"Did you sleep well last night, Miss Jefferson?"

"Not bad. txt novel download"

"And no discomfort?"

"Except for intermittent dizziness, there are basically not too many problems, yesterday I did some rehabilitation exercises, and it felt pretty good, you know, finally moved, there was a feeling of coming alive, and I was lying down for too long during this time."

"Do you get dizzy during exercise?"

"Luckily, it's all very light exercise, you know, it's basically like walking, and I don't feel too strenuous."

"Your physical fitness is truly astonishing, Miss Jefferson, and many patients experience slight fatigue after being in a coma for so long," said her attending physician, Hans Brown, a neurologist at San Francisco General Hospital. "And you don't seem to have any problems with that, in fact, when I passed through the rehab area yesterday, you completely shocked me - you seem to be in better shape than I am." ”

Jenny winked at him, "Does that mean I can get out of the hospital soon, Dr. Waltz?" ”

"If we didn't have dizziness, maybe we could, but it's still a dark cloud over our heads, isn't it?" Waltz said wittily, and he further explained to Jenny, "The world inside the skull doesn't have much to do with your physical strength, so it's not an indicator of whether you can be discharged from the hospital, and we think it's very necessary to observe for a while based on a cautious mindset." Because you still have some blood clots in your brain, you need to check if they are gradually being absorbed. We'll schedule another CT for you the day after tomorrow, and of course, in the meantime, you must remember not to exercise too much, both physically and mentally—"

He glanced at Mary to the side, and Mary flinched so weakly that Jenny had to stand up for her.

"I ordered her to give me her iPad, doctor," she said, "you know, it's so boring to lie down every day — but I promise you didn't use it to read work emails." ”

"Okay, okay." "Also, intermittent dizziness and headaches are normal, but if you suddenly feel a strong feeling of dizziness or pain, you can call a nurse at any time." ”

Bidding farewell to the good doctor who made her daily rounds, Jenny stretched out, paced into the reception room, sat down by the window with Mary, looked out at the San Francisco skyline, and grimaced at Mary with some complaints, and Mary smiled back and slapped her soothingly, "You have heard the doctor's words, go on with your life—this is our mutual decision, it is useless for you to protest, it is better to accept the facts, my dear." ”

"Who's paying you?" Jenny rolled her eyes in anger, but she was helpless - indeed, although she had basically recovered, because of this intermittent vertigo, and the fact that the blood congestion in the brain had not been fully absorbed, there were still shadows, and she could not be discharged from the hospital for the time being, and she was not even considered to be transferred back to Los Angeles: there were enough people who came to San Francisco to visit her, and once she returned to Los Angeles, going to the hospital once was simply a gesture, and many people who had just called to greet her before would probably want to take a trip, Not only would this be detrimental to Jenny's recovery, but it would also allow her to meet a lot of people she doesn't really want to see right now – for example, Robert, who is now back in Los Angeles, if he wants to come again? What answer should Jenny give him?

Of course, Robert may not be so naïve, but in the end, she still leaves room for both parties to compromise and continue to maintain the image of a patient. Besides, Dr. Waltz had been her attending physician, and it didn't make much sense to transfer to another hospital when her condition was already improving.

For Jenny, the days in the hospital are indeed quite boring, some time ago because of the bottle, most of the time can only lie in bed, now finally do not even have to hang the bottle, can walk around, she began to feel that the ward life remains the same, especially Cesare went back to Los Angeles to deal with some affairs of Big Dream, preparing for the release of several movies next year, the crowd of visitors has come to an end, and now she only stares at Mary every day, can't work, can't exercise, and even the time for talking on the phone is strictly limited - But to be honest, she is not in the mood to cook on the phone now, and she is not even in the mood to watch some TV series, a little exaggerated, that is, she can't find any fun in doing anything like sitting on pins and needles, not thinking about tea and dinner.

