After her invitation failed, this was the first time the two had been in contact, and to be honest, Jenny was relieved to hear Dave's voice. Although there is Cesare now, he is such a character, not to mention, and he has been out of town since signing Jeanne, before in Europe, after 911 flew back to China, has been coordinating several of his big clients to shoot abroad - now American citizens are everyone in danger, many crews are very disgusted with foreign filming, Jenny heard Lilian say that Cesare is likely to accompany his first-line student Christopher. Hanks went to Israel to shoot the location.

Although he obviously didn't forget Jenny and still arranged an audition for her for "Chicago", the two should not have much chance to meet in the short term, and Jenny didn't expect him to sit down and talk to her about Hollywood rules. As for Jim, although he is a bit of a Cesare assistant, he is also an agent after all, and he has signed a few TV stars, and he is not usually so free. Besides, between him and Dave, Jenny is definitely still closer to Dave.

In short, now that she has just entered the circle, Jenny is very happy to have a friend like Dave by her side. She wasn't interested in 'a lot of people calling Lynch', and was more concerned about Dave's family and friends in New York, "Your family and friends were okay in the previous accident, right?" I wanted to call you, but ......."

"No problem, you know my parents live in Colorado, 108,000 miles away from New York," Dave said, "and my friends are good — we're really lucky." ”

None of the people Jenny knew had any social connections in New York, except for Lilian, a bent relative, who was in the Twin Towers that day, but also escaped. But the impact of this incident on the United States is so great that you can only feel it when you are in it, at this time in her previous life, 911 was just a piece of news for Chen Zhen, at most it was related to part of her husband's business. Now that she lives in the United States, she can feel the all-round impact of 911 on national sentiment and even the national economy.

After chatting a few words about the industry after 911, Jenny sent out another invitation, "Seriously, we should find time to eat, Dave, are you free tomorrow?" ”

"No problem, I have an appointment tomorrow night, and we can have lunch together." Dave said briskly.

"Lunch?" Jenny was stunned: It seems that Dave is looking for her so quickly, and he should have found a new date, and he has psychological support.

Of course, she only has to be happy, so that the two can really be friends again. "No problem, so where are we going to make an appointment?"

This time, Dave found a location that is some distance away from 'eating dry and clean', which is a mid-range Italian restaurant, where many office workers eat business lunches. Jenny found a parking spot across the street, and when she ran over, he had already arrived, and as soon as she sat down, Dave pointed to the luxury car outside the window and raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly.

"This is what Vijri lent me to drive." Jenny said, "He's out of town now, and I'm his minion, so he lent me the car." ”

In Los Angeles, it is rare to have no car, and the local public transportation is underdeveloped, and it is inconvenient to go anywhere without a car. But the original owner Jenny's previous financial situation was not suitable for her to buy a car, and it happened that the place of work was close to her residence, and there were not many inconveniences without a car, and the real Jenny always wanted to buy herself a car as a gift when she received the first interview notice, but ...... I haven't even received an interview notice for more than a year.

Dave also understands this, and he smiled and said, "It's okay, this time next year, you'll be driving your own luxury car." ”

"I'll borrow your auspicious words, now it seems that I'm still in the stage of fighting for a supporting role." Jenny said.

"That's because the TV show only came out yesterday," Dave reassured her, he was more confident in Jenny's future than herself, "Really, believe me, your day of soaring is not far in the near future." I was lucky to have met you when you were a hostess. ”

"No, I was lucky to have known you when I was a hostess." Jenny corrected him, "If I become a big star in the future, and people interview me and ask me how I got into the industry, I will say that because I was lucky enough to meet a very good friend Dave. Jensen, without him, I'd still be a hostess. ”

"Jenny." Dave looked moved, and he made a joke, "Then I'm going to say to my future grandson: Listen, don't believe it, be Jennifer. When Jefferson was a hostess, we even tried to date a few times! ”

Both laughed.

This time the meeting was very pleasant, almost without any obstacles, and the two of them smoothly turned into friends, and Dave told her some "Chicago" director Rob Brown. "I've met him a few times, you know, this is his first film, and he's been in the theater world before that, and he's been helping out with choreography and choreography for the TV series. I have several friends on Broadway, and he's kind of a friend of a friend. Rob is a dance maniac, and his aesthetic grasp of color, light and shadow is one of the best in the industry. But I'm curious that he will accept you into the audition, after all, he is from Broadway, and I thought that the supporting roles in this show would use a lot of familiar Broadway faces, and those actors can sing, dance, and act. ”

He added, "Well, of course, I'm not saying you can't-"

"It's fine." Jenny said, "I understand the gap between me and the Broadway resident cast. ”

This is true, Jenny is not so sure about this role. Although Lucy Liu, who Rob chose in the end, is not a professional musical actor, she has fame and acting skills after all, this is not like Huanita, but an insignificant cameo, and there will be no second strong contender at all.

