Hollywood Domination Chapter 171: The favor of the king of the world

"Is this true?" Mary kept asking, "Really? Oh, I'm so envious of you, Jane, why didn't I go with you last night?"

"Is this the point of the discussion now?" Jenny rolled her eyes at her, "Why did you have a date with Nicholas last night?"

She wiped the sweat streaming down her face, and threw the towel onto the washstand, "What's the reaction from the Internet and the media?"

"Of course it caused a lot of discussion, but there are no videos or photos to back it up, so the general public now thinks it's just a rumor." Mary also resumed her professional attitude, "But, seriously, Jenny—is this true? Or Another boring rumor? You really and Leonardo—"

She made a gesture representing a kiss, "Oh, I'm so, so envious of you——"

In the eyes of Jenny, she said back to business with interest, "By the way, Bell called several times, she seemed eager to explain to you, but you are exercising in the morning, so I answered it for you, Say you are in a meeting."

"Good job." Jenny pointed at her. "That would be a good excuse to get rid of Bell."

"So, this is really true?" Mary turned on the bathtub switch for Jenny, and the hot water gushed into the jacuzzi, "You and Leo, at Bell's house—"

"We just chatted." Jenny said while doing morning routines, "There is nothing ulterior, from this point of view, Hilton's news can't be said to be wrong-we have indeed disappeared For more than half an hour, I got rid of everyone and hid in the backyard alone until the guests found out. But this also confirmed my guess, there should be a few of Bell's guests who were bribed by Hilton—or they were indeed I don't like me very much."

"It's not surprising." Mary snorted, "With your momentum in Hollywood this year, it's no surprise that people don't hate you. But Cesare is not very happy - he also called just now Ask about the situation.”

Jenny sighed: "I found that in Hollywood, it is really difficult to be a famous person."

"It's not easy to be a famous person at any time." Mary said wisely, holding the phone for her. "Call Chesa back?"

Jenny made a face, but still dialed Cesare's phone number, "I guess you just called to scold me?"

"Although this is very helpful to my emotions, it doesn't seem to solve the problem." Cesare's tone was indeed not very excited, "No, I didn't call to scold you—tell me that you didn't talk to Li Let's catch up."

"No." Jenny said, "we've been talking about Avatar most of the time, and Leo is hesitant to play and wants to chat with me. You know, it's dinner tonight, we don't have much time, and This matter is not suitable to be discussed in public."

She artistically blurs a lot of drama between Leo and Chris, because Cesare doesn't seem like a character who is very keen on this kind of gossip, and the friction between these two big coffee male stars is here It should have exhausted him before.

"In Bell's house?" Cesare's voice raised slightly.

"Leo and her are friends, and it's hard for me to explain why I don't want to talk about it in Bell's house." Jenny couldn't help but sigh, "Can we just stop talking about why this has changed?" If this is the case, should we concentrate on discussing how to deal with it?"

"...It's reasonable." Cesare seemed to be driving, "I just contacted Judy and Mary, and the paper media expressed some interest in this lace news, but there is no evidence, and important publications will not Report. And internet opinion tends to think this is a silly rumor, because you went to a party last night, and Leo joked with you again at the Golden Globes, it seems that some people are starting to worry about the state of your relationship with Josh , so I think we don’t need to do public opinion control, just let this news develop. You are already a-r, and occasional lace news is fine. If there is no news all the time, maybe we will start to worry instead. "

"It's about the same as I thought." Jenny said, and she couldn't help laughing a few times, "But it's conceivable that after tonight's dinner date, Leo and I may really have an affair—hope This incident will not affect the direction of public opinion after Josh and I announced our breakup."

"As long as it is a peaceful breakup, the impact should not be great." Cesare replied, but there was still a bit of warning in his tone, "However, this incident is a good reminder, I know, generally speaking Celebrities' private parties are considered perfectly safe, so people relax inside, but this tells you, Jefferson—"

"—No matter where you are, as long as you are not in my own room, you must be more vigilant." Jenny rolled her eyes, "Yes, I understand."

"Jim will pick you up at six o'clock tonight." Cesare said, "dress up nicely, I need you to look good - hang up."

"You don't seem very happy." Mary took Jenny's phone and added some bath salts for her, "I thought Chesa meant that this is not a big deal-and you should I will breathe a sigh of relief."

