Chapter 50 Who is the winner? 

 Jenny, of course, knew that Ann Benson would be her formidable enemy.

 When I played "CSI" before, it can be said that Nick and Huanita also had a slight pressure on the performance, but this pressure phenomenon promoted the audience's viewing experience due to the relationship between the characters-Nick's actor George was very surprised by Jenny in the performance, and even a little cramped, resulting in stumbling lines, and this happened to match Nick's mentality towards Huanita, so the effect of that episode was very good.

 This is a lucky cooperation, although there is a pressure scene, but both sides benefit, but when it comes to "Zhijiago", everything is different, this is a drama of two heroines, Velma and Locke have been in a strong struggle, whether it is cooperation or hostility, there is a fierce sense of competition between them. In other words, between these two characters, 'either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind', and in each confrontation scene, the audience will naturally follow the guidance of the plot and start thinking about who among them is the winner of this contest. No matter who is playing Velma or who is playing Lockhee, these two actors will inevitably be compared, and objectively speaking, from the distribution of plot scenes, Velma has the advantage in the competition, after all, she is glamorous and energetic in the whole musical, of course, Lockhee's role is more complex and has more room for excavation, but in terms of ornamentation, Velma really has more advantages.

 It was Dietrich who was playing this role before, and the contrast between Jenny and her strengths and weaknesses was so obvious that Verma's character advantage was completely overshadowed, and of course there would be no such problem. After replacing Ann Benson last week, Jenny realized in the first audition that she was not a character of Dietrich's level, except that her figure was not as good as her, and she was not as beautiful as her, Ann's acting skills were above average, her singing and dancing skills were quite good, plus Velma's plot bonus, when both of them were standing on the stage, she could not overpower Ann as much as Dietrich, and there was even the possibility of being suppressed by Ann. - not to suppress the scene, but to say the limelight, the audience's attention will definitely be attracted to Ann, and she will no longer be the only star in the scene.

 It cannot be denied that at that moment, Jenny's heart was a little sour, although it was only more than a month, but she was used to this feeling that the attention of the audience was focused on her alone, and when she signed autographs for fans every day, the words she heard, 'I just came to watch the show for you', 'You are the brightest star in the audience', somewhat made her forget that "Chicago" was originally a play with two protagonists. But she is not Dietrich after all, and it is impossible for her to learn from Dietrich to do any off-the-clay tricks - if she doesn't even have the confidence to play with An Biao, how can she act with those actresses and actresses in the future?

 However, real gold is not afraid of fire, and after a few rehearsals, Jenny also has a certain confidence and prediction of what the whole performance situation will be - this is not a competitive sport after all, and the suspense will not be revealed until the last minute. Including Dietrich's full suppression, it has also been reflected in the rehearsal, but it has not been reacted by the audience and has not attracted James's attention. Although Ann is very good, she is not bad either, even if she doesn't open the golden finger, she won't lose too much, after all, in the past few months, she has not been idle, and she has always improved.

 Although at first I was a little incomprehensible about Cesare's decision to let her play in the musical, it was purely out of dedication that I did my best. But now Jenny has discovered the charm of this decision, not to mention the basic progress made in the audition and rehearsal process, in the past month and a half, one performance a day, this rhythm arrangement has been very helpful for Jenny's acting progress. Of course, this kind of progress can only be felt by herself, because her performance has always been an amazing score of over 100 points, and only Jenny herself knows which ones are the help of the golden finger and which are her own achievements.

 In the premiere and the week after, Jenny has been in the state of playing the golden finger to the whole scene, her empathy effect decay time is about five minutes, about every five minutes into the entertainment space to open the gold finger on the line, after many times of practice and three to one time flow rate, the speed of her switching the gold finger is almost negligible, as long as the timing is arranged, with their acting skills excessively, you can play the whole scene seamlessly, but after coming down, you will have a headache because you open the gold finger too often.

 After a week, Jenny was using a combination of goldfinger and real acting, and thanks to her group of tech stream fans, she could easily see the feedback on the discussion board. For example, today she is singing "Nowadays" by herself, and "Roxie" has opened a golden finger, then there will be a post on the forum to give feedback on her "Today" yesterday and today: ""Roxie" is still very stable, but in "Today" I think Jenny sang better yesterday..."

