King of Hollywood

Volume 1: Foundation Laying] Chapter 241: Global Acquisition

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Chapter 241: Global Acquisition

"Avril, how long are you going to stand there with the plates?" Avril, who was in a daze, came back to her senses until the mother's reminder sounded, and then put the tableware in her hand into the dishwasher in a panic with a red face among.

"I'm sorry, Mom, I'm just... I'm just a little..." She tried to explain, but her mother didn't blame her.

"I know you're excited, honey, it's nothing," Judy said to her daughter with a smile, "I just wanted to say, if you really have something on your mind, you should go to the living room and talk to Dad and that aunt Mr. Derian said, instead of hiding in the kitchen under the pretext of being helpful, the gentleman will leave in a few minutes."

Hearing her mother's words, Avril's face turned red, and then she became hesitant. At this moment, her father walked in: "Avril, Mr. Adrian is leaving."

"So fast?" the young girl said in surprise, immediately dropped the things in her hand, wiped her hands and ran outside.

In the living room, Adrian, who had already got up, was talking to Matthew. Seeing Avril come out, he immediately gave a smile, but the young girl stood still and looked at him, not knowing what to say.

"Then I'm leaving, I've booked a room at the hotel, and it's not worth canceling now." The other said, "Then I will go back tomorrow, the vacation is almost over, you have enough time to think about it, I hope I come next time Good news to hear."

"I will," John, who was standing behind his daughter, nodded, "I'll take you out."

"Let me take Mr. Adrian out." Avril, who had been stuck there and didn't know what to do, suddenly opened her mouth. Although she shrank her neck when all the eyes shot over, she quickly stood up again. ōng chamber.

"Okay, then I'll give it to you, Ivy." John laughed, and then made a gesture of please.

"Thank you, it's a great honor for you to send me away, respected Ms. Lavigne." Adrian followed up and bowed with a smile on his face. He looked very formal and used his honorific title, which immediately provoked Matthew. And Michelle's chuckle.

The girl's face was slightly red, and she came to the door in two or three steps to open the door for Adrian, and sent him all the way to the street. She didn't say a word during the whole process, her hands were behind her back, her mouth was biting and her face was sullen, she didn't have the brisk, flamboyant, lively feeling during the day at all. In fact, she has been like this since Adrian entered her house, and after hearing about his purpose and knowing his identity, the situation became even more serious.

"Let's go here." After stopping beside his car, Adrian said, and then looked at the girl with interest: "Do you want to say something to me?"

"Yes... yes..." Avril Lavigne lowered her head, groaned for a while, then drew several circles on the ground with her hands behind her back, and then whispered: "Yes... I'm sorry, Mr. Adrian."

"Just call me Adrian or Ed, so I can call you Ivy too. It's a nice name." Adrian smiled gently, without any intention of blaming, which made the young girl More and more uneasy.

"Okay, Adrian... Ed, I just want to say, I didn't mean it, neither my friend nor I did it on purpose, we skateboard like this a lot, but it never happened, so..." Her voice became lower and lower, she raised her head and showed an embarrassed expression, "So I didn't know what to do for a while, so... please believe me, we are not like that."

"Yes, I know," Adrian nodded, "I said, I have been to this town several times, and the residents here are very hospitable, so I believe you didn't mean it, don't take it to heart, I wasn't hurt anyway—although it did fall a bit hard."

Hearing such words, the young girl finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then stuck out her tongue: "I also want to thank you for not letting me out in front of my parents, this is really... If I let them know, then my summer vacation will be over gone."

"A girl who can sing loudly in public must be a person full of vitality. She is absolutely impossible to escape when she encounters something." Adrian waved his hands, as if he didn't care at all, "Aren't you apologizing to me now? As for your parents, children will always have their own secrets that they don’t want to tell them, and as long as the children know what to do and what not to do, it’s not a big deal not to tell them.”

Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed: "Speaking of which, we are really destined. I came to Napani to find you, but not long after I got out of the car, I was hit by you and fell hard. I am destined to find you."

Avril suddenly giggled, although she was a little embarrassed, she was undoubtedly much better than before.

"Sorry, Ed, I...I want to know, are you serious about what you said today?" She asked suddenly, looking at Adrian's eyes full of expectation and excitement.

"Of course, although this still requires professionals to test and evaluate you, I believe in my vision," Adrian nodded seriously, "so I really hope you can agree."

"I...I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." Avril originally wanted to agree, but it is a pity that she still can't make the decision, so she finally said this.

"Then that's it, I will arrange for someone to come over as soon as possible." Adrian reached out and mō mō her head, then got in the car, greeted and left.

Seeing that the car was driving far away, Avril cheered and jumped three feet high on the spot, and then bounced back to her home.

