Hollywood King

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The days passed with a big hype.

Ian’s schedule was busy with multiple things.

He was on set shooting The Godfather, and the next moment, he was giving an interview.

With Kiara’s hype ongoing, Ian was busier than ever.

He wanted to participate in every photo-op knowing how important those are to promote the movie.

Thus, regardless of how tired and busy he was, he had Murphy schedule his timetable fully packed but was effective.

“This will be the last interview for today, good luck, Ian,” Murphy said while looking at Ian.

Behind Murphy and Ian, there were the producers and directors of the interview.

“After this?”  Ian questioned.

“After this, if it’s possible, you can visit the set. Joseph said that there are a few discussions that need your attention,” Murphy replied with utmost honesty.

“Alright. Thanks, Murphy. Keep my driver, and you can get back to the office.”

Ian dismissed Murphy knowing how busy even Murphy was.

Within seconds, Ian went back to the interviewer who was adjusting his tie.

“Are you nervous?”  Ian questioned noticing how his fingers were shaking while he was adjusting his tie.

“Kind of. Mr Renner, it’s a pleasure to meet you,” he immediately said and sat straight.

“You too, Mr. Wilson. You want a tip not to be nervous?” Ian questioned.

“It would be nice. I mean, I’ve been trained for this moment my whole life. It’s nothing much but my future depends on this,”  he said and looked at Ian.

Ian almost chuckled seeing how nervous the kid was. The guy looked pretty young which made things more obvious.

“Have you ever dreamt of…acting?” Ian questioned.

The young man nodded. “Yeah, I actually have. But, things didn’t work out. I found out that there are many young men like me out there, waiting and digging for opportunities. You know the best part?”  he paused before continuing. “They are much more talented than I’m.”

Ian shook his head. “That’s where you might be wrong.”

“How so?” the young man questioned again.

“The beauty of hard work is that hard work can always beat talent when the talent doesn’t work hard. And, when it comes to acting, believe me, or not, luck plays a major role.”

An ‘O’ formed in his mouth. And with that, Ian became a friend of his as they started to discuss things here and there about the industry. Ian also went ahead and explained how things had been for him so far.

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Four days later, Kiara was released. With the hype and the energy that was built around the movie, more than half the population of Los Angeles, California were excited about the movie.

And with that, not long after several hours of the release, the reviews and the critics had a lot of things to say about the movie. Mainly, considering how Kiara could not be loved by everyone the same.

[In the LA Hybrid movie theatre - Inside the mall]

The mall was busy.

It wasn’t the regular busyness of the mall, but it was rather a much more uncalm busyness that took over the halls of the mall.

“Honey, why don’t we go to the M&M shop down the street? I don’t think we can go beyond the theatre today. It seems very crowded,” the tall boy talked to her girlfriend.

He talked a bit loudly as he wanted her to hear him clearly.

She looked at the crowd who were in front of the theatre. It seems as if there was something ongoing. But at the same time, she needed what she wanted to buy from M & M.

“But I wanted to go today, ugh,”  she pouted and stood on her toes to see where the people were headed. “Why are they so crowded in the theatre?”

“A new movie I guess, honey. Let's go-”

As the guy started to drag her girlfriend out of the premise, a bunch of teenagers walked beneath them with tears in their eyes.

“That was really good. I can’t believe what I just watched.”

A girl sneezed loudly.

“If I’m not getting a husband like that, forget about marrying. Good God! Ian was really rich with his acting. His good looks helped him a lot, no kidding!” the girl said and looked at the crowd.

The girlfriend in the couple looked at her boyfriend.

“Babe, what if we go watch that?”

Her boyfriend looked at her as if she was crazy.

“What?”  she questioned seeing the expression on his face.

“Uh, are we both living on the same Earth? Honey, look at that queue. We won’t be able to make it today,”  he said and looked at the crowd once again.

And yes, it was still the same. It didn’t occur as if they were moving even an inch.

“It’s because there’s already one screening happening. If we get tickets for the next show of the movie, I bet that we could make it inside, please,” she pleaded with puppy eyes.

The guy’s frown deepened. “Are you insisting on going because Ian Renner is in it?”

She giggled. “A part of the reason, yes.”

“Let’s watch it then,”  he paused before continuing, “it better be good.”

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After three hours, a crowd walked outside the movie theatre.

More than half of them were in tears, and the rest had their hearts clutched.

“Oh my god! I want to watch it again! The ending… it’s too good!” the guy from the previous couple told the girlfriend.

His voice was so loud that several other people heard it. An old man who was right next to his wife heard what he said.

“The movie was one of the very few that showed what true love is. Do you kids believe that you have what it takes?” he questioned them. They all were walking towards the exit, as many others were walking on the opposite side to watch the next screening of the movie.

“I mean-”

“I think I do. I will choose her every day, without a second thought. And if that’s not love, I don’t know what is. But, we both learnt a very good lesson today. Truly valuable,” the guy said and held his girlfriend closer.

She smiled up at him.

“This is why you should listen to me often. See, because of me, we watched Kiara.”

“Sure, honey,” the guy said and thanked the old man next.

The old man looked at the young couple and smiled at his wife. “People grow old, but love rarely does,” he said as the young couple smiled back with lots of emotions pouring in.