"I heard that Lucyliu also made it to the interview." She took the initiative to explain, "So I didn't have much hope for this audition." ”

"Oh, that's a big beauty, too." Dave thought for a moment, "It doesn't matter, Jenny, I'm not going to lie to you that you're going to get the role, in Hollywood, there's going to be a lot of competition for any good role." Even diva-level actors will have roles they want but can't get, but I can tell you that in Hollywood, there is never more than one good opportunity, and even if you don't get the role, as long as you impress the auditioner enough in the audition, maybe there will be a better opportunity waiting for you. ”

"Yes, don't worry, Dave, I won't be intimidated." Jenny also laughed, "At present, it's just a female number three, if this scares away, what should the female number one do?" ”

Dave raised his glass at her, "For this sentence, I'll pay for it at noon today." ”

"I'm going to pay for it without that," Jenny clinked her glass to him, "the CBS check hasn't been sent yet, Vijerry hasn't returned, and I haven't paid my salary, and I'm poorer now than I was when I was a hostess." ”

The two turned to talk about Cesare. Vijri.

"There's very few people in the industry who don't know about him," Dave said, "not that his business is crazy good, but he's just so handsome." Rumors go viral Jennifer. The reason why Bell 'broke up' with him was because her boyfriend finally couldn't stand her agent being more handsome than herself. Of course, his business is not bad, and many people refer to him as the crown prince of CAA, and he is said to be a strong candidate for the next CEO of CAA. Wait until Ino. When Martin has no intention of fighting again, he will hand over the mantle to him. So it's rare that you can be signed by him, except for Jennifer. Aside from Bell, all of his artists have at least a place in C-1ST. ”

The number of super-A-1STs and A-1STs in Hollywood is very rare, and many of them have their own agencies, such as Jennifer. Bell, who was a B-1ist artist before, would not have been upgraded to A-1ist if she hadn't starred in two major productions in a row last year, but because of the Waterloo at the box office of "Pearl Harbor", her A coffee position is also in jeopardy, and there is a possibility of falling back to B coffee. Of course, the B coffee in the film industry is also super rich among ordinary people.

"Vijri single-handedly discovered Bell, who was a college student at the time, and he made her an A-1ist in five years," Dave said solemnly to Jenny, "and he was just an intern working in the mailroom himself, and he hadn't even graduated from college." In Beverly Hills, it used to be a good story, he dug her, and she made him, and he became a senior agent for CAA in five years. Their breakup once led the industry to think that Vijri's position at CAA would be in jeopardy. Now he's signed you again, and you happen to be Jennifer...... So all of this should let you know that you have to be careful and careful when you meet with Bell. ”

Dave had never been afraid to warn her about the dark places of Hollywood, and perhaps once meant to deter her from going into show business, but now it was purely about his friends, Jenny guessed, because he knew she couldn't and wouldn't look back. "Yes, Jim also told me a little bit about Bell, but I don't think we will have many opportunities to meet, and I heard that Bell is going to the UK next month to make a film."

"Hmm." Dave knew all about Cesare, and he brought up Chicago. "Rob is a first-time film director, and this film has a strong lineup and a lot of investment, so I don't think he will have that much say on the set, and you have to be careful during the interview, in addition to the director, the producer is also the object you need to conquer - oh, but I'm worried for nothing, I think Vijri will make an exception to sign you, and he will definitely have a full plan for your future. At least you don't need to be afraid that others will go the producer's route and push you down. ”

Jenny couldn't help but grimace, "To be honest, I should trust his professionalism, but ......"

Cesare comes to mind. Vijri's cold expression and businesslike attitude, Jenny summed it up with a wry smile, "Maybe it takes time to build trust." ”

"Why are you here?"

Cesare's first words to her clearly did nothing to build a relationship of trust between the two.