In the Internet age, the short time it takes for a news event to be exposed will surprise everyone. And what kind of feedback this news will bring is also very random, which can be said to be very unpredictable. Judging from the time when Perez Hilton released the news, he should have received the news when Jenny and Leonardo were still chatting in the backyard, and immediately released it: "A very popular actress recently, in the After throwing everyone away at the party, the new love she hooked up with at the awards ceremony disappeared into the backyard. For more than half an hour, they seemed to be overwhelmed by each other. Hint: The actor recently broke off his engagement, again. ’

By not naming names, Hilton escaped the risk of being involved in legal proceedings, and such an obvious allusion allowed anyone who cared about gossip to instantly guess that it was Jenny and Leonardo. By the time they came out of the party, the whole news had grown to the point that someone came to tell Jim, but last night no one knew what the scale of this matter would eventually escalate, and the public believed it, accusing Jenny of being sorry for Joe What, just laugh it off as a rumor. According to what Jenny said at the time, even if there were photos, this matter should not be enlarged, because she and Leo were indeed just chatting. But Mary and Jim are still worried. It is conceivable that the two of them must not have slept well last night, otherwise Mary would not have woken up earlier than Jenny. ——The current result should be satisfactory, but Jenny's mood is indeed not buoyant. She shook her head, hit the foam on the water surface, and took the phone back from Mary's hand.

"The most disturbing thing about this whole thing isn't how much damage it ended up doing," she said, "but how much it breaks the rules—it's a private party, Mary, and someone else is at a party like that." Promiscuity, drugging, and even rape. Did something happen to the ignorant kids? No, they were safe. And I just left to chat with Leonardo - see For God's sake, we didn't even hold hands, but what did I get? A tidbit, it just feels so unfair."

"Yeah..." Mary also drew out her voice sympathetically, "Maybe that's the price of being popular, Jane, you've come this far in such a short time, so you must be special. "

"Among this group of stars whose life circles are particularly closed, is the one more closed?" Jenny sighed, "Forget it, let's not talk about these frustrating things. Mary, apart from dinner with James today , what else do I have to do?"

"You have an acting class in the morning," Mary said, "I made a spa appointment for you in the afternoon, and Julian will come over to do your makeup for you. Oh, by the way, the crew contacted me yesterday. Your role may be within a week. Shooting will start, and we'll have to go to South Carolina for a while—and then your shoot will be completely over."

"Leave a mountain of post-dubbing, photography, and interview work." Jenny complained, and then asked, "Where is my personal mobile phone? Where is it? Has it not rang?"

She changed her mind again, "Forget it, stop looking, good Mary, go get me some breakfast, I want to treat myself this morning - put a spoonful of maple syrup on my toast, will you?" ...Tonight's dinner is too important, without the encouragement of a little sugar, I probably won't be able to survive..."

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Yes, today's dinner is indeed very important, and it is especially meaningful to Jenny-in a sense, this dinner will affect the development policy of Big Dream in the future, because it will Deciding whether Jenny has a chance to enter "Avatar": Under Universal's strong matchmaking and Leonardo's personal friendship offensive, James Cameron set aside a time for dinner from his busy schedule to come to The two big stars explain some of their concerns.

"As for the script of "Avatar", I understand your doubts." Cameron did not choose to invite Leo and Jenny to his mansion for dinner, but chose a high-end restaurant in downtown Los Angeles. This stern and irascible director started his job as soon as he opened his mouth, and he didn't seem to have the intention of concealing his true colors and enlivening the atmosphere, "This is a very simple story, old-fashioned? I think it is a little old-fashioned. But "Titanic" The same old story, girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy, girl completes herself through boy—the point is always how you tell the story.”

In front of this world-class big cow, neither Jenny nor Leonardo could control the rhythm of the conversation. They could only follow James Cameron's train of thought. The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Jenny's opinion, Cameron seems to be in a bad mood, she doesn't know if it's a personal reason, or because he's doing something that all geeks don't like: explaining to a layman the hobby he's deeply obsessed with where.

"In my vision, "Avatar" will tell this story in a very earthy way and with very beautiful scenery, so don't expect it to dig out humanity and inspire thinking-no, for the audience, they Only one message can be processed at a time. "Avatar" will give them a beautiful and wonderful spectacle across the ages, so that the story is relatively simple, of course, the biggest question for the actors will always be how much room for the story to develop "Cameron shrugged, "But that's not my problem. The director only provides the story, and the effect of the character can only be discovered by the actor himself. For example, when I was filming "Terminator", I didn't know It would make the t-800 an icon of the times, and of course I don't know that it would end up making Arnold a governor - that's just how it happens, the character might get screwed by an actor, but it might not, I can't make it right now What a promise, it can only be said that this will be a cross-generational movie-I'm not just talking about the budget."

