King of Hollywood Chapter 38: 10 times

The next few days are still the same as before. Adrian and Cate visit the scenic spots to taste the food and explore the local customs. Occasionally asking about "Memento", it seems that coming to Berlin is really just a vacation.

　　Although a series of movies with various styles such as "The Silence of the Lambs" have been released in various theaters designated by the film festival, the attention of "Memento" has dropped a lot, but the popularity has been hit, and the critics have denounced Dennis and Joe. His acting skills are much reputed and ruined—for Cate, it’s mixed, either feels very good, or feels bad—plus Lafern’s ability to show, without worrying about the film’s publicity.

　　 Because of this, Adrian didn't let go, anyway, he didn't expect any awards at the Berlin Film Festival. It's just that reality is often unexpected. "Memento" actually won the special jury prize at the award ceremony two weeks later!

　　 "Thanks to the judges for awarding me this award..." Don't look at Adrian when he came to the stage to accept the awards and talked about thanking a large number of people, but he was muttering whether the judges got into the water.

　　Although the special jury prize of the Berlin Film Festival and the Best Newcomer Award of Venice are of a nature, they can also represent the endorsement of the judges of the festival. Don’t look at the festival’s judges are from all over the world, but it’s the filmmakers in Germany and the surrounding area that can really make the final decision or at the key moments, such as Venice, Cannes, San Sebastian, etc. Mo is not the case, Oscar is no exception.

　　These film festivals or film awards have their own themes. Naturally, the awards will not be randomly given to movies that do not meet the theme. As mentioned before, the theme of the Berlin Film Festival is politics, and the theme of "Memento" has nothing to do with politics, plus the best director has been awarded to Jonathan Demi-"The Silence of the Lambs" is somewhat political, such as that Daughter of the abducted senator-there is no reason to reissue the consolation prize to an American movie. So why did the judges hand the special jury prize to Adrian?

　　Adrian is very puzzled about this. It wasn't clear until I had a few words with Lavern and combined my own knowledge. The current Berlin Film Festival is far inferior to the Berlin Film Festival 10 years later. Although I have always wanted to catch up with Venice and Cannes, there is always a big gap for various reasons, even the name of one of the three major film festivals in Europe. Very reluctantly. Now that the two Germanys have just unified, this gap has been further widened, and Adrian has just won the Best Newcomer Award at the Venice Film Festival.

　　 No director like Adrian can produce two films of excellent quality in just a few months, one of which has won great honors and excellent box office, while the other one is also in the film review People have received quite high evaluation, even more than the first. In this case, it is not a big deal to award him two special jury awards. Anyway, this award is basically of a comforting nature, and there are two more. Can't it even be worse than the Venice Film Festival? Besides, "Memento" is fully qualified to win the prize.

　　 Actually, to put it bluntly, what the film festival really is is to divide the cake, as long as you are qualified, you can divide it, but whether you can get it depends on luck. After linking these, Adrian will no longer take it seriously, and Lavonne will naturally use this award to promote the film's release.

After the award ceremony, the Berlin Film Festival, which also took two weeks, ended. Adrian returned to Los Angeles after sending Cate back to London for another two days.

　　 The next thing is naturally waiting. The Berlin Film Festival opened on February 4 and the closing was naturally on February 18. The end of the first Gulf War was February 28.

　　 Of course, Adrian is not idle, and the North American distribution of "Memento" started life in front of the typewriter after it was assigned to Universal. When London was in Berlin, Cate did not ask about the content of the novel "Tomb Raider", and the Adrian plan also included the script of "Philadelphia Story".

　　 is generally very comfortable, unlike staying tight in the editing room all day more than a month ago. The only regret is that Cate is not around, especially when she thinks of her hot carcass and greets her gently under his training. Since the last trip to Los Angeles, Cate has been thoroughly played with various means in the bed by the experienced Adrian, almost reaching the point of "under the bed XX bed XX".

　　For this reason, Cate complained to Adrian in Berlin that night. It's just that complaining back to complaining, what should I do, or that sentence, people in love are always lacking in reason.

　　The time has finally passed in February 1990. After the multinational force in the Persian Gulf announced on the 28th that it should stop the attack and ended the 100-hour ground battle, the Gulf War, which lasted more than a month, came to an end. Next, it's time to count the loot. The military and financial predators lost money and made money.

