Hollywood Domination Chapter 29: Lilian’s question

"Yes, Chesa took the light of the family." Lilian took off a black dress and compared it to herself, shook her head, and put it back on the hanger. "You know he's been running around since he was a kid, he lived in New York for a while with his grandparents -- that's when we met, and he lived in France for a while with his mother and stepdad until he came back to LA for high school. Completely settled down. Anyway, since he was a child, he has made friends with adults everywhere, and sometimes Chesa's family jokes that he is the one who has mastered the whole family's connections, while others only have a part of them."

Jenny also took a little black dress to admire. Chanel's little dress is still very classic. If you choose the right one, you can wear it for several years without looking outdated. "Really? He doesn't look at all like a child raised by many families - but yes, Cesare looks like the kind of kid who hasn't croaked since he was a baby and never knew What is a person who wets his pants."

Lilian kept laughing, "Yes, I understand what you mean, Chesa's parents have always been busy, you know, plus they got divorced later. Chesa's grandparents are not good at raising children They were also divorced when Chesa lived in the past, so it is a miracle that Chesa can grow up like this. They all said that he is the most serious person in the whole family, and he is completely an anomaly of the Schmidt family."

"Oh, it turns out that his biological father's surname is Schmidt." Jenny picked out a small dress, "Dear Lil, what do you think of this one?"

"It's pretty good." Lilian came over and looked at the price tag, "It's just too cheap."

Jenny suppressed the urge to sigh: Needless to say, Lilian and Cesare had another fight.

——Possibly considering Jenny’s current financial situation, Lilian took out a card and showed it to Jenny as soon as she appeared today, "Chesa will pay for all expenses today."

Jenny is not hypocritical, Cesare needs her to appear in front of Rob in a decent manner, and she is willing to pay for it, so there is no need for her to refuse.

But this does not mean that she will climb up the pole and spend tens of thousands of dollars a day. Jenny originally planned to buy a small designer dress, which is best for multiple occasions. The value of the skirt is maximized, and other accessories, she can choose from the legacy of the original Jenny. I don’t plan to spend Cesare’s money on anything else. At most, if I find suitable shoes, I will buy a pair, because Jenny’s taste is not very good. Many shoes are cheap, and Jenny thinks they are a bit worn. stay home.

But Lilian's plan ran counter to her. As soon as she entered Dior, she went straight to the very expensive dress and dress, which meant that she would max out Cesare's card today. Jenny told her that it was too grand and not suitable for a dinner occasion. She changed her strategy and wanted to fill Jenny's closet and buy her several outfits. Jenny had no choice but to solemnly declare that she only planned to buy a dress today.

So that's it. Lilian's current goal is to find the most expensive dress among the dresses. In short, she wants to kill Cesare to be happy. She is not so angelic today, she is more like a young lady.

Jenny didn't intend to get used to Lilian's temper, she went straight into the fitting room to change into the skirt, and came out to have a look, it was really pretty, "That's it, I just have a pair of shoes at home to match, okay , My shopping today is over."

Lilian pouted childishly, procrastinating and uncooperative, Jenny took her to the checkout counter, waited for her to pull the card, and then smiled and said, "Then let me buy clothes with you, aren't you Have a Chesa card? Max it out. Who made him **** you off?"

"Hey." Lilian smiled embarrassedly, "So you can see it."

But she still put the card in her bag, "Yes, I have a strong desire to buy today, but I don't want to spend his money, go, and accompany me to try on the dress I fancy."

Women go shopping, nothing more than that, and they have to discuss seriously while flattering each other. Chen Zhen has a lot of experience in this. Lilian smiled happily, and swiped her card in a good mood to buy several Chinese clothes, plus the matching jewelry, perfume and beauty makeup, and easily pulled out more than 10,000 dollars. A whole morning was spent like this, the two of them were sore from walking, so they went into a restaurant for lunch.

