King of Hollywood Chapter 21: Big Apple
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Two weeks passed quickly, and the Venice Film Festival gradually came to an end, but the highlight was just beginning. For various film festivals, the most eye-catching is the awards ceremony, especially this year there are many outstanding works exhibited. For example, "Stern's Death" in the United Kingdom, "An Angel at My Table" in New Zealand, "The Man in the Mirror" in Chile, or "Good Guy" in the United States, of course, there are also amazing, by the new American director Adrian·Kewell Produced pure English black humor "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".
Until now, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" was basically ranked in the top five in the film festival, but 60% of this attention came from the messy but methodical shooting technique, and 40% from the director. Nationality and film style. As we all know, because of a series of factors-historical, cultural-British people look down on Americans, but now the debut of a new American director is a British black humor-style movie, I have to say that it is an interesting thing .
American directors who can make British-style movies are not without them, but most of them are quite famous people, and Adrian did not have any works before this-even short stories, basically it is too new to be new. Director. He is also a native American, but his debut novel can only shoot such a pure British style, which has to be surprising.
The British media explained that Mr. Adrian’s grandmother was British. He also lived in London when he was a kid, so he could produce British-style movies. Needless to say, it was Gary of Tuknam Film Company. Brooke revealed it. Of course, how many people believe it is unknown.
Anyway, people who follow the Venice Film Festival are curious about this film, especially the people of the United Kingdom and the United States. The curiosity is raised high. Invisible, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" has a good Popularity basis.
In addition, at the final award ceremony, Adrian won the Best Virgin Award and this film has received more attention. To be honest, Adrian did not expect to be awarded at all. Although "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" is not bad from the perspective of the whole story, the "art" taste that European film critics and directors like is not there, so when the award guests announced it He was surprised for a while, and after being pushed down by Lavern, he came to the stage to receive the award.
"Thanks to the judges for awarding me this best debut, I will tell every story in my future works." After a brief speech, Adrian waved his trophy and then returned to his position .
Adrian is not without hope to get one or even several awards, which will have great benefits for his reputation and the promotion of the movie, but after he really got it, he began to disagree.
If it’s the Golden Lion Award, that’s fine. It’s really meaningless to win the Best Virgin Award. Adrian murmured in his heart. So many famous movies in the past life, how many have won such consolation awards?
People are like this, eating in the bowl and looking at the pot. But this thought was left behind by him. Anyway, this is at least an honor, the first honor he received after rebirth, and the first step in establishing his reputation, so the celebration feast is still to be held .
It’s just that everyone didn’t expect to win the prize, so they didn’t reserve a restaurant or any other place, and after the award ceremony was celebrated everywhere, I finally found a small bar in the hotel where I stayed for a few drinks . Rao is so, everyone is still very happy, including Laffern who has been busy at the film festival, he did not expect that the words that Adrian said to him more than 2 months ago will really come true! Although the film company can only earn some distribution fees this time, it is undoubtedly a dark dawn, and the new boss obviously will not stop there.
Because the number of people is small and the location is not very suitable, the celebration party will soon be over, and Adrian took his pleasant back to the hotel room. Tonight, attending Cate with him, although temporarily inferior to the female stars of those countries, but the beautiful facial features and the youthful atmosphere of their own have a certain beauty, especially the attractiveness of the bright light between the eyebrows-since the recovery of the broken melon After that, the two can almost be regarded as the night song, Cate was originally a taste, plus Adrian's intentional teasing, she was completely addicted to it and could not extricate herself.
In addition, Adrian also specially selected a royal blue one-shoulder evening dress for her based on the impression of previous life and experience in this life, which can be described as complementing her temperament, and then found a hairdresser and beautician to take care of it. When I walked on the red carpet, I attracted a lot of attention. .
"I should congratulate you, Ed... ah..." Just returned to the room Cate just said a word, and was happily pressed on the wall by Adrian to put his hand up and down, Cate giggled and used his legs immediately Clamped the waist of Adrian.
