Hollywood Rhapsody

On the day when the Oscar nominations were announced, the second episode of "Age of Love" aired, and nearly 2000 million viewers shocked the WB executives—

"Because of that girl? From 500 million viewers in the first episode to 2000 million in the second episode? Apart from that amazing Sarah, apart from the storm of prophets caused by an Oscar nomination, what else could it be because of?"

"Kevin, casting this girl in the cast is your biggest success, is the next script written? Hey, give her more roles, I know she is the female supporting role, but she can bring four times the ratings, Can Katie? Look at the ratings stats, there’s a clear spike in the second half of Sarah’s appearance, what’s this? It’s money!”

Compared with TV networks that value commercial value, the focus of those viewers is obviously elsewhere.

"I want to be your boyadventure... Yes, it's not just Dawson who wants to be the hero of her romantic love story, I also want to, look at how beautiful she is, no wonder it will cause two boys to fight."

"She shouldn't be playing this kind of high school girl, she's too talented, at least it should be more mysterious, even Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Mysterious prophet, beautiful elf princess, oh, if Lord of the Rings can make Just make it into a movie!"

"This girl is too young, Sarah Stern? Is it true what the Los Angeles Times said? Average family background, mother died early, father was disabled... and she just gave birth to a son? Holyshit! How can this kind of family Birth prophet?"

"No, I don't believe it. I don't believe a word of the Los Angeles Times. This Sarah Stern must have a background. Maybe she is the daughter of a Hollywood bigwig. Have you read today's newspaper? They say Sarah is the little angel of Oscar, hmph, maybe she is the daughter of the chairman of Oscar?"

"You all guessed wrong, that girl is not human at all, she is an alien, an alien from the future, just like the Terminator."

"No, no, she is actually a wizard, a magical prophet. Have you ever read a British novel called "Harry Potter"? It says it all, there are wizards everywhere in this world It exists, it's a pity that we Muggles don't know..."

……

Sarah was very interested to find that after the night of the Oscar nominations, the tabloids that originally reported her "tragic" family and dark history suddenly changed direction, and disappeared in an increasingly weird direction. Science Fiction and Fantasy!

Because of Sarah’s relationship, the crew almost kept making jokes. Every day between shootings, someone would come to share with Sarah the bizarre statement they just heard, and Sarah would usually respond with “Really? So I’m XX?” or “It’s actually So? My biological father is actually XXX?"

"Hahaha, Sarah, this tabloid interviewed your high school classmate, who claimed to have seen a space fly past your door!" Joshua threw a newspaper to Sarah, and the whole person fell down laughing. In the seat, I was almost out of breath.

"Oops! This is too bad, I should silence you all!" Sarah covered her mouth with her hand, showing a surprised expression, and the next second directly smashed the newspaper into Joshua's head.

"Hey! Angel Oscar, please pay attention to your demeanor!" Joshua couldn't escape the blow because he was nestled in the seat. He hugged his head and exaggeratedly cried out, accusing Sarah of losing the demeanor of an angel.

"Ha, Joshua, you look like a balled hedgehog now, ugly." Katie and James, having just finished their part, joined the conversation with a smile.

After receiving the lunch handed by Sarah, Katie asked enviously while eating: "Will you walk the red carpet with the Titanic crew? With Leonardo? It is said that James Cameron promised you Leonardo One more kiss? Oh, Sarah, you are so lucky, I'm starting to envy you."

"No, no, Leonardo's kiss? That was just a joke." Sarah took Katie's hand and looked into the distance with longing eyes, as if imagining Oscar and the handsome Leonardo, but very Soon she retracted her gaze again, and looked at Katie with a serious and even somewhat serious gaze.

"What's wrong? Sarah? The look in your eyes makes me feel hairy." Katie was feeling a little pissed in her heart. She was really jealous of Sarah, her beautiful blond hair and blue eyes, her magical prophecy, and her falling from the sky. Oscar.And Sarah's serious gaze made her feel guilty, as if her dark thoughts had been seen through by Sarah.

"Don't be nervous, my dear, I'm just attracted by your unique temperament...guesswhat? In fact, you are the enviable girl. If my feeling is right, you will be married to a super handsome superstar , and finally step into the palace of marriage." Sarah tried her best to make her voice sound ethereal, just like the video she posted on Prophecy.com, although there was no post-production special effects and no low-light processing, but suddenly her whole person's temperament was Changed, that's enough to bluff.

