105. A Class Apart, Pixar, Life Changing Advice & The Promise of a Lifetime. (R-18)

Disclaimer: The story takes place on an Alternate Earth with a slightly different timeline of events. Therefore, people may be born earlier, later, or not at all. This gives me more freedom to write about the characters as I want. 

Additionally, the characters in my story are not accurate portrayals of their real-life counterparts. Please remember that this story is a wish fulfillment tale set in Urban Hollywood with some fantasy elements due to the system's shenanigans, so please don't take it too seriously.

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Opening Author's Note:

I am really happy to upload this chapter guys, with this chapter we are officially 3 chapters ahead of the public release of this book.

It had been eating me up a little on the inside as I had promised 3 extra chapters but was only able to deliver on two. Feels like a weight off my shoulders.

I will be releasing the next on soon as its already half done. The edit of this chapter took some time as there were too many dialogues.

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Recap of the Previous Chapter –

Mark displays his core talent i.e. Martial Arts in the most visceral and brutal way possible that is by fighting 3 masters of martial arts back-to-back so that he can strike 3 birds with one stone. He earn the lot of favorability points from the gathered audiences.

He made even more money for the charity and even impress Mr. Ted Turner for his idea to create a paid TV channel just for adults; and advertised his product with UnderArmor.

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~ Quote of the Chapter ~

"I don't quit.. I don't run and I never go back on my words that's my ninja way."

– Uzumaki Naruto.

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~ Evelyn Thorne's POV ~

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Date: Sunday, 28th October, 1990.

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Time: 09:58 pm.

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"Oh God, oh God, oh God!" Eva cried out, as her legs were tightening around his waist as he plunged his oversized cock deep inside her.

Every hard, deep thrust just sent this electrifying jolt of pleasure through her core and straight to her brain, she knew she wasn't going to last long.

She never had before. The pleasure was building up at a rate that had scared her the first time they had done it on that special night. But she had long since gotten used to how intense and pleasurable sex usually was with her love.

After less than a minute, her whole body went taut as her muscles tensed in anticipation of the impending release. Her back rose off the bed as she was sent plunging over the edge of madness.

He was hypnotized by the way her breasts sloped to the sides and bounced with each his thrusts.

"MAARRK! Aahhhnn!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as her orgasm crashed over her body spreading and taking her under like a tsunami.

As waves of soul-searing pleasure coursed through her entire body from head to toe, and when it ended, she was immediately thrown into an even more powerful climax.

It went on and on as orgasm after mind-blowing orgasms just crashed over her quaking, convulsing body. At some point, she realized that Mark had pulled out of her and flipped her onto her belly before plunging back inside to the hilt.

The last thing she consciously remembered before blacking out was the sound and feeling of him cumming inside her, filling her aching womb with his thick warm seed that filled her with bliss.

She couldn't wait till the time when Mark felt comfortable enough to have kids together. They had talked about this before, it might be a few more years but Mark wanted kids with her as well.

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She woke up to the familiar feeling of being pressed against her man's warm, strong body and sighed. As she snuggled into the mouth-watering muscles of his chest, she rested her head on his shoulder.

Lying there, she felt completely safe and loved as she was wrapped up in his strong arms, this was enough for her, this was all she wanted in life.

She was happy that she got to share this extraordinary man with the world ; she was to an extent, but that didn't change the fact that she felt like she wasn't enough for him.

She was happy that she got to share this extraordinary man with the world; she knew people would consider her crazy. But being with Mark had helped her get over her insecurities, her fears that she wasn't enough for him.

It was where she got her cuckolding kink from, but with Mark's reassurances, his love and support. She could admit to herself that she was good enough for him, but still wanted to share him. Because she loved the thought of Mark living his life as king and which king doesn't have a harem.

Shaking her head and clearing her mind of these thoughts, she gently escaped his embrace. As she got up, she looked down at his form and took in the sight of her godlike man, softly illuminated by the light of dawn.

She might not have agreed with the inhuman training regimen he had put him through during his childhood, seeming at times like her man had strove to turn his body into that of a super soldier.

