Chapter 7: Jerry and Mila
In the neat and bright study, Jerry Towne sat in front of the computer and read his fingers like flying, looking focused on the codewords.
The document directory reads: Resident Evil.
Since the day his grandparents returned to New York, Jerry sat in front of the computer every day and buried himself in typing, did not rest until late at night, and got up early the next morning, except for going to the gym to practice and eat as always, the rest of the time stayed in the study, tireless coding, non-stop, like a track and field race against time.
Unknowingly, Jerry had been in the study for a month and a half, during which his mother came back from a business trip and came to visit him, and he only set aside half an hour to have a meal with his mother, and then continued to write words.
At the same time, the printed manuscripts were bound by the old butler Paul according to the page number, and then, according to Jerry's explanation, rushed to the Screenwriters Guild to submit an application and pay the membership fee in the name of Jerry Towne, and submit the script outline for registration.
After doing it, Paul Sr. had to go to the Actors' Guild to register Jerry as an actor.
Then, he went to the copyright office to apply for the copyright of the work, and this time he provided not only the outline of the script, but also Jerry's difficulty in drawing the movie storyboard corresponding to the script.
The U.S. Copyright Office usually does not accept copyright applications for film scripts, because the Writers Guild of America is also an international organization that specializes in copyright matters for film and television scripts, but hand-drawn storyboard manuscripts are not within the purview of the Screenwriters Guild, so you can go to the Copyright Office to apply for copyright rights.
In the following days, the old housekeeper Tang Bo went to the Screenwriters Guild five more times, and Jerry completed more than two million words of manuscripts.
By the time Jerry finished the codeword and completely relaxed, it was October '95, and before he knew it, he had spent three months in Los Angeles.
In the middle of next month will be his eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony.
During this time, supermodel girls often ran back and forth between New York and Los Angeles, and Jerry gave her his credit card and asked her to settle her mother in New York, which was actually to give her a settling-in fee, so that she would have no worries and be by her side wholeheartedly.
That's right, Jerry raced against time to write the script of "Resident Evil" and hand-draw the storyboard script, and registered the copyright of the script and the book as soon as possible, just to be a supermodel girl who has always been by his side.
Because she is the Ukrainian girl who became popular all over the world with the "Resident Evil" series of movies - Milla Jovovich.
The moment Jerry opened his eyes, he recognized her.
It's just that she is much younger than the person in Jerry's impression, and now Mira is only nineteen years old, and she will only be twenty years old at the end of the year.
If Brother Xiao Chu hadn't woken up that night, Jerry Towne didn't know how she had overcome this hurdle, and perhaps she would have been in a hurry to get out of the quagmire when she married French director Luc Besson two years later.
Among the six scripts written by Jerry, in addition to the earliest completed Resident Evil, the second script is "Jerry Maguire".
When he was lying in bed pretending to be a zombie, in the dead of night, Mira would always whisper "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry......" in his ear
Mira's tireless call naturally reminded Jerry Donn of the Hollywood inspirational movie in his memory.
In fact, he has long been accustomed to being called "Little Done" instead of "Jerry", but he is currently more receptive to the name "Jerry" because he already recognizes Old Don as his grandfather.
In this regard, Americans are very interesting, fathers and sons or grandchildren can share a name, such as the star of Iron Man, his father's name is Robert Downey, and he is also this name, so much so that after becoming famous, the media called him "Robert Downey Jr." in order to distinguish the father and son who are also Hollywood actors.
In the traditional concept of the Chinese, the master of heaven and earth has been integrated into the bone marrow, and the younger generation cannot have the same name as the ancestors, which is called "for the Venerable." ”
Old Don likes to call Jerry "Little Donne", which is a sign of love for him, and it is also a disguised doting, but he himself can't take this kind of love as his own capital, at least for now, he is not worthy of the name "Little Donne", because he can't compare with Old Donn, who started a huge business from scratch.
When the script of "Jerry Maguire" was completed, the housekeeper Tang Bo said with a smile: "Except for the difference in surname, it is simply a script of the same name." ”
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
Uncle Tang's words made Jerry's heart shake, and an irrepressible thought came to his mind, lingering for a long time.
So when he asked Tang Bo to help him register the script, he also went to the actors' union to help him register as an actor.
After completing six scripts in one go, Jerry Towne has no guilt for plagiarism, and if he doesn't seize the lead in the field he is good at, it is not noble, but hypocritical.
What's more, the experience of struggling in his previous life for 20 years made him deeply understand a truth: this is a success-only world, and losers can gain the sympathy and pity of others, but they can't change their fate of becoming a stepping stone.
Life can be repeated all over again, and Jerry does not allow the failures of his previous life to be repeated in himself.
For actors, opportunities are more important than acting skills, acting skills can be learned and accumulated slowly, but once the opportunity is missed, there will be no more.
A rare opportunity to perform is enough to change an actor's life.
