Chapter Ninety-Eight: On the Plane
At the end of mid-February, on the day Ryan left Los Angeles, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the list of nominees for the 64th Academy Awards, and he received two more nominations, winning Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Song for "Sleepless in Seattle" and "IWillAlwaysLoveYou" respectively.
And his participation in "Terminator 2" not only ranked first in the North American box office charts last year, but also won six Oscar nominations in one fell swoop, but just like in the past, science fiction films are not treated well by the academy, and they are all nominated for the jishu category.
"Although Ryan Jenkins and Drew Barrymore only admit to being ordinary friends, we can see from the photos and the interaction between the two that there may be other relationships between them, according to people familiar with the matter, the two had a fight at Universal Studios as early as last year, and maybe in the near future, Hollywood will witness another sibling relationship."
"Stop! Nat, can you not read it? Ryan interrupted Natalie's soft reading.
It was the first class cabin of the London flight, and Ryan and Natalie sat next to each other, and the two of them met up in New York and boarded the plane to travel to London together, where they would report from the crew in Krakow after a short stopover.
Before getting on the plane, Natalie deliberately bought a bunch of newspapers, and since the plane was in a stable state, she deliberately picked out those unreliable gossip about him and Drew to read aloud in a low voice, but the controlled voice could still be heard by Ryan.
"Okay."
Despite saying this, Natalie found another tabloid and quickly flipped to the gossip page, where Ryan couldn't help but frown when she saw a photo of Ryan hugging Drew.
"When Miss Drew Barrymore hugged Ryan Jenkins, he didn't show any disgust or dissatisfaction, which shows that they often communicate with each other in this way, or that the two are used to it, and we have been informed that Ryan is tailoring a script for Drew to help her get out of her current predicament, and their relationship is definitely not ordinary, even though Ryan is only twelve years old now, but his precociousness and intelligence are known to everyone in the United States, and it is hard to say that he is not ...... to a stunner like Drew"
Damn it! Ryan simply glared at Natalie, and the girl snorted coldly, finally stopping the sound of reading.
Still a stunner? Maybe in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, Drew is a beautiful and sexy girl, but in Ryan's opinion, in terms of her three big and five thick appearance, at best, she is not ugly.
The tabloids are okay to say, even if the photos of the time are published, they rarely speculate, after all, as long as they are not fools, they can see that it is just a polite hug between friends, but the tabloids will not care so much, they can't catch Ryan himself, so they will naturally give full play to the ability to look at pictures and speak.
Even if most of them are citing people familiar with the matter, or speculation, the meaning between the lines is clearly asking, when did the two of you come together? Where have we got?
According to Drew's phone call, there were a lot of paparazzi gathered under her apartment, obviously with bad intentions, and she also deliberately made provocative remarks, asking Ryan if he dared to go to her house.
Ryan wasn't a fool, and if someone had taken pictures of him and Drew going in and out at this time, those paparazzi would have to go crazy.
"Nat, don't read the tabloids, they will pull down your IQ infinitely!" Ryan couldn't help but say, snatched all the tabloids from Natalie's side and threw them in the trash very simply.
"Ryan! Hmph~"
Natalie glared at him, opened the last remaining New York Times supplement, and quickly flipped to the bestseller page.
This is the latest issue of the North American bestseller list, and the book at the top of the list is "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", she only glanced at it, then looked down, and soon found her target in the forty-seventh position - "Resident Evil".
Ryan is her only friend, and she naturally pays more attention to him, Natalie knows that "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "Resident Evil" were both released on February 1, due to the increasing influence of the first three Harry Potter films, Ryan has been on the cusp of the media during this time, and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" sold jaw-dropping sales as soon as it was released.
Of course, whether it is a book or a movie, publicity and commercial hype are necessary to succeed in this era, and the publishing house has also invested a considerable amount of advertising money, with the help of Ryan's blockbuster album, creating a huge momentum.
As for the book "Resident Evil", since they got the manuscript, they asked Ryan for his opinion, and they have been holding it in their hands - the Japanese version was published in Japan last year - and this is naturally to take advantage of Harry Potter to promote the novel.
In fact, they did a good job, the two books were released at the same time, and there was no phenomenon of pulling each other's backs, but many Harry Potter fans bought "Resident Evil" by the way when they bought "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".
Objectively speaking, the names of Ryan and Harry Potter did drive the sales of "Resident Evil", and it was very unexpected to enter the bestseller list without a game.
