Although Jenny hadn't come back to her soul now, she had guessed Chris's intentions before he could speak—well, although it was a bit sad to say that, but the reason why she didn't cut Chris off in the first place was because she ...... There was almost nowhere to go except Chris's house. www

Aside from last night's special circumstances, it is unlikely that either Cesare nor Mary will stay with her for long, unless Jeanne asks Nicholas to come in and stay with her, but that would be really strange. Jenny was confident in Nicholas and Mary's relationship, but she really didn't want to be under the same roof with a couple if it wasn't necessary, which would lurk a lot of potential conflicts, and she had too much to deal with right now.

Of course, Lillian is the same, everyone is already engaged, and they are busy with work, whether it is staying at her house or letting her stay in a hotel with her, Claudia is now starting her own studio, everyone has their own life, Cesare is right in this point, she should not rely on friends endlessly, in the case of a boyfriend, some things should always be solved internally, otherwise it is better to break up with Chris.

Since she definitely doesn't want to live alone in the short term, the best way is actually to move to his Malibu mansion with Chris to live in a temporary residence with Chris than to be chased and harassed by the paparazzi when she goes in and out**, and to spend money to hire bodyguards and find them a room in the hotel. Not only was the mansion completely free from the paparazzi, as Anne suggested, to calm the conversation, but also, to be honest, completely shielded from possible stalkers with bad intentions, making it impossible for him to break in - Chris's house was on the side of the hill with an electric fence and probes, and the one facing the sea was a private dock and beach, and even if it could be approached by boat, it would be spotted by 24-hour security guards on duty, notifying the property's own security fleet and even the coast guard.

Yes, Chris's mansion comes with a small security team on duty 24 hours a day...... Almost any blind spot that a human can think of has been blocked, because the paparazzi really want to secretly film him - this guy who has been battling with the paparazzi for many years has created a safe fortress reputation that is absolutely perfect, Jenny knew this a year ago, and now she subconsciously wants to live in the safest place possible. It's just that it's better for Chris.

"I think moving in temporarily would be a good option." Instead of being pretentious, she asked directly, "But movein—Chris, do you mean actually moving in?" ”

Chris smiled at her, as if he knew he was asking for something, "You think it's too fast, don't you?" ”

"It's a bit fast," said Jenny, "after all, we've not been with us for a long time, you know, and haven't been in a city for the most part—"

She simply didn't talk about this whimsical topic for now, but raised her concerns about moving in temporarily, "And even if it is temporarily moving in, it also means that our relationship is going to be exposed, Chris, how should we explain it to the public?" If we were to make the open relationship public, I think Cesare and Judy would kill me. ”

Although she has now begun to transform, she is no longer the image of the obedient brand in the United States, and the masses seem to accept the dissolution of the engagement very well, but the avant-garde concept of 'open relationship' is not something that everyone in the United States can readily accept, and a sudden public announcement will definitely cause an uproar, which means more trouble, or a big irritation for Stalker, and the last thing Jenny needs now is trouble.

"We don't have to explain." Chris said confidently, "Why do we need to explain? Of course, you'll say, because we don't explain, they're going to keep spying on you, they're going to keep you at the door, and that's why I bought that mansion, Jane, and I guess that's one of the meanings of success, and when we're still going up, we need to give anybody a satisfactory explanation at every moment, but now? We've -- you can already say to the world, 'Guess what, I don't care,' aren't we? ”

Jenny thought for a moment, and reluctantly agreed, "yes—but—"

"You're just not used to being an A-lister," Chris really laughed, "yes, you're not used to being a superstar." ”

"I'm just not as ...... as you I don't know, have a sense of victory? Jenny admitted, "It's not a war, Chris, most of the time everyone gets what they want, and it doesn't hurt anyone-"

She paused, and finally made up her mind, "Okay, but you're right, now I need a safe haven for others to guess, we can really say nothing, why do we have to explain anything?" ”

Chris clenched his fists excitedly and whispered "yes!" Jenny felt she needed to shed some light on something.

"But that doesn't mean I'm going to move in for a long time," she hastened, "if I find a suitable new place to live – in short, it's only temporary." ”

“fine。” Chris laughed and rubbed her into his arms, "We're going to live together, it sounds so exciting!" ”

Jenny was happy to talk to him for a while, but neither of them had any intention of going any further, since it hadn't happened more than 24 hours after that incident, which was a bit out of place.

