"Didn't Bell already take 'Van Helsing'?" Jenny adjusted her posture in Cesare's office chair, "Has she expressed interest in '50 First Loves' before?" ”

"50 First Loves" is enough to send the script to her. Baidu: Real name + "Cesare put the glass in front of Jenny," but whether she saw it or not is another question. ”

In Hollywood, no matter what the budget of the films planned to be made every year, they must be eager to invite the biggest celebrities to act, except for those that are completely showy. Except for B-grade and R-grade films that are romantic or low-level fun, any film that tells a serious story will try their best to throw scripts into the hands of as many red stars as possible, so it is not difficult for agents and movie stars to figure out what films are in the preparation period on the market, but it is difficult to say whether every script will be read.

"I think she took it all for you." Jenny's tone didn't have much to complain about, things had already happened, and it would be false to say that she wasn't angry, but Jenny had learned a new way of thinking about the Dietrich incident before, and it was impossible to make the same mistake again, and now it was important to straighten out the whole thing in context than to blame whose fault it was. "I've met Bell ...... in Chanel stores before"

She simply explained the events of that day, "...... At that time, I felt that she was very interested in which drama I chose, but what I didn't understand was why she came out yesterday and snatched "50 First Loves". ”

In Hollywood, unless it is a newcomer at the level of 300,000, which star auditions for which crew and which crew has negotiated a performance contract, it is a very confidential matter, except for the parties concerned, others are generally not clear about the specific results, there are several reasons for this, the first is to prevent the film company from lowering the price on both sides, so that the actors will suffer, and the second is that this is also very offensive to the crew, for example, this time, they chose Bell, if everyone knows the ins and outs, Jenny is equivalent to losing face in the industry, She and the Adam Gang have lost the basis for cooperation since then, so even if both are CAA running stars, Jenny will not know what film Bale is going to play until the performance contract is signed.

"It's very simple, because the day before yesterday, Aniston signed a performance contract with "Meet Polly" and took a deposit." Cesare said, "It seems that Bale didn't know until then that you were sure you had chosen '50 First Loves.'" ”

"So she actually didn't have any interest in Van Helsing in the first place, but she just wanted to lower my vigilance so that I could find out which of the two I took over from me?" Jenny asked, "Oh, judging by her conversation, what she wanted to know was whether I wasn't interested in Van Helsing or if you screened it out first and didn't let me know at all, so she said that...... In this way, she rejected "Van Helsing" because she confirmed that you are not optimistic about this film, and snatched "50 First Loves" because she feels that you are more optimistic about this film? ”

"It looks like so." Cesare didn't show any surprise, and Jenny had a feeling that maybe Cesare had guessed it, but didn't say it. "I think the most important thing now is to figure out where exactly Bale came from to know about these two film candidates."

"Yes, I was too negligent at the time." Jenny also did self-reflection, "As soon as she opened her mouth, she asked directly about the two films, and her attitude was too natural, so I followed, in fact, she may have started to lie to me from that sentence, and before that, she was not sure that I was in a situation where I was choosing one or the other." ”

Cesare didn't take on the topic, "What do you need to choose between these two films, who else but Judy knows?" ”

"Mary, Julian, Josh and Dave, gone." Jenny said, "Oh yes, Dave wanted to make a cameo appearance on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I agreed. ”

Cesare didn't react in particular, just raised his hand, "How is Mary and you doing?" ”

"She had just arrived in Los Angeles from New York, and she was with me pretty much the time." Jenny said objectively, "I don't think it's very likely that she would know Bell, let alone be seduced by her." Mary was aiming for the position of a manager next to me, and Bell must have had a manager for a long time. ”

Although the two sides have not yet communicated on this topic, but depending on the details of the person, Jenny thinks that her judgment of Mary is quite accurate. Otherwise the girl would not have had to endure such a low-paying, exhausting and menial job, and still do it so hard.

As for Josh, Julian, and Dave, they are all old people in the circle, and they are tied to her interests, there is no reason to betray partners, employers, and friends, and they are also estranged from Bell. Of course, Judy, an old Jianghu, will also take care of her own people's mouths, Jenny does not suspect that it is the people around her who leak secrets, she also has suspicions, "Your assistant Nissa and Bell seem to have a good relationship." ”

Cesare glanced out the window, "Nissa has been serving me for over six years. ”

By implication, she must have known the rules.

