Chapter 241: Girlfriend's Best Friend
Abel's arrival is obviously a big event for the crew of "Spider-Man".
This is like Michael Eisner, the chairman and CEO of Disney, no matter which Disney crew he goes to, he is bound to be extremely valued by the crew.
After all, the status is there.
And as the owner of MGM, Abel came to MGM's investment in the movie.
Then here he is, of course, the biggest one.
Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire, after his intimacy with Anne Hathaway.
The two of them, the producer and other important personnel of the crew all came to Abel's side obediently, looking very quiet.
After saying hello.
Abel looked closely and found that Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire seemed to have a slight resemblance in appearance.
Especially at this time, Tobey Maguire, who is in the makeup of Parker in "Spider-Man", is the American version of the honest man's dress.
This made the two of them feel more like brothers.
But these two people don't have anything to do with each other, they really just look alike.
In line with the appearance of European and American Caucasian honest people.
This made Abel couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Abel's ecological niche in this circle is too high.
When he arrived, neither Tobey Maguire nor Sam Raimi dared to speak.
It was only when Abel took the initiative to talk to them that they dared to respond.
"It shouldn't be too difficult to shoot, right?"
"Oh, it's hard to say it directly."
"Well, when I go to Manhattan to film, I can ask Anne to find me."
"Well, that's good. As long as the box office is good, then everyone can get the share you deserve, or. Take an extra portion. ”
“.”
It's basically Abel talking, Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire, and the producer being submissive.
Abel also found it boring.
He also knows that with his current status, even the biggest Hollywood celebrities.
At this time, in front of his eyes, he is probably a little better than Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi.
It's like Lao Ma later made a "Attack and Defend the Road".
This movie didn't cost much money.
But almost all the well-known Chinese stars were gathered.
is almost zero salary, starring in this film that makes Lao Ma addicted to kung fu and martial arts.
During the filming, Lao Ma, a three-legged cat and a layman, really hurt the actors, and the actors didn't dare to say anything, so they gritted their teeth and finished filming.
At that time, it was the time when Lao Ma was at his most energetic.
It's the same with Abel.
What's more, Abel is different from Lao Ma, who is at most the richest man and Ali Pictures, which is only responsible for investment.
On Abel's side, he is one of the real industry giants, the boss of MGM.
Those superstars and celebrities who are high up in the eyes of fans and fans, shining thousands of times.
In front of him, he is as powerless as the Chinese stars who were hung up and beaten by the old horse in "Attack and Defense".
Chatting and chatting, Abel himself felt bored.
He was just bored at noon today, so he came here to visit the class. Curious about how Hollywood makes movies, stop by and take a look.
After thinking about it, he spoke:
"Sam, huh? Don't let my arrival affect the progress of the movie. You guys go ahead and shoot, I'll just take a look at it. ”
The big boss spoke.
Sam Raimi also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately beckoned the crew and actors to continue filming.
Abel had been here for half an hour, and the initial excitement of the crew had passed.
At the request of the director and the rock security personnel, filming also began.
Abel, accompanied by Anne and producer Peter Patsy, watched Tobey Maguire's performance.
Probably because he's here, Tobey Maguire is under a lot of pressure.
During the filming, Toby was in a hurry.
Abel laughed, and after confirming that Anne had no filming tasks in the future, he took her away directly and no longer interfered with the crew.
left the crew, and it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon at this time.
The two found a more upscale restaurant in Queens and had a sweet dinner together.
After dinner, we returned to Manhattan.
When I returned to the city, it happened to be the evening rush hour, and I was stuck in traffic for more than an hour before returning to the Carnegie Hills Building.
As soon as she got home, Anne couldn't hold back and was going to take a shower.
In the living room, Abel turned on the TV and turned off the stage in boredom.
The focus is still on AMC TV, and he finds that he has a trailer for the reality show that Richard Preppler asked Bear Grylls to shoot.
The name of this reality show is "Survival in the Wilderness".
Far younger, more handsome, and more energetic than the parallel plane, Bell began his famous work under the influence of Abel.
Abel can't remember where the first episode of "Survival in the Wilderness" in the first season of Bei Ye went.
