Hollywood Domination Chapter 322: Received


"Uh-huh, uh-huh, I see." Susan turned around with her mobile phone and continued to pace in the small garden, "So now three companies have made offers...all are just quotations , no other promises?"

&nbk...Okay, I understand, keep in touch at any time, and don't make promises to any one. ’ As she passed her husband, who was pruning bushes, she greeted him with eyes, stopped, and said to the phone, ‘Okay, ok, bye. "

"How is it?" After Susan hung up the phone, her husband Paul asked curiously without waiting for a moment, "Are there two more quotations? All this happened overnight—— God, I think there must be some changes in Hollywood that we don't know about."

"Yeah," Susan, who is about forty years old, a little plump but still charming, and looks gentle and refined in every move, nodded, and said with some emotion, "Ellie is also very puzzled—she The news has been announced to all potential buyers who have contacted, expecting to know what happened in Hollywood, but so far, we still don't know anything about the situation, only know that this book has suddenly attracted the attention of many companies— — Both Sony and Lionsgate just called and made offers.”

"How much is the price?" Paul asked, and then smiled again, denying himself, "Actually, it's unnecessary to care about this now-obviously, we should wait until the situation is clear before making a decision, otherwise, after knowing the truth In the end, we may regret it."

Susan’s family has always been relatively well-off. Susan, who was engaged in writing children’s program scripts before, earned a pretty good income. "The series "Chronicle of the Underground World" on the best-selling list, the royalties alone are enough for Susan's family to live a comfortable life, so neither she nor her husband focus on money at all in the copyright transaction. Susan also nodded in agreement with Paul's words, "I said the same to Ellie, don't make promises to any one, find out what happened before making the final offer. The most important thing is the timing of film and television , as well as the budget and lineup that the other party arranged, of course, and the production team, the first transaction fee is not important."

"Yes, honey," Paul said with a smile, kissing his wife on the cheek, "of course our goal is to pay dividends, isn't it?"

Susan also laughed, she leaned into her husband's arms, "Is there someone who knows me well-does this person want to go to town tonight for a drink and enjoy a good Saturday night?"

"If you can find a suitable nanny, of course." Paul's hand also slipped on Susan's waist. But they were startled by the sound of footsteps coming from the room, and quickly separated.

"mum—" Susan, who is 47 years old this year, has two children, and Joanna, the older one, is 15 years old. She is in the rebellious stage, and she will feel disgusted whenever she sees her parents' affectionate behavior. This was the reason why Susan and his wife wanted to separate in a hurry. However, this time, although they moved a bit slower and were caught by Joanna, Joanna did not say goodbye to the parents who were full of guilt. Instead of making any harsh comments, she shouted to Susan with a confused face, "Someone is looking for you - on the landline at home."

"Oh?" Susan looked at Paul in surprise, and asked as she walked towards the house, "Did they say who they are? If they are selling financial products, just hang up for me. "

"Uh--I don't know--" Joanna, who has always been very high-spirited recently, seemed quite uncertain, she hesitated and said in a daze, "I mean, I don't know that Is it true, or a prank call, but it does sound like it—the woman said she was Jennifer Jefferson—"

"Jennifer Jefferson?" Susan frowned and repeated, "I don't know this person—wait a minute!"

She widened her eyes and stopped in surprise, "Jennifer Jefferson? 'That' Jennifer Jefferson?"

"Yeah," Joanna handed out the microphone to her mother who was walking in front of her. She was completely scared out of her wits, and she hasn't recovered yet, "That Jennifer Jefferson, she's waiting for you on the other end of the phone line now, Mom——"

At this moment, Susan was as skeptical as Joanna, wondering if this was a prank call——Jennifer Jefferson called her home? Who would be so boring and use this method to tease her? But if that's really Jennifer Jefferson—

Susan couldn't think any more, because she really couldn't convince herself of this hypothesis. As she looked at her daughter, she secretly wondered if Joanna had made some bad friends recently, and was contaminated with herbs that shouldn't be contaminated. While picking up the phone, tentatively greeted, "Hello?"

"Hi," a pleasant, energetic, sweet voice rang on the other end of the phone. Through the phone line, its sound quality was very familiar to Susan, the voice of Jennifer Jefferson - she was in "" Marilyn Monroe, the voices in "Pirates of the Caribbean", yes, Susan is not afraid to admit that their family likes Jennifer Jefferson very much—almost exactly the same, which makes Susan even more confused and dubious. "Dear Ms. Collins, hello, I'm Jennifer Jefferson, please forgive me for calling this call very presumptuously."

"Uh, this...it's nothing," Susan glared at Joanna, who was poking her head, and walked a few steps to the side, "Please, what can I do for you?"

"That's right," the voice seemed to have anticipated Susan's surprise, she smiled and continued unhurriedly, "My fiancé Cesare and I are currently at the New York airport. If it is convenient, we would like to come to Sandy Hawk to visit..."

