Hollywood Domination Chapter 89: Racism

"Hello, Lauren." Jenny stood up and stretched out her hand, greeted Lauren Weisberg who had arrived in a hurry, and said politely, "I'm Jennifer, nice to meet you. "

Although she and Lauren had an appointment at the Hilton Hotel where Jenny was staying, Jenny didn't step on the spot, but sat in the coffee shop five minutes earlier, and Lauren was about three or two minutes late. This young girl who is also blonde and blue-eyed is obviously a little embarrassed, "I was a little lost when I drove from home, I am very sorry to keep you waiting for me, Jennifer."

"It's okay, just give me the time to read the book." Jenny compared the book at hand jokingly, which is of course "The Devil Wears Prada". Lauren's eyes fell on the cover, and she smiled happily After getting up, Jenny continued, "Of course, I have read it two or three times, and I think this is a very deep novel."

"Really?" Lauren's tone rose, seemingly surprised, "Thank you for your appreciation, Jennifer, you know, not everyone thinks so."

The waiter delivered the menu, Lauren smiled at Jenny apologetically, and started to order for now, Jenny also took this rare opportunity to look at Lauren carefully and without any trace.

In the last negotiation with Cesare, she acted very *ty, which Jenny herself knew very well, but she is still very confident about meeting Lauren today. This is not a business negotiation, but an interview. All she has to do is to leave a good impression on Lauren, prompting her to make a logical win-win choice, and she does not need to conquer another strong will . And dealing with fashion elites like Lauren is exactly what Jenny is good at.

After just a few glances, she made a judgment: the blond hair was highlighted and dyed, and her nose should be done. Of course, she is Jewish, but her image does not look typical, maybe because of this she feels Natalie. Portman is not suitable for her leading lady? Judging from her attire, Lauren is not thin, and she can even be said to be a bit bulky, and she is fully aware of this, choosing a baggy white shirt and dark wide-leg pants to hide this, but she is still stylish Tasteful, it is easy to be regarded as sloppy and casual clothing, but it looks very temperamental when paired with some fashion items.

Of course, a quick look at this information doesn’t explain much, but Lauren has published a semi-documentary, semi-autobiographical novel of an allusive nature, so combined with some information in the book, Jenny already has some guesses about her character And understand - Lauren is definitely not the naive and lovely college graduate in her book, young, maybe, this is her first job after GapYear after all, but she definitely has a little bit of heart. Including her leaving "VOGUE" is not as naked as in the book, but she found another senior editor and jumped over with him. From Jenny's point of view, the cute boyfriend in the book should be added by her There should be no corresponding characters in reality. Of course, Jenny also expressed some doubts in the part where the heroine makes a big transformation. Lauren is not very beautiful. Even if she loses weight and adds heavy makeup, it is difficult to receive the Besides, she wondered whether "VOGUE" valued the staff's weight so much, and whether the editor-in-chief Anna Wintour treated this assistant differently.

From Jenny's point of view, this matter should be like this: After returning from GapYear, Lauren got the position of editor-in-chief assistant of "VOGUE" based on her resume from the English Department of Ivy League University. He became a fashion editor, but after working for ten months, he couldn't bear the work pressure and Anna Wintour's high-pressure personality, so he left with his good male colleagues. Anna Wintour may not even care about such a normal personnel change. What she didn't expect was that Lauren had a lot of opinions on her, so after leaving the job, she created such a semi-documentary novel by Mary Sue, which combined her work in " VOGUE" is half venting anger and half selling. Alluded to Anna Wintour everywhere, and spent a lot of money on her to create such a novel. The real purpose of creation is not to have any deep intentions other than consuming Wintour's fame for profit, and satisfying some of his own dreams of becoming famous and making a big transformation.

