King of Hollywood

Chapter Forty-Eighth Suffering

Emma was sitting on a chair, holding her face in her hands and looking at the filming set with her round eyes open. Although she looked so focused and serious, kicking from the tuǐ hanging in the air from time to time betrayed her inner world .

The guy will be 5 years old in two months. Although she is only so old, she has at least reached the level of a 6- or 7-year-old child in her heart. In addition, she is very smart and can almost read newspapers fluently. Regardless of the ability to read newspapers fluently, you must know that English is not like Chinese. There are new things that can be understood by combining two or a few words. In English, either a long list of words is used to explain, Or simply create a new word out. Not to mention children, even adults have to look up a dictionary to understand such things, so it often happens that children can only read newspapers fluently when they are eleven or two years old.

"It's so boring..." The girl muttered boredly, and she was secretly angry with Adrian. She had promised to play with her for two days before, but she started working again within a day, and as soon as she worked She left it here and ignored it, and it had been like this for several days.

Thinking of this angrily, Emma couldn't help but look at Charlize who was observing the shooting situation not far away, and her mouth suddenly turned high again. Well, it's really okay, anyway, he has work to do, but he can always be with him every night, right? Still going every now and then and Charlie doesn't know what to do. He thought he was doing it secretly, always saying that he wanted to sleep alone, but how could he not know what he was thinking?

What are the two of them doing together? The guy thought about it again after he let out a small grunt. Although Ed spends more time with him, he can always seize the opportunity to do nothing with Charlie. Even if he takes a bath every time he comes back, her nose can still smell him. Come up with something.

Emma didn't know what it was, but it smelled good, similar to the little bit after he and Kate did something. Thinking of this, the guy's mouth suddenly puffed up a lot. When I first met Charlie, I thought she was harmless, so we got along pretty well, but I didn't expect that she would also start to get entangled with Ed in the end, which was really annoying.

Although the guy is growing up day by day, understands more things day by day, and can even calmly face the fact that the adoptive parents pay more attention to their children - of course, this is also related to the fact that Rodlin's preference is not obvious - But his feelings for Adrian have never changed. Still so attached and loved, every time we meet, I will stick to him and refuse to leave. This has to be said to be an interesting phenomenon.

"Hey, why are you sitting here?" A voice suddenly entered Emma's ears, it was a bit sharp, but at the same time it was very clear, like a chirping bird.

Emma turned her head and looked at the speaker curiously. The other person was about 4 feet 4 inches tall. She was wearing simple dark winter clothes and a pink scarf. She had a rather pretty face, but The lines of the facial features are a little hard, and the eyebrows are also thick. If it weren't for the pair of smart eyes and the long hair, people might think that this is a boy.

Of course, a girl like Emma can't tell these things, so she just showed dissatisfaction and replied in an arrogant tone: "Aren't you a guy too?"

The other party raised his eyebrows, probably because he didn't expect to get such an answer, and couldn't help being more interested in the guy.

"My dad is shooting a movie here," she pointed to the group of actors in the middle of the set, "how about you?"

"Making a movie?" Emma didn't want to talk to her at first, but her curiosity was immediately aroused by this sentence, and she was about to answer when she heard the other party scream: "God, he actually shaved his head? It's so ugly "

Her voice was a little louder, and she immediately attracted the attention of several staff members. One of the young ladies was still wrinkled, and she put her finger on the net and made a "shush" movement. The girl quickly covered her mouth .

The guy who watched all this couldn't help but chuckled a few times, and suddenly had a bad impression of her.

"Is it funny?" The girl who heard the laughter immediately turned her head with a fierce expression.

"Yeah, it's funny." Emma stuck out her tongue and made a face.

The girl snorted softly, and then introduced herself: "My name is Kayla, k-e-i-r-a, Kayla."

"Emma, ​​e-m-m-a, nice to meet you." The guy imitated Adrian's mouth and stretched out his hand.

"Me too." The girl smiled and shook hands with her, then pointed to the lady who made a "shh" to herself before: "That's my mother, she brought me here, she is a playwright."

Then he pointed to the middle-aged man who was standing with a young man in a gorgeous fur coat with a neatly trimmed beard and said, "That's my dad—frankly speaking, he looks really good like this." Ugly."

Emma couldn't help giggling twice, then pointed to Adrian and said, "That's...my uncle."

"Your uncle is the director?" the girl named Keira asked in a surprised tone.

"Yeah, he always has a lot of work, and he always spends very little time with me." Emma sighed, ignoring Adrian in her mind every time he came back to London to see her, Pick up the fact that she goes on vacation to the US every year.

