Hollywood Domination Chapter 68: 《Renee-Jennifer0：100》

Jenny does feel very tired. She said that she is not in a good state and she is not lying to Roger——tonight she re-opened the golden finger empathy. You must know that in the previous performances, she has gradually lost Goldfinger has been acting with his own strength. Even in "Pirates of the Caribbean", she performed many scenes with this familiar feeling after practicing repeatedly in the performing arts space. The golden finger in the performing arts space is more like a tool for review and preview for her, and she will no longer use it to cheat in the 'exam'.

But not tonight, it may be affected by what happened to Josh yesterday, or it may be because her schedule has been very tense. Self-doubt, and maybe her aunt is coming, a little PMS.

Fortunately, Jenny has always had a security blanket in her heart. She felt that she couldn't be **** her, so she decided to use cheating fingers. A breakdown, or a panic attack or something—if a panic attack occurred, in New York, she really had to turn to Mary for comfort.

So, now she also understands why Dietrich's group would be high when nothing happened. After all, they don't have gold fingers. I really can't pass this level in my heart. Including the drug abuse problems of those movie stars and singers, sometimes they may really have a mental breakdown, but the schedule must continue. In order not to smash the signboard, I will not care about any side effects at this time. Let’s get through the difficulties in front of us first. . Maybe movie stars are better, but when singers are on tour, if they perform more frequently and the concerts are long and long, it is very dangerous. If they have addictions before and they are busy with work, they are very likely to relapse.

Now, she finally got a performance going, judging from the audience's applause and the feedback from the troupe, she didn't lose the chain. But Jenny wasn't relaxed or excited at all. Instead, she kept thinking about Roger's words. The more she thought about it, the less interested she was in the party.

After leaving the party, she called Cesare in the car on the way back. Jenny leaned her head on the back of the front seat, massaging the side of her head while listening to the ringing of the phone. She really doesn't feel right now very good.

"Say." Cesare's words were still as concise as ever, probably because he couldn't see his face, he always seemed extraordinarily indifferent on the phone.

"Listen, Chesa, I have a suspicion now." Jenny intensified the intensity of the massage, "Just now at AfterParty, I met Roger, and he told me... I think there is something wrong with his wording, I need to worry about something other than my acting, not my acting—you know, I find it interesting how he said that to me.”

There was a sound of pushing the door from Cesare, and he seemed to have gone from the room to the outside, "That's what Roger said?"

"Yes," said Jenny, "of course it may be my nervousness, but I think Roger was hinting at something at the time, which made me very disturbed. Of course I know, it's your rest now It's time, but I..."

"You've done a good job," Cesare said succinctly. "This message is very important. If you write emails and send text messages, it may be too late for Judy and I to see it, and some people act too quickly." of film critics will be able to write their reviews tomorrow.”

"Do you think it's Renee's team? What tactics will they use to deal with us?" Jenny asked. She felt that the speed of the car was not right. She looked up and found that Mary was looking at herself through the rearview mirror. With a look of horror.

Oh sweet little Mary, Jenny waved her to focus on driving. I continued to say, "Is it a public relations method?"

"The public relations method is very normal. We sent the ticket to Roger is also public relations. If it is just public relations, Roger doesn't need to say that." Cesare shook his head, "It should be some more marginal lobbying methods. It may even be the temptation of direct financial interests. If it were me, I would directly write a check, and I don’t know how Renee’s team will choose.”

"Would this work?" Jenny asked, "not comment independence—"

"It's useless if you compete with Renee on the big screen, and it's useless if Renee plays poorly." Cesare said, "However, the audience who has seen musicals is always a minority. Among the audience of this incident, not many people will go to see your performance in person, and the right to speak is still in the hands of film critics. In addition, the medium is different, and it is difficult for non-professional critics to list arguments, making this a very important event. Actionable questions, full of profit margins, and believe me, Jenny, film critics aren't all angels."

Jenny's head hurt even more, and she asked irritably, "Then what should we do? Just sit back and watch them exchange benefits? But now we can't spend more money to keep them fair."

"Jefferson." Cesare said in a calm tone.

"Huh?"

"You know this is a very professional game of poker, right?" Cesare said, "Your opponent is not a computer, but a living person. She is not a tool created to give you a sense of victory, but Is a very good veteran, you understand?"

