Chp 49 : Viva La France?

After the Oscar Party a few weeks ago, Al fell into deep thought. Of course, he accepted what Mr. Geldof offered to him, it was one of the most legendary events ever recorded in history.

The "Live Aid" concert's purpose was to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, attended by about 72,000 people, and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, US, attended by 89,484 people.

He remembered that Queens stole the show that day, although many musicians did not lose to them in terms of performance.

From what Geldof said, he could give Al at least 10 minutes of show time and he must sings I Lived and one other song.

He was thinking about which song he could take from the future, and finally, he made his choice. Sorry, the musician in the future, present is present and future is future.

Al also has signed the contract for Ferris Bueller's film and the shooting will be held from August to October.

There's also one thing that Al was waiting for. Finally, Stanley Kubrick has finished his preparation for his new film, and he would hold a public audition for the cast.

He told every actor, actress, agent, and Hollywood practitioner to send him a videotape if they wanted to be cast in his film. This news shocked Hollywood because Stanley never held a public casting before, it only reserved for someone who had qualifications to join his film.

So Al hurriedly asked for John Mick and Jason Barnes's help to train him in the military ways of the U.S. Marines.

After a month of training, he finally recorded the videotapes and sent them to Stanley Kubrick. He hoped that he got the roles as Private Joker.

Not only that, after trained for a month, Al's body became more muscular and he adapted to some of the armies' habits like..... waking up every kid at 6 am and forced them to run and exercise with him, including Mary.

He broke into her room and flipped her bed until she fell to the floor. He called this technique tsunami, and he is tsunamiing them every day until Laura, Drew and Melissa couldn't take it anymore and cried to Mrs. K. Then everything stopped after Mrs. K talked to Al.

(lol this is my senior done to me in my boarding school)

If anyone could talk some sense to Al, Mrs. K is the only person who could.

Anyway, right now he will be focusing on his school activities because now there's a lot of tests before summer vacation begin.

After they finished school, as usual, they were hanging around in the mall but not in Burger King anymore, why? Well.....

"Damn BK, damn Pillsbury Group, they won't sell any shares of BK to me at all. Family business shit etc."

Today they were hanging around in Baskin-Robbins and they were eating their scoops.

"Only you Al who could bear a grudge because of something like that and swore won't eat there anymore," Max said.

"It's not just that Max, it was involved the pride as a man. It's hurt to be denied by the one who you love, in this case, Me as the burger lover."

"Why don't you open your own restaurant Al, or maybe a bar, clubs, or something. We could use that place as our base camp for hanging out, and have a gathering every Sunday." Robin who has ice cream stains all over her mouth suggested to him.

Al grabbed a tissue and wiped the ice cream stains out of her mouth.

"Good idea Robbie, I could make a dine-in restaurant at day and bar or clubs at night. I could make some cutting edge and futuristic design and maybe a rooftop bar."

"Uh uh, how about a pool, a swimming pool with a pool inside. And have a telescope!"

"Yes, of course, how about a theatre inside? A movie night every Saturday and maybe Go-kart inside the restaurant."

"Man, you both are out of your mind! Just because Ione is not here for the shooting, no one has put a leash on you two!" Anthony said.

"But what we said is real though.... most of it." He smiled.

"Damn, how much money do you have anyway?" River said.

"Enough to make it into reality Riv." He smirked.

"Where is she shooting anyway, she said they are in Scardeyment." Robin was tongue-tied spelling its words.

"Sacramento River, it's around 8 hours driving and 1 hour by plane." River corrected.

"Ugh, why is it so far!" She complained and leaned back to her chair.

"Well she will be shooting here in a week, we can visit both Ione and Keanu there," Al suggested.

"Okay, sounds good to me." Robin nod in agreement.

They continued eating their ice cream and Al then said. "Oh yeah guys, I want to ask you something. What do you think about going on vacation to France?"

""Huh?"" Everyone saw Al in surprise.

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Today 7th May 1985

Pan-Am Boeing 747-200s filled with tourist and film enthusiast has just landed in Mandelieu Airport, Cannes.

Most of them were here to follow the annual film festival of Cannes or just enjoying the warmness of the sun kissing their skin.

Cannes were famous for their beach, it's a sunny, mild, and dependable Mediterranean climate. Their luxurious restaurant, resorts, and sea trips.

"Wohoooo Viva La France madafakah!!" Anthony screamed near the baggage conveyor.

They were having an early summer vacation after they got another signature from all of the teachers of Hollywood High School. Their excuse? Hollywood and filming things, so they got easy access to skip school.

Also because Al almost scored A+ in every subject he chose, as for Max, Ione, Robin, and Anthony they scored well, mostly B+ to A. All of it thanks to Al's hellish tutorship.

Teachers now fully trust Al's rotten gang, although they liked to prank everyone in the school. Their pranks were usually harmless and funny, except for Billy and his football teams.

