"One Best Actor, one Best Director. ”

Inside the elevator room, Harvey Weinstein held out two fingers first, then a third, "And the best picture!"

His chubby face pulled out an undisguised smug smile, "The Artist is the biggest winner......!" Still a winner!"

No one denies it, not even Matthew, and the just-concluded Oscars are here, and "The Artist" and Harvey Weinstein behind it are indeed the biggest winners.

Elizabeth Olsen's hand, which has been taken back from Matthew's arm, has been in the entertainment industry for many years, she has heard too many myths about Harvey Weinstein and has been advised too many times not to offend this famous Jewish.

Matthew also noticed Elizabeth Olsen's movements, which is not surprising, after all, Anne Hathaway has done something similar, including himself, which of Hollywood stars is unrealistic?

For Elizabeth Olsen, he didn't pay much attention to it, but some thoughts suddenly flashed through his mind.

Compared to some, people like Anne Hathaway and Elizabeth Olsen are really too ordinary.

But he was going to put on a show in front of Harvey Weinstein and didn't catch the thoughts that flashed through his head.

Matthew yawned again, his face slowly showing a little tiredness, and said impatiently, "Oscar......"

Before he could finish speaking, his mobile phone suddenly rang.

Everyone looked at Elizabeth Olsen, who quickly opened her handbag, took out her mobile phone, looked at it, and then put it to her ear to connect, and said in surprise, "What? What did you say? I know! I'll rush over! I'll be there soon." ”

After saying that, she hung up the phone, stuffed her phone into her handbag, and said in a low voice, "Sorry, Matthew." ”

Elizabeth Olsen's voice was not loud, but Harvey Weinstein on the other side could hear clearly, "My sister is also in the hotel, and there is something urgent on their side, so I have to rush over." ”

Matthew waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

Elizabeth Olsen hurriedly turned around and left, and after walking out of the elevator room, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and quickly took out her mobile phone and looked at it again, fortunately someone called, otherwise if she continued to stay there, she might not be unlucky in the future.

Elizabeth Olsen is not worried about this, Matthew is a recognized friend of women, and has always had a good reputation for treating women, like Harvey Weinstein, who persecuted women in shady ways at every turn.

In the elevator, Harvey Weinstein said sarcastically, "A very smart girl, huh?"

Matthew sniffed and replied, "Harvey, I don't know if the three golden figures of the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor can make a black and white silent film like "The Artist" earn an extra 10 million?"

Harvey Weinstein instantly realized one thing, "The news in the media some time ago was that you were playing tricks?"

Since the beginning of the screening of "The Artist", there has been a very loud voice in public opinion, saying that "The Artist" is a black-and-white silent film that cheats money, which directly affects the marketing and promotion of "The Artist", resulting in a very poor screening effect, and even no theater has a single-theater box office of more than $5,000 in a single week.

Such a black-and-white silent film, the audience's acceptance is poor, but it is not difficult for him, after all, how many of the Oscar films he has operated in the past are friendly to the audience?

Unexpectedly, "The Artist" was brought to the rhythm in advance, which made it difficult to use the influence of art and the Oscars to lure the audience in, even after the announcement of the Oscar nominations and the expansion of the film's screening, the box office revenue was still pitiful, and so far it has only received less than $5 million at the box office in North America.

This still has the Oscar effect, otherwise this black-and-white silent film would be even worse.

Of all the eight films nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, "The Artist" is now the worst at the North American box office.

He has been looking for the person who is behind the scenes, and it turns out that the person who dislikes him the most and wants to deal with the most is the one he wants to deal with.

Matthew neither admitted nor denied it, but continued what he had just said, "Oh......" He was just about to speak, and yawned just rightly, "I heard that you have invested nearly 10 million dollars in the Oscar public relations of "The Artist"?

This seems to be a sentence of admiration, but no matter how you listen to it, it feels problematic.

Bob Weinstein, in particular, as the person who knows the finances and operations of Weinstein Pictures best, knows better than him that "The Artist" won the Oscars and looks like the biggest winner, and it seems to be very crazy, but on the inside it is completely different from the surface.

Because of Harvey Weinstein's insistence, Weinstein Pictures spent more than $35 million on the rights to "The Artist", publicity and distribution, and Oscar PR.

This is a huge amount of money, and if "The Artist" does not explode after the Oscars, it will inevitably cause huge losses.

