Chapter 13 Chesaray Vijayri

CAA, Creative Artists Agency, an innovative talent agency.

Whether it is Jenny or Chen Zhen, of course, they have all heard of this name - CAA is so famous, as long as you know a little about the American entertainment industry, you will not have heard of its name.

Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, CAA is the world's number one brokerage firm, with a market share far greater than the number two firm. Outside the United States, it is a very proud thing to be able to sign with CAA, and most of the celebrities who have been signed have to brag about it, even in the United States, it is very lucky to be a member of the CAA family. As long as the investor has an idea and enough money, CAA can piece together a star-studded team for him, and if the money is enough, he can even do everything from the starring, director to producer, costume designer, and artist, all holding a small gold figure to create a set of all-gold team. Of course, the amount that the management has to pay is also astronomical.

After hearing the words CAA, Jenny immediately understood why the fat man Jim was so bullish, and even to Dave, an actor assistant director whose status was not too low, could be so unkind. - If Jim is the agent of a big star, then Dave is not even a fart in front of him.

Of course, it's a bit unthinkable that a big star's agent would come to watch her perform when he has nothing to do, but in Hollywood, anything is possible. There are not only TV dramas filmed on the Universal studio, but also many big-budget movies, and the last time the director held a meeting was the office building on the set, where there would even be emperors and superstars, and it was not impossible to have a star agent. Since I saw her, was interested in her, and knew that she was filming here, it didn't take much to come in and take a look.

Jenny didn't say anything all the way, but Jim, because she was overexcited, but there was not much meaningful information in it, and most of the time she was talking about how bad Cesare's temper was, how precious Jenny's opportunity was, and how she should behave herself in front of Cesare.

"This is your chance. He said, "Girl, you don't understand how precious this opportunity is, you're going to take a step to the sky, God, it's a match made in heaven - but you have to behave flawlessly, Cesare is a terrible perfectionist, you have to know that I took a risk by taking you there." "

He began to sweat, two wet marks were soaked under his shirt, and the cologne couldn't hide the smell of sweat, and Jenny was slightly uneasy by him. She consciously stayed away from Jim, lest he get too excited and drip sweat on herself and stain the costume.

"Cesare," she said, "Jim, may I ask who Cesare is?"

It's all in Hollywood, CAA is not far from Universal Studios, Jim turned a sharp brake, parked the car in the parking lot, hurriedly opened the door and got out of the car, he picked up his tie and wiped it on his face, and anxiously motioned for Jenny to hurry up and follow, "Vijerry, Cesare Vijerry, you haven't heard his name?"

"Nope. Jenny said truthfully. "He's Italian?"

Jim furrowed his face and made a characteristic devastated expression, "No, no. "

He called as he walked, "Oh, please, please, please—Nala! Tell me Cesare isn't gone yet!"

Then he took Jenny into the CAA office building with his pass while talking on the phone, and pressed the elevator in a hurry, and Jenny was taken to the elevator before she even had time to admire the decoration of CAA. Jim pressed a very high number of floors directly - only two stories away from the top floor.

"I have to explain it to you. In the strong cold air, Jim seemed to regain a little reserve and sanity, he took out his handkerchief, wiped his sweat and said quickly, "Since you don't know Cesare, then I don't think you will know the internal rules of CAA, we don't have titles, only positions, no exclusive conference rooms, exclusive offices, flat management, claiming that all agents are the same, no qualifications." "

He said cleanly, "Of course, this is all for external propaganda, as long as there is a difference in ability and seniority, there must be a difference in status, but in CAA, status is reflected in the floor." The higher the status, the higher the number of floors, and the floor we are going to is the exclusive office floor of a CAA senior agent, where there are very few people who do not have their own office. "

He took a breath and added, "So you understand why this opportunity is so valuable? Even within CAA, resources are limited and competition is fierce." And Cesare is a 45-story man, once 45, will always be 45. Girl—"

"Jenny. Jenny said, frowning and looking thoughtfully at Jim. "I still have a lot of questions. "

"You can wait until later, Cesare is leaving for the airport in an hour, and it's too late to say anything now, I can only tell you that you'd better use all your strength to seize this opportunity. Jim said.

The elevator clanged and stopped on the 45th floor, and Jim swept out like a whirlwind, but Jenny's pace was still unhurried, and Jim turned his head to glare at her, but he didn't make a sound because of the interesting glances from the cubicle office area.

