"So, don't tell me you just had a styling and health check today. M.LWxS520.com Mobile Network" Jenny leaned against the edge of the bay window, checking her toenails and adjusting the angle of the phone. "They called you to the set so early, but they haven't let the director meet you yet?"

"You won't believe how unreliable this crew is." Christopher's grumbling voice came from the other end of the phone, "I did the styling, I took the photo, and that's it, there was no director to see it, and then they asked me to take off my makeup and do a check-up - and then I went with Jack to rent a nice house, and that's it, and now I'm sitting in this poor wretched bedroom and calling you - I hate being an actor." ”

Jenny couldn't help but laugh, "Chris, don't be kidding, you love acting, otherwise what drove you to leave Los Angeles in April and come to Ottawa in the snow?" ”

"Well, actually, Ottawa isn't that icy either." Instead, Chris defended Canada. "Now they're in the spring -- it's just clear that the locals define spring completely differently than we do, and the spring in Ottawa is significantly colder than the winter in Los Angeles, and, the Canadian TV show? Unbelievably boring. ”

Jenny laughed, "Oh, you sound so pathetic, honey, are you sure you don't want to go to the bar for a few drinks?" I'm sure there are definitely quite a few girls on the crew - and maybe boys who are willing to spend the long nights with you. ”

Chris let out a noncommittal snort, "Forget it, I still prefer to call you and hear your wonderful voice, tired and hungry for me. For thirsty souls, it is tantamount to a pious bath, and it intoxicates me like drinking nectar. What do you think of this dialogue? ”

"Honestly, your British accent needs a little more practice." Jenny switched ears to the phone, hugged the computer and began to browse the news, "Oh, I saw a report about you, did you see it?" tmz just posted, it is said that you and Emma. Watson had just had dinner, and oh, TMZ didn't say anything nice about you. ”

"This gossip site is more annoying than all the media in the world!" Christopher's tone was also agitated, "They love to make videos, and they're so ubiquitous, I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if I opened the bathroom window one day and found them filming me in the bathroom - of course, that's not to say-"

"The big question is why do you want to open the windows when you're using them?" Jenny had already grabbed his hole, and she laughed out loud, "But seriously, Chris? ”

"Huh?"

"Emma is too young, she's only 16 - I advise you not to touch her." Jenny reminded, "Otherwise, you'll get yourself in trouble." ”

"Of course I didn't." Chris said angrily, "Wasn't I calling you?" -- If you're going to mention this, I've seen reports this morning that you and Leo are in the same building—"

"Yes, in fact it is a high-class inn," said Jenny solemnly, "I went there with Leo for fun—"

In Chris's disgruntled voice, she turned the conversation to business, "Seriously, you shouldn't have gone so early, Leo is getting more and more interested in this project now, I heard that he has applied to the firm to ask Chesa to represent me alone in this project, and you know what that means." Objectively speaking, this is a little more detrimental to you. ”

"Oh." Chris's voice also lowered, "So that's not an old photo, Leo did go to CAA these days...... So I'll be looking for a trip back in the next few days - is James' 3D modeling done? Have you ever auditioned? ”

"They've done mine, and I'll be over tomorrow." Jenny said, "You and Leo haven't done it yet, if you're really interested, you'd better give them a call now, man, you have to know that if Leo really wants to act, he has a much bigger advantage than you on this project." ”

"I can't decide right now if I'm really interested." Chris honestly said, "I'd like to wait for you to give me some feedback after you audition – input from the most noteworthy producers is always valuable, isn't it?" ”

Jenny laughed, "Oh, you—"

"What did you do today?" Chris asked.

Jenny let go of the computer and leaned back into the pillow. "Same as yesterday, class, class, go to him. Mom's damn class, and then in the afternoon I went to dub, promote, take pictures, and come back for a while-"

Indeed, this is a rare 'less busy' time for Jenny, and it seems that she has no other itinerary other than post-production and publicity work for Pirates. However, this does not mean that she can relax and enjoy life in the Hollywood mansion, and the things to do are actually piled up - after officially signing the contract with Disney, there are a lot of formalities to be fulfilled, and Big Dream will also have to be reorganized internally, including the release of "Old Friends Are Rich", "Unlucky Eros", and Stephanie. The copyright negotiations between Mel and Summit Entertainment, and now the preparation of the crew of "Marley and Me", and the promotion of the "Avatar" project...... However, Jenny found that she had not much room to intervene in these matters.

