Chapter 465

"Daddy, yes, bad guy!" The little fellow quickly performed. She waved her arms and said one word at a time in a childish voice, as if she was worried that others wouldn't understand.

Although Adriaan was very dissatisfied, he could only stare at her helplessly. At most, he nibbled on her pink cheek and said, "Yes, yes, Daddy is a bad guy."

Monica, who was next to him, couldn't help but laugh. Lily, who was attracted, immediately raised her hands to her and happily said, "Yes, yes, Daddy is a bad guy." Naturally, Adriaan would not go against his daughter's wishes. Monica quickly took the little fellow and held her in her arms for a while. Both she and Lily were very happy.

Because Kate had to rush to shoot the final scenes of "Killing Moment," he had no time to take the child with him during this time, so Adriaan ran around with the little fellow in his arms, although according to the agreement, it wasn't his turn yet. However, he had never agreed to let the nanny take over the care of the child, but he didn't necessarily go back to Kate's house every day. Out of consideration for the child, he finally asked Lily to run around with her mother or father every once in a while. Kate definitely couldn't compete with him in this aspect, so he often took the little fellow to the set of "Killing Moment." After the initial surprise, the crew members quickly accepted the little fellow. Although there weren't many young mothers, there were still a lot of them.

Adriaan also took the little fellow to his office. The new office, the headquarters of AC Media in Burbank, could basically be upgraded to a group company, so naturally, they had to have their own office building. Claude bought a large piece of land around and built the company's park quite large, but for various reasons, it wasn't until the end of last year that they completely moved in. TBS had almost completely moved from Atlanta. Although Ted Turner was not very happy, he couldn't do anything about it. But considering his mood, Adriaan and Claude kept a branch in Atlanta.

Therefore, Adriaan had to say goodbye to Bosworth's office, although he was reluctant to leave it. In addition to many movies being decided here, he had many passionate moments with many women here. But after all, he was the chairman of AC Media. Even if most of the affairs were handled by Claude, he had to sit here to declare his power, not to mention that he had other plans for the structure of the film company.

At the same time, Laffern, the CEO of Bosworth, was also promoted to the head office. If it weren't for Adriaan needing his cooperation in the film production, Laffern wouldn't have arrived at the head office so late.

With the support of her father, Lily often visited the offices of the company's senior executives. Her lively and fearless personality made many people like her. Because Adriaan deliberately avoided appearing with Kate and his daughter at the same time on the set of "Killing Moment" and in the company building, although some people guessed who Lily's parents were, they didn't think too much about it.

But this was the first time he had brought a child to another woman's home. Basically, the women around him knew that he had a child, but apart from Charlize and Yuji Nakama, who was currently working as a maid, only Sarah had seen him. But Adriaan didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Children should be exposed to reality from an early age, so that they would grow up to accept reality, right? Besides, Monica wasn't the kind of woman who was rude and unreasonable, and she quickly liked Lily.

"Duck! Yes, duck! "Sitting in Monica's arms, the little one held a children's picture book and read aloud.

"That's right, duck. Lily is really smart." Monica kissed her on the head with a doting smile. This scene looked so warm that Adriaan, who was leaning against the door, didn't have the heart to disturb them.

But in the end, he walked over and said, "Lily, it's time to sleep."

"What's the book called?" Lily blinked her eyes, and it took her a while to react. Then she shook her head like a rattle drum and said, "No."

The pronunciation of the second word was much more correct than the previous one, and after saying it, she yawned.

"That won't do, baby. Good children must sleep." Adriaan coaxed her, "If you don't sleep, Dad won't be a bad guy, but you will be a bad guy."

However, Lily was stunned for a long time, and suddenly cried out happily, "I'm a bad guy! I'm a bad guy! "

Adriaan rolled his eyes. Fortunately, Monica intervened and took the picture book from the little one's hands, "It's time to rest, Lily. If you rest now, I promise to teach you more words tomorrow, okay?"

The little one looked at her father and then at her aunt, and finally nodded and agreed, "Okay."

After washing his daughter, he took her to bed and coaxed her for a while. After singing half a lullaby, Adriaan and Monica left her bedroom.

"Fortunately, you are here, or I may have to spend a lot of effort to coax her to bed." After coming out, he took her arm and said.

"It's just a little more effort. To be honest, it's the first time I've seen a man who is so patient with children like you." Monica replied with a smile.

That's true. When he served Emma, he was not much worse than Lily. Adriaan said in his heart, and then he noticed the disappointment between Monica's eyebrows. After thinking for a while, he knew what was going on. Adriaan shrugged and then whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, I'll keep my promise."

