Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 324 Jennifer’s Choice

  Los Angeles, the metropolitan area, is sunny.

In an ordinary apartment on Seventh Street, Jennifer Lawrence was wearing suspender hot pants, sitting barefoot in a hammock, looking at the phone number on her mobile phone, and hesitated for a moment.

 She planned to find Link and talk face to face about signing the contract.

 While filming in Paris, she lived with Link for more than 20 days and got to know him quite well. Although he was a bit of a playboy, he had a very good character.

 She would feel more at ease if she discussed this matter with Link face to face and got his promise.

It’s just that Link was too busy, so he asked her to contact Ms. Catherine, the head of Palm Bay Brokerage.

This made her hesitate, wondering whether to wait until he came back to talk, or contact the woman named Catherine first.

 “Jennifer!”

Her cousin and agent Clausen strode in with a document in his hand and an excited smile on his sunburned face, "The contract is signed, the role is yours, and the basic salary is 200,000 US dollars." "

"So fast?"

 Jennifer nodded and said it was true.

 Clawson said excitedly.

Clawson asked in surprise.

 “Jennifer, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong with the contract?”

 Thinking of Link, Jennifer felt a little helpless.

Attached to it is a thick stack of scripts for "X-Men: First Class", which contains the responsibilities and obligations of the producers and actors, followed by terms such as the amount of remuneration.

Link is 21 years old this year, only one year older than himself. He is already worth hundreds of millions of dollars, owns many companies such as Link Music, and has many connections in the entertainment industry.

Link had previously sent a message saying that Fox Pictures had decided to give her the role. She didn't pay attention at the time. Just over two hours later, the staff of the "X-Men" audition team called and congratulated her on passing the audition and getting "The Magic Shape" Female's role.

Jennifer took the acting contract and read it.

At the time, she guessed that it might have something to do with Link, but she wasn't sure. She felt that she performed well in the audition. Now after hearing Clausen's words, she was sure that she could successfully get the role. Link should be helping her.

It was also because she wanted to understand this that she seriously considered signing with the Palm Bay Brokerage Company after receiving Link's invitation.

Jennifer shook her head.

"Palm Bay Agency? Link promised to help you pay the liquidated damages? There is also a 1 million signing bonus? Really?"

With this contract, as long as she does not violate the provisions of the contract during the filming period, the role is hers and no one can take it away.

Clawson asked.

Jennifer looked at the contract.

  Clausen is her cousin, ten years older than her. After graduating from college, he worked as a model assistant and agent in Hollywood. He is familiar with the entertainment industry and is her leader in the entertainment industry.

 Told her about Link’s invitation to join the Palm Bay Brokerage Company.

 “Sounds great, what are you hesitating about?”

"Yes, when I went to sign the contract, people from Fox Pictures said that you and the two leading actors, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, were the first ones to get the roles. They also I’m surprised that the production team decided to give the role to you so quickly.”

 But this kind of thing is related to her future, maybe even her whole life, so she has to be cautious.

Clawson said.

“Do you really think it’s okay? I haven’t heard of Palm Bay Brokerage. It should be a newly established brokerage company. Would it be better to go to a new brokerage company than the current one?”

Jennifer stood barefoot, poured two glasses of ice soda, and handed one to Clausen.

“It’s normal for you as an actor not to have heard of Palm Bay Agency, but I know this company.”

Clawson sat down on a wicker chair and introduced the Palm Bay Brokerage Company. This is a brokerage company established in 2008. Its main business is actor brokerage. Currently, it only has two artists, Link and Emma Stone.

 “Emma Stone?”

Jennifer knew Emma Stone, who was one year older than her and a non-academic grassroots actor. In the 2007 comedy "Too Bad", the two competed for a role called "Jules". She Lost to Emma Stone.

Before last year, Emma Stone had only played supporting actresses in a few low-budget campus comedy films, and was as unknown as she was.

 But starting from the second half of last year, Emma Stone first played the leading heroine in the campus comedy film "Scandal Project" produced by Screen Treasure Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner.

Then she partnered with A-list movie stars Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling to play the heroine in the movie "Crazy, Stupid, Love", and is one of the starring roles in the female-themed movie "Bridesmaids". I heard that she still has There are several scripts and there is no shortage of scenes to film.

At present, "Scandal Project" is undergoing pre-release publicity work. Emma Stone appears more frequently in the media and was named "one of the most noteworthy actresses of the year" by Vanity Fair.

 From this aspect, Link’s Palm Bay Brokerage Company is indeed good.

“Emma Stone is an actress highly favored by Palm Bay’s agents, and her rise is obvious. There’s another thing you probably haven’t noticed.”

 Clawson continued to explain.

The reason why Emma Stone can become the heroine of "Scandal Project" is because the film is invested and produced by Palm Beach Pictures. It is said that this film company was also invested and founded by Link.

"Link is a billionaire. He makes hundreds of millions from one record and tens of millions in a few minutes in the boxing ring. He is not short of money at all. This also leads to Palm Beach Pictures not being short of money. Because of this, many actors want to Joining the Palm Bay agency, especially actresses, they want to hook up with Link through this line, but Palm Bay does not accept submitted resumes and mainly relies on invitations, so no one has been successful yet. "

Clawson looked at her and said, "Jennifer, Link personally invited you to join Palm Bay, which shows that he values ​​you. I think this is a good opportunity."

 Jennifer thought about it for a while and thought that joining Palm Bay would be a good idea. Due to her relationship with Link, it would be better than working at IMG Model Agency.

IMG Agency is her current agency. When she was traveling to New York with her mother at the age of 14, she was discovered by a scout from IMG Agency. At that time, she was 170 centimeters tall in her teens, had good looks, and was suitable for modeling.

After persuading her parents and completing all high school courses in two years, she joined IMG and worked as a model for a few months. However, she was more interested in acting. Through the company's channels, she played several roles one after another. This year, she starred in "Burning" He is famous for two small-budget literary films: "The Plains of the Plains" and "Winter's Bone".

However, the IMG agency's main business is model agency. It has limited resources in the entertainment industry and limited support for her. This also led to her audition for the heroine of "Twilight" in 2008, and she lost to acting in the third round. Not as good as her Kristen Stewart.

Last year, Kristen became a global sensation with "Twilight" and became a youth idol and a first-line actress.

It is impossible to say that I am not envious.

She has also considered changing to another agency, such as CAA, William Morris WME, United Elite UTA and other top agencies. However, because she is not famous enough, it is difficult to join a big agency. Other small agencies are not as good as On IMG.

The Palm Bay agency seems to be better than IMG in the film industry.

Wanting to understand this, Jennifer told Clausen that Link sent a message asking her to contact a woman named Catherine. What she was hesitating about now was whether to wait a few days to talk to Link or go see this Catherine now.

 “Catherine? Is that Katherine Baker?”

Clawson asked.

“Link didn’t say anything, only that she was the head of the Palm Bay Brokerage Company.”

Jennifer looked at the messages on her phone and said.

"That's right. Catherine is Link's mother. Talking to her is no different from talking to Link."

 “Catherine is Link’s mother?”

Jennifer asked in surprise.

 She looked at the number on her phone and found it hard to decide for a moment.

If Catherine was just the general manager of Palm Bay, it would be okay if she called directly, but the other person was Link's mother.

 She and Link had an affair and had a close relationship.

 When facing Catherine, she would feel like meeting her boyfriend's parents, even though she and Link were not boyfriend and girlfriend, and there was some psychological burden.

 (End of this chapter)