If you don't have too much ambition and want to blossom in an all-round way, a Hollywood movie star can be said to be the most enviable job in the world. Earning well, working freely, taking vacations, gaining fame and fortune, having privileges everywhere she goes, and having a personal influence far more than that of a scientist or even a politician of the same height - Jenny only realized this after moving to Malibu, and compared to Christopher, she lived an ascetic life.

After finishing his work in London, Chris did not take on new films in the short term, and there was a large amount of remuneration in his account, except for going to his company to check this year's taxes, and the continuous income brought to him by film projects in previous years, he had almost nothing to worry about, and the project of "Bomb Disposal Unit" was still under construction, and it was at least a few months before the official start of filming, and he couldn't even find anything else to do to pass the time in these months except for vacationing around and partying in the mansion.

\\\\\\\ "I decided to sign up for an acting class as well. \\\\\\\," he declared at the breakfast table, \\\\\\\ "no, or a foreign language class, I've always wanted to learn Spanish - or this time I can actually learn to ride a horse, Leo kept telling me that horseback riding is a fun sport, I just never found the time to learn it." \\\\\\\”

Jenny tore a slice of toast and threw it into her mouth, glanced at him, and \\\\\\\, "Do you really want to learn, or do you just have a comparison mentality?" \\\\\\\”

\\\\\\\ "Maybe both\\\\\\\," Chris admitted, grimacing, \\\\\\\ "I expected that I would spend a lot of time with my girlfriend this holiday, so I turned down Judy's invitation to go on vacation to Switzerland, but obviously, the reality was not what I expected." \\\\\\\”

The Judy he is talking about is Jodie Foster, she just worked with Chris on a new film shot in London, and the two have made friends, of course, as a closet lace side and has a stable partner, Judy is a very safe friend of the opposite sex and will not cause reverie from the outside world.

Jenny also felt a slight sense of guilt - the death threat had changed so much that when she decided to take over the production of "Monroe," she didn't expect to book a holiday with Chris to the Maldives. So much so that while they were on vacation, she had to work in a hotel room part of the day and didn't fully enjoy the two-person world with Chris.

\\\\\\\ "I'm sorry I'm a very successful actor and businessman. \\\\\\\," she said half-jokingly, \\\\\\\ "Do you regret renovating the second floor?" After all, the whole thing is really far from what you think. \\\\\\\”

Although they seem to have entered the cohabitation life in advance, because Chris's mansion has a cook and a living assistant, and the bathroom facilities in the two rooms are very independent, Jenny feels that she and Chris are now more like neighbors who will date together from time to time, because after she returns to Hollywood, she still spends most of her day working on work, study, and fitness, even if she works in the study at home, Chris can only entertain himself most of the time, and now that he has a girlfriend, So the queuing life as usual is obviously no longer suitable for him, so in the past few days, he has indeed been bored, and a sufficient proof is that Chris's arm muscle lines are much more obvious than a few days ago, which shows how much time he has spent on fitness recently.

\\\\\\\ "Hey, don't say that, I've seen you a lot more now than I used to." \\\\\\\" Chris made a hurt look and \\\\\\\, "don't you think this is enough to satisfy me?" I can see you every day at breakfast time - isn't that enough? \\\\\\\”

He laughed with Jenny before he resumed his seriousness, \\\\\\\, "But seriously, being your boyfriend is a stressful thing, and I love it - I'll admit I'm a very inert person, and I used to easily think: \\\\\\\- why keep trying?" I've done a great job. \\\\\\\ - but now I really want to keep enriching myself because my girlfriend is not only better than me, but also harder than me - and if I don't push hard, maybe in a few years I will really be your vase husband. \\\\\\\”

He said with some grief, \\\\\\\, "When the time comes, people will definitely think that you deserve to abandon me, just like they do now, and think that you abandoned me." \\\\\\\”

\\\\\\\ "Don't say stupid things. \\\\\\\" Jenny took a sip of juice, but couldn't help but smile a little, \\\\\\\, "You're watching gossip forums on the Internet again, aren't you?" \\\\\\\”

\\\\\\\ "Those people are really, really vitriol. \\\\\\\" Chris didn't hold back his anger, he threw the newspaper on the table, and said indignantly, \\\\\\\ "They're called Jen Boy No2 - believe it, it's not Gram Girl, it's Jane Boy - it can't go on like this, it really can't go on." \\\\\\\”

Jenny couldn't hold back any longer, she leaned back and laughed.