"It's you," said Mary sweetly, "but you haven't written me a check for two months, my dear, so I'm basically volunteering, which makes your say in me correspondingly diminished. ”

"Oh," Jenny said, as she quickly opened her mailbox and sent an email to Kim - because of its small size, most of the expenses of Dream Studio's expenses were monthly checks written by accountants, but that required Jenny's signature, and of course, no one had thought of it for more than a month. "Remember to remind me to turn your employment relationship to Big Dream — and we'll do it when we get back to Los Angeles."

"You've changed your mind?" Mary was not pretentious, she asked curiously, "Didn't you say that since Cesare didn't put his life assistant on the big dream account, it was better for us not to do it?" ”

"At that time, the company was not very large." Jenny said, "Of course, maybe things will change in the future......

She didn't continue, but laughed to herself - it was hard for Mary not to hook her mind when she said this: if Cesare did go to Disney, in order to ensure her leadership of Big Dream, she must get Cesare's 20% share agency, and then what would be it to hang up a person in the company, that is, to hang all personal expenses in the company, compared to the current annual turnover of the company, it would not be a problem at all.

"Mary, you've been with me for ten years," she changed the subject, and Mary blinked, looked at her in confusion, and nodded. "What do you think I am?"

"Ugh." Mary said, clearly speculating on her intentions, and Jenny corrected her own problems. "I mean, in terms of career, you know — not personality — what you think I'm like...... I don't know, entrepreneurs? Actor? Producer? ”

"Of course it's genius. "Mary's eyes widened as if it were an indisputable question," Mary said, "Why do you ask?" - What could describe you other than genius? ”

Even though Jenny was accustomed to all kinds of beauty and honor, she was still a little embarrassed in the presence of her own person like Mary, who had been close to her for many years, "Well, don't say that—it's just, what kind of person do you think I am, except for genius?" Ambitious, perfectionist, or cautious and careful? ”

"Oh, I see," said Mary, tilting her head in thought, "I think you—oddly enough, you have all of these. ”

"Really?"

"Yep, you and Cesare don't feel the same way to me," Mary was obviously struggling to organize her language, "you see, of course Cesare makes bold decisions - but his boldness is more of a controllable boldness, and you can feel his train of thought, as if he's been preparing for a long time, and doesn't know what to say...... It's like it's a very risky market, you can lose a penny, you can double your profits, and Cesare will put 80% of his net worth into it – you'll only be surprised at his guts, but it's rarely felt like an unreasonable decision, because he gave himself 20% anyway. ”

"And me, am I completely risk-free?" Jenny asked, a little shocked, "No, I thought I'd be more conservative than him most of the time, you see, I've never been a fan of too aggressive corporate finance strategies." ”

"No, not completely...... But I think a lot of times when you make decisions, you don't even think about the risks. Mary said honestly, frowning as she thought, "It's like you're convinced that it can't fail, it's going to be successful, and a lot of your decisions give me that feeling — that's the biggest difference between you and Cesare, and I think that's why you're called a genius." ”

Her expression was a little dreamy, and she looked fascinated, "Cesare is good, it's insidethebox, but a lot of your decisions feel like outsidethebox - so he's very, very good, but you're the genius that everyone wants to work with - why, why are you laughing like that, am I not right?" ”

"No, no." Jenny resisted the urge to smile wryly and said seriously, "You're right, this has always been my core competency...... outsidethebox, but ......"

"But?" Mary raised her eyebrows high.

But the gold finger is about to expire, at most, it will be a few more years, and this biggest advantage will be lost soon......

Jenny swallowed her bitter water and shook her head, she changed her words, "But I've been wondering—this has made me wonder if it's time for me to adjust the focus of my life, you know, Mary, what kind of life I've lived for the last ten years, and now I have this in my head—"

She tapped her temple and continued with Mary's somewhat sad expression, "I feel like I have to make some changes...... I just don't know what the hell I'm supposed to give up, acting? Producer? Or is it a big dream? ”

"But the big dream doesn't have-"

"Cesare is probably going to Disney." The two of them spoke at the same time, and Jenny shook her finger at Mary, "Don't think about it, it's not a betrayal, it's just the best arrangement for everyone. The curtain is complicated, and knowing that this is not good for you. ”

“ok。” Mary said, hesitating, "I kind of see what you mean—but ...... Do you have to give up one? ”

"Don't you think it's needed?" Jenny asked in surprise.