"Look at Ivy, how excited she is." Seeing that his sister couldn't help coming in, Matthew shook his head in a teasing tone.

"It looks like our daughter has already made up her mind, John." Judy opened her hands and looked at her husband.

Only then did the girl realize that the family was still in the living room, so she had to restrain herself a little, not caring about rolling her eyes at her brother, and asked nervously after her mother finished speaking: "What's the matter, mother, is there any problem?"

"Don't be nervous, honey, your mother is just a little worried." John said, "Although the United States is in the south, Los Angeles is still a little far from Napanee."

"What does it matter? Ed said that I can go to Los Angeles as an exchange student, and receive relevant training while going to school. You can come to see me at any time, and I can come back anytime," Avril yelled hurriedly Get up, "Oh Mom, I'm an adult now, I can take care of myself and this is a chance, a good chance"

"How about it, Judy, as I said, Ivy is a very assertive child." John laughed, then pulled his daughter and patted her immature shoulder: "Okay, honey Yes, don't worry, we will arrange everything for you, as long as Adrian shows enough sincerity."

Back in the room, after letting go of the excitement and excitement accumulated tonight, a dizzy feeling flooded Avril's heart, as if a huge pie fell from the sky and hit her on the head . Thinking of the never-before-seen surprise and envy flowing from the eyes of her brother and sister, she was filled with pleasure, especially when her brother told her that Adrian was a well-known media tycoon in Hollywood, and his vision of people was almost invisible. No, it is said that Britney, who is now very popular, was discovered by him, so she couldn't help being very proud.

What is Britney, as long as I work hard, I will definitely surpass her in the future. The young girl was so cheering for herself in her heart, but when she wanted to pick up the guitar and play and sing for a while as usual, she couldn't concentrate anyway. The scene of skateboarding in the afternoon came to mind from time to time. She almost forgot the specific situation at that time. She just remembered that when rushing down the slope, a tall figure suddenly came out from the other side, and then she screamed. Shouting and bumping into it.

It hurt so much, even people knocked down to the ground, one can imagine how strong the impact would be, if Adrian was not under it at that time, if he fell to the ground, he would have been injured . A smile slipped across the corner of the girl's mouth. Before she got up, she should have been lying on top of him. If she recalled carefully, she could still feel Adrian's thick chest.

The sound of dong dong dong suddenly pulled Avril out of her memories, and after looking around, she realized that it was the sound of knocking on the wall, and the head and tail of the bed were ringing. Thinking on her knees, she knew what was going on, the young girl immediately rolled her eyes, and when she came to the window, she raised the glass window and stuck her head out and asked angrily, "What's the matter?"

"Why didn't I hear you sing tonight?" Michelle's head stuck out from the window of the next room.

"Yeah, suddenly I'm not used to it." Matthew's head also stuck out from the other side of the window.

"Ha, I sang before, and you said it made you fall asleep; now that I don't sing, you say you're not used to it." Avril rolled her eyes unceremoniously.

"Because you're probably going to L.A., and you really can't hear you singing next door," Matthew said.

"Yeah, maybe I have to buy your album to listen to it in the future." Michelle also nodded sharply.

"Then just wait and buy my album." Avril Lavigne smiled, immediately shrank her head back, then lowered the window, laughed three more times, turned off the light and jumped on the bed.

The previous pleasure once again occupied her heart, and it was no wonder that, as the second eldest in the family, she was neither valued as much as the eldest, nor favored like the youngest—even though her parents still cared a lot for her— And there are no brothers and sisters who are also in the middle to talk to, so she likes to express herself since she was a child, and wants to get more attention and attention, so she likes to sing and be the focus of people, from attending church choirs to She often begged her parents to buy equipment and perform in the bazaar.

Now someone finds me, saying that he is optimistic about her potential and wants to sign a contract with her, and this person is famous for his good eyesight, how can this make girls not excited and excited. This is the first time someone is so sure of himself, even if his parents think she sings well, they have never said such a thing, and this time he came to Napani to find him, and he was knocked down by himself when he arrived On the ground, I have to say that this is indeed an arrangement of fate.

The young girl in the bed started to giggle, then beat and kicked on the bed for a long time before falling asleep sweetly exhausted.

After leaving Napanee, he went directly south to New York to have a secret tryst with a certain nvxìng, and then returned to Toronto to take his private plane back to Los Angeles. Although there were a few small forks in this journey, he was basically satisfied. Needless to say, he got Lin Chiling, and the future rock n' roll devil girl almost fell into his pocket. Although he said before that professionals should come over for evaluation, whether to sign a contract is not a matter of his words.

