The Awkward Jack

Bündchen swears that if she still wanted to use Levi when she first met Levi, then what she wants to do now is to cling to Levi's side. It is worth giving everything.

It's just a pity that she soon discovered that for Levi, the more important meeting with Bündchen was obviously for work, and for him, Bündchen's greater significance lay in her mind.

After Bündchen realized this, she worked even harder when preparing the show — she still had some confidence in her mind, and when making the show, she also told Levi some of her own opinions from time to time.

"Actually, it is very difficult to select outstanding models in such an audition." In private, Bündchen also mentioned to Levi, "Modeling is also a highly professional profession, and we need a very long time training. The amateur models selected by audition like this Cannot even be compared. It is very difficult for them to become top models in their lifetime."

Regarding the program itself, Bündchen has nothing to criticize. However, Bündchen felt a little unaccustomed to this way of selecting models. She knows very well how much effort a model needs to put in to succeed. Can she become a model by pretending to be crazy in front of the media like this? She felt incredible.

The steps of these candidates are in a mess. Can this kind of amateur model attract the attention of others? In her view, this is the biggest problem with Levi's show.

"You don't need to tell me this," Levi just smiled at this, "Of course, I know this. But what does that matter? We didn't consider their future; we only considered the ratings. That's it."

Of course, Levi knows that such a show cannot produce real stars, let alone models; American Idol is similar. It is difficult to create real stars in such an audition format.

Levi is well aware of how hard it takes to be an icon.

The hype certainly plays a significant role, but one's own strength is also essential. The stars of these auditions are not good in strength after all. It may be difficult to become famous in the future.

It's just that Levi doesn't care about these at all. For him, the purpose of this show is to make money, so he cares more about that.

Such a TV show. The selling point is not to make stars - it's just a gimmick. The real highlight of the TV show is the judges' vicious tongue, the strange appearance of all people during the audition, and the ingenious and dramatic conflicts of various designs.

It is best for contestants and judges to interact and have fun together... In comparison, how well the songs are sung and what style is not very important.

"You just need to do a good job with the show. What their future looks like, they need to work hard on their own." Regarding this, Levi doesn't cares too much, "They are willing to work hard to become real stars; that's is their business, and if they really don't have talent, at least our program has allowed them to enjoy star-like moments. It's not up to us to decide. Isn't that enough that we provide a platform of possibility?"

That's cruel. But it is also a reality: it is impossible to expect all popular stars in entertainment programs to become talents.

Whether it was Bündchen or Cowell, they could accept this statement and went to work on their upcoming programs.

***

As for the preparatory work for the production of TV programs, Levi had just given instructions and didn't care about that much.

Compared with when he started his business and had to take care of everything, now he doesn't have to worry so much. During this period of time, he was resting more, and only when necessary would he go to see things at work.

Unless it was his favorite movie, where Levi would put a lot of energy into making it, he doesn't care much about other things, especially for such a TV program that is purely for making money; he is not even interested in being a producer; he just hides behind and produces it.

Therefore, during this period of time, he was in Miami to supervise the production of the CSI Miami chapter, but what he really did was enjoy the beach and yacht life in Miami.

Of course, Levi had to travel when free during this period. For example, go to Canada to see how the X-Men film is going, or go to Maine to visit the filming site of 'The Cider House Rules' by the way, catch up with Theron, or go to New York to watch catwalk shows, watching dramas, or returning to Los Angeles, watching the preparations for TV shows, or discussing with Alexander about the acquisition of scripts...

His days are rarely so comfortable.

This kind of life almost made Levi lose interest in going out to work again. Until a call from Canada to let Levi know his peaceful life was broken.

***

"Nick, can you come over here?" On the other end of the phone, Bob was somewhat helpless, "There is something wrong here."

"What's the problem?" Lev" asked back.

No matter what he said, he was still the producer of the X-Men, and he was naturally nervous when he heard Bob say that something was going on with the crew. The movie's promotion has already been carried out, and he does not want such changes as temporary substitutions.

