Chapter 114: Extinguishing the Fire
"I'm surfing the internet right now." Jon turned on his computer while talking to Lynn on the phone, "Is it really that exaggerated?" I turned off an appointment before I came back to turn on the computerβ"
In 2005, mobile phones were not so smart, and the data fee was relatively expensive, so if you wanted to browse the web without obstacles, you really had to find a computer. After Jon received Lynn's call, he felt that the situation was quite exaggerated, and he was worried that there would be signs of fan riots in the discussion forum she managed, so he simply postponed the date, went home to watch the news, and formulated the official caliber of the fan forum with the management team: Let's not say whether the matter is true or not, even if Jennifer really steps on two boats, of course die-hard fans like Jon will not abandon her, they are all loyal fans from the musical period, and they like Jennifer's acting skills and style, not her life experience, and the relationship with Josh. For them, as long as Jennifer doesn't make the best things like insulting fans, touting Nazis, and making racist remarks, the rest of the things are understandable, even if they really step on two boats? Artists, this kind of thing is not uncommon in Hollywood.
Of course, this is also the thinking of die-hard fans, and the average fan may be disappointed in Jennifer because of this, and the public will also lose points because of it, which is unavoidable, so in general, Jon still hopes that this incident is just media hype and misinformation, although Jennifer is not the most orthodox American sweetheart - she does not play the role of Cameron. Diaz and Reese. Witherspoon is so typical, except for "The Notebook", it can be said that the characters have a kind of wildness, but her image in the country has always been very positive and sunny, and Jon doesn't want to see Jennifer being caught up in moral criticism, which will definitely hinder her next development. The reason why she is desperate to find out whether Jennifer is having an affair is also to do her best to guide the comments of the fan forum - at such a moment, even if it is just the official of the fan organization, as long as there is a little authority, fans will believe their words, maybe they will change their original attitude towards this matter, and they will not be so rashly disappointed in Jennifer.
After logging into MSN, Skype, and ICQ, Jon skillfully opened several fan gossip sites, and read the news first, and her heart sank slightly: judging from the current news, it seems that there is no doubt that this agent has spent the night at Jennifer's house, and he has not changed his clothes, which is indeed easy to misunderstand. But then again, if it was really an affair, would Jennifer do such a stupid thing?
With such suspicions, she went to look at Hilton's blog again, and looking at the photo of the two of them looking at each other and smiling, Jon was also a little depressed: Okay, although she also likes Josh. Blanche, but it cannot be denied, that this one is called Cesare. Vijri's CAA agent is indeed very attractive, he should be a model, not an agent, and bring such unnecessary trouble to Jennifer - if Vijerry is a middle-aged man, these photos may not cause any turmoil at all, it is too normal for agents and artists to chat, even if it is to spend the night in Jennifer's mansion, there is nothing to say, there are always many situations in the relationship between friends, and it is not a big deal to spend a day or two in case of an emergency, and others will not think much about it at all. The problem is that Vijri and Jennifer are so right, especially this photo of the two talking on the terrace, which seems to be so affectionate and compatible, even more than many street photos of Jennifer and Josh, although this pair has always been known for their stable and sweet relationship.
Well, if Jennifer really really pedals two boats...... Well, these two are also young talents, which are the lucky ones in Hollywood, Jon thought a little bitterly, although she would never admit it to others, but for her, what is more terrible than stepping on two boats should be Jennifer's crush on some objects that have no aesthetic sense, such as Britney, who actually dates with the paparazzi, which is even more disappointing than passers-by like Jon than news such as drug abuse and clashes with the paparazzi, and she doesn't know why she has such an idea, but indeed, this idea comes from the bottom of her heart, Even Jon himself is hard to control. - Even if she really stepped on two boats and broke up with Josh and Jennifer, Jennifer was scolded by the public, but after the turmoil passed, she could still be with a matching object - she didn't know what to say, anyway, the style was still there, and if she was really with those who didn't match, it would be a bit of a lack of style, and it would be difficult for people to worship her anymore.