"Wow..." Even the ADHD Joshua was shocked.

Katie's beautiful eyes were wide open, and she was speechless for a long time, unable to utter a word.

"Really...really?" James asked vaguely while biting the hamburger, but accidentally choked on it.

"Of course, if you believe me, you won't ask..." Just like the video on Prophecy.com, Sarah blurted out that line skillfully. Now her belly is twitching. It is also a technical job, at least it has high requirements for acting skills, and it must not be laughed at.

Katie held Sarah's hand tightly, and took two deep breaths before finally waking up from that astonishing prophecy. Not yearning for happiness and love?Although she was dubious about Sarah's words, she couldn't help but trust Sarah with Oscar nominations and subjective intentions behind.

So, with only a small "truth", Sarah cleverly resolved the future Tom Tom's hostility towards her-women are the most dangerous species in the world, and Sarah didn't want to have to pay for her when the crew was filming. Playing scheming with the same group of actors, but fortunately, women are also the most complicated and purest species, so she can handle this small case.

Perhaps in the past, Sarah would be interested in going around and even talking with Katie, but now, she has a big case in her hand that has attracted all her attention. If she hadn't been filming in the crew, she would probably have flown to Stanford.

"Yes, I am very interested in your project, and thank you for flying to the set. Although there are no big stars here, I promise you will definitely make a worthwhile trip." Three days later, Sarah entertained Larry Penny on the set. Chi and Sergey Brin.

In fact, she has no professional research on search engines, and she has no work experience in this field, but she has at least 20 years of insight, and it is these "pseudo-creative ideas" that drive the two future Internet giants far away. Attracted, of course, what attracted them was her wallet.

"Prophecy.com has only been open for a week, but guess what I'm going to say, this new.new.site is already profitable! It only took a week to become self-financing. For me, for all entrepreneurs This is all very gratifying news." Sarah paused here, she was very satisfied to see the surprise and curiosity in the eyes of Page and Brin, and she compared herself with a V in her heart, knowing that Page Two would be interested!And what she said next made the two feel very substitutable, "I recently talked with some entrepreneurs and found that most of them lacked planning at the beginning, especially those with professional technical background..."

Page and Brin looked at each other in unison.

Seeing this, Sarah just smiled slightly, and continued to say: "This kind of people may not know the market well enough, or they may not be confident enough in their own things, so many people start with trepidation, and then even whether the new company can survive. I don't know until next month, in their minds, let's wait and see for three months, if this company is not dead, then OK, we can think about what to do next..."

Although Page and Brin didn't speak, their eyes told Sarah - she was right!

"Well, in fact, this kind of thinking is very common and very practical. When you have nothing, you can think too much, but I personally think that other things can be ignored. How to make a profit, that is, what the product depends on to survive, you must think about it. Think about it." Sarah spread her hands and swung them up and down like a scale, "Human energy is limited, we can't expect a person to be proficient in technology and good at business at the same time, and this is what we can do. The reason for the partnership. Yes, I know you have concerns, after all, I am too young to be trusted, but look, how many people can own their own company at the age of 17 and start to make a profit? Let the Los Angeles Times chase after you when you were young, and spend money on drafts?"

Sarah raised a confident smile. This is her achievement. Although she did not change the world like Bill Gates, nor was she popular all over the world like Leonardo, but she has the current achievement at the age of 17. It is enough to amaze most people, but is this charm enough to conquer the future Internet giants?Sarah sipped the somewhat lukewarm coffee with a confident expression on her face, as if she wasn't nervous about Page and Brin's decision, but no one could see that the hand under her table was tightly clenched to the corner of her clothes.

For Sarah, Google is like a golden brick that has been delivered to her hand. If she can’t pick it up in her pocket, Sarah’s heart will bleed. This has nothing to do with morality, although Sarah once hesitated for a moment Do you want to attack Google? However, this stupid idea was only persisted for a second before being discarded by Sarah——Whynot?Whether you say she is greedy or shameless, she just doesn't want to miss this opportunity!And now, sitting in a coffee shop near the set, it's not Page and Brin who are in fact seeking funding, but her, Sarah, being "interviewed."When the "interview" performance ended, she was anxiously looking forward to it like every little girl waiting for an offer...

