Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 1069 Is this Charlize Theron?
The secretary's office suddenly told him that someone had contacted him, but Hideki Hanyu didn't have a strong impression of the name Dani Hermanius.

Following his secretary's reminder, Hideki Yuzuru immediately searched his memory and quickly recalled a memory.

That was a very unique, niche magical realism film shown at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

After watching the movie, he did give the director his business card.

Although it's not a personal business card, it's still a card that can directly contact the secretary's office, enough for the secretary to relay the message to him.

After thinking it over, Hideki Yuzuru asked his secretary.

"What does he want from me?"

The secretary on the other end of the phone replied, "He said he's in Los Angeles and wants you to see his new script."

"So you wanted to attract investment for your new movie."

When Hideki Yuzuru heard that it was such a trivial matter, he immediately lost interest.

I had intended to send them to De Laurentiis Entertainment or Castle Rock Films, letting those two companies focused on independent films simply invest some money and call it a day.

But the moment he said it, he felt he should look at the script first. If it was bad, he could just refuse it and save himself the trouble of his subordinates.

After all, many times, a big shot can casually utter a single sentence, but in the end, it's the ordinary people who suffer the consequences.

Anyway, he has no other plans for tomorrow except for the party tonight.

So, when the words were about to come out, Hideki Hanyu changed his mind.

"Arrange for him to meet me at Red Maple Manor tomorrow morning."

"Yes, sir."

Hideki Hanyu hung up the phone with his secretary and turned around to see Monica Bellucci walking in, holding her daughter.

Qiuhua reached out and handed her daughter to Hideki Hanyu, then asked.

"I've arranged to meet the designer at his house in Hongbigang tomorrow. Would you like to come with me?"

Hideki Hanyu replied, "Just design it according to your preferences."

During the few days that Hideki Hanyu was in San Jose, Monica Bellucci, with the help of her aunt, officially bought the hilltop mansion in Humboldt.

However, Qiu Hua was not satisfied with the somewhat outdated interior design of the house, so she planned to redesign it.

But Hideki Hanyu wasn't interested in that kind of thing at all; it wasn't his usual residence.

Anyway, as long as you're willing to spend the money, the final result will definitely be good.

Seeing that Monica Bellucci was still unwilling to give up, Hideki Hanyu quickly interjected, "You can focus on talking to the designer tomorrow. I can take care of your daughter. I don't have any work scheduled for tomorrow."

However, you must take your daughter away before evening, because I will be hosting friends from the East Coast at Red Maple Manor tonight.

After hearing what Hideki Hanyu said, Monica Bellucci had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​having Hideki Hanyu accompany her to meet the designer.

However, we can leave tomorrow's matter aside, but she has no intention of letting Hideki Hanyu go today.

After a few days apart, the flowers immediately and passionately clung to me.

Startled, Hideki Yuzuru quickly tried to dissuade her, saying, "Eva isn't asleep yet, don't be in such a hurry."

But his words clearly had no effect.

"I'm entrusting the child to you, and you entrust the child to me."

As Monica Bellucci spoke, she slowly began to climb down.

……

The date is January 22nd.

Hideki Yuzuru, accompanied by his daughter Daiwa, arrived at the Red Maple Manor early in the morning.

On the vast lawn, under the bright sunshine, Hideki Yuzuru held his daughter as they played behind the beautiful peacocks in the Red Maple Manor.

The peacock, which is usually undisturbed, is in real trouble today, being chased around by the father and daughter.

However, just as Hideki Hanyu and his daughter were having a great time, Marco came to report.

"Boss, Danny Hermanius has arrived."

Hideki Yuzuru instructed, "Take him to the living room, I'll be right there."

Marco added, "He wasn't alone; he brought a girl with him, who introduced herself as his student. She looked quite young."

"I see."

As Hideki Yuzuru spoke, he had already carried his daughter and walked towards the edge of the lawn.

The peacock, who had been tormented all morning, was finally rescued.

After returning to his room, Hideki Hanyu did not immediately go to see Dani Hermanius.