"I think...... "Well," said Mary, "of course, you're going to need a new CEO when Cesare is gone—you can't take care of the day-to-day operations yourself, and it's going to be a waste of your talent—and there's probably a setback for our television business, because that's not your area of expertise...... But if you feel that the workload is too tiring now, you can try to reduce production in three aspects at the same time, why do you have to give up one? ”

"That's a train of thought, too." Jenny had to agree with Mary - as far as she knew, it was quite natural to deduce this conclusion, after all, in her presupposition, Jenny would always maintain a genius thinking, be able to continue to launch hit masterpieces, and maintain an absolute say in the direction of the company's films, in this way, even if a new CEO is hired, the right to speak in Big Dream must still be firmly in her hands, Jenny only needs to strictly control her finances, and she can still take care of both film and production. "You can't always guarantee you'll be out of the box, though, can you? And in this way, the big dream is actually equivalent to no development, can only stand still, and it is basically impossible to expand the scope of business......"

She sighed, once again realizing the inefficiency of this communication, on the premise of withholding the most important information, the two sides were basically talking to each other, and she could only force Mary to accept her own settings, "But if I feel a little overwhelmed and want to give up one, what do you think I will give up?" Firm? Cinema or Production? ”

Herein lies the advantage of having a little attendant, and although Mary obviously disagreed with her and had much more confidence in her than Jenny herself, she continued along this line of thought, "Okay, then I think...... I don't know, company? ”

She shrugged, "After all, when you're acting and producing—it's hard work, but I can tell you're having fun all the time, and what about the company...... Of course, you are happy when we achieve something, but in your daily work, you complain the most when you read company emails. ”

"A very different perspective." Jenny couldn't help but laugh and said, "But you're right...... I also thought that among these three lines, the company should be the one I valued the least, at least...... At least my confidence in it should be minimal, and intellectually speaking, if I have limited energy, I should give it up first...... Maybe your luck will turn your back on you, but your acting skills and production skills won't, right, these things are at least real, at least the ...... you hold in the palm of your hand"

"I don't think you picked those movies out of luck." Mary said sincerely, "Prada, Twilight, Avatar, and the Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey that we bought — how wise you were when it came to analyzing the big selling elements — seriously, the midnight pre-sale of The Hunger Games? It's just another miracle, okay—"

In Jenny's eyes, she shrugged her shoulders smugly, "OK, OK, if you have to say it's luck—"

It's the end of January 2012, and there is not much time left before the Oscars, and the announcement of "The Hunger Games" has entered the final stage, and Cesare rushed back to Los Angeles for a reason, which is to attend its premiere, and although it has not yet been released, the trailer clicks, the number of discussions, and the super high attention of young people and the pre-sale data of the North American midnight show are all hinting at the birth of another YA novel gold IP after "Twilight", from Disney and Big Dream to "The Hunger Games" 3 years ago and John on Mars. The competition for "Carter" began, and this big drama that was watched by the industry finally came to an end: Big Dream seems to have made a powerful money printing machine series again, but Disney has forced the gold IP in Big Dream's mouth to collapse - even better is that the release dates of the two movies are quite close, and countless people are watching the box office results of this peak showdown with great interest, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many big things at the beginning of the year, this incident would have attracted media hype, but even so, Jenny has also seen relevant reports on many news websites in the past few days. - Of course, this did not make her worthy of Mary's praise, after all, no one knew the truth better than her.

"Anyway, I've been like you before, of course, I love all three industries, but if I had to give up one, from a prudent point of view, of course, it's the one that is most likely to fail — not that the company closes and closes its business, but just gives up the idea of expansion, maintains the current scale ......of business, as you said, or retains the right to speak," Jenny said, forcibly ending Mary's worship and "putting more energy into acting and filmmaking...... I could even trade my shares with Cesare to Disney, which is the safest option, you know, risk averse, and cash out when the stock price is at its highest......"

