Hollywood Domination Chapter 96: HollywoodLifestyle

After earning 30 million in the first weekend, surpassing "Fahrenheit 911" and winning the weekend championship, "The Notebook" also performed very well at the box office in the second week, during the weekdays from Monday to Thursday Both maintained a stable figure of 4 million to 5 million, and got a high box office of 21 million in the weekend of the second week. This decline is already very healthy for romance films, and the rating on IMDB is basically stable at The range of 8.2 is enough to prove that the audience's reputation is very good-New Line is not Disney, so it pays attention to audience feedback surveys, so the relevant parties can only do some rough data analysis from IMDB.

Generally speaking, if the IMDB score can reach 8, it means that the film can be liked by most audiences, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a genre classic, and a qualified commercial film can also get a score of 7-7.5 , although with the increase in the number of viewers, "Lianlian Notebook" may not be able to stabilize at 8.2, but it will not drop too much. If it can maintain the score of 8 in the end, it means that the box office will decline relatively slowly. The cumulative box office and overseas box office are good signals. The general opinion in the industry is that Xinxian is really lucky this year, and they have found a treasure.

This is also the attraction of the film industry. The tens of millions of dollars invested by New Line in "Lianlian Notebook" can guarantee the payment and nearly 50% of the profit after one year, and it also brings a steady stream of DVDs. As well as profit from broadcasting rights, in the industrial field, such a return on investment and return speed are already very rare. If you regard "The Notebook" as a project, then Jennifer Jefferson is now the project manager that everyone in the industry has focused on. The story that she has a unique vision and picked this project from the script library has been widely circulated. Even a 3/10 split is taken as a sign of her business acumen. ——If she wants five million or six million, then this project may not be able to move forward. Under the circumstances at the time, she had the courage to lower her salary and use the share to offset it, which also shows the vision of Jennifer's team. Sophisticated and decisive.

If "Pirates of the Caribbean" only made her the lucky one envied by everyone in the industry and made her gain nationwide popularity for the first time, then "The Notebook" is tantamount to proving her popularity. A movie star who can support a box office of 200-300 million worldwide by herself is considered a big shot anywhere. Many projects that did not take her into consideration in the past have now offered her an olive branch—even After "Pirates of the Caribbean", Jenny hasn't received an audition invitation from a really important director or star, but after "The Notebook", everything is different.

"Peter Jackson's "King Kong" and Will Smith's "Rival in Love." Cesare handed a folder to Jenny, "There is also a romantic comedy "Wedding Crashers". An audition is required, and a brief meeting may be able to settle it. In addition, in the package contract proposed by Fox, in addition to "Love Vacation" directed by Nancy, they hope to set the second film as "Fantastic Four."

Of course, "King Kong" and "The Rival of All People" still need a formal audition. To receive an audition invitation from such a masterpiece is a kind of affirmation for Jenny. After all, those are Peter Jackson and Will Smith. The box office created by these two people is not comparable to Jenny. Most importantly, these two people are recognized as the keymen of the projects they have handled. As long as Will Smith If the movie can achieve good results, no one will care who the director is, and will credit Will Smith, and Peter is the same. Of course, the success of "Lord of the Rings" also has an important role in the cast, but the biggest credit still goes to Will Smith. Count on him as the director.

This is the importance of becoming a Keyman. Even if Ryan is good in "The Notebook", he will not be able to ask for the same price as Jenny. After he has proved his box office ability as a Keyman, the asking price of these masterpieces It's all tens of millions of dollars - just because it's a project of a big director and a big star, it is very attractive in itself, so there is no mention of the share, the price offered by "Wedding Crashers" is directly 15/10, They are already taller than the two male protagonists, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. As long as she nods, this project is hers, which is equivalent to throwing money at her to act.

Fox’s package contract can’t help but be said to be extremely generous. Of course, Jenny knows more about the details than Wendy: Fox not only promised that “Love Vacation” will star with A-list actors, but even hinted at other actors. A leading actress will be Kate Winslet, which is equivalent to equating Jenny and Kate in the world - Kate has won three or four Oscar nominations so far, which belongs to box office and nominations Being a popular actress, the absolute A-list among actresses, this is very good for the promotion of Jenny's status. And now there is another "Fantastic Four". Although it is clearly a follow-up to "Spider-Man", it is also a scheduled box office harvester, and Jenny's role as Invisible Woman belongs to the leading female lead at the box office, and "Caribbean" Compared with the role of the vase in "Pirate", the status has also been improved a lot.

"There are too many choices." In the past, Cesare asked her to act whatever she wanted, and even "Van Helsing" was pushed and pushed, and the final choice was directly given to her. Now that Cesare no longer filters for her to this point, Jenny is a little dazzled. She is holding several thick folders, and she doesn't know where to start. "What's your opinion?"

