Hollywood Domination Chapter 209: The first step of the big dream

"This will probably be the busiest premiere of the year," Claudia said with a smile while helping Jenny put on a conservative and low-key 're' little black dress, "I hear Said that even Brad Pitt will come, wow, tomorrow's news will definitely be featured, won't it?"

"Yeah, we didn't expect so many people to show up and support us." Jenny opened the sponsored jewelry display cabinet provided by Valentino—she and Valentino have always been very happy to cooperate, and Jenny is also the ideal in Valentino's heart Customer, the dresses she borrowed are always clean when returned, the depreciation rate of jewelry is low, and the degree of cooperation is high. In addition, the business is rising steadily, and the attention has always been high. Therefore, the cooperation mode that Valentino adopts with her now is Every season, some more basic jewelry will be placed in Jenny's house to facilitate her daily travel and matching. Some of the prices here are not high enough and there is no need to return them. Of course, Valentino will also borrow a grand set of jewelry when Jenny is in some big events, and it will be escorted by a special person, and it will be sent back to the vault directly after wearing it. Sometimes if Julian thinks that Valentino’s jewelry is not matched properly, he will make a phone call , whether it is Tiffany or Van Cleef & Arpels, they are very happy to lend out the key jewelry of the season, and some jewelers directly come to discuss sponsorship.

However, it is just the premiere of "Unlucky Eros". For the producer Jenny, it is not a big occasion, and she will give the limelight to Rachel McAdams, so whether it is a dress The jewelry is still low-key and conservative, just maintaining the low-key elegance of Jennifer Jefferson's private server, and not taking the eye-catching route of girlpower. Jenny didn't even invite Julian, but gave Claudia the opportunity to preside over the full set of makeup for this high-exposure occasion—and therefore, Claudia was more concerned than Jenny. After picking and choosing in the jewelry cabinet, I finally only chose a pair of pearl earrings for Jenny.

"It's enough for us to play tricks on the hair accessories." She said with determination, turned to open the shoe cabinet, and picked out matching high-heeled shoes for Jenny.

"We still have fifteen minutes," Christopher knocked on the door of the locker room, leaned against the door and whistled, "Hey us, can I get your phone number?"

"Thank you, you look great today." Jenny smiled and said, "Actually, I think you might be more eye-catching than me."

Indeed, Chris looked extraordinary today, wearing a well-fitting dark blue suit, with black hair combed back and a rare greasy hair, coupled with his smiling expression and almost shining spirit Jenny has no doubt that he will steal the limelight from the other Chris—the lead actor, Chris Pine. Of course, Pine is also a very charming guy, but he and Chris are still a little too young and immature, At least in the past few years, it will still be at a disadvantage.

"What can I say." Chris made a flamboyant bow, "The evidence is conclusive, and there is no room for quibble."

"Someone is very proud today." Claudia complained, she straightened up suddenly, and put another layer of powder on Jenny's face, "Try these shoes - I think I know why .”

"Oh? What's the reason?" Mary walked in from the door, sending text messages while talking, "The guests have already arrived at the scene, we'd better hurry up."

"Oh, don't you read the paper, Marie?" Claudia rolled her eyes exaggeratedly, "First public appearance? Is this a hint for you?"

"Oh, yes." Mary also laughed, and she bumped into Chris jokingly, "This is just a premiere, not your wedding, you don't need to be so excited, Chris."

Although Chris is not without the temper of a big-name star, he rarely puts on airs to the staff around him. He jumped back and said in a high-pitched voice, "Don't wrinkle my suit, you can't afford it. "

Mary and Claudia both laughed, and Claudia guessed, "Is this an imitation?"

"No, Julian," Chris said, "Last time he yelled at Jack—Jack nearly ruined my Armani."

"Now that you've solved the mystery—" Mary laughed out of breath, "I really think it's very similar—haha, I can imagine Julian's expression when he said this— "

The locker room was full of laughter and laughter, perhaps because of the influence of the "Michael Clayton" project. The mirror glanced at him, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips: Chris was looking forward to this premiere, after all, doing so would naturally brighten their relationship.

