Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 158 A change of taste (two-in-one)

However, the agent opposite her, Sandy Robert, was not so entangled. After seeing Wayne's reply, he happily stood up from the sofa.

"Great, it seems that Mr. Wayne is really interested in you! And he should come alone tonight. If that's the case, Avril, you must seize the opportunity for me, understand? Didn't you come up with an album? Become a big singer? If you can hook up with Mr. Wayne, it won’t be easy!”

Sandy Robert said as she paced back and forth in the room.

Then, as if he thought of something else, he quickly added: "No, even if Mr. Wayne brings other female companions, you must take the initiative for me, you know! A big shot like him must Very busy, especially he has so many women. If you miss this opportunity again, I don’t know if there will be another one! In short, you must try your best to climb into his bed tonight. If you can’t do it, If you are here, you don’t have to come back and just wait for me to release the album!”

"." Avril rolled her eyes speechlessly and almost hit Sandy Robert's head with her guitar.

However, thinking that she was still a relatively unknown newcomer and needed the help of Sandy Robert to produce the new album, she had no choice but to give up the idea.

"I know what to do!" Avril snorted with feigned disdain.

However, when night came, it was almost her turn to perform on stage, but Wayne was still nowhere to be seen in the bar.

She finally couldn't hold herself any longer and had an anxious expression on her face.

"Didn't you make an appointment to come and watch my performance? Why hasn't that guy come yet? Could it be that something happened to him on the way?"

"Should I call him and ask him?"

"But if he just forgot, or if he was just perfunctory and I didn't even think about it, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for me to call him like this?"

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Avril was pacing back and forth holding her cell phone, debating whether to call Wayne or not. Her knuckles were a little white from the exertion.

Fortunately, at this moment, a voice that she couldn't forget suddenly sounded behind her, which first startled her, and then almost made her cry with joy.

"What? Are you waiting for me again?"

"Why did you come here?"

Avril is still young after all, and singers are not as good at concealing their emotions as actors. She blurted out subconsciously before turning around, her voice full of resentment and joy, and her cool eyes that made Wayne's heart tremble. Touched.

"I'm sorry, although I really wish I wasn't late, but it's really my fault for keeping you waiting." Wayne said and couldn't help but hugged Avril's waist and pulled her into his arms.

Avril exclaimed subconsciously.

Is this the second time we meet?And they haven’t established a relationship yet, okay!
But looking at Wayne's handsome face and deep eyes that were as close as an ancient Greek sculpture, she pushed Wayne away reluctantly.

Fortunately, Wayne had already taken the initiative to let go of her at this time. At the same time, he took out the necklace he bought from a luxury store when passing by Rodeo Drive this afternoon, opened it and put it around her neck.

There’s no woman who doesn’t like sparkling jewelry, unless it’s a matter of duplicity.

What's more, the shape of this necklace is based on the guitar 'Black Strat' used by the legendary guitarist David Gilmour in the 70s. It looks even more delicate and beautiful after being shrunk.

Avril fell in love with this pendant at just one glance.

"Thank you!"

Avril, who dares to love and hate, directly accepted Wayne's gift without any false excuses.

Their eyes met, and this time without Wayne having to do anything, Avril, full of joy and sweetness, had already taken the initiative to stand on her tiptoes, hugged his neck, and kissed him.

Not far away, Sandy Robert, who originally heard Avril exclaiming and looked this way, happened to see this scene, and an excited smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Great! Now Avril Lavigne's stardom is on track!"

That night, after finishing her performance, Avril couldn't wait to hold Wayne's hand and get into the car, leaving her manager aside.

Originally, when Wayne saw her being so impatient, he thought her level was very high, but he didn't expect that she was a newbie.This made Wayne happy and smile at the same time.

This made Wayne have to lament that people really cannot be judged by their appearance, especially women.

"By the way, should I write some more songs for her?"

Wayne caressed the octopus-like blonde girl in his arms, and suddenly came up with this idea.

"It would be quite interesting to have 'my' work on her album."

"And some classic songs are composed in advance, which can better cooperate with me in putting those movies on the screen in advance."

"But in this case, I seem to have to learn some music knowledge, otherwise it will be bad."

I have to say that compared to other girls, Avril is indeed very individual. The first thing she does after waking up is to make a three-part date with him.

"I know you have many women, and I don't mind this. At the same time, I will be devoted to you, but from now on, when you go to bed with me, you can't think about other women, let alone find other women to come with you!" Avril looked stubborn. He raised his head, stared into his eyes and said.

"Of course that's no problem," Wayne agreed happily, and then joked with a smile: "But can you really do it alone?"

Avril immediately glared at him fiercely, and then didn't say anything. She just told Wayne with practical actions that she really couldn't do it.

But even though she almost fainted from exhaustion again, she still insisted on not letting go, which made Wayne feel funny and helpless at the same time.

In order to reward Avril, Wayne personally cooked a delicious lunch for her at noon. After eating together, he drove her back to the hotel and then returned to Wayne Manor.

It's not that he doesn't want to spend more time with Avril, after all, he just got this little beauty.

It's just that his 'assistant' Hannah called and told him that the script for "The Notebook" was finally finished and he had to go back and confirm it as soon as possible.

After all, the project of "The Notebook" has been entrusted for too long. Not to mention that Jessica's daily acting classes are a bit boring. Wayne also wants to end the filming of this movie quickly and start a new project.

On the other side, Sandy Robert was stunned when she saw Avril returning to the hotel with a tired look on her face.

"Why did you come back?"