He first changed himself and his daughter out of their dirty clothes from playing on the grass, tidied themselves up a bit, and then went to the living room.

Upon entering the living room, Hideki Hanyu immediately saw the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa, who was none other than Dani Hermanius, whom he had met at the Cannes Film Festival.

Next to Danny Hermanius sat a slender white girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old with short black hair.

The girl's appearance gave Hideki Yuzuru a sense of familiarity, but he couldn't pinpoint who that familiarity referred to.

Just as Hideki Yuzuru was observing the two of them, the two of them also noticed Hideki Yuzuru carrying his daughter as he walked in.

Danny Hermanius quickly helped the girl up and greeted Hideki Hanyu first.

"Hello, Mr. Seraphim, I'm so sorry to bother you so suddenly."

Hideki Hanyu replied in a seemingly approachable manner, "Director Danny, you're too kind. I greatly admired your talent at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and I'm glad that you thought of me first when you had a new work."

At this point, Hideki Hanyu pointed to his daughter in his arms and introduced her, "This is my daughter, Eva."

Upon hearing this, Danny Hermanius sincerely praised, "Your daughter is as lovely as an angel."

"Thanks for the compliment."

After accepting the praise on behalf of his daughter, Hideki Hanyu turned his gaze to the girl next to Dani Hermanius.

“I heard from the bodyguard that this is director Danny’s student.”

"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce my student to you."

Danny Hermanius quickly introduced Hideki Hanyu.

"Actually, film directing is just a side job for me. My main job is running a professional performing arts school in Johannesburg."

She was a student at my school, and one of the best, mainly studying ballet and acting.

Unfortunately, she injured her knee during training last year and had to give up ballet studies to focus on acting.

After graduating from high school this year, she was invited to Milan to work as a model, but her mother and I both felt that she was more suited to be an actress.

So, when I came to Hollywood to submit my script, I decided to bring her to Los Angeles to look for opportunities and see if I could help her find a suitable school there for more in-depth acting training.

It's clear that Danny Hermanius values ​​this student highly; he's already talked about so much about the student before even discussing his own script.

As they were talking, they had all sat down.

Danny Hermanius, who was busy with the introduction, suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten to say something, and quickly pointed to the girl and said to Hideki Hanyu.

“I almost forgot to tell you, sir, my student’s name is Charlize Theron.” “Hmm?”

Hideki Hanyu was genuinely surprised.

He truly never expected that he would meet Charlize Theron, who would later be known as "The Queen of Theron," "South African Diamond," "Hollywood's First Blonde Beauty," and "The Devil Queen," in such a way.

However, this part of his emotions only accounted for a small portion of his surprise.

After all, he had met far too many famous people from his previous life since he transmigrated.

Among them, countless well-known beauties were seduced by him.

Charlize Theron's words, however, were not enough to surprise him greatly.

At this moment, amidst the unexpected emotions, there was actually more of a question.

"You're saying this girl is Charlize Theron?"

With thin arms and legs, sunburned skin, and a somewhat immature demeanor, she had absolutely no presence.

She looks like a farm girl who has just finished working on the farm and has been brought out to meet people.

Even though she bears a resemblance to Charlize Theron, it's hard to connect her with the stunning Hollywood star of later generations.

No wonder he felt a sense of familiarity upon first glance, but couldn't recognize the person immediately.

(Young Charlize Theron picture)

Seeing Charlize Theron's tense expression, glancing at her every now and then, and then at her daughter Eva, Hideki Hanyu ultimately said nothing.

Instead, he turned to Danny Hermanius and asked, "Since we're here to discuss the script, let me take a look first."

"Ok."

Danny Hermanius quickly picked up an old briefcase from beside him, took out the bound script, and handed it to Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu opened the script and found that although it was handwritten in English, the writing was neat and tidy, making it very pleasant to read.

However, a neat script does not necessarily mean a good story.

As Hideki Hanyu quickly flipped through the script, he realized that its creation could only be described as "mediocre."

To put it simply, this new script is not even as inspired as the film that Dani Hermanius made when Hideki Hanyu met him in Cannes.

