Jenny can't help but admit to herself that she was really in a bad state a while ago, maybe she was too nervous about her performance in "Pirates 2", so that she has neglected this point for a long time: she is no longer just a star, and the big dream she spent a lot of money to create is not only her tax avoidance vest, the ladder to climb up the ladder of power, but also a tool to turn her dream into reality. www.debut, oh dear, yes, there is no literary film she wants to act in on the market now, but that doesn't mean she can't make a project by herself.

Of course, this is not about plagiarizing anyone's script, in fact, it is nothing more than the same as "The Devil Wears Prada" back then, starting from an idea, and building the crew according to the filmmakers in her memory, but this time it is not like the "Prada" period, there is also a script and outline, and this time Marilyn is likely to start from scratch, and maybe the plot will also have to be modified - maybe it will be the same as "Prada", and finally come out with a similar movie with great changes, but in general, Jenny was pretty sure about the idea.

"I did some research." She said, "Of course, she is an eternal topic, and many female actors want to be able to play her, which has become somewhat of a symbol." There are also several biopics related to her, "Double-Faced Monroe", "Monroe Biography", this woman lives a legend and dies with legendary characteristics - Qi Nian died sideways, which is very topical. But that's not to say that Monroe is already a gold mine that has been dug up, you see the information I collected, what do you think of this entry point? ”

"I've already ordered these two memoirs on Amazon," Cesare replied, "but from the information you've attached, it's a very novel entry point, and it's not a positive reference to Kennedy—elegant enough and safe, because people still have a lot of opinions about that past." From Colin's point of view, Monroe is a big picture - it's going to be an interesting movie, but only if you have enough money and, of course, a good production crew, after all, you're going to be recreating London, England in the 60s. ”

Yes, what Jenny wants to start is "My Week with Monroe", which is the most suitable one for her to play among the few literary films she has seen in her previous life, other movies, such as "La Vie en Rose" and "Iron Lady", she has seen them all, but this can't be acted at all, "La Vie en Rose" must be played by a Frenchman, and she can't speak French, as for "Iron Lady", she is not old at all. For actresses around 20 years old, it is indeed not easy to find a movie with room to play.

"As long as I'm in charge, none of this should be a problem, right?" Jenny said calmly, without overconfidence, just pointing out the facts. "I think Monroe's femininity is also very suitable for balancing out the criticism that Elizabeth brings to Elizabeth, Michael. Karen in Clayton, including the Na'vi in Avatar, don't have much femininity, they're so powerful that they can even make a lot of male critics feel uncomfortable and repulsed - that's what you said. ”

Of course, Cesare didn't add Karen, but there's no doubt that Karen is also a very powerful character, and that's in line with the transformation they're seeking, according to Cesare, 'we can easily get you some romantic women's films, balancing the prejudices that male critics have about you, but imposing young women aren't so easy to pick up.'" But Jenny is not so cold to those romance films that purely use her as a vase, she prefers to invest in her own production and others to play in the brainless movies like her own, "Monroe is fragile, feminine and attractive, she is a woman among women - but this vulnerability is accompanied by her legendary and powerful in history, so that she is not too humble, I think film critics after watching Elizabeth, maybe think that Monroe is a good spice for them, which will be beneficial to us to operate the nomination, right? Cesare? ”

"There's no denying that Monroe is a very good character for you," Cesare, who had obviously thought about the topic for a long time, said calmly, "However, I think Monroe has some special status in the hearts of the people, first of all, you have to recognize that Monroe is not a good girl, she is more like a symbol of the evil of the golden age - she is a very complex character, and she does not fit in with the image you created at the beginning of your career, and after Elizabeth and Sally, you can still be considered Hollywood" Good girls' representatives, just stronger. But after Monroe, your public image may never go back to the way it used to be—you'll be in the position of sexy, glamorous, and strong, and the competition for actresses in this position has always been fierce. Angelina. Julie - will be your new adversary, and she's not a fuel-efficient lamp. ”

Although her first role was the empathetic Monroe, which didn't seem to prevent her from becoming a white lotus in Hollywood, Jenny also understood what Cesare meant - she was still very young at the time, her resume was clear at a glance, and now that she had a failed engagement, and her romance with Christopher, a playboy, might be discovered (she and Chris haven't talked about it yet, but if they are to go on, it will be sooner or later), and her experience begins to complicate matters. At this time, it will be difficult for the people to separate her from her horn □□. And once you turn to the image of a sexy and strong beating woman, if you want to come back to act in a romance movie in the future, there may not be an audience to buy it, and even the filmmaker may not come to you, of course, the image of the mother and widow who is the easiest to win the Olympic Award almost all have nothing to do with her.

If you play Hollywood as a star breeding game, you will now star in "My Week with Monroe", "Michael. Clayton", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", "Avatar", "Alice in Wonderland" and other movies, after the release of "Alice", her charm value will explode, and the corresponding morality will be seriously weakened.

