"Name. "
"Jenny Jane Jefferson. "
"Age. "
"20 years old. "
"Qualifications. "
"High school. "
Cesare looked up from the folder and looked at her, and Jenny said, "What? I'm an orphan, and my SAT score is rotten, so I'd better come to Hollywood sooner than Pheasant University, at least for now, age is my advantage." "
"What accident did your loved one die from?" Cesare didn't seem to hear Jenny's explanation. Jenny found that he was a person who was trying to take the initiative by all means all the time, ignoring her words, perhaps just to interrupt her rhythm.
But this is an interview, not a wrestling, and the right amount of sharpness can pique Cesare's interest, while a blind one-liner can go overboard.
"My father was a federal felon, I hadn't seen him much for as long as I could remember, and he was in Alabama State Penitentiary and served a 129-year sentence without probation. She said docilely, not embarrassed by the introduction of her family history, although she has the memory of Jenny Jane, Chen Zhen did not inherit her feelings, "My mother ran away from home in my childhood, I grew up with my grandmother until I was a little over ten years old, she died, the bank took back the house, I was sent to a social welfare institution, I grew up in foster care until I was eighteen, I graduated from high school at nineteen - for various reasons, I started school a year later than other children, and then I went to Hollywood." "
"What acting experience did you have before this cameo?"
"Nope. "
Cesare raised his eyebrows for the first time, not by a high margin, but it was a sign of surprise for him, "The drama club counts." "
"I went to a public high school with a tight budget. "My dear," said Jenny, "there are hardly any decent club activities, and even if there were, I didn't have time to participate, I had to work, and the social welfare agencies wouldn't cover my pocket money." "
Cesare put down his pen, and the cold, measured look returned, and Jeanne felt like a piece of dead flesh to him, and he was weighing her carefully in his mind, estimating her value.
"Let's spread things out. Cesare wasn't too arrogant, and he was even very open-minded, given how most people reacted when they heard about Jeanne's background. It's just—it's just that his indifference completely overshadows all other virtues, and Jenny thinks he's carried out the four words of business to the extreme. "Jim is almost an idiot, there's no doubt about that. However, he can at least blend into this layer of CAA, and he still has some housekeeping skills, so I assume that you should still have some acting skills. "
Jenny said, "I think I've just proven that." "
She called up Monroe mode - in fact, now, she can find Monroe's feelings without empathy, maybe this is the sequelae of too many empathies - leaning back slightly, her eyes drooping slightly, her posture charming and reserved, her red lips slightly open, and her voice a little low, "Yes? Mr. Vijerry?"
Faced with this performance that could crush George, Cesare just tugged at the corners of his lips. "Yes, you have a decent grasp of the genre. "
"But I don't just need a sexy vase — what I'm missing right now is a pretty scarce resource." "
Jenny was a little confused, in fact she had been confused just now - Jim himself was a CAA agent, he could have negotiated with the company to sign him, or could find some more convenient senior agent to evaluate himself and give advice, why must Cesare be in such a hurry?
She felt herself getting closer to the answer.
"I thought a broker should never have too many clients. She said, accosting Cesare.
"That's not my style. Cesare said, arching his hands flat on the table, and speaking in a flat, straightforward tone, "I just need the best clients right now." "
"You mean the most famous?" said Jenny, "Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan?"
"No," Cesare said, "I need the most gifted clients right now, and my last major client was Jennifer Bell, whom you should have heard of." "
Jenny blurted out, "Pearl Harbor!"
Speaking of which, this is also a point that surprised her, in her film and television library, the heroine of "Pearl Harbor" is still Kate Beckinsale, but in Jenny's world, Kate Beckinsale did not appear in this show, but was played by the popular girl Jennifer Bell, she has been one of the most eye-catching faces in the United States in the past few years, and has starred in several films of different genres, so it can be said that the future is bullish. A direct threat to the veteran Meg Ryan.
