Hollywood Domination Chapter 36: Our Roxy is better

Jenny didn't directly ask about his and Cesare's big project. Although she has only met twice so far, she already has a certain understanding of James' character-this person is naughty at best, and he is usually mischievous. If it’s bad, it’s cheap. You can’t be serious with him. Once you are serious with him, wait to be played. You must tease you and tell you the truth. Even the truth is true and false, and you can’t tell the difference at all.

"You decided to play your last card for me after only seeing me once—although that side lasted an hour?" Jenny said in a half-joking tone, "So forgive me To put it bluntly, either this card is far from being your last card, or you are a bit too sloppy."

"Isn't one hour enough for me to see a person clearly?" James asked back, his tone implying his strong confidence in himself, "Well, maybe it won't take an hour, and the next half hour I just want to Appreciate how you put up with me."

"Did you know you're surprisingly Sick?" Jenny asked calmly.

James laughed again, he was a little smug, "People say that, but surprisingly, they often like me at the same time."

There are really a lot of eccentrics in the showbiz. Chen Zhen had a certain feeling in her previous life, and she has a deep feeling in this life. Director Wen Qing, manager of a cheap and cute theater, and the style of painting is very "the president is crazy, domineering and cool." ''s agent, the tycoon in the women's wear industry who just glimpsed at him... It is probably related to the gathering of artists, and the people in this circle are really full of personality.

She shrugged as James continued to explain.

"Of course, Cesare showed me your TV series, and Rob also made an exception and let me watch your performance clips through video." James calmed down and still looked very elite, he said With an authentic Upper East Side accent, the tone is clear and calm, and the attitude is professional enough to render the surrounding environment upscale. "Your temperament in performance is completely different from yours in reality. I can feel it in a few minutes after watching your real person. The real you is calm, ambitious, strong in self-control, and handles characters delicately. Similar characters can There are two different feelings in acting—of course it’s the third one now, and it’s important that you play these three female criminals as three different people. Of course, you’re beautiful, no one can deny that.”

He took a sip of eggnog, "And you have Cesare Vijari as your manager. At that time, I almost made up my mind to promote you to become the new Roxy. Even if your stage performance is not so good Perfect, we still have a certain amount of time to make amends, and we can't talk about giving up if we can't. However, your performance in the audition room made my persuasion process much smoother, and also allowed Cesare to win a very favorable contract for you .”

"It sounds like it's going to be quite a difficult process for me to be your Roxy." Jenny commented.

"What do you think? Ma'am." James snorted, "The point is that you don't have much fame. If you are a Hollywood star, then everything is easy to talk about. Now? You don't know how hard I worked to convince you The higher-ups accepted Cesare's contract. The cooperation almost failed, and Cesare insisted that you be the first actor in Roxie. A substitute, two guaranteed appearances within three months, and then add as the situation dictates. When I said I played the last card for you, I wasn’t joking. In June, if the attendance rate is not ideal, maybe You and I have to leave."

"What do you want me to do?" Jenny corrected herself, "Or, why do you have to ask me—"

"Cesare didn't tell you anything?" James asked back.

"Cesare basically never said anything to me," Jenny admitted.

"Yes, typical manager style." James smiled, he hesitated, rubbed his hands, and licked his lips, "Okay, then let me reveal our great plan to you— ——First of all, Jenny, let me introduce you to me, the new manager of the Shubert Theater, who has been in office for less than a year."

"I thought you had been in the industry for a long time." Jenny said doubtfully, after all, she knew that Agata was familiar with him, and would call him by his nickname, James.

"Not every one of us can make it to the sky and become the protagonist." James said. "It is true that my surname is Schubert, but this can only add a little boost to my career. The Schubert Theater has a special status in our company, of course you can tell from the name. In short, after several years of struggle, I stomped on a lot of people's wrists to get this spot, but I can't say I've fully secured it. And unfortunately, last year was an ill-fated year, with box office losses throughout the fall and winter, worst of all What’s more, judging from the current trend, next year may not be able to improve.”

"Although there are many reasons, for your enemies, an ugly financial statement is a great weapon to attack you, and they don't care about your difficulties." Jenny added for him, "Then you Judging that you are in a disadvantageous position in the company's internal fighting?"