"We can do some relatively ordinary films to make a balance." Jeanne also took into account Cesare's point, "It's worth the risk, after all, now we need a convincing film to reconquer critics, and too subtle characters may not be able to receive such an effect." ”

"That's the second risk I'm going to talk about." Cesare did not comment on her words, "Marilyn. Monroe - Or you're investing in it yourself, it's not the same as joining a project, you know what I mean? For many film critics, and even the general public, this may be a sign of narcissism, and there may be many people who will be disgusted with you. Of course, if the quality of the film is very good, these doubts will translate into the icing on the cake, but if the response is not good-"

"The winner gets everything," Jenny spread her hands, "the loser is miserable, isn't it?" ”

"That's right." Cesare pushed the plate aside, "But any project is risky, isn't it?" All you have to do is choose one of the various risks. ”

It was as if it was the first time that Cesare had agreed with her on a project she had chosen because of her 'intuition', and Jeanne was simply moved - "Alice" and "Avatar" did not count, because "Alice" had not even been scripted yet, and "Avatar" was her "intuition" project that she had explicitly identified as Cesare's "intuition" project.

"I'm confident in this project." She said that this is also true, she doesn't know the results of "One Week", but it is a good movie - and, to be honest, Jenny thinks that if Weinstein does start the project a few years later, Monroe will ultimately be the one to be the candidate, and with her as a blonde beauty, a box office superstar, and a double actress, to play Monroe to someone else? This can't happen, Weinstein will definitely come to reach out to her, instead of finally reluctantly choosing Michelle, who has excellent acting skills, but undeniably looks a little mediocre. Williams. "It's going to be a good movie, Chesa."

“ok。” Cesare shrugged, "Then it's it." I'm going to have people look into the copyright of these two biographies, and then -- I thought since it's a biopic, we might as well work with Weinstein on it. ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Jenny happily said that she had seen the credits of the film, and the names of the Weinstein brothers appeared in the list of producers, and there was no doubt that this was a Weinstein movie. She still adheres to the same line of thought as "Prada", hoping to find the original cast as much as possible, at least in a few important points to be consistent with her historical line.

The discussion about Monroe's movie has come to an end, and the next thing is nothing more than a step-by-step search for copyrights, producers, investment, and crew formation. Of course, unlike before, at the point of 'finding investment' where a film project will be stuck for the longest time, the existence of big dreams will greatly shorten the preparation time of the project team. Although Big Dream wants to set aside enough cash for "Avatar", these cash will not be transferred to the project team account at one time, this time difference can make several movies invested by Big Dream go online, how much blood is returned, even if the movie loses money, some of the previous copyright trickles can easily make up for this hole. For example, Monroe invests a biopic of up to 20 million or 30 million, and Big Dream can still invest in a few now, but if it doesn't work, it will be pulled out to invest, with Jenny's golden signboard, whether it is Disney or Weinstein, I believe they will be happy to plug in and get a piece of the pie.

Jenny used to be a little unimpressed with taking meeting minutes, and she felt that she just said that little thing, and the conclusion was very simple, so why was there any need to write it down? But now she understands why notepads, schedules, and notes exist—and after a few days of working for Cesare, she started making worksheets for herself. After a few clicks on the PDA and a note of the progress of the Monroe project, she stood up and began to help Cesare clean up the dishes, "Let the housekeeping assistant wash it - are you sure you don't need to take some more antibiotics now?" ”

Chesa Lei gave her a sharp look, and Jenny laughed, "OK, OK, promise not to joke about these things - back to the point, Michael. I read the script of Clayton, I like it, Karen is a cool character, and the age characteristics are not so obvious, we can downplay a little bit, and even I am photogenic again, it's not a problem. ”

She hesitated, but chose to speak, "But it must be George. Is Clooney coming to act? Can't we kick him out? ”

Cesare's eyebrows raised, and he didn't hide his surprise - it was clear that it was a question he hadn't thought of.

"Ugh." "I don't know—you don't want to work with him, why?" he said cautiously. Because of your 'intuition'? ”

Jenny didn't know what to say, and in her memory, George. Clooney has never made a mistake, and in 13 years he made a lot of money with "Gravity" - this movie is also a big hit that Jenny plans to grab if she can, not only because Big Dream wants to make money, but also because she hates George. Clooney. Not only does she not think that this person is attractive or has good acting skills, but she thinks that he is scheming, and has been relying on off-the-plate tricks to brush up his style, washing away the 'shame' of being born in the TV circle by being a director, and specializing in political themes, figuring out the G. point of the Oscars won the Best Supporting Actor, and finally relying on various political concerns, almost all controversial areas independently brush up on their political fashion, and have the momentum of cooperating with his father to run for governor and shaping the Clooney family into a political celebrity.

