"I think you need to look at this first."

Chuck handed the folder to Jamie.

Flipping through the folder and seeing Vanessa's photo, Jamie was also stunned for a moment.

Betty mistakenly thought that the two were dissatisfied with the first actor she chose, and quickly explained:

"I read it carefully, and it doesn't specifically mention the skin color of the heroine, of course, I know that readers will definitely default to it as a white girl, so most of the actors in this folder are selected according to this standard."

Before he could finish speaking, he was unceremoniously interrupted by Chuck.

"Then why is the first one an exception?"

Betty's hands clasped nervously.

"I don't think film adaptations have to be strictly followed, and some more diversified options can also be considered."

Chuck interrupted Betty again.

"I think she has a point!"

He turned his head to look at Jamie, who was still carefully looking through Vanessa's information.

"Everyone else doesn't have to watch it, the heroine will decide on her!"

Betty almost thought she had misheard.

Obviously, Chuck still had a picky expression on his face just now, and then he was persuaded so easily?

Jamie looked at Chuck seriously, and before he could speak, he was interrupted by Chuck, who had already picked up his wine glass:

"I'm serious!"

Chuck chose Vanessa, of course, because Blair also knew each other.

Talking to a girl I don't know Blair in a movie, and talking to a girl I know Blair in a movie, obviously the latter can stimulate Blair more.

Jamie took out his phone on the spot and dialed Dan's number.

Chuck can choose Vanessa as the heroine regardless of it, but Jamie needs to think about Dan's feelings one more time.

After all, Wanasa is Dan's childhood sweetheart.

The phone goes through and Dan tells Jamie that he has just finished dinner and is cleaning up the plates.

Jamie told Dan about Vanessa's signing up for the audition for the heroine of "Fifty Shades of Grey", but Dan on the other end of the phone reacted a little unusually.

He didn't seem surprised at all.

Under Jamie's questioning, Dan admitted that he did know about it earlier.

And Vanessa was having dinner at his house tonight, and was about to wash the dishes with him.

Dan is very grateful to Jamie for calling him, but in his opinion, Vanessa just signed up and may not be chosen.

Instead, it was Jamie's reaction that made Dan feel like a bit of a fuss.

Although he couldn't have said it so directly on the phone, Jamie still felt it.

"Well, since Vanessa is by your side, can you give her the phone? I'd like to talk to her. ”

In the kitchen, Dan handed the phone to Vanessa.

Vanessa was washing dishes with gloves on both hands, and could only hold her phone between her right face and right shoulder.

"Hey, Jamie."

"Hello, Vanessa, I believe you already know the reason why I called Dan, to be honest, I'm still surprised that you want to play the heroine of "Fifty Shades of Grey", can you tell me your reason? It can't be because of the literary nature of this one, right? ”

At the beginning, Vanessa didn't even think much of popular literature like "Percy Jackson".

And the vulgarity of "Fifty Shades of Grey", which uses pornography as a selling point, is definitely at the bottom of the chain of literary contempt.

So I didn't believe it when I killed Jamie, and Wanasha wanted to play the heroine of the movie because she was attracted to literature.

"My decision has nothing to do with the original book, I just think this opportunity is good, and being an actor has always been my dream."

Vanessa replied crisply.

No matter how vulgar "Fifty Shades of Grey" is, it is still fundamentally different from the pure "action movies" produced in the San Fernando Valley.

Coupled with the openness of the European and American film and television circles, actresses who have become famous in restricted movies abound, and many newcomers even regard starring in this type of movie as a shortcut to fame.

It's no surprise that Vanessa would make such a decision.

"Last question, have you been trained in acting before?"

Jamie's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Vanessa's movements as she washed the dishes suddenly stopped.

"Of course, I've been training in acting classes for over a year, and I've been with the Screen Actors Guild two years ago."

Jamie looked through Vanessa's profile and found that this was indeed the case.

"The agent on your profile says your-"

"My mom."

Vanessa preemptively replied:

"She's an artist, she's been an actress for a while, and now she's agreed to be my manager as well."

