Taylor nodded.

She now roughly understands her role in "Modern Family" - the rebellious little daughter of the old father, who fights wits and courage with her glamorous stepmother every day, and at the same time forms an "iron triangle" girlfriend group with two nieces of the same age.

Ovitz was amazed at Taylor's intelligence and precociousness, and at the end of the interview, Taylor was given a business card of his own.

If Taylor needs an agent, consider signing him.

After Taylor's interview, it was the turn of the interview to play the roles of Joey's mother and Charlie's ex-wife.

Betty called all five interviewees to Jamie and Ovitz one by one, but none of them impressed either interviewer.

In the end, it was Betty's sister's turn to Hilda, and Betty didn't call someone in the first place, but explained to Jamie and Ovitz with a nervous look on her face why she had included her sister in the interview list.

After listening, Jamie and Ovitz looked at each other.

Jamie was the first to speak:

"Betty, is it really your sister who said these words?"

Betty immediately raised her hand and swore that she was not half a lie.

At the same time, Ovitz also took a hard look at Hilda's resume.

One of the biggest highlights is that I have participated in beauty contests and am younger than other interviewers.

In Jamie's original character setting, this character should be positioned as an unmarried woman in her forties, raising her daughter alone.

That alone would have excluded Hilda.

It's just that Betty just relayed Hilda's reason for self-recommendation, which made Ovitz feel that it is not impossible to lower the age threshold for this role to be in his thirties.

On top of that, now that the role of the ex-husband has been confirmed to be played by Charlie, it is true that an actress of Charlie's age should be considered to play the role of the ex-wife

After listening to Ovitz's opinion, Jamie thought carefully for a few seconds.

"What do you think of adding the Romeo and Juliet Act to the character's character?"

Ovitz's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"I think it's funny."

Immediately he added:

"And this is more in line with Charlie's character setting."

Jamie crossed his arms and began to ponder along this line of thought.

Charlie and Hilda are both in their early thirties, and the show can be set as the two fall in love and have a relationship in high school, resulting in Hilda's unexpected pregnancy and giving birth to Joey.

Hilda's father took Charlie to court in a fit of rage, and the judge eventually acquitted Charlie by citing the Romeo and Juliet Act.

Charlie also fell out with Hilda's family because of this.

The two never got married at all, but just raised their daughter together.

This situation is not uncommon in the United States, and it also explains very well why Charlie has been insisting on being single in the spin-off series "Two and a Half Heroes".

Soon Hilda is called into the interview room by Betty.

Ovitz asked Hilda a few simple questions.

Hilda's unfrightening performance when she answered was enough to prove that her resume was not fake, and she did participate in beauty pageants, and almost won the championship.

When it was Jamie's turn, the first question he asked made Hilda stunned.

"Is there anything else you'd like to know about this character?"

Hilda held back the excitement and joy in her heart, and calmly asked:

"Can I interpret this as if I have passed the interview?"

Jamie nodded.

Hilda excitedly ran to Betty on the spot and hugged her sister tightly.

After the celebration, Hilda walked back into the center of the room and stood facing Jamie and Ovitz.

"I'm sorry, I was so excited just now, I do have a question for this character."

"Because I know Joey's mother in reality, and to be honest, I don't think I've fulfilled my mother's responsibilities to my daughter at all, and my role in the play won't be the same as her, right?"

The translation of this is that Hilda does not want to play an irresponsible single mother like Joey's mother in reality.

As soon as she got the role, she turned her head and began to question the character setting, and Hilda's bold remarks made Betty standing at the door sweat for her.

Jamie didn't get angry after hearing this, but looked at Hilda with interest.

"What should this character look like in your mind?"

If the same question had been asked by Ovitz, Hilda might have had to think about it.

But from Jamie's mouth, Hilda replied almost without thinking:

"Just like myself, you know, I'm also a single mom, and if Joey were my daughter, I would never be like her mother who just knows to sit in front of the TV all day watching those boring soap operas."

