King of Hollywood

Chapter 68: Second in the World

On January 20, Bush Jr. officially announced his inauguration. For many people, this was an unacceptable fact, but for others, this was the expected result. (_Colorful \u0026 Rainbow \u0026 Literature \u0026 Learning) M

"So, are you ready to deal the final blow to them?" In Claude's office, Adrian asked his best friend in a relaxed tone. Although he only arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, he now sees It doesn't seem like there is much discomfort due to jet lag, is it because of the lingering with Priyanka on the plane?

Although she is an Indian girl, after all, she has lived in the United States for a long time, and she is relatively open, but there is still some shyness in this openness, and because of the short opening of her heart, she is very devoted, so she is quite attractive. In addition, Adrian has accumulated a lot in London, especially to influence Keira and deliberately control himself, so it is a bit crazy to roll the sheets. At the beginning, he planned how to get the three of them into bed one by one. She was only thinking about how to make Priyanka climb to a higher peak. Anyway, they were all on their own planes, so they were afraid of escaping from their own palms?

In short, he is in good spirits now, so he came directly to ask Claude about the situation. In fact, Bush’s inauguration has nothing to do with him. Claude was in charge from the beginning to the end. I still want to know the specific progress, and I must know that delaying it for a day is a loss.

"Don't be so anxious, dear Ed, Bush Jr. has just taken office, and he still needs to spend time familiarizing himself with the White House and adjusting his staff. If there are no mistakes, we will be in the middle of next month at the latest before the Oscar nominations are announced. This acquisition can be completed," Claude smiled and comforted him, "The overall situation has been settled, so don't worry about their small moves."

"At\u0026amp;adband's last quarter's financial report was quite good. If we continue to delay, we will spend more money. Although this is expected, it will make people uncomfortable after all." Adrian spread his hands.

Claude looked at him in surprise for a moment, then laughed: "You know, Ed, you are becoming more and more like the chairman of a group's board of directors."

"Why, didn't I care about the interests of the group before?" Adrian asked with raised eyebrows.

"Of course not, but it's not like it is now..." Crowe made a few gestures, smiled and did not continue.

"Well, I didn't really care about it at the beginning. There were deviations but it was basically expected until I saw this year's TV and movie-related plans," Adrian stood up and looked at Crowe with a smile. De, "This year the media will have a blowout development. We can take this opportunity to fully demonstrate our strength to other groups. The acquisition of at\u0026amp;adband is only the first step. After May, it will be the second step, and by the end of the year In the third step, we will use the facts to prove that the media is the largest media group in the United States and even in the world!"

"It's an exciting prophecy. In this case, I have to work harder, and then—wait to see these come true." Claude put his hands on the table and said in a leisurely tone.

This is actually not a prediction. Except for the step at the end of the year that is still to be discussed, the step in May has already begun to appear. Claude will not fail to notice it, so just wait for that time to come.

After learning about at\u0026amp;adband from Claude, Adrian immediately focused on another issue that came back, Avril Lavigne's new single.

"Frankly speaking, Wei Niu, what hatred do you have with this piano?" In the musical instrument room of Universal Records, Adrian asked after listening to the performance, "You are gnashing your teeth, it looks like you want to eat it. it."

"If this piano was made of cake, I would have eaten it long ago, and if you were made of cake, I would have eaten you too!" Avril, who was sitting in front of the piano, said with her arms crossed .

"How about this, if you can finish the song very beautifully, I will order a cake that is about the size of this piano, and a cake that is about the size of my whole person, so that you can eat as much as you want." Adrian smiled Said.

Avril rolled her eyes, put down the cover of the piano and turned around: "Why can't I use the guitar as an accompaniment? Why can't I use my best instrument and must use the piano?"

"Why, it claims to be able to play any musical instrument, yet Universal Records' most promising young singer can't even handle the piano?" Adrian asked jokingly.

"Leed!" Avril immediately glared at him fiercely, and bit the pronunciation of "e" and "d" very hard, but a blush flashed on her face immediately after speaking.

Adrian couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and then waved his hands: "Well, no kidding, indeed, it is easy to write this song into a guitar version, but you have sung this song before, you Even participated in the arrangement, Wei Niu, you like this song very much, don’t you? Then, tell me, is the piano accompaniment better or the guitar accompaniment better?”

Avril opened her mouth a few times but didn't say a word. In the end, she could only sigh gloomyly, and then looked at him when she thought of something: "Can't you find someone else to play? For example...you? Your piano is too You play well, lead, the last time you sang this song, you played and sang, and the effect was very good, and Eric thought so too."

