"Nick, congratulations, dad will be proud of you, congratulations on the success of your first film!"

Standing on top of Levy's party, Bruce had mixed feelings. Two years ago, I still remember the scene of taking Levy to the queue, and two years later, I didn't expect that I would also start to participate in the celebration party of Levy's movie.

It's only been two years, and his younger brother who has not become a weapon has already been impressive. This made Bruce extremely proud: Levy's party invited a lot of critics, all of whom were constantly chasing the film crew: Eavesdropping Storm was already a film destined for critical acclaim, and it was not easy to interview the characters in the show. As a media worker, you should be news-conscious at this time.

But I am different from them: the director of the movie is my younger brother, and my brother's film, will the priority interview be someone else's? Watching his peers running around, he could leisurely sip wine and pace, and he could get an interview - Bruce was rarely happy that he had a good brother.

With such a brother, not to mention that he didn't have to worry about his manuscript, and even other help, it was not without him - Bruce also remembered the purpose of his visit, so he also walked up and talked to Levy.

"This movie is not over yet, it's awards season soon, you have to figure out a way for me." While Bruce and Levy were talking, Levi also spoke, "You have to take care of this side of the matter." ”

Since the end of January, the film has entered the awards season, and this period is the day when various film awards in the United States are awarded. The role of the media came to the fore at this time, and the Levi party had already had this in mind.

It's just that Levy also has a bit of a headache: his original idea was to go to Europe to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, but in January he found out that among the hundreds of awards in the United States alone, which one to accept the award and which one not to go, it would take time.

Oscar definitely had to go - he wasn't as scared as Woody Allen. And then there's the Golden Globes -- whether it's film or television, you have to go. Then, the Directors Guild Award and the Writers Guild Award also have to go, these two awards are also awards second only to the Oscars, since it is very likely that you will be nominated, you can't help but go, and then ...... Is the National Film Critics Association Awards going? It seems that I should go, so should I go, so should I go for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards? Are the New York Film Critics Circle Awards going? Fortunately, there is no award ceremony for the North American Radio Film Critics Awards, so you don't have to think about it, but what about the Golden Satellite Awards? What about the People's Choice Awards? Which of these awards should go and which one should not? It's a little confusing, if you don't go when you should go, you offend people, and if you don't go, you are ashamed, these things are really annoying enough.

Levi didn't want to offend people - just a few days ago, there was an explosion of talk about actors. Leonardo, the star of Titanic, also said in an interview that if he can't be nominated, he won't go to the Oscars - you know, the people who may be nominated this year include Nicholson, Hoffman, Spacey, Russell Crowe and Peter Fonda, etc., saying this is tantamount to saying that he won't go to the Oscars......

The Titanic is so popular, but Leonardo is so arrogant to say this kind of thing, Levy really understands what it means to die if you don't die, if you don't give Oscar face, Oscar won't give you face in the future......

Levy has no interest in being an Oscar-sworn enemy like Martin Scorsese, he doesn't want to offend people, and he has to be careful about this.

"I can do this without you saying it, don't worry, I have experience," Bruce took it over, "I have something else to discuss." I've heard that you've recently had a new interest in making a new movie. ”

Bruce's question just made Levy look at him with some puzzlement, she didn't know what Bruce was doing with this, "It's just a rough idea of a script, and even the script needs to be changed, what kind of shooting is a new film." ”

"Isn't it true that when a creator has an idea, he has to make it immediately? Nick, I don't know why, but obviously you've made a lot of progress over the past two years, and I'm impressed. ”

It's all copied, what kind of peak period of creation is it...... Levy said something in his heart, but by this time, he had also heard it, as if Bruce had ulterior motives.

Bruce is a film critic, and he doesn't care about movies that aren't released. So, he asked himself about the new movie, is it entrusted by someone?