"...I understand." Jenny said in a low voice.

"Very well, then you should know that you can't win all the chips in one round with one strategy. This kind of thinking is terrible. Excessive greed will destroy all your sense of accomplishment and satisfaction feeling." Cesare said in a steady tone, "You should look at what you have achieved in this game, you have become the center of public attention, you have an A-level production about to be released, and your drama has a lot to offer. Likely to be nominated for a Tony Award, all because of 'OurRoxieisbetter', right?"

Jenny's emotions really calmed down a bit. She reviewed Cesare's development ideas and found that all her career progress really revolved around this marketing idea that Cesare proposed to James, "At least we put The concept of 'Jennifer and Renee are about the same' has spread across the country, right?"

"That's right, even if everyone publishes unfavorable movie reviews tomorrow, and you still have the New Yorker's movie reviews, it might be a matter of debate as to which of you has better Roxie," Cesare said in a casual tone "But Renee is an award-winning actress, and you're just a rookie, and you've made a lot of money, Jenny."

Jenny had to admit that he was right, but it was difficult for her to swallow, "But, should we just forget it?"

"I will contact Judy, make a few phone calls, and try my best, but you don't have to participate in these." Cesare said irrefutably, "Now let go of unnecessary worries and tensions, and go back to rest. It's late, your voice is full of tiredness, and I remember you have a show tomorrow."

"...Okay." Jenny said, "Thank you for your concern, good night, Cesare."

Shortly after hanging up the phone, Mary parked the car in front of the building. She looked left and right to make sure that no paparazzi was coming, then turned around and asked Jenny, "Hey, do you need me to go up with you? ?”

Jenny was a little surprised. Normally, Mary would be off work by this time in the evening, and she would drive home directly and pick her up tomorrow.

"Your tone," Mary said, eyes widening, "I'm a little worried about you."

Jenny looked at her for a while and couldn't help laughing, "Thank you, I feel better now."

She's not lying, she really feels better now.

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The next morning, Jenny was woken up by Lilian's phone call, she fumbled to answer, "Hey, Lil?"

"Jen, are you still sleeping? I'm sorry, I thought you should be up, you know, you should be eating breakfast at this time." Lilian said briskly, "How, are you okay? Now How are you feeling?"

"It seems that you already know about film critics?" Jenny laughed, she rubbed her eyes and sat up.

"Yes, I was next to Chesa when you called last night," Lilian said, "This is really too much, isn't it?"

"Oh." This was a bit embarrassing, Jenny stopped standing up, "I'm sorry to disturb your private time——"

"It's okay, you are definitely not the first client to call late at night," Lilian's tone sank, "Believe me, Chesa is called away halfway to deal with various affairs more times than you think A lot."

Although Jenny has hardly been in Los Angeles this year, she will talk to Lilian on the phone regularly. She knows that the relationship between Lilian and Cesare cannot be said to be smooth sailing, but she is not good at expressing her opinion on this kind of matter. After all, Cesare's focus on work is beneficial to her client. "Honey, I'm really sorry, no matter what others say, if it wasn't urgent, I would never do this."

"I'm not calling to ask questions." Lilian said not very much, and her tone turned excited again, "Have you seen the post on the forum? What's going on with you and Josh, dear Yeah, I never heard you talk about Josh with me."

This is the real embarrassment, Jenny didn't expect that Cesare didn't mention Josh with Lilian at all, "What post are you talking about?"

"Didn't you have dinner together yesterday, and he went to your show again tonight, when did your relationship become so close?" Lilian asked excitedly, "Tell me, just tell me, what are you doing to him?" Do you have a good impression?"

Jenny's head started to hurt again. She turned on her newly bought laptop, and went to the discussion board directly on the bed. Of course, there was also ONTD. Published a sneak shot of a few people going to dinner together yesterday, and also thoughtfully marked Jenny and Josh on the picture, mainly because they both wore sunglasses, Jenny also wore a hat and a mask, basically it was difficult Identify that person is her.