However, after Ryan glanced at Natalie, he just shrugged his shoulders, he just wanted to disgust little Japan when he published "Resident Evil", as for sales or something, he really didn't think much about it, anyway, Jin Sili had already registered a lot of things in advance, such as Resident Evil, such as Battle Royale, etc.
Natalie then read softly again, apparently reading a book review.
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a great read, even better than the previous three, and this series is bound to be the best of the 90s, even though Ryan and the protagonist get older and the content inevitably moves towards adulthood!"
"As for "Resident Evil", it is more like a thriller adventure novel dressed as a zombie, although to a certain extent, the reason for the emergence of zombies is explained by the factors of science and technology, but in addition to the wonderful fights in the text, some bloody descriptions, and the hidden worries about the infinite expansion of large companies and large groups, it does not bring people more questions worth thinking about, compared with some children's Harry Potter series and Jurassic Park, it is not at the same level at all, I want to say that Ryan Jenkins, Don't continue to try these adult genres, go back and continue to write characters and works of your age, that's the way you should go now! ”
Looking at Natalie, who had put down the newspaper, Ryan asked, "Is this the latest book review?" ”
"This is relatively restrained, and there are more intense words, do you want to continue to listen?" Natalie raised an eyebrow.
Looking at the receding clouds outside the window, Ryan stretched, "Forget it, although it's a little boring, I don't want my ears to take the initiative to find abuse." ”
"Hmph~" Natalie let out a nasal voice of disdain.
"Dear Nat, do you have any grievances about Resident Evil?" After being a friend for so long, Ryan could more or less guess what was going on in her mind.
"It's really not a good book, huh...... You can buy a copy to pass the time before you get on the plane, and you can throw it in the trash when you get off the plane. Natalie unceremoniously criticized, "And the heroine Alice, is a symbol, which has no characteristics of her own at all, no different from those superheroes with developed limbs and simple minds." ”
"Well, dear, you're right, Alice is actually a superhero!" Ryan shrugged, "Don't forget, by the end of the book, she already has superpowers. ”
"So you're going to write a sequel?" Natalie's eyes widened, not knowing Weishenme, after meeting Ryan this time, she had a hundred grievances against him and was always picking on his thorns.
"I'm not interested in it, I'll give it to someone else if I can."
Wrinkling her little nose, Natalie had a slightly smug look on her face, no matter what it was, as long as she could overpower this guy, she would be happy.
It takes about seven hours to fly from New York to London, and it takes five time zones to cross, so such a long time naturally can't be passed by newspapers, Ryan is okay, and gradually got used to the flying career, Natalie is not only younger than him, but also relatively thin, the two chatted for half an hour, and began to yawn.
"Sleep, Nat." Ryan beckoned to the stewardess and asked for a blanket.
"Okay then."
In the past, it was all Kingsley who was his babysitter, but now he is Natalie's babysitter, but Mrs. Shelly and Kingsley are in the back rows, and he is the only one to play this role.
Watching Ryan carefully wrap her in a blanket, Natalie suddenly felt that what she had done since she got on the plane seemed to be a bit excessive, and she shouldn't have deliberately read those gossip scandals in front of him.
"Get a good night's sleep, I'll call you before the plane lands." Ryan said with a smile.
Natalie pouted, but before she could close her eyes, the ghost asked, "Ryan, is it true that you and Drew Barrymore had an affair?" ”
"God, Nat, you shouldn't have read those tabloids, your IQ has obviously been lowered by them." Ryan muttered dissatisfiedly, "Do you know how fools deal with smart people? ”
Without waiting for Natalie to speak, he continued, "Bring down the IQ of the smart people to the same level and defeat them in the most stupid way!" ”
"You're so boring, Ryan." Natalie got the answer she wanted and closed her eyes in satisfaction.
Wishing you a good dream, dear Nat!
Looking at the little Lori who was in her dream, Ryan took out the sketchbook he carried with him and sketched it with a carbon pencil.
After a long time, Ryan smiled with satisfaction, quickly marked the date and place on the corner of the drawing paper, and solemnly put it away, this can be regarded as a commemoration of the friendship between the two, and it may be interesting to take it out and look at it after ten years.
…… It seems to be recommended by Shangsanjiang, and I am a little confused...... Ask for recommendation ~ ask for collection ~