The spacious Pai duì Hall is bustling with people, and it's home to the Oscar celebration Pai duì that Firefly Films is organizing.

Under normal circumstances, except for those award-winning film crews, usually only the seven major Hollywood studios will hold a similar party after the Golden Globe Awards or the Oscars to invite a group of Hollywood stars to participate, and second- and third-tier film companies will not do this at all.

This is not a matter of money, but a manifestation of strength, because second- and third-tier film companies holding similar pies will encounter the embarrassing situation of not having any heavyweight stars to come to cheer, which will be even more humiliating.

But Fireflies are different, although Fireflies are still in the position of second-tier film companies, but with the huge influence of Fireflies in awards and box office this year, in addition to most of the stars of the original UTA, other Hollywood stars who came to cheer or look for opportunities also abounded.

"I feel like the academy is still a bit too conservative, and the four films you personally directed this year have all been huge successes at the box office, except for "Home Alone 2", which is pure comedy, I think the other three have no problem getting a Best Director nomination, especially "Dark War", which is a shame. Harvey Weinstein leaned over to Eric with a fat face, full of sincerity.

Eric happened to meet the Weinstein brothers after the Oscar ceremony, and originally planned to find a chance to chat, but after the Weinstein brothers heard that the fireflies were going to hold a celebration party, they directly brought everyone in the crew of "My Left Foot" to come over, although "My Left Foot" received five nominations, but in the end they returned empty-handed, the Weinstein brothers canceled the original celebration party, and no one in the crew of "My Left Foot" complained about anything.

Eric smiled with a glass of red wine in his hand, "Harvey, it's nothing. I'm so young now, and when I have more opportunities in the future, it's not a good thing to get an award too early. That can easily make a person lose their way and thus become stagnant. ”

"No, no, no. Harvey Weinstein immediately shook his head and said: "Eric, actually, I think there are a lot of mistakes in Firefly's award winning strategy, just like the two Best Screenplay nominations you get, if I were to do it, I would definitely not apply for a Best Original Screenplay and a Best Adapted Screenplay separately, not that your script is not good enough, but." The two scripts are good enough, which will instead make both nominations go down the drain. As for the reason, I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out by now. and "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman", which only won one Best Actor, which is also a pity. ”

"I think Mr. Daniel Day Lewis's performance in 'My Left Foot' is also very good, and if it weren't for 'Smell a Woman', maybe this Best Actor would have been his," Eric looked at Daniel Day Lewis not far away, and continued: "I heard that when Daniel was acting, he was addicted to the role and couldn't extricate himself. I even really think of myself as a disabled person, and often ask people to help me eat. ”

Harvey Weinstein looked around before lowering his voice slightly, "Actually." Originally, I was going to PR Best Actor, because "My Left Foot" is good enough, but it is a British film after all, and the protagonist of the film is also an Irish artist, so although "My Left Foot" received five nominations, it will most likely only be Best Actor, but after "Smell a Woman" appeared. I knew that Daniel's Best Actress would definitely be out of play. And the possibility of best picture is extremely low. So I changed to PR Best Director. Unfortunately, in the end, he couldn't compete with Oliver Stone. After all, the other party is a big director who has been famous in Hollywood for many years. Jim Sheridan, on the other hand, is directing a film for the first time. At the end of the day, it's Miramax who's unlucky this time. ”

Eric nodded noncommittally and continued to wait for Harvey to continue, he knew that Harvey had laid down so much to reveal such a little bit of the inside story to him.

Sure enough, after a short pause, Harvey Weinstein pointed with his eyes to Robert Shea, who was in high spirits and was discussing something with a few people, and continued: "Eric, I know that the Oscar PR of Firefly was led by Mr. Robert Shea, but you have also seen that such an excellent movie as "Smell the Woman", and compared to "My Left Foot", "The Smell of the Woman" It embodies typical American values, and director Martin Brest has enough qualifications to have these advantages, but in the end he only won one Best Actor award, and it is a pity that Best Director and Best Picture are passed by. If "Smell a Woman" is operated by Miramax, I believe that it will be able to win at least one of the best director and the best picture. ”

After listening to Harvey Weinstein's words, Eric said with some regret: "Harvey, what you said is indeed very reasonable, but now there is no place for Miramax for the firefly. When I was planning to expand Firefly, I researched some information about Miramax, and I knew that the two of you brothers had been buying films in Europe or the Far East for many years and then bringing them back to China for distribution, so you must have a lot of foundation and contacts abroad. My original intention was to put Robert Shea in charge of the distribution in North America, and leave the overseas expansion to the two of you. ”

Harvey Weinstein couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick his interfering lips when he heard Eric's words, the overseas channel expansion of the Firefly movie is a very big cake. You must know that the first few movies directed by Eric himself have similar overseas box office results and local box office results, and even the overseas box office of "Pretty Woman" is 100 million US dollars higher than that in China.

The reason why the Weinstein brothers focused on selecting art films to impact the Oscars, in the final analysis, was still a lack of strength, and winning awards to gain fame, and then earning box office and peripheral profits, can be regarded as a way to go off the rails, after all, Hollywood also has an Oscar every year. If there is an opportunity to release a blockbuster commercial film, the Weinstein brothers will certainly not hesitate to change course.

"That'...... Eric, I think it's ...... now."

Eric shook his head: "It's too late, Harvey, Firefly and the new line are now integrated, although I am still the largest shareholder of Firefly, but I also have to consider Robert's feelings, compared to the current Firefly." Miramax's power is too weak, and if he goes according to the original plan, Robert will definitely not want the two of you brothers to share this power overseas. ”

Harvey Weinstein's face flashed with a hint of loss. Soon he added, "Eric, actually. I'm better at PR awards, maybe we can ......"

