Hollywood Domination Chapter 116: Touch

Christopher Hanks owns real estate in Beverly Hills and Malibu - this is a matter of course, he was born as a child star, he has already made his mark when he was a teenager, and he has been in the industry for more than ten years, and the money he has earned is enough for him It's time for the next big family business. According to Cesare, Hanks still has several properties in New York, and he even has his own private island, which is currently under development.

Although he is a few years younger than Johnny Depp, if the cooperation is negotiated, Hanks should be the biggest star Jenny has ever worked with. Unlike Johnny, Chris has always followed the mainstream business route. Jenny was looking at Christopher's information on the way to Malibu. A lot of time.

"Do you think Christopher is an acting school or—" Jenny shrugged, "Another lucky Josh?"

In Hollywood, star luck is very unpredictable. There are many acting schools who may not lose much to Meryl Streep, but they have never gotten a good opportunity. The world is forgotten, but there are also many stars whose acting skills are not very good, and they are not even particularly handsome. All of them maintain high box office, and because of this, they build up their popularity, and then continue to receive good films, which remain in the eyes of the audience, and gradually become famous. In fact, Jenny thinks that Josh belongs to the latter. His luck began when he was selected as Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars Episode 1". This role does not require much acting skills, and then Anakin Skywalker let him take When it comes to "Pirates of the Caribbean", although it plays just like that, anyway, these are two big hit series. And the action movie that will be released in a few months does not require much acting skills. It is nothing more than a commercial movie. If the acting skills in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" have a breakthrough, then they can barely make it to the A-list candidate list.

But you want to say that Josh is really handsome and popular? Not really, but compared to his former competitors, the studios love to use him now, even if they pay a little more money, so A-list cannot be said to be all capable, unless luck That counts too. Christopher has not yet been nominated for an Oscar, which is a sign for his age and qualifications.

However, Jenny hasn't watched any of his movies except the war movie he staged last year. Basically, the whole movie was full of gunfire. Jenny left after watching it for 20 minutes, so she I don't have much impression of his acting skills, and it's hard to draw conclusions. ——To be honest, Christopher is far from handsome to her. He is a handsome guy, but Jenny has seen a lot of handsome men and women in Hollywood, and her resistance is already very high. To put it bluntly, there is no absolute beauty in this world. She is considered good-looking among those who can act. In the first half of "Prada", she is not a passer-by. Without makeup and post-editing, she is also a handsome man and a beautiful woman. Humans have flaws if they see too much.

"Chris is much smarter than Josh." Cesare said while driving, "He is a person who knows what he wants, which is very rare for most stars. We can say It was an instant hit - Christopher was my first A-list client."

Reckoning the time and the practice of CAA, Cesare just started his career as an agent, that is, not long after Christopher entered the A-list and began to enjoy the services of multiple agents, Cesare became He became a member of his agent team, and judging from Cesare's itinerary, although he did not monopolize Christopher, the relationship between the two is also very close. If Bell proves Cesare's star-making ability, then Christopher is Cesare's Bole. Jenny nodded thoughtfully, and changed Christopher's impression from the one of "partying all day, promiscuity, taking drugs, spending money" Playboy pulled back a little, "So he's a very shrewd man."

"No, you can't say that." Cesare said while looking at the road conditions, "Basically, Hollywood A-lists have personalities—just like you."

Jenny and him looked at each other, Cesare coughed, and continued, "Generally speaking, actors who can make it to the A-list have strong personalities, and they are also very independent. After all, if you don't want to make a difference in your career, it is difficult to reach the height of the A-list. But this does not mean that each of them is very sensitive about money and knows how to treat themselves His career is the most beneficial-Christopher has earned money that he can't spend in his lifetime, so what he wants now is to make some good movies that are really meaningful and emotional. Awards and public affirmation are already important to him. Relatively minor, such as this time, he knows that "The Fifth Sally" is more of a heroine, but he is interested in the relationship between Roger and Sally, so even if this movie does not bring nominations, he is willing to participate in it. He cares What matters is not whether this film can win an award, but whether he and you can play the feeling of Roger and Sally."