"But at least Bell is the most likely to have a conversation with her." Jenny insisted on her opinion.

Cesare looked at her for a moment, then pulled out his phone.

"Jim." He said in a commanding tone, "Don't look up, listen to me......"

If Mary's mind Jeanne can see it, then Jim's mind Cesare should also be able to see it - don't think that there are no factional strife in American companies, Jim should have been optimistic about Cesare's thigh for a long time, and has been hugging it hard, so even if he is a good agent, he has been willingly doing a lot of things for Cesare in the past few years.

Tempting Nissa for such a thing, of course, Cesare didn't need to worry about it himself, and after a few words of instruction to Jim, Cesare hung up the phone and started the next topic: "Bell and Adam have signed a performance contract, and Adam has personally called me to apologize, I suggest that you forget about "50 First Loves" from today, in front of the current Bell, if the price is comparable, you really don't have much competitiveness." ”

Jennifer. Before "Pearl Harbor", although it was only five years since her debut, Bell had already mastered seven or eight movies, including a comedy, a romance film and an orthodox remake of a famous book, the first two films made her win a People's Choice Award and two Youth Choice Awards, and the last remake of a famous book made her nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards. After that, she will definitely lose her value, but even so, there will still be filmmakers willing to invite her to star in "Legend of the Night", which shows that the filmmakers are very confident in her popularity, according to Jenny's estimate, her current salary should be around 10 million. - This is the power of box office and commercial films, before "Pirates of the Caribbean", even if Depp's acting skills were recognized, there were many popular classic films, and he was an actor, and his worth was easier to rise than that of an actress, but he did not get the figure of 10 million, because his film box office performance could only be said to be mediocre.

With such a b-list going up, the star who almost got to the a-list is now willing to play "50 First Love" at a price of 5 million, normal people will know what choice to make between her and Jenny, just say sit there and make a vase, Bell is also very beautiful, and he is also popular, and the coffee position is still high, and the 5 million to invite her must be many times more cost-effective than inviting Jenny.

Probably because she has always had doubts about "50 First Loves", Jenny doesn't have much anger with Adam's team, which is indeed a very normal market behavior, "I just hope they don't use my ideas to change the script anymore." If that's the case, it's a bit outrageous. ”

"I'm afraid it's not something you and I can control," Cesare said tactfully, "Now tell me what you think, "Meet Polly" and "50 First Loves" have passed you by, how about it, have you ever considered going back to 'Van Helsing'? ”

"Huh?" Jenny raised her voice in surprise, "But—"

"I rejected Van Helsing before because you already have a series, and Van Helsing and Pirates of the Caribbean are a bit repetitive in genre, and your role in the plot is nothing more than Hugh. Jackman's foil, although the script is not bad, but there are many good projects every year, you can't do them all, from the perspective of pioneering genre films, it is not much good for you to play a big production vase, so I politely declined "Van Helsing", but chose the two most potential romance films for you in the second half of this year. Cesare smiled politely, "But anyway, this is also a big production of Universal, Bell is not lying, even Universal is still very interested in inviting you to star, in order to play "50 First Loves", Bell did not hesitate to give up "Van Helsing", which can be opened for her to at least 13 million, if you enter "Van Helsing" with 10 million at this time, things will be interesting, right?" ”

If it weren't for knowing that Van Helsing would hit the streets, Jenny would have been thrilled by Cesare's simple and direct idea of slapping the face, but now she certainly doesn't have to think about it for too long, "I still want to play one more genre, comedy, romance or chick-flick, and for big-budget vases, it's enough to have a series of Pirates of the Caribbean - in fact, what I want to do now is chick-flick." ”

chick-flick is a girls' movie, and the type of funny and love is different, although "50 First Loves" is mainly about love, but because the plot focuses on men, rather than women's self-growth, it can't be regarded as chick-flick, usually a typical chick movie, men play the role of a vase that women often play in big productions, and it doesn't promote the plot much except for selling faces, "Legally Blonde", "BJ Single Diary", " "The Devil Wears Prada" is a very successful chick-flick, it can be said that if a Hollywood actress has such a blockbuster chick-flick series in her hands, it is difficult for her to fall out of the line, even if she has repeatedly failed to try new genres, but with this series at the bottom, she can still continue to make new attempts.