"In that case, you're the majority shareholder of Disney." "You can get a lot of cash, and you have a lot more Disney equity." ”

"yes," Jenny said, curling her lips and whispering, "Chesa will still be the president of Disney Headquarters, and I can influence Big Dream and Honto's filmmaking—that's the safest way out, isn't it?" I can do what I love the most and earn the highest returns with the lowest risk. ”

"But?" Mary said, "There's usually a 'but' at the end. ”

"But......" repeated her words as Jenny said softly, "but—when you have to make this decision, you will find that it is not easy—although you know that it is the best option, but ......"

She rubbed her face and cried out in a bit of a broken heart, "It's like abandoning your own child!" fuck, I don't know how Cesare managed to make that determination, I mean, I still have acting and producing, but for a long time, his career focused on big dreams—"

Mary gave her a sympathetic look, but did not reply, and Jenny smiled at her gratefully, and she bracked her cheeks and looked at the tall buildings in the distance, "It's like...... When you're used to doing miracles, getting used to allin, and then winning the jackpot, all of a sudden, you wake up from a dream and you have to compromise with reality......"

She shook her head again and laughed, "That's a ...... You know, Mary, when I started the company, I never imagined that one day I would have such a deep affection for it-"

This is another difficult problem to explain to Mary, after all, the big dream was founded by her, in the eyes of everyone, her ambition should be very high, only Jeanne herself understands - maybe Cesare also saw a little, when she wanted to start a company, she didn't actually have much interest in this matter, of course, not to mention ambition, it was more like completing the requirements of Goldfinger, preparing herself for an extra retreat, after that, step by step, she paid sweat and effort, but also for frustration anxiety, Laughing at success, Jenny never seriously thought about what Big Dreams meant to her, never really thinking about whether she liked Big Dreams as much as she loved acting.

Does she like acting? Like, Karen, Monroe, Coke, Daisy, these characters have made her feel different levels of pain, but this pain also exudes a fragrant sweetness, attracting her to indulge more, this pain is the flame of her nirvana, it is a test of her self-integrity, the performance makes her fascinated, this attraction does not require any self-doubt, so natural, just like her love for the producer, "Codename SHERO", "Monroe" ...... Produce movie after movie, reap box office and critical acclaim—even bad reviews, and let them change a small part of someone's life—

But, does she like the company? Of course, Jenny had thought about this before, she had faced so many choices, Chris, Cesare, Salvi, more or less, she had also given up on them because of the conflict with her career, but it was more like making a choice between her relationship and her career, and it was only now, when she had to choose between her career and career, that Jenny really realized this - when she really considered giving up, the strong unwillingness and heartache reminded her that she might love running a company and acting, Love the production as much.

“…… Or rather, I like the feeling of creating miracles," she whispered, smiling to herself, "Time and time again, to do the most brilliant things with the boldest techniques, to surprise everyone, like wearing those red dancing shoes, the magic makes you want to dance forever......"

"But...... You speak as if your magic comes entirely from those shoes. Mary finally shouted in bewilderment, visibly confused, "J.J., but—apparently that's not the case—"

Without waiting for Jenny to shout, she snatched her explanation, "If you feel that you can't take care of it and want to end your job, then I can understand it, or you are going to Disney because Cesare is going to Disney, and suddenly no one is working with you to expand your big dream, and you feel lost, okay, this is also normal." But the feeling you give me is-"

She said this as if this was the most ridiculous guess, "Do you think that without Cesare, you can't run Big Dream at all, as if your magic will follow him away - I really don't understand, J.J., if you leave, Big Dream's future may be overshadowed, but Cesare is gone?" Well, I'm not saying that employees won't be lost - but I'm sure, as long as you're around, it's just a small problem after all, I don't understand, J.J., are you really so unconfident in yourself? ”

Jenny stopped talking, but finally answered with a smile. Mary glared at her for a moment, then shook her head in frustration.

