"Sign here, here, here." The lawyer from Fox pointed at Jenny, "Oh, and here. ”

When Jenny signed her name, Fox Production Manager and Wendy. Fenneman also took over the contract and began the signing process. Jenny, Fox and Wendy's lawyers are monitoring the whole process, and when the documents are officially signed, the crew will be given the green light by Fox to officially start the preparation, signing, and casting work, and the crew can be formed within a month, and even without a script, some filming work will be completed according to the director's requirements - many times, the script is not the core of the project, especially the adaptation of the film, and it is not uncommon for the film to start filming without even a formal script.

"Indeed, this is going to be a problem...... "Wendy didn't leave immediately after signing, but walked over to Cesare, who was waiting on the side, and chatted with him. She was a good friend who was pulled into the crew by Cesare, and naturally had a very close relationship with him. Jenny, on the other hand, knew what they were talking about, but she didn't mean to step forward and join in

The script has been difficult to give birth for more than a month, and in this month, the members of the core group have not been able to agree on their opinions, and there is also a Lauren who is full of attention to the film script, and can even be said to be full of control, and has been trying to join the creative team. - To make matters worse, after Wendy saw her adaptation, it was gradually out of Jenny's control.

Ironically, Jenny, who came up with the idea of adaptation, is now the most conservative one, and after a short period of 'artistic pursuit', Jenny has become the most determined silly sweetener at the thought of the bank loan contract she signed, and she would rather not change anything than use a scalpel on the structure of the script. On the contrary, Wendy, since she joined later and came into contact with Jenny's text without forming her own ideas, was very interested in her ideas.

However, Wendy is a veteran producer after all, and as a professional who has adapted from a dark and realistic modern novel into a heart-warming and inspirational masterpiece, she also rejects some of Jenny's views on the final ending, and only accepts that she wants to add some shortcomings to Andy, as well as the idea of 'whitewashing' Miranda and the quasi-lifestyle. At least she hopes that the tone of the movie will be more objective, rather than taking a position with the original book and erasing Miranda in one fell swoop.

- Jenny can accept this, because this is the same idea as the original version, what she can't accept is that she has already gathered her heart to make a fashion fast food women's movie with the same depth as the original version, but Wendy is inspired by her idea and wants to dig deep into this theme, and make it the same, only take the main trunk of the original book, and add the theme of the sublimation film by herself, in other words, Wendy wants to do some artistic discussion, not just a commercial film that purely sells Chinese clothes, And this idea of hers is approved by Fox, so Jenny's voice in this matter is gradually decreasing, and the only good news is that she probably doesn't have to face Lauren's wrath anymore. Wendy is familiar with angry authors, and she has plenty of experience dealing with them.

If it's just her idea, then even if it is changed and hit the street, Jenny can still adjust it, but now that the script adaptation has been faintly out of control, it will be difficult for her mentality to be stable, but this matter seems to have no room for change at present. Even Cesare agreed with Wendy's adaptation idea, thinking that the success of the project could be increased because of this, Wendy's idea is interesting, they have enough good actors, and a good enough shooting budget, a lot of interested potential sponsors, if done well, maybe this film will become such a classic at the box office, word of mouth and awards.

"Yes, I think Elle should be able to write the first draft by this week - if Jennifer doesn't have any other opinions." As if noticing her unzealousness, Wendy amplified her voice and looked at it with Cesare. Jenny felt a strong headache, and she had a hunch that she would not be able to win this tug-of-war.

Forget it, when it comes to the end, even Ellie has been seriously affected by this line of thinking, and Lauren has been handled by Wendy with both soft and hard treatment, and last night she called to complain about giving up. Even if she continued to stick to the original adaptation idea, she couldn't find anyone to write it for her, and the current idea was based on Jenny's own ideas, and if Wendy gave up the investment and quit the film because Wendy wanted to change it like this, she would be completely unable to account for Cesare, Wendy, and Fox.

Jenny sighed, and finally smiled, "The idea you came up with at that meeting yesterday, I thought about it carefully when I got home, and I think that's good, Wendy, anyway, you're the producer, and Fox is the owner of the adaptation rights, it's syourcall." ”

In the final analysis, it is because she is not the largest investor, and in front of Wendy, who represents Fox and has a brilliant resume, Jenny's voice is still too young. Or maybe it's too new for her to be in the game, and she doesn't even know how to expand her voice without a guide to help her, and instead of continuing to stick with it and eventually make Fox lose patience, it's better to step away now and stick to the three elements that she thinks the original will be successful, so that it can be reflected in the movie to the fullest, which is also a way to ensure the box office.

