Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 130 The future sales leader and big influencer

In the next room, Ovitz is equally shocked by Jamie's decision.

"Spinoff?"

"Yes, a spin-off drama starring Charlie Harper, tentatively titled "Two and a Half Men."

Ovitz was confused.

He can understand both male protagonists, but judging from the title of the play, what does the other half of the male protagonist mean?
"A boy can only be counted as half because he is underage."

Jamie explained.

But Ovitz is more concerned about the relationship between this boy and Charlie.

"nephew."

Jamie answered simply.

This was a bit beyond Ovitz's expectations. He thought Jamie would set him up to be Charlie's illegitimate son.

Because this is more in line with Charlie's character setting of a playboy and a scumbag.

"Don't forget, "Modern Family" will be presented in the form of a mock documentary, and most of the actors will play themselves in it, and this spin-off series is no exception."

Jamie reminded.

In its previous life, "Modern Family" was so popular in the United States that this pseudo-documentary style was indispensable.

In this life, Jamie has another reason to insist on the pseudo-documentary style.

His ultimate goal in filming "Modern Family" is to make the actors in it popular, and then let these actors better sell products to the audience in TV shopping programs.

It is very important for actors to play themselves in TV series.

Because the actors have the same identity inside and outside the drama, it will be easy for viewers to confuse the boundaries between TV dramas and TV shopping ads.

This effectively avoids the situation where the characters in the play are popular but the actors are not.

Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious.

"Appearing under a real name" will completely tie the actor to the work. When you transition to other works in the future, you will find that no matter how good your acting skills are, the audience will always only remember your initial role.

Robert Downey Jr., the "Iron Man" in his previous life, is the most typical example.

After playing Iron Man, no matter what role Robert Downey Jr. plays, the audience will only see Tony Stark.

And Robert Downey Jr.'s movies outside of Marvel basically all ended up flopping at the box office.

That's why Jamie cast a bunch of non-commissioned actors to play their true roles.

To put it bluntly, he is just using TV series to create "Internet celebrities" of this era, rather than cultivating these people into real actors.

Ovitz has been a celebrity agent for so many years, but his thinking is still stuck in the old mode. He turned around after Jamie's reminder.

"Modern Family" focuses on reality, and as a spin-off, "Two and a Half Men" certainly has to maintain this style to a certain extent.

It is obviously inappropriate to give Charlie an illegitimate child in the play.

After all, in reality, Ovitz has never heard that Charlie has been exposed to scandals in this regard by the media.

"You mean to find another young actor to play Charlie's nephew?"

"Don't be so troublesome."

Jamie picked up Charlie's resume from the table.

"Charlie just mentioned in the interview that he has a younger brother, and then it was mentioned on his resume that his younger brother named Allen got married very early, and the other person's child should meet my requirements."

Ovitz reacted immediately.

"So Two and a Half Men is about Charlie and his brother and nephew?"

Jamie began to give full play to his ability to tell stories and explained to Ovitz the source of inspiration for the show "Two and a Half Men."

"In the interview just now, Charlie's performance far exceeded my expectations, but in "Modern Family", Charlie doesn't have many scenes."

"So you came up with the idea of ​​making a spin-off show with him as the protagonist?" Ovitz said the next words for Jamie.

Jamie nodded and continued:

"It just so happened that this time Charlie came to the interview pretending to be his brother. Based on the information provided on this resume, I guess Charlie's brother had recently lost his job and was living with Charlie with his children, which means he should be divorced. "

"Have you noticed that this is a very dramatic thing?"

"Charlie is a prime bachelor, and his attitude towards life is to play the world. But he can make money easily, live in a big villa on Mabury Beach, and change his girlfriend every day."

"Charlie's younger brother Alan, on the other hand, got married early and had children. His hard work resulted in unemployment and divorce."

"One is a lucky guy and the other is an unlucky guy. I think the daily story of these two brothers living together will be as interesting as the story between the three families in "Modern Family."