"If you want me to make a good impression on him. Jenny pointed out matter-of-factly, "Then I can only keep up my speed." "

"Yeah,yeah. Jim jerked, then muttered, "Let's go, Cesare's office is over here." "

Jenny followed Jim around the corner, and Jim knocked on the door, whispered a few words to an assistant girl sitting in the doorway, and knocked on the door. His movements changed from panic to cautious, as if there was a lion sleeping in the house, and too much movement would wake it up to its sleep.

"In. A succinct voice came from inside the room.

Jim pushed the door open and motioned for Jenny to enter with him.

Jenny walked into the house.

The next moment, she was taken aback in a rare way.

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Cesare Vigeri was a very European name, Vigeri was a French surname - thankfully, Jeanne was a good student and somewhat knowledgeable in some of the areas she was interested in - and Cesare was a common name in southern Europe, given Cesare Vigeri's status, Jeanne expected to see a middle-aged man of southern European descent, medium build, and slightly dark complexion, who should have a kind temperament and a smile because he had been an agent for many years.

Cesare Viggeri subverted her every assumption.

He was tall, pale-complexioned, blue-eyed, high-nosed, deep-eyed, and his short blonde hair was waxed all over the back of his head—although the roots were slightly darker, it was a natural phenomenon of blonde hair, and in adulthood, the hair color of blondes was uneven, and it was common for the ends of the hair to be blonde and slightly brown at the roots—and like Jenny, he was a true Germanic man.

And suffocatingly handsome.

Chen Zhen has not seen handsome men and beautiful women, this is the 21st century, the media is extremely developed, all kinds of beauty through the transmission of TV and movies, bombarding the audience all the time, even if not to mention these beauties seen through the screen, Chen Zhen used to fly to Milan and New York to watch the show every now and then, and was often invited to participate in fashion industry dinners at home and abroad - she has really seen a lot of men and women who have to rely on good food to eat.

None of them can match Cesare Vigelli. Jenny thought: Even if this man is an idiot and can't even say lines, as long as he is willing to walk on the runway, with his figure and beauty, he will immediately be able to make a name for himself in less than half a year.

Then she immediately began to wonder: why did he hide behind the scenes instead of going behind the scenes to make astronomical fortunes, and that agents could not make more money than the stars they represented, although they made a lot of money.

Could it be that she misunderstood, but in fact Cesare Viggeri had someone else, and this was just another client he represented?

But Jenny's suspicion was immediately shattered by Jim, who took a few steps forward and naturally - nervously - began to sell Jeanne to Cesare, "You must look at this girl, Chesa, she is the best successor I have found, you see how beautiful she is, and that's not all she has - this girl can act! Trust me, Man." "

He shook his head with emotion and glanced at Jenny, his tone intriguing and convincing, "She's the most newcomer I've ever seen, Chesa, she's just - God in front of the camera, I don't know how to describe it-"

Cesare reached out and twisted the bridge of his nose as he turned to Jenny.

Jenny had the feeling of being poured a basin of cold water on her head, and Cesare's gaze—seriously, it was definitely that cold. He was suffocating not only because of his handsomeness, but also because of the indifference that seemed to be born with him all over his body, like a noble blood, with a great momentum and a precedence, and Jenny believed that anyone who was looked at him would suddenly have a strong crampedness, feeling that he was worthless and indecent from head to toe.

Even she was no exception, being looked at by Cesare reminded that she had been running in the scorching sun for a long time, perhaps with some makeup on her face, and she was still wearing a costume that didn't fit perfectly, with a few clips on her back, which reminded her that she only had more than three thousand dollars in her bank card and that God knows when she would have the next role. In Cesare's gaze, she had the urge to curl up, and naturally, it was impossible to resist the thought.

However, Jenny Jane is not just Jenny Jane, she is also Chen Zhen, the former young lady of the real estate business kingdom Chen Zhen.

Instead of curling up under Cesare's pressure, she straightened her back and smiled nonchalantly at him.

Cesare's eyes narrowed.

"Good looks, you can score 90 points. He said suddenly, still keeping his eyes on hand with Jenny, "But her temperament is flat, how can you convince me that she has the potential to become a superstar? "

Jim didn't react at all, and missed the opportunity to defend himself, Cesare turned back to his desk and continued to pack up his papers, "Beautiful, yes, go shoot magazine covers, she's good enough to be a model." The acting skills are good, and they are very good, with such looks and good acting skills, she can be the heroine of a serial, and even in the film industry, she is not without a future, but we are talking about superstars, Jim, do you know what we are talking about?