Cesare did not answer her directly, but said, "You can read these scripts first, and I will discuss with you later."

It seems that the previous madness really scared him... Jenny didn't know what it was like in her heart, she wanted to make up for it, but she didn't know where to start, and she wasn't sure if it would affect her Is it beneficial or unfavorable. She felt that she and Cesare needed to talk -- and after the box-office success of The Notebook, the time seemed ripe.

"It's time for us to sit down and have a good chat, Chesa." She said, rolled up her wrist, looked at her watch, and sighed again, "but not now, I have to go, I have to record in the afternoon What kind of program—see you at the evening celebration?”

On the third Saturday of its release, the North American box office of "Lianlian Notebook" steadily exceeded 100 million, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it breaks through 120 million ("50 Times" North American box office). The celebration party was funded and held, and the main participants were crew members and their relatives and friends. This kind of event with little public relations does not contact the media. It is mainly an internal party, so the time is relatively random. Honor the invitation today for the celebration party.

"I won't go there tonight." Cesare said, his answer surprised Jenny—he is already planning to transfer me to someone else, is he about to end the partnership? —— But fortunately, he quickly noticed Jenny's expression, and added, "Tonight is my anniversary with Lilian."

"Oh." Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, happy anniversary - I'll get back to you after reading the script."

Resisting the urge to pick out the "King Kong" script, she stood up and looked at Cesare, and suddenly had the urge to sigh: Although it turns out that she made a very correct choice, she still always hopes Time can be reversed, let her negotiate with Cesare again, she hopes that she will have another chance, this time, she will definitely try her best to behave better.

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"So, you asked Mary to call Nissa?" Claudia said, "Close your eyes."

"The main reason is that I didn't get Bell's phone number, and besides calling in person, it would be bad if she didn't answer." Jenny closed her eyes and asked Claudia to put on her eyeshadow. A phone call from Nisha is enough, what do you think?"

Claudia giggled, "It doesn't matter. Even if you don't make a phone call, Hollywood is so big. Maybe you will meet at CAA one day, and then you can still appreciate her face."

"Well, although it makes sense to say so, I have to let it go before the release of "Prada"-the sooner the better, otherwise if "Prada" hits the street, it will be her pride again." Jenny analyzed it pragmatically.

"Don't talk nonsense." Claudia hit her, "How could "Prada" fail? If you have such an idea, you shouldn't accept it from the beginning."

Although it hurt a little from being beaten, Jenny was not too angry. Instead, she touched the back of her hand and laughed, "If everyone thinks like you, there will be no failed movies on the market. No matter you How confident you are, there are definitely risks.”

"But what good does it do your filming to think so much during the preparatory stage?" , anyone in your position should think that they are at the top of the world, only you are still as calm and rational as before, as if nothing can excite you.”

Jenny and Claudia have been together for more than half a year. Their relationship is like that of her and Mary. There is no story to tell, and they are cultivated through monotonous work day after day. emotion. Compared with Mary, who is smart, bold, and enterprising, Claudia has a more stable and greener personality, and sometimes she makes people think that she is quite intelligent with a casual sentence. Jenny often said that she and Josh are the least aggressive couple in history. To be honest, although she and Josh are 'couples', after getting acquainted with Claudia, when they are intimate in public, she will I have never worried about Claudia's emotions, because she is a very tolerant and rational character, but she is more open-minded and open-minded than Josh. Jenny sometimes can't help but feel that she is very lucky. At least her fake boyfriend has no bad habits, and he won't sing and sing in private every night, which will bring unexpected consequences to the whole contract. The real girlfriend who is bundled is also a professional, Sensible good guy.

"I just don't think there's anything exciting about it." Jenny said, and now she's starting to talk to Claudia from the bottom of her heart. "Are you happy when you know the box office number? It is undeniable, it must be happy, but it is only for a short while, and then you realize that this number will bring a lot of money to your career. Other than help, it doesn't really change much in your life. Almost everything in your life has already been decided, and this box office can't change anything, you know what I mean?"

"In a way, yes." Claudia threw some powder for her—because it was an internal party, Julian didn't need to labor, Claudia would do enough to make a shape. "The house you live in, the car you drive, the clothes you wear—and, of course, the men you date—are all the result of PR tactics. Money and box office can't change your private life, can they?"

"You forgot to add something I ate—yes, you're quite right, and of course I don't have much private life to speak of." Jenny said, "The only good thing is , I know that there are a large number of people in Hollywood like me, and I guess this is the so-called Hollywood LifeStyle.”

Claudia smiled, "OK, the makeup is done."