She blinked with hope and seemed to really hope so, but Adrian reached out and pressed her head: "Do you think your fans like to watch you play and sing in front of the camera, or do you like to watch?" Others playing and you singing silly beside? Especially after ""?"

"But I can play with the guitar and the piano." The girl was still a little bit unwilling.

"Okay, Wei Niu, instead of worrying about changing instruments here, it's better to spend more time practicing to make yourself more proficient. It's just this song, and it's not like playing on the piano in the future." Adrian couldn't hold back in the end. , reached out and pinched her face. As usual, she was slapped away by Avril Lavigne as soon as she touched her, but also as usual, the girl's expression didn't change at all, she was obviously used to it.

"That's it. If you don't work hard, the time for the new album will be postponed. If it is released after September, then next year's Grammys will not be able to participate." Adrian laughed and turned to leave Music room.

Avril Lavigne stayed on the stool for a while, and finally let out a long breath helplessly, and opened the piano cover to practice again.

"Les", this is Adrian's new single for Avril. There is no doubt that it is very suitable for Avril's current image in terms of lyrics and music, and she also likes it very much. In addition, this song was very popular in the previous life. It can make a good foreshadowing for her musical journey, the only problem to be solved is that this song is played by the piano.

Although Avril Lavigne knows a lot of musical instruments, she is best at the guitar. She can play the piano, but if she wants to play to the level of "les", she can't do it without doing a lot of practice. Letting a girl who loves to play the guitar and is used to it change to other instruments is definitely more uncomfortable than killing her. However, the role played by the piano in "les" and the unique resonance of pure sound quality are different from other instruments. irreplaceable.

Adrian had heard the guitar version in his previous life, and frankly speaking, it was not as good as the piano version, so in order to achieve the perfect effect of this song, Avril Lavigne had to be sacrificed. As for the proposal of playing the piano and guitar together, it is worse than playing the guitar alone. Since the piano performance is the main one, it should be the person who plays the piano singing, but the one who speaks is the one who plays the guitar. The effect of this contrast It will leave a bad impression on people. It is better to let people play and sing alone.

I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts, Wei Niu. Adrian said so in his heart. Where is Avril Lavigne's advantage? Young, energetic, and full of passion, even the decadent smoky makeup can't hide her upward momentum, plus the image of a talented woman who can write lyrics and compose music, so there will be so many teenagers who like her, what can she do next?

She can maintain this image until the age of 25, a girl with guitar, light rock, and explosive power, but what about after the age of 25? Singers always have to constantly adjust and change themselves to cater to or lead the market. Adrian is not optimistic about Avril Lavigne's performance on the latter, not to mention that the record will slowly shrink in the future, so he can only work hard on the former, so he chose " les" is Avril Lavigne's second single, I hope this foreshadowing will play a role in the future.

It should be. Adrian sighed in his heart, and then moved on to other aspects. After the launch of "v", Avril Lavigne's image began to approach the image in his memory, with long hair, smoky eyes, short-sleeved black T-shirt and jeans, canvas shoes, explosive power that makes people's heart beat when singing, etc. But there is no progress in some aspects. Although they are very close to each other, Avril Lavigne will be willing to say anything to Adrian, and she also likes to chat with him and play some small games. He can occasionally pinch her face like a tease , the girl always opened it quickly without getting angry, but she still couldn't do it if she wanted to go a little further.

I don't know why, maybe it's the "le" problem? Adrian couldn't figure it out either. This kind of doubt was only encountered by Kate, Charlize, Sarah, Blanchett and a few other women, and it has almost disappeared in the past two years.

If everyone is like a small pet, then it doesn't need to consume so much energy, but then again, some women lose their charm if they lose their personality. Adrian thought so wildly, until he was pulled back to reality by Britney's voice.

"Master!" Britney, who was sitting in his arms, pouted, a little dissatisfied because of his distraction.

"Sorry, Bubu, there have been a lot of things recently, so I can't help but think about other aspects." Adrian said coaxingly, and then hugged her and kissed her, and the girl softened quickly.

"We were just talking about the concert, right?" he asked with a smile, stroking Britney's wet lips.

"Yes." After nibbling his finger, Britney licked the corner of her mouth playfully and teasingly, "I hope you can come to my concert in New Orleans next month."

"This year's world tour?" Adrian raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, starting from Louisiana, I want to travel all over the world!" The girl nodded excitedly, and then quickly added: "I don't need you to come here publicly, I just want to see you at the concert, Owner."

After she finished speaking, she made a pitiful appearance, and Adrian would allow any request as long as she made this appearance.

