Chapter 157： Ready

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The knock on the door awakened Ryan from his sleep, slowly opened his eyes, turned his head and looked towards the bedroom door, Nicole Kidman's tall figure has already opened the door and walked in.

"Ryan, it's time to get up, or you'll be late." Nicole walked to the bed.

"Ah..." After yawning, Ryan shook his head and murmured, "Nicole, can you ask me a few days off from school?"

"Ask for leave?" Nicole's face was dark, "Ryan, just a few days after school starts, are you asking for leave again?"

"Please!" Ryan Baba looked over, "I'm so tired these days, Grammys last night..."

"Ok."

Nicole sighed. After all, Ryan's recent busyness was seen in her eyes. She also conceived and wrote several scripts, and signed the promotion and sales of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". She also had time to practice new songs and went to participate yesterday. Grammy...

To say that she doesn't feel distressed, it must be fake. There is a bit of helplessness in the light blue eyes. Outsiders will only envy and jealous of Ryan's scenery, but who knows what kind of effort he put in behind?

"Let's talk, how long, please?" Like everything in the past, Nicole will only give in.

"How about a month?"

Ryan is now talking about the inch.

"Ryan~"

Nicole's face darkened, and she couldn't help bending over and patted him lightly through the thin quilt.

"That's it for you."

Grabbing that hand, Ryan pulled gently, and Nicole sat on the edge of the bed, and couldn't help but squeeze his ear gently.

Probably just after waking up, a little confused, and a little impulsive, Ryan moved his head to the side of the bed, as he did when he was a child, resting on Nicole’s thigh, and burying most of her face in her flat belly. between.

"Nicole, I haven't slept like this for a long time. I really miss it..."

The dazed young urn said something that he didn't know clearly, and put his hand around her slender waist.

Across the thin clothes, Ryan breathed the familiar breath, slightly intoxicated, but the next moment, he suddenly felt Nicole's body tremble slightly, realizing that he was not a kid now. Nicole should be angry with this action.

Withdrawing his head quickly, Ryan glanced at Nicole's face. The Australian girl bit her lip tightly, her face was not very beautiful, she seemed to be holding back something.

"Ye... I'm sorry. Nicole, I apologize."

Rarely saw Nicole's expression, Ryan thought she was mad, and she couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

The Australian girl took a breath at this time, as if she had scattered something, and then she came over with a cold voice, "Get up. I'll ask you for leave."

In the sound of the slamming door, Ryan's eyes straightened, and he secretly sighed that as he got older, his self-control ability in some aspects seemed to be getting worse and worse.

Lifting the quilt, Ryan couldn't help but glance down. The hormones during puberty were like air defense radars equipped with alarms. Squeaking.

What about the self-control you are proud of? Be calm! It’s not long before you will grow up! At that time you will have enough capital!

After washing, Ryan walked out of the bathroom and kept admonishing himself in his heart.

Putting on the home clothes, before leaving the house, Ryan glanced at the glass showcase again, and the two statuettes. A phonograph is a long way from being full.

"Lisa, go and warm up the breakfast. And Ryan, you are not allowed to read the newspaper during breakfast."

Take the big envelope and walk down the stairs. Ryan had just taken a thick stack of newspapers, and Nicole's voice over there was already heard.

"Ok."

Ryan responded, took the newspaper and sat on the sofa in the living room, and took a look at this time before breakfast. Is it okay?

After browsing the current affairs page roughly, Ryan focused on the entertainment page that is closely related to him, because the Grammy just ended last night and most of the newspaper's entertainment headlines gave it to it.

As usual, the various reports have their own merits, some are called Qu Ming, some criticize the Recording Association's award standards, some sing hymns for certain singers, and some specialize in writing red carpet gossip.

No matter what kind of newspaper, one of the key points is that Michael Jackson won the Contemporary Legend Award. Most people think that no one will be able to surpass him in pop music in more than ten or twenty years.

Of course, there are still not a few people who throw sewage. There are many newspapers and periodicals, including a lot of mainstream media, who use his skin to talk about things.

Ryan didn't bother to read the true and false news, and there were many articles criticizing him.

"Eric Clapton is more qualified than Ryan Jenkins for the best album of the year award. The Recording Association awarded this award to Ryan just to quell the grievances of his massive fans, otherwise God would know this. Energetic little guy, will the Grammys be taken apart?"

"The success of Ryan Jenkins's first solo album is more about business, and it is far less artistic than Eric Clapton. The Recording Association actually bowed its head in front of business, and I have to say it is A kind of sadness..."

