King of Hollywood

Chapter 66 Capitalists

"An early adopter?" Adrian was stunned for several seconds when he heard this question, and Lin Xilei's expression never changed, as if she was talking about a very common thing.色@色*文￥学%网m{ }Although this is exactly what he wants to see, but isn't she getting into the mood too quickly? After Adrian thought about it, he asked with great interest, "Is there any choice?"

Lin Xilei then handed a folder in front of him: "I have done some selections first, if these are not to your liking, it's not too late to look at the others."

Adrian took it with some doubts, and almost sprayed it out after opening it. Four photos were pasted on the rather delicate coated paper on the front page, and a clear price was marked on the bottom. Although the price was not stated, it was all at this time. Is it necessary to explain clearly? There are a total of 14 women in 7 pages of the folder, basically all of which Adrian has heard of in his previous life, so clearly marked...

"A little exaggerated?" Adrian raised the folder in his hand with a smile. He didn't care about the hundreds of thousands or millions of prices on it. so special.

It seems that the way of picking goods like this is definitely an insult to those women, but it is also a kind of pleasure to men, just like... the emperor flipped the sign in the braid scene, and the guy who made this kind of design is very good at trying to figure out the psychology of men.

"Not at all, this is just an invitation price." Lin Xilei shrugged at this time.

As soon as she said this, Adrian understood that it was one thing to invite to participate, but another thing to be able to go to bed. Of course, after throwing so much money, getting the other party to bed is just a breeze.

"How did you get this?" Adrian asked curiously.

"I think you may need it, so I got in touch with the old woman who persuaded Zhiling before. She is a very good middleman." Lin Xilei continued to shrug her shoulders, looking at the folder with complicated eyes.

middleman? Adrian raised his eyebrows, then understood, smiled and stopped asking. Then, he noticed her expression, he was a little puzzled at first, but he quickly reacted, and chuckled in his heart, if she didn't get the current manager's action, I'm afraid her name would be on it.

"Frankly speaking, this is very appetizing to me, but..." Adrian wanted to say something with this gesture.

"This transaction was carried out under extremely secret circumstances. The other party is a senior person, and I warned her and agreed to pay her a sum of money to shut her up. I think you don't mind, right?" Lin Xilei said He paused here, looked at Adrian and smiled, "Zhiling doesn't mind either."

Adrian looked surprised. The reason why he had concerns was because he had to consider Lin Chiling's image. If he brought another woman over, it would be tantamount to telling others that Lin Chiling was taken care of by him? Although this matter would be discovered sooner or later, it would be a little later. Since Lin Chiling was always serving him with all her heart, he didn't mind standing in her place and thinking about her.

But now... After thinking about it for a while, Adrian knew Shuanglin's plan, and he shook his head with a smile.

"Unsatisfied? Then continue or not?" Lin Xilei sighed softly.

"Which one do you think is good?" Adrian smiled and pushed the folder back, and Lin Xilei immediately showed a surprised look. Compared with Charlize and Ivanka, she was still not calm enough, so she could only do these things up.

"Well, one person played two roles in FTV's "Flying Dragon in the Sky" last year and became a popular idol. She is called the queen of Taiwan at eight o'clock. Judging by your taste in Japan, you should like it." Lin Xilei browsed through a few pages of documents and then jumped out a photo and handed it over, "And it's about the same age as Zhiling."

"You really know a lot." Adrian praised, and sighed again, if Ivanka hadn't been able to take the lead, if she wasn't a Chinese, it would be just right to be a life secretary.

"Then it's her." He flipped through the photos, with a rather delicate face, smiling, very youthful and sweet, "Miss Jia Jingwen."

Alyssa Chia is a Taiwanese girl who was born and raised. When she was a girl, she starred in some CTV movies, but she graduated from Beijing Film Academy and only entered the entertainment circle after her father failed in business. In the first few years, the development was not smooth. It was not until 1999 when he starred in the Taiwanese drama "The Seventh Couple-Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" that he was noticed, and then he became popular with "Flying Dragon in the Sky" last year.

Such a woman is easily seduced, even though the middleman did not reveal Adrian's identity, he still easily persuaded her. Then, again, I have already participated, so should I still pretend to be reserved? Especially when the target is a Hollywood media tycoon. She was a little nervous at first, but Adrian relaxed her after a few words, and then looked at him with indescribably excited eyes.

Adrian has seen this kind of gaze many times, so he didn't have the slightest burden when he pressed her on the bed, and enjoyed it to the fullest under Alyssa Chia's flattery. Of course, the carnival of foursomes will definitely not be missing. Lin Chiling's "Do not mind" refers to this, and she has joined, will Lin Xilei still escape?

