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Ernest Dawson called her before and said that the new version of the script of "The Perfect Victim" has been completed. If Josie has time, she can come to the studio to take a look.

Although she had acted in a short film before, Josie was still looking forward to it, so she readily agreed.

Making friends with any talented director is a compulsory course for every actor, and she always keeps this in mind.

In particular, Ernest Dawson's talent has exceeded CAA's previous expectations for this talented student—yes, he is indeed a truly talented student, even though he doesn't look like it.

Before entering USC, he was a student of Cambridge University, a famous British school, but no one knew why he went to California to study filming, and was admitted to the AFI director training class. Even the crew included Lily White. , and only knew that Ernest was from England.

Josie heard from Martha that several agents had approached him, including the director's agent, screenwriter's agent...even a model agent.

But Ernest seemed to reject them all.

Martha reminded Josie before: "You can test his tone, it is a favor if you use it properly."

At that time, Josie couldn't help asking: "Fellowship, favor...isn't this circle just connected by favor?"

"There are also genitals." Martha's answer to this was, curling her lips in extreme disdain, "so once someone gets a dirty disease, most of the circle will be frightened and angry."

Emmmmmmmm…

How should I put it, the more filth is hidden behind the extravagant glitz, desire always expands with power, so never easily test how terrible human nature can be.

Some people want to sink into the sea, but there are still people who hesitate to move forward. This world not only has a dark side, but also has a bright side.

When Josie stopped the car, Ernest was already waiting there.

She drove a sky blue classic Jaguar today, and received a compliment from Ernest for the first time.

"Your car is beautiful," he added. "Like new. The owner loved it."

Josie readily accepted: "Thank you, but it is indeed new."

Her grandfather collected a lot of antique cars. Jaguar E-Type is not the most expensive one, but just like Ferrari Enzo said, it is indeed one of the most beautiful cars in the world.

——This "one" is a note added by Josie herself.

Forgive her, she is really not a very dedicated person, this sentence is also applicable to other aspects.

Ernest glanced at Josie quietly.

"I'm going back to London," he said almost abruptly.

"London?" Josie asked suspiciously. "What happened, Ernest?"

She regretted that "The Perfect Victim" was temporarily stranded, but Martha had reminded her before that not every project in Hollywood can be successfully made into a movie and appear in theaters smoothly.

On the contrary, there are more projects that die halfway.

"Something happened to my family..." Ernest looked at Josie and said with some difficulty, "Josie, listen to me, this movie cannot be made for the time being." He paused, "But I'd still like you to see the new script and some storyboards."

"Okay, I'm looking forward to it too." Josie observed Ernest's expression and felt that he didn't want to mention the British side, so she asked in a brisk tone: "Which way are you going? I'm yours today. guest."

"follow me."

They left the parking lot and entered this building in West Hollywood, where all kinds of small Hollywood workshops were stationed. Most of them just occupied an office and an operator. Of course, the purpose was not to make a profit, but to avoid taxes.

Ernest's studio was on the eighth floor, and the elevator was there in no time.

He opened the door with a key. Behind the door was a space of [-] to [-] square meters. Entering the door was an old sofa, a large table full of materials and video tapes, an open sketchbook on the table, several The folding chair is leaning against the corner, and the TV, coffee machine, and cold water jug ​​are all placed on the small bar next to it, as well as a refrigerator and a fax machine.

In addition, what attracted the most attention was the whiteboard hanging on the wall, with small notes of different sizes pasted on it. The largest one was a sketch of the heroine the size of a palm, only depicting a pair of arrogant and conceited eyes.

—that were Josie's eyes too.

"It looks good, there is a place for work and talk." Josie commented, "It's unexpectedly clean, did you ask someone to clean it?"

"No, not yet." Ernest pulled up a chair. "Sit down. Coffee or tea?"

"Just boiled water, thank you." Josie said.

Ernest first put the script written by himself in front of Josie, and went to find the cup by himself: "Do you want to add sugar?"

"No, absolutely not."

Josie began to read the script.

Ernest's handwriting is neat and somewhat flowing, and nearly every page is peppered with profuse notes and the occasional flash of inspiration, especially regarding the character of Iris.

Obviously, the role of the heroine has increased, her character background and growth experience have become clearer, and Iris has become more vivid.

