Three years ago, in the battle for actresses, Julie Christie won her fourth Oscar nomination for actress with her outstanding performance of "Willow Blossoms", and at the same time, she also hopes to win the little gold man for the second time after 1965.

But at the awards ceremony, Marion Cotillard successfully broke out with her wonderful interpretation of the classic singer Edith-Piaf of the Golden Age in "La Vie en Rose", and won the actress as a peerless dark horse.

At that time, Marion was not well-known in Hollywood, almost no one had heard of her existence, she was completely nobody, and "La Vie en Rose" was still a French work -

Historically, the only actors who have successfully won awards for their foreign language works are Sophia-Loren (Sophia-Loren) of "Beacon Mother and Daughter Tears" and Roberto-Benigni (Roberto-Benigni) of "Beautiful Life".

However, Marion is a highly regarded actress in France, and has received a lot of attention since she was a newcomer, and "La Vie en Rose" has received a lot of popularity in Europe, carrying the prestige of the César Award, the European Film Award and the British Academy of Film and Arts Awards, and finally achieved a Jedi reversal.

The scene was so familiar, and now, Jean-Dujardin seems to be following in Marion's footsteps step by step, gradually reaching the pinnacle of his career!

In this process, Lan Li is just a stepping stone.

Roy tugged at the corners of his mouth and chuckled, "Should we be happy or angry?" At least, it shows that they see Lan Li as their biggest competitor, not Brad Pitt and Gary Oldman. ”

"That's a fact. In the face of Roy's half-joking suspicions, Andy gave an understated affirmative answer, "'Love Crazy' has been in operation since it won the Sundance award last year, and they are now calling it the best romance movie since 'When Harry Met Sally' and the best performance since 'The Dream of the Covered Bridge.'" ”

Focus Pictures, the only two awards season distributors in the entire industry that can compete with Weinstein Pictures, and the other is Fox Searchlight. Incidentally, the publisher of this year's awards season's hit "Descendants" is Fox Searchlight.

This year's battle for Best Actor should be "Focus Pictures VS Fox Searchlight VS Weinstein Pictures".

In terms of absolute strength alone, Focus Pictures was ahead in the early stage, in addition to "Love is crazy", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is also responsible for the distribution, and among the top five actors, they occupy two seats, among which Gary Oldman is still shortlisted at the last moment, which is even more commendable.

Fox Searchlight, on the other hand, led the way, with George Clooney becoming their absolute ace in their hands this year. To do this, they abandoned the "shameful" Michael Fassbinder. In addition, the "Tree of Life" is also the biggest dark horse of their operation, which has become the biggest highlight of the nomination stage.

However, Weinstein Pictures began to turn the tide strongly after the nominations were announced, they boldly gave up "My Week with Monroe" and began to push Meryl Streep to the Oscar again with "The Iron Lady".

"The reason why the Weinstein brothers are so fierce is actually to force Focus Pictures to give up Blue Rites. But, I'm not going to let them get their way. Andy concluded with one sentence.

Every issuing company's PR resources are limited, and after the nominees are released, they are bound to make trade-offs, otherwise it will be just a bamboo basket.

Focus Pictures has a total of two films shortlisted for the final stage of the competition this year, "Love Crazy" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". The former received only one nomination for Best Actor, while the latter was shortlisted for Best Picture. For Focus Pictures, how exactly to allocate PR resources is an important question.

This is also the top priority of Andy's work now.

Before Roy's call, Andy had been thinking about a solution. Now, with a small change, Andy's mind suddenly had an inspiration, and his thoughts began to become clear, "It just so happens that with this opportunity, Lan Li stays in Berlin, and we take retreat as advance and make preparations with both hands." ”

"On the one hand, Rite's presence at the exchange and some media promotion occasions have further strengthened our roots in Europe, and Dieter Koslick seems to be quite bullish on Rite, and we can try to see it. Andy said succinctly and quickly, "On the other hand, I will have further negotiations with Focus Pictures, and there are still three weeks before the Oscars, and everything is possible." ”

"If Lan Li stays in Berlin, he will inevitably miss some scheduled PR occasions, are you sure it doesn't matter? Can you handle it?" This was Roy's concern at first, but now that he heard the rumors in Los Angeles, his thoughts became more and more complicated.

