Hollywood Domination Chapter 119: Hold your thigh

I have to say that Josh is a very good fiance. The engagement ring he chose for Jenny is from Graf, with a 10-carat pink diamond and a beautiful StarFlower inlay. Dollars, even among celebrities, are quite a lot of money. After all, many C-list stars star in a movie, and they get about one or two million dollars in the end. Although the two did not show off in public, through the brand PR and the intentional or unintentional publicity of the PR of both parties, the diamond ring photos still sparked a wave of discussions on the Internet media and fashion magazines, not only earning enough face for Jenny and Josh, And let everyone feel their steadfast feelings. ——And for Jenny, the most important significance of this ring is that Josh didn't ask her to share the money for the ring.

Of course, when the contract ends and the two cancel their engagement, Josh can send the ring back to Graf and entrust the auctioneer to re-auction it. It could fetch a higher price, but in any case, it was very righteous for Josh not to let her share in it. After all, the hype of this engagement benefited both parties. Jenny's ability to secure her place on the A-list so quickly is not unrelated to the public image bonus and exposure frequency brought about by this stable and healthy relationship.

"Now I'm looking forward to the new movie shooting soon." When driving to Ms. Vijay's house, Jenny waved her left hand and complained to Josh, "I'm always afraid that I will throw the ring out with a casual shake of my hand, and then suddenly In the meantime, I have another million dollars on my debt statement.”

Josh was paying attention to the road conditions while driving, and just let out an absent-minded laugh, indicating that he had heard Jenny's words. He waited until the red light threw a car of paparazzi to the other side of the intersection, and then he continued with ease, "This is not good Take off your engagement ring right after filming? Living with Christopher again? I guess the paparazzi will go crazy.”

"Anyway, you have nothing else to do during this time," Jenny invited, "Claudia will join me in the set again, you can live on set, and let the paparazzi send out news like this: In order to guard against the sex-hunting master Christopher, Josh Blanche simply lived in the crew for close surveillance—"

Actually, if you live with your partner instead of visiting the set, the crew does not welcome it. A common view is that this will hinder actors from entering the play. Jenny was just joking, the two laughed together, and Josh finally shook his head, "This will make me hated, forget it, Judy will kill me—by the way, Judy Have I told you, I have now re-signed her to manage my PR matters."

"I heard that, so Grandi has made up his mind to return to the family?" Jenny asked.

"Well," Josh said, "her due date is next month, and she won't come back to work for at least two years."

"This is the biggest problem for working women," Jenny sighed. "You have to choose between family and work. Women need to bear much more pressure than men if they want to climb to the top of the workplace."

"Don't worry, I won't force you to have children." Josh parted his hand and patted her on the shoulder in relief, "In our enviable fake marriage, we only need to adopt one or two children That's enough, you don't have to spend a full year and a half away from Hollywood to have a baby."

Jenny couldn't help laughing: Indeed, having children is especially difficult for Hollywood actresses. If the strength is not so strong, the first child is fine, and the second child is almost a signal of turning from prosperity to decline. There are very few actresses who can overcome this hurdle.

"Josh, what should I do? I love you more and more." She said 'affectionately'. —Tell me that we will still be good friends after we break up.”

"Of course," Josh rubbed her head, "Speaking of which, we are definitely the best-behaved and most realistic fake couple in Hollywood history. You know, there are very few fake couples who can even deceive the media In the past. So after breaking up, we will definitely be the most harmonious and friendly divorced couple, just like Bruce Willis and Demi Moore."

Indeed, fake couples and fake lovers are sharp double-edged swords. If they play it off, both parties may lose both sides. This is the best result. Generally, it is to hide the public. It cannot be deceived, and it is indeed very rare for a partner to have such a harmonious relationship. Coupled with the fact that both Josh and she are in the period of rapid ascension, they have an obvious promotion effect on each other, and now that Josh has been replaced by Judy, fake marriage may really be an option. ——Jenny doesn't care about this, and after working together for several years, Josh has gradually changed from resisting to accepting such a relationship, and even enjoys it a little: free publicity, good friends, and a lot of peace and restraint For the time spent with Claudia, all he had to pay was some time chatting with Jenny. After all, Josh was not a moralist or a saint, and it was reasonable to change his attitude in the end.

"If you want to marry me, you have to work harder." Jenny half-jokingly said, "Otherwise, even if I intend to marry, Chesa and Judy are very likely to fight each other."

