After comparing the two Dragon Girl candidates, Kate Beckinsale and Sophie Mays, Cheng Long finally chose the latter.

The reason is that Sophie Mays's image is more suitable for the cartoon snake.

Jamie's assessment of this is that it is a very wise choice.

Cheng Long breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Indeed, someone on Hong Kong Island had asked him to have the opportunity to bring that Miss Zhang a little more.

Therefore, Cheng Long arranged for the other party to play a rather heavy role in "Rush Hour 2...... Villain.

However, that Miss Zhang is an ambitious person, so naturally she will not be satisfied with this, and she has repeatedly expressed the idea of working together with Cheng Long outside the play.

Cheng Long agreed, so he helped the other party fight for it.

Go back and tell the other person about the result...... The one behind him can be regarded as having an explanation.

And Cheng Long's move is to retreat into advance, but he is actually betting the real bet on the role of Xiaoyu.

In his opinion, Little Snake has already given way as the heroine.

Xiaoyu's character, how can Jamie respect his right to speak, right?

Cheng Long picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Jamie himself.

This overly attentive move immediately made Jamie wary.

Sure enough, I heard Cheng Long say:

"Jamie, since the positioning of Little Snake in the live-action movie is more biased towards the heroine, can the heroine Xiaoyu in the animation also make some adjustments in the live-action movie?"

"I'm referring to her age, of course it's okay to put the ten-year-old setting in the animation, but isn't it too young to be ten years old in a live-action movie?"

Jamie asked quietly:

"How suitable does Brother Cheng Long think Xiaoyu should be in a live-action movie?"

Cheng Long replied without hesitation:

"Fifteen or sixteen! I watch the heroines of most Hollywood youth school films at this age. ”

Jamie understood immediately.

Fifteen or sixteen-year-old Xiaoyu has already broken away from the category of a girl.

And in the entertainment industry, it is popular to pretend to be tender, and it is common for people in their twenties to play fifteen or sixteen years old.

In this way, Xiaoyu's casting has more room to operate.

"For the role of Xiaoyu, my idea is to select the most suitable candidate through open casting, and with the appeal of Brother Cheng Long, I believe that school-age girls in the entire Chinese-speaking world will enthusiastically sign up."

The smile on Cheng Long's face froze suddenly.

Jamie immediately added:

"Of course, I also agree to relax the casting age appropriately, how about the upper limit of registration to 18 years old?"

Cheng Long couldn't say anything about the bitterness in his heart.

Eighteen years old can't do it, the pair of girls from the old friend company on Hong Kong Island are already twenty this year, right?

When Cheng Long first came to Hollywood to develop, he was unfamiliar with his life, and it was that old friend who helped him with all kinds of things.

At that time, Cheng Long felt that he owed the other party a good favor.

Later, Cheng Long's son returned to Hong Kong Island to study music, and it was Li Zongsheng who was introduced by the other party.

Cheng Long hadn't gained a firm foothold in Hollywood before, and he couldn't repay the other party.

This time "Rush Hour 2" was released, the old friend flew from Hong Kong Island to Los Angeles to congratulate Cheng Long, and also brought the two newcomers that the company was ready to support.

Among them, the girl named Gillian is sweet and lovely, and she has a very good impression on Cheng Long.

In front of that old friend, Cheng Long personally promised that if there is a suitable role in the next movie, he will definitely recommend it to the producer and director.

Originally, the role of Xiaoyu was quite suitable, and she was the heroine in the animation, if she could recommend it successfully, it would be enough to repay all the favors owed to the other party.

I didn't expect Jamie to come up with a method of open casting, so that Cheng Long couldn't open his mouth directly.

But this is really just a coincidence.

One of the reasons why Jamie proposed open casting was inspired by the casting of Harry Potter in his previous life.

Watching the young actors in the movie grow up one by one can make the audience have more feelings and identification with the entire series of movies.

And another reason is that Jamie's good-looking actress has not yet debuted at this time.

If you go directly to the other party, there is no way to explain many things, so it is better to open the casting and attract the other party to take the initiative to sign up.