"Now, I'm much happier." After ordering a lot of junk food, Lilian announced, "But why don't you ask me why I fought with Chesa?"

Jenny really doesn't want to get too involved in Cesare's private life, but she and Lilian are also considered good friends, so sometimes such a situation is hard to avoid. "Yeah, why did you quarrel with Chesa?"

Although she didn't show her emotions, Lilian wasn't stupid. She smiled helplessly, "Sorry, if I have a second friend here, I shouldn't have said these things to you."

Her face darkened, "Actually, this is the point I'm most dissatisfied with him. You know, I'm from New York, and I didn't go to college in California. I will come to Los Angeles to study for medical school. Because of Chesa. Including working in the hospital here now, almost all my friends and college classmates are in New York, and I basically have no friends here, Chesa is the only reason for me to stay in Los Angeles.”

Maybe it was emotional, Lilian's speech was a bit messy, "I don't say this because I regret it, or blame him, these are all I am willing to--Jenny, as long as I can be with him, none of these problem."

It can be seen that Lilian really loves Cesare, Jenny frowned, "Then what is the problem?"

Lilian thought for a while, then shook her head if she felt lost, "I don't know either, I love Chesa very much, and Chesa loves me very much, we are healthy, young, rich, and love each other... I don't know yet There is not enough."

When the food was served, the two of them fell into a short eating silence. After a while, Lilian said, "Maybe it's because we are too busy. You see, Chesa almost only comes back at bedtime, and I often To change shifts, maybe I should choose a general practitioner after my internship, so I can spend more time with him.”

Jenny also knows that Lilian is really lonely, otherwise she would not be so enthusiastic about herself, just like she said, her entire social circle is in New York, and most of the USC medical school classmates have gone their separate ways. And he was also terribly busy, "Maybe this is a good choice. You know that many families are dominated by a man and a woman. Cesare's income can fully cover family expenses. Even if he can't, you still have a fund. After marriage, you You can even choose a full-time housewife.”

"I don't want to give up my job." Lilian shook her head instead, and she suddenly laughed, "I was just talking nonsense, I can't even accept that I'm going to be a general practitioner. Jane, I'm already very dependent on Chesa, If I give up my career, he will be the whole of my life. Of course, many women can accept this, my sisters and sisters are all living this kind of life, and I also..."

She sighed, "I'm not opposed to this kind of life, you can even say that I yearn for it a little bit, but... if I just have to rely on Chesa further, I think I will be more disturbed."

"Do you think he doesn't love you enough?" Jenny asked. "Or do you not trust him too much? This is a very serious issue, and I think you need to talk about it."

"Almost 80 percent of fights are about this issue," Lillian said, "and my therapist told me that I should talk to Chesa, this trust issue is going to be a big issue between us." But—but I don’t know how to put it—Chesa feels that we are fine now, and there is no problem.”

She let out a sigh, "Anyway, I insist on staying in my house, and don't use his card, although he is willing to-maybe because I don't want him to say to me, 'Look, baby, I don't want to pay for it. You spent hundreds of thousands, doesn't that prove that I love you'?"

Facts have proved that Lilian has been forced to smile all morning, and once she opens the chat box, she vents her emotions non-stop. As a person who has experienced it, Jenny has been a dedicated listener all afternoon, and the two of them stopped at the mall at dinner time They broke up, and each drove home.

After the terrible evening traffic jam, it was already after 7 o'clock in the evening when I got home. Jenny made some salad and ate casually. After resting by himself, he directly entered the performing arts space.

The dinner with Rob is just two days away, time is already precious, and I spent the whole afternoon socializing today, so of course I can only work overtime to get back. Jenny has seen the internal filmed version of the "Chicago" musical in real life before, so now it can also be selected in the performing arts space to watch, simulate, and view the stage effect. After she got the disc, she has repeatedly researched and simulated it for more than 70 hours, which is a whole day in reality.