"Harvey, what do you think so many people are keen on the Oscars for?"

Harvey Weinstein paused and spat out a single word: "Interests." ”

Eric smiled and said, "Look, that's right. Therefore, any large film company, although they value the Oscars, none of them put the Oscars in the first place, and most of the films they produce are also commercial films. Fireflies are the same, and in the next few years, Fireflies' main focus will be on commercial films, and when they have developed to a certain strength and scale, they will set foot in the field of art films. Earn some accolades to add to the company's success. ”

"Don't you think, Eric, that these two things can go hand in hand?" said Harvey, unwillingly.

"Of course you can. So, it's still possible for us to work together, but it's not possible to merge. By the way, there just happened to be an award-winning film that I was very optimistic about, and the producer of this movie is also here today, so let me introduce it to you. ”

Harvey Weinstein nodded in disappointment, and Eric and Harvey quickly found Elizabeth and Julia, who were sitting on a couch in the corner whispering something.

"Hi, two beauties. Can I sit down?" asked Eric, leaning over.

Hearing Eric's voice, Julia's body suddenly froze. Elizabeth lifted her calf and kicked at Eric, "Get out of here, Trick Heart." ”

Eric quickly flashed to the side. Looking at the black sharp heels, he wiped a cold sweat in his heart, and at the same time, he suddenly found that the two women in front of him seemed to have kicked on his calves, and they were the same.

"Liz, don't do this, I've already said humility, na, I'll introduce you to someone. ”

Elizabeth reluctantly stood up when she heard Eric say this, and Julia followed suit, her eyes fluttering a few times before she focused on Eric's face and barely smiled.

Elizabeth looked at the fat man beside Eric, "Do you say him, Harvey Weinstein, I know him." ”

Harvey looked at Eric suspiciously, now in Hollywood, there are probably few women who dare to kick Eric without hesitation, so he has a strong curiosity about Elizabeth's identity.

Eric hurriedly said, "Harvey, this is Elizabeth Murdoch, the second daughter of Mr. Rupert Murdoch. ”

"Ah, Miss Murdoch, hello, it's such an honor to have no thought you met me," Harvey Weinstein immediately smiled as he stretched out his big fat hand.

Elizabeth reluctantly shook Harvey's hand, then turned her gaze back to Eric, "What's the matter?"

"That's right, I think that after the production of "The Silence of the Lambs" comes out, it will definitely do something at next year's Oscars, and Harvey is very good at public relations in this area, so I will introduce you to you. ”

"Oh......" Elizabeth sighed in a long voice, and her expression became slightly angry: "So, Firefly made money after the release, and then the matter of rushing for the prize is gone?"

Eric waved his hand: "Of course not, Liz, you must be mistaken, I mean, Harvey is very good at PR awards, so I want to hand over the award PR for next year's "The Silence of the Lambs" to them, rest assured, all the PR fees will be paid by Firefly." ”

Hearing Eric say this, Elizabeth snorted coldly, raised her chin and said, "It's pretty much the same." With that, the girl turned her gaze to Harvey Weinstein with an inquiring look in her eyes.

To be able to get in touch with the little princess of News Corporation, of course, Harvey Weinstein can't ask for it, although he only listened to a few words, but Harvey is still keenly aware that Elizabeth is now working as a producer, this is a good opportunity, if the relationship is cooperated, with the financial resources of the Murdoch family, will Miramax continue to make a small fuss like this?

Thinking of this, the expression on Harvey's face became more attentive, and there was a smile in every fold on his chubby face: "I don't have any problems here, Miss Murdoch, it's an honor to work with you." ”

After saying this, Elizabeth waved her hand at Eric and Harvey, "Then, if there is nothing else, you can leave." ”

The two big men looked at each other for a moment, and Harvey thought to himself that he hadn't left a contact information or anything. Eric recalled the situation in his previous life when he saw the court play the ladies and asked the little eunuch to kneel down.

Elizabeth was about to pull Julia to sit down again, when she suddenly thought of something and said to Eric, "Well, you stay, I still have something to ask you." ”

Seeing this situation, Harvey could only leave for a while.

After Harvey was gone, Elizabeth asked, "Mr. Williams, I heard that 'Ghost Love' has been launched." ”

The corners of Eric's mouth twitched, and he nodded cooperatively, "Yes, Miss Murdoch, do you have any orders?"

Before Elizabeth could say anything, Julia burst out laughing as she was amused by the two men's promiscuous stance.

The atmosphere was ruined, and Elizabeth immediately feigned anger and touched Julia's side, until Julia giggled and begged for mercy, and Elizabeth refused to stop.

"Hey, I said, this is a big court, you should pay attention to the influence. ”

"Mind it, you bastard. ”

"Well, okay, I don't care, Your Majesty has something to say," Eric smiled bitterly and raised his hand to make a surrender form, no way, Shuang丨 Fei is cool for a while, and he is in debt for a lifetime, I don't have the same knowledge as you!

"I mean, what do you think of Julia, the heroine of your next movie?"

Eric looked at Julia, hesitated and was about to speak, Elizabeth raised an eyebrow: "Don't disagree, this role is decided." ”

"Liz, don't do this, and I don't want to talk to ......" Julia reacted and quickly grabbed Elizabeth. Elizabeth patted Julia's thigh soothingly and said, "Don't worry, I will be by your side during the shooting, and I will not give some hateful guys any more chances." (To be continued)