Hollywood Domination Chapter 450: Part 1

"Wow——" Standing in the huge ballroom, Jon shouted exaggeratedly, "Wow! Charles, is this the new house you bought——honey, I know it's a bit hasty to say that , but in fact, recently I have been reconsidering the things between us—"

Charles and Harry laughed at the same time, Charles threw a popcorn at Jon, and nodded apologetically to the party service staff, "Fuck you, don't be so mean, I know, I know , the scene is a bit gaudy—"

He looked around and lowered his voice, "But that's what the big boss meant, okay? Today's party is very important for the next round of financing, he will bring a few relatives over, those Arabs love forever It's this set, gold, gold, gold."

Both Harry and Jon nodded—this can explain why tikt, a high-tech company, rented such a luxurious party villa with a lot of money, and decorated it even more glitteringly. In the stage of burning money to grab the market, it is obviously too extravagant to spend money on a high-end party, and it does not conform to the temperament of the Bay Area.

"And that explains your outrageous outfit tonight?" Harry picked up a cupcake, tossed it up and down, then changed his mind and put it aside before putting it in his mouth, "—can't Let the crumbs get on your teeth, in case she finds out when talking to j.j—"

The three old friends all laughed, and there was obviously suppressed excitement in the laughter. Charles immediately tightened his bow tie, and asked a little uneasily, "Am I overdressed? ——Did you see Sounds silly, I knew it! Bow ties are a complete failure—"

"Relax, Charles," Jon said with a smile, affected by Charles, she also stroked the evening dress on her body, and watched Harry help Charles readjust his bow tie-as a child from the Upper East Side, She and Harry still have some experience in formal dress, but Charles, a cute upstart in IT, rarely wears a suit in his life, and even in a designer suit, he looks clumsy and seems to have lice all over his body. "Even if you are naked*, j.j will not look at you more, especially when Cesare is on the side, the eyes of the ladies will only be directed at one person, thank you."

"Hahaha, speaking of it, when will Saeed arrive tonight, will he meet j.j?"

"Should be - only between you and me, I have a feeling: Said will bring investors over tonight, in fact, he intends to meet j.j, you know, after all, she is a bachelor now .”

"And he is definitely a suitor, isn't he? But does he know that Cesare will come too?"

"It's a divorce, after all," said Charles gossip, and he looked at his watch again, "Why hasn't Zade arrived yet? With his frenzy, I thought he would come at three o'clock in the afternoon Well—by the way, speaking of this—"

"Don't worry," Harry nodded, "we will help you look after him, and we won't let him act like crazy fans, you know, ruin the atmosphere of the party, and embarrass you in front of investors and shareholders .”

Charles bumped Harry on the shoulder, "Thanks, brother—although I doubt you'll have any self-control left by then."

He laughed teasingly again, but Harry was a little disapproving, "You still worry about yourself, I must be the calmest of the four of us, you know, it can only be regarded as appreciation-only Enjoy."

In the eyes of Jon, Charles gave Harry a punch, and he stopped talking about Jennifer who did not know when he appeared. En go to take care of Zade, you are ready, if there is a chance tonight, I will recommend you to Saeed's group, and there are many executives, Netflix, Google, and YouTube will come over, they will treat you Ideas will be interesting, in fact - Mike at netflix has noticed you, Mike Kyle, who is in charge of it, your app has entered their sights... So, chat, whether it is to sell or take Financing, this is a good opportunity.”

"Yep." Harry pursed his lips and stretched the front of his suit, "Brother, I owe you once."

"Charles!" There was laughter from the guests in the hall, Charles winked at Harry, and left his own people to greet him. "Finally someone came, I feel like a fool, I was too excited to arrive early..."

"Wow——" Many guests stopped in the foyer, looking at the luxurious hall curiously, "This is——for Internet companies, this is really traditional enough, isn't it? It's so exciting Oh."

k, google, , hulu, netflix, youtube, the upper-class parties in the Bay Area are always full of technology, the employees of tikt, one after another, are casually dressed, even if it is a formal party, it is marked as semi- Formal guests who only wore casual suits entered the villa one after another. Soon, the hall was filled with laughter and laughter. Compared with Hollywood parties, this place lacks the glitz and beauty. In a typical Arabian rich style villa, this group Otaku and otaku even seemed a bit out of place, but soon, this group of programmers also found some fun for themselves. In this corner of the Bay Area, the spotlights began to spin. This year, they just completed the third round of financing, with a valuation of 300 million Dollar, the tikt annual meeting party that has become an upstart in the Bay Area, has also officially started.

