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The host of this year's session is still Billy Kristol.

However, it may be that there are too few highlights of this year's nominated films, Billy Crystal pretended to be on stage with a DV in his hand, claiming that he planned to make an ultra-low-budget film with a zero budget, and the DV invoice in his hand has not been lost, and he can return it directly after the shooting is completed.

This situation is naturally ridiculing "Blair the Witch", which is creating a box office miracle, and "Laughing Fruit" is really good.

It's just that the subsequent awards ceremony was really lackluster.

Under the strong public relations offensive of the Weinstein brothers, "The Horse Whisperer", which was already full of controversy in the nomination stage, won many important awards such as Best Picture and Best Director. Eric believes that in the coming period, there will definitely be a wave of discussions in the media questioning the fairness of the Olympic Awards. At the same time, the academy has woken up to the fact that Miramax will certainly not have a good time in the next few years.

As for "Elizabeth" on the Firefly's side, the result was even more unexpected, although it received a number of major nominations, but in the end it received nothing.

Eric thought Cate Blanchett might have a chance to win the Oscar for Best Actress in her first nomination, but he underestimated how conservative the Olympians were. This time, the best actress finally fell to the veteran British actress Judy Danzi.

As soon as the ceremony ended, Eric was stopped by the director of the ceremony, Louis Horwitz, who also took Eric to meet the hostess named Laura Spencer on the red carpet.

Robert Iger also called from New York.

There was something to be done here, so Eric sent Nicole to the Vanity Fair party at the Hilton Hotel first, and he himself answered Robert Iger's phone call backstage at the awards ceremony, and at the same time took a resume file from Louis Horwitz, looked at the contents, and couldn't help but glance at Louis Horwitz and Laura Spencer.

I just mentioned it, and sent this girl's resume over, what is this going to do, to prove that this woman is over 18 years old?

Noticing Eric's eyes, Louis Horwitz felt a little bitter in his heart.

Before the awards ceremony ended, Louis Horwitz received a call from a colleague at the ABC headquarters in New York, and the ratings of this Oscars live broadcast were simply miserable, with the minimum viewership even dropping to 37 million, and the average viewership probably won't exceed 40 million.

As one of ABC's most well-known producers, Louis Horwitz has directed the Oscars more than once, but tonight was not even expected by himself. You know, in the past decade, the average number of Oscar viewers has never been lower than 40 million.

Although everyone knows that this is mainly because this Oscar-nominated film is too lacking in highlights.

However, the big boss called him over before the awards ceremony, criticized this messy red carpet ceremony in front of him, and most importantly, said 'I hope the next awards ceremony will not be as messy as the red carpet'. Now, the awards show is a mess in the minds of the big bosses, and it is not clear to Luis Horwitz, but the minimum viewership of 37 million is definitely a mess, which makes Louis Horwitz very nervous. I had to hurriedly call New York, hoping that Robert Iger, who had picked him up in one hand, would be able to say a few words for him.

Finding a random sofa to sit down, Eric ignored Louis Horwitz and Laura Spencer, who were standing next to him, and casually put Laura Spencer's resume on his lap while talking to Robert Iger on the phone. The staff who were finishing up the award ceremony noticed the situation here and avoided it from afar.

Robert Iger's explanation made Eric laugh and cry.

This terrible red carpet ceremony boils down to this year's lackluster nominated films.

Due to the low popularity and topicality of this year's Oscar-nominated films, which seriously affected the enthusiasm of advertisers, the advertising bidding price of this awards ceremony also hit a record low, usually about $1.2 million per 30 seconds, but this year it is only a little more than 1 million.

Advertising revenue plummeted, and the academy took advantage of the situation to cut the budget for the awards ceremony, and even shortened the Oscar red carpet, which is usually about 200 meters, to less than 150 meters. The Oscar red carpet has always been one of the most crowded ceremonies in major film ceremonies, and this time it was suddenly shortened by a quarter, but the number of guests did not decrease at all, so it is no wonder that it is not crowded.

