super actress

Then the fabled political mogul appeared.

After dealing with the enthusiastic media, Rhea is now at the celebration party after the awards ceremony. She has to entertain the directors and stars who came to congratulate her. Their films have won several awards. To celebrate, many guests came directly to the banquet.

And she, an American who made history, became the absolute protagonist, and Malloy brought her to meet many people.

According to his words: "Before the British find out the truth, first pick a few good film projects."

With the advantage of the so-called "backer" rumors, it is also extremely convenient for them to know British screenwriters, directors and producers. In many cases, Malloy does not need to take the initiative to join in, and those producers come to inquire about the news out of curiosity.

They're more interested in Rhea Noren.

While Malloy is immersed in the handy win over and expand contacts, Rhea sees Mycroft Holmes appearing aboveboard at the celebratory banquet.

No matter what identity he came in through, Rhea would not find it strange, she was almost immune to it, and she wanted to sigh when she thought that this man was probably here to collect the reward.

He walks on the edge indifferently and low-key, neither interested in movie stars nor curious about the projects mentioned by directors and producers, this place should be another world for him.

But he can quickly develop from ignorance to proficiency.

Before, he would only use that unattractive condition to seduce her, but now he knows how to use awards to make a deal with her.

Rhea found an opportunity to go out to breathe, and she saw Mycroft coming out from the corner of her eye, so she took the first step and bit back: "You didn't keep your promise at all!"

Now it is the last step away from the scandal.

"Have you kept your word?" asked Mycroft Holmes in return, "and you know very well that you have taken advantage of it."

She felt incredible: "So you are really buying me?" Rhea knew without thinking that he must have contributed to this. Could it be that these news would reach the ears of the British Academy by themselves.

Rhea couldn't figure it out, "Why did you use these methods to win my cooperation instead of directly—" directly threatening her in a simpler and rude way.

Then she understood: "——you're kidding me!"

"There is no government at all, it's your private behavior

,right? "Once you think about Rhea, you will understand a lot of things." You raised doubts and conjectures, but before you have definite evidence, the British government did not give you much authority on this matter! "

"You need me!"

The slender man looked at her coldly, not surprised by her flash of inspiration at this moment: "I thought we had reached a consensus, Miss Nolen."

"Can you stop calling me Miss? I've wanted to say it for a long time. Your tone makes people uncomfortable."

"Okay." He sighed, completely treating her as an easy target, "Rhea."

She thought Mycroft would just call her Noren, but he chose the name, presumably because he realized that he needed to win her over from Andre Witter, which he didn't think would be a difficult task .

"Why hasn't anyone stopped this from spreading, and wouldn't it be bad for you? Did you hear those rumors?"

This is too much for her.

"Those specious rumors have no real content at all." The man replied calmly, "They will always find a reasonable explanation for it in the end."

Then Mycroft asked a key question: "Don't you want to get rid of him? I don't think you actively want to work with such a man."

Rhea was finally attracted, "What the hell do you want me to do?"

"I need evidence."

"You're so sure I can do it, I'm nowhere near your professionally trained agent."

Mycroft's tone finally changed slightly: "Because you survived."

The joy of winning the prize faded away immediately, and Rhea seemed to be lifted out of a honeypot and thrown into the sea of ​​ice. She felt the heavy meaning behind this sentence.

Rhea took a breath: "...he said he would not kill her."

"I didn't say she was dead." Mycroft didn't intend to scare her with this, "but I admit that I didn't think well."

Rhea read another meaning from it.

Is this man atoning for his sins in this way?He should be able to imagine that if it really develops according to his expectations, Rhea will also die.

Or, he was actually trying to test her importance to Andre Vetter in a disguised form, Rhea still couldn't tell the difference.

But at this moment, Rhea felt that this British man was different from Andre, he still looked down on her, but

He didn't regard her as a chess piece that could be sacrificed casually.

Even for an insignificant person, life counts in Mycroft's eyes, and this will be his weakness, and it will also be his advantage that distinguishes him from Andry.

This made Rhea have a different mentality, and she asked him in a slightly tangled tone: "So——are you really my fan?"

The other party let out a reserved sneer and cold snort: "Can you use your brain to think about some really important things?"

Rhea was learning to read the real meaning of Mycroft's voice, and she was learning so fast, that she said, "You've actually seen my movies!"

In other words, Mycroft just didn't think it was important, but he didn't deny it!

The man couldn't bear to explain: "I need to study you."

