hollywood melon man

Chapter 435 Ivanka's Work
The huge box office success of "X-Men 2" proves that the era of superhero movies may really be coming, and major companies holding the copyrights of superhero movies are beginning to move.

Sony Columbia Pictures has already started "Spider-Man 2", and the popular Spider-Man will meet the audience in the summer of next year.

However, on June 6, "The Hulk" directed by Ang Lee did as Gilbert had expected. After earning $20 million in the first week, the box office plummeted in the second weekend and flopped.

It's good enough that the film's North American box office has exceeded 100 million. The box office in overseas markets was very bleak, barely exceeding 100 million.

But compared with the huge investment in the film, this box office seems not enough.

Moreover, the peripheral products that were originally expected did not sell well. Compared with the handsome Spider-Man and X-Men, the burly Hulk was obviously not popular.

The audience's reputation is even worse, it seems that Ang Lee is still suitable for making art films.

In addition, "Bruce Almighty" starring Jim Carrey and Jennifer Connelly also performed well at the box office. This comedy has grossed $1.72 million in North America and $3.92 million worldwide.

American comedies don't quite make it to North America, so Jim Carrey's movies usually don't do so well at the overseas box office.

The box office performance of "Bruce Almighty" is relatively good. At least overseas audiences find the beautiful Jennifer Connelly quite interesting.

After ending his vacation in the island country, Gilbert Jr. finally returned to Los Angeles on the first weekend of July.

As soon as he returned to Los Angeles, his assistant Anna brought a lot of work for Gilbert Jr. to handle.

At the same time, Anna also told him: "Donald's daughter is here to apply for the job..."

"Oh?" Little Gilbert expressed his surprise. He was just talking casually, but he didn't expect Ivanka to really come.

"Where is she? I want to see her," said little Gilbert.

"I'll bring her over..." Anna nodded, and then brought the somewhat nervous Ivanka over.

When she saw little Gilbert again, the daughter of the billionaire felt a little flustered. After all, it was her first time to look for a job on her own, and she had found a position as an assistant.

After Anna served tea to both of them, she left, leaving the two of them alone.

Little Gilbert took a sip of tea and looked at the rich girl in front of him.

To be fair, Ivanka is a hard-line beauty with a tough face and a broad body, a bit like Charlize Theron, and not a beauty in the traditional Eastern sense.

However, Ivanka's height and figure make up for her tough face. She is a natural clothes hanger and looks good in any clothes.

No wonder she can be a model, the conditions are really good.

However, the reason why young Gilbert asked her to be his assistant was not because of her beauty, but mainly because of her father, that legendary funny man.

After taking a look, Gilbert Jr. saw that Ivanka was a little nervous, so he smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, relax and have some tea."

Ivanka nervously picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, which she almost spit out.

Ivanka said it tastes much worse than coffee.

Little Gilbert said he was not surprised, as this was the tea that Lao Tian gave him. He heard that it was made using a special production method called roasted tea, and that this tea was very bitter after being brewed.

Not to mention Ivanka, even little Gilbert himself couldn't get used to it the first time he drank it.

"Shall I change it to coffee?" asked little Gilbert.

"No, no, no need to change." Ivanka insisted on drinking this.

From this we can see that Ivanka is different from other children from wealthy families. At least she doesn't complain all the time and she is not so spoiled.

After a conversation over tea, Gilbert Jr. said, “I know you are a top student at Wharton Business School, so it would be a waste of your talent to have you as my assistant.

But don't worry, you will have the opportunity to show your talents by my side.

Recently, you and Anna have contacted a South African named Musk. I am very interested in his Tesla company and he is also willing to accept my investment.

Just complete this task first, and use it as a practice to familiarize yourself with the business!"

Ivanka was stunned: "That's it?"

"Is there anything else you want?" asked little Gilbert.

"Uh," Ivanka shook her head. "No, no, that's enough."

She thought she was going to be tested, but unexpectedly she was hired so easily.

It was indeed easy. Little Gilbert still believed in Ivanka's abilities. After all, she was admitted to the Wharton School based on her own abilities.

When Donald brags in New York's wealthy circle, his daughter is his biggest bragging capital.

As a powerful socialite in New York, Ivanka is obviously different from Paris Hilton and her peers. She has both beauty and ability, and a small assistant job is not a problem for her.

However, little Gilbert did not value her ability. As I said, although Donald was arrogant and had a big mouth, he was worth little Gilbert's bet.

In this way, the news that Ivanka, the daughter of a New York real estate tycoon, became the assistant of Hollywood director Gilbert Jr. spread like wildfire.

Donald also boasted on his talk show: "My daughter Ivanka is now Gilbert's assistant and is in charge of his business affairs."

