Vol 3 Chapter 18: Please leave in a rounded manner

The morning sun was falling in the yard, and the automatic sprinkler was spraying water spray. The drops of water seemed to be crystal clear in the sun. This Monday was another good day. Thomas Mottola tightened the collar in front of the mirror, and looked carefully up and down, left and right, and ordered the servant to say a few words, then walked out of the villa with a briefcase.
A car just came in slowly, and after stopping in front of him, Sam Tanaka who drove off the car and walked around, opened the door for Mottola. [m]
"Thank you, Sam, I'm sorry to have you pick me up." Mottola adjusted her clothes and sat in with a smile.
"This is what I should do. It's my honor to work with Mr. Mottola for more than a month to defend the acquisition of M Records." Tanaka humbled slightly.
"So am I, Sam, you do a great job, without you, we might have spent more time and energy." Mottolaha laughed and then made a drive gesture, "Let ’s go, let us Go and enjoy the victory. "
He was so smug, squinting his eyes at the street scene receding outside the window, the smile on his face couldn't stop overflowing. Last Friday, Eric Norton, the art director of M Records, finally secretly fell to them. In this way, even if the media can get sufficient funds, they will not be able to return to the sky. When today's contract is signed, they It's perfect to just give up M records.
Mottola's mood is getting better and better, going around, MJ's record copyright is eventually returned to him, and there is also the entire M record. Norton said that although the two popular super girl idols admired Adrian very much, it was not impossible to pull them over, which was great, and the media probably suffered such a major setback for the first time. The thought of seeing Adrian and Claude's ugly faces in a few minutes, the Sony record couldn't bear to hum a little song.
Soon, they came out of M Records, stopped and spoke with a few people in charge, and explained a few words. Mottola then led a group of people into the building. Then led by the reception staff to the outside of the conference room.
Stepping into the spacious meeting room, Mottola froze. Because there were only three people sitting in it, Claude Ron Rees, Adrian Cowell, and ... Penelope Cruz? !!
Even Mottola couldn't help seeing a surprise in his face when he saw Penelope. Did they find out? But he relaxed quickly, and it didn't matter if they found out that e-mail could not be used as evidence, and Penelope would be sold to them. You can also save yourself.
"You are really on time, Thomas." Adrian smiled and greeted first, and Crowder, who was sitting on top, was also smiling. Only Penelope had no expression on his face.
"Punctuality is a virtue, Mr. Adrian." Although still a little wrong, Mottola remained polite.
"Then let's start quickly, you know, wasting someone's time for no reason is equal to murder." Adrian gestured please. Claude then pushed the two folders over.
"This is a very philosophical word, Mr. Adrian." Mottola again doubted the of huò, even with a few people around him, including Tanaka, this is too strange, the other party only Come three people. One of them had nothing to do with it. What were they thinking? Doesn't it seem like a complete confession?
"We've signed it. Mr. Thomas, it's only you now." Crowder made a gesture of please.
Mottola frowned, and then began flipping through the folders in front of her, unable to even sit down. After just a few pages, his face went up, glanced at Adrian and Claude who kept smiling, and speeded up the reading, which is so, it still took him a few minutes to finish reading, and then cracked Angrily closed the folder.
"Are you kidding me? Or do you want to use this method to satisfy your pitiful pride?" Mottola said politely, "if you still have a bit of grace, take the real Take out the contract and sign your name, not this inexplicable thing! "
"I think you must have misunderstood something, Mr. Thomas, this is indeed today's contract," Claude said earnestly.
"Do you think I'm a kid?" Motola finally growled. "Or do you take Sony Records as your own thing and think you can decide what you want to do with your company ?!"
"Don't move, Mr. Thomas, so let me explain." Crowder knocked at the table, still with the grinning smile that seemed to Mottola's eyes.
"Everyone thought we were in a state of incompetence before. In fact, they were wrong. The countermeasures have already begun. It is easy to solve these problems, but neither they nor you know." Claude's tone was very relaxed. Do you think uniting Warner, Disney, Fox, and saying that Viacom was watching, can cause trouble for our acquisition? Well, I admit that it did cause a little trouble, but it was just a little bit. "
"Redstone is smarter than you think, Thomas, Murdoch is more cunning than you think." Adrian interjected, with a little disdain and cynical.
"Before we started, Redstone, who smelled the wind, took the initiative to contact us." Claude gestured, "then made the right decision."
