Hollywood Domination Chapter 23: Inside the name change.. Act

After her failed invitation, this was the first contact between the two. To be honest, Jenny was relieved to hear Dave's voice. Although there is Cesare now, he has such a personality, and he has been out of town since he signed Jenny. He was in Europe before, and flew back to China after 911. He has been coordinating several big clients in his hands to go abroad to shoot. Things——now American citizens are in danger, and many film crews are very disgusted with foreign filming. Jenny heard from Lilian that Cesare is likely to accompany his first-line student Christopher Hanks to Israel to shoot exterior scenes .

Although he obviously didn't forget Jenny and arranged for her to audition for "Chicago", but the two of them probably won't have much chance to meet in the short term, and Jenny doesn't expect him to sit down and talk to her about Hollywood rules. As for Jim, although he is a bit like Cesare's assistant, he is still an agent in the final analysis. He has signed several TV stars in his hand, and he is not usually so free. Besides, between him and Dave, Jenny must be closer to Dave.

In short, Jenny is very happy to have a friend like Dave when she just joined the circle. She is not interested in 'a lot of people calling Lynch', but more concerned about Dave's relatives and friends in New York, "Are your family and friends okay in the previous accident? I wanted to call you, but ..."

"No problem, you know my parents live in Colorado, thousands of miles away from New York," Dave said, "and so are our friends—we're really lucky."

Everyone Jenny knew had no social connections in New York, only a relative of Lilian who turned a corner was in the Twin Towers that day, but they also escaped. But the impact of this incident on the United States is so great that you can only feel it when you are in it. At this time in the previous life, 911 was just a piece of news to Chen Zhen, and at most it was related to part of her husband's family's business. Now that she lives in the United States, she can feel the full impact of 9/11 on national sentiment and even the national economy.

After chatting for a while about the industry trends after 9/11, Jenny sent out another invitation, "Seriously, we should find time to have a meal, Dave, are you free tomorrow?"

"No problem, I have an appointment tomorrow night, we can have lunch together." Dave said briskly.

"Lunch?" Jenny was startled: It seems that Dave found her so quickly, he should have found a new date, and he has psychological support.

Of course she can only be happy, and in this way, the two can really be friends again. "No problem, where is our date?"

This time, the place Dave found is not far from the level of 'eat dry wipe'. It is a mid-range Italian restaurant, where many office workers eat business lunches. Jenny found a parking space across the street, and when he ran over, he was already there, and because the seat was next to the window, as soon as she took a seat, Dave pointed to the luxury car outside the window and raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly.

"Vijay lent me the car." Jenny said, "He is out of town now, and I am his slave, so he just lent me the car."

In Los Angeles, it is rare to have no car. The local public transportation is not well developed, and it is inconvenient to go anywhere without a car. But the original owner Jenny's previous financial situation was not suitable for her to buy a car. It happened that her work place was close to her residence, and there was not much inconvenience in not having a car. The real Jenny always wanted to buy a car for herself when she received the first interview notice. A car as a gift, but... I haven't received a single interview invitation for more than a year.

Dave also understands this, he smiled and said, "It's okay, by this time next year, you will be driving your own luxury car."

"Let me borrow your auspicious words, now I'm still in the stage of fighting for a supporting role." Jenny said.

"That's because the TV show was only released yesterday," Dave reassured her, he had more confidence in Jenny's future than herself, "Really, believe me, your day to take off is not far away. I was lucky to know you when you were a waitress.”

"No, I was lucky to know you when I was a waitress." Jenny corrected him, "If I become a big star in the future, if someone interviews me and asks me how I got into the industry, I will say that because I am lucky, I met a very good friend, Dave Jansen, without him, I would still be a waitress."

"Jenny." Dave was moved, and he made a joke, "Then I will tell my future grandson: Listen, don't you believe it, when Jennifer Jefferson was a waitress We even tried dating a few times!"

They both laughed.

This time the meeting was very pleasant, there were almost no obstacles, and the two of them smoothly transformed into a friendship mode. Dave told her some rumors about "Chicago" director Rob Marshall, "I I've met him a few times, you know, this is his first film, and before that he's been in theater, and he's occasionally helping out with choreography for TV shows. I have a couple of friends on Broadway, He is a friend of a friend. Rob is a dance madman, and his aesthetic grasp of color, light and shadow is one of the best in the industry. But I am curious, he would accept you into the audition. You know, he is from Broadway after all, I thought The supporting roles in this play will use a large number of familiar Broadway faces, and those actors can sing, dance, and act.”

