Hollywood Domination Chapter 306: Emotional

Although the skin of Caucasians will have an unhealthy gray color if they are not properly exposed to the sun, the concept of sun protection brought by Jenny from her previous life, and her current emphasis on aging, still make her care about the wind and the sun. I have an instinctive dislike of sun exposure. You must know that whether a woman is young or not depends on the skin condition of your face-and no matter any supplements, injections or surgery, it can’t really repair the damage caused by young and tight skin. That kind of tender feeling, coupled with the Caucasian physique, will have a big change after the age of 30, and it is easy to age and gain weight, so Jenny would rather use blush and foundation to enhance her complexion than do anything Things that damage and age the skin, not to mention sunbathing, she even tries to avoid such things as blowing the sea breeze. When living with Chris in Malibu before, she hardly went out of the house when the wind was strong. ——Of course, thanks to her almost perverted maintenance habits and her terrifying willpower to pursue regular work and rest and frequent exercise as long as there is a chance, although Jenny is 28 years old this year and has been famous for seven years, But she still looks not much different from when she first entered the industry. If I exaggerate a bit, in the comparison of plain makeup, she is even younger than those 21 and 22-year-old actresses who are used to smoking, drinking and partying all night. However, After all, age is not forgiving. Recently, she has paid more attention to this aspect of maintenance. These days, although she lives by the sea, she is different from Cesare who goes swimming and surfing almost every day. She is a complete nerd. Female, she doesn’t even go out at all, and is extremely taboo against sea breeze: Jenny always feels that compared with ordinary wind, the humidity and salt of sea breeze are too heavy, and it is more destructive to people. Very fascinated by people with bad skin.

However, despite such considerations, she still feels that the strong wind howling from all directions has a pleasant feeling, as if this strong wind can blow away all her troubles and hesitation—if this If there is one bad thing about the sea breeze, that is, the two people's hair was blown around, which hindered her vision, and she could hardly see Cesare's expression clearly, so she couldn't detect him in the first place. Let her understand that Cesare doesn't take her idea seriously, and she is thinking about how to speak up to point out the correct way of thinking to her, or she is also touched, feeling the freshness and strength of this point of view, and thinking The pros and cons of concentrating thoughts—Jenny doesn’t know when she started, anyway, after so many years of cooperation, she has already learned the excellent ability to read Cesare’s expression, as long as he does not deliberately cover up anything, Jenny glances at him. In the past, Cesare's emotions could basically be guessed.

She also combed her hair back with her hands, and simply gave up on prying into his thoughts, but turned around and looked at the beach with some melancholy—the beach is very windy and waves today, it is a suitable place for surfing Good weather, however, the dark clouds in the sky also cover the bright sun, it looks like it will rain today, but at least it is not a good idea to stay outside when it is not raining: on cloudy days, UV radiation It was originally stronger than sunny days, but due to the large amount of water on the sea surface, under the secondary refraction, the cloudy seaside is more likely to turn people black, and she didn't do too much sun protection today, walking into the house is a A relatively rational decision... and a decision that she does not want to implement very much. Although the increasing wind force makes it difficult to enjoy the cigars now, it fits the sudden low tide in Jenny's heart, and it makes her feel a sense of inexplicable excitement. Her sense of rebellion, as if the gusts of wind were her protest against life - daring to stand outside in the windy weather was her depravity and rebellion.

After realizing this, Jenny herself couldn't help laughing: This inexplicable emotional surge is a bit too naive, maybe this person just can't get used to it, I still remember when I first arrived in Hollywood, I opened my eyes every day Opening my eyes is a shift of □□ hours, and I don’t know where the future is. At that time, where did I feel so sad? If the guest of no taste gives you an angry feeling, then suffer it. Now it can be regarded as successful and famous, and it is considered a role in front of outsiders, and the heart is becoming more and more fragile. It seems that I really regard myself as a role, even if I feel the threat of the six majors, I have to be hypocritical. The only way is to stand in the sea breeze, which is normal in the eyes of ordinary people, and it can even be said to be a bit romantic... Jenny doesn't know what is more hypocritical, it is she who starts to be hypocritical so easily, Or the fact that her hypocritical ways were so hypocritical—she hoped Cesare didn't see it, or she would surely die of shame.

