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

"Instinct", which caused a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival, failed to win the Palme d'Or in the end. Only Erica won the honor of Best Actress, and set foot on the pinnacle of fame and fortune again.

"Erica won Best Actress at Cannes for 'Basic Instinct', Most Powerful Actress of the End of the Century." - The Hollywood Reporter

"The irreplaceable upstart of international cinema, Erica Parker's extraordinary achievement has captured the attention of the world." --The New York Times

"Basic Instinct's global box office forecast has been raised to $5000 million. Right now, no matter which movie Erica wants to be in, the investors will be crazy to finance this project. She completely dominates what a movie can do." No." - USA Today

Erica's winning of Cannes Best Actress has become a national news hotspot, but this is not entirely due to the influence of the Cannes Film Festival, but more because Erica is a star who has received much attention in Hollywood and in the United States person.

One thing that is not good or bad - Americans have no curiosity about the world outside of America.

If the award results of the three major European film festivals do not involve Hollywood films or actors, the American media's attention to this film festival will plummet, let alone be chased as hot news, or even hit the headlines.

But when Erica Parker, an 'American actress', won the Palme d'Or, coupled with her star halo effect, the entire American media went into a frenzy, 'Erica is so talented!This deserves the headlines!Is there anyone more marketable than her? '

In fact, this is why Erica never intends to ignore commercial value when planning her acting career.

In Hollywood, there is no principle other than profit. When she is a star who can create huge commercial success, all her artistic achievements will be multiplied.

The so-called "star halo effect" is not only reflected in the box office, it can sometimes help with prestige, awards, fame and fortune with twice the result with half the effort.

The Cannes Film Festival came to an end in mid-May, and Erica naturally had to leave the sunny beaches of South France. She arrived at Nice International Airport and was going to return to New York by Delta Air Lines.

In the bookstore in the airport departure hall, Erica was picking out books while answering a call from Harry Osborn. She responded, "I have other arrangements tonight."

In the evening, she invited her good friend Larisa and Ms. Keira Brown, the head of the department when she was an intern at Wayne Group, to have dinner together.Erica had always had a good relationship with her former boss, and she had always admired fine ladies.

Larisa Torchev, the principal dancer of the New York City Ballet, has known Erica for more than three years. Through her introduction, Larisa and Keira have also become friends.

"During your two weeks in France," Harry said in a slightly low voice, retreating, "I have arranged a tight and busy work schedule, and I hope that when you return to New York, the first thing I will do with you is You meet."

Although Harry's tone bordered on mild, his real intentions, undoubtedly stemmed from possessiveness, an attempt to be Erica's 'number one priority'.

At this moment, Erika thought a little bit unkindly that Master Osborne might not be busy enough——

If he was like Lex Luthor, whose recent revelations of 'dictatorial' behavior caused the election polls to plummet and the White House to become dangerous, he probably wouldn't have the time to ask her frequently .

For Lex Luthor, an ex-boyfriend, Erica is indeed rare, and she doesn't know how to deal with it best.

There is no doubt that she likes being with Lex, but his extreme disapproval of Superman, and even the entire 'superhero' group, puts Erica in a constant dilemma.

Her two male relatives are Spider-Man and Captain America.

When Erica first interacted with Luther, Peter hadn't been bitten by a mutant spider and turned into Spider-Man; Steven hadn't even met her.

Even Lex, at the time, had less extreme stereotypes about superheroes.

And Erika is very clear that Lex Luthor is an extreme egotist, and he may indeed treat her differently, but this is not enough to change his personal opinion that 'the existence of superheroes endangers human beings'.

Lex Luthor is dangerous, heavy, and difficult to grasp for Erica, and it attracts her and tries to alienate her at the same time.Therefore, her relationship with Lex has always been changeable and unstable.

People do sometimes have a fascination with the dark, but how to choose when it can endanger themselves?

"Erica?" Harry's reminder came from the other side of the phone.

When she was just thinking about it, she couldn't help being silent for a long time. When Erica regained her thoughts, she found that her fingertips were resting on a book, the title of which was clearly marked "Letter from a Strange Woman".

Erica then asked Harry, "Do you really think you're like a strange woman in Zweig's writing?"

"No, I don't accept hopeless endings," Harry Osborn replied paranoidly, and then he seemed to vent his dissatisfaction in an aggressive tone, "but you do seem to be that writer who only likes 'light, playful, not heavy' Everything', keen on dating, not specific in love."

Erica raised her eyebrows, "You're right."

After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone directly, then picked up the masterpiece of Zweig from the bookshelf, and prepared to check out and leave the bookstore.