This is the end of his opening remarks. Cameron took a sip of his aperitif and seemed not too interested in further explanations. Leonardo was still thinking about what he said before, and Jenny was determined to change it. atmosphere. She felt that Cameron didn't seem to hate her, and the current stiff atmosphere was just because they hadn't gotten to know her very well—and for her, Cameron's dislike was obviously not enough, and she wanted to bring money into "Avatar", she What is needed is Cameron's strong support.

"You're talking about 3D and imax," she said sharply. She was not that afraid of the white-haired, gentle James, but with a strong aura. It’s not familiar, but this is for James—for Jenny, the result of thousands of simulations of “Titanic” before is that, at least psychologically, she no longer has any sense of fear and strangeness towards James. . So compared to Leo, who was somewhat restrained and seemed to be more afraid and respectful of James, she was more comfortable relying on Leo for lubrication. "I noticed that you have been focusing on making 3d-imax documentaries for the past few years, and you are an enthusiastic supporter of digital technology-I can't help feeling that these documentaries are your homework for mastering 3d and imax, "Avatar" is going to be a special effects-centric movie, and you think it's going to turn a new page in movie history, don't you, James?"

Among Leonardo's unbelievable expression, James showed a surprised and pleased expression, the way he looked at Jenny has changed - obviously, Jenny's words really aroused his interest, "yes - yes, if titanic could be shot digitally in 1997, i would do it, the days of film are definitely over, i don't know why people are still talking nonsense about 'film has its texture', 'film It will never be replaced', think about how far digital and special effects have been developed in the eight years since "Titanic" to the present, and you will know who represents the future."

Of course his words were proven correct in 2014, or in other words, Cameron used "Avatar" to promote it to become the mainstream, and changed the aesthetic orientation of the world audience with his own power. It has brought about the golden age of special effects and spectacle movies, brought a second spring to the film industry, and withstood the impact of the turbulent Internet wave. If it were not for the spectacle of special effects, many audiences in 2014 may not have chosen cinemas. After all, household TV sets are getting bigger and clearer, and the comfort and convenience of watching movies at home will never be matched by movie theaters.

But now in 2006, digital can only be said to be one of many waves, and film movies still have many supporters, and imax and 3D are not concepts that everyone pursues after 2009. In fact, imax is still a rare item so far. Most cities can only have one or two screens, and they mainly show scientific and educational films, and have not yet started commercialization. "Beowulf" and "The Polar Express" with imax as the main carrier, both in terms of word-of-mouth and box office, have suffered from Waterloo, so that the current big studios have a very ambiguous attitude towards imax. They don't want to be left behind by new technologies. So many blockbuster films will have an imax version, but these are post-transformation, and Cameron's "Avatar" is the first real imax blockbuster. If there is no "Avatar", imax may still be a distance away from real life in 2014 A very distant noun, maybe it will develop, but certainly at a much slower pace than this reality.

A person who can judge the trend of the times before the times change is great enough, but a greater person can reverse the changes of the times single-handedly, create the trend of the times, and let the times move for him. And as long as she thinks that she has the opportunity to participate in this matter because of time travel, Jenny has a vague sense of excitement that can hardly breathe. She echoes what James said from the bottom of her heart. The future, I mean, TVs are getting bigger and bigger, if we can't make something that can only be seen in movie theaters, then movies will not be competitive with TV shows... From this point of view, imax is where the life of the movie lies. "Avatar" is destined to be a great movie, I have no doubt about it, it may bring something to the movie industry far beyond the work itself—"

Leo looked at her intriguingly, and Jenny could somewhat guess what he was thinking: Although it is not uncommon for people to flatter Cameron, her sincerity and fanaticism are probably beyond the reach of ordinary people. What Ao is amazed at now is probably her sycophancy and her understanding of these technological innovations.

In fact, Jenny did hard work, because she knew that "Avatar" would be successful, and 3dimax would be the final winner, and she knew what the concepts of imax, 3d, and motion capture meant, and the existing film technology What's the difference is obviously two different things. Most of her free time has been spent on this for a while, and of course, there is also research on Cameron, and the more she studies this project, the more she regrets it-her previous efforts to bring Cameron back to Disney It seems that after all, the previous three imax documentaries were invested by Disney, but perhaps it was the failure of these three films at the box office. Disney's attitude towards "Avatar", a big project that cost 500 million yuan, caused Cameron to Now in contact with the world. Even if she suddenly became eloquent and persuaded Iger to invest in this project, according to Cameron's arrogance, he may not be willing to continue to cooperate with Disney.