"You can think about it for a while," she took a last puff on her cigar, and then hurriedly led Cesare into the living room, "I have to apply a mask, the **** wind, it's so windy all of a sudden I can almost hear the sound of water being scraped away—"

Cesare gave her a somewhat patient look, but he still walked into the house with her, and closed the doors and windows that were open everywhere in a gentlemanly manner. Jenny also felt a little sorry for him: Even if she was independent again, after so many years Now that she is a big star, she is also used to calling the shots in some details of life. It was okay when she stayed in the hotel before, Mary was basically there, and Cesare was also very busy at that time, and they were basically roommates. But the recent week has been a pure 'two-person world' in the arrangement, and Mary is indeed inconvenient to participate. Jenny often realizes that Cesare is acting as her nanny or assistant, which is actually very important for the ex-manager. It's not fair for him as a human being. Although he is still an indispensable and important figure in her acting career and another core of the team, but to be honest, Jenny is now very independent about her film career. Yes, in recent years, what film to take and how to make it are all her own decisions. Cesare still plays the role of the company's CEO more. Similarly, with an obvious distinction between primary and secondary, it is not so appropriate to continue to use the previous habits in many details and wait for him to take care of him confidently.

However, considering the current relationship between the two, it seems strange to apologize for this detail. Jenny just gave a quick thankful look, and then got into the bathroom. The dead sea mud on his face hurried back to the living room.

"I hope you don't mind talking business like this," she said, "because the mask is best left on for twenty minutes before washing—"

"If this is a negotiation, it may affect my observation of your expression," Cesare looked up at her from the laptop and said blankly, "However, since this is just a negotiation Internal meeting, then we'd better make a quick fix so you can go back to the bathroom before the mask dries up."

Jenny grinned, and found herself a seat opposite Cesare, "So, what do you think? What do you think of me? Introducing Disney or Fox in this matter-maybe Warner is also a good idea." We can give them or divide some profits in the movie project. What they want will be simpler than Disney. Support? Or is this idea a little too naive, and doing so will not bring any benefits to the dream besides harming our own interests?"

"Of course there are benefits." Cesare shook his head, denying Jenny's statement, and he combed his hair again: in the recent busy schedule, his hair has grown a bit, It is no longer the capable and short-haired image that he has always maintained. The blond hair can even hang down to the tip of the nose. Since he didn't use pomade, his hair was a little messy just now from the sea breeze. With his clothes, he unexpectedly has a little more homely atmosphere. However, his tone was still as professional and calm as ever, and he was so thoughtful, "In any case, the contacts at the Sixth University are not comparable to Dameng. With their help, the media can even change the direction overnight. This will also allow our follow-up remedial measures to achieve better results-if Dameng has not shown its ambition to become bigger and continues to maintain the image of this small boutique film company, the Big Six will not be wary of us. After all, the two parties have different routes. In the field of this small boutique company, they also like to adopt the current joint venture form. We don't have to worry about Disney being tempted by the big dream film library and wanting to completely annex us and enjoy the full amount. Library profits — Miramax has a library of classics, too, but the Weinsteins had a great time working with Disney until the Weinsteins got their hands on big indies.”

Jenny and him looked at each other, and there was an indescribable joy in her heart: she actually said a few words just now, and more things were 'unspoken', and from everything Judging from Sare's answer, he fully understood her worry, and even like her, it's not the first time that he thought of this question—of course, it's more likely that unlike Jenny, who has had it a few times recently In a flash, Cesare has already considered this issue systematically and comprehensively, but the time has not come before the decision, so he did not mention it to her... Judging from Cesare's usual style, Jenny believes the latter The possibility is only higher: let's talk about his 'marriage proposal'. Before he spoke, Jeanne didn't realize that Cesare had been thinking about how to make up for the shares, nor did he realize that he was ready to shift his focus to Big dream... Even if she has busyness as an excuse, this is indeed a very important reason, but as always, it still makes her feel that she has lost another game in the competition she set, and it also makes her study like crazy motivation.

