Claude, Adrian drove to Julia's hidden villa, spent a good night with her, and flew back to Alabama in a rented private jet the next day. Although there are still some things in Los Angeles that have not been dealt with in time, such as meeting the seductive goblin under the pretext of "Little Women" preparations, or seeing how Blanchett is doing, etc., "Forrest Gump" "The filming is also very important.

But it’s okay, I’m going back to Los Angeles after the filming here, we’ll talk about it then, anyway, I’ve never broken contact with them

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