 Of course, not everyone can buy tickets for two days next to each other, so Jenny also made a goldfinger diary for every performance she performed in every scene, so that she could refer to it when reading movie reviews. With these enthusiastic volunteer critics, she can see the progress of her acting skills very intuitively – at least in the play "Chicago", her progress is completely palpable.

 With the advancement of time, first of all, the singing and dancing part, whether there is a golden finger or not, the audience's reaction is gradually similar, and then the acting dialogue part, now the day with the golden finger will be commented as 'in a particularly good state, very moving', and if you naturally act, the audience's feedback is also 'shiny and moving'.

 In addition, Jenny herself also feels that she is more able to devote herself to the role, maybe she is not too talented, and it takes a lot of practical practice to achieve the point that those talented actors can achieve overnight, but with the help of the performing arts space, she knows what it is like to be fully committed to the role and restrained into the role, with such an ideal state, it is not so impossible for her to adjust herself to move closer to the full score. She now vaguely grasps the state of entering the play - it is still more subtle to say, while abandoning herself, she still has a trace of self-awareness, but when she really grasps that state, she feels that she will not act worse than the upper body of the golden finger. All she has to do is keep practicing, and in practice she learns how to quickly grasp this state and keep it up.

 The stupid bird flies first, with three times the flow rate of the entertainment space and the counterweight playback function (James arranged for someone to record the whole performance before, and Jenny asked for a copy of the DVD, she can also replay it in the space), as long as her perseverance is enough, the speed of progress will be faster than others.

 In the last week, Jenny didn't open a golden finger for the first time, and she successfully smoothed the show down, without any mistakes, whether it was the audience comments waiting for autographs after the show, or the fan repo on the discussion board, and even the comments in the drama review column, they were all very good, and no one felt that her performance was worse than usual.

 In the previous rehearsal with Ann, Jenny also let Mary record the whole scene, although this is not in accordance with the rules, but she is now privileged after all, even James did not talk much. After watching the rehearsal, she thinks that she and Ann should probably be on par without opening the golden finger, the two of them share their attention equally, and no one is better or worse.

 This is an objective review result, but Jenny thinks that the comments and feedback may not be so objective, first, she knows that her time to be popular is too short, and the feeling of being airborne is still very strong, and even many people in the troupe think that she is airborne by relationship, and her strength is SoSo. And Ann has been in the industry for four or five years, and her resume is more beautiful and orthodox, so when the two are evenly matched, critics may praise Ann more and think that her performance is up to expectations. Second, she and Ann have different starting points, Ann's ex is Dietrich, and she is successful as long as she does better than Dietrich, while Jenny's starting point is herself, and she does as well as before, and others don't think it will be a surprise.

 Besides, and more importantly, the third is that Jenny has been performing for more than a month, and many regular audiences, including critics, have begun to fade their novelty about her, while Ann is still a new face, foreign monks can chant sutras, and people will always be more tolerant and enthusiastic about new geniuses.

 This is the entertainment industry, people like the new and hate the old very quickly, even if she is improving, but as long as the speed of progress cannot keep up with the speed of the emergence of latecomers, it will be ruthlessly abandoned by critics and public attention. - When Jenny was the shocker, she must have wanted to be able to honor her abilities and enjoy the dividends of freshness, but now that she is a defender, she has complex, even resentful and helpless emotions about the completely unchanged rules.

 To sum up, it was a game that was destined to be unfair before it even started, and Jenny could already predict the outcome - she and Ann were both very good, on equal terms with each other, and then the critics praised Ann in the comments, 'New Face of Broadway', 'Eye-catching Young Talent in Musical', 'The Best of Velma', and then in the comments, the meaner comment that 'Ann Benson overwhelmed Jennifer Jefferson', and the kinder ones said' Jennifer finally met a strong opponent, and although she did well, ... the conclusion was that "Chicago" had two leading actresses who were well above the limit, and this year's Tony Awards were for them. '

 Maybe it's selfish to say that, but Jenny doesn't need this 'but', and of course she wants Chicago to be a true masterpiece that wins the Tony Awards, but if this result needs a 'but' as a foundation, then I'm sorry, she will never cooperate.

 Seriously, she did apologize to Ann, and she hoped it was a fair game so she didn't have to cheat and could respect her opponent. However, when the reality is not as she wants, she can only turn on the golden finger.

