Burbank's Studio No. 4 changed its signboard, and the James Franco and Ben Affleck acting school was officially inaugurated in front of the cameras of dozens of media reporters.

For second- and third-tier stars, especially star actors who don't have many film appointments, this business is very profitable.

But few people do it when they are popular big-name stars.

On the one hand, there is no time, and on the other hand, I feel that it is detrimental to the style.

Big Ben and Franco presented gifts to every media reporter who came to them to increase the school's exposure.

Seeing off the reporters, the two returned to the office to discuss their next plans.

Big Ben can't come up with too much cash, so he can only use a small amount of funds, and his own fame and channel resources to buy shares, after all, he still has a foot gang behind him, and it is not difficult to stuff some extras and small actors into the crew of the foot gang.

You can even help some girls meet Harvey Weinstein.

James Franco, who is still the school's largest shareholder, sat in his office chair and said, "There's only one important thing next!" ”

The two are in the honeymoon period of cooperation, and Big Ben automatically answers: "Admissions!" Recruit as soon as possible! ”

It's not that he has no assets, but he has less money that belongs entirely to himself, and now the real valuable fixed assets are all in the name of the husband and wife, and if he wants to sell them, he must get Jennifer Garner's consent.

Big Ben is a good big brother and doesn't want his younger brother to go to prison to pick up soap, so he said, "We want to enroll students as soon as possible and make money!" ”

Franco said, "Ben, how about we each have a team?" This can improve efficiency, and the two teams will change teachers in the middle of the lesson, thus realizing the promise of double star teaching! ”

Big Ben's head was full of money, and he responded: "Good way, just do what you say." ”

After a week of training, the last batch of students had officially graduated, and Franco called an assistant to come in and asked her to contact the newspaper and advertise for admission.

Jennifer Lawrence stayed at the acting school, temporarily working as an assistant, and then patiently waited for what James Franco said was a good opportunity.

After finishing her work to contact the media, Lawrence pulled out the Nokia 1100 that Nicholson had specially assigned her, edited a text message with only a numeric code, and sent it to Nicholson's confidential mobile phone that was specially used for the operation.

…………

In the Sunset Boulevard North of Beverly Hills, Nicholson is leisurely drinking afternoon tea with Lorraine.

The classic Nokia bell rang, he took out a black 1100, opened it and looked at the text message, and said to Lorraine: "Go to the study and bring my hardcover notebook." “

For the sake of her father, who had just made a lot of pocket money from TMZ, Lorraine didn't say much, and went to the study on the first floor very happily and brought a notebook.

Nicholson flipped through his notebook and checked the code he had written to see what that meant.

No way, people are old and have a bad memory.

There was a lot of interest in coding, and he asked Martin and Lawrence to write it all down, but he forgot it all himself.

Lawrence sent a text message with a code, and Nicholson couldn't understand what it meant.

Nicholson looked down at the code and finally found the corresponding content, it turned out that the acting school was preparing to enroll.

It's time for the next step.

Calling was not a no, and Nicholson strictly followed the rules he had set himself when Martin left Los Angeles, picked up the Nokia 1100, found the number assigned to Bruce, and forwarded the code.

Lorraine asked curiously, "What's the matter?" Mysterious. ”

Nicholson said, "Secret operations, you don't have to ask. ”

"Oh, what a secret." Lorraine expressed her dissatisfaction: "Jack, can you pay attention to the little girlfriend you are looking for, she is not as old as me!" ”

Nicholson made sure the text message was sent and put down his phone: "We agreed, I don't interfere in your private life, you don't interfere in my private life." ”

Lorraine pouted: "Okay, I won't interfere with you!" Her voice changed abruptly: "I think Martin is very good, there are a lot of public and undisclosed mistresses, some of them have husbands and boyfriends, is there something special?" “

Nicholson looked up.

Without waiting for him to speak, Lorraine preemptively said, "Jack, don't you like to play?" Wouldn't it be fun for a brother's best friend to become a father-in-law? ”

Nicholson's eyes widened, and he was speechless for a moment.

…………

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Martin and Nolan were recording in the TV studio, and Bruce was backstage.

The phone vibrated and he took two steps back, away from the crowd, and pulled out his spare phone, which was displayed with a text message code.

Bruce recalled, remembering what it meant, it was sent by Nicholson.

Ignoring the rules set by Nicholson, he called Ivan directly and said, "You pay attention, there should be enrollment over there." ”

Ivan's answer was simple: "Roger." ”

Bruce hung up and took a step forward to stay behind Martin.

After some time, Martin came out of the studio to go to the bathroom.