Alyssa Chia obviously has never played these games before, and she resisted at first, but after a little struggle, she complied, and then gradually began to take the initiative. Unfortunately, even so, Adrian was just playing. Not to mention all the things about her in memory, there are two Asians on the collection shelf is enough, Lin Xilei took Lin Chiling out of curiosity and wanted to find a suitable agent, and this investment is very cost-effective. As for Liu Yufei, firstly, it was because she wanted to verify whether the deeds about their mother and daughter in her memory were true, and secondly, she was considering Zhang Qiu in the "Harry Potter" series-the original version was really terrible.

And that's it. Asians have too many collections, and there are not many good roles to be distributed. Hollywood's discrimination against Asians cannot be changed by a media tycoon. So this morning when Jia Jingwen was still sleeping soundly, Adrian told Lin Xilei that it would be like this from now on, as long as there was something suitable to play with, he would not take it back.

Adrian knew what Shuanglin was thinking, just like Lin Xilei recommended Liu Yufei last time, they wanted to unite for more benefits. In fact, there is no need to do this at all. As mentioned above, if there are too many, there will not be much to share.

"For me, the two of you here in Taiwan are enough." Adrian said, looking at the door on the other side, and soon Lin Chiling came out wearing a bathrobe and wiping her wet hair with a smile.

There is no doubt that last night was another crazy foursome, otherwise Alyssa Chia wouldn't be unable to get up now. Of course, this has nothing to do with her being played by three people in turn.

"So you don't need to worry so much, understand? Just keep the current situation." After Lin Chiling sat in his arms, Adrian pinched her chin and said, and at the same time stretched out his hand to pinch Lin Xilei's face Bundle.

"Understood." Lin Chiling said softly. Although Lin Xilei still had a faint smile, she had an obvious relaxed expression.

The trip to Taiwan ended in this way, leaving Xilei Lin to accompany Lin Chiling to deal with the promotion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Adrian returned to Los Angeles. After a two-day rest, I went to England by the Los Angeles-New York-London route, which was a must every year, but little Emma was never satisfied.

"It's late again, why can't it be earlier?!" Although Adrian was very happy to see him, little Emma still waved her arms and asked aggressively.

"Alright, alright, Your Majesty the Queen, because of my lateness, I have caused you a huge loss. I apologize for this, and I would like to make some compensation." Adrian squatted in front of her, posing She spoke solemnly in a posture of meeting the queen, which immediately attracted laughter from many people, including her aunt.

Little Emma couldn't help pouting, staring at him unhappy, but Adrian pinched her face indifferently and shook her face with a smile. Little Emma immediately opened her hands and opened her mouth wide, making a vicious A look of "I want to bite you", completely lacking the wit and calmness that Hermione should have, immediately aroused another burst of laughter.

"Okay, anyway, I'm still here, can't you give me a smile?" Adrian waved his hands.

"Want me to give you a smiling face? That's not an easy thing to do." Little Emma folded her arms and looked at him with narrowed eyes. Then she made a lot of requests, and even used them in the next few days The private jet took her to tour the whole of Western Europe and parts of Eastern Europe, but unexpectedly, Adrian agreed to everything.

"Tell me honestly, Ed, why did you agree so readily? If it was before, you would have cut off at least half of the conditions?" After a fun stroll by Lake Mälaren in Stockholm, wearing Little Emma, ​​in the thick fleece with gloves and earmuffs, tucked into the arms of Adrian sitting on the bench, and giggled, reaching out to pull his face, as if hiding another one underneath. people.

"Because after the release of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" at the end of this year, it will be impossible for you to imagine playing unscrupulously like now." Adrian said, rubbing her head.

"Oh? Is it that powerful?" Little Emma blinked.

"Believe me, as a fairly good director, my judgment is generally not wrong." Adrian shrugged and said in a "modest" tone.

"Not bad?" Little Emma looked at him with her hands on her hips, "If the director of Miracle says he can only be good, shouldn't the other directors commit suicide in shame?"

"Then you still ask!" Adrian immediately grabbed her and kneaded her for a while, and the little guy giggled while struggling.

It took a while for the two to calm down. After panting, little Emma hugged Adrian, put her head on his shoulder and said in a satisfied tone: "I love you, Ed."

Listening to her emotional words, Adrian frowned slightly involuntarily, but quickly regained his composure, and patted her on the back: "I love you too, Emma."

In addition to visiting little Emma and playing with her when he comes to London, one of the things he will do is to ask about the progress of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Basically, there is only some finishing work left for the movie, except for the opening and ending credits that have not been added, the others have been completed. Adrian picked up a few clips in his studio in London and watched a few, frankly, Chris? Columbus has done a good job, and he deserves to be a director famous for making family movies, so the next "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" should also be on the agenda.