"I feel like I'm just a hole in a tree," she said, "and you didn't even intend for me to understand—you misty woman." ”

She grimaced at Jenny and said, "But in my opinion, this is a very simple question - at least that's what I think, if you are really so reluctant, then try to do it, you are afraid that you will not be able to take care of your body, then you will sell the company after you can't take care of it, you are afraid that you will not be able to run it yourself, but even if Big Dream goes bankrupt, what does this have to do with you?" You're already so rich, and big dreams are just a part of your assets—"

"It's not that simple." Jenny laughed and said, "You always have to be responsible for the employees of the company, Mary, if that's the mentality—"

She paused suddenly, and Mary's words were like a sharp blade that cut through a certain pocket, freed Pandora's box, and let endless thoughts and understandings pour out—Jenny's words froze on her lips, and she looked at Mary, and then at herself, and suddenly realized how simple it was—

"You're right," she said, laughing out loud, "you're so right—"

"Uh-" Mary said tentatively, a little undecided, "what am I right?" - But you shouldn't be laughing like that anyway, J.J- you know, you shouldn't be too excited right now-"

“ok，ok。” Jenny said, shaking her head with a smile on her face, "I finally understand, in essence, what kind of problem this is—"

She pointed at Mary, "Look, you're a rich girl, you grew up in a comfortable material environment, Mary, don't be angry if I say that, but you're almost the opposite of me, you're not self-motivated enough, and you like to be comfortable, because you can easily be satisfied-"

"I'm not angry because that's what it is." Mary said with some pride, "I work with the best people in the world, and that's enough, I don't need to be as good as them." ”

She seemed to understand, "And you come from a materially deprived environment—"

"Very, very scarce, very scarce of everything." Jenny said, "Look, that's the difference between us, isn't it?" This magical fate changed me, and it changed so many ......"

She looked up at the window, thinking of all these dream-like experiences over the years—and her tone softened, "You see, Mary, I have so much now, but many times, I still think like a poor man...... Always so timid, always counting every coin I have, many times I'm still the little girl with nothing, how dare I take any chances, I only have so little. ”

She ignored Mary's confused expression, and said to herself, "I've had so many precious opportunities, Mary, I've come from nothing, I've had so much, so much, and it's like a wordless challenge, Mary—it's like fate is torturing me, have I really changed?" Mary, it's like somebody is asking, 'Is this all predestined?' Can you really change yourself through hard work? 'Fate has given me a pair of red leather shoes, and it now wants to see if I will stand on tiptoe and dance forward when I take them off, or will I take off my fine clothes, hold what I have, and bring them back to my ragged and safe nest. ”

"You have a multi-million dollar mansion in the best part of Los Angeles." "And you call it a 'ragged nest.'" ”

Jenny looked up and laughed happily. "Yes, it's a ragged nest compared to the wealth we're talking about—it's just a metaphor, you know, Mary, anyway."

"I don't understand at all." Mary said, but her tone hinted that she had understood, a smile on her lips, and her eyes sparkled, and she was—looking at Jenny with admiration, respect, and affection, "Really, I don't understand what bothers you at all—but I know that you seem to have some eyebrows. ”

"It's still a very difficult question," Jenny admits, "it's always hard to change yourself, to get out of your safe zone – but that's what it's all about, Mary, I see, there's no need for more, I've got so much – I've already put on my red shoes." ”

The sunlight shone through the bright glass window and poured down on her face, making the pretty blonde girl look radiant, and even though she was wearing only a turquoise hospital gown and no makeup—she was still beautiful in the Bay Area sunshine, looking out of the large glass window—like a flowing flame, like wearing an invisible crown—

"I need you to make a phone call," she said, standing up, confidently, excitedly, and calmly instructing her most loyal subordinate, to her scrambled to her feet, and in her excitement she almost kicked down her own stool—though she was still a little ignorant, but she had already been overjoyed by the employer—the mentor—the monarch she looked up to. "Mary, don't reveal your identity yet, you can deceive, you can bribe, in short, I want you to talk to this person without telling everyone."

The corners of her lips curled, almost as if to whet her appetite, and Jenny paused, spitting out the name very slowly. —Sharon. Tucker, a key figure in GE......"