Jenny did feel very tired, she said that she was not in a bad state and did not deceive Roger - tonight she rarely reopened the goldfinger empathy, you must know that in the previous performance, in fact, she has gradually stopped goldfinger and has been acting with her own strength. Even in "Pirates of the Caribbean", many of her scenes are also performed with this familiar feeling after repeated practice in the acting space. The golden finger of the performing arts space is more like a tool for her to review and prepare, and she will no longer take it out to cheat in the 'exam'.

But not tonight, it may be due to what happened to Josh yesterday, or it may be because her schedule has been very tight, and after Jenny woke up today, she still feels that she is still in good spirits, out of shape, feeling full of worries and self-doubts about the future, or maybe her aunt is coming soon, a little pms.

Fortunately, Jenny always had a safety blanket in her heart, and she decided to use the golden finger because she felt that she couldn't be hard, and it was because of this guarantee that she didn't continue to be nervous, leading to a state breakdown, or a panic attack or something - if she had a panic attack, she really had to ask Mary for comfort in New York.

Therefore, she now understands why Dietrich's group of people are high, after all, they don't have golden fingers, if they feel that they are not in a good state today, but they have to go on stage, they don't have anything to cheer them on, and they may really not be able to pass this hurdle in their hearts. Including the drug abuse problems of those movie stars and singers, sometimes they may really have a mental breakdown, but the itinerary must continue, in order not to smash the signboard, at this time, it will not care about any side effects, and get through the current difficulties first. Maybe the movie star is a little better, but during the tour, if the singer shows more frequently and the concert is long, it is very dangerous, and if he was addicted to it before and was busy with work, it is very likely to relapse.

Now, she has finally smoothed down a performance, and judging from the applause of the audience and the feedback of everyone in the troupe, she has not dropped the chain. But Jenny was not relaxed or excited at all, but kept thinking about Roger's words, and the more she thought about it, the less interested she was in staying at the party.

After leaving the party, she dialed Cesare's phone on the way back, and Jenny leaned her head on the back of the seat in front of her, massaging the side of her head while listening to the phone ringing, she really didn't feel very good right now.

"Say." Cesare's words were as concise as ever, probably because he couldn't see his face, and he always seemed unusually cold on the phone.

"Listen, Chesa, I have a suspicion now." Jenny increased the force of the massage, "Just now at the afterparty, I met Roger, and he told me...... I think there's something wrong with his phrasing, and I need to worry about something other than acting, not my own acting - you know, I think he was very intriguing when he said that to me. ”

Cesare heard the sound of the door being slammed, and he seemed to go from the inside to the outside, "That's what Roger said?" ”

"Yes." "Of course it might have been my nervousness, but I think Roger was hinting at something at the time, and it made me uneasy." Of course I know it's your time off, but I'm ......."

"You've done a great job," Cesare said succinctly, "and this information is very important. If you write an email or send a text message, Judy and I may already be too late to see it, and some quick critics will be able to write it tomorrow. ”

"Do you think it's Team Renee? What will they do against us? Jenny asked, sensing that something was wrong with the speed of the car, and looked up to see Mary looking at her through the rearview mirror, looking horrified.

Oh, sweet little Mary, Jenny waved her hand and told her to focus on driving. Himself continued, "PR means? ”

"Public relations methods are very normal, we are also doing public relations when we send tickets to Roger, if it is just public relations, Roger does not need to say so." Cesare shook his head, "It should be some more marginal lobbying tactics, and it may even be a direct financial temptation, if it were me, I would write a check directly, I don't know what Renee's team will choose." ”

"Did this work?" Jenny asked, "It's not about the independence of the commentary—"

"It's useless if you compete with Renee on the big screen, and it's useless if Renee plays poorly." Cesare said, "However, the audience that has seen the musical is always a minority, and among the audience of this event, there are not many people who will go to see your performance in person, and the right to speak is still in the hands of the film critics, plus the medium is different, it is difficult for non-professional critics to list arguments, making this an actionable issue, full of profit margins, believe me, Jenny, film critics are not all angels." ”

Jenny's head hurt even more, and she asked irritably, "So what are we going to do?" Just sit back and watch their interests exchange? But we can't afford to give them any more money right now. ”

"Jefferson." Cesare said, in a calm tone.

"Huh?"

