A good party-style nomination luncheon, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, Li Xiaole's words, triggered a series of chain reactions, reporters began to call to ask their bosses if they could post this big news, and now the nominees are whispering to each other, and anger is gradually spreading.

In particular, the finalists of Sony's "Slumdog Millionaire" and Paramount's "No Country for Old Men" were scolded on the spot, how could the big leagues use their honor as a bargaining chip to stop the writers' union strike!? This is simply unfair!?

They are all part of the major leagues, and their company executives have assured them that they will fully support the Oscar race, but now they realize that they have been cheated! These bastard businessmen don't care about their life or death, their honor, they only care about their own interests!?

Li Xiaole looked at everyone in the audience, continued to hold the microphone, looked at it and said sincerely:

"Guys~ Now you should understand what's going on, yes, to be honest, I hesitated when this person asked me about it, because the Oscars are my dream, and The Avengers is the lifeblood of our Black Pearl company...... I know that if I agree to this condition, I will get everything I want~~"

Listening to this sentence on the spot, they were all suddenly silent, the Coen brothers, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher and other competitors all looked at Li Xiaole suspiciously, everyone had this question in their hearts, yes, why did Li Xiaole not agree?

"It's likely that some of you will mistake me for Gao Feng Liangjie, so they rejected the offer." Li Xiaole suddenly raised his voice and said:

"But what I want to say is, no~~ I'm not an ideal idea! I'm definitely not a gentleman, or a humble gentleman who is not moved in the face of ****! I reject him and expose this fact here because I want to get a greater good!! ”

Jeff Robinoff, Harvey Weinstein and other senior executives of the six major ones all looked at Li Xiaole on the stage with gloomy faces, and scolded in their hearts, what is the greater benefit? And what is the greatest benefit.

Harvey Weinstein beckoned to the fat hand and desperately shouted to Tom Sherrak, the Oscar chairman next to him: "Quick~!" Turn off this bastard's microphone~! Don't let him mess around anymore. ”

Tom Scherak just glanced at him coldly, and did not react, obviously the six attempts to manipulate the awards deeply stimulated the Oscar chairman who advocated fair competition, Harvey Weinstein had no choice but to push the security guards to signal them to pull Li Xiaole down, but before the security guards could go up, they were stopped by Tom Cruise and George Cruise.

"Hey, buddy, you'd better not move, it's not something you can manage, stay there honestly, I'll take pictures with you later."

The two young white security guards showed a happy expression, hesitated for a moment, and then didn't move, no matter how Harvey Weinstein yelled, they were unmoved, joking, "Iron Man" and "Hulk" are willing to shoot with them, who listens to you dead fat man, after all, Oscar chairman Tom Scherak has no instructions.

At this time, no one could stop Li Xiaole from performing on stage to his heart's content, just watch Li Xiaole holding the microphone and revealing his heart to many peers:

"Since the day I entered Hollywood, I thought that I had come to the most free and glorious temple of film art in the world, but the result was very disappointing for me, because here, as a producer and director, I felt extremely constrained~~

I found it very difficult for me to want to make a film on my own terms.

Because in this big league, directors and producers do not have the absolute right to speak, here, distribution companies, TV stations, magazines, and even Wall Street businessmen, all these things outside the movie are controlling the movie itself~!! The power of capital affects everyone here~!! Each of us is like a front-line ****, being manipulated...... No matter how small an actor you are, or a director who is a box office champion, you don't ...... anything else."

Li Xiaole's words made the scene quiet, whether it was the nominated filmmakers, or those other filmmakers who came to participate in the promotion, they all fell into silence, their mood had followed Li Xiaole's words undercurrent, but their expressions had to be suppressed, because they knew that no matter how reasonable Li Xiaole said, the big leagues were still controlled by those capital forces, if they stood on Li Xiaole's side, they would be swept out of the house like trash like Paramount abandoned Tom Cruise at any time, they were not so lucky, can meet the next Li Xiaole......

"What's in my best interest?" Li Xiaole looked in the direction of Jeff Robinov and asked:

"It's about agreeing to those people's conditions and getting the so-called awards. Become the most beautiful and largest marionette ~~~? Of course not~~!? My best interest is that I want to be the master of my own movie and no longer be at the mercy of those bastards~~!

Li Xiaole said and pointed to everyone below who was desperately suppressing their emotions: "I want you ~~ let you ~~ and you~~ everyone here become the real masters of the big league~!" Let us be in charge of our own destiny~!!

I'm not going to get the so-called trophy that those bastards gave me~~~ It's not that hypocritical shit thing that makes a fool of yourself~~!! What I want is you from the Directors Guild, you from the Actors Guild, producers, photographers, lighting artists, makeup artists, sound engineers~~ Everyone here personally presented me with the Little Golden Man Trophy~!!

