Capítulo 439: Chapter 439: Relaxing a Bit
A yellow Corvette Z6 headed down I-5 to Anaheim, South Los Angeles. Charles drove the car while chatting with Alexandra Daddario in the passenger seat. "How's it going? The shooting of Piranha 3D going well?"
"Pretty smooth. We've been shooting for over forty days at the lake location. The atmosphere on set is great." Alexandra Daddario wore a loose V-neck T-shirt with a jacket over it and teamed it with shorts.
"I've got experience with this kind of thriller, horror movie now," Alexandra Daddario said, looking at Charles and smiling happily.
"Recently, I signed with the production team of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. I'm about to start shooting this fantasy adventure movie soon, and I'm the female lead!"
The movie adapted from the American author Rick Riordan's Greek myth adventure novel Percy Jackson.
Alexandra Daddario had been vying for the role in this movie. Now, she succeeded.
Charles nodded. "This is one of 20th Century Fox's upcoming blockbusters, and director Chris Columbus has been a long-time partner with them.
He directed the Home Alone series, the first two Harry Potter movies, and produced Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the first two Fantastic Four movies.
A teen movie like Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is quite fitting for him!"
After parking the car near a Marriott resort hotel by Disneyland in Anaheim, Charles walked in with Alexandra Daddario hand in hand.
"Charles," Alexandra Daddario planted a kiss on Charles after they entered the room and sat on the bed.
"So, what do you think about Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief?" Alexandra Daddario was pretty concerned about this significant project she had just landed.
Charles lay on the bed, and Alexandra Daddario leaned on him in a listening posture.
Reaching into her T-shirt and feeling her alluring 36F chest, Charles explained, "20th Century Fox set a budget for Chris Columbus not exceeding $100 million. So, to ensure the limited money is spent on special effects, they hired newcomers for the cast.
A bunch of beautiful young ladies and guys embarking on a fantasy adventure. Not bad, right?"
"Quite a bit, $100 million," Alexandra Daddario never had the chance to be part of such a big production before.
Charles nodded. "Act well. I'll get you a cameo in Gossip Girl Season 3 next year, give you some more screen time."
Alexandra Daddario kissed Charles on the cheek and asked, "Why did we come to Anaheim? Do you want to have fun in Disneyland?"
Everyone knows what's most attractive about Anaheim is the Disneyland Resort, which includes Disneyland, It's a Small World, Disney California Adventure Park, and Downtown Disney District.
"Not much, just that I haven't been here before, so I came to relax a bit," Charles said, feeling quite stressed lately.
The conflicts with Sumner Redstone, involvement in the U.S. presidential election, monitoring NBC Universal, and so on - too many things were happening.
"Want to unwind?" Alexandra Daddario smiled. She sat up and took off her jacket, leaning on the headboard.
She then twisted her body, removing her loose short-sleeve T-shirt, and perfectly displayed her great figure to Charles.
"Charles, do I look good?" Alexandra Daddario asked as she continued undressing Charles.
"Sweetheart, you are a gift from the creator to humanity." Alexandra Daddario, with her angelic face and devilish body, carried on.
Very soon, Alexandra Daddario bowed her head...
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With the unfolding of the Madoff financial fraud case, more victims came forward, and the involved amount grew larger.
In Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's beachside villa in Santa Monica Palisades, Spielberg, who had just finished talking with his lawyer, had a troubled look on his face.
"When can we get this $50 million back?" Spielberg was visibly downcast.
"The government is still investigating. Many accounts involved with the Madoff Fund are fabricated. Only God knows when it can be recovered!" The lawyer couldn't provide a clear answer. The Madoff Fund had too gaping a hole!
In New York, at the Kushner Companies office building at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Jared Kushner looked dejected and hollow-eyed after hanging up the phone, filled with worry.
After acquiring the luxury building in Manhattan with borrowed money, Kushner Companies raised nearly $100 million in two rounds and invested it in the Madoff Fund.
Now, the debt pressure from the building was choking Kushner Companies, and the $100 million invested in the Madoff Fund was lost. Can Kushner Companies be saved?
In an office near Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, a gunshot at night startled the surrounding people.
An assistant opened the door to see French fund manager Thierry de la Villette had committed suicide.
The French fund Thierry de la Villette managed was in partnership with Liliane Bettencourt, the world's richest woman and heir to L'Oreal Group.
The fund managed about $3 billion, but nearly $2 billion was invested in the Madoff Fund.
With the Madoff fraud case breaking, Thierry de la Villette couldn't handle the ensuing pressure and felt crushed.
Thierry de la Villette's clients included top French billionaires like Liliane Bettencourt!
People affected by the Madoff Fund fraud, resorted to cursing, crying, swearing, despair, and even suicide to vent their anger.
And Barack Obama, who was basically elected the next President of the United States, was also paying attention to this case, although he couldn't do much about it, as Charles had alerted him too late.
Sitting on the couch in his house in Hyde Park, Chicago, Obama was actively imagining life in the White House.
"I made history as the new President of the United States!" Obama couldn't contain his excitement at ascending to the presidency.
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