Yes, she is still the second largest shareholder of Big Dream (tied with Cesare), in fact, she and Cesare are both Big Dream's talkers, and she also has a lot of say, "Marley and Me", "Twilight" and "Avatar" are all projects that she picked out with the reason of intuition, and after Cesare's approval, he will operate, these three projects will actually occupy almost all of Big Dream's cash flow, so Jenny does have a strong control over Big Dream. However, these 'intuition' are time-sensitive, and if she has not developed her own judgment and manipulation over the years, then ten years later, without intuition, if she does not want to bring down her big dreams, it seems that the only way is to give up power to Cesare, and she will live by her own dividends, and then continue to be marginalized......

Just like the previous negotiations between Cesare and Disney, it was not that she didn't want to participate, but she couldn't participate at all, because she didn't have any experience in business negotiations at all. If she participates in the negotiation process, she will definitely be regarded as a weakness and drag down the progress of Cesare's negotiations, so the whole grinding and at the same time very important details of the negotiation can only be handed over to Cesare to complete, and she can only wait for news at home: although the general outline has been determined, the specific details can be implemented, and many times it can decide who can take the most advantage in the cooperation, for example, their preferential allotment, when talking with Iger, just talk about the word preferential allotment. But if Disney had asked them to raise enough money to cash in on the allotment within three working days, Jenny might have agreed - she didn't know what the usual business practices were, and Cesare would have grinded it out. Equity in one year,' meaning that in the next few years, if Disney expands its shares, or if executives have a maturity stake release, then Jenny and Cesare can raise money to eat that stake within a year. -- Of course, this is a good result for the two of them, even if you just keep 150 million in cash, you can get a lot more interest a year.

After spending so much scheming and bringing the big dream to today's situation, Jenny certainly didn't want to end up with the result that she couldn't even participate in the negotiations, or even be able to audit, at least in the next "Avatar" capital injection negotiations, she had to win the qualification to audit, so she could only continue to study to enrich herself - during this time, she did not go to participate in Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business-type courses that purely create connections for businessmen and create opportunities for gold nuggets, but hired private teachers, from business etiquette and business practices, Even the most ordinary account should be how to start, prepare to lay a solid foundation first, make up for the weak points little by little, and then slowly start to get in touch with some exclusive rules of the film industry.

As for the release strategy of "Old Friends Are Rich" and "Unlucky Eros", she has no good suggestions, so she can only leave it to Cesare to lead, and the project progress of "Avatar" is still entangled in modeling, and we have to wait for the male and female protagonists to be decided, and then talk about the next step. So Jenny has been concentrating on classes in addition to dubbing recently, and when she has free time, she will make a few phone calls to Christopher - the film he went to London to shoot has entered the post-production stage, and almost not long after the two confirmed their relationship, he went to London to work on dubbing, and after returning to Hollywood for a few days, he rushed to Ottawa to shoot the next film: a small-budget literary film about the ancient British court, so the two had no chance to meet except for phone calls.

The actor industry is like this, if both parties are committed to their careers, they can only find time to get together in between filming. Jenny is not sure if Chris will go to other places to film after she comes back from Ottawa, especially since they are celebrities with scandals, so at least for Jenny and Chris, an open relationship is still very useful, but it will have a little more trust than a traditional relationship. It's like a TMZ report, and Jenny is just joking about Chris, and she knows it's not true - if that's the case, Chris can tell her directly.

If it is a traditional relationship, when the two are separated, every news has to be guessed, and every scandal she has to think about explaining to Chris, and that kind of pressure is irritating to think about. On the contrary, Jenny feels very comfortable now, in fact, she feels that this seems to be no different from the previous relationship, if there is any change, it is that the two of them will make an appointment to talk on the phone and talk about some guns. Friends don't talk about topics, and Chris occasionally expresses his thoughts - it's all used to be a gun. Friends are embarrassed to do things because that's for the cannon. Friends are really a bit over the line and put sex. The connection between love and affection seems uncool.

Of course, so far, they haven't had anything to do with others, so Jenny is not sure how long this relationship can last, and she can only say that she cares a little about whether Chris has a relationship with someone else, just like being bitten by a mosquito, and the itch will pass after a while, but now, if such a situation occurs, whether she really doesn't care, and whether she will develop anything with others, even Jenny herself doesn't know, so she can only watch while walking.

"Okay, go to bed early, bye." She called and said, "--Okay, okay, I'll remember to go see the house, you don't need to remind me anymore." ”

She had been renting the house for two years and her lease was about to expire, and Chris had been lobbying her to buy a Malibu mansion and move to Malibu. First of all, there are fewer paparazzi in Malibu and it is relatively quieter, and secondly, the distance between the two is also closer, and it is more convenient and low-key to come and go. - Although Jenny is now free and doesn't need to be afraid of having an affair with Chris, it doesn't mean that they like their love life being photographed by the paparazzi and reduced to the talk of the public.