Just like any success is not achieved overnight, it is rare even for a novice lottery buyer to win 500 million in one purchase, so Sarah has enough patience with Page and Brin, she is like an experienced hunter, throwing out the bait little by little , to lure fat and beautiful prey into the cage, and this hunting process lasted for nearly two months.In the end, Sarah swollen her face to pretend to be fat, and invested 150 million yuan, including the first season of "Age of Love", the Los Angeles Times manuscript fee and part of the prophet's advertising revenue, to "Google Future Tense".She made a lot of small calculations, and kindly invited Page and Brin to join Prophecy.com, dreaming of turning Google, a future Internet giant, into a small department of Prophecy.com. After the results, Google and Prophecy.com are still two independent entities, but Sarah successfully upgraded her identity from an investor to a founder with her insights in the next 20 years, and she exclusively owned 49% of the company's shares.

"Is it stupid to make a concession of 1% of the shares? No, of course not." Sarah, who had already flown back to her home in Los Angeles, was talking on the phone with Allen with a smile, while chatting with little Noah, which caused the little guy to giggle.

"Why? You are obviously the founder and sole investor. It is not too much to take at least 51% of the shares. After all, you are almost responsible for the entrepreneurial risk alone. Even if it fails, the other two people have nothing to do except waste some time. Loss." Allen's voice came from the receiver, he seemed a little upset, he sighed, and said earnestly, "You should have told me earlier, my roommate is very experienced in this area, and will definitely help you talk about it higher stake."

"Haha, thank you for your kindness, but I think you misunderstood. The final shareholding ratio was proposed by me on my own initiative. Because in my opinion, this 1% is a well-intentioned statement, and Page and Brin still have the greatest say .Professionals do professional things, and they are obviously more professional than me in search engines. I am optimistic about them, support them, and provide advice, but I will never use shares to pressure others to dictate their research. In other words, it is still They are the masters of the company." Sarah's tone sounded open-minded and generous, but only she knew how much truth there was in what she said, and how much it was an inexplicable apology to Page and Brin. This reborn eats half?Sarah had no choice but to find that she couldn't bear it.

"But I still feel that you are at a disadvantage. Your genius ideas are a hundred times stronger than those two people, and they are worth a hundred times! Hey, silly girl, you are too young and too simple..." Allen sighed helplessly, and The blond young man who sat by the phone and listened quietly on the speakerphone had a thoughtful expression on his face.

Sarah never knew that there was a third person listening to her call, let alone that after hanging up the phone, the two people over there were still talking about her.

"Did you hear it all? Do you understand why you lost?" Allen lay on his bed, put his hands behind his head, and gloated at his roommate.

"Understood a little." Ian's tone was light and no emotion could be heard, but his eyes stopped on the phone with a flash of interest. He combed the blond hair on his forehead with his hands to the back of his head, and supported his forehead for a long time He asked again, "Is this a personal charm? My 500 million yuan is no match for her 150 million yuan."

"What? 500 million!" Allen fell off the bed in shock, his eyes widened, "Crazy, crazy, that project is really worth 500 million? No, you never invested Missed... Ah! I see! Good Ian, you are not looking for a project at all!"

……

This time, Sarah was granted leave from the film crew to come back to participate in the Oscars. The schedule is very tight, but she still seized everything possible to get close to her dear son, Noah, and filled up the milk powder. Sarah turned into a "abuse" son. Unscrupulous stepmother: "Mom, mom, baby, you can eat delicious food when you call mom! Be good, call, mom, mom..."

Little Noah pursed his mouth, his big beautiful eyes closely followed the movement of the bottle up and down, but he couldn't eat the food in front of him. The poor little guy was so wronged that tears were about to come out, but he was unscrupulous and cheap. My mother is still relentless, bad!Little Noah's eyes were watery, he was hungry, and he was happy...

"PA! PA! PA!" The little baby stretched out his small hand to the bottle, and finally opened his mouth under the temptation of food.

Arthur immediately ran over to appease the eldest grandson with a big smile on his face, and while scolding Sarah, he was happy because the little baby called him grandpa. At least he thought that this "PA" was the affectionate call of his good grandson.And Sarah stuffed the bottle into little Noah's mouth dejectedly, watching his little mouth squirm quickly, as if she was afraid that she would be deprived of the right to eat in the next moment, Sarah pouted and fought against her son , but looking at those watery innocent eyes, she blamed herself a little bit—bad person!Sarah you are so mean!I saw my son was bullied and cried!

