British 1986

Seeing that Ceylon had brought the people, Allen hooked his hands and motioned for them to come over.

When Nicole Kidman stood not far in front of Allen, Allen finally saw the young version of Nicole Kidman.

How should I put it, I feel like this girl is not as good-looking as she looks in the movie.

I don’t know what’s wrong with the women in Great Britain. Anyone who is somewhat famous usually looks handsome. They can’t be said to be manly women. They just feel that their facial features and eyebrow shapes are very hard.

This kind of person seems to give people a very conservative and traditional feeling, and lacks that wild energy.

But now many big American girls in Hollywood are different. Their facial lines are very soft, and even when they are far away, their lusty energy can hit their faces.

The experienced Allen stared at Nicole Kidman's face for a long time. This girl has red cheeks and even a little baby fat on her face. Her hair style is very old-fashioned, with small curls like instant noodles. , small waves.

Anyway, it gives people the feeling that they are obviously very young, but they have to take the path of maturity.

This hairstyle and eye shadow give people the feeling of an aunt in her forties or fifties, but her face is still tender, which looks very inconsistent. Now Nicole Kidman's whole body is only her height and height. Allen is most satisfied with a pair of long legs, and the others.

"Your name is Nicole Kidman?"

"Yes."

Nicole Kidman fell into a long silence after watching Allen see her. He kept looking up and down, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After waiting for a long time, a trace of disappointment seemed to flash across Allen's face, and finally He asked.

Allen took off the bow he was carrying and said, "Do you know how to play this?"

"meeting!"

Nicole Kidman answered bravely, and then saw Allen handing her the bow directly, and then took out an arrow from the quiver and said: "Did you see that rabbit? Shoot it!"

Allen watched Nicole Kidman take aim with the bow for a long time. With a whoosh, the arrow swung past the head of the half-dead rabbit that was played by Xiao Huang about a meter away. onto the lawn.

This archery skill, let alone hunting, would starve to death in the wild.

"Okay, give it to me."

When he was about to cross the bow, Allen took out the arrow and took a slight aim. From a distance of about ten meters, he shot the arrow lightly. The rabbit twitched and stopped moving.

"Do you know what we are going to film this time?"

After putting the bow behind his back again, Allen asked again.

Nicole Kidman's face turned red again as she watched Ellen shoot the rabbit with just one casual glance.

The action just now was an understatement, holding the bow, nocking an arrow, and shooting, all in one go. It looked very casual, but it was such a light action that looked so natural and unrestrained.

"I know, Ms. Ceylon told me about the wilderness survival show."

Allen nodded to Ceylon to indicate that she could go ahead and then took steps to signal Nicole Kidman to follow. As he walked, he said: "You can think of it as a reality show. There is no script. It just shoots you hunting in the wild. You can rest assured about safety when building shelters and other actions.”

Nicole Kidman nodded honestly, regardless of whether Allen, who was walking in front, could see it or not.

"Besides, your image isn't good enough. It's not wild enough. Do you understand wildness?"

Allen looked back at Nicole Kidman's hairstyle, and gestured: "I want to fully display female beauty in the camera, and have a wild image. I will call my hairstylist for you later." Is it acceptable to straighten your hair?"

"OK."

Nicole Kidman lowered her head slightly. She felt that the nobleman was not that interested in her, and even seemed a little disgusted.

Ellen's eyes and tone made Nicole Kidman panic.

"Besides, you can stay here for the next few days, and I will give you a short-term training. Do you usually exercise?"

"I"

Nicole Kidman is already a bit embarrassed to talk about it. Where does she have time to work out?

"Oh, it doesn't matter. You will have a running training every day these days. It is not to exercise your physical strength, but to prevent your muscles from getting sore after a sudden and heavy exercise. I will give you an adaptation period first, do you understand?"

Seeing how hard she was talking, Allen simply stopped asking and started arranging plans directly.

"Well, director, are you personally teaching me?"

Nicole Kidman didn't know what she was thinking. After hearing Allen's arrangement, she subconsciously asked. As soon as she asked this, she felt that she was a little rude.