After hanging up the phone, Jenny considered Chris's proposal for a while, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and grimace at the phone - I have to say that Chris's proposal is very attractive to Jenny, who has been harassed by the paparazzi and has people following her when she goes in and out, but the biggest problem is ...... She doesn't have any money.

For businessmen, the business is getting bigger and bigger, in addition to the necessary expenses to support the façade, the money is getting more and more tight, which is actually a very common phenomenon. Chen Zhen was no stranger to this in her previous life, but she didn't expect that she would now also enter this strange circle of 'the richer she is, the poorer she is'. Although "The Fifth Sally" has now begun to make money, and the performance remuneration for the second part of "Pirates" has also arrived, and the remuneration for the third part will also be paid shortly after the second part is released, Da Meng has just received Disney's investment, and he is not short of money, so he does not need to increase his capital for the time being...... But with the 150 million allotment, she still feels that she is still very poor, even if Cesare is asked to settle the 75 million, she only needs to come up with 75 million in cash, that ...... For her, it's not a small amount of money, and now she wants to buy another 20 million house in Malibu, which is indeed a bit unrealistic.

Of course, these tens of millions are not the first time to be taken out, after all, a large company like Disney, there is no major event that will not expand its shares, and executives may not transfer their expired equity, even if they choose to transfer, they also have a year to raise funds. According to Cesare's estimates, it could take four to five years for the $150 million allotment to be fully realized. During this period, it is likely that the funds of Big Dream have been in the market for a few rolls, and they can return the cash to Jenny and Cesare in the hands of continuous dividends, which is really not good, and they can give up cashing out when it expires, so theoretically, they still have plenty of time. But Jenny has always retained an oriental prudence in her finances, and she still wants to keep as much cash as possible in her hands, even if it is used for some one-year investments, which is better than buying a house. After all, it is like a 20 million-level mansion, which may not be able to be sold in a year or two, and when it is really time to use money, it is a big gap.

But......

Opening the window, she looked out and noticed that the car at the door hadn't left yet, Jenny shook her head: for her, the biggest benefit of Malibu was being able to stay away from the paparazzi. If it was before, at this hour, after the paparazzi knew that she would not go out, most of them would also withdraw to follow more promising stars, Jenny could still take advantage of the late night to go for a walk, and since she won the Oscar, even if it was late at night, there would still be unrelenting paparazzi guarding the door, waiting for the opportunity to capture her, if she could ask answers to some sensitive questions, it would certainly be the best - for her, continuing to live in Beverly means that private space continues to be compressed to a minimum.

Let's focus on "Avatar" first, Jenny shook her head, closed the window again, she found a comfortable position, her mind moved, immersed herself in the golden finger, clicked on "Avatar" again, and watched the bizarre and beautiful scenery......

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"Good morning, Glenn." Jenny Spirited and James Studios Glenn. Dai Rui said hello and crossed the coffee tray in his hand, "Coffee?" ”

"An inquiry from an Oscar-winning actress? Of course," Glenn took a cup of coffee, Jenny smiled and handed the pallet to Mary, and Mary and Jim worked with Jim to hand out Jenny's coffee everywhere to 'buy people's hearts', and Glenn led Jenny to the computer desk, "Look, this is your Na'vi model, and by the way, we finally decided to call this race a Na'vi - isn't she cute?" ”

Jenny stared intently at the 'self' on the computer, or rather, her 'avatar', and she had a very novel feeling: the final visual effects of "Avatar" were certainly not new to her, she had seen the film several times, but this was the first time she had seen her Na'vi. It is true that this Na'vi has a lot of similarities in her appearance, of course, the bones are somewhat different, the nose is wider, the eyes are larger, and they are more cat-like, but other than that, the resemblance to Jenny is undoubted. Seeing it smile and blink under the control of the computer made her feel uncomfortable and novel about being manipulated by 'herself' - although she knew that it was not a real person, it was difficult for her to treat it as a model emotionally.