"Where are your parents?" The girl immediately sensed the problem.

"They... went to heaven." Emma's face suddenly became a little sad, and Kayla, who didn't expect this result, immediately became at a loss, stammering and making gestures: "Yes... sorry... I'm not... ..."

"It doesn't matter," the guy immediately laughed, "They went to heaven when I was very young. Fortunately, I still have grandpa, many uncles and aunts, and Ed."

"Ed?" Keira asked, blinking her eyes, she probably treated her like a pet or something.

"That's him," Emma pointed to Adrian who was talking to the photographer. "I never call him uncle, except just now, because... that makes me feel very far away from him."

"Really..." Keira thought for a while, "By the way, do you know how to play with your fingers?"

"Finger game? You mean..." Emma thought for a while, then put her hands together and gestured.

"Yes, yes, I have a new game..." Keira said and began to teach.

The two girls started to play like this. Although they are both very smart, one is 9 years old and the other is 4 years old. The sound came up: "Hey guys, it looks like you guys are having fun, can I join in?"

Emma, ​​who was chattering, closed her mouth immediately, and looked around nervously. The shooting had already stopped, most of the people were resting, and many of them were smiling and looking at them. The guy stuck out his tongue nervously at the man in front of him, and then asked embarrassedly: "I... I was too loud, did I bother you?"

"Sometimes they can't even hear my call to start, what do you think?" Adrian raised his eyebrows.

"How could our voice be so loud, how could it be louder than yours?" Keira next to her said immediately with her hands on her hips, angrily as if she wanted to seek justice for Emma.

But then her father's voice came from behind Adrian: "Be polite, Kayla."

"This is not what a lady should look like." Mom's words followed.

Although she was a little annoyed, Keira still kept her mouth shut, but Adrian waved her hand without hesitation: "It's okay, Will, Shawen, what's your daughter's name?"

"Kayla, my name is Kayla." Before her parents could speak, the girl introduced herself, with her chest high and tall like a proud peacock. I really don't know why she is so proud.

"Kayla?" Adrian flashed an inexplicable light, "This name sounds nice."

As he said that, he hugged Emma and squeezed her face lovingly: "You two look very close."

"Kayla is very smart, she told me a lot of interesting things." Emma nodded jīpemi.

"Okay, then..." Adrian hugged her and looked at Will and Shawen who came to talk to Keira, "Hey, Will, the filming is over, do you have any plans for the evening?"

"Arrangement?" The man who shaved his head for the movie was a little surprised, "No special arrangement."

"Then, Hua, if you don't mind, let's go have dinner together." Adrian said as he lifted the girl in his arms.

Although the invitation was a bit abrupt, Will, who noticed his movements, quickly reacted, exchanged glances with his wife, and then nodded: "It's a great honor, Ed."

There is a well-known food street in Wandsworth, which is not as luxurious as the star restaurants in downtown London, but it also has good service and distinctive food. Considering that the two children definitely don't like the atmosphere of a high-end restaurant, and it's not far from the studio, Adrian invited Wilf fù to have dinner here.

"In short, after that disaster, although Emma has recovered very well, she has very few friends who are compatible with her." Adrian sighed, looking at Emma who was concentrating on playing games with Keira and giggling from time to time. Ma said.

"We can understand." After listening to him tell the guy's story, Shawen looked at Emma with more pity.

"Yes, Keira also lacked friends. She has been suffering from dyslexia since she was 6 years old, but luckily it didn't affect her studies and personality." Will also began to talk about things related to Keira.

"What a strong kid." Adrian nodded thoughtfully, and wrote down Will's words.

"By the way, Shawen is a playwright?" He asked immediately.

"Yes, I have written several scripts for stage plays, TV dramas, and movies, but I can't compare with well-known Hollywood screenwriters." Shawen replied with a smile.

"You're too modest. Even I just provide the idea and let other screenwriters complete it." Adrian shook his head, then thought of something and said: "If you don't mind, Shawen, can help Shall I see the script for the next movie?"

"Next movie?"

"Yes, after finishing this one, I'll start making a new movie right away, still in London." Adrian said in a relaxed tone, as if to say "this dish is tǐng good".

"New movie?" If the husband and wife just didn't understand before, now they are already showing surprise.

"You mean... right after Braveheart ends..." Will gestures.

"Of course, you have to know that I can be called a workaholic." Adrian shrugged, and then looked at Shawen, "This movie will be adapted from Jane Austen's story, as I said just now, basically I provide ideas, and then let other screenwriters supplement. You know, Shawn, although the American screenwriters are very good, not all of them have good attainments in the UK, but because of the need for time, they had to write it out early. , so I need a British screenwriter who can give me advice on this, would you help me?"

