Frankly speaking, if he could, Adriaan would definitely choose to stay. The unique sweet scent of the girl was really nostalgic. He could still savor it even after the plane took off. Even a rational and calm person like him felt a little infatuated. After all, although the two were close, they didn't go to bed every time they met. Of course, Adriaan restrained himself for the long term, but Natalie's careful thoughts also played a part.
This was what they meant by not getting what they wanted. Adriaan looked at the clouds outside the plane window and sighed in his heart. But he didn't like it very much, especially when it was Natalie who did it. Maybe he could use another method.
Although he didn't get to taste the delicacies in New York, he had compensation when he returned to Los Angeles. After parking the car on the side of the road, Adriaan adjusted his clothes and got out of the car with the wrapped gift. He wore a simple T-shirt and handmade trousers, which made him look casual and chic, as if he was full of energy.
As the doorbell rang, the door in front of him finally opened. At the same time, the originally faint echoes of the hustle and bustle suddenly surged out from inside, especially the flapping of ribbons. It was especially loud. Clearly, this party was very lively.
"Eide?!" The lady who opened the door looked at him in surprise.
"Hello, Ms. Inez, I didn't expect you to open the door for me," Adriaan said with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to come to our house at this time. What's the matter?" Inez asked hurriedly. Her eyes quickly fell on the beautifully wrapped gift box in his hand, and she was even more surprised. "You are also …"
"Yes." Adriaan nodded affirmatively. Before he could continue, Inez turned her head and shouted, "Come here, Chichi. Look who's here."
"Who's here?" Kirsten rushed out immediately. She was wearing a pink lace princess dress today, and she was specially dressed up. There was a specially made crown on her head, just like a little princess.
As soon as the girl saw Adriaan, her grayish-green eyes began to shine. If it weren't for her mother, she might have already rushed up to him.
"Eide!" she shouted in surprise. "God, I thought you weren't coming."
This was not fake. The birthday party had started almost an hour ago. During this time, she rarely looked at the door. Every time someone knocked on the door, she would look immediately, but she was always disappointed.
"You thought I wasn't coming?" Before Adriaan could speak, Inez asked curiously, looking at her daughter and then at Adriaan.
"Chichi called me before and asked if I could attend her birthday party. You know, I'm always busy, so I didn't give a definite answer. I just said I'll see how it goes. I just came back from New York, and I didn't have anything important to do for the time being, so I came to see her. It's just that I was in a rush and didn't have time to pick out a gift, "Adrian explained.
"It's okay. It's good that you came." Kirsten spoke first. Even so, she still happily took her gift from Adrian's hand and looked at her mother.
Kirsten happily took her gift from Adriaan and looked at her mother. "Please come in. Inez immediately made a gesture of invitation. Kirsten gave Adrian a suggestive and flirtatious look when Inez wasn't paying attention.
Inez immediately made a gesture of invitation. When she wasn't paying attention, Kirsten gave Adriaan a suggestive and flirtatious look. She really is a little vixen. If Natalie was still a little shy, precocious, and had the innocence of a young girl, then Kirsten was a combination of an angel and a devil. She was bolder, more explicit, and more unscrupulous. All kinds of slutty adulthood were unreserved on her little body. Hugging her in his arms was even more exhilarating. At least for now, it was not wrong to call her a little vixen.
There were many people at the party, but most of them were Kirsten's peers. Some were her friends from school, and some from work. It was obvious that she was still very popular. Several young boys were circling around her. Although Kirsten seemed to be talking and laughing with them, she kept her distance. Her eyes flashed with mockery from time to time. Unfortunately, these guys didn't notice it at all.
Although Adriaan got along well with a few adults, including Inez's friends and neighbors, he also got along well with the young boys. This was not only because of his title as a miracle director, a gold medal producer, and a new media mogul. Kirsten's friends included some second- and third-rate actors and people who wanted to enter the entertainment industry. It was also because of his slightly vulgar and pornographic jokes.
If young people of this age were not as precocious as Kirsten, they would basically enter the rebellious stage. Usually, they would do things that they were not allowed to do in the past. The most direct way was to say dirty words and tell pornographic jokes.
Whether it was in his previous life or this life, this was how Adriaan lived. Although the pace of society was getting faster and faster, the topic of the generation gap would arise every few years. But for him, who knew the future, this was not a problem at all. So, it was too easy to get the approval of these young boys and girls.
As Kirsten blew out the birthday candles, the atmosphere of the party reached its climax. Everyone looked a little high, including Inez. Then, the girl used the excuse of cleaning her mouth, which was full of debris, to return to the bedroom. She then secretly gave Adriaan a secret signal. Adriaan smiled. He was not in a hurry. After more than ten minutes had passed, he slowly walked to the kitchen, and then slowly walked through the back door of the kitchen to the garden.