"Then what do you think of my acting?" This is what Rhea wants to know. She is really curious about how this personality type understands movie characters. "Can I act convincingly?"

Hearing this kind of question that has nothing to do with his purpose, Mycroft just pulled away the subtle emotional fluctuations that he had shown before, and returned to an indifferent and alienated attitude. He told her directly: "I left the banquet for 19 minutes. , you should go back, otherwise it will arouse suspicion."

Rhea seized the opportunity to say the last sentence: "What is your identity, no one here even knows you, what number do you live in Downing Street?" The 10th is the Prime Minister, and the 11th is the Chancellor of the Exchequer——

But Mycroft picked one of those questions to answer: "I don't live in Downing Street."

When Malloy came over, he caught Mycroft walking away, and he asked Rhea, "Who is this person?"

Rhea chose to refer to Mycroft by the moniker, "the British government."

Malloy didn't find it funny, but asked seriously, "Then what does he want?"

"The Secret of André Witte."

He took Mycroft's place and stood next to Rhea, and Malloy sighed: "It's an expensive price."

Rhea was relieved to finally have someone to share with her some of her secrets, which would overwhelm her.

But what followed was another layer of secrets, but this Rhea herself didn't fully believe it, let alone share it with Malloy.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I still want to stay in England for a few more days." Rhea's attitude was serious, "I'll talk about Andri's matter after I go back."

"you know

Andrey created a company for you—”

Rhea interrupted Malloy unbearably: "Do you really believe that?"

She could swear that the reason Andri named the company Tam Fett was probably just a random thought on his mind, or he was just trying to keep her in check.

Naria would literally vomit to death if Hollywood got around that she was a Werther girl.

"I didn't believe it either." Malloy shrugged his shoulders. "But look at us now—I can't help but wonder, God, you're so charming."

It's a bad joke, and Rhea rolled her eyes. "The price of this kind of charm is too high."

Malloy pondered for a while, "So?"

She took a deep breath, with a little yearning in her tone, "I want to take a look at a British publishing house."

Let's talk about whether the matter will be successful or not. Rhea only knows that she has not seen the publication of "Harry Potter" yet, and even if the negotiation fails, she can take a look at the original manuscript.

"You want to buy the film and television copyright of the book?" Malloy quickly realized, he was thoughtful, "But why limit the scope to British publishing houses? There are also many book copyrights worth buying in the United States."

Rhea understood what he meant, and vaguely remembered a few famous themes, but the fact before her eyes was, "They are too expensive, I can't afford them."

After deducting various expenses and employment expenses, Rhea actually doesn't have that much money, and she can spend up to 200 million.

This also includes her honorarium for magazine interviews and shoots for the inside pages of the cover.

Now she is most likely to buy the unpublished "Harry Potter", and it is not certain. Even if she can afford the money, Rhea doubts whether Rowling will sell her hard work , after all, she is a polished commander.

It would definitely be smoother if the deal was negotiated under the banner of the production company, but Rhea didn't want to get involved with Andri in this matter.

In "Titanic", the situation was stronger than others, and it was impossible for Rhea to let go of the free profits.

"You want to start your own production company." He understood her thoughts. "You don't want to continue working with Andri, do you?"

Establishing their own company is something that Hollywood stars will definitely do in the end, because the Hollywood system is the producer center, and actors still have to participate in the production of movies if they want to have the greatest say.

If it weren't for these crises that have been hovering around Rhea, she would

It's not so impatient to think about this, her talent points and hard work are all added to her acting skills, but she's not that good at business.

So even if she invested in her previous life, she will still be an actress until she dies.

"No matter how much benefit he gave me, he would make me do terrible things. I can't believe him." Rhea was very suspicious. If Andri knew how much he was going to give her in the end, would he just strangle her? Kill her, or simply let her die?

If there is no such inexplicable episode of mutants, Rhea would like to cooperate with Malloy. Although they have differences, their cooperation has been smooth so far.But now she has to put a question mark on her agent.

In all her social circles, Rhea has only found Malloy, a carrier of the mutated gene, and she has no idea about the probability of this mutated outbreak.

They were quiet for a while, immersed in their respective troubles, and Malloy still remembered the purpose of his coming to find Rhea: "In this case, let's think about the things in front of us first, anyway, I know you can't be peaceful become a Hollywood actress."

"However, if it's true, you won't be able to be a Hollywood superstar. If you have something to do with politics-you will be endowed with a legendary color." Speaking of this, Malloy can still laugh: "Okay, you Time to get back to the party, Diva."