Sandy Robert couldn't help but frown and asked, the worry was already written on his face. "Could it be that you got angry again and offended Mr. Wayne?"

"Fake!" Avril raised her middle finger directly at him and said angrily: "I'll come back and get my luggage!"

Sandy Robert didn't pay attention to Avril's rudeness. After hearing that she just came back to get her luggage, she breathed a sigh of relief, and her face looked much better instantly.

"Yes, yes, has Mr. Wayne arranged a new residence for you? I heard that he seems to have given each of his women a single-family villa?" Sandy Robert asked curiously.

"I didn't buy it, I rented it, but I rented it for a year at a time." Avril explained casually.

Buying and renting are obviously two different things, but for Sandy Robert, there is not much difference.

"Nonsense! Of course I know it's rented! That's a single-family villa in Beverly Hills. If you buy it, it's worth tens of millions to buy a dozen units? Even if you're a super guy like Rupert Murdoch, Even giants can't be that luxurious, okay! By the way, where is your current owner's villa?"

"Locus Neighborhood."

"That's really it! I heard that Mr. Wayne rented more than a dozen villas there and arranged many of his women there. As a result, the rent of the villas in that block has risen to [-] US dollars a month. I heard that many girls want to live there and look forward to meeting him on the street one day and attracting his attention."

"I'm not happy at all now after hearing what you said." Avril's movements to pack her luggage froze, and then she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

However, Sandy Robert snorted coldly: "Just be content! The rent alone is 36 US dollars a month, 200 US dollars a year. Although the company signed a two-album contract with you for 36 million US dollars, based on your With the speed at which records are released, on average you won’t make [-] yuan a year.”

After hearing this, Avril was not shocked. Instead, she said stubbornly: "With my strength, I will be able to earn 360 million a year before long! Or even 3600 million!"

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Sandy Robert was suddenly speechless.

Although he is very optimistic about Avril Lavigne, earning 3600 million US dollars a year is too exaggerated. In today's era, only Michael Jackson and Madonna can barely do it, right?

Even if it is 360 million, it is almost the level of a first-line singer.

"Then work hard," Sandy Robert shrugged and decisively changed the topic, "Since you have a place to live, I won't rent a house to you."

"Got it." Avril waved her hand impatiently as if to ward off flies.

I don’t know if all agents are very talkative. Anyway, as an agent, everything else about her is pretty good, but she talks a lot.

"Okay, I'm on my way. Do you need to help you call the front desk for a taxi?"

"No, Wayne said he would send a driver to pick me up later."

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About an hour later, Avril was carrying a big guitar case and two large suitcases. Under the envious eyes of Sandy Robert, she got into the Silver Angel and drove away quickly.

Obviously, it's not long before Avril leaves his men.

In his opinion, with Wayne's help, Avril Lavigne will definitely rise faster and stand higher than he originally expected.

At that time, I'm afraid he won't be able to be Avril Lavigne's manager anymore.

However, he was not too disappointed about this, because the management contract in Millikin was not signed for ten or eight years like in Bangzi Country. It was originally very short, and the artist could fire the manager at any time during the contract period.

Given Avril Lavigne's potential and the quality of the songs she has completed so far, there is a high chance that her first album will be a hit.

At that time, Avril Lavigne would definitely be targeted by those big companies and poached by them.

If he wants to use tricks to force Avril to stay, not only will it damage Avril's interests and make both parties unhappy, but he will also offend those giant companies. Losing his job and not being able to survive in this industry are all trivial matters, and he might just go to the human world. evaporated.

So from the beginning, he just wanted to make more money now, otherwise he wouldn't have put so much effort into arranging Avril to perform in that bar.

No, in less than half a month, Wayne's two rewards earned him a full $4, which is equivalent to his usual income of less than half a year.

"It's a pity that I won't be able to go to that bar in the future, but with Wayne's resources and connections, Avril should be able to get more opportunities for commercial performances, right?" Sandy Robert thought secretly.

Unlike the film and television industry, most of the money earned from record sales is actually taken away by record companies. Commercial performances and concerts are the starring channels for singers to make money.

On the other side, Wayne didn't know what Sandy Robert was thinking, otherwise he would definitely tell him that he was overthinking.

Concerts are just that. In his opinion, ordinary commercial performances are too cheap, unless they are performances at major award ceremonies, such as performances at the Oscars.

It’s just that at this time, Avril had just arrived in Los Angeles and had not yet found Cliff Magness to write "Losing Grip" and "Unwanted". Not to mention, with the help of Sandy Robert, I found The Matrix and collaborated on writing "Complicated" and "Falling Down".

The few songs she has written by herself are still a bit hard to come by.

So after he confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the script and called Mia to tell her that she could speed up preparations according to this script, he thought about whether he should write two songs for Avril Lavigne.

"Well, I spend my whole day writing scripts and filming. It seems good to have a change of taste once in a while."

Wayne couldn't help but think to himself.

However, the songs that can be remembered by him are at least in the top five of the Billboard Hot [-]. It would be a pity to just put them out and let the record company take advantage of them.

After thinking about it, he called Harvey first.

"Hi Harvey, long time no see. How are you doing?"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Wayne finally got to the point: "Is there any way you can win the halftime performance spot at the Oscars?"

Harvey on the other end of the phone couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He knew that Wayne had taken the initiative to call him, and he must have wanted his help with something. He was also happy to help Wayne, an upstart in the industry who was rising rapidly and whose power was already above him, to earn favors.

But he still didn't expect that Wayne was looking for him for the halftime performance spot at the Oscars.

(End of this chapter)