This kind of criticism will appear after every awards ceremony, Ryan won't care, do they say it is more useful? Will the Recording Association deprive him of his qualifications? Take the phonograph back?

Compared to criticizing, there are more media praised him, and a report in the "New York Times" is very representative.

"The album "Ryan Jenkins" deserves to be the best album of the year. Originally, we thought that Ryan was the most likely to win the best rookie of the year among the three nominations, but the Grammys maintained The consistent style hindered the development of the rap band, but gave Ryan the heavier album of the year."

“We don’t need to evaluate the standards of the Recording Association. We just need to look at the quality of Ryan’s first solo album. Today, this album has sold more than 10 million copies in North America. According to incomplete statistics, global sales There are definitely more than 15 million copies, among which "he", "climbing" and "because of you" have been on the top of the bulletin board rankings. Among them, the grasp of popular elements..."

Nicole's hand suddenly fell on the newspaper, and Ryan had to put the newspaper down and walked into the restaurant.

Breakfast is very simple, with toast omelettes and toasted muffins, plus a large cup of hot milk. Looking at the young housekeeper, Ryan suddenly remembered another thing.

"Lisa, there is a letter on the table in the living room, mail it to New York for me, thank you."

"Letter to Miss Natalie?" Lisa asked casually.

"Ok."

After breakfast, Ryan walked back to the living room and found that Nicole was sitting on the sofa, frowning and looking at some documents, and from time to time he would make phone calls to discuss things with others.

"What is this?" Ryan walked over.

"Do you want to help me, dear?" Nicole handed over a copy.

Looking at the above table and figures, Ryan couldn't help being dizzy, and he could guess without looking closely. It must be the financial statement sent by him and Nicole's accountant.

"This is a report from Scott and the accounting firm." Nicole's words confirmed his guess.

There are very few mistakes in accounts that are cross-audited by lawyers, accountants, and foundations. Ryan used to look at the reports, and then he simply pushed all the work to Nicole. He knew that he was not that piece of material. Instead of wasting time on this, it is better to write and draw.

“Last year’s royalties from the publishing house and the remuneration just paid in advance, the share of Hollywood Records, the share of revenue from Jenkins Pictures, the share of your script and the copyright of the adaptation... Well, there is also our remuneration and advertising contract revenue, and then the name Stocks and fixed industries."

Nicole flipped through the accounts while giving a brief explanation for Ryan. As a guardian, she was nominally the controller of these properties, but in fact she rarely interfered with Ryan's investment activities.

"Have all our income arrived in the account last year?" Ryan asked.

"It's the account." Nicole nodded, suddenly remembering something. "I heard Scott say that you want to buy Pixar?"

"Yes."

Ryan nodded. Pixar's current situation seems to be worse than what he had learned in his previous life. Although it means that Steve Jobs will sell Pixar for the last time in the year, and then he gritted his teeth and persevered without anyone asking. But Rui Well, I don't want to wait any longer, who knows if there will be accidents in this year.

"Ryan, this is not the acquisition of a game studio for two million dollars, and it is a project that Scott has been investigating for a long time. This transaction may reach tens of millions of dollars. Don’t you think it’s too sloppy? ?"

Obviously, Nicole and Scott Swift are not optimistic about the future development of Pixar. This is normal. In fact, few people in the industry are optimistic about them. Otherwise, Jobs would not want to sell them every year but never sell them. Get out.

"Nicole, this is not a hasty decision. Do you remember the charity party we attended two years ago?"

"Charity party?" Nicole immediately remembered. At the time, Ryan had also said something with Steve Jobs, the owner of Pixar, "Should not..."

"Yes, actually, Scott's team has been observing them not long after that. I don't want to talk about the future prospects of 3D computer animation." Ryan looked at Nicole very seriously, "If they make a 3D animation films have been a big success. We will put Pixar on the market. Then you and I will have billions of dollars, and we will become the top group of people in Hollywood."

"What about failure?" Nicole remained unmoved.

"Even if it fails, at most our net worth is reduced by half. Given our age, this is nothing at all, is it?"

Ryan squeezed his chin and used such a large sum of money. Without the signature of the guardian, he didn't even have to think about it. Originally, he wanted to find another opportunity to convince Nicole. Now that he talked about this aspect, he simply said it.

Besides, Pixar can not just buy it. It requires a large amount of money to maintain its daily operation, and the production of "Toy Story" is also a costly investment. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommended votes, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m. to read.) ()