Chapter 11: The Cunning Jew

Jerry endured a hard time during this time, and through the rigors of boring and highly focused training, he was able to vent his excess energy.

In the face of the Ukrainian beauties that you can pick, Jerry can see and touch, and can satisfy his vanity, but he can't really enjoy all her beauty.

The most uncomfortable thing is that every time Jerry is in love, Jerry has to withdraw his troops, which makes Mira extremely resentful, if he hadn't explained his physical condition, maybe Mira would think Jerry is a crooked man.

Two hours later, Jerry completed combat training in the Red Zone.

The effect of this exercise is much better than before, and the harvest is great, he obviously feels that the warm current in his body has grown a little stronger, and it has begun to spread from the five internal organs to the six internal organs, and when it spreads all over the internal organs, it will usher in a great change, or when the quantity accumulates to a certain extent, it will change from quantitative change to qualitative change.

When the qualitative change comes, it means that Jerry Towne has come out of the way, and he is about to usher in a new life.

At breakfast, Jerry learns that Brian had left while he was working out, and that the assistant had sent Mira an agency deal and he had taken the script he had handed him.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Jerry's personal lawyer, Jim Ramovich, was invited to the villa.

After carefully reading Jerry and Mira's brokerage contract, Jim said that the terms offered by the other party are quite generous, and only quasi-first-line and above big stars are eligible for this treatment in Hollywood.

Since there was no problem with the contract, Jerry and Mira no longer hesitated to sign it.

Let Jim send the two contracts to CAA and hand them over to Brian, so that they can get to know each other for a while, and they will inevitably deal with each other in the future.

When business is done, it's time for Jerry to fulfill his promise yesterday and accompany Mila to Rodel Avenue shopping.

In fact, Jerry didn't like to go shopping in his past or present life, especially when he went shopping with women.

However, compared to Mira's resentful eyes, Jerry felt the need to accompany her to the shopping, so that she could take the opportunity to vent the pent-up dissatisfaction in her heart, otherwise she would be suffocated.

"Let's just think of it as a ruined fortune and a disaster. Jerry comforted himself.

Rodell Avenue is Beverly Hills' luxury street, flanked by flagship stores of top brands, which are not only more imposing than other shopping districts, but also have a great deal of attention to the interior and exterior design of each building, reflecting the perfect combination of art and commerce, and many Hollywood movies have been filmed here.

As soon as Jerry and Mira, the handsome guy and beauty duo, got out of the car, they attracted a lot of attention.

However, seeing the four fierce black-uniformed bodyguards following them, some of the girls who had planned to come over couldn't help but be discouraged, and could only silently watch them and the group drift away.

After shopping at Chanel, then to Prada, and then to the Dior boutique, Mira didn't buy much, but the interest in shopping was extremely strong.

Jerry absentmindedly walked through the rows of delicate and ornate containers with her arms crooked, and when he reached the third boutique store, his arms drooped, and the excited Mira "abandoned" him......

At this time, Jerry suddenly realized that he had thought that he was already very attractive, but now he realized that those beautiful women's handbags were much more attractive than his own, at least they had succeeded in abducting the beautiful Mira, and he was forgotten by her.

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While Jerry was shopping with Mira, a brunette woman in an OL outfit and gold-rimmed glasses walked into Brian's office.

Brian happened to be absent, but his assistant not only didn't stop the brunette woman, but also quickly got up and brought her a cup of coffee.

"Thank you, Lishan, I'll wait for him for a while, you can go and get busy. ”

The brunette woman smiled and took the coffee, picked up the script that Brian had placed on her desk, and flipped through it as she sipped it.

"Yes, Miss Kinsley. ”

Lissa, the female assistant, turned to go out, the door was not closed, and the office was still open.

Turning the first page of the script, the brown-haired woman Pai Jinsi put down the coffee in her hand, straightened up, and read the script intently, her reading speed was very fast, almost ten lines at a glance, and the room resounded with the sound of turning pages.

Ten minutes later, Brian, who had sent Jim Ramovich away, returned to the office, and his assistant Lishan told him as soon as possible that Kins was waiting for him in the office.

"Hi Paikinsi, sorry to keep you waiting. ”

When she entered the door, she saw Paikin holding her script, Brian frowned slightly, and then greeted her warmly.

Pai Kingsley is a partner in the company, with A-list superstars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, who are above Brian in terms of seniority and status in the company, so Brian, despite her displeasure with flipping through her scripts at random, will not show it to her face.

"Good script, Brian, is this your new project?"

Paikin asked with a smile, closing the script casually, but not putting it down, her eyes falling on the bottom corner of the script cover as she spoke, where the screenwriter's name was Jerry Tong An.

Brian was stunned for a moment, "Uh...... Preparations are underway, and if nothing else, filming will start at the end of the year. ”

"Oh?" Pygin's blue eyes flickered, Brian noticed her eyelashes flutter a few times, based on his previous experience, Brian knew that Pygin had seen the script, and she was thinking about how to trade with herself at the moment.

Raising the script in his hand, Pai Jinsi smiled: "The name of the script is "Jerry Maguire", and the screenwriter's name is also Jerry, which is very interesting, isn't it?

