Chapter 5: Meeting Saleh

On Saturday night, the Regent Hotel was brightly lit and crowded with celebrities.

Twentieth Century Fox held the banquet in the name of "Titanic", and the two circles of culture and entertainment arrived one after the other.

"Over there."

Passing between the two groups of people,

Robert Lee gestured to the front left with his eyes, "The person opposite Leonardo is Saleh Zayed.

When my friend told me about him, I took a long glance at him from afar"

Ronan nodded, handed the cup in his hand to Robert, and walked towards another small circle near Leonardo.

It is not the best choice to find the person directly.

The banquet had just begun, and there will be plenty of time to find the right opportunity.

There were four or five people in the circle where Saleh Zayed was.

Ronan quickly observed that the center point of the circle was undoubtedly the currently popular Leonardo DiCaprio and Saleh Zayed was ostracized.

The circle he went to was very close to Leonardo, and five or six people were talking around Kate Winslet.

Holding the thigh of people on top and trampling on the people below is the most basic survival rule of Entertainment Industry.

Ronan walked over and glanced at Saleh Zayed.

This Arab was not very old, and he looked like a person to be around twenty-five years old

Robert's friend got some information about him.

Saleh graduated from Cambridge University last summer with a double master's degree.

He is one of the deputy directors of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in the United States.

He is a typical scholar.

But he can reach his current position in Abudhabi Investments, It has nothing to do with education, but because of the name Zayed.

In Western terms, Saleh Zayed is a member of the royal family of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Of course, there are dozens of princes in Abu Dhabi, and he is not a big deal for the time being.

Robert found a place with no one and asked for a glass of champagne, and watched Ronan while drinking.

Perhaps the failure of the previous project was too painful.

Recently, this young man has changed a lot.

His arrogance and pride have disappeared, and his work has become more organized and clear.

Will this financing plan succeed?

For this, Robert is not confident enough, maybe Ronan can't even handle the Arab.

If you fail, you should consider retreating.

He had not left Sand Sea Entertainment until now mainly because of his loyalty toward old Anderson

And now he won't have any guilty conscious about old Anderson even if he leaves because he had tried his best.

"Arabs... Heyy", Robert shook his head.

The Arabs have a bad impression of Hollywood and it was difficult dealing with them.

Approaching the small circle where Kate Winslet was, Ronan straightened his bow tie and pushed up his plain glasses

The dark suit and the gold-rimmed plain glasses, made him look a little more mature.

Taking advantage of the two people leaving,

Ronan took a few steps and came to Kate Winslet with a smile on his face and proactively extended his right hand, "Hello, Miss Winslet, congratulations on your nomination for best actress. ."

Among the Oscar nominations announced not long ago, Rose's name was among them, but Jack failed to get the nomination.

"Thank you" Kate Winslet shook his hand politely.

Ronan was about to say a few more words when he heard Leonardo's strange voice.

"Are there movies in the middle east?"

Leonardo's voice was arrogant with sarcasm: "Can I see the movie in Abu Dhabi?"

There was a burst of laughter around.

Kate Winslet looked over there, Ronan also turned his head and looked over.

A well-groomed middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses answered, "Over there is a desert of civilization."

Saleh-Zayed argued over this statement and said, "The UAE is a free, civilized, and open country with hundreds of theaters."

Leonardo spread his hands and smiled and asked the people on both sides, "Which of you have heard of UAE movies?

Can anyone name a UAE movie?"

Saleh was about to speak again, but Leonardo spoke first, "You say a name of a famous UAE movie and let us open our eyes"

People on both sides responded to Leonardo's words.

Ronan shook his head slightly.

Leonardo is in full swing and he is also the darling in the eyes of the media and producers.

As for the Arab world, let alone now, even if it is ten years later, in the eyes of most Hollywood practitioners, it still does not belong to the civilized world.

Leonardo is now young and vigorous.

Not long ago, he even publicly announced that he would not participate in this year's Oscars, and said that this was a way to avoid grabbing Oscar's limelight.

Ronan remembered that in some reports he had read in his previous life,

James Cameron had privately commented on Leonardo of this period, as an arrogant and spoiled kid.

Looking at the current situation, James Cameron was right.

"What is this?" Someone shook his head and left,

"The Arabs want to break into Hollywood, it is just wishful thinking!"

Saleh was fairly calm, and said: "The UAE's film industry is just taking off..."

"That is to say, it is now the desert of film civilization!" Leonardo was still domineering.

He was not at all like the kind uncle of later generations

"This is a wrong statement!"

Ronan first refuted Leonardo, and then walked into the circle, saying,

"The UAE has a very open film policy.

It has always introduced Hollywood blockbusters and Indian Bollywood songs and dances, and the theaters are almost full most of the time."

Leonardo, Saleh, and others immediately looked at Ronan.

Ronan smiled politely and then said, " Every film industry has a difficult beginning,

Hollywood was also started from scratch. It has developed for nearly a hundred years before it has its present situation."

Hearing this rebuttal, Leonardo couldn't help but frown and seemed unhappy.