Since the intimidation incident a few months ago, the media has not stopped speculating about the relationship between the two of them. Of course, the public is also extremely curious. It's a pity that due to the unique living conditions of Chris's mansion, the paparazzi have never taken photos of the two of them appearing together. In the days before she went to shoot "Michael", Jenny seldom went out in order to avoid the annoying media, and it was impossible to go out with Chris on a date. In addition, Judy was ordered by the police and refused to go out. Admitting positively to the media that the two are in a relationship, avoiding creating another big news and stimulating the stalker, so although the relationship between her and Chris is progressing steadily, to the public, their emotional world has always been in the fog , there is no definite answer.

Especially last month, after she went to shoot "Michael Clayton", Chris flew to London to continue some post-production work, and was photographed eating with Josh and having a good conversation, so The relationship between him and Jenny is even more intriguing: it is not uncommon to continue to be friends after breaking up, but it is rare for brothers like Chris and Josh to be good. The reason why the premiere of "Unlucky Eros" received great attention from the media is also because Jenny and Chris are both in Los Angeles. Whether they attend the premiere together actually marks the state of their emotional development. ——On the contrary, the joining of Daniel Day-Lewis, who is very concerned by the insiders, is not very concerned by the reporters. After all, even in Hollywood, the spread of a lot of news has a clear hierarchy, showing a state of circles , not every reporter knows that Daniel was completely handled by Jennifer and her team, and the reporters who can really know this also understand that some news should not be reported indiscriminately before communicating with the person involved. For example, you How can you be sure that reporting this news at length will not anger George Clooney?

However, one thing is certain is that Starlight Glimmer at today's premiere must have shocked some people. When Claudia finally picked out a pair of pearly purple high heels to match her eye shadow, Jenny sat down and let When she helped put on the shoes, Mary couldn't even wait for this time, and hurriedly drove to the premiere venue: there were too many stars who arrived early, and the photographers were too busy, and the whole staff was also busy. The PR team at the premiere was a little caught off guard. Including Judy, the entire staff of the Big Dream team rushed to the show to start a fight.

"Done!" Claudia rubbed her hands, took a step back in joy, and looked at Jenny harshly again. She sighed contentedly and turned to Chris for advice, "Is your girlfriend pretty today? , Chris?"

"From a fashion point of view, I don't know." Chris played again, staring at Jenny with unnecessary affection, and said hoarsely, "From a straight man's aesthetic point of view, she is extremely beautiful today." Already."

"I don't know whether to be happy or not." Claudia sighed nervously. Jenny smiled and gave Chris a supercilious look, "Stop acting—and, Claudia, I am very satisfied with today's outfit, don't worry, it won't get too many praises, but it won't be ridiculed .”

Claudia was appeased, and she walked towards the limousine with Chris, and Chris restrained his complacency—he was observing Jenny's expression all the way.

"You don't seem to be in a good mood today."

The bodyguard team waited near the gate, their limousine went through strict security checks, and so did the premiere venue - this is Chris' insistence, he thinks that Jenny will attend public events in the future, especially when she meets fans face to face , there can be no less than four bodyguards around him——and when the vehicle started, he commented, his interest visibly lowered, "Is there anything that makes you unhappy?"

"You're really observant." Jenny said slightly sarcastically, and then sighed, "Isn't that obvious? I was a little nervous, you know, the premiere was like a switch, before that , you tell yourself not to worry about the box office, and keep saying to yourself, 'It's not time to worry about this, do the things at hand first'--then, with a bang, the premiere starts, and you find that you have nothing to do I can do it, I can only worry about the box office."

Chris took her hand and clapped it in relief, acknowledging his mistake, "Of course I should have thought of that earlier—but you're acting like you're more nervous than your own movie coming out."

"If there was me in this movie, I wouldn't be too worried." Jenny said honestly, she sighed, "This movie is the first release of Dameng, you know, I was just terrified that it would screw up. Anyway, I kind of participated in its release decision all the way - and that's not something I'm very good at."