"Are you worried about me?" Andy's answer made the corners of Roy's eyes twitch slightly, and he spat mercilessly, "It's impossible even in your dreams." ”

Jokes, one sentence is enough. Andy didn't continue the topic, and continued, "Lan Li's absence from those PR occasions is bound to have a negative impact, but all things considered, the damage value is less than his appearance." After all, Lan Li has been absent for most of the awards season. ”

"If it is not confirmed for a day, rumors will always be rumors, and speculation will always be speculation, and people will continue to wait and see, and will not make judgments lightly. "Between phone calls, Andy's brain never stopped, and in the shortest possible time, he made the best choice. Now they are facing a crisis, but behind the crisis is an opportunity. "I need more time, and it seems that it would be a better option for me to stay in Berlin. As soon as I hung up, I rushed to Focus Pictures. ”

"Good. Roy didn't argue any further, but went on to ask, "Do you have any suggestions for my work here?"

What was supposed to be a temporary resolution has now become an opportunity to reverse the disadvantage. Roy also had to pull himself up.

Agents and managers are in a competitive relationship, they are not partners, but they share the same goal, and the interests of the artist are their first priority. So, if necessary, they can join forces.

"Yes, can you get a list of the people who will attend the meeting? Andy was not polite, and began to assign tasks resolutely, "I'll take a look, and I'll email you if there's a situation later." ”

The point is not the task, but the fact that he has just learned about it, and in such a short period of time, Andy has already drawn up the charter, "Also, then I will have the assistant call you and give you a list of media outlets, and you book a new round of interviews, not about 'detachment', but about 'Les Miserables' auditions." ”

As a top agent, Andy's mind is spinning very fast, and a big net has quickly begun to stretch, "the movie version and the stage play version." Emphasizing that Lan Li has always wanted to return to the stage to polish himself, and you can leave the rest to Lan Li. In addition, I will contact reporters and go to interview film crews and stage crews. ”

In the face of the slander and slander of the Weinstein brothers, in fact, the long-term impact on Lan Li's career is still very limited, because time will tell, but the problem is here, they don't have time, they are now competing for the Oscars, the Oscars that will be unveiled in three weeks, and when the awards ceremony is over, the Weinstein brothers have won, then they will not care whether the "dirty water" has been washed white.

At this moment, "Les Miserables" is extremely important, and more precisely, Lan Li's desire to return to the stage and re-hone his basic skills and re-exercise his determination is extremely precious. From beginning to end, Lan Li has been an actor who is dedicated to acting, and it has been so, it is now, and it will be so in the future.

Andy couldn't help but be glad that he didn't veto Lan Li's insistence at the beginning, nor did he refuse Lan Li's request, but instead actively looked for an audition opportunity for "Les Miserables". If it weren't for all this, I'm afraid that their current situation would be even worse, and they really couldn't tell what they were talking about.

But now, the Weinstein brothers' hole cards have all been revealed, and they don't know that Andy still has a killer weapon in his hand.

In a few words, Roy could have sketched out the outline of Andy's plan, but that was the agent's job, and he immediately retracted his thoughts and focused all his attention on Berlin, which is his current focus and crucial to turning the tide in Los Angeles.

"Okay, I got it. Roy nodded in affirmation, paused for a moment, and then asked, "Do you need to tell Lan Li about Los Angeles?"

"Say it. Lan Li is not the type of self-conscious, and knowing these situations, maybe he can give more advice. Andy thought about it, but still chose to trust Lan Li. This trust is not something that both parties are striving for, but is naturally cultivated in the process of getting along.

"Honestly, I don't think Lan Li cares too much about these gossips. Andy put his right hand on his chubby belly, and his expression gradually became calm, "This was the case when I was 'fighting cancer', and it is the same now." ”

"It's part of what we do. Roy's words, but I don't know if he was expressing a sympathetic mentality, or complaining about Lan Li.

Neither of them said goodbye to each other, and after the words were finished, they both hung up the phone. Roy looked up, and then saw Nathan standing next to him with a nervous face.

Nathan didn't hear the whole conversation, just caught the last bit of a word, and his expression suddenly became nervous, "What's wrong? What's going on?"

Roy didn't answer, but looked behind Nathan, "Didn't you say that you went to the movies with Lan Li?"

"Lan Li chose a documentary, I was not interested, so I came back. Nathan spread his hands and told the truth.

Roy stood up, "It's just right, we need to be busy now, I can use a little help." ”