King of Hollywood

Chapter 388: Chapter 111: Once a Year

“They say they want to walk from one end of New York to the other, but in reality, many places were still reached by car. Although New York is divided into five boroughs, it isn’t actually all that big. Still, it would take a considerable amount of time to walk it, especially since Staten Island is quite a distance away—in fact, Adrian and his crew didn’t even go to Staten Island, and they only walked two streets in the Bronx District before leaving.

Moreover, some areas aren’t very safe, like the black communities; and this isn’t about racial discrimination, but for various reasons, the crime rate there does tend to be relatively higher. Even with bodyguards following at a distance—after getting to Italy, the bodyguards were called over—Adrian didn’t dare to take the risk, so before the sun set, he returned to Long Island with Natalie.

“How about we stop here and walk the rest of the way back?” Adrian suggested, parking the car two streets away from Natalie’s house.

“It seems someone doesn’t like vegetarian food,” said Natalie, giggling. Although they hadn’t toured the entirety of New York, she was still very happy about the day.

“It has nothing to do with vegetarianism, I just don’t want to impose too much,” Adrian shrugged.

After they got out of the car, the two slowly walked along the street. They had talked about New York-related topics all day, so now the conversation shifted to something else, like movies.

“You’re so sure? Why? I think ‘Braveheart’ isn’t bad, even though there are a lot of historical inaccuracies, but aren’t stories just stories?” Natalie asked, puzzled.

“Because I’m too young; I’m not even thirty. If I won again, how would all those old folks feel?” Adrian said with a smile, shaking his head.

“Is it about seniority?” Natalie pondered aloud. “But there are plenty of young people who win awards. Just last year, you almost became the youngest Best Director in Oscar history, and Kirsten Dunst became the second-youngest Best Supporting Actress in Oscar history.”

“One must have exceptionally good work to win those; the reason I could get Best Director last year was because ‘Forrest Gump’ resonated with the vast majority of people, otherwise it would have remained a nomination. To win again, I would have to create something even better than ‘Forrest Gump’. But as you know, although ‘Braveheart’ is quite good, it definitely can’t surpass ‘Forrest Gump’,” Adrian spread his hands, then glanced at Natalie, who was listening intently as if the mention of Kirsten and Best Supporting Actress was completely natural to her.

“That’s really unfair,” Natalie pouted.