Chapter 186 Milo is a good father
"Hey, look who I am, who I am, who I am!"
Milo held up two small stuffed dolls and dangled them in front of his two daughters.
The little ones in the cradle opened their eyes wide as the doll turned, as if full of endless curiosity.
The one with her mouth slightly open is the elder sister Rose on the left.
Rose would occasionally utter some meaningless syllables, but every time she uttered a syllable she would show an extremely cute smile.
Lily, the younger sister on the right, keeps her eyes fixed on the doll, but she doesn’t seem to like laughing or talking as much as her sister.
In late February in San Francisco, the golden sunshine shines on the garden, making the scene look so harmonious.
"Okay, Milo, it's time for them to go to bed."
Sophie came over at this time, pushed Milo away rudely, and then she and her mother Mia picked up one of the little ones and started to coax them.
"I know it's time for them to go to bed, but can't you be a little gentler to me? Or are you giving all your tenderness to them?" Milo complained.
"Shut up, Milo." Sophie said leisurely.
Humming an unknown tune, she held the children in her arms and rocked them gently. Although the little ones were a little excited, they soon yawned and closed their eyes to the rhythm of their mother and grandmother.
I have to say, Sophie is a very good mother.
Although it was always hectic at the beginning, even with the nanny and Mia by my side.
But after getting used to it, she was very patient and did everything in an orderly manner every time, and she tried her best to do it all for the children herself.
You have to know that there are two children, double the workload, double the fatigue.
Milo repeatedly advised her to leave these tasks to the nanny.
Nannies get paid so much and are more professional.
But Sophie said she would never give this experience to anyone else.
"He's such a good dad."
Sophie and her mother took the children back to the house and put them to bed.
Her mother suddenly said this.
"Really? You think so?" Sophie was surprised.
"Of course, he is extremely patient with the children, and that alone is enough," Mia said with a smile.
"Besides, he is a billionaire, and the tenth richest man in the world. It is hard to imagine that such a super-rich man would be willing to change his daughter's diapers."
Very patient? More than a month after giving birth, Sophie, who has started to slowly exercise in the gym and regain her figure, tilted her head.
Maybe.
Sophie thought so as she jogged on the treadmill in the gym.
She clearly remembered taking her child home.
Milo lived here for half a month.
That was the longest time Milo had stayed with her since he got her pregnant.
After entering February, it was also at night that Luo started coughing without any warning.
There was a doctor nearby, but she still called him.
As a result, he rushed over from Los Angeles at around three in the morning.
Obviously, by that time, Rose's coughing symptoms had improved a lot.
But he still insisted on holding Rose and sleeping all night.
Sophie herself was in another room, holding Lily, who was not coughing.
The next day, he bought the other five villas around the villa.
The reason was that the doctor said Rose's cough might be caused by the polluted gas coming from the renovation of the villa next door.
Forget it, what's there to think about? Sophie said to herself.
Anyway, this is not the first time I have seen the two sides of his personality.
It is always so mysterious and unfathomable.
She sighed again. She felt as if he loved the child more than herself.
But this doesn't seem to be a bad thing.
That was her daughter after all.
As she thought about this, she saw Milo holding his phone, walking through the corridor outside the gym, still talking, "Yes, Victoria's Secret, a, uh, lingerie company."
Seeing that I was looking at him, he waved to me.
Sophie nodded in response and watched him disappear down the corridor.
He was busy, there was no doubt about that.
The tenth richest man in the world, he owns one of the top five media groups in the world.
He is also a famous Wall Street tycoon.
Even a few days ago, the newspapers said he was a new energy tycoon.
Because he spent more than 10 billion US dollars to buy an oil company.
Sophie even sold the oil company's brand of automotive lubricant herself.
There's no way, her biological father is a truck driver.
After her parents divorced, her mother made a living by running a small auto supplies store when she was a child.
Various automotive lubricants are one of the store’s best-selling products.
Sophie also knew that he had many companies in San Francisco.
They are all Internet companies.
Sophie didn’t know much about the Internet.
She only knows how to surf the Internet.
But she was well aware that these companies were extremely valuable.
Because she lives in Silicon Valley now.
The newspapers and news she reads most every day are almost all related to Silicon Valley.
In newspapers and on television, Silicon Valley companies are often worth tens of billions, hundreds of billions, or even hundreds of billions of New francs.
His name appears dozens of times in local newspapers in Silicon Valley almost every day.
The Godfather of Silicon Valley, the Angel of Silicon Valley, the King of Silicon Valley...
Such a super big shot, after his daughter was born.
For more than a month, I have been living here almost half of the time.
What else are you not satisfied with?
Lack of a wedding? Oh, didn't I never think about getting married in the first place? After thinking about it, Sophie felt that she was most unwilling.
Maybe he is not alone.
Thinking this, Sophie took a shower after working out.
She came to Milo's study, holding a cup of coffee brewed by Mrs. Sorley, the housekeeper, and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Sophie pushed the door open and saw Milo talking on his cell phone.
