After the nominations for Best Original Song were announced, the next announcement was the nominations for Best Film Score. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Titanic" has fallen short on the nomination for Best Original Song, and Eric realizes that if the Golden Globe jury really wants to deliberately suppress the film in accordance with the wishes of some people, it is likely that it will only give a symbolic nomination for Best Film Score.

However, when Mira Sorvino read out five nominated films one after another, Eric still did not hear the name of "Titanic".

With a few taps of his fingers on the glass table, the corners of Eric's mouth curled, and he muttered angrily, "There's no need to do this." ”

Suddenly, with some excitement, Eric handed Kevin in his arms to Virginia, reached for a blank New Year's card, and lowered his head to fill it out.

In the living room, the sound of the television continued, and the women were aware that Eric was in a bit irritable at this time, and were careful not to disturb him.

On the TV, the NBC host and two guests continued to announce the long list of nominees, occasionally making a few witty remarks to liven up the atmosphere.

The two nominations that should have been the easiest to get were unexpectedly disappointed, and Eric felt that the Golden Globe Awards jury was likely to be a nomination this time, and he didn't plan to give "Titanic" any more expectations, holding a pencil and patiently tracing flowers on the New Year's card, trying to calm down his mood that had been a little irritable recently.

After the nominations for Best Foreign Language Film were announced, the host gaged at the nominees, and Milla Sovino took out a list again and read into the microphone: "Next, the films nominated for Best Screenplay at the Golden Globe are Tom Stoppard, Mark Norman, "Shakespeare", Terrence Malick, "Red Alert", Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen, "Ice Storm", Cham Sadie, "Shining Style" and ...... James Cameron, Titanic. ”

Sensing the deliberate pause on the television by Mira Sorvino, Eric looked up.

Hearing the name of "Titanic", Xiao Nizi, who was not far away, immediately excited: "Eric, we got the nomination." ”

Eric nodded slightly, but his expression was full of doubts, he didn't quite understand the Golden Globe Awards' intentions, could it be that the two nominations just now were just an accident, the Golden Globe Awards jury was not affected, and "Titanic" still hopes to be nominated for core awards such as Best Picture next?

With some anticipation in his heart, Eric quietly listened to the entire nomination press conference, but the expectations that quietly rose were quickly disappointed.

Next, he didn't hear a word about Titanic again. "Titanic" ended up with just a slightly embarrassing nomination for Best Screenplay, and nothing else.

Normally, film awards such as the Oscars and Golden Globes, which at least try to maintain their credibility on the surface, are relatively fair in the nomination stage, if it is in previous years, the quality of "Titanic" itself is there, even if the Golden Globes want to deliberately suppress it under the influence of some people, it is necessary to weigh the risk of loss of credibility caused by it.

However, after watching the nomination press conference, Eric also roughly understood that this year's situation is very different from the past.

As is customary, this year will definitely be an Oscar year, and it can be considered a super year.

Just from the Golden Globe Award nomination list, it can be seen that the four films "Shakespeare in Love", "Red Alert", "Ice Storm", and "Shining Style" have received an average of more than five nominations, and their performance is extremely strong, and other films such as "Mr. Sweetheart", "Master of Sex Book", and "Madame Peron" are also quite eye-catching.

In this case, the Golden Globe Award jury can be said to be 'fearless', so many excellent films are in front, even if "Titanic" is nominated, the judges of the Golden Globe Awards do not think that such a pure commercial blockbuster can win the award under the eyes of the crowd, since "Titanic" has no hope of winning the award at all, then, if it is not nominated at this time, there is no risk of losing credibility in the future.

Even, Eric is also aware of the trickiness of this best screenplay, if "Titanic" is nominated for Best Original Song and Best Film Score, with the strength of the film in this soundtrack, it can still compete with other films. These two nominations failed, and only one nomination for Best Screenplay was given without any advantage, which is obviously someone who wants to make "Titanic" 100% empty-handed, without giving the film the slightest hope of breaking through.

"Eric ......"

Noticing that Eric's silence seemed to be a little long, Virginia beside him called softly.

"I'm fine," Eric came back to his senses, looked at the woman's concerned eyes, smiled, paused slightly, and suddenly whispered to himself: "I'm just reflecting on whether there are too many Hollywood studios." ”

Virginia didn't notice the resoluteness in Eric's eyes and asked, "How much do you think is appropriate?"

"Big four, or big three," Eric shrugged slightly, "If it's less, or it's all your own family, you won't always think about other people's bowls being broken, so that you can eat more." ”

Virginia also felt some strong emotions in Eric's tone at this time, smiled, and said, "Then, how is it possible." ”

Just as he was about to say something, the phone on the glass table vibrated and Eric looked at the number, it was Katzenberg in Los Angeles calling.

Eric picked up his phone, motioned to the women, got up and said, "I'll answer the phone." ”

While Eric and Katzenberg were on the phone discussing the possible impact of the Golden Globe nomination, Michael Eisner, who had just finished watching live TV in a mansion in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, was in a happy mood.

Hollywood is also a commercial business, shopping malls are like battlefields, and the competition between several major film companies will not produce a fierce confrontation between you and your life, but between all parties, it is also a natural rival, and when competitors are on the edge of the cliff, they can push each other aside, and everyone will not be soft.