 As the signal was given, she took fifteen steps in the darkness to her buried position, watching Ann's "All That Jazz" and silently counting the beats in her heart.

 "3,2,1,3,2,1..."

 The police showed up and took Velma away... The lights change...

 Between the lightning and flint, Jenny opened the acting space and skillfully selected.

 "She's a tough enemy. She said to herself, "But I'll win." "

 The light came to her, and she opened her eyes, feeling better than ever.

 She will win.

 #

 Jennifer's performance was different—— Brantley realized it almost immediately.

 This wasn't the second time he had seen Chicago, and although there was little mention of the regional phenomenon in his reviews, Brantley saw it at least five times. Of course, he wouldn't be looking at Dietrich or anything else, but Jennifer. Even on the discussion board on IMDB, Brantley would often log on to read the review (and occasionally read some J.J.J. gossip, though he soon realized that there wasn't much valuable information to be wasted on). He was very familiar with Jennifer's performance, so she had just made an appearance tonight when Brantley noticed that something was wrong.

 Perhaps because of the different subjects of the performance, Jennifer appeared in a different state tonight, which is extremely rare for her. - Although the state of many actors fluctuates, Jennifer the Monster does not, she is like a humanoid player, no matter how many times she replays it, her performance is still extremely stable, there will not be a day when she is particularly good, but there will never be a time when her performance is slightly worse. But tonight, she seems to be very excited, and as soon as she appears on the stage, she will be more 'free' than usual, if she and Dietrich co-starred with 100% of the firepower in the high tide section, then today she took out 120% of the firepower as soon as she appeared on the stage, whether it was the tightness of her body, or the fullness of emotions contained in her lines, and even her steps and movements... can show the anomaly of Jennifer's state tonight.

 "Could it be that in the previous performance, in order to cooperate with Dietrich, she also suppressed herself?" Brantley panicked: if this is the case, how high is Jennifer's normal level?"No, it can't be, it must have been because Ann's excellent performance stimulated her, so she broke through herself again. "

 This kind of acting breakthrough brought by co-acting with excellent actors is not uncommon, Brantley has a feeling of 'relief', but he can't help but be a little lost, he is very familiar with this feeling, every time he witnesses the rise of a talented new star on the Broadway stage, as a normal person with ordinary qualifications, Brantley will have a faint envy and helplessness. The talent and hard work of these people are so dazzling, it is like a miracle, and he is not without ambition or without opportunities, purely because of insufficient talent, so he can only choose to witness the miracle happen.

 From the signing of Ann Benson's contract to her debut, the period will not exceed half a month, and even Jennifer's appearance on the Broadway stage is a month and a half, and she can make another breakthrough on the basis of the original perfection in this short period of time. This is tantamount to creating another miracle on top of a miracle, and this 'this impossible' mood makes Brantre even pay attention to Ann, who is also very good, and only wants to know how Jennifer can go.

 Ann was excellent, and after the first "All That Jazz" her second dance was "Cell Block Tango", the remaining five female prisoners were eclipsed by her singing, and in that song, she dominated the audience and made the audience mesmerize and applaud her.

 But Jennifer is a miracle, even if Ann is already so good, she can't take away Jennifer's dominance in the occasion she plays with, which shouldn't be the case - she's prettier than Ann, but the gap is very small, and it's a musical, and most of the time the audience can't see her face clearly. With the talent and strength shown by Ann, as well as the role of the two, there is no reason for Lockhee to show any dominance when he asks Velma for help and is ridiculed by Velma.

 But Jennifer just has a way of getting the audience's eyes to stare at her, and it's not a strength that can be determined by some technical details, it's not, it's hers - her momentum.

 Yes, it's her momentum. There is an indescribable aura about this girl, even if she looks surprisingly thin and flat after removing her makeup, and she is completely devoid of the country and city on stage, but when she appears in the spotlight, when she looks at the audience, it is as if she is ... It's as if she has this stage, as if she is today's birthday star, and the audience is her personal guest, she is so unreasonable to use the birthday star's privilege to drag away everyone's attention, and hold the dominance firmly in the palm of her hand. Neither Ann nor Dietrich had any impact on her rule.