Perhaps it was moved by the mother's pitiful appearance. When the little guy was full and burped in his mother's arms, suddenly, without warning, a syllable came from the milky little mouth. Out of nowhere: "MA! MA!"

……

She was called "Mom" for the first time in her two lifetimes, and Sarah's whole body was almost floating, so when Joseph came to the door, he saw a beautiful and silly girl who could only hug her son and giggle.

"Didn't we agree on family activities? Let's go rent a dress and buy some clothes for you and Noah." Sarah was very surprised by Joseph's arrival, and went upstairs to the bedroom in the name of changing clothes, and Arthur also Followed up very tacitly.

"My leg hurts a little today, so I called Joseph, you just need a driver, don't you?" Arthur was already picking out the clothes for Sarah from the closet while talking, seeing Sarah's hands crossed her chest, motionless I pretended to be a puppet on the ground, and finally compromised, "Okay, I admit that I am making trouble, but dear Sarah, Joseph is really a nice boy. During the days when you were filming, he often came to visit me and Noah, and helped Quite a lot, not only me, but Noah likes him too... I mean, he should be a great dad..."

"What!" Sarah yelled strangely, "No, no, Arthur, Joseph? Great dad? I think you must have misunderstood something!"

"Uh...I didn't say anything, it's just an objective evaluation..." Arthur said so, but the expression of "you understand" made Sarah go crazy.

But this time, Arthur seemed to have prepared the draft a long time ago, and without giving Sarah a chance to speak, he continued: "Listen Sarah, I think what I'm going to say next may be a very serious question, maybe I Too much to think about, but as a father, I worry about you."

"What? What do I have to worry about?" Sarah spread her hands and stared for a while, and felt that Arthur in front of her was inexplicable.

"Look, you're like a workaholic, you're filming, writing film reviews, starting a company, and at the same time worrying about Noah and me, and keeping up with your studies. There are so many things that are too heavy for anyone. Possibly a breakdown. Sarah, you're pushing yourself too hard, you're not enjoying the fun that a normal high school girl should be, and I think it's anomalous, you're a different person, you're going from one extreme to the other At one extreme, I am proud of you, but at the same time, as a father, I am also deeply worried." Arthur spoke earnestly during the call, and Sarah was speechless for a moment.

"WOW! I didn't expect... Arthur..." Sarah was stunned for a long time before finally organizing her words, but found that compared with all explanations, a big hug could better express her complicated mood at the moment.She put her head on Arthur's chest, rubbed it coquettishly like a little girl, and then said slowly and softly, "Arthur, Arthur, you are so caring, I love you, you are a Good dad, the best dad in the world, thank you for being so silent and worrying about me. But look, I'm happy now, I love acting, I love movies, I love life, I'm having fun, and I feel better than I used to Now is life, more fulfilling and more meaningful, what do you think?"

"Okay, as long as you're happy." Arthur rubbed the top of Sarah's hair, and then lightly kissed her daughter's forehead, "Then, let's not waste time, quickly put on a beautiful dress and go downstairs Go, don't make the handsome guy below wait too long."

"...But what I said before was to be with you!" Sarah hugged her skirt and plopped down on the bed, staring at the bedroom door closed by Arthur, as if trying to make a hole there.

……

Joseph kindly brought Sarah to a private dress customization studio. It is said that his aunt often patronizes it. Although it is not a big brand, it has a great sense of design. The most important thing is that it can get a very low discount price.Sarah was skeptical about unknown designers, but when she saw beautiful dresses appearing in front of her eyes, she decided not to think too much about it, and insisted on not letting Joseph pay for it in the end.As for the father who desperately wanted to be a matchmaker at home?Go back and solve it slowly!

I have to say that every piece of clothing here is very good, and Sarah is completely a clothes rack, with a slender body of 1.6 meters [-], and a more exquisite figure because of a production experience, her figure can be scored full marks, and It's as if every piece of clothing here is tailor-made for her.

"Young girl, you must have been kissed by God. If possible, I even want to invite you to be my exclusive model." A bald man in his 30s accompanied Sarah in choosing clothes. His words All of them have a strong artistic atmosphere and unobtrusive elegance, making Sarah unconsciously think of Nat in "The Devil Wears Prada", and his real name is Neville.