"Didn't the previous gossip magazines all hint that J.J. and Josh are engaged?" Jon came back to her senses after the multi-person conversation that popped up in the MSN group, and she hurried back to the forum she managed to read the posts, and Jon's biggest concern now was Josh. Blanche's fans will come to make trouble after receiving the news, although the relationship between J.J and Josh is very stable, but the relationship between the fans of the two sides is not good, because Josh has a group of female fans who have always felt that J.J is not worthy of Josh, and although most of J.J's fans have a positive and blessed attitude towards this relationship, there are also some male fans who think that Josh is not comparable to J.J at all, and it is completely because he has climbed J.J. who is now thriving in his career. It is conceivable that after this news is released, a large number of unhappy Josh fans will rush in and insult J.J.
After a quick glance at the layout, Jon was stunned for a moment, compared to what she expected, the reality was much better, there were not many abusive posts and scolding posts in the forum, only a few posts that were obviously protests from Josh fans, but judging from the content of the final reply, the atmosphere was actually quite peaceful. Instead, there were several headlines such as 'The Correspondence between Viggieri and J.J.', 'Cesare. Vijerry - Who the hell is he's post, has been marked with the Hot logo of Hot Posts.
"Strange ......" Jon muttered, and then looked at the comments of ONTD and the news, there were a lot of extreme Josh fans scolding the street, but most of the replies were about the gossip mentality of not caring about themselves, and most people were more concerned about Cesare Vijeri than J.J. was struggling with two boats. - Although it is only a few candid photos, it is not a fashion hard photo, but his outstanding appearance and temperament have attracted a large number of gossip women (it cannot be denied that there are slightly more women than men in the crowd who will soak in the Internet to read gossip) and.
"He's supposed to come out and act, He'sSooooooooHooooooooot."
"I understand J.J. so well that if I were her, I wouldn't hesitate to abandon Josh Blanche, who is just a hairy boy compared to this man, as bland as chewing gum."
"Does anyone know where to find more information about him? His profile? I wanted to know everything about him so much, I was completely hooked on him. β
Cesare. Vijri, Cesare. Vijri ...... In this news, at least judging from the feedback on the Internet, he has completely overshadowed J.J's limelight, not to mention this scandal. Many of the people who replied to the post thought that these photos were commonplace, "Who knows if there will be someone else in the place where the camera can't find it?" Maybe Josh was in the house, but he didn't come out, and now that Prada is popular, the media is going crazy to get J.J. news, and this must be a self-directed and self-acting news-making. β
It's commonplace for Hollywood stars to make news about them in the tabloids, where there are news about Britney's suicide every day, and if they are taken seriously every time, fans will have no peace. The reason why the news is important this time is also because there are photos, and it seems to have empirical evidence. However, seeing the feedback under the news, Jon began to feel that he was a little allergic, and in the eyes of the public, the news seemed to be boring, and it was not as interesting as a handsome agent. It seems that this time there is no need to defend J.J in the comment section.
Relaxing back on his forum, Jon clicked on the post he was curious about - she was also a girl, and Jon must be very interested in the rather handsome agent in this photo.
It was an unfamiliar ID, and Jon noticed that it had been a long time since he had registered, but he had only a few words and was not a familiar face in the forum. 'Cesare. Vijeri - who the hell is he' and 'Cesare. Vijeri's and J.J's relationship' both posts were made by him or her, in 'Cesare. Vijri - Who the hell is he?', the poster introduced himself.
'I'm a fan of him from Jennifer. From the beginning of the Bell years, I noticed this handsome agent. He was only 20 years old at the time, and he hadn't even officially graduated from college......
The Vijeri fan revealed some of the information she gathered: Cesare. Vijri is the best agent in CAA, and he is also the agent for Christopher. Hanks, Leonardo. DiCaprio, Cameron. Diaz and Jennifer. Bell, Jennifer. Jefferson served and Johnny at the same time. Depp and other friends, and many big names in the industry have also come and go. Blanche himself and his agent are good friends, and Josh and Jenny's collaboration should be the one he facilitated. Jennifer. Jefferson is supposed to be the new star he discovered, which is why she signed up for this forum.
According to the caliber of this post, Cesare is a workaholic, and his opinion on the script is very unique, and the poster believes that Cesare spent the night in Jennifer's residence, which should be to assist her in choosing the script, because Jennifer is also about to make a film and win the award. - And Jon thinks it makes perfect sense!