He waved his hand, motioning her to come over.
Sophie placed the coffee in front of him, and was helplessly carried over by him and sat on his lap.
Then one of his hands skillfully entered her belly which had a little mark of pregnancy.
Climb up.
She quickly grabbed the rebellious hand with both hands and lowered her voice, "Don't press it randomly, it will all flow out! We have to feed Rose and Lily!"
Milo smiled and kissed her on the cheek, then continued on the phone, "Yes, she's nominated for Best Actress. I'm not making things difficult for you, Frank. I'm not asking you to give her the Best Actress Oscar this year, I'm just nominating her."
When Sophie Marceau, who had been focusing on grabbing Milo's rebellious hand, heard the word Oscar, she suddenly became confused.
Sensing her little movement, Milo smiled and raised his voice slightly, "And Frank, don't you think Sophie Marceau's performance in The Da Vinci Code fully deserves a Best Actress nomination?"
Not to mention that Sophie was very excited when she heard her name and was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar.
Take Frank Pearson, the current president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
He was speechless after hearing Milo say this.
Is The Da Vinci Code a good movie?
yes.
Can Sophie Marceau win the Best Actress award, or even just be nominated? No.
You know, it’s the same as the previous work "Angels and Demons".
The heroine of "The Da Vinci Code" plays the biggest role in the movie as a vase and a link between the previous and the next parts.
There is no challenge to the actors' acting skills at all, the heroine only needs to be a pretty vase.
There are at least hundreds of such beautiful vases in Hollywood movies every year.
Now Milo Blackburn told him.
If you want Milo to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and appear at this year's Oscars.
Then the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must give Sophie Marceau a nomination for Best Actress.
Although this was not impossible for Frank Pearson, it was somewhat difficult.
"Mr. Blackburn, though..."
"My media group will participate in the bidding for the Oscars broadcasting rights this year. I think if I can pay 10% more than ABC, ABC should give it to me, right?"
"Mr. Blackburn, you are right. Ms. Sophie Marceau's performance in The Da Vinci Code is so outstanding, it is simply textbook-level. So I believe that everyone should vote for her!"
"Ha, then it's settled. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is just and fair, and that's what I've always admired. I'm willing to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and I'll also appear at the Oscars next month."
In the study of a mansion in San Francisco.
Sophie opened her mouth in surprise, watching how Milo easily got her nominated for this year's Best Actress Oscar.
"That's it, then. See you in a few days, Frank."
"goodbye."
Sophie watched him hang up the phone, then smiled and said to her, "Frank Pearson, one of the people in charge of the Oscars. In fact, I'll add another 20%, or 30% if that's not enough. I think, let alone a nomination for Best Actress, I can even help you get the gold trophy for Best Actress."
"But then you might be called the 'Water Queen'. You are French, and Americans don't like foreigners to win the Oscars for Best Actress or Best Actor. So I think, for now, a Best Actress nomination is enough."
"Of course, if you want. I promise you that I can help you win the Oscar for Best Actress in three years, Sophie, are you listening?"
Seeing her in a daze, Milo finally couldn't help but ask.
In response, Sophie came close to him and gave him a passionate kiss.
"Oh, Sophie, you smell so nice."
“Hmm… huh…”
"Oh, no. The doctor said we can't do it within two months, and it would be best to wait three months. It's only been a little over a month now!"
"What should we do with it? You've messed with it so much that it's almost pierced the roof."
"snort……"
A helpless choice.
Sophie had no choice but to tie her hair up and slowly squatted down.
"call……"
Exhaling, Milo happily enjoyed a different kind of kiss from his first French kiss.
Looking at Sophie under him, she was moved and then served enthusiastically and proactively.
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Oscar winner? Oscars are fair and impartial? Oh, that's just like cooking with seed oil in the United States.
It's all just a joke.
If only the Oscars were truly fair.
In an alternate universe, Gwyneth Paltrow would not have won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love.
If the Oscars are fair, there should be no such thing as lobbying.
If the Oscars were fair, Harvey Weinstein would not have allowed so many actresses to voluntarily be ruled by him! There are too many people who can influence the Oscars list.
What, you said the Oscar winners were voted on by the 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1997? Exactly.
But these members voted.
In the end, all of them were sent to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Vesper Street in Beverly Hills.
The people who received the letter from the academy, if 3,000 of the 6,000 members all voted for Milo Blackburn.
Is there any way for other members to prove themselves?
Can they find over three thousand members to prove that none of them voted for Milo?
There are so many ways to do it.
Like Weinstein.
Fat Harvey's solution was to send videotapes of the movie to the voting members.
In the videotape, there was accidentally a luxury tour ticket from a travel agency to a certain place.
Wait until the members have finished having fun and are about to come back.
They may also be very lucky to win big prizes at tourist spots.
Take a bonus ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands of dollars, and then go home happily.
Do you think the movie in a videotape like this would not be great?