"You know it's a very professional poker game, right?" "Your opponent is not a computer, but a living person, and she's not a tool created for you to gain a sense of victory, but a very good veteran, you know?" Cesare said. ”

“…… I understand. Jenny said in a low voice.

"Very well, then you should know that you can't win all your chips in a single round with one strategy, it's scary, and too much greed can ruin all your sense of accomplishment and satisfaction." Cesare said in a calm tone, "You should see what you've gotten in this game, you've become the center of attention, you've got an A-list production coming out, there's a good chance that your play will be nominated for a Tony Award, all because of 'ourroxieisbetter,' right?" ”

Jenny's mood really calmed down a bit, she reviewed Cesare's development ideas, and found that all her career progress really revolved around Cesare's marketing ideas for James, "At least we pushed the concept of 'Jennifer and Renee's acting skills are similar' to the whole country, right?" ”

"That's right, even if everyone has a movie review against you tomorrow, you still have a New Yorker review, and which of you has the better roxie might be a matter of debate," Cesare's tone was a little more casual, "but Renee is an award-winning actor, and you're just a newcomer, and you've already made a lot of money, Jenny." ”

Jenny couldn't help but admit that he was right, but she had a hard time swallowing it, "But are we going to leave it at that?" ”

"I'll reach out to Judy, make a few phone calls, and try to do as much as I can, but you don't have to be involved." Cesare said irrefutably, "Now let go of your unnecessary worries and nervousness, go back to rest, it's late, your voice is tired, and I remember you have a show tomorrow." ”

“…… All right. Jeanne said, "Thank you for your concern, good night, Cesare." ”

Soon after hanging up the phone, Mary pulled up to the building, looked left and right to make sure no paparazzi were coming, and then turned around and asked Jenny, "Hey, do you need me to go up with you?" ”

Jenny was a little surprised, normally Mary would be off work by this time in the evening, and she would drive straight home and come back tomorrow to pick her up.

"Your tone," said Mary, her eyes widened, "I'm a little worried about you. ”

Jenny looked at her for a moment and couldn't help but laugh, "Thank you, I'm feeling better now." ”

She wasn't lying, she was really feeling better now.

#

The next morning, Jenny was woken up by a phone call from Lillian, who fumbled to pick it up, "Hey, Lil?" ”

"Jen, are you still sleeping? Sorry, I thought you should be up, you know, you're usually having breakfast at this time. Lillian said briskly, "Well, are you alright?" How are you feeling right now? ”

"Looks like you already know about film critics?" Jenny laughed, rubbing her eyes and sitting up.

"Yes, I was at the Chesa when you called last night," said Lillian, "and that's excessive, isn't it?" ”

"Oh." It was a bit embarrassing, and Jenny paused to get up, "Sorry for disturbing your private time—"

"It's okay, you're definitely not the first client to call in late at night," Lillian's tone was low, "Trust me, Chesa has been called in halfway to attend to various matters a lot more than you think." ”

Although Jenny has been in Los Angeles for almost no years, she will talk to Lillian on the phone regularly, knowing that Lillian's relationship with Cesare is not smooth sailing, but she can't say much about this kind of thing, after all, Cesare's focus on work is good for her as a client. "Honey, I'm really sorry, no matter what happens to others, if it weren't for the urgency, I would never have done this."

"I didn't call to ask the teacher for guilt." Lillian said unmindingly, her tone shifting to excitement, "Did you see the post in the forum?" What's going on with you and Josh, my dear, I've never heard you talk to me about Josh. ”

This was really embarrassing, Jenny didn't expect Cesare to have nothing to do with Lilian Antijosh at all, "What post are you talking about?" ”

"Didn't you eat together yesterday, and he went to see your show again in the evening, when did you get so close?" Lillian asked excitedly, "Tell me, just tell me, do you have a crush on him?" ”

Jenny's head began to hurt again, she opened her newly bought laptop, and went directly to the discussion board in bed, and of course, ontd, and posts appeared on both sides - this morning, several gossip magazines in New York published candid photos of several people going to dinner together yesterday, and also thoughtfully marked Jenny and Josh on the picture, mainly because they both wore sunglasses, Jenny also wore a hat and a mask, and it was basically difficult to tell that person was her.

