Time flies and it is February. Ava's album is recorded and released by HD Records. There are eight songs in total. The title song is "Scarborough Fair" and the other seven songs are all carefully crafted by someone.

The record was an immediate hit once it was released. Through the spread of previous songs and the promotion of the movie "A Deadly Fist", Ava's fame and the song "Scarborough Fair" had become widely known, and many people bought it to collect.

More than 50,000 copies were sold in just one week. According to market analysis, this album should be able to sell more than 200,000 copies.

After the crew of "Across the World" was ready, Ava joined the crew to film, bid farewell to Hardy and left Los Angeles.

Elizabeth Taylor came back from New York. The next day she called Hardy, and Hardy came to pick her up and took her out for a day.

Taylor's mother Sarah used to be a little wary of Taylor and Hardy having too much contact, but as Hardy's status quickly improved, Sarah not only let down her guard, she was even happy to let her daughter have close contact with Hardy.

In addition to training Taylor to become a big star, her other idea is to let her daughter marry into a rich and powerful family.

Later, Sarah used various methods to introduce Taylor to Conrad Hilton Jr., the heir of the Hilton Hotel. Taylor, who had just turned 18, married Conrad Jr., but the marriage lasted only eight months. During the honeymoon, Conrad Jr. drank, gambled, and beat his bride. The two then quickly parted ways, which also sowed the seeds for Taylor's eight unhappy marriages.

And now Hardy is a first-generation rich man. Sarah only knows that Hardy already owns HD Security, HD Films, Maybell Television, Playboy Magazine, Barbie Doll Company, mining company, etc., with assets exceeding tens of millions of dollars.

In Hollywood, Hardy has already entered the ranks of film tycoons and possesses great power, as can be seen from his Golden Globe Award this time. If his daughter can be with such a person, her future will definitely be bright.

So even though her daughter was only 15 years old, she did not impose any restrictions on her. She even came to her daughter's room at night and chatted with Taylor about some women's topics, teaching her hygiene knowledge and physiological prevention. Sometimes Taylor blushed when she heard it.

That day, Taylor took the initiative to call Hardy to make an appointment. Hardy came to pick her up. Taylor was wearing a beautiful dress, long boots, a windbreaker on the outside, her hair was tied up at the shoulders, and she carried a shoulder bag.

A perfect mature girl style.

After leaving the role of Matilda, Taylor returned to her original style, and she looked much more elegant. Later generations commented on the three beauties in Hollywood.

Marilyn Monroe's beauty is extremely sexy, Audrey Hepburn's beauty is pure and unworldly, and Elizabeth Taylor's beauty is noble and elegant.

Taylor said goodbye to her mother, Sarah. Sarah smiled and said, "Have fun. My husband and I have a party tonight, so I'm afraid I can't prepare dinner for you."

This is clearly telling Hadi that you are responsible for my daughter's dinner.

"Then I'll take Taylor back later, don't worry, Mrs. Sarah." Hardy said with a smile.

"Haha, don't worry, just have fun." Sarah said with a smile, with the attitude of a daughter who will let you do whatever you want.

Hardy took Taylor away, looked at the delicate girl and asked, "Where do you want to go today?"

"Mr. Hardy, can you take me to the Barbie doll factory, especially the clothing department? I want to see how they design them?" Taylor asked Hardy with his big eyes.

“Do you like designing clothes?”

"Yes, Barbie dolls' clothes are so beautiful. I feel they are not inferior to any famous brand. When I play with those dolls, I also think about what kind of clothes to design for them. I have come up with more than a dozen sets in the past few days." Taylor said excitedly.

"I studied painting, and I drew them. If possible, I hope you can help me make them." Taylor took out a stack of drawing paper from his bag.

I also brought a painting.

It seems that this girl was well prepared.

"No problem, let's take her to the Barbie doll factory today." Hardy said.

"Oh yeah, that's great."

Arriving at the Barbie doll factory, Hardy found the person in charge and took the two of them to the clothing design and production department to have the designers make the clothes designed by Taylor.

"Mr. Hardy, I have an idea. I believe there must be many people like me who are willing to design clothes for Barbie dolls, but they are not as lucky as me to know you. Why don't you hold an event to accept clothing design submissions from all over the world and make their designs into clothes."

"We hold a small competition every quarter and a big competition every year to select the top ten and make these clothes into new styles for the quarter and the year. This way we can have many new designs and promote Barbie dolls."

"The winners can be given a bonus, such as tens of dollars or a few dollars. In fact, most of them are enthusiasts like me, or even children. At the same time, their winning designs can be made into finished products and given to them as rewards. I believe they will be very happy."

Hardy thought Taylor's suggestion was really good.

A simple activity,

But it can play a great role in publicity.

Hardy smiled and pinched Taylor's cheeks. "Your idea is great. I've decided to accept it. By the way, are you interested in participating? I estimate that there will be a lot of submissions in the future. How about you be one of the judges?"

"Okay, okay." Taylor jumped up excitedly.

Hardy handed the matter over to the person in charge of Barbie dolls and asked him to find someone to submit a design and place an advertisement in the newspaper.

As for the bonus,

It's impossible to be as stingy as Taylor said.

After all, those submitted design drawings can be produced and made into finished products, earning toy factories huge profits.

The first prize for each quarter is $500, the second prize is $300, and then the prizes decrease in descending order, for a total of six places.

The first place in the annual evaluation will receive 2,000 yuan. You should know that these two thousand dollars are equivalent to an ordinary person’s annual salary.