"Who wouldn't want to play chick-flick? But it's really not a popular genre film, and I've been looking for a good chick-flick from the Bell era to the present, but so far I haven't found a suitable one. Cesare pursed his lips and vetoed Jeanne's idea without hesitation, but instead of insisting on Van Helsing, he frowned. In terms of schedule, you are not suitable for "Van Helsing", and the crew cannot wait for you for so long. ”

"So what do we do now?" The discussion seemed to be at an impasse at this point, and Jenny asked a little unwillingly. "Do you want to give up the film and wait until next year?"

Cesare shook his head, and he stood up and walked over to the filing cabinet and opened the door. "Mind helping me?"

"It's—" Jenny saw a cabinet neatly arranged, even the color changed regularly, just folders of different thicknesses.

"This is this year's script cabinet." Cesare replied. "The movie scripts worth watching in the second half of the year should be here, and we can do another screening together to find the genre film you want."

He took down the index sheet hanging on the cabinet door, "Comedy, Romance and Women's Films...... Corresponds to blue, green, and purple folders. ”

“…… Tell me you're the place. Virgo, right? Jenny said as she held her forehead. Forget it, when I didn't say it. ”

It was a large filing cabinet, not a small number even if it was only three film scripts, and at last they took out a folder that filled Cesare's desk, and Jeanne gave a rough estimate of the number - even if a brief reading of each script was done, it was not a day's work.

An idea popped into her mind, and Jenny quickly grabbed it, she thought for a moment, turned to Cesare, and proposed, "I think you should have read all these scripts, rather than let you sift through them first, and then choose two scripts that I may not be satisfied with, it is better for me to sift through them first, and then come back to discuss them with you when I find something interesting." ”

This proposal is actually further expanding her autonomy, and Cesare glanced at her incomprehensibly, "It seems that the robbery of "50 First Loves" seems to you to be a failure of mine. ”

Jenny does not deny that she has the intention of taking advantage of the situation to improve her status, but she did not make this request to engage in 'palace fighting', but to better use her golden finger, but this idea is not easy to explain, she can only avoid the important and light, "At least Bell's intention to snipe "50 First Love" is very obvious, not optimistic about my eyes, but optimistic about you - since she believes in you so much, why did she kick you off at that time?" ”

If before, she might have felt that it was because Bell was popular at the time, so she was very proud, and she broke up with him instead of pursuing Cesare, but after contacting Bell, Jenny felt that she was not such a shallow girl, and she could only say that she was worthy of being a client that Cesare would like, Bell's intelligence and calmness were something she didn't expect, she guessed that Bell might have realized that her film selection was not so reliable after "Pearl Harbor" hit the streets, but if she wanted to turn back, Cesare had already found her again, and there was no room for Bell to come back, So she would rather find an opportunity to set up Cesare's selection of films, and then take "50 First Loves" for 5 million, rather than use double the price to pick up "Van Helsing", which Cesare is not so optimistic about.

For Jenny, if there is no goldfinger, she is sure that she will not have this decision, there is nothing to admit at this point, Bale is indeed more wolf than her, if "50 First Loves" explodes, her new film hits the street, or she can't receive a new film for the time being, then the next step Bale may have to try to return to Cesare's side and force her away. - So Jenny is now very interested in the reason why Cesare and Bale 'broke up' at that time.

"Who said she kicked me out?" Cesare asked rhetorically, his arms folded confidently, a polite smile flashing on his lips, "I told you that I parted ways with her because she proved that she wasn't the kind of person I was looking for by writing Pearl Harbor." ”

"So has she now re-proven her potential by intercepting "50 First Loves"?" Jenny asked rhetorically, she now completely disbelieved Lilian's reason for breaking up, maybe Bell once had a little crush on Cesare, but it was definitely not the biggest reason for the two to break up.

"Are you worried about your position?" Cesare responded to Jeanne's question with another question.

"Yes." Jenny replied calmly. "Should you comfort me now, Lord Vijeri?"

"I thought you were strong enough not to worry too much." Cesare replied in a joking tone, "I can't help but say, Jeanne, that you have disappointed me today." ”

Jenny could tell from his tone that Cesare was not willing to give a clear guarantee today, but she could also feel that at least Cesare did not give up on her now, and even if he wanted to abandon her and join forces with Bell again, it would definitely be if the advantages and disadvantages of both sides were further expanded.

