Chapter 131: Sif's Temptation, the American version of the Metamorphosis
Under Serena's "friendly prompt", Jamie finally remembered the ending of Casey Johnson's previous life.
The daughter of the Johnson & Johnson Group, who was born with a golden key, finally succeeded in killing herself.
As a result of his crazy rebellion, his relationship with his father became worse and worse.
For an old money family like Woody Johnson, the style of weekdays is extremely low-key, and they are also very disgusted with their children showing up like this, which is frequently reported in the newspapers.
Especially the ones that are in the news are still not very glamorous.
In the end, Woody Johnson couldn't stand Casey's profligacy, and not only severed the father-daughter relationship with Casey, but also disqualified Casey from the family trust.
Casey's mother also cut off her financial support because of Casey's repeated behavior.
None of this has saved Casey's death, and she openly has a girlfriend and begins to abuse all kinds of contraband.
Finally, one day in 2010, she was found dead in her rented apartment.
The Johnson family did not announce the cause of Casey's death, but everyone knew it.
Jamie is not a virgin and has no sympathy for Casey, so his first reaction when he learns that Casey has joined Simple Life is that it is actually good news.
Paris Hilton is not a strong opponent in his own right, and now that he has Casey, a pig teammate, he is dragged down, and the probability of playing "Simple Life" has greatly increased.
On the other hand, on the side of "Manhattan Socialite", although the guest lineup has expanded from four to six at the beginning, the luxury of the lineup has not shrunk.
Not to mention anything else, the appearance of the guests alone far surpasses "Simple Life".
Serena, Blair, Rebecca, Bobi, and Elle are all top beauties in Hollywood in their previous lives, and even Kim Kardashian, who joined last, is also the first traffic actress in Hollywood in the future.
The program content and production method of "Manhattan Socialite" refer to popular reality shows such as "Walking with the Kardashian" and "Beverly's Wife" in the previous life.
For "Simple Life", it can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction blow.
And although "Simple Life" looks full of gimmicks at the moment, the combination of Miss Hilton and Johnson & Johnson's daughters can indeed make this show earn enough eyeballs at the beginning of the broadcast.
However, neither Paris nor Casey were fuel-efficient lamps.
In terms of fame, Paris is greater, but the family background is undoubtedly more advantageous for Casey, and it is strange that the two can finish recording the show without incident.
It is estimated that the movements of these two women outside the show can be greater than the movements of the show itself.
At Jamie's persuasion, Serena decided not to make any response to the matter.
However, Paris, who is well versed in hype, did not let go of this opportunity to touch "Manhattan Socialite".
The next day, she was on a TV show and publicly expressed her disdain for "Manhattan Socialite".
The host took the opportunity to ask if the rumors that Paris would also join "Manhattan Socialite" some time ago were true.
Paris denied it on the spot.
even bit back, saying that this was fake news deliberately released by the "Manhattan Socialite" program team in order to hype.
This kind of open-mouthed style even shocked the host.
But that's just the beginning.
Paris then began to complain about the show "Manhattan Socialite", claiming that it was just a childish game of Serena and Blair and a group of high school students, and even if she was invited to participate, she would not have any interest.
Serena stood in front of the TV with her arms folded, her pretty face covered with frost.
Sif sat on the couch behind him was embarrassed.
Because the show that interviewed Paris was from Westar News, and the production company of the reality show "Simple Life" is also a subsidiary of Westar News.
Although you know it on your toes, Paris's face-to-face output for "Manhattan Socialite" must have been instructed by Westar News.
But Sif didn't know about it, and she came to visit today, in fact, to discuss another matter with Jamie.
In order to clear up the relationship, as soon as Jamie picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, Sif stood up and explained to Serena:
"All this is the idea of Roger Els's dead fat pig, this guy relies on my father's trust in him, and he doesn't take me, Kendall, or Roman seriously at all on weekdays, and whether any of us succeed my father in the future, the first thing he will do is to fire this bastard!"
When he said this, Sif had sincerity in his eyes, and the hatred in his eyes when he mentioned Roger Ells couldn't be hidden.
But Jamie knew that if there had not been for the sexual harassment scandal of Roger Ells in the workplace in his previous life, he would definitely have been able to work until retirement in the position of president of Westar News.
After all, this guy is really capable, and at its peak, the ratings of Westar News were more than the two competitors CNN and MSNBC combined.
