As a guy with all kinds of poisons, Francis Coppola's requirements for quality of life are very high.

If George Lucas chose to spend all his income after the explosion of "Star Wars", bought land to build Skywalker Farm, and enjoyed life while making a sequel to "Star Wars".

Francis Coppola was even more crazy because after receiving the proceeds of The Godfather, he bought 1,560 acres of land at Inglenook Winery in Napa Valley, California, just to satisfy his cravings, and in 1978, he tasted the first vintage of Rubicon red wine produced by his winery.

That's right, as a guy who doesn't want to shoot "The Godfather" at all, the reason why he cooperated with Paramount to finish filming "The Godfather 2" is purely because the income from "The Godfather" can't fill his desires.

After filming "The Godfather 2", he took the money to buy land and build houses all over the world, and spread his vacation places all over the place.

If the real estate in California, Britain and other places is not a manor or an ancient castle, then the long-lived New York, the pie is different from other places to rest - Francis Coppola did not choose the city center where every inch of land is expensive, but bought a mountain and got a hilltop mansion at the junction of New York and New Jersey.

At the foot of the mountain, a piece of iron fence divides the inside and outside into two worlds. When the iron gate is opened, and when you turn up along the winding mountain road, the dense trees on both sides of the road obscure the view, and the road ahead, as if connecting the blue sky, goes to the top, twists to the middle, and then swoops down, a Greek and Italian Mediterranean-style villa, like a spring bud, slowly rising on the blue sea level.

“Damn！ It's like watching a movie! ”

"Just to create an effect, he built the road a little too long!"

While unbuckling his seat belt, Roland smiled and complained to Kate beside him.

Hearing this, Kate also snickered knowingly, and said, "But the effect is good!" When it first came down, the villa grew straight out of the sea...... Full marks for visuals! ”

"You like the design?"

"It's cool!"

"It's good if you're interested, I just asked David to help me look at the land, and after he asks the price, you can pick the land, and then you can build it however you want, and maybe you can get a design award and go home......"

"Giggles, winning? You really want to figure it out. ”

Just as the two of them were smiling and muttering about the road they came, a shout also came from behind them.

"Roland, Kate, here!"

Turning his head, Francis Coppola, a white-bearded man wearing toad glasses, dressed in purple, and wearing a cold-toned flower scarf around his neck, was standing at the door of the villa and beckoning to them, "Oh! I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you're finally here!

As he spoke, he seemed to notice that the two had seen him, so Francis Coppola took back his raised arm, wrapped his hands around him, and shrunk his neck again, shivering, as if he were a rice ball, and not only that, but he complained: "Comeon! Don't whisper outside, okay? It's 24°F outside, and I'm freezing to death! ”

Such a funny appearance made the two laugh, stepped forward, and hugged and greeted them.

When Roland smiled and hugged him, the sassy guy also regained his thick voice, pulled the two into the house together, and eagerly introduced his family to them.

Yes, only Francis Coppola, his own person, can do it when Roland leaves New York and goes to Seattle, and although this old man keeps saying that Roland often runs to Lucas and Spielberg's house, he doesn't come from home to play, and now that he has come to New York and has time, if he doesn't come to sit down, it's simply treating him as an outsider!

But in reality, both sides know that this is just a clumsy excuse that sounds good, but is very unreliable when you think about it.

If it's okay, why would you suddenly be invited?

In fact, as Roland guessed, he took them around the spacious living room, and after elaborating a little on the simple and linear decoration inspiration in the mansion, when he found that Kate was interested in his collection of oil paintings, he asked his wife to accompany Kate to his collection room to slowly admire the famous paintings, and with the lady leaving, he directly pulled Roland to the villa's overlooking platform, the glass house that rose automatically, not only did not block the view, but also blocked the biting cold.

"Taste?" He took out two wine glasses, opened the bottle that was not marked at all, and poured it for Roland, "I made it myself, this year is exactly twenty years, the first batch of ...... in 1978"

"Oh, isn't this wine older than me?" Roland picked up the wine glass and sniffed it lightly, then pretended to take a sip, and under the gaze of the fat man, he said slowly: "The taste is soft, soft and smooth......"

