As of this year, Jeanne had known Cesare for seven years, and she knew when she could challenge Cesare's temper and when she should match his rhythm - there was no doubt that this was not a good time to provoke Cesare, and she didn't want to start a war when the other party's mood was clearly abnormal, so although she wanted to ask what was going on, she still suppressed the urge and answered Cesare's question honestly, "I don't know, is there anything worth noting?" I guess Bob didn't want to wake me up, or that my phone was on silent - did I forget to charge it again? But, anyway, who is there to tell you first, what exactly is there to mind about? You don't need to feel anything about this, do you? ”

"It seems that you have a lot of confidence in Bob," a smile escaped Cesare's lips, and once he had made up his mind, he immediately reverted to his usual confident and unhurried tone, "or rather, you have always had a lot of faith in human nature, and you are willing to think of the good of people - you flew to New York for this purpose, had a difficult dinner with Ron, and in the end did not even get a call from Bob, but you did not suspect that it was because of my personal relationship with Bob, but found a good reason for him."

Jenny suspects that Cesare may have to lose no time in giving her another lesson, and this is indeed a very good time: "Nine" is almost finished, she has a few days to spare, and the contract with Warner has been signed, she doesn't have to rush back to New York so much, she can travel around Europe and wait for this year's awards ceremony: although this time the Chinese forces have occupied a seat in the jury, it is director Du from Hong Kong, China, usually he and Director Zhang's faction have no interests, and they can't be counted on, It can be said that Jenny's hope of winning this year's award is not so great, but she still decided to show considerable respect and enthusiasm for Venice, after all, she won the best actress last year, and this favor always has to be returned.

It wasn't inconceivable that Cesare would choose to start a new course with her this morning, and Jenny was eager to know where she wasn't doing well enough, as she was generally happy with her performance. But she didn't know why Cesare was so hesitant before he spoke—it couldn't be that he was suddenly afraid that pointing out his shortcomings would affect their relationship, could they?

"If I say I do have faith in humanity, I think you'll laugh, right?" No matter what Cesare thought, now that she had entered the review and heart-to-heart mode, Jeanne let down her doubts and guards, and said frankly, as she spoke, as she thought about her thoughts at the time, "Yes, I did suffer for this matter, flying over the United States - and Bob called you, and if you think about it seriously, it may mean that Bob is still closer to you, after all, you are a friend of his family, and after using me, he still wants to give you back the initiative through this phone call." ――Is that what you're trying to tell me? ”

"Just leave it at that." "But you don't seem to be resentful. ”

"I don't know." Jenny frowned and thought for a moment, "Should I be resentful?" Perhaps, if it wasn't you, it was someone else working with me, and Bob called him, and I might be resentful, but on the other hand, now we're talking about me and you—"

She shrugged, "I guess we've gotten past that, haven't we?" We've been through this journey. Give it to you, give it to me, I don't care, and if you have to give me a reason, then I ...... I don't know, I just don't care. ”

The smile on Cesare's lips became apparent, and he nodded, "Yes, I can understand how you feel - interestingly, in fact, I only found out when Bob reminded me of this: by the way, you did turn the phone on silent last night, and the battery was too low, and it should have turned off automatically after Bob called you twice." It's not very polite, but I've explained it to you. ”

This was indeed a problem that Jeanne had since her transatlantic flight, and she often missed some phone calls in order to get a good night's sleep through jet lag, and she made a note in her mind, and made up her mind to pay more attention to it in the future, while listening to Cesare.

