Hollywood Domination Chapter 470: Red Shoes

"Did you sleep well last night, Miss Jefferson?"

"Not bad."

"Is there any discomfort?"

"Except for intermittent dizziness, there are basically not many problems. I did some rehabilitation exercises yesterday, and I feel pretty good. You know, I finally moved, and I felt alive. During this period of time I've been lying down for too long."

"Do you get dizzy during exercise?"

"Fortunately, those are very light exercises, you know, basically similar to walking, and I don't feel too strenuous."

"Your physical fitness is really amazing, Miss Jefferson, many patients will have slight fatigue after being in a coma for such a long time," said her attending doctor, also a neurologist at San Francisco General Hospital, Hans. "And you don't seem to have a problem with that, in fact, when I went through the rehab area yesterday, you totally freaked me out - you look a little bit better physically than me," Varnets said. "

Jenny blinked at him, "Does this also mean that I can be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible, Dr. Waltz?"

"Maybe if there is no dizziness, but this is still a dark cloud over our heads, isn't it?" Physical strength does not matter much, so this is not an indicator of whether you can be discharged from the hospital. We believe that it is necessary to observe for a period of time based on a cautious attitude. Because you still have some blood clots in your brain, you need to check Are they being absorbed gradually. We will arrange another CT for you the day after tomorrow. Of course, during this period, you must remember not to exercise too much, whether it is physical or mental—"

He glanced at Mary who was on the side, and Mary flinched guiltily, and Jenny had to stand up and speak for her.

"I ordered her to give me the iPad, doc," she said. "You know, it's so boring to lie in bed every day-but I promise, I don't use it to read work emails."

"Okay, okay." Dr. Waltz said with a smile, "Also, intermittent dizziness and headache are relatively normal, but if you suddenly feel dizzy or painful, call the nurse at any time Come."

Farewell to the good doctor who made daily rounds, Jenny stretched herself, walked into the reception room, sat down by the window with Mary, looked at the skyline of San Francisco, and complained to Mary made a grimace, and Mary smiled back and patted her reassuringly, "You have also heard what the doctor said, continue to live - this is our mutual decision, it is useless for you to protest, it is better to accept the fact, my dear of."

"Who the **** is paying your wages?" Jenny rolled her eyes angrily, but she was helpless—indeed, although she had basically recovered, because of the intermittent dizziness and the blood congestion in her brain, she hadn't recovered yet. Completely absorbed, the fact that there is still a shadow also prevents her from being discharged home for the time being, and even transferring back to Los Angeles is not considered: enough people have come to San Francisco to visit her, once she returns to Los Angeles , Going to the hospital once is simply a piece of cake. Many people who were just greeting on the phone before will probably want to go there. This will not only be detrimental to Jenny's recovery, but will also let her see a lot of things that she doesn't really want to see now. people—for example, Robert, who is now back in Los Angeles, what if he wants to come back? What answer should Jenny give him?

Of course, Robert may not be so naive, but her stay in San Francisco still leaves room for both parties to compromise, and she can continue to maintain the image of a patient. Besides, Dr. Waltz has been her attending doctor, and it doesn't make much sense to transfer her when her condition has improved.

For Jenny, the days in the hospital were indeed quite boring. Some time ago, because of hanging the bottle, she could only lie on the bed most of the time. I began to feel that the daily life in the ward has not changed, especially since Cesare returned to Los Angeles to deal with some of Dameng’s affairs, preparing for the release of several films next year, and the visitation crowd has come to an end. Now she only spends time with Mary every day. She is staring, unable to work or exercise, and even the time for chatting on the phone is strictly limited—but to be honest, she is not in the mood to talk on the phone now, and she is not even in the mood to watch TV dramas. It is an exaggeration to say that it is like sitting on pins and needles, not thinking about eating and drinking, and not finding any fun in doing anything.

"It's you," Mary said sweetly, "but you haven't written me a check in two months, honey, so I'm basically doing volunteer work, which makes you feel right about my voice." The ground has weakened."