Ontd was okay, because someone recognized Ann and knew that she also had a role in Pirates of the Caribbean, and it was confirmed that it was just a colleague party a few floors ago. The voices on the discussion side are much more chaotic, some people think that Jenny and Josh are a match made in heaven, others say that Josh is not worthy of Jenny at all, and even some Natalie & Josh parties came to join in the fun - after the release of "Star Wars Prequel 2" in June, Josh can be described as an instant hit, and he and Natalie have also become a screen couple supported by many fans and sisters, and even many fans have created a lot of intimate photos of the two.

Although she was mentally prepared, Jenny was still frightened by the fan's keen and excited response to this kind of thing, it was just a meal, someone had already posted photos of her and Josh's future baby, and some people were shouting cute on the discussion board - she wouldn't be surprised if Judy told her that her search index had risen a lot this morning.

After offering the 'colleague dinner theory', which made Lilian perfunctory, Jenny landed on the blogs of several well-known film critics, and fearlessly checked whether they had updated their blogs in the mood of reading their report cards. -- In the IT era, many film critics will put the first or abbreviated version of their articles on their blogs, and newspapers are happy to see this, and if they are attracted by film reviews, many people will buy electronic or physical newspapers, which can be regarded as a good way to open up sales.

However, except for herself, other film critics can't be so anxious, last night was the show, if you slow down, it's common to delay a week before the film review, Jenny wandered around and found nothing, so she had to get up and do her morning routine.

After a brief exercise, she refreshed her heart again, and finally in Roger. I saw an update on Albert's blog -- it was posted about five minutes ago.

Jenny immediately clicked on the link, put the font to the maximum, and read it carefully.

Although Roger's "Chicago" review is tantamount to expressing his willingness to participate in this dispute, this is not a presidential race, and Roger is not a member of the campaign team, and he cannot show that he is involved in the Jennifer-Renee battle without any vehement, and then start to criticize the losers he considers. Roger's reviews are still sophisticated and objective, of course, he will also tactfully criticize bad works, but his praise for good works is not endless, just point-to-point, and he makes comments on all aspects of "Chicago" musical in an easy-to-understand manner.

"Even if you are not a regular audience of musicals, you can enjoy all aspects of Chicago without any obstacles, its seamless scene changes, and its singing and dancing that is closely integrated with the plot are all outstanding representatives of this era......

Jenny impatiently skimmed over these restrained compliments to the passage where Roger commented on the actors—she had read some of Roger's film reviews, and he rarely spent a lot of time commenting on the actors' performances, but today she saw a long paragraph about her performances.

"It is impossible not to mention that the actor who plays Lockhee in the play, Jennifer. Jefferson is also the female lead actress of Disney's blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" next summer. The girl hasn't attracted enough critical attention yet, but when I watched her show, I thought of Vivien Leigh from Streetcar *, Ingrid from Casablanca. Bergman. I'm not saying she has the brilliance to match these generational superstars by now, but honestly, I see the potential in her, Jennifer. Jefferson seems to be a sign of a return to Hollywood's dimmering era of stardom, which we often say these days are only actors, not superstars, but there are always people with potential, and she makes me look forward to Pirates of the Caribbean. ”

Probably because it is an unofficial version on the blog, the word count is relatively short and the length is very arbitrary, and the comments on Jennifer account for a large proportion of the whole text, which is a proportion that should not appear in formal film reviews, Jenny read this paragraph back and forth three times before she was sure that Roger made a clear statement on this issue. - Although not a word is written about Renee, Roger's comparison of her with the never-fading gems of Hollywood's golden age is self-evident from this alone. After all, no matter how good you are Renee, no one has ever said that you can compare to those Oscar-winning movie stars.

Jenny has always had some confidence in Roger's statement, which is a very simple logical inference, if he wasn't leaning towards himself, he wouldn't have reminded him so mysteriously (of course, there is also a small possibility that the whole thing was completely nervous), but Roger's comment also made her eyes a little moist and hot.

It's not that she lacks affirmation, or that she lacks love to this extent, but in the past 20 years, there has never been a female star who can say that she has ruled Hollywood - even if it is only for a year, and Roger's comment on her is the first time Jenny has heard a little hope from the mouths of authority, and when she does not deliberately seek affirmation, someone suddenly comes to tell her: "I think you have the potential of those superstars of the golden age." ”

It's like someone giving a little match girl a hamburger, although it's still a big difference from the big meal she saw from the hallucination, but after all, it's also a bite to eat.