"After talking about this framework agreement, Bob's mood was more excited," Cesare saw the change in her expression, and the smile lines on the corners of his lips deepened for a moment, but quickly disappeared, "He knew that I was with you, and after I couldn't get through to your phone, he called my mobile phone, but after sharing the good news, Bob's mood fell, and he immediately realized that there was something wrong with this phone call, and he was worried that this phone call would plant the seeds of discord between me and you, and create a knot in my heart, So he apologized to me and hoped I wouldn't misunderstand his motives...... Oddly enough, it wasn't until he said it that I realized that there was something wrong with that, and you can be sure that I've always been a more attentive person, and it was almost unthinkable for me to miss that - in the end, I came to the same conclusion as you, and I think we had passed the stage where we would be suspicious of each other, and that it wasn't enough to create a rift between us, and we wouldn't even realize that it would affect each other, and from that point of view, my trust with you is indeed unbreakable. ”

Although there were still some doubts about Cesare's motives, as he didn't seem to want to take the opportunity to teach her a lesson, Jenny couldn't help but smile when she heard his summary, and her shoulders relaxed, "And we didn't get to this point casually, did we?" ”

"The past seven years have not been peaceful." Cesare admitted, his eyes smiling, his tone softening—rarely, in a nostalgic tone, "thinking of the precaution of our first meeting, thinking of that recording—"

Jenny couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, thinking of the scene when you asked me to repeat it so that you could record it—"

Cesare was a little surprised by her laughter, but he still admitted positively, "Yes, I was far from mature at the time, and in fact, if anything has changed in the last seven years, it is that I now know that the concept of maturity is never mature, and that means to stop." ”

Thanks to Cesare's restrained style, his progress may not be obvious to outsiders, but to Jeanne, she is the one. If at the beginning, her cooperation with Cesare was obviously stumbling and needed one to adapt to the other, then, with the rise of her status and Cesare's own changes, the cooperation between the two has become more and more tacit and smooth, and there have been no strong conflicts in recent years, and some normal small disagreements are of course there, but both she and Cesare have a much more mature attitude in dealing with these differences.

- This is just some changes in the ability of brokers, since the creation of the big dream, Cesare in the management of the company these things progress - Jeanne does not know the details, but she thinks he must have accumulated a lot of valuable experience, after all, no one is born to know, everyone needs to practice, Cesare was an agent before, it is impossible to switch to the company to be handy at once, but she does not know how he adjusts and adapts, self-learning, and what she admires most about Cesare is precisely this, Each of her advances was difficult, struggling, and repetitive, intertwined with negativity and heartache, and Cesare always made progress with such ease, as if he could: if she was a landlubber fluttering in the water and learning to swim a little, then Cesare was a swan swimming on the water, and you would never know how it webbed underwater, and only when you were close enough to Jeanne could you get a glimpse of it.

"You should thank me," she told Cesare, "for being treated like you did seven years ago and not giving up on you—admit it, I'm the one who made you a better person." ”

"Then you should thank me too." Cesare said-for-tat, "Being treated like you did seven years ago, and not giving up on you – without me, I think your ideas would have only come to fruition 10 percent or less so far." ”

"Okay." Jenny shrugged, and she couldn't help but laugh, "We did make each other, if anyone didn't understand this, we saw each other's immature side, step by step, to get to where we are today-"

Thinking back to the problems she had thrown at Cesare over the years, she was a little disillusioned with what she had said, and under Cesare's seemingly knowing smile, she pushed her knife and fork and dishes aside, and admitted, "Well, well, of course, I have given you many more difficult times than you have brought me." ”

"Yes—yes." Although she obviously had a taste for mercy, Cesare still mercilessly picked up her words immediately, and in Jenny's crazy laughter, he began to count the crimes she had committed over the years with a straight face, "Invest in two movies in one go, have a unique vision for film selection, go to the field to film immediately after making a decision, all the whimsical ideas have to be realized by me, claiming to help me, but I can't even read the report on time, and I keep piling up the work on me, just solve a problem and come a new round of investment and film scheduling, A new round of genius ideas—"

Pulling the last finger off, the laugh lines in the corners of Cesare's eyes gradually deepened, almost threatening to form a vortex of wine, he paused, his tone softened, and at this moment, his expression was almost honest, unguarded, and gentle, "However, although you are always out of the company, although you always let me do most of the things, although you always cause trouble, I think that in my relationship with you, you are still the one who contributes more, Jenny, do you know why?" ”

Jeanne shook her head, a little uncomfortably in front of Cesare's rare calmness - for some reason, although Cesare was talking about their business relationship, she seemed to feel a little shy for him when she saw him so candid, "I don't know? ”

"Because you're the one who takes the initiative to give trust." "In a pinch, you always put your trust in the face, you always make choices that only a few people do, and you take it with ease, you never doubt, and that reflects the courage and confidence that impresses me – even shame on me." ”

Well, her face really burned at this point, and Jenny muttered, "It's not actually ......."