Harvey Weinstein is optimistic that his Oscar strategy will be as successful as ever, but Bob Weinstein is not optimistic at all, the market rhythm of this film has been skewed, and it is impossible to pull it back.

Most importantly, this is a black and white silent film!

What age is it, how many audiences can like black and white silent films except to please those nostalgic old men?

From the very beginning, he opposed Harvey Weinstein's operation of this film, very strong opposition, but in Weinstein Pictures, his voice is much worse than Harvey Weinstein's.

Harvey Weinstein may still be living with the feeling that winning the Oscar will win everything, but Bob Weinstein is well aware that "The Artist" is making losses.

How much can such a black-and-white silent film be at the North American box office? They have expanded their releases, and now the box office is less than $5 million, even with the Oscar effect bonus, the most optimistic estimate is $10 million.

Except for a few countries in Europe, there is a market for this kind of film?

Besides, the rights to Europe are not in their hands!

Weinstein Pictures can only operate outside of Europe, and it would be nice to have two or three million dollars at the box office in the rest of the market.

How much of this money has to be distributed to theaters and overseas distributors, and how much of it has fallen into the hands of Weinstein Pictures?

With such a poor box office, can we expect peripheral discs or TV network rights to sell at a high price? It would be nice if the peripheral copyright income could have one-tenth of the box office.

In this era, how many people are idle and have nothing to watch black and white silent movies?

As for other peripherals other than copyright, it is basically equivalent to zero, which manufacturer is idle and has nothing to do with a niche black and white silent film that can no longer be niche to sell products?

Toss so many times, Weinstein Pictures must collapse!

Harvey Weinstein's eyes were gloomy, and he saw that Matthew's spirit seemed to be even weaker, and the words that Matthew said were automatically ignored by him, and his fat face was only slightly mocking.

He is not an actor after all, even if he suppresses the surprise in his heart, there is still a trace of it.

"I don't fight with you now, there's no point. The more Harvey Weinstein looked at Matthew, the more he looked like an addict, and suddenly he felt that there was no point in fighting.

He doesn't need to do much more, just wait and use time to bring down Matthew Horner!

It seems that Amber Heard is doing a good job.

Matthew had already figured out the role of an addict, so he naturally snorted unnaturally and said, "Harvey, when "The Artist" recovers its cost, remember to inform me." ”

After saying that, he didn't stay long, bypassing Harvey Weinstein and going straight into the elevator.

Meryl Streep glanced back at the closed elevator door, and Matthew Horner yawned again, as if tired.

Isn't this guy famously energetic? How does it look like ......

She has been in Hollywood for many years and has enough insight that this is simply a precursor to the onset of drug addiction.

Matthew Horner is on drugs?

Meryl Streep thought of this instantly, first a little surprised, and then felt that it was reasonable for such a person who likes to pursue new and exciting things to try drugs.

The elevator doors closed behind her, and Meryl Streep made sure the elevator went down, leaned into Harvey Weinstein's ear, and said in a low voice, "Matthew Horner seems to be addicted to drugs." ”

Since she can sell it casually, she doesn't mind.

Harvey Weinstein's smug smile flashed, "Well, I look like that, too." ”

By all accounts, Matthew Horner has fallen into his trap and is not yet aware of it, let him take advantage of his tongue now and ...... in the future

It will take a while, and when the addiction is even greater, he can hatch a new plan.

The group walked out of the elevator room, Meryl Streep was about to go to the bathroom, Bob Weinstein hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Harvey, let's ...... Matthew"

Harvey Weinstein immediately raised his hand to stop him from continuing, "You don't need to say much about this, I know it!"

Hearing this, Bob Weinstein swallowed back the unspoken words, stopped, and watched Harvey Weinstein gradually walk away, knowing that if he wanted to change the situation of Weinstein Films, it was impossible to persuade alone.

Matthew didn't go upstairs again, went straight to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, called the driver, and asked him to drive to the main entrance of the hotel.

Standing behind the glass curtain wall of the hotel, thinking of Elizabeth Olsen who had just left, Matthew was suddenly interested, and anyone would be disgusted by such a thing.

From entering Hollywood to the present, he has seen too many such women, all of whom seem to be very shrewd.

Those silly women seem to be too few in comparison.

The Mercedes-Benz business car arrived in front of the hotel at this time, Matthew just wanted to get out of the hotel, and there was a sound of high heels falling to the ground behind him, and then Elizabeth Olsen's voice came, "Matthew, can you listen to me?"