Hollywood Rhapsody

In the living room of Sarah's house, Ian and Alan moved almost a cartful of gifts to little Noah, and at this time Alan was dumbfounded watching the friend with the poker face of Wannian coaxing the child: "They seem to get along very well, crazy , The miracle at the end of the century happened right in front of my eyes, I never knew that Ian would have the patience to coax children, he usually even spends Christmas alone."

"Really? I think he likes Noah very much, and his smile is very friendly, not as serious as you said." Sarah came out with a fruit plate, pushed the big one in front of Alan, and a small bowl of fruit Mud is an extra meal for my precious son.

"Can I come?" Ian shook little Noah sitting on his lap, and held out his hand to Sarah, "I hit it off with the little guy, let me feed him, you can just concentrate on talking to Alan Talk about work."

"Okay, it's hard work for you." Sarah looked at the smirking son who was comfortably nestled in Ian's arms, and handed over the small bowl kindly, while she devoted her attention to work, "This is you and Ian. Larry’s plan? It’s very good. With the help of the visit traffic of Prophecy.com, Google can quickly open up the market. This is what I promised Larry and Sergey half a year ago. Now that Google is officially established, we should give a big gift, in addition to links and Let’s make some changes outside the advertisement. How about making the crystal ball into a Google ball? Ask Larry if he has designed a circular logo. If we use it directly, the crystal ball on the website and chat software will be very eye-catching once it changes , the effect of this advertisement is definitely more obvious than ten links."

"It's too generous!" Allen shook his head subconsciously, thinking that it was too much to advertise for Google so loudly, "Boss, are you partial? Obviously the prophet is your own son, but you Always let the adopted son take advantage of us."

"How?" Sarah raised her eyebrows.

"You see, we participated in the advertising campaign and even the voting for the stars of tomorrow, but we didn't charge a cent for the advertising fee. Now Google is going to fully cooperate, and it's free." Allen spread his hands, his expression a little aggrieved, as if the It was he who Ma had treated unfairly.

"This...Ian, do you think so too?" Sarah didn't answer, but looked at Ian who was wiping little Noah's mouth.

"Want to hear the truth?" Ian stopped what he was doing and stuffed a teddy bear for the exceptionally well-behaved Noah before seriously answering, "Alan's words may be more like a joke, but if you want to make the business Da, it is true that the cooperation among the three companies should be handled more professionally, especially under the premise that they are not affiliated to the same group, the prophet is not obliged to pay for free."

"Are you saying I'm not professional enough?" Sarah wasn't offended by this, but the smile on the corners of her lips had subsided a lot. Talking to Ian would make her involuntarily serious.

As the founder of Huaguo's largest movie website, Sarah thought she had more experience than Ian and Allen, and she was not wrong in handling the cooperation, so she expressed her opinion after thinking for a few seconds: "Hasn't Prophecy Network benefited from the "Star of Tomorrow" project? I remember that the report on the surge in visits was sent to me by Allen himself, and the fan community section has entered a mature stage as a result. It is true that supporters spontaneously gathered in the community and promoted the successful promotion of this forum, right?"

"Indeed." Allen frowned, but nodded in approval of Sarah's words.

"And Google..." Sarah couldn't help laughing and shaking her head when talking about this future Internet giant. If you tell them how powerful Google will be in the future, will they still care about the little gains and losses in front of them?

But what Sarah didn't expect was that before she had figured out how to express her optimism for Google, Ian gave Google a thumbs up first, and he gently rubbed the top of little Noah's hair, saying without doubt : "Google is a company with great potential. Not only you, but we are also optimistic about its development prospects, but no matter what kind of giant it will become in the future, business is business. In shopping malls, any cooperation should not be a human relationship, because Human affection is ethereal, and only the clearly marked price is real, and can be written into the contract archives, unless...Google becomes 100% our brother company."

"..." Sarah opened her mouth, and felt that what Ian said was very reasonable. To put it bluntly, it meant business and business, and brothers and sisters. This is indeed more in line with the reality of interests and the nature of a businessman, especially in line with a strict Jin math brain style.Thinking back to the management company in my previous life, not to mention the game between two subsidiaries of a group, but the competition between two departments in a company. From this point of view, it is indeed most appropriate to write the price in black and white for each cooperation. And a long-term approach, aside from the special emphasis on Google, aside from the more preference for Starlight, the prophet is not obliged to help the other two companies, unless...

"Make the company bigger... 100% brother company..." Sarah repeated Ian's hypothesis in a low voice, and there was a momentary impulse in her heart. She looked at Ian in amazement, wondering if this was what he really wanted to express The implication is that this taciturn man actually has such ambitions? "This kind of cooperation model can never be repeated, do you mean that? Unless Starlight and Google are included in the Prophet... Group..."