He added, "Well, of course, I'm not saying you can't—"

"It's okay." Jenny said, "I understand the gap between me and Broadway resident actors."

This is the truth, for this role, Jenny is not so sure. Although Lucy Liu, who Rob chose in the end, is not a professional musical actress, she is famous and has acting skills after all. This is not like Juanita, but it is just a cameo in an insignificant episode, and there will be no second strong competitor at all.

"I heard that Liu Yuling (Lucy Liu) has also entered the interview." She took the initiative to explain, "So I don't have much hope for this audition."

"Oh, that's a big beauty too." Dave thought for a while, "It's okay, Jenny, I won't lie to you that you can definitely get this role. Competition. Even diva actors will have roles they want but can’t get, but I can tell you that in Hollywood, there are always more than one good opportunity. Even if you don’t get the role, as long as you let it in the audition The audition officer is impressed enough, maybe there will be a better opportunity waiting for you."

"Yes, don't worry, Dave, I won't be intimidated." Jenny also laughed, "At present, it's just the third female lead. If you scare away, what will the female lead do?"

Dave raised his glass at her, "For this sentence, I will pay at noon today."

"I'm going to rely on you to pay the bill without this sentence," Jenny clinked glasses with him, "the CBS check hasn't arrived yet, Vijay hasn't come back, and I haven't paid my salary. I'm more than a waitress now." When you are still poor."

The two turned to talk about Cesare Vijari.

"There are very few people in the industry who don't know him," Dave said. "It's not that his business is so good that it's crazy, but he's so handsome. It's rumored that the reason why Jennifer Bell and him' "Break up" because her boyfriend finally can't stand her manager being more handsome than himself. Of course, his business is not bad. Many people call him the crown prince of CAA. It is said that he is a strong candidate for CAA's next CEO ...When Ino Martin no longer wants to fight in the arena, he will hand over the mantle to him. So it is very rare for you to be signed by him. Except for Jennifer Bell, all the artists in his hands are at least in C There is a place in the -list."

Hollywood super A-list and A-list people are very rare, and many of them have their own agency, such as Jennifer Bell. It is a major production and will not be upgraded to the A-list, but because of the Waterloo of "Pearl Harbor" at the box office, her A-list position is also in jeopardy, and she may fall back to the B-list. Of course, B cafes in the film industry are also super rich among ordinary people.

"Vijay discovered Bell when she was a college student, and he made her an A-list within five years," Dave said solemnly to Jenny, "and he was just a mail room job himself. The intern of the company did not even graduate from college. In Beverly Hills, this used to be a good story. He discovered her, and she also made him, allowing him to skyrocket to become a senior agent of CAA within five years. Their The breakup once made the industry think that Vijay's position in CAA would be in jeopardy. Now he has signed you who is unknown, and you happen to be named Jennifer...so you should know all this, after you and Bell When you meet, you have to be more careful."

Dave has never been afraid to warn her about the dark side of Hollywood. Maybe he once meant to scare her off from acting, but now it's purely out of concern for her friends, Jenny guesses, because he knows she can't. There will be no turning back. "Yes, Jim also told me about Bell, but I don't think there are many opportunities for us to meet. I heard that Bell will go to England to film next month."

"Well." That's all Dave knew about Cesare's news, and he mentioned "Chicago" again. "Rob is the first time to be a film director. The lineup of this film is also very strong, and the investment is not low. I don't think he will have such a high voice on the set. During the interview, you should pay attention to it. In addition to the director, the producer Filmmakers are also the ones you need to conquer—oh, but I’m not worried, I think since Vijayri will make an exception to sign you, he will definitely have a comprehensive plan for your future. At least you don’t need to be afraid of others taking the lead Filmmaker route, I will push you down."

Jenny couldn't help making a grimace, "To be honest, I should trust his professionalism, but..."

Thinking of Cesare Vijari's cold expression and businesslike attitude, Jenny smiled wryly and concluded, "Perhaps it takes time to build trust."

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"Why are you here?"

Cesare's first words to her obviously did not help to establish a relationship of trust between the two.

"Did your second sentence mean that you have my car keys?" Jenny couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "Mr. Vijay, you hired me to walk your dog at your house, remember Is it?"

