“…… So Catherine said, 'Can't you have another tune?' Rob smiled and took a sip of gin and tonic, "Can't you really have one more tune?" I said, 'Honey, two songs are the treatment of the heroine, even Jennifer only has one singing, I can't ......decide whether to dance or not.'"

He glanced at Jenny, as if expecting her reaction, and Jenny smiled as well, "Rob, you shouldn't have provoked her so much—what did Catherine say?" ”

"Catherine hung up on me." Rob shrugged, "And then I went to Penelope, look, the point is that I'm telling the truth, isn't it?" ”

Catherine has not done a new hit for several years after "Chicago", and Jenny is of course incomparable, and the world line seems to have shifted here, Jenny has seen this movie in her previous life, and she still likes the singing and dancing in it, so she still vaguely remembers that Catherine was originally going to play the role of the big star Claudia, and later temporarily withdrew from the crew because of the contradiction of adding plays, and Rob invited Nicole. Kidman comes to the rescue. And in this world line, Jenny agreed to play Claudia, which also made no actress want to compete with her for the role, and Catherine agreed to play the role instead. Carla, and then there was a dispute over the play, and Penelope came to the rescue - and it was a pity, Catherine was seductive. What kind of performance will Carla behave in, Jenny is really curious.

Of course, if you look at Catherine's point of view, the little coffee who was still matching her 5 years ago and was promoted by her has now played the most noble muse in the supporting role, and she has to act in reverse. Women, in the case of equal roles in the two roles, Catherine may indeed not be easy to accept this fact, and it is not incomprehensible that she quits the crew after being slightly stimulated. - If Rob hadn't said that, it would have been forgotten, and if he said that, maybe Catherine didn't want to go, but now she has to go.

However, the friendship in the entertainment industry is like this, when he and Catherine worked together to tear Renee, Rob and her were indeed harmonious, but now that the two have a public falling out, Jenny can't see any regret for Rob, after all, objectively speaking, everyone in this line is flying around, and it is impossible to fix the party, and even like her and Chris, it is difficult to connect to the phone in different time zones. Friendship is no better than love, few people will deliberately maintain it, even if they form a friendship because of the filming of the film, it is easy to gradually drift away with the completion of the film. If friendship is built on common interests, it is even more likely to change due to changes in interest relationships.

Like Catherine, she must hate Jenny now, and Jenny is not a virgin - she must admit to herself, although Catherine had brought her up at the time, but to be honest, she really didn't care much about the bad things between the two, and even said that the most intense feeling she had with Rob was that she was worried that her relationship with Rob would turn worse than she thought because of the long loss of contact......

"You seem to have a lot on your mind tonight," Robert's words woke her from her musings—his brow furrowed a little, and his tone became formal, and it was evident that Rob had been holding it back for a while. "You look like you're going to tell the patient his family doctor who has three months to live, Jennifer, Jennifer, don't tell me you're quitting the crew too."

"Of course not!" Jenny said angrily and amusedly, but since she had said it at this point, she simply put aside all her worries and said her truest thoughts, "Of course this sentence is not so easy for me to say, just like the one you said to Catherine, I fear that it will have serious consequences - but I must say it anyway, because it - as you have just said - is the truth: Rob, I want to ask you, this question has been in my mind for a long time...... I wonder, are you really sure about "Nine"? Are you sure you can handle the whole film? Because in my opinion......"

Jenny shrugged, "I don't think you've quite found your groove yet...... Well, to be honest, I don't think you know what you're doing at all. ”

You don't need to be in the entertainment industry to know what such a question means to a director, which is why Jenny has repeatedly flinched - this sentence cannot be said in any more tactful way, as long as it expresses a similar meaning, it is a strong provocation to Rob, and it can even be said to be a face-to-face humiliation - Rob is immediately furious, and Jenny will not be surprised to turn against her, just like she also doesn't like to see film critics say' Jennifer had no idea what she was doing, and no director would like to hear that.