There was a pause in his tone, and he continued, his tone unchanged, just—only Jenny realized that Cesare Vigeri could have become more aloof, more unattainable. "That's your new floor. "

Cesare straightened the papers on the table and turned to face Jim. "You've got two minutes to convince me not to fire you, and now the clock starts. "

"Chesa, I know, I know what you mean. Jim was already sweating profusely, and as soon as he found an opportunity, he immediately began to gush about it. "Yes, I did just want to have fun at first, and I noticed her the day she tried on the globe. When I heard that she was in the shooting this week, I shook it over and looked at it, and wanted to use — you know, that trick — 'Hi, I'm a CAA agent' — anyway, I passed, but as soon as I got there, oh my God, as soon as I saw her in front of the camera — I knew it wasn't a woman I could touch, Chesa, you should have seen it, you'll see, she's Marilyn Monroe reincarnated, no, she's better, younger, more glamorous than Monroe, but that temperament, that sense of dominance—"

Cesare's eyes moved to Jenny's face again, and he looked her up and down, a slight fluctuation on his cold face.

"Tape. He said. Jenny found that he cherished words like gold.

"Uh-uh-" Jim stammered awkwardly, presumably suddenly aware of his negligence. "I-uh-I know you're going to New York, then you're going to Paris, and you're not coming back for two months, this girl is in the first episode of the new CSI season, and I-uh-they've not cut it out yet-"

Cesare closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose again.

"It's 10:43," he looked at his watch, "I'm going to see a tape of her performance until 11:30, and you've got 47 minutes." "

Jim looked back and forth at Jeanne and Cesare, and Jeanne waved at him, and as if commanded something, he suddenly turned around, pushed the door open and ran out of the way. He pushed the door open with all his might, bobbing back and forth on the frame, and Jenny could hear the sound of his footsteps stirring up exclamations.

Cesare didn't join her to see Jim, and when Jenny looked back, she realized that he had come behind her desk and pulled open a drawer for a bottle of air freshener.

Then he walked over to where Jim was standing and sprayed it in the air several times, meticulously putting the freshener away, and then gesturing to Jenny. "Sit. "

It's still a single word, a concise and clear 'sit', no please, and not a relatively euphemistic 'have a seat'. Cesare has always been in control of the field and doesn't seem to mind abusing it.

And Jenny decided that continuing this situation would be quite detrimental to her. It's not just that she doesn't like being in the same groveling position as Jim, but also because Cesare doesn't seem to have much interest in her at the moment.

Even though she is still quite confused about Cesare's identity and experience, the performances of Dave, Lynch and Jim all unanimously show that Jim has been emphasizing that he is not wrong, Cesare is a big shot, and this is a great opportunity for Jenny.

How could she possibly let it slip away?

"It's 10:44. She said, sitting in the guest chair across from her desk, with her legs folded and one hand elegantly resting on the armrest, "with 12:30 in 1 hour and 47 minutes." Mr. Vijri, it's a pleasure to meet you. "

She switched to Marilyn Monroe mode almost as well, lowered her voice, swapped legs, smiled at Cesare Vijeri, and said, almost mockingly, "Now, you have 1 hour and 47 minutes to convince me that you are a good agent." "

Cesare's attitude remained unmoved, still cold, except for a slight ripple on the tip of his nose and a barely visible flicker in his eyes. Jenny, however, knew that she had succeeded in piquing his interest.

"Good. "You've managed to get my attention, plus points." "

He pulled out a blank folder, snapped it open, and took out a cold salute, symbolically asking, "Now, can we officially begin?"

Note: CAA is indeed the best brokerage company in Hollywood, accounting for more than half of the market share, from the front and back of the film and television series, to the music industry artist agency, performance agents are involved, film and television are introduced in the text, the music market is developed late, but the share is also more than 35%, 100 top performances every year, 35 will be CAA agents.

In reality, CAA does adopt flat management, but the status of floor representation is my fiction. Their headquarters is indeed in a building in Century City~ And CAA has a very distinctive system is cross-agency, each senior artist does not have only one agent, but multiple agents manage a part of the business separately, so there will be no agent jumping ship and taking away the artist.?