King of Hollywood

Ding ding ding, the knocking sound of the long-necked glass rang, and Adrian immediately stopped talking with Claude and looked at the top of the long table. He was dressed very formally today, wearing an elegant handmade black suit, and a purple tie under the collar of his pure white shirt, which gave him a unique look with sharp edges and corners.

"Please rest assured, two young gentlemen, I won't say too much," the middle-aged man in his fifties and sixties sitting at the top smiled and raised his hands to Adrian and Claude "You won't have a chance to complain."

"Okay, Ben, stop rambling." The middle-aged woman sitting on his left interrupted her husband helplessly.

"Okay, okay, Beth," the middle-aged man laughed, and then looked at Adrian, "This is a toast to you, Ed, congratulations on standing up again, and congratulations on your excellent work, I believe that Jeff and Mammy will be very pleased in heaven, and they will be proud of you."

Jeff and Memie are the names of Adrian's parents, and the only one who can say this in front of him is naturally only his godfather, Benedict Ronris.

"Thank you, godfather, I believe they will." Adrian nodded seriously.

"Frankly speaking, Ed, I never thought you could make movies," Benedict put the cup back in place, with emotion in his tone, "Although this is... how should I say it, from beginning to end Damn, I didn't like it that much, but at least the critics did well and it did well at the box office. Either way, it's off to a successful start."

"I didn't expect this work to have such a result, Godfather," Adrian said with the same tone of emotion, "At first I just wanted to try, anyway, it has reached this point, why not work hard Yes. Although I said it to Crowe confidently at the beginning, I didn’t have much confidence in my heart. Fortunately, it’s still a success so far.”

"But I never thought you'd buy a studio and make a film yourself, Ed," the godfather smiled at him. "That really surprises me."

"I was surprised too, Godfather, especially when the thought came to me uncontrollably," Adrian recalled, sipping his red wine. I should do this, and I will definitely do well. Thank God, I still read a lot of books, and I can draw, write and take pictures a little.”

"That's right, I still remember... When did that happen?" Claude interjected, "Ed resisted Uncle Harris' camera and messed around in this room, and ended up tripping and falling to the ground It took a big fall."

"That's right, I still remember it," the godfather continued with a smile, "It must have been when he was 12 years old, and Ed was still crying because of it. God, I can't believe it, he was already a big guy at that time." gone."

"Okay, you two, can't you say something else?" Beth interrupted their conversation with dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, Beth," Adrian waved his hand, "I like to hear the godfather and Crowe talk about these things, about these old, trivial things, it makes me... feel like home."

The atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly changed subtly. Both Benedict and Beth looked at Adrian with loving and sympathetic eyes. After a few seconds, Claude raised his glass to him: "So, to the family .”

It was a warm Christmas dinner. Although there were only four of us including Adrian, the joy and harmony made him relax a lot after he was nervous and rushing to the later stage, and he better integrated into the family while talking and laughing.

"How is my performance today? Is it not bad?" After dinner, Adrian and Claude came to the lounge and asked their best friends like this.

"Excellent, both father and mother are very happy." Claude gave a thumbs up.

"Thankfully, they didn't care about my visit just now." Adrian gestured with an exaggerated expression.

"Why, it's already dinner, but you're starting to worry?" Claude smiled and brought a cup of coffee to him.

Adrian shrugged, sat down and changed the subject: "Then, let's talk about the things between us."

"It's between us?" Claude raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean, if it's about the yen, you should..."

"No, you didn't fulfill my conditions, Crowe." Adrian smiled leisurely.

"No? Are you trying to say that the money in your account doesn't exist, or that I misheard your conditions, Ed?" Claude asked half-jokingly.

"What I want to say is that if you only count the funds obtained from robbing Japan, you are still far from the goal you promised me." Adrian raised his hands.

"Yes, I admit, I put money into Microsoft stock in May, they just released...win3.0, the form is very good, there is no reason to let go of this opportunity, isn't it? Besides, the final result has reached your request." Claude waved his hand disapprovingly.