I want to be recognized by you~~!! This is the honor I want from the bottom of my heart, this is my dream, and this is my greatest interest as a director~~~!!! ”

The scene was quiet, there was neither applause nor any abuse of Li Xiaole, only bursts of complex emotions spreading, the people present were not the kind of young men who would be angry when they were provoked casually, everyone had been in this circle for many years, of course they would not be instigated by Li Xiaole to do anything stupid, but everyone's hearts have undergone subtle changes.

After Li Xiaole finished speaking, he didn't wait for any applause, because he knew that in this situation, no one would be stupid enough to applaud to support him openly, and he had already understood that he had achieved the effect he wanted to create.

He just silently took a group photo and strode out of the hotel lobby.

"Don't worry, Mr. Robinoff, no one here will take that bastard's words seriously." Harvey Weinstein came over and snorted coldly at Jeff Robinoff:

"I can guarantee that what is happening here will not be reported by any media, and if you know that the recording of Lu Dao will not be used as evidence in court, that Chinese kid can only live by his mouth."

Saying that, Harvey Weinstein also glared at the two security guards who had just finished taking a photo with Tom Cruise and George Clooney, which meant: "You guys wait, you have a good look~!" ”

Jeff Robinoff didn't say anything, just looked at the many directors and actors who had finished taking photos, and felt the hostile gaze that floated from time to time at that time, and an inexplicable huge pressure suddenly hit, Harvey Weinstein didn't understand it at all...... Although it seems that Li Xiaole's speech did not change any specific facts, in fact, the situation is completely different......

Even if the media won't report it, there won't be any legal problems, but in fact he, Jeff Robinoff, is finished...... Everyone here has lost trust in him, and not only that, but the votes of those who he "lobbied" well will also be shaken, because everything he promised is now bullshit, and no one wants to make any deal with him anymore, and Jeff Robinoff only felt that the world was spinning and he almost fell......

And on a table on the second floor of the hotel lobby, the inconspicuous Todd Hardy was drinking coffee, looking at everything below, in front of him was the old Wall Street fox Cork who was sneering, and they all saw what happened just now.

"I'll just say it, it's useless for you to cultivate this Jeff Robinov, this time he was completely toyed with by Li Xiaole. I'm not surprised at all. Cork sneered and said cool words.

"I think Jeff is at least better than your son-in-law." Todd Hardy, who is like an ordinary farmer in the west, is still so calm, just frowning slightly and sighing:

"It's not that Jeff is incompetent, it's really that this Li Xiaole's skills are too clever, alas...... It's a pity Jeff...... This person can't be used anymore. In this case, the big leagues can only discard Jeff Robinoff and save their reputation.

Todd Hardy was thoughtful, as if thinking about something.

"What's the matter, do you still want to win over Li Xiaole now? Even if you do pull him in, I'm afraid you won't be able to control this kid. Cork snorted coldly as he looked at the scheming leader of the major leagues.

"No, I'm thinking...... Maybe we were wrong in the beginning. Todd Hardy, who was full of gray hair, suddenly shook his head in realization:

"Li Xiaole is fundamentally different from us, no matter how ambitious he is, how far he wants to develop Black Pearl...... He doesn't seem to be pursuing money or personal career achievements...... Rather, it's in the film itself...... All he does is make the movies he wants to make without any worries. ”

"Ha~! Are you kidding me? Cork couldn't help but snort angrily: "You mean, there are people in this world who spend so much energy and devote all their net worth time to fight against our entire big league in order to make boring movies!?" Is he crazy!? Is it stupid!? Don't talk about these things first, Li Xiaole is making such a fuss, do you still think he can get those two awards this time? Will those butterfly men in the Writers Guild be able to carry it until March? ”

"Hmm......" Todd Hardy muttered, knowing that people like Dow Cork, who were keen on capital games, couldn't understand those artists at all, and his mind returned to the crux of the struggle between the two sides:

"I think he is making such a fuss, our slight advantage may be gone, any superfluous 'lobbying' will have the opposite effect, and we are now doing nothing but doing a good response, but even so, the situation will not fundamentally change, just that the Big Six and the Black Pearl Company are back to the same starting line, and everyone will compete for the Oscars in a relatively fair situation...... It depends on whose company's movies are better......

If Li Xiaole can win one of those two awards, then his reputation in Hollywood will soar, and I am afraid that we will have to prepare for more than just a strike by the Writers Guild......"

Listening to the expression of extreme anger on his emaciated face, Cork slapped the table fiercely and scolded:

"This is really the biggest shame for our Wall Street, what an Oscar, it really is purely up to this group of nerds to decide the final winner! They don't know how to operate the profits that come with these awards! These nerds are going to ruin Hollywood in the end! ”