Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 131 Master Charlie
Taylor nodded.

She has now roughly understood her role in "Modern Family" - the rebellious little daughter of her old father. She battles wits and courage with her beautiful stepmother on a daily basis. At the same time, she forms an "iron triangle" of besties with two nieces of the same age.

Ovitz was so surprised by Taylor's intelligence and precocity that he gave Taylor his own business card at the end of the interview.

If Taylor needs an agent, consider signing with him.

After Taylor's interview ended, it was her turn to audition for the role of Joey's mother and Charlie's ex-wife in the play.

Betty called all five interviewers one by one to Jamie and Ovitz, but none of these people left a deep impression on the two interviewers.

Finally, it was Betty's sister Hilda's turn. Betty did not call someone immediately, but nervously explained to Jamie and Ovitz why she had included her sister on the interview list.

After listening, Jamie and Ovitz looked at each other.

Jamie spoke first:
"Betty, did your sister really say these things?"

Betty immediately raised her hands and swore that she was not telling any lies.

At the same time, Ovitz also carefully looked through Hilda's resume.

The biggest highlight is that I have participated in a beauty pageant and am younger than other interviewees.

In Jamie's original character setting, this character should be positioned as a divorced woman in her 40s, raising her daughter alone.

That alone would rule Hilda out.

It's just that Betty just relayed Hilda's reason for self-recommendation, which made Ovitz think that it is not impossible to lower the age threshold for this role to more than 30 years old.

The most important thing is that since the role of the ex-husband has been confirmed to be played by Charlie, it should really be considered to find an actress of the same age as Charlie to play the role of the ex-wife
After hearing Ovitz's opinion, Jamie thought carefully for a few seconds.

“What do you think about incorporating the Romeo and Juliet Act into the characterization of this character?”

Ovitz's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this.

"I think it's funny."

He immediately added:
"And it's more in line with Charlie's character."

Jamie crossed his arms and began to think along this line of thought.

Charlie and Hilda are both in their early 30s. The play can be set as the two fell in love in high school and had a relationship, leading to Hilda's unexpected pregnancy and giving birth to Joey.

Hilda's father took Charlie to court in anger, and eventually the judge cited the Romeo and Juliet Act and acquitted Charlie.

As a result, Charlie also broke up with Hilda's family.

The two were not married at all, but just raised their daughter together.

This situation is not uncommon in the United States, and it also explains why Charlie has always insisted on being single in the spin-off series "Two and a Half Men."

Soon Hilda was called to the interview room by Betty.

Ovitz asked Hilda a few simple questions.

Hilda's lack of stage fright when answering was enough to prove that her resume was not false. She had indeed participated in a beauty pageant and almost won the championship.

It was Jamie's turn, and Hilda was stunned by his first question.

"Is there anything else you want to know more about this character?"

Hilda suppressed the excitement and joy in her heart and asked calmly:

"Can I take this to mean that I've passed the interview?"

Jamie nodded.

Hilda excitedly ran to Betty and hugged her sister tightly.

After celebrating, Hilda walked back to the center of the room and stood facing Jamie and Ovitz.

"Sorry, I was just too excited. I do have a question about this role."

"Because I know Joey's mother in real life. To be honest, I feel that I have not fulfilled a mother's responsibility to her daughter at all. My role in the play will not be the same as hers, right?"

The translation of this is that Hilda does not want to play an irresponsible single mother like Joey's mother in reality.

As soon as she got the role, she started to question the setting of the role. Hilda's bold remarks made Betty standing at the door sweat for her.

Jamie was not angry after hearing this, but looked at Hilda with interest.

"What does this character look like in your mind?"

If Ovitz asked the same question, Hilda might have to think twice.

But when it came out of Jamie's mouth, Hilda replied almost without thinking:
"Just like myself, you know, I am also a single mother. If Joy were my daughter, I would never be like her mother who only knows to sit in front of the TV and watch those boring soap operas all day long."

Jamie was still thinking about how to unfold the plot involving Hilda in the play, but after listening to Hilda's words, he already knew what to do.

Like Charlie, Hilda is perfectly capable of playing the role in her own right.

In this way, the division of labor among the three main groups of "Modern Family" is very clear.

Among the three male protagonists, the old man represents the wealthy class, the eldest son-in-law Steve Jones represents the successful middle class, and Charlie represents the free and unmarriage male group.

Among the three heroines, Gloria represents immigrants and young spoiled wives, the eldest daughter Kate Jones represents typical middle-class housewives, and Hilda represents the single-parent divorced group.

As for the three daughters, Taylor is rebellious and lively, Jane is invincible in appearance, and Joey is strong and independent, basically covering the group of high school girls.

In addition, in the spin-off series "Two and a Half Men", Allen represents the low-income and unemployed people at the bottom, Allen's son, little fat Jack, represents children, and Charlie and Allen's mother represent the wealthy class.

Together they form the personnel map of the “carrying family” envisioned by Jamie.

Finally, the role of the old man was left, and Jamie and Ovitz selected a 60-year-old actor named Jay O'Neal among five interviewees whose average age was over 58 years old.

Allen didn't know until the end of the interview that he had miraculously passed the interview and got an important role because of Charlie.

Because the interview went much better than expected, Charlie specially booked a flight back to Los Angeles on the same day.

This time Charlie learned the lesson and booked two economy class tickets.

In this way, if he encounters an affair like Gloria again, Charlie won't have to change seats with others.

After getting on the plane, Alan even complained about Charlie.

He thought that both of them passed the interview. To celebrate, Charlie should book two first-class tickets.

Charlie immediately raised his hand and called the stewardess and asked for an upgrade.

Just when Allen was complaining, Charlie looked around and saw that there were no passengers in the economy class that interested him. On the contrary, there was a pretty stewardess on this flight. Unfortunately, she only served first-class customers. .