Every year, he runs the Westar News Channel, which generates more than $1 billion in net profits for the Roy family.
As long as this does not change, Roger's position in Westar News is as secure as a mountain.
The elder Logan even planned to let Sif intern under Roger after graduation, but not to learn how to make money, because Sif had expressed her ambition before going to college, and she wanted to enter politics and become a political broker in the future.
And Roger's earning power is secondary, and his most powerful influence in the political arena is still his influence.
So far, four Elephant Party presidents have been elected, and Roger's name can be seen on the campaign team.
There is even an exaggeration to say that Roger is the "fourth estate" in addition to the separation of powers in the United States.
The reflex on Sif had been revealed at this time, she was very disgusted with her father's arrangement, and naturally she had no good impression of Roger Els.
Of course, just scolding Roger can show sincerity, and Sif then gave Serena a "big gift".
Without any psychological obstacles, she told the inside story of the production of "Simple Life" that she mastered.
"As far as I know, the show was going to be filmed in a small town in Arkansas, and the idea was to get Paris and Kathy to experience a two-week experience of civilian life away from the rich, well-fed and sought-after rich daughters of New York."
"It is said that the idea for this show came from Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Beggar", and even Paris wanted to invite me to participate in the recording of the show before, I want to say that she just wants to be famous and crazy, so I will not play this boring game of prince becoming beggar with them."
Serena frowned, clearly not entirely believing Sif at what he said.
On the contrary, Jamie looked very interested.
Combined with the memories of his past life, Jamie knew that Sif wasn't lying.
"Simple Life" is, to put it bluntly, the American version of "Metamorphosis".
The reality show idea of the prince turning beggar is very interesting, and this is also the previous life of "Simple Life", although the whole plot is full of various contrived performances, meaningless humor, and shameless disrespect, but after the broadcast, it has received good ratings.
The production company struck while the iron was hot and produced three more seasons of the show in one go.
Later, if it weren't for the breakdown of Paris and Nicole's relationship, and then the two of them were in the trouble of scandals, this reality show might have continued.
After Jamie expressed his appreciation for the show's creativity, both Serena and Sif were shocked.
Jamie shrugged and explained:
"Although I don't think 'Simple Life' can pose a threat to 'Manhattan Socialite', but purely from the perspective of a creator, I think 'Simple Life' program creativity is really great."
Saying that, Jamie also glanced at Sif deliberately, and added meaningfully:
"If I were the planner of the show, I would be sure to make it even better."
Serena looked at her boyfriend in disbelief, and Sif immediately went off in alarm.
She didn't think Jamie would be so "kind" to help.
After all, the success of "Simple Life" will not give Jamie any benefits, unless there is some ulterior conspiracy in it.
Under Siff's suspicious gaze, Jamie began to explain why.
"That's right, I really don't need to help the "Simple Life" program team, but what if this can help you?"
"Me?"
Sif looked incredulous.
Jamie just shrugged his shoulders at this.
"You just mentioned that you will go to Roger Ells for an internship after graduating from college, if you can come up with suggestions for improving "Simple Life", and finally the show will get better feedback, whether it is your father or Roger Ells, you will definitely look up to you, right?"
Sif, not carried away by Jamie's drawing, calmly asked:
"But why are you helping me? Don't tell me it's just to gain my friendship! ”
If Jamie had said this to Sif in private, Sif might have thought that Jamie had other intentions for her.
But in front of Serena, Jamie does this to make people wonder about his true purpose.
Seeing this, Jamie could only prompt:
"I think you've all got the notion that the show Simple Life has gotten better isn't directly equated with Hilton getting more out of it."
Sif immediately thought of a possibility.
"You mean kick Hilton out of Simple Life and replace it with someone to record the show?"
Now it was Jamie's turn to be surprised.
I didn't expect Sif to be so decisive, and he actually thought of kicking Hilton out of the game in one step.
This is certainly the ideal situation, but Jamie doesn't think Siv has the courage to do that.
The most important thing is that Jamie knows that the decision-making power for the production of "Simple Life" is not in the hands of Sif Sif, and she can at most give advice to the program team.
Even so, Jamie pretended to look very expectant and asked:
"Really? I mean it's up to you to replace Hilton on this show. ”
Sif shook her head decisively, indicating that this was absolutely impossible.
First, she didn't like to do this kind of thing that would show her face and end up directly, and second, she didn't want to offend Paris Hilton because of it.
There is one more chapter in the evening.
(End of chapter)