It was a bit late when Rhea returned to the hotel, and she wanted to lie down and rest directly.

But when she received a call from someone else, Rhea could only choose to connect first. She was surprised but not so strange when she received this call.

"...Congratulations on winning the Best Actress Award."

"Thanks, William." Then Rhea remembered, "But shouldn't you be at school right now?"

Since the exchange of contact information, the communication between them has not been completely interrupted. There are still several intermittent calls in the middle, and William can always find a topic that she cannot refuse.

When the topic is limited to normal categories such as movies, performing arts, and family, Rhea can't find a reason to unilaterally interrupt it all.

In particular, she still regrets the fact that she met William alone and was discovered. It seems that it has not been completely resolved until now. Although it was not her fault, most of the staring results were borne by William.

She could imagine the dire straits of being surrounded by scandals.

In the period of voice change, William's voice has changed a little, but his tone is still the same as before:

"It's a break, and I don't want to miss such an important moment for you."

Rhea hesitated, but in the end she confirmed again: "William, have you been affected?"

"what happened?"

"I heard some rumors when I came to the UK this time." Rhea recalled this and still found it funny. "I don't know, most of them are too exaggerated. I hope it won't hurt you."

She has benefited, but it is not certain whether the other party will receive a warning and ideological education.

Regardless of whether the media, true or false, will definitely criticize him as soon as he reports it.

"If you mean the version I heard—" the man laughed over the phone: "That's the exact real news, we did see your film at Buckingham Palace, there's a screening room there that plays DVDs. "

"I don't know what's going on in Downing Street. But my classmates all know you, so I have a little more confidence in myself. You're really good at acting."

She noticed something different, that William had become a little more mature.

William comforted her in turn: "Don't worry, Rhea, you won't cause me trouble. If this has anything to do with me, I'm glad I can help you."

"Then will this affect you?" He would draw inferences from one instance, and after expressing his position, William was asking her about her attitude: "Will your boyfriend be angry?"

In order to clarify the relationship, Rhea told William that she already had a boyfriend. She didn't like to make the relationship sticky. Friends are friends, and lovers are lovers. The difference between the two is still very clear.

This reminded Rhea that she should tell Leonardo that she couldn't wait for these messy things to spread to Hollywood, although she didn't know what was going on before she came.

But Rhea did not reveal any abnormalities on the phone, "I think he will be happy for me."

"If you are not in a hurry to go back, you can stay in England for a while." William responded quickly, and then he added: "I can come out on weekends."

Rhea couldn't imagine what that "coming out" scene would have been like, but she told William directly: "Sorry, I've got an appointment with Bloomsbury Press."

In fact, Rhea has explicitly and implicitly refused many times.

The other party didn't make it clear, Rhea couldn't just say "I don't like you" to him directly.

And they will not cut off contact, not to mention the previous kidnapping incident, William did try to help her, and he also helped

Now, Rhea couldn't deny that.

She regarded William as a very young junior, but William felt that they should be of the same age, and this was the biggest problem between them.

But the problem is, he really can't be counted as a child anymore.

But Rhea didn't find a reason to shirk. She really made an appointment with Bloomsbury Publishing House. It didn't take Rhea too much effort to find out which publishing house "Harry Potter" signed, Marlowe. Yi easily found a publishing house for her and even made an appointment for her.

Although the first part has not yet been published, it is already in preparation and will be released soon.

Through the publishing house as an intermediary, Rhea met JK Rowling directly, and she knew very well that the next step was the trouble.

Before Rhea introduced herself, Rowling shook her hand, "When Barry told me, I couldn't believe it. You really wanted to meet me. I was watching you accept the award on TV! "

Barry Cunningham was Rowling's editor, and Rhea contacted him to finally determine the publisher of Harry Potter.

Although Rhea just wanted to buy "Harry Potter", in order to avoid the accident of being questioned as a "mutant" again, she had to go around a lot to determine her goal.

She first wanted to find magical children's books, and then claimed that she could not find satisfactory books on the market, and wanted unpublished projects.

It is not difficult to understand that books that are not on the market will be cheaper before they have been tested by the market.

Then Barry Cunningham took the initiative to recommend this project to them, and the reason is very simple. Before the book was published, the publishing house paid a remuneration first, and Rowling could not get the subsequent royalties. Now it is also very short of money.

So she also needs this opportunity to sell film and television copyright.

The question is who to sell to.

"Congratulations on winning the Best Actress Award." Because Rhea won the British film award, it was more interesting to chat with Rowling.