Anyway, the first episode of the first season of AMC TV's version of "Survival in the Wild" is the wilderness of Las Vegas.
However, it is still only a trailer, Abel took a look at it, and it will not be until the first of next month.
That is, it will be officially launched on June 1, 2001.
Abel, who liked to watch wilderness survival shows in his previous life, thought about it and was ready to call Richard Prepler.
The big boss of AMC TV wants to watch the younger Bei Ye's performance in advance.
But when he flipped through his phone, he found that his second phone did not contain Richard Preppler's number.
It only took a phone call to know Richard Plepler's number, and even asked the AMC TV manager to come over in person right away.
But Richard Pleple's mobile phone number was not found for the first time, and Abel, who was interested for a while, gave up this plan.
Just then, Anne came out of the bedroom.
He put down his phone.
Anne had already taken a shower.
She wore a very sexy mesh lace sundress nightdress, a white semi-sheer nightdress, the skirt just reached the hips, white and tender arms, slender and slender legs, completely exposed to the air.
Because she had just taken a shower, her skin was white and tender and moisturized to the extreme, and she looked like she could blow it up.
Her undried hair was still dripping down her clothes, and the wonderful scenery loomed in the white nightdress.
Seeing Abel staring at herself, her eyes were full of possessiveness, as if she was going to eat herself, Anne's face flushed, and she smiled: "Look at it, you want to eat people!" ”
"No, I want you to eat it." Abel said.
Anne was stunned for a moment, then blushed and sneered.
After more than a year of dating, she is also an old driver in this regard.
Old Si Ji Anne understood as soon as she heard it.
"Aha~ Then I'll come to eat~" She jumped up and lay on Abel.
Abel hugged her tightly, and his hands went naturally to where they were going.
Having said that, Abel "admires" those male protagonists who hold a beautiful girl who gives and takes, and can still sit still.
He doesn't have the same ability as a eunuch.
However, it seems that eunuchs also like women, otherwise how could there be a word for food?
Even the eunuchs know how to find the right food.
What's more, he's a normal man whose body is healthier than ordinary people.
He grabbed Anne's round, sleek shoulder.
Another fantastic evening.
The next morning.
Smith Building,
Trading hall on the fourth floor.
David Mellon accompanies Abel as he walks between the traders.
The current USD/NOK price is still scorching between 7.6050-7.6100.
"The neon man's side, some more chips."
David Mellon sipped his coffee and said:
"But I suspect that a third party has entered the market, but the other party is very cautious, and the speed of opening positions is very slow, so we can't find out for a while."
After a day of gambling, Smith Capital and Neon Man have added up to more than $5 billion in the betting market.
The two sides of the bet made the USD/NOK exchange rate fluctuate very frequently overnight.
This kind of volatility has long attracted the attention of global investors.
Especially the large number of retail investors with average strength.
This can be seen in the sharp increase in the number of transactions of USD/NOK in the past 24 hours.
"Normal." Abel whispered:
"I suspect that at this time, the whole Wall Street and the City of London are staring at our gamble."
David also nodded, feeling that what the boss said made sense.
It's like in 1991, when Soros sniped at the British pound.
The side was also filled with a large crowd of onlookers.
"So what should we do now?" David asks his boss for advice.
Abel said, "Didn't I say it yesterday? The new 100,000 hands, about 10,000 hands per day, will take ten days to open a position. ”
David was stunned, is it so simple?
David wasn't sure, but he believed in Abel's plan and nodded immediately.
"Alright."
Make a round trip to confirm that the situation is normal.
Abel left the Smith Building.
Midday.
Union Square, Manhattan.
Union Square is a large square in Manhattan. Connects Fifth Avenue and Broadway Avenue near 14th Street.
There are well-known universities such as New York University and Parsons School of Design nearby, as well as weekend markets and chain stores of major brands.
It's the equivalent of Manhattan's college town.
It's just that Manhattan is too expensive to land, and there are not many schools that can run schools here.
The campus area is smaller than the other.
NYU's Manhattan campus is already the largest campus on Manhattan Island.