"Oh," Jenny said, she quickly opened her mailbox, and sent an email to Jin - because of the small scale, most of Xiaomeng Studio's expenses are monthly checks from accountants, but that requires Jenny's Signature, and of course, in the past month or so, no one has thought of this matter. "Remember to remind me to transfer your employment relationship to the big dream-we will do this when we return to Los Angeles."

"Have you changed your mind?" Mary was not pretentious, she asked curiously, "Didn't you say before that since Cesare didn't put his life assistant on Dameng's account, it's better for us not to do that?" Do you?"

"The scale of the company was not very large at that time." Jenny said, "Of course, the situation may change in the future..."

She didn't go on, but smiled self-consciously—it was hard not to be touched by Mary's words: If Cesare really went to Disney, in order to ensure her leadership of the dream, Cesare She must get the 20% share agency right. At that time, it is nothing to be a personal member in the company, that is, all the personal expenses are listed in the company. Compared with the current annual turnover of the company, that is also It's not a problem at all.

"Mary, you have been with me for ten years," she changed the subject, and Mary blinked, looked at her in a daze, and then nodded. "What kind of person do you think I am?"

"Uh," said Mary, obviously guessing her intentions, and Jenny corrected herself. "I mean in business, you know—not in character—what do you think I am...I don't know, entrepreneur? Actor? Producer?"

"Genius, of course," said Mary, her eyes widening as if it were an indisputable question, "why ask?—what else could describe you but genius?"

Even though Jenny is used to all kinds of compliments and honors, in front of someone like Mary who has been close to her for many years, she still feels a little ashamed, "Uh, don't say that—just, except for geniuses, What kind of person do you think I am? Ambitious and perfect, or cautious and careful?"

"Oh, I see," said Mary, tilting her head in thought, "I think you—it's odd that you have all of these qualities."

"Really?"

"Yep, you and Cesare don't give me the same feeling," Mary obviously struggled to organize her words, "You see, Cesare will certainly make bold decisions—but his boldness It's more of a controllable boldness, you can feel his train of thought, like he's been preparing for a long time, he doesn't know how to say it... like this is a very risky market , you may lose a penny, or you may earn double the profit, Cesare will invest 80% of his net worth - you will only be amazed at his guts, but few will feel that this is a Unreasonable decision, because he gave himself 20% anyway.”

"As for me, am I completely disregarding risks?" Jenny asked in shock, "Impossible, I thought I would be more conservative than him most of the time, you see, I never I like too aggressive corporate financial strategies."

"No, it's not completely disregarding...but I think when you make decisions, many times you don't consider risks at all." Mary said honestly, frowning as she thought, "It's like you Convinced that it cannot fail and will definitely succeed, many of your decisions give me this feeling—this is the biggest difference between you and Cesare, and I think this is why you are called a genius."

Her expression became a little dreamy, with a look of fascination, "No matter how good Cesare is, he is still inside the box, but many of your decisions give people the feeling of outside the box-so he is very, very good, but you He is the genius that everyone wants to cooperate with—why, why are you laughing like this, am I wrong?"

"No, no." Jenny resisted the urge to smile bitterly, and said solemnly, "You are right, this has always been my core competitiveness... outside the box, but..."

"But?" Mary raised her eyebrows high.

But the golden finger is about to expire, and at most it will last for a few years, and this biggest advantage will soon be gone...

Jenny swallowed her bitterness, shook her head, and she changed the phrase, "But I've been thinking about it recently—this incident has made me wonder whether it's time for me to adjust my focus of life, You know, Mary, what a life I've lived for the past ten years, and now I have this in my head-"

She tapped her temple and continued under Mary's sad expression, "I think I must make some changes... I just don't know what I should give up, acting? Producer? Or big dream ?”

"But the big dream is not—"

"Cesare may go to Disney." The two said at the same time, and Jenny shook her finger at Mary, "Don't think about it, this is not a betrayal, it's just the best arrangement for everyone-some guilt. The scene is very complicated, and it is not good for you to know it.”

"Okay." Mary said, she was a little hesitant, "I probably understand what you mean-but...do I have to give up one item?"

