Chapter 466

"So you didn't even ask for my opinion and brought him here?!" Liv suddenly showed an angry look again.

"Calm down, Liv. I said that I just wanted to give you a surprise." Adriaan pressed her shoulder and comforted her.

"If it's such a surprise, I'd rather not have it!" Liv crossed her arms and said angrily, "I also said that I agree with what Sarah said. Providing the sperm doesn't mean he's my father!"

"Liv!" Adriaan's tone suddenly became much harsher. "Sarah can say that, but you can't!"

The young girl originally wanted to argue, but after meeting his bright eyes, she involuntarily shrunk her neck.

"Sarah is different from you." Adriaan continued in the same tone, "Her father is indeed an irresponsible bastard. He abandoned her and her mother without even saying a word. If he comes to me in the future, unless Sarah really forgives him, I will never allow him to get close to her! "

Speaking of this, he paused, and his tone softened a little. "But you are different. When you were born, your father … Well, Stephen didn't know, and your mother didn't tell him. Although you learned the truth from your mother because of his concert, he still doesn't know. In that case, why not give him a chance? "

Adriaan held Liv in his arms and gently stroked her face. "I don't want you to take over and forgive him immediately. I just think that you might as well give him a chance to fulfill his responsibility. No matter what, Stephen is your biological father. Even if he didn't play the role of a father in these 20 years, this is an unchangeable fact. So, since he just doesn't know and doesn't want to be responsible, you can try to get along with him for a while and see if he is a qualified father. See if he is qualified for you to call him father. "

Although Liv stared at him for a long time and then buried her head in his chest, she still didn't give an answer. Adriaan let out a long sigh and gently patted her back. "Don't you understand why I asked them to write such a story and let you star in it?"

The body in his arms suddenly trembled, and the young girl finally raised her head.

"Alright, for your sake, I'll give him a chance." Liv looked at Adriaan deeply. "But if I think it's necessary to end this situation, I don't want to hear something like 'give him a chance' again."

"No problem." Adriaan smiled and kissed her.

After that, the two returned to the previous lounge. Willis, Jaquan, and the others had a good talk with Aerosmith, but Taylor sat in the corner absent-mindedly. He didn't smile until Liv came back. After that, they didn't talk more. Taylor took out the lyrics of the theme song for everyone to refer to and sang a short part of it. After that, the meeting ended. Although Liv returned to the lounge, she didn't say a word from beginning to end.

"You should pay me, Eide. This job is not easy," Willis joked before leaving.

"150 dollars an hour is not particularly expensive, but I'm the one doing most of the work. How about you split it with me, Dr. Malcolm?" Adriaan asked with a smile.

After the important people, especially Liv, left, Stephen Taylor came to Adriaan's side. "Thank you, Mr. Adriaan."

His tone was still full of sincerity. Adriaan smiled slightly. "It's nothing. I'm doing this for Liv. But this is all you can do. Whether you can get her forgiveness or not, you still have to continue to work hard. "

"I know." Taylor nodded. After hesitating for a moment, he asked hesitantly, "If it's possible, can you tell me …"

"We are dating." Adriaan didn't hide it. Bibi Bill also knew about the matchmaking between Liv and her father. Although she and Taylor no longer had feelings for each other, she was still unhappy and uneasy about Liv sticking to a playboy, especially when she knew that he had other women. It was absolutely impossible that she didn't tell Taylor about this, hoping that he would be able to talk to Liv.

"Well … Okay, I understand." Taylor was slightly absent-minded, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Adriaan suddenly chuckled in his heart. Some things were not so easy to do. Besides, he never did things without a goal. If he hadn't intervened at the beginning, Liv might have reconciled with him because she starred in Taylor's single MV. Unfortunately, Adriaan brought her to Los Angeles and replaced Taylor as the father in her heart, or the role that she needed to be protected.

Being protected by Adriaan, coupled with his sympathy for Sarah and his impartiality in coaxing women, Liv became more and more infatuated with him. At the same time, she completely forgot about Taylor. However, this was far from enough. So now, when their feelings were at a critical point, Adriaan used this trick. Whether this matchmaking was successful or not, he would continue to occupy the most important position in Liv's heart.

Although there might be other situations, the probability was very small. Stephen Taylor was not a good man or father, which could be seen from how he treated Bibi Bill and her daughter. Although Adriaan said to Liv that Taylor didn't know he had an illegitimate daughter, how could he not know at all? The entertainment circle was sometimes very big, but sometimes it was also very small. He just didn't say anything if others didn't mention it.