"Thank you for your compliment. These clothes are so beautiful. I'm completely picky, but I really like this beautiful blue." Sarah was wearing a sky blue tube top dress, the length of which just covered her feet. It just saved Sarah from the embarrassment of stepping on her skirt and falling down. The layer of tulle on the surface of the skirt overlaps with the pattern of the fabric underneath, just like real waves surging, making people unable to bear to look away.

"Sarah, you are like the daughter of the sea." Joseph murmured obsessively.

"Indeed, this dress is entirely made for you, but it seems that something is missing." Neville also showed admiration, he turned and hurried upstairs after speaking, and came down with a box in his hand after a while. He carefully took out the thin platinum chain, with a small drop-shaped sapphire pendant on it, "If it is paired with it, it will be perfect."

Sarah looked at herself in the mirror, the sapphire on her forehead exuded a mysterious and deep light, and there was a hint of green in the dark blue, like the blue waves in the deep sea, but her bright blue eyes were not affected by the light of the gemstone. Cover up, long eyelashes, slightly raised eyeliner, straight and small nose, pink, tender and glossy lips, and long golden hair like seaweed...

Well, what a narcissistic thing it is, but Sarah is obsessed with how she looks!

One hand of Neville rubbed back and forth on his bald head, he suddenly had an idea, he wanted to keep this girl by his side and become his exclusive model, where was she going in this dress?God, she is going to walk the red carpet of Oscars. This is really his dream advertising platform. With this opportunity, maybe his studio will become a hit!

"My dear, if you wear this dress on the red carpet, you will definitely become the most eye-catching star of the night!" Neville licked his lips and said, "I have a suggestion, if you can adopt this dress, you can Take it for free."

"Free?" This powerful word woke Sarah up from the mirror. Although she had just made an investment of 150 million, she was still very sensitive to money.She looked at Neville in disbelief, and then turned her gaze to Joseph who was aside, could it be this boy's plan?In this way, give yourself a sky-high dress?Although she seldom wears these expensive works of art, she has a full understanding and research of Hollywood, so she still remembers the annual Oscar red carpet, which is a fashion festival, and the price of a fancy dress is even enough Support the living expenses of ordinary families, and this one on her is obviously included in this list.She was still secretly heartbroken. Spending money on a dress is not the same as investing in a company. In Sarah's view, the former is a waste of time, while the latter is catching a golden hen.

And now, it’s “free”!Is pie dropping popular in the sky recently?

"Don't look at me." Joseph shrugged his shoulders innocently, and he was also very surprised now, "Perhaps your beauty conquered Neville."

Neville admitted without denying it, his eyes were dazzling with excitement: "Listen, dear Sarah, I am absolutely serious about this proposal, this is a win-win cooperation, I hope you can become my fashion model , we can sign a contract, during which my clothes will not have a price tag on you, as long as you can wear them to dinner parties, walk on the red carpet, and mention Blue Ocean Studio by the way."

"What you mean...but it sounds like a fantasy." Of course Sarah understood what Neville meant, but the young designer seemed to have misunderstood, "I think you misunderstood, I am just an ordinary family I'm a high school student, and the first American TV series I starred in just aired not long ago. I'm a newcomer who doesn't even have a coffee spot, and I will never have the opportunity to attend dinner parties and walk on the red carpet. Neville, thank you for your attention, this It is the greatest compliment to me, but I don't seem to be qualified to fulfill your contract."

"Please trust my intuition, when such a beautiful girl appears in front of the flashlight, walking on the Oscar red carpet with the famous director James Cameron, unless the world is blind, it will not see your dazzling brilliance, and you But the mysterious prophet! Your attention is definitely no less than those A-list! Those big luxury brands did not dig your gold mine in time, it is definitely their loss." Neville has full confidence in Sarah, he His tone was even a bit bewitching, "Honey, your future is limitless, and I am glad that I have a pair of eyes that know how to appreciate beauty."

……

The beautiful princess put on the most beautiful dress, waiting for her grand ball, and in the long-awaited, March 3 has finally arrived!

Arriving at the hotel where the Titanic crew stayed, Sarah was warmly received by James Cameron: "Dear Sarah, remember what we said in the coffee shop? Remember the promise I made in front of the media before? If Your prophecy of fourteen nominations came true..."

"Oh... that's enough, James, you actually prepared a lip balm for me!" Before James could finish speaking, a voice sounded with a smile.

Sarah raised her head in response, only to feel that her eyes suddenly became blurry, and the world began to spin...