As for what Cheng Long thinks, Jamie doesn't care at all.

For the next dinner, Cheng Long ate very tastelessly at first.

And Jamie killed three bowls of rice, and during the process, he praised the taste of Chinese food.

When he reached the second half of the meal, Cheng Long figured it out himself.

This is the rule of the game in Hollywood, you can't change it, you can only adapt it.

The role selection is not available, but in terms of the filming location of the movie, Cheng Long still suggested to Jamie if he could consider Hong Kong Island more.

This time, Jamie readily agreed.

After eating, Cheng Long had to fly back to Los Angeles overnight.

After sending Cheng Long away, Jamie received a call from an acquaintance as soon as he got in the car.

Ding dong!

The doorbell rings.

Rebecca, who was doing yoga, got up from her mat and walked briskly to the apartment door.

When the door is opened, Jamie is standing outside.

Rebecca stepped aside and invited Jamie in, closing the door and asking him what he wanted to drink.

Jamie looked at the apartment where Rebecca was staying and replied that coffee would be fine.

Rebecca walked into the kitchen and walked out with an empty can of coffee beans with an apologetic face.

"Yesterday I brewed the last coffee beans and forgot to buy them today."

Jamie shrugged and said that it was just a matter of having something to drink.

Rebecca opened the fridge and took a look, then finally pulled out two bottles of beer.

"That's all but milk, okay?"

Jamie asked rhetorically.

"Vegans also drink milk?"

Rebecca shrugged and replied:

"It depends on what kind of vegetarian you are, I'm a lacto-vegetarian, I can drink milk and dairy products, but I don't eat eggs, and there are lacto-ovo vegetarians who can eat eggs and white meat vegetarians who can eat some white meat."

Glancing at Rebecca's body-hugging yoga suit, Jamie thinks he already knows why Rebecca chose to be a lacto-vegetarian.

"Then drink milk."

Rebecca had no choice but to turn around and take another carton of milk, pour a glass of milk and put it in front of Jamie.

Because it was in her own home, the neckline of the yoga dress on Rebecca was very low.

As soon as he bent down, the scenery inside was unobstructed in front of Jamie's eyes.

Jamie picked up the glass, took a sip of milk, and looked at Rebecca, who was sitting on the couch opposite.

"You must have come to me for something else, right?"

"At noon today, I received a call from my distant cousin, to be honest, I was quite surprised, the last time we met was a family reunion three years ago, at that time I really didn't expect that she would win the Oscar the next year."

Jamie shrugged and replied:

"yes, the other people who participated in the Oscars that year didn't expect it either."

Rebecca knew that Jamie was ridiculing her cousin for relying on public relations after winning the movie, so she nodded and said:

"I thought she would invite all the family members to a celebration ceremony after winning the award, but she didn't, and even one of my relatives complained to my father that she had become unsociable in the family since someone became an actress."

As a qualified listener, Jamie cooperated with a curious look.

"So why did she suddenly remember to call you?"

Rebecca shrugged her shoulders and said bluntly:

"She's not here for me, she's here for you."

Jamie was really a bit of a surprise this time.

"Me?"

Rebecca handed over a note with a phone number on it.

"She originally wanted to ask me for your phone number, but I think the decision on this matter should be up to you, so I only promised that she would tell you about it."

Jamie took the note and looked at it.

"Did she tell you what was going on with me?"

Rebecca replied:

"She said that she was also entrusted, and I only need to give you this phone number, even if it is a favor for her."

Jamie immediately thought of someone.

Help Rebecca's cousin Gwyneth win the Oscar Harvey Weinstein.

At present, this guy is at his most glamorous in Hollywood, and there will basically be winners standing on the stage at every Oscar and adding words like "thank you Harvey" to their acceptance speech.

Considering what happened to this guy in the end, Jamie certainly didn't want to have anything to do with him.

At the same time, Jamie is also a little strange.

Harvey Weinstein has always focused on small and medium-budget films and various Olympic movies, and it stands to reason that this guy will not have anything to do with him.

