Chapter 732

One of the main reasons why Adriaan loved home-cooked food was that when you ate them thoroughly, you could taste a different taste with just a small change. From East Asia to Europe, from Big and Small Bing to Cheryl, tasting fresh flesh was indeed very pleasurable, but before the novelty wore off, it was still those whom you deeply understood that were more attractive.

Therefore, dating, flirting, fooling around with Avril at her home, and coaxing her to do some large-scale things made him happier. It was still the same now.

"Don't move, don't move. Let me feel it, darling. It seems a little different." A pair of big hands caressed the waist of the girl who was crawling on the bed with all four limbs. He even picked up her clothes and burrowed inside, tightly touching the soft skin of her lower abdomen.

"What the hell are you trying to do, Eide?" Si Jiali frowned in puzzlement, then warned, "If you dare to force yourself on me from behind, Eide, I promise I will kick you down."

"Really?" Adriaan blinked, and his hands immediately moved down a little.

"Eide!" Si Jiali turned her head and glared at him, but no matter how he looked at it, she looked like she was teasing him with unnecessary anger. Her butt was also gently wriggling, as if she was trying to get rid of his hands, but it was more like she was beckoning him.

This was the Si Jiali he knew, always looking for opportunities to tease him. It seemed that the dinner in Cannes had given her a different kind of entertainment. This kind of teasing was successful in most cases. As a stunner, Si Jiali was quite good at showing off her great body. But today was an exception. Adriaan did not want to go further now. He did this more for …

"Okay, okay." He opened his hands, not looking at the flash of disappointment in her eyes. "It seems that my judgment is correct. You already have a small belly, although it is not very obvious."

Si Jiali was a little confused at first, not quite understanding what he was talking about, but after a few seconds, she immediately opened her eyes wide and glared at him. However, when she turned over and sat up, her face became calm again, and she even pretended to be indifferent. "So what? I won't work hard to lose weight like other women. I eat whatever I like, I do whatever I like!"

"What's wrong?" Adriaan deliberately put on a puzzled look. "I didn't say anything? Also, your belly feels really good to the touch. "

Si Jiali suddenly seemed to choke on something but could not cough it out. Her face flushed red, but she still maintained a disdainful expression, so she could only let him rub her belly.

"Don't worry, my dear. No matter what, I'll always like you." Adrian smiled and bit her earlobe. He then jumped out of bed and walked to the bathroom.

He then jumped off the bed and walked to the bathroom. The young girl bit her lip as she watched him walk in. After waiting for a few seconds, she jumped off the bed in a panic, lifted her clothes to reveal her belly in the mirror, and looked left and right.

There doesn't seem to be any changes … No, there is indeed some protrusion, but it is not obvious … That's not right, there is no change … There is indeed a slight protrusion … No, there is nothing … There is, look … There is … There is … There is … There is … There is … There is … There is … Scarlet gritted her teeth as she looked at herself in the mirror, the expression on her face constantly changing, wanting to admit it and wanting to deny it.

All along, she had not deliberately tried to lose weight, and basically ate high-calorie food as usual. Of course, the amount of exercise she did every day was not small, including in bed with Adriaan. In addition, she was still young, so her figure was maintained quite well. Therefore, Si Jiali had always felt that it did not matter, but at this moment, when Adriaan said this, she immediately became restless. From the distressed expression on her face, one could tell how conflicted her heart was.

"What are you looking at?" Adriaan's voice rang out with a hint of laughter.

Startled, Si Jiali hurriedly pulled down her clothes as if she was burying her ears while stealing a bell. She turned around and stared at him with a taut face, as if she wanted to deny it, but did not know what to say.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem? "Adriaan winked mischievously, his smile extremely hateful.

"You lied to me!" With a flash of inspiration, Si Jiali finally reacted. She immediately became abnormally angry, baring her fangs and brandishing her claws as she pounced towards him.

Adriaan laughed heartily and began to dodge. Just like that, the two of them chased each other around the room until Ji Li came in with drinks and snacks.

"Be careful!" Even though Ji Li was the first to scream, Si Jiali still crashed into her. Although Ji Li made a protective movement, it was somewhat effective, preventing the plate of snacks from falling to the floor. However, the coffee in the three cups spilled all over her body.

"Si Jiali!" Ji Li screamed again, flustered and exasperated. After placing the tray on the table beside her, she ignored the large wet patch on her chest and glared angrily at Si Jiali, as if she wanted to teach her a lesson.

"Instead of thinking that this is my fault, why don't you think that it's Eide's fault? If he didn't run, I wouldn't have chased after him, and I wouldn't have crashed into you." Si Jiali placed her hands on her hips and raised her eyebrows, not taking Ji Li's attitude to heart.

"Eide wouldn't be wrong. It's your fault!" Ji Li instinctively puffed out her chest, causing her full breasts to sway up and down.