When he visited the Canadian set of "Flying With You" a few years ago, he visited the small town of Napanee, but at that time he was with Gwyneth, so he didn't stay too long. He did come here a few times after that—he didn’t lie to them—and quickly found what he was looking for. After all, this town has less than 10,000 residents.

Afterwards, he waited all the time, until there was singing in the bazaar, and he took time to listen to it, so he chose to visit this summer vacation. This is a good time. At one o'clock in the morning, Avril Lavigne's foundation is not yet solid. Not only will she be suspected of ulterior motives, but she may also be spoiled for growth; and at one o'clock in the evening, she might be snatched away by other record companies, which is too bad up.

Going to war for a singer may seem like a watery head to others, but in Adrian's eyes, it is a very interesting thing. What could be better than watching a girl grow up slowly on her own, and then take action What's more interesting about its signing? Now that he could do something fun, why not?

Of course, he didn't expect that the other party would give him such an "offensive power". You must know that although Adrian kept saying that he was fine, his back really hurt when he was lying on the ground. As expected of being famous for his personality in his previous life, this is really a unique way of appearing on the stage, and it also makes Adrian more interested. So he abandoned his original idea, and directly proposed to the Throne of God Seal to let Avril go to Los Angeles as an exchange student to go to school, and receive training while studying. She had just finished her 8th grade and was in the middle of the summer vacation, so she could just apply. Although the time may be short, with Adrian's current power, it is still very easy to arrange for a girl to come to Los Angeles in exchange for a baby.

She is so cute and funny, but also has such potential and personality, of course she should be kept under the eyelids and watched all the time. Although the Lavigne family said that they still have to think about it, the ending is predictable. After the summer vacation is over, Avril Lavigne will go to school in Los Angeles and start training for a record company.

He returned to Los Angeles with Lin Chiling. For this woman, how to make a choice is very simple, so Adrian received her call soon, and will travel from Napanee to New York and then to Toronto He made a full circle, just to pick her up, and at the same time took this opportunity to show off his private plane.

As he expected, Lin Chiling, who was not too complicated, was stunned by this extravagant private plane. The whole trip was in a kind of uncontrollable excitement. Adrian had to take her around on the plane, The original plan to try high-altitude passion was temporarily put aside, anyway, there will be opportunities in the future.

For a woman who loves vanity, as long as you give her a feeling of being unattainable, she will naturally feel ashamed and crawl at your feet. Then give appropriate kindness and superficial respect at this time, let her realize her own value and gain a certain honor and fame, and she will honestly curl up at your feet.

Now I have the first two. As for the latter, don’t rush, take your time. After returning to Los Angeles, Adrian arranged for Lin Chiling to go to the Drama Academy for further study. She has no foundation now, and everything has to start from scratch. The movie version of "Resident Evil" will not start shooting until at least the end of the year, and there is still time.

In addition, she has to arrange an agent for her, preferably a Chinese immigrant from Taiwan, so that communication will be more convenient. However, after the brokerage company brought over the list of suitable brokers, he discovered another surprising change, and then shook his head with emotion, the world is changing more and more.

However, no matter how the world changes now, there is one thing that cannot be changed. In late August 1998, the media officially announced that they had successfully acquired Universal Pictures from Seagram. This news caused quite a stir in the industry. Shocking, many people know that the acquisition of Universal Pictures, just like TBS and the acquisition, means that the media has begun to be on an equal footing with the other six major Hollywood film companies in terms of film production and distribution.

Everyone remembers how much vitality TBS and the media have radiated, and how much role Adrian Cowell, known as the ace screenwriter, miracle director, and gold medal producer, played. Now that Universal Pictures has joined, the benefits will definitely not exceed 1+1=2. How long did it take News Corporation to develop to this point? How much time did Viacom waste? It's really enviable and jealous.

However, these envious and jealous people will never know how much effort the media has made in acquiring Universal. Although Viacom is seeking to acquire CBS, although Warner and Disney are forming a new cable network, and although News Corp. is consolidating itself out of the crisis, it does not mean that they are happy to see the media grow further.

When the media acquired TBS and TBS, many people thought that they might fall into a quagmire, but they did not expect that as soon as a few TV dramas and reality shows were launched, they immediately revitalized the TV stations—especially—and made them completely firm. Grasp the fruits of victory. What's more, they have expanded rapidly in the past few years, but they have always been going steadily. The reason is that the man who can indeed be called a miracle. It can be said that as long as Adrian is around, the media will be more successful in film and television production. Just be invincible.

No one will make the same mistake again, even if they are all entangled in such and other things, but there is no problem in secretly stumbling and using means. Seagram even took this opportunity to get a kick by holding shares. It's a pity that in the end, Universal Pictures was still bought by the media. This is of course because the calculating people can't fully exert their strength, and it is also because the media has an outstanding chairman who believes in him wholeheartedly.