"Where's the Chesa?" Most of the people were working in the conference room, and Chris curled up on the couch with her in his arms, he took a grape for himself, and as he ate it, he asked, "I'm surprised I didn't see him here - to be honest, I thought he was going to kill me in the shortest possible time." ”

"He's going to a meeting with Fox today in my place." Jenny said, "I was going too, but you know—"

Chris snorted, "So, are you going to get the 25 promised by Universal?" Or will Fox not give you that much? ”

Judging from his tone, Chris doesn't seem to really mind losing "Avatar", Jenny thinks that most of his concerns are true, in fact, she is really not sure whether Leo can play the male lead in the end, because except for her crazy confidence in the box office, the rest of the A-listers should take into account the work they do and Andy. There is no essential difference between Serkis, Leo and Chris were very concerned about the progress before, but they were not crazy about competing for contracts, and they were more about squeezing each other out for each other's slots, and getting the priority to read the script, Leo may decide to give up this opportunity after reading the script.

"Fox gave me 20," if it was before, she would have needed to remind herself 'Chris is your boyfriend' to get over the discomfort and talk to him about these trade secrets, but Jenny now says these things smoothly. "It's supposed to be a preliminary offer, and I guess their psychological bottom line is 25 -- but we didn't bargain that way."

"That doesn't sound like Cesare would do." "But don't tell me you didn't get anything else - it's not Cesare at all." ”

Jenny laughed too, "yes, it's not Cesare at all, is it?" He didn't get a bigger bargain, and he wouldn't back down in that regard - no, we didn't say anything about the pay...... We should have ended up taking 20/20. ”

“20/20？” Chris's tone jerked up, "It's impossible—are you kidding?" ”

For first-line big productions, even male stars have not been able to get this number in recent years. Roberts might have taken that number a few years ago in a romance in which she was the first lead actor, but in "Ocean's Eleven," she was paid a $20 check — a good box office share, of course, but even then, she was definitely less than 20 percent.

"And it's omnichannel." Jenny said softly, "Sounds good, right?" ”

"I'm convinced now that you need to see a doctor." Chris commanded, "or you're withholding an important precondition - tell me, Jenny. Jefferson, or I'll bite your nose off. ”

Jenny laughed, "Bite off my nose? Are you serious? ”

She also likes to talk to Chris so relaxed, teasing him for a while before revealing the answer, "Of course this is in exchange for an investment of 100 million, Cesare went to help me talk about this today, but it is difficult to say how big a bite of the cake can be in the end." ”

"100 million?" Chris's eyes almost blurred out of his sockets, and he sat up and looked at Jenny earnestly - and that kind of look was the best compliment for Jenny.

Of course, to this day, Jenny has no shortage of praise and amazement, but the complex expression from Chris, a first-line actor, still makes her a little fluttery, at least at this moment, success looks very worthwhile, and the stalker that accompanies success is just a nasty stain on the beautiful dress of success. Jenny smiled lazily and pretended to be indifferent, "Is this worth wondering?" ”

"Oh, stop pretending." Chris gave her a rare roll of the eyes, and he leaned over to Jenny's side again, "But, to be honest - there are very few women in this world who can make me lose my confidence - I hate to admit it, but you are certainly one of them, Jane. ”

Jenny couldn't help but laugh sweetly - Chris couldn't see it anyway, and her tone remained indifferent, "100 million is enough to make you lose confidence?" Christopher, it seems you've seen less of the world than I thought. ”

Chris really bit her nose, "I'm not talking about money, thank you-"

"But when did you make that decision, and why was I always the last one to know, while Cesare was able to negotiate with Fox instead of you?" ”

"It's a company decision," Jenny said with a smile, "of course it's the internal management - oh, don't tell me you told me everything about your career, Chris, for example, what your current film is, it doesn't matter if it's so tempting that you give up Avatar." ”

Chris laughed, "Well, I can't say anything, Chesa showed me a script, and it did appeal to me more than 'Avatar', but I didn't have much time to show my face, and I haven't made up my mind yet - don't tell Cameron that it's a script from his ex-wife, but now that the project has just started, it's hard to say." ”

...... Bomb Disposal Unit...... Jenny couldn't help but turn her head and glance at Chris: This kid's vision for choosing films is not bad......