The contract between her and Josh has actually expired. The reason why the two still maintain their relationship and even announced their engagement is because they are still very compatible so far. Of course, there are also Disney's wishes in it, but If Josh's action movie hits the market, but Jenny gets an Oscar nomination for "The Fifth Sally", the two people's styles will immediately diverge, and Jenny is really not sure whether Cesare will respond to this The relationship stopped. After all, Josh is not his entertainer, and Cesare may not have the kindness to help others.

"Why don't you work harder." Josh said unconvinced, "Judging from the box office estimates, "Indomitable" may be much more profitable than "The Fifth Sally", okay?"

"First, you have proved that your performance in the field of independent films is very shitty, and you have not single-handedly won the box office of major productions." Jenny also wanted to stab Josh, not because she was picky, but Josh did. He lacks aggressiveness in his career, he is a bit too lazy, and the two independent films he made in 2003 were released last year, and they didn’t stir up any splashes at all. I think that apart from the shortcomings of the script, Josh's lack of acting skills is also an important reason. And Josh only made one movie last year, and he hasn’t made part-time work like her. This year, he doesn’t plan to take on any other movies except Pirates of the Caribbean. do not go up. "Second, even if the "Fifth Sally" fails, Anna will not force you to break up with me. It is normal for the man to be slightly higher than the woman—of course, it is also because Anna is not as shrewd and ruthless as Cesare."

"Ha." Josh laughed as if he hadn't heard Jenny's first words, "You've hit the point—you know, I didn't want to come today, but when I thought I would I couldn't help feeling scared when I stepped into the cave where Cesare was raised."

"Don't talk nonsense." Jenny didn't want to reveal that much at first, but she was afraid that Josh would talk nonsense after he went in. "Cesare hasn't lived in this house for a long time, he and his mother don't seem to be close, so you'd better not bring up topics such as childhood and family relationship for a while."

According to the address provided by Cesare, they had already driven into a private mountain road, and the guard let them in after calling to confirm, and the paparazzi's car could only park at the bottom of the mountain road and wait: in Hollywood , Not every star can earn five million dollars a year, but the salaries, benefits and dividends of the executives can guarantee an annual income of at least five million dollars. The house is even more upscale, at least it is impossible for the paparazzi to crowd around the gate.

After driving for a while, Josh parked the car beside a row of famous cars. Jenny took out the gift she specially prepared, and walked to the backyard with Josh—in fact, there are only a few social activities in the United States. On weekends, family barbecues, dinner parties, children’s birthdays are also gatherings for parents. Today should be the birthday party of Cesare’s half-brother, so there are luxury cars parked outside the door: I can go to a kindergarten with Vijri Jr. The family is naturally either rich or expensive.

"Josh, Jennifer." Virginia Vigeri stood by the swimming pool and greeted a few friends. Although Jenny had only met her briefly before, she still showed a familiar and friendly attitude. The former hugged Jenny affectionately, "You guys are here—God knows Adam has been talking about Anakin Skywalker since yesterday."

Although I haven't entered the house yet, judging from the furnishings outside the house, Vijay's home style is mainly fresh and natural. Adam Vijay is also a lively and lively child who often smiles. When Virginia exchanged greetings, he wearing the crown ran to Josh with a clear goal, raised his head and asked childishly, "Are you Anakin?"

Josh squatted down and twisted Adam's nose, "You know what? I am, guess what gift I brought you?"

Adam couldn't wait to open the gift a few times, he gasped: "C3PO!"

Seeing Josh energetically pulling Adam to run into the group of children, Jenny couldn't help but smile at Virgilia, who motioned for her to follow her into the hall, "I heard Cesare say , you still have some doubts about "The Fifth Sally" and want to seek Bob's opinion?"

Robert's nickname is Bob, and almost everyone calls him Bob Iger.

There is also a reason why Jenny guessed that the relationship between Cesare and his mother is generally there. Ms. Vijari seems to have no knowledge of what she and Cesare are messing with. Cesare did not combine her 'intuition' with The mother shared, "Yes, frankly, I'm not so optimistic about the alternatives that Mike can provide. Of course, if Bob promises, maybe "The Fifth Sally" can't wait."

So far, she has not single-handed a market-wide blockbuster with a budget of over 100 million yuan. Even for A-listers, this is an attractive offer. Virginia nodded understandingly, "Of course, yes I also have some opinions on this matter, but it’s more efficient for you to communicate directly with Bob——Bob, where’s Willow?”

The Willow she was talking about was Bob's wife Willow Bay. Before marriage, she was a well-known anchor. After marriage, she reduced the number of exposures and focused on family. Among her and Bob's two sons, the young William is five years old, and he happens to be in the same class as the five-year-old Adam—this may also be Virginia's plan for the future. up.

