Section 1, pg. 23 to 52 Summary

John Self goes to meet Fielding Goodney, his money man, at a bar in the Carraway Hotel. Fielding is the producer for the film, and is the one arranging for the funding for the production of the film. He tells Fielding that Caduta Massi wants to have a lot of kids in the film. Fielding says the rumor is she had her tubes tied, so she cannot have kids in real life. John tries to talk him out of using Caduta, but no other appropriate actresses are available. Fielding tells John to pretend to listen to Lorne, but in the end the director can ignore him. They talk about money, and John believes Selina is not sleeping with Alec because Alec has no money. However, he is not sure who Selina might be sleeping with. After they leave, John...