Next, he took two or three steps to the back wall. Using the drainage pipe and other steps, he quickly climbed to the roof of the first floor. Then, he tiptoed to the reserved window, pushed the half-lifted window up, and flipped over. Although this was the first time this plan had been discussed on the phone for a long time, the whole process only took five minutes. After all, Kirsten had been living in this new house for almost a year, and it was Adriaan who introduced her to it.
"I thought you weren't coming." As soon as he came in, a lazy voice rang out.
"How could that be?" Adriaan smiled and clapped his hands. He looked at the girl lying on the bed with an admiring gaze.
The lights in the room were not turned on, but there were candles lit in several places. It looked quite romantic, and coupled with the faint incense flowing in the room, it made people feel relaxed and happy.
At this time, Kirsten had taken off her princess dress and changed into a small silk pajamas that just reached the base of her thighs. Apart from that, she was also wearing a pair of translucent black lace suspenders, which were tightly closed and half-curled up. In addition, her bitter expression added a few hazy temptations in the dim light. Her sexy yet childish appearance was enough to make any man impulsive.
"I promised you." Adriaan walked over with a smile. After sitting down at the head of the bed, he lifted her little chin without hesitation. "It doesn't matter even if I become a thief."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Kirsten, who let him play with her, opened her mouth slightly, and there was an undisguised desire in her eyes. Then, in the next second, her mouth was blocked.
Adriaan's actions were much rougher than before. He unceremoniously explored her little mouth. Not only did he pull her into his arms, but after kissing her passionately, he threw her back on the bed. Kirsten, who let out a few moans, did not show a pained expression. Instead, she seemed more excited. After being pressed under Adriaan, she began to cater to him even more enthusiastically.
In the past, they had done enough of those things. Adriaan's different and somewhat rough approach gave her even greater stimulation.
Soon, with hot kisses and caresses, clothes were thrown down one by one. When the translucent lingerie that Kirsten deliberately put on was removed from her feet by Adriaan's fingers, there was finally one last step left.
"Come on, Eide …" Lying on the bed with her hands on top of her head, Kirsten, who looked like a white lamb, panted and opened her blurry eyes. She was unable to extricate herself from the foreplay. "This is my best birthday present …"
This sentence was more effective than anything else. Adriaan kissed her moist lips and then pressed down like a mountain. Immediately, the girl's sobs rang out.
Downstairs, Inez was still praising her well-behaved daughter in front of the guests and proudly showing off her achievements. The boys were still discussing who would win the girl's favor, and the girls were guessing who would be favored by the miracle director. Upstairs, in her bedroom, Kirsten finally got her wish of giving her virginity to Adriaan.
After returning from Washington, Adriaan once again plunged into the filming of "The Matrix." In fact, there was nothing particularly difficult about the filming of this movie. The gunfight scene where Neo and Trinity killed their way into the Agent Headquarters to rescue Morpheus, as well as the gunfight scene where they entered the Matrix and were betrayed by Cypher, were more troublesome. The fighting scenes were relatively simple as long as the actors were in place.
"Everything is fine. It's just that if we hang it for a long time, there will be traces of strangulation. This should be considered a work injury, right?" Reeves, who was in training clothes, asked jokingly. He didn't have a bad impression of being hung on a wire, but he didn't have a good impression either.
"It's nothing. Just obediently fly in the sky and walk on the walls. Only when Yuan thinks it's okay can you rest." Adriaan smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
At this time, they were filming the scene where Morpheus was training Neo's Kung Fu. Reeves was going to have a good fight with Fishburn. According to Adriaan's instructions, Yuan Heping specially designed some movements that combined various boxing techniques such as Tai Chi and Xingyi. According to the sketches, it should be very good, but it was either Yuan Heping or Adriaan who was not satisfied with the filming.
Although Yuan Heping was given full authority to direct the movements, Adriaan still had the power to veto it, especially for this indoor fight scene. In the original version, after Neo gained some insight, he began to fight Morpheus faster and faster. In the end, he actually managed to throw out countless afterimages of his fists. Adrian didn't want this to happen, because it was a little too animated. Even though anything was possible in the virtual world, and the reason why the battle in the virtual world was designed to be elegant while the real world was still filled with punches and punches, this was still a movie, not an animation.
After listening to Adriaan's request, Yuan Heping quickly designed the movements, but if they were to fight, he still felt that something was missing. As for what exactly it was, neither Yuan Heping nor Adriaan could explain it. It was a feeling, and sometimes, feelings were very difficult to describe with words.
After discussing with a few technical assistants, Adriaan said to Yuan Heping, "How about this, we'll still shoot according to the movements you originally designed, but during the post-production, you'll have to participate and provide suggestions at any time."
"What suggestions?" Yuan Heping asked curiously.
"According to the answers given by the technical staff, Keanu's punches can be fine-tuned through the computer in post-production." Adriaan explained briefly, "So you have to be on the scene and guide them on how to adjust it to match reality and look good."
