Chapter 38: 10 times

The next few days are still the same as before. Adrian and Kate visit the attractions, taste the food and explore the local customs, and occasionally ask about the "Memory Fragments", as if coming to Berlin is really just a holiday.
Although a series of films with different styles, such as "Silent Lamb", have been screened in various theaters designated by the festival, the attention of "Memory Fragments" has dropped a lot, but the popularity has already been hit, and the critics have expressed interest in Dennis and Joe The acting skills are more and less praised-for Kate is mixed, either very good or bad-plus the ability shown by La Verne, there is no need to worry about the promotion of the film.
Because of this, Adrian just let it go, anyway, he didn't expect to win any prize at the Berlin Film Festival. It's just that reality is often unexpected. At the award ceremony two weeks later, "Memory Fragments" actually got a special award from the jury!
"Thank you to the judges for awarding this prize to me ..." Don't look at Adrian when he took the stage to accept the award and talk about thanking a large number of people, but in his heart wondering whether these judges have flooded their heads.
Although the Berlin Film Festival's special jury award and the Venice Best Newcomer Award are of a nature, they still represent the film festival's recognition by the judges. Don't look at the festival's judges are from all over the world, but the filmmakers in Germany and the surrounding areas can really make the final decision or can influence the key moments, such as Venice, Cannes, San Sebastian and other film festivals This is true, and Oscar is no exception.
These film festivals or film awards have their own themes, and naturally they will not award awards to films that do not fit the theme. As I said before, the theme of the Berlin Film Festival is politics, and the theme of "Memory Fragments" has nothing to do with politics. In addition, the best director has already awarded Jonathan Demmy-"The Silent Lamb" is somewhat political. Take the daughter of the kidnapped senator-there is no reason to send another consolation prize to an American movie. So why did the judges hand over the special award of the jury to Adrian?
德里 Adrian was very puzzled about this. He didn't understand it until he talked with Lafferne and combined his knowledge. The current Berlin Film Festival is far less than the Berlin Film Festival 10 years later. Although there is a long way to go after Venice and Cannes for various reasons, even one of the three major European film festivals Very barely. Now that the two Germanys have just been unified, this gap has been further widened, and Adrian just happened to have won the Venice Film Festival Best Newcomer Award.
No director like Adrian has been able to produce two high-quality movies in just a few months. One of them won a lot of honor and the box office was excellent, and the other was a film critic. It received quite high ratings, even surpassing the first one. In this case, it would not be a big deal to give him two special jury prizes. This prize is basically a consolation anyway, and there are two more. Can't it be worse than the Venice Film Festival? Besides, "Memory Fragment" is fully qualified to win prizes.
In fact, to put it bluntly, what the film festival is about is actually dividing cakes. As long as you are qualified, you can divide them, but you can only get lucky if you can get them. After communicating this, Adrian would no longer take it to heart, and La Verne would naturally make good use of this award to promote the film's release.
After the awards ceremony, the Berlin Film Festival, which also took two weeks, ended, and Adrian returned to Los Angeles after sending Kate back to London for another two days.
The next thing is naturally waiting. The Berlin Film Festival opens on February 4, and the closing naturally ends on February 18. The end of the first Gulf War is February 28.
Of course, Adrian is not idle. The North American distribution of "Memory Fragment" began to live in front of a typewriter after being assigned to Universal. While in London and Berlin, Kate did not question the content of the novel Tomb Raider, and Adrian's plan added a script for "The Philadelphia Story".
In general, it is very pleasant, unlike the tense staying in the editing room all day more than a month ago. The only regret is that Kate is not around, especially when she always thinks of her fiery body and gently welcomes him under his training. Since the last trip to Los Angeles, Kate has been thoroughly incapable of playing with various methods on the bed by experienced Adrian, and can almost reach the point of "XX under bed XX".
It was for this reason that Kate complained to Adrian that night in Berlin. It's just complaining, complaining, what should be done, or that sentence, people in love always lack reason.
The time finally passed by February 1990. After the Persian Gulf multinational forces announced the cessation of the offensive on the 28th and ended the 100-hour ground battle, the Gulf War, which lasted more than a month, ended. Next, it's time to count the spoils. The military and financial crocodile lost money and made money.