These impressions are not to say that Jenny was his black fan in her previous life, but after she crossed over, she witnessed how Clooney won Best Supporting Actor with a political film, how he plunged headlong into this genre of films to brush up on the Oscar's favorability, and how he tirelessly supported South Sudan's independence, and remembered how he wanted to use his position in Hollywood to boycott the Chinese Olympics in 2008. In addition, she has been in the industry for a long time and has gradually understood many rules, so it is not surprising that she has such an understanding of the Clooney Gang.

-- Of course, this is not to say that Clooney is a political clown, who does not know the height of the sky, in fact, Clooney's approach is very shrewd, and his position is also very American, which is very in line with the political demands of the United States to continuously export democracy and human rights, ensure its own regional interests, and seize oil interests, and he can be said to be a very mature Hollywood politician, aiming at the path of Schwarzenegger and even Reagan. Even his buddy Brad. Pete and Angelina. Julie, who seems to have learned from him since then, tried to walk this way, but was not as successful as he was. People have a high style, there have been a few blockbuster works, and there are many nominations, although the "Rohan" series is not comparable to Jenny in terms of making money, but its status in Hollywood is not low, and it is also a member of the A-list. Michael. Clayton" can invite him to join, it is a very good choice, it is really not easy to find a middle-aged actor with a higher style and better acting skills than him.

But for Jenny, his style is very annoying, she is now in the body of a white American - she also makes a lot of money by this status - but it does not mean that she will suddenly sing the praises of the strategy of the American world police, usually she has no intention of challenging Don Juan of the windmill, and she will not even talk about the sensitive topic of politics with others casually, it can be said that she cares about politics very lightly, it can only be said that she has this consciousness vaguely, if it is not for her own Olympic championship to do her homework, She wouldn't even notice how typical Clooney's rise was, but that didn't mean she wanted to work with the epitome of the genre, starring in films he had invested in, earning him money and status, and allowing him to continue to donate to independent organizations and sow war and turmoil to other countries.

Well, in fact, to put it bluntly, Jenny is also a little self-deceptive, in Hollywood and even in the whole United States, there are tens of millions of people who support Z.D and demonize China, including the director Spielberg, who doesn't seem to be innocent in this kind of thing, if she screens others from this point, she can't continue to mix in Hollywood...... Still, she didn't want to talk to George. Clooney cooperates, to put it bluntly, although the big dream is still a small business, but how can she be a player, maybe it wasn't so ** before, these things just came over without thinking about it, but now no matter how you say it, there are some achievements, isn't it time to start paying attention to it? A film that can be acted in or not, if you have to grieve yourself and cooperate with a hated actor, then it is better not to succeed in this life.

"It's not about intuition – I think he's too politically leaning." Jenny reluctantly made an excuse for herself, because she couldn't belittle Clooney about anything, and the hardware was there. "Also, I don't like his acting skills, and in all respects, I don't have much interest in starring with him in this movie."

Cesare frowned imperceptibly, Jenny picked up an apple and tossed it in the air, she looked at Cesare's expression, "Is it difficult to get him out?" ”

"It's really difficult." Cesare admitted, "There's Soderbergh as the producer of this film — you should know how well he and Clooney have been." ”

Steven. Soderbergh, because of the rise of "Sex, Lies, Videotape", was once a golden boy director, and now he is also a first-line director in Hollywood. Pete, George. The blockbuster series that Clooney drummed up together has also won the Best Director award for "Drug Network", and in Jenny's memory, he also directed a very eye-catching "Magic Mike", which also made a lot of money. With the support of such a big director, plus the ace producer Sidney mentioned by Cesare earlier. , who is also a big bull who is also a producer, director, and actor, has won more than 40 Oscar nominations, and under the premise of such two big bulls, one of whom strongly supports Clooney, it is very difficult for Jenny to play a big name, and she actually doesn't have much hope.

"Well, it's a low-budget movie, isn't it?" Jenny changed her perspective, "Or it could be co-funded by Big Dream and the current Warner, plus Weinstein - to be honest, if you play a supporting role now, Big Dream won't be a little boring, but I doubt that after the three of us are separated, Clooney's production company will be able to get involved." ”

Since you can't crowd him out, and you really have an interest in the script, the next best thing to do is to put Clooney on the show, and then squeeze out his share of the investment, so that he can make money for himself - as a partner and boss, Clooney hates it, but Jenny can still tolerate him as an employee: this may also be a mental victory.

"It doesn't seem like you have much sincerity to star in this film," Cesare said in a flat tone. "Is it still my delusion? You don't seem to like Clooney in particular? ”

Jenny shrugged, "But am I saying the wrong reason?" Cesare? With Monroe, the role was almost irrelevant to us - maybe Soderbergh and Pollack would have thought I was an insatiable, self-centered bitch, and my demands would embarrass Clooney, but ......"

