King of Hollywood

Chapter 330 - 330 56 s Accident

?Chapter 330: 56 chapters Accident Chapter 330: 56 chapters Accident The splendid hall, the noisy crowd, the melodious music, and the bubbling voices; this was not the Oscar award ceremony, yet it was even livelier than the award ceremony itself. Counting this year, Vanity Fair had hosted the Oscar Night party for the third time, and the previous two occasions had earned them vast acclaim. With longstanding cordial relations in the entertainment circle and a much lower entry threshold than the award ceremony itself, many influential figures participated, making the party dazzle with stars.

For instance, Tom Hanks and his wife, who had claimed Best Actor for consecutive years, were chatting merrily in a corner with another similarly named couple, Tom Cruise and his wife. Meanwhile, Jessica Lange, the Best Actress winner, stood with a glass of wine loudly talking to her friends, her expression animated, clearly delighted at having won both Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress.

As for Adrian, who had just become the youngest Best Director nominee and then broke records again to become the youngest ever Best Director in Oscar history, he was now sitting on a couch in a small room, congratulating Laverne, the CEO of Bossworth Film Company.

“How does it feel to win Best Picture?” Adrian adjusted his posture and asked with a smile.

“Not bad,” Laverne shrugged nonchalantly, showing none of the emotion he had during his acceptance speech.

Forrest Gump winning Best Picture had been confirmed when Adrian won Best Director. As it had been mentioned before, barring special circumstances, Best Director and Best Picture were seldom awarded to different films. Besides, Forrest Gump embodied the quintessence of mainstream American values to such an extent that if a sacrifice were necessary, it would only be in the Best Director category.

Since Adrian was a producer and Laverne represented the film company, they both went on stage to receive the award. Adrian knew Laverne had always wanted the company to produce a film that won the Oscar for Best Picture, so he gave the opportunity to make the acceptance speech to Laverne. At that moment, Laverne was truly excited, though he appeared composed, don’t forget that Adrian was right beside him. Surprisingly, only tens of minutes after the award ceremony and arriving at the Vanity Fair party, Laverne seemed to have already put that out of his mind.

“It’s normal,” Laverne explained, noticing his confusion. “When you dedicate so much time and effort to something, enduring failures and hardships without giving up, aiming to prove yourself with it, then once you finish, you feel particularly empty. The longer you hold onto your beliefs, the stronger the emptiness feels, like…”
“Like in movies or novels, those who spend a lifetime pursuing a belief of revenge, and finally achieve it, right?” Adrian laughed as he took over the conversation.

“Um… well, yes, that’s a more vivid comparison,” Laverne shrugged again and then sighed.

“Come on, Laverne, this is just the beginning,” Adrian tapped him firmly on the shoulder. “Trust me, before you leave office, we’ll have many more Best Pictures to win.”

By leaving office, he certainly didn’t mean to imply firing him. Laverne had already proven his capabilities. However, as AC Media developed, Bossworth Film’s status had begun to decline. Valuable contributors should not be mistreated. Eisner’s departure from Paramount was for this reason, and Laverne’s departure from Paramount was for the same reason, even last year Katzenberg left Disney for this reason. Therefore, Adrian suggested to Claude that Laverne should be promoted to the head office, and Claude agreed.

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