But also she couldn't lie to herself that she didn't like the benefits of the results that Mark had achieved. An intensive training regimen that he had pushed himself to complete from the time he was a child had given him the perfect physique.

He was strong, lean and muscular yet still having the agility, nimbleness and grace of a gymnast. His body looked like one of those sculptures of Greek gods created by Michelangelo himself. It was a body that never failed to make her heart flutter and her pussy wet with desire.

She couldn't help but smile lovingly, as she leaned down and planted her lips against his chest, feeling the warm, hard muscles under them. Leaving a trail of kisses through his abs, she felt sad that she didn't have time to bathe every one of them with her tongue.

But Mark had a morning meeting with Steve Jobs today, and she knew that was a meeting that Mark had been preparing for the last few months. As he had been trying his best to buy pixar from him and last night the man had finally folded.

she knew she would have to hurry. As her fingers trailed down those abs it came to rest on the most impressive part of his body. And to be honest her personal favorite. It came first by beating out that beautiful genius mind of his just by an inch.

Though she had never seen another one, as she only had been in a causal relationship before getting together with Mark. She knew that his cock was well above average. It had been a daunting thing to handle the night of Eidolon's establishment, when she had first given herself to him.

But now she was very well-practiced at taking her time with it so that they both enjoyed themselves even more. She licked a trail from bottom to top, she tasted the dried up fluids of their lovemaking from last night before and shuddered.

Picking that beautiful thick shaft up in her hands, she slowly swirled her tongue around the sensitive glans.

"Mmm," Mark moaned, still asleep.

Encouraged by his moan, she took him in between her lips and placed a kiss on the tip. She left a trail of kisses down his hard shaft as she got to his balls, she didn't know but the smell of them awakened something primal inside as she kissed and sniffed them, resting them on her lips.

After a minute of worshiping his balls, she got back up as she slowly licked his shaft from the balls to the tip. She gave it a few kisses once again before starting to slowly bob her head up and down on the thick shaft.

"Ahhnn," Mark moaned again, his eyes fluttering open as the sensations got to him back to the land of the living. "Fuck, you're so good at that."

His deep voice, sounding so relaxed and at peace, with her tender ministrations made her heated sex drool. Letting his cock slip from her lips with an audible pop, she continued to stroke him slowly with her hand.

"I should be," She replied back with a confident grin. "I've had plenty of practice."

Mark chuckled at the sassy reply and then groaned as she took his cock back inside her mouth, teasing the sensitive underside of his cock with her talented tongue.

She sped up quickly, still mindful of the fact that they didn't have all morning to play around, as they had been for so many days after he had come back from Japan.

She took him deeper and deeper, until he was lodged in the back of her throat. She had long since learned how to relax her gag reflex and breathe through her nose while blowing him, so she didn't have to take a break to breathe or even ease up.

"Fuck, Eva, darling" He groaned, digging his fingers gently into her scalp. "You are such a good girl."

She couldn't help but whimper around his cock, making his cock convulse, and she had to slap his thigh twice to signal that he should stop. As this was not a time for him to indulge her praise kink.

"Sorry, pet," He chuckled, enjoying his morning blowjob, as he laid his head back on the pillow and closed his eyes. "Force of habit."

She sped up slightly and cupped his massive, heavy balls in her hand, as she gently massaged them to prepare for the first release of the day. It was always the heaviest as well, it was all hers.

"Fuck, baby, I'm gonna cum soon," He groaned, his voice sounding strained as he acted like he was trying to hold on a little longer.

She didn't ease up on her side in the slightest, wanting nothing more than for him to unload his warm cum down her throat, and she got her wish just a minute later.

As spurt after spurt of thick, viscous cum filled her mouth, and she swallowed it all, not wasting even a single drop. After the first few spurts she dragged her mouth back off, till just the tip remained in her mouth.

She loved tasting him in her mouth, it was heavenly, she loved how thoughtful he was with his diet. He always made sure to eat pineapples and papaya in a salad for either breakfast or lunch.

Mark had gone to his happy place, he fell into a meditative calm once it had ended, he took deep breaths as he used the post nut clarity to visualize all that he would have to achieve that day and how he would do that.