"Bruce, what the hell do you want to say, you might as well say it." Levi opened his mouth and asked, "What exactly do you want to ask?" ”

"I saw your script." Hearing Levy say this, Bruce no longer hid anything, "To be precise, it's not me who saw it, but someone else who saw it, and someone who was very interested in this movie script......"

"He's not trying to buy my script, is he?" Levy asked rhetorically.

"Of course not, your script is yours, no one can take it away, there are people who are willing to invest in letting you shoot the movie, and they want me to help them speak."

"Who?"

"Columbia Pictures, willing to invest 20 million for you to shoot this movie." Alexander did bring good news, "You can get 20 million investment, make a film, and have it distributed by Columbia, and they're willing to pay you a very good share or salary, and they can keep the distribution costs to a minimum." ”

"So what are they asking for?" Levy couldn't believe it, the conditions seemed to be too generous.

Such a contract also means that when the income is not high, Levy can have a salary return, and if the income of the film is very high, it can also be shared, if the film loses money, it is Colombia that loses money, this kind of thing, no matter how you listen to it, it is a little too good.

It stands to reason that 20 million is not a particularly big price, even if Levy's company is not big, and now it doesn't care about such a small amount of money, let alone a big company like Columbia. However, Levy does not think that Colombia, as a large company, does not care about the investment of 20 million.

Moreover, with such investment conditions, even if Colombia comes to the door themselves, they can have a good talk with themselves, so why entrust Bruce? gave very good conditions, and asked acquaintances to introduce them, whether their fame is so big, they must have a plan.

"The Columbia company also has conditions."

Sure enough, people have conditions attached.

"They wanted to make the actor play Emily."

"Their actors?" Levy sighed.

No wonder people are not afraid to spend money to smash movies, they originally wanted to praise their own actors.

It stands to reason that under the current Hollywood system, production companies do not have their own actors. However, theories are always just theories, in this circle, a person's power is limited, and there are too many times when they need to cooperate, whether it is the film company or the actors themselves, they all need to have time to cooperate with others. Although the contract cannot be tied together, some actors still maintain a good cooperative relationship with the production company. Some actors have their own companies, which are located in the office buildings of film companies, or in sound studios, and every day they go to these small companies in the same small companies as they do -- although theoretically, they just rent a house, but it is strange to say that there is no deep cooperation.

Because of the cooperation with each other, the upper echelons of the six major companies are not guaranteed to do some nonsense. It is possible that they will suddenly look at an actor and think it is good and want to make him popular, or it is possible that they have some strange transactions with the actor, such as concealing their sexual orientation, having illegitimate children, etc., in order to make other people cooperate with them, they will also suddenly think about praising a certain actor. At this time, of course, they will look for small-budget movies, especially this kind of movies that are not box office-oriented in the first place, who knows whether those guys are thinking with their heads or below?

"Those guys in Colombia, who do you want to make my movie?" Thinking of this possibility, Levy was also a little uncomfortable: he didn't care much about things like unspoken rules, but if the unspoken rules affected his filmmaking, it would be a different matter. He doesn't care about anything else, but when it comes to movies, he has to be careful.

"What are you thinking?" Bruce waved his hand, "Not what you think it is!" Actually, your movie was taken by a movie star who wanted to play Emily in the film. It was she who persuaded Colombia to invest in you. She's an Oscar nominee, but she just wants to use your movie to hit the Oscar, don't think crookedly - you're a well-known director, and Colombia isn't stupid, they won't be stupid enough to offend you just to make someone popular. ”

"Who is this movie star?" Levy was curious.

Although his films are now famous, two weeks ago, his name was at most an excellent TV producer. The people who make TV series don't have any movie stars to look up to, and the script they wrote is a rather niche script, how can anyone take a fancy it?

"You should be able to imagine it. Those who are eligible to hit the Oscars are on the literary route, about the same age as your script, and Columbia thinks she can play the role of Emily well," Alexander spread his hands, "Of course there is only one, Winona Ryder." ”

Winona Ryder? The name made Levy's eyebrows raised.