The atmosphere above the table seemed to solidify, Rob's drinking movements froze in mid-air, he looked at Jenny in amazement, just like when they first met, his expression was unpredictable, Jenny was inevitably a little uneasy, she didn't want to engage Rob again, so as not to add excitement, so she had to purse her lips and smile awkwardly, waiting for Rob's reply......

"So, why do you say that?" Rob's tone was calm after layers of restraint, as if he was wearing an unfathomable mask, "The movie has just started...... Where do you get that feeling? ”

Of course, Jenny can only blame her instincts, but she is not without anything else.

"Actually, I've had that feeling since the build-up, but after seeing Daniel's footage today, I'm more certain -- Rob, you've always been unhappy with Chicago in the past, and even though Renee and Catherine and Richard are all great actors, you always find something to improve. We remake it over and over again, remember, Rob? Jenny said sincerely, "Because you have so many ideas for the movie, and you have to achieve the results that you are happy with, although the atmosphere on the set at that time was really bad, but I think you were a very good director at that time, Rob, you know very well what you want." But now, in Nine, my feeling is that you don't know what you want, you want some of this, you want some of that, but you have a lot of ideas about how the finished product is, and I feel like you're resigned to your fate -- and that's the problem, isn't it? For a movie like "Nine", I don't think you can just leave it to fate, if even you don't know what the finished product will look like, what kind of story line do you want to cut, and how should the actors perform? At least, I can't find Claudia in the play you told me, and today on the set, your applause and pride in Daniel's performance are even more worrying, Daniel's performance is of course very good, but not even a single NG? It's not like you, is he exactly playing the Contini you want? Don't need any fine-tuning? - My feeling is that you are so overjoyed with his performance that it only means that you are also vague about Contini's personal image, as I said, you don't know what you want. ”

Rob had been silent during her tirade, but Jenny had become more and more convinced - with Rob's temper, it would have been impossible for him to swallow his anger for so long if he had not approved of her, so it seemed that he was also conscious of the problem, and her words should have more or less hit a part of his hidden worries.

Rob seemed to be caught in his own inner world, and seemed to be quietly observing Jenny's reaction, deliberately creating tension for this, while Jenny looked back at him with a subtle expression of knowing and a slight smile, and there was a thick silence above the table, but this time, the atmosphere was a little more relaxed than before.

"You know," said Rob after a moment, moving a little, and finally speaking, "you are such a daring actor, Jennifer, who do you think you are to □□ the field of directing?" ”

Although the words were a little harsh, Rob's tone dissolved the offensive meaning in it, making it an intimate joke and teasing, and Jenny also completely relaxed, she showed a mischievous smile, "Even so, didn't you listen to me?" ”

"yes, yes." Rob muttered, raising his glass and touching it with Jenny, who poured all the cocktail down his throat and said reproachfully in a loving tone, "If you keep doing this, you're going to offend people, you know, Jennifer?" ”

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be part of a crew like this," Jenny said, smiling at Rob and feeling that the relationship between the two had deepened a little deeper: they had a good relationship before, but it wasn't so personal. "Of course, you can easily reason to this conclusion: if the director wasn't you, I wouldn't have said it at all."

"Alright, stop coaxing me, I'm not a three-year-old," Rob grimaced, "and I'm brave enough to admit that I'm probably messing things up right now—not to the point of not being afraid to face it." ”

He beckoned to the waiter, told him to remove the dishes, and asked for a cocktail, and Rob kept rubbing his hands together while he waited patiently, and Jenny waited patiently, giving him time to gather his thoughts.

"My initial idea for this film was to make a contrast and echo between reality and cinema...... "Rob took a sip as another glass of gin and tonic was served, and finally began his narrative, "In the film, Contini makes very simple neorealist films, but his life is very intoxicating, and I want to deal with the simple themes of neorealism in a fancy way, about Contini's midlife crisis, his narcissism and panic as a director......"