I took a look at the poster's so-called photo collection, which is the Cesare that she found from the paparazzi's photos over the years. Vijri's figure, Jon was even more relieved. Cesare often goes on vacation with his Red Stars, attending events and lunches abroad...... Although he is not the main character in these photos, and sometimes he deliberately avoids frontal appearances, it is not difficult to determine himself in comparison: he will be with Cameron. Diaz and her boyfriend are on vacation together, so what's it to spend the night in J.J.'s mansion? In that photo, isn't there an assistant sitting in the car, how can you be so bold if you want to cheat?
In another post, there was a collection of paparazzi photos of J.J. and his interactions, and Jon was completely relieved after reading it - it turned out that J.J. and Cesare Vijri's girlfriend were also friends, and the paparazzi had a lot of street photos of J.J. eating with the two of them, many of which Jon had even seen himself, but she just passed by the couple as a passerby. So what's wrong with that? As most people say, it's nothing more than another hype of the paparazzi.
After marking the two posts in red and highlighting, Jon wrote an announcement to clarify the facts and tell everyone not to trust the media, and went back to the public forum to find that ONTD had actually reprinted the post - perhaps considering the response to Cesare. Vijeri's curiosity was heightened, and below there was already a lot of curiosity about Cesare. Vijeri's worship and nymphomaniac, at this time, she has completely let go of her heart......
That evening, PageSix put up new street photos and a video: Josh. Blanche was not affected by the scandal, and went out to eat with his girlfriend as usual, the two of them were very affectionate, and Josh also clarified this morning's oolong to the paparazzi.
"Guys, this was a complete misunderstanding, you know I've been on vacation lately - I've been at J.J.'s house for the past few days, and I've been having dinner with Chesa that night, and he's here for work, and there's nothing going on in that room like you're guessing."
However, when the paparazzi intelligently asked, "Are you guys getting ready to live together, hey, J.J., are you still wearing your chastity ring?" Jennifer took Josh's hand and whispered a few words to him, and the two got into the car, and the video ended.
"The chaos is over." After seeing this video, Jon exhaled with relief, she went around the various areas again, Josh's forum originally had some shocking posts, even if someone reposted those two posts about Cesare, it didn't completely suppress the discussion, but after this video was posted, the turmoil immediately subsided, and no one made any more posts that hated J.J.
As for Jennifer's own fan forum, it is even more calm, but some posts are vaguely regretful: Doesn't this mean that J.J. and Cesare are really just friends? This is very reluctant, after all, in their opinion, compared with Josh, Jennifer is still more compatible with this handsome agent......
This gossip news existed for less than two days before it lost its attention, although there was a wave of large groups that were also stirred up about Cesare. Vijeri's interest, but this is 2005, and the power of the Internet is not so big and so crazy that this wave of interest does not attract much attention, except for a few small communities that have quietly opened up on LiveJournal - the theme of the community is to follow Cesare from the street photos and videos of celebrities. Vijeri's appearance.
The two-day news was more of an innocuous farce, and apart from the widespread reprint on its website, the print and television media that now dominate the media β the people who love to watch "The Oprah Show," and the only media that parents pay attention to β went unreported. After all, although TV news is broadcast every day, TV stations can't rely on a few street photos to come up with a piece of speculative news, they are still much more serious than the Internet, and only news that is confirmed to be true will get their attention and coverage. And for the print media, the news that came out in the morning was subsided in the evening, what else is there to post? Do you want to post 'paparazzi to speculate on the news and be misunderstood'? If J.J really cheated, then no one could suppress them to report, but now everything is just a misunderstanding, so don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, Judy Ackerman has always had a good relationship with the major media, and they can't afford to spoil each other's relationship for this matter, not to mention, Judy promised that there will be news about J.J in the near future, and will also give some exclusive street photos for them to publish, which is already a very good compensation for them.
An unintentional scandal came to an end in a few days, and it is expected that within a week, it will be forgotten by the fickle media and the public. And how many people have paid for this behind this, how much energy and saliva have been paid for this, and how much economic value this scandal has created, it is not something that outsiders can know.