"Actor conflicts... I think only you can solve them."

Actor conflicts? With the director, their agents, and Bob, the assistant producer there, what else does he need to do? With such doubts, Levi arrived in Canada, and once there, Levi immediately understood why.

Rather than saying that Bob can't control it, it's to say that he doesn't - because the party in the conflict is none other than their friend Jack. No wonder Levi needs to come over - no one else can control this person.

***

As one of the founders of Enigma Company, Jack can be said to be the one whose development has been the most unsatisfactory among several people in recent years.

After Levi finished filming 'The Lives of Others,' Jack was also a little famous. And he was originally one of the small bosses of Enigma Company. After he became famous, many people in the circle invited him to act. He also worked hard at the beginning to shoot two literary films, hoping to gain fame - among his good friends, famous directors, and screenwriters have all been to the Oscars, so Jack naturally wants to walk the red carpet.

However, his luck was obviously not good enough. Two films were shot in a row, but both failed. The first was only released in some regions, and the latter was not even released.

On the one hand, it is a rather failed career as a film actor; on the other hand, the identity of a film company's boss making money makes Jack's life strange.

He even once considered giving up his acting career, returning to the company, and feeling at ease as a behind-the-scenes person. Otherwise, when the friends meet, the topic of their discussion is the Oscars, and the topic he can talk about is that no one wants to release the movie, which is too great a contrast.

It's just that Levi didn't agree with his idea very much - after all, he was only 24 years old, actors of this age lacked experience, and his performance was not good enough. It's no shame; he still has opportunities. In order to show his support for him, Levi also decided to use his own power to find him a role in his own movie.

Compared with other movies, X-Men is obviously the best starting point: this movie is a commercial film anyway, and the acting skills required are relatively average.

Jack is also very satisfied with Levi's arrangement: he reads a lot of comics, he likes the X-Men series very much, and Levi lets him play Cyclops in the movie, which is also a character he likes very much.

Although he knows that the role of Cyclops is not the main character in the film, and there is also a blindfold that covers half of his face so that he doesn't need to show his eyes, Levi lets him play this because the role only requires little acting skills, he can still accept it since this is a character he likes.

It's just that he didn't expect that even if Levi cared for him like this, he would still cause trouble.

"Jack seems to want to have a fling with an actress in the drama group, and then he was pushed back." When Bob told Levi about the situation, he had a gloating expression on his face, "You know Jack has always been very conceited of himself. He is very attractive, and as Enigma Company grows bigger, he has more fame and wealth, and with his appearance, he has basically never been rejected by women. Now he is rejected by others, and he is not happy," Bob told Levi the story.

Earlier, while Jack was acting on the set, he didn't know whether it was true or false and made a few words to tease Beckinsale, who played Mystique. But Beckinsale has become angry and directly pushed back bluntly. Jack has always felt that he is very attractive, and he is also very conceited of his own charm. A woman rejected him this time, and he became sullen.

If it was someone else who was rejected by a woman, they would just be grumpy for a while and just go and hide by himself. However, besides being an actor, Jack is also one of the company's bosses, which is more troublesome.

He was making trouble in the crew, and as a rookie director, Nolan didn't dare reprimand the small boss of the company too much, so the film's filming came to an impasse.

"Didn't you scold him for a while? Why do you still call me for this kind of thing?" Levi frowned slightly at Bob's state. Others dare not reprimand Jack because of his status, but why should Bob care so much?

"Of course. It's easy to scold him, but Jack has been having some troubles lately; it's better if you talk to him." Bob shrugged, "I think only you can persuade him, and Beckinsale, you have to go to comfort me too. After she scolded Jack, she has been worried that something will go wrong."

Levi frowned, but Bob was very insistent, "Beckinsale, you can comfort her; Jack wasn't depressed because of a woman; in fact, he was more depressed because of his failure in his career and his inferiority complex. Among the few of us, he is the only one who hasn't had much success. Nick, you are very capable when giving pointers to other actors to be successful; why don't you give advice to your own friends?"

*****

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