"So you think we can continue to adopt the current mode for the time being?" Under the stimulation of Cesare, she also entered the state-Jenny is not easy to be complacent, but she also realized that she has achieved a lot in these years. At least for now, she has been able to keep up with Cesare's ideas in the discussion of business strategies, she has completely got rid of her apprenticeship, and has become the subject of discussion on an equal footing with Cesare. One of Cesare's points has already Let her have a preliminary idea, "For small-scale productions, such as "Monroe" or "Marley and Me", we are still sole proprietorships, and large-scale productions with high capital and technical thresholds still find cooperation with the six majors. , just like we are doing heroine with Warner, and "Avatar" with Fox, and then we can also cooperate with Sony, Universal, and Disney to make the sequel of "Alice" - to share the advantage of big dream's film selection vision Go out and make the cake bigger and bigger, and even Paramount, after Brad completely gives up hostility, can also cooperate with them to make up for Disney's loss of "Iron Man" and Marvel. Dameng's fear of Dameng can also allow Dameng to gain valuable experience in cooperation, establish necessary contacts, and of course, the most important thing is to accumulate enough funds—"

In such a beautiful prospect, she sighed with some frustration, "But this also means that Big Dream may not be able to independently hold the copyright of large-scale series in the future. I feel that the reason why Brad He will fight us because the success of "Twilight" stimulated him."

"This can indeed fundamentally alleviate the source of the Big Six's hostility to the Big Dream. If we can implement it in this way, it will no longer be a problem for the Big Six to feel threatened in the Oscar incident." Cesare said, he After a pause, he added, "Of course, if we want to divide the copyrights of the big-budget series, it will be our own fault if we don't use their power in the Oscar incident."

"Yes, but if we are the main executive party, this will not be too unfavorable to us," Jenny said with some hesitation. She now finds it difficult to make up her mind, because this decision does have advantages and disadvantages, " As long as Big Dream is in charge of publishing, then the cooperation with the Big Six cannot be said to be a win-win situation..."

"But in this way, big dreams will never be big," Cesare said sharply. He closed the laptop, glanced at Jenny, stood up and walked to the small bar in the corner of the room. "Still the same?"

Jenny was a little stunned, which prevented her from answering Cesare right away: Double aged whiskey, brandy and cigars have become some kind of symbol, some kind of symbol, belonging to her and Cesare after eight years of cooperation Ray's private moments can be said to be their friends...the testimony of their close cooperative relationship. When they share the joy of success, share troubles with each other, and spend a certain life moment with mixed feelings together, wine and cigarettes are theirs. Friends, but when discussing business, Cesare usually did not drink alcohol, and they rarely smoked. Cesare's move is an obvious signal—he thinks that the following conversation has left the official sphere and entered the private sphere: this means that in addition to rational judgment, emotion has also begun to play a role, and this is what Jenny said. Did not expect.

For a long time, most of her contacts with Cesare have been mainly business affairs, and the distance between the two parties has been kept just right. At least Jenny is sure that she feels very comfortable, unlike a girlfriend like Lilian who can share life. Little by little, she only knew a little about Cesare's love life occasionally, and she was sure that if it wasn't for professional needs, Cesare would not have much interest in her private life. Relying more is a kind of friendship between gentlemen, based on like-mindedness in career, and even "dependence on each other". Of course, both parties will occasionally show a human side, but this is not the norm. Cesare is in business. Above all, he is an existence that is almost absolutely rational, and Jenny, a disciple who was almost taught by him, has already inherited and got used to it. There is an almost unbreakable relationship of trust between them, but this does not prevent Chesa When Lei proposed the solution of marriage proposal, he asked to sign a prenuptial agreement before transferring the property. While investing in Dameng, he prepared two options for himself, leaving the back road of CAA. If the venture fails, the future of Dameng will be confirmed. Not so bright, and Jeanne will not be surprised or betrayed when Cesare submits his resignation. After all, business must be done. ——So now, when they were discussing the future of the big dream, when Cesare took the initiative to introduce private drinks, she couldn't help but feel an inexplicable surprise and discomfort. For some reason, she even felt a little scared for a moment, even if she I can’t tell what I’m afraid of——

