"I’m sorry!" The person who rushed in was apparently a bit absent-minded, only realizing soone was there—embracing in such an intimate posture—after closing the door and taking a few more steps inside, imdiately exclaiming in shock.
Adrian frowned, then released Charlize. The intruder was a young girl, about twenty years old, dressed simply but with fair skin, complented by short black hair, giving her an air of charm. She clearly didn’t understand etiquette. Normally, if soone barges in and encounters such a scene, they would imdiately retreat, an action that only adds a bit of amusent and excitent for them. But this girl just stood there, frozen, neither advancing nor retreating, staring at them dumbfounded.
"Who are you?" Adrian adjusted his clothes, asking sowhat rudely.
"I... I..." The girl trembled slightly, as if just realizing what she had done.
"My na is... my na is Jessica Stoyadinovich. I have sothing... I left sothing here... didn’t take it..." She explained, stumbling over her words.
"Left it here?" Charlize, who was also tidying herself, squinted her eyes and studied her, "You an, you were dismissed, yet still have sothing left here."
"Yes... yes, Ms. Theron." The girl clearly recognized Charlize, lowered her head nervously, twisting her hands together uneasily.
"Those who are dismissed must leave with their belongings that day. It’s impossible to return without permission in a short ti. Who let you in?" Charlize asked sternly.
"It was Mr. Brier. I was permitted, Ms. Theron. I know the company’s rules. I assure you I didn’t break any," the girl hastily defended herself, "I left in a hurry that day, Ms. Helton... obviously didn’t want to stay a second longer, so... what I’m saying is true."
She clasped her hands together in front of her chest, almost in a praying posture, using a pleading tone, giving off a slightly pitiful feeling. But Charlize was unmoved, frowning as she watched her. After several seconds of this, she was about to speak, but Adrian unexpectedly stopped her.
"Jessica Stoyadinovich, is it?" He grabbed Charlize’s hand, looking at the girl in front of him with a tone of interest.
"Yes... yes, sir." Although she didn’t recognize him, she answered cautiously.
Adrian didn’t speak further, leisurely walking around her, only starting to speak again when he felt it was appropriate: "Have you studied acting?"
The girl was startled for a mont, then quickly replied, "I’ve been practicing dance since I was young. I graduated high school at 16 and studied for a sester at the Delaware College of Art and Design."
Quite good at marketing herself—not directly answering, just ntioning she’s practiced dance and specifically noting she graduated high school at 16. Adrian raised his eyebrows, having a rough idea of the answer he might get, but still continued to ask: "And then? Why didn’t you continue at the Delaware College of Art and Design? It’s a good school."
"We moved to Philadelphia, so I had to give it up, then took so courses at the Philadelphia University of the Arts." The girl responded like this. Though she wanted to showcase herself, compared to her earlier calm appearance, this ti, she looked at him with a bit of concern, her voice considerably softer, as if lacking confidence.
Clearly, those supposed courses she took were likely just so brief training. But that was sufficient, mostly... fitting the profile, Adrian still pursued asking: "What about your parents?"
"My parents?" The girl was taken aback for a mont but quickly answered, "My father is an electronic engineer. As a child, he often taught how to use computers and write commands using DOS. My mother is a teacher. She taught how to read, and my quick high school graduation is... thanks to her."
"Very good," Adrian confird, nodding imdiately, "Do you have an agent?"
"No... I don’t." The girl was taken aback again, her expression suddenly becoming subtle, her body slightly shaking, seemingly a bit excited.
"Very good," Adrian clapped his hands, "Leave your phone number and contact address. I will arrange an agent for you soon. He will guide you on how to better present yourself in front of the cara and give you so level of grooming. You must do your best to grasp these promptly. Any problems?"
"Yes..." The girl bit her lip, the rise and fall of her chest noticeably pronounced.
Adrian imdiately made a ’please’ gesture.
"Are you Mr. Adrian Cowell?" She asked through gritted teeth, not blinking as she looked at him.
"Yes." Adrian gave her the answer she wanted.
The girl didn’t say anything further, imdiately finding paper and pen, leaving her phone number and address. Then, without taking the things she had left there, she quickly left the mailroom.
"You’re never satisfied, Ed," said Charlize, finally speaking again at this mont and giving Adrian, who was carefully putting away the paper noting her na, address, and phone number, an eye roll.
"No, no, no, darling, I admit I’m a bit interested in her, but it’s just a little interest." Adrian laughed lightly, waving his finger, "I just thought of an interesting idea after seeing her."
"Oh?" Charlize raised an eyebrow, folding her arms across her chest, "Did you see her future and now want to shape her to your liking?"