And just as Erica walked out of the bookstore, her mobile phone rang again, still from Harry Osborn.

Erica took the answer unhurriedly, and the young man's voice changed from the aggressiveness before, and became flattering again——

He narrates what the 'strange woman' said to the 'writer', "but I love you for who you are, passionate, forgetful, indifferent. You've always been like that, and you're still like that, And I have never been tired of loving you in my poor life."

The answer Harry Osborn got was another silence, and a sigh, and he lowered his voice, "I am too heavy for you?"

"I feel like I'm bullying you arrogantly." Erika replied frankly.

"Be nice to me then," Harry demanded.

"I'll try my best." Erica walked towards the boarding gate, "The flight is about to take off."

So Master Osborne had no choice but to end the call after a few short sentences.

******

In the Michelin three-star French restaurant adjacent to Wall Street, Erica is having dinner with Larisa and Keira Brown, talking about her trip to the south of France, "Nice and the Cote d'Azur in Cannes are simply amazing."

"I'm so jealous, God knows how long I haven't left the United States for a vacation," said Kayla Brown, who works for the Wayne Group. Pay more."

Wall Street's "patriarchal" bad habits have been difficult to change for many years, and women's opportunities for promotion are very limited, especially in management.

Erica talked to Kayla and Larisa about the ridiculous things she had encountered, "Before I joined Wayne Group, I had an after-school internship at Bear Stearns Bank [the fifth largest investment bank on Wall Street in the United States] , the pizza that was opened on the first day of work, with a prank condom.”

"You should sue him for workplace harassment!" the Russian girl Larisa said angrily.

Erika said of her kickback, "I found that scumbag man and threw it in his face, but I also lost the internship. Looking back, I could have even sued this big investment bank." Court."

Kayla analyzed for her, "If you win the lawsuit, or if Bear Stearns reaches an out-of-court settlement with you, they may have to pay you millions of dollars in damages."

"A young woman with nothing, fighting a giant financial conglomerate," Erika sipped some brandy, "that's the kind of story Hollywood likes."

Although in real life, Erika had almost no chance of winning.

"Speaking of Hollywood, Lika, how is your independent production company going?" Larisa talked about a new topic with great interest.

Erica replied, "The first film is under preparation, and the director has high requirements for the script, and he has revised more than a dozen drafts so far."

Peter Weir decided to sign a contract to direct "The Truman Show", and is working with the screenwriter Andrew Nicol to perfect the script, and the filming time is expected to start early next year.

Talking about the production company, Erica was going to bring the topic into one of her plans for tonight, sending a job invitation to her former boss, Keira——

When Erica resigned from Wayne Group three years ago, she once half-jokingly said to Keira that she might have the opportunity to poach her from Wayne Group in the future and cooperate with her to start a business.

There is no doubt that Keira is a very good example of a professional woman, and she has outstanding abilities in economics, finance and financial management. She is currently working as a middle-level manager at Wayne Group and seems to be facing a bottleneck in promotion.

At this point, she said about it, "Kayla, are you interested in joining my film company as CFO?"

"Chief financial officer?" Keira Brown was obviously surprised, this is one of the most important management positions in a company.

The independent production company founded by Erica is currently attracting a lot of attention. Due to her huge box office appeal and commercial value, I don't know how many Wall Street investment banks are willing to provide financing for her.

Erica did not hesitate, and exuded a strong and confident charm from the inside out, "From the top business empire in the United States to the emerging Hollywood film industry, this sounds like a crazy decision. But Keira, I Think you and I, together, can grow up to be as powerful as any Hollywood bigwig before the end of the century."

She went on to throw out an olive branch, "This film company will truly eliminate gender discrimination. Your promotion path and remuneration will not encounter any ridiculous bottlenecks due to gender. As women, we can choose to return to the family, It also has the right to stand on the top of fame and fortune."

Keira Brown had obviously been persuaded by Erica, and if she wanted to, there would be no one who would not be persuaded by her.So Kayla also replied without hesitation, "I will submit my resignation on Monday, give me two weeks for the handover, and then I will go to the city of angels."

"I will accompany you—" Erica looked pleasantly surprised, but her next voice was interrupted.

A deep and sexy male voice came from behind her, "Erica, long time no see."

Bruce Wayne came from the corner of the restaurant behind her, and Erica couldn't guess how long he had been standing nearby because of the blind spot.At this time, he was approaching with a supermodel female companion.

Bruce looks at the blond beauty in front of him. She's a real deal, poaching the middle managers of his businesses while having dinner with his ex-date.

But what Master Wayne doesn't know at this moment is that the supermodel girlfriend who is now holding his arm has also dated Erica several times.