The phone bell on the desk rang without warning, hopping Adrian who was thinking next hop. After hesitating, he picked up the receiver and asked, "Hello, which one?"

　　 "Ed, it's me." Crowder's voice came from there, accompanied by heavy breathing sounds, snorting, very clear, as if somewhat breathless.

　　 "Hi, Crow, you finally gave me a call, but I was really sighed. I thought you ran away with the money." Adrian said with a ridiculous tone, except in a ridiculous tone. After Adrian spoke to Claude on the phone for a short "28th" on February 20, the two of them had no contact at all.

　　 "Do you know... do you know... how much money did we put in at the beginning?" The heaviness in the breath became clearer, and with the sound of tearing, Claude was probably pulling his neck. tie.

　　 "In addition to my 65 million, you have invested more than 10 million, which is almost 80 million." Adrian recalled carefully, "Okay, don't sell it, tell me the specific situation."

　　 "...10 times!" There was such a voice over there after swallowing hard.

　　 "Hah, it's pretty good, actually turned 10... what did you say! 10 times!" Adrian almost didn't throw out the microphone in his hand, he opened his eyes wide and tried to control his body, but his teeth Still bitten loudly.

　　 "Yes, yes, 10 times! You heard it right! It is 10 times! I **** made this money 10 times! I made 800 million dollars back!" Crow over the phone De suddenly laughed wildly, as if a balloon filled with air was suddenly pierced, and the air inside vented out.

　　Adrian opened his eyes vigorously, covering his forehead and breathing heavily. His breathing became as heavy as that of Claude before. He had never expected that this would be the case. At first, he hoped that he would double or triple, and strive to make a profit of 200-300 million. Unexpectedly, 80 million US dollars turned into 800 million! This is really **** profiteering! Claude this guy...

　　 "Claude, you guys..." Adrian also began to pull up his neckline, as if to make himself more comfortable, "You are so **** amazing!"

　　 "Haha, I love this sentence, say it again, say it again!"

　　 "You are so **** amazing! Very, very amazing!"

　　The two of you were so swearing, you said one word at a time, and you beat the table hard with your own side, making a humming sound. It seems that you can’t vent their excitement without doing so. After a long time, the two people on both sides of the phone gradually calmed down.

　　 "I can't believe how you did it, Crow?" Adrian, paralyzed in a high-back chair, asked, his chest still undulating obviously.

　　 "I don’t know, I haven’t considered those at all, all my attention is focused on buying and selling, and the number of funds is just a number for me. When everything is over, look back. At that time, I was sturdily taken aback." Claude recalled, the joy in the tone was very obvious.

　　 "You are good at Tibet, Crow. Although I have said it countless times before, I have to say that you are very good." Adrian said sincerely.

　　 "Yes~IndoMTL.com~ Of course," Claude laughed, "You know, Ed, when I told this to the old man, his face was so wonderful, he probably didn't think I could Do this."

　　 "I have to remind you," Adrian said amusedly. All fathers and sons in the world are similar in some places. "The old man in your mouth is both your father and my godfather."

　　 "I know, I know," Claude sighed exaggeratedly, "I just proved myself, is there anything wrong?"

　　 Fortunately, he then added: "Of course, I can’t do this without the information you provide-are you okay recently? People without the SFC are looking for you for coffee?"

　　 "Why, do you really want them to find me?" Adrian grinned.

　　 "Hey, I just care about you." Claude screamed.

　　 "Well, I know, are you free at night? I think we should talk in detail." Adrian said with a joke and said seriously.

　　 "No problem, Losata restaurant, you treat guests." Claude said immediately.

　　 "Well, I'll treat you." Adrian laughed.

　　 Put down the receiver, Adrian stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and then opened the curtains. The constant sunlight of Los Angeles suddenly spilled in and lit up the study room. He stretched out a very comfortable lazy waist and squinted into the bright sky.

　　 I really didn’t expect that this time the harvest would be so huge, not only that enough money was expected to be several times more, but also Claude... Very good, I can choose from the several plans prepared, The rest depends on how to convince him!

　　 (Well, continue to ask for some recommended votes, so that I can make a new level on the list of newcomers and new books~)