Maybe it was the professional appearance that deceived Francis Coppola at the beginning, so when Roland tasted it, his eyes were full of expectation, but after hearing Roland's strange comment that did not match his appearance, his face suddenly showed doubts, and after being stunned for a while, he rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I was tricked by you!" ”

The annoyed words made Roland laugh, and not only that, but he also added, "You took away the person who knows the most about wine next to me, then I won't be able to give you a professional evaluation......"

"You know, I know whether wine is good or not, as for the subdivision of taste...... I don't have that ability. ”

The honest words made Francis Coppola shake his head, and instead of answering, he poured himself a glass.

With the entrance of the wine, the big fat man couldn't help but squint his eyes, his fat cheeks quietly bulged, and a stream of enjoyment clinged to his face, and after a while, he said: "Sure enough, it's the same as Ryan said, you won't taste wine at all, you can only drink!" ”

For such an evaluation, Roland just smiled and was not angry.

Moreover, he really only drinks, not tastes.

This has nothing to do with personal quality and self-cultivation, it is just that the time of enjoyment cannot keep up with the speed of wealth expansion......

If you let him drink every day for twenty years, then he will taste it.

Since Roland doesn't know how to taste wine, Francis Coppola can't communicate with Roland in the traditional routine of wine chatting nonsense, so he put out his cigar tray, put the wine bottle in the center of the table, and signaled Roland to do it himself. ”

When Francis Coppola threw the question, Roland, who had just lit the cigar bezel with a long match, laughed.

The reason why he didn't want to see Francis Coppola after coming to New York was because he felt that this bearded man would talk to him about his daughter, and he himself didn't want to get involved.

But since the matter is coming, hide, it must be impossible to hide, "Sophia wants, can I not help her get it?" ”

"Then do you know that she has been looking for George for this matter before?"

"Of course, she made it clear to me, she just felt that after finding George, you still had the ability to intervene in this project, so as to help her manage and endorse her again, so she asked me to help after the "Star Wars" crew saw me."

Although David didn't talk to Roland about "The Virgin Death", everything was already written in David's annual report to Roland, just as Roland wanted to take away the filming rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" from Miramax's hands, the copyright owner who owns "The Virgin's Death" has no intention of resisting at all.

Well, this situation is normal, as the largest independent production giant in the industry, the Weinstein brothers don't want to provoke Roland, so they won't be challenged by brains, but it is precisely because of this smoothness that the whole project is advancing quickly, if nothing else, after the Oscars, you can officially set up a project and inject funds.

"So you mean, you support her?" Francis Coppola pursed his lips and asked.

At the beginning, Francis Coppola felt that since his daughter wanted to make a movie, she was playing all the cards in her own hands, and wanted to make movies in Hollywood, produce and distribute them, who wouldn't sell him a face?

No matter how much his daughter says no, he has a way to intervene in the other party's project, especially after learning that the copyright of "Death of a Virgin" has been bought long ago, and his daughter is going to Uncle Lucas for help, he is even more happy to wait at home.

What does George Lucas have to do with him?

How many years have the two been brothers!

The left-handed to right-handed thing, they don't do it too well!

Francis Coppola also thought about it, and when the movie starts, he will show up, and he must give his daughter a surprise!

Be sure to let your daughter know that Daddy loves you!

（づ￣3￣）づ╭78～

However, since he learned that Roland had bought the copyright of "Death of a Virgin", Ben's abacus that was still clanging by him was shattered in an instant - although Roland was a student of Spielberg, he was still a young man!

In the past eight years, it has always been Roland who wants to shoot whatever he wants, if Roland is persuaded by Sophia to stand on her side, then this matter will not be easy to do, in the case of money and channels, Sophia can really do it alone!

Therefore, after knowing that the project was about to start filming, Francis Coppola, the daughter slave, hurriedly dragged Roland off the plane to Seattle, but when he put his hands on the table, looked at the sea, and wondered how to pull Roland to his side, Roland, who had already taken a sip of a cigar, replied naturally, "Who said I supported her?" ”

"I hadn't read the book 'Death of a Virgin' before she was talking to me!"

"Besides, even if I want to support her, I can't do it!"