"But the problem is, my dear Claude, what I said at the beginning was that it should all come from Japan." Adrian crossed his legs, put his hands together, and looked at Claude playfully with cat-and-mouse eyes.

"Do you really want to argue with me about this, Ed?" Claude looked directly into Adrian's eyes, and after a few seconds he laughed again: "Okay, just say what you have to say."

"Hell, can't you let me feel it for a while?" Adrian muttered, before sitting up straight. "I wish you could help me one more time, Crowe."

"Help you again? What is it this time?" Claude asked curiously.

"futures."

"futures?"

"Yes, oil futures!"

"Oil futures? You mean..." Claude was about to say something, but was interrupted by Adrian raising his hand: "You know, I went to New York once when I came back from Europe to visit my Uncle. A few days ago, the person introduced by him got some news, and the possibility of Congress authorizing the president to use force to solve the problem is more than 80%.”

Claude frowned: "Well, even if the news is reliable, it doesn't mean..."

"I know, Crowe, I know," Adrian interrupted him again, "so I'm contacting some people, and once Congress declares the authorization, I will try to get a specific date for the attack."

"The exact date of the attack? Do you know what you're talking about, Ed?!" Claude stood up.

"Relax, Crowe," Adrian stood up and put his hands on his shoulders, "Relax, I won't be so stupid as to do insider trading on this."

Basically, every big company is more or less involved in some insider trading, the only difference is whether it is caught by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. But once military secrets are involved, only those giant group companies may make a fuss about it. Even so, they must be more careful. The military and the Securities Regulatory Commission are two different things.

"Are you sure?" Claude asked worriedly.

"Of course," Adrian laughed, "even if I do, do you think someone will provide information?"

"That's not necessarily true." Claude stared at him and folded his arms.

"Okay, Crowe, listen to me," Adrian pushed him back into the chair, "I just collected information from formal channels, collected a lot of information, and then analyzed it to make a judgment. I don't think it's illegal, yes Is it? Anyway, you just need to start operating after you get my message, I know it's a big risk, but, Crowe, I need this."

"Listen to me, Ed, you have at least 50 million working capital in your hands now, and your talent has also been discovered. You can definitely run your film company well. Why do you want to gamble on this?" Crowder persuaded road.

"I don't think you've forgotten what I said to you in the cafe, Klaue." Adrian said in a serious and serious tone, "You also told me that I need funds, a lot of funds. "

"Damn it." Claude patted his forehead, stared at Adrian but said nothing.

"I made a preliminary calculation based on the financial statement given by the accountant. Combining all available funds and the film company, I can probably raise about US$65 million." Adrian continued, "Same as last time, I give them full power to you, you only need to pay attention at any time and start to operate after receiving my notice, no matter what the result is - even if it ends up losing everything, I will accept it."

After a pause, he sat down in front of Claude, put his head on his crossed hands, and looked at his best friend without blinking: "I need you, Claude!"

Claude's face was serious, but in the end he let out a wry smile: "You bastard..."

"I need you, Crowe." Adrian repeated again.

"Well, you've already said that, so I can only accompany you to the end." Claude suddenly laughed, "Since you have created a miracle, maybe you can create another one."

"It will!" A smile appeared on Adrian's face again.

Yes, it will. Thanks to the movie "Black Hawk Down", Adrian has an understanding of several wars fought by the United States in the early 1990s, and Desert Storm is so famous. He remembered very clearly that the US Congress authorized the old cowboy president to solve the Kuwait issue by force on January 13, 1991, and the US military launched an attack on the 17th!

I believe that as long as the preparations are done well enough, Claude's ability can definitely double the funds several times. Futures are different from stocks. It is like gambling, either big profits or big losses. Adrian remembers a colleague who was very good at playing stocks in his previous life. He played stocks with tens of thousands of funds and played millions of dollars. But when he invested the funds in the futures market, he lost all of them in just a few days.

But this does not mean that Adrian can sit back and relax and make money without losing money.