She spread her hands as Cesare did, "Tell you the truth, who among Hollywood stars isn't like that?" Why should I work with an actor I hate if there's not enough profit to drive? If they don't think I'm worth the price, then they can go to someone else. ”

Cesare paused for a moment, as if looking for a reason to refute her, and after a moment he exhaled in resignation, "Well, I admit, in the case that you can always pay for a good team at your own expense - you have the right to continue to be self-centered while your box office myths continue to be - in fact, that's the right thing to do." ”

Jenny couldn't help but smile in surprise as she stared at Cesare tightly, trying to show her surprise at 'you're complimenting me', but Cesare almost rolled her eyes and continued, "Now is the moment when people are most obsessed with your box office prowess, we better take advantage of it now, and in front of profits, posture doesn't matter at all." Anyway, you have an Oscar, even if you offend Pollack and Soderbergh, it won't be a big deal to you......"

"It's hard to say whether Soderbergh will be nominated for an Oscar." Jenny pouted, "As for, I don't think he'll turn his back on me for this request, I'm just going to invest - isn't it the producer's job to deal with salary negotiations and conflicts of interest for investors......"

Jeanne was still a little proud to persuade Cesare to agree to negotiate with the crew with such a request, and she almost wanted to encourage Cesare to finish the cigar, but considering that he had a cold, she still picked up an apple and stuffed it to Cesare, and touched it with him, "cheers." ”

Cesare held the apple and glared at it for a moment, "What are we celebrating?" ”

Jenny grimaced, "Celebrate your recovery, okay?" -- Wait. ”

She pulled her buzzing phone out of her bag and picked it up quickly, "James, it's me—yes, Cesare was sick the other day, but he should be back to work tomorrow......"

Under Cesare's raised eyebrows, she quickly finished the call, slowly closing the phone and putting it back in her bag. Cesare waited cross-legged for a moment, then finally coughed, "I think you're waiting for me to ask you, 'What the hell happened.'" ”

Jenny grinned, "And I forced you to speak, didn't I?" ”

She forcibly suppressed her excitement and looked at Cesare carefully, "Don't you need to rest, I mean, you just had a cold-"

"Jenny. Jefferson. Cesare said succinctly.

“ok，ok。” Jenny couldn't hold back her excitement anymore, and she said quickly, "--Fox has agreed to enter the game, with a budget of 550 million--James asked us to go over tomorrow for the final audition, and of course, have a meeting with Fox." ”

Agree to enter the game, accept the budget, the next step is of course the most important - salary negotiation, the long-brewing investment of 100 million yuan can be put on the table, and what follows is the follow-up negotiation that is so complicated that it can make people dizzy, in the global box office share, DVD sales, global distribution, peripheral development of these big cakes, how big the big bite of the investment of less than 20% of the big dream can be, it depends on the strategy and skills of the big dream negotiation. The corners of Cesare's lips twitched, and his flabby back stood up.

"I'll have to work overtime tonight," he said, turning around and heading to the kitchen, "I'll go get my coffee ready." ”

Jenny chased after him, "But you're good with a cold, Cesare—"

Cesare pressed the button on the coffee machine, glanced at her, and asked the truth, "Can you do it without me?" ”

The answer was obviously no, Jenny's arrogance was extinguished by a sentence, she flattened her mouth a little aggrieved, picked up her bag, and walked with Cesare to the study - well, at least for now, at least in such a large subject matter (and maybe the small ones...... She really couldn't do it without Cesare's checks......

The author has something to say: Note: The George Clooney thing mentioned here is true, I don't like him myself, but I don't hate him very much, because he is really a very typical Hollywood star who brushes politics at the beginning, and he brushed politics to sell movies at the beginning. You can't hate this kind of person, but I don't like him at all.

P.S., the stars whose positions are in conflict with my dynasty have been particularly popular in recent years, such as BC, TH, Alan Rickman, Björk, Sharon Stone in previous years, Spielberg, Ben Affleck, and of course, BP, AJ, who has personally filmed this film for seven years, all of them didn't run. It's just a matter of gravity, I definitely didn't say it all, some are talking about Darfur, some are taking XD, some are taking TD, and more. But the most ironic thing is that George Clooney has been campaigning for South Sudan's independence, because South Sudan is an oil-rich region, and various donation appeals can be said to have made great contributions to South Sudan's independence, and then, after the independence of South Sudan, serious civil war and ethnic conflicts broke out, hehe, purgatory on earth, of course, our Mr. Clooney must have wiped his face and didn't mention it~ But this is all zz, don't talk so much~ If you are interested, you can go to Baidu, I can only say that people who play zz have dirty hearts-

Because of the relationship between going out to save manuscripts, it should be a change these days, but today is more punctual!