The Goddess Shines on America

"Hey, what did you see?"

On the opposite side of No. 7 Vinton Street in the dark, Sergei asked in the police car.

"It looked like someone was about to make a speech, and Alice was just below him."

Pauline looked at the opposite side with the night vision binoculars. Through the two or three meter high glass on the second floor of Room No. 7, she clearly saw a blond man standing on the stairs surrounded by a group of people, apparently about to speak something.

As for their protection target, Alice of the Wang family was indeed standing under the man.

"Tch, aren't they just a group of luscious guys?"

Sergey ate the second cold Big Mac, which was his dinner: "I really hope that the serial killer will come and shoot that golden-haired slut!"

At this time, in the huge mansion of the Lawrence family, many well-dressed guests were standing around the central staircase. Sissy, who was dressed in dark green, and Alice, who was dressed in white, stood on both sides of the staircase. And above that, Mr. Lawrence gracefully raised his glass, and beside him was his beloved wife who came quietly.

It's just that no one noticed that the two little beauties on the left and right had weird expressions, as if they were about to collapse.

As host of tonight's party, it was his duty to address the guests. At this moment, holding the wine glass, he looked at the surrounding guests with a smile, and spoke in a silent environment.

"It is my pleasure to join you today in what will go down as the most powerful private gathering in the history of American entertainment."

really……

Alice's eyes twitched sharply.

Immediately afterwards, I heard Mr. Lawrence speak loudly.

"100 years ago, a group of freelance photographers accidentally discovered this place, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has pleasant scenery. Then, in the next ten years, as more and more photographers continued to come, Some small companies and independent producers began to flock in order to escape the control of patent companies, and gradually formed a film center."

"Before and after the First World War, some film masters such as Griffith and Chaplin won the world reputation for American films, and the big Wall Street consortia intervened in the film industry, and the Hollywood film city quickly became famous. formed and arose."

"However, 100 years later, we still face an undisputed fact."

The corners of Alice's eyes twitched uncontrollably, and she looked at Sissy, who really looked like she was about to faint.

As for the general audience, they are listening with interest, or rather, they are indeed so.

Just listen to Mr. Lawrence continue: "100 years later, under the shackles of the oil economic crisis and the rise of the European film market, the development of Hollywood is oppressed. 100 years later, the American people are still living in a sea of ​​material abundance A poor island. Today, 100 years later, American literary practitioners are still working hard and realizing that they are the founders of the re-emergence of American cultural fields after World War II."

Faced with Mr. Lawrence's adaptation, Alice was noncommittal. As for his adapted speech itself, it was indeed true. Although her current involvement in the literary and artistic circles is limited, she still knows that the last period of great development in Hollywood was around World War II, and the current European movies are indeed quite exciting, once overshadowing the prestige of Hollywood.

It's just that suddenly attending an industry gathering, this sudden sense of incompatibility...

Just listen to Mr. Lawrence's speech continuing: "As long as the audience is still enthusiastic about Hollywood movies, I will never be satisfied; I will never be satisfied with a wonderful novel while I am resting in a hotel. No, I will not be satisfied!"

"I have a dream, I dream that one day, I can live in a city full of vigor and vitality; I dream that one day, I can see the filming scenes of the crew while walking on the street; I dream that one day, every People in the film industry greeted me very warmly when they saw me—Lawrence, nice to meet you!"

"At this time last year, half of my dream has come true. I have moved to this city, living in a beautiful neighborhood, living happily with my beloved wife and lovely daughter."

The adaptation stage is finally over, but compared with the previous sentences, the standard of the latter sentence is really much worse. Alice believed that she was not the only one thinking this in her heart. Although it was hidden very subtly, the smiling faces of the audience around her were indeed quite strange.

"When I go for a walk, I can indeed see the crew filming at any time, especially in West Hollywood and Mulholland Drive, where there are cameras rolling almost every day!"

"However, friends, please don't laugh at me, because people's ambitions will continue to grow after all. After living in Los Angeles for a whole year, I have a new idea."

"Set up a film company!"

When Mr. Lawrence shouted these words in a high tone, all the guests in the living room were silent at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, a soaring noise suddenly sounded.

"Film company!? Lawrence, you're just a venture capital manager!"

"Are you leaving your job? No longer working in venture capital!?"

"Okay, Lawrence, you also want to get a share of the film market? It seems that we will become competitors in the future?"

Amidst the constant noise, Mr. Lawrence raised his glass to everyone one by one: "I know you have many questions, but it is indeed my childhood dream to set up a film company. I have been working as a venture capital manager for many years, and I have accumulated A lot of funds and contacts...Of course, all of you here are my friends. Therefore, for my future entrepreneurial career, I hope you will give more support and help my career reach its peak!"

Although too many people were full of doubts, since Mr. Lawrence said so, no one would be stingy with their own applause. For a while, the audience was filled with applause again. Many people were shouting continuously, but in the noise, they couldn't hear much.

From left to right, Alice and Sissy were also clapping their palms vigorously, with happy and surprised expressions on their faces.

At least that's what it looks like on the surface.

"Is your father crazy?"

After the speech, in an inconspicuous corner, Alice shouted in a low voice, she was extremely surprised.

At this time, the banquet continued, and the guests in the audience once again entered the rhythm of gathering and chatting. Mr. Lawrence was surrounded by many people. After all, whether it was the speech he just made on the adaptation of the famous novel, or his final decision to publicize his decision to set up a film company, it was enough to become the most important topic tonight.

"No, in fact, he had this idea a long time ago, but I really didn't expect that he would give such a speech and say something... I have a dream... What's the situation?"

If Alice was surprised, Sissy covered her forehead even more, as if she was about to faint at any moment. Fortunately, this is her own home, and the corner she found is just right to avoid the sight of others.

"It's not surprising. If I remember correctly, when I came to your house to play last weekend, I did encounter... quite a weird scene."

The corners of Alice’s mouth twitched and she looked at the corner of the living room. Mr. Lawrence was chatting with the CEO of Paramount: “I saw him reciting Martin Luther King’s "I Have a Dream" passionately. It was really passionate. Sissy , I told you not to be angry, at that time I felt that he..."

"You're out of your mind, right? I'm not angry. Don't look at my dad as a venture capital manager. His essence...well, you can tell from his dressing style."

Alice looked around, and among the black suits in the audience, Mr. Lawrence's slim pink suit was really dazzling, as bright as a peacock mixed into a flock of chickens, but he also had blond hair.

"I understand, a literary youth in the second year of middle school, Sissy, looking at your father, I suddenly have a dream too."

"...Are you going to make a movie too?"

"That's not true, but I really want to write a children's fantasy literature, seven parts, your father can directly move into it as a character."

"It was his honor..."

Alice really felt that coming tonight was not in vain. She thought it was just a show for her friends. After all, she also found out on the spot that she and Sissy were the only two people of the same age at the party.

But who would have thought that Sissy's father would have made such remarks?

Although it has nothing to do with her, but tonight is really not in vain!

"Uncle Lawrence?"

So, when Sissy went to the bathroom for some reason, she quickly came to a corner of the living room, where Mr. Lawrence had finished talking with the CEO of Paramount, and was standing with another person in the industry.

"Oh, it's Alice, did you have a good time tonight?"

Mr. Lawrence slightly raised the champagne glass to her: "Let me introduce, this is my daughter's good friend, Alice Wang, who also lives on Wenton Street."

Standing in front of Alice was a strange man, a bald old man in his sixties. He was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and just standing there, he couldn't hide his elegant demeanor.