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Hearing the name Harvey Weinstein, Matthew nodded slightly, of course he knew who Harvey Weinstein was, the Weinstein brothers are definitely the top bigwigs in Hollywood's independent film industry, one of the backbone of the Producers League, and looking at the whole of Hollywood, they can also be called people with huge power.

Since the early nineties, the film company of these two brothers really rose to become the banner of Hollywood's independent film circle, and then joined the Oscar game, since the mid-nineties, Harvey Weinstein has completely changed the rules of the Oscar game, if the previous Oscar PR will affect the award, since Harvey Weinstein ran "The English Patient" to win the Oscar for Best Picture, the Oscar has really entered the era of public relations to decide the award.

Among them, the representative works are undoubtedly "Shakespeare's Love History" to kill "Saving Private Ryan", "Chicago" beat "The Pianist", and also won several Oscar-winning actors......

Until now, people mention that Gwyneth Paltrow won the Oscar for Best Actress for "Shakespeare in Love", and it is all regarded as a joke and scandal.

Of course, there are countless actresses who want to emulate Gwyneth Paltrow, even the most watery Oscar-winning actress, it is also an actress, which can skyrocket her value.

Naturally, Harvey Weinstein, who can win people Oscar nominations and even awards, has also become the target of countless male and female stars.

It's no secret that the independent film industry is far more chaotic than Hollywood's mainstream commercial film scene, and Harvey Weinstein, who wields enormous power, lives and works in a variety of ways.

The capital composition of large-scale commercial films is complex, the corresponding power constraints are more obvious, and the risk of failure of investing hundreds of millions of dollars is huge, which is enough to make the responsible directors and producers unable to turn over for a lifetime.

Independent productions have a relatively single source of funding, a small investment scale, and low risk pressure, and power is often concentrated, such as the films run by Harvey Weinstein, mainly based on the Oscar awards, and often gather three or four films specially customized for the academy every year to attack the Oscars, as long as one can win an important award, even if all the others fail, under the Oscar effect, it is enough to achieve profitability.

From the mid-nineties to the present, Harvey Weinstein has screwed up far more independent films than films that have been successful at the Oscars, but the film companies he and Bob Weinstein have successively controlled have become larger and more influential, and the two brothers' net worth has become more and more rich.

This business model is only suitable for independent films with small investments, and if they are replaced by commercial blockbusters, a major production with an investment of 200 million dollars may fail.

It is no exaggeration to say that after all these years of development, Harvey Weinstein has become a golden sign in the Hollywood independent film industry.

Like the famous Judi Dench, when she collaborated with Harvey Weinstein in "Shakespeare in Love", in order to please Harvey Weinstein and win Best Supporting Actress, she directly tattooed Harvey Weinstein's name on her buttocks, and declared that she could show this tattoo on the Oscar red carpet whenever necessary......

For all actors with Oscar ambitions, the name Harvey Weinstein has great magic and appeal.

However, for stars who focus on business development, Harvey Weinstein is also a passerby-by, and the Weinstein brothers rarely get involved in first-line commercial productions.

The most deeply involved commercial production so far has only participated in a small part of the investment in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

In addition to his fame at the Oscars and in independent film circles, Matthew has heard Harvey Weinstein the most rumors that he likes to call actresses to hotel auditions, meetings and work talks, and anyone who has been in Hollywood for a few months basically understands what that means.

There have been rumors in the circle that most of the actresses who have worked with Harvey Weinstein, including female stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow, have a leg with Harvey Weinstein.

It is said that when Gwyneth Paltrow fell in love with Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt once approached Harvey Weinstein and almost beat this Humpty Dumpty.

Giving and giving back such a deal is very common in Hollywood, but today's Hollywood is not the fifties and sixties after all, and the transaction is basically based on your willingness, and there is rarely a coercion, but Matthew heard rumors that Harvey Weinstein likes to around, and sometimes he will use force on some ordinary young actors.

Those little actors are forced by his power, or their own future, and they can only swallow their anger.

However, if you walk too much, you will eventually encounter pitfalls.

In this era of high information circulation, it is unrealistic for a person to want to block all the news, Hollywood bigwigs and top superstars who can bring opportunities, are all merry and not obscene, like Michael Bay, who is also famous for liking to get involved with the actresses of his crew, but his reputation is much better than Harvey Weinstein.