"You can even reach this level?" Yuan Heping revealed a look of surprise.
"Is this strange?" Adriaan shrugged. "If this is enough to surprise you, then won't you be even more surprised when you see movies that are mostly made with CG?"
"Movies that are mostly made with CG …" Yuan Heping muttered a few words, then shook his head with a bitter smile. He had been in Hollywood for a long time, and with Adriaan's intentional or unintentional indoctrination, he naturally knew how helpful computer CG was to the development of movies. Just a few years ago, "Jurassic Park" and "Terminator 2" had set a box office record in Hong Kong that no other Hong Kong film had ever achieved.
"It just so happens that the next movie we're going to shoot is related to this, you can watch it more," Adriaan said, then sighed in his heart.
This was the difference. Hong Kong was too small and monopolized the industry. They didn't have high standards, and whenever there was a good theme, they would rush to shoot it until it was bad. In addition, they didn't have the experience in this area. Once the advantage was widened, they would fall into decline. As for China, although they had advantages that Hong Kong didn't have, they were still trying to open their eyes and wait for the impact of "Titanic" to pass.
After the fight scene was over, it was time for Morpheus to introduce the real situation to Neo in the virtual environment. This wasn't strange, the actual production wasn't based on the actual scenes after the movie was released. This scene was sometimes shot in an empty field, sometimes under a volcano, so the set was covered with green curtains, and even the ground was covered with a layer of green curtains.
This was the place that Adriaan told Yuan Heping to watch more. Many dazzling scenes were shot behind green or blue curtains like this, and the background was changed in post-production. CG technology was still expensive now, and in a few years, it would become cheaper, and the scenes would become more and more exquisite. Some scenes didn't even need to be shot on the spot. For example, if they wanted to shoot a scene in New York's Times Square, they didn't need to go to the relevant departments to ask for help, they only needed to change the scenery of Times Square in post-production.
This scene didn't take too long. Morpheus only needed to show how cool he was, and he didn't need to act at all. Neo did the same, and he only shouted at the end that he couldn't accept it, which required more acting, but overall, it was simple. Therefore, after filming was done, Adriaan saw that there was still time, and he decided to film Neo and Trinity's preparation before they rescued Morpheus. He even added a cool line, "Guns, we need a lot of guns."
"This body is so charming, I can't stop looking at it." Adriaan put his arm around Monica and walked into the house. After filming, they naturally went back to her house.
"Then I'll keep it up," Monica said teasingly. Her mature charm made her especially attractive.
"How do you do it? Do aerobics? Yoga? Kung fu? Or gun practice? "Adriaan asked jokingly.
Because of the training for the movie, Monica had developed a lot of interest in kung fu. When Yuan Heping was teaching her movements, he would often ask about kung fu. So, Adriaan found a female coach to teach her some simple punches and kicks through Yuan Heping. Because she didn't need to practice too much, and it was just some simple self-defense punches and kicks, or it looked better when she fought, Yuan Heping didn't refuse.
Other than that, because there were shooting scenes, Monica also had to practice how to hold a gun. She also needed to have a little understanding of guns, so she was inevitably curious. Sometimes, on the set, she would play with the guns that were quite realistic, which was why Adriaan asked.
Before Monica could answer, Lily's childish voice came into his ears after he opened the door. "Daddy!"
"Hey, baby." Adriaan immediately squatted down and clapped his hands.
The little girl immediately shook off the nanny's hand and stumbled towards him. Although she fell after taking two steps, she immediately got up and continued as if nothing had happened, until she jumped into her father's arms.
"Oh, you're so cute, my dear. How are you today? Did you make Madam Rosa angry? " Adriaan carried his daughter and intimately pressed on her little nose. Lily instantly giggled.
"No — very good —" She dragged her voice and said word by word.
The little guy was very smart and learned to speak very quickly. Although it would become vague after a long time, the specific words were very clear, such as "Daddy", "is a bad guy", and "Daddy is a bad guy". From time to time, Lily would say "Daddy is a bad guy". Needless to say, this was what Kate taught her daughter. When Adriaan protested, she also retorted, "Aren't you a bad guy?"
The reason for this was that she realized that the revenge that she couldn't take could be completely avenged by her daughter. Because that day, when Adriaan took out that photo to brainwash the little girl, Kate suddenly sighed with emotion. "I didn't expect that Lily could do what I couldn't do back then."
There was no need to say more about what she couldn't do back then. Therefore, Kate, who understood this, began to intensify her efforts. Teaching her daughter the words "Daddy is a bad guy" was a typical example. Adriaan spent a lot of effort to correct Lily, but it was probably because the little girl felt that her father's face was always very ugly when she said it. This was very interesting, so she refused to correct it no matter what. In the end, Adriaan could only give up.