"Yes, Pearl Harbor. "I advised her not to take it, but she wouldn't listen to me. Anyway, she's not my client now. "
"She's leaving CAA?" Jenny was a little weird, generally speaking, unless you made it through the first contract period, the first brokerage contract is not so easy to terminate.
"CAA has a system where superstars are not only in charge of one agent, which is called business crossover. Cesare said as if it were someone else's business, and her handsome face didn't fluctuate, "Jennifer stepped into the A-list at the beginning of the year and became our front-line client. She has several agents who don't care about sharing. "
"And you care. Jeanne said she felt she was talking nonsense, and Cesare looked like someone who wouldn't even share a pizza.
"I don't even share pizza. Cesare said, and Jenny couldn't help but frown—this was the second time Cesare had been with her. "Of course I don't share my clients, but that's the first thing you learn about me: I don't share. "
"OK, you don't share. Jenny said nonchalantly, "Remember." So, you're looking for Jennifer's stand-in right now?"
"No, I'm looking for a specific subject, and Jennifer just proved by taking on Pearl Harbor that she doesn't meet my requirements. Cesare corrected her, "Let's talk about this later, but to get back to business, I'm not looking for a sexy actor, to be exact, I can't just have one acting skill, one face." And on you, what I suspect is that you don't have such a thing as acting skills, but you just have two personalities, one is the current you. "
He gestured to Jenny, as if that would sum up her current boredom and mediocrity, "There is also a kind of sexy you, who has a certain star momentum, can be a little popular as a specific type of actress, and even rush to the big screen and have a few B-grade movies tailored for you - not that there is anything wrong with this, but the change of face just now does not prove that you have acting skills." And I want to confirm that now. "
This person is really methodical and unhurried.
Jeanne thought to herself, but she didn't dislike Cesare because she was more methodical and unhurried than Cesare. - Although she is not sure whether she has acting skills or not, as long as she plays according to her methods, she will never lose this game.
"You want to test me. She said, smiling, "Come on, seriously, Mr. Vijeri, you're welcome." - Otherwise, the blockbuster blockbusters in the last two or three years, you can just name a few characters. Of course, if I've seen it, you know, I'm not financially well-off, and I won't go to the cinema for some unpopular films. "
Cesare pondered for a moment.
Titanic, Ruth Bookett. Sure enough, he chose a film that Jenny would never have seen before.
Jenny smiled.
In fact, with the number of times she practiced with "Titanic", she could perform her own style even if she didn't open empathy, but for insurance, she still started empathy.
In that moment, Ruth's life washed over her, she was floating on the sea, every breath was salty and icy pain, death was blowing cold mist at the back of her neck, and her lover was already in danger, about to be killed by the cold. A thin frost hung over his handsome face, and she could feel that his life would remain forever in this moment, frozen forever in this sea of ice.
But he told her not to let go and never give up. He said don't do that, you dare to say it? You can't say goodbye. (Don\\\'t you do that,don\\\'t sayyour good-byes. )
"I\\\'ll never let go. She muttered, with courage almost angry from the bottom of her heart, that they had walked through this together, and even though it was only a few days of sailing, it was all more meaningful than her doctors, and she could never give it up, and she could never give it up, and she must, for him, for herself, for the sake of him, for herself, and for the sake of herself, she had to persevere until the last moment.
With tears in her eyes, she promised her lover in her mind, "I'll never give up, Jack." (I\\\'ll never let go,Jack). "
Then Jenny disempathized and wiped her eyes with a tissue, and she spread her hand at Cesare, "Ta-dah." "
Cesare's expression finally changed subtly, but not to the point of gaffe, he glared at Jenny for more than ten seconds, then lowered his head, muttering to himself as he wrote. "The acting skills are too full, there is a sense of over-fire, there is no doubt that he is an experiential actor, he has not received professional training, but he is very talented, and after training, there is a lot of room for improvement. "
Very talented, very talented - Jenny couldn't help but say, "I didn't know how you knew how to praise people?"