A direct result of this book is that if you want to join "VOGUE" in the future, you should sign an additional non-disclosure agreement, and you can no longer use Anna or the internal affairs of "VOGUE" as a gimmick to publish books. It is not surprising that Cesare did not discover the potential of this book in the first place. According to the views of most normal people, after reading this book, of course they will not have a good impression of Anna Wintour, but For Lauren, people will not think that she is a fuel-efficient lamp-she has smeared her boss back and forth in this book, no matter whether it is East or West, this kind of backhanding and profiting from other people's* The way you do it will not be very attractive.

But it is impossible for Jenny to tell the truth, let alone her evaluation—she feels that this book itself is not even as good as some third-rate pocket books she read when she was a student. Finding Lauren's G.spot and making her happy makes her feel like she's the best person to play Andy.

"Of course, as celebrities, we are all part of the fashion circle, but I have to say, your book made me see a lot of things that I didn't understand and didn't think deeply about." Jenny said sincerely, " Even we can't imagine that fashion trends are sometimes determined in such a ridiculous and simple way-it's kind of scary, as if we are all ignorant and blinded people, and these behind-the-scenes people rely on Our ignorance sustains their rule."

"Yes." Jenny's temptation worked, and a trace of genuine excitement flashed across Lauren's face - compared with this sincere emotion, the previous smile and enthusiasm revealed hypocrisy: The women who work in "VOGUE" must be more or less accomplished in workplace politics, and the degree of intrigue in that kind of place is a bit like oriental house fighting and palace fighting. ""Devil" is just to describe the hypocrisy and ugliness of fashion. I mean, it is really hard for you to imagine how many terrible profit transfers, bribes, and blackmails exist in these highest fashion halls. A big dye vat that turns people into demons..."

Jenny kept listening, but made a note in her heart: she guessed right, Lauren herself is actually against fashion, and her dislike of fashion is far from being as tender as in the movie, but mixed Hate for Anna Wintour. Jenny even guessed that Wintour must have hurt Lauren's self-esteem, and she never looked at Lauren differently as she did in the book and the movie. If she had, maybe Lauren would not leave "VOGUE" so soon .

Being able to grasp this vein, Jenny feels that she is a lot closer to being the heroine of "Prada". After all, Lauren must also hope that her work will be turned into a movie as soon as possible. New York came to see her, and she had the same opinion as her. No matter why Lauren objected to Natalie Portman, it was unlikely that she would reject Jenny again. better than them? Could it be Scarlett Johansson?

"Yes, I think the main line of this film should be on Andy's self-discovery and self-growth. Fashion is just a way to show these, and Andy's perception of fashion is the end of the film. Miranda is just a gimmick and a supporting role at the end of the day..." She said in a way Lauren liked to hear, and she praised Andy. "Andy's decision to go from innocence to loss, and finally to return to the truth is very admirable. I think this is a very attractive role for me."

It takes skills to compliment people comfortably, the corners of Lauren's mouth turned up higher and higher, and she said happily, "Thank you, Jennifer, I also think you will be very suitable for Andy—if If you are interested in acting."

When Cesare negotiated with Lauren before, he only said that Jenny wanted to meet her, and Lauren had uncovered the layer of tulle that neither of them had exposed before, and the progress of the situation can be said to be very smooth. It went so well that Jenny even became suspicious: Why was Natalie Portman rejected by Lauren? Although these interpretations are suspected of flattery, they are indeed a main line that Lauren tries to present in the book. Is Natalie going to change the main line? No, long before Natalie intended to take over the role, Lauren was very opposed to her. At that time, it was impossible for the two parties to talk about changing the main line.

"Of course I want to play the role, otherwise I wouldn't fly to New York to drink coffee with you." She smiled enthusiastically, "I'm worried that my interpretation of Andy might be wrong, so I want to chat with you, the original author. Talk. Of course, although I am very interested, I can't say that this role is mine, I just want to do my best in the audition-you know, Natalie Portman is also interested in taking this role ..."

"I definitely support you." Lauren blurted out, "Don't worry, the contract stipulates that the candidate for the heroine needs to be approved by me. Compared with Portman, of course I will support you. Jennifer, You are a far more suitable candidate than her!"

