Chapter 700: American Creativity, Made in China (End)
Ben Jerry smiled and tasted a good cocktail, which tasted a little worse than the professional, but it was still quite good, and gave a thumbs up and encouraged: "Keep up the good work, you can definitely become a good bartender!" ”
Galli, who was hit hard by Jeffrey, smiled so hard that his white teeth were shining, "Thank you, you know more than Jeffrey, he deserves to drink Coke with ice!" ”
Jeffrey next to him? Kruger immediately turned his face, stretched out his hand and said, "Boy, give money for this month's water and electricity bills, property fees, and takeaway fees!" ”
Garry pushed away the hand stretched out in front of him, and said flatteringly: "Next month, next month, I will pay in a lump sum, we are friends." ”
Jeffrey gave his friend a middle finger, took out a few dozen dollars from his jeans, paid one to the bartender, and put the rest in front of Garry, saying disdainfully, "Is this the seventh, or the eighth?" Forget it, I won't worry about you, I'll go back to write something, and remember to bring supper back. ”
Ben Jerry, who was tasting wine next to him, was still smiling and watching Jeffrey change his ways to help his friend get paid, these little tricks were all left over from his time in the field. Seeing Jeffrey out of the bar, Ben Jerry tilted his head and said with a smile: "Garry, let's talk?" ”
"Ok," Garry spun out of the bar and led Ben Jerry to the corner and sat down.
Ben Jerry took a glass of wine, looked at the black boy, and asked for a while, "Garry, can you sue me, who is helping me?" ”
Garry, who usually likes to brag, rarely showed a silly smile on his face, grinned widely, and said nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth, "Sir, I don't know either." Somebody gave me a hundred dollars and told me to give you the note, and he said that if you pay me, give him half of it. ”
This nonsense is really not level, which makes Ben Jerry laugh, "Ok, how much do you think is the right pay?" ”
Garry's heart was beating wildly, but according to his previous experience, he slowed down and said, "No, the man said, I will take as much as you give." Sir, I'm just a waiter in a bar, how do I know these things? ”
Gali, who has never seen much of the world, who is Ben Jerry's opponent? Pretending to think about it, Ben Jerry took out his checkbook, filled out $10,000 and handed it over, explaining, "Clarry, I admit that little note helped me a little, but it wasn't as big as you think. As you can see, I didn't even revise the text, so I gave it directly to Anthony. Any remuneration has to be matched with the role, I say so, can you understand? ”
Ten thousand dollars? God, Garry laughed so hard that his teeth were exposed, and he couldn't stop thanking. It's not as much as Jeffrey said, but it's enough for three months' salary!
After Garry thanked him, Ben Jerry filled out a check for $100,000 and put it in front of Garry, tempting: "Garry, I want to know the person who helped me, this news is worth more than that note." ”
Garry immediately picked up the check and carefully put it in his pocket, as if he were afraid that Ben Jerry would regret it. There's no problem with that, this old guy took Anthony and will know who she is tomorrow.
"Senua, that's your former assistant. I have reminded you today that God will reward you inadvertently by being kind to others. ”
Senua? Ben Jerry was puzzled, how could she be inquired about such a trade secret, a small director of public relations? What's more, this is a commercial crime, when she was an assistant to herself, she didn't take care of her, on the contrary, she often scolded her and cried, how could she take such a big risk? This is a matter of letting people know, although it will not go to court, but it will ruin her entire career!
Garry didn't care so much, and he made $110,000 a day, which was enough to make him ecstatic. After dropping Ben Jerry away, Gary immediately drove the second-hand Chevrolet to a supermarket outside the neighborhood and spent a few hundred dollars on himself before returning to Jeffrey's apartment triumphantly.
Jeffrey laughed happily after listening to Garry's showmanship, patted his friend on the shoulder vigorously, and pointed: "Garry, go buy a valuable jewelry for Senna tomorrow, you know?" ”
"Of course, without Senua, I wouldn't have earned the 110,000!"
After drinking two beers, Garry remembered why Senna was doing this, this is a business crime! After more than a year of following Jeffrey, this black boy also began to have a legal concept.
Jeffrey opened another bottle of beer, took two sips, shook his head, and said, "She probably wants to gamble, MGM is a broken ship, what future does she have if she stays there?" It's not enough to go to court for this. She used to be Bengelry's assistant, so she should know some of MGM's inside story, and if she is pressed, it is inevitable that a scandal will break out, and no one will poke the hornet's nest. ”
After explaining, Jeffrey thought about it again, and said: "Garry, Senna is not a simple girl, when you associate with her in the future, you will have more eyes." ”
"Don't worry, I'm just a little person, what's the value of using her? If it weren't for the fact that my mother was Ming's servant, and Miss Kayo and I were friends, she wouldn't even look at me. ”
Little? How many people want to be the little people next to the big guys?
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When Ben Jerry returned home and saw Senna getting up from the couch, all the doubts he had been answered.
Hugging his wife, Ben Jerry motioned for Senna to follow him to the study. The two of them came to the study and sat down, and Senna stood respectfully at the desk as before, and waited for Ben Jerry to let her sit down on the chair in front of the desk, but the hands on her knees were a little white.