Would the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences not vote for such a film? Weinstein's approach was from the bottom up.
It is relatively complicated and time-consuming to operate.
But it is relatively cost-effective, usually costing several million to one or two thousand dollars.
Since the money spent is relatively limited, we must at least ensure that the movie on the videotape we submit is of some quality.
So this can only be considered lobbying.
Milo's method is simple.
He went straight to 115 Wiseman Street in Beverly Hills.
The simpler the better.
It costs far more than what Harvey the Fatso did.
But this amount of money was nothing to Milo.
And because of the possibility of listing the media group this year.
He now really wants to snatch the broadcasting rights of the Oscars for the next few years from ABC.
Just like taking the Super Bowl broadcasting rights away from them.
The initial investment will certainly be huge, but we just need to wait for the media group to go public.
Then all these investments are worth it, even if you lose money.
Because in the stock market, he can easily earn back the investment.
Oscar didn't take much of Milo's energy.
Even at this year's Academy Awards ceremony on March 24, 1997.
"The Da Vinci Code" won seven major awards at the 69th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Film Score, Best Music, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design.
These honors were snatched away from "The English Patient", causing an uproar in the media.
Even though the two heroines of "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Da Vinci Code" were nominated for Oscars and became famous, it is still doubtful.
These are nothing to him now.
He just said a few words to his subordinates and made a few phone calls.
In the mainstream media, there are no longer any doubts about why "The Da Vinci Code" won so many awards.
There is also doubt that two female actors were nominated for Best Actress.
After all, it's just a nomination, not an award.
The bad reputation of the Water Queen naturally does not fall on Zeta-Jones and Sophie.
Milo's main focus is still on the media group and Yahoo.
Both companies are set to go public this year.
Yahoo expects to do so by the end of the year, while Paladin Media Group plans to do so by the middle of the year.
Best available in June and July.
But before that, there was one more thing that needed his attention.
The last day of March.
Milo set out again, heading for Asia.
It’s 10 a.m. local time in Neon.
At Tokyo's Haneda Airport, there is a VIP apron specially designed for private or business jets to park.
Sumitomo Junko, whose belly was already very big, was wearing a beige coat and a loose dress.
This combination looks a bit strange.
But with her small face, which is still beautiful and delicate even after becoming rounder in the late pregnancy, she still makes people feel that she is a charming little oriental pregnant woman.
It won’t make people feel bloated and fat.
“Here I come.”
Suddenly someone shouted, and Sumitomo Junko, who was thinking about something, looked up.
Sure enough, on the other side of the runway, a huge Boeing 747 began to land and taxi slowly.
Ten minutes later, the plane slowly taxied to the apron.
The gangway truck was connected and the aircraft door opened.
Two burly men in black suits and sunglasses leaned out and observed the area below for a few seconds.
They made way and stepped aside to let the big shot inside come out.
When I saw Milo's figure appearing from the plane door.
A bright smile appeared on Junko Sumitomo's originally indifferent face, and she waved vigorously to the father of the child in her belly.
Milo came down and gently hugged the soft-faced Sumitomo Junko, "I told you not to come. Your belly is so big and the wind is a bit strong, why are you still waiting outside."
Sumitomo Junko said in English without any trace of Japanese accent:
"I don't have to walk, and someone is taking care of me the whole time, so I'm not tired. I'm wearing a coat, so I'm not cold."
"Let's go. Go back first."
"Um."
Sitting in the carriage, Milo looked at the scenery of Tokyo outside the window.
It has to be said that at this time, Tokyo had already been built into the largest international city in Asia.
Just look at the newness of the city’s buildings and the macro level of its infrastructure.
Tokyo has actually far surpassed places like Manhattan and London at this time.
There is no way. The infrastructure in London and New York was completed decades or even hundreds of years ago.
What remains is all patched up, unlike Tokyo which was only built in the last twenty years.
In the future, the only country that can surpass Tokyo in terms of infrastructure is probably the country on the other side of the ocean that is working hard to integrate and embrace the global village economy.
The last time Milo came, he stayed at a Hilton Hotel in the port area.
The hotel was booked for more than two months and was announced to be renovated.
I came here this time because I was well prepared.
Milo and his team lived in a high-rise office and residential building in Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
The building is forty-eight stories high and Milo bought the entire building.
The lower forty floors serve as offices for Blackburn Investments and Sumitomo United Entertainment Group.
The top eight floors are where Sumitomo Junko lives on a daily basis.
Of course she couldn't live in a place that big.
Normally most floors are empty.
But when Milo came, the team of bodyguards and babysitters he brought with him could fill up the five lower floors.
The top three floors together cover an area of approximately two thousand square meters.
It is the residence of Milo and Sumitomo Junko in their Tokyo activity room.
Junko Sumitomo became pregnant between late June and early July last year.
According to the calculation, her due date should be in mid-April.
But Milo came to Asia at this time.
It's not just to witness the birth of his mixed-race offspring.
(End of this chapter)