Michael Eisner was also involved in the operation of the "Titanic" Golden Globe nomination, but he would not make the same mistake as he did a few years ago, no longer believing in any loose temporary alliances, but hiding behind the scenes and secretly promoting. Others participated, everyone tacitly agreed, no one participated, and Michael Eisner didn't care, but this time, there were really a lot of promoters behind the initiative.

Although in recent years, the relationship with Eric has eased on the surface, but he will never forget the past when he was expelled from Disney, with the gradual growth of Fireflies in recent years, Michael Eisner feels that if he had not been forced to leave Disney back then, all the status and glory of Fireflies in the Hollywood industry may be his.

After all, in the past two years, Universal's development in the film business can be said to be second only to Firefly, and this summer, Universal's total box office has even surpassed, and he feels that this is enough to prove his strength.

However, Michael Eisner also realized that Universal Pictures had entered a bottleneck.

In recent years, with the rapid expansion of the global film market, Hollywood has gradually realized the strong advantages and huge profits of large-scale special effects films in the global distribution, but the entire Hollywood, in addition to Firefly, which has enough strength to produce more than three special effects blockbusters every year, the other six, without Firefly's digital field special effects technical support, unless the requirements for the quality of film special effects are greatly reduced, it is impossible to complete these.

Whether it's Warner, Universal, or Paramount, with all their resources, they can only produce one or two 'blockbuster' films that focus on special effects every year, and the constraints are not much related to funding, mainly CG special effects technology.

Today, in addition to the headquarters in Los Angeles, it has also set up two subsidiaries in Florida and Australia, with a total of more than 2,300 employees, and the talent is still secondary, as long as you are willing to spend a lot of money, the top special effects artists can also be poached.

However, compared with other Hollywood special effects studios, the biggest advantage in the digital field is the accumulation of technology in CG special effects, Eric Williams was a few years ahead of other peers, and invested heavily in the research and development of computer CG special effects technology.

Even though he was very resistant to working with Firefly, Universal still had to hand over a large number of difficult special effects shots to the digital field when making "The Mummy 2", and several other major film companies also have more or less dependence on the digital field. It is precisely this dependence that provides more opportunities for technology research and development and accumulation in the digital field, prompting it to leave its peers further away from its peers in the industry.

At this time, several other major studios have discovered a cruel truth: if Firefly cuts off foreign cooperation in the digital realm, there is no doubt that it will be difficult for them to make films that can compete with Firefly in terms of special effects in the next few years.

For the Firefly Group, which has an annual turnover of more than $20 billion, even if "Titanic" is completely lost, it will not have any substantial impact on the company only in terms of economy. But many things are not simply measurable by money.

The total investment in the production and distribution of "Titanic" reached 265 million US dollars, which is unprecedented in the history of Hollywood films.

That's what Michael Eisner was looking forward to.

Although Eric has absolute control over Firefly, he cannot completely ignore the wishes of management and other shareholders and go his own way, which will only lead to turmoil in the Firefly Group. When a mega-project like "Titanic" fails, Firefly shareholders and executives will inevitably reflect on their filmmaking and distribution strategies in recent years, and the result of this reflection is bound to be that Firefly will tend to be conservative in filmmaking for a long time to come.

With the scale of 2,300 employees in the digital field of Firefly, it is enough to support the production of four to six special effects films at the same time. The digital field must rely on accepting external orders to ensure that its more than 2,000 employees will not have nothing to do, then, at least in the next few years, the possibility of Firefly severing foreign cooperation in the digital field does not exist, and the slowdown in the development of Firefly's film business has given other film companies enough time to catch up with Firefly in terms of film production and special effects technology accumulation. Perhaps, everyone's starting line will not be so far apart.

secretly pushed the fireflies at the Golden Globe Awards, Michael Eisner does not plan to continue to do anything to add to the snake, and now almost the entire industry is singing about "Titanic", and even within the Firefly Group, there is not much expectation for this film, the failure of "Titanic" is almost inevitable, and he has begun to think about the development plan of the world next year.

The production of "The Mummy 3" is a bit difficult, the successive success of the first two parts, resulting in a sharp increase in the salary from the producer to the protagonist of the movie, and immediately start production, whether it is to change the role to compress the budget, or to increase the budget to invite the original team, Universal will take a very big risk, so Michael Eisner decided to start the "Mummy" series of spin-off of the Scorpion King movie, which was a long time ago, he saw the inspiration of this project.

Combing through the various ideas in his mind, before he knew it, it was close to ten o'clock, Michael Eisner's wife Jane Breckenridge began to urge her husband to rest, Michael Eisner had a thrilling heart quadruple bypass surgery two years ago, although the recovery is good, but people with a bad heart are also the most taboo to stay up late, in this regard, Jane is very close to her husband.

Michael Eisner heard his wife's urging and got up from the living room couch and walked to the bedroom, but he was thinking that he would have dinner with George Lucas tomorrow and talk about the cooperation between Universal Pictures and Industrial Light and Magic.

Although with the strong support of Microsoft, Michael Eisner is not optimistic about Spielberg's cooperation with Amberlin Pictures, and Universal is not too active in competing for the distribution rights of Amberlin Pictures, however, Michael Eisner is very optimistic about the development prospects of Industrial Light & Magic, although this special effects company is a little far away from the digital field, but as a veteran special effects giant, Industrial Light & Magic is also the last company in the same industry that may catch up with the digital field, Michael Eisner is very clear that only when Industrial Light & Magic develops and keeps pace with the digital field, can everyone avoid being suddenly stuck by fireflies。 (To be continued.) )