America's Road to Fame

Chapter 97 The Hangover
"Don't tell me, are you serious about quitting drinking?"

Roger asked incredulously.

"Haven't you called Uncle John lately? I'm about to get my 100-day sobriety badge."

"Uh, he called me a few days ago, but I made an excuse to hang up. You know, he is more annoying than my brother..."

In the memory of Chen William's predecessor, this cousin can be said to be a wonderful work of the Drey family.

After graduating from high school, his uncle John Drey had paved the way for him to enter the Ivy League school directly.

As a result, he didn't want to go to college at all, so he joined the army directly.This moment almost didn't make John Dray vomit blood.

He did well in the army and entered the Marine Corps.He could have been promoted to an officer, but he chose to retire after four years.

John Drey saw that he had no intention of entering politics at all, so he only placed his expectations on his eldest son who performed well in all aspects.

If Roger Drey hadn't looked almost exactly like John Dray when he was young, with his laziness and lack of business, he might have wondered if he was... an environmentalist.

"William, hurry up and catch the flight now. There is still time for the evening reception. This is the reception of Twentieth Century Fox. Don't say I didn't tell you, many stars will be there."

"I'm not interested at all, Roger, I've got work to do in Silicon Valley."

"Hey, William, this is not like you. Don't say that you were hijacked and transformed by aliens after I went to Africa for two months."

Roger had seen through William Chen's tone, and said, "I see, William, is it because of Amisha Leonard that you dare not set foot in Hollywood?"

Amisha Leonard?

Hearing this name, Chen Weilian didn't react for a while, recalled it, and finally remembered that this is the starlet who just broke up with Chen Weilian's predecessor before he crossed over.

"Roger, what are you thinking in your little head? If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about this person. I really have something to do. I am no longer the William I used to be. I hope you can mature too."

"Very well, William, I feel like I have nowhere to place my fists again. Originally, I wanted to introduce you to a few friends, and I found an interesting script that you should film."

"Which of the scripts you told me was not recommended to me by you just to pick up women, Roger, who is it this time?"

"F**k, William, this time is different okay, this time the script is really good, and it's all men, no goddamn actresses."

"Let me just say, you have really become zero, Roger, stay away from me in the future."

I have to say that it's quite interesting to chat with this guy like this, and it can also relax the mood, but I guess Roger Del Rey's mood will not be so wonderful.

"Damn William, which of us is more like 0? You bitch!" Roger gasped and said:

"And those bullshit movies you invested in. If I recommended you at the time, at least most of them would be profitable. Are you still embarrassed to blame me?"

Uh, it's really difficult for William Chen to refute what Roger said.

Although the movies that Roger recommended at the time were all selfish because he liked a certain actress, he recommended them to himself.Because of this, his predecessor despised the other party's taste and almost rejected them all.

But the embarrassing thing is that if you really listen to Roger completely, those investments will not be too much, and the profit is certain.

Chen Weilian is really unable to complain about the ability of his predecessor to step on the pit perfectly. It seems that it is not so easy to choose all the big productions that lose money in so many movie projects.

"Anyway, Roger, I really don't have time. I'm going back to New York when I'm done here."

William Chen doesn't have time to hang out with him now. The subprime mortgage crisis is coming soon. After the arrangements are made in Silicon Valley, I'm going back to New York to sit in town and witness the crisis for myself.

"I managed to cut 'The Hangover' off of that bastard Kig Bint, and you're not coming, William, you'll regret it, it must be a good project, if Rick didn't have it here Having made a movie, we invested in it ourselves.”

It seemed that Roger was indeed a little angry, so he hung up the phone after speaking.

William Chen shook his head, how could it be so easy to invest in a movie, the "The Hangover" was so good, it was already kept by the Sixth National Congress, after all, almost all the good scripts were handed over to them first.

Uh, wait, The Hangover?Could it be the movie he watched in his previous life?

Thinking of this, William Chen immediately picked up his phone again and called Roger back.

"Roger, have you read the script of the movie you just mentioned?"

"Nonsense, how can I recommend you if you haven't read it?"

"What did it say in general?"

"It's hilarious just by reading the script, it's about a guy who takes a few friends to a bachelorette party in Las Vegas before getting married and gets drunk..."

Sure enough, it was this movie. Upon hearing this, William Chen immediately said, "Where did you read this script?"

"A director named Todd Phillips took this script and wanted to find the manager of Legendary Films, that bastard Kig Bint, who robbed me last time, if I didn't get stopped, I would beat him up After I heard about it, I told that Phillips director, you are my cousin, the script is great, we will invest, and that’s it, I snatched it from Legendary Pictures.”

"It was all agreed, but I heard from him that at Fox's banquet at night, he found a relationship and was going there to try his luck again, so I told you to come over and stabilize him. By the way, we can also go over to see if there is any What beauty..."

William Chen didn't have time to listen to his ramblings, so he said directly: "You wait for me, Roger, I'm going to fly now, and I'll call you when I get to Los Angeles."

Hearing Roger's description, William Chen was able to confirm that the "The Hangover" he was talking about was the movie "The Hangover" he had seen in his previous life.

There are three comedy movies in total, and all of them seem to have done well at the box office.Especially the first film, the cost is not high, but the income is good, otherwise, it would be impossible to shoot two consecutive films.

A low-cost comedy like this is suitable for the current future film industry.

If this project can be won, and after "Magic Mike" is released, if the box office is good, Andy Haring can try to continue to make a second film, turning this film into a series, plus the planned "Magic Mike" Gossip Girl, then Future Pictures will be able to make films within two or three years.

Now things in Silicon Valley have been almost arranged, and I wanted to go to Siri tomorrow to have a look, but at present, the company still needs to continue to invest in artificial intelligence, and the development should be done step by step.

Therefore, William Chen took his bodyguards and went directly to the airport to Los Angeles.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening when he arrived in Los Angeles. After calling Roger Del Rey, William Chen came to a villa in Beverly Hills.

After entering the interior, a burly young man walked towards William Chen and said with a smile, "I knew you would come, William."

When he walked in front of William Chen, he suddenly punched him.Chen Weilian naturally knew his cousin's nature, so he had been prepared for a long time, and immediately dodged to avoid his fist.

However, it can be seen that the opponent's punch is obviously staying strong, even if he does not dodge it, it will not really fall.But at this moment, Roger looked surprised: "Yo, William, you little boy is so agile."

William Chen waved to the bodyguard who wanted to come over, and said, "Roger, you should change your tricks."

"Thinking of Ivanta, I want to smash your face." Roger said bitterly.

"Come on, I'm afraid I opened the entertainment page. There are women with names and surnames on it. You have liked them all. You can't even let Halle Berry go."

"F**K, what do you know, little boy, Halle has a lot of taste."

Chen William noticed a young man standing behind Roger, who was watching the two of them bickering with a smile, and couldn't help asking: "Roger, who is this?"

"Haha, I forgot. Come on, William, let me introduce you." Roger came over and put his arm on William Chen's shoulder, leading him to the young man, and said:
"This is a friend I met when I was playing in Africa, Rick Walton, who is also the owner of this house."

Walton?
This mansion in Beverly Hills, with this surname, is easy to think of - that huge sales empire.

(End of this chapter)