"Uh-huh, uh-huh, I see," Susan turned around with her phone and continued her pace in the small garden, "so there are already three offers...... It's all just an offer, and there are no other promises? ”

“OK…… Okay, I understand, stay in touch at all times, and don't make promises to any one yet. As she passed her husband, who was mruning the bushes, she greeted him with her eyes, stopped, and said to the phone, "Okay, okay, goodbye." ”

"How?" After Susan hung up the phone, her husband Paul didn't wait for a moment, and asked curiously, "Are there two more offers?" It all happened overnight -- God, I think there's definitely something going on in Hollywood that we don't know about. ”

"Yes," said Susan, who was about forty years old, a little plump but still charming, and seemed to be gentle and polite in her every move, and said with some emotion, "Elle is also very puzzled - she has informed all the potential buyers she has approached about it, hoping to know what is really going on in Hollywood, but so far we still know nothing about the situation, except that the book has suddenly attracted the attention of many companies - Sony and Lionsgate have just called and made offers. ”

"What's the price?" Paul asked, then smiled again and denied himself, "Actually, it's a bit unnecessary to care about this now - obviously, we should wait until the situation is clear before making a decision, otherwise, we may regret it when we know the truth." ”

Susan's family has always been relatively wealthy, Susan, who was previously engaged in writing scripts for children's programs, had a pretty good income, before the blockbuster novel "The Hunger Games", she had already written a series of novels "Chronicles of the Underworld" that appeared on the best-selling list of the New York Times, and the royalty income alone was enough for Susan's family to live a comfortable life, so whether it was her or her husband, the focus on copyright transactions was not on money at all, and Susan nodded approvingly when she heard Paul's words, " That's what I said to Elle, don't make promises to anyone, figure out what's going on, and then make a final offer. The most important thing is the timing of the film and television, as well as the budget and lineup of the other party, and of course, the production team, the first transaction fee is not important. ”

"Yes, my dear," Paul said with a kiss on his wife's cheek, smiling, "of course our goal is dividends, isn't it?" ”

Susan laughed too, and she leaned into her husband's arms, "Does anyone know me well—would you like to go to town tonight for a drink and enjoy a good Saturday night?" ”

"If you can find a suitable babysitter, of course." Paul's hand also slipped up Susan's waist, and the couple of good old couples drew closer and closer, and they were about to kiss each other, but they were startled by the sound of footsteps coming from the house, and quickly parted.

"Mum-" Susan, who is 47 years old this year, has two children, the older Joanna is 15 years old, she is in a rebellious period, as long as she sees her parents' affectionate behavior, she will vomit loudly in disgust, which is why Susan and his wife want to part in a hurry, but this time, although they moved a beat slower and were caught by Joanna, Joanna did not make any mean comments to the parents who were full of heart, but shouted to Susan with a confused face, "Someone is looking for you- On the landline at home. ”

"Oh?" Susan looked at Paul in surprise and asked as she walked towards the house, "Did they say who they were?" If it's a financial product promotion, just help me hang it up. ”

"Uh-I don't know--" Joanna, who had been swaggering lately, said with a rare sign of uncertainty, hesitantly, in a daze, "I mean, I don't know if it's true, or if it's some prank call, but it does sound like -- the woman said she was Jennifer. Jefferson—"

Jennifer. Jefferson? Susan frowned and repeated, "I don't know this person—wait!" ”

Her eyes widened and she stopped in surprise, "Jennifer. Jefferson? 'That' Jennifer. Jefferson? ”

"Yes," Joanna said to her mother, who walked up to her, and handed the microphone - although she seemed to be calmer than her mother, and her voice was not so high-pitched, but the discerning person knew at a glance that it was because she was completely frightened out of her soul and had not yet come to her senses. Jefferson, she's waiting for you on the other end of the line right now, Mom-"

At this point, Susan was just as skeptical as Joanna, wondering if it was a prank call. Jefferson called her home? Who would be so bored as to tease her in such a way? But if that's really Jennifer. Jefferson's words -

Susan couldn't think any further, because she really couldn't convince herself of this hypothesis, and she looked at her daughter, secretly wondering if Joanna had made some bad friends lately, contaminated with herbs that shouldn't be contaminated, and picked up the phone and greeted tentatively, "Hello? ”

"Hi," a sweet, cheerful, spirited voice rang on the other end of the phone, and across the phone line, its quality was familiar to Susan, Jennifer. Jefferson's voice -- her voice in "Monroe," "Pirates of the Caribbean," yes, Susan wasn't afraid to admit that the family loved Jennifer. Jefferson - almost identical, which made Susan even more suspicious. "Dear Ms. Collins, hello, I'm Jennifer. Jefferson, very presumptuous call, I beg your pardon. ”

"Uh, this ...... It's nothing," Susan glared at Joanna, who was probing her brain, and took a few steps to the side, "Please, may I ask you something?" ”

"That's right," the voice seemed to anticipate Susan's surprise, and she smiled and continued unhurriedly, "My fiancé Cesare and I are at the New York airport right now, and we would like to ......visit Sandy Hawk if it's convenient."