Although it still retains some personal style and characteristics, the script as a whole is a formulaic and stereotypical story.

This is not a problem for commercial films.

However, this is the least desirable approach for independent art films.

Finally, after Hideki Hanyu read the entire script, he bluntly told Danny Hermanius.

"I'm sorry, Director Danny, but in my opinion, your script is completely worthless for filming."

"Sir, can you tell me why?"

Danny Hermanius asked somewhat eagerly.

If the person in front of him were just an ordinary Hollywood investor, Danny Hermanius might have discussed artistic creation with him.

The problem is that Hideki Hanyu is not simply a businessman.

He is also a world-renowned writer and artist, and has even personally written best-selling music and film scripts.

Dani Hermanius would absolutely not dare to make any irresponsible remarks about art in front of Hideki Hanyu.

"The reason I said your script has no filming value, rather than no investment value, is that I think an art film should never start by considering return on investment."

Art films need to consider the core of the story, the creative style, the inner concept, the narrative characteristics, and everything that is unique to it.

It doesn't have to be unconventional, but it must have something you want to express.

But I didn't see any of that in your film. All I saw was you abandoning your unique characteristics and compromising with everything that could be compromised.

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, Danny Hermanius said in a trembling voice, "So this script has no chance?"

Hideki Hanyu frankly stated, "At least there's no chance for me."

"I'm sorry to bother you, sir."

Danny Hermanius stood up to say goodbye, looking somewhat forlorn.

He knew very well that it was already extremely rare for a big shot like Hideki Yuzuru to take the time to see him, so there was no need for him to deliberately lie to him.

"It's okay, artistic creation is not something that can be accomplished overnight."

Hideki Hanyu, carrying his daughter who was sleeping with her head resting on his shoulder, escorted Danny Hermanius and Charlize Theron to the door.

"Thank you so much for meeting me and for telling me so much. I'll take my leave now."

After Danny Hermanius finished speaking, he prepared to leave with Charlize Theron.

As Hideki Hanyu looked at the still-naive "South African Diamond," he said one more thing before parting.

“I do have some connections in Hollywood. If Director Danny has any difficulties finding a school for Miss Charlize, he can contact my secretary’s office.”

"Thank you, sir. I will certainly seek your help if needed."

After Danny Hermanius finished speaking, he and Charlize Theron left.

Hideki Hanyu's first meeting with this future Hollywood beauty ended abruptly, with the two not even exchanging a single formal word.

After the two left, Hideki Hanyu quickly put the matter out of his mind.

At noon, Monica Bellucci arrived at Red Maple Estate, had lunch with Hideki Hanyu, and then left with her daughter Eva.

As soon as Qiu Hua left, the service company entered Red Maple Manor and began preparing for the evening's party.

As the sun began to set, Bill Hart of New Century Brokerage arrived ahead of time, accompanied by a fleet of beautiful women filling nearly ten vans.

"Sir, everything has been prepared according to your instructions. I guarantee they are all beautiful women, many of whom have acted in Hollywood."

"What about the physical examination?"

Whether someone is a celebrity or not, Hideki Hanyu doesn't care at all; as long as they're pretty, that's enough for him.

Besides that, what he values ​​most is, of course, safety.

After all, the "friends" he was hosting this time were all big shots from the East Coast, and there absolutely could not be any potential problems.

"Please rest assured, sir. I personally took them to the medical examination this morning. It was at the most professional medical examination hospital in Hollywood. I personally checked the reports of each person and I guarantee there are no problems."

Hideki Hanyu said with satisfaction, "You did a great job. Give the medical report to my secretary, and then you can leave. Just give me the expense list after the party."

"If anything happens, sir, you can contact me. My men are on standby outside."

Bill Hart took his leave with a slightly obsequious air.

Hideki Hanyu had no time to greet them, because Karl Mape and his "friends" had already arrived.

Hideki Hanyu opened his arms and warmly greeted him.

"Welcome to Red Maple Manor. We hope you have a great time."

(End of this chapter)