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"Great, I can notify your person to put the post on hold." In her large living room, Jenny finally finished browsing ONTD, closed her laptop, and said to Jim across the couch with satisfaction, adding, "In the future, you can do this on another computer, and use an agent to contact the next family - you know how to use computers, don't let hackers chase you." β
βOKγβ Jim wiped the sweat from his cheeks, still staring at the screen, and he said smartly. "I will register some IDs on all major fan sites, so that you don't need to contribute IDs in the future."
"Good idea, the same as I thought." Jenny nodded approvingly, "This time all the IDs will be invalidated, and the next time I send out the navy, I hope all the clues can't be traced back to me, you know what I mean, Jim?" β
"Of course," Jim replied with a confident raise of an eyebrow, he was a mediocre agent, arguably lacking in self-confidence, but a good online broker material. When Jenny explained to him what he wanted to do, Jim understood her intentions in just a few minutes, and told her that he had a programming certificate, that he had tried to be a hacker in college, and that he had switched to an agent because of his family roots and his talent for it.
It doesn't matter if the talent is bad, common sense is enough, what Jenny is going to do now is not strictly speaking, it is not even a lie, even if it is exposed, there is nothing unseemly, of course, it is better not to be exposed. So she relieved herself to hand over the matter to Jim, and was also very satisfied with his performance: Jim deserved to be an agent for many years, and accurately grasped the key to this matter - in this matter, the most important thing is not to justify her that she has done nothing wrong, such a defense will only arouse the disgust and refutation of the masses, it can only be counterproductive, and the most important thing is to let the media see that the reaction of this news network is flat, and a large number of comments are not strange attitudes, and there is no rise to the trend of national gossip and heated discussions. Even fans of J.J and Josh, neither of the two most inciting forces made waves.
For the media, what they need is to attract attention, if the Internet is hotly discussed, the print media follow up, the matter will be a big problem, and every time Jeanne and Cesare appear together, it will be a good eye-catching topic. It also includes Josh's follow-up reactions and more...... As long as the public's interest in her private life is fixed, then no matter how Jenny reacts, the media is definitely the winner, after all, Jenny and Josh have to go through the media even if they want to refute, so they are equivalent to the bookmaker, and they will win and not lose.
And if this is the case, then Jenny is a complete loser, if she doesn't refute, just wait for the turmoil to pass, then the image of this cheating suspicion is fixed, and the loss is herself, and the lost public favor may not be so easy to come back - if she refutes, the attention will continue to burn, and the image of this cheating suspicion will still be fixed, because the public will not care about justice, they will only remember the title that shines in front of them all the time: cheating suspicion. So it's still her who loses, and in this environment, if she and Cesare want to continue their cooperation, then every time they appear together in public, it will provoke a speculation and discussion, and it is impossible to calculate how much damage to style will be, she wants to be a movie star, not a celebrity who sells her private life, and if the public's impression of her tends to the latter, this loss may even directly affect her box office appeal. Although it's not to say that if you beat her to death, she won't be an A-lister in the future, but it's annoying enough to have such a problem, and if nothing else, it's very annoying to say that she continues to be harassed by the paparazzi.
And now, the media feels that the public is not very concerned about this suspicion of cheating, and even the most excited netizens are not interested, but more concerned about Cesare. How handsome is Vijeri. This news has no hype value, so after they give up, there will be no media hype-audience discussion-media continued hype, and the audience will naturally give up paying attention to this news, which is equivalent to saying that this fire is extinguished when it is just germinated, it is not very prosperous, and it can be controlled.
"Herd mentality," Jeanne said with a smile to Cesare standing by the bar, "and that's what you taught me, as long as there are enough comments on 'It's nothing,' even the most emotional commenters will think about it, won't it?" And then they will find out that there really is nothing about it. β
Cesare nodded wordlessly, still looking at Jenny with that 'I can't understand you' attitude, and he remained silent and didn't give the slightest comment while Jenny deployed the whole thing, which was rare for Cesare.
