After carefully examining the list in his hand, Moss handed it back: "Go, send it to our friends." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Qingyang culture?" The big-breasted female secretary asked.

"That's nature." Moss. As soon as this list came out, Gu Wenwu's status in his heart had changed from a partner to a friend.

"In addition, to contact "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety", you can have as much strength as you can, it doesn't matter if you have money or not, the key is that I want to see the effect." Moss.

"Okay boss." The female secretary said.

……

At WMA headquarters, the freshly released Oscar shortlist has been sent to everyone attending the meeting, and today's meeting is nothing more than one thing, studying the shortlisted candidates on this list, and then launching a canvassing offensive.

For a brokerage company like WMA, it is an extremely advantageous thing to operate its own people into the Oscars and finally win the little gold statuette. Brokerage companies rely on artists to make profits, and the more famous the artists, the greater their profits. At the same time, such a reputation can also produce a virtuous circle, more and more artists will come to visit, and the company's position will become more and more stable. Therefore, every Oscar is a tough battle for an economic company like WMA.

"This year's Oscars, the situation of our company is not ideal, UTA has a Johnny Depp is a finalist for the actor, and our big enemy CAA has Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard two shortlisted candidates, as well as Warner Bros., ICM, etc., all of which have artists shortlisted for the Best Actor and Queen of the Actress, but we don't have any artists under our umbrella, since there is none, then let's focus on other awards, Best Supporting Actor, our company has artists shortlisted, Let's take this award as the main breakthrough point, no matter what, our company can't win nothing at the Oscars, Tommy, I'm going to contact the two newspapers "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety" to discuss advertising-related matters. "WMA's current president, David Wattschafft, is in a bad mood, as the two most important awards at the Oscars, his company is not eligible to enter, which is really a joke for other competitors, especially CAA.

"Wait." Before Tommy could hear a response, an inopportune voice popped up. David frowned, raised his eyes, and saw that it was Anna, the company's famous beauty agent.

David's expression relaxed: "Anna, do you have any opinions?" ”

Anna held the shortlist in her hand tightly, there was still a trace of shock on her face, and when she heard David's words, she hurriedly said: "I don't have any opinion, what I want to say is that our company also has artists who have been shortlisted for Best Actor at this Oscar." ”

"What?" When David heard this, he hurriedly looked through the shortlist that he had already seen several times. There are four finalists on the shortlist, only simple names and corresponding films, and three of them are known to him, all of whom are in other agencies.

"You mean, this YunFatChow is from our company, why don't I remember such a person in our company." David said with a frown. can be shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Actor, how can he be unknown, and the actor in his own company, as long as he is a little famous, he knows everything. Therefore, he felt that no one in his company was shortlisted for the actor and queen this time.

"This Chow is an artist under me, he is still an actor in Xia Guo, he was an artist in the Endeavor agency before, and then the two companies merged, and his brokerage contract was transferred to our company, this Chow is a very famous actor in Xia Guo, but after coming to Hollywood, the development has not been smooth, and he has not made any fame, and because the two companies have just merged, so for these transferred artists, they are all given priority to well-known artists, So he didn't know much in the company. Anna explained.

"I understand, he is a native of Xia, and his development in Hollywood was not going well, so he returned to China to shoot this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and then he was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Actor, but his economic contract is still in our company, right?" David's expression began to get excited.

"That's right, he signed a C-level economic contract, and it won't expire for more than a year." Anna Dao.

"No wonder." David's heart was sudden. Different artists sign different economic contracts, although the C-level contract is not the lowest grade, but the corresponding treatment is put on Xia Guo, that is, the treatment of a third-tier artist, how can he, the CEO of a company, put his attention on a third-tier artist.

You must know that there are more than 150 agents in WMA alone, and there are more or less artists under each agent, celebrities and big names are piled up, and it is normal for a third-tier artist to be buried. Sometimes it's not always the case that bigger the company, the better.

"Anna, you hurry up and contact this Chow, just say that our company is going to change his brokerage contract to B-level, and at the same time fully support him to compete for the Oscar, if he really wins the best actor, it will be an A-level contract." David made a decisive decision.

A C-level contract, in front of the name of the actor, the cost of default seems to become a little negligible.

……

"Director Gu, thank you." Zhou Yan's words without a beginning or end made Gu Wenwu pause, and the chopsticks in his hand were also put down. Tang Wei, who was sitting opposite him, also stopped at this time and didn't make a sound.

"What's the matter, why did you say this all of a sudden?" Gu Wenwu asked.

Zhou Yanfa's tone on the other end of the phone was very emotional: "Just now my agent Anna at WMA called me and said that I was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Actor, and WMA wanted to re-sign a contract with me, saying that it would fully support me in the competition for the best actor." ”

"Really, that's really congratulations, WMA is a big company with a lot of energy." Gu Wenwu said.

"Gu Dao, do you already know?" Hearing Gu Wenwu's tone, he was not so surprised, and Zhou Yanfa couldn't help asking.

"Well, I also got the news today, and it was told by the publisher of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"." Gu Wenwu said.

"Is it a complete shortlist, I should be the only one who has been shortlisted for this award, right?" Zhou Yanfa asked.

"That's right, including your Best Actor, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has won a total of ten nominations." Gu Wenwu said.

What the? Ten items? Zhou Yunfa was immediately not calm, because he knew very well what the ten nominations meant. "Hero" has a high status in China, but when it came to the Oscars, it only won one nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and it did not win. You must know that there are only twenty-four Oscars in total, and now there are ten nominations, almost half of which have been shortlisted for the awards, which is not that it is possible to win, but that the little golden man has basically been locked, and it is just a matter of taking a few trophies.

"So, is there a nomination for Best Director?" Zhou Yanfa asked.

"Yes." Gu Wenwu replied.

Zhou Yanfa's heart trembled, and at this time, he suddenly thought of a sentence: How can the golden scales be a thing in the pool, and the dragon changes when it encounters wind and clouds. Gu Wenwu is afraid that he is going to turn into a dragon this time.

In the early morning of January 22, 2008, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlist for the 80th Oscars. Among them, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has become the biggest favorite of this year's Oscars with ten nominations, including Best Director, Best Actor, Best Foreign Language Film, etc. When the news came back to China, it immediately caused a boiling and uproar.