Eva smirked down at him as she saw his face, once she had let go of his softening cock after giving it a thorough tongue cleaning. She knew he was in his visualization mode, so didn't speak up instead she just waked off to the bathroom to brush up.

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She knew that he didn't care if he could taste his cum when he kissed her but she wanted to always be at her best for him.

After she was done with brushing and washing her face, she came back to see Mark doing stretches to warm up for his morning run. Unfortunately his daily morning sparring session with his bodyguards had to be canceled.

Steve Jobs himself had called her late last night and expressly told her just how badly he wanted to get the deal signed and done with after he had gone through all the details with his lawyer. So, she had Monica schedule his sparring session for the evening instead.

"Thanks for breakfast," she said as she walked up to him in just her lingerie from last night.

"You won't distract me, woman. I am on a mission today." He replied, dead serious as he closed eyes, knowing that if he looked at her in that dress. He wouldn't even realize where the time went.

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As Mark was jogging down the trail he decided to check the achievement he had gotten last night. His main objective was to farm the favorability points from people but it seemed like he had unintentionally struck gold again.

[Congratulations, Mark, you have completed a Hidden Achievement.

Hidden Achievement: A Class Apart.

Requirements:

1. Meet the conditions to unlock one of the hidden classes.

Conditions met –

1. Be famed for their skills in seven different fields of art.

Feats – Writing, Singing, Dancing, Directing, Martial Arts, Music and Painting.

2. Have the ambition and the drive to conquer the entertainment industry.

Hidden Class Unlocked – The Legendary Virtuoso.

Rewards: 20 HP and unlocks the Class Feature of the system.]

'Hidden Class?' he asked as he slowed down to a walking pace.

[A Hidden Class, is a superior version of the normal classes that will be available to the player once they have fulfilled the condition to gain one.]

'I see, so why hadn't I just gained a normal class. Also I didn't know class existed anyways so aren't all classes hidden for me?'

[Well, actually Mark you had already met the conditions to have many normal classes. But unfortunately or fortunately due to your versatility and zeal you grew beyond what those classes could have offered you.

As such only the hidden classes were left and till now you did not meet the conditions to unlock the hidden classes, that is until last night where you amazed the crowd of hundreds of people with your Martial Arts skills.

Especially those martial art masters that you had brought in, their approval and acknowledgement of your skills pushed you through to fulfill the requirement and unlock the Hidden Class.]

'I see, well let's see what it does, Vani. Bring up the description.'

[Sure, Mark, here it is –

The Legendary Virtuoso (S-Tier: Hidden Class)

The Legendary Virtuoso epitomizes ambition and unparalleled talent, driven by a relentless desire to dominate the entertainment industry. Fueled by their versatility and unyielding ambition, those who unlock this class stop at nothing to conquer every facet of the entertainment landscape

Whether it be – animation, movies, TV shows, comic books, and video games, leaving an indelible mark on popular culture while ascending to the highest levels of success. Their visionary brilliance and unwavering determination propel them forward as they conquer new territories and revolutionize storytelling.

In their relentless quest for dominance, the Legendary Virtuoso rises to the pinnacle of success, reshaping the industry in their image and leaving an indelible mark on popular culture. Standing as an icon of ambition, redefining entertainment itself.]

'Sounds like me.' He thought happily with a huge smile on his face.

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"Mark, I can't thank you enough. It's not that I don't trust but you know what happened to me back at Apple."

Mark nodded his head in understanding.

"And just like you said.. you truly did give me an offer that I couldn't refuse but the offer was so good that I couldn't believe it was real."

"Thank you for this opportunity." Steve replied with a grateful smile on his face as you should hands with Mark from across the table and then set down.

"Steve. I.. don't know what to say." Mark was dumbfounded, he didn't know how to take this because the Steve Jobs he knew was prideful, arrogant and very egotistical but he guessed everyone has a different side to them as well.

"Did my words shock you that much?" Steve with a knowing grin.