"Visiting?" Susan couldn't help but raise her voice - by this time she was completely convinced of Jennifer's identity: what crook would offer an interview? This can't be a fraud address, because her place of residence has long been on the official website, and Sandy Hawk is not big at all, if you really want to know the address, just ask from door to door.

Looking at her daughter, who was full of doubts and slowly came back to her senses, and her face was full of excitement, Susan felt her voice tremble a little. Jefferson is coming to visit? Jennifer. Will Jefferson and her fiancé be visiting?

"Geez," she said unconsciously, "I think there's something going on in Hollywood that I don't know about......"

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"Things have really changed."

Dressed in an ivory suit, with blonde hair slightly curled on her ears, the whole image is so delicate that it doesn't fit in with the surrounding home environment, even if a real person is sitting there, but it also seems to have its own light source, which makes Jennifer feel unreal. Jefferson smiled at Joanna and Andy on the other end of the living room, blinked again, causing a small exclamation at the other end of the living room, and then looked at Susan and Paul with a smile and said in a friendly voice, "That's why we came to the door in a hurry, we suspect that several companies should have made offers for the rights to The Hunger Games in the past two days, and that's what Cesare and I have been worried about all along—precisely because of the fear of such vicious competition, Da Meng has not contacted your copyright agent for a long time, and we know that once Da Meng makes an offer, there will definitely be many competitors who will follow suit, wanting to use the price to create a barrier to separate us from you and your novel. ”

"And now it seems that it has happened," said Cesare, who sat beside her. Vijri, the hot figure in the media during this time, was also so handsome that people wondered if he had secretly brought a backlight to the blonde youth, showed an apologetic smile at Susan, and took his fiancée's words with grace and gentleness, "After an unfortunate leak, we knew we had to act immediately, of course, first of all, we have to apologize to you for it, I think, as Susan said on the phone, this incident must have left you a little confused-"

Susan doesn't deny that she's a lot more excited than usual right now - seriously, she's no better than her two children, and just Jennifer's solo visit is enough to flatter (five Oscar winners, the world's highest-grossing movie stars, and the most beautiful woman in the world sit in her living room!). ), and add Cesare. Vijeri's words, she really can't bear it - it's not just a matter of worth, of course, although Susan is also a thin net worth, she is really poor compared to these two people, and her entire family property may not be as good as Jennifer's house - but it's not just the difference in worth that makes her so excited and nervous, mainly, it's mainly that seeing Jennifer and her fiancé sitting together makes her feel ...... It's like winning the jackpot: you know, Jennifer and her fiancé have only been photographed by the media once since that dreamy hug scene at the Oscars, that is, the time the two went to dinner together, and other than that, no matter how much the media chased and blocked them, and how curious the audience was, they never photographed the couple again, and they are now sitting in her living room - sitting in her living room!

The feeling of witnessing the whole country's desire to see the scene made her dizzy and almost uncontrollable, and Susan had to cough several times to suppress her heartbeat, and responded with a smile, "Yes, seriously, Paul and Elle and I were very curious to find out what was going on - of course, now everything can be explained, haha, haha." ”

After a few dry laughs, Susan's cheeks burned hot, she took a big sip from her glass of water, and ordered herself to stop acting like a nervous little girl, "--it turns out that you have taken a fancy to the copyright of this book, so you understand it completely, yes, it is completely understandable--of course, what you fancy will definitely cause a scramble, as reported in the media, every book that Cesare likes is introduced to the page - how can it not attract attention--"

"Oh, it must be corrected," Jennifer interrupted Susan with a laugh, "in fact, my dear, the books that have been reported in the media are just a smokescreen for us—you don't really believe we're going to read those novels, do you?" I mean, of course, they can't be said to be bad, but compared to the creativity of The Hunger Games, the gap is obvious, those books are just a tool for us to confuse our opponents, and in the first half of this year, there is actually only one film and television copyright that Big Dream must buy——"

Glancing at Cesare, the duo smiled at each other and said in unison, "That's your Hunger Games!" ”

On the other side of the living room, Joanna made a drowning noise, but Susan wasn't distracted by it, because her heart was beating violently - Jennifer's daily interactions with her fiancé, oh God, she didn't know what to say - if any reality show had such a lineup -

"Of course, we all know that Big Dreams has an eye for investment," said Paul, the grateful, solid, and reliable Paul, who stepped forward at this time and acted as the reason in the family, his voice a little shaken - much more polite and soft than usual, but for the whole, he still maintained basic sanity, "Last year's 'Twilight' seemed to be a big dream production, and we all saw the news at the time, but please don't mind if I'm honest, Ms. Jefferson-"

"Please," Jennifer smiled sweetly and kindly at him, "call me Jennifer." ”

"Uh...... Ahem," Paul touched his nose - his voice softened uncontrollably, "Jennifer - to put it mildly, the strength of Big Dream is indeed still far behind that of Sony and Disney, which made the offer, and as far as the offer is concerned, they also attach great importance to this movie......"