"So whether we can talk him into acting or not, we still have to resign ourselves to fate." Jenny concluded, "It depends on whether he and I have the same feelings as Sally and Roger."

"That's right." Cesare said while driving, "But I'm quite confident about this, you are a very malleable actor, what we need is not to make Chris fall in love with you, as long as It’s enough for him to feel for your Sally after he gets into the role, the chemical reaction is not so difficult.”

"So the question comes back to the acting skills. How is Christopher's acting skills?" Jenny asked, she thought of Ryan Gosling-the other party thought of her as food, one is because she and Ryan These two people didn't call, and one of them was because Ryan's acting skills were limited and he couldn't fully devote himself to Noah's state.

"Christopher." Cesare said, "Have you really never seen any of his movies?"

"Haven't seen much," Jenny admits, before Cesare said, "I didn't even watch a single of his movies except last year's "Battlefield," which I didn't make it through the first 20 minutes. Haven't seen it - I don't like romance movies, so, yeah, I haven't seen Thriller, and I have absolutely no idea how charming he is."

"You should see it." Cesare said, "Ah, we're almost there—if the evaluation of Audrey Hepburn is, 'She has such beauty, why should she act so well, she has such skill, Why is he so beautiful', then for Christopher, this sentence should be, 'He has such charm, it seems to be the same whether he has acting skills or not', of course, in my opinion, Christopher still has a certain acting ability, but Usually, the audience seems too busy being mesmerized by his presence."

"Okay." Jenny said second best, "Then what type of women is Christopher usually attracted to, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor? Or Kate Winston in "Titanic" Wright?"

"Then..." Cesare thought for a while, "It's really hard to say, the world is like a buffet venue for a man like Christopher, as far as I can see, he is very experimental. Gourmet."

Before Jenny continued to delve into Christopher, they stopped in front of two hollowed-out and carved iron gates, and Jenny looked at the hill behind the iron gate—she was not exaggerating, Christopher’s mansion in Malibu was equivalent to a hilltop , and the beach under the cliff are all bought. This mountain belongs to his family. Looking inside from the gate, you can only see the raised cliff. Even if the paparazzi have the guts to send a remote control plane in, the maximum remote control distance will not be able to reach the main house at all. Unless it is a spy drone or something to infiltrate, otherwise this place should be the place where the paparazzi will be defeated, whether it is in the air, at the door or at sea. , Neighbors, can't photograph anything that happens on this beach.

"In the past, I would have said that such a big house would be scary for me to live alone." Jenny commented, "But now I have a completely different opinion. If I want a house like this, What should I do, what company should I contact?"

"Just prepare the money." Cesare said, "Christopher's real estate is worth 30 million US dollars. If you don't draw money from Big Dream and don't take out a bank loan, you probably don't have enough cash to buy it." Please download similar properties."

"Okay..." Jenny had nothing to say, "Many people say that there are no real * in Hollywood. Looking at it now, * still exists, but it's so expensive that you may not be able to afford it."

Following the rotation of the iron door camera, the automatic control door was opened not long after, the car drove into the mountain road, turned down, and stopped in front of the three-story house at the end of the beach. Jenny found that this mansion was almost a hotel The service staff even wear uniforms, and some people are waiting by the door with wet wipes and water glasses in their hands.

"Should I give a tip later? Should I?" She asked anxiously as she unfastened her seat belt, and Cesare made a sound like a snicker.

"Chesa." Someone shouted from the beach, "here!"

Christopher Hanks, wearing a nightgown and brightly colored beach pants, ran all the way from the beach to meet them. He is a tall, handsome, middle-aged man with black hair and green eyes. , like a mixed race who is mainly white, Jenny found that he was much more handsome than in the photo. —Of course this is normal.

"Chris." Cesare smiled at him. After greeting him, he raised his eyebrows in Jenny's direction, "I brought the girl you want."