"About it," Chris muttered, "it's like I wasn't there when you were delving into those distribution cases—but you better not think about it, Jen, you know it's self-pressuring, it's Sometimes what you need is some more soothing thoughts: Dameng’s investment in this movie is only 10 million yuan, and you are responsible for the distribution, plus the distribution commission, anyway, the possibility of Dameng’s loss is very high Low, the difference lies in the speed of return. There is nothing you can’t afford, isn’t it? It’s better to miss out on an investment of 10 million than to miss out on an investment of 100 million.”

Jenny also admitted that what Chris said was reasonable, and it was difficult for her to explain why she was not as worried about the 100 million project as she was about the 10 million project. She smiled reluctantly, "Let's not talk about this-this should belong to the kind of problem that talking about it won't help. Guess how many people have gathered at the scene now?"

"I guess a lot." Chris followed Jenny and changed the subject, "At least three friends have sent me text messages asking where I have been."

While Jenny knows she should probably be excited about the duo's first appearance now instead of worrying about the box office of "Lovely Love", she does care about the movie quite a bit, and Chris probably won't understand , but this movie is of extraordinary significance to her-it can prove whether Dameng has the ability to make a commercial film independently. Can't keep doing it.

Now the time has entered the end of 2006, and it will be 7 years before the golden finger expires. Of course, Jenny has already caught up with "Avatar", bought "Twilight", and is waiting for "Hunger" "Game" and several other projects that are being targeted. In the expected 7 years, Dameng will make a lot of money and become a Hollywood upstart. You have to fight hard—however, to determine whether a company can survive, in addition to existing good projects, it also needs the vision to continuously develop new projects, and the ability to operate a mediocre project to make a profit. In Cesare’s words, ‘You can’t expect your company to have every year the big money-making projects in the market, but you want to make sure that the company is profitable from the smooth projects. ’

"Unlucky Cupid" is such a mediocre commercial film. It has nothing to do with Jenny's golden finger. The investment is not big, the cast is not big, the director is not big, and the script is relatively mediocre. Jenny watched the finished film. It’s not bad, but it’s not great either. It’s just an average film. It’s very important whether Dameng can make profits from such a film. After all, if your company can only rely on business miracles to make money, then There must be something wrong. Only by ensuring that such stable projects can obtain sufficient profits can the big dream become bigger step by step, rather than a tool to extract money before the golden finger expires. ——In fact, in terms of status in Hollywood, money is no longer the first element. Many outdated movie stars are very rich, but you can’t say that their status in Hollywood is higher than Jenny’s now. How strong is the driving force of the big dream, how much profit can a project realize, whether it can make an ordinary project reborn, can make a film that will lose money become barely profitable, and whether it can win the Olympic award by itself The film crew made a profitable and award-winning literary film...

These elements are the same as "whether Dameng can always dig treasures" and are important factors in determining Dameng's status in the industry. To some extent, they are much more important than the ability to dig treasures because of the golden finger , Of course, it is much more difficult to obtain, at least it is only a matter of sleeping for Jenny to get the treasure-digging golden finger, and she has not yet obtained a team with planning and execution capabilities. This kind of team cannot be hired with money - if money can solve this kind of problem, there will be no bankrupt companies and bankrupt rich men in this world. The essence of a company is to screen out the talents who can really do things from the so-called elites with cutting-edge concepts in the industry, management terminology, and cheating salaries, and to create a fair and efficient competition mechanism within the enterprise to retain these talents.

To build such a mechanism, the requirements for the CEO of the company are also quite high. He must be a generalist who is proficient in management and has professional qualities—although the separation of shareholders and management is a common practice in large companies, But in the early stages of a company, no one pretends to hire strangers to manage their efforts and strip away their influence. Therefore, this candidate must be selected from the shareholders. For now, Jenny is far from qualified. Even if she is qualified, she does not have enough time. She can only count on Cesare to do this part of the work. Get involved as much as possible. "Unlucky Cupid" is actually a big dream from scratch, starting from the selection of talents to build its own distribution team step by step, the company's internal competition mechanism... such a gradual expansion process, it can be said that the achievements of this project not only represent the film itself The quality of the company is also a benchmark for testing the company's ability. Only when "Unlucky Love God" is successfully released, the cash flow can be recovered from the copyright transaction and peripheral sales, the accounts are settled and the taxes are paid, and the profit distribution is completed-only the completion of After these procedures, Big Dream can be called a complete film company, not Jennifer Jefferson's bag company. It will also have the ability to expand, will be recognized by the market, and will truly enter the game and become a The qualifications of a small and healthy film company...

