Although the filming of "La Belle Legend of Sicily" had ended in late October, Adriaan did not leave Italy because Tornadore's new movie was about to premiere, and he had promised to attend it. Therefore, on the 20th, many reporters took photos of him outside the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the capital of Sicily, along with Monica.
Compared to those big Hollywood productions, the premiere of Tornadore's "Pianist on the Sea" was a little shabby. Although the Teatro Massimo had a certain history, it did not match his status as a director. However, this was not a big deal. The so-called shabby was also compared. There were entertainment reporters, celebrity guests, large posters, and everything else.
The current "Pianist on the Sea" was not much different from the original. Some things had changed, but some things had not, because the world was unpredictable. However, there was a small difference. The male lead was an American actor of Italian descent named Francesco Mader. He was about 40 years old, but his temperament and appearance were 80% similar to the male lead in the original.
Adriaan's attention was not on this. In addition to his promise to Tornadore, he also came to accompany Monica. Although they had been together for a few years and had played all over Italy, most of them were concentrated in the north. They had never seen the scenery in Sicily. Unfortunately, it was already autumn, and it was not convenient to go swimming in the sea.
As for the media, there was no need to worry. Italian entertainment reporters were not as crazy as the British paparazzi, and they would not use all kinds of methods. However, it was precisely because of this that Adriaan relaxed himself. As a result, the photo of him drinking afternoon tea with Monica and Sophie was published in the Italian newspapers.
"Monica sat lazily on the chair, Sophie covered her mouth and laughed, and Adriaan spread his hands like a gentleman. What a romantic and warm afternoon." An Italian reporter wrote that their interpretation of romance might not be the same as that of the French, but the degree was definitely not much lower than theirs.
However, after the photo spread, all the tabloids focused on the relationship between the miracle director, Monica, and Sophie. Some guessed that Adriaan was hugging them, and some guessed that Sophie was there to negotiate. After all, Adriaan had just appeared with Monica at the premiere of Tornadore's movie. However, no one thought that the three of them had no relationship at all, because everyone knew it was impossible.
"This d * mn bastard, he stole our most precious thing!" Some of Sophie's die-hard French fans left comments online, and it immediately attracted a large number of netizens to support them. They began to denounce Adriaan, and the momentum was so great that even the official website of AC Media was almost hacked. So much so that even the local French print media carried the story.
"The miracle director is really unfortunate. Although the previous trouble was relatively big, the current one might be even bigger. Some people expressed strong indignation about his behavior online, and called for people to boycott his work. It's really an undeserved disaster, isn't it?" An article in the Liberation newspaper said half-mockingly and half-sarcastically.
To sum it up, the French fans thought that Adriaan seduced their favorite, and that he was a bastard, and they wanted to kill him. In fact, such comments had been around since Sophie starred in "Brave Heart," but at that time, she had not yet gone to Hollywood, so these comments were not supported by many people. But after Sophie starred in "The English Patient" and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress twice, and there was gossip about her and Adriaan, all these signs indicated that she might really stay in Hollywood. For the French fans, how terrible this was.
But they couldn't blame Sophie, after all, she was a woman, and it seemed that there was still room for redemption, so they unanimously pointed the spearhead at Adriaan. Especially after the photo of him drinking afternoon tea with Monica and Sophie on the street was published, countless French men hated Adriaan to the bone. What right did he have to hug them left and right?! Thus, the fuse was lit.
Interestingly, the response in Italy was mediocre. Everyone knew that Adriaan made Monica famous. If she wanted a cult film, she had a cult film. If she wanted a commercial blockbuster, she had a commercial blockbuster. Although "The Matrix" had been taken offline, the debate caused by it had not stopped until now. Therefore, it was not a big deal to be together with the miracle director. Moreover, Adriaan had personally said that Monica was his muse in Cannes. If they really wanted to argue, they should be blaming Sophie for interfering.
Some people on the Internet did say so, and received support from a small number of Italians. Then, the French were dissatisfied, and the two sides immediately began to quarrel on the Internet.
But no matter how much they quarreled on the Internet, the repercussions were not big. It was not ten years later. Liberation Daily reported it before because the official website of AC Media was almost hacked. Most people wanted to see the gossip and scandals of celebrities. Unfortunately, no matter how much the paparazzi fabricated the content, the three people involved did not respond to the matter in any way.
"It's just a photo," Adriaan once said.
That's right. From the beginning to the end, the reporter who happened to meet them only had time to press the shutter, and then was stopped by the bodyguards. Most of the time, Adriaan seemed to be wandering alone outside, but in fact, the bodyguards were just a few feet away. It was just that he did not like to have too many people around him, and the security measures on him were very good.