As a veteran who has been in Hollywood for many years, how could Ovitz not hear the overtones in Jamie's words.

That's why Ovitz was shocked.

Jamie not only wants to create a TV series with Charlie as the protagonist, but also plans to bring in Charlie's brother and nephew to star.

But the question is, will Charlie's brother be what Jamie expected?
"Betty told me that Charlie didn't come to the interview alone today, so I guess his brother Alan is also next door, so why don't we just meet him?"

Jamie shrugged and replied.

In the next room, Charlie still had a shocked expression on his face.

Before he could fully digest the news that Walter brought, Betty walked into the room again.

She didn't have a list of interviewees in her hand and directly called out a name.

"Mr. Alan Cooper."

Charlie stood up from his seat reflexively, and then realized that Jamie and Ovitz next door knew his true identity.

So you didn’t call him this time?

Charlie immediately sat down again, and at the same time poked Allen next to him with his elbow.

Alan looked at Charlie with confusion.

Charlie glanced in the direction of the door, and then Allen reacted.

Was he the one Betty called this time?
At Charlie's urging, Allen hesitantly stood up from his seat.

"plz follow me."

After Betty finished speaking, she turned around and went out.

Allen followed nervously, bumping into a chair and almost falling down.

This time it was Walter's turn to be shocked and turned to ask Charlie.

"Are you two interviewing for the same role?"

Charlie watched Allen's leaving figure with interest, shrugged and replied:

"Maybe."

This statement confused Walter.

With the two of you together, would you not know what role Alan was auditioning for?
Charlie didn't have any more explanation.

His intuition told him that today's interview had become more and more interesting.

Ten minutes later, Allen left and returned.

As soon as he sat down, Charlie asked him how he was doing.

Walter on the side also pricked up his ears, looking very concerned.

Allen shrugged.

"You may not believe it when I say it. After I entered, I just chatted with the two interviewers."

Charlie and Walter were both stunned.They couldn't figure out what Jamie Dutton and Michael Ovitz had to talk about with a "slut" like Allen?

"They asked me about my previous job and my family, and they also learned something about you, Jack, Evelyn, Judith and Botha from me."

"By the way, I also successfully obtained a signed copy of the Percy Jackson novel from Jamie Dutton, saving at least $300."

what?
Charlie looked confused and asked.

It's reasonable for Jamie and Ovitz to ask Allen about his situation, but what on earth are they asking about their mother Evelyn, Allen's ex-wife, or even their maid?

This is an interview, not an FBI census.

Alan was quite confused about this, but he still told Charlie a key piece of information.

The person who is interested in what he just mentioned about these people is Jamie.

Charlie's eyes lit up immediately.

He thought of a possibility!
Could it be that the spin-off series Walter mentioned was planning for him to be the leading actor?

Looking at Allen who was still confused, Charlie added silently in his mind.

Maybe I have to include my stupid brother as well.

Next room.

Interviewer No. 2, Joey, followed Betty into the room with a nervous look on his face.

Betty led Joey to the center of the room, left an encouraging smile and turned to leave.

Joey gathered up the courage and was about to speak when Jamie's voice spoke first.

"Miss Joy, Betty has told us about your situation. I only have one question. Are you nervous in front of the camera?"

Joey hesitated, but finally decided to tell the truth.

"I don't know because I have never had any experience on TV or filming, but I believe that even if I am nervous, I can overcome it."

Joey looked up at Jamie and Ovitz, trying to force a confident smile on his face.

"Like now, I was nervous when I first came in, but now I feel better."

Jamie smiled and nodded, indicating that he had finished asking.

He had a good impression of Joey, who had the exact same face as Jennifer Lawrence, the Oscar-winning actress in her previous life.

Especially knowing that the other party is good at invention and creation, and will become the inventor of the magic mop in the future, Jamie made up his mind to train him to become the American version of the sales leader.