Jamie closed the information in his hand.

"Is she free for the past two days?"

Vanessa picked up the phone directly with her foamy hand and covered her mouth with her other hand.

"What do you mean—"

"That's right, you've been chosen as the heroine of the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey", and our people will tell you the details when we sign the contract, but there is one thing I need to tell you in advance."

Vanessa guessed what Jamie wanted to say in advance.

"Confidentiality, huh?"

"That's right, in order to promote the movie, we will release some fake news that someone else will play the lead actress, and it will not be announced that you will star until the end, and you can't reveal to anyone that you have signed with us during this period."

Vanessa glanced at Dan, who was listening to her on the phone.

"Dan shouldn't be included among the people who need to be kept secret, right?"

"Of course, but you'll have to convince Dan to keep it a secret for you, and make sure that no third party knows about it."

Vanessa turned on the phone directly to the speakerphone, so Dan heard Jamie's words as well.

Dan was in a complicated mood at this time.

When Vanessa hung up, Dan looked at her very seriously and seriously.

"I want to talk to you!"

On the other side, Jamie puts down his phone and tells Chuck that it's all done.

Betty stood aside, apparently not recovering from the shock of the whole thing.

Jamie tells Betty directly that it's time to get off work.

He was very satisfied with Betty's work today.

However, Betty, who received the praise, was not happy at all.

She spent a whole day reading more than 3,000 emails, from which she selected 23 candidates for the heroine.

But Jamie and Chuck didn't spend more than three minutes looking at the folder together, and then they made such a hasty decision on the heroine.

The reason is simply that they know that Vanessa.

"So anything else?"

Jamie looked at Betty in bewilderment.

I wanted to pluck up the courage and suggested that Jamie take a look at the information of the remaining twenty-two alternative actors, after all, they were selected by her painstaking efforts.

But when the words came to her lips, Betty was decisively coaxed.

"Mr. Dutton, in addition to the twenty-three actors who are suitable for the heroine of "Fifty Shades of Grey", I have also selected fifteen actors from all the applicants who are worth paying attention to, if you are interested, you can take a look."

In order not to discourage Betty's work, Jamie had to open another folder.

I was going to flip through it casually, but when I turned the first page, I saw an acquaintance.

Sophie Mays.

The live-action project of "The Adventures of Cheng Long", which was handed over to Ovitz, is estimated to have not been contacted by Sophie Mays's agent.

Of course, it is not excluded that Sophie Mays has taken a fancy to the super high media discussion of "Fifty Shades of Grey" and wants to gain a wave of popularity.

However, Sophie Mays is already a well-known actor in Hollywood, and it is not surprising that Betty was selected to join this special attention folder.

What really surprised Jamie was the second actor.

Golia Delgado.

This sexy beauty from Colombia has obviously not met her scumbag ex-husband, nor has she married the sixty-year-old man to start her modern family path.

Jamie deliberately took a look at Golia's occupation on the profile.

Host and model of Spanish-language TV show.

That's not all, and then Jamie saw another actor who looked like the Scarlet Witch in his previous life.

However, her name is not Elizabeth Olsen, but Taylor Sloane.

The influencer who will have millions of followers in the future is now just a student who has just entered college.

And her school, a name Jamie has never heard of at all, and it is estimated that it is ranked outside the top 500 in the United States.

It's no wonder that they will embark on the path of Internet celebrity in the future.

Jamie ended up spending more than a dozen times longer than originally planned, going through all the actor materials in the entire folder.

He looked up at Betty, his eyes full of approval.

"While I'm not going to give you extra overtime, I'm still going to say good job!"

Betty's face immediately burst into a smile of excitement.

"Thank you!"

"Okay, now that you can actually get off work, why don't you want to go down there for a drink? I'm in for a treat. ”

Betty immediately shook her head.

First of all, she doesn't like to drink, and secondly, the striptease show here also makes her feel unacceptable.

Jamie didn't force it, and nodded to signal Betty to leave.

Who knew that Betty had just walked to the door, and suddenly turned back and looked at Jamie with a cramped and uneasy expression.