So, yes, Jenny is very nervous about the performance of this film, and she also hopes that "Lovely Love" will be successful. Under such multiple psychological pressures, she really didn't think much about the first time with Chris. She made her debut, which made her feel a little regretful after she got into the car—Chris was obviously excited for her first appearance, but her performance was quite cold in comparison, and she couldn't even be said to be a very good girlfriend.

"By the way," she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to mention this to Chris, "Did Chesa tell you, Judy sent an invitation letter to Leo, and he promised to come."

Since she invited Lewis out of the mountain, another wave of "knowing Jennifer Jefferson" has come surging forward, many new and familiar people after the Olympic Award - it's hard for Jenny to call it Friends - acquaintances, all called to connect with each other, wanting to 'get together' with Jenny.

Under such circumstances, stars usually choose to hold a party to solve the problem together, so as not to allocate time badly, and since there will be a premiere and afterparty soon, Jenny will certainly not let go of this opportunity to build momentum , so "Unlucky Eros" has a star-studded premiere, and the treatment specifications far exceed the actual level of the project. In such an event where invitations are widely distributed, it would be very targeted to omit Leonardo, but Jenny I didn't expect that Leo would really show his face to attend-this also means that the situation of "the king doesn't see the king" that has lasted for a while between him and Chris will be broken at this party.

"Well, he told me." Chris said casually, seeing Jenny's indescribable expression, he laughed instead, "What are you worried about? Are you afraid that we will fight at the party?"

"No." Jenny said honestly, "I was just thinking that you guys are a bit unnecessarily hostile, maybe you can take this opportunity to reconcile—but just think about it, you don't need to feel pressure."

Chris laughed, "Why do I feel pressure? I don't hate him, in fact, as long as Leo doesn't mind, I'm always ready to resume friendship with him."

"Really?" Jenny glanced at him, "It doesn't sound like it."

"My heart is stronger than real gold." Chris said, he smirked, "If you don't believe me, welcome to come and verify."

"Forget it, I don't want to be resented by Claudia." Jenny compared Chris's neck, "Besides, I don't know how to wear a bow tie."

She and Chris exchanged a smile, and there was a pleasant silence in the car.

After a while, Chris broke the silence.

"You know, speaking of Leo—I'm surprised you'd take Rob's line to reach Daniel," he grabbed Jenny's hand, stroking it up and down absently, "I thought you'd go on Leo's route." Oh this line.”

"Really?" Jenny replied casually, browsing the rapidly receding scenery outside the window.

"Yes," Chris said affirmatively, "I'm familiar with Chesa, if I were him, I would also choose Leo—Leo's risk is lower, choosing Rob is completely a gamble."

"That sounds like it," Jenny said. "What are you trying to explain, Chris?"

"What I want to explain is, did you reject Chesa's proposal?" It's not that I rejected Chesa's proposal—for me."

"You made this matter so nasty." Jenny frowned, but still didn't give a positive answer. "Should I say you have too much imagination, Chris?"

Christopher laughed, "Ah, that sounds like you're being fickle, Jennifer."

He held Jenny's hand tightly, and said happily, "—but don't worry, I won't believe you, I know why you made this choice."

"Oh?" Jenny raised her eyebrows, "You know?"

"Yes, I know." Chris nodded confidently, but in the next second he couldn't help laughing and dismantled himself, "—Well, I've actually asked Chesa."

"What did he say?"

"Cheesa told me to **** off, 'Don't force me into your love games,'" Chris was quoted as saying, "So I guess I guessed right—did I? Am I right? Jen ?”