"It's true that I'm very proud and don't hold many people in high regard. But this offer is 5 times higher than the highest asking price for Pixar." Steve explained why he was being so polite and humble.

"Never even in my wildest dreams did I think someone would be crazy enough to give me an offer like this."

"Eisner offered me 70 and to be honest, despite my dislike for him I would have taken it if I didn't get to hear yours last night."

"But I did and I'm really grateful for that, because of you I will be able to return to Apple with my head held high."

"Steve, you don't need to thank me. I believe that Apple without you isn't the same and it needs you if it wants to ever have a shot at reaching its full potential."

"And what's that?" He was intrigued.

"One of the biggest tech companies in the world." Mark replied with a sincere voice.

"I will drink to that." Steve replied with a proud smile, happy at Mark's belief in him and in Apple.

"I'm sorry but I don't drink. But what would you like to have?" He refused the offer, but offered his hospitality.

"Well, after watching you beat down those three fighters, I can see that you take great care of your body." He looked over Mark's towering presence and broad shoulders.

"If Batman were to exist in real life, I'd imagine he would look just like Mark, at least in his physicality."

"Well let's take care of the paperwork and make this official." Mark said as he messaged Rose to send in the guys with the paper.

"Thank you for not changing that name. It has a lot of fond memories as we tried and failed to make something work. I may have failed but I hope where I failed you will find success."

"Thank you Steve. I appreciate it. I will make Pixar the greatest animation studio in America." Mark replied, while internally jumping in joy, his favorite animation studio was now his, another studio he saved from the clutches of Disney.

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"Please enter, Ms. Kidman." Rose said, as she gestured for her to enter Mark's office.

"Thank you." She replied, entering Mark's office. It was very minimally decorated with a lot of self done or commissioned artwork. In her opinion it is far better than the obnoxiously decorated old mansions with relics from plundered countries.

The floor was slightly lower in the center area where there was a huge rectangular sofa. There was an open window behind his desk with a perfect view of his megastudio that he's built for himself.

She could see that he liked having a part of nature in his surroundings, with all the real plants, the imitation waterfall and an entire wall which was just a huge fish tank with exotic fishes, crabs, eels and all sorts of marine life.

As she took in all the sights, she saw that Mark was writing on his computer and he still had his mask on, though she noticed his eyes were on her.

"Thank you for meeting me, Mr. Spector." She said as she walked closer.

"Come on, now. Nicole, I think after that conversation we shared. We might as well be on a first name basis. Call me, Mark and come sit down." He replied, gesturing for her to take a seat.

"What would you like to drink? Water? Tea? Coffee?" He asked politely.

"Umm.. coffee would be nice." She replied after thinking, as she still felt a tired sleepy due to such a early morning meeting.

"Great choice. It'll wake you right up. Sorry to put you in so early in the morning but I really didn't have any other slot open in my schedule." he explained in an apologetic tone.

"No! No.. It's absolutely fine, Marc." She replied, dismissing his worries. She was ready to be completely at his beck and call, as long as he can revive her career and wipe off that title of box office poison from her ledger.

"So, what kind of role do you have for me?" She asked remembering that he liked straightforward conversations.

"Well, actually I got two for you." She knew he was smirking at her even through that mask.

"Two?!" She was shocked, 'Jackpot' she thought to herself as she tried to reign in her excitement.

"What's the catch?" She asked, tilting forward so she could show off the "goods."



"There isn't, at least not the kind you're thinking about." He replied, gesturing to the low cut top she had put on with the purpose to serve as eye candy.

She couldn't help but blush in embarrassment, but she was smart and decisive to not hide or shy away from him.

"The catch isn't what I want, but rather what do you want Nicole?" He asked back, but his question wasn't done yet.

"Is a role in one of my movies all you are looking for?"

"Because I can give that to you. No strings attached. You're qualified enough." He stated nonchalantly.

"But is that all you want? A one time offer or do you actually want my help, my advice, my guidance and resources, my backing so as to say."

"I want your help Mark and for that I'm willing to do pay whatever it will cost me." She replied earnestly, willing to take a bet on him, if he was willing to take one on him and if he did, she swore she wouldn't let him down.