Next is naturally a fierce collision, but the intensity of tonight is far more than before. From the wall to the ground, from the bed to the sofa, from the bathroom to the window, there is no trace of the love of the two. There are not only a lot of fancy, but also to ask each other again and again, as if never enough. of.
Both people know that the difference is coming.
In any case, Cate will go back to graduate high school, and Adrian will also return to the United States after the film festival to continue to make their plans a reality. So separation is inevitable, so the madness before separation is inevitable, even if you will meet up to two months later.
After the Venice Film Festival, after handing over the release of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" to Lavern, Adrian sent Cate back to London, and then flew back to the United States by plane, but he did not return to Los Angeles. Yes-New York.
The Big Apple, the economic center of the United States of America, Wall Street, the economic center of the Big Apple, is full of greed, calculation, traps, ruthlessness, and fraud. Even so, there are still countless people going forward and investing here, which is the power of capital. But Adrian didn’t come here for capital—of course, in a sense—it came here to meet someone.
"I told you a long time ago, Ed, don't do nothing like a rogue all day, but did you listen that time? In addition to drinking and drinking, or drinking and drinking." The old man put down the knife and fork in his hand, and sipped the wine slowly. Wiping hand said. His forehead is slightly bald, his nose is tall, his face is ruddy, and his brown hair is neatly combed back. It is similar to the father of Adrian, but there is not much expression on his face, and he is disdainful when he looks at Adrian.
"I know, Uncle Anderson, I am changing myself now." Although Adrian was a little unhappy in his heart, he replied in a respectful tone.
"Change? Go make a movie? Be a director?" The old man sarcastically said, "You are still so unemployed, or think that the acquisition of a film company can prove that you have cheered up? The Kewell family can continue to the test today. Not the self-righteous little clever, when will you really mature?"
Adrian felt annoyed but still listened patiently. Fortunately, another old man on the long table opened his mouth at this time: "Okay, Anderson, Ed is already working hard for himself at least, don’t you Can't you say something encouraging?"
"Efforts? Run to make a movie?" Anderson snorted without speaking, clapped his hands and got up and left the restaurant.
The old man couldn’t help but sigh and looked at Adrian with an apologetic look: "Sorry, Ed, you know your uncle... he actually loves you."
"It doesn't matter, Aunt Martha, I understand." Adrian wiped the corners of her mouth with a tissue and pressed down the unpleasantness in her heart.
"Come in the living room for a cup of coffee and tell me about filming." Martha stood up and said with a smile.
"Be happy." Adrian nodded and stood up, and the servants stepped forward to pick up the table.
Anderson·Kewell, Adrian's father's brother~IndoMTL.com~Typical wasp, stubborn, old-fashioned, unsmiling. His business relationship with Adrian's father is good, but he doesn't deal with it privately. Opening his mouth is always the family. Whether it is the previous Adrian or the current Adrian, he doesn't like him.
The Kewell family is indeed a long history. According to the records of Adrian's father at home, the ancestors can be traced back to the passengers on the Mayflower! There have been glory for hundreds of years, but there are ups and downs, but now the branches and leaves are distributed throughout the United States, but the family can’t talk about it. Anderson is just to seek a little psychological comfort Never mind.
Even so, Adrian came to New York to visit his uncle, because he has a huge network on Wall Street. As I said before, no matter where or in which country, human relations are indispensable. Even if Americans rarely surpass the rules, they are only rarely.
In the past two years, because of the Adrian life of drunken dreams and death, the relationship network accumulated by my father was almost cut off. If it weren’t for him to have a good godfather and a good buddy, he might have been pitted long ago, and there are also a few young boys who were pitted in the United States.
Now that he has become him, he has his own ambitions, so it is essential to rebuild the relationship network. Fortunately, only two years were wasted, the tea has not been completely cool, otherwise he will not be so easy to contact several major film companies, but it is impossible to count on the relationship between these two years can be completely compensated .
Adrian understands this too, so he came to New York just to visit aunts and uncles, talk to them and talk about nothing, and not mention other things. These things always have to be done step by step.