"Very good." Wendy's face finally brightened. "In fact, Elle is probably already writing about it, and she's so obsessed with the final plan that she had already written several pages when she spoke to me on the phone last night."

According to the calculation of one page and one minute, a 90-minute movie only needs 90-100 pages to be enough. With a clear outline, this is not a long-term task. Jenny calculated, "Then filming should start in the middle of next month." ”

"Yes, but we're willing to put it off until the end of June." Wendy smiled, "I think you must have a lot to do in mid-June. ”

"Ah, indeed, I've started to dread the film critics." Jeanne glanced at Cesare, saw that he was expressionless, and jokingly continued, "Of all the films I've ever made, it's the one that makes me nervous the most - for now, I guess the record will be broken next year." ”

"Celebrities have release anxiety," Wendy said, "but I promise you, it's definitely not a movie that will worry you." ”

Jenny could only smile wryly at this confident declaration, and Wendy didn't care about her somewhat dismantled expression, she said as she led the crowd out, "But this choice is indeed a bit unexpected to me, it is not the theme of romance films that have been more fashionable in recent years, and in my opinion, such works with some comedy elements are more popular with young people - ah, I hope you don't mind, Cesare, but I must say that this time Bell chose wisely." ”

It seems that she doesn't know about the casting turmoil, but this matter has not been in the media, and it is not a glorious thing to be robbed of the role and the self-lowering price to rob the role, and in this matter, the three parties involved have remained silent.

"Of course I hope Bell can go to the next level." Cesare said politely. "Anyway, she's a CAA artist."

Wendy looked at him knowingly, let out a pampering chuckle, and she said thoughtfully, "However, Bell has indeed changed a lot, I thought she would implement your 'never reduce the price' concept, and slowly went silent, you know, her performance is not too ideal, it can only be seen whether the follow-up DVD can achieve profitability, two blockbusters with mediocre box office in a row, have made the market suspicious of her." But as soon as it came out this year, everything changed. I met her on Rodeo Drive last month, with at least 20 journalists, and I've heard that she's been offered a lot of similar scripts by now. ”

The filming time was two months earlier, plus it was a fashion film, and the project itself was mature, so the shooting progress was much faster, and it successfully grabbed this year's Valentine's Day schedule, and the market response was also very good, and the box office in the North American market exceeded 100 million. As a romantic comedy, this achievement is already very eye-catching, counting the expected overseas box office, it should be able to successfully return to its original cost at the box office and achieve a part of the profit, and although the male and female protagonists have no sense of existence in film critics, Bell successfully transformed from a glamorous and mature female image to a simple and sweet character image, and was affirmed by the audience, which is also considered an excellent transformation in the first half of this year, opening a new door for her future star path.

"Really?" Cesare was flawless, and he even wore a polite business smile, "which makes her happy." ”

"You can really ruin a person's entire passion for gossip." Wendy rolled her eyes and complained directly. David smiled softly and asked Jenny cooperatively, "Do you have confidence in the battle that is about to begin?" ”

Although there is no rumor about the casting situation, as the two Jennifers that Cesare has brought successively, these two actresses with very similar positioning are naturally competitors, and they want to release the same movie in a short period of time, box office, word of mouth, and audience popularity are all objects of comparison. For this kind of competition, the most concerned is not even the gossip masses, but the film company, when both people can play this role, who will be invited to audition? It's not about the preferences of a certain executive, it's about the actual statistics.

Although it was her own choice, Jenny really didn't have the confidence that it would be able to win. After all, it was a film that both she and Cesare were optimistic about, and it was more like a compensation, and she laughed and said, "Our costs are different, so ......"