A Gulfstream private jet landed at San Francisco International Airport, a luxury car was speeding on the highway in the night, a young man with a hunchback closed the door and walked to the porch.

"Zad Porter." He took out the invitation letter and coughed softly, "I'm a little late, right?"

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"Although it looks like a boring party, in terms of per capita wealth, the gold content of this party should be far higher than the luxury parties in Hollywood." Cesare said to Jenny, who was looking around curiously, " After all, you can’t count the fringes of those parties in Los Angeles.”

He is talking about those handsome men and beautiful women who are more familiar with the industry and want to develop into the entertainment industry. Meet noble people.

Jenny nodded, observed the surrounding environment, and looked at the surrounding crowd with interest—obviously, everyone recognized her identity, and if there were a few of her fans, Jenny would not I would be surprised, but these geeks seem to be suspicious of the suits they are wearing, and they are even more afraid of the luxurious atmosphere of goblets, white tablecloths, and waiters in formal clothes. Sare looked out of place, a little left out.

"I think the party here is more interesting." She said with a smile, fanning her nose with her hand, "at least you can't smell that familiar stench."

"This is the smell of the new trend of science and technology. Just a few years after getting rich, it will take a generation to learn to enjoy yourself." Cesare said, showing a commercial smile, and greeted the young man who was almost trotting forward. People shook hands, "Charles Colin, the latest multimillionaire in the Bay Area—Charles, this is Jennifer Jefferson, I think you should know her."

"Of course, of course." Charles' hands trembled a little, and he shook Jenny quickly before shrinking back. He was a friendly-looking little fat man with beads of sweat on his forehead, and his expression was eager and reserved—obviously He was well aware of his agitation and was doing his best to contain it. "This is the first time I have spoken to my third largest shareholder - Jennifer, although many people have said this, but really, I have always been your fan."

The sincerity in his words prevented Jenny from taking it as a courtesy, and she couldn't help showing a polite and affectionate smile—it was only for taking photos with fans, and after years of practice, it had almost become her instinct. "Really? - But, I do seem to have seen you somewhere."

The more she looked at Charles, the more familiar she felt, "The premiere? Is it a certain premiere? Really, an award ceremony? It seems that I have met you before, or someone who looks very similar to you—— "

"Yes, yes," Charles said excitedly, "I went to Los Angeles to watch the premiere of "Codename Shero"—and Oscar, the year you won your third Oscar for acting , the year that "Monroe" was nominated—"

Jenny couldn't help looking at him and laughing, and Charles also seemed to realize that his fan nature was completely exposed. He scratched the back of his head and said awkwardly, "Okay, now that I've confessed This step—in fact, I’m still the head of your fan club, really, I’ve been in charge for the past five years, and I didn’t quit because of tikt until the last two years.”

"You mean my 'that' fan forum?" Jenny said in surprise——she glanced at Cesare, who shook his head slightly, indicating that Mike Kyle hadn't appeared yet, "that The largest fan forum - are you ifer?"

Charles' face lit up and he looked like he wanted to scream so badly he could barely hold back, "No no, that's not me, that's a friend of mine, I'm cc1984, deputy administrator- but Jon, she is here tonight, if you can wait a moment—"

"I'm your guest tonight," said Jenny, spreading her hands and looking at Charles amusedly. He also gave her a funny look.

"I'll go over there to warm up the scene." He whispered, "I seem to have seen Robert Kinkel on YouTube—you have ten minutes of entertainment."

Robert Kinkel, like Mike Kyle, is responsible for content development in their respective companies, and is also a poaching target that Dameng is optimistic about. However, this will also be the first airborne executive introduced by Dameng in the expansion operation , before that, the heads of various departments of Dameng had worked in the company for at least three years. When they joined the company, Dameng was almost just a small workshop. Therefore, Jenny and Cesare are more cautious about poaching people. Before they get in touch with each other personally or ask a headhunter to come forward, they want to observe the job candidate in person and judge whether he is suitable for Dameng's work style.

"I'm learning about my investment." Jenny said to his back, "It's not entertainment-hey-"

She changed into a smiling face again, and shook hands with a man and a woman brought by Charles-this good-looking, well-dressed girl who seemed to be at ease with the occasion (although her cheeks were flushed with excitement at the moment) was also impressive. Jenny felt very familiar, "Are you ifer?"