"Warcraft Film and Television, that's an empty shell, the last time I produced "The Seven Deadly Sins", it was Catherine who helped form the crew, not to mention that there is not even a qualified producer in the company, even the camera, film tray, and processing room, I didn't get it!"

"What, you want to take over now?"

"That's right, you can occupy the producer's position, I'll invest the money, and you can watch the filming yourself."

What？

The crisp words caught the well-prepared Francis Coppola off guard.

He thought that when Roland knew the inside story, he also helped his daughter get the copyright, which meant support.

But I didn't expect this guy to dump the project so quickly?

Turning his head and probing, when he found that Roland was shaking his wine glass and looking at him with a smile on his face, all the questions turned into happy laughter, "Hey, hey, hey!" No wonder both George and Steven said they liked you......"

"If that's the case, then I like you too......"

After glancing at Roland, Francis Coppola immediately understood that this guy was on his side.

If Roland knew what he thought, he would definitely roll his eyes helplessly.

Unless his brain has been hollowed out by zombies, why is he on Sofia Coppola's side?

Of course, if he could, he didn't want to stand anywhere, because this kind of housework was the most troublesome.

Just when Roland thought that the fat man called himself over just to continue to love his daughter, Francis Coppola, who received a satisfactory answer, did not mean to be stingy, and continued: "I heard Steven say, you want to rush to Ao? ”

"Yes." It's no secret, and besides, the fat man also has a bunch of influencing factors in his hands, so Roland nodded happily.

"I also heard that you made a deal with the Big Six?" Francis Coppola continued: "And in the deal with Warner, the book called Harry Potter won't be available until February of this year? ”

"Yes, what's the problem? Don't you tell me you've seen it? Roland nodded again, but said casually, "George gave you the book, right?" This book is the one that Lucas Books is responsible for. ”

"Don't guess, I didn't read it." Where would Francis Coppola not know what Roland thinks?

Seeing Roland guessing like this, he didn't go around in circles, but said: "Originally, I was thinking, if you reject me, I will use the New York Times bestseller list to exchange this project with you, but who knows, ......"

"You just gave me 'Death of a Virgin'."

"However, I have already contacted the New York Times after calling you yesterday, so ......"

"Even if it's no longer a deal, I'll have to tell you about it!"

Yes, since Francis Coppola has decided to love his daughter, he cannot accept defeat.

Before, he thought that Roland might stand firmly with his daughter, so he wanted to use both soft and hard to make Roland feel the love of a father, so when he knew that Roland's new book must be a big seller, he thought of letting the New York Times bestseller list endorse the book, so that Roland would not have to pay out of pocket to buy and sell.

However, Roland didn't give him this chance at all!

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if it's a cold transaction or a human exchange, it's all a resource exchange anyway, and the essence is the same.

But as soon as Roland heard this, the corners of his mouth suddenly twitched.

This is really a father's love like a mountain!

Just sitting here and listening, he thinks Sofia Coppola can't afford it!

Of course, whether that guy can afford it or not has nothing to do with Roland, when he heard Francis Coppola mention the New York Times, and said like eating candy that he could control the bestseller list, a question mark suddenly popped up on his head, and his eyes were full of curiosity, "You know the New York Times very well?" ”

As soon as this question came out, Roland felt that something was wrong.

He remembered one more thing.

At George Lucas's 50th birthday party, he directly showed these people the script of the "Spider-Man" trilogy and "Titanic"; At that time, these guys had already said that the "New York Times" would be crazy about the movie after its release, and now, Francis Coppola said that he is very familiar with the other party, so since last year, the crazy propaganda of the entire America has nothing to do with these old men?

The doubtful Roland was full of curiosity, and in the face of his inquiry, Francis Coppola smiled, his gray beard shook and trembled, and the words of emotion came out in an instant.

"Roland, there are some old things, and it doesn't make sense for you to know now."

"But I don't know, I'm itching in the panic!" In order to figure out the problem, Roland licked his face and poured wine for the old man, "Moreover, I'm not asking the truth about the Titanic back then, I just want to know your relationship with the New York Times." ”

"It's not a secret, is it?"