Although Eric is very dissatisfied with the academy doing this kind of shortening the length of the red carpet, he is not too easy to interfere too much, the edge of fireflies in Hollywood is already too strong, and blaming the academy for this kind of trivial matter is basically making himself uncomfortable.

After Robert Iger finished explaining, he took the initiative to bring up the matter of Laura Spencer.

Eric flipped through the resume on his lap.

It turns out that last year, the two ace anchors of the ABC daytime news program "Good Morning America" Joan Langdon and Charles Gibson left one after another, and before that, "Good Morning America" had been the most watched program in the morning slot, which was also closely related to the popularity of the two ace anchors.

After the two left, the ratings of "Good Morning America" suffered a heavy blow, and during this time, the ratings were even surpassed by NBC's "Today Show", which had been firmly suppressed for ten years. In an effort to revive "Good Morning America" ratings, ABC management is making changes to the show, and Laura Spencer is one of the newly promoted national correspondents.

After listening to Robert Iger's explanation, Eric was relieved.

National correspondent correspondent, the name sounds high-end, but in fact, it is definitely a very tedious position. Unlike news anchors, who only need to be stationed in the studio, ABC's national correspondent not only needs to attend some studio interviews, but also often make guest appearances as frontline reporters.

You know, it's ABC's morning news every day between 7 and 9 o'clock.

It's okay to be in the studio, but if you need to be there in person, you may even have to go to your destination the day before, and at least you have to get up early to prepare, which can even be called a very hard job in this respect.

Moreover, this resume in his hand also made Eric have no prejudice against Laura Spencer at all.

The blonde, who looked to be in her early twenties, was already thirty years old this year.

On his resume, he is not only a scholarship winner at the University of Pennsylvania, but also a former national diver who has worked in the media industry for eight years after graduating from Penn with a degree in broadcast journalism. The work resume of these eight years is also brilliant, and he can skillfully deal with the work of reporters, producers, photographers, editors, etc., and even won an evaluation of 'a-one-man-band', a-one-man-band, one person and one band, and you can know what a high evaluation this is if you understand it a little.

The arrangement of Laura Spencer as the host of the Oscars red carpet this time is also to increase the popularity of the other party and increase the attention of "Good Morning America" in disguise.

Eric has always admired women who are both beautiful and hardworking, because there are so few women who can do both.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Eric hung up Robert Iger's phone, got up and handed his resume to Louis Horwitz, and then took the initiative to reach out to Laura Spencer, and said frankly: "Okay, Laura, I apologize to you for my previous bias, you are really good." ”

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Williams. ”

Laura Spencer was a little flattered to hold Eric's hand, she was still a little nervous just now, she was worried that she would lose her job after only a few days of promotion, and even a little angry with Eric Williams, the big boss, should a beautiful woman have to be a vase.

However, as Eric reached out to herself, the dissatisfaction in her heart suddenly disappeared, after all, she had never expected the big boss to apologize to her or something.

"Well, then, you guys keep busy," Eric said to Laura Spencer, withdrew his hand and said to Louis Horwitz, and was about to leave, noticing that Laura Spencer was still wearing that beautiful pink wide-shouldered deep V dress, and said to the girl, "Laura, are you going to the Vanity Fair party, do you want a ride?"

Laura Spencer had just relaxed, and when she heard Eric's words, she suddenly lifted her little heart again, and she instantly remembered that her boss was a well-known playboy. The reason why she was still wearing a dress at this time was only because she heard Louis Horwitz's words, and she had been nervous until now, and she didn't have the heart to change her clothes, let alone go to any party, and she couldn't get a ticket to the "Vanity Fair" party at all.

Eric noticed the change in Laura Spencer's expression, and quickly realized something, smiled, and said, "Forget it, see you next time." ”

It's just that as soon as Eric turned around, Laura Spencer's voice came from behind him: "No, Mr. Williams, I, I do." ”

Nicole and the women were at the Vanity Fair party, and Eric couldn't have done anything else on his mind, and he did just mention it casually. At this time, looking at Laura Spencer's face of imabout generosity, she couldn't help but smile, but said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Watching Laura Spencer and Eric walk backstage together, Louis Horwitz rolled up the resume in his hand and patted it in the palm of his other hand, shaking his head with envy and sighing: "Beautiful woman." ”

Walking out of Dorothy Chandler Hall, Eric and Laura Spencer got into the car together.