"You're a little scared." When she took the wine glass from Cesare with complicated emotions and took a sip, Jenny almost choked on the other's first words, and she coughed a few times , to relieve the spicy feeling of the wine entering the trachea, "wh—what?"

"I feel that you are a little scared," Cesare said again, his expression was a little more relaxed than when he was talking about business, and his tone could even be said to be a little relaxed, "When we were outside the house, At that time, you mentioned the oppression of the six big dreams... At that time, you showed some characteristics of fear. Of course, you quickly dealt with it, but I can still feel that emotion—"

He raised his hand, stopped Jenny's rebuttal, and even showed a rare short sincere smile - with some self-mockery, but not a fake smile, "You don't need to feel embarrassed, Jenny, this Not once in the workplace, you don't have to be strong forever, a leader doesn't have a vulnerable side, but of course a person is allowed to be fearful...it's in our nature, isn't it? When faced with an opponent far superior to us, it's It's our natural reaction, and there is no need to pursue perfection too much on this point, I hope you don't put too much pressure on yourself, after all, you already have too many things to control."

Jenny noticed that his eyes rolled around her cheeks mockingly, and she couldn't help but smiled sheepishly: Well, it seems that Cesare still has some troubles with her perverted maintenance habits. I don't like it, although he can understand that this is a professional requirement, it doesn't prevent him from making a little irony.

"Should I praise your powers of observation?" she said, taking a long sip of her wine and feeling relieved for no reason. Jenny adjusted her posture and sat more relaxed. She had stopped talking about business. "Yes, it may not be ashamed to bear this point--I do feel afraid in front of the future of going against the Sixth Congress, and this is why I want to stay dormant for a while and continue to fight against the Sixth Congress The reason for the good relationship. I always thought that my star status would protect Dameng, but now, when I find out that as Dameng starts to make money in movies without me, my identity has no effect. There is a feeling of losing the life buoy... It's like I have been unable to change my thinking habits. When conflicts occur, I want to find the enemy to retaliate. I have always lacked confidence in this kind of confrontation between strength and weakness. Want to avoid - you can laugh at me as much as you want, this is indeed my shortcoming, I admit, maybe in essence, I am still no different from the girl who was a mess in negotiating with you a few years ago, but What I’ve been taught over the years has made me feel even worse about this...I’m terrified and disappointed in myself for being terrified.”

Smiling, she took a sip of her wine and shrugged self-deprecatingly, "Double source of frustration—obviously I didn't hide it very well."

"I don't think you've concealed it well," Cesare said quietly. "After all, I know you very well, and you have to admit, I'm a very observant person—I don't think so either." You need to be disappointed in yourself, Jenny, you are already a very brilliant, learning business person, but everyone has their own personality, not only one choice is right, you don't need to force yourself to be another People—and that's what I want to talk to you about, choices."

He put his elbows on his legs, looked at Jenny intently, and said sincerely, "Big Dream is undoubtedly at its inflection point now, and our choices will determine its future development direction. In the dream—when you negotiated with me for the second time—by the way, you have improved a lot in that negotiation——"

