Chapter 29: Lilian's Question

 "Yes, the Chesa is the light that takes up the family. Lillian took a black dress and compared it to herself, shook her head, and put it back on the hanger. "You know he's been running around since he was a kid, and for a while he lived in New York with his grandparents — that's when we met, and for a while he lived in France with his mother and stepfather, and it wasn't until he came back to LA and went to high school that he settled down completely. Anyway, since he was a child, he followed the adults everywhere to make friends, and sometimes Chesa's family joked that he was the one who mastered the whole family's connections, and that others only knew a part. "

 Jenny also took a small black dress to admire, Chanel's little dress is still very classic, if you choose the right one, you can wear it for several years without looking outdated. He didn't look like a child raised by a lot of families at all—but yes, Cesarey looked like the kind of guy who didn't giggle since he was a baby, and who never knew what it meant to pee his pants. "

 Lillian couldn't stop laughing, "Yes, I know what you mean, Chesa's parents have been busy, you know, plus they got divorced later. Chesa's grandparents weren't the type to raise children, and they were also divorced when Chesa used to live, so it's a miracle that Chesa was able to grow up like this. They all said that he was the most serious person in the whole family, and that he was a complete outlier of the Schmidt family. "

 "Oh, so his father's last name was Schmidt. Jenny picked out a small dress, "What do you think of this one, Lil dear?"

 "It's pretty good. Lillian came over and looked at the price tag, "It's just too cheap." "

 Jenny pressed the urge to sigh: Needless to say, Lillian was arguing with Cesare again.

 - Probably considering Jenny's current financial situation, Lillian took out a card and showed Jenny as soon as she showed up today, "All the expenses today will be paid by Chesa." "

 Jenny wasn't pretentious, Cesare needed her to appear in front of Rob in a glamorous and decent manner, and she was willing to pay for it, and she didn't have to refuse.

 But that doesn't mean she'll climb up the pole and brush off tens of thousands of dollars a day, Jenny's original plan was to buy a designer dress, preferably for multiple occasions, so that she can maximize the value of the dress, and then other accessories, she can choose from the legacy of the original Jenny. I don't plan to spend Cesare's money anymore, at most if I find the right shoes, I buy a pair, because the original Jenny's taste is not too good, and many shoes are bought cheaply, and Jenny feels a little unable to wear them.

 As soon as she entered Dior, she went straight to the dress that was very expensive, and it meant that she was going to blow up Cesare's card today, and Jenny told her that it was too grand for dinner, and she changed her strategy and wanted to fill Jenny's wardrobe and buy her a few outfits, but Jenny had no choice but to solemnly declare that she only planned to buy a dress today.

 So that's it, Lilian's current goal is to find the most expensive one in the dress, in short, to kill Cesare to be happy. She is not so angelic today, and the eldest lady is more on the side.

 Jenny didn't plan to get used to Lillian's temper, she went straight into the fitting room to change her skirt, came out to take a look, and sure enough, it was beautiful, "That's it, there is just a pair of shoes at home to match, okay, my shopping for today is over." "

 Lilian pouted childishly, procrastinating, Jenny took her to the checkout counter, and waited for her to pull the card before smiling and saying, "Next, I'll accompany you to buy clothes, don't you have a Chesa card? Who made him you off?"

 "Hey, hey. Lillian laughed sheepishly, "So you can see that." "

 But she still put the card in her bag, "Yes, I have a strong desire to buy today, but I don't want to spend his money, go, accompany me to try on the dress I fancie." "

 Women go shopping, nothing more than that, praise each other but also have to discuss seriously, Chen Zhen has rich experience in this, in her previous life, she didn't know how many times she accompanied her mother-in-law to go shopping, and now she tried a knife, and easily coaxed Lilian to smile, and she was in a good mood and bought several gorgeous clothes, plus matching jewelry, perfume and makeup, and pulled out more than 10,000 US dollars casually. A morning passed, and both of them walked with sore legs, so they casually went into a restaurant for lunch.