The silver-haired, gentle Robert Iger first shook hands with Jenny in a friendly manner, and then pointed out the French window, "Willow is looking at William, he must climb that rock wall, this kid is still doing everything." Learn from his brother."

"Who said otherwise? Adam is about to worship Aiden." Virgilia said helplessly, "William must be careful, he can't climb too high in his age."

Jenny listened patiently to their conversation for a while, and gradually realized another benefit of celebrities adopting children: children are the only magic weapon for building a social circle. If you want to enter the social circle, adopting some children from Asia, Africa and Latin America is really wonderful. In addition to the above functions, it can also shape your style and accumulate political capital.

Just like now, although she really wants to join the conversation, she has no children after all, and Bob's thoughts are all on his own pair of children. Even Virginia can only follow his words, Couldn't find the right words for a while.

"By the way, Bob, I heard that Catherine's wedding has changed location again?" Virginia obviously has a good personality. While chatting with Robert, she would send some smiles to Jenny from time to time, signaling her not to worry. "Didn't it say it was held locally? Now it's changed to New York?"

"She still wants to hold a wedding in Hawaii. This child's idea is always changing." Robert said helplessly, "By the way, I heard that your Cesare broke up recently, right? Just now I I didn't see that girl with a sweet smile beside him, what's her name? Lilian?"

"Yes," Virginia's eyes lit up, and even Jenny was moved. "Actually, he has been breaking up for a while, and it's just that this matter has been known to everyone recently-speaking of, Bob, has Amanda graduated from college?"

The pair of good friends looked at each other and smiled tacitly. Virgilia said, "Ah, Speak of thedevil—Cesare, your client has arrived."

"Oh." Robert patted his temple lightly, he was much more enthusiastic about Jenny's smile, "I forgot—you are Cesare's client, right, Jennifer? My mother has been an old friend for many years."

It seems that the relationship between Eisner and Robert is indeed quite tense, Jenny smiled brightly at Robert, "Yes, Cesare created my stardom by himself, and he is also my personal and very trusted friend. "

"A very capable young man, isn't he?" Robert said with a smile, "Cesare, we are praising you. You have done a good job recently."

Cesare smiled lightly and shook hands with Robert, "Uncle Bob, in fact, Jennifer and I have been talking about you a lot lately—"

"I don't know what exciting things I've done recently." Robert chuckled, but he took a few steps to the corner of the room cooperatively, creating a more private space for conversation.

"Isn't your achievement admirable enough?" Cesare asked back, even though he was flattering, his expression was upright as if he was explaining the truth, "But what we are hesitating now is another thing— —Maybe you have also heard that Disney offered Jenny another generous A-level contract..."

He briefly talked about Disney's wish for Jenny to delay the "Fifth Sally" to star in a G-rated movie, and Robert nodded 'um, um', "Sounds tempting, yes, Of course I know about this...what do you want to ask me?"

"We are mainly hesitant about two things." Jenny took up the topic in a timely manner, "First, it is already March, and the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will start in July. I said before that I will coordinate the shooting of the two films, but I only want to do one thing at a time-you know what I mean, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is the highest priority on my list."

Robert nodded, his smile became more cordial, "Yes, there is no reason for us not to do a good job of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", is there?"

"Secondly, there are more difficult concerns." Jenny glanced at Cesare, and Cesare said knowingly, "Uncle Bob, my mother told me that these projects are all that Mike is optimistic about. Some of the projects are just vague ideas, and it is very likely that the filming will not start in the next few months, and it will not start until the second half of 2006. Jenny and I are still very optimistic about the project "Alice in Wonderland", but we are afraid to take over After passing this project, it cannot be started this year, and there is no hope of starting it after this year, which will greatly hinder Jenny's schedule, so we want to get a straight word from you, Uncle Bob."

The meaning of these words is very deep, especially at such a sensitive moment, Virginia's expression was a little surprised, and Robert's smile was also a little stiff. Obviously, he was quickly judging the intentions of Cesare and Jeanne , Considering their loyalty - will they be Eisner's people? Will the careless remarks at Vijay's house cast a cloud over his career?

In the end, the years of friendship between Virginia Vijri and his family, as well as the fact that Jenny was popular in "Pirates of the Caribbean" should have convinced Robert, and his smile relaxed, "Ask me? You guys Act like it's ultimately my business."

"We believe that this matter will finally be decided by you soon." Cesare replied, "In fact, we hope to get your promise-if "Alice" finally If she can cast the film and Jenny takes part in the show again, she wants to bring money into the game, without your statement, it will be very difficult to do this."