On the north side of Houston Street, in a restaurant called Brandy, Abel was waiting for someone.
A moment later, around half past twelve.
The door of the restaurant was pushed open, and two slender girls had just looked at the door.
Dony, the female bodyguard captain beside Abel, stepped up: "Miss Bush, the boss is here." ”
"Oh, it's you. Donny, excuse me. Little Laura said with a smile.
"You're welcome." Doni glanced curiously at the Asian girl behind little Laura.
Doni felt that this Asian girl was a little bit "Asian" enough.
Ordinary Asian girls have never been as big as bears.
Led by Doni, little Laura and her female companion turned down the hallway to the innermost part of the brandy restaurant.
Little Laura noticed, in front of the table where Abel was sitting.
Marcus, her security team leader, and Edward, Abel's bodyguard captain, were nodding at her.
Little Laura knew that this was what she and Abel meant by their protection.
She smiled kindly at the two captains, took her female companion's hand and walked towards Abel.
"Hi ~ honey, good afternoon." Little Laura greeted happily.
Abel smiled: "Good afternoon." ”
He responded to little Laura, and like Doni, he glanced at little Laura's female companion with curiosity.
Seeing the figure of this Asian girl, Abel also had the feeling of Doni just now.
That's the figure of this Asian girl, not Asian at all.
That's not Xiong Da or Xiong Er.
That's already the headlights.
Abel and little Laura made an appointment in the morning. During the lunch break, we had lunch outside NYU Manhattan.
Later, around noon, little Laura called him and said that she would bring a female friend she had met at school.
Of course, Abel would not refuse, he came to the restaurant first and waited.
I just didn't expect that the female friend that little Laura met at school would be an Asian girl.
He thought it would be some kind of blue-blooded lady of the gatekeeper, the daughter of the rich man of Mayflower.
Little Laura led the Asian girl, who looked a little reserved, and sat down opposite Abel.
After sitting down, she smiled and introduced her female companion to Abel.
"This is a friend I met at school. Her name is Jessica. Oh, that's her English name. I can't pronounce her mother tongue name well, it's Li Xinyu? ”
The Asian girl named Jessica in English couldn't help but correct: "It's not Li Xinyu, Lauren, your pronunciation is wrong. It is "LiXinYu". ”
"Is there any difference?" Little Laura said.
"Forget it, you can just call me Jessica." The Asian girl smiled and looked at Abel:
"Mr. Smith, I'm Jessica Lee, and it's a pleasure to meet you, Lauren has already mentioned your name many times in front of me."
Look at this innocent and beautiful Asian girl carrying the headlights of the car.
Abel suddenly said in standard Chinese Mandarin:
"Your name is Li Xinyu? Li Xinyu? ”
He blurted out natural Mandarin, which stunned both little Laura and Jessica.
Little Laura: "What language are you talking about, my dear?" It seems to be as if it is. It seems like I've heard it somewhere, but I forgot what language it is. ”
"It seems to be Chinese? The language of Huaxia. Jessica said:
"But I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, I'm not from Huaxia. I'm from Hanguo, sorry, I don't understand Chinese. ”
"Oh, the stick." Abel muttered in Chinese.
He just thought that this Jessica was Chinese, or Chinese.
will be greeted in Mandarin.
I didn't expect it to be a stick, but it's still a very beautiful headlight.
"Honey, you're talking in Chinese." Little Laura was surprised: "I didn't expect you to speak Chinese so well!" ”
Abel laughed and said:
"I studied fine arts in college. There was a time when I was very obsessed with ink painting and Chinese painting in China. I found a teacher in Huaxia at that time, and I learned Chinese by the way. ”
The first half of these words is true.
Abel's predecessor really learned the skills of Chinese ink painting, and also found Chinese teachers in related aspects.
Even when it comes to learning and teaching, the two of them are still practical in English.
Unless the teacher is found to confront him, no one will doubt that he says so.
After all, who would have thought that in the body of an orthodox Mayflower Anzayan, there would be such an outrageous thing as another soul?
"Alright."
Abel smiled and said:
"You should have classes in the afternoon, right? Let's eat first, and you'll have to go back later. ”
Both girls nodded in agreement.