 "Now, I'm much happier. After ordering a lot of junk food, Lillian announced, "But why didn't you ask me why I was arguing with Chesa?"

 Jeanne really didn't want to get too involved in Cesare's private life, but she and Lillian were good friends, so sometimes it was hard to avoid it. "yes, why did you quarrel with Chesa?"

 Although she didn't show her emotions, Lillian wasn't stupid, and she smiled helplessly, "I'm sorry, if I had a second friend here, I shouldn't have said these things to you." "

 Her face darkened, "Actually, that's what I like to be most dissatisfied with him, you know, I'm a New Yorker, and I didn't go to college in California." I came to Los Angeles for medical school, and it was because of Chesa. This is true even now of working in a hospital here, almost all of my friends and college classmates are in New York, where I have basically no friends, and Chesa is the only reason I have to stay in Los Angeles. "

 Maybe it was emotional, Lillian's speech was a little messy, "It's not because I regret it, or because I blame him, it's what I'm willing to do - Jenny, as long as I can be with him, it's not a problem." "

 It could be seen that Lillian was really in love with Cesare, and Jenny frowned, "So what's the problem?"

 Lillian thought for a moment and shook her head in disappointment, "I don't know, I love Cesa very much, and Cesa loves me too, we are healthy, young, wealthy, and love each other... I don't know where it's not enough. "

 When the meal came, the two fell into a brief silence eating, and after a while, Lillian said, "Maybe it's because we're both too busy." You see Chesa came back almost only during bedtime, and I had to change shifts a lot, so maybe I should choose a general practitioner after my internship so that I could spend more time with him. "

 Jenny also knew that Lillian was really lonely, otherwise she wouldn't be so enthusiastic about herself, just like she said, her entire social circle was in New York, and most of her classmates at USC Medical School were going their separate ways, and they were also horribly busy, "Maybe it's a good choice, you know that many families are male and female, Cesare's income can fully cover the family expenses, even if he can't, you have a fund, and you can even choose a full-time housewife after marriage." "

 "I don't want to give up my job. Lillian shook her head instead, and she suddenly burst into laughter, "What nonsense I was talking about, I can't even accept me as a general practitioner." Jane, I'm very dependent on the Chesa now, and if I give up my career, he'll be the whole of my life. Of course, many women can accept this, my sisters and sisters are living like this, and I ..."

 She sighed, "I'm not against this kind of life either, you could even say that I'm a little yearning, it's just ... I think I'm going to be even more upset if I just have to rely on Chesa a little more. "

 "Do you think he doesn't love you enough?" asked Jenny. "Or do you not trust him very much? It's a serious problem, and I think you need to talk about it. "

 "Almost 80 percent of the fights are because of this," Lillian said, "and my psychiatrist told me I should talk to Chesa about it, and that this trust issue would be a big obstacle between us." But — but I don't know what to say — Chesa feels that we're fine now, and there's nothing wrong with that. "

 She exhaled, "I'm insisting on living in my house anyway and not swiping his card, though he's happy to—maybe because I don't want him to say to me, 'Look, baby, I've spent hundreds of thousands for you, doesn't that prove I love you?'"

 As it turned out, Lillian had been smiling all morning, and once she opened the conversation, she was in a low mood and vented non-stop, and Jenny, as a passer-by, spent the whole afternoon as a dutiful listener, and only at dinner time did the two break up in the mall parking lot and drive home separately.

 After a terrible traffic jam in the evening, when I got home, it was already more than seven o'clock in the evening, Jenny casually made some salad to eat, and hastily exercised, after taking a shower, although she was inexplicably very tired, she was still not allowed to rest by herself, and went directly into the performance space.

 The dinner with Rob was just two days away, and time was already precious, and I spent the whole afternoon socializing today, and now of course I had to work overtime to rush back. Jenny had seen the inside of Chicago the musical in real life before, so now she can choose it to watch, simulate, and see the stage in the entertainment space. After she got the platter, she had been studying and simulating it for more than 70 hours, which is a whole day in reality.