"Do you think it's unnecessary?" Jenny asked in surprise.

"I think...it's okay," Mary said, "Of course, after Cesare is gone, you will need a new CEO-you can't take care of those daily operations yourself, and indeed that will not be taken care of." Come, and it would be a great waste of your talents - also, our TV business may suffer some setbacks, because that is not your area of ​​expertise... But otherwise I think it will be fine, if you I feel that the current workload is too tiring, so I can try to reduce production in three areas at the same time, why do I have to give up one?"

"This is also a way of thinking." Jenny had to agree with Mary - based on the information she knew, it was quite natural to draw this conclusion, after all, in her presupposition, Jenny would always maintain a genius thinking , can continue to launch hit masterpieces, and maintain absolute say in the direction of the company's film production. In this way, even if a new CEO is hired, Dameng's right to speak must still be firmly in her hands. Jenny only needs to strictly control finances, It can still take into account the film and production. "However, you can't guarantee that you can stay outside the box forever, can you? And in this way, the big dream is actually equivalent to no development, it can only stand still, and it is basically impossible to expand the scope of business It's..."

She sighed, once again realizing the inefficiency of this kind of communication. Under the premise of concealing the most important information, the two sides are basically talking to each other. She can only force Mary to accept her own setting, "But if I feel a little powerless, and I want to give up one item, what do you think I will give up? Company? Film or production?"

The advantage of having a small follower is here. Although Mary obviously does not agree with her opinion and has much more confidence in her than Jenny herself, she still continues along this line of thought, "Okay, then I I think... I don't know, the company?"

She shrugged, "After all, when you're acting and producing—it's hard work, but I can tell you've always enjoyed it, and the company... Of course, we You are also happy when you are successful, but—in your daily work, you complain the most when you read company emails."

"It's a very unique perspective." Jenny said with a smile, "but you're right... I also think that among these three lines, the company should be the line that I value the least, at least... at least I think Its confidence should be the lowest, and intellectually, if you have limited energy, you should give it up first... Maybe your luck will turn your back on you, but your acting skills and production ability will not, right, these things are at least It's real, at least it's what you hold in the palm of your hand..."

"I don't think you picked those movies by luck." Mary said sincerely, "Prada, Twilight, Avatar, and the Hunger Games we bought ’ and Fifty Shades of Grey — how wise you were when you analyzed those blockbuster elements — seriously, the midnight presale of The Hunger Games? It’s just another miracle ok—”

Under Jenny's white eyes, she shrugged resentfully, "ok, ok, if you must call it luck—"

It is now the end of January 2012, and there is not much time left for the Oscars. The announcement of "The Hunger Games" has entered the final stage. There is also a reason why Cesare rushed back to Los Angeles, which is to attend its premiere , and although it has not yet been released, the number of hits on the trailer, the amount of discussions, the super high attention of young people and the almost sky-defying pre-sale data of midnight shows in North America all imply that after "Twilight", there will be another The birth of a ya novel, Golden IP, began with the competition between Disney headquarters and Dameng for "The Hunger Games" and "John Carter on Mars" three years ago. This drama that has attracted the attention of the industry has finally come to an end: Dream seems to have once again made a powerful money printing machine series, but Disney has forcibly crushed the golden IP in Dream's mouth-what's even better is that the release dates of the two films are quite close, and even more so. It made countless people watch the box office results of this summit match with great interest. If there were not so many major events at the beginning of the year, this matter would have attracted media hype, but even so, Jenny has not changed these days. Few news websites have seen related reports. ——Of course, this does not make her praised by Mary, after all, no one knows the truth better than her.

"In short, I was the same as you before. Of course, I love all three industries, but if I have to give up one, from a prudent point of view, of course I should give up the one that is most likely to fail—not to say The company closed down and closed its business. It just gave up the idea of ​​expansion and maintained the current scale of operation. Just like what you said, it still retains the right to speak..." Jenny said, forcibly ending Mary's worship, "put more energy Used in performances and film productions... I can even exchange shares with Cesare to Disney, that is the safest option, you know, to avoid risks, and cash out when the stock price is at its highest valuation..."