"Yes, of course they do," Cesare nodded, his expression changed to professional and calm, "because Jennifer cares, because there is nothing she can't do with the work she fancies, "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Devil Wears Prada", "The Love Notebook", "A Week with Monroe", and of course, "Twilight", whether she appears or not, as long as it is a work that this girl fancies, it is a big hit." ”

His expression softened again - Cesare turned his head and poked Jennifer's temple with a smile, and she affectionately knocked his hand off, "Stop-"

"However, do Sony and Disney know why Jennifer cares?" It was only with this casual intimacy that Susan was given a bigger thrill than the housewife quarrel and the actor's collapse in the reality show, making it almost difficult for her to breathe, and Cesare quickly returned to his professional expression, "Do they know how to make "The Hunger Games" more popular than "Twilight"?" Do they know what kind of actors this movie is suitable for......"

The strict launch schedule, the royalties upfront, the royalties, the screenwriting rights, and the word after term slammed Susan into a daze — mainly because the couple in front of her was so distracting that even though they had been here for hours, Susan still couldn't fully accept the fact that Jennifer. Jefferson and Cesare. Vijri, the nationally famous couple actually came to visit her, and they flew in from Los Angeles – overnight! Fly by private jet!

Of course, in addition to this main excitement, part of her can still barely think - she has worked in the screenwriting industry, and she is not ignorant of copyright transactions, in fact, if according to the convention, the adaptation rights of "The Hunger Games" should be exclusively represented by the publishing house, which is also the practice of the North American publishing industry, and the publishing house is very involved in the film and television adaptation, and also enjoys a share, however, Susan, who attaches great importance to this, insists on taking the copyright into her own hands, just because she understands the importance of this exclusive agency - The conditions offered by Big Dream are indeed very sincere, and it can be said that almost every point has hit her itch: the adaptation will be started after the publication of the second part, and the copyright will automatically return after the time comes, which is satisfying, the industry's first-class prepaid copyright and share, and the most important screenwriting right, this is the most important point for Susan, who has been a screenwriter, of course she wants to adapt her own novel......

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Jennifer and Cesare got up to say goodbye as the time approached the afternoon, and the whole family escorted them to the driveway, Jennifer smiled and took a picture with Joanna one last time, and shook hands with Susan and his wife goodbye, she said with a smile, "I hope to get good news from you, as we have repeatedly emphasized, yes, Big Dream may not be as big as the Big Six, but it is just right for The Hunger Games, if you can put the adaptation rights in our hands-"

"We are confident that this will be a win-win." Cesare put his arm around her waist and said kindly, "Waiting for your call, Susan, Paul, come to Los Angeles and let us know no matter what, so that we can have dinner - this is a date." ”

"That's it." Paul shook Cesare's hand, his tone visibly calm, "Goodbye, Cesare, Jennifer." ”

"Goodbye, Jennifer."

"Goodbye Cesare, goodbye Jennifer."

As the family scrambles to say goodbye, the apparently specially modified nanny car slowly drives through the corner of the street, and Joanna can only be suppressed until this time.

"Oh my God! Oh my God! The girl's high-pitched shout pierced into the sky," Jennifer. Jefferson came to my house, Jennifer. Jefferson is coming to my house! ”

She turned her head excitedly, threw herself in front of Susan, took her mother's hand and shook it back and forth, "Mom, you must promise her, you must promise her- oh my god, Los Angeles-guest-Ohmygod, I mean, oh-my-gooooooodddddddd-"

Aware that most of her neighbors were watching her lawn, Susan wasn't going to hold back herself anymore - she held her daughter's hand and screamed.

"I know, I know." She stomped her foot and said excitedly, "Jennifer is coming to our house - and she's bringing her fiancé!" ”

- Unbeknownst to Susan and Paul's family, the much-talked-about nanny car didn't drive away, and pulled over as soon as it got around the corner. The unmarried couple, who were as mysterious and charming as aliens in their hearts, immediately rolled down the windows of their cars, allowing the bodyguards to peek out into the lawn of the Corinthian family. When Joanna's shouts pierced the sky and clearly entered the car, Jennifer. Jefferson stroked her pretty blonde hair and gave a smug smile.

“Nailit。” As another lower voice reached her ears, she said lazily, "Woody, let's drive—we're done." ”

In Woody's promise, the windows and interior bezel slowly rose, and after the outside world's prying eyes were cut off, the two-time actress's smile gradually expanded, cheering and returning to her normal expression - that is, the expressionless fiancé compared to Scissorhands, and shouted like a song, "We did it, haha!" Candy Bombardment! Reality TV Treat! - Haha, Cesare, Jean Dick. Cook go to hell - we're going to get the rights to The Hunger Games! "The author has something to say: it's updated, step on it this time......