 Of course, there are still differences, when the opponent is Dietrich, this scene is decent, although there is Jennifer this big highlight, but because of Dietrich's existence, the audience will still play from time to time, but now, Dietrich has also changed to a strong player, the audience feels like being brought from an audio-visual feast to another audio-visual feast, this is simply a spiritual multiple climax, starting from Ann's first dance, it has been constantly rushed, and it has lasted for dozens of minutes, before it is briefly returned because of the solo segment of lawyer Billy fell, but quickly, because of Jennifer's reappearance, it ushered in a period of euphoria.

 Another significant difference is the performance state of the two leading actresses, Jennifer was obviously mobilized by Ann's strong enemy, that is, Ann, in the scene where Jennifer performed with her, it was also obvious that her state was more 'free' and more incisive than before. She performed "I Can't Do it Alone" for Jennifer, which was orderly and easy in the busy, even if one person played two roles, and the audience was so lively that she even threw a flattering eye at the audience in her busy schedule, causing a few unbearable whistles. As for the several dialogues between the two, as well as the intrigue scenes, there are even more sparks, Velma's strength and cunning, Lockhee's hypocrisy and small calculations, are all played very thoroughly by their lines and figures, as an audience, you don't even need too strong understanding to understand the deep characters of the two of them.

 In the previous performance, the climax of the audience was actually Jennifer's "Roxie", because in the dance between the two, Dietrich could not support her role, resulting in the last song "Nowadays" with some flaws that are difficult to support. But today, things are different, although the two actresses have played against each other before, but they have not danced against each other, and when these two equally radiant beauties slowly walked down the steps side by side with Da Yu, the audience fell into a frenzy.

 "You can like life now," Velma sang, glaring visibly at Loxi, as if intent on overshadowing her.

 "You can live as you like. Lockhee winked at the audience unmoved, "You can even marry Harry at the same time—"

 "While messing around with Ico. Velma hurriedly made up for the audience.

 As the dance music gradually warmed up, the audience abandoned the etiquette of watching the play, and some of the audience in the back row stood up and whistled vigorously, accompanied by warm applause and cheers. Lockhee and Velma threw off their coats, revealing a wonderful flesh wrapped in a close-fitting short dance skirt, which stimulated the enthusiasm of the audience even more, this musical is now even like a rock concert, when the pure dance clip of "Hot Honey Rag" arrived, Velma twisted his hips and challenged Locke, and Locksey was not to be outdone while twisting his body, while raising his chin at Velma, this beautiful woman fighting, living and fragrant amazing pictures, it was simply stunned, dizzying- This visual assault at its purest, direct to the primal instinct, finally provoked a wave of cheers, and the audience was so loud that it even briefly drowned out the music.

 "I wish it was never over!" Jon, who had come to see the show for the second time, shouted hoarsely, and she cried out as she walked with her new friend Harry, "I can't believe they put on a show this afternoon—— I'd like to see two shows in a row if I could! Or maybe I could see the afternoon one, after all, the first show is always better, don't you say, Harry?"

 "You've had pretty good luck. Harry said, "I'm sure you didn't expect Velma's cast to change when you bought the ticket, and it was so coincidental that it was on the day you bought it." Wella and the others were depressed, they bought yesterday's tickets, and when the news came out, knowing that the first change in Velma was after tonight, Wella was so angry that she cried. "

 "Look, we should go back to the back alley and wait for Jennifer. Jon wasn't listening to Harry's analysis at all, she was still immersed in the excitement after watching the movie, jumping up and down with Harry's arm in her arms, "I was with my mom last time, I can't stay, I can't miss it tonight." Come on, Harry, didn't you say Jennifer would sign at least fifty names, maybe we could get a good position so I had J.J.'s signature, and maybe I'll have Verma's signature later. "

 Harry happily was dragged into the back alley by Jon, but they were quickly dumbfounded - even Harry didn't expect that there were already hundreds of people waiting in the back alley, and from the time of the end, they were either spectators who left the show without watching it (but Jon wondered how anyone would be willing to leave early), or they didn't buy tickets at all, but just came to block people, and by the way, fans queuing up for the midnight box office.

 "No way. The experienced Harry immediately concluded, "There's no way J.J.J. is going to sign us in." "

 But instead of going home, he pulled the frustrated Jon to the door of the ticket office, "Let them wait there in vain for Jennifer, it's half past ten now, and with an hour and a half of small talk, we can buy tickets for half a month later - the best location!"