"You have to give me time to rest, Ed, I haven't spent a good time with my wife and children for a long time." Columbus sighed, somewhat reluctantly.

"Yes, I know, Chris, I can see all your hard work," Adrian persuaded with a smile, "but you also know that children always develop very quickly, especially those around ten years old. For children, if it is delayed for too long, the first part will look like a child, and the second part will be 13 or 4 years old, which will give people a sense of incongruity."

Having said this, he paused for a while before he continued: "Besides, I have no intention of asking the crew to start filming now, as long as it doesn't start before July, you have enough time to spend with your family."

Columbus still looked hesitant. He agreed with Adrian's statement in his heart. Children's movies are like this. If you don't hurry up, once children grow into adults, they won't be able to shoot the original feeling. . And he also likes the "Harry Potter" series of novels very much, otherwise he would not have moved his family to London for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

But the problem is that this is a huge project. Columbus, who single-handedly cast the cast and produced it, has a clear understanding of it. He has to take care of it one by one during shooting, production, and post-production. What's more, Rowling is still at the side. Any questions related to the direction of the script Her opinion had to be consulted, and it was almost impossible to make a film like this without spending a year on it. And the entire series currently has four novels, and Rowling said there may be seven in total. God, does he have to stay in London for 7 years or more?

Doing the same thing too much, even if you like it, you will get tired sometimes. After the initial novelty has passed, the children in the family complain about their father who is not on the set or in the studio for a long time. Very contradictory.

Adrian can naturally see it, so he didn't force him: "Well, Chris, you have read all four of Joe's current novels, and they have become a bit more adult since the third one, so you just need to Directing the first two films is enough, I think it should be fine."

"Okay, you are the boss." Columbus agreed after thinking for a while with a sigh.

Indeed, the whole series becomes more and more adult at the end, and a family carnival-style director like Columbus is not suitable-this is why some people in the previous life always said that the first two films are the best, because they have enough childishness .

Of course, the inappropriate choice of director is also a problem, but after the production of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is completed, the young actors are basically finalized, and then the next few films can be produced slowly . Adrian believes that as long as the director and Rowling are willing to listen to his opinion, the next few films will at least be better than the previous ones. Speaking of which, several young actors also performed very well, needless to say little Emma, ​​even Rowling praised her, as long as she is in front of the camera, she is an out-and-out Hermione. And Eric who plays Harry? Reese and George as Ron? Sanders also performed very well. Probably as long as children grow up in a healthy environment, they will have an indescribable aura.

Just like little Emma, ​​although she suffered such a big disaster, and her aunt inevitably shifted emotionally after giving birth to her own child, but with Adrian as her emotional sustenance, she grew up Played an important role, so she is still growing up very healthy - oh, of course, it would be better if she was not so precocious and too weird.

Now that Columbus has agreed, the preparations for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" can be officially started. With the experience in preparing "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", most of the work can be handed over to other people. He can Rest assured to leave time for your family, as long as you start the machine before July. Half a year of filming should be enough, if not, Adrian can also let "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" be released a little later-it was originally scheduled for the Christmas file at the end of the year.

The reason for doing this is to avoid the situation where young actors stop filming and ask for a new contract after the box office hits. This kind of thing is normal. No matter who it is, the first-time actor's salary will not be high. Once it becomes popular, it is inevitable to ask for an increase in salary. Although the remuneration offered by Universal is relatively good, and it is also stipulated in the contract that they will gradually increase the amount, and they will get more for the second film than the first film, but it is still not enough to watch the high-grossing movie box office.

So this kind of thing will definitely happen, and most of them will get the support of the old actors on the crew. As a capitalist, Adrian naturally does what he can to make a greater profit-well, this is in Just kidding, what he thinks more is that if the negotiation fails, the shooting will also be put on hold, and then rushing to work before is tantamount to wasting.

More importantly, once the delay is too long, and the young actors have grown taller and grown a lot, if they are not consistent with the scenes shot before, as many as they have will have to be reshot, which will be extremely wasteful.

But it is impossible without long-term negotiations. If the series is only two or three, he can prepare a high-paying contract in advance, and try to keep the time wasted as short as possible. The problem is that the "Harry Potter" series does not If there is an accident, there will be seven films. If the actors ask for an increase in salary at the beginning, they will give generous conditions, and if they often have a big appetite because of this? Of course, due to the high box office of the "Harry Potter" series of films, such negotiations will be inevitable in the future, but the leading power must be in their own hands, just like giving the six leading actors of "Friends" a salary increase.

In short, it is very necessary to complete the filming of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" before the release of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"... Well, from this point of view, Adrian is still a capitalist.

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