"For now it won't cost you anything. I didn't make you sign a NDA to protect me from whatever nefarious act you thought I was gonna do to you." She couldn't help but blush at the accusation because it was actually what was on her mind. But she had already steeled her heart and was willing go through with it if Mark really asked her.

"It was to protect the confidentiality of the offer that I am going to be making you." hearing that made her let out the sigh of relief as her heart calm down and she felt gratitude towards Mark for not taking advantage of her in her moment of weakness.

"But before that.. let's get to know each other a little bit better." He said as he leaned forward.

"Tell me Nicole, what kind of an actress do you wanna be?"

"A Vase?"

"An Oscar bait?"

"Or do you wanna be a Star?"

"You've already done roles where you played the vase. You looked pretty but your character didn't have any substance."

"So when the people saw you they didn't see the character that you were playing but "you" and what do you think they thought next." He asked to see if she remembered their previous conversation.

"They thought about Tom and me, together." She muttered with a sigh.

"Yep. You are getting it now." He replied, snapping his fingers.

"So if you want to keep playing the role of a "vase," then I would recommend to layoff from any movies for a year or two." She was shocked because it was exactly the advice her agent gave her.

Even though she had expressly told him that she didn't want to be reduced to a f***ing showpiece.

"But you wanna know my personal opinion?"

She nodded, curious to hear what he thought about her.

"I think you are too good to be playing as a vase, because the role of vase or showpiece is for those actresses who were actually models before switched careers and got into acting."

It instantly brought a smile to her face that she fought to hold back as she felt pride at his honest and upfront acknowledgement about her talent.

she knew that Mark was in the kind of position where he could make her do whatever he wanted with just a promise.. fake one.

But she knew that was all it would take for her to drop to her knees and fulfill all his desires. He didn't need to praise her or even help her, this offer had to be honest and she was surprised, because she couldn't understand why he wanted to help her.

She decided that she was going to hear till the end of it as she wanted to know for herself what it was that mark was truly after.

"So, they know how to pose and how to look good on the camera. But that's all they know, their facial expressions are horrible, their acting is so fake that even a casual viewer can feel that something is wrong."

"So they might look good but from the inside they're empty, they cannot act, they cannot perform any emotional set pieces."

"They have nothing - no substance, all empty inside, just like a vase.. It's where it got its name from, you know."

"So now you need to decide now what you kind of actress are going to be Nicole – are you going to be the Oscarbait or are you going to be the star?"

She stayed silent for a few seconds before she gathered courage and asked, "What if I want both?"

Right at that moment Mark knew that he had her right where he wanted her, that she was gonna take his offer so he decided to take off the mask and go all in with the offer.

As he was taking off the mask, he replied with a question of his own, "Don't you think it's a little too greedy?"

"You took Salma, who was nothing but a D-list telenovela actress and made her a household name overnight. One more movie and she would be considered an A-list actress." She replied with a pout, wanting to play coy.

"But she wasn't a part of just any random movie, Nicole. Knives Out is the biggest movie of this year, it has already made over 650 million dollars at the box office. Universal's entire box office collection of this year is a little over 670 million."

"But I like that, you are being ambitious, that's a good thing but we need to know our limits and start small." He advised and asked her in turn.

"Tell me if I don't give you an offer, what was your plan, what were you going to do for the next year?"

"To be honest.. After Batman Forever, I have been under a lot of stress so I try not to think much about it." She looked down, feeling a little ashamed that she broke down so easily.

"Like you said before, my agent thought it might be best that I should lay off from doing any movies for at least a year or two. So that the image that I currently have can fade from the mind of the public."

"That's okay advice but not a good one." He replied thinking of her situation.

"Please tell me what you think I should do?" She requested putting her faith in him.

"What you need to do is not fade from the minds of the people but rather change that image that you currently have."

"But that change also needs to be done very carefully. It cannot be too abruptly or else the audiences will just be closed off from you."

"Right now you have done mostly romantic roles with Tom. You need to make sure that the roles you choose for your next few films aren't romantic in nature, at least not directly."