Sarah paused before saying the word "group". Thinking of the starlight with Michael Ovitz in charge, and Google, which is destined to be brilliant, she could feel the real pressure on her tongue and teeth, and she said it simply A single word turned out to be extremely difficult, but it was followed by excitement and trembling that shocked even myself.

When her eyes collided in mid-air, Sarah was sure that she saw ambition in Ian's eyes, the fire hidden under the thick glacier, hidden by a calm and reserved smile, but Sarah didn't doubt the heat of the flame, like The dormant volcano made her feel dangerous.

Yes, danger!

Sarah frowned slightly, and soon realized where the sense of crisis came from. No king can tolerate the crown falling aside. A prime minister who is too shrewd and ambitious is a sharp double-edged sword, which can be used well It can break ground for you, but if you don’t use it well, it will lead wolves into your house, and you will fall from the throne after changing dynasties——Ian Mellon, is he a rare talent?Or a traitor who is dormant and forcing the palace?

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...papa" little Noah raised his head unwillingly, and the cute milk voice attracted the attention of Sarah and Ian.

Ian looked down at the little guy very naturally, smiled and pointed his finger at the little guy's belly, which caused a series of giggles from the little guy, while Sarah looked at all this, smiled and shook her head, realizing how much she had just thought. It's ridiculous, Ian may indeed be an ambitious young man, but what can a big boy who is only less than three years older than her do?At most, she would steal a lesson from her company!That's why she must have had too much of a brain hole. That's why she was so worrying and felt that the man in front of her was a danger.

The doorbell rang just at this time, and Leonardo and Jason came to play with Sarah on time.

"10 minutes, wait for me for another 10 minutes." Sarah nodded her watch, inserted a piece of fruit into Leonardo's hand, pushed the fruit plate towards Jason, and quickly looked at her notebook report on the computer.

"Okay, busy man." Leonardo obediently ate the fruit, shrugged his shoulders with the toothpick hanging, and turned to find baby Noah. He and little Noah have always gotten along very well. See you when Noah is familiar He will hug him and fly high, and this time is no exception. The little guy has already raised his little arms high, and can't wait to reach Leonardo.

"He likes you very much." Ian's hands tightened, but he obeyed little Noah's wishes in the next second. Seeing the little baby smiled and kissed Leonardo on the cheek, he couldn't help sighing .

"Noah is a cute baby." Leonardo tossed the little guy into the air twice, and then made funny faces with the little guy's forehead against his forehead, not to mention the tacit understanding.

Sarah and Allen quickly passed the two plans. Facing the financial statements for new projects and donations, she decided to listen to Ian's analysis: "Ian? Can you tell me why there is a big question mark on the donation amount? ? Ian?"

There was no response, Sarah raised her eyes from the computer screen, and saw that the "financial officer" who had just made her feel threatened in the last second was staring at Leonardo and Xiao Nuo who were playing Ya, with an obscure expression, as if struggling with something, and as if envious of the happy one big and one small.

"Hey! Ian? What are you thinking?" Sarah had to pat Ian's arm to attract his attention.

"What? It's nothing. It's just that I didn't expect Leonardo DiCaprio, who is popular all over the country, to be so good at coaxing children." Ian looked away and sighed to Sarah.

But the moment he turned his face away, a word popped out of Sarah's mind inexplicably, a word that didn't match Ian's overall temperament—a sense of loss?Why is there such emotion?Sarah quickly thought of Alan's words. Ian seems to be mostly alone, and even Christmas is often spent alone. Doesn't he have a home?That's why you envy Leonardo and Noah who are making a fuss?

While Sarah was speculating, Ian had already glanced at the computer screen, pointed at the question mark and resumed his usual calm office mode: "As a company that has only been established for half a year, although we have developed smoothly and are already profitable, we have to spend three Donate [-]/[-] of the profits to flooded China? Why? It’s just a far away country”

"You want to ask me what is the relationship between the flood in China?" Sarah squinted her eyes, and did not answer Ian's doubts, but raised her chin and asked, "What if I don't want to tell the reason, but insist on donating money? ?”

"Well, although it is a bit harsh to say this, I really want to ask, what does the flood and the victims in China have to do with you? And I still want to remind you that if you want to do good deeds, there are many more suitable donors in this country... It is not wise to donate such a large amount of money to foreign countries." Ian looked directly at Sarah, and did not stop because of Sarah's downcast face.