"You might be able to give it a try," she said pretending to be indifferent, "maybe it's a good movie." ”

Chris himself doesn't seem to have very high expectations for this project, of course, it may also be because the loss of "Avatar" today makes him not very eager to talk about his next film plan, he nodded and changed the topic, "However, isn't the investment in "Avatar" 550 million?" You account for less than 20% -- ah, smart choice, if you can really talk about omni-channel sharing, the cumulative amount of this 2% may not be much less than 5 million. ”

There was a shrewd glint on his face, and Chris had always been aware of these things, "The most important thing is that it will be a steady income for the company, maybe better than a sum of five million." But of course, this part of the money is not yours. ”

"It's not a problem, there can be a supplementary agreement within the company, if I insist." Jenny snorted, "The point is 20 percent - what are you thinking, Chris?" ”

Chris said with a smile, "You did give me a big shock - I have a feeling that if I don't work harder, maybe you'll soon be the one of the two of us who will make the most money." ”

"If you only know how to spend money, not how to invest, maybe I will soon become the richer one among us." Jenny said that this was the first time they had talked about each other's views on career and financial management, "but seriously, haven't you really wanted to expand your production company?" ”

"I don't have much interest in being a director, and of course, about actually being a producer, not an executive producer," Chris said, and Jenny smiles knowingly: executive producers are usually nominal, and a lot of times the production manager is the one who really manages things, "and I don't have much interest at the moment, I'm not the type of person who has a lot of stories to tell." ”

"But your imagination of me is an insult—don't worry, your boyfriend still has money to support the family." ”

"It's not a question of having money to support your family, it's whether you have a healthy view of your finances," Jenny said, but quickly corrected herself, "Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with me for the time being, I crossed the line." ”

"Oh," Chris said at once, "don't, don't, that's a good question." ”

He sat up, "Tell me first what you think of my view of finances -- how do I feel that in your mind, I am a miserable image that will go bankrupt if you get out of breath?" ”

He didn't say it all, but it wasn't far off, and Jenny shrugged, "It's just, judging by your performance, you don't look like someone who would invest your wealth carefully—"

"Well, I'm not." Chris admitted, "But I'm not as extravagant as you think, of course I have a property, but it will increase in value - normally, I don't give too expensive gifts to my former girlfriends, and the drinks at the party are actually cheaper than you think." I'm not going to do the stupid thing of giving my fiancée a five-million-dollar ring to chase her back just to break up in a few months. ”

He didn't forget to sarcastically mock Leonardo, before continuing to smile and say, "I spend a lot less than I earn, and I have a very nice mother, and the only thing she likes to do is how to increase my assets, so I really didn't put too much thought into financial management, wouldn't it be nice to let someone who is good at it do this." ”

"Oh?" Jenny raised an eyebrow, "I didn't know you were a good boy for a mother, Chris?" ”

"It just happens to be her hobby," Chris shrugged, "but that's not wrong if you say that, my parents and I have always been very close - we're very close family. ”

Chris's family did seem to be very low-key, and Jenny only vaguely remembered a face or two, and she said, "Ahhh

"Yes, she did, but it was crazy that night." Chris grimaced, "And it wasn't a good time to introduce you to meet at the time, she'll be in town next month—"

"WOW," Jenny immediately raised her hand, "It's going so fast in one day, Chris—"

"But we were supposed to be on vacation then." After Chris finished speaking, he said a little angrily and funny, "Take it easy, J.J, I'm not a marriage maniac, it's a little too fast to meet my parents now." ”

Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to continue the conversation of 'meeting parents', "Tell us about your childhood, Chris, we don't seem to have talked about this before. ”

Maybe it's because their relationship is really different now, maybe it's because this is the first time they've met after confirming their relationship and having a long fixed call, the intimacy is indeed different from before, maybe Jenny is now nervous and excited, and the conversation is stronger than before, and some topics that have not been talked about in depth before are like a door, which is naturally pushed open. They talked about their childhoods - mainly Chris's, because Jenny's childhood was obviously a 'tragic past', and it was difficult to mention it in various senses, and the reasons for entering the industry were all miscellaneous problems that some friends would not care about, or that were too personal to ordinary friends.