Compared to her reserved performance at the beginning, Lauren is a bit fanatical now, and Jenny is getting more and more curious: She is behaving well, but they have only known each other for more than half an hour. Is her affection so strong? What did she do right? Or maybe Lauren supports her acting so much because she doesn't want Natalie Portman to play. Does she hate Natalie so much?

"Oh, thank you, dear, but I'm afraid you have too much confidence in me. Natalie is much more famous than me..." Jenny said gently, showing emotion.

Lauren shook her head, "But she won't dye her hair gold."

Jenny let out a huff in astonishment, she didn't expect to get such an answer.

"She wouldn't want to dye her hair blond." Lauren spread her hands, "But I want Andy to be blond, it's that simple, so you can rest assured that even if you don't communicate with me, I will Will support you in the role. Of course, today's conversation did make me more determined - you can play Andy very well, and you are so beautiful, why not you? Natalie may have good acting skills , but she looks so plain and inconspicuous, I don't understand why Fox has to choose her as the heroine, if she is better, why doesn't Josh choose her and choose you?"

Jennie was completely overwhelmed by her logic, and she let out an uh-even if she and Natalie were very direct competitors, she would not say that Natalie was not beautiful enough, or that she was unremarkable .

However...

Looking at Lauren's blond hair, Jenny suddenly had another thought—could Lauren be a slight racist?

Racism is a concept that is almost completely ignored in China, but it is a very important social issue in the United States, a melting pot of nationalities. Like Lauren, although she was born as a Jew, she dyed her hair gold, made her nose again, and wore blue-green contact lenses. She regards the Germanic beauty Jenny as the beauty, and the Jewish beauty Natalie as the ordinary aesthetics, which can also be said to be There is mild racism, that is, feeling inferior to one's own race, and worshiping the general appearance of another race. This is a very common psychological phenomenon at certain times. For example, some black people have dreams of 'bleaching'. Of course, there are also conversely, white people want to dye themselves as black as black people and have a typical black appearance. This psychological tendency A step further is mental illness, but it cannot be denied that this trend of thought has always existed. For Lauren and her, this worship relationship is a bit embarrassing, because her ethnic Germanic is an important part of the "Aryan blood" that was strongly advocated in World War II. The crimes committed by the Nazis are well known in the Western world But it's all clear. It is absolutely unthinkable politically wrong to worship Germanic blondes while being Jewish. The Jews have always been very united. If Lauren’s psychological tendency is true and she spreads it out, she will definitely be strongly excluded by the Jewish community. In the field of cultural media, this almost means the death penalty.

"Thank you very much for your appreciation, Lauren." Jenny hurriedly took precautions, "But I don't think Josh has anything to do with her-Natalie is a very good girl, if you can, please don't put I make a list of comparisons with her, which will make things awkward between me and her."

"Of course." Lauren smiled knowingly, "I will only say that I support you-but if I were you, I would not be so friendly and polite to Natalie, I would not tell you It doesn't impress you how cold and unfriendly her team is to this project, and let me tell you one thing, I had no idea you were on the girl until your agent called me. The choice of the protagonist. The Fox producer has been talking to me about Natalie, but he has never mentioned your existence."

As expected of "VOGUE", the relationship between Jenny and Natalie was embarrassingly messed up in a few words - if they had a relationship before? Even now, Jenny was taken aback, "I don't know about this at all, didn't you mention it to my agent?"

"No, I decided to keep it a secret." Lauren picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, "After meeting you, if you satisfy me, I will call the producer——"

She winked at Jenny, "You know what? Why don't you hit it now?"

Jennie probably already knew what Lauren wanted to do. She leaned back and admired Lauren's dialing action with a pleasant smile.

