King of Hollywood Chapter 18: No dripping water

The area of ​​more than 400 square feet is actually not small, but if it is filled with all kinds of furniture at the same time, it still gives people a narrow feeling visually. Moreover, both the furniture and the room layout appear to be broken and old. With the small slanting windows, the sunlight shining in and out is like sitting in a dark and damp cellar. Although it is summer now, but if you wear less clothes, you can still feel a trace of cold. I can imagine how this room without heating will look like in winter.

"Sorry, Mr. Adrian, let you wait for a long time. I have to coax my daughter to sleep at this time of the day." The woman sat down in front of Adrian and said carefully, there was a trace of cowardice and tension in her tone, her face Pale is very haggard, completely different from the appearance of more than two years ago-Adrian had seen her photos in private detectives.

"It doesn't matter, Ms. Joanna, I can understand a mother's feelings about her children," Adrian said with a smile. "Otherwise I will not set up such a foundation to help them, let's say..."

He lowered his head and squeezed the face of the little girl in his arms lovingly: "I have a little guy here to take care of."

Unfortunately, Emma didn’t appreciate it at all, she gave him a white eye to protest. If it wasn’t before, he promised to be a good lady, she might have stood up and pulled her back.

"Well...your daughter is so cute." The cramped Rowling said this after thinking for a long time.

"No, Emma is not my daughter," Adrian shook his head. "She is the child of my friend, and my friend..."

He talked about what happened three years ago, how he wanted to set up a charitable foundation, how to find a suitable lawyer to help handle it, and the disaster that happened on the day he completed it. As before, Emma’s unfortunate experience quickly won the sympathy and favor of Rowling. The eyes of the little girl were softened, and the atmosphere in the room became much better.

"You are such a nice person, Mr. Adrian, I am very, very grateful for your help." Rowling finally said this, his voice has brought a hint of crying, and his eyes are gleaming lightly.

"I just want to do my best to help those who can help." Adrian said with a smile, he has been making people pay attention to the trend of Rowling in recent years, so her situation is relatively clear. Right now JK Rowling is in the darkest period of life, life is not falling, suffering from depression, but the psychologist is not doing his job. So Adrian chose to come to London at this time, and giving away charcoal in the snow is always better than icing on the cake.

"Okay, let’s leave the matter to professionals. Bronke is the person in charge of the foundation. Charlie is my secretary and assistant. They will ask you a few questions. Then you need to fill out a few forms. If there are any opinions that can be put forward, so that we can correct the shortcomings in order to do better in the future." Adrian said again.

Rowling nodded, and then chatted with Charlize and a middle-aged man in his forties, and Adrian teased the little guy in his arms and said a few words to Cate, then began to re-evaluate Get up the room.

Although he had observed Rowling before coaxing his daughter to sleep, he did not find the small piece of paper in the legendary cafe. He had to find this, otherwise he had to use another method to speak. That would be too deliberate, and it was very bad, so it was better to find that thing.

"Can I use the bathroom, Ms. Joanna?" he said suddenly after a while.

"Please feel free, Mr. Adrian." Rowling, who filled out the form, looked up and nodded.

Of course it’s an excuse. I can’t find those things in the seat, but he still didn’t see what he might want on the way to the bathroom, so after he came out, he walked to the small one Pretend to look out by the window.

Generally speaking, as her most important thing, she will definitely store it carefully after writing, then the most likely thing is to put it in the bedroom or any drawer. But those that have not been written should definitely be placed outside, so where is the most likely place? Adrian's fingers bounced back and forth on the frame of the window, his heart faintly anxious.

Fortunately, Lucky is always with him. After taking his eyes from the outside and preparing to turn around in the room, Adrian finally noticed two small pieces of paper attached to the wardrobe glass. The above was filled with words, and I couldn't see anything for a while, but the phrase on the label was still very clear. It was "Aps Coffee".

It should be this. The eyes of Adrian flashed with excitement, keeping the calm on the surface and slowly approaching the closet, pretending to be attracted to the piece of paper after seeing it, and then taking it Read up next.

With just a few lines of words, he has determined that this is what he wants, and he reads it more carefully after a slight smile. Several other identical pieces of paper posted on the closet were also taken down by him for reading. He stood like this for a long time until Rowling's voice rang behind him: "Mr. Adrian?"

"Huh?" Adrian turned his head, Rowling stood behind him, and although he looked at him, his eyes were focused on the small piece of paper in his hand, with a trace of tension and uneasiness.

"Have you finished talking?" Adrian looked at the fund manager Bronke, who was already packing up, and came to Edinburgh, and Charlize, who made a gesture to him, "Is there any problem?"