Jenny couldn't help laughing, and maybe thinking of Jenny's stern look when she negotiated with him for the first time, Cesare's lips also raised a smile, and his tone was full of nostalgia It means, "Our consensus is only to make it a successful film company—how successful it is and how successful it will be. There are many forms of companies, Miramax is successful, Lionsgate is successful, New Line is successful, Paramount is successful, MGM was successful -- and who can say that United Artists was not A successful company? We can aim to go public and raise funds, with the seventh largest as our goal, or we can follow the model of Miramax and Lions Gate. There is no distinction between these two models, they are just a choice. Of course, choosing the first path means countless struggles, a game with the Big Six, and taking out chestnuts from the fire. It also means that you need to constantly overcome your dislike of using the weak to strengthen the strong, but I must point out that even if you have to pay extra It does not mean that this road is necessarily better than the safer second one. The capital chain of every major film company is very fragile. Except for Disney, the six major film companies have experienced changing owners, bankruptcy crises, and equity disputes. After Big Dream becomes the seventh largest, it may not survive, it may not continue to belong to me and you, and it may not be able to produce the movies you want to make. From this point of view, it is easier for small companies to exist for a long time and stably. It will allow you to focus more on making high-quality films, and our capital chain will be relatively stable. Although this means sharing part of the profits or giving up part of the market, this is not an unacceptable price. As you said, it’s more of a win-win.”

Cesare took a sip of the wine and tasted it in his mouth for a while before his Adam's apple rolled once. He looked at Jenny—this gaze was too soft to be described as 'stare', he said, "So , I want to ask about your choice, what kind of big dream do you want? What kind of direction do you want?"

Jenny doesn't know what she's thinking. The analytical skills she's honed over the years are almost automatic, sending scattered information to her mind, but she can't process it very effectively: Why is this a private conversation? ...What kind of big dream does Cesare want...If their choices are different, will they part ways...Has his question revealed his attitude...Is he trying to decompress her , do you think she is more interested in making premium movies...

"You're asking about my choice." She said almost dumbly, instinctively, deep in her heart, there was a huge, indescribable emotion slowly rolling, as if a storm was brewing, This made her feel the trembling fear again, although she still didn't know what it was for, her brain seemed to be occupied by this sense of crisis, and only a small part could think effectively, recalling that Cesare taught her Great negotiating technique: When you're not sure where you stand, use questions to buy time. "What about your choice, Cesare, I want to know your choice."

"I haven't decided on my choice yet," Cesare said, his movements becoming more relaxed, "It's not just because my solo choice doesn't make sense, it's obviously your ability that determines the big dream Such an outstanding development speed, and also because of..."

He suddenly smiled, looked down at the wine glass, the overlong blond hair fell on the bridge of the nose, making him look like a college student for a moment - a fraternity member enjoying the vacation, Jenny almost never He had never heard such a relaxed tone from him—if he really had such emotions, then Cesare could almost be said to be a little embarrassed—a little embarrassed.

"I hope you don't laugh at me," he said, shaking his head, "I didn't expect to be so emotional, but...to be honest, I have to admit, I haven't made my choice yet, because I Want to hear your decision first - in our eight years of cooperation, we have really achieved a lot. Don't part ways because of different ideals. Of course, this is not a wise choice in business. There should be no personal emotions in your career planning-so I am indeed emotional. Maybe one day in the future, I I will regret it, but at this moment, the emotion is really strong, so we can say that your choice has important reference value for my choice. Before I heard your answer, I really felt... …I do not have enough information to allow me to make this choice.”

He raised his head, shook his head slightly, shook his hair away from his forehead, looked at Jenny calmly, and asked, "Do you understand what I mean, Jenny?"

Of course Jenny understands—she also knows that she should be moved: Cesare has always been benevolent in his work, making the other party blameless, but at the same time he has always maintained absolute rationality and self-centeredness, just like It was he who said that there would be no personal feelings in his career plan, and he could make an exception. This is enough to show that the cooperative relationship between the two parties is really very happy, and it is also very important to him. She should be moved, and she should Feeling proud and proud, after all, if her abilities and efforts were not recognized by Cesare, how could he say such a thing?

However, at the same time, besides rational cognition, she only felt strong trembling and fear emotionally, as if a hand grabbed her heart, she couldn't think effectively, she could only Hearing the sound of my own heartbeat constantly amplifying——

Suddenly, she was thankful that she had put on a thick mask: if it hadn't been for the mask covering her expression, she was sure, Cesare would have definitely seen something was wrong.