"But I thought I had the right to control the money on the premise that I could pay wages and not affect the company's operations, Ian, right? I'm the sole boss of Prophecy.com, right? Just like you think the Chinese flood and my It doesn't matter, so what does it matter to you how I spend my own money?" Sarah pursed her lips, and for the first time since the establishment of the prophecy network, she put on the airs of the boss.

A puff of anger was in her heart, and she realized that her tone seemed a little too much. Ian was just doing what a "Minister of the Exchequer" should do, and said in good conscience that he was a responsible employee.But I don't know whether it was the sentence "It's just a distant country" that stimulated Sarah, or the sentence "What does the flood in China have to do with the victims and you" angered Sarah. For the first time since she was reborn, she lost her composure due to anger. It's gone, and I don't have the slightest will to restrain my emotions.

In my mind is the flooded home, the parents who tied themselves to the tree but were washed away in the next second, and the dead silence and despair trapped in the water for two days and two nights.

What does that natural disaster in a distant country have to do with her?

Tears welled up before she realized it. Sarah knew that she had lost her composure today. She lived in this world as "Sarah". She had no reason to be so excited about the disaster on the other side of the earth, but some emotions were It is impossible to restrain at all, and some experiences can never be forgotten. At this moment, her heart was filled with sourness and grievances, as if she had turned back into the little girl tied to the tree. In the grief of losing her parents, in the In fear of being swallowed by the flood at any moment... alone and helpless...

"I..." It took Sarah a long time to force herself to calm down. She felt surrounded by warmth, and then suddenly realized that she had been hugged by Leonardo at some point, and little Noah was standing Beside her legs, with her little head up, her mouth was flattened as if she wanted to cry with her mother.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter... I'm here..." Leonardo probably didn't even know what happened, but he hugged Sarah, protected her head on his neck, and stroked Sarah with his hands The back of his head comforted in a low voice.

Receiving Leonardo's questioning gaze, Allen immediately wrote a line on the paper, and then spread his hands innocently and confusedly. He witnessed the whole process and couldn't understand how it was just about the use of a sum of money. Will it evolve into the current situation?Sarah, that cheerful, intelligent and even mysterious girl, can cry?Is this still their wise boss?Just like a vexatious little girl!

Ian was also completely dumbfounded. His calm and reserved demeanor was replaced by regret and embarrassment at this moment. He looked at Sarah who was hugged by Leonardo, and little Noah who was snuggling beside them. , closed his eyes, said sorry to Sarah softly, and got up and left silently after promising to complete the donation.

Allen also put away the computer and smiled awkwardly at Leonardo, and followed him out of the room.

"Ian, are you leaving now?" Allen chased after him. Although he knew that Ian must be in a bad mood at the moment, he still didn't want to give up and reminded, "You haven't shown her those carefully prepared emojis yet. , you haven't come up with the copyright book, you haven't even sent the ultimate gift. Ian! You idiot! You should at least stay and give Sarah an explanation, it's not your fault, your suggestion is completely For Sarah's sake, what if donating such a large amount of money to foreign countries is used to make a fuss? It may have an impact on the corporate image and her personal public image. If there is no legitimate reason, who knows if someone will Take the opportunity to hype and put an ugly hat on her, Ian... You should wait for her to calm down and explain it well."

However, these words didn't seem to have penetrated into Ian's ears at all. He stopped and looked back at Sarah's house, and then took out his mobile phone and played a series of numbers.

"What? Are you going crazy too?" Allen yelled in disbelief listening to Ian talking on the phone, "Crazy! Your donation just now is more than twice that of Sarah! You don't have to do that if you have money Throw it? Even if you throw it, you should let Sarah know! You did so much for her, blocked so much trouble, and finally walked out like a dumb? Did you see Leonardo just now? If you If you keep hiding like this, that girl will belong to someone else!"

"She deserves better. It can be seen that she likes Leonardo, and so does Little Noah. And I... I am too clumsy, I am used to being alone, and I am more suitable to be a loyal and taciturn big housekeeper " Ian started the car, and said to Allen, who was tongue-tied and full of hatred, "Would you like to have a drink at Square K Bar? Brother, I guess I'm broken in love..."

The car drove out quickly, and Ian couldn't help but look at the house again through the rearview mirror, as if he could see everything that happened inside through the closed door. Two big ones and one small together, the warmth that can't be intervened and can't bear to be destroyed at all...

So, he probably really... broke up in love... the first time in his life that his heart beat...

In the living room, Jason took away the tearful but well-behaved little Noah, Leonardo still patted Sarah's back lightly, his voice was softer than ever before, and the kiss on Sarah's hair was soft. Slow and gentle...Holding the girl in his arms, Leonardo suddenly realized that his heart was also sore...

This feeling seems to be called...distressed...

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