If you use it more times, you will eventually meet the kind of woman who doesn't want to swallow her anger, maybe Harvey Weinstein can press it down once or twice, but the more times, the pressure from the media and the police will also increase, and then someone will push it from behind......

In an era when such information can spread all over the world in a few minutes, once it is entangled in such a scandal, it cannot be washed clean.

Matthew is well aware that the Hollywood circle is very realistic and powerful, even himself.

If someone is haunted by a huge scandal, you can imagine that everyone will stand up and can't wait to beat the water dogs and quickly draw a line.

That's what Hollywood is all about.

When he was a young actor, he once heard an extra who had just entered the circle say that there are no unspoken rules in Hollywood, there is no power and sex trading in Hollywood, Hollywood is as clean as a pool of clear water, and Hollywood's sound system avoids all black transactions......

Matthew only replied to the extras at the time: Hollywood is really clean! It's not like the human world.

I wonder what the extras would have thought when he saw Harvey Weinstein?

Perhaps Harvey Weinstein and the rumored actresses and actresses are in a pure relationship, but the relationship lasts a little shorter.

Matthew doesn't think he's a good person, and he doesn't have a lot of fancy intestines in terms of women, but he will never fail to use it, not to mention anything else, just the troubles that may be left behind, it is very worthy of vigilance.

He didn't forget his original intention, but his original intention was to enjoy it, not to cause trouble for himself.

In just a few minutes, Matthew's mind flashed through countless thoughts about Harvey Weinstein.

"Did Helen say anything specific?" he asked.

Bella Anderson shook her head, "No, Helen only said it has something to do with The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta." She immediately handed over her phone, "Helen asked you to call her back." ”

Matthew took his phone and dialed Helen Herman's number, "It's me, Helen." ”

Helen Herman's voice rang out, "Harvey Weinstein just came to the company for me for The Three Hundred Spartans." ”

"What does he want to do?" Matthew frowned slightly, "We don't have business with him, do we?"

Helen Herman on the other side of the phone said directly, "Harvey Weinstein wants the distribution rights of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", I don't know him well, and I basically have no dealings, and I was introduced by Frank Miller. ”

Presumably, as she guessed that Matthew didn't know much about these overly complicated relationships, she explained, "Frank Miller has worked with Harvey Weinstein, and Sin City is produced by the Weinstein brothers' Royal Gate Pictures, and the distributor is Miramax. ”

Matthew asked suspiciously, "Didn't the Weinstein brothers leave Miramax already?"

"Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein were still in Miramax when Sin City was confirmed. Helen Herman explained by phone, "They only officially broke away from Miramax this year to found Weinstein Pictures, which is now a subsidiary of Weinstein Pictures. ”

She paused, and then said, "After the success of "Sin City", Harvey Weinstein recognized the value of Frank Miller's work, if he wasn't busy with Walt Disney, we probably wouldn't have been able to get the film license of "Spartan 300 Warriors", and now the Weinstein brothers have separated from Miramax, drawn a line with Walt Disney, and have the energy to deal with film affairs, but the copyright of "Spartan 300 Warriors" has already reached our hands. ”

Matthew smiled, "We're lucky. ”

According to Helen Herman, if it weren't for the Weinstein brothers' conflict with Walt Disney, it would have been difficult for them to get the film license for "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" from Frank Miller.

After all, Frank Miller has already worked with the Weinstein brothers on Sin City.

He shook his head and asked, "Helen, isn't Harvey Weinstein only interested in independent films?"

Helen Herman said calmly, "The Three Hundred Spartans is essentially an independent film. ”

Matthew thought about it, "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" only has a small film company like Sky Dance Pictures as an investor, and it can indeed be classified as an independent film.

"What do you think about this?" asked Matthew again.

"Harvey Weinstein is very capable, and there is no doubt that the Weinstein Pictures that he founded has some distribution capabilities. Helen Herman's voice was still so indifferent, "But he's not as good as Warner Bros., and we're not going to win the prize!"

"yes. Matthew laughed, "What did you tell him?"

"Sky Dance Pictures has initialed a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Helen Herman said slowly, "We don't need to offend a big guy like Harvey Weinstein, I'm all on the head of Skydance Pictures." ”

Matthew understood, "It's a good idea to have David Ellison go to Harvey Weinstein." ”

Helen Herman ignored Matthew's words and instead reminded him, "You're the key to this project, be careful, Harvey Weinstein might find you." ”