Of course, it is still unknown who will win "Avatar". What Jenny can fight for herself now is the right of Dameng to bring capital into the game. If she doesn’t make the film, neither Universal nor Fox will agree to let her invest. Even if it is Disney’s investment, Dameng may not be able to get it. Entry permit, after all, an investment of up to 500 million yuan, also means sky-high publicity costs, various criticisms from shareholders, and even a sharp decline in market value, and the resignation of the CEO-and in this gamble, even if Big Dream shares a part of it. It may not reduce the risk much for big investors, but if the film makes a profit, the money she wants to share is real.

"...so this is the principle of simulcam. Interestingly, although it is called a camera system, it has nothing to do with cameras." Under her magic question, the atmosphere of the conversation quickly took place Cameron has always been known for his own way, paranoid silence, and he is by no means the glamorous type in social situations, but now, when it comes to the technical details that he has been obsessed with recently, he has completely changed himself, even caring Instead of enjoying the food, it's the constant hand gestures explaining the inventions that allowed a masterpiece like "Avatar" to actually enter the shooting process. "This is a visual effects system that allows you to very intuitively decide what angle your actors and cg blend together to look better. This is a brand new thing, we did it at the end of last year. And this is the best of last year News, in fact, if it had come out earlier, a lot of shots of "Ghost of the Abyss" would not have to be shot so hard. This is what we are talking about, technological innovation determines the future of the film industry."

It can be seen that Leo has been completely left behind by the dialogue, while Jenny is fascinated, almost looking at the eloquent Cameron with admiration, because she has seen the results of Simulcam's work—" The reason why "Avatar" is refreshing is that Cameron's camera movement is calm and talented for the special effects and beauty. The characters move naturally in the special effects scenes, and they are almost integrated with the scenery, finally presenting a beautiful scene. The visual effects of "Avatar" made the whole world intoxicated by the visual spectacle of "Avatar". Cameron was able to achieve such a result not because he was a green screen shooting wizard, but because he used simulcam. The result of this technology is , when the actor stands in the open space designated by the studio, the surroundings of the actor are empty, but from the monitor, it seems that her special effects image is standing in a virtual scene, and Cameron can intuitively view the Instructing the actors to perform and changing the angle of 'shooting', and this makes the final picture smooth and natural, as if there is really such an alien race listening to the filming.

The reason why this is a great movie is not only because it will eventually get a screamingly high box office, but also because it has revolutionized the way special effects movies are shot. Jenny didn't understand it in her previous life Why "Avatar" is so good-looking, she suddenly realized while listening to Cameron's commentary during this dinner, "I think it contains infinite business opportunities, of course, before selling it to countless studios, you have to shoot a Expensive dailies, but I'm sure after Avatar, simulcam will definitely help special effects movies to take on a whole new kind of spectacle - what a refreshing meal James, I feel like you've revolutionized my worldview."

Her words were half-truth, but the admiration came from the heart, and Cameron was beaming with excitement. Although he didn't take Jenny's hand and yelled 'see you later', the change in attitude was still the same. It is obvious.

"What should I say?" He took a sip of red wine and accepted all of Jenny's "flattery" - it was obvious that James was very confident in himself, and never thought that "Avatar" might fail . "Well, I have to admit that today's dinner made me refresh my opinion of you. Before tonight, I was still a little hesitant about whether to invite you to play—"

He pointed to Leo who was doing a listening gesture, casually judging this big-name star who has been on the A-list for many years, "Because it is always troublesome to cooperate with big-name stars, just like Leo, when he shoots In Titanic, he was fresh and delicious, brave, curious and carefree about the world, so he easily accepted my so-called "deviant" practices at the time, but now, he has doubts about new technologies. Heavy, is walking around in front of the green screen with a capture device considered acting? What is the room for my character to play? They are full of these things, not the movie itself.”

Leo touched his nose, and Jenny glanced at him imploringly: They were still discussing the possibility of changing the script on the way here, and if possible, Jenny also wanted to seek a few opportunities to appear in real life . Of course, after Cameron's words, neither she nor Leo had any reason to speak.