Only a big prize can create a sensation. I estimate that many people will submit their works. The publicity for Barbie dolls will definitely not be comparable to this little amount of money.

After playing in the Barbie doll factory for a whole day, Taylor got 8 new sets of clothes, each of which was very beautiful, greatly satisfying Taylor's girlish heart.

The two had dinner at a high-end restaurant. After dinner, Hardy did not rush to send the girl home, but took her to a mansion in Beverly Hills.

The gate opened.

All the lights in the manor were turned on.

The whole manor looks quiet and beautiful.

"Mr. Hardy, where is this?"

Hardy smiled and said, "This was originally Mr. Siegel's manor, and later it was sold to me. I had it renovated, but no one moved in. Now there is only a housekeeper and a few servants in charge."

"Why don't you move in?" Taylor asked curiously.

Hardy shrugged, "I'm alone, and living in such a big house seems too empty. I prefer a warm environment."

"This will be a good place to hold a party or bring friends over to play in the future," said Hardy with a smile.

In the backyard garden, the servant brought tea and left. The dim light illuminated the two of them. "Taylor, do you remember the first time we met? It was in a place like this."

Taylor nodded.

It was a wonderful encounter for her.

The two talked about movies again, starting from the filming of Leon the Professional and then to Taylor's future acting career.

"Director Hitchcock told me that a role like Matilda is a special case and very difficult to come by. He advised me to wait until I was 18 to shoot some adult films."

Hardy thought about it.

“There may not be a role suitable for you.”

"You have a new story?" Taylor asked in surprise.

"It's not a new story. I remembered a fairy tale. Have you heard of the story of "Beauty and the Beast?" Hardy asked.

Taylor shook his head.

Beauty and the Beast is a 17th century work by the French dialogue writer Madame de Beaumont. It is not widely circulated nowadays, so it is normal that Taylor has never heard of it.

Then Hardy told Taylor the story of Beauty and the Beast. The story is not complicated. Simply put, an arrogant prince was turned into a beast by a witch, and his servants were turned into furniture. The witch told the prince that the curse could only be lifted if he got the true love of a girl. In the end, the girl fell in love with the beast, the curse was lifted, and the beast turned into a prince. From then on, the two lived happily together.

In fact, the core of the story is not much different from the Frog Prince, Snow White and the like, but Taylor listened to it with gusto. After all, she was still a little girl and she liked stories about princes and princesses.

“This story would be interesting to make into a movie.”

"There is also the cabinet general, the candlestick butler, the teapot mother, and the little teapot baby. It's so cute just thinking about it." Taylor said with a smile.

Then he looked up at Hardy and said, "Mr. Hardy, if this is a castle and I am Belle, then you are the beast, right?"

Hardy narrowed his eyes, approached Taylor and opened his mouth wide, "Ha~ Are you scared, little girl?"

Taylor immediately showed a frightened expression.

"Mr. Monster, please don't eat me." This little girl gets emotional very quickly and is very good at acting.

"I won't let you go unless you give me a passionate kiss and help me break the spell," Hardy said gruffly.

Taylor blinked his big eyes at Hardy.

Suddenly, she slowly pursed her lips and kissed Hardy.

Hardy was stunned and subconsciously pulled back.

Taylor is still young.

Wouldn't it be a beast if I did that?

Taylor looked at Hardy with his violet eyes and said softly:

"Director Hitchcock told me before that I should hone my acting skills. I have never kissed anyone before. What should I do if I encounter a kissing scene in the future?"

"Mr. Hardy, would you teach me?"

......

At 11 p.m., Hardy drove Taylor home.

Sarah heaved a sigh of relief when she saw her daughter coming back.

Although she wanted her daughter to have a close relationship with Mr. Hardy, she felt that her daughter was still too young, and if something really happened, it would be bad for Taylor.

Now that her daughter is back, she finally feels relieved.

"Issa, why are you back so late? Where did you go today?" After her daughter finished taking a bath, Sarah sat beside her daughter's bed and asked with concern.

"We spent a day in the Barbie doll factory, and Mr. Hardy had someone make eight sets of doll clothes of my own design for me." Taylor happily took out the doll clothes.

Sarah thought to herself, Mr. Hardy really dotes on his daughter.

"And where did you go last night?"

"We had dinner and went to Mr. Hardy's estate," Taylor said.

Sarah's heart tightened slightly. Could it be that the incident still happened, and he sent his daughter back only after it was done?

"We are in the back garden..."

Sarah's heart tightened even more, still in the back garden.

"We drank tea and chatted in the back garden, and talked a lot about movies. Director Hitchcock said that it was getting harder and harder for me to find roles at my age, but Mr. Hardy said that might not be the case. He told me a story about 'Beauty and the Beast', saying that if this story was made into a movie, I would be a perfect fit for the leading role. We kept talking about that story until this late."

Huh~!

Sarah felt relieved.

It turned out that we were just chatting in the back garden.

Then she remembered something and became excited again, "Isha, did you say that Mr. Hardy is going to invest in another movie and let you play the leading role?"

Taylor shook his head.

"We just talked about the story and didn't talk about investing in the filming. Mom, you know that investing in a movie is not that easy." Taylor said.

"Haha, of course mom knows. So you should hang out with Mr. Hardy more often in the future and talk about movies. Maybe it will work out?" Mrs. Sarah encouraged her daughter.

Hang out with Mr. Hardy more.

Thinking of what Hardy had taught her that night, Taylor blushed, then nodded slightly, "Okay."