It was also the first time for her to stay in the space for so long. After exiting the space, Jenny had a headache for at least two hours and vomited several times. In fact, to be honest, she is still a little instinctively afraid to enter the space now, but there is no way, time is limited, no matter how scared she has to be, she has to bite the bullet.

Because of her love of film and television, Chen Zhen also watched some musicals in her previous life, but she certainly didn't know the film industry so well. She has been to Broadway, but she didn't catch up with "Chicago". She watched "Cats". The information given by Saray was not boring for her to read, but the names were a little hard to remember, but they were all forced out, and she used the surprise method to recite them repeatedly. Now she has at least a little impression of the whole Broadway in her mind, so that Robb will not appear. Just kidding, she was dumbfounded by the situation. However, Jenny's focus must still be on the relevant materials of "Chicago".

"Chicago" was originally a play in 1926, and it told the real story at that time. A housewife who intended to enter the showbiz, but was cheated of her money and sex, beat her lover to death in a rage. After being arrested and imprisoned, but because of the lawyer's skillful manipulation of public opinion and the psychology of the jury and the judge, he finally escaped without charge, and instead gained fame and fortune for a while. This is a black comedy with a strong sense of irony, which vividly reproduces the glitz and corruption of Chicago, as well as the inferiority of the people. It was later adapted into a musical in the 1970s, and it has been released to this day. Many arias are popular, and the heroines Roxy and Velma are also characters with strong personalities, complicated human nature, and difficult to shape. All previous performances have been performed by talented actresses with certain experience and reputation, not the simple Huadan role. Of course, this is also because both of them are young women in the play, so they also meet the needs of the role.

Jenny is only 20 years old this year, and she reluctantly said that New Year's Day is 21, which is too young for her age. But in terms of singing skills and dancing skills, after watching the video version, she didn't feel that she lost too much to the leading actors at the time.

Let’s talk about the dancing posture first. She was interested in dancing and had a talent for it. After several months of special training, she has danced well. She tried it in the space, and Jenny herself was very satisfied with the result. ——She is not the kind of character who treats herself leniently, but is even more harsh on herself. Even she is satisfied, so it can be seen that she is really good.

Singing, Jenny's voice is pretty good. Chen Zhen used to learn vocal music when she was a child, but she gave up because of poor voice conditions, but the foundation is still there, and she also took lessons. She tried to learn singing, anyway... At least she can sing better than Renee, and although the recorded version of Roxie has good singing skills, but her voice is a bit male, at least she is better than the original actor in this point, and everyone else is a matter of opinion.

As for acting skills, musicals...music comes first, and the drama comes later. The acting skills of the filmed version of the actress can't be compared to Jenny who has Goldfinger, let alone compared with Renee. up.

To sum up the above three points, although Cesare's idea is fantastic, but surprisingly, it is not completely unworkable. From an objective point of view, Jenny's hardware is sufficient, and the biggest obstacle is actually Broadway's sectarianism and her own humble reputation.

The only way to defeat these two obstacles is Rob Marshall. No wonder Cesare would give her four or five days to concentrate on preparing this dinner—he could sell her to Rob, show him a lot of information, and arrange this dinner, but in the end However, Rob still has to use Jenny to judge whether she is worthy of his recommendation, and the only person who can conquer him is Jenny herself.

To say something irrelevant, Jenny fully understands why Lilian can't feel safe with Cesare, and Cesare is not a guy that people can rely on without reason. He is not like Dave, he is almost a collection of security. Although he has provided her with a very good opportunity, but so far, Jenny has not had much security with him. Working with Cesare is like playing Hurdle, every hurdle is a coveted opportunity, but the hurdle is getting higher and higher. In the final analysis, you still have to rely on yourself. If you cross it, it will be yours. If you can’t cross it——

So far, Jenny's performance is quite good, and she doesn't want to know what will happen if she can't make it through. She has made up her mind that no matter what means she uses, she must get rid of Rob Marshall.

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