"Of course, if you reveal a little bit about the relationship between The New York Times and the Morgans, I don't mind......"

"Anyway, I don't ask about the Titanic shipwreck, which has been conclusive......"

Roland's questioning made Francis Coppola purse his lips, looking at the guy who was holding the wine glass straight to his mouth, he understood for the first time why Spielberg kept putting the phrase 'Roland shameless' on his lips.

As a result, the wine glass was drunk in one go, and when the glass was put back on the table, the nostalgic words flowed out.

"Okay, I'll tell you a story."

"It must have been 1858, right? A Jewish immigrant from Germany was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. ”

"At the age of nineteen, he borrowed two hundred and fifty dollars to buy a newspaper that was on the verge of bankruptcy and became a publisher."

But it didn't work out at first, and he soon went bankrupt, and then he teamed up with another businessman to save the bankrupt newspaper.

"Perhaps by God's grace, three years later, he took back ownership of the newspaper he had worked with, and in the following years, his business grew bigger and bigger, and he founded the Southern American Associated Press, and by 1900 he was already a director of the Associated Press."

"And in 1896, when this guy learned that The New York Times was about to go bankrupt, he got the idea of buying it, but because of the high price, he went around raising money, and at this time, John Morgan borrowed money from him."

"Unlike today's bank loans, at that time, he met John Morgen himself, and then he got 50,000 US dollars."

"At the same time as the acquisition, he also struck a deal with other shareholders that if he could turn the New York Times around within four years, he would get a 51 percent stake in the paper."

"Then, under his management, the newspaper turned a profit, and the so-called classic report, what was the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the latest news could be obtained within 19 minutes after the outbreak of the war, and what was reported on the sinking of the Titanic in 1912......"

"Think about it with your little brain, did we tell you before that the news agencies around the world at that time were all taking the route of the Morgan family? Don't you think it's an unreasonable thing that he can't get the news? ”

"And if you really want to cover up something, aren't we now using our own media to erase it for you?"

Speaking of this, Francis Coppola smiled at Roland, picked up the bottle and poured himself a glass to moisten his throat, and then he continued: "What happened after the New York Times is not a secret, and there is no need to say more, and if you want to ask about the relationship between us, then I can only tell you that Michael Bloomberg, who had dinner with you a few days ago, was also very good with them, and I just said that the German Jew who bought the New York Times was Adolf Ochs, and he was in 1884, Married to the daughter of a rabbi in Cincinnati......"

"What is a rabbi, you should know, right?"

"He is a special class of our Jewish people, a teacher and a symbol of wisdom."

"And Adolf Ochs, the father of his wife, was a rabbi, and not only that, but he was also a well-known leader of the American Jewish Reformation and the founder of the Hebrew Concord College."

"Their descendants are all Jewish reformers."

"And Mike Bloomberg is now the backbone of the reformers."

"As for us......"

"Your teacher, Steven, was born in Cincinnati, home of the Reformation institution, with Hebrew Concord College, Israel Weekly, and the Jewish Archives, and the hospital where he was born is the oldest Jewish hospital in all of America, Avondale."

"You can't be born there."

"Much of the material in Schindler's List comes from the Jewish archives there."

"Or, when "Schindler's List" was filmed by Martin Scorsese, after he didn't shoot it, we all set our eyes on Steven, we are all family, shouldn't we help each other?"

"He took it, it sold well, and we were very happy......"

"By the same token, who in our circle doesn't know that you're his favorite student?"

"Can the New York Times not give you face?"

"Now, I'm just going to help you get some resources that belong to you."

Okay......

When Francis Coppola finished another glass of wine and squeezed his eyes at himself, Roland finally understood what it meant to be huddled.

Is Adolf Oakes, who saved the New York Times, Jewish?

Was his father-in-law also a well-known leader of the Jewish Reformation and founder of the Hebrew Concord College?

Back then, together with the Morgan family, the shipwreck of the Titanic of the century was presented to the public?

Decades later, James Cameron, who filmed "Titanic", is Ronald Perelman's man again?

He's on the side of Michael Bloomberg again?

And Michael Bloomberg was the backbone of the reformers?