- Although she and Chris went to the Maldives on a charter flight (Chris's private jet is not qualified for intercontinental routes), it is reasonable not to alarm the paparazzi's eyes at the airport, but for some reason, the news eventually leaked out, and Jenny and Chris were also photographed blurry out of the plane when they returned home. The paparazzi followed Chris's mansion all the way from the airport, and the next day released a scoop, announcing that Jenny and Chris had officially moved in together - from this point of view, Sheehan's renovation team is still very reliable, they knew the news that Jenny was going to move into the house for a long time, but until the paparazzi officially released the news, Judy did not receive the news, confirming that the paparazzi already knew about it. Even now, the paparazzi are not sure whether Jenny is temporarily borrowing or officially living with Chris, so it can be seen that the news of Chris's decoration on the second floor has not leaked out.

Of course, this news caused an uproar, and it also made Chris, Jenny, Josh, Gisele Bundchen and Leo, who don't need much exposure recently, become search favorites, and the joys and sorrows between these top stars have also become a topic of conversation among netizens: At the beginning of the year, Jennifer and Leo had an affair, Chris and Giselle, although both parties later clarified that they were just friends\\\\\\\ - for the sake of the new film \\\\\\\ -, but you can imagine how low the credibility of this kind of words is, now half a year later, Jennifer was threatened with death, but Christopher was the one who came back from London to see her, and she soon moved to his house and went on holiday with him? Although the caliber of the PR announcement is that \\\\\\\ - the two are very good friends, Jenny was very scared after encountering that incident, Chris just helped her, and the vacation together was also to help Jennifer change her mood\\\\\\\ - However, these two new actors and actresses are both handsome men and beautiful women, and they are also box office celebrities in recent years, which can be said to be a match to the extreme, and it is too difficult for fans to believe in PR.

In addition to the excitement of the fans of the two families about their new relationship, the people also have great interest in their relationship, a high degree of attention, and a pessimistic and optimistic attitude, which makes Chris somewhat haunted is that many people think that he is not worthy of Jenny in his career, just like Josh and Jennifer broke up naturally because of the growing gap between the two in their career achievements, maybe in a few years, the two will repeat this story. After all, in the trend of media cooperation, Chris will sooner or later catch up with the total box office (many people think that after the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Jennifer's cumulative box office will definitely surpass Chris), the rest of the average box office has lost miserably, and when it comes to the development of side hustles, it is even more incomparable with Jenny.

Although in the United States, no one will clearly sing about the marriage of strong women and weak men, after all, equality between men and women is also a politically correct issue, but in the hearts of most people, it seems that a man is slightly stronger than a woman in his career It seems to be a more ideal configuration, especially in the entertainment industry, this mindset is reflected in the feedback of anonymous netizens, these netizens don't need to care about what others say about them, some words that will be evaluated as rude in real life are sour, many people think that Chris is completely taking advantage of the situation, This impressed Jennifer, and if it was another time, Jennifer would not have looked at him at all.

For Jenny, on the one hand, she is a winner of public opinion, on the other hand, she really doesn't care so much about what netizens talk about her love life, because she is in love with Chris, which causes Chris to be degraded, and I don't know how many female fans who retaliate and belittle her by taking three meals a day, since these things don't affect her career now, she won't care at all. In addition, she has been living in a mansion recently, and the paparazzi can't shoot at all, so her secluded life is very full and happy, but Chris, because she has been too idle recently, she goes to the Internet to read the comments of netizens when she has nothing to do, and she often sees that she is angry, but his personality is still very positive, although he minds that Jenny seems to be stronger than him in his career, but he also thinks about how to improve himself, instead of venting this negative emotion on Jenny and preventing her from moving forward.

\\\\\\\ "I think you might as well take an acting class." After \\\\\\\laughing, Jenny also suggested - although she was several years younger than Chris, Chris still showed a serious listening expression, \\\\\\\ "Now you and I are at the stage where you need to prove your acting skills, you know, this year's Oscar has been recognized as the most controversial, the most \\\\\\\-water-\\\\\\\ Oscar, objectively speaking, our performance in "Sally", if it is placed in the Oscar year, it is indeed not easy to win. This also shows that there is still the possibility of improving our acting skills, you are about to play "Bomb Disposal Unit", which is also a movie with acting skills, the last acting class does not mean that you have to relearn some acting skills, but this may be helpful to sort out some of your acting experience and perceptions. \\\\\\\”

\\\\\\\ "Is that why you've recently given yourself another acting class?" \\\\\\\," Chris asked, curious, \\\\\\\ "I haven't seen you rehearse your new role, isn't the movie about to start?" Are you so talented that you don't need any preparation? \\\\\\\”

Jenny was a little embarrassed - and that was one of the reasons she insisted on having her own room, otherwise Chris would have felt bizarre that she claimed to work, but was just sitting there in a daze.