But unexpectedly, Allen did not laugh at her but said softly: "Yes, I will train you personally. Okay, you go and rest first, and then start training again tomorrow."

Allen watched Nicole Kidman walk away with her hands folded in front of her. He stared at her back for a long time. Her foundation was still very good. Some areas could be improved. He was looking forward to tomorrow. Meet the groomed Nicole Kidman.

This kind of Nicole is okay, just take your time and develop it, don't be in a hurry. There is still plenty of time.

After dinner in the evening, old Karl, who was tired of traveling, finally came to the villa with his two assistants.

I haven't seen old Karl for more than half a year. The old guy seems to have gained weight again, and his beer belly has become more and more obvious.

Allen called Old Carl, and the two of them went to the huge terrace on the second floor of the villa, lying on the lounge chairs and watching the sunset that was about to set in the distance.

"Master."

"No hurry, let's drink tea first. Why are you coming here so late? The American side is very busy recently?"

Allen took the small blanket handed by the servant and covered his legs with the cool breeze. The environment was very comfortable, and the seaside wind also had a faint smell of the sea.

It was also July, and the weather in Wales was getting hotter and hotter, while the weather here was still very cold, which was completely reversed.

"I haven't been helping Papa handle the foundation matters you asked me to do recently. I also have a little something else I need to report to you."

"Well, tell me."

In the past two years, after Allen survived the inheritance tax crisis, he came up with the idea of ​​supporting several small families.

But such candidates are hard to find.

If it's too small, it won't be of much use; if it's too strong, it's hard to control.

Old Karl has been generally responsible for this matter. He has been looking for it for so long and has not found any suitable target.

But since the beginning of last year.

Old Carl met an old guy who was about the same age as him.

This person is considered a native of the United States, and his home is in a satellite city next to Los Angeles.

My background was not very good. My family used to work on the dock. Later...

He slowly became successful without taking any right path.

This old guy only has one child, a daughter, but the son-in-law his daughter found is quite impressive, a talented man, and a law student.

At first, the old guy wanted his son-in-law to follow him, and their family started a business like bulk oil.

The source of the goods is not very clean. They all flowed out from a certain U.S. military training ground in the interior.

But the advantage is that the oil quality is high, the price is cheap, and the quantity is stable. There is a certain amount every month.

Their family's business is to resell these oils with shady origins to Los Angeles and surrounding places. Anyway, bulk goods are shipped slowly, so the profit is not small.

But this son-in-law disliked his father-in-law's dirty hands and dirty business, so he always looked down upon his father-in-law.

Originally, Old Karl thought that this old guy needed to be sophisticated and ambitious, but also a little bit ambitious.

It was considered a target for investigation, but I didn’t expect that at the beginning of this year

This old guy died because of an accident.

All the family property was left to his daughter, and these businesses were taken over by his son-in-law.

But this son-in-law is very arrogant and does not want to play dirty tricks. He wants to do business in an upright manner.

This idea may seem naive, but some people are just inexplicably stubborn.

The family business, which was not a small one at first, was targeted by the surrounding competitors and gangs.

He wanted to do business honestly, but he didn't have a clean start. Coupled with the environment in the United States, doing business honestly was courting death.

Sure enough, in just six months, the family business was almost half lost.

Allen yawned, turned to look at Old Karl who looked irritated and said, "Then what are you going to do by telling me this? Help him?"

"Master, their family used to have hundreds of people, and they are very well-connected in Los Angeles. They can do a lot of things that are inconvenient for me to do. They can find out information and so on, and they can do it very quickly. I'm just a little bit It’s a pity that you asked me to establish a foundation, so I’m just wondering what should I do here?”

Seeing that his friend suddenly disappeared and his family fortune was almost completely ruined, Old Karl couldn't tell what he was feeling now. To say that he felt sympathy, maybe a little, but not much. He just felt that it was a pity that he finally had such a good life. This cute little family is almost doomed.

Allen summarized a few key words: near Los Angeles, small family, son-in-law studied law, used to be very capable, the family has many people, wants to transform, and is in crisis.

That's all the information he got.

To be honest, Allen originally looked down on such a family, but their geographical location was good.