"A lot of people think you're trusting me too much," Cesare didn't pay attention to her, but went on to himself, "Bell, Martin, and of course the agents out there, whoever hears the slightest rumor, they all think they can offer you better options, that you are in my hands, that all the wealth you have made is in my pocket, that you are using your influence to lay the ground for me, these rumors that I have heard from time to time, I don't think you have not heard them, in fact, I think you've heard it a lot, but you never seem to have been influenced by those words. ”

Jeanne did receive some offers, but she didn't want to, she turned them all down, she didn't even think it was a problem, she didn't think she and Cesare would talk about it one day - she didn't feel like she was sacrificing or giving anything, "I guess it's a matter of course, why should I be influenced by others?" They don't know anything about it, as long as you and I are happy with our relationship-"

She unconsciously accentuated the partnership, "Then it's none of anyone's business, is it?" ”

"It's easy to say, it's true, but it's not easy for everyone to do it as easily as you do," Cesare said, looking almost nervous again, "In my opinion, this trait of yours may sometimes lead you to some detours, but more often than not, it will be the key to your success, and trusting someone you can trust at the right time is one of your most precious qualities, Jane, and I want to learn from you at this point. It's not that simple, though. ”

The morning sun shone lazily through the mist in the dining room, illuminating the decorative wallflowers on the walls beautifully, but Jeanne had no intention of admiring the view of this luxury hotel, and she looked at Cesare suspiciously, feeling that maybe now was the time to break through, "Do you want to tell me something?" Cesare? How did you behave today...... Something is unusual. ”

"Maybe it's because it's a moment when sensibility has the upper hand," said Cesare, the sun putting a golden mask on his face, making it difficult for Jeanne to discern the details of his expression, but his tone, which was indeed quite rare for her, "I never thought that language was a matter of interest in communication, and that those who could understand it would understand, but I wanted you to know that I was not ignorant of your efforts, nor was I ungrateful for the opportunity you gave me." You put even unreasonable trust in me when you invited me to join Big Dream, and it turned out to be a wise decision, Big Dream changed the lives of both of us, and allowed us to wield arguably some scale of power and resources in our 30s, and what we could do would have left a lot of big producers jaw-dropping, and it all came from your brutal and rude trust at the time...... And, even though it's a little difficult for me to do that, I'm going to do it anyway—"

His tone deepened, "I will let everyone know that the trust you give is not blind, it ...... Totally good value for money. ”

He took a deep breath, took out two papers from the briefcase in the corner of the dining table, pressed them under his palms, looked at Jenny, and said in an informative tone, "I've been thinking about this for years - as Big Dreams flourished, it became harder and harder to juggle, I had to make a trade-off between Big Dreams and CAA, and it was Bob's phone call that finally made me make up my mind." Bob told me that Disney is definitely going to launch the treasury shares, and this is the first time in several years that Disney has made a rights issue, and he hopes that we can enforce our preference in this round of rights and become Disney shareholders -- he will give us a preferential offer, so that we can use the 140 million to get more rights than the market price, plus you and I hold Marvel shares, after the acquisition, you and I will become one of the top individual shareholders of Disney. This will also be of great benefit to Robert's voice at the shareholder level, which is undoubtedly a great piece of good news, both for Robert and for Big Dream. ”

This exciting good news was so useful on so many levels, whether it was the support she received after the big dream, or the increase in her and Cesare's wealth - and of course, the decision Cesare made: Jeanne had realized this a long time ago, at least a year ago, and there had been many times when she wanted to talk to Cesare about it, and persuade him to join the dream so that he wouldn't die of premature exertion, but in the end she couldn't help mentioning it, after all, it should have been Cesare's own decision.