Also more sympathetic.

Josie finished reading the new story in her hand with just half a glass of boiled water.

"You are too kind to Iris, Ernest." She commented, "Perhaps after the audience watched it, they recognized her actions and felt sympathy."

"What do you think?" Ernest sat beside Josie, "Do you approve of her?"

He rested his elbows on the table, clasped his fingers together, and his expression was as serious as ever.

Josie put down the script and replied, "If I say 'yes', will it appear that I am a bit evil."

Ernest twitched the corner of his mouth indiscernibly, "This is just a chat between friends, so there is no need to be too careful. Besides, this is just a movie, a fictional story."

"But with you, 'she' is truly alive, with flesh and blood." Josie tapped her temple lightly with her right index finger, "A living person."

"Maybe." Ernest didn't explain.

Josie then asked: "When is the plane, do I need to give you a ride?"

"No, there is a subway station within a 5-minute walk from my apartment." Ernest made a rare joke, "unless you hitchhike all the way to the countryside of London."

Josie raised her eyebrows and responded to him jokingly: "It's not impossible if you pay for the gas. I kind of miss the scenery of the English countryside."

Ernest gave a faint smile. "Sunshine, fields, Austin-style estates, and animal dung?"

"...can I not mention the last item?" Josie wrinkled her face exaggeratedly, "I originally wanted to talk about the rural scenery and garden scenery. The old grandpas and old ladies over there like to grow flowers and grow flowers." Grass."

"To add, it's old grandpas and old ladies who have money and leisure. I can imagine that the English pastoral style in your impression will not be the real life of the English rural country people. In fact, the suburbs of London have always been a summer vacation for the rich. One of the holy places." Ernest said seriously.

Josie was noncommittal, and she herself couldn't remember exactly when and where those memory fragments happened, but the manor she visited was very spectacular, and it was indeed orderly, just like the young lady in the famous British drama like my home.

Wait, which British drama is it?

She frowned subconsciously, and found that she couldn't remember...

"...Josie, are you listening?" Ernest asked. "Are you okay?"

Raising his head, facing a pair of ice-blue eyes full of concern, Ernest's flat expression changed, making his face glow with a different kind of brilliance.

Josie couldn't help smiling, and said softly, "Sorry, I was distracted. Where are we talking, Austen is still Shakespeare."

The British, especially the British who are literary and artistic, are always right to talk about Shakespeare, and even have extra points. After all, this is a magical country where you can talk about the weather for half an hour.

As for Austin, they also love this female writer very much. Her works have been remakes all the year round, and they still enjoy it.

"Francis Bacon," Ernest quotes, "'I hate violence, but I have often surrendered to it.' His writings are special and part of my inspiration."

Hearing the familiar name "Francis Bacon", Josie's first reaction was the famous phrase "Money is a good servant, but also an evil master", or "Love and wisdom, you can't have both".

Then, she thought that what Ernest mentioned was a British painter who passed away in the 90s, and the auction price of his works set a new record for contemporary art transactions.

His style of work is very grotesque, some people like it very much and pursue it, but some people feel uncomfortable, Josie is the latter.

So Josie didn't continue the topic, but just brushed it off.

She said: "I guess, you asked me to come here, not just to say this?"

The bright California sunshine penetrated through the glass, infecting most of the room, and the faces of the two blonde beauties who had been kissed by God.

Ernest raised his eyes slightly and looked at Josie.

The next morning.

The rotten Josie enjoyed a delicious breakfast in bed very comfortably. By the way, she roughly scanned today's newspaper, only to find the sports car maintenance bill sandwiched inside.

After clearing the decimal point for the second time, Josie let out an inelegant scream in annoyance: "Dorota!"

The Slavic woman who was promoted to be the only housekeeper of this villa appeared out of nowhere and asked, "What happened, my lady?"

"Collect all the recent gossip tabloids about my dad." Josie said viciously, "especially the one I personally wrote, pack it up and send it to my dad!"

She came down to public relations for him in person!

Both contributed and paid, only to receive a maintenance bill!

I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad!

Dorota didn't know what happened, but she agreed without any hesitation, and reminded: "It's 35:[-], are you sure you want to drive to the shooting base yourself?"