During the breaks between classes, she still came to Washington twice a day. There was no class this afternoon, and she just finished eating with Dave at about the same time, so she came back to walk the dog. As soon as he entered the door, he found that Cesare came up from the basement with his shirtless body—the basement is where the gym is located—with slightly disheveled blond hair, and one couldn’t help noticing that his figure was super good... so good that it could be described in thousands of words insufficient. Also, his chest hair is also pale gold——

Then he said this when he saw her.

Maybe she should thank him for at least remembering her, Jenny thought with a bit of self-deprecation.

"Oh, yes, Washington." Cesare turned his wrist and looked at his watch, "Then you are late, Washington walks twice a day, and this time at noon should leave fifteen minutes before."

"Traffic jam." Jenny said angrily, "If you don't mind, I'm going to perform my duties now, my lord (MyLord)."

She went to her room to get the sun protection clothing and umbrella, and took Washington for a walk in the community for more than half an hour. She was sweating profusely under the scorching California sun. After walking the dog, she found Lilian's car After parking in the driveway, he went in through the back door, closed Washington, and went back to the guest room on the second floor by the small stairs. After taking a shower and changing clothes, he went to the living room to watch TV.

"Why are you still here?"

Half an hour later, Cesare appeared in the living room. He looked—very suspicious—he had also just taken a shower, considering that it was an hour or so ago since he finished exercising...

In fact, Chen Zhen didn't care about these things on purpose, but she almost instinctively paid attention to these things, which can be regarded as the sequelae left by the young lady's life.

"I live here." She waved away the meaningless reasoning, "Did you forget again? At first it was my apartment's air-conditioning system overhaul, and then she said it was convenient to go to class and walk the dog from here, and then Plus she lived alone and lonely, and then she said you—"

She looked at Cesare's expression, "Forget it, it's okay, I'll move back after walking the dog tonight."

Cesare's icy face relaxed a little, "Very good."

He sat down on the small sofa, "What are you looking at?"

"Discovery Channel," said Jenny, "did you know that whales can actually hold their breath for days?"

"I don't know." Cesare's tone of voice politely indicated that he didn't know, and he was not interested in knowing such tedious knowledge.

None of them spoke, they watched TV in silence for ten minutes, and then Cesare said, "Jefferson, I believe you understand, I don't want you to live here because I don't want to separate my private life from my work. Confused, public and private must be clearly defined.”

"I understand." Jenny said, "I didn't actually plan to live here in the first place, because I didn't think you would approve of—"

"Won't approve of anything?" Lillian ran down the stairs barefoot, "Hi, Jane, hi, dear."

She sat down on the armrest of Cesare's sofa and gave him a light kiss. Cesare's expression melted a little. He raised his head and smiled at Lilian, "We are talking about Jefferson moving tonight. Going back."

"Why?" Lilian said in surprise, "Didn't I tell you about this? Chesa, you agreed at that time."

Cesare's expression froze a little, and Jenny felt embarrassed, and she began to look for an opportunity to leave. But Lillian held out her hand to her, "Sit down, honey—now, Chesa, we've got to have a good talk, I remember it so well, I told you about it the night Jane moved in, you Say yes—I mean, how many times have we talked about this? When I talk to you, I need you to pay attention and not be distracted with business, scripts and projects—"

Cesare gave Jenny a pointed look. Jenny wanted to leave, but Lilian had already left the armrest and sat next to Jenny, "You don't want to go anywhere, my dear, and I won't allow you to move, either. There has to be someone in this house who is really listening to me.”

Most of the time, she was so friendly that people would forget her origin, but now when Lilian started to lose her temper, the spirit of a girl in heaven came out, and Jenny said, "Li'er——"

Cesare said at the same time, "Lily, this has nothing to do with our problems, if you—"

But Lilian ignored no one and continued, "And Jenny's name, I can't believe it! The second Jennifer, you changed her name just for this stunt, you are In order to anger Bell? But Jenny is not your tool for fighting anger, Chesa, you are always like this, this is really a problem, and we have talked about it many times, you really can’t manipulate others as you like, just for your own happiness. "

So **** embarrassing...

Jenny looked at Cesare helplessly, trying to express her innocence with her eyes: To be honest, she was a little bit reluctant to change her name, but it was only a little bit. However, Lilian's current behavior made it difficult for her to defend herself. If Cesare was a little confused, he might immediately vent his anger.

Cesare closed his eyes and twisted the bridge of his nose. Unexpectedly, he didn't get angry, and he couldn't even see much displeasure.