Ben Jerry lit his cigar, a curling puff of green smoke, and looked at his former assistant carefully. The child is more mature than before, and there is still a haggard look on her face that cannot be concealed, and it seems that she is not doing well at MGM.
The study door opened silently, and Mrs. Benjery came in with two cups of tea. Ben Jerry was in no mood to ask Senna how she did it, and when she got the information, she fully proved her worth. Hollywood is a battlefield, and if you lose, you have to learn a lesson and don't do it again in the next battle. From a celebrity in the company to the coldest cold bench, more than a year is enough to change a young man.
Ben Jerry sighed and pushed the ashtray in front of Senua, "Feel free, we're not at MGM anymore."
"Thank you", Senna relaxed, took out Ms. Moore's cigarette from the old Chanel Kun bag, and took out a rough windproof lighter and lit it.
"You're much more mature", Ben Jerry glanced at the cheap ten-dollar lighter, opened the drawer and took out a silver-white Dupont lighter and handed it to Senua, guiltily: "Maybe I made a mistake by arranging you to the public relations department, I should have recommended you to the United States." ”
"Thank you", Senna took the delicate platinum lighter, shook her head, smiled on her face, and said gratefully: "No, I think the PR department is very good, it made me realize the cruelty of Hollywood." When I used to work as an assistant for you, a lot of people laughed at me, and I mistakenly thought that I was a big guy too. ”
Ben Jerry smiled and asked, "Are you still playing with Miss Sato?" ”
Senna nodded, took a few puffs of cigarette before whispering: "Well, last year, she saw that I had a bad time at MGM, and it happened that the Light and Shadow Company was recruiting someone again and wanted me to come over, but I was unwilling to leave like this." ”
Ben Jerry nodded as well, not asking her why she was unwilling, nor accusing her of violating professional ethics. Who is rolling in the workplace and is not ambitious? If you work hard step by step, unless you are talented and lucky, you will never be able to climb to the highest level. If that's the kind of person, why bother to enter the company, it's better to start your own business.
If you can foresee that you will be fired by MGM, you will definitely compromise at the negotiating table and make a behind-the-scenes deal with Light and Shadow, so that they can help you secure your position! After a few puffs of his cigar, Ben Jerry suddenly said quietly, "Senua, do you know the nature of my current job?" ”
A hint of ambition flashed in Senna's blue eyes, and she said in a low voice: "You know, pull the business for light and shadow special effects, and compete with industrial light and magic in an all-round way." Industrial Light & Magic has been in the leading position in the special effects industry for too long, and they have forgotten how to pull business, and sooner or later they will fall big! ”
Ben Jerry clapped lightly a few times and applauded, "Senua, you're really mature." If there is light in this world, there will be darkness, and everything is relative. Go to the company tomorrow to resign, I will arrange a job for you, I hope you will not let me down. ”
Senna's hand on her knee squeezed and released, stood up and bowed slightly, "Boss, I won't let you down." ”
"Well, let's go back, it's late."
"Goodbye", Senna picked up her kun bag, lighter, and cigarette to say goodbye.
After a while, the sound of the car's engine sounded in the yard, and Ben Jerry stood in front of the window, watching Senua's car go away. He didn't ask Senna how she got the information, it was beyond her ability, and it must have been her assistant friends behind it. Those little assistants, who seem to be just the little followers of the big guys, are as loyal as a dog in front of their boss, docile as a cat, but in fact have their own little abacus, and they may weave contacts for themselves at any time without touching the interests of their boss, this is Hollywood.
For more than a year, Ben Jerry has been collecting information about the people involved, and finally came to a dismal result, repeatedly studying the failure of "Future Water World", and nine times out of ten, he fell for the trick of others. The Chinese kid is strong and has such a good relationship with the California consortium, how can the world lack funds? Sony is willing to risk losing more than a billion yuan and investing heavily in China Ming, how can it not be willing to gamble a mere 200 million US dollars?
Also, Paramount's Shirley suddenly announced that she would abandon "Future Water World", which is even more suspicious. Ben Jerry has been in Hollywood for nearly 30 years, and some of the old things in the past are vivid, how can he not know the of Sun Ziming's friends Tino and Shirley? Shirley gave up at a critical moment, in addition to wanting to seek stability, there may not be no grandson to warn Tino in his face.
With this layer in mind, the following layer is very easy to deduce. China Ming's boy was confused, and his Japanese assistant, with everyone's simple impression of her not being deeply involved in the world, helped him to cover up and finally let MGM fall into the pit.
Hey, it's just weird, I want to keep my position so much!
Hey, isn't struggling in the workplace just for fame and fortune? MGM's president, with an annual salary of three million + dividends + official expenses, earns tens of millions of dollars a year, and Ben Jerry does not regret his original adventure.
Hey, fame and fortune are like a net, jump into it, you can only struggle!
That's not bad, though. Jumped off a broken ship and climbed onto a new ship, and it was a giant ocean-going ship. As long as you can take out the Industrial Light & Magic and help the new boss become the king of special effects, you may be able to get more than you can at MGM!