"Karen, this is Lauren." Lauren's tone was very angry. As soon as the other party answered the phone, she broke down and said, "Do you know who I just saw? Jennifer Jefferson! When her agent called me yesterday, I almost thought I heard it wrong. Asked her today to be sure, she is really interested in Prada, **** I can't believe you would violate it so blatantly Copyright contract, let me tell you, I want to take back the copyright, sue you for breach of contract, I want to tell Fox, let her fire you..."

After catching Karen's breach of contract, Lauren's strong attitude successfully helped her seize the initiative. Karen seemed very passive and kept explaining something on the other end of the phone, but Lauren ignored it and just yelled Said, "You are breaching the contract and intending to deceive the partner. Jennifer was also very angry. She said that she was even willing to invest only three million yuan in the film, and at the same time, Natalie With a high price of 10 million, I now wonder if Natalie Portman knows that I don't welcome her to appear in "Prada". Guess, if I ask Jennifer, will she be kind enough to take Natalie Give me Tali's number so I can call her privately, Karen? If Natalie finds out you're lying to her too..."

There seemed to be some concessions made there, Lauren's expression eased, she gave Jenny a smug wink, and began to listen to the other party's explanation with an 'um, um', after a while, with He said in a very firm tone, "No, I support Jennifer Jefferson. Natalie Portman was not in my consideration from the very beginning. This is my final answer."

The other end of the phone seemed to be broken. Jenny heard a foul word, but Lauren didn't care about it. She hung up the phone and said with satisfaction, "I think your agent will receive a call from Karen in a while. ——You know, this is a difficult world, and a girl always has to work hard to make things go her way."

"You really are a very good, very good young woman." Jenny said from the bottom of her heart, "Really, Lauren, it is Wintour's loss to lose you."

Although today's best-selling author who is sometimes scheming, sometimes childish and superficial, and sometimes very eccentric gave her a lot of 'surprises', which made her feel a little hard to resist, but the last trick really made Jenny put away her love for Lao. Lun's underestimation. She found that the United States is indeed a country that emphasizes the liberation of individuality. Almost everyone has their own strong characteristics. Lauren is vain and inferior. She used her former boss to publish a book to praise herself. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is a cowardly Mary Sue Bitch, but At the same time, she has a strong sense of self-confidence and cunning skills. She doesn't want Natalie Portman, but she doesn't want Natalie Portman. The contract yelled at the producer, and finally kicked Natalie out and chose the Jennifer she wanted.

Her means are not very advanced to Jenny, but Lauren, as well as her courage to yell at the producer today and her very calm temperament, all make her feel very inspiring , She didn't know what to say, but...Jenny felt that this trip to New York was not in vain, and she felt that she had touched the essence of Andy's character.

Yes, after she decided to fight for the role in "The Devil Wears Prada", she has been thinking about how to deal with the role of Andy. It’s not that Mi Li’s talent is bad—if her acting skills are really bad, she won’t be able to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, but that Andy’s role is very limited, and there seems to be nothing but her face. room for digging. Of course, she sold her face and sold the worldwide popularity and very impressive box office, so Jenny decided that even if she just sold her face, she would join this movie to prove her commercial ability, and she was confident that she might not be able to The drama is suppressed, but an unavoidable fact is that even if it is not suppressed, the role of Andy is far less interesting than Miranda and Emily.

What if you change the character settings? What if we put aside the false, pale paper man Anne in the book, and start with Lauren, the original author? Add some realistic elements to Andy, don't make her personality so thin, let her have some real, hard to say black and white character sides, just like Lauren, a variety of contradictory temperaments are integrated, on the one hand You can see through her weaknesses in human nature, and even think some of her character aspects are ridiculous, but on the other hand, you can't help but admire her abilities. Maybe the novels she wrote are shitty, but you can't help but admit that she People are really interesting...

Of course, there are certain risks in doing so. Whether the modified "The Devil Wears Prada" will be as popular as in another world is something that Jenny cannot guarantee. Question, now is not the occasion for careful consideration. Jenny just remembered her flashes of inspiration, and concentrated on celebrating their victory with Lauren, and logically confirmed with her some creative journeys, even childhood anecdotes and hobbies, but now she is not only Wanting to deepen friendship with Lauren already has a deeper purpose.