"Thanks, I've seen your work, I think it's very interesting, I want to see the next story soon, it will be a series, right?"

When Rhea was looking at the British female writer, JK Rowling was also looking at her. Although Rhea Noren is an American actress, she is not so unfamiliar to the British.

Red hair, blue eyes and snow skin, this highly saturated color combination makes this young beauty more attractive. She is thinner than on the screen in real life, but she is not much different from those delicate and beautiful characters.

, still looks young and beautiful.

Rowling didn't realize that Rhea deliberately incorporated a British accent when she spoke. She just felt that the American girl was very comfortable and friendly, "Yes, this is a grand magical world, I can't use it. A story full of space."

But she still hesitates to sell her children: "You are really young, Rhea, you are a very good actor, but I don't understand why you are buying the film and television rights of books now, you don't even have your own. production company."

The question was posed to Rhea, but it was more convincing to have Malloy answer it, because he was more reliable to Rowling.

"If you are worried that we will not shoot after we buy the copyright, this will not be a problem. In fact, Rhea already has a production company, but it was built by her in cooperation with others. We are worried that some problems will occur, so we hope that Rhea Ya can have an independent project under his own name." Malloy's appearance of an elite is also very intimidating.

Rhea is attacking the weakness, and Malloy is in charge of being tough. This attitude will undoubtedly reassure Rowling. Even if she has good expectations for the movie remake of her novel, it is difficult not to bow her head under such cramped reality.

She does need money.

But Hollywood producers have a bad habit. At any time, they always have a lot of films planned, but only one-tenth or even one-twentieth of them really want to make.Many directors and writers are busy working on films that will never make it to the silver screen.

So Rowling is worried that Rhea has no real plans to make "Harry Potter".

But compared to those arrogant big production companies, Rhea Noren's asking price is higher, and the conditions are also very favorable. No matter who owns the copyright in the end, Rowling can enjoy 5% of the box office.Without investment, the major studios will not divide the box office anyway.

When it came to the end, Rhea only got one sentence, "I want to think about it."

She didn't know how long Rowling would think about it. If she remembered correctly, the film and television copyright of "Harry Potter" was sold to Time Warner, and they also bought out the entire series very early. Warner's appetite Even bigger, they directly bought the copyrights related to the peripherals.

The highest price Rhea could afford was 200 million, and now she is offering 100 million.

She actually hopes to buy it in her own name and become Sal Zaenz who owns the right to adapt "Lord of the Rings".

The British who held the copyright of Tolkien's famous works

Ren is also the producer of "The English Patient", and Rhea met him at the awards ceremony.

Even though he didn't make either of these lucrative projects himself, Peter Jackson had to go through Sal Zaentz before he could bring the film to life.

It turned out to be because he owed Miramax boss Weinstein a favor while filming The English Patient that pushed the project forward.

Malloy suggested that she buy it in the name of the company, but Rhea insisted that the adaptation rights of "Harry Potter" belong to her, and she refused to share more with Andre. The more involved later, the uglier the breakup scene will be.

He was a little skeptical, "Do you think you can succeed?"

In fact, the key to this matter depends on when Time Warner bought "Harry Potter". If they are lucky enough to get ahead and see no other hope for the time being, Rowling will agree to them soon.

When doing this, Rhea was worried that it would be too obvious. Should she search carefully to show her appearance? She is really noticed by too many people now.

However, she had already had too many good luck at the award ceremony, and it was impossible for her to be so lucky all the way, and Malloy soon brought her a bad news: "A production company started to contact Rowling."

at this time?Who can be so sure of the value of "Harry Potter" as she is?

Rhea felt strange: "Who?"

"Temfeet, Andrei Witte offered two million."

She had to admire herself for being able to calmly ask Malloy when she heard this, "When did this happen?"

"Just the day after we left."

Malloy was very cautious as he spoke, he seemed worried that Rhea would scream hysterically, and she looked very likely to do so.

But she just took a deep breath and managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Okay, from now on, I am a member of the British government."

If Time Warner offered this price, Rhea would definitely give up, but Andre Witter competed with her for this, and Rhea didn't want to lose at all.

Compared with Andri, what advantage does she have, she——

"I want to see JK Rowling."

Malloy was astonished, "At this time?"

Rhea was so angry that she lost her mind, she was almost at the dividing line of reason, she rolled her eyes: "Take advantage of me, step on my corpse first!"

The author has something to say:

Warner used 100 million to buy out the entire series of HP. Rowling made her fortune by selling books, and the film and television rights sold at a loss...