\\\\\\\ "I've been using fragments of time to read scripts. \\\\\\\," she said, \\\\\\\ "In fact, it's the role I've prepared for the most, and I've spent more work on Karen than I've spent on Elizabeth or even Sally." \\\\\\\”

Chris looked incredulous, obviously he thought that Karen was less deep and difficult to shape than Sally, and Jenny didn't mean to continue to clarify - she knew she wasn't lying, and Karen was indeed the character she had put the most effort into creating since the film. In the process of emailing various members of the "Monroe" project team and continuing to work with Fox on "Avatar", she raced against time to use all the time, immersed herself in the acting space, rehearsed Karen's drama again and again, and even enjoyed it a little - in all the roles she played before, Jenny felt that creating a role was a kind of exploitation of herself, and she was paying for it, and in rehearsals and performances, she needed to mobilize her emotions to meet the needs of the performance. This sense of mental waste makes her have to use willpower to force herself to rehearse, but Karen is not like this, every time she is immersed in Karen's state, every time she looks at the world with Karen's eyes, she feels that this role feeds back to herself, after playing Karen, she is of course physically tired, but her mind feels very clear and peaceful, as if all the emotional garbage accumulated in the ups and downs over the years has been released through Karen, but she can look at her personal life more peacefully and soberly, She really felt the joy of acting through Karen. This happiness even made her feel that it was a little unreasonable to be paid for acting - most of the time, work was done by forcing herself to do something she was good at but didn't really like so much, which could be seen as a reward for unhappiness, but now, playing Karen was happy enough, and Jenny even felt that she was a little too much if she was paid.

Of course, such an idea is too naïve, she will never mention it to Cesare, and the salary and investment negotiations of "Michael Clayton" have not been greatly affected, in the end, Time Warner gave up 50% of the investment amount, Big Dream accounted for 30%, and Clooney's production company took the remaining 20%, and the Oscar publicity budget for this film was shared proportionally by various investors, and did not involve voting lobbying, that is, public relations expenses were mainly used for putting on covers, doing interviews, sending exhibitions, sending CDs, In the promotion of non-specific awards such as holding cocktail parties, and awards such as personal acting skills, which require huge public relations expenses\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ tickets, are up to Clooney and Jenny to figure out by themselves. The profits of the film are shared proportionally after deducting public relations fees, Time Warner undertakes the distribution, and Big Dream and Clooney do not share this cake.

This is a very mature and thoughtful agreement, taking into account the rights and interests of all parties, first of all, "Michael" should be profitable at the box office, but Time Warner judged that it is unlikely to win awards such as Best Picture, because after all, this theme is still too extreme and angry, the pattern is a little small, not so atmospheric, and it also lacks feelings or political sensitivity, so Warner's hedge award budget is very tight. As for the individual awards, because Jenny can't win the award again in the short term, at most she will be nominated, and Clooney is ambitious to use this project to impact the actor, so the best way is that the project team does not provide real money to help with individual awards, and how much money you like to spend is up to your personal wishes, anyway, these two rich men are not bad for money, so as not to tear up the big dream and Clooney in the personal publicity budget.

Compared with Jenny's lion opening at the beginning, Warner's suggestion is the condition for really doing it sincerely, including some sensitive points, such as the division of interests in DVDs, the sale of overseas rights and TV rebroadcast rights, Warner has no obstacles and traps, Jenny and Clooney also happily signed a performance contract, and confirmed their appearances at the same price of five million for the two. - Jenny has few roles, the salary is the same as Clooney's, which more or less reflects the status of the rivers and lakes, as for the 20 million club or something, this style is a slightly dull art film, Clooney only gets 5 million as the starring role, if she wants to act, it is impossible to call this price, and Jenny herself is also an investor, since she has decided to give in, there is no need to dwell on these things.

Although Jenny's attitude was not very good at first, but after Clooney's soft body showed goodwill, the project itself was bright, and now it is going extremely smoothly, no one seems to remember the original little unpleasantness, the crew has been preliminarily built, and a good filming location has been found in Los Angeles County, Jenny and the crew have sat down for a few meetings, and have also read the script together, and they can start filming at any time after trying on makeup in the past few days. Compared with the twists and turns of "Avatar", "Michael" is simply so smooth that it is sad: although it is so smooth because Jenny wants to act, she is no longer obsessed with many things under the change of mentality. But if you have to choose between these two projects, Jenny would rather go smoothly than "Avatar", and "Michael" is the one with many twists and turns and almost difficult birth. After all, "Avatar" represents hundreds of millions of plates, and it can even be said to be related to the layout of the big dream in a few years.