"It's really a newcomer, not very old, not yet twenty years old, this should be his first time composing, but the writing is very good, and the dialogue is wonderful. ”

Brian nodded, and continued: "But I'm still hesitating, after all, the newcomer's work is very risky, and the budget is not low, if it fails......"

"No!" Paikin waved his hand, "Brian, you have always been calm and wise, and you have a good eye, but I don't agree with you on this matter. You're too conservative, or you're too cautious, it's a good script, the subject matter is new, the story is inspirational, and it's a very good comedy.

What is especially important is that the portrayal of the male and female protagonists in the script is quite in place, which is what our agents value the most, because we rely on our actors to eat, not box office results. ”

Brian smiled self-deprecatingly, Pykins said what was on his mind, if the script wasn't written by his cousin, I'm afraid he wouldn't have hesitated, right?

It's not about you, it's about yourself, that's Brian's mood at the moment.

Seeing that Brian had realized his mistake, Patrick's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, and he said with a smile: "Since this Jerry screenwriter submitted the script to our CAA, it means that he hit a wall with the film production company, and we just bought it, which is also in line with the packaging strategy implemented by Martin Bob, we can digest it internally, form our own crew, ask the director to shoot, and then find major film companies to cooperate and distribute it." ”

Speaking of this, Paikin no longer concealed his intentions, "Brian, how about we join forces on this project? I already have a candidate for the main role, and other roles are easy to find, and our company has a production crew, and the shooting equipment can be rented."

The investment in comedy is not large, in other words, even if the final box office of the film does not recover the cost, our loss is not large, after all, our agency is mainly popular artists, as long as its artists are popular, we will not lose money. ”

Seeing that Paikin became more and more excited, looking full of confidence, Brian's worries gradually dissipated, putting aside his personal relationship with Jerry, from a professional point of view, he and Paikin had the same opinion, and they were both optimistic about the script.

Thinking of this, Brian finally made up his mind.

"Paikins, are you going to have Cruise play the lead role?"

"Wow, Brian, you're awesome, and you're optimistic about Tom as well, right?" said Patrick with a smile.

The corners of Brian's mouth twitched and asked, "Do you have a suitable candidate for the heroine?"

"Huh?" Paikin hesitated, and said while thinking, "According to the description in the script, the female lead is a gentle and considerate single mother, what do you think of Nicole?"

“No!”

Brian vetoed without hesitation: "Pai Jinsi, I also think Nicole is very good, but this is an American inspirational movie, and the heroine can only be selected among American actresses, otherwise, the audience will not pay for it." ”

Pai Jinsi nodded thoughtfully and said, "It's really a bit troublesome, I'm too anxious." However, since then, the female lead actor is not easy to choose, and now the local American actresses who are beautiful and have acting skills are too old, and the appropriate age is basically a newcomer actor who has just debuted. ”

Brian agrees with Paykins, in fact, he began to think about the choice of the female lead actor after reading the script, and he still has no clue until now.

"Pai Jinsi, who do you think is more suitable to direct this film?"

"Hmm? This is an urban comedy inspirational movie, and commercial film directors can basically be excluded...... What about James L. Brooks? He's a great director, especially good at comedy, and he's a good producer, so if you ask him to direct, you don't have to look for a producer!"

"Bingo, in line with my thoughts. ”

Brian snapped his fingers excitedly, and looked at Paikin with a smirk, "Honey, thank you for the suggestion, I'll have a big dinner when I get back, and now I'm going to get to work." ”

"Why?" Pai Jinsi was dumbfounded.

Brian took the script from her hand and said with a smile: "The investor of this project is the screenwriter of the script, and he is the leading actor, in addition, he has signed a contract with me yesterday, I just went to Martin with his personal lawyer and signed a commission agreement, and our company is responsible for helping him prepare the crew and casting work." So ......"

Brian spread his hands, "I'm sorry, dear Pygin, I'll pass on your suggestion to Jerry, and I'm sure he'll thank you personally later." ”

"No, Brian, you can't do that, there's no one better suited for the role than Cruise!" said Pyginse emotionally.

Brian shook his head disapprovingly, "This issue doesn't need to be discussed anymore, the actor who plays the male lead is also very good, definitely no worse than Cruise, I am convinced of this." The question I am concerned about now is whether his acting skills are as good as his own, and in addition, it is the heroine candidate, there are so many actresses under our company, but I have carefully combed through it and have not found a suitable candidate. ”

Pykins was not interested in Brian's words, and she said very stubbornly, "Brian, what if I insist on participating in this project?"

Brian smiled, "Honey, don't have this kind of thought, although the other party is a newcomer in the Hollywood entertainment industry, he is definitely not as simple as you think." As a word of caution, he's my aunt's son. ”

"Lady Sally's only son?" said Pygins, surprised.

"Yes, my aunt only has this one son, and she loves him very, very much. Alright, dear Paikins, I'm going to work, my cousin is not very talkative, and I must help him with the preparations as soon as possible, or he will come to me for trouble. With that, Brian picked up the phone book and began to contact the crew he needed.

Paikin was a little hard to accept such an outcome.

But when she thought of Lady Sally, one of the main members of the jury of the previous Oscar chairman, she shook her head helplessly, didn't bother Brian anymore, and slowly got up and left.

After heading out, Paikin couldn't help but glance back at busy Brian and cursed in a low voice, "Shet, cunning Jew!"

………… (To be continued)