At this time, the "Best Communication" company did not make it clear that the hope of "The Undertaker" winning the award was great, but only personally invited Gu Xiaofan to the "Best Communication" and held a discussion meeting of "Oscar competition in the last 20 days". [Full text reading]

The purpose of this meeting is also very simple, it is to analyze the current form of the opponent of "The Undertaker", and how to work hard with yourself in the final review stage.

It's fair to say that now is the time when the competition is really fierce.

Gu Xiaofan and Chen Keer came to the "optimal communication", but they were still confused, muttering while taking the elevator: "This is all shortlisted, and the money for lobbying has been given, what meeting do you want to have?" ”

In Gu Xiaofan's heart, he felt that if he handed over the money to the lobbying company, he could leave it alone, he did the same before, and things were going well, why was he shortlisted for a meeting instead?

As soon as I entered the door, I saw bright lights, and a row of employees of "Optimal Communication" were all in the corridor to greet Gu Xiaofan.

They were greeted by their old friend Jason, and the boss of the "best communication", former senator of Los Angeles, 54-year-old Joseph, and the two respectfully welcomed Gu Xiaofan and Chen Keer in.

As soon as he sat in the office, Gu Xiaofan asked with a smile, "Jason, why did you lose a lot of hair after not seeing you for so long?" Is it hard to live with Hasson? ”

Before he first came to the United States, it was Jason who introduced Abel Warner to him, and then Hawkeye found him, Gu Xiaofan did not react at the time, until this time Hasen handed over the lobbying work of the Oscar nomination of "The Undertaker" to "optimal communication".

Gu Xiaofan gradually guessed that the "optimal communication" was Hasen's person, and with the means of Eagle Eye, it was really strange that he did not raise a lobbying company formed by his own people.

Jason smiled bitterly: "Director Gu, I only started to lose my hair after working for Mr. Hasson, and the doctor said that I was mentally weak." Then he lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Hasson's matter, you must keep it secret, Mr. Hasson's identity is very important to our side." ”

Gu Xiaofan nodded, but said with a smile: "You are very shrewd, you lost a few hairs, but you made a lot of money, and your company's 3 million yuan was earned by you." “

Jason hurriedly smiled and said, "Director Gu, don't make fun of me, I'm just an errand runner." ”

At this time, Gu Xiaofan was invited to sit in the office, and then Joseph, the boss of "Optimal Communication", handed over a folder.

"What is this?" Gu Xiaofan said with some surprise.

"This is the crew of "Dancing with Bashi", the itinerary plan for the next 20 days, and some data." Joseph was worried.

Gu Xiaofan and Chen Keer took it over and flipped through it and looked at it, above it was Ali Franco, the director of Warner's "Dancing with Bashi", who was doing an overwhelming public opinion propaganda plan in the United States.

Joseph was afraid that their English was not good, and many of them could not understand it, so he jumped next to him and explained:

"Starting today, Ali Franco, the director of "Dancing with Bash", will first go to Kansas City for media interviews, and then Taylor and the Colorado area, and talk about Saab.

There was a report in New York, followed by a newspaper follow-up in New Jersey, and after the visit to Los Angeles, Ali Franco would visit Orange County and other districts.

The content of the interview covers almost all levels, and each medium is different in nature and has its own audience, and Warner will adjust the content of the speech according to the different levels of audiences, ages, etc.

In fact, the world's media, N, ABC, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Glitzy World, Premiere, Entertainment Weekly, etc.

There are also local media, such as professional review publications such as American Cinematographer and Film Review, as well as magazines with soft trends in life.

There are media aimed at young people, such as MTV, Rolling Stone, etc., as well as GQ for the elderly or adults, as well as trendy and avant-garde media, online and magazines, etc.

And Warners focused on "Time Magazine", with n full staring, every time it happened, "Dancing with Bash", such as the film critics awards, Golden Globe awards, Oscar finalists, the British BAFTA, the American Directors Guild Best Foreign Language Film, all came to another wave of interviews, each wave is a trilogy: the pre-report, the time of the event, and the mood of winning or losing afterward.

From the moment the award ceremony was held, there was a long queue in the media interview area, and hundreds of media had to talk about the entrance one by one......

By the day of the final Oscar vote, we expect to have more than 4,000 articles in the New York Times database about Dancing with Bash......

Joseph said, and Jason added: "The other best foreign language films, the shortlisted films Sony released "Between the Walls", Fox released "Badr and Meinhoff", and Paramount's "Revenge" will also have about 3,000 articles published in the mainstream media. ”

Gu Xiaofan couldn't help but feel a little numb when he heard this, glanced at Chen Ke'er, and saw that she didn't have any hints, so he said: "Isn't the Oscar selection a member of various film unions?" What is there to do with all this propaganda against civilians? ”

Joseph hadn't spoken yet, but he heard Chen Keer's faint voice:

"This is the momentum of public opinion, after the announcement of the shortlist, when the quality of the films is similar, those judges are exposed to it every day, and hearing those public opinions will cause an impression in their subconscious, that is, many people say that a certain film is good, which has caused a herd effect, so most of the neutral judges will be very likely to vote for the one with a louder public opinion."

Among the five most important film critics' associations in the United States with "Best Foreign Language Film", "Dancing with Bash" won three: the National Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Award, and the Boston Film Critics Award...... Under the influence of this subtle public opinion, our chances of winning the award are very low......"

So that's the truth...... Gu Xiaofan thought in his heart, he didn't know the doorway here, and couldn't help but glance at Joseph meaningfully: "You mean, do you need more funds to do these 20 days of marketing?" We also go to Time Magazine, n?"

Gu Xiaofan said in his heart, this profiteer, to put it bluntly, wants money, this time I'm afraid it's more than 3 million US dollars, right?

Joseph shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not a matter of money this time, the Big Six have already let out the news, and we have no one to help us unless we can offer a price more than ten times higher, not to mention that Time Magazine is a subsidiary of Warner, and it is impossible for them to promote us." ”

Gu Xiaofan didn't speak, just looked at Joseph, thinking to himself, you are going around, are you asking us to admit defeat today? There must be a way.

He turned his head to look at Chen Ke'er and asked her with his eyes, what did he mean: "Sister Ke'er?" You didn't know about this beforehand? ”

Chen Keer didn't respond to his gaze, as if he didn't see him.

"Director Gu." Only then did Joseph express his meaning: "Mr. Hasson, I want to introduce you to a person who can help us solve the current predicament." ”