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The Artist has a natural advantage in this regard.

After the nomination luncheon, everyone came to the foyer of the Regent Hotel to prepare a super group photo that is essential for every Oscar nominee luncheon.

"This is the best chance yet."

Standing together, waiting for the staff to arrange a position, Robert Downey Jr. whispered to Murphy, "We sprint with all our might, there is still a good chance." ”

Murphy nodded slightly, "At this point, we don't need to stay any longer. ”

If the film wins the award, it will not only fulfill his and Robert Downey Jr.'s long-standing wishes, but also fulfill the wish of his friend Rose, no matter whether the reputation is good or bad, the name Diego Ross can spread all over the world and will continue to be mentioned in the future.

He has a general understanding of Rose's mentality, and after completely turning to this road of no return, Rose can be said to be fearless, the only thing he is afraid of is being forgotten.

Robert Downey Jr. also knew that this was his best chance, and said, "Old Robert's side has already started to initiate a relationship, and you can just say what you need." ”

Murphy wasn't polite at all, "Do your best." ”

"Director Stanton......" a staff member walked over and beckoned, "Please come here." ”

Nodding to the Robert Downey Jr., Murphy followed the staff to the photo area, followed by more people coming over, and he soon found that his position was quite in the middle.

This kind of group photo is not where you want to stand, standing in the middle and relatively high position, are all prominent in the circle and the big winners on the nomination list this time, Murphy is undoubtedly very much in line with these two points.

Murphy looked left and right, and across Meryl Streep, it was Tom Sherak, the current president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

"Attention, everybody look ahead!"

The photographer's voice came, Murphy withdrew his gaze, looked at the lens in front of him, flashed off the light three times, and the group photo ended.

Meryl Streep turned and walked away, while Tom Sherrac on the other side of her turned his head and waved to Murphy.

"Hi-Tom."

Murphy took the initiative to walk over and shake hands with Tom Sherrac, whom the two had seen many times before at Twentieth Century Fox.

"Congratulations." Tom Scherak's smile was much more genuine than Harvey Weinstein's previous one, "This time there were ten nominations. ”

"But I have to work hard to win the award." Murphy said casually.

Tom Sherak laughed, walked with Murphy to the outside of the hotel, and when no one was around, he said, "The situation is in your favor, including me, and many people in the academy are on the side of supporting the film Diego Rose." ”

Murphy knew he was talking about the conflict between the film and Catholicism, "I didn't expect Catholicism to be so sensitive. ”

"They have become accustomed to interfering in the world." Tom Scherak also apparently lacks a liking for Catholicism, "thinking he could meddle in Hollywood's affairs as he did in the last century." ”

He didn't say anything more and patted Murphy on the shoulder, "Go for it." ”

Murphy nodded, walked through the open glass door, and left the hotel.

Getting into his car, he looked at the Regent Hotel, which was the best opportunity in every way.

Tom Scherak was born in Twentieth Century Fox and has been an executive at Fox for a long time, and if his position is not biased towards Twentieth Century Fox, I am afraid few people will believe it.

During his tenure as president of the academy, he made a lot of attempts, especially the number of nominations for the best film, which was expanded from the five-film system that had been implemented for 66 years since 1944 to the ten-film system, and the voting mechanism was modified, and the Academy Council Awards Ceremony was established from 2009 onwards, which divided the Oscars into separate honorary awards.

Needless to say, Tom Scherak has already expressed his support for him in private, and although the power of the rotating chairs of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is quite limited, no one can deny that they have considerable influence.

The phone rang, and Murphy pulled it out and looked at it, it was Gal Gadot calling.

He pressed the answer button, "Hi, dear. ”

"The list of nominees is out, right?" Gal Gadot asked with concern, "How many did we get?" ”

"Ten nominations." Murphy simply said, "Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture, all of them." ”

"Good!" Gal Gadot then asked, "What about the two Weinstein films?" ”

Murphy shifted his phone to his left hand, "The Artist has also received ten nominations, and it will be our biggest opponent. ”

"What about the next episode of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?"

Hearing Gal Gadot's words, Murphy shook his head, "The little wizards also got some nominations, including Best Picture, but don't think about them, they're not opponents. ”

"That's good." Gal Gadot was probably busy and said, "You go home first, I have a lot of things going on here, and I may have to go back later." ”

Murphy then hung up the phone and fell into thought, there is indeed a saying on the market that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will use the heavyweight Oscar award to affirm the status and role of the series at the end of the "Harry Potter series", but this statement is that laymen will believe that insiders like him are actually very clear that this is Warner Bros. propaganda.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" won't win any heavyweight Oscars, it's not The Lord of the Rings after all, and Joanna Rowling isn't John Tolkien as the recognized father of modern fantasy literature.

And the Oscars' discrimination against this type of film will not change because of the ascension of "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King".

In addition to technical awards, magic and science fiction movies in "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", basically in the Oscars are nothing, and very few actors are nominated for their performances in science fiction movies, the number of male and female protagonists may not be enough to make up one hand, so far, except for Peter Jackson, no director has won the Oscar for Best Director because of magic and science fiction movies - the Oscar judges are loveless for these two types of films, this is a historical reason, and there is basically no solution at present.

Among them, as a typical commercial magic movie, the "Harry Potter series" is even more disliked by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and if Murphy remembers well, the entire "Harry Potter series" movie has been nominated for many technical awards, but has not won even one Oscar.

So, don't even think about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows causing problems for Diego Rose.

After the list of nominees was announced, according to the rules of the college, all public relations actions had to stop, but Murphy was not ready to stop, he knew that his competitors would not stop, but just turned public relations from the light to the dark.

He didn't go back to Wave Manor directly, but asked the driver to go to Century City first, anyway, the Regent Hotel is also in Beverly Hills, which is quite close to Century City.

Murphy came to the Fox Building and met with Carla Fez, due to Carla Fez's busy work, the two sides did not say much, but exchanged opinions on the next public relations campaign, Twentieth Century Fox will continue to use its resources to run the film "Diego Rose" to impact a series of Oscar awards.

If you want to achieve the desired result at next month's Oscars, the support of the film company is very important.

On the other hand, Twentieth Century Fox is also urging Murphy to start preparations for the second part of "City of Chaos" as soon as possible, and James Murdoch also went to Carla Feith's office to meet him for this purpose.

Murphy knew very well that if he wanted to make the horse run, he had to give the horse grazing, so he promised James Murdoch that the second part of "City of Chaos" would start preparations in Los Angeles just before the 84th Academy Awards.

Such a commitment undoubtedly lifted the spirit of the top of Twentieth Century Fox, and they teamed up with Murphy not for artistic films like "Diego Rose", but for commercial giants with a dark epic temperament!

Only commercial masterpieces can bring real huge profits and maximize the industrialization advantages of Twentieth Century Fox.

To this day, whether it's Carla Firth and James Murdoch, or the rest of the top brass of Twentieth Century Fox, one thing is clear: as long as Murphy can maintain the quality of the film, the sequel to "City of Chaos" will have a terrifying explosion.

This is because several survey data from different agencies also show that "City of Chaos" ranked first among all Hollywood movies last year in DVD sales and rentals and online on-demand on the Internet!

In other words, outside the theater chain, this film has had a huge impact and attracted a large number of audiences.

These are the basis for future films!

After spending more than an hour at the Fox Building, Murphy said goodbye and left, got into the car, told the driver to go home, and on the way back, called Robert, the lawyer.

When he got through, he said, "Arrange it as soon as possible, I'm going to meet Ross at the state jail." ”

Since Christmas, Murphy has been busy with various jobs and has not been to the state jail again.