ONTD is okay, because someone recognized Ann and knew that she also had a role in "Pirates of the Caribbean". Everyone confirmed that it was just a gathering of colleagues on the first few floors. The voices on the discussion board are much more chaotic. Some people think that Jenny and Josh are a match made in heaven, while others say that Josh is completely unworthy of Jenny, and some Natalie & Josh parties even come to join in the fun— ——After the release of "Star Wars Episode 2" in June, Josh became an instant hit. He and Natalie also became a screen couple supported by many fans and fans, and many fans even created a lot of photos of the two Intimate photos.

Although she was mentally prepared, Jenny was still shocked by the fans' keen and excited response to this kind of thing. It was just a meal. Someone has already PS posted a photo of her and Josh's future baby, in the discussion board There are people on the Internet calling cute - if Judy tells her that her search index has risen a lot this morning, she won't be surprised in the slightest.

Bringing out the 'colleague dinner theory', Lilian was perfunctory, and Jenny logged on to the blogs of several well-known film critics, and fearlessly checked whether they had updated their blogs with the mood of poor students reading their report cards. ——Everything is now in the IT era. Many film critics will post the first or abbreviated version of the article on their blog. Newspapers are also happy to see this. If they are attracted by film reviews, many people will buy electronic or physical newspapers , It can also be regarded as a good way to open up sales.

However, apart from herself, other film critics are unlikely to be in such a hurry. Last night was the performance. If it is slower, it is common for a week to delay the release of film reviews. Jenny wandered around and found nothing. , I had to get up unhappily to do my morning routine.

After a brief exercise, she refreshed again unwillingly, and finally saw an update on Roger Albert's blog - it was posted about five minutes ago.

Jenny immediately opened the link like a wolf, put the font to the maximum, and read it carefully.

Although Luo Jie is a critic of "Chicago", it is equivalent to expressing his willingness to participate in this dispute, but this is not a presidential campaign, and Roger is not a member of the campaign team. Covertly revealing his involvement in the Jennifer-Renee feud, then began lashing out at who he believed was the loser. Roger's critics are sophisticated and objective. Of course, he will also criticize the bad ones tactfully, but he does not praise the good ones. Make a review.

"Even if you are not a normal audience of musicals, you can enjoy all aspects of "Chicago" without any obstacles. Represents..."

Jennie skimmed impatiently through these restrained compliments, and arrived at Roger's evaluation of the actors-she had read some of Roger's film reviews, and he rarely devoted a lot of space to the performance of actors, but Today she saw a long section all about her performance.

"It must be mentioned that Jennifer Jefferson, the actor who plays Roxy in the play, is also the leading actress of Disney's blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" next summer. This girl has not yet attracted enough criticism from the critics. attention, but when I watch her, I think of Vivien Leigh in Streetcar No. 1, and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. I'm not saying she has the skills to compete with these The brilliance of superstars matching across the ages, but honestly, I see this potential in her. Jennifer Jefferson seems to be a sign of Hollywood's increasingly dim star era. Nowadays, we often say that this era only has actors, There are no superstars, but people with potential are always there, and she made me look forward to "Pirates of the Caribbean" a little more."

Maybe because it is an unofficial version on the blog, the number of words is relatively short and the length is very casual. Comments on Jennifer account for a large proportion of the full text, which is a proportion that should not appear in formal film reviews. Jenny put this paragraph After reading it back and forth three times, I was sure that Roger had made a clear statement on this issue. ——Although there is no word about Renee, Roger compares her with those never-fading film gems of Hollywood's golden age. From this point of view, Roger's attitude is self-evident. After all, no matter how good you are, Renee, no one has said that you can compare with those Oscar-winning film stars.

Jenny actually has a certain degree of confidence in Roger's statement. This is a very simple logical inference. If he hadn't been inclined to himself, he wouldn't have reminded him so mysteriously (of course, there is also a small possibility that the whole thing He's totally jumpy), but Roger's comment also makes her eyes a little hot.

It’s not that she lacks affirmation, or that she lacks love. It’s just that in the past 20 years, there has never been a female star who can claim to rule Hollywood—even just for a year. Roger’s comments on her are, It was the first time that Jenny heard a little hope from an authority. When she didn't deliberately seek affirmation, someone suddenly came to her and told her: "I think you have the potential of those superstars in the golden age."

It's like someone gave the little match girl a hamburger. Although it's far from the big meal she saw in the hallucination, it's still eaten in one bite after all.