The phone bell on the table rang without warning, and Adrian was thinking about it. Hesitating, he picked up the handset and asked, "Hello, who?"
"Ed, it's me." There was Crowder's voice, accompanied by heavy breathing, purring and purring, very clear, as if out of breath.
"Hey, Crow, you finally called me, but you're really sober. I thought you ran away with the money." Although Adrian felt a little stunned, he said in a ridiculous tone, except in On February 20, Adrian spoke to Claude briefly on the phone on the 28th, and the two of them did not contact each other during the process.
"You know ... Do you know ... how much did we put in the total amount of money we had invested?" The sound of breathing became clearer, and with the sound of tears, Claude was probably pulling the tie around his neck.
"In addition to my 65 million, you have invested more than 10 million, almost in the early 80s." Adrian recalled carefully, "Well, stop selling and tell me the specific situation."
"... 10 times!" After struggling to spit, I heard such a voice over there.
"Ha, it's pretty good, actually turned 10 ... what did you say! 10 times!" Adrian almost did not throw out the microphone in his hand, he opened his eyes and tried hard to control his body, but his teeth remained Bitten rattling.
"Yes, yes, 10 times! You heard me right! That's 10 times! I turned the money 10 times! I earned 800 million dollars!" Crowder over the phone suddenly went wild. Haha laughed, as if a balloon filled with air suddenly burst, and the air inside was exhaled.
德里 Adrian opened his eyes hard, covering his forehead and breathing heavily, and his breathing became as heavy as Crowd before. He never expected it to be like this. At first, he just hoped to increase it two or three times, and strive to earn back 200 million or 300 million. Unexpectedly, 80 million US dollars finally turned into 800 million! This is really a huge profit! Crowd ...
"Claude, you guy ..." Adrian also started pulling his neckline as if to make himself more comfortable, "You're so awesome!"
"Haha, I love this sentence, say it again, say it again!"
"You are so amazing! Very very amazing!"
The two of you are so full of swearing words, I said one by one, each of them struggling hard against the table, making a sound of gurgling, it seems that they can not vent their excitement. After a long time, the two people on both sides of the phone calmed down.
"I can't believe it, how did you do it, Crow?" Asked Adrian, paralyzed in a high-backed chair, his chest still undulating.
"I don't know. I haven't considered those at all. My whole attention is focused on buying and selling. No matter how big the fund is, it's just a number for me. When everything comes back and I look back, I "I was taken aback," Crowder recalled, the joy in his tone was very obvious.
"You have to be outstanding, Crow. Although I have said it countless times before, I have to say that you are excellent." Adrian said sincerely.
"Yes, UU reads www.uukanshu.com, of course," Claude Haha laughed. "Do you know, Ed, when I told the old man this, his face was so wonderful, he probably didn't expect me to Can do it. "
"I have to remind you," Adrian said funnyly, all the fathers and sons in the world are similar in some places, "the old man in your mouth is both your father and my godfather."
"I know, I know," Claude sighed exaggeratedly. "I just proved myself. Is there anything wrong?"
Fortunately, he then added: "Of course, I can't do this without the information you provided-are you okay lately? People who haven't the Securities Regulatory Commission come to you for coffee?"
怎么 "Why, do you miss them looking for me?" Adrian sneered.
"Hey, hey, I just care about you," Crowd called.
"Okay, I see. Are you free at night? I think we should talk in detail." Adrian said in a joking tone, carefully.
没 "No problem, Restaurant Losata, you treat." Claude said immediately.
"Well, I'll treat you." Adrian laughed.
I lowered the receiver, Adrian stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. He opened the curtains, and the constant, constant sunlight of Los Angeles sprang in, brightening the study. He stretched an extremely comfortable waist and narrowed his eyes into the bright sky.
I didn't expect that the harvest would be so huge, not only the sufficient funds that were expected to be several times more, but also Claude ... very good, several plans prepared can be selected, and the rest Just see how to convince him!
(Well, continue to ask for recommendation tickets, so as to make it one more layer on the list of newcomers and new books ~)