"Ilian, come over here, walk slowly… alright, very good, very good."
Gilbert guided him from the front. Ilian wobbled and staggered his way over, finally reaching him, and then hugged his leg, giggling uncontrollably.
Gilbert scooped Ilian up into his arms and playfully nuzzled him with his chin and beard, only to have Ilian turn away in mock annoyance.
During this rare moment of leisure, Gilbert spent time at home playing with his child, taking on the role of an engaged father.
Not to mention, nine-month-old Ilian seemed to have impressive physical talent, inheriting the robust physique of the Landrini family.
He could eat and sleep well, and his development was rapid. He no longer needed an adult to support him and could walk a short distance steadily on his own.
Of course, Ilian could also speak, though his vocabulary was still limited. Naturally, the first words he learned were those for his mother.
What made Gilbert "angry" was that "dad" was the last word Ilian learned. Cameron Diaz and the others mischievously taught all their own titles first before his.
However, this also proved that Gilbert had been too busy with work and had neglected accompanying his child, so whenever he had free time, he made sure to spend it with Ilian.
Naomi Watts was doing yoga exercises to maintain her figure. Watching father and son play together, a smile of happiness appeared on her lips.
After they had played enough, the child grew tired and was taken away by the nanny to rest.
Naomi Watts also finished her workout, completing some stretches before deciding to wrap up.
Seeing her perfectly beautiful waist and the elegant curves of her legs highlighted by her yoga pants, Gilbert's eyes lit up, and he couldn't resist touching her, only to receive a playful glare in return.
"Annoying, I just finished exercising, I'm all sweaty."
"Your sweat is fragrant," Gilbert said, wrapping his arms around Naomi Watts' soft waist. "There's a Chinese idiom, xiang han lin li, meaning fragrant sweat dripping—it describes you perfectly."
"Pfft," Naomi Watts felt sweet on the inside but teased outwardly, "disgusting, how is that sweet? Let go of me first, I'm going to take a shower."
Gilbert didn't insist. Watching Naomi Watts twist her beautiful waist as she went to shower, he returned to the living room.
In the living room, the pregnant women was reading books on childcare. Even with a nanny present, Naomi Watts set an example—mothers should know how to care for their children themselves.
Cameron Diaz put down her book and, seeing Gilbert, leapt into his arms playfully.
"Careful, you're about to become a mother and yet so unsteady," Gilbert exclaimed, startled.
"I don't care, as long as you protect me!" Cameron Diaz's little temper came out, just like a young girl in love.
Even though she was no longer young, she had maintained this personality for over a decade, and it was undeniable that Gilbert protected her exceptionally well.
Other actresses might have been worn down by Hollywood realities and forced to wear a fake mask to face the world.
Pregnant women's emotions could be unstable, often sparking minor tempers, which required Gilbert's attention.
Just then, Naomi Watts finished her shower and joined them. Gilbert discussed some matters with the family's matriarch.
"Seeing the children multiplying, we need to keep up with their education in the future," Gilbert said.
"Yes, of course," Naomi Watts replied. "I've discussed with Michelle and Sally that we will make a donation to Saint Rose School in your name so the children can all attend there."
Saint Rose School was a private elite school in Los Angeles, where children from West Coast upper-class families typically studied, continuing through high school graduation.
Gilbert agreed. In this era, the North American elite education system was still quite solid, without the later signs of decline.
Earlier, he had met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and discussed his grand plan for Mars colonization, and was invited to join the project.
Gilbert said he would consider it, though he had already decided to participate.
Whether it was the overwhelming wealth or contributing to humanity's future in space, Gilbert felt a duty to be involved, considering his status.
In the future Chinese internet, people might thank not only Musk for his open-source contributions but also Gilbert.
Of course, this wasn't his main point.
He wanted to note that, in the future, one of Musk's sons was changed in school from male to female—biologically male but psychologically female and severed relations with Musk.
This caused Musk great distress, and Gilbert wanted to prevent such situations at all costs.
Thus, he concluded that teachers were the main cause, but even now, it was manageable. In the future, attention must be paid to children's family education and gender awareness.
Gilbert considered himself conservative, unable to accept overly liberal ideas. He believed men are men, and women are women.
Even without bringing God into it, from the beginning of evolution heaven and earth created man and woman for humanity. The so-called changing of gender and altering cognition was a violation of the natural sciences.