"A film about vampires, and because the the is relatively cold, the color sche should also tend towards cool tones, so we need actors with very pale skin," Adrian pretended not to hear, "If made well, it could easily produce one or even several hot teenage idols. But, similarly, because the content is overly... narcissistic, it could also lead to dislike, and after the series ends, those hot idols might struggle to move forward. Because of this, I’ve been hesitating whether or not to let Kristen Stewart take the role. Now, it’s fine—I found a suitable replacent."
"Oh?" Charlize was sowhat surprised, obviously intrigued by Kristen’s na, "So you really were considering her, alright, besides her, who else?"
"Who’s to say," Adrian didn’t deny, then pulled her hand as they prepared to leave, "Alright, let’s hurry to the set. We’ve run out of ti thanks to her little interruption. Of course—"
He flashed a leisurely... mischievous smile: "I’ll make it up to... Pepper."
"I absolutely won’t star in those lewd photos and movies with you anymore!" Charlize imdiately protested angrily, flipping him the finger and taking the lead to walk away. Adrian, who had successfully changed the topic, shrugged, then followed her, knowing that despite her words, it was clear how things would ultimately turn out.
However, this was indeed an interesting find. Jessica Stoyadinovich, having worked in the ABC production mailroom and even being dismissed—it’s truly very intriguing. If Adrian hadn’t been provoked by his peculiar tastes and intervened, she would very likely have followed the course set for her—yes, Adrian was more familiar with Jessica Stoyadinovich by her other na.
This is just as well, since he was indeed hesitating about letting Kristen star in that series, even though he used "An Arican Cri" to hone her acting skills, that series could really ruin soone. Yes, it’s that Arican-style, lodrama-adapted series, "Twilight." Thanks to Adrian’s foresight, Stephanie yer’s novel was published by a company under AC dia, so naturally, they held the adaptation rights, which have now been handed over to New Line and are currently in preparation, with filming scheduled for the second half of the year.
No matter how Stephanie yer wallows in self-pity in her novels, the fact that this series of novels and their adapted movies are selling big in the United States and have beco a phenonal topic is indisputable. So, why miss out on making money? Although the film company’s operations, marketing, and publicity cannot be overlooked in this, there’s no difficulty at all in replicating this success with the mature teams under Adrian.
Now that there’s a more suitable choice, Adrian has even less to worry about—of course, if Stoyadinovich understands the situation, there’s no harm in playing a few tis—and it can also test Kristen’s patience. As for what she’ll do afterward, doesn’t she have a nice series? Although the novel will be published in 2008, the outline should be ready, and since she has also worked part-ti as a TV screenwriter, getting in touch won’t be difficult. Then signing a book contract and obtaining the movie adaptation rights will all be in hand.
As for the original leading actress, following the tradition, the balance broken by oneself must be restored by oneself. If he’s brought one up, he has to push another down, right? This is also a good way out, isn’t it? Mila Kunis is now quite at ho in the DP, almost comparable to the Porn Queen. She even won Best Actress at the Adult Oscars earlier this year.
The major dia groups, privately, have various connections with so adult film production companies. After all, given the developnt of TV stations, cable TV is increasingly important, and encrypted cable TV cannot help but broadcast so adult films to attract subscriptions. Being part of the dia group, AC dia is no exception and naturally has a good relationship with young DP.
Well, this is off-topic, leaving it to Martin Modimr. He won’t let him down.
That said, there seem to be many supporting female roles in "Twilight." Recall how Charlize and the others tease him about producing TV series like "Desperate Housewives" and "Gossip Girl" just to ss around with won. In that case, why not produce a series of films for the sa reason? Hmm... Kristen could make a cao, like having a few high school classmates of the protagonist, which would be very interesting. Oh, the Asian character could have Kim Tae Hee try out. A qualified toy should naturally be rewarded.
By the way, the vampire TV series can also be prepared, and after "Twilight" becos a hit, there will definitely be a demand for this. After playing tennis players, how about so gymnasts next?
Not to continue on this, Adrian’s main focus is currently on filming "Iron Man." Although as a comrcial blockbuster it doesn’t require much acting skill, since it’s his debut as the male lead, he has to do his best. So even if the dia reports that "Universal is losing the sumr slot," he can’t afford any distractions.
Indeed, Universal doesn’t have many blockbuster films this sumr. The third "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a big hit, but that’s Miramax’s, and although they’re both under AC dia, they are separate film companies. In short, this year’s Universal isn’t basking in the invincible glory of past years in the hot schedules, thus stirring so dia noise.