"To be fair, that's probably true of most actors, but for newcomers, acting opportunities are precious enough," James continued, "It's easier to work with them-but you are different, Jennifer , I can feel that you are really fascinated by these technological innovations, you are like me, a technological lunatic, I think I will be very happy if I can get you to join."

Although before this, Universal has strongly invited Jenny to play the role, but this is Cameron's project, without his approval, it would be difficult for Universal to stick to its point of view. Jenny's participation in Avatar, at this moment, is really possible to continue the follow-up negotiations, Jenny's face can not help showing joy, Leonardo is also a little thoughtful, "But the problem is, James, you haven't got Universal's investment yet, and we don't even have a complete script-"

"We don't have an Oscar either," James said, glancing at Jenny. "There isn't a single one that can guarantee a full box office. There are a lot of things that should be there, but the biggest technical difficulty has been overcome. The next thing is to find Those who pay, if you also join, then I think the money will be there soon."

It seems that Leonardo’s thinking has indeed changed after this conversation——James’ criticisms against him seem to be very useful. Before that, his concerns about "Avatar" were far more than his interest Much bigger, but now, his attitude is very loose. He nodded, "I'll think about it, but in any case, whether I act or not - it's not because I have doubts about new technology, we have to agree on that, James, I don't want to Got 'conformist' comments from you."

James laughed, "But the fact is, you have such suspicions-ok, ok, but I won't make this comment public to others, is this enough to satisfy you?"

He ignored Leonardo, but turned to Jennifer, "Actually, I want to invite you to our studio, we already have some simulcam results, I want you to have a look Look - before showing it to those investors, it should be seen by some people who really appreciate it."

With Jenny's status today, no matter where she goes, it is impossible for her to be underestimated or treated coldly. She even believes that before this meal, Cameron must have initially approved the idea of ​​her starring in the show. With such a meal, as long as her performance is not too bad, she is very likely to get the leading actress position for the sake of the legend behind the two Oscars - Cameron came to see her that night One of the directors, this already speaks volumes.

But she still marks tonight as a success for herself - after all, this is Cameron, the king of the world, the legendary director, the cold-blooded tyrant - and she has already seen a very small possibility : Become his friend, get involved in the "Avatar" series, and even go one step further, let Disney and Dameng become "Avatar" investors...

At dinner tonight, she had a great time, while Leo had a lot of thoughts. He obviously coveted the 'new technology', but he was concerned that more than 90% of the scenes in the script outline were completed by simulated characters Cameron was very excited about eating—indeed, he has many supporters, and at least one team is working hard to develop virtual shooting technology because he believes in his judgment, but Jenny has just won two There are not many supporters of an Oscar—especially since she is so fanatical. Even Cameron, of course, has his vanity.

"I'll have my assistant contact you. I'm looking forward to seeing you again, Jennifer." Before getting on the elevator, he told Jenny and nodded to Leonardo, "Li Oh."

"Bye, James." Leo waved to him indifferently, watching as the elevator doors slowly closed and sent Cameron to the top floor where his helicopter was parked. "I'm sure you enjoyed your dinner tonight, didn't you, Jenny?"

"Very pleasant indeed." Jenny also walked into the downward elevator with Leo, "What about you, have you made up your mind?"

"I'm still thinking about it. In fact, I want to go with you to see the effect of simulcam." Leo touched his nose. "Of course, I know. James didn't invite me. Seeing that I'm with you Get out of the car, maybe you will sarcastically say a few words to me—but don’t doubt it, it’s a sign of love.”

"Really?" Jenny said with a smile, "if that's a sign of affection, what am I getting?"

"I don't know, a hint of a marriage proposal?" Leo said, "Don't doubt, for ordinary people, James only has two states of ice-cold and furious—especially for ordinary actors, I'm already his Beloved, and you, maybe he fell in love with you at first sight?"

He started laughing at his own joke, Jenny gave him a supercilious look, and with a 'ding' sound, the elevator door opened.

The sound of "click, click" and the voice of the camera came in vaguely through the transparent glass curtain. Leo let out a low curse, and then turned around and made a playful face at Jenny.

"Okay, caught again," he said, "Perez Hilton should be proud, shouldn't he? We just proved how accurate his information is."

And Jenny stared at the paparazzi outside the building, and sighed helplessly——Leo said it was very reasonable, these beaming paparazzi seemed to have the same word written on their faces, and their distant The sound of the shutter is also shouting the word: click! Gossip! Click! Gossip!

Gossip! Gossip! Gossip!