Jenny read the movie review several times, the dreamy smile on her lips gradually faded, her senses returned, and a doubt gradually formed in her heart, she grabbed the phone and dialed Sally's phone number.

"Did you see Roger's movie review?" she said, "Cesare, don't tell me this is the result of your anti-PR last night."

"Roger posted a movie review?" Cesare's tone was a little sleepy, and Jenny looked at her watch—it was definitely the working time on the West Coast. "Newspaper or blog, where did you read it?"

"Blog." Jenny asked hesitantly, "Don't tell me, you stayed up all night for this?"

"Of course, it's not just me, Judy is too." Cesare said naturally, "I'm not telling you, we have to do our best—it's impossible to just watch something happen."

"But... we can't even be sure whether Roger is—" Jenny's thoughts were a little confused, "What have you done?"

The sound of Cesare tapping the mouse came over, "It's just to prevent risks, I asked Judy to find Tina from "People"—by the way, the news of your relationship with Josh will be reported by "People" "Exclusive release, you owe "People" a post-exposure interview—Tina called a few film critics and asked them if they had heard of or experienced the "criticism bribery" incident, she said she Having the idea to do a special report is enough to scare most cowards."

Credibility is the only factor for film critics to survive. It is almost a clear rule in the industry in China to collect money for reviews, and some bad films can also be applauded by well-known film critics, which is very taboo in the United States. For one thing, once it is exposed, the prestige of film critics will be greatly damaged, and newspapers and magazines will choose more credible film critics. Unlike China, columnists in the United States are well paid. Earning a sum of money for a daily and weekly column is enough to live a decent life. If the column is compiled into a book, it will be a very rich sum. income. In China, the industry is generally short of money, so it is understandable to collect money to publish articles. In the United States, the industry is not short of money. If there is no Tina’s phone, then it may be taken, but now there is a reporter who wants to do this. On the topic, who knows what she might dig up? This is not an old story, but just before and after the investigation period, the case is still hot, and the clues have not expired. In the face of the risk of unemployment and a quick sum of money, most people will still make rational decisions.

"Then Roger's side—" Jenny felt that she was in better spirits, no matter what the result was, at least Cesare and Judy showed their value. She couldn't think of this countermeasure by herself. She was not familiar with the industry, didn't have that much energy, and she didn't have the connections.

"We didn't call Roger." Cesare said, "You don't think we're that stupid, do you? Besides, he's almost seventy years old, and this trick won't scare him... Hmm, Let me see."

He should have opened Roger's blog page.

After a while, Cesare's voice was tinged with a smile, "It seems that Roger thinks highly of you, very good, if Renee's team is planning something, their idea is at least on Roger It worked."

Jenny was really relieved. She didn't care what other film critics said, as long as Roger's reputation wasn't exposed by public relations. "Great, with Roger's review, we won at least half of the last game."

"It still needs to be based on the column or TV show he will publish later." Cesare said, "You can just concentrate on acting, and Judy will let people follow up on this matter—and Josh How are you getting along?"

"Uh..." Jenny said.

"What?" Cesare's tone immediately changed from generous to alert.

"It's nothing." Jenny finally decided not to sell her teammates so quickly, and told Cesare that she always felt a little ashamed to sue her parents. "Josh's personality is not very good, but I can still handle it."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Jenny decided to end the call, "OK, it's time for me to go to rehearsal, you can continue to rest, Chesa, thank you for working so hard for my business."

"I'm really considering charging you an extra share of the manager's money." Cesare said with a serious tone.

Jenny's heart was lifted at once - in fact, these things are indeed not the scope of the film agent's consideration, more like the scope of the manager's responsibilities, but in many cases the division of powers and responsibilities between the agent and the manager It's very vague, and if Cesare wants to charge 10% more, she can't say anything.

"——But I decided to wait until you become rich." As if imagining her fear on the other end of the phone, after a big breath, Cesare's tone also carried a faint smile . "Go to rehearsal, Jenny, take care of yourself, you sounded awful on the phone last night."

"Thank you, I was in a bad mood at the time, but now I've recovered a lot." Jenny also smiled when she remembered Mary's concern, "I know I've always had you as my backing."