This was the first time that Al going out of the United States, He took all of the orphanage tenants, his friends Max, Anthony, Ione who just finished filming, Robin, and River.

"Al, can we see the Eiffel tower here?" Laura asked him.

"No Laura, they're in Paris, we are in Cannes far from there." He said it with regret, and the girls felt down after heard what Al had just said.

They really want to go to the fashion and romantic city because yeah, they were girls.

"Tell you what, after the festival over, we will fly directly to Paris. It's our first time in France and why don't we fully explore it?" The kids were cheering happily after heard what Al had just said.

"You are pampering them too much Al." Said Mrs. K beside him.

"I know Mom, but I like to see them happy. Oh, I will go outside first and check our guide first." He looked at his watch and try to make sure their guide to the hotel was there.

French people were known for their strict and short working hours and long breaks. So he was afraid that if he was not met with their guide punctually, they won't accept him at all because working hours policy.

Mrs. K made a go-ahead gesture and Al immediately gone out to search for their guide slash driver for the rest of their days in France.

He tried to find any of his names on the board that some people carried until he was bumped with a woman and made her fall.

He helped the woman to stand and said, "[Ah I'm sorry Mademoiselle.]" he said in French.

[Foreign Language]

"[Ah thank you, I'm okay, I'm the one who should apologize, I bumped into you.]" She said.

"[No, it's not right for a beautiful woman like you to apologize, let me say again, I'm sorry I have let Mademoiselle fallen like this, is there any way to compensate you? How about a dinner]" He said.

"[Ah I'm sorry but I have taken]" She said while showing her wedding ring.

Al already saw the wedding ring on her finger and that was why he asked her for a dinner. He expected that he would be rejected, He was still a 15 years old boy next month so it would inappropriate to really take an adult to date, except Mary and Jodie maybe.

Al who was pretending that he didn't know it said, "[Ah forgive me, Madame, I should have expected that a beautiful flower like you has been taken, it's shame for me, he is a lucky guy. But really, I'm sorry to let you fell though.]"

"[It's okay, by the way, you have a weird accent. Which side of France are you come from? Are you a local?]" She asked him.

"[I'm sorry to let you down Madame, but I'm American.]" He gave her a gentleman bow.

"[American!? It's rare to see them learn a foreign language, you guys have pride not to learn any, especially French. Ah I'm sorry if I was offending you.]"

"[No hurts at all, I'm Alphonse Brandt Madame. I especially learn French because its a beautiful language and mostly for picking up French girls.]"

She laughed after heard him said that he learned French to pick up girls. Well, that's what men normally do right, when they were learning something? For picking up girls.

Al also gave her his real names, although he was famous in the USA and had watched by millions of people across the globe, but for someone who really recognized his name and face outside the USA were very rare, especially in non-English speaking countries.

Some people outside the USA still called him Alien Boy or Ghost Boy or Oscar Singer Boy.

"[My name is Sophie, Sophie Marceau.]" She offered Al her hands which Al gladly kissed it.

"[Ah Sophie Marceau!? Vic Beretton!! I love your performance in <La Boum> 1 and 2, but I supposed that film was renamed to <The Party> in the US.]"

"[You watched it? Oh My God, I never knew someone outside Europe watched it, thank you for your support]" She looked happy because her film got recognition outside France.

"[Are you here to join the competition too?]" Al asked her.

"[Oh no, I am here because I was invited by the Cannes Film Festival organizer as a special guest on the red carpet. I am having a break right now because of my marriage. Wait, what do you mean by too? Are you an actor?]" She asked in surprise.

"[Oh I am Madame, but I today I am not participating as an actor, but as a director.]"

She asked again."[Oh a short film maybe?]"

"[No, a full-length film, I just hope the judges won't eliminate me early and enter the top 20. I hope I could also win the best director and the Palme d'Or in this festival]"

Palme d'Or is an award for the best film at the Cannes Film Festival.

"[A full movie? So young!? My husband also a movie director. I can introduce him to you and both of you can have a nice chat about it. How old are you again Mr. Brandt?]"

"[I am 15 this year.]"

She stunned after heard him saying that he was still 15, "[Are you kidding Mr. Brandt? Or are you making things up?]

"[It's real, I am competing in this festival as director, although this is the first film I ever made.]" He took a paper and wrote something on it then giving it to her

"[ <The Man From Earth>? ]" She read the name loudly.

"[Yes that's my movie title is, I hope you could watch it later in the festival.]"

Al checked his watch again and then said, "[I'm sorry Mrs. Marceau, I need to find our driver first. It was a pleasure to meet you. Make sure you watch my film with your husband.]"

Then Al left her alone with a paper filled with his writing on her hand. She smiled and take a look again at the paper. Now she is curious what surprise can this boy's film brings to her.

To Be Continued.....

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