"In that case, you will be a major shareholder of Disney." Mary said, "You can get a lot of cash and more Disney equity."

"Yeah," Jenny said, she raised the corners of her lips, and said softly, "Chesa will still be the president of Disney's headquarters, and I can influence the big dream and the film production of this department-this is also the safest The way out, isn't it? I can do what I like most, with the lowest risk, and earn the highest return."

"But?" Mary said, "there's usually a 'but' after that."

"But..." Jenny repeated her words, she said softly, "but—when you have to make this decision, you will find that it is not easy—although you know, it is Best option, but..."

She rubbed her face, and cried out in a broken voice, "It's like abandoning your own child! *, I really don't know how Cesare made such a decision, I mean , after all, I still have performances and productions, but for a long time, his career focus has only been on big dreams—”

Mary gave her a sympathetic look, but did not answer. Jenny smiled at her gratefully. She propped her cheeks and looked at the tall buildings in the distance, "It's like... …When you are used to creating miracles, getting used to allin, and then winning the jackpot, suddenly, you wake up from the dream, and you have to compromise with reality..."

She shook her head and laughed again, "It's really...you know what, Mary, when I started the company, I never imagined that one day I would have such a deep attachment to it—"

This is another question that is difficult to explain to Mary. After all, she founded the Dream. In the eyes of everyone, her ambition should be very high. Only Jenny understands—maybe Cesare I also noticed that when she wanted to start a company, she didn't really have much interest in it, let alone ambition. It was more like fulfilling the golden finger requirements and giving herself more Prepare a way out, after that, step by step, she sweated and worked hard, was also anxious about setbacks, and laughed at success, but Jenny never seriously considered what the big dream meant to her, never seriously thought about whether she I love Big Dreams as much as I love acting.

Does she like acting? Like, Karen, Monroe, Coke, Daisy, these characters have made her feel different shades of pain, but this pain also exudes a fragrant sweetness, attracting her to indulge more, this pain is the flame of her nirvana, it is The test of her self-integrity, the ecstasy of her performance, the attraction requires no self-doubt, so natural, like her love of producing, "Code Shero", "Monroe" ... produce a Another movie, harvesting box office and good reviews—even if it is bad reviews, let them change the lives of some people and a small part of them—

But, does she like company? Of course Jenny has thought about this problem before, she has faced so many choices, Chris, Cesare, Salvi, more or less, she also gave up on them because of the conflict with the career, but it is more like It is a choice between love and career. Until now, when she had to make a choice between career and career, Jenny didn't really realize this—when she really thought about giving up, the strong The unwillingness and heartache reminded her that she may love running the company as much as she loves acting and producing films.

"...Or rather, I like the feeling of creating miracles," she said in a low voice, and couldn't help but smile self-consciously. People are amazed by you, just like wearing those red dancing shoes, the magic makes you want to dance forever..."

"But...you make it sound like your magic comes from those shoes." Mary finally yelled inexplicably, she was clearly confused, "j.j, but—it's obviously not the case——"

Before Jenny shouted, she interrupted her explanation, "If you feel that you can't take care of yourself and want to end your work, then I can understand, or you are going to Disney because of Cesare, Suddenly no one is cooperating with you to expand the big dream, you feel lost, ok, this is normal. But you give me the feeling that—"

She said this as if it was the most absurd guess, "You think that without Cesare, you can't manage the big dream at all, it seems that your magic power will follow him--I will I really don’t understand, j.j, if you leave, the future of Dameng may be in a haze, but Cesare is gone? Well, I’m not saying that employees won’t be lost—but I’m sure, as long as you Still, it's just a small problem after all, I don't understand, j.j, are you really so unconfident in yourself?"

Jenny hesitated to speak, but finally answered with a smile. Mary stared at her for a moment, then shook her head dejectedly.

"I feel like I'm just a hollow tree," she said, "and you're not even trying to make me understand—you foggy woman."