He put on a good brother mask for Chris again, somewhat like a college frat boy talking about girls. Jenny looked at him and Christopher shoulder to shoulder, and found it very interesting. She was still standing at the exit of the car Position, looking at Christopher with some reservations——For this kind of man who is used to the scene and asks for anything, basically no matter what posture you put on, it is impossible to complete the instant kill in the first meeting, and manipulate him to follow your heart Acting, since this is the case, might as well do whatever you want.

"Jennifer." Christopher didn't mind her reservation. He smiled cheerfully and came over to shake her hand. "The miracle girl in 2005, Huh? I've wanted to know you for a long time, but Chesa always I hid you very tightly, as if I was afraid that you would be spoiled by me."

Based on Jenny's limited impression of him, Christopher looks handsome and stern, a bit like Kino Reeves, and he should also follow the route of a temperamental and handsome man. The grinning guy at the moment has a bit of temperament when he talks about it. It doesn't look like a still photo at all... How can this be unfavorable in love?

"Really? You never thought that maybe I'm a crazy fan, and Cesare didn't let you see me for your safety?" She didn't deliberately play cheerfully following Christopher's rhythm, but smiled lightly explain.

"Really?" Christopher winked at her sharply. "So are you? If you are, I'd be honored."

"I am." Jenny said without changing her face. "The chain saw used to dismember the body is hidden in the trunk. I will eat you alive so that we can be together forever."

Christopher stared wide-eyed, showing a frightened expression. I have to say that although he has passed the age of showing naivety and his appearance is not that bad, he is like Andy in "Prada". Like a fierce temperament, Christopher always has a unique, righteous innocence, which makes his various performances not be reduced to hypocrisy, but straightforward and free and easy.

Jenny and him looked at each other for a while, maintaining a faint smile, and then Christopher burst into laughter, "You almost got me - the line from "The Fifth Sally", right? Jay's nightmare—are you testing me, Jennifer?"

Jenny would rather not play "The Fifth Sally" than let an unsuitable actor play Roger, no matter whether he is an A-lister or not, Christopher's current temperament is too far from Roger No, but his reaction made her feel relieved, and she followed Christopher into the house. "I just made a joke following your words."

Christopher made a strange face at Cesare, "You are just testing me, I can see it-you don't believe that I can play Roger well."

His tone was cheerful, and as soon as he finished speaking, he rushed in front of Cesare and disappeared around the corner. Jenny quickly walked a few steps to keep up with Cesare, and asked in a low voice, "Is he?"

She gestured to smoke marijuana, and Cesare shook his head, "Christopher is a little moody."

When they rounded the corner, Christopher's high energy seemed to have a good explanation. Although it is winter in Los Angeles and the night wind in Malibu is really cold, obviously, for the young model For us, the low temperature was no reason to flinch, and several gorgeous models in **** barely-covering swimsuits—one of them was not even wearing it at all—jumped up and down on a trampoline by the side of the pool, From time to time, someone jumped out of the trampoline and jumped into the swimming pool on one side, causing a burst of water.

"I thought it was—" Jenny said suspiciously.

"Dangerous and illegal?" Cesare interjected, "Yes, but the girls and Christopher don't seem to care about it."

"Am I your most obedient client?" Jenny asked, staring at Christopher and a slim female model running from the trampoline into the swimming pool. "I'm definitely your best customer, right? Cesare."

"Are you claiming a trophy for the best customer for yourself?" Cesare asked, "Relax, by A-list standards, this party can even be said to be a bit boring."

Jenny wants to point out that this is just a dinner, not a party, and she really doesn't seem to have been to a party with a few female guests-and there was only one male guest, compared to those with marijuana, marijuana, Alcoholic parties seem to be a lot more normal. "The medieval sultan would also envy Christopher? If this is boring, then what is it?"

"Don't think so exaggeratedly," Cesare pointed to the girl whispering to Christopher in the swimming pool, "That's Chris's girlfriend now, the other girls should be her girlfriends, they just Come relax and have a good time."

Jenny glanced at the deck chair by the pool, and motioned Cesare to look at the knotted condom under the deck chair with her, "Are you sure?"

"If you can't get used to it, let's just go in." Cesare said a little helplessly, "OK, you know now, Chris is a bit slutty, then what?"