For this reason, they even went so far as to modify the character setting of "Modern Family" just to add Joey's character into it.

It was Ovitz's turn. After looking down at Joey's resume, he raised his head, adjusted his glasses and asked:
"Ms. Joy, the resume in my hand shows that you have more than four months to reach your age, right?"

Joey nodded.

Ovitz then asked:

"So who is your current guardian?"

"my mom."

"She is unemployed and living at home, relying solely on government benefits and your grandma's house?"

"Yes."

"As a Hollywood professional agent with more than 30 years of experience, I can tell you responsibly that I have seen too many fallen child stars over the years, and these people all have one thing in common. Their parents only regard their children as money-making tools. , your family undoubtedly belongs to this situation."

The smile on Joey's face gradually froze.

She wanted to refute Ovitz and try to find evidence that both her parents loved her.

But in the end, Joey was disappointed to discover that Ovitz was telling the truth.

Ovitz looked up at Joey.

"Want to hear my advice?"

Joey nodded subconsciously.

"We can sign a short-term contract with you first, and your guardian will sign it with us. When you become an adult, we can avoid your parents and sign a formal contract."

This was actually Jamie's request, but it came through Ovitz's mouth.

Jamie, who is familiar with the plot, knows that Joey's parents are typical vampire parents.

After Joey became successful, he even wanted to snatch Joey's career as his own.

Since Jamie decided to focus on raising Joey, of course he had to take precautions against Joey's parents in advance.

This is also the reason why Jamie would rather find someone else to play Joey’s parents in “Modern Family” rather than letting Joey’s real-life parents play the roles.

Joey didn't agree on the spot, she wanted to think about it for a while.

Jamie glanced at Betty, who was standing in the doorway.

Betty understood and said that she would definitely convince Joey later.

After Joey left the room, interviewer No. 3 came in, named Taylor Sloan.

This blonde girl has a face exactly like the Scarlet Witch Elizabeth Olsen in her previous life.

The last time he saw Taylor on the list of unsuccessful auditions for the heroine of "Fifty Shades of Grey", Jamie had made up his mind to recruit this internet celebrity with millions of fans in advance.

Taylor has an extroverted and lively personality, very cheerful and talkative.

And compared to old guys like Ovitz, she is obviously more willing to communicate with Jamie, who is her age.

Toward the end of the interview, Taylor asked her directly about her role in the show.

"You play the young daughter of an old man in his 60s. She has two sisters who are about the same age as your mother, two nieces of the same age, and a stepmother who is seven or eight years older than you."

As soon as Jamie finished speaking, Taylor asked:

"My stepmother, isn't she the Colombian woman with a very sexy figure who was the No. 1 interviewer?"

Jamie nodded and said:

"That's right, it's her."

Taylor asked again:

"How is my relationship with her in the play?"

Jamie gave an open-ended answer.

"Can you imagine, if she became your stepmother in reality, what kind of attitude would you have towards her?"

Despite having never acted before, Taylor gave a textbook answer.

"It depends on whether she intervened in my parents' marriage as a third party. If so, then the relationship between me and her is incompatible and will never be reconciled. If not, Then I may resist her at first, but gradually I will accept her. Is it okay if I understand that?"

Jamie and Ovitz looked at each other.

If he had Taylor's resume in his hand, Ovitz would even want to ask Taylor if he had really never acted before?

Because in Ovitz's view, Taylor's precise grasp of the role is so sophisticated that she doesn't look like a 17-year-old girl.

But Taylor was not satisfied with this, and continued to stare at Jamie with a pair of beautiful blue eyes and asked:

"You haven't told me what the relationship between my stepmother and I is like in the play."

"In the play, your mother died of illness. Not long before the play started, your father married your stepmother."

This setting was improvised by Jamie.

Considering that "Modern Family" is a warm and joyful series, Jamie did not want to add any bloody content to it.

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