Shawen pursed his lips and quickly agreed: "I'm happy, Ed."

The dinner was over quickly, and after saying goodbye to the couple, Adrian took Emma into the car that came to pick him up.

"How is tonight, guy?" He asked after holding Emma in his arms. In order to make the guy happy, he didn't even bring Charlize, who was usually inseparable under such circumstances, with him.

"Very happy." Emma, ​​who was already yawning, nodded vigorously again, then got into Adrian's arms and began to act coquettishly: "I can see her again in the future, Ed? "

"Yes." Adrian held her head and looked at the distant street scene through the car window. "You will see her again. Keira Knightley is a good name."

The snow in early February didn't last too long or fall too much. After all, it was a warm winter, so when the weather improved and it was confirmed that the exterior scenes could start shooting, Adrian immediately left the studio scene and went to a town in Scotland.

The shots in the studio are easy to shoot, but the real scene is too restricted, and he doesn't know when it will snow, so he is so tight. However, in this way, the reporters who had gathered outside the studio were also alarmed, so they also followed to Scotland.

British journalists, or British newspaper reporters, have more than twice the sense of smell than their American counterparts. Adrian was fine when he was in a Scottish town, but he was discovered by these guys as soon as he returned to London. Of course, apart from their sensitive noses, the popularity of "Forrest Gump" in the UK is also one of the reasons.

Like the United States, this movie has aroused unprecedented response. Although it was released as early as late January, until now, you can occasionally see a long line for "Forrest Gump" outside the movie theater. Even The British media, which has always liked to cynicize Hollywood, also praised the film.

"Forrest Gump is arguably the definitive American film." - The Times

"Brilliantly edited, charged with intensity and thought-provoking, Adrian Cowell and Tom Hanks have teamed up to produce a masterpiece." - The Guardian

But Britain is not the United States after all, so there are far more ironic and critical voices than in the United States.

"The story is wonderful, but it is full of American self-righteousness." The "Daily Telegraph" said so.

"The method of combining fiction and reality is really a failure. It certainly makes the movie look more real, but at the same time, the sense of falsehood that hits the face at the end of the movie is also particularly strong." "The Independent" mocked mercilessly road.

The voices of these big newspapers, as for the newspapers, there are all kinds of interpretations, some unimaginable things are jaw-dropping to read, but just think about their original intention to attract readers’ attention with novelty, exaggeration and sex. You can be relieved. Because of this, after discovering that the director of Miracle had come to the UK and seemed to be starting to shoot a new film, they all gathered near the studio to interview one or two as if they had found a treasure.

After all, "Forrest Gump" is still in theaters. It has not only achieved an astonishing box office but also has a high reputation. It is already the most popular Oscar this year. No matter how much the British disdain Hollywood for Oscars, this It is still necessary to follow the American media to analyze and look forward to the Oscars. If there is a British film nominated, it will be praised. I wish that all the awards should belong to this film. I really don’t know how to describe it.

In short, the reporters really want to know what movie made this miracle director go to England to start the film while his own work was still in theaters. According to the little information revealed, it can be inferred that this seems to be a movie about the Middle Ages. British films, in this way, excite these people even more. During this period of time, British newspapers have been speculating about the new movie directed by Miracle, and many reports have described it vividly, which has been reprinted by the American media a lot.

Adrian never cared about it again. Over the past few years, he has summed up a lot of ways to deal with the paparazzi, and the paparazzi is not a panacea. It is not easy for these British newspaper reporters to catch him. Besides, the well-informed paparazzi all know the other identity of the director of Miracle, and they naturally know where the bottom line is. Sometimes they may stretch half a foot over, but they all retract quickly. So even though there were many speculations about the new movie outside, Adrian never revealed anything. Since the paparazzi are interested, he must abide by the rules. He is not the king of the world and can do whatever he wants.

As for them following all the way to the Scottish studio, there is no need to worry. Even after ten years, when there are more u-filming methods, reporters will not be able to inquire about the content of the live-action studio, and it is even more impossible now, so if they like to stay outside Just stay outside, and you will leave naturally after your patience wears off.

Therefore, Adrian started the live-action shooting with peace of mind. Apart from keeping in touch with Claude, he hardly asked about outside matters, and most of them were handled by Charlize. However, the recent situation of the media that has already targeted the target is not very good, and Claude suffered a loss in the hands of Eisner.