"Needless to say, this was a very good opportunity, and it also prompted me to finally make up my mind and make this decision: Big Dream has reached the stage of full development, and it is time to give up the hematopoietic position of CAA." Cesare's hands were stacked in a tower shape, supporting his chin, "I can tell you that I realized a few years ago that if Big Dream can develop healthily, it must be the trend of the times to choose it, and the reason why I have retained the position of CAA is because I still need the generous commission it brings to save money for the 70 million share purchases." And after getting the purchase money from Said, I think that after one or two more dividends, my half share is enough to make up, but this also brings some problems that cannot be ignored. ”

"You mean how your identity has changed from dark to light." Jenny said immediately, because that's what she's been thinking about, "Really? How to transfer the shares from that shell company back to your name without leaving a flaw. ”

"It's a problem," Cesare nodded, "otherwise we're going to have annoying problems in a lot of details, and it's going to get in the way of the company's further development – or even its plans to go public." ”

"You've already planned to go public for Big Dream!" Jeanne said in shock, and Cesare glanced at her with a 'this is not a matter of course'.

"We can talk about these things later, just for now, there is a problem that we have to try to solve," he said, "A few years ago, when I invested in the big dream, I washed 5 million into overseas shell companies in one year through a reliable channel, this amount is not too big, and the personal relationship of the family is good, and the handling fee I paid for this is not too high, only 500,000 US dollars." But there is one thing you must know that washing. Money is a business that relies on channels to eat, the larger the amount and the shorter the time, the higher the handling fee you have to pay, and tens of millions of dollars will be washed out in a year? The fee may reach 50%, and I am afraid that after paying this money, the balance will not be enough to buy Disney shares. Moreover, as long as the shares are still registered in the name of the overseas company, I have to go through such a hand to withdraw dividends, and such a high price is obviously unacceptable to me, and we can't use some expedient measures to bypass it, because as I said, if Dameng still wants to go public, any bit of laziness at the moment will come back to bite your ass in the future, making you very uncomfortable. ”

Although this seems to be Cesare's personal trouble, but through the shell company to inject capital, it is a unanimous decision between the two, Jenny has also considered this issue countless times, she will not just passively listen to Cesare discuss this issue, "Yes, yes, I have been thinking about how to solve this matter, the most annoying thing is that your private savings and the dividends of the company that are piled up in the British Virgin Islands are tens of millions, so whether you wash out your savings first, buy Disney shares and then transfer them, or wash the dividends in, It will take a long time and a high fee for you to buy the part of the equity that belongs to the shell company in the big dream, and-"

"And it doesn't stand up to the IRS," Cesare said, "and some people who are interested in it, both I and you have enemies, and unfortunately most of them are quite smart." Don't talk about others, just Ino. Martin - I think the old Martin has guessed the truth somewhat, he may have found someone to investigate the shareholding structure of Big Dream, guessed who the shell company belonged to, will he take this opportunity to bite me and vent the anger accumulated over the past few years? I don't know, and frankly, I don't have confidence either. ”

"Then you mean—" Jenny asked, frowning, and she began to understand a little.

"I have decided to trust you," Cesare said, his fingers tapping over the stack of papers, as if playing some kind of music—his tone was steady, but the gesture made Jeanne see a little bit of his inner thoughts, "Forty million in cash in a shell company, worth ...... I don't know, 200 million, 300 million, 400 million? Hundreds of millions of big dream shares, all transferred to your name, the change of company registrant in the Virgin Islands is as confidential, I will transfer the company to you, and you will withdraw the cash back to China to buy Disney shares. ”

In fact, in the case of the legitimate source of the money, the handling fee required to withdraw the money back to the country is not high, Cesare's problem is mainly not to expose the fact that he has straddled both the brokerage and production industries, which will expose both him and Da Meng to very high legal risks, of course, this does not violate the criminal law, he will not be locked up, but civil litigation is inevitable, and no one knows how much Da Meng and himself will have to pay for it.