Jenny laughed, "Since you are so confident, why ask?"

"Because I'm happy," Chris said, reaching out, (careful not to spoil her make-up), and pulling Jenny into his arms, "but also kind of angry: Why hide it from me? Jane, you know that this will please me."

"So maybe I just don't want to please you?" Jenny stubbornly contradicted him, and Chris just laughed and deepened the hug.

"You know, I've had a lot of girls—girlfriends, call them what they want," he whispered in Jenny's ear, "but you're the only one who'll try to protect me—and I have to admit , It feels really good to be protected."

"You're going to mess up my hair." Jenny warned, but she relaxed in Chris's arms cooperatively, "I'll give you another half minute to hug, nokiss—uh— "

They arrived at the venue a few minutes later than expected, not because of bad L.A. traffic, or imprecise estimates by professional security - there was an unexpected stop, Claudia Was called over from the squire's car, but fortunately, Jennifer and Christopher could still keep people waiting for a few minutes.

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With the screams of the fans and the scrambling for seats by the reporters, another extremely eye-catching limousine stopped at the main entrance of the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Jennifer Jefferson and Her male companion, Christopher Hanks, this year's new Oscar winner and actress stepped out of the car one after another. They wore matching dark-colored dresses and waved to reporters and fans. Of course, they also attracted the audience with the highest decibel Screams, and media reporters frantically bombarded with flashlights and asked questions like cannonballs.

"Jennifer! Are you and Christopher dating?"

"Are you secretly engaged, Chris!"

No one asked about the prospect of the new film. The attention on the relationship between these two stars has completely overwhelmed "Lovely Love God". Meng didn't spend a penny, and has already received better publicity effects than big advertisements. At least the people who are most concerned about gossip will not be unfamiliar with the name "Unlucky Cupid". Jenny walks through the crowd with a decent smile, accepting a brief photo in front of the photo wall——

Neither she nor Chris answered the question of whether they are in a relationship, but the two have always held their fingers together and have not separated.

"Jennifer!"

"Hi, Jenny."

"Miss Jefferson—"

"Jenny, come here—"

The premiere of the movie has not yet officially started, and the movie theater has provided a large venue for the guests to socialize and enjoy refreshments before the movie is released. From the moment Jenny and Chris entered the banquet hall, there were all kinds of greetings The sound almost completely submerged her, Chris, who had just won the best actor, seemed to be completely forgotten by people, and Jenny undoubtedly became the central protagonist of the premiere—she greeted these industry acquaintances almost overwhelmed, and soon Sidney Pollack, who came forward to support her in person, was the first to be pulled aside because of her seniority.

"Let me introduce a good friend to you." Sidney brought her to an old gentleman, "Arthur Clarke, the local snake in the West End of London——Arthur, this is Jennifer Jeff Sen, blahblahblah, let's just skip the nonsense, Jenny, after all, there are already many people who want to take you away, and go straight to the point-you want to film Monroe, you want to film the history of Monroe filming in the UK, then Arthur is the person you should be looking for, and it happens that he is also very interested and wants to talk to you about your project—"

The old man waved his hand and said jokingly, "Of course, I'm sure more than 90% of the people in this room want to talk to you about this project now..."

Jenny looked around the room, and she saw many enthusiastic faces smiling at her, and the anticipation on them was even surprising—even during the time when she won the actress, none of these people were like this treated her. This feeling of being followed by countless people—being followed by countless industry leaders and admired by industry elites made her a little dizzy, and it could even be said that she was a little surprised: she knew that she had accomplished a difficult thing, but after finishing Before, even before arriving at the banquet hall, she didn't know that it was so difficult. She didn't know what a legendary and difficult feat she had accomplished.

"Okay," she said, trying to pull herself together, reminding herself not to get carried away: there might be something else going on in all this. "Arthur, nice to meet you."

With a professional smile on her face, Jenny said sincerely, "We should sit down and talk sometime, I believe you will make my project a lot smoother—"

Glancing at the lively banquet hall again, Jenny realized that she was right: maybe the production process of "My Week with Monroe" will really be much smoother than she thought.