Monica suddenly raised her head and looked at him with an indescribable look. There was surprise, disbelief, fear, and so on.

"I still have this credibility." Adriaan smiled and touched her lips, "At the end of next year, I will definitely make your wish come true."

After staring at him for a long time, Monica let out a long sigh and threw her whole body into his arms, hugging Adriaan tightly. Leaning her head on his shoulder for a long time, she said, "Sometimes I can't help but think, if I hadn't sold my soul to the devil, what would the situation be like now?"

"Why, do I look like a devil?" Adriaan asked jokingly as he hugged her.

"Yes, you are a devil, Eide." Monica closed her eyes, "You are good at seizing women's weaknesses and then cater to them. You can see through women's minds and make them fall for you. You like to play them in the palm of your hand and watch them dance to your rhythm. You are full of greed and possessiveness. You are an out-and-out devil."

"Hehe, so you have already seen through all this. So what should I do now?" Adriaan still said in a joking tone.

Monica did not answer. After a while, she raised her head and stared into his eyes again, then smiled slightly, "Actually, it's not a bad thing to sell your soul to the devil, even if …"

"Even the devil is trustworthy." Adriaan immediately continued, smiled slightly, and then held her face and leaned in.

"I am yours, Eide, I am completely yours." Monica looked at him and murmured, then kissed him passionately.

Monica was right, the devil was also trustworthy. How could he obtain someone else's soul without some tricks, like what he was doing now?

"Tell me honestly, what do you think? Don't worry, this is just a concept. "Adriaan looked at Bruce Willis in front of him and asked seriously.

"Alright, to be honest, there is definitely a market for this. If we appear in the same movie, there will definitely be people who want to watch it." Willis gestured, "However, it's not enough for me to agree to it. Of course, if you are the one who sent the invitation, then it's a different story. There are still many things to consider, and the script has become secondary. Although we can chat when we meet, but …"

He smiled and did not continue, but it was easy to guess what he was going to say next. However, Willis was very serious and sincere. Obviously, he did treat Adriaan as a friend.

"Don't worry, it's just a concept now. Let's confirm the general framework first," Adriaan said with a smile. Naturally, they were talking about the concept of "The Expendables".

This topic had been discussed by Adriaan with the heads of the three film companies, and the answers he got were different. Although the Weinstein brothers claimed that there was nothing they were afraid of, they were conservative in this aspect. After all, it would cost a lot to hire several big names to appear on screen at the same time, and there were many things that needed to be dealt with. Robert Shay, on the other hand, was cautious and optimistic. If all aspects could be taken care of, and if the cost was well controlled, it could be shot. On the other hand, Bosworth, who was brought up by Adriaan and Laffern, was more professional in this aspect. They neither confirmed nor denied it, but said that they needed more information.

Of course, this situation had something to do with the fact that Adriaan did not tell them that he wanted to make this movie into a brand. After all, this plan was a little too big, and he needed to combine a lot of information before he could make a judgment. For example, the feedback from Marvel was that whether or not it could be made into a comic, at least not before the movie was released.

So now, he was just like when he met Schwarzenegger at the White House, foreshadowing in advance. It was just that his relationship with Willis was the best, so he had more to say.

"Sorry, I'm late." At this time, the door to the lounge was finally pushed open, and Liv barged in wearing a trench coat, then stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.

"You also know that you're late? Look at how late you are. "Adriaan pointed to the clock on the wall.

"Sorry, I forgot to turn on the car radio today. I was stuck in traffic on Highway 122." Liv stuck out her tongue again. She had a ponytail and thick bangs on her forehead. Together with this action, she looked cute and youthful.

"It's okay, it's only been ten minutes. We'll try our best to make up for it later." Willis tried to smooth things over.

"Okay, hurry up and get ready. We'll start when Jekun and the others are here." Adriaan also stood up.

"Thank you, Eide." Liv skipped over to him, giggling. She grabbed his arm and kissed him on the cheek, not caring that Willis was right in front of her.

Willis shrugged and pretended not to see it. Anyway, this was not the first or second time. He also knew that Adriaan's romantic affairs were enough to write a novel, and he could only be envious that sometimes he could not even handle the woman at home.

After Jekun and the others arrived, the group went to the dubbing studio. There was actually nothing much to do today, it was just the post-dubbing for "Doomsday". Adriaan had already seen the trailer. Michael Bay handled the explosion scenes and the zooming long shots very well. Even though it was very rough, the impact was still great.