"No then, then I hope to see him show some acting skills and professional qualities." Jenny said, "You have to admit, it's a bit rude to leave guests in the living room, isn't it?"

"We arrived ten minutes early." Cesare looked at his watch.

Jenny imitated Christopher and made a funny face at him, "Why are you talking to him like that."

Cesare didn't answer her at all. Jenny took a glass of wine from the waiter and walked around the spacious living room, admiring the simple and linear decoration of the mansion. She stopped in front of a painting Feet—the picture looked familiar to her. Jenny doesn't know much about painting, but she seems to have seen works of a similar style somewhere.

The two lives are probably like this. Sometimes the memories are mixed together. Jenny thought about it for a while but couldn't remember where she saw it. However, this painting has a strange charm for her. A small-scale work, the overall color is maroon, a frightened boy stares into the air on the canvas, his eyes are wide open, looking a little scary.

"Pollock's Self-Portrait." Christopher's voice said behind her. "This is Pollock's Self-Portrait-I like it very much. It reminds me of myself sometimes."

There were girls' footsteps and chatter and laughter outside the house. Jenny glanced outside the door, and her eyes finally fell on Christopher.

He has restrained his heartless and overly active happiness, and his special innocence has disappeared like an ebb tide. What remains is reserved and calm, and he can even be said to have a gentle temperament, which is very similar to his appearance. In contrast, although he is still wearing a nightgown and floral shorts, he looks like he can walk into a large banquet at any time without making people feel rude.

Christopher is looking at Jenny with a smile, seeming amused by the fact that she is attracted to "Self-Portrait".

Interesting, thought Jenny, she said slowly, "So it's Pollock, is this real?"

Christopher laughed, "That's an interesting question, do you think it's real?"

"Pollocks are expensive," Jenny said, "but maybe this is the real thing."

"This is a reproduction." Christopher stared at her and said, "I never buy the real thing. A qualified star should not spend money on an art collection. Of course, I can't afford the real Pollock."

A qualified star should not spend money on art collections, because the art market is sometimes a game of drumming and spreading flowers. On the basis of the basics, it is not very surprising that celebrities who have no discerning ability spend a lot of money to buy imitations. Once they start to get involved in art collections, celebrities open their wallets a big hole and let art dealers And unscrupulous businessmen make a lot of money from it. The reason why Jenny knew this was, of course, because her former husband's family was also considered a half-upstart, and she had seen a lot of hobbies and traps with ulterior motives. However, Christopher's behavior just now was really heartless, and he seemed to be the type who was scammed by fake auctions, so Jenny was not sure if he thought he had collected a real Pollock, this painter, according to The price she happened to know is really expensive. Although Christopher's net worth may not be able to afford it, but if he bought it at the real market price, Jenny can guarantee that he will not hang it here casually.

She felt that she had just played a trick with Christopher, and they both checked each other's bottom and got a preliminary understanding of each other's character. Jenny showed an appreciative smile, "It's a very calm decision. Indeed, artworks are stars. Unaffordable hobby.”

Christopher's smile gradually widened. This time he was smiling with his eyes. Although the smile was not wide, it was very elegant. "Give me two minutes, let me change my clothes, and then dinner will start on time."

When he reappeared in a shirt and slacks, Cesare tapped his watch to Jenny, who checked the time: at six o'clock in the evening, Christopher kept the time accurate.

If there is a choice, Jenny is actually not a talkative person, and tonight she just doesn't need to force herself to talk more. Christopher and Cesare are obviously two of the three who are more familiar with each other. You know, they spend a lot of time together, they are very close - as far as Jenny knows, it is true, Cesare will accompany Christopher on location, on vacation, on the red carpet... basically he will not accompany Christopher on these things. Let her do it. Throughout the dinner they were talking about family matters, about Christopher's new girlfriend, Cesare and Lillian, and Christopher actually knew that Lillian had returned to Los Angeles.

"I'm so sorry, man," he said. "I really like Lilian, but I guess reality is so cruel sometimes."