"You can't also completely go in another direction and do a horror or an action movie. It needs to be subtle."

"What you need is something familiar but not overtly so."

"So, my answer for you is familial love."

"In my opinion it is the perfect role that you can do right now to save your career." He said tapping the file on top, it looked like a script.

"It is a small role which will give you only a few minutes of screen time. But I think that is exactly what you need right now, you need to do smaller roles that will keep you alive and in the conversation."

"And that is why I am offering you not one but two roles because both of them are small supportive roles with only a few minutes of screen time."

"But they've got emotional set pieces that will allow you to make an impact in the movie.

"This will allow you to be ready for the next year when it's time to come back with a major role, that is my advice to you now. So what do you think?"

"I am in, do I get to read the script now?" She was excited to get start and get her career back on track.

"Of course, here's the script of a comedy movie, where you'll play the role of a young mother. One - Kate McCallister." He said, passing her the first file.

"And this one's a little more special. In this your role would be that of a girl next door whom the protagonist will have a crush on only to realize he was imagining you the whole." He explained as he passed her the second.

"But you'll make a final appearance in the movie at the end credit scene in reality and introduce yourself to him as - Dr. Harleen Quinzel." He had a smirk on his face as if he knew something she didn't.

"I hope we have a great partnership, Ms. Kidman." He offered her a hand and they shook hands and Mark gave her a nod, like she could trust him to take care of her.

"So, that's it.. you don't want me to do you any "favors" or something?" She asked bewildered.

He chuckled at first but then got serious as he replied. "I don't coerce women into my bed, Nicole. If they want a seat at my table then they have to earn it themselves."

"I gave salma the role solely based on her performance and her talent. She was truly the perfect fit for Martha."

"The only reason I am dating her now is because I also fell in love with her as I came to know her better through our shared time together."

"I see. I'm sorry for implying that." She sincerely apologized.

"You're a beautiful woman, Nicole. But what I want from you isn't your body but rather your heart. I want your loyalty and your trust. As for your heart I'll earn it eventually."

"Feeling confident are we?" She asked with a smirk but then her expression changed, "wait a minute.. does Salma know?"

"Of course, she does about you and the others." His reply was nonchalant as ever, as if it wasn't a big deal.

"There are other?!" She exclaimed, as came to a realisation.

"So this is your flaw." She muttered, nodding to herself as if she had figure out a great secret.

"Flaw?" He was intrigued.

"At first glance you appear so perfect, Marc. You got the looks, the money, the talent and are even charitable."

"No one is that perfect. I thought maybe you liked men or children or that you had a few dead bodies buried in the backyard."

"I am not perfect, far from it, I am just a hedonistic, selfish man." He replied with a shrug.

"Women.. women, I can understand, Mark. You aren't like Harvey, who forces himself on every actress who would make the mistake of working for him. Compared to a bastard like him you're practically a saint."

"That's not a high bar, I think compared to him almost everyone in this hell hole of an industry will look like a saint."

She chuckled at his remark.

"Did he ever come on to you?" He asked suddenly getting serious.

"He tried once but it was a semi public space so I was able to dodge his offer and bolt."

"Well the next time he tries, the bodyguard that you'll soon be provided with will break his face in."

"Thanks, Marc. But don't you think its a little too excessive"

Your boyfriend is a part of a cult. I think it's Just the right level of propriety. Also now that you are a part of my group, it's my job to look after you.

"Thanks, Mark." She said again, feeling her heart skip a beat.

"You're welcome."

"Oh, damn. I forgot to tell you something."

"What?" She asked, feeling a premonition.

"That comedy movie I offered - Home Alone. It's actually a two parter. So you will be working on three movies back to back, but don't worry I promise you, your workload will be very light as you don't have a very big role in Home Alone 1.

"It will be made by my friends who will knock out your scenes in the first week or two and then you will move onto KJ. I will be personally directing it and I will try to take care of your scenes first."

"After you are done with filming the scenes of KJ we will move you back to the set of Home Alone 2 with my friends and then you will work with them for a few weeks and then it's over."

"I know it will be very hectic and it is going to be a lot of work but remember hard work always pays off."