The driver started the car and left the city center, Eric looked at the girl next to him with a restrained look, and asked with a smile, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Laura Spencer was stunned, her eyes flickered for a moment, but she still shook her head honestly, "No, no." ”

"Oh," Eric nodded noncommittally, "if it would be fine, maybe you could call him over, so you wouldn't be like an alert little hedgehog now." ”

Laura Spencer felt a little more relaxed when she heard Eric say it so bluntly, and boldly asked, "Mr. Williams, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Yes, they're all at the Vanity Fair party, and they're going to be keeping an eye on me later, so you can rest assured. ”

When Laura Spencer heard Eric's words, she couldn't hold back her laughter, and caught a certain word a little ridiculously: "They?"

"Hmm," Eric nodded, "They." ”

"Mr. Williams, you're really frank. ”

"Actually, it's not a good thing to be too frank in front of a beautiful woman. ”

Laura Spencer blinked and said, "Not necessarily, maybe some women like frank men, and it's not good to be too rhetorical." ”

With a smile on his lips, Eric said, "Am I doing this crookedly?"

Laura Spencer unconsciously relaxed, and retorted slightly: "Your words must have been premeditated." ”

"You're prejudiced," Eric said, feigning displeasure, "I just apologized to you for my own prejudice." ”

Laura Spencer laughed and said, "I'll show you proof, Mr. Williams, you can't show it, can you?"

"It seems that I can only prove it in time, and when the time comes, you will remember to owe me an apology. ”

"Okay. ”

Speaking of which," Eric said slightly to make it easier to admire the beautiful girl next to him, and wondered, "Why do you want to be a correspondent, it's not an easy job?"

"Because this position can make the transition to a TV anchor much faster," Laura Spencer felt Eric's gaze, but did not defend himself, but said with confidence in her tone, "Actually, I think I can already be a news anchor." ”

"I can't promise you this now, young people should hone it more. ”

Laura Spencer looked at the young man in front of her, who was actually a year younger than herself, and said, "Mr. Williams, it's strange that this sentence comes out of your mouth. ”

Eric reacted and smiled, "Well, I think so too. ”

"Huh. ”

Chatting like this, before I knew it, I arrived at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Getting out of the parking lot and looking at Laura Spencer, who was inevitably a little restrained for her first time at such a party, Eric stretched out her arm to the girl and smiled, "If you don't mind waiting for no male guests to strike up a conversation with you?"

Laura Spencer's face was slightly red, and she took the initiative to take Eric's arm and whispered, "Thank you, Mr. Williams." ”

Eric walked her into the Hilton Hotel with a smile and said, "Actually, I'm also selfish, you know, I never persuade beautiful girls to have boyfriends, I prefer them to find girlfriends." ”

Laura Spencer felt the gazes of the guests around her, and whispered, "Mr. Williams, do you have to be so frank?"

"You can call me Eric. ”

This turn of events was a bit inexplicable, and Laura Spencer wondered: "Shouldn't this sentence be said when the two of them first met?"

"No, you don't want me to be honest with you, so I think we're ready to move on to the next stage. ”

Laura Spencer suddenly wanted to pinch the man next to her, just like Nicole Kidman did during a previous red carpet interview. It's just that she only dared to think about it, and said, "Okay, I think it's necessary for me to insist on calling you Mr. Williams." ”

The two came to the media area outside the party hall of "Vanity Fair", Eric took the initiative to let go of the girl holding him, and said, "By the way, come to me when you leave, and I will have someone take you back to the hotel." ”

Laura Spencer felt Eric let go of herself, and felt a little lost in her heart, but she shook her head and said, "No, Mr. Williams, I can go back myself." ”

Eric didn't insist, and gently pushed the woman against the media wall, saying, "Go over and have some fun." ”

Laura Spencer walked to the media wall, and the reporter's frenzied flashing lights fell on her, but the woman's gaze couldn't help but follow the man's figure around the interview area until he disappeared into the party hall entrance.