She made a face at Jenny, and said, "But it seems to me that this is a very simple problem-at least I think so, if you are really so reluctant, then try to do it Ah, you are afraid that you will not be able to take care of your body, so wait until you are unable to take care of your body before selling the company. You are afraid that you will not be able to run the business yourself, but even if Dameng goes bankrupt, what does it have to do with you? You are already so rich , the big dream is just a part of your assets—"

"It's not so simple." Jenny said dumbfoundingly, "You always have to be responsible to the employees of the company, Mary, if you have this mentality——"

She stopped suddenly, Mary's words were like a sharp knife, cutting through a certain pocket, liberating Pandora's magic box, allowing endless thoughts and insights to flow out—Jenny originally wanted to say The words froze on her lips, she looked at Mary, then at herself, and suddenly realized that everything was so simple——

"You're right," she said, and couldn't help laughing, "you're so right—"

"Uh—" Marie said tentatively, a little uncertain, "what am I right?—but anyway, you shouldn't be laughing like that anymore, j.j—you know, you're Don't get too excited—"

"Ok, ok." Jenny said, she shook her head with a smile, "I finally understand, in essence, what kind of problem this is—"

She pointed to Mary, "Look, you're a rich girl, you grew up in a rich material environment, Mary, don't be angry if I say that, but you're almost the opposite of me, you're not self-motivated enough Strong, some like ease, because you are easily satisfied—”

"I'm not angry, because this is the truth." Instead, Mary said with some pride, "I work with the best people in the world, that's enough, I don't need to be as good as them."

She seemed to understand a little bit, "And you were born in an environment of material scarcity—"

"Very, very lacking, lacking in everything." Jenny said, "You see, this is the difference between us, isn't it? This magical fate has changed me, it has changed so much..."

She raised her head and looked out of the window, thinking of her dream-like experiences over the years—her tone softened, "Look, Mary, I have so much now, but most of the time, I'm still like a poor man Thinking... always so timid, always counting every coin I have, many times I am still the little girl with nothing, how dare I take risks, all I have is this little."

Ignoring Mary's confused expression, she said to herself, "I've been given so many precious opportunities, Mary, I've grown from nothing and possessed so much, and this is like a The challenge of words, Mary - it's like fate is asking me, have I really changed? Mary, it's like someone is asking, 'Is this all meant to be? Can you really change yourself by trying?' Fate sent me a pair of red leather shoes, and now it wants to see, when I take off these shoes, I will continue to dance on tiptoe, or I will take off my fine clothes and hold my only possessions , and bring it back to my tattered, safe lair."

"You have a million-dollar mansion in the best part of Los Angeles," Mary said, "and you call it a 'ragged den.'

Jenny looked up and smiled happily. "Yeah, it's a den of rags compared to the riches we're talking about—it's just a metaphor anyway, you see, Mary."

"I don't understand at all," Mary said, but her tone suggested that she already understood something, and a smile came to her lips, and her eyes became twinkle, and she was so—— Looking at Jenny with admiration, respect, and love, "Really, I don't understand what is bothering you at all-but I know, you seem to have some eyebrows."

"It's still a very hard question," admits Jenny, "it's always hard to change yourself, to get out of your safety zone—but that's what it's all about, Mary, I get it, no Need more extravagance, I already have so much - I have already put on my red leather shoes."

Sunlight pouring through the bright glass windows onto her face made this pretty blonde look radiant, even though she was only wearing a turquoise hospital gown and she didn't have any make-up on - but in the Bay Area sun , Looking in from the large glass windows, she is still as beautiful as - like a cluster of flowing flames, like wearing an invisible crown -

"I need you to make a phone call," she stood up, and commanded her most loyal subordinate confidently, excitedly and calmly, causing her to stand up in a hurry and almost kicked down in the excitement Her own stool—although she was still a little ignorant, she had already been infected by her employer—the mentor—the monarch she looked up to and jumped up. "Mary, don't reveal your identity yet, you can cheat, you can bribe, in short, I want you to talk to this person without telling everyone."

The corners of her lips curled up, almost as if deliberately tantalizing, Jenny paused, and said the name very slowly. "—Sharon Tucker, a key figure in GE..."