"Or you can drop one of them if you want." he said at the end, giving her a way out if she wanted.

"Which one do you think I should drop?" she asked him for advice as he had been the one to say that she can ask him for advice anytime.

He didn't mind it one bit, instead he was happy that she felt comfortable enough to ask in the first place.

"To be honest, I think you'll regret not doing both. One is a comedy, a genre you've never tried before. It gives you a rare opportunity to try something new."

"As for the other, I believe it is going to be the best film I'll ever make. Period." He said as if it was no big deal.

"Just what is KJ?" She couldn't help but ask, feeling ever so curious.

"It's nothing much, just my earnest attempt to win the Oscar for best director and film at the youngest age possible." He replied nonchalantly with a smirk.

"Holy shit!"

"Language." He said and chuckled and then said, "Hmm, good talk, will this be all Nicole?"

"Umm. Before I leave, do you have any financial advice for me?"

"Why are you asking me?" He was confused.

"Well, I will be doing three movies back to back, so I thought the money could be put into something smart for once."

"Oh come, you're a multi-millionaire. Share some tips on what I should invest in." She replied with a pout.

"Well land and property rates are always going up so you can't go wrong with that." He said carefully, trying not to give away too much.

"You had a smirk when I said you're a multi-millionaire. Are you already worth over a billion dollars?!"

"No comments." He replied with teasing smirk.

"Oh, come on Marc you've to tell me now, you can't just tease a woman and leave her without her happy ending." She cracked a joke at the end.

"Woah, that's highly inappropriate and hella funny. I like you. but still it's a no."

"Please." She asked with a cute puppy face.

"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." He replied with a sigh.

"You don't know that."

"Ok.. but on one condition."

She nodded, happy that he caved in.

"But you cannot reveal this to anyone, the next time we meet I will ask if you've told about this to anyone in any way and if you lie, I will know."

"And I think you're well aware, after your talk with Kevin about how much I hate liars." He said nonchalantly.

She had a serious look on her face as she replied, "I promise to never tell a soul."

He sighed and said, "okay." And then closed his eyes for a second to take a peek at his status page.

[Net Worth: 4.1 billion. «New»]

Costco and the other companies going for their new expansion and share issuance kept making his net worth grow bigger and bigger.

"A little over 4 billion." He replied seriously.

"Holy fu**!" She cussed, and then put her hands on her mouth in embarrassment.

"Sorry." She blushed, as she apologized for her outburst.

"It's fine. Though don't ask me to explain how I made that much, these lips are sealed." He said, imitating the zipper motion.

"I won't.. Thanks Mark for helping me. I won't forget this."

[Favorability Points: 69 → 82]

He just nodded, as he saw her out. Seeing how he raised his favorability by 13, I could say that this meeting had gone really really well for him.

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"Did you read the new book, I heard that the new volume of Ben 10 is out?" A teenager asked his friend as they walked back from the park.

"Forget about the new book. Did you read Naruto's new chapter?" The other boy asked back.

The first boy just shook his head.

"Well, Naruto just blew up. They say it's the best chapter yet." He said in excitement, as he had already read the chapter and couldn't wait to discuss it with his best friend.

"F*** me, I missed the sale, bro. By the time I reached it was all over. Now I have to wait till the next batch comes in." He lamented at his misfortune.

"Don't you worry, I got you bro. Here." He said taking out the latest chapter of Naruto from his backpack.

"This is the new chapter!" He was surprised, as he saw chapter 9 written on the title.

"Of course it is. I already read it. So you can have it." He replied with a kind smile, happy to help his friend.

"Thanks bro, I will treat you to ramen tomorrow. I promise." He said, holding up the comic book in joy.

"I'll hold you to that, now go home and enjoy the read." He said give him pat on the shoulder.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He said at the end, as he dropped his skateboard to the ground and wheeled away.

He nodded and left for his home as well, even though it was in the seedier part of town. It was safe for them as they had a close relationship with their neighbors and had each other's backs.

As soon as he entered, he headed to his room and locked the door. So he could read in peace.