So if something really happened, it could only be said that it was God's will. However, nothing was more convincing than the truth. Although Liv was still like a child until Taylor left, that night, she did everything she could to be intimate with Adriaan. Not only did she do it up and down, but she also did some positions that she was usually embarrassed to do. Adriaan took the opportunity to pluck her from behind. Although Liv was crying, she was quite cooperative.

If "Doomsday" wanted to be released, it would at least have to wait until the end of the year. The same was true for "Prison in the Sky", which was invested and produced by New Line. Although "The Matrix", which was being filmed by Adriaan, was as efficient as ever, it also couldn't be released in a short period of time. Although there was still more than a month before the summer holiday, there didn't seem to be many big productions under AC Media to compete for the schedule.

How was that possible! Adriaan didn't care about this problem at all. "Titanic" was enough! Although the movie was distributed by 20th Century Fox, and although he invested in it personally, everyone knew that he was the chairman of AC Media. With such a big signboard, even if AC Media gave up on the summer holiday, no one would say anything.

Although the promotional work had just begun, "Titanic" had already attracted enough attention. After all, Fox was one of the seven major film studios and had a perfect marketing team. Business marketing was not something that could make a product popular with the public by proposing a few novel concepts. Of course, from the perspective of an outsider, marketing was actually quite simple.

For example, now, Fox quietly released an advance version of the preview version, waiting for more and more people to pay attention to it before gradually releasing all kinds of gossip about the movie. For example, Cameron had been preparing for several years, such as building a 1: 1 model in Mexico, such as the use of a lot of CG for special effects, and even the news that the female lead, Gwyneth, almost got pneumonia because of soaking in the water for too long.

Some of these pieces of news had been heard before, but some were new to them. The combination of the news and the old news filled more people with curiosity. As the biggest gimmick of the whole movie, a total investment of 260 million yuan — that's right, that was the number. Although AC Media's TV stations fully cooperated with the promotion, the numbers still had to be calculated on the books, which didn't prevent Fox from exaggerating when they used it. Therefore, the cost of 240 million plus the 20 million promotional budget finally became an investment of 260 million yuan.

In short, as the most surprising thing, this investment figure was definitely going to be widely publicized. Although it wasn't certain that there would be no one like it in the future, it was certain that it was unprecedented. Coupled with the news that Adriaan had a keen eye for talent and supported Cameron's crazy plan alone, countless people were speechless.

"I don't know what Adriaan's purpose is, whether it's out of love for movies or just to prove something, but this is definitely the craziest investment in history," the Los Angeles Times commented.

So far, not including inflation, the highest investment in a movie was only 100 million US dollars. Although they were all Cameron's works, he suddenly doubled the investment this time. Such a huge figure was enough to scare a lot of people, so they weren't very optimistic about this movie. "I seem to have seen another 'Door to Heaven'. Even if the producer is a miracle director and a gold medal producer, it still can't change my opinion."

However, ordinary people were more curious about Adriaan's net worth. In their eyes, Adriaan was first a miracle director, then the chairman of AC Media. But now, he could take out a huge sum of nearly 300 million to invest in a movie in his own name, which was really shocking.

Unfortunately, there was no definite answer to this question. After all, AC Media wasn't listed, so they could only estimate from other places such as ABC, TBS, and Marvel. Even so, it could be seen that he had at least a few billion. After all, on the Forbes list of the richest people, Adriaan was in the top 30.

The upcoming movie was an unprecedentedly big production. Cameron had prepared for a few years and spent a lot of effort to create it. Moreover, it was invested by the miracle director and young tycoon Adriaan. The debate about Adriaan had not completely stopped when it was released at the beginning of the year. All these factors intertwined, coupled with all kinds of endless advertisements, in less than half a month, "Titanic" had gained a lot of attention. Many people had already made up their minds that even if the movie was ugly, they would go to the cinema to see how this movie, which had invested nearly 300 million US dollars, looked like.

Look, it was that simple. But if there was not a professional enough team to take care of all aspects of affairs and deal with all kinds of situations, trying to come up with a few novel concepts to sell goods was just a plot in a novel.

In short, as far as the feedback was concerned, many professionals were not very optimistic about the movie, and there was a lot of noise. For example, an independent director complained sourly, "They would rather invest in a new movie like" Titanic "than support an independent film. The money I need is not even a fraction of this movie."

After the news spread to Europe, European directors, who boasted of the "Holy Land of Literature and Art," also laughed at Hollywood for starting to burn money again.