"Of course." Josie said as she got off the bed and put on her silk nightgown. "After filming the movie in hand, I will have money to hire a driver."

Generally, film remuneration will be paid according to three dates: after the contract is signed, during filming, and after the release. 40% of the early stage will be deducted by CAA for commissions and various miscellaneous upfront expenses, including this time's public relations expenses. What is left for Josie is less than Thirty thousand dollars.

She couldn't even give the cloakroom a big change of season... well, a little change is okay.

In any case, save up for the latest Motorola, I heard that ultra-thin models will be released soon, and it is always inconvenient to carry a brick every time.

Oh, by the way, Mark's birthday is coming up, and the twin sisters of the Rongsen family are also her playmates, so their gifts must be prepared.

It seemed necessary for her to go back to New York and apply for a visitation by the way.

"But you will be able to receive the money from the trust in September." Dorota reminded straightforwardly: "There is thirty thousand dollars in the account."

Thirty thousand dollars is neither too much nor too little.

Compared with the nearly 2000 million inheritance she inherited, a mere $[-] is just a drop in the bucket.

But in fact, the average annual salary of a middle-class family is only $401. They can have extra money deposited in [-]K (pension), drive a good BBA, and rent a good apartment.

According to this standard, her small life will definitely not be tight, but it is impossible to spend recklessly, and there is still a long way to go before financial freedom.

The monthly salary of a junior assistant in Hollywood is only a thousand dollars, and Josie earns 15 yuan in a movie as the heroine, which is still the package price of Paramount.

However, when she was studying in the Upper East Side, Qiao Xi spent more than three thousand dollars on school uniforms alone, not to mention the weekly courses, beauty care, etc. after becoming an actress, the money disappeared.

But the money is on the cutting edge. Every piece of Franklin in it is carefully caring for her appearance, her figure, and her soul, which makes her feel happy and satisfied.

If she had to pick and choose in order to save money, then she would probably feel that her soul would be hurt.

Josie stepped on the carpet with bare feet, walked into her cloakroom, rubbed a fur coat with a sweet expression, and sighed: "Oh, this is the smell of happiness and money, it's absolutely wonderful."

She is choosing today's look, like a queen patrolling the territory, her eyes are full of treasures that belong to her, which obviously brightens her bad mood.

According to Josie's instructions, Dorota took the opportunity to take the measuring tape and measured Josie's body size today. This will be Josie's routine every morning.

After Dorota finished recording the data, Josie also chose the clothes, shoes and accessories, and changed them on the spot without any hesitation.

Well, today is the reading session for the crew of "Leading the Coquettish", there is no need to dress up too much, as long as it is refreshing, natural and beautiful.

So it's still the forever classic T-shirt and jeans.

Grunge rock is prevalent in this era, and Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of the Nirvana band, leads the dressing style of young people today. Although he committed suicide by drinking a bomb at his home in Seattle in April, those baggy rock T-shirts and flannel shirt jackets There are also ripped jeans, anyway, how comfortable they are.

They even take pride in finding the perfect rock 'n' roll T-shirt at a thrift store.

However, the premise of being able to dress this style well is that the wearer must look good and have a rock temperament.

But most people don't care, they only care about comfort.

Just like now, at this reading session, most of the young people and even the director Amy Heckling are dressed similarly.

Including Paul Rudd who played the leading role.

The young actor was only 25 years old at the time, with a handsome face that could be squeezed out of water. Not long after returning from further studies in the UK, he starred in some TV series. This was his first film work.

Occasionally, he can't help showing a little Shakespeare accent when he reads his lines. It seems that Ben Kingsley's "Hamlet" has a deep influence on him.

As the leading actor, Luther is different from most of the young actors in this play. He looks more stable, and he is already what an adult should be.

——Although he has a gentle temperament like a good old man.

Brittany Murphy, who actually played the nerd in the movie, was much more lively than Luther. She was obviously pleasantly surprised to see an acquaintance here. Nervous state of mind.

"I'm so glad to see you!" Brittany didn't hide her joy, but she was a little hesitant, as if she was hesitating whether she should come forward to shake hands or give her a hug.

Josie opened her arms generously and said with a smile, "Hello, my friend, won't you give me a sweet hug?"