Someone asked him, "Donald, could it be that Ivanka has fallen in love with little Gilbert?"

Everyone knows Donald's big mouth. As expected, he said something shocking: "I know Gilbert Jr. is a playboy. If Ivanka really likes him, I have no objection. But you must pay attention. If you have a son first, it will be safe."

As expected, he is a loudmouth. Ivanka had just started working in Los Angeles when she saw the show and was immediately pissed off by her father.

She quickly apologized to Gilbert Jr., and after Gilbert Jr. said he didn't care, Ivanka rushed back to New York to question Donald.

Donald insisted: "What I said makes sense. Which pretty girl can resist working with little Gilbert?
We are close to the water and get the moon first, understand? My dear daughter."

He knew so much that he even knew Chinese idioms. If he didn't understand, little Gilbert would be the first to stand up and express his dissatisfaction.

Ivanka got even angrier after hearing this: "That's not true. I came to work with Director Gilbert Jr. because I wanted to improve myself.

People like me because of my abilities, not because I am pretty.

I don’t know if I’m pretty or not, I just know that I can live well without you.”

After speaking a lot, Ivanka left angrily.

"Hey, don't walk so fast!" Donald was about to say, Director Gilbert hired you because of me, so I suggested that you use your beauty.

But Ivanka had already walked away before Donald could say anything.

Fortunately, he didn't say it, otherwise Ivanka might have quit her job directly.

Back in Los Angeles, Ivanka continued to work, but she always felt that someone was talking behind her back.

Those colleagues in the office looked at her strangely.

Anna is not the only assistant to Gilbert. Anna is the operations director of Melon Studio and executive director of the fruit company.

Melon Studio also has an executive director named Antoine, who is responsible for the daily operation of the studio. The daily operation of Fruit Company is in charge of David, who is also Gilbert Jr.'s investment manager.

Anna has an assistant team of up to twelve people behind her to help Gilbert Jr. deal with various issues. Ivanka will be the thirteenth person.

Looking at the rich girl in front of them, the other assistants were of course a little worried about their positions.

Although Anna did not explicitly say that the size of the assistant team would be maintained at twelve people, over the years, whenever a new assistant came in, an old one would leave.

However, some old people will be promoted, for example, they will go to Amazon, Apple, or Nvidia to be representatives.

Some of the old people left the core decision-making level and were excluded from the fruit group.

This Ivanka was probably here to squeeze them out, so these assistants were quite uncooperative with some of the work, and no one even taught Ivanka how to do it.

Although Anna knew that Ivanka was someone the boss valued, she was very busy at work and could not take care of Ivanka in real time, so she had to rely on Ivanka herself.

Look, today Ivanka was once again bullied by her colleagues and she even wiped away tears secretly when she went to report to Gilbert Jr.

After wiping away her tears, Ivanka knocked on the door of Gilbert Jr.'s office and went in only after hearing the reply "Come in".

As soon as she entered, Ivanka saw Naomi Watts, a famous Hollywood actress, holding a child in her arms and playing with the child.

Thinking of her father's words, Ivanka suddenly became a little angry.

Gilbert Jr. already has a son, how could he be attracted by my beauty? It must be my ability.

Thinking of this, Ivanka regained her confidence and reported the relevant work matters to Gilbert Jr. She was fully prepared for all the questions Gilbert Jr. asked.

She also gave her own solution for Gilbert to choose from, showing the ability of this top student from Wharton Business School to the fullest.

Gilbert was very satisfied with the work and said to Ivanka with a smile: "Donald called me a few days ago and asked me to take care of you, fearing that you might not be able to adapt.

Now it seems that it is totally unnecessary!"

Ivanka was very happy to hear this: "Of course not, work is work, I can do it well."

"Very good," Little Gilbert nodded with satisfaction and said, "With this awareness, you are much better than most of the children from rich families.

come on……"

Ivanka was encouraged and went out with full confidence and enthusiasm.

Naomi Watts looked at the closed door and thought Ivanka was very interesting: "This girl is good. I see she handles her work in an orderly manner and is very pragmatic."

"Yeah!" Gilbert Jr. agreed: "Ivanka does have the ability, but she lacks training and experience."

"Isn't this just to increase your experience? You have to teach me well!"

Naomi Watts pronounces the word "training" very heavily.

Little Gilbert pretended not to hear: "Why should I discipline her? This is Anna's job, and the assistants she brings with her."

Naomi Watts gave little Gilbert a look that seemed to say: Do you think I believe it?
Little Gilbert shrugged, picked up his son, and held Naomi Watts' hand: "Let's go, today's work is done, let's go shopping..."

"Okay, hehe!" Naomi Watts had a smile on her face and happily held little Gilbert's hand to go shopping.

(End of this chapter)