Whether Eisner can survive the job crisis is still unclear. In the more than ten years he has ruled the Disney empire, there have been critical moments, but in the end he relied on the directors to trust him. Confidence has successfully weathered the storm. So far, although his situation is indeed quite bad, there is only a slight possibility of Robert being in the position. Even if Eisner is fired, the board of directors may unexpectedly hire an external CEO. Big, but still a long way from the top. Rather than saying that Cesare and Jeanne's intention to get closer could bring him urgently needed and practical benefits, it would be better to say that what this naked flattery and flattery brought him was the satisfaction of self-confidence and vanity. Although Robert kept laughing and waving his hands, he was obviously not really angry, "Cesare, you are just joking, I don't understand what you mean at all."

"This is just a private conversation, Bob, it's just a hypothetical question..." Of course Cesare knew what to say.

"Okay, okay." After a period of false humility, Robert 'succumbed', "Supposely speaking, "Alice" is indeed a good project, but if it were me, I would wait until the special effects technology Let’s develop it for a while, and start it when it matures. Why can’t you accept the "Fifth Sally" you mentioned earlier? I don’t think it’s a big deal. Well, wait until Alice starts, just prepare cash to join the crew, before that, it would be nice to get an Oscar—of course, this is just a hypothetical question.”

Whether it was Jenny, Cesare or Virginia would smile heartily, Cesare raised his glass, "Then I will thank you hypothetically, Uncle Bob, let's clink a glass of juice?"

"Cheers." Robert touched him exaggeratedly, exchanged glances with Cesare, and smiled affectionately. Jenny quickly said, "I want to clink glasses too, and I want to clink glasses too."

Although they are holding a juice glass, and there is only white water in Jenny's glass, but in the action of clinking glasses, the attitude exchanged between the two is not just a "clinking glasses at a birthday party" can be summed up, it is more like A prophecy for the inaugural party. It can be said that Dameng has completed the first step towards Robert.

Of course, if she is a star, Jenny can not *Robert at all, film appointments are sometimes a matter of business, and offending Robert is no more terrible than offending a great director. But as the boss of a small production company, it is undoubtedly a golden opportunity to get closer to Robert. It is just a flattery, a "loyalty", and Jenny got a female lead in an A-level production (of course, this one she You can get it with your own strength), and, more importantly, an opportunity to bring capital into the game. Cooperating with Disney to produce "Alice" with an investment of hundreds of millions will be a very good exercise for the big dream, and it will also be a great opportunity for gold plating.

Although at present, this is still a long-term promise, but as a company that has just started, such an achievement is already inspiring enough. After that, Jenny didn't mention business matters anymore, or went around the Igers, but came to the yard to play with the children for a while, and then got in touch with Willow Igers, which was a preliminary acquaintance with the Igers' family—or Said, and initially hugged the thighs of the Iger family.

"After today, we should be able to receive party invitations from Iger's house." On the way home, Jenny got into Cesare's car, "I will discuss with Judy later and announce the "Fifth For the production of "Sally", of course, an explanation call to Eisner's contact person is indispensable."

"OK." Jenny said, thinking of the conversation she had heard, she couldn't help but chuckle twice, "If this is not enough to gain favor, we have one last resort: just now your mother and It looks like Robert is trying to set you up with Robert's youngest daughter, Amanda. So, anyway, we're going to end up with a party invite at Iger's house—at least you can."

"What?" Cesare's eyebrows frowned, and he looked at Jenny sharply, and Jenny shrugged, "Why? Do you suspect that I'm telling lies? Please, love among your customers The one who lied was Christopher, not me, okay?"

"Okay, anyway, let's not talk about it," Cesare said with a rare embarrassment, "Talk about "The Fifth Sally", I will contact Weinstein when I get back, of course With Catherine and David, tell them that both you and Christopher have decided to act..."

In order to accommodate the schedules of the two first-line superstars, the production time of "The Fifth Sally" was very fast. In just half a month, a quite strong team was assembled, and the production budget was also accordingly That went up to $15 million—and while it's likely that you'll end up spending more than that budget, it's always nice to have more money during production.

In order to save money, the crew chose to shoot on the Canadian set. This play is almost all in-studio scenes, and there are very few exterior scenes, so there is no trouble with framing. In late March, the crew met in Hamilton, Canada and officially started anticipation. Three months of filming. ——It is worth mentioning that, as the most famous first-line superstars among actors, Christopher and Jenny still enjoy certain preferential treatment. They live in an executive suite, and Jenny and Christopher happen to live in the opposite door...

The author has something to say: Note: Robert’s family situation mentioned here is true

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There are double updates tonight!

But the time may not be fixed, because there are guests at home, and I was not feeling well a few days ago.

Let's take a look at the initial nine o'clock, sorry everyone.