"This is Hollywood after all," Cesare replied simply, "statistically speaking, sooner or later this kind of thing will happen."

Then there was a lot of conversation about rugby, which was almost bible to Jenny, but she didn't find the dinner boring, in fact Jenny was very interested, and she had been taking the opportunity to observe Christopher.

Cesare needless to say, the Buddy-buddy side is just another mask he uses to socialize with Christopher, but Christopher, since the meeting until now, he has revealed several aspects of his character, some childish big Boys, the corrupt, rotten and rich young man who is playing crazy, and the sober and sharp man who likes "Self-Portrait" just now are simply three types of personalities, but Jenny doesn't think Christopher has a split personality, she thinks he is just... born with It's easy to get into the role, he may be like a natural actor, his instinct is to observe and imitate all the time, so he can 'talk to people, talk to the devil' without any flaws, and maybe the perennial acting career makes him Get into the habit of switching roles as you like, and he will quickly find a mode that he thinks is suitable for getting along with you, and then fully enter the role and start communicating with you.

Chameleon. Jenny thinks he is very similar, and he is also a bit like a mirror. For example, facing the supermodel group just now, he is over-excited and having fun, while facing her, he is cautious and meaningful. Of course, he is not a mirror to Cesare, this should be a mode of getting along that both parties feel comfortable with, or Cesare used such a tone to get close to him when he first met... Anyway, this man is quite Interesting, much more interesting than Josh, Ryan and other men of the same age she has worked with. At least he can arouse people's curiosity, people want to know what his real color is.

Jenny has been observing Christopher, and of course she has no extra energy to take care of Cesare. She doesn't know what he is thinking, but after dinner, Cesare decided to leave and go to the study to make a few phone calls, "Sorry, I just I received a few text messages on my phone, and I have to deal with something."

"So, that means the family chat is over," Christopher said, turning to Jenny as he walked up the stairs, his soft jawline tightening again with a smile, but his body language wasn't tense, " Private interview time begins.”

Based on her theory just now, what Christopher is showing now may be the impression she gave him, a little alienated and tentative, but also has a subtle interest. Jenny feels that the atmosphere is getting more subtle. When she and him look at each other, it is like It's going around in circles.

"Are you saying I interview you or you interview me?" she asked.

"Both?" Christopher said, "We are similar in some ways, both have box office appeal, and the acting skills can't reassure each other—"The Fifth Sally" is a very challenging story."

Jenny doesn't think there is anything to worry about her acting skills, she must have received more praise and awards than Christopher, but she swallowed her rebuttal, "That's true, do you have anything to ask me ? Christopher."

"I don't know, tell me, are you confident to play Sally well?" Christopher asked, "Do you want me to join, do you hope I can play Roger well?"

His green eyes shone brightly, and his voice became more and more dramatically low and soft as he spoke, just like whispers between lovers. Jenny had to get closer to hear his question, "Do you think we have any? Is there an attraction between Jay and Sally?"

If you are attracted by his charm, most people may forget that these few questions he asked are actually very practical, almost covering several major factors that determine whether they can cooperate. And Jenny couldn't help but admit that Christopher was indeed very attractive. She didn't know what his charm was to others, but to her, his mystery made her very interested, and she almost couldn't help but devote herself wholeheartedly. But then again, she's never been an emotional animal, and the temptation wasn't strong enough to stop her thinking.

"Of course I have the confidence to play Sally well, otherwise I won't take the film, and I want you to join, otherwise I won't come to see you." She sat back a little, distanced herself from Christopher, " I hope you can play Roger well, because you'll be a good box office guarantee for this film, but I don't know if we will have the attraction of Roger and Sally, because Roger is a charmer of himself. A middle-aged man with too much confidence and an ordinary appearance, his feelings for Sally, according to my personal understanding, can be said to be close to worship, he worships Sally's crazy beauty."

Jenny looked at Christopher with appraising eyes, "In my opinion, the distance between you and Roger is simply farther than the distance between me and the swimming pool."