"Pretty bad," James said. "After 9/11, there were some personnel changes within the company. A director who had always admired me went to Southeast Asia to recuperate because of PTSD. In short, the past year was not good for me. I must make a breakthrough in the near future."

"And you picked me for your breakthrough," Jenny said.

"To be precise, Cesare knew my predicament and promoted a plan to help me break through." James glanced at her, "And you are an important part of this plan, with proper hype and packaging , we expect attendance to return to pre-9/11 levels in the first year and growth in the second year.”

"So, old question, why me?" Jenny asked a second time. "Of course I know I have certain advantages, but I'm not so special that you would bet on it, right? Am I missing something?"

"Of course you are special, my dear." James laughed, but with a business smile, he looked at Jenny with calculations in his eyes, just like his attitude towards her at the door of the audition room that day, as if he treated her Quantified into a bunch of data, substituted into the formula to start calculation. "Of course we can find some famous people, but none of them have starred in the "Chicago" movie."

He paused dramatically, and then continued to announce, "No one's beauty can unquestionably overwhelm Renee Zellweger."

Jenny had some bad premonitions, and she suddenly remembered Cesare's words, "I want you to step on Renee Zellweger's performance on Broadway and let her be your stepping stone to the top."

"You mean you're going to use me and Renee to hype?" she asked, "How are you going to package it? How do you promote it? 'She's more beautiful than Roxy in the movie?'"

James spread his hands dramatically and made a modest gesture, "'Our Roxieis better', what do you think of this slogan?"

Jenny stared at him, not knowing what to say for a moment. "Should I thank you for your confidence in me? What if the critics don't think so?"

"Yeah, before your audition, this is also my main concern. Of course I want to use you, but do we have to use this slogan? Is it necessary to leave no room for it? Can you sacrifice some At the expense of effect, make the publicity strategy softer?" James said, "After all, Broadway is in the word-of-mouth business, there is no place for negative marketing. If we make a big advertisement, you will be compared by Renee in the end. The whole theater would be ashamed of it. But Cesare kept telling me to come and see your audition, 'Let her do the hardest part', he kept selling - plus Agata recommended you too, lo Bo speaks highly of you."

"So you're here. You saw my show." Jenny said blankly.

"I'm here, I saw your performance, and I decided to adopt this publicity strategy." James raised his glass to toast her, "I think this is the best compliment for you, isn't it?"

Jennie doesn't know what to say - James thinks her performance can stomp Renee on the soles of her feet and make the critics agree with 'Broadway's Roxieis better', which is of course an affirmation of her, and she is not unhappy Reason, but—

"Is Renee acceptable to do this?" She blurted out, but immediately felt that her question was a bit stupid, so she corrected the question, "You are stepping on Rob's movie, are you sure? He doesn't mind? Does he know your publicity ideas?"

"How did Cesare ask Rob to recommend you without Rob's consent?" James asked back.

Jenny tried hard to keep up with James' train of thought, "But--this--is unreasonable--"

James lowered his voice, and he leaned closer to Jenny's ear and said mysteriously, "I think you should also know that Rob and his two leading actresses don't get along very well."

Of course Jenny knows, and she doesn't think whose fault it is. It's just a common workplace friction.

"So," James said mysteriously, "this story tells us that the director is the center of the world. Never mess with the director. You never know what kind of trouble he can bring you."

Jenny looked through the window at Rob who was laughing heartily in the room—Rob was certainly a noble person and an angel investor to her, but he might be a completely different role to Renee. If Renee got on well with him, then he would definitely not be happy to see Broadway making such a publicity, and neither Cesare nor James would offend him. Now that he was happy to see Renee being stepped on, the whole thing was completely different.

"Are you sure the film crew won't go crazy?" She raised her last concern. "You know, Weinstein should be the big buyer of Broadway."

"The film studio will not suffer from this matter." James replied. "Because your musical comes first, you screw it up, it's just a joke, and if you do it well, people will wonder if it's you or Renee, and they'll go into the theater to see the movie, as far as I know , this is all the film crew pursues."