Sure enough, he agreed after thinking for a few seconds: "Well, since it is my little pet's request, there is no reason not to agree."

"Thank you, my master, I'm so happy." Britney immediately jumped up cheering, hugged Adrian and kept kissing his cheeks. In front of him, she was always easy to satisfy.

Adrian shook his head with a smile, and made out with her for a while before leaving, and then said another thing: "Since we talked about the world tour concert, then there is something I should tell you, about your future s arrangement."

He paused, and stared at the girl for a moment. There was no other look in her eyes except waiting, with an expression of "I'll listen to you".

"After the world tour, I will arrange for you to go to university for further study, Stanford, LA or USC, it's still up to you to choose." Adrian continued.

Unexpectedly, Britney, who was obedient to him, showed a reluctant look: "Why should I go to university for further study? Am I going to give up my current career?"

"Of course not, my little pet." Adrian smiled and lifted her chin. Britney's reaction is also reasonable. Any popular singer will not do business and career when he is in full swing Unrelated things, not to mention that the little pet has completely pinned its feelings on Adrian, and is more obsessed with the feeling of being surrounded by flowers and applause than ordinary singers.

"You know, boob, teenagers are not picky about idols they like and worship, as long as it resonates with them, but their parents and families are very picky, they want their children to like and worship idols more The quality is high enough. For example, the image should be healthy, there should not be too much negative news, and it should not be too exposed and ostentatious-this is why I oppose the determination of the sexy route in the third album. It is not that there is no need to change, but a change Take it slowly, too fast and you will easily lose some of your fans, and if you don’t get new fans, your popularity will drop. Slowly changing gives them a process of adaptation, and they always have to grow up , When you fully reveal your sexy side, they will still follow you, so, do you understand?" Adrian asked very seriously.

Britney looked at him blankly, shook her head first, but then nodded again immediately.

"I——understand part of it, although I'm a little confused, but I do understand part of it!" She hurriedly explained.

"Well, besides that, there is another thing, they want their children's favorite idol to have a higher degree of education," Adrian continued, "Let's put it this way, Boob, you know that among Hollywood stars, there are How many have a college degree? Less than 5%! So if you enter a university, first of all, it can give the public an impression that you still don’t forget to enrich yourself when you are popular, which can make your image better Better; secondly, you can give your young fans a buffer to grow up until they or their parents can accept that you have become more sexy; finally, you can take time to think of ways to improve yourself, such as how scholars can speak better , or learn how to write lyrics and compose music - remember what I said? You have a certain talent, as a singer, how can you not try to write lyrics and compose music yourself?"

He stared at her, and kept stroking her smooth face with his fingers: "And there is only one problem to be solved, how to maintain your current popularity while you are going to university for further studies, it is difficult for others However, it is a piece of cake for me. Asking you to go for further education is not ignoring your career at all. You still have to attend some necessary programs and endorsement activities, and you still have to hold some necessary concerts and public welfare activities. Two productions are produced every year. An exquisite single, appearing in the media from time to time, etc. Of course, it is definitely impossible to keep everyone's popularity, but there is absolutely no problem in keeping the current position, do you believe me?"

Just like before, Britney stared at him blankly for a while, and then asked a question completely unrelated to the ones mentioned above: "Which me do you like more, master? The current me is... I went to college for further study I?"

Adrian laughed and held her face in front of his eyes: "It doesn't matter, as long as you stay by my side obediently, as long as you are my little pet, I like you. All I planned is just for Make you better, Boob, you should be better, this is my reward for you."

The corners of Britney's mouth turned up immediately, as if she liked the word "reward", she nodded: "Then go to university for further studies."

After a pause, she suddenly pouted again: "But in this way, it will be even more difficult for me to win the Grammy."

Adrian couldn't help laughing, she thought it was very subtle, but would he not know what she was thinking?

"Don't worry, Boob, your album sales are about to break through 40 million, and this year's Grammys will give you an award no matter what," he laughed, "Maybe you can't catch up with Christine, But at least the distance has been shortened."

So far, because the East Asian market has been developed, the global sales of Britney's third album has infinitely approached 40 million, surpassing Madonna to become the second highest-selling female singer in the world. Judging from the current situation Look, Shania who surpassed the number one? Tang En is also very possible. Such a hit and popularity, no matter how biased the Grammys are, they should at least give a consolation prize.

"Is that all?" Britney asked in a disappointed tone, ignoring her blushing.

"Okay, Boob, this world is not perfect, you can't get everything, so be it." Adrian pinched her face and said.