Si Jiali clicked her tongue and shifted her gaze downwards, revealing a faint smile. Ji Li could not help but lower her head to see that the coffee had coincidentally soaked into a cylindrical shape between her full breasts. It looked somewhat similar to a certain someone's thing. However, Ji Li did not feel awkward. Instead, she took off her clothes, revealing her bra underneath. She then puffed it up even more, causing the cleavage in the middle to appear somewhat unfathomable.

"Is it my imagination? It looks like it's a little bigger now? "Si Jiali looked at her with a smile, the disapproval in her eyes still as obvious as ever.

"Of course. Don't forget, I'm younger than you!" Ji Li raised her chin and harrumphed. In this aspect, she was never willing to lose out to Si Jiali.

"Ha, you're really proud of yourself, Ji Li." Si Jiali narrowed her eyes as she crossed her arms. "However, if it's too exaggerated, to the point where it's out of proportion, it'll instead be annoying."

Ji Li pouted at first, then frowned. She hesitantly looked at Adriaan, who had been watching the show from the side.

"Don't worry, Ji Li. Your current proportions are very suitable." Adriaan laughed as he hugged her waist from behind, then winked mischievously at Si Jiali. "Especially your lower abdomen. It's perfectly flat. You just have to maintain your current appearance, understand?"

Si Jiali's calm expression immediately disappeared. After clenching her teeth and taking a deep breath, she stared fiercely at Adriaan. Ji Li naturally saw how close they were. Although she did not know what had happened, she definitely would not let go of this opportunity.

"Understood. I'll definitely maintain it." She accepted it with a chuckle, then pulled his hand to her lower abdomen and looked at Si Jiali with a provocative gaze.

"Alright, go change your clothes first. Although this is very sexy, you still have to be careful not to catch a cold," Adriaan did not continue this topic. After kissing the back of Ji Li's neck, he said so.

"I'm going now." The young girl sweetly returned a kiss, smiled at Si Jiali proudly, and then left.

After Ji Li left, Adriaan said to Si Jiali with a smile, "Although she is often manipulated by you, you are also sometimes teased by her."

Due to certain similarities, Adriaan would often get Ji Li and Si Jiali to have a threesome together. Although it was temporary and he had not confirmed that they would be paired, Si Jiali liked it because in her eyes, Ji Li was … very fun. Although Ji Li was a little clever, compared to the precocious Si Jiali, who had long declared that monogamy was not a rule, Ji Li was still too inexperienced.

Therefore, Si Jiali could play around with Ji Li with just a few tricks. Moreover, she always had a good sense of propriety. Even if Ji Li saw through it, she would not be too angry. Of course, Adriaan liked watching them tease each other. Ji Li might be a little stupid in other areas, but she definitely knew that pleasing him was the most important thing. Moreover, when she was bullied, Adriaan would be more partial to her, just like what happened just now.

"If it wasn't for you, how could she have had such a chance?" Si Jiali snorted, sounding quite dissatisfied. She even put her hands on her hips and took a few steps forward. Adriaan hurriedly raised his hand and retreated.

The young girl could not help but find it funny. Her anger had completely dissipated. "Alright, Eide, I don't plan to do anything to you anymore. Although I really want to teach you a lesson."

"Alright, alright. Actually, your lower abdomen is very perfect. Really." Adriaan laughed loudly, then pulled her into his arms and covered her mouth.

"If there is a next time, I will definitely teach you a lesson. I promise!" After a moment of entanglement, Si Jiali used her finger to poke his chest and said fiercely. The blush on her face made her look unusually tender and beautiful.

This was another obvious difference. Adriaan could also play this kind of game with friends, but it was basically impossible to get such an emotional response. Just like the song Avril wrote for him, "When You're Gone." Although the song title and some of the lyrics were similar to the original version, they were two different songs overall. The song written for him did not have that kind of explosive feeling. It was light and sad, filled with the faint worry of a young girl and … hmm … a little bit of complaint. It was still a beautiful song.

Similarly, although she threatened to vomit on his face if he felt disgusted, he finally ate it with a bitter face. Wei Niu was like this, so was Si Jiali. Even Ji Li and Amanda, who had more interests than him, felt the same. As for Kate and the others, it was needless to say. So, home-cooked food was more to his taste.

January passed just like that. Although he had been eating home-cooked food since he returned to Los Angeles, he was still a little full. At the same time, there were various award ceremonies, such as the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Directors Guild Awards, and so on. Adriaan did not participate in most of these award ceremonies. He only attended the Golden Globe Awards. After all, here in America, no matter how much the other awards were hyped up, there would only be one that represented the highest honor.

"The Lord of the Rings trilogy has been nominated for several awards every year for two years in a row. This year, just like the name of the last installment, 'The Return of the King,' has received 11 nominations again. The most important ones are Best Movie and Best Director. Director Miracle has been nominated for Best Director for three years in a row. Before that, he had always been a regular on the nomination list. It has been almost ten years since he last won Best Director. Maybe the academy should consider giving him another Little Golden Man. The only problem was that "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was a non-realistic work. This type of work had always been disliked by the academy, so it was almost impossible to win the Best Director and Best Movie Awards with non-realistic works. But then again, the reason why Adrian Kewell is called Miracle Director is that he is very good at creating miracles … "

Reading this, Adriaan finally stopped. He put the newspaper on the desk and thought carefully. "Don't you think this is a little too explicit?"