It's not easy to find a local company developing in Los Angeles.

That place is home to either major film and television companies or all kinds of stars, which is crucial. Old Karl has been here for a few years, so he is looked down upon by others because of his status. He does not dare to have too many people on hand.

In addition, last year, someone directly approached Boss Cha to file a complaint, so Allen also asked Old Karl to keep a low profile.

Now that he has the opportunity to support a small local family in Los Angeles, it is normal for Karl Lao to have ideas.

Allen thought for a while, picked up the cigarette on the table, lit one for himself, and said slowly: "Are you studying law, a top student? Such a person has high eyes and low hands. No wonder he looks down on his father-in-law. He and his wife have a very close relationship." good?"

"Yes. It is said that the two have known each other for many years and have a very good relationship. He basically doesn't go out to socialize after get off work and stays at home with his wife."

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There's something wrong with this. They have such a good relationship, but you don't like someone else's father, but you like someone else's daughter?

"What is their biggest difficulty now?"

For such a small family, it doesn't matter whether they support it or not. Allen just holds the idea of ​​​​hitting three poles if there are dates or not. If there are conditions, he will support one. If there are no conditions, forget it.

"Master, it's like this. Their fuel is transported on the road, using tank trucks, but the drivers they hire are not equipped with guns. You know the security situation in the United States. He is targeted by some small gangs, and he refuses to Use some tricks, why don't you let others slaughter you? It is said that tens of thousands of dollars of goods are lost every month."

Hearing Old Carl's explanation, Allen raised his eyebrows. He was losing tens of thousands of dollars of goods every month. Although this was not much in his opinion, the loss of tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in a year was This is not a small amount.

No wonder it's a local snake family. It happened twice. If calculated according to the past, the annual turnover alone would be hundreds or even tens of millions of dollars, right?

This size is definitely not small in a small family!

Allen, who was a little interested, was a little interested this time, and thought about it again: "You said that the son-in-law is in charge of the company now, so his wife has no objection to seeing the loss of their family's family business?"

Old Karl sighed and said: "I have known Lily for a few years. She respects me very much. She even came to see me some time ago, but this is a family matter of theirs. There is nothing I can do to persuade her. Maybe women Is that right? She supports her husband, and it depends on how long they can lose."

This Lily is probably the daughter of the old guy whom Old Carl knew.

Allen nodded, sorting out the relationship between the characters, and said with a smile: "Well, aren't you now setting up a foundation? Spend some money and find those gangs to buy the oil they grabbed, so as to support them. "

"ah?"

Old Karl never expected that the young master would arrange it like this. Isn't this a case of capitalizing on the enemy?

"Ah."

Allen glanced at Old Karl and said: "Everyone is arrogant. There is an old saying in China, you can't see the coffin without shedding tears. If a person like him wants to persist, then let him persist and cripple their business." What else can he hold on to? He no longer supports his family? What kind of life did he live before? Is there any gap after being bankrupt? Will he repent? "

After asking several questions in succession, Allen stretched out his hand and tapped the coffee table beside him and said: "You have people secretly contact those small gangs, increase your efforts to rob their goods, and make him desperate. Oil, then quietly dispose of it, collect the funds, and then use the funds to support them when their family is in trouble. Lawyers are good. Lawyers know a lot. If they have suffered setbacks and know that they are at ease, then they can work hard for us. "

After listening to Allen's arrangement, Old Carl thought deeply for a while and felt that although this operation method was a bit dirty, it was easy to use.

Instead of watching them lose money, it is better to help them lose money quickly, finish the loss quickly, be hit by reality, and then correct themselves.

It doesn't matter if you lose a little money. As long as the purchase and distribution channels are there, this kind of family, as long as they have funds on hand, will be able to make a comeback soon. When the time comes, they will have a "life-saving grace". Isn't this a relationship established?

Moreover, you don’t necessarily have to continue to engage in oil production after going bankrupt. Old Carl knows very well the real use of a family like theirs. They are local people, have people to support at home, and it is convenient to work.

On this basis, the young master just leaked some business to them, which was enough for them to run the business.

"Okay, I'll do that when I get back."