Gwyneth only gave Rebecca the number and didn't tell her who the other person was.

In order not to disturb Jamie's decision, she got up and returned to the yoga mat and continued the movements she had not done before.

Jamie walked aside with his phone and dialed the number on the note.

He had already made up his mind that if it was Harvey Weinstein on the other end of the line, he would be fine.

The phone was connected, and the voice of a middle-aged man rang on the other end.

"Jamie Dutton?"

Jamie wasn't sure if the voice was Harvey Weinstein and replied lukewarmly.

"That's right, it's me."

Without waiting for Jamie to ask who the other party was, the other party took the initiative to report his name.

"I'm Michael Owitz, and I'm guessing you've probably heard my name, or maybe not, because I'm already an outdated figure in the eyes of many people."

Rebecca on the yoga mat had been secretly watching the situation here, and when she saw the shock and surprise in Jamie's eyes, she was also a little curious about who was on the other end of the phone.

But one thing Rebecca is very sure of is that the person on the other end of the phone is definitely not small.

"Wow, can I say that really surprised me? The famous founder of CAA, the most powerful man in Hollywood, so you are really Michael Ovitz? ”

"If you're not sure, we can meet, I'm in New York right now."

The other party replied quickly.

Jamie thought about it and finally refused.

"Well, I now believe that you are not lying, after all, not everyone can have this connection to find me through a cousin of an Oscar-winning actress, so Mr. Ovitz, what is the matter with you looking for me?"

Ovitz on the other end of the line was also very direct.

"Surely you've guessed it, haven't you? The purpose of my call to you is to ask if you need a broker? ”

Jamie's answer was also straightforward.

"No, I think I'm past the stage where I need an agent to take care of some things, and even if I had, I had a better option, didn't I?"

If Jamie remembers correctly, Owitz's agency will go out of business next year, so what he just said at the beginning of the phone call was not self-deprecating, but a true portrayal of his own situation.

Of course, this is not to say that Ovitz is in a bad situation.

A man who was fired from the presidency of Disney and could still receive $120 million in severance compensation has nothing to do with misery in any way.

In fact, Michael Ovitz was completely financially free back in the early '90s.

After helping Sony buy Colombia and Panasonic buying MCA, two acquisitions that were once considered impossible to succeed, Ovitz received at least hundreds of millions of dollars in commissions.

But $100 million in 1990 is not the same concept as it is now.

By 1995, Ovitz, who founded and led CAA to success, had been named the most powerful man in Hollywood for five consecutive years.

After achieving fame, he no longer had any challenges in the agent industry, so he gladly accepted Disney's invitation and left CAA to become the CEO of Disney.

But Ovitz had only been in this position for less than 14 months before he suffered the most painful backstab of his life.

He was fired from Disney's board of directors.

Undeterred, Ovitz decided to return to CAA to make a comeback, only to be rejected by the CAA, which Ovitz had created.

In a fit of rage, Ovitz decided to start a new brokerage firm.

As a result, the CAA did not miss the old feelings, and joined other brokerage companies to suppress Ovitz's new company.

The attitude of all was surprisingly consistent.

Ovitz is good, but it's better without him!

Now such a person who has been collectively excluded by the entire Hollywood has said on the phone that he wants to be Jamie's agent, and normal people know how to choose.

Even Ovitz himself was not surprised by Jamie's rejection.

He immediately changed his question.

"Then you lack a partner?"

As if he had a premonition that Jamie would refuse without hesitation, Ovitz immediately added.

"I'm not going to invite you to invest in my company, in fact even I know it's going to be finished, I mean CAA, you're definitely interested in taking control of one of Hollywood's most successful agencies, right?"

Jamie asked cautiously.

"What do you mean?"

Ovitz on the other end of the line immediately explained:

"I still have a stake in CAA, about 1%, and when I left CAA, Disney also bought a part of CAA's shares with my brokerage, and I can convince Disney to sell these shares to you at a suitable price, and most importantly, I won't charge any remuneration during the whole transaction process."

Take a half-day off today, there is only one chapter!

(End of chapter)