Unfortunately, those with a true understanding in other major film companies don’t see it that way. Not to ntion, the Harry Potter series alone is enough for Universal to rely on, especially when they have an alliance with Marvel. This situation is what you would expect, with ups and downs. One film company dominating the hot schedules would make anyone suspicious, and this is one of the reasons Adrian is taking a break.
While there’s no need for distractions in films, he needs to focus elsewhere, like music. After Independence Day, a piece of news dropped like a bombshell, causing quite a stir in the industry: the Bertelsmann Group officially sold all its music business to Sony Music.
It must be said that this news shocked many in the industry. When Sony and Bertelsmann ford a new music company three years ago, many optimistically believed the decline in the record market would stop. Who’d have thought Bertelsmann would withdraw and package everything to Sony? Thus, the Big Five record companies beca the Big Four.
This shows how dire the record market has beco, and so are worried that Sony seems on the verge of surpassing Universal, heading towards a monopoly in the record company landscape. However, by closely gathering more intelligence, you’ll find a lot to ponder, most typically that Sony only acquired BMG’s publishing business after rging, while the music library’s rights are in another company’s hands—right, in Universal Music’s hands!
This was the opportunity Adrian seized to propose a collaboration with Sony, splitting the music market! The rise of online paid music dooms the record market to decline; whoever can’t withstand it will be finished. Among the Big Five record companies, Sony, Universal, and Warner all have large dia groups as their backbone. Although BMG has Bertelsmann, and Pathé is even a group itself, they are all limited to Europe. In future perspectivity, their abandonnt and division are inevitable.
When Adrian proposed cooperation, Sony wasn’t very interested. While the major record companies sought opportunities to acquire each other post-millennium, Adrian’s proposal was quite bold. Moreover, he wasn’t explicit, so Sony only agreed as a gesture to pacify him, thinking there’s no loss in calming his anger this way.
But as the traditional record market gradually gets eroded by online paid downloads, Sony realized this, promptly collaborating with Universal and, following Adrian’s suggestion, bypassed the European Union to initially cooperate with BMG, then prepared everything for the acquisition. The reason Sony succeeded at once was due to secret support from Universal Music, or with their current strength, they could have risked choking if attempting to swallow the whole at once.
This was a win-win collaboration, with Sony lacking distribution channels, while Universal Music, which inherited Polygram’s legacy, had no such need, so they naturally took BMG’s library and pushed Sony to the forefront to attract attention—this business was very cost-effective.
Then, with BMG down, could Pathé be far behind?
"Although as a veteran music group, Pathé still has the potential to fight, they attempted to acquire Warner Records earlier this year, but unfortunately, they lack support. Warner was too rushed, imdiately rejecting Pathé’s offer and then attempting to acquire in turn, but neither they, Sony, nor we can independently swallow Pathé. So, continuing to collaborate with Sony, grasping the opportunity to bypass antitrust by acquiring Pathé through segntation and sidelining Warner, is the right choice. A triumvirate era in music distribution will eventually co," Adrian told Claude.
However, this wasn’t where he spent the most ti and effort. Everything was arranged, Claude agreed, and all that was left was a matter of ti, so Pathé wouldn’t survive past 2010 this ti. The most ti-consuming and labor-intensive part lay elsewhere.
"Ed, there’s sothing I want to discuss with you," Taylor Swift sat on Adrian’s lap, her arms wrapped playfully around his neck, her iconic red lips particularly charming.
She was right at the crossroads between adolescence and maturity, especially having often benefited from Adrian’s attention, with her pure yet sexy allure making her particularly enticing.
"Oh? What is it? Let’s hear it," Adrian raised an eyebrow.
"Promise first, would you?" Taylor continued her coquettish act, cuddling up to him.
"Don’t even think about it," Adrian promptly refused, "A promise must be fulfilled. If I agree and you place an unacceptable request, the fault lies with ."
"Ed’s not considerate at all," Taylor pouted grumblingly.
"Trying to provoke won’t work," Adrian leisurely tweaked her little chin.
"Okay, okay," Taylor showed an unwilling look, but she soon shifted to carefulness, "I want to date another man."
"Oh?" Adrian raised an eyebrow, "You broke into my office, said you had sothing to discuss, and wanted my prior agreent, just for dating another man."
"Hear out," Taylor wasn’t flustered, shaking his arm while feigning annoyance, "I just want to hang out for inspiration to write songs; I promise nothing inappropriate will happen!"
"Inspiration for songwriting?" Adrian gave her a playful look, "You promise?"
"Yes," Taylor nodded vigorously, "I totally promise."
As she said that, she jumped up, took sothing out of her bag beside her—was that... a chastity belt?! (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for it. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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