"Visit at home?" Susan couldn't help but raise her voice—at this moment she had completely believed in Jennifer's identity: Which liar would take the initiative to ask for an interview? It is also impossible to lie about the address, because her residence has long been listed on the official website. Sandy Hawk is not big at all. If you really want to know the address, you can just ask door to door.

Looking at the puzzled husband and the daughter who slowly came back to his senses, excitement brewing on his face, Susan felt that her voice was trembling too—Jennifer Jefferson was coming to the door visit? Jennifer Jefferson and her fiancé will be visiting?

"Geez," she said without knowing it, "I think there must be some changes in Hollywood that I don't know about..."

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"Things did change a bit."

Wearing an ivory white suit, with slightly curly blond hair falling on the ear, the whole image is so exquisite that it is out of tune with the surrounding home environment. Even if a real person is sitting there, it seems to have its own light source, which makes people feel strange Jennifer Jefferson, who felt real, smiled at Joanna and Andy at the other end of the living room, blinked again, and caused a small exclamation at the other end of the living room, and then turned her eyes away with a smile. I voted for Susan and Paul, and said kindly, "This is why we rushed to the door. We guessed that within the past two days, several companies should have offered for the copyright of "The Hunger Games", and this is exactly what Chesa and I did. What Lei has always been worried about—it is precisely because he is worried about such vicious competition that Dameng has not contacted your copyright agent for a long time. We know that once Dameng makes an offer, there will definitely be many competitors to follow up. We want to It is necessary to cast a barrier with price to separate us from you and yours.”

"But now it seems that such a thing really happened," said Cesare Vijari, who was sitting next to her, a popular figure in the media at this time, who was also so handsome that one wondered if he secretly committed suicide. The blond young man with a backlight flashed an apologetic smile at Susan, and took up the conversation of his fiancée in a personable and gentle manner, "After an unfortunate leak, we knew we had to act now. Of course, first of all, I have to apologize to you for this, I think, as Susan said on the phone, this incident must have made you a little confused-"

Susan does not deny that she is much more excited now than usual—to be honest, she is no better than the two children, and just Jennifer visiting alone is enough to make people feel flattered (five statues Oscar winner, the world's highest-grossing movie star, the world's most beautiful woman sitting in her living room!), and Cesare Vijari, she can't bear it-it's not just a matter of money Of course, although Susan is also rich, she is indeed poor compared to these two people. Her entire family property may not be as good as Jennifer's house-but it is not just the difference in social status that makes her So excited and nervous, mostly, mostly seeing Jennifer sitting with her fiancé, giving her a kind of... kind of like hitting the jackpot: you know, since that dreamy hug scene at the Oscars Afterwards, Jennifer and her fiancé were only photographed by the media once, that is, the time they went to dinner together. Other than that, no matter how much the media chased and intercepted them, and how curious the audience was, they never photographed them again. Never had this couple, and now they're sitting in her living room—sitting in her living room!

This feeling of witnessing that people all over the country are eager to see the scene made her dizzy until now, and she was so excited that she could hardly perform as usual. Susan had to cough several times to suppress her heartbeat. Responding with a smile, "Yes, to be honest, Paul and Ellie, I and I are very curious to know what happened-of course, everything can be explained now, haha, haha."

Laughed a few times, Susan felt her cheeks were hot, she picked up the glass of water and took a big sip, ordering herself to stop acting like a nervous little girl, "—so you are interested in the copyright of this book , then completely understand, yes, completely understandable - of course, what you fancy will definitely trigger a frenzy of competition, just like the media reports, every book Cesare likes is Introduced to the page - how could it not attract attention -"

"Oh, I have to correct one point," Jennifer interrupted Susan with a smile, "In fact, my dear, those books that have been reported by the media are just our smokescreen-you won't really Believe we're going to see those? I mean, of course, they're not bad, but compared to the ideas of The Hunger Games, the gap is obvious. Those books are just a tool for us to confuse our opponents. In half a year, there is actually only one film and television copyright that Dameng must buy—"

Looking at Cesare, the couple, who were so bright that it was almost impossible to look directly at each other, smiled at each other and said in unison, "That's your "Hunger Games"!"

On the other side of the living room, Joanna made a drowning noise, but Susan wasn't distracted by it because her heart was beating wildly too—the daily interactions between Jennifer and her fiancé, oh God, she I don’t know what to say—if any reality show has such a lineup—

"Of course, we all know Dameng's investment vision," Paul, the grateful, solid, and reliable Paul, stepped forward at this time and acted as the reason in the family, although his voice was somewhat Shaken - much more polite and gentle than usual, but generally speaking, he still maintained his basic rationality, "Last year's "Twilight" seemed to be a big dream production, we all saw the news at the time, but please don't Mind if I tell the truth, Ms. Jefferson—"

"Please," Jennifer gave him a sweet and friendly smile, "call me Jennifer."