"Explicit?" Ivanka raised her eyebrows. She put down the things in her hands and took the newspaper to read carefully. "Isn't this the truth?"

"Of course it's the truth, but I don't want to put too much pressure on the academy. It looks like I'm telling them that they have to give me an explanation." Adriaan shrugged.

"Oh?" Ivanka sneered and narrowed her eyes. Her oval face was a little round. Generally speaking, narrowing her eyes into a line would not look good, but at this moment, she looked a little cute.

"Okay, I'm just a little worried, a little worried." Adriaan admitted honestly. "You should have more or less guessed my plan, right, Yini?"

"Yes, a little." Ivanka nodded, and then there was a little emotion in her tone. "The longer I've been in this position, the more I … admire Charley more. She can actually manage so many messy things, your various meetings, various files, various ideas, and various arrangements in an orderly manner. She even has to help you, a … playboy to deal with some conflicts between women, and I still make some mistakes occasionally …"

"That's because she has been by my side from the beginning, and the things that she has to deal with have gradually increased." Adriaan stood up with a smile and took Ivanka into his arms. "And you have to deal with so many things from the beginning, and it's true that you're a little worse than Charley, so this situation occurs."

Ivanka snorted, but she did not seem to be unconvinced like before.

"Don't worry about this. You're doing very well now, aren't you?" One of Adriaan's hands wandered under her full bosom, and the other hand was placed on the inside of her thigh. He smiled a little teasingly. "By the way, there's one more job that you didn't mention."

"I know. The primary task of a female secretary is to provide sexual services for the boss." Ivanka rolled her eyes at him unceremoniously, clearly expressing her contempt. "This is also what I admire most about Charley. She can completely ignore the rumors in the company. Do you know what they say about me in private? When someone comes to visit, I often lie under the desk and blow the trumpet for him! "

"But this is the truth." Adriaan breathed in her ear. "Although when you do that, the people who come are very familiar to you."

"Do you need to break through, Mr. Kewell?" Ivanka turned around and stared at him with raised eyebrows. "Someone will come in about ten minutes."

"Of course not." Adriaan laughed and let go of her hand. He sat back in his seat and straightened his face. "I want you to tell them, Yini, to be more discreet. The nomination list has been released, and they can't contact the judges directly. I don't want to see any bad news in the newspapers before the awards ceremony on the 29th. They can make groundless accusations, but there must be no evidence. Of course, I will continue to put pressure on them."

This year was a leap year, so the date of the Oscars was set to February 29th. Therefore, the nomination list was released in early February. "The Lord of the Rings 3" received 11 nominations, and it caused a stir again. However, Adriaan was not particularly happy. He had originally planned to fight for 12 nominations and then win 12 trophies, so that he could set an unparalleled Oscar record like "Titanic". Although it was impossible for him to win the Best Performance Award, he could fight for the Best Sound Mixing Award.

However, who told him to help Hans Zimmer win the Best Original Score Award at the beginning of 2002? Therefore, if he were to be nominated again this year, it was absolutely impossible for him to win an award. It was like shooting himself in the foot.

Although it was very depressing, he could only accept it. After all, not everything could be perfect. Besides, it was not impossible to break records. As the report said, no non-reality work had ever won the Best Film and Best Director Awards before, and "The Lord of the Rings" was about to break this precedent.

If it were any other non-reality work, it would absolutely be impossible, especially a sci-fi film. Otherwise, there would not be a Saturn Award for sci-fi films. However, "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was different. Tolkien could be said to be the originator of modern fantasy novels, and the trilogy also had a considerable number of fans all over the world, and a considerable amount of practical significance was interpreted.

For example, some people once thought that the story of Middle-Earth was an allusion to World War II. Although Tolkien denied it many times when he was still alive, it could not stop people from interpreting it with enthusiasm. Then, the quality of the films in the trilogy was excellent. One after another, the grand and exquisite Middle-Earth was fully presented to the audience, causing a considerable response. In addition, it was an adaptation of British literature, so the academy had to consider using this film to express their views. They had never discriminated against non-reality films.

What's more, Adriaan's memory had already proved this point. In addition, he had been nominated several times before this, so there was basically no suspense. It was also because of this that Adriaan was so anxious about public relations. He did not want to let the butterfly effect, such as "I have been nominated many times, so it doesn't matter if I fail this time, I will make up for it in the future" occupy the minds of the judges, and thus let the fat meat slip away.

This was the beginning of his whole plan, and the beginning was often the most critical, so he had to win. However, at present, the most important thing to face and solve was not the problem of public relations.

"You said that your father wants to see me?" Adriaan looked at the girl in front of him in surprise.

"Yes." Jessica nodded very seriously.