Some people might say that changing one's gender on our own was also a part of natural evolution. But in fact, everyone knew very well that artificial interventions had little to do with nature, and nature would not take the blame for this.
Of course, behind these deluded people there was actually a huge conspiracy to divide society across different strata, but Gilbert had nothing to do with that.
As for his children, boys were boys and girls were girls, so in terms of family education he still reminded Naomi Watts to pay closer attention.
Just as they were talking, a servant reported that Gilbert's cousin Ellie had arrived.
After graduating from university, Ellie entered the fruit company to work. Although it had something to do with having Gilbert as her cousin, Ellie herself was very hardworking, and now she was doing quite well at the fruit company.
"Cousin," Ellie bounced over happily, and upon seeing pregnant sisters-in-law, she politely greeted her.
"Ellie, how come you had time to visit me today?" Gilbert greeted her with a smile and invited Ellie to sit down.
After the servant served tea, Ellie chirped, "Here's the thing, I recently attended a Silicon Valley IT gathering and met someone. He wants me to introduce him and have a meeting with you."
"Oh?" Gilbert was intrigued. "Who is it?"
"Peter Thiel. He said you should know him."
Gilbert nodded. "Indeed I know him. Back when I invested in Amazon, nobody believed in it, only Peter Thiel invested with me.
He is a visionary Silicon Valley investor who has invested in many Internet technology companies."
"Yes, he is called the Warren Buffett of Silicon Valley." Ellie clearly admired Peter Thiel.
"What is he looking for me for?" Gilbert asked.
"He said he wants to discuss with you the future of America and the world," Ellie replied.
"The future of America and the world?" Gilbert was baffled. "He should go find those old guys in Washington. I'm just a Hollywood director, I can't change the world."
"Cousin, you underestimate yourself. You're a legend in Silicon Valley." Ellie said mysteriously. "Do you know what Silicon Valley says about you?"
"What else could they say?" Gilbert still held resentment that Silicon Valley once called him an idiot in investing. "Didn't they say I was useless except for making movies, that I was a fool…"
"Oh come on, that was more than ten years ago." Ellie deeply admired her cousin. Working at the fruit company and interacting more with Silicon Valley, she had heard many of his investment legends.
Ellie counted them off one by one: "The Banana you founded is the number one social networking and image sharing site in the U.S., and Watermelon is the number one search engine site, which has expanded into other businesses.
In addition, you invested in Apple, now the hottest hardware technology company. You invested in Amazon, the largest shopping site.
Also Nvidia, Tesla, IMDB, and so on…
People all say you were blessed with divine foresight, otherwise how could you have invested such huge sums into these companies when their futures were uncertain?"
"Hearing you say this, I do seem pretty amazing." Even Gilbert himself hadn't realized what miraculous things he had done to astonish the world.
He was too focused on the film industry, and in other areas he just maintained general control.
Fortunately, no one suspected Gilbert of anything, otherwise he might have been dragged off to Fort Detrick for research.
"Exactly," Ellie continued, "so Peter Thiel says you have the power to change the world, and he wants you to help him change it."
"Isn't the world fine as it is now?" Gilbert was puzzled. "What needs to be changed?"
"I don't know about that. He wants to talk to you personally."
"Alright then," Gilbert thought there was no harm in meeting him, so he agreed. "You arrange it, set a time, we'll meet at the Melon Studio."
Ellie, satisfied with the answer, happily went off to inform Peter Thiel.
Gilbert, however, pondered Peter Thiel's intentions. What did he want to do? What kind of society did he want to pull him into changing?
But thinking about it now was meaningless. Everything would be discussed once they met Peter Thiel.
Leisure time was brief, and Gilbert quickly returned to work. After New Year's Day, Melon Studio released character posters on Banana's official homepage.
One teaser poster featured Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise standing back to back, with flying U.S. dollars beside them.
Other posters were of the main actors individually. Among them, Charlize Theron's poster was the most popular, because she looked beautiful in it.
After the eye-searing "Monster," Charlize Theron had finally returned to her glamorous appearance, moving many fans to tears.
The top-liked comment under it read: "Only Gilbert can capture the most beautiful empress."
Indeed, though Charlize Theron had never played an empress-type role, fans had given her that nickname because of her powerful aura.
And this so-called empress in the eyes of fans would from time to time act coy with Gilbert.
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