Adriaan only needed to know about these things. After all, the post-production was handled by Michael and Bruckheimer, so there was no need for him to supervise at all. However, Adriaan came here today because of something else.

"Well done, guys. It only took you two hours to finish." After waiting for the dubbing to finish, Adriaan immediately gathered them together. "By the way, the band that will be singing the theme song is also auditioning in another studio. They specially wrote a song about a father and a daughter for this movie. Maybe you can discuss it with them."

Since he was the one who suggested it, and the dubbing was almost done, no one had any objections. However, Liv took the time to come to his side and asked in a low voice, "Why do we have to go and meet them?"

"Because it's necessary," Adriaan replied with a smile.

"Really?" Liv squinted at him. "Can I not go?"

"Of course not. Haven't you been pestering me for a surprise? You'll find out soon. "Adriaan immediately rejected her proposal.

Ever since he said that he would give her a surprise in the next movie, Liv had been pestering him to ask what it was. Even though it had been almost a year, she still could not forget it.

"I have a bad feeling about it," Liv muttered. Although she was dubious, she did not say anything else.

Although she did not care about anything, as a woman, her intuition was still quite sharp. Therefore, Adriaan quickly whispered a few words to Willis and Jekun, asking them to be careful and come out to smooth things over when needed. Although the two agreed, they did not understand what was going on.

The mystery was soon revealed.

"Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Steven Taylor of Aerosmith. These are the members of his orchestra." In another lounge, Adrian introduced a skinny, long-haired, middle-aged man to the other actors. He was obviously a rock singer.

"Hello, I'm Steven Taylor." The middle-aged man immediately shook hands with them, but when he reached out his hand to Liv, the young girl, who was still smiling before coming in, had already stiffened her face. She stared at Taylor for a long time, neither moving nor speaking. It was not until Adriaan gave her a few winks and coughed softly that she reluctantly reached out her hand to shake the man's hand. She said coldly, "Hello," and then shut her mouth. Taylor smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.

Even the slowest person should have noticed that something was wrong, but since neither Adriaan nor Taylor said anything, they could only keep the question to themselves.

"I invited you here because Aerosmith wrote a theme song for the movie about a father and a daughter, but he couldn't quite grasp the mood of the song. Therefore, he hopes that through this exchange, we can combine your opinions and interpret the mood of the song," Adriaan took the lead in making the opening remarks.

"Well, let me tell you my feelings first …" Bruce Willis looked around, coughed, and took the lead. He was the tragic protagonist, and Adriaan had warned him not to do so.

After he finished speaking, Jekun Phoenix immediately took over the topic. His role was the lover of the protagonist's daughter, so naturally, he had the right to speak. After him, it was Steve Buscemi and the others' turn.

"Then what we can be sure of is that, first of all, this daughter is a bit rebellious. She thinks that her father is very unfair to her, so she always goes against him. Second, she should be a very emotional person …" Taylor thought about it carefully before speaking. Although some of his words seemed to be criticizing his daughter, it was actually a disguised form of praise and pity. His eyes kept glancing at Liv, so everyone could guess what he was referring to. For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became a little strange.

"… Even so, the daughter still loves her father very much. Just like her final farewell, she finally chose to forgive her father. I believe that if she could do it again at that time …" Just as Taylor said this, Liv, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up and strode out without a word.

"Sorry, you guys continue." Adriaan also stood up, gave Willis a look, and gestured to Steven Taylor to be patient. Then he chased after her.

"Liv, wait, don't be so impulsive, okay?" After leaving the door, he walked behind Liv and grabbed her hand.

"Let go of me!" Liv angrily shook off his hand and continued to rush forward. Adriaan immediately hugged her, ignoring her kicks and shoves. After looking around, he brought her into the ladies' bathroom.

Fortunately, there was no one else in there. To prevent eavesdropping, he purposely looked around the cubicles, then put the "Cleaning in progress" sign outside the door. After doing all this, Adriaan looked at Liv again. Although the young girl did not leave the bathroom, she still looked angry with her head turned.

"Calm down, Liv. Take a deep breath and do it a few more times. When you calm down, we'll talk, okay?" Adriaan said in a gentle tone.

Although she was very angry and unhappy, Liv subconsciously did as he said and took deep breaths. When she realized that her boiling emotions had calmed down a lot, she could only continue doing it no matter how unhappy she was.

"Are you better now?" Adriaan, who saw her change, asked.

"This is your surprise?!" Liv stared at him and asked stiffly.

"Yes, no matter what, Steven Taylor is your father, isn't he?"