"First of all, let's talk about the name change." He said, still so business-like, objective and calm, "Yes, the name change is my decision, the reason is very simple, Jenny, your original name is too casual, This may be my bias, but I think only very low-level parents will name their daughters Jenny instead of Jennifer, and of course, everyone will call you Jen, Jenny ( Jenny, Jennie, it doesn't matter, but your first name has to be Jennifer, otherwise you will never get rid of the underlying label. People will think: Which parent named their daughter Jenny? And then they You will find: Oh, yes, her parents are indeed so shameless."

Lilian opened her mouth, and Cesare pointed her finger at her, "Don't talk about special cases with me, we are talking about the general psychology of people, Lily, ordinary people are so snobbish and vulgar."

"OK!" Lilian made a dissatisfied expression, "This is another conflicting cognition that needs to be resolved."

"Also about Jenny not being able to live here," Cesare continued as if he didn't hear her at all, "I know you are very popular with her, Lily, if you often invite her to your house, it doesn't matter. Question, I know you are always lonely when I travel, but living together will blur the boundaries of my relationship with her-of course, you don't need to say, I know what you mean, you think I am professional enough, and Jefferson Also very professional, and I'm out and about a lot, and it's just overkill, and she'll have her own place in Beverly Hills soon after she breaks through. Of course there's some truth to that, but Hollywood paparazzi don't think so , I assure you that this kind of news will appear soon: Jennifer Bell's former agent signed a rookie with the same name, and the two have already lived together. It is reported that the agent already has a girlfriend, and now the three live together, and the relationship is ambiguous.— —Jefferson needs exposure, but news like this can only backfire.”

Lilian sighed, and Jenny also breathed a sigh of relief, and she echoed without losing the opportunity, "Of course I don't want to be involved in such trouble."

"So we're all right?" Cesare stared at Lilian, his tone softened.

"Okay." Lilian compromised, but she was obviously not in high spirits, and her tone was slightly mocking, "This is obviously another, 'Oh, the world is so ugly and you don't understand anything' speech, I see, you are always right."

Regardless of China and the West, being unreasonable is a girl's privilege, and Jenny knew she had to go—no matter how Cesare would handle the current situation, she was not interested in staying and watching.

"I'm going upstairs to pack my luggage," she said, neither Cesare nor Lilian stopped her.

When she reached the door of the building, Cesare called her to stop. "Jefferson, I remember your audition is three days later?"

"Yes, three days from now at half past eleven." Jenny said, "Oh, by the way, if you want to take your car back, I can—"

Cesare didn't pay attention to the trifles she said, he looked straight at Jenny, his eyes were like icy lakes, blue, cold and clear, "I heard that you are well prepared."

"I've done my best." Jenny shrugged, suppressing the urge to raise her chin to counter Cesare's aura.

"Very good." Cesare said quietly, "This is a great opportunity, and I don't like to waste it, and you don't have the capital to miss. Take it, and I won't allow you to fail."

Jenny suddenly remembered what Dave said a few hours ago, "In Hollywood, failing an audition is nothing, but it may bring you more opportunities."

Maybe that's how Hollywood does it, but in Cesare Vijari's case the game clearly follows another rule. He and she were playing a different, much harsher game.

"I'll do my best," Jenny said, suddenly thankful she had two friends, Dave and Lillian. —Dave was talking about the call Lynch received, and Lillian had been nagging her about her little fan club on IMDB since last night, but to Cesare, all this obviously meant nothing, he Not even talking to her about how many calls he's gotten asking about her, or complimenting her on last night's episode.

She was really curious how Jennifer Bell could still fall in love with him—Jenni couldn't even imagine how Lilian would be with him.

Cesare Vijeri is nothing short of a machine.

Note: Jenny is the nickname of Jennifer, and Chris is the nickname of Christopher. For example, the full names of ChrisPine, ChrisEvans, and ChrisMartin that everyone is familiar with are Christopher. It is strange to use a nickname or abbreviation as a big name. Of course, there may be many reasons , but because of Jenny's background, this name can easily make people think that her parents are not only low-educated, but also don't care about this child at all. To give an inappropriate example, for example, a certain Guagua, if this person is the second generation of X, everyone will praise, ah, the parents are so ingenious. If this person is the second generation of farmers, then everyone will think to themselves that you are the second generation of farmers... probably that's it.

Uh, by the way, the famous Janet Jackson, her Janet is Janet.