"It's not a compliment, it's a fact. "Cesare put his pen down and suddenly attacked," Harry Potter, Professor McGonagall. "
Jenny was momentarily flustered, but of course she had seen such a famous series, but she had never simulated Professor McGonagall, and after a brief operation, she had unconsciously tightened her arms, straightened her back, and looked at the imps in front of her with weathered and wary eyes—God knows what trouble they could cause her...
"Welcome to Hogwarts—" she said, but before she could finish, Cesare said, "Stop." "
He ordered another, "The Sixth Sense of Life and Death," Susan Parrish. "
Jenny was a little headache by the frequent switching of empathy, and the most important thing is that she has no impression of this film at all, and she doesn't even remember the classic scenes. She was a little embarrassed and stuck, "Uh- can you wait for me a while? I need to adjust it." "
"So you still have confidence in yourself?" Cesare asked rhetorically.
Jenny nodded calmly.
"Then you don't have to try. Cesare made a surprise decision, "I already know you're not a big talker. What time does your afternoon shoot start?"
Cesare's conversation grew quickly, always jumping abruptly from one point to another, and Jenny began to understand why Jim was so afraid of him—Jim was clearly not a quick and methodical person.
But she is.
"1:15 p.m.," Jenny looked at her watch, "it's 11:25, and you have 1 hour and 5 minutes left to convince me." "
Cesare smiled for the first time since Jeanne saw him, and though it was more like a jet in his nose, the corners of his lips did curl upward. "Let me tell you how we arranged, now you go back to the set, eat, change clothes, put on makeup, and I'm going to leave to take care of business, and I'll go to see you perform in the afternoon, and if you pass the test, I'll tell you at the dinner table why you should let me be your agent. Do you have any opinion on this arrangement?"
"But you're not flying to New York right away—" Jenny was a little surprised.
Cesare pressed the call button on the room extension, "Nala, help me cancel my ticket to New York and tell them I'll come back tomorrow." "
Without waiting for Nala to answer, he released the button and continued the conversation with Jenny, "I was going to New York, right. "
"Am I worth your change?" asked Jenny.
"You're worth my reschedule. Cesare stood up and motioned for Jenny to go out with him, "But be warned, this isn't your bargaining chip. "
It was true that Jeanne was only now sure that Cesare was indeed impressed by her so-called 'talent' - in fact, she was a little unacceptable, Cesare had just shown such indifference that even though he was now complimenting her, or even showing favor to her, she did not feel that he really appreciated her performance.
"So—" She and Cesare stepped out of his office and toward the elevator, "Jim, I mean, aren't you waiting for him?"
Cesare pressed the elevator for her and walked in with her, he said. "This should be the second thing about me, Miss Jefferson. "
He compared his watch, "I pay attention to the time. "
The elevator doors closed, and Jenny stared at the sleek metal façade, and after a moment looked at the electronic billboard hanging on the elevator wall.
In the corner of the billboard, a flashing number told her that it was 11:32.
She looked again at the tall blonde man next to her, who was texting.
Cesare Viggeri really has a sense of time.
Note: About Hollywood's A\\\\B\\\\C list, I will introduce and popularize it to you later, but this concept is relatively vague and controversial, so I will also say it.
In addition, the investment of "Pearl Harbor" was 1.4E, claiming to compete with "Titanic", but in the end, the North American box office was 1.98E and the global box office was 2.5E, which was basically a fiasco at the level of no return. The careers of the heroes and heroines have also been greatly affected by this.
In addition, because of the needs of the plot, there will be some original characters in the film to replace the original actors in reality, I hope you understand, it's not that I hate the original actors, it's just more convenient to start the plot. I still like Kate Beckinsale, the actress of "Pearl Harbor", and her "Tales of the Night" is quite good.