"Ah." Christopher smiled, and he bent forward, "So you don't think Christopher Hanks will ever feel unconfident and unable to appreciate that kind of humble and worshipful love, do you?"

"Actually, I don't know anything about you." Jenny thought it was fun to hit him, she sat back a little more, and pointed out businessfully, "I haven't seen any of your movies, so I don't know much about you." It's hard to say if you never feel unconfident, but objectively speaking, you are indeed much younger than Roger's age in the script, how do you plan to solve this problem?"

Christopher pursed his lips nonchalantly, no longer tried to get close to her, but sat up straight, "Makeup-I have already talked with David, if I will take this role, I plan to age Makeup, fake stomach, or simply eat fat."

"Okay." Jenny said, "And then, is there anything you want to ask me?"

"If you continue to spoil the atmosphere like this, no." Christopher was almost childish, his peculiar innocence reappearing. "I don't think you and I will have any chemical reaction. We will be the most tragic couple ever. What the audience sees on the screen is a very hard-working Roger and a Sally who can't get into the situation."

Jenny couldn't help laughing, "If you consider the role relationship, this effect is actually quite right-Christopher, you have a girlfriend, what are you expecting? My response? You have to know, I also have a fiance."

"So what do you mean?" Christopher became interested again. He lowered his voice and approached Jenny again, "You feel our strong inner connection——"

"I mean, you are a nymphomaniac." Jenny covered his mouth and pushed him away, she laughed and said, "Why, you can't tolerate a woman in this world who doesn't Underwhelmed by your charm? Christopher, we're talking about work now."

Christopher fell down on the other end of the sofa, staring at the ceiling and said angrily, "This is work, I can't cooperate with a woman who doesn't want to sleep with me."

"So, so far you and all your co-stars—" Jenny asked in a tone of disbelief, her eyebrows twisted.

"Yep." Christopher nodded, "Both."

"Jesus." Jenny thought about the information she saw in the car, "but I remember you worked with Jodie Foster—"

"She's bisexual, honey." Christopher said, sitting up, affably, "and besides, even gays don't necessarily want to switch things up now and then—I'm not bragging to you, Jennifer, but , Sexual desire is the driving force of my acting, when I can't feel this power, I can't immerse myself in the performance wholeheartedly, my acting lacks tension, and the effect is simply a mess."

He sighed and dropped his shoulders, looking genuinely sad. "I don't need every woman in the world to be immersed in my charm, but if I want the audience to be immersed, then I must feel the sexual attraction between me and you."

"To be precise, what you need to feel is that I was tempted by you and you can't help it, and you have a sense of accomplishment." Jenny couldn't help frowning, "And now what you're saying is going to feel terrible Yes, it sounds like you are tempting me to have **** with you so that you will agree to appear in "The Fifth Sally", which already constitutes sexual harassment?"

The more she looked at Christopher's facial expression, the more suspicious she became, "Do you know what I'm thinking? I think you're still lying to me—"

Christopher's shoulders trembled, and Jenny narrowed her eyes, "Are you laughing, Christopher?"

Christopher's shoulders were trembling more and more, and he suddenly burst out laughing, "Well, I'm sorry--I'm really sorry, but I really like you, you are exactly my type, you I couldn't help myself acting in "Prada" - and Cheesa didn't believe I could get you on the first meeting -"

"Are you betting on me?" Jenny asked incredulously, "Are you betting on me? I'm going to kill Cesare—"

Christopher quickly stopped her, "Of course I didn't make a bet, but I have to give it a try. You know, Cesare sneered at my words. He never believed that you would fall in love with me, and I have to prove—"

He saw the gap between Jenny's actions, stepped forward to hold her head in his hands, turned his head and kissed her skillfully, and before Jenny could react, he used his height advantage to push her into the by the wall.

The room fell silent, and after a while, Christopher took a half step back.

"And I have to prove him wrong."

He said in a hoarse voice, his green eyes stared straight at Jenny, his lips were shiny and his expression was hungry... "I proved him wrong."

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Sorry, it's a bit late, Khan, after I went out, I suddenly found that I forgot to put the manuscript box.