Jamie was still thinking about how the plot involving Hilda in the show should unfold, and after listening to Hilda's words, he already knew what to do.

Like Charlie, Hilda can play this role in her true colors.

In this way, the division of labor between the three main groups of characters in "Modern Family" is very clear.

Among the three male protagonists, the old man represents the wealthy class, the eldest son-in-law Steve Jones represents the successful middle class, and Charlie represents the liberal unmarried male group.

The three heroines, Golia, represent immigrants and young wives, the eldest daughter, Kate Jones, represents a typical middle-class housewife, and Hilda represents a single-parent divorced group.

As for the three daughters, Taylor is rebellious and lively, Jane is invincible, and Joey is strong and independent, basically including the group of high school girls.

In addition, in the spin-off "Two and a Half Heroes", Allen represents the low-income and unemployed, Allen's son Jack the Fat represents children, and Charlie and Allen's mother represents the rich woman class.

Together, they form the personnel map of the "family with goods" in Jamie's conception.

In the end, the role of the old man remained, and Jamie and Ovitz chose a 58-year-old actor named Jay O'Neal among five interviewers with an average age of over 60.

And Alan didn't know until the end of the interview that he had magically passed the interview and got an important role because of Charlie.

Because the interview went far better than expected, Charlie deliberately booked a plane ticket back to Los Angeles on the same day.

This time Charlie was smart and booked two tickets in economy class.

In this way, if he encounters Golia's sex again, Charlie will not need to change seats with others.

After getting on the plane, Alan also complained about Charlie.

He thought that both of them had passed the interview, and in order to celebrate, Charlie should have booked two first-class tickets.

Charlie immediately raised his hand to call the flight attendant and offered to upgrade.

Just when Alan complained, Charlie observed that there were no passengers in the economy class that could interest him, but there was a flight attendant on this flight who was very beautiful, but unfortunately the other party only served first-class customers.

Alan thought that Charlie had listened to persuasion and was ready to upgrade both of them to first class, but after the flight attendant came back and told Charlie that there were still empty seats in first class, Charlie directly handed his ticket to the other party, leaving the stunned Allen and going to first class alone.

A little more than six hours later, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport.

After getting into the taxi home, Alan began to complain at Charlie again.

Charlie had to change the subject in order to shut up Alan.

"Have you figured out how to explain to Judith that you're going to work in New York?"

Alan replied without thinking about it:

"Of course, I'll call her when I get back."

Charlie looked shocked.

That's it?

Alan asked rhetorically:

"What, you think I should tell her about it in person?"

Charlie was speechless on the spot.

"I'm asking how you're going to explain it to Judith, not how you're going to explain it to her."

Alan looked at Charlie puzzled.

Isn't that something that can be solved with a phone call?

How else to explain?

Charlie had to patiently prompt:

"What do you think Judith would do if she knew you were going to star in a TV series and that you'd be going to be a TV shopping host?"

Alan replied uncertainly:

"She's going to congratulate me?"

Charlie covered his forehead with his hands in pain and retorted loudly:

"She's going to get even worse PUA for you! For example, in order to secure custody and visitation rights for Jack, she will move with you to New York, and she will ask you to pay her more divorce alimony. ”

Allen's face suddenly changed, and he asked Charlie anxiously, what should he do?

Zha Li didn't want to reply:

"Of course, find a pick-up man to marry Judith, so that you can successfully win independent custody of Jack without continuing to pay her divorce alimony."

The solution is good, but the question is who to find to take over?

While Alan was meditating, Charlie gave him an idea.

"What do you think of that Walter we met today?"

Alan looked at Charlie with a shocked expression.

"Walter's girlfriend is Betty, you asked me to introduce him to Judith, you're not sick in the brain, are you?"

Charlie grabbed Allen by the shoulder.

"It's because normal people are unlikely to introduce a boyfriend to their ex-wife, you did this so that Betty wouldn't arouse Betty's suspicions, and you also know that if Betty knew about this, she would definitely give you eye medicine in front of Jamie Dutton!"