"No, it's nothing..." The haggard woman grinned reluctantly and was interrupted before the words were finished.

"Wait, let's not talk about this for a while," Adrian showed an excited look, waved a small piece of paper in his hand, and shook it up, "Is this your work, ma'am? This is Your work?"

The Rowling was probably under his appearance. He didn’t say a word for a while. He didn’t respond until Adrian asked it twice. Some stuttered answers: "Yes... yes, this is... This is my work, Mr. Adrian."

"This should be just a snippet," Adrian glanced at the piece of paper in his affirmative tone, "Is there anything else? This should be a complete story, if you don’t mind, you can show me Is it?"

Although the excitement and interest he showed was just right, it still made Rowling feel at a loss, but she still seized the opportunity, probably because she felt that she had fallen into the bottom and there was no way out.

"Okay, sir, I'll get it here." She spoke very fluently.

Soon, Rowling took out a small box from the bedroom, which was filled with the same piece of paper, a thick stack, but very neat, just placed on top, it can be seen that Rowling is still very careful.

"Would you please wait for me for a while," Adrian gestured to Cate and then glanced at Rowling again, "Maybe, today there will be an unexpected discovery that is not necessary."

Rowling hasn’t said anything yet. Someone was unhappy, and Emma, ​​who was thrown into Cate’s arms, was struggling and was coming to him. Unfortunately, Adrian was already prepared.

"Honestly stay at Cate, don't move, Emma, ​​if it bothers me to read, we will return to London in the afternoon." He said before the little girl spoke, and shook his finger warningly.

Although Emma was depressed, she still sat back in the arms of Cate with her mouth open. She looked at Adrian in her eyes and chuckled, and gave Cate a look. Here comes the paper.

The reason why I put the little girl in the arms of Cate when I go to the bathroom is to improve the relationship between them. Although Emma, ​​who is very sensible, no longer expresses her instinctive exclusion as a child, but as long as she has the opportunity, she must play tricks on Cate. Cate is very helpless about this, and Adrian has no better way, so as long as they find the opportunity to force them together, one day they two will become harmonious.

Okay, don’t talk about this, Adrian concentrated his energy on the paper in his hand. He read it very quickly. After all, he had read some novels in his previous life. Although some places are not the same, some settings have not been read. , But the story is basically consistent, and the first story has been written almost two-thirds.

After putting down the last piece of paper, Adrian took a long breath and looked down for a few minutes before looking at JK Rowling, who was silently drinking water.

"Have you thought about publishing this novel, Ms. Joanna?" he asked.

"Publishing?" Rowling froze for a moment, his expression suddenly became excited, "You think... you think..."

"I think your novel is very interesting and imaginative. I hope to publish it." Adrian said with a smile. "I have a publishing company. Although it is in the United States, I think this should not be a problem." ."

"Oh, God." Rowling whispered, like the good news of the sky, she didn't know how to react.

"Are you serious, Mr. Adrian? Are you serious?" She asked twice in an uncertain tone, her eyes also became trance, as if this was just a dream, she could sit on the bed at any time. stand up.

"Please believe me, Ms. Joanna, I also wrote a novel and published it, and I am also a film writer, so I am very sensitive to good stories," Adrian explained. "I think your story is very unique, so ..."

He spread his hands, and Rowling nodded thoughtlessly: "No problem, sir, I am willing."

"Great," Adrian clapped his hands, "I will get someone to contact you soon, Ms. Joanna."

Speaking of this, he paused and observed the other person's expression before continuing: "Don't be nervous, Joe--Can I call you like this? Thank you. In short, you just need to write what you want in your heart Just write your story, don’t think so much, don’t be disturbed by others, understand?”

Adrian pointed to her heart: "What I like is the story hidden in it, not anything else."

If Rowling modified the novel in order to cater to the publisher because of his cross-cutting hands, it is definitely not worth the gains, so in any case her creative ideas should not be affected.

"I understand, I know what to do, Adrian, thank you, thank you very much." Rowling finally adjusted his mood and nodded solemnly and gratefully.

If the previous decision to appear in front of Rowling as the savior was simply to help, Adrian had a new plan after coming to her house, although it was only a small addition to his huge plan, But it is quite helpful for the development of publishing companies. There are also some inspirational stories in real life, but the impact is so great but almost no.

After coming out of Rowling's house, there was no more Bronck, so he returned to London immediately, and Adrian took Charlize, Cate and Emma to visit Edinburgh. JK Rowling is the last stop of this visit itinerary-Adrian is of course impossible to visit her only, and also deliberately made a round trip from the south of the UK, and came to Edinburgh after talking with other single mothers. Things need to be done without leaking, just like he currently only signed the publishing contract verbally, and he didn't mention anything about the right of film adaptation.