She and Jenny pushed the door through the dressing room and walked into her dressing room - this is a room that is bigger than Jenny's bedroom, converted from a guest room, basically all the steps The cabinets in the room are already full, and Claudia said apologetically, "I'm doing a summer-autumn transition, so it's a bit messy here now."

Jenny looked at the large pile of fancy dresses stacked on the bench, and couldn't help feeling a little heartbroken. Many of these clothes had only been worn a few times, and since they were the styles of the year before last, it was impossible to wear them again—the year before last she She didn't get sponsorship at all, so the clothes here were purchased with her own money. "It's Hollywood LifeStyle too, isn't it? I sometimes think we all should go to Africa, it's a complete waste of resources."

"Honey, if you feel heartache for that batch of clothes, then what will you think when this batch is going to be eliminated this year?" Claudia said, opened the wardrobe door, and pulled out a row of clothes. There are small dresses for her to choose from, "You have worn the batch of regular clothes from the previous year a few times, but you probably haven't worn the small dresses you received this year, so you will have to eliminate them."

With her rising status and popularity in the fashion industry, as well as Judy's public relations rankings for her, such as the third most **** face in 2003, the second most fashionable actress in 2003, etc. And so, she received more and more sponsorship. Even though evening dresses haven’t been delivered directly yet, there are already brands of small dresses that directly send styles for her to choose. This kind of dress is usually only worn for one year in the year. Once the time limit expires, you will not want to return it to the brand. Yes, because their counters will also be replaced with new styles, therefore, these gowns that fascinate white-collar workers but are still cash-strapped are worthless to celebrities and brands after the season is over. From this point of view, fashion is the most time-sensitive futures. The higher the status in the fashion circle, the more serious doubts and confusion will arise about the actual value of those pieces of fabric.

Because she was trying to figure out the role of Andy recently, Jenny is also very willing to think about this aspect. How about a charity sale? Rather than let it take up closet space, sell it while it's still worth some money-ah, you want to take it? And Lillian, remind me to call Lillian tomorrow Phone—by the way, you can definitely wear this to the party tonight.”

She picked up a basic Versace little black dress and gestured to Claudia, "I was wearing this dress a little loosely. You should wear it tight, but it will look good."

"Thank you," Claudia said with a smile, "but I'm not going tonight."

"Huh?" Jenny was a little surprised—the celebrity's social circle is usually very narrow, especially since she doesn't smoke or drink, and has a regular schedule, so she hardly makes any friends, that is, the team members who accompany her in and out The relationship is close, so it's fine if Cesare doesn't go tonight, but now that Claudia is not going, she feels a little wronged, "Why? My dear, you know this is an internal party of the crew, and you are also a member of the crew. "

Claudia smiled for a while, and Jenny looked at her persistently, maybe because she saw that she couldn't be fooled, she said the reason. "Josh said that Anna will also go tonight..."

Anna Safi is Josh's manager, and she is also one of the driving forces behind this love contract.

"Oh." Jenny stopped talking, and she was still a little unwilling to think about it, "Are you afraid of her? But you are now my team."

"I'm not afraid of her." Claudia helped Jenny put on the little dress, "It's just... I don't like her."

"It's only human," Jenny commented. "But does Anna know that you and Josh are still...?"

"It doesn't matter to her." Claudia shrugged, but said something fair for Anna, "As long as Josh can abide by the contract, in fact, Anna is a very good manager, yes She single-handedly discovered Josh and pushed him to the starring role in "Star Wars Episode 2". When Josh signed an agency contract with her, she made everything very clear. If it wasn't for Natalie's unwillingness to cooperate , Lucas originally wanted to push Josh to be with her... This love contract is not manipulated by the tyrant, it is the result of our choice, and I don't feel sorry for her because of it."

"But?" Jenny was interested in gossip, "Everything usually has a 'but'."

Claudia sighed, and said in a flat tone, "Okay, but when I accompanied Josh to meet her for the first time, Anna said something that I will never forget."

"What did she say?" asked Jenny.

"She said that if Josh wants to sign a contract, he has to break up with me." Claudia said softly, "Of course Josh doesn't want to, and Anna said that it's okay not to break up, but our relationship is getting worse when Josh becomes Big people couldn't be exposed before because I was too ugly for him."

Her appearance is indeed ordinary, but it is far from being ugly. Jenny looked at Claudia, and Claudia shrugged, "She said that the market will never accept a popular actor and an ordinary The makeup artist is in a relationship, which is very bad for Josh's image. Josh is very angry and stands up to leave. And I know she represents "Star Wars Episode 2", "X-Men", "Pirates of the Caribbean" "The audition opportunities. A mediocre agent will never get these auditions, and Josh will reject these opportunities in order to maintain my dignity."