Although her artistic vision may not be comparable to Rob's, Jenny is better than she has seen the finished product and knows what Rob's ideas will lead to in the end - Rob, who has never played too much narrative, has tried his best, but the result is obviously not ideal, the thread of the whole story seems fragmented, the characters are superficial, there are too many things to express, and in the end nothing is well expressed. The audience must be very serious in order to extract the plot from the gap between singing and dancing - of course, because the original book is extremely obscure, this report card cannot be said to be unremarkable, even if Jenny adapts it herself, it is difficult for her to say how to adapt it better, what she can do is to discuss the structure of the film and the script with Rob, and suggest that he try to do subtraction, or sort out detailed shooting ideas, instead of pinning his hopes on a large amount of material, hoping that when shooting and editing, the ideas will emerge naturally.

"If necessary, my singing and dancing can be cut, or the time should be extended, at least the exhibition version should be extended, otherwise the personalities of all the characters will not be clear, and they will not be typical, so that the audience can hardly substitute for it." Her discussion with Rob continued until late at night, Rob drank a lot of alcohol, and he had the same amount of gin and tonic as if he were fine, and as for Jenny, she had already switched to soda, "Or you can distinguish by hues, after all, so many lines will be a burden for watching the movie......"

"I've thought about making it more beautiful, I mean, the composition and the costumes," as the two of them continued to brainstorm, Rob drank more and more, and he gradually became excited, and he seemed more ambitious and daring than the previous 'Little Rich is An'. "Use black and white and saturated colors to process memories and hallucinations, then use cool tones to transition to neutralize ...... And, to be honest, Sophia's singing and dancing is a little less satisfying...... Well, Jennifer, I have to admit to you, I do have some doubts in my heart, this is the crew that I have led the most big names, you have all won Ottie, many of you have even won awards, you know, successful actors always have a strong style, and it takes a lot of courage to correct them when they are already playing well - especially when you are not sure yourself. ”

"Then be angry with us," Jenny said, "be angry with me, if you need a decapitated hapless bastard, be angry with me - just like you did when you were doing Chicago, ng, ng, until we give you the reaction you want......"

They stayed until the bar closed, and then they walked together into the warm night of Los Angeles, where Jenny called a taxi for Rob: luckily, they didn't get caught by the paparazzi tonight, and they still kept some privacy.

"Jennifer." Rob didn't go in right away when he opened the door, but leaned on to the door and looked at Jenny.

"Huh?" Jenny put her phone down.

Rob stopped talking, but finally shook his head, he reached out and nodded at Jenny, and said with a smile, "I don't think we need to say that anymore, do we?" But anyway, thank you for tonight's dinner. ”

Jenny also laughed, she was in a very good mood now - she could not keep in touch with it often in the future, and her friendship could remain uncool, as if there was one more friend.

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“d！”

“cut，ng！”

“cut！”

“cut！”

“cut！！” Rob threw the guide barrel to the ground, "Jennifer, what's going on?" Why can't you dance even the simplest dance moves, if you are busy and don't have time to practice, then let me know before signing up. ”

There was an embarrassing silence at the scene, Jenny stood on the ground pursing her lips and looked at the ground without saying a word, as if she was a schoolboy who had made a mistake, accepting Robb's reprimand, Daniel, Marion, Penelope and other actors were standing aside, Daniel looked almost unbearable, but he didn't interrupt the director's temper: this was not his specialty, and he couldn't tell whether Jenny danced well or badly.

"Again," Rob picked up the guide tube and sat back in the director's chair in the deathly silence, "in place—!" ”

This is a fragment of an eight-person chorus, and all the important actors are all in place - these eight people have been nominated for Oscars, and there may be 4 or 5 per person, such a big-name actor will also cause a sense of oppression to the director to a certain extent, especially Rob has directed two movies so far, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is still a bit of a hit, it is said that a director with such a new qualification will inevitably be a little overwhelmed, but today the whole situation is completely unexpected, the director's momentum has suppressed the actors to death, It also made many staff realize that the filming went smoothly a few days ago, not because Rob had a good temper, but because Daniel did act well, and Rob had nothing to be picky about.