When I was busy before, of course, I wish Cesare shut up and not be a layman's guide - well, at least half an insider, as a gossip crowd in 2014, Jenny has seen countless online promoter marketing, and now in 2005, she is half an expert, of course, better than Cesare. However, now that she was free, Jeanne hoped that Cesare would help her fill in the gaps and check what was wrong with her thinking, and seeing that Cesare did not reply, she walked up to him, "Do you think I am doing something wrong?" Cesare, I'm going my own way, and you don't argue with me, which makes me uncomfortable. β
"You're doing a great job." Cesare shook his head and said in a calm tone, "In fact, in this field, I have found that you are more proficient than I am, you are my teacher, and I have learned a lot today. β
He rarely praised Jeanne, who had not liked it before, but now that she was used to it, she was still a little unaccustomed to receiving Cesare's approval, "Don't compliment me, Cesaβ"
"He's not a compliment." Jim, who was still typing, exclaimed, "Today you completely opened the door to my new world, J.J., I never knew you were interested in the Internet - I don't know, the market?" Marketing? Public opinion guidance? -- I have such a deep understanding. β
"That's exactly what I think." Cesare took a sip of brandy, still looking at Jenny with deep eyes and a strange expression. "I never knew you were a genius in online marketing, but after the rise of the Internet, of course, many people realized its huge power, which brought celebrities closer to the public than ever before, and made PRs' ambitions to control the media a joke. But even so, almost all of the people I know are just passively bearing the effects of it, and those who think about harnessing the power of the Internet through blogs are already ahead of their time...... Jefferson, what you're doing today may not be difficult, but in Hollywood, you're supposed to be ahead of everybody...... No one has ever tried to manipulate Internet public opinion before you, and you not only thought of it, but you did it successfully. β
Chen Zhen couldn't help but feel ashamed for a while, but also slightly. The pleasure of using the advantage of the prophet of the traverser to hang the contemporary people, in fact, many things are really simple, but at the time, no one thought of it, when the gossip of Tianya Entertainment first opened, no one would have thought that it would become the home of the water army, when Sina Weibo just did, no one would have thought that the joker could exchange money with jokes, in the Internet era, by manipulating Internet public opinion to affect the physical media, which is the same as putting the loom down, it is an invention, of course, including in early 2005 now spend money to find someone to postγ Like those A-lister cheats that Cesare taught her, the secret is worthless to put it bluntly, and who doesn't know that being a star has to stay stylish? But if you don't say it, others may not be able to think about it.
"But I am more curious as to why you know this," Cesare still stared at her, "- with all due respect, in my mind you are of course industrious and clever, but I am afraid that you do not yet possess such groundbreaking foresight. β
Jeanne could not help but admit the precision of Cesare's vision, for she was indeed not foresighted, but only the fruit of the wisdom of posterity. She cheekily said, "You just think it's my genius intuition......
"Does intuition have such a mature way of thinking?" Cesare asked rhetorically, "You even take care of the details, and many of your orders are well thought out, as if you have a lot of experience......
Seeing Jenny's face, he smiled and didn't continue the topic, "I'm an agent, and it's my job to watch people, but you always seem to be able to surprise me - so, next time, you're going to use your cyber army for revenge?" β
"That's what I mean." Jenny admits frankly, "You know me, Chesa, Nobody*ingwith J.J., of course, if you think this thing will get in the way of my ability to reach the topβ"
"It's not your energy that's consumed, it's just your money." Although they are talking about Jennifer. Bell, but Cesare didn't reveal much of the incense, just said indifferently. "I don't have a problem with it - once you become an A-lister, it's a compulsory lesson for you, whether it's fighting other A-listers, stepping on a new person you feel threatened, or pushing into a higher level, it's all a common thing for A-listers. There are many people who have the strength to enter the A-list, but there are only a few vacancies, and the people on the list want to keep their positions, but the people outside the list hope that they will get out as soon as possible. What I said to you a few years ago no longer applies, but of course, you still have to divide your energy. β
"I'm not going to take the lead." Not only was Jenny radiant, she said excitedly, "I'm not going to hang on to this matter all the time, in fact, I don't want to have anything to do with myself in the whole thing, I just have to pay-"
Judging from Cesare's nod, he understood what she meant, and was willing to cooperate - spending money to hire someone to say good things to him, and paying someone to step on Bell, those must be two different things, Jenny's money is definitely not as simple as giving the money directly to Jim, and Jim giving the money to the other party, this money will go through layers of turnover, the cover of several companies, and finally come to the other party's account. And the twists and turns in this seem to be willing to do it for her.
