1novels Chapter 327
Chapter 327
After spending Christmas in England, Jed, John, Matthew and Flora flew to New Zealand from London Heathrow Airport.Although the northern hemisphere is still covered with snow at this time, the southern hemisphere is sunny.Unlike Australia's hot weather, New Zealand, an island country, is much cooler, especially since the destination of Jed and others is the South Island, which is closer to Antarctica.
Although the South Island also has a temperate marine climate, the snow-capped mountains and glaciers make it feel cool in early autumn even in summer.Jade also bought a property in Queenstown in the Otago region of the South Island because he had seen beauty expert Niu Er buy property in New Zealand in his previous life.This is a cottage, located on the branch of the Southern Alps, the main mountain range of the South Island. It is surrounded by mountains and lakes, and half an hour away is the seaside.It was the setting for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which is why Jed saw the beauty on company papers and bought a property.
Although Queenstown is an important city in the Otak region of the South Island, its population size is only a market town.The property purchased by Jed is located on the mountainside, a two-story building with a basement.Along with the private trail, an SUV transports the four to this quiet place.In such a quiet place, people seem to be able to hear their own soul singing.For children, a place with mountains and water and no constraints is almost like heaven.Before John and Jed put down their luggage, the two children ran to the shore of the frozen lake to play.Fortunately, Jed thought he had children, so he specially built a stable ladder to the shore of the frozen lake, and at the same time, there were strong railings to completely separate the children from the deep water area.Children can only play a little on the shore and in shallow water, eliminating the great danger.
The first floor of the cottage is the kitchen, dining room and living room, where the kitchen and dining room are completely integrated, and the living room is only separated from it by a porch.Jade deliberately didn't do too much decoration, so he kept a kind of original rough beauty.The living room is integrated with the entertainment room, with a fireplace, TV and a large and warm sofa.In particular, the sofa has a sunken effect, and the large LED high-definition color TV makes it feel like a theater.And the sunken sofa is semi-circular, which can be nested on it or leaned on each other, which is very suitable for enjoying family happiness.The first and second floors deliberately do not use stairs, but use pneumatic elevators.
The second floor has just one large bedroom and an enclosed patio with lake views.In the middle of the bedroom is a majestic big bed. Jade designed it with reference to the ancient Chinese big bed, but replaced the wooden boards with curtains; and the children can either sleep on the big bed with the two fathers, or lie on both sides. Go to bed with a window view.The enclosed terrace is actually a bathroom, not only has a spa pool but also a shower room, and Jed even installed a small sauna.
"When did you buy this house?" John was very satisfied with this holiday cottage. Although it was a bit rudimentary, it was perfect for vacation and escape from city life. "This decoration is definitely not rushed out."
"When they were filming The Lord of the Rings, they searched everywhere for a suitable location. I just saw the photos here, and they were absolutely beautiful, so I planned to open up a holiday villa area here." Jed said with a smile, "Here There are about a dozen small villas like ours. At the same time, there is a "Queen Elizabeth Resort Hotel" belonging to us in the flat area on the other side of the ice lake. What I did not expect is that the two largest industries in Queenstown are actually Wine and wedding celebrations, so this place has developed into a good place for weddings and honeymoons.” Many of Jed’s investments are intentional, but here are indeed Jed’s few random investment projects, but this project gave Jed brought a lot of benefits.
Jed and John enjoy their family fun in the Southern Hemisphere, and awards season in Hollywood kicks into high gear.Starting from the Golden Globe Awards, this year's major awards will also be awarded one by one.In terms of Golden Globe TV series, "Glee" and "The Big Bang Theory" produced by Jed are almost the big winners in the comedy category. The best drama series in the comedy category is naturally taken away by "Glee", but the best actor The leading role was picked by "The Big Bang Theory", and the best supporting actor and actress was also won by "Glee".In terms of the Golden Globe Film Awards, "Toy Story 3" took away the best animated feature; "The Social Network" won the best original score, best screenplay, best director and best drama film in one fell swoop. .Although nothing has been won in terms of recognition awards, many media believe that "The Social Network" will be a big hit for this year's Oscars.
On February 2011, 2, the 27rd Academy Awards were presented at the Sherman Theater in Hollywood, California, and ABC was responsible for broadcasting this time.Fortunately, abc broadcast it on satellite TV in New Zealand, so Jed and John were able to watch the awards ceremony from the mountain hut.The most memorable thing about this awards ceremony is that the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences actually allowed 83-year-old Anne Hathaway to be the host, setting a record for the youngest Oscar host.And this year the Academy of Film actually awarded the "Tolberg Memorial Award", which is a small surprise.