"Uh...ahem," Paul rubbed his nose—his voice softened uncontrollably, "Jennifer—to put it bluntly, Dameng's strength is indeed comparable to that of Sony, who made the offer, Disney still has a gap, and in terms of pricing, they also value this movie..."

"Yes, of course they value it," Cesare nodded, his expression turned professional and calm, "Because Jennifer values ​​it, and because she likes the work, there is nothing she can't do, "Pirates of the Caribbean" , "The Devil Wears Prada", "The Notebook", "A Week with Marilyn Monroe", and of course "Twilight", whether she starred or not, as long as it is a work that this girl likes, it will be a hit. Purple."

His expression softened again——Cesare turned his head, smiled and poked Jennifer's temple, and she knocked off his hand affectionately, "p——"

"However, do Sony and Disney know why Jennifer is so important?" They used this inadvertent intimacy to create a greater stimulus for Susan than housewives quarreling and actors breaking down in reality shows, making it hard for her to breathe. Cesare quickly returned to his professional expression, "Do they know how to operate to make "The Hunger Games" more popular than "Twilight"? Do they know what kind of actors are suitable for this movie..."

Strict start-up timetable, pre-paid copyright, share, screenwriter rights, one after another nouns made Susan dizzy - mainly because the couple in front of her was too distracting, even They've been staying for hours, and Susan still can't quite accept the fact that Jennifer Jefferson and Cesare Vijri, the nationally famous couple, actually came to visit her, and they made a special trip from Los Angeles. Flying - Lian Ye! Fly in a private jet!

Of course, apart from this main exciting point, a part of her can still barely think—she, who used to work in the screenwriting industry, is not completely ignorant of copyright transactions. The adaptation rights of The Hunger Games should be exclusively represented by the publishing house. This is also the practice in the North American publishing industry. The publishing house is deeply involved in film and television adaptation and also enjoys a share. However, Susan, who attaches great importance to this, insists on The copyright is in my own hands because I understand the importance of this exclusive agency right - the conditions offered by Dameng are indeed very sincere, and it can be said that almost every point has hit her itching point: the first After the publication of the second part, the adaptation started, and the overdue copyright automatically returned, which is satisfactory. The industry's first-class prepaid copyright and share, as well as the most important screenwriting rights, are the most important points for Susan. She has been a screenwriter, of course. I want to adapt my own...

"Nice to meet you," Jennifer and Cesare got up to say goodbye when the time was approaching the afternoon, and the whole family sent them to the driveway together. Jennifer smiled and took a photo with Joanna for the last time, and Susan and his wife shook hands and said goodbye, she said with a smile, "I hope to get good news from you, as we have repeatedly emphasized, yes, Big Dream may not be as big as the Big Six in terms of scale, but for "The Hunger Games" It's just right, if you can give us the right to adapt—"

"——We are confident that this will be a win-win situation." Cesare put his arms around her waist and said affectionately, "Waiting for your call, Susan, Paul, no matter what, you must come to Los Angeles Let us know and let's host a dinner - it's a date."

"That's it." Paul held Cesare's hand, his tone was obviously calm, "Goodbye, Cesare, Jennifer."

"Goodbye, Jennifer."

"Goodbye Cesare, goodbye Jennifer."

Amidst the family scrambling to say goodbye, the specially modified nanny car slowly passed the corner of the street, and Joanna could only suppress it until this time.

"My God! My God, My God!" The girl's high-pitched voice pierced the sky, "Jennifer Jefferson has come to my house, Jennifer Jefferson has come to my house!"

She turned her head excitedly, threw herself in front of Susan, held her mother's hand and shook it back and forth, "Mom, you must promise her, you must promise her-oh my God, Los Angeles--to be a guest-ohmygod , I mean, oh--my--dddddd--"

Although she realized that most of the neighbors were peeping at her lawn, Susan didn't intend to suppress herself any longer——holding her daughter's hand, she also yelled.

"I know, I know," she said, stomping excitedly, "Jennifer's coming to our house—and bringing her fiancé with her!"

—However, what Susan and Paul's family didn't know was that the nanny car that had attracted much attention did not drive away. Once it passed the corner, it immediately pulled over and stopped. In their hearts, the unmarried couple, who were as mysterious and charming as aliens, immediately rolled down the car windows, allowing the bodyguards to poke their heads out and peek at the lawn of the Collins home. When Joanna's shout pierced the sky and clearly entered the car, Jennifer Jefferson stroked her beautiful blond hair and showed a smug smile.

"nailit," she said lazily, as another lower voice reached her ear, "Woodie, drive—we're done."

Amid Woody's promise, the car windows and interior baffles were slowly lifted up, and after the prying eyes of the outside world were cut off, the smile of the two-time actress gradually widened, cheers Seeing that the normal expression was restored to the side—that is, the fiancé who had no expression compared to Scissorhands, and yelled like singing, "We did it, haha! Candy bombing! Reality show treats! —— Haha, Cesare, Send Dick Cook to **** - we're getting the rights to The Hunger Games!"


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