"But why did I do this, just to get rid of Judith?"

Alan was still puzzled.

Charlie asked rhetorically:

"Isn't that enough? What could be better than when you get a new job and get rid of your ex-wife's entanglement? ”

Alan wasn't fooled.

His intuition told him that Charlie definitely had a bigger plan in doing so.

Charlie, who was seen through, could only shrug helplessly and admitted:

"Well, actually, I did this for another reason to get on good terms with Betty."

What?!

Alan almost thought he had misheard.

Charlie's way to get on good terms with Betty turned out to be to introduce Betty's boyfriend, Walter, to other women.

And this woman is still his ex-wife!

I don't have a serious illness, so I can't say such brain-dead words.

Charlie, however, asked Alan to listen to him first.

"Do you think Walter really likes Betty?"

Alan asked rhetorically:

"Or else?"

Charlie said with great certainty:

"Believe me, Walter is absolutely just using Betty as a tool to help him succeed, as evidenced by his reselling of Jamie Dutton's autograph book and interviewer information."

Alan still doesn't understand.

"So what?"

Charlie looked like he hated iron and did not make steel, and reminded:

"So this is your chance! Betty looks like a good girl, and being able to be selected by Jamie Dutton to be his assistant shows that Betty is also very good at her own ability, and Walt can rely on her to eat soft rice, why can't you? ”

Allen had a big mouth and looked at Charlie in disbelief.

"You mean to let me go after Betty?"

Charlie was relieved to tapped Alan on the shoulder.

Good brother, you've finally got your hands dirty!

Alan pushed Charlie's hand away.

"No, I refuse!"

Charlie reluctantly added:

"If you're really resistant to introducing Judith to Walter, I can do it for you, and you'll just be responsible for chasing Betty down."

Alan listened to the bizarre anger.

"Do you think I'm a fool? Why should I chase Betty? ”

Charlie asked with a soul:

"So who do you want to chase? Betty's sister Hilda? ”

Alan was stunned on the spot.

Charlie, with an expression that I knew was the same, shrugged his shoulders and said:

"I advise you to give up this unrealistic idea! Although we haven't officially signed a contract yet, I'm 100% sure that there will be a clause in the contract that prohibits us from being in a relationship with a colleague. ”

These words were like a basin of cold water, which instantly calmed Allen's feverish head.

Charlie continued to be seductive:

"Pursuing Betty is just one of my proposals, I really think you and her are quite suitable, of course I know you may not be able to accept it for a while, but it doesn't matter, when we move to New York, you can't stand Judith's entanglement, I believe you will seriously consider my suggestion."

Alan didn't believe in evil, so he took out his mobile phone on the spot and dialed his ex-wife Judith's number.

He wants to tell Judith about his new job in New York to see if his ex-wife will really PUA him as Charlie said.

As a result, the phone was connected, and before Alan could speak, Judith preemptively asked where he was.

"Charlie and I went to New York for a job interview."

"Really? Then I'll have to congratulate you first. ”

"Uh...... Judith, I think we should revisit Jack's custody and divorce alimony. ”

"It's okay, you come back quickly, we can discuss this matter in person."

"You're at my house?"

"Isn't this Charlie's home? I have something to do tomorrow and need to get Jack back early, and you are not home. ”

"So you're taking Jack back again?"

"No, I'm sitting in the living room of Charlie's house, and it was Porta who opened the door for us, and by the way, Evelyn is here too, and she told me that Charlie is going to sell this house and go to New York to buy a new house."

Alan took his phone and turned his head to look at Charlie in surprise.

There is no doubt that Evelyn was waiting for them to go back at home at this time, and it must have been the master who came to ask for the guilt.

Unexpectedly, Charlie looked calm, obviously looking like he had already figured out how to deal with his mother Evelyn.

Alan had to tell Judith that they were already on their way back and would be home soon.

(End of chapter)