 It was also the first time she had been in the space for so long, and after exiting the space, Jenny had a headache for at least two hours and vomited several times. In fact, to be honest, she is still a little instinctively frightened when she enters the space now, but there is no way, the time is limited, and no matter how afraid she is, she has to bite the bullet.

 Because of her love of film and television, Chen Zhen had also watched some musicals in her previous life, but she certainly did not have such a good understanding of the film industry, she had been to Broadway, but she didn't catch up with "Chicago", she watched "Cats", and the information given by Cesare was not boring for her to read, that is, the names of the people were a little difficult to remember, but people were forced out, and they were recited repeatedly by assault methods, and now she has at least a little impression of the whole Broadway in her mind, so that there will be no Rob joking, she is dumbfounded and does not know what to do. However, Jenny's focus is definitely on the materials related to "Chicago".

 "Chicago" was originally a play in 1926, and it was about the real story of the time, a housewife who wanted to enter the show business, but was cheated out of money and sex, and beat her lover to death in a fit of rage. After being arrested and imprisoned, because of the lawyer's clever manipulation of public opinion, as well as the psychology of the jury and the judge, he was finally acquitted of prison, but became famous for a while, gaining both fame and fortune. It's a dark comedy with a strong sense of irony, vividly recreating the glitz and gross of Chicago and the bad roots of the people. Later, it was adapted into a musical in the 70s, and it has been released ever since, with many singing passages that are popular, and the heroines Lockhee and Velma are also characters with strong personalities, complex human nature, and difficult to portray. In all the previous performances, they are all played by real actresses with a certain amount of experience and fame, not the simple role of Hua Dan, of course, this is also because both of them are young women in the play, so they also have the needs to meet the role.

 Jenny is only 20 years old this year, and she barely said that New Year's Day is 21, which is too young for her age. But in terms of singing skills and dancing, after watching the video version, she didn't feel that she had lost too much to the leading actors at that time.

 Let's talk about dancing first, she was originally interested in dancing, and she also has talent, after a few months of special training, she has already danced well, tried it in the space, and Jenny herself is very satisfied with the effect. - She is not the kind of character who treats herself leniently, but she is even more demanding on herself, and even she is satisfied, which shows that she is really good.

 In terms of singing, Jenny's voice is good, Chen Zhen used to learn vocal music when she was a child, and later gave up because of poor voice conditions, but the foundation is still there, and she has also taken classes, she tried to learn to sing, anyway... At least she sings better than Renee, and although the recorded version of Lockhee sings well, her voice is a bit ducky, at least she is better than the original actor in this regard, and the rest is up to you.

 As for acting, musicals... Music first, drama second, the acting skills of the filmed actress are a little unmentionable in front of Jenny, who has opened a golden finger, let alone compared with Renee.

 To sum up the above three points, Cesare's idea, although it was whimsical, was surprisingly not completely unoperable. Objectively, Jenny's hardware is enough, and the biggest obstacle is actually the view of the Broadway portal and her own humble reputation.

 And the only way to defeat these two obstacles is Rob Marshall. It is no wonder that Cesare would give her a full four or five days to concentrate on preparing this dinner—he could sell her to Rob, he could show him a lot of information, he could arrange the dinner, but in the end, Rob had to judge whether she was worthy of his recommendation through Jeanne as a person, and the only one who could conquer him was Jeanne herself.

 To put it bluntly, Jenny fully understands why Lilian couldn't find security in Cesare, who wasn't someone to rely on for no reason. He doesn't look like Dave, it's almost a collection of security, although he gives her a good opportunity, but so far, Jenny doesn't have much security for him, working with Cesare is like playing hurdles, every hurdle is a beautiful and coveted opportunity, but the hurdle is getting higher and higher, At the end of the day, you still have to rely on yourself, it's yours to step over, you can't cross it-

 So far, Jenny has done quite well, and she doesn't want to know what will happen if she doesn't cross it, and she has made up her mind that no matter what means are used, she must get Rob Marshall.