California on the west coast of the United States.

In a conference room, there was little smoke, and more than a dozen people were having a meeting with grim expressions, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn and dull.

"Let's all have our opinions. ”

An old man with silver hair looked around and said slowly and quietly.

It's just that after the old man's words, the conference room became more quiet, and no one spoke, as if they knew that it might lead to very serious consequences.

The old man probably also knew that there would be a situation in front of him, his expression still did not change, calm as usual, his eyes looked at the people in front of him, and then his eyes slowly turned to a middle-aged man with cold sweat on his head, and couldn't help but name him: "Gars, you tell me your opinion first." ”

"Mr. President, I. When Garth heard the old man's roll call, his expression suddenly became a little flustered, and his speech became slurred.

"As the first vice chairman of the organizing committee jury and the vice president of the college, don't you have your own opinions?" The corners of the old man's mouth slightly hooked a curved angle, as if there was both disdain and mockery, but no one present could understand the old man's thoughts.

At this time, everyone sitting in the conference room is the main member of the jury of the Academy Awards Organizing Committee.

The old man in front of him is naturally Mr. Laurien Christopher, the chairman of the Academy Awards jury, and he is also the dean of the Academy of Film Technology and Science in the United States.

Lawrence, who was chosen by Laurien to give up being a scapegoat and thus expose many of the Oscars' insiders, has two words for the old man: cunning.

To use such a word to describe an old man, even if Lawrence no longer has any image in front of the public, he can also imagine a person who can call the wind and rain in the industry, and he is definitely not an ordinary person.

At this time, hearing Laurien's words, Garth's face was blue and red alternately, and the cold sweat of his juniors wet his shirt even more, he frowned, pondered for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Laurien, I don't think there is any need for our jury to compromise with the outside world at all, if this compromise is made, it will be detrimental to the image of our jury, and every decision of the academy in the future will be difficult to implement." ”

Hearing Garth say this, many people in the conference room also showed a look of approval.

There is never a perfect time for the review work, some people laugh, some people cry, some people succeed, some people also fail.

Could it be that because of a little pressure from the outside world now, their jury will conform to the people's sentiment and award the award to that Chinese boy?

It can be said that the vast majority of the jury members in the room agreed with Garth's suggestion, but they would never say it, because no one was willing to bear the consequences of this.

After all, the pressure they are under now is not ordinary.

Compared with the past, this year's Academy Awards has not only attracted the attention of domestic entertainment media, but also attracted the strong attention of countless foreign global media, and coupled with the fact that the Academy Awards themselves have a criminal record, if this decision is made, it will inevitably face the form of joint questioning and condemnation by the global entertainment media.

It is estimated that even the domestic media will be on the opposite side of the jury at that time.

Seeing that many people in the conference room showed expressions of approval of Garth's suggestion, Laurien said lightly: "Have you considered the influence of that old guy Jerome? and the reaction of Huaxia, have you thought about how to deal with it?"

As soon as these words came out, the conference room fell into silence again, and everyone did not dare to show any looks.

These two problems are also the most headaches for everyone.

Jerome, all the members of the jury here are naturally no strangers, as the president of the Cannes Awards Film Festival, this guy's influence in the European film industry is not inferior to the influence of Mr. Chairman in Hollywood in front of them.

Especially in recent years, with the expansion of the Hollywood film industry in Europe, the president of the Cannes Awards Film Festival is full of hostility to everything Hollywood.

And the Oscar, which is regarded as the image representative of Hollywood, has been criticized and criticized by this old man.

If the Academy Awards will never let that Chinese kid win the glory of the three awards, then everyone will believe that the president of the Cannes Film Festival will definitely react most fiercely to this.

His purpose is not to fight for injustice, nor to uphold justice.

This old man has only one purpose, that is, to suppress the image of the Academy Awards, spare no effort, and use various means to smear the Academy Awards, so as to enhance the influence of the Cannes Film Festival on a global scale.

In addition, on the Huaxia side, it is not a factor that the Academy Awards can ignore.

This life is not a past life after all.

The influence of Huaxia is dispensable for the United States, especially because it is impossible to contradict Hollywood because of a movie.

But it's hard to say in this world.

The Huaxia government's behavior of always protecting its calves in foreign countries has always been a factor of criticism from countries around the world, but the Huaxia government is definitely a model of 'repeated teachings', and has never listened to the voices of other countries in its ears.

Maybe a movie won't cause much contradiction between the two countries, but I'm afraid that the Ministry of Culture of China will be excited and formulate some policies against Hollywood, and it will not be a second.

After all, compared with various industries, all aspects of China have to be pressed on the side of the United States, and the film industry has always been the weakness of China's cultural industry.

Now it is rare to have a film that can win the same honor of the three awards in film history by virtue of its own strength and without any political reasons, which is simply a good news report worthy of a big book for the Chinese cultural department.

However, now once the Academy Awards jury spoiled this good thing.

No one dares to guarantee that the Huaxia government will take some retaliatory measures, you know, these things are not less done by the Huaxia government, and other countries can only dare to be angry but dare not speak.

Especially now in the film markets of the two countries, Huaxia is definitely in deficit, Hollywood blockbusters in the Chinese film market will earn a lot of box office every year, while Huaxia's domestic films have repeatedly suffered failures in the United States, so that in recent years, China's film industry has always been suppressed by Hollywood.

If, at this time, the high-level officials of the Huaxia government introduce a policy to restrict the Hollywood film industry because of their small move, then their jury will definitely be so angry with those Hollywood giants that they are willing.

Moreover, this possibility is very high.

Laurien and the two ifs, all of a sudden, everyone in the conference room was speechless, and no one dared to stand up at this time and say, don't worry, just do it, I promise there will be no problems.