As it turned out, Jenny guessed correctly, Chris's parents were happy, although he divorced when he was a teenager, Chris and his parents have always had a close relationship, and his attitude towards life is indeed like that of a child raised by such a family - his temperament has a kind of unrestrained happiness and a very relaxed sense of self-confidence. He is somewhat similar to Josh in this regard, but Josh's family is much more religious than Chris's family, whose parents are atheists, which may be important for his lawless personality.

"Of course we're all Christians to the outside," Chris expertly crossed, "and you wouldn't believe how sensitive people are to atheists, but actually, deep down, I don't." ”

Without waiting for Jenny to speak, he held his head and played a cheap role, "Oh, please don't let me go to hell, I know I'm a hypocrite, and lying is the greatest sin—"

Jenny kicked him, "DramaQueen! Die, you hypocrite. ”

They had moved to the bedroom, and Chris was rolling around on the carpet with his head in his hands, dodging the pillows that Jenny had swung in, and both of them were laughing breathlessly, barely noticing the soft knock on the door. It wasn't until there was a loud knock that Jenny laughed and got up and opened the door.

"We don't need room clothes - oh!"

She greeted with some embarrassment, "Chesa, the meeting ended so early?" ”

Cesare looked at her, then over her, at Chris, who had messy hair and hadn't had time to recover from the beating, and, of course, the big pillow with down on the floor—and then at her.

"Well, we didn't talk about anything, because Kevin thinks you're the one who can call the shots, and he's afraid that you won't be able to make a rational judgment in your current state." He said in an unspoken tone of contempt, "—it is clear that he was right. ”

"Oh, but I thought you'd be glad I was out of the shadows." Jenny was a little embarrassed, too, and she laughed to herself as she spoke, "Well, it's mostly because I'm hanging out with a childish guy - Chris, don't play dead, come here, Chesa is going to start scolding you." ”

Chris couldn't lie down any longer, he rolled over and sat up, and posed to Cesare for mercy, "Cesa, I really didn't expect that cop to check my mask-"

As the three of them spoke, they walked to the reception area, and Cesare, to his surprise, did not admonish Chris, but said in a matter-of-fact tone, "And you paid the price for your recklessness, didn't you?" ”

"Oh, I don't believe you and I'm not on the same mind." Once Cesare didn't discipline him, Chris was much more lively, and he stomped on his legs triumphantly, "Cameron just wants Leo, admit it, Chesa, it's just an excuse - it saves me time to go to the audition." ”

Cesare nodded, and Jenny interjected, "But your reaction to this is really calm. ”

"It's not something that needs to be overreacted." Chris said, "It's so common, why, haven't you ever been teased by the producers?" ”

"Uh, I didn't?" Jenny asked hesitantly.

Chris rolled his eyes visibly at her, then turned to Cesare, squinting at him. "You're really not going to discipline me, are you? Chesa? ”

"Why should I?" Cesare asked rhetorically, "It's already happening, it's not wrong, of course, you made it public in advance, but that's nothing, after all, if Jefferson is to stay at your house temporarily, you must also make the relationship public." ”

Jenny and Chris looked at each other, then shook their heads, and Jenny asked, "How are you—"

"That's exactly how I see it," Cesare said, "it's the safest place to stay in Hollywood, and there's a guarantee of your safety, and the hotel is always too crowded." ”

He glanced at the two of them, "Of course it's nice to know that the three of us are on the same page—but, Chris, that also means that your open relationship will have to change something during this time." ”

“gotcha。” Chris replied briskly, turning his head and grimacing at Jenny, "Actually—"

"You don't say the facts." Jenny had a headache and interrupted Chris, "If you keep talking, I'm afraid we're going to get married tomorrow - Chesa, what did the meeting say, and there was no progress at all?" ”

Cesare didn't answer right away, Chris stood up and said, "Call me if you need to—"

It wasn't until he closed the door with his backhand that Cesare said, "Actually, it's not completely without progress. ”

After a moment of relaxation, Jenny was now basically back in shape, she straightened up, and couldn't wait to listen to Cesare continue, "Fawkes has made a tentative decision to accept our investment, but—"