"I originally thought that Adrian Kewell would be like Woody Allen, a director who was different from American directors, but now it seems that he is no different from his American peers. He is more interested in technology and investing in commercial movies, and ignores the movie itself." A critic from the French newspaper Liberation wrote in his own column. Not long ago, he had praised "Eyes Wide, Warning," directed by Adriaan, for having the style of Kubrick.

By the way, "Eyes Wide, Warning" was selling well in France. As for why … Haha …

In addition, many teams under the banner of public welfare also joined in, thinking that instead of wasting such a huge amount of money on movie production, it would be better to donate it to help more people. Although such words were not spoken in public, they were everywhere on the Internet. Some people even calculated how many people this investment could save in third world countries.

"Don't pay attention to them. When the movie is released, they will shut up obediently." That was what Adriaan said, and then he waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to take it to heart. It looked like he was shooing away mosquitoes.

Hearing this, Cameron didn't know what to say. He was one of the more confident people in "Titanic." After all, he was the one who made the movie, but Adriaan was more confident than him.

Well, let's not talk about this. Although "Titanic" was popular, most of Adriaan's attention wasn't on it. Even when many charity and public welfare organizations came to his door, he didn't care. For the rich, whether it was for a good reputation or a sincere desire to give back to society, charity was necessary and frequent. However, they also had their own fixed channels, and donating a sum of money to someone was something only a fool would do.

Therefore, after completing the daily filming of "The Matrix," his current life was quite leisurely, but there were some things that he had to do more than before.

"It's really fascinating …" Adriaan lay on his side on the bed, caressing her beautiful body as he praised.

"Do you like it?" Kirsten, who was lying beside him, turned her head and asked with a smile. The blush on her face hadn't faded, and there was a look of satisfaction on her face.

"Of course, who wouldn't like it?" Adriaan chuckled and kissed her smooth back tenderly.

At her birthday party, Adriaan didn't enjoy himself to the fullest. After all, there were many people downstairs, and it was Kirsten's first time, so it didn't last too long. Speaking of which, Kirsten's birthday was supposed to be on the last day of April, but it was celebrated on the weekend. So if it really counted … But so what? He had already done what needed to be done, and this last step didn't matter.

For a period of time after that, the girl often came to his place. Although they had been intimate before and had eaten bananas several times, it wasn't worth mentioning compared to actually getting inside. In addition, Adriaan had always been very considerate, and he was always very protective of women's first time. Naturally, Kirsten, who had tasted the sweetness, wanted more. Anyway, she had more and more free time now.

"Speaking of which, at your birthday party the other day, there were a few girls who looked pretty good. They all wanted to be actors," Adriaan said casually.

"Really? Do you need me to introduce them to you? " Kirsten turned her head, fiddled with her hair, and smiled coquettishly. She lifted her legs and swung them back and forth.

Although she said that, there was an inexplicable glint in her eyes, and she unconsciously bit her lower lip with her pearly white teeth.

"No need, they don't have much potential. At best, they are ordinary second- or third-rate actors, not to mention compared to you." Adriaan smiled gently in his heart, and then he slapped her little butt.

"Eide!" Kirsten said coquettishly. She seemed embarrassed by his praise, but in fact, she was very happy.

She didn't mind his women, because she felt that she had an advantage because of her youth. That was why she was nervous when he mentioned other young women. That was why at the Oscars, when she saw him talking well with Scarlett, she sent him a note to go to the restroom. More explicit, bolder, and … more vulnerable. The last word was deliberately left out by Adriaan. Kirsten was very similar to Liv and Sarah. In fact, the few women who were most loyal to him, except for Monica who had more experience, basically all had one thing in common.

"What if I want to use more of my potential?" The girl wrapped around his body like a water snake.

"Don't be too greedy, my dear Qiqi. Do you remember what I said?" Adriaan caressed her beautiful body. "Two years at most. Don't worry, I have thought about it."

"Okay, I got it." Kirsten sighed, and then she wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "When can we go out together? It won't be too long, I just want to be alone with you. How about the day after tomorrow? "

"The day after tomorrow? Sorry, Qiqi, I have something to do the day after tomorrow. "Adriaan shook his head.

"Can you tell me what it is?" The girl asked hurriedly. Although his emotional fluctuations were very subtle, Kirsten's attention was on him at the moment, so she noticed the slight change and had a vague premonition.

"Nothing — since you are in such a good mood, and it is still early, why don't we do it again?" Adriaan changed the topic, and then he turned over and pressed her under his body.

"So annoying." Kirsten said coquettishly, but then she quickly panicked. "Wait … you … where are your fingers?!"

"Relax, anyway, your body recovers very quickly. Let me have a taste, it won't hurt."

"No! Please! Don't! Ah! Ah … "