No one dares, let alone wants to bear such consequences.

Once it becomes a reality, not to mention the possibility of smear and suppression on Jerome's side, they will not be able to bear the infinite anger of Hollywood's movie giants alone.

You must know that those film giants have spent countless energy and effort in order to be able to break into the Chinese film market, and if they are destroyed by then, it is estimated that those giants will have the heart to kill.

Entering the Chinese film market means entering the East Asian film market, the film market in the Greater China Cultural Region, but it is the world's largest film market.

Although the box office of Western films in the film market in the Greater China Cultural Region has not been very satisfactory because of cultural barriers, with the development of recent years, the Hollywood film industry has seen a ray of light.

It is understandable that Oscar suffered the pressure that would come with it.

At this time, Garth's whole body felt bad, but his mind seemed clearer.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand the intention of the chairman in front of him.

It's a scapegoat.

In response to the pressure from the outside world, the decision to give the little golden man to the young Chinese man is made, and I believe that the media in the outside world will definitely ridicule the Oscar from another aspect, and the European side will definitely not give up this opportunity.

Actually, for the Academy Awards, no matter what decision they make.

They were condemned for this scolding.

Now they just have to choose the side that gets the least scolded.

And someone has to bear all this.

I don't know why, in Garth's mind, I suddenly remembered Lawrence, who was pushed out as a scapegoat last time, but chose to betray because he was unwilling.

Lawrence was pushed out as a scapegoat, which was pushed by Garth, but he didn't expect that he himself would be pushed out as a scapegoat one day, and he suddenly felt an inexplicable irony in his heart.

A dog has his day.

After Garth's mind regained his composure, there was no color in his eyes, and then he calmly looked at Laurien on the other side, and said slowly: "No matter what, I support your decision, Chairman." ”

After saying this, some of the nimble jury members in the conference room had already thought about why Gars would say this.

Their eyes suddenly became a little complicated, and then they switched back and forth between Laurion and Garth.

Laurien's originally cloudy and old eyes, after hearing Gars's words, couldn't help but light up slightly, and then glanced at the other party with great meaning, Gars's words really surprised him, it seems that the other party is really not the kind of talent who can only intrigue.

But think about it, how could you climb to this position if you are really a good-for-nothing person.

Maybe Garth will be a little worse in terms of professional ability, but he has a surprising instinct when it comes to handling some things.

Laurien, who had always regarded this obese middle-aged man as a pawn who could be discarded at any time, looked into Gars's eyes and couldn't help but squint, and he didn't know what was going on in his head.

"Hmm!" Laurion nodded slightly, and continued, "Whatever the decision, the jury and the academy will be on your side. ”

Hearing the old man's words, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but be stunned.

And Garth, who was already prepared to be a scapegoat, heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Laurien with great excitement, nodded emphatically and said, "Everything is arranged by Mr. President." ”

Moments later, after the meeting was over, Laurien called Garth to his office.

The two talked alone for a long time, but no one knew what the two of them were talking about, except that a few members noticed that after coming out of Laurien's office, Garth's whole body seemed to be full of fighting spirit, and there was no loss at all.

Seeing Garth departed, Laurien sighed faintly and tapped his fingers on the table.

He's old, and it's time to think about a successor.

Gars may not have the courage to do so, unlike him and Jerome's older generation, who were quick to see the situation and make the best choice for themselves. But he is not without merit, at least it makes Laurien feel that there is still value worth cultivating.

Thinking of this, his mind couldn't help but think of Spark, who had been being taken by Jerome's old fellow all along.

That old guy is obviously also training Sparker as a successor, otherwise he would have to take this guy with him wherever he goes.

It was not that Laurien did not have the idea of cultivating a successor in his heart, but this thought, in front of the uncontrollable desire for power in his heart, quickly flashed and then extinguished, and he always felt that he could still control it for another few decades.

But it was clear that his body was telling itself that it was impossible.

He decided that after the Academy Awards were over, he would arrange for Garth to take over various things slowly.

But first, we need to address the immediate crisis.

Yang Ming!!

The old man's mind thought of the name of the young man in China, no matter what the decision was this time, but the person who could make the Academy Awards so embarrassed, this young man was really the first in history.

In other words, in the years he has been at the helm of the Oscars, there has never been a person who can bring him so much trouble like Yang Ming.

Whatever the decision, it will leave Oscar with infamy.

That's not a pretty thing.

Laurien doesn't want to be able to live a quiet retirement life with these scoldings on his back.

While pondering Yang Ming, a young man from China, he was thinking about how to minimize the impact of this time.

Huaxia, Dongyang Film Shooting Base.

Yang Ming didn't know that on the other side of the world, someone was thinking about how to deal with him, it was noon, the crew was finished, and they were having dinner.

There are several actor superstars in the crew of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms", and the treatment is naturally not bad, and some superstars also have their own RVs, but maybe because of the movie star pushing, no one is embarrassed to arrange their own RV to serve themselves.

Of course, it is even more unlikely that there will be a situation where the big name will be played.

Because everybody is a big name.

However, Yang Ming did not treat many celebrities badly, he arranged for the crew to contract a hotel kitchen, and cooked separately for everyone on the spot.

This also makes the members of the crew who are usually used to eating boxed lunches addicted.

Yang Ming didn't care about this, and now he was talking to Charlotte on the phone.

When the little princess called just now, Yang Ming was filming, and the mobile phone was also in the hands of his assistant, it was not a special matter, and it was absolutely impossible to tell Yang Ming.

After the filming ended, after Yang Ming found out, he immediately replied to Charlotte and apologized.