He shrugged and added, "And with Renee's reputation as an acting school, they should still have confidence in this kind of competition, which will also benefit Renee's Olympic bid."

Jenny is also adjusting her thinking. In fact, to put it bluntly, this is a hype full of gimmicks. Be welcome. And Rob, who might have been able to protect the calf, is now turning his elbows outward, so Renee became the only loser in this hype-if the person who was compared was Jenny, she would have nothing to be happy about. He is just a nobody, so it is only natural that he beat her?

If the person being compared is her...

She suddenly felt a bit uneasy about her conscience. Although Veronica had Bullyed her before, it was not very strong after all, and Renee might not know about it. Ni's face was red, and it really meant nothing to her.

"Of course, this also means that there is always someone who will lose face between you and Renee." James put the glass aside and held out his hand to her, "I don't deny that I have a crush on you, Jenny, in At the door of the audition room, I watched you for an extra half an hour because I couldn't bear to look away."

Compared with the playful *attitude before, his attitude is much more pleasing now, calm and natural. Jenny found that James has a very confident personality. Like Lilian, he may have a better growing environment. , so without the usual cringe that Dave's type usually has. "But I have to be honest, for me, my career is still the first priority, and now the challenges you and I are facing are too important to be distracted, so I will often appear by your side in the past few months , but the purpose is very pure, just to help you and me save our face."

He held Jenny's hand, stared at her and said, "Then, six months later, we succeed, and our contract for this year will come to an end, and it will no longer be an employment relationship. If I get closer to you by then, I hope You no longer have to force yourself not to walk away."

Hey...

Compared to Will Hilton, she still appreciates such a suitor. Although her personality is a bit cute, she is still capable, professional, and has a good character. Jokes are jokes, but in the end she expressed her affection openly and aboveboard. The implication was that she was given room to refuse, and there was no coercion. It means she submits.

Although Jenny has some affection for him, she hasn't reached the point where her heart is moved, but she is not sure whether she should play the card of 'I and Cesare are boyfriend and girlfriend'. She was planning to keep this card until the atmosphere got out of hand, but now she feels that the situation has not reached such a serious point. Besides, it is not true after all, so it is not easy to use it lightly.

"Six months later, I will tell you the answer in six months." She smiled, said ambiguously, and shook James back, "I also agree with your arrangement, and we should consider it now." It is the imminent performance season.”

"Oh, it seems that your reaction to my pursuit is quite cold." James' joking tone came again, "Maybe I should think of some romantic tricks to impress you, maybe career and love can't be mixed together .”

Jenny gave him a big white eye, but James didn't care, he looked up, and suddenly said pleasantly, "Ah, mistletoe."

What? Before Jenny could react, James held her shoulders, kissed her on the lips, and then straightened up quickly.

"Mistletoe," he said solemnly.

It was then that Jenny remembered the cultural custom of mistletoe - during Christmas, when a woman stands under the mistletoe, anyone can kiss her.

Of course, James' kiss wasn't too much, at most it was a bit more advanced than a kiss on the lips, so she wasn't too angry, but just confused, Rob didn't even put a lot of Christmas decorations in the house, How could there be needless mistletoe decorations on the patio?

"Where is it?" she asked, squinting as she tried to find the wreath on the roof in the dim light.

James' voice was clearly holding back a smile, "It's right there."

Jenny followed his gaze, but there was nothing but a black shadow over there - she suddenly realized that when she was about to reprimand James for breaking the contract and lying to her, James had already slapped him from his chest. He took off his little mistletoe garland and put it on Jenny's head.

"Here." He said, bent down again, and quickly stole a second kiss on Jenny's lips, "Isn't it right here?"

Jenny grabbed the garland and threw it back to James—now she was a little angry, but she was not really angry. She just said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "You pervert! (Yousickbastard)"

"Thank you for the compliment." James once again spread his hands modestly, "Now, since you are the 'Untouchable', please allow me to shift my target and use this trick on others."

He picked up the wreath, put it to his lips and kissed loudly, toasted Jenny again, and then turned and walked away.

——The back view is actually a bit coquettish.

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