Saleh first nodded to Ronan, and then said:

"To promote the development of the film industry, Abu Dhabi is actively engaged in international cooperation and is also willing to cooperate with Hollywood."

"Haha..." Leonardo laughed, not too lazy to talk to Saleh, but said to Ronan, "I remember who you are, you are the prodigal son right!"

Kate Winslet gave Leonardo a pinch in the arm as if to remind him not to talk nonsense.

Ronan saw that the friendship between these two people will last for a very long time.

Even now, he remembers Kate Winslet's famous confession to Leonardo: I'm glad I can stand here and tell you how much I Love you, I have loved you for 13 years. I love you with all my heart.

This is a confession of pure friendship.

Maybe Rose kept Jack in her heart all the time, but Jack was not good at this right now.

Leonardo didn't care at all, and said to everyone around him, "Everyone, let me introduce you.

This is Ronan Anderson. You may have heard of his father, John Anderson."

"John Anderson of Sand Sea Entertainment?" someone answered.

Regarding Ronan's rebuttal, Leonardo was very upset, and continued,

"When I was acting in "Growing Pains", John was an associate producer on the crew and he was very capable.

It took ten years for John to develop The company but unfortunately, it was crushed overnight."

The middle-aged man with black-rimmed glasses leaned into Leonardo's ear and whispered something, but it happened that it could be heard by people around him, "Leo, haven't you heard? This prodigal son is preparing to start a new movie"

Ronan didn't refute, his eyes drifted towards Saleh secretly, and he called out in his heart to let the mockery become more intense.

These taunts were all assists.

Knowing that Leonardo is arrogant during this stage, why did he jump out to refute?

He doesn't have any special fetish for getting mocked

All of this is for his movie's promotion

Leonardo smiled brightly, handsomely, and said something unpleasant, "Not everyone has self-acknowledgment"

Kate Winslet pulled Leonardo's other hand,

Leonardo smiled and left with her, muttering as he walked,

"Kate, this prodigal son has not given me face! This kind of person, I will never see this kind of ..."

"Stop speaking" Kate Winslet interrupted him.

Other people also quickly dispersed.

There are only two people left here, Ronan and Saleh.

"Hello" Saleh took two steps forward and said to Ronan, "Thank you for helping me speak out."

Ronan waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm just telling the truth."

Saleh said seriously, "They are too much."

"It's nothing, I am often ridiculed." Ronan smiled bitterly,

"I am a Hollywood alien in their eyes."

He then shook his head and said, "These people, one by one, claim to be noble, but they don't even have the most basic respect."

"It's okay." Saleh used Ronan's words and replied, "I have gotten used to it recently."

Ronan deliberately glanced at Saleh, then lowered his voice and said: "If you want to mix with Hollywood, you have to adapt.

The Jews have more right to speak in this circle."

Saleh felt the same way and said, "Yeah, I have been in Los Angeles for two months, and all I heard were ridicule and verbal attacks"

Then he smiled embarrassedly and continued "But you are different from them."

Ronan appeared to be particularly sincere and said, "This is normal in this circle,

Under the intentional promotion of certain forces, whether it is works or reality, they won't allow fair treatment for people like you"

　　 "Hmm," Saleh felt that this young man was worthy of his friendship and introduced himself, "I am Saleh Zayed, from Abu Dhabi."

　　 Ronan shook hands with him, "My name is Ronan, Ronan Anderson. The owner of a small film company and a new producer."

　　 The two exchanged a few words, and because they had just stood in the same camp, they quickly became acquainted with each other.

After chatting for a while, Saleh remembered Leonardo's words and asked, "Listening to his words just now, you seem to have some trouble?"

Ronan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I messed up a movie and lost a lot of money, so they all say I am a prodigal.

Seeing that the new project I was preparing had encountered some troubles, people are gloating over it"

Saleh asked with a voice of concern, "Difficulties?"

Ronan shrugged slightly and said, "It's no big deal, those Jewish vampires dislike my ideas..." He scratched his hair a little bit and suddenly said

"Look at me, talking nonsense again."

"You are telling the truth" Saleh was sure that this guy was an outsider in the Hollywood circle and thought,

The Hollywood practitioners he had met before, one by one, can't wait to put their faces on the Jew's ass.

"I can't help but look down on those Jews." Ronan said angrily, "They look miserable from the outside but they always get the best bargain, It seems that the whole world owes them."

　　 Saleh felt the same way and said, "It's true."

Ronan shook his head, helplessly: "In Hollywood, I have to compromise.

They control distribution and publicity. It is too easy to discredit a person like me." he said shamelessly

From start to finish, more than 99% of him is telling the truth, "There are also vampires who control a lot of money.

Like my new project, if I can't get loans, I can only close down the project" he said sadly.

( The author has shown Leo in a little bit bad light here, but it is also true that many kind and famous actors in the present generation were more arrogant when they were young, but they all matured after a few years and became the superstars they are now... And this is not a typical face-slapping Chinese novel, read 20 to 30 chapters and you will understand. Thanks for reading )