She tapped on the pile of scripts and said with a light smile, "Then I'll have to read more of these scripts - I'll have to work harder to prove my worth to you, won't I?" ”

Cesare helped her pack the script, "If you don't want to go back to the hotel, you can read it in the conference room—"

Jim and Mary were soon called in and moved the script box with Nissa, and Jenny picked up her handbag, "I'll call you as soon as possible." ”

"Wait a minute." Cesare stopped her, and he closed the door to his office again. "I'm going to make a call, and I think you'd love to be in the air."

Jenny leaned against the door and raised an eyebrow - because of the vague conflict just now, even if Jenny didn't say anything special, the atmosphere between the two was still a little estranged now.

Cesare didn't say anything more, but took out his phone and dialed a number, and after a few moments, he greeted the person on the other end of the line in a business-like tone, "Hey, Georgia, it's me, Cesare." ”

Jenny's heart fluttered - the name Georgia, although common, is easily reminiscent of Bell's fiancé, Universal Superior Georgia, in the current situation.

The ensuing conversation confirmed her conjecture, "Yes, don't hide, Georgia, I didn't call Xingshi to ask for guilt, Bell is Bell, you are your ......"

Cesare let out a hearty, professional laugh, □□ one hand in his suit pocket, and motioned for Jeanne to pace with him to the window overlooking Century City in the sun. "Yes, I was a little surprised, I didn't expect Bell to choose '50 First Loves', but it did give me the idea that Georgia, I gave up 'Van Helsing' because Jefferson might not be able to compete with Bell for the title of actress right now-"

Cesare's voice pulled an ambiguous arc, and then he continued, "Now that Bell has chosen '50 First Loves', I want to ask you if you can arrange an audition for Jefferson, in fact, I still have some interest in this script......"

He winked at Jenny and continued to say quietly, "If the contract can be finalized, I will arrange for Jefferson's trip so that she can spare it at the end of the year...... yes, okay, stay connected. ”

He hung up the phone, put it back on his desk, put his hands in his pockets and his heels off the ground, and jumped lightly, "It's an interesting call, isn't it?" ”

Jenny finally couldn't help but laugh, "You're totally taking revenge on Bell." ”

"I'm just doing my duty as an agent." Cesare said solemnly, "Van Helsing is worth considering, though, and I'll give you three days to read the script, Jefferson, and I hope you don't let me down." ”

Jenny wanted him to guess what Bell would choose, but she dropped out. Cesare has made her attitude very clear, now is not the time to care about these personnel conflicts, the most important thing she should do is to find the future in these scripts, play the role of golden finger, and choose a film that is more popular than "50 First Loves".

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When she analyzed the inappropriateness of using the goldfinger to pull the film to write the script before, Jenny had actually touched some of the core of this idea - since there will be thousands of scripts in the script library, waiting for the day when she is lucky, then theoretically, there must be a lot of good scripts in the market at this time, some of them are lucky this year, some are unlucky this year, and they will not be filmed until a few years later, or some are even more bumpy, the crew has been formed, but they died halfway, It took a few reconstructions before the shooting really started. For example, in the background footage of many movies, it is introduced: 'This story was conceived 6 or 7 years ago, but for various reasons, it was not filmed until today' and so on.

What Jenny has to do is to find films that she has seen in this batch of scripts and have good results, and it would be better if she still remembers the box office, for example, if she finds popular films such as "The Hangover" and "Bridesmaids" in this batch of scripts, even if she can't make them, she can try to take out a loan to enter and invest. Of course, if there are some movies that she remembers that failed at the box office, it is not without its usefulness, Jennifer. Bell is a good candidate to play the role. You do the first year of junior high school and I do the fifteenth, even if she is not too angry, she will not be too polite to Bell from today onwards, and she will not be soft if she can set a trap for Bell.

Since many of the scripts have no names, or are only tentative names, Jenny's progress is not very fast, and in order to avoid missing out on a good script, she usually reads the story briefly and thinks about whether she has seen a similar film. She canceled all her trips all day, locked herself in her hotel room, and kept reading scripts, entering the performing arts space, and so on. Apart from the occasional walkaround, there is no second type of activity scheduled.