"Yes, Miss Jefferson, just call me Jon." Ifer said nervously, her palms were covered with sweat, "I heard from Charles that you actually know me——"

"Yes, yes," said Jenny - normally she shouldn't have revealed this, but either she was under the influence of Salvi or she was still in the aftermath of this morning's meeting , she generously shared a secret, "I even registered as a user when the forum was first started, and I remember you being an admin at the time and being very active. Even now, when I'm free I still like to visit the forum, and after almost ten years, I can still see your speech, and I have to say, thank you very much for your support over the years—I don’t know why, but all of this actually makes me feel a little guilty.”

Charles, Jon, and another young man with messy hair all made choking sounds, Jon's expression was dreamlike, and she stammered, "I, I—"

Although theoretically speaking, she knows that she has a large number of fans all over the world, and some of them have gone mad to the point of madness, but at such a party, seeing a tech upstart, two obviously well-off Young people because of her typical fan demeanor—this is completely different from rushing past a group of screaming boys and girls on the red carpet. Jenny is a little funny, but I have to admit that she is indeed moved. Suddenly, she felt that she still lacked communication with fans. After the Shef incident, she consciously reduced occasions such as fan meetings, which was actually unfair to core fans like Jon.

"—Wait, I seem to have seen you too," she said half-truthfully: Charles and Jon are close friends, and with their fanaticism, Jon is likely to go to the Oscars with him. "And you—are you at the Oscars—"

However, as she looked at Jon carefully, it seemed that a memory valve was opened. Jenny looked at the 'Anonymous' on the side again, and the feeling of familiarity became more and more obvious, and she frowned. , stopped Jon from speaking, "It was Oscar—no, earlier—ah! I remembered! Broadway! I remember you!"

Pointing at Harry, she said excitedly, "I still remember a boy in high school, tall and thin, who waited for me in the back alley almost every night, and was always first in line—he called, His name is..."

"Harry, Miss Jefferson," said the young man respectfully, as if he had a bad cold, and his voice was very nasal. "Yes, you remember correctly, that person is me."

"Ah! That's right!" Jenny exclaimed excitedly, "I participated in the Oscars for the first time, didn't I? I signed for you, and you and her, Jon, you stood together! We Are you still taking a group photo?"

Seeing the expressions on the faces of several people, she knew that she remembered correctly, and couldn't help laughing with a sense of accomplishment, "Wow, then we are really old friends, aren't we? When I was on Broadway I don't think all my followers were more than a hundred, so I really remember it well - at least when you showed up and I kept muttering, 'why does he wait so late every day, he Don't you need to go to school?'”

From just now to the present, the language skills of several fans seem to have degraded to varying degrees, and they can only speak a single word with all their strength, but Jon's rehabilitation work seems to be completed quickly, she said The first long sentence, "Actually, I've admired you since then, and Chicago was the first musical I ever saw, and it ruined my ability to enjoy other musicals—"

The word "Chicago" is not so familiar to Jenny now, and she couldn't help but fell into a moment of hesitation when she heard Jon's words: The last time I saw James Schubert, It was back in 2009. He was not married at that time, but he already had a daughter. As for Dave, who was still in contact with her at that time, after changing numbers several times, he has long since lost contact. How is the second marriage going...

"I remember there was a pretty little girl around Harry sometimes—" said Jenny, all the more interested when Jon nodded vigorously. "So, you guys already knew each other—it was a really long friendship, wasn't it? Did you know each other from the start?"

"We met because of 'Chicago,'" said Harry, "and Charles and we actually became friends on a forum—and another friend, Zad, met at the studio because "Avatar" caught up with the conversation, the opportunity for us to meet is indeed you, Miss Jefferson——Where is Zade? If he knows what he missed, he will go crazy—"

"Oh," Jenny said enthusiastically, "I didn't expect there to be such a fan club lurking in the company I invested in—are you all employees of Charles?"

"No, Jon is a Ph.D. in Sociology, and he just entered the University of California, Berkeley as a lecturer this year." Charles introduced, his tone was still dreamy. "Harry is a programmer for Microsoft—in fact, he is also starting a business, and his app has recently entered the top 50 downloads of s—"

"Really?" Jenny was a little surprised, but she was overwhelmed with pride—although it's a bit strange to say this, because she just met these people, but she really achieved something because of Harry, Jon and Charles. Happy with his achievement, "This is really great, Harry, you must tell me about your app--wait for me to go over and say hello--"

Raising her hand to respond to Cesare's call, she smiled at the fan group, "I'll see you at the bar later, okay?"

Several young people glanced at each other, as if they still couldn't believe that this was really happening, and finally Jon nodded first, "That's good—"

She said, her voice trembling, but she coughed quickly and adjusted herself. "We - we're going to the bar right now, we're not going anywhere - we'll be right there waiting for you."