"A TV series," Interns ", is expected to be watched by more than 10 million people in the first season. The same is true of" Office Situation ", which can also be watched by more than 10 million people in the first season." Adrian inserted again, He pointed at himself, "I said it."
"That's it," Claude glanced at his dead party. "Of course, I won't go into details."
"Let me show off that there is no problem, Crow. Such an opportunity is rare." Adrian Haha laughed.
The muscles on Mottola's face twitched, staring at them without talking.
"Fox was just a bystander from beginning to end. Facing this situation, they would only stick out their claws when they were fully confident, and then quickly withdrew. They wanted to use them as guns. That was enough. "It's easy to get them to stop," Crowder continued. "Then Warner may be a little bit more troubled. Unfortunately, they are constantly involved with AOL and have no energy to deal with other situations. Although they compete with us in many places, only a little benefit is enough for them to stop. Now. "
At this point he spread his hand: "So. Only Disney is left. Are they really interested in Universal Music? Or is this just Michael? Eisner's complaint? Besides, they are not peaceful inside, Roy? Disney recently announced publicly that if Michael Eisner would go it alone, he would resign from his position on the board of directors as the only member of the Disney family still serving on the board of directors. Once he resigns, there is an external force to push on It's a matter of time before Eisner falls off. So, last Friday afternoon, we officially acquired Universal Music, but only postponed the news until today. Just a few hours later. "
"So what?" Mottola squeezed these words out of his teeth. The figure that never appeared on his side made him feel worse and worse. "It has nothing to do with what I want to talk about today!" "
"Yes, yes," Claude smiled with a temper, "I just want to say. Some things seem complicated, but the solution is simple. After all, it's just a matter of interest. We can give the entire Sony The benefits far outweigh the benefits of a record company, even if the record company has Elvis and The Beatles recording rights. "
"Sony Pictures lost" Spider-Man "but there are other comic heroes, not to mention we are preparing to make" X-Men "into a big series, intending to invite them to participate." He paused for two seconds, He then continued, "As for the entire Sony Group, we also have a lot of things to exchange, such as ..."
Claude looked at Adrian, who shrugged: "Support them in the new generation of high-definition DVD format standards, you know, we have tens of thousands of film libraries, and four major film and television production companies Profitability is also very good, and we are also a major shareholder of Apple. "
He gave a slightly mocking smile: "Sony's main business is electronics manufacturing, and the profits of movies and records are at least after the top three-do you really think I just went to talk about the copyright of the record with MJ? We You were put into the plan from the beginning! Of course, your strategy is really effective, it is surprising, but you should not be stupid to buy my woman, Thomas. "
Adrian Haha smiled and pinched Penelope's shoulder: "In the beginning, Pepe told me the whole thing, and then I asked her to trust you with our open invitation, and use it again and again. Vague intelligence deepens this impression and eventually misleads you. The news that even Eric Norton has begun to shake more than a week ago will definitely make you remember it, Thomas. "
Mottola's face became increasingly ugly, staring at Penelope, who was always expressionless, his eyes seemed to be about to burst into flames, and his hands were clenched into fists. With great strength, he would have reached the ""
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"Of course, Eric also helped a lot. If it was not for him to deal with you, we would at most take back all the shares and then cross-share, instead of having a seat on the board of Sony Records as now." Adrian He continued with a smile, "As for funding, don't worry, I called my uncle to solve it. He is a very responsible decent person, and I just moved him with one sentence: You want these in American culture We have a valuable legacy in our hands, or is it given to a group controlled by Japanese funds? "
At this time, several people who followed him had finished the contract. As Thomas Motola's close relatives, they all turned pale. Especially Sam Tanaka, most of this plan was planned and implemented by him. Once Mottola signs on it, he will definitely leave. However, Mottola didn't seem reconciled. He gritted his teeth and looked at Claude and Adrian: "I won't sign, I will bring it to the board ..."
But they didn't give him any chance, and Claude interrupted him directly: "Well, Thomas, this is useless. You know very well that you have lost, and the person you are waiting for will never come. Now, the people behind you have already secretly called Sony Records for verification. You signed, at least you can also decently step down; not sign. Not only will be directly terminated by the board, all benefits will be greatly reduced. Neither we nor Sony will give you a chance. "
"It's not just our request that the board conceal the news from you. You need to understand, Thomas," Adrian also smiled at this moment, and his tone became rude. "So, please sign this contract and leave here in a rounded manner."