Jenny read the review several times, the dreamlike smile on her lips slowly faded, her sanity returned, and a doubt slowly took shape in her heart, she grabbed the phone and dialed Cesare's number.

"Did you see Roger's movie review?" She said, "Cesare, don't tell me this is the result of your anti-PR last night." ”

"Did Roger post a movie review?" Cesare's tone was a little sleepy, and Jenny looked at her watch—it was definitely West Coast work time. "Newspaper or blog, where did you see it?"

"Blogging." Jenny hesitated and asked, "Don't tell me you stayed up all night about this?" ”

"Of course, it's not just me, Judy too." Cesare rightly said, "I'm not telling you, we have to do our part - we can't just watch something happen." ”

"But...... We can't even be sure if Roger is—" Jenny's mind was a little confused, "what have you done?" ”

Cesare's mouse tapping came over, "Just to prevent risks, I asked Judy to find Tina from People - by the way, the news of your relationship with Josh will be released exclusively by People, and you owe People an extra post-exposure interview - Tina called a couple of critics and asked if they had heard or experienced the 'bribe' incident, and she said she had an idea for a feature story, which was enough to scare most cowards." ”

Credibility is the only factor for film critics to survive, and in China, collecting money to make reviews has almost become a clear rule in the industry, and some bad films can also be applauded by well-known film critics insincerely, this is a very taboo thing in the United States, once exposed, the prestige of film critics will be greatly damaged, and newspapers and magazines will also choose more credible film critics. Unlike China, columnists in the United States are paid very well, earning a sum of money every day and every week, which is enough to live a decent life, and if the columns are collected into a book, it is a very good income. On the Chinese side, there is a general shortage of money in the industry, so it is understandable to collect money to publish articles, and on the American side, the industry is not short of money, if there is no phone number from Tina, then it may be taken and taken, but now there is a reporter to do a special feature in this area, who knows what she can dig up? This is not an old thing, but just around the time of the investigation, the case is still very hot, the clues have not been broken, and in the face of the risk of unemployment and a quick buck, most people will still make a rational decision.

"Then Roger—" Jenny felt much better, and whatever the outcome, at least Cesare and Judy showed their worth. She can't think of this countermeasure herself, she is not familiar with the industry, she doesn't have that much energy, and she doesn't have this connection.

"We didn't call Roger." Cesare said, "You don't think we're that stupid, do you? Besides, he was almost seventy years old, and this trick did not frighten him...... HMM, I'll take a look. ”

He must have opened Roger's blog page.

After a moment, Cesare's voice was tinged with a smile, "It seems that Roger has a high opinion of you, very good, if Renee's team is thinking about anything, their idea will at least work for Roger." ”

Jenny was really relieved, she didn't care what other critics said, as long as Roger's reputation wasn't made by public relations. "Great, with this movie review by Roger, we won at least half of the last game."

"It's still going to be based on the columns or TV shows he publishes later." Cesare said, "You can concentrate on the show, and Judy will have people follow up - how are you getting along with Josh?" ”

"Uh......" Jenny said.

“what？” Cesare's tone immediately changed from leniency to alertness.

"Nothing." Jenny finally decided not to sell her teammates so quickly, and said to Cesare that she always felt a little ashamed to complain to her parents, "Josh doesn't have a good personality, but I can handle it." ”

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Jenny decided to end the call, "Okay, it's time for me to go to rehearsal, you go and get some rest, Chesa, thank you for working so hard for me." ”

"I'm really thinking about overcharging you a share of the manager's money." Cesare said, in a serious tone.

Jeanne's heart immediately lifted - in fact, these things are indeed not the scope of the film agent's consideration, more like the manager's responsibility, but many times the line between the authority and responsibility of the agent and the manager is very blurred, and if Cesare has to charge 10% more, she can't say anything.

"--But I've decided to wait until you're rich." As if imagining her apprehension on the other end of the phone, Cesare's tone was filled with a faint smile after a big gasp. "Go to rehearsal, Jenny, take care of yourself, you sounded terrible on the phone last night."

"Thank you, I wasn't in a good mood at the time, but now I've recovered a lot." Jenny remembered Mary's concern and smiled, "I know I've always had your back. ”

"Looks like you've finally learned to trust me." Cesare was almost laughing, his voice coming through his phone, mellow and steady, "Good progress, but I still have to remind you, Jefferson, that tonight's performance is important—"

"I won't let you down." Jenny said before him.