"She's beautiful." She sincerely said that the art of "Avatar" is indeed the pinnacle, and although the Na'vi are aliens, they have successfully bypassed the uncanny valley and found a good balance between 'human-like' and 'over-similar', "Let's try to see what she can do." ”

"No problem." Glenn rubbed his hands excitedly, "Let's try it." ”

Dressed in a motion capture suit and specially made filming equipment, Jenny unpretentiously appeared in the shooting space, which is now an open space without ups and downs. But in the computer screen, it was a glade covered with flowers and plants, and Glenn gave Jenny a few instructions into the microphone, "There's a breeze blowing now...... I want you to sniff the wind. ”

It's a bit like taking an acting class, but it's more deliberate than an acting class: every minute the equipment runs means a cost. Jenny quickly adjusted to the state of the show, sniffing intoxicated at the scent of coffee from the hair dryer, and then made a few more expressions under Glenn's guidance.

"Good." Glenn said with satisfaction, beckoning Jenny to watch the playback video: in the computer screen, the slightly rough Na'vi also made an intoxicated expression in a gust of wind, judging from the comparison of the original video, her facial muscle movements are almost the same as Jenny, although the environmental picture is still relatively rough, and the traces of CG can be clearly seen, but her movements are not stiff, to say that they are lifelike, and even the action of sniffing is conveyed vividly, There is no stiffness and roughness that is characteristic of CG characters at all.

Jenny stared intently at the Na'vi on the screen, trying to gauge her emotions from her performance, "Glenn, can you tell me what's going on in her heart?" What was she thinking when she sniffed the wind? ”

Although she will star in "Avatar" no matter what, Jenny still attaches great importance to the effect of the performance - Universal wants to invite her because she can guarantee the box office, then Jenny will be responsible for those who go to the cinema because of her, they are eager to see may not be all her face, but it must be her performance, if you finally walk into the cinema and see a Na'vi who has no trace of Jennifer except for some similarity in the face, these audiences may like the movie, But she would have been a big disappointment in person - and that's one of the reasons why both Leo and Chris were hesitant about the project. They may not care about this form of performance, after all, this is similar to special effects makeup, Chris also has a prosthesis on his face when he plays "The Fifth Sally", but the point is whether this form of performance can convey feelings and express acting skills.

If they could, then even if a CG portrait appeared on the screen most of the time, these big stars would probably be happy to star. After all, the world was different from her original world, and with her taking the lead, Jenny believed that the project would become more attractive to both Chris and Leo, after all, it goes without saying that in Hollywood, with success after success, Jennifer . The name Jefferson also has a strong appeal to people in the industry.

"Well, I'm not a very good person at reading subtext." Glenn said with some uncertainty, "Let me see, think about it, hmm- looks like she's a little hungry?" And then there was a shift in her mood, was it sadness? ”

Perhaps sensing the absurdity of his interpretation, his tone grew weaker and weaker, almost a little frustrated. But Jenny's eyes lit up instead, and she called out a few more staff members to try to guess the mood of the Na'vi - and Grumby, who hadn't seen the original version of the footage, so they had less information.

"It felt like she was a little hungry at first, and she was swallowing." Everyone said, "Well, she seems to be depressed again now - why, because she can't eat lunch?" ”

Jenny couldn't help but laugh, "yes, because she won't be able to eat lunch—"

She pointed to a chubby young man in the corner, "Were you eating a burger just now?" Oh my God, the wind blew its smell all over my face, and it made me hungry - the smell of mayonnaise! The thought of how many calories it represents makes me sad. ”

The young staff laughed at Jenny's explanation, and Glenn was even overjoyed - he knew exactly what Jenny meant, not just for her to join and invest, but for -

"I'm in." Jenny met Glenn's eyes and nodded affirmatively, the smile on her lips slowly expanding, "This technique has a lot of promise - now, let's call James and pull more people into the water." ”

As she spoke, she turned on her phone and found a list of recent calls. - Hovering over Leonardo and Christopher's phone numbers for a while, Jenny still chose to call Cesare: these two male stars are very interested in Avatar and are waiting for her feedback, it is conceivable that when such a positive result is fed back, the two male stars may choose to compete for this role, and even within CAA, in order to decide who to push into the game, there will be a bloody fight, so to speak, as one of the potential major investors, Her tendencies will largely determine the final fit of the character - the details of who she calls first may be interpreted by many people at such a sensitive moment.

Although she didn't have the idea of swaying the candidate, she decided to stay out of the matter and not cause trouble. But at such a moment, Jenny still felt a new and fluttering feeling: 100 million investment, a kick in the game of James, Leonardo, Christopher and Universal...... Although she has already produced "Prada" and bought the distribution rights of several films, at this moment, Jenny still really tastes the sweetness of power - although she is not a big player yet, and even half of her body is on the side of the 'chess piece', but, indeed, the other half of her body has really found its place in the Hollywood game......

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