And this of course leads to another question - Jenny's eyebrows furrowed, "Do this, of course - I don't seem to have any reason to object, but what are we going to do after buying a stake in Disney?" How do I sell my shares back to you? What ways can we look for to circumvent IRS regulation? I suspect that this will put us in even greater embarrassment and trouble - the more the stake of Big Dream increases, the more we will be moved to do so, and the economic cost we will probably have to pay for it is no less than washing. How much smaller the money. ”

For the wealthy in the United States, IRS is a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, and although Jenny is not a tax expert, she also knows that this part of Dameng's equity was changed to her name through a shell company, and then sold to Cesare by her at an unbelievably low price, which is tantamount to sticking it in her face. I'm a criminal', sitting in front of the IRS headquarters waiting for them to get to work, and if it was sold to Cesare at a fair price, then where would the money come from, how could Jenny evade the IRS custody and return it to Cesare, she didn't know how many hands had to be washed here, and she wouldn't be surprised if the final fee was as high as 80% - and they weren't talking about millions, tens of millions, but hundreds of millions! The 80% handling fee is unacceptable to Jenny in any case, whether it is Cesare's money or her money, she is reluctant, which is equivalent to giving away the money that Dameng has earned in the past few years. Qian Group, in an ancient Oriental proverb, is authentic as 'bitter hatred of pressing gold threads every year, making wedding clothes for others'.

"That's exactly what I'm trying to say," Cesare's fingers slowly stopped tapping, and he looked poised again, majestic, and at ease—and he even made a small, half-truth, joke, "and don't think that I trust you to this point, Jefferson, to entrust you with hundreds of millions of dollars for years without guarantees...... Thankfully, though, the law is never without loopholes, and you and I are both single at the moment and have no desire to develop a long-term relationship anytime soon – and of course, most importantly, you and I happen to be a man and a woman, which allows us to solve both problems at once through a single social act. ”

He pushed the two papers in his hand forward, letting them slide over the long table and stop in front of Jeanne, the mist gradually dissipated, and the strong sunlight made the whole dining room glow with golden light, and Cesare was shrouded in this golden light, and when Jeanne looked at him, the strong reflection of the silver knife made her barely open her eyes, and she could only listen to Cesare's confident voice.

"An equity transfer letter, so that you get all the A-class shares of Big Dream, a prenuptial agreement, after signing it, I will get half of these shares when we divorce, of course, there is also the Marvel equity that I bought in your name before, half of it, in addition, during the marriage, the income of both parties is at their own disposal, and it is not included in the scope of property division when divorced." Cesare said quickly that he had no doubt in this part - obviously, as he said, the hardest part of the whole thing was to temporarily relinquish ownership of the hundreds of millions of dollars, "Of course, this prenuptial agreement cannot be exposed, and in the event of a divorce I suggest that we divide one or two properties as a way to hide it, after all, we have to be very careful about this - although Christopher's contract with 'The Fifth Sally' is fair, for now, He is the only one of the actors who has contact with Da Meng, and I am in charge of acting as a direct agent, but if CAA is interested in finding trouble, they can find a lot of breakthroughs, after all, there are many staff members in our crew who are also in CAA, once they decide to initiate a lawsuit, whether they win or lose the lawsuit, it will be nerve-wracking for us, not to mention the heavy losses after losing the lawsuit......"

As if feeling that he was a little too excited, disturbing Jenny's thinking and reading, Cesare stopped his mouth, adjusted his posture, and asked in a joking tone, "Anyway, Jennifer. Miss Jefferson—Will you give me this privilege, even temporarily, to marry me for a while, temporarily, socially?" ”――12284785863664172――>