The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

When the Parker family was having a "Movie Night" family date in the AMC theater chain in Brooklyn, on the other side of New York City, on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan's "Street of Dreams", there was a French Renaissance-style theater. Celebrities from all walks of life in New York flocked to the Plaza Hotel to attend another Winter Ball.

Tonight seems to be the same as every night before——

There are countless high-end cars parked in the bustling neighborhood, and hundreds of reporters hold high their photographic equipment in a grand manner. Whenever top celebrities show up, there will be a wave of peaks.

For example, at this time, with the sound of an engine roaring like a beast, a dark black Ze Lamborghini 'Ghost', which has not yet been launched globally, arrived at the Plaza Hotel, which attracted many photographers to press the shutter subconsciously.

And when the lift-up door opened, revealing Bruce Wayne's extremely handsome and sexy face, it seemed that the whole street was engulfed in noise, "Mr. Wayne! Look here!"

Wayne got off the supercar, tossed the car key to the parking attendant, and walked towards the revolving door of the Plaza Hotel.

Of course the reporters were unwilling to miss this 'big fish', "Mr. Wayne, why didn't that blond stunner go with you last night?"

"Is she your newest date? Or was last night's hero our Mister Iron Man?"

"The New York Daily News called her a 'gold-digger,' is it true?"

Bruce Wayne, who originally ignored the reporters' calls for photography, stopped at this moment.

He looked at the source of the voice, which was the New York Post reporter who was keen on exaggerating and reporting scandals.

Gold-digger, in addition to gold diggers, is also referred to as a gold digger girl-a person who approaches the rich and dates them to defraud money.

There is no doubt that this is a very malicious and derogatory statement.

Under the brightly lit Manhattan night, Wayne, the always cynical playboy, had no smile on his face, and his voice was cold, "If the New York press continues to make these false reports, I think the lawyers of Wayne Enterprises will not mind File a lawsuit."

Outside the Plaza Hotel, hundreds of reporters were amazed at Bruce Wayne's unusually severe attitude, but Wayne didn't say a word, his noble and indifferent demeanor made the reporters have to get out of the way and watch him enter the hotel revolving door.

In the banquet hall where media reporters were not allowed to enter, as soon as Wayne appeared, the current owner of the Plaza Hotel, Donald Trump, greeted him, "Bruce—"

This high-profile real estate businessman has not had a smooth life recently. Due to the recent recession in the real estate industry in the United States, Trump not only lost more than two-thirds of his personal assets, but also because he had to file for bankruptcies in order to avoid declaring bankruptcy. The regiment has borrowed many times, and it is almost indebted.

And he obviously hopes very much at the moment to borrow a working capital from Bruce Wayne, "Bruce, look at you and I are in a very different news situation. I was ridiculed by the media as 'may go bankrupt at any time and jump off the top of Trump Tower'."

"It seems that you shouldn't build Trump Tower into a 68-story skyscraper." I am afraid that no one is more cynical than Bruce Wayne. It is not easy for Trump to get a loan from him.

In the banquet hall, while Wayne and Trump were talking to each other, at the lounge on the other side of the ball, Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Tina Brown and chief photographer Anne Leibovitz were talking The cover character of the magazine that will be issued at the end of the month.

"That lady is hard to convince, she was noncommittal about the invitation," Leibovitz frowned, "but I still think she is an excellent candidate for the cover, making Vanity Fair once again the focus of New York society. .”

Tina Brown tapped her fingers on the crystal table in the lounge, "I think she is very good at negotiating."

An unknown young girl can make the top photographer Leibowitz passive.

"She was very calm, but seemed to show an interest in Hollywood," recalls the female photographer.

Hearing Leibowitz's answer, Tina Brown looked towards the end of the long and narrow lounge, "Then why not let Vanity Fair provide her with an excellent opportunity to enter Hollywood."

Leibowitz followed Brown's line of sight. In front of the long French windows at the end of the lounge, the head of the New York headquarters of the Japanese electronics giant Sony Group was talking with a middle-aged Caucasian man. He was the founder of CAA. Michael Ovitz, superstar agent who was voted "Most Powerful Man in Hollywood".

This gentleman not only holds the life and death power of the Creative Artists Agency [CAA], but in recent years has begun to challenge the authority of Wall Street, seizing the expertise of investment banks such as Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

Two months ago, Ovitz successfully assisted Sony to enter Hollywood and acquired Columbia Pictures for $34 billion, which surprised Wall Street.

At this moment, at the dinner party at the Plaza Hotel, the person in charge of the Sony Group’s New York headquarters next to Ovitz was inviting Ovitz to be the president of Columbia Pictures, and he intended to acquire CAA together, and Ovitz would operations management.

Unfortunately, the matter didn't work out. Ovitz liked his M&A challenge game, but clearly had no plans to sell the CAA he founded.

At the other end of the lounge, Tina Brown, the legendary editor-in-chief of "Vanity Fair", said to the chief photographer Leibowitz, "I think we can tell Miss Parker that in addition to the 10 yuan shooting fee, "Vanity Fair" Not only will she be approached by a Hollywood agency, but she will be introduced to Michael Ovitz for a personal interview."

If Erica Parker can win the favor of CAA founder Ovitz, this will be a dream start for a fledgling.

There is no doubt that this is a powerful "negotiation plus" for the invitation of "Vanity Fair" for the cover shoot.

When Brown and Leibowitz, the two most powerful women in Vanity Fair, made their decision, the Parker family was walking out of the subway station in Queens, which was sinking into the night.

The gusts of cold wind in the middle of the winter night made Erica wrap her coat tightly with one hand, wrap her other arm around Aunt Mei's shoulders, lowered her head slightly, and walked home at a faster pace against the cold wind.

And when she was finally about to reach the downstairs of Parker's house, she heard Peter's exclamation from beside her, "Harry?"

Erika followed his gaze——

On the side of the street in Parker's old apartment building, a surprisingly beautiful and delicate boy was standing there.

He seemed to have been waiting for a long time. In the cold winter night, his face was even paler, and he looked a little depressed for his age. Under the blue eyes, there was a very obvious crow blue shadow.

Erica was a little puzzled. Didn't the letter Peter received early in the morning from the young Mr. Osborne say that he would stay in Oxford for the whole winter vacation?

Compared with Erica's unconcerned hesitation, Peter's current mood is undoubtedly causing an uproar.

After he discovered the "hidden truth" that could not be determined this morning, Harry unexpectedly appeared downstairs at Parker's house without warning.

Peter couldn't help but start guessing about various reasons in his brain, and finally, he somehow thought of the absurd report that slandered Erica this morning——

This sounds like a fantasy. Could it be that Harry would spend more than ten hours of flight and turnaround time from Oxford to New York because of a piece of nonsense and false news.Even standing downstairs in the empty Parker's house and continuing to wait for hours?