Now that I have completed the entire trip, then the next step is definitely to relax. Charlize wanted to go back to London like Bronke, but Adrian left her.

"Okay, Charlie, the task is completed, it’s time to take a break. Don’t tell me that you never take a break and do me a favor. Create more opportunities for Emma and Cate to be alone, or you are afraid to do it. Not good?" Adrian persuaded so.

The last sentence had the most lethality. Although Adrian said very vaguely, how could Charlize not know what the implied meaning was, so she stayed immediately, even if she knew he was intentional.

In these few days, Emma was the happiest. Especially when she went to the Children’s Museum, she was so excited that she ran around giggling, and the two women who were infected by her emotions were less between each other. Many targeted topics.

"I'm seeing you more and more, Ed, you make me feel at a loss." After returning to the hotel room, Adrian came over to tell Cate that she would say something suddenly after returning to London tomorrow.

"I'm bothering you? Which aspect?" Adrian asked with a smile.

"Which aspect?" Cate came over and stared at him face-to-face for a long time. "At first, I thought you were a rare good man. You are gentle and considerate, and you know the woman's mind... but Later I learned that you are a big **** who likes to play with women. However... even so, after calming down for almost a year, I still feel strong about you, I am an idiot... Fortunately, I can still feel that I am in my heart There is a position, that’s why I stayed with you even though I was hesitant, and I even watched you fooling around with other women and fighting with your female secretary for jealousy..."

Speaking of which, Cate sighed, Adrian didn't say anything, he knew she hadn't finished speaking yet.

“I’ve been thinking, when will I wear out this feeling, and then I can leave you without hesitation. But today, you actually... so selflessly helping a single mother, this It’s the Adrian I’ve never seen before, I don’t know which one is the real you... Ed, how can I understand you.” She looked at him sadly.

The Adrian, who has been thinking for a few seconds, frowned: "It sounds... as if you think that the reason why I would do this is for Mrs. Joanna? Catherine? Rowling?"

The look of Cate suddenly became extremely weird, and he punched him with a fierce punch, with a hateful expression. Adrian laughed and let her hit her wrist after several hits: "Okay, Cate, what kind of person am I? You should observe yourself, what others tell you is just one-sided words."

"I knew," Cate, who struggled twice, smiled helplessly. "You like to hold me in your hands and play around with it, looking at my struggle but not being relieved."

That being said, her hand stretched out and suddenly caught him on the crotch. Adrian suddenly showed an unexpected look. After returning to his side, Cate was always a half-push, never been so active. But he quickly reacted and looked at Cate with frustration: "It's fun, right?"

Cate finally laughed out loud, not only did his right hand not leave, but rubbed a few more.

"Yes." She smiled smugly, as if jumping for a win.

Adrian rolled his eyes immediately. The reason for this is mainly because Emma is around. The four-year-old girl was not as easy to find as an excuse before, and Emma was always around him and always found him quickly. Because of this, Cate can now tease him unscrupulously, anyway he can't eat.

"Let’s go back to Emma, ​​she said she wants to be your woman." Cate said and pushed Adrian away.

"Hey, don't use that, Cate, she's still just a child" Adrian said with a serious face, who didn't care about Cate, and pushed him out the door.

It's... a careful-eyed woman. Standing in the hotel corridor and shaking his head, a smile appeared on the corner of Adrian's mouth, looked at the door and walked away.

"Ed~IndoMTL.com~I want to listen to the story." Emma, ​​who was already in her pajamas and shrunk on the bed, looked at the door with her eyes, and when Adrian came back, she immediately raised her hands and shouted in joy.

"Okay, okay." Adrian came over and kissed her forehead with a smile, and then sat down against the head of the bed. "So what story do we tell...How about Thumbelina?" "

"Don't," the little guy shook his head like a rattle. "I want to hear the story of the wizard, the story of Harry Potter and his friends. I want to be Hermione. I want to help him."

"But Joe didn't finish writing this story, so it's gone halfway." Adrian shrugged.

"Then..." The little guy hesitated for a few seconds, "I still want to listen, I want to be Hermione"

"Okay, okay, you are Hermione." Adrian said with a smile, and then squeezed her cute little face, "I promise, you will definitely be Hermione."

Of course you are Hermione. Who else can be besides you? Adrian said so in his heart. Something crossed his mind and made him stunned, but was quickly thrown back in his head.