"Mr. Dutton, one more thing."

Jamie picked up the wine glass in front of him and motioned for Betty to continue.

Betty pulled out a pet collar from her corny satchel.

"A girl from my neighbor's house, she's very smart and hardworking, and this is a collar she invented that doesn't get stuck in the neck and can be untied quickly."

Betty said and demonstrated it in front of Jamie and Chuck.

Before she could continue, Chuck interrupted impatiently:

"Why, do you think this collar could be improved and used in our movie? It's a good idea to use it as a bundle game. ”

Betty froze.

Swear to God, she has absolutely no such thoughts.

She was about to defend herself, but Chuck didn't give her a chance to speak.

"Ten thousand dollars, I'm willing to buy this invention design, how about it?"

Sure that Chuck was not joking, Betty decisively chose to close the deal.

She placed the collar on the table in the booth and took a thick wad of green Franklin from Chuck.

Just as she was about to turn around and go out, Jamie suddenly stopped her.

Jamie always thought that the collar invented by Betty's neighbor was a little familiar, so he wanted to ask.

Betty mistakenly thinks that she has just made a deal with Chuck so happy that Jamie is suspicious of her, and immediately swears that she will give the $10,000 to her neighbor's girl, Joey.

"Joey?" The inexplicable familiarity in Jamie's heart grew stronger.

"That's right, she lives next door to my house, and if Mr. Dutton doesn't believe me, I can take you to her."

Before Betty could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Jamie raising her hand.

"Okay, Betty, I'm not suspicious of you, but I've suddenly taken some interest in your neighbor's girl who is good at inventing."

In order to disguise the real purpose, Jamie deliberately added.

"You know, I need a lot of inspiration to write, so I'm very interested in all kinds of interesting people and things."

When Chuck on the side heard this, he didn't interrupt or ask any more questions, and took his own wine glass and drank it first.

Jamie pointed to the couch across from her, motioned for Betty to sit down, and told him the story of Joey, the neighbor's girl.

"Joey is a very unfortunate girl, her father was very carious, and he divorced her mother when Joey was less than ten years old, and I don't know how many girly friends he has around him."

At this point, Betty suddenly stopped and glanced at Jamie with some concern.

In terms of the degree of care, Jamie seems to have lost much to Joey's father.

Betty worries that she will displease Jamie by commenting on Joey's father.

It turned out that she was completely overwhelmed.

Jamie listened attentively, without thinking about Betty's concerns.

Betty then reassuringly continued:

"Joey's mother couldn't stand the blow of divorce and stayed at home all day watching soap operas, but fortunately Joey had a good grandmother, without her encouragement and care, Joey would not have been admitted to Boston University, the top university in the United States."

Chuck couldn't help but interrupt when he heard this.

"I'm sorry, but when did Boston University become a top school, I thought that only schools like Harvard and Yale could use the word top."

Betty's face was red and white, and she was very embarrassed.

She forgot that sitting in front of her were two rich boys who attended Constance High School.

Boston University, which is already a top university in the eyes of ordinary people, has directly become the object of dislike in the eyes of these two casual guys from Harvard and Yale.

Jamie expressed deep disdain for Chuck's "why not eat minced meat" pretending to be a man, and told Betty to ignore it and continue to talk about Joey.

"Originally, everyone was happy that Joey could receive an acceptance letter from Boston University, but Joey's father's business had some problems, and instead of providing tuition for Joey to go to college, he asked Joey to give up college and go to his company as an accountant, and Joey's mother couldn't do without Joey's care, and also hoped that she wouldn't go to college."

"But it's different now!"

Betty took out the $10,000 Chuck had just given her.

With the money from the sale of the patent, Joey can hire someone to take care of her mother and grandmother, and then go to college herself, and with her intelligence, I believe she will have a bright future in the future!"

Goliath is from the American drama "Modern Family", Taylor Sloan is from the movie "Ingrid Goes West", and Joy is from the movie "Striving Joey" (aka "Mop Queen")

(End of chapter)