For a woman, there is nothing sweeter than this, and there is no heavier psychological burden than this. Jenny fully understands Claudia's mentality. If Josh loses in his career because of her She couldn't even forgive herself for the opportunity to break through. "So you swallowed this breath?"

"Yeah, I got Josh, I want him to be famous, he is an excellent actor, he deserves this opportunity." Claudia shrugged, "Besides, as long as we really love each other, these What's the big deal? There are so many beautiful girls in Hollywood who are willing to have **** with celebrities overnight, they don't care if Josh has a girlfriend, whether we make it public or not, my sense of security will not be very high."

There was no resentment in her tone, but it couldn't be said to be too sweet, as if she was describing a helpless fact. "So I swallowed this breath, and I told Josh that Anna's request was normal, and that I didn't want to be disturbed by the media and become a public figure... So, Josh became famous and took over the "Star Wars Episode" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", next year he will lead an 80 million-level action movie, so we are lucky to meet you-really, Jenny, you are a very good person."

"But I don't want to see Anna again to this day, I can't forget the words she said, 'She'stoouglyforyou'. Before that day, I was a very confident girl, I knew I was very ordinary , but never wondered if I was unworthy of love... You know, the worst thing is, she even said it with a smile, as if she didn't think it hurt at all, as if it was everyone Both me and Josh should have realized this a long time ago.”

Claudia shrugged again, and said in a calm tone, "But I don't hate her. Later, as Josh became more and more famous, I also got to know Anna more and more. I don't think she Not a cruel person, in fact she's not bad, she just really thinks I'm too ugly for Josh."

She made a circle with her hand, as if she wanted to circle all the luxurious clothes in a room, "Her thoughts are as much a part of Hollywoodlifestyle as these hundreds of expensive disposable clothes, Anna just Pointing out the fact that I'm too ugly for Josh in Hollywood. I just... I just don't need to be reminded of that over and over, so I'm always avoiding seeing her."

Jenny didn't know what to say, she hesitated and said, "You know, if I hadn't already put on the dress, I think I would hug you—"

Claudia burst out laughing, "Typical! It's a typical Hollywood conversation."

"Okay." Jenny said, and walked towards her with open arms, Claudia said quickly, "No, don't increase my workload."

"OK," Jenny spread her hands, leaning on the closet and said, "Then...my virginity ring is fake."

Claudia was a little surprised, but quickly realized: This is a secret for another secret.

"I guessed it." She laughed, "I never believed it."

The originally heavy atmosphere became much more relaxed. Jenny and Claudia smiled at each other, feeling a little more close to each other. She pressed the switch of the electric shoe cabinet, "Now let's choose shoes, which one to wear? How about a pair?"

"This pair?" Claudia took off a pair of red-soled shoes.

"I hope it doesn't grind my feet too much..." Jenny sighed, "their shoes are always slightly different from my foot shape."

After choosing the high-heeled shoes, of course jewelry is another thing to choose. Jenny entered the password to open the display cabinet, "Ha, finally there is something that is not so easy to get out of fashion in Hollywood-jewelry."

Claudia chose a pair of pearl earrings for her, "I will wear this pair tonight, Cartier's Himalia, isn't it the most classic choice?"

"Uh-huh." Jenny said, she turned her head to the full-length mirror and put on one, but when she reached for the other, the phone rang in the dressing room.

Every star rarely has only one phone, and Jenny is no exception. The phone that is ringing now is the number that her team and friends can only get. She hurried out to answer it, "Lier? Why are you looking for me now? , I thought you were celebrating your anniversary with Chesa."

There was a small sound from the other end of the phone, and just a second before Jenny thought Lilian had pressed the phone by mistake, Lilian's nasal voice came from the other end of the phone, "Something has changed, I On the way to the airport..."

"What's wrong?" Jenny was taken aback, "Is something wrong?"

"No," Lilian's voice was almost broken, "Oh, God, no, it's just...it's just that I don't know how to tell Chesa, God, I don't know what to do."

"Are you driving?" Jenny was already alert, and she waved her hand to Claudia who came out with a handbag and another earring, "Lilian, are you crying? If you are crying, Find a place to pull over."

"I'm not driving." Lillian sobbed, "Oh, Jenny, I'm not driving, I'm in a taxi. I... I..."

She woke up and woke up, and then she managed to say normally, "I'm calling to ask you, can you buy me a plane ticket? I only have some small change on me - I seem to have left my wallet in the hospital. "

"No problem, then do you have money to pay the fare? May I ask Mary to drive to the airport to find you now?" Jenny asked, "Lil, don't be so excited, tell me what happened?"

"It's Chesa," Lilian cried again, "I found out this morning...I found out this morning that he is going to propose to me tonight."

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