Cesare suddenly glanced at her, and Jenny immediately retracted, "So the profit pressure is smaller, and the box office will be brighter than it?" I don't know, but I do know that the ROI doesn't necessarily lose out to it. ”

Both Wendy and David showed expressions of appreciation and satisfaction, and Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that she had made another mistake: she had always known the gap between Eastern and Western social thinking, in the East, people like humility, but in the West, society encourages expressiveness and self-confidence, and if you make excuses for your defeat at the box office first, it is equivalent to losing. Of course, this is not for you to brag that the box office will definitely surpass, this kind of nonsense will definitely not work, but even if you are not optimistic that the box office can be compared, you must say it in a tactful way.

In the previous social interactions, she still paid attention to these details, but recently it seems to be back to the days before the release, busy and unsatisfactory work, dealing with multiple things at the same time, and the lack of rest space, which makes her feel a little busy and have no time to take care of it. Jenny knew that she was at the same low mood as before, but this time it was not because she couldn't stand the change in lifestyle, but because she had a strong sense of unease and frustration about the two projects she had chosen, especially the one who participated in the production, and things did not go in the direction she expected at all, but gradually derailed, which made her also begin to wonder if her ability and talent were simply not enough to play such a big project, and she had been making mistakes since the negotiation with Cesare, Now even the script adaptation is completely out of control, and the biggest problem is that when she goes back and summarizes her mistakes, she doesn't know where to improve at all, which is what makes her feel the most pressured. If you don't be afraid to make mistakes, it's good to learn from them and improve yourself, but if you don't know what you're doing wrong, that's bad.

"It's true that the two films you made this year are not big investments, but this way of sharing is very helpful for you to negotiate with big productions in the future," Wendy's style of doing things is to give a slap first and then sugar, just now he teased Jeanne and Cesare, and now he is starting to make sugar, "As long as your return on investment ratio is bright enough, this 3/10 share is likely to be inherited into the big production, and even 3 will be higher, if you can get 10/10, you should enter next year, The following year's Forbes list, Bell couldn't compare to this, as far as I know, she didn't take a cut - Jennifer, you have to cherish Cesare, there are not many agents like him who know how to make money for their clients. ”

"Oh, believe me, I've always revered him like a father." Jenny blinked, and everyone laughed. Wendy handed the tip to the doorman and got into her luxury car, "Kids, keep in touch." ”

After her, David got into the car and left, while Jeanne and Cesare stood in the doorway, waiting for the doorman to drive their car.

"You don't seem to be happy about the signing of the contract." Cesare looked at Jenny, and suddenly gave a rare assessment of her feelings—something that was really rare after that quarrel. "In my sense, you still seem to be worried about the idea of the script."

The oddity in his tone was back, like Jenny was acting crazy right now. Of course, this is also the truth, the whole adaptation idea started with her binder, and then she suddenly retreated, always hoping to focus on conservative and cautious adaptation, giving priority to the market. This U-turn change was as impulsive, abrupt and completely unjustified as her decision to take on these two projects and invest a large amount.

"It's not." Jeanne didn't want to talk to Cesare about it at the door of the hotel, and she didn't know how to explain her feelings, so she had to find a random excuse to prevaricate. "Judy and I'm going to Valentino Night tonight, and so will Bell."

"Ah, because Bell is stressed?" Cesare said, "Afraid she'll irritate you?" ”

"Hmm." Jenny replied simply.

What she didn't say was that, in addition to that, there were problems. At that time, Cesare teased Bell, and in the end, of course, she insisted on taking it, and now, less than two weeks after its release, because the picture is too bloody, it has received bad reviews and complaints from the parent association, and it is also because of the old-fashioned plot and other reasons, the reputation is not good, and now IMDB only hits 6 points, which is a very general score. After the first week of high opening, the next week of diving low, this curve has announced the fact that the street is losing, and the world now has to face nothing more than the problem of losing more and losing less, it can only be said that the DVD market and overseas can make as much as it can get.

- Bell would have taken it for granted, for she had avoided a hole dug by Cesare, and was a good thing to be proud of. But for Cesare and her, who knew the inside story, it was a serious miscalculation on Cesare's part, and at a time when their relationship was a little awkward, she was poking Cesare's wound - still fresh*, a wound that had not healed.

"Of course, it's definitely indispensable." Cesare took the initiative to mention the name, "So what are you going to do with her?" ”

Now it was Jenny's turn to be embarrassed and wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible, and she was relieved to see the doorman pull her car first, "Don't worry, I can't make that mistake - I may be a producer and negotiator, but trust me, I have what I'm good at." ”

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"Cheeeeese—" Josh, who was taking pictures of them, shouted playfully.