Allen thought that Charlie had listened to the advice and was going to upgrade both of them to first class. However, after the flight attendant came back and told Charlie that there were still available seats in first class, Charlie handed his ticket directly to him, leaving the stunned Allen behind. One went first class.

More than six hours later, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport.

After getting into the taxi home, Allen started complaining to Charlie again.

In order to shut up Allen, Charlie could only change the topic.

"Have you figured out how to explain to Judith that you are going to work in New York?"

Allen replied without thinking:

"Of course, I'll call her when I get back."

Charlie looked shocked.

Is this over?

Allen asked, "What, do you think I should tell her about this in person?"

Charlie was speechless on the spot.

"I'm asking how you plan to explain to Judith, not how you plan to explain to her."

Alan looked at Charlie puzzled.

Isn't this something that can be solved with just a phone call?
What else needs to be explained?

Charlie could only patiently remind:
"What do you think Judith would do if she knew you were about to star in a TV series and become an infomercial host?"

Allen replied uncertainly:

"Will she congratulate me?"

Charlie covered his forehead in pain and retorted loudly:
"She will PUA you even more! For example, in order to ensure custody and visitation rights to Jack, she will move to New York with you, and she will ask you to pay her more divorce alimony."

Allen's face suddenly changed, and he asked Charlie anxiously, what should he do?
Charlie replied without thinking:

"Of course you need to find a successor to marry Judith, so that you can successfully obtain Jack's independent custody without having to continue paying her divorce alimony."

The method is good, but the question is who to take over?
While Alan was thinking hard, Charlie gave him an idea.

"What do you think of the Walter we met today?"

Alan looked at Charlie in shock.

"Walter's girlfriend is Betty. You asked me to introduce him to Judith. Are you mentally ill?"

Charlie put his arm around Alan's shoulders.

"Just because it is unlikely for a normal person to introduce a boyfriend to his ex-wife, you will not arouse Betty's suspicion if you do this. You also know that if Betty finds out about this matter, she will definitely tell Jamie Dutton I’ll give you eye drops in front of you!”

"But why should I do this, just to get rid of Judith?"

Allen was still confused.

Charlie asked:
"Isn't this enough? What could be better than finding a new job and getting rid of your ex-wife?"

Allen was not fooled.

His intuition told him that Charlie definitely had a bigger purpose in doing this.

Charlie, who was seen through, could only shrug helplessly and admitted:

"Well, actually, another reason why I did this is to have a good relationship with Betty."

what? !

Allen almost thought he heard wrongly.

The way Charlie wants to have a good relationship with Betty is to introduce other women to Betty's boyfriend Walter.

And this woman is still his ex-wife!

Even if he is not seriously ill, he would not be able to say such stupid things.

Charlie asked Alan to listen to what he had to say first.

"Do you think Walter really likes Betty?"

Allen asked back:

"Or else?"

Charlie said with great certainty:
"Believe me, Walter definitely only regards Betty as a tool to help him succeed. This can be seen from the fact that he resold Jamie Dutton's signed book and interviewer information."

Alan still didn't understand.

"so what?"

Charlie reminded him with a look of hatred:

"So this is your chance! Betty is a good girl at first glance, and being chosen by Jamie Dutton as his assistant shows that Betty is also very capable. Walter can rely on her to make a living. Why do you Can't?"

Alan had a big mouth and looked at Charlie in disbelief.

"You mean you want me to chase Betty?"

Charlie was relieved to pat Alan on the shoulder.

My dear brother, you finally figured it out!

Allen pushed Charlie's hand away.

"No, I refuse!"

Charlie added reluctantly:
"If you really resist introducing Judith to Walter, I can do it for you. You only need to be responsible for chasing Betty."

Allen was strangely angry after hearing this.

"Do you think I look like a fool? Why should I chase Betty?"

Charlie asked from his soul:
"Who do you want to go after? Betty's sister Hilda?"

Allen was stunned on the spot.

Charlie looked like I knew this, shrugged and said:

"I advise you to give up this unrealistic idea! Although we have not officially signed the contract, I am 100% sure that there will be a clause in the contract prohibiting us from falling in love with our colleagues."

These words were like a basin of cold water, instantly calming Allen's heated head.

Charlie continued to persuade:
"Pursuing Betty is just a suggestion from me. I really think you and her are quite suitable. Of course, I know you may not be able to accept it for a while, but it doesn't matter. When we move to New York and you can't stand Judith's entanglement, I believe you will I will seriously consider my suggestion."

Allen did not believe in evil, so he took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of his ex-wife Judith on the spot.

He wants to tell Judith about his new job in New York to see if his ex-wife will really PUA him as Charlie said.

As a result, the call was connected, and before Allen could speak, Judith asked him where he was.

"Charlie and I took a trip to New York for a job interview."

"Really? Then I have to congratulate you first."

"Um... Judith, I think we should re-discuss Jack's custody and divorce alimony."

"It doesn't matter. Come back quickly and we can discuss this matter face to face."

"Are you at my house?"

"Isn't this Charlie's home? I have something to do tomorrow and need to send Jack back in advance, but you are not at home."

"So you took Jack back again?"

"No, I was sitting in the living room of Charlie's house. It was Bota who opened the door for us. By the way, Evelyn was here too. She told me that Charlie was going to sell this house and buy a new house in New York. .”

Allen held the phone and turned to look at Charlie in surprise.

There is no doubt that Evelin is waiting for them at home at this time, and she must have come to investigate.

Unexpectedly, Charlie looked calm, obviously looking like he had already figured out how to deal with his mother Evelin.

Allen had no choice but to tell Judith that they were on their way back and would be home soon.

(End of this chapter)