No wonder in Roland's previous life, when "Titanic" was about to sink, the "New York Times" would help promote it like his dead mother!

No wonder "Titanic" has been filmed so many versions, and only James Cameron can get preferential treatment from the media!

It turns out that the special code is going around and around, and it is still a family doing the same thing!

Roland didn't understand before, why while the limited TV news networks controlled by the six major TV news networks were helping him to wave the flag, none of those paper media were holding back, but now, he understands that whoever drags behind is a bad rule.

Without Roland, the New York Times would have endorsed James Cameron, and with Roland, the media conglomerate, which was about to be completely occupied by the Jews, would have helped endorse Spielberg's face.

There's no reason because that's the rule.

It's like Spielberg who created DreamWorks, challenged the Big Six, and finally failed, but still bounced around.

Even if your own people infringe on your own interests, it is just blocking your upward space.

As a last resort, no one will engage in the matter of white knives in and red knives out.

As for Roland......

After he filmed "The Seven Deadly Sins", he was already upholding the rules.

"Rules...... Propriety...... I like rules. ”

Turning the empty wine glass in his hand, Roland sighed with emotion, but in the next second, he had another question, "Wait, these things shouldn't be a secret, right?" You don't have to hide it from me......"

"Isn't that worried that you're young, have a high status, and get into trouble?"

Francis Coppola gave Roland a blank look and said, "If you knew before, those media wouldn't hack you, and then act recklessly and provoke the wrong guys?" ”

"You're slandering, am I that kind of person?" Roland was upset.

"Why aren't you!" Francis Coppola snapped his fingers and counted with him.

"On Christmas '90, when you went on vacation to Hawaii, you caused a riot at the airport."

"That's just people like me, okay?"

"Then when you were filming "Home Alone 2" in '91, you hooked up with the daughter of a New York real estate developer?"

"This is obviously a trick that Carl Icahn put on me!"

"Okay, okay, but when you were filming Jurassic Park, you asked Steven to change the settings of the two children!"

"I just want a project, isn't this a trouble!"

"If this doesn't count, then at George's fiftieth birthday party, Steven himself said, you are good at drawing, but you can only paint portraits, especially female portraits, how do you explain this?"

"I ...... I didn't have any professional training and I couldn't find any references at home, so I ......"

"So you're drawing on your sister? Oh，shit！ Did you draw for Ashley, Mary, or Lizzie? Damn！ I didn't expect you to be such a pervert! When Francis Coppola heard this, he crossed his hands and protected him in front of him.

In this case, Roland, who wanted to open his mouth to refute, was stunned, and after a while, he rolled his eyes and pouted, and laughed angrily, "You are going to be sixty years old, why are you so naïve?" ”

"What do you mean by childishness? It's called always being a child! Francis Coppola, who put down his hand, also laughed, but did not show weakness in his mouth, and continued: "Look at you, the clothes are either black or white, and I, purple! Fashion！ ”

'Yes, purple, Fashion!' ’

'Damn, I'm wearing the same purple sweet potato essence. ’

Roland laughed twice, too lazy to pay attention to this old man.

And just as he patted his ass and got up, about to go to Kate, the old man who didn't get a response was anxious and patted his thigh, "Eh, don't go, don't go, the matter hasn't been finished...... Asking you for "The Death of a Virgin" is the first thing, getting the New York Times to endorse your "Harry Potter", that's the second thing, and the third and last thing, you haven't listened to it......"

‘What？ ’

'Anything else?' ’

Roland, who felt strange, looked at the fat man with suspicious eyes, "Can't you finish it all at once?" ”

"You're the one who made me waste a bunch of time on the New York Times issue!" Francis Coppola doesn't take the blame.

"Okay, okay, my fault, my fault."

Roland didn't bother to bother with him, and sat back down, "What's the matter?" It won't be your family affair again, right? ”

"Eh, you guessed it right, it's really my family affair......"

Seeing the big fat man nodding seriously, Roland's heart suddenly rushed like 10,000 horses, and before he could say that he was too lazy to listen, the fat man said again: "However, this family matter of my family still has something to do with you." ”

"Nicolas Cage knows, right?"

"He's got something he wants to trouble you."