Jenny read about 60 scripts in one afternoon or most of the night, and she was a little numb when she saw that she was a little numb - no wonder there was nothing new under the sun. These scripts that Cesare has screened through are indeed selling, but among so many scripts of the same genre, none of them are too new, and none of them are really good enough to be inseparable at a glance. She suspected that Cesare didn't just look at the content of the script, because his handwriting fell mostly on the homemade label on the first page of the script - it was probably some form made by Cesare's office itself, which contained some important information: David. Frank intends to direct, Sarah. Jessica. Parker was willing to star, and Cesare probably used these labels to determine whether a script was worth perusing.

From this point of view, pulling a film to write a script and then selling it, the biggest possibility may be that the script has been buried in the library since then, or it can't be sold at all, until one day the original owner writes the same work and makes money in litigation...... Well, it's also a 'way to make money'......

Jenny marked 'Annie. Hathaway's intended "Summer" script was thrown aside, and the script was bound to die in the end. Hathaway has not acted in this film in her history, at least.

I've watched all the comedies, and I'm really very aesthetically tired, Jenny rubbed her face, and simply knocked down the piles of scripts that she hadn't read, so that all the scripts were mixed together, and pulled out a few copies of them.

"Cesare might go crazy when he sees the colors all mixed together." She slandered Cesare to herself, and as if she had self-regulated the atmosphere, she sighed, opened the folder, and read it aloud. "The Notebook of Love", adapted from the novel of the same name...... Wait a minute! ”

She sat up half-lying, "I...... I remember hearing the name! ”

Although she hasn't watched "The Notebook" (Chen Zhen's dislike for romance movies is deep-rooted), when she watches American dramas and movies, she often hears people mention Ryan. Gosling's name, even though he has not seen all the films he plays, but because of the words of these characters Ryan. Gosling is simply an all-American male god, so Chen Zhen searched for his information out of curiosity, so Jenny is still very impressed by "The Notebook", his famous work (at least in my impression). This should be a very successful film, because Chen Zhen likes Rachel very much. McAdams was also made popular by this film.

I looked through the summary table and determined that the male protagonist was Ryan. Gosling, Jenny closed her eyes and immediately activated the golden finger, glad to find that there was indeed this film in the space.

After more than an hour of watching the movie, she quit the performing arts space, proudly picked up the folder and kissed it, "It's you!" "Love Notebook"! ”

Even if Jenny still doesn't like to watch romance movies, she can't help but admit that "The Notebook" is indeed a masterpiece objectively speaking. Both Ryan and Rachel's performances are extremely moving, compared to "50 First Loves", which cannot guarantee the effect, of course, such a quality assured film makes people confident. - Jenny even memorized the names of the director and screenwriter, preparing to compare them with the reality here to reduce the risk.

Although she usually has a very mature style, she is now so excited that she kicks the legs of the wheels on the bed a few times, and then carefully puts the folder aside.

"Well, let's go to sleep after reading the few books I pulled out." After the results, she is not in a hurry, these scripts can be read slowly when she has time, after all, even if there is Puyu, the possibility of being snatched away in these few days is very low.

Flipping through the next purple folder at hand, Jenny first looked at the thickness—a few thin pages, the script looked like it was just a prototype, and it didn't even have a syllabus outline.

Her attention dropped further, and she grabbed it casually and flipped through it, and when she saw the chaotic creative elaboration, she didn't bother to read it carefully, and only saw a few names in the flashes, 'Miranda, Nate'......

Her phone rang, and Jenny glanced nonchalantly at the summary sheet before putting down the folder.

Her movements suddenly stopped.

'The Devil Wears Prada, adapted from the novel of the same name, copyright company: Fox, scheduled director: Peter. Henges ......'

On the summary sheet, a few lines of lead text were simply printed, 'Meryl. Streep intends to star in Miranda'......

The author has something to say: Note: 1 The love notebook was actually shot in 2002. There were some tweaks here, just because the two worlds were different

2 I don't bother to make up the name of the film played by Bell, after all, it's just a background setting, not a waste of pen and ink, if you need it, I'll introduce it later, comedy and romance are original, and if you adapt the famous book, it's "Emma" starring Sister Beckinsale.

3. Fox has indeed wanted to be a demon since 2003 wearing Prada.

There are still many friends who seem to misunderstand that Bell is rolling at the same time, this is not, as mentioned earlier, she can't shoot anything else if she shoots Van Helsing for the remaining 4 months of this year, so she gave up Van Helsing-

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