The bodyguards did not make things difficult for the guy. They just pulled him to talk, not letting him pay attention to other things, so that Adriaan could quickly leave after receiving the news. These were all the boss's requirements, and they would secretly record and video. Adriaan did not want the media to make up news of a bodyguard beating up a reporter. After he left, the bodyguards let the reporter go, so there was only such a photo left in the camera.
A photo didn't mean much. It wasn't as if no one knew what kind of person he was. As long as he wasn't photographed with Sophie and Monica in the suite, they didn't have to care. They could just guess what kind of person he was. Of course, Adriaan also got people to release the news of a new movie starring Monica, which could be regarded as an advance advertisement for "La Belle Legend of Sicily."
Sure enough, after this news was released, the regular media shifted their attention. It should be known that at the beginning of this month, "Mulholland Drive," which caused a lot of controversy at the Cannes Film Festival, had officially been released in the United States and Europe.
Because of all the previous debates and interpretations, coupled with the hype of Miramax, who was in charge of distribution, the film immediately received a box office of about 24 million in North America after two weeks of release. Many die-hard fans of Adriaan chose to watch it in the cinema. This once again proved that as long as it was a work directed by a miracle director, even if it was an artistic film that was difficult to understand, it could still have a good box office.
This was not surprising. Adriaan had much more resources than Lynch. As long as AC Media slightly leaned towards "Mulholland Drive," the effect of the publicity would be several times better than the original version. In addition, it had also received considerable praise at Cannes. The film critics also pieced together the original fragmented plot, which was greatly beneficial to the audience. Of course, more importantly, Adriaan had accumulated enough appeal.
As for the response among ordinary people, minority films, artistic films, and cult film lovers were naturally appreciated by everyone, but most people complained.
"Why can't Adriaan tell a good story? This should be a very wonderful story. " Once again, facts proved that this kind of work with a fragmented plot would not be popular with ordinary people, even if it was directed by a famous director.
Therefore, although it was high at the beginning, it might stop at 30 million in the end. To be honest, if the plot had not been pieced together by the film critics early on, and many people knew about it, the audience was afraid that they would not only complain. Of course, the two female leads were still quite well received. Although the attention of ordinary audiences was focused on the same-sex passion scene, the soaring popularity of Naomi and Nicole was an iron-clad fact.
Therefore, when it was revealed that the miracle director had just completed his new film in Italy, and that Monica Bellucci was the female lead, all kinds of speculation was inevitable. For example, would it be completed in a short period of time again? Would it be released at the end of the year for the Oscars? Or would it participate in the Berlin Film Festival next year? Would it be like "Mulholland Drive," with a fragmented plot, and the content was difficult to understand?
This was obvious. Since he chose to shoot in Italy, the possibility of an artistic film was quite high.
There was a lot of discussion about this. It was fine in the newspapers, but the discussion on the Internet was very heated. Imperceptibly, the reaction caused by the photo with Sophie and Monica during afternoon tea was greatly diluted.
After attending the premiere of "Pianist on the Seas," and then getting Sophie to promise to move to Los Angeles soon, Adriaan left Europe and returned to the United States with Monica. He actually wanted to go to Japan. Yukie was in Tokyo filming "The Grudge," and Ayumi Hamasaki seemed to be preparing to release a Japanese album. However, he could not leave Monica behind and let her return to the United States alone, could he?
Bringing Monica to Japan was out of the question. Even though she had accepted everything from him, he had to take care of her feelings and her thoughts. After making a call to Japan, he learned that the filming of "The Grudge" was nearing its end, so he gave up the plan and directly returned over the Atlantic Ocean.
However, Adriaan did not directly return to Los Angeles. Instead, he went to New York as usual. Of course, this time, Monica was going back to Los Angeles alone. He stayed in New York for about four days, and only returned to Los Angeles after Halloween. He began to think about buying a house in New York and adding a private plane.
He had to go to New York every year, and it could be predicted that this situation would continue for a long time. He could not stay in a hotel every time, right? Although there were long-term rentals in several hotels such as the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the Hilton Hotel, there were too many people, and some things would be troublesome. It would be better if he had his own house, even if it was an apartment.
As for the private plane, it was mainly because of Monica. Because he had to stay in New York, he wanted the plane to send her back to Los Angeles first. What if he suddenly had to go somewhere else? If he added a plane, it would be easier to control, and it could also make the women's travel smoother. It did not need to be as luxurious as the one he had now. An ordinary model would be enough to fly in the country.
Well, these were all digressions. In addition to visiting his uncle in New York, Adriaan also went to the Trump residence and began to reveal a little bit of the planned show to him. This way, he would be more motivated when the time came. If nothing unexpected happened, he planned to launch this show in the millennium. Because of Adriaan, the development of cable television stations had accelerated a lot. In order to maintain their advantage and prevent variables, this was very necessary.