"Your second sentence is not how my car keys are in your hands?" Jenny couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Mr. Vijeri, you hired me to come to your house to walk the dog, remember?" ”

In between classes, she still came to Washington twice a day, and this afternoon there was no class, just after eating with Dave, and the time was about the same, she came back to walk the dog. As soon as I entered, I found Cesare coming up topless from the basement where the gym was located - with slightly messy blond hair, and it was impossible not to notice that he was in super good shape...... It's too good to be described in a few thousand words. Also, his chest hair is pale golden.

Then he saw her and came with such a sentence.

Maybe she should thank him for at least remembering her, Jenny thought with a little self-deprecation.

"Oh, yes, Washington." Cesare flipped his wrist and looked at his watch, "Then you're late, Washington slipped twice a day, and this time at noon should have left fifteen minutes ago." ”

"Traffic jam." Jenny said angrily, "If you don't mind, I'm going to do my duty now, Mylord." ”

She went to her room to get sunscreen clothing and sunscreen umbrella, led Washington to walk around the community for more than half an hour, sweating profusely under the scorching California sun, after walking the dog, she found Lillian's car parked in the driveway, so she entered through the back door, closed Washington, and went back to the guest room on the second floor from the small staircase, took a shower and changed clothes, and then walked to the living room to watch TV.

"Why are you still here?"

Half an hour later, Cesare appeared in the living room, looking - suspiciously - had just taken a shower, considering that he had finished his workout an hour ago......

Chen Zhen didn't actually care about these things on purpose, but she paid attention to these things almost instinctively, which can be regarded as the sequelae left by the young lady's life.

"I live here." She waved away the pointless reasoning, "Have you forgotten again?" At first, it was the maintenance of the air conditioning system in my apartment, and then she said that it was convenient to go to class from here, and it was convenient to walk the dog, plus she lived alone, and then she said you-"

She looked at Cesare's expression, "Forget it, it's okay, I'll move back after walking the dog tonight." ”

Cesare's icy face slackened a little, "Good." ”

He sat down on the small couch, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Discovery Channel." Jenny said, "Did you know that whales can actually hold their breath for days? ”

"I don't know." Cesare's tone politely indicated that he did not know, nor was he interested in knowing, such tedious knowledge.

None of them spoke, but watched TV in silence for ten minutes, and then Cesare said, "Jefferson, I believe you understand, I don't want you to live here because I don't want to confuse my private life with my work, and I need to have a clear line between public and private." ”

"I understand." Jenny said, "Actually, I didn't plan to live here in the first place, because I don't think you would approve of that—"

"What won't you approve of?" Lillian ran down the stairs barefoot, "Hi Jen, hi dear. ”

She sat down on Cesare's couch armrest and gave him a soft kiss, Cesare's expression melted a little, and he looked up and smiled at Lillian, "We're talking about Jefferson moving back tonight." ”

"Why?" Lillian was surprised, "Didn't I tell you about it?" Chesa, you said yes. ”

Cesare's expression froze slightly, and Jenny was embarrassed, and she began to look for a moment to leave. But Lillian held out her hand, "Sit, dear—now, Chesa, we've got to talk, I remember clearly, I told you about it the night Jane moved in, and you said yes—I mean, how many times have we talked about it?" When I'm talking to you, I need you to listen intently, not to be absent-mindedly busy with business, scripts and projects—"

Cesare gave Jeanne a pertinent look, and Jeanne wanted to go, but Lillian had already left the armrest and sat next to Jenny, "Don't you go anywhere, dear, I won't let you move either, there must be someone in this house who is really listening to me." ”

Most of the time, she's so friendly that people forget where she came from, but now when Lillian starts to lose her temper, the heavenly girl's energy comes out, and Jenny said, "Lil—"

Cesare said at the same time, "Lily, it has nothing to do with the problem between us, if you—"

But Lillian ignored no one and continued, "And Jenny's name, I can't believe it!" The second Jennifer, you actually changed her name just for this gimmick, are you for the sake of Angry Bell? But Jenny is not a tool for your vindictiveness, Chesa, you are always like this, this is really a problem, we have talked about it many times, you really can't be so free to manipulate others and just be happy for yourself. ”

Real him. Mom embarrassed......

Jeanne looked at Cesare helplessly, trying to show her innocence with her eyes: seriously, she was a little bit receptive to the name change, but only a little. But Lilian's current approach made it difficult for her to justify herself, and if Cesare had been a little confused, she might have been angry at once.

Cesare closed his eyes and twisted the bridge of his nose, and to his surprise, he didn't get angry, and he didn't even see much unhappiness.