Turning the pages he saw Naruto sneaking into the place called the Ninja Library. He remembered that Naruto had started sneaking into the place to learn and study the Ninja arts as the Academy professors were sabotaging his education.

But this time he saw Naruto enter a section that he hadn't before it was called the Elite Ninja section. Until now he had only seen Naruto snake into the journeyman Ninja section.

He was curious to see what kind of new knowledge he will gain from this risky undertaking.

He saw that Naruto was heading for the section labeled as history of The Ninja clans. There Naruto picked out a book labeled as uzumaki and began to read it.

He saw Naruto reading and finding out how the uzumaki clan was actually allied with the Hidden Leaf village. Yet the Leaf village had been tied down and unable to help them in their time of need, which led to the eventual destruction of the uzumaki clan.

He saw Naruto's eyes were coloured red in the next panel instead of his usual blue in the comic book and thought it looked familiar. As Naruto kept reading with gritted teeth, he was suddenly transported to a completely different place.

It looked like a huge sewage with water coming up to his knees. A red bubbling thing seemed to envelope him as it dragged him closer towards the gate of a huge cage like structure.

The background had a red text bubble with a black text that seemed to coerce Naruto to break some kind of seal and to unleash him. But at the last moment Naruto regains consciousness and slams his fist into one of the pillars and says "No."

He can see that there is a huge looming shadow behind the huge golden bars, with glowing red eyes. But Naruto pays it no heed and just turns around to leave but before he can go too far.

The shadow said, "Dont you dare turn your back on me like your father, you brat."

Naruto's face grew furious, for the first time in the story he had seen Naruto be so angry.

He turned around abruptly and shouted, "DO. NOT. CALL. THAT. MAN. MY. FATHER."

"What kind of a father would condemn his own son to this kind of existence, one filled with so much pain, misery and solitude; to be shunned by the entire village.. hated by them. Wished upon to just roll over and die."

He felt Naruto's pain as he read those words, it was visceral, that raw feeling of anger from Naruto just gave him goosebumps.

"I am an orphan, I have no family and for the longest time I had no friends as well. I had no one to talk to.. no one wanted to play around with me.

What do you think that does to the mind of a 5 year old," He saw that the looming stayed silent and then laid down. Naruto continued talking out his miserable life.

"It almost broke. All I had was one question in my mind - WHY. WHY. ME."

"And then I figured it out, it was because my father wanted to play at being a hero. He chose this village over me."

"But Naruto, he was the hokage. It was his duty, he had no choice." He spoke out miming with his hand how the other villagers would speak up in defense of his dad.

"No, what he was.. is weak. He was weak so he couldn't protect both me and the village and so he had to sacrifice one."

"And because of his sacrifice I became a Jinchuriki of the Nine-tails. The Power of Human Sacrifice. What an apt title."

"The world might call him the God of Shinobi, the strongest hokage. The only one other than Hashirama to be assigned with a flee-on-sight order. But to me he will always be WEAK and I refuse to be the same." He snarled with deep rage.

"I will swear my name as Uzumaki Naruto that I will surpass them all, I will be the strongest. I will survive it all, this village's hatred, the hunt of those rogue kages."

"I swear upon my name as Uzumaki Naruto that I will free us from this cage that the 4th hokage put us in when he sealed you inside me, imprisoning you within me and me within this village."

After saying his piece, he turned around once again and was about to leave when heard the beast finally speak again.

"You lie."

He turned around and looked the beast that still tower over him despite it lying down and looked in the eye as he said, "I dont quit.. I don't run.. and I never go back on my word. That's my nindo - my ninja way. Remember that Nine-tails"

The Nine-tails looked intrigued, "You might not, but you need to now. As the guards have been alerted by the chakra burst you released in your anger before I pulled you in here. So, Run. Naruto. Run." Nine-tails said as Naruto once again woke up and immediately made a run for his house while avoiding being caught.

— To be continued…

In the next episode of L̶e̶g̶e̶n̶d̶ o̶f̶ t̶h̶e̶ N̶o̶r̶t̶

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I meant in the next chapter of Hollywood: Head-Hunting System.

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