There was a silence full of joy and laughter on the other end of the phone, and Jenny couldn't help but shake her head and laugh before hanging up the phone.

That night, the old Schubert Theater was still full, and Jennifer Brown, who had returned from Los Angeles. Jefferson put on a great show for the audience, and there were many fans who didn't get tickets waiting outside the stadium, and the paparazzi who followed him described it to the gossip daily: "She looks bright, although she is still as quiet as before, but the good mood can be felt through her sunglasses, and I think it has something to do with her new progress in love. Blanche had already come to see her show for the second night in a row, and of course, the one-sided comments in the film reviews that had been published in a row should have helped her feel a lot......"

Chicago Sun, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, ...... As these heavyweight newspapers published film reviews over the next few days, the famous gossip magazine "American Weekly" also playfully used a sensational headline in its latest issue, "Renee-Jennifer, 0:100."

Of course, as a well-known magazine, "American Weekly" also has dry goods, in the article, the weekly carefully analyzed the tendencies reflected in these film reviews, in addition to Roger's explicit statement, there are also major film critics either direct or vague comments, and the final conclusion is - although Renee's acting skills are also recognized, but the critics who think Renee's Lockhee is more charismatic are almost zero, so Renee gets zero points.

As for whether these film critics have made it clear that Jenny's Lockhee is better, the weekly magazine will be regarded as missing, it is a gossip weekly after all, just fan the flames, and don't care about putting out the fire.

It seems that in this acting competition, Jennifer, who was jointly favored by film critics and drama critics. Jefferson has already won a big victory, and as soon as he entered the industry, he was treated as a heavyweight starring actor, and the critics have always been optimistic and beautiful...... Jennifer. Jefferson gives people the feeling that she is the most powerful newcomer in Hollywood in recent years, and she has not even had a complete starring work, or a supporting role in a heavy role, she has already attracted wide attention in Hollywood. ”

"This girl has a nickname in the circle, people call her 'Miracle Girl,' and her rise is simply a miracle of the new millennium," the editor of USA Weekly wrote in the report. Albert AKA Thumb Man said the same, she is a projection of Hollywood's golden age, too glamorous or not, you can't deny that she is rising rapidly, an insider on Broadway told us that she was nominated for the 2003 Tony Award, which is already a certainty, and even the trophy is beckoning to her, God knows, she has only been in the industry for a little more than a year. What will we hear next? Does her film set box office records? She became the fastest actress to win an Oscar in the new millennium? Who knows, all I know is Renee. Zellweger must be in a terrible mood right now, and Julian. Moore, Nicole. Kidman would laugh haha......"

Julian. Moore, Nicole. Kidman is an actor who has an Olympic film this year, Renee's "Chicago" originally had a very good box office reputation, and was a strong rival to the Olympic film, but now affected by this news, even if it is nominated for nomination, the possibility of accompanying the run is quite large.

As if to make the whole thing a little hotter, after the critics made a statement, Miramax couldn't sit still, and the spokesman gave a briefing to the media, expressing Miramax's feelings for Renee. Zellweger's performance is affirmed and satisfied, "Renee's performance makes "Chicago" even more outstanding, she is the most suitable actress for "Chicago", and we have absolute confidence in Renee's performance in the awards season. ”

These words immediately aroused another exclamation from the masses: Since Oscar public relations expert Miramax has spoken so loudly to the outside world, it seems that Renee will be included in the nomination for the Oscar for Best Actress no matter what, can they still succeed in such an unfavorable public opinion environment? And what will Miramax do to Jennifer. What about Jefferson? Will Jennifer get a chance to walk the red carpet at the Oscars with the crew?

Christmas, New Year's Day...... In the midst of the lively gossip, the time entered February 2003, and it was also time to announce the Oscar nominations.

The author has something to say: Note: Someone said before that Roger should live in LA, no, Roger has always lived in Chicago. The United States is different from China, there are film critics all over the country, because there are local newspapers that can support the columns, and there are also local television stations, and Roger's program is what the local Chicago TV station should broadcast

It's been updated.,Tonight's unequaled more.

In fact, if it's just to pay off the debt, then I can cut the number of words in each chapter, and it's very simple to pay off the debt, right? But it's a bit boring to do this, or quality first, this National Day is not expected to be busy, and when I have a little time, I will pay off the debt, please be more considerate.