Of course Lauren also wants to have a good relationship with Jenny, and she has more influence on how she shapes Andy. The two women have their own goals, but they have a good chat. , Lauren watched "The Oprah Show", so they can talk about each other's childhood without barriers, which also allows Jenny to touch on the issue of racial worship that she is very curious about.

"So you went to Jewish elementary school when you were a kid?" she asked. "I never went to a religious school. I don't know what it's like."

"I can't say how good it is." Sure enough, Lauren didn't have a high opinion of Jewish culture. In Jenny's view, this was very strange, because the Jews have always been a very united nation. "Actually, I don't like what that xenophobic religious elementary school taught us."

"You mean?"

Lauren shook her head, "Don't know how to sum it up, but I don't like it when they cling to the past, as if they're going to be persecuted by the world again anytime, anywhere, I mean, if you're not bad , why are you always worried that everyone hates you? I don't understand why they always feel that they are weak, and they must hug each other and help each other..."

Obviously recalling some unpleasant past events, Lauren did not continue, but clapped her hands, remembering new gossip, "By the way, I haven't told you yet, Karen Rosenfelt is the most ridiculous One point - she kept telling me I'm a Jew and I should cast a Jew to play myself, why not Natalie? I told her straight up, you're kind of racist, I think even Natalie Tully Portman wouldn't be happy to know that the producers supported her so much just because they were Jewish..."

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart. Lauren's words made Jenny's heart sink slightly: she had never taken racial power into her consideration before, and Lauren's words made her realize her innocence.

Of course, if you just want to be an actor, I believe that the competition for roles like "Prada" is not enough to bring her any retaliation. prevailed. But if she wants to take the Oprah route, start her own company in Hollywood, create a career, and even take a step back and say that she has more voice in the movies she makes, she has to face up to the fact that the Jews almost rule It's a fact of Hollywood that she can't get ahead unless she's not Jewish, but maybe at some point, this missing layer is her glass ceiling, allowing her to touch obstacles that others won't.

This may just be one important problem she missed, and there are countless problems lurking in her future path, but now that all she has in cash is only two million dollars, Jenny feels that she has nothing to worry about. This, at least not currently and in the foreseeable long-term future.

After breaking up with Lauren, Jenny didn't stay any longer, but left New York by plane and flew back to Los Angeles. In the first class on the return flight, she has been thinking about the biggest problem she should consider at this stage:

Do you want to change "The Devil Wears Prada"? If you want to change it, how should you change it?

The author has something to say: Note:

1 I don’t know if Karen Rosenfelt is Jewish. Her Jewish ancestry and Lauren’s racial inferiority complex or racial worship are all fabricated by me. But Lauren is indeed Jewish, and she attended a Jewish primary school as a child.

2 The racial problem in the United States is very serious, and racial discrimination is probably the same as our regional discrimination speech, which is very politically wrong. I have indeed seen a similar case in an American drama, that is, some people hate their own race and want to become another race. This kind of race-related phenomenon rarely occurs in China, but unfortunately I forgot the name of that American drama...

3 I really think the original "Prada" is ugly. It feels like the low-level web literature in our country, including Twilight. The original book is the Hunger Games, so my attitude towards Prada’s original work and Lauren’s creative mentality is demeaning. If you have different opinions, please reply and discuss.

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Updated, this chapter is about a racist belittling another racist hahahaha... just different direction of discrimination...

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Because I am a person who prefers to save manuscripts, but this month has been naked and insecure. I think in the last few days of this month, I will save some manuscripts to form a virtuous circle, and then wait until next month to start , I strive to return all of Gageng. In this way, maybe I can still get 15% of the 9K words in the 123 Romance Day Update next month, and everyone can see the manuscript that has been considered, reviewed, and revised, and the quality is higher. What do you think?