"First, let's talk about the name change." He said, still so businesslike, objective and calm, "Yes, it was my decision to change my name, the reason is very simple, Jenny, your original name was too casual, this may be my prejudice, but I think only parents with a very low level of education will name their daughter Jenny instead of Jennifer, of course, everyone will call you Jenny (Jenny), Jenny (Jenny), Jenny (Jennie) in the future, it doesn't matter, but your big name must be Jennifer, Otherwise, the underlying label on your body will never be washed off. People think: What parent gives their daughter Jenny's big name? And then they'll find out, oh, yes, that's what her parents did. ”

Lillian opened her mouth, and Cesare raised her finger at her, "Don't talk to me about exceptions, we're talking about the general psychology of people, Lily, ordinary people are so snobbish and vulgar. ”

“ok！” Lillian made a disgruntled look, "This is another contradictory perception that needs to be resolved. ”

"And as for Jenny not to live here," Cesare continued, as if he had not heard her at all, "I know you're very close to her, Lily, and if you often invite her to your house, that's fine, I know you're always lonely when I'm on a business trip, but living together blurs the lines of my relationship with her—of course, you don't have to say, I know what you mean, you think I'm professional enough, and Jefferson is professional, and I'm out a lot, and it's just an excess, When she breaks through in her career, she will soon have her own place in Beverly Hills. Of course all this makes sense, but the Hollywood paparazzi don't think so, and I assure you that this kind of news will come out soon: Jennifer. Bale's former agent signed the rookie of the same name, and the two have already lived together, and it is reported that the agent already has a girlfriend, and now the three live together and have an ambiguous relationship. -- Jefferson needs to be exposed, but such news can only backfire. ”

Lillian sighed, and Jenny let out a sigh of relief, and she didn't lose any time in agreeing, "Of course I don't want to be involved in such trouble. ”

"So we're okay?" Cesare stared at Lilian, his tone softening.

"Okay." Lillian compromised, but was visibly not emotional, her tone slightly mocking, "It's obviously another one, 'Oh the world is so ugly you don't understand anything' speech, I get it, you'll always have a point." ”

It was a girl's prerogative to be unreasonable, both in China and in the West, and Jeanne knew it was time for her to go—and whatever Cesare would do with the situation, she was not interested in staying and watching.

"I'll go upstairs and pack my bags." Neither Cesare nor Lillian stopped her, she said.

As she reached the door, Cesare stopped her. "Jefferson, I remember your audition was three days later?"

"Yes, three days later, at half past eleven." Jenny said, "Oh, by the way, if you're going to get your car back, I can—"

Cesare ignored the trifles she said, and he looked straight at Jenny, his eyes like a frozen lake, blue, cold, and clear, "I heard you're well prepared." ”

"I've done my best." Jenny shrugged, pressing down on the urge to raise her chin to compete with Cesare's imposing impossibility.

"Good." "It's a great opportunity, and I don't like to waste it, and you don't miss out on it," Cesare said quietly. Take it down, I won't allow you to fail. ”

Jenny suddenly remembered what Dave had said a few hours ago, "In Hollywood, one failed audition is nothing, it may bring you more opportunities."

Maybe Hollywood does that, but in Cesare. Vijeri here, the game clearly follows another rule. He and she were playing a much more demanding game.

"I'll do my best." Jenny said that suddenly she was grateful to have two friends, Dave and Lillian. --Dave was talking about the phone call Lynch had received, and that Lillian had been nagging her about her little fan club on IMDB from last night until now, but to Cesare, it was all obviously meaningless, and he wouldn't even tell her how many calls he had received asking about her, nor would he compliment her on her performance in last night's episode.

She was really curious about Jennifer. How could Bell still have a crush on him—Jenny couldn't even imagine how Lillian could be with him.

Cesare. Vijery is a machine.

Note: Jenny is Jennifer's nickname, and Chris is Christopher's nickname, for example, the familiar Christpine, Chrisevans and ChristiSmartin are all Christopher, and it is strange to use a nickname and a big name for short, of course, there may be many reasons, but Jenny because of her background, this name is easy to make people think that her parents are not only not highly educated. And I don't care about this kid at all. To give an inappropriate example, for example, a certain melon, if this person is the second generation X, everyone will praise, ah, the parents are so ingenious. If this person is the second generation of farmers, then everyone will secretly think that you are really the second generation of farmers...... That's about it.

Uh, yes, by the way, that famous Jenny. Jackson, her Jenny is Ja.