Chapter 22, I have a dream
"Hey, have you seen something?"
Sergey asked in a police car across from Seventh Street, Vinton Street.
"It seems that someone is going to speak, and Alice is right under him."
Bolin looked at the opposite side with a night vision telescope, two or three meters high in the second floor of Room 7. She clearly saw that a blonde man stood on the stairs surrounded by a group of people, obviously preparing to say something.
As for their protection target, Alice from the Wang family was indeed standing under the man.
"Tsk, aren't it just a bunch of rich and indulgent guys?"
Sergei ate the second cold giant, which was his supper: "I really hope that serial murderer has really come over and killed the golden-retriever slutty bird with one shot!"
At this time, in the huge mansion of Lawrence's house, many well-dressed guests stood around the central staircase, wearing dark green Sissi and white Alice, standing on both sides of the staircase, one left and one right. Above that, Mr. Lawrence held up his wine glass gracefully, beside him was his beloved wife who quietly came.
But no one noticed that the two little beauties on the left and right were all very strange in their expressions, as if they were about to collapse.
As the organizer of the party tonight, Mr. Lawrence had no choice but to give a speech to the guests. At this moment, he held the wine glass and looked at the guests around him, and spoke in a quiet environment.
"Today, I am happy to attend with you, which will be the most influential private gathering in the history of the American entertainment industry."
really……
Alice's eyes twitched violently.
Immediately afterwards, Mr. Lawrence spoke loudly.
"100 years ago, a group of freelance photographers unexpectedly discovered this place, a place surrounded by mountains and rivers and pleasant scenery. Then, in the next decade, as more and more photographers continued to flock, some small companies and independent producers began to flock to escape the control of patent companies, gradually forming a film center."
"Before and in the period after World War I, some film masters such as Griffith and Chaplin won world reputation for American films. The large consortiums on Wall Street intervened in the film industry, and Hollywood Cinema quickly formed and emerged."
"However, 100 years later, we still have to face a fact that needs no dispute."
Alice's eyes twitched uncontrollably. She looked at Xixi, and the other party was indeed looking dizzy.
As for the vast majority of listeners, they all listen with interest, or indeed, that's true.
Mr. Lawrence continued: "100 years later, with the shackles of the oil economic crisis and the rise of the European film market, the development of Hollywood is highly oppressed. Today, 100 years later, the American people are still living on a poor island in a sea of material abundant. Today, 100 years later, American literary and artistic practitioners are still working hard and realizing that they are the founder of the re-emergence of American cultural fields after World War II."
Facing Mr. Lawrence's adaptation, Alice did not argue. As for his adaptation speech itself, it was indeed true. Although her current involvement in the literary and artistic circles is limited, I still know that Hollywood's last major development period was indeed around World War II, and the current European films are indeed quite exciting, and once overshadowed the majesty of Hollywood.
However, I suddenly attended an industry gathering, and this sudden feeling of discomfort...
Just listen to Mr. Lawrence's speech continues: "As long as the audience is still very enthusiastic about Hollywood movies, I will never be satisfied; as long as we are running and tired, and cannot rest in the motels next to the road and in the city, I will never be satisfied. No, I will never be satisfied!"
"I have a dream. I dream that one day I can live in a vibrant and vibrant city; I dream that one day I can see the crew filming scenes while walking on the streets; I dream that one day every person in the film industry will greet me very enthusiastically - Lawrence, I am very happy to see you!"
"At this time last year, my dream was half realized. I had moved to this city and lived in a beautiful neighborhood, living happily with my beloved wife and lovely daughter."
The adaptation phase has finally ended, but the level of the following sentences is much worse than the previous one. Alice believes that not only she is thinking this way, although it is hidden very subtle, the smiling faces of the audience around her are indeed strange.
“When I go out for a walk, I can see crews filming at any time, especially West Hollywood and Mulholland Road, where cameras are turning almost every day!”
"But, friends, please don't laugh at me, because people's ambitions will continue to grow after all. I have a new idea after living in Los Angeles for a whole year."
“Start a film company!”
When Mr. Lawrence shouted this sentence in a high tone, the guests in the living room were silent.
Immediately afterwards, a clamor suddenly sounded.
"Film company! Lawrence, you're just a venture capital manager!"
"Are you leaving your job? You won't be employed in venture capital in the future!?"
"Okay, Lawrence, you also want to share the movie market? It seems that we will become competitors in the future?"
Amid the constant noise, Mr. Lawrence raised his glasses to everyone: "I know you have many questions, but setting up a film company is indeed my childhood dream. I have been a venture capital manager for many years and have accumulated a lot of funds and connections... Of course, you are my friends here. Therefore, I hope you will support me in my future entrepreneurial career and help my career reach its peak!"
Although too many people were full of doubts, since Mr. Lawrence said so, no one would be stingy with their applause, for a moment, the audience was filled with applause again. Many people were shouting, but in this noise, they could not hear much.
On the left and right, Alice and Sissi were also slapping their palms hard, with expressions of happiness and surprise on their faces.
At least it looks like this on the surface.
"Is your father crazy?"
After the speech, Alice whispered in an inconspicuous corner, and she was extremely surprised.
At this time, the banquet continued, and the guests of the audience once again entered the rhythm of gathering and chatting, and Mr. Lawrence was surrounded by many people. After all, whether it was his speech that adapted the famous work, or the final decision to promote his own film company, it was enough to become the most important topic tonight.
"No, he had already had this idea, but I really didn't expect that he would give such a speech and say something...I have a dream...What's the situation?"
If Alice was surprised, Sissi even covered her forehead hard, as if she was about to faint at any time. Fortunately, this is her own home, and the corner she found was just right and could avoid the sight of others.
"This is not surprising. If I remember correctly, I did encounter a very strange scene when I came to your house to play last weekend."
Alice's mouth twitched and looked into the corner of the living room. Mr. Lawrence was chatting with Paramount's CEO: "I saw him passionately reciting Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream", which was so passionate. Sissi, said don't be angry, I thought he was..."
"I have a bad brain, right? I'm not angry. Don't think that my dad is a venture capital manager. His essence... well, you can tell from his dressing style."
Alice looked around and saw that among the black suits in the audience, Mr. Lawrence's slim pink suit was really dazzling, as bright as a peacock mingling into a flock of chickens, but he still had blond hair.
"I understand, the literary young man in the second grade, Xixi, looking at your father, I suddenly have a dream."
“…You want to make a movie too?”
"That's not, but I really want to write a child's magic literature, seven-part plot, and your father can move it directly into a role."
"That's his honor..."
Alice really felt that she hadn't come to the evening in vain. She thought she was just a show for her friends. After all, she also found that there were only two peers in the party at the party.
But who would have thought that Xixi's father made such a remark?
Although it has nothing to do with her, it was really not in vain tonight!
"Uncle Lawrence?"
So, when Sissi went to the bathroom for some reason, she quickly came to a corner of the living room. Mr. Lawrence had finished talking with CEO Paramount and was standing with another industry insider.
"Oh, it's Alice, did you have a good night tonight?"
Mr. Lawrence slightly lifted her champagne glass: "Let me introduce it. This is my daughter's good friend, Alice Wang, who also lives on Vinton Street."
Standing in front of Alice was a strange man, a bald old man in his sixties. He was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, and just standing there, his elegant demeanor could not be concealed.
Chapter completed!