Therefore, he will not hesitate to do anything that can make him successful, even if he robs other people's ideas and works, he has no shame, the opportunity is not waiting for it, there is no hand if the hand is fast, there is no slow, and he must take the initiative to grab it.
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After more than three months of working day and night, consuming hundreds of millions of brain cells, he is finally busy.
While Jerry was lying on a chair by the pool and enjoying the afternoon sun, he beckoned to Delis to hand over the phone, and took the bulky lower flip phone to call his eldest cousin, who had been lobbying him to enter the entertainment industry, and asked him to come over for dinner.
Then he called Mira and told her that her work was over and that she would accompany her to the shopping on Rodel Street tomorrow.
Sure enough, less than half an hour after hanging up the phone, the Ukrainian girl rushed to the villa in a hurry, changed into a blue bikini, and threw herself into Jerry's arms like a milk swallow returning home.
Jerry was about to ask her if she had chosen a house for her mother, but she was wrapped in Mira's moist red lips.
The smooth tongue came in when he opened his mouth, wrapped around Jerry's tongue, kissed Jerry off guard, and involuntarily responded fiery, his strong arms supported her slender waist, and his wide palm fell on her beautiful buttocks.
Turning defense into offense, Jerry likes to take the initiative, especially when doing this kind of thing, he has always been tough and domineering.
A passionate wolf kiss almost made Mira dizzy and suffocating.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Jerry did not forget his grandfather's warning, and stopped in time, it is necessary to endure for a while for the sake of lifelong happiness in the future, Jerry's two uncles are the templates, and the pros and cons are clear at a glance.
So, just when Mira was distraught, Jerry flinched again, sat up, took her in his arms, and asked with a smile, "Honey, have you chosen your mother's house?"
Mila pressed her delicate body against Jerry's chest, gasped for a while before relieving, and said softly: "The house we bought is also in Santa Monica, only two streets away by car, the location is quite good, a single-family two-story villa, twelve rooms, an indoor swimming pool, all supporting facilities, the villa is surrounded by lawns and gardens, my mother and I like it very much." It's just that...... It's too expensive, what about 1.8 million?"
Jerry kissed her forehead and said with a smile: "Baby is awesome, I saved 200,000 yuan in budget expenses, I was still thinking that if the money is not enough, I can ask old Paul to come forward to help you choose a house, but I didn't expect you to do it yourself." ”
"Are you serious?" Jerry's answer was obviously unexpected by Mira, and she felt a little incredulous.
Two months ago, Jerry transferred $2 million from her credit card to settle her home because she and her mother had been renting a house.
Mira came to California with her mother at the age of five, her mother was also an actress, but she didn't have the opportunity to appear on stage in the United States, and in order to survive, her mother worked as a cleaner for more than ten years.
The pressures of life forced Mira to participate in a TV series at the age of nine, appeared on the runway at the age of eleven, and later worked as a model while looking for opportunities to participate in independent films.
Otherwise, she would not have rushed from New York to Los Angeles to attend the swimsuit party at the Little Down Manor because of the $100,000 appearance fee after she became a supermodel.
Jerry gave her a lump sum of $2 million, the largest amount of money she had ever received since she started performing on stage.
The moment she got the money, Mira was very excited, excited and nervous, because she couldn't understand Jerry's mind, let alone what he really meant for the money.
However, after years of wandering, Mira understood that what she got in her hands was her own, and in order for her mother to live a stable life in the future, she decided to spend the money even though she was uneasy.
The first time to choose a good house with convenient transportation and beautiful environment, and then decorate and buy furniture, for two months, she has been busy arranging her and her mother's new home.
Just now, on the way to the villa, Mira was ready to welcome Jerry to vent her anger.
However, the facts in front of her were completely different from what she had envisioned, and at this moment, Jerry's performance moved Mira to a mess.
So the Ukrainian girl kissed him on the mouth again, and Jerry obviously felt that this kiss was completely different from the previous wolf kiss.
This kiss was not warm and not long, but it made both parties clearly feel that there is no longer a barrier between each other, and the distance between hearts is getting closer and closer.
"Baby, I'm leaving here after my eighteenth birthday next month, so... Recently we were ready to move. Jerry said affectionately, using his fingers to comb Mira's long, loose sideburns hair.
"I've heard old Paul mention that my luggage is all at my mother's, so I don't need to prepare it. Mira stroked Jerry's chest and smiled sweetly, "Honey, do you need me to help you pack your belongings?"
"Mila, be serious, you know what I mean, tell me...... Your decision. Mila had told Jerry that her name was pronounced "Mila" in Ukraine, not "Mira" in American English.
"I didn't understand, dear Jerry, can you say that again?"
"Well, cunning Mila, I wonder if you would like to move with me to a new house?"
"Wow, I love living in a new house!"
Jerry...... The big mouth covered the little red lips, kissed Mila Xiafei's cheeks, and let her go when she was panting.
………… (To be continued)