Bruce followed, whispering, "Jack sent the code, here we go." ”

Martin had a headache when he thought about the code: "He completely immersed himself in it, and he wrote a page of code out of it. ”

Bruce said, "You don't write it down, but let me write it down!" ”

Martin said, "You have a better memory than I do." His heart moved, and Nicholson thought of a quick pursuit: "How about letting Old Jack play a behind-the-scenes boss at the high table in the future?" ”

"He's paid a lot." Bruce also has a managerial title no matter what he says: "Unless a single film can make a box office of $400 million, but an R-rated action movie, it's too difficult." ”

Martin waved his hand: "Let's go back and talk about it." ”

…………

In Los Angeles, Jody received a call from Ivan, picked up the makeup mirror first, touched up her makeup, and then went out to drive to Griffith Park.

Under a gazebo in the park, Jody meets Ivan.

"Got a big story?" She asked directly.

Ivan shook his head: "I've not had good luck lately, and I haven't directly filmed big news." ”

Jody took out a cigarette, handed one to Ivan, saw him wave his hand, put it in his mouth and lit it, and said, "You won't look for me without news." ”

"I just got a message, but I'm too old to go and verify it myself," Ivan said. ”

"You know the rules of TMZ, news without definite evidence, we won't buy it." Jody is very pragmatic: "I can't pay you for a piece of news. ”

Ivan was silent, and after a long while, he said: "You can pay later, you verify the news, and only give me the informant fee." ”

The informant fee is very low, and Jody responded: "I can call the shots on this, and if the news is true, I will give you double the informant fee." ”

Ivan took out a newspaper in his hand and handed it to Jodi: "Take a look." “

The newspaper is divided into two parts, the first half of which reports on the opening of the James Franco and Ben Affleck acting school yesterday, and the second half of which is an advertisement for admissions.

Jody asked, "There's a problem with this school?" ”

Ivan elaborated: "I rented an apartment before, there were two girls on the same floor, and they took acting classes at Franco's Studio 4 school, and I heard them mention that they were all sexually harassed by Franco in class, and even asked them to strip naked and perform, and in the name of art, they performed large-scale plays with Franco, and were even asked by Franco to leave class and go to the hotel......"

Jody didn't interject.

After Ivan got Bruce's notice, he really did a lot of preliminary work: "I wanted to move them, but they were afraid that the interpretation road would end and they didn't dare to stand up. ”

Jody said, "I wouldn't either." ”

Ivan continued: "And Ben Affleck, who previously worked as a part-time teacher at Adler's acting school, was complained about by several female cadets for a short time, with similar content to Franco. ”

Bruce told him that this is a common problem in many acting schools in Hollywood, the so-called red sofa does not start with auditions for roles, and it doesn't matter that girls with no background begin to face the choice of red sofa when they first learn acting.

Jody had vaguely heard similar rumors, but didn't know much about them, and asked, "Are you sure?" “

Ivan asked rhetorically: "Is the news and news I provided to you a fake once?" ”

Jody thought back slightly, not once.

Ivan said: "The news is for you, I'm leaving." ”

Jody nodded: "I want to enlist the support of my superiors, you wait for my news." ”

Ivan smiled slightly, took his hands and left the park.

Jody walked out of the park from the other side, drove back to the office, retrieved information about James Franco and Ben Affleck from the archives, looked at it carefully, and went to the editor-in-chief's office.

TMZ is different from traditional media, although it does not dare to really provoke those big names, but it chooses to break the news of celebrity scandals more often than reconciliation with the parties.

The editor-in-chief listened to Jody's description and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Jody said: "Franco is a second-tier star, except for being closer to the Rotten Boys, his background and network are average. Ben Affleck is a little bit of trouble, he's Harvey Weinstein's guy......"

The editor-in-chief interrupted: "Harvey Weinstein? It's a bit of a hassle when it comes to him. ”

"He's just a horse boy for Harvey at best." Jody further said: "Since the failure of Daredevil and Ben Affleck's career has declined dramatically, he has long since lost the scenery of the turn of the century, and is in the kind of star who is outdated and relatively famous. ”

She was very direct: "We TMZ can completely mess with them!" ”

The editor-in-chief also quickly skimmed the information of the two people on the computer: "Yes, but you know the principle of TMZ, we can make news, and we must not publish fake news!" “

Jody is still very young, except that she is as thin as a hemp pole, she is quite beautiful, she said: "I am going to sign up for the acting class at their acting school and experience the specifics in person. ”

Coming to the editor-in-chief, Jody also asked for support: "During this period, I had to use a lot of special photography and recording equipment. ”

"I'll approve it." The editor-in-chief praised: "Joe, you are very courageous. ”

Jody was unpretentious: "It's all about the news." ”

After receiving support and equipment, Jody quickly signed up, became a young actor looking forward to becoming famous, and began his study and life in an acting school.

Her first teacher was Ben Affleck, who taught more than just the girls.

Jody doesn't report fake news, but she takes the initiative to create real news, and soon attracts the attention of Big Ben with her coquettish performance.

(End of chapter)