The "Tolberg Memorial Award", "Hellsort Humanitarian Award" and "Oscar Honorary Award" are all regarded as Oscar's lifetime achievement awards, but the first two are not awarded every year, they belong to the lifetime achievement awards of a higher level.Among them, the "Thalberg Memorial Award" is awarded to producers in recognition of their production of many high-quality films, and Jed will basically be able to receive this award when he retires; "Award" is a rather political award, and every time it is awarded, it is criticized, so it is given out less and less often.This year's winner of the "Tolberg Memorial Award" is Francis Coppola, the master director who has filmed "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now".Of course, this award is also a tribute to the Coppola family.
Jed now understands why Nicolas Cage would rather change his name than rely on the protection of the Coppola family. Think about it, if a child from another family can be nominated for an Oscar, it would be a big event for the whole family to celebrate; For the La family, they will only tell you that there are already six elder brothers in front of you who have won Oscars.
Four feature films and one short film including "Inception", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 3", "The Social Network", "Toy Story [-]", and "Madagascar: Travel Diary" were nominated for Oscars, which can be called luxurious line-up.But Jed knows very well that the big winner this year is "The King's Speech".How could the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has always praised the British, not kneel and lick "The King's Speech"?It's a historical biopic of the British royal family, and it's the kind of literary and artistic film that requires extreme acting skills... A commercial blockbuster like "Inception" is not even qualified to give such a movie a shoe.
Therefore, although there are many nominations for Jade's films, not many can win major awards in the end.Except for "Toy Story 3" which won best animated feature film and "The Social Network" which won best adapted screenplay, the rest of the awards were all technical awards.After all, compared to "Inception", the Academy would not dare to award the best photography and best visual effects to "The King's Speech".
"In fact, Colin Firth's acting skills are impeccable, coupled with David Seidler's script and Tom Hooper's direction, "The King's Speech" won the best original screenplay, best actor, and best director It’s not surprising that it’s the best film. What’s more, it’s a British film, and the old judges must have had an orgasm as soon as they heard the Cockney accent, right?” Although Jed admired the film, he still couldn’t help it Laughing at the indecency of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Seeing Jed complaining so vigorously, John guessed that Jed had also let go of the knot in his heart, so he said with a smile: "It seems that this place is really good. I decided that the children will come here in the summer vacation, right?"
"No, the network here is too bad." Matthew immediately objected, "I can't even play on my ipad."
Jed frowned slightly, Apple's ipad was released as scheduled, and as a passive beneficiary of Apple's investment, Jed was happy to see any product release that would boost Apple's stock price.But Jed soon realized how attractive this kind of mobile device is to children, but you can't keep children from touching it.How to make reasonable use of these products is actually a troublesome thing for parents.Jed quickly put away his worried expression, and said with a smile: "Since we can't access the Internet, we will go climbing later. We can take pictures on the way, and you can take them home with your ipad to share with your partners."
"That's a good idea." Matthew put the ipad aside, and then started clamoring to go out to climb the mountain.Fortunately, there are complete mountaineering equipment in the mountain hut, and the mountain conditions here are also very good. The so-called mountaineering is actually hiking along the mountain roads.However, the mountains here are indeed very high, and most of the peaks have passed the snow line, so you can go up to enjoy the natural snow scenery in summer.Seeing that Matthew's attention was diverted, Jed took Matthew to climb the mountain; but the beautiful Frona refused to be darkened by the ultraviolet rays of the mountains, and chose to go boating and fishing in the lake with John.So the family split up, and Jed took the energetic Matthew to contour on foot.
Of course, Jed didn't expect Matthew to walk to the snow line with him. Seeing that Matthew was tired after walking for two hours, Jed suggested to return after a short rest.Fortunately, Matthew was just playing for fun and didn't think about conquering and challenging mountains, so he happily agreed.
But when going down the mountain, Matthew suddenly asked: "Daddy, why do Flora and I have two fathers? And the other children only have one father? And they also have a mother?"
Jed froze for a moment, this question is really difficult to answer.He thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Aren't the two fathers bad?"
"Okay." Matthew kicked the stone under his feet, "Papa Jed is serious, but knows everything; Papa John is very gentle, but he likes to reason too much. But why don't we have a mother?"
Jed said vaguely: "Some babies are brought up by father and mother together, some babies are brought up by two fathers, and some babies are brought up by two mothers... Whether it is a father or a mother, they must love the baby." Enough."