Jenny couldn't help but take a picture with Valentino. Mr. Galavani looked at each other and smiled, and the shutter sounded at the right time, the scene had been left in the digital memory card. As both men relaxed, Josh stepped forward and handed the camera to its host, the photojournalist of the Valentino Charity Dinner.

“…… Yes, this season's haute couture dresses are indeed very glamorous, and it's a shame that I didn't make it to this year's Oscars and Golden Globes. Jenny continued the conversation just now, "But MTV and the Teen Choice Awards are too young for Valentino, and I personally like Charlize Oscar very much. Theron's floor-length dress. ”

Generally speaking, when celebrities participate in the awards ceremony of this kind of youth awards and audience popularity awards, they will choose to wear casual and bold clothes, rather than orthodox evening dresses like the Oscars.

"It's a pity, indeed, in my opinion - I think you look better in that dress." Mr. Galavani said in accented English, while squeezing his eyes half-truthfully.

"So, did you pay attention to my photos of last year's dress?" Jenny wasn't lying, this part of her job was something she was good at, and it wasn't hard for her to keep the social conversation interesting. "It's a real pleasure for me."

"The whereabouts of every Valentino couture are hidden in my heart." "It's just a pity that not every haute couture gown has found its proper home," replied Mr. Galavani, "and it is only the beauty of your own – and of course Miss Bell, Ciao, Jennifer – that can light up my eyes." ”

"Ciao, Mr. Galavani, you're so glamorous tonight." Jennifer. Bell stepped forward and gave Mr. Galavani a veneer salute.

"Ah, miss, then you have robbed me of my words." Mr. Galavani said radiantly, the two smiling at each other, while the photojournalist wasted no time in capturing photos of the three popular stars talking to the top designer.

"Hi, Jennifer." When the flashing lights dimmed, Bell smiled kindly at Jenny, "Hey, Josh - look at you lovebirds." ”

Jenny greeted her with a smile, and Josh showed his loyalty to Jenny by snorting and nodding, which was already a very cold sign for a polite child.

At the Valentino-themed charity dinner, the busiest was of course the chief designer and founder of the brand, Galavani, and after a few words of greeting with the two beauties, he retired to socialize with other guests. Jenny, Josh and Bell dealt with another wave of people from the financial and IT circles who came to greet each other, for them, in addition to donating to the company tax-deductible, one of the biggest benefits of participating in this charity dinner is to expand their network, even if they can't make a celebrity, it is good to be able to take a group photo and talk a few days.

Finally dispersed the crowd, and Bell had no intention of leaving, but turned around with a smile, obviously about to start 'catching up', but before she could speak, Josh suddenly asked, "By the way, Jennifer, didn't you come with your boyfriend tonight?" I remember last month, in Mark. I've seen you guys at Wahlberg's house, is your boyfriend's name Georgia? He's -- a global executive? Or am I mistaken? That's not actually your boyfriend? ”

Georgia is the head of docking and the overall head of the project within Universal, in other words, he's the guy who is most likely to be pushed out to be the head of the fiasco, and it's very common for a big project to fail miserably in a studio.

Bitten hard by Josh, the 'dog that doesn't bark', even Bell was caught off guard and showed a pained expression, but she quickly laughed like no one else, "Yes, he was supposed to come - but we had a fight yesterday." This is the most annoying thing about true feelings, and there are always more troubles than fake ones. ”

Jenny kept her expression unchanged while secretly hoping that Josh wouldn't show her feet either, and she smiled and said, "I don't know what you mean, Jennifer?" You're talking about you and your former boyfriend -- like Benjamin. Mogill - Isn't there any real affection between them? ”

Twice in a row, he didn't get any bargains, and now it's Bell's turn to play stupid, "Oh, Jane, are you a little too unfriendly?" I just wanted to say hi. ”

Of course, her acting skills are good, but her aggrieved expression did not reach the bottom of her eyes, "I also wanted to ask you for a premiere invitation, but now it seems that I was wrong, it turns out that I am the only one who thinks we are friends." ”

She actually sighed vividly, and then shook her head and moved away, and walked to talk to Valentino's public relations director, and the two looked at Jenny from time to time during the conversation. When the two looked over, Josh put his arms around Jenny's waist protectively and coldly reciprocated Bell's gaze, "Ignore her, this woman is so boring." ”

He knew about the casting confrontation between the two, so he had a low evaluation of Bale's performance when he got cheap and behaved.