A storm can inspire her to start what may be the first water army in Hollywood, although this water army is currently only used to take revenge on Bell, but Jenny is still very excited, and her mood is certainly a lot better, but there is still a little regret: "It's a pity that the Internet army is useful to Bell, but it can't deal with Ino." β
"You're such an aggressive girl, Jefferson." Cesare was amused by her words, "Ino doesn't seem to offend you, does he?" β
Jenny laughs but doesn't say anything: The line between Bell and Eno is obvious from the script disagreement - Nala whistleblowing - Ino poaching. This time, if the main messenger behind the storm is not Bell, it is Ino, of course, it is also very likely that the two have tacit cooperation, otherwise how could PageSix publish this news so quickly, and not even communicate with Judy beforehand? Bale's PR didn't have the skills and guts to do that - he had to take Cesare's mood into account. If it was Ino's move, it would be different, after all, if this matter made a big fuss, Bell might not get a direct benefit, but Ino could immediately get a Jennifer who was inconvenient to continue working with Cesare. Jefferson.
Of course, Eno doesn't have much malice towards her, and this turmoil is not to kill her, it can only be said that it is using the media to induce public opinion and cause her some trouble, and there is no smear-style rumor-mongering. Jeanne said this only to inform Cesare that she had remained loyal to him in this matter (Royal) and was on the same side as him.
"It's true that you can't use these tactics against Ino." Cesare didn't want to continue to play stupid, he said, "But there is no need to expand the war now, after I transfer Jim to you as manager, Ino should understand what I mean, and if I guess correctly, he won't do it again anytime soon." β
Jenny raised an eyebrow, "You meanβ"
"A person's energy is always limited." Cesare said lightly, "I also have to make a trade-off - in fact, Ino is really accurate in seeing people, and if it weren't for the episode of Big Dreams, I wouldn't have planned to let him retire as CEO." β
This is tantamount to saying that he will take advantage of Jenny's rising momentum to seek a higher position after the box office success of "Prada", and it is difficult to say that he is even trying to win the CEO throne. Jeanne was speechless for a few seconds, and she was a little thrilled to appreciate Cesare's performance before and after the release of Prada - Cesare may have been her teacher in Internet marketing, but in the workplace and in the mall, she felt that she had a lot to learn from Cesare.
She collected her mood and picked up her glass and touched it with Cesare, "I'm sure Big Dreams won't let you down." β
"With me joining, of course Big Dream will not disappoint you." Cesare said with a smirk, casually drinking the contents of the glass, taking the bottle, lowering his pale blonde eyelashes, and adding wine to Jenny.
Jenny couldn't help but laugh too, and she learned Cesare's tone and said confidently, "Don't worry, my 'genius intuition'β"
She put a double quotation mark, "I won't let you down." β
The two looked at each other for a moment, and then smiled at each other tacitly, and the subtext was self-evident: Cesare would choose to make a decision after the release of "Prada", of course, to test Jeanne's intuition, and even the 20 million yuan at the time of the capital split, all to test Jeanne's sincerity, to see if she inflated herself after the success of "Prada", thinking that she could get rid of him and go it alone. If Jenny's answer at the time did not satisfy him, it is likely that he would have continued his career plan and attacked the position of president of Innova CAA. For him, the reason why he broke his original career plan and stepped into his big dream was definitely not because of Jenny's tens of millions of small favors, but because of her 'genius intuition' that can turn iron into gold. Whether the cooperation between the two can be happy and long-lasting, in addition to Cesare's ability, depends on how effective Jenny's intuition is, if Jenny has no 'intuition', but just enjoys the dividends of Cesare's investment, then Cesare will get rid of her and go it alone, it will definitely be a matter of time.
It seems that I still have to buy more scripts......
Jenny drank the cold and mellow liquor, thinking about the itinerary for the next period of time, while Cesare continued after drinking, "I can't help but say, your performance this time is really good, so I have to adjust my evaluation of you, this time Disney's request actually has some inside information, I didn't plan to tell you before......"
The author has something to say: Note: I really don't know if there is an Internet water army in our country's definition in the European and American entertainment circles, that is, they collect money to post as a guide to online public opinion. Anyway, at least not in 2005, the online social circle at that time was still relatively narrow, that is, our country, entertainment gossip has only been open for 1 year, and I remember that the posts at that time were still very pure......
If you have knowledge in this area, please remind me.
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