 Jon was happy again, and she agreed without thinking, "Okay, that's it!"

 #

 Compared with the excited fans, Jenny backstage is much calmer, she can even be said to be very unexcited - two performances in one day is a great test of physical strength, especially when she is excited by Ann again, she is more excited than usual, and now after everything is over, she is so tired that she can almost fall asleep directly.

 But she obviously can't go home now, just like welcoming her debut, tonight for An's debut, there is also an After Party backstage, if she refuses to attend, I want to know how much malicious gossip will circulate outside, besides, An Xin may not be very comfortable. So, taking the opportunity to change clothes, after sleeping in the entertainment space for an hour, she also came out of the dressing room and joined the lively party.

 As in the last performance, she was immediately surrounded by a pile of greetings and compliments, and although it was Ann's party, judging from the people's performance, they didn't seem to value Ann more than her, and in Jenny's opinion, this should be an affirmation of her performance, just like when Brantley and Patrice came to greet her after the Critics' Show in the afternoon. This was all seen by Jenny as evidence of her victory.

 After greeting him around, Jeanne happily walked to Cesare's corner, ready to show off her success to him, and taunt him at his lunchtime success.

 "Good evening. She opened with a toast. But all the words were swallowed before she could say anything, and Jeanne watched Cesare for a few seconds, then retracted the smile on her face. "What's wrong, Chesa?"

 Cesare didn't mean to hide it, he nodded stiffly at Jenny, "Did you see Agatta?"

 "See, we talked a little more. Jenny found Agata in the crowd, talking to Ann Benson, "What's wrong?"

 "The man next to Agata is her friend," Cesare said quietly. "It took me a lot of effort to get him through Agata to come to tonight's show. It's a pity that my efforts have become someone else's wedding dress, and it seems that he is more interested in Ann than in you. "

 Jeanne followed Cesare's instructions, her brow furrowed, but soon relaxed. - Since Renee can put up with the naked consumption of her propaganda slogan of 'Our Locke is better', there is nothing to say about Ann inadvertently snatching away her preparatory connections tonight, Shit thing happens everyday, when Jenny and Agata greeted each other just now, the man was on the side, but it seemed that he didn't mean to talk to her at all, and Ann hadn't even come out of the dressing room at that time, which can only be said that people just like Ann that type, not Cesare, She's even Agatta's fault.

 "I'm not a dollar, I can't be loved. She comforted Cesare, but also asked out of curiosity, "What kind of big man is he, and can you care so much?"

 "During your performance of Chicago this year, there will be 12 B-level productions that have not decided on a heroine or first supporting actress, and 3 A-level productions will enter the formal preparation stage," although there is no expression, Jenny can still see that Cesare is still angry, and he said in a flat tone, "They will all start shooting in the second half of the year, and in these 16 films, the people who have the voice of the protagonist are roughly estimated to be a total of 78 people, of which 23 are regular." Living, or often coming to New York, I was able to hook up with a total of 16 people to watch the show, just one for a movie. "

 Hearing this, Jeanne was already dazed by Cesare's series of calculations - the agent seemed to be a simple pimp, but Cesare had a way of making her think that it would take a talent comparable to that of a financial wizard to do a good job.

 "Damn. She said with emotion. "So you've really thought everything through, haven't you? The whole work of the musical is to give you the most convenient merchandise show or something?"

 Cesare ignored Jeanne's words and raised his chin in the direction of Agatta, "Gore Verbinski is the most important of the 16, and he represents one of my favorite A-grade productions. "

 "What?" a not-so-good premonition rose from Jenny's mind, and she asked Cesare, "What production?"

 Cesare furrowed an eyebrow and glanced at her, as if to weigh whether he should tell her the truth, and after a moment he raised his glass and took a big sip.

 "Disney's highlight next year," he said, his tone suggesting that he still hasn't let go, "Pirates of the Caribbean." "

 Pirates of the Caribbean ...

 Jenny said weakly, "Damn. "

 The author has something to say: Note: Gore Verbinski is a real person, he was the director of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean...

 Pirates of the Caribbean shouldn't need popular science, the most profitable series in the world...