"It seems that you have finally learned to trust me." Cesare could almost be said to be laughing, his voice was transmitted through the mobile phone in a mellow and steady manner, "Good progress, but I still want to remind you, Jefferson, tonight's performance is very important-"

"I won't let you down," Jenny said ahead of him.

There was a joyful and smiling silence on the other end of the phone, and Jenny couldn't help shaking her head and laughing before hanging up the phone.

That night, the Old Schubert Theater was still full. Jennifer Jefferson, who returned from Los Angeles, presented a wonderful performance to the audience. Many fans who did not get tickets were waiting outside the venue. The paparazzi who followed the photo described it to Gossip Daily: "She looked radiant, although she was still as quiet as before, but her good mood could be felt through the sunglasses. I think this has something to do with her new development in love— ——Josh Blanche has come to see her performance for the second consecutive night, of course, the one-sided comments in the consecutively published film reviews should also help her mood..."

"Chicago Sun-Times", "Washington Post", "Los Angeles Times"... Following the film reviews published by these heavyweight newspapers in a few days, the famous gossip magazine "U.S. Weekly" published in the latest issue , also playfully used a sensational title-"Renee-Jennifer, 0:100".

Of course, as a well-known magazine, "U.S. Weekly" also has dry goods. In the article, the weekly carefully analyzed the tendencies reflected in these film reviews. In addition to Roger's clear statement, there are also major film critics or For straightforward or ambiguous comments, the final conclusion is that although Renee's acting skills are also recognized, there are almost zero critics who think that Renee's Roxy is more attractive, so Renee gets zero points.

As for whether these film critics have clearly stated that Jenny's Roxy is better, the weekly magazine will ignore it.

"It seems that in this competition of acting skills, Jennifer Jefferson, who was favored by film and drama critics, has already won a big victory. Optimistic, very beautiful... Jennifer Jefferson seems to be the most powerful newcomer in Hollywood in recent years, and she has already attracted attention even before she has a complete starring role or supporting role. received widespread attention from Hollywood."

"The girl, nicknamed 'Wonder Girl' in circles, is one of the miracles of the new millennium at the speed of her rise," the editor of Us Weekly wrote in the report. "We I have never seen a fresh face more imposing than her, maybe everything is just like what Roger Albert Aka Thumb Man said, she is a projection of the golden age of Hollywood, too beautiful or not, you can't deny that she is rising rapidly , a Broadway insider told us she was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003, it was a sure thing, even a trophy was beckoning her, God knows, she's only been in the business for a little over a year. Next we'll hear What? Her movie set box office records? She became the fastest actress to win an Oscar since the new millennium? Who knows, I just know that Renee Zellweger must be in a terrible mood right now, and Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman will laugh haha..."

Julian Moore and Nicole Kidman are all actors who will be in the Olympic film this year. Renee's "Chicago" has a very good box office reputation, and it is a strong competitor in the Olympic film. Even if they are shortlisted for nomination, the possibility of accompanying them is quite high.

As if to make the whole thing even hotter, Miramax couldn't sit still after the critics expressed their views. The spokesperson briefed the media, expressing Miramax's respect for Renee Qiwei He was affirmed and satisfied with Ge's performance, "Renee's performance made "Chicago" even more outstanding. She is the most suitable heroine for "Chicago". We have absolute confidence in Renee's performance during the awards season."

This remark immediately aroused another exclamation from the crowd: since Oscar public relations expert Miramax said so publicly, it seems that no matter what, she wants to publicize Renee as the best actress in the Oscars. Can they still succeed in such an unfavorable public opinion environment? And how will Miramax treat Jennifer Jefferson? Will Jennifer have a chance to walk on the Oscars red carpet with the crew?

Christmas, New Year's Day...Among the lively gossip, the time has entered February 2003, and it is time to announce the Oscar nominations.

The author has something to say: Note: Some people said that Roger should live in LA, no, Roger has always lived in Chicago. The United States is different from China. There are film critics all over the country, because there are local newspapers that can support columns, and there are also local TV stations. Roger’s program is what the local TV station in Chicago should broadcast.

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Updated, unparalleled update tonight

Actually, if it is just to pay off the debt, then I can just cut the number of words in each chapter, and the debt can be paid off very easily, right? But it’s a bit boring to do so, quality is still the first, this National Day is unexpected busy, I will pay off the debt after I have some time, please be considerate.