Mottola's mouth froze twice, no longer the look of fury as before. The whole person instantly seemed to be several years old, silent for several minutes, and finally opened the contract in front of him and took out a pen. Trembling signed his name on it. Then, leaving the pen and turning without saying a word, some hurriedly left the conference room. The remaining few people looked at me and you, and eventually drew back. Tanaka was ashamed.
"You're too mean, Ed." Claude Haha laughed after they left. "Leave here in a round manner? Oh, I think this might be the most popular curse without swear words this year. the way."
"Why be so kind with him. Crow, although we won in the end. But this guy still caused us some losses. To be honest, I prefer to throw this contract on his board at Sony Records. Go on his face, "Adrian said lazily.
"You have to think about the face of Sony Records. After all, Thomas Mottola is theirs, and they have been doing well. If not we have enough backhands and hole cards, he will definitely be treated as a hero." Lauder shrugged, then glanced at Penelope, who had begun to sit beside Adrian, and then stood up: "Well, you still have things to deal with, I won't delay you."
Seeing Claude leave the conference room, Adrian stood up and exhaled, before he said a word, Penelope next to him had plopped to his knees, and no one shivered violently: "Sorry, Ed Sorry! I was wrong, and my head fainted before they were stunned, I just ... I just ... "
"You just think I can't give you more, right, Pepe." Adrian didn't look at her, and came to the small table in the conference room and poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Listen to me, Ed! Listen to me!" Penelope's knees rubbed against the floor and made a dull noise. When he passed a chair, he accidentally hung the stockings on Tu's mouth out of his mouth, but She ignored it, and just looked at Adrian with a pleading, "Please forgive me, Ed! Please! I don't know why I promised it at that time, I shouldn't join these ... I really don't know why ... ... "
Those once charming eyes were filled with fear and panic, and the tears began to diffuse, and his face full of remorse, kneeling on the ground with his arms and shaking his head.
"I understand you, Pepe. Everyone has ambitions and everyone wants to achieve their ambitions. This is normal." Adrian took a sip of coffee and finally turned around, staring at Penelope condescendingly. Pu, "However, there are many ways to achieve ambition and harmony. Some of the risks are small and the gains are small. Others are very risky and the gains are high. But why do you choose the stupidest and most uncertain but very uncertain harvest? What about one of them? "
"I know, I'm so stupid, Ed, please, I'm a fool, please, forgive me." Penelope said in tears.
"No need, Pepe," Adrian sighed, and lowered the cup in his hand. "Anyway, for most of the past few months we have been very happy together."
"If ... if ... you want it now ..." Penelope hurriedly smiled.
"I've always had grudges and complaints, so ..." Adrian ignored them, took out the cheque book from his arms, yanked a few pens, and tore them up. "Three million is my compensation for you."
With that said, he walked to Penelope kneeling on the floor with a smile, leaned over and put the check along her neckline, pinching two on the pair of slippers.
Thought Penelope was overjoyed at the suggestion, she immediately reached out and wanted to hug Adrian's big tuo, and unexpectedly the other turned and left her empty.
"Then," Adrian leaned on the long table smiled, and his dominating gaze became cold, "roll me back to Spain and never let me see you in Hollywood!"
Penelope Cruz, who is known as the national treasure of Spain, came back to Spain quietly after several years of intermittent development in Hollywood. For a while, there were divergent opinions. Some people thought that she was not used to the style of Hollywood ~ EbookFREE.me ~ So still choose to come back. Others speculated that she seemed to be involved in a major event and had to return. The Spanish director Pedro Almodovar who had discovered her had the former opinion.
Penelope himself said nothing, but announced in a low key that he would not go to Hollywood again, then picked up a small production in Spain, and then cooperated with Almodovar again. But it's strange that this time she didn't know why she had a big fight with Almodovar on the set, so that she finally announced her withdrawal from the crew, and Almodovar publicly announced that she had become an unreasonable splash. fù, and vowed never to cooperate with her again.
But then, Penelope announced his withdrawal from the entertainment industry. Exciting people immediately started all kinds of speculations again. A large number of reporters also wanted to interview her and wonder what happened. But she seemed to have anticipated that she had disappeared without a trace with her family within a few days after the statement was issued, and no one had seen Penelope ever since.
Later, with the spread of certain things in Hollywood, various gossips and rumors began to spread. Some people said that they saw a girl like her in Barcelona, ​​and some people said that she was a prostitute in Amsterdam. Some people say that she launched a website and became an adult movie actor. However, these gossips and rumors did not return to calm for a long time. After the speed of renewal in the entertainment industry was so fast, it was not long before this once wild Latin rose was completely forgotten. Q! .