In the wireless station, although Adriaan had given ABC a lot of excellent works, NBC still had a slight upper hand. Even though the departure of "Friends" caused them a lot of losses, because of their close cooperation with Warner, the quality of the TV series was still very high. Coupled with the momentum that they had maintained for so many years, they still occupied the first place among the four major wireless stations.
Even if this advantage was very weak, it would still take a long time for ABC to surpass them. It was not good for Adriaan to provide more TV series. Otherwise, it would cause indigestion. Similarly, AC Media's advantage in cable television was not high, especially the gap between TNT and HBO in accumulation was similar to that of ABC and NBC, which was why Adriaan was so troubled.
"No problem, I will always be waiting for you, Eide. Who can let the miracle director personally plan the show? Only me! Haha! "Trump was very cooperative.
Of course, Ivanka still maintained hostility to Adriaan.
"I heard that you were caught by reporters when you were traveling with Monica Bellucci and Sophie Marceau in Palermo? That's unfortunate. " She asked in private with a tone of surprise, but the real words in her heart were all in the corner of her eyes.
"There's nothing unfortunate about it. The reason why this world is wonderful is that there are many things worth trying in addition to the things that can't be done." Adriaan shrugged with a smile. He was not polite at all.
To have great lethality, the best way was to concentrate on a single point to attack the key points. Large-range attacks like Ivanka's were not effective at all.
"You are not a gentleman at all!" Ivanka glared at him and said angrily.
"I will only be a gentleman in front of ladies. Sorry, excuse me." Adriaan said and left without looking at Ivanka's dark face. It was too easy to deal with such a self-centered girl.
During the past few days in New York, the thing that made him the happiest was, of course, the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Although parades were held all over the United States on Halloween, the Greenwich Village Parade in New York was undoubtedly the most famous. First of all, there were a lot of people, as if all the people in New York came out. Then, there were all kinds of strange costumes, such as Count Dracula or the Dark Lord. Not to mention, there were all kinds of strange guys here, such as … a wretched uncle who wore women's underwear on the outside!
Although it was not the first time he participated in the Halloween Parade in New York, this was the one that left the deepest impression on him because he participated with Natalie.
Adriaan went directly to Natalie's house. Although most of the time he secretly dated the girl, it was necessary to meet her family and maintain a good relationship. Then, under his signal, Natalie first asked him how many days they were going to stay here, and then invited him to participate in the Halloween Parade with the excuse that she had a parade plan with her friends.
That night, Natalie put on a big helmet, and no one knew what she was playing. Adrian, on the other hand, put on a mask full of venomous snakes and turned into a male version of Medusa, which made the girl laugh out loud.
"Your costume is so lame." Natalie teased him mercilessly.
"Who said that men can't dress up like this?" Adriaan shrugged indifferently.
They started from Sixth Avenue and followed the crowd all the way to Blakel Street. Then, Adriaan drove her back. As for Natalie's friends, they did walk together at first, but secretly separated halfway through the journey. In such a large-scale parade, it was normal to get separated.
The rest of the time naturally belonged to the two of them. Although it was a slightly noisy environment, and some words could only be heard after two or three times, the two still chatted happily. However, Adriaan also secretly "took advantage" and "took advantage" of Natalie. He even secretly put his hand under Natalie's skirt and was about to touch her smooth buttocks when the girl discovered it. Not only did she jump up, but she also let out a scream. Fortunately, there were people shouting excitedly around, otherwise …
"You are such a pervert, Eide!" Natalie then poked him with her finger.
"This is just a way to miss you." Adriaan laughed, not at all like a person who was a few decades old.
Natalie rolled her eyes at him. For the rest of the journey, she went to wherever there was a lot of people, and she always looked for young people who were dressed similar to her. Unfortunately, Adriaan didn't miss even once and always caught her.
"Tell me honestly, how did you do it?" Natalie, who was not convinced, asked after giving up. Her helmet covered her entire head, and the long skirt and coat she wore were very ordinary. Even if he could still recognize her after a few laps in the crowd dressed similarly, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't catch someone else if he wanted to "take advantage" of her.
"It's very simple. I remember your scent. You can never escape my senses," Adriaan said with a smile but very serious.
All women fell for this trick, even Natalie was no exception. So, after staring at Adriaan for a while, she took his arm and let him carry her for the last few feet. On the way back, she even hugged and kissed Adriaan passionately in the car.
Well, this was his experience in New York. Although he wanted to stay for a few more days, he returned to Los Angeles. After all, there was still a lot of work to do, and he could come over at any time.
The integration of Universal was basically smooth, which made Adriaan very satisfied. After it was completely completed, AC Media would basically be in an invincible position in the film and television industry. After all, they had nearly 8,000 movies in their library alone.
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