Supposedly, Jennifer, who is not from a professional background, is normal for not being able to satisfy the director in dance, but for the uninitiated, Jenny dances well enough, even if Rob is one of the best connoisseurs, it seems that there is no need to find fault to this point...... But, of course, on the set, the director is everything, and the eight big-name actors are obediently suffering from ng, what else can others say?

"Penelope, your dancing is too reserved and unrestrained, I want to see your wildness and greed."

"Cut, Daniel, your expression doesn't feel enough, I hope you ......"

It seems that he was stimulated by Jennifer, Rob shouted cut again and again today, a song and dance was filmed for a morning, and it didn't even shoot for five minutes, and many actors were surprisingly not angry, but listened carefully to Rob's guidance: Just kidding, even Jennifer. Jefferson, the only crossover producer in the audience, and arguably the biggest in energy, listened to Rob's reproaches as obediently as elementary school students, Penelope, Kate. Hudson and others, how can they find trouble for themselves?

Of course, Sophia. Roland is in a high position, and Rob also lowered his voice when guiding her, but even so, he shouted ng without mercy. Sophia also showed her professional quality, and listened to it silently, without any intention of putting on a national treasure shelf.

"Cut," Rob finally shouted after the last shot of the morning, "good!" ”

However, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, he looked at Jenny again and added, "But your part is still not good, Jennifer, we will remake your one-man show later, this time you just need to stand, it shouldn't take too much time." ”

Cut Claudia's dance...... Marion couldn't help but exchange a look with Penelope: it seemed that Rob was really dissatisfied with the quality of Jennifer's dance, and even deleted the entire solo dance......

Although the lyrics seem to be retained, this is indeed too much to cut Jennifer's face, and several actresses, while embarrassed for Jennifer, also unconsciously stand a little straighter: although they didn't think about being lazy before, but now they are definitely a little more motivated to work hard.

"But—" Jennifer didn't seem to expect Rob to be so unsympathetic, she argued, "Rob, but I—"

"It's the final decision." Rob's face turned blue and said categorically.

Jenny took a deep breath and glanced at Rob deeply, she paused for a moment, almost intentionally to hang everyone's appetite to the highest, and then nodded, "Okay, you're the director, it's your decision." ”

She took off her invisible headset and turned to walk out of the set - no doubt she wasn't in a good mood right now.

On set, it is normal for actors and directors to have conflicts, but Jennifer has been smooth sailing since her debut, and no one knows if she will overreact. At noon that day, several people knocked on the door of the trailer: Daniel, who has always been introverted, and Judy, who had just finished working with Jenny on "Monroe". Denchi, Penelope, who intends to show favor, and even a dance teacher who heard the news...... When the afternoon filming started, when she appeared on the set as usual, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief - this afternoon, although Rob still often shouted cards, his tone was also a lot softer, and the actors were also relieved about this change, in the atmosphere of 'everyone wants to keep it up', the afternoon shooting progress will be much smoother......

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Although after the end of "Monroe", she has not confirmed the next movie, but Jenny can't say how idle she is, she has been on standby in the "Nine" crew throughout June and July, and may go to the set at any time according to the filming schedule - generally speaking, if it is a big name as a supporting role, it is very likely that the crew will focus on filming her role, but there are too many big names in "Nine", and no one has this treatment, so she can only go over from time to time.

In addition, the tug-of-war with Warners is still ongoing, however, after Warner gave up letting Jenny star in DC, all that needs to be discussed is the details, and Big Dream is about to start to endure Warner's collapsed inefficiency: compared to Marvel and Disney, Warner's internal friction is indeed a bit serious, although they also have their own unique advantages, but this is just a stepping stone.

By the time it was August, Jeanne had given up hope of signing a contract before she left for China, and after finishing her entire role in the "Nine" crew, she, Cesare and her bodyguard team boarded a plane and embarked on a journey to China: it was the first time that Jenny had taken the initiative to give herself a vacation since she started her career, and she had decided to spend some time in China after participating in the Olympics......