On the side, there was already a temporary waiter, Doni, who served as a waiter, delivered the menu of the restaurant.
The theme of this brandy restaurant is Nordic flavors, Nordic cuisine.
Seafood and meat are served with very fresh forest ingredients.
The restaurant was actually chosen by little Laura, and she and Jessica had already come to eat.
While ordering, little Laura also introduced to Abel:
Although it is Nordic-style food. But the taste is not as light as I imagined, and I personally think it is very memorable. My favorite is the roasted cod with fresh seasonal peas, which have a layered texture. ”
Abel smiled and nodded, "Then order me a set like yours." ”
Little Laura smiled sweetly at him.
The two girls lowered their heads and began to order.
Abel's gaze lingered on them for a moment, then looked out the window.
Abel noticed that there was a Secret Service worker outside protecting Little Laura, talking to two men in Asian suits.
The eyes of the two men in Asian suits drifted to this table from time to time.
This made Abel frown.
On the table in front of him, Edward, who had been observing his expression, noticed his eyes.
Edward immediately looked at Abel's line of sight, and then asked Marcus beside him:
"Marcus. What's going on with those two people out there talking to your men? ”
Marcus looked over, turned back to Edward, and said:
"Those two Asians were Miss Jessica's bodyguards. Her family is very strong in Hanguo, and she also has a team of bodyguard assistants by her side. ”
"Oh." Edward nodded, intending to wait and say to Abel.
On Abel's side, little Laura and Jessica had already ordered a meal.
Little Laura ordered roasted cod with fresh seasonal peas, two servings, one for her and one for Abel.
Fortunately, little Laura also knew that Abel would not be enough to eat such a little thing.
She had seen Abel's exaggerated appetite, so she ordered a lot of Nordic-style barbecue and meat.
For example, Swedish venison meatballs, Icelandic-style roast lamb shank, Nordic cinnamon rolls, and so on.
Jessica was amazed at how little Laura could order so much, and she herself ordered the same roasted cod with fresh seasonal peas, and a creamy fish soup.
After ordering, everyone began to chat again.
It was mainly little Laura who was talking, Jessica occasionally answering a few words, and Abel smiling and listening, occasionally asking a question.
Who would have thought. Jessica looks so weak and innocent, but her favorite thing is racing!! ”
"Racing, that's racing!"
Little Laura talked as she spoke, turning the conversation to her and Jessica.
talked about how the two met and how they got acquainted, and finally talked about Jessica's hobbies.
"And say that I" Jessica looks pure and weak, and her personality doesn't seem to be very weak.
She also broke the news of little Laura: "You're not the same." Lauren, you love racing as much as you do. ”
"Uh" Little Laura pulled Jessica under the table and told her not to say anything.
But Jessica was exposed to a lot by her, and then she knew that Abel in front of her was Laura's boyfriend.
She ignored little Laura's hints and continued:
"You also said you drove at the age of twelve, which scared your mom and dad. You also said that you went to the Polis Circuit in Indiana last year to watch F1, and you also said that your dream is to drive F1. ”
"You still say! Pain, pain, pain! Let go, let go, I won't say it, I won't say it. ”
"Don't talk about it." Little Laura gritted her teeth and gave Jessica a hard blow, and Jessica, who was in pain, swallowed back the words behind her, screamed out, and then fought back with a backhand not to be outdone.
The two girls laughed a little, and little Laura looked up at her boyfriend's meaningful eyes, and finally stopped embarrassedly.
Jessica also felt that this was a bit rude, and blushed and quieted.
"I've never heard of you having such a hobby."
Abel suddenly said leisurely, "If that's the case." I might want to consider adding a racing track to the Laurentian Flower for you? ”
Little Laura smirked, just as the waiter who was a guest in the Donnie family began to serve the food.
Little Laura hurriedly said: "Ah, don't talk about this, I'm hungry." Hurry up and eat. Honey, try this roasted cod with fresh seasonal peas, it's really delicious! ”
Abel gave her a look to settle accounts with you later, smiled and took the food she pushed over, and began to eat.