"You've been such a hero tonight." Jenny didn't take Bell's performance to heart, and tonight Bell didn't succeed in showing off, and she should be the most uncomfortable. "I'm kind of falling in love with you all over again, dear."

The two have been 'dating' for more than half a year, and many intimate actions have been done, even Josh can nod the tip of her nose without psychological obstacles, and whisper through the cover of this action, "The photographer is coming." ”

Jenny tiptoed and kissed Josh on the lips in understanding, and smiled at him affectionately, the tacit understanding was all in the words - anyway, Bell didn't bring her boyfriend, and she didn't know the real relationship between the two, in fact, the mounting battle between men and women, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than 'hating people and laughing at people', since Bell didn't bring it, the best way to deal with her is, of course, to show affection and murder some films by the way, and steal all her limelight.

"But I'd love to give her an invitation to the premiere." The dinner was about to begin, and the celebrities were approaching the round table under the stage, and Jenny and Josh chatted casually as they found their place.

"Really?" Josh raised an eyebrow at her. "You're so confident?"

The two have known each other for two years, and almost have been in frequent contact for two years, although the relationship was strange and awkward at first, but now after Josh overcame the psychological barrier, a certain tacit understanding has been cultivated.

Jenny was very optimistic about her own uncertain future, "You should have gone to our internal viewing party that day - I'm sure you'll understand what I mean after watching it." ”

"Okay." Although Josh didn't show it, but smiled and said, "Then I'm looking forward to the premiere even more", Jenny can see that he doesn't agree, not because he doesn't have confidence in her, but because a good film may not be recognized by the market, so it's not easy to frustrate the starring Bell, who has been verified by the market, at the premiere.

This is the communication barrier caused by Goldfinger, and Jenny doesn't know how to explain why she is so confident, because she thinks the finished film works better than the original. She found that while this golden finger had helped her immensely, it was really not without side effects.

"Really," although she questioned some of her own solutions, but could only move forward in the absence of a better way, Jenny continued to sell her own 'intuitionism', "This is my intuition. ”

“ok。” Josh was submissive, but his expression was saying 'You're my good friend and my 'girlfriend', so I'll let you'.

"Time will tell," Jenny said confidently, "and believe me, I am now more than anyone else looking forward to the release as soon as possible." ”

This time is also coming soon, less than a month, for Jenny is her final exam, as well as the pre-publicity, for the project, it is the intensive preparation process of the crew, and for the month, it is a month to continue to fail miserably...... In the snap of a finger, a month passed quietly, and on the evening of June 17, the entrance of the Kodak Theater was starry. Jefferson, Ryan. Gosling, Josh. Blanche, Sandra. Bullock, Johnny. Depp, Catherine. Zeta-Jones and her husband Michael. Douglas, and Ann Brown, who left Broadway to develop in Hollywood. Benson, although limited by funding, this film will only premiere once in Los Angeles, but the relatives and friends of the male and female lead actors came to cheer for it, but it raised the original low investment level at once.

At the same time, there are also professional film critics from all over the country who have been invited, including Roger. A big name like Albert. Although his health has not been good in recent years, it is not good for Jennifer. Jefferson's attention and curiosity led him to fly from Chicago to Los Angeles in order to see Jennifer's performance a week in advance.

Most of the film critics who were invited were in the same mindset: focusing on Jennifer. Jefferson, as for Ryan. Gosling, although he has also attracted the attention of some film critics, but he can only be regarded as a newcomer when he is acting in a commercial film for the first time, and his light cannot be compared with Jennifer at all, and his performance in the film only gives people the most basic confidence, otherwise, some people will even worry that he will mess up the whole movie.

After a short photo shoot and director's speech, the critic was settled into the screening room of the Kodak Theater, and after a short intro, with a beautiful aerial view of the lake, the first contact with the world began.

The author has something to say: Note: Mounting is a concept in Japanese dramas, and I think the dialogue between the two Jennifers tonight is quite mounting, haha......

Updated~ It's still full of morning today.