Yes, it didn't go well, the project progress of "Avatar" can only be described as a nightmare, and compared to it, "Monroe" prepared by Jenny, a novice, can be regarded as a model student. "Avatar" has almost all the problems that can go wrong: Fox's investment has been in place, and the crew began to make pre-production preparations, looking for artists to draw the concept art of "Avatar", so as to produce special effects materials in the movie, design racial culture for the Na'vi people, and even language and writing, as well as the structural design of the entire planet, landscape design, mecha design, animal race design, and finally integrate these designs into the framework of the film, and after a few weeks of operation, The news delivered by Cameron can be said to be unexpected, or it can be said to be desperate - there are too many things to prepare, and there are many unexpected problems in the preliminary preparations, so the original schedule for release in 08 ...... It may be that the ticket is going to be bounced.

Since this is not a problem that money can solve, and Fox's need for a follow-up budget is not so urgent, they can negotiate slowly, anyway, Fox has executives, and they can afford to fight for this energy cost, and the background of the big dream is really shallow, such a big project can only be done by Jeanne, Cesare can only appear as an assistant of \\\\\\\-trusted, volunteered to help \\\\\\\-, Jenny's time is worth more than these executives anyway, If you don't want to continue to waste time, then either don't invest, Fox may not be too worried about this, most of them see the sincerity of her investment, or just accept Fox's conditions, anyway, even if their conditions are lowered, it is very beneficial to Fox, so they are not afraid of delaying time.

In such a situation that is stronger than people, Jeanne and Cesare can't reverse the situation no matter how much they can, and Cameron is now annoyed by himself, and he can't bargain for Fox for them - as a producer, Cameron knows how terrible it is to skip tickets and increase budgets, which will lead to de facto breach of completion guarantees, and the director cannot complete the film on time and within budget, which is a reflection of the director's lack of ability. According to the completion guarantee agreement, the film company has the right and obligation (if the shooting funds are obtained from a bank loan) to intervene in the production, and even many film companies will fire the director and directly replace him, and there will be no criticism in the industry.

In fact, during the "Titanic" period, it was because of his temporary ticket skipping and budget increase that caused a serious breach of the completion guarantee, and Fox also fell into an unprecedented panic, and even many people thought that this film would be Fox's second "Cleopatra" (this film almost bankrupted Fox), for which he gave up his eight million remuneration as a producer and director, so that he could keep his control of the project in good faith. Of course, in the end, the success of the film saved everything, but even so, this time the production had just started and it was going to be postponed, and the news also annoyed the old man - fortunately, the money that Fox is giving now is the cash that the company has prepared for a long time, and he has not yet borrowed from the bank and signed a guarantee for completion, otherwise he will have to postpone the production just now, and his project bank may not lend money in the future. But even so, Fox has spent a lot of effort in order to cover the news of the postponement, it can be said that compared with the time when it was decided that Big Dream could enter the game at the beginning of the project, Cameron's voice is now greatly reduced, and he is no longer in the mood, and he can't help Big Dream anymore.

Anyway, according to the crazy box office of "Avatar", it is nothing more than a matter of making more money and less money for Big Dream, but Jenny is not in a hurry - she has no time to rush, in addition to continuing to take acting classes and business classes, busy with Big Dream's daily life, and discussing the script creation of "Monroe" with Adrian, she also has to prepare for the upcoming filming of "Michael", so she simply put aside the negotiations for the time being, let this matter be cold, and maybe there will be a new turnaround.

Netizens are still discussing her and Chris's confusing love world, the script for "Avatar" was delivered to Leonardo, the script for "Monroe" is in the works, the release of "Unlucky Eros" is struggling to move forward, and Big Dream is also using it to build its own distribution system, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is still reaping the last bit of box office in theaters, and in addition to the private detectives hired by Big Dream, both the public and the police - even fans are almost forgetting that terrible death threat...... Time went smoothly forward and Los Angeles began to fall as it rolled on, and on the first weekend of October, Jenny packed her bags and drove to the set, a three-hour drive from downtown Los Angeles, to start her first post-Oscar-winning film, Michael Clayton.