Supporting Roles......

It's just such a few simple words, but Harvey is covered in a cold sweat - not that he really did anything wrong, or that he was afraid of something, his reaction is about the same as the feeling of being suddenly defeated while playing chess, which is a natural reaction to being too involved in the intellectual game: after all, the four words of the supporting role have shown that Jennifer has understood all of Harvey's strategies, and even completely pinched all his movements in the palm of his hand.

-- If the annual Oscar battle is fought in the summer, then the final outcome of this war will not really be seen until the end of the year, or even the beginning of the second year, because only after December 31 of each year will the films eligible to compete for this year's Oscars be finalized, and the awards in which category each film will be reported will be really implemented on paper. Who can walk on the podium, for example, in order to enhance their probability of winning the award, some directors will push the filmmaker not to apply for the award in the screenwriting department, and on the other hand, if the filmmaker is not so optimistic about the director winning the award, in order to win one more Oscar, maybe they will focus on the screenwriter and give up the director. It can be said that the award is not awarded every year, which can be seen from the registration.

Specific to the performance awards, the lead role is also a common way to avoid competition, such as this year, Jennifer. Jefferson is no match for his "A Week with Monroe", which outperforms all the Olympic films of the year in terms of awards and film reviews, and his own performance is even more reborn and calms everyone - Harvey also watched "Monroe", and he only has the feeling of 'terrible' for Jennifer's acting skills. Jennifer abandoned the old performance system with one play and completed the shaping of a new performance system, although her previous performances were amazing, but they were not without minor problems: the details were excessive, the traces of the play were heavy, and the connection between the fragments was somewhat unnatural...... These are all reminding the audience and film critics that she is in the play, she is acting, her acting skills are good, of course, her performance is really good, but this feeling seems to be a breath away. Streep's lightweight, roundness and naturalness give people a jerky feeling.

However, in this play, all her little faults are gone, and several silent scenes are just cadenzas, from the technical level of performance, it is to use the least lines and the most natural expressions, and convey the most information most accurately, which is equivalent to saying that the information is not lost a lot in translation - this kind of acting skill is already perfect, belongs to the textbook level, even if Harvey is not her agent this year, but as a professional filmmaker, he has to admit that this year is definitely Jennifer's year, No critic can refuse her performance, and certainly no judge can do it, Jennifer's progress and change are obvious to all, and she has reached the height of a near-true performance. ――If you take out the clumsy performance of Marilyn in "Monroe" when she plays "The Dragon and the Phoenix", although she works very hard, you will think that Jennifer is probably only at this level, and if you take the clip of Marilyn crying, you will probably think that Jennifer is so fragile, innocent and beautiful in real life, she just presents herself faithfully on the screen, just like her partner Simon. Roemer like that.

Of course, whether it is Harvey, Hollywood, or even the whole United States, they still know Jennifer's true character very well, and they all know her and Marilyn on the screen. Monroe is completely the opposite, this strong contrast, sudden progress and incisive performance, coupled with the beauty beyond her usual level, and the temperament and makeup that are diametrically opposed to her usual style (but usually, beauty achieves this by playing ugly, not another style of beauty), all of which are the favorite elements of the Oscar judges, which makes this year's awards season no other actress can compete with Jennifer, and also makes this year's Academy Award for Best Actress a taboo for everyone, Many actresses who intend to take an Oscar to add glory to themselves have chosen the protagonist to apply, only those actors who think they have no hope of winning the award and are very satisfied with a nomination will signal the crew to report the heroine column for themselves, anyway, they are all nominations, so of course it is better to win the nomination of the heroine.

For the general crew, it is unlikely that they will know the registration ideas of all the competitors, at most, Warner's film internal coordination, Disney's film registration situation to communicate with each other, but Harvey is different, this long-term Olympic award expert has enough experience and keen intuition, after he watched "Monroe" in August, he realized that this year's Oscars may have supporting roles, and the protagonist is relatively less competitive, so he has been waiting patiently for the past few months, I have never submitted the Oscar application form for "Life and Death Reading", just to test my conjecture and see Kate. Whether Winslet has the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and report to the owner in a supporting role.

In "Life and Death Reading", although Kate is the female character with the most scenes, from the perspective of the whole film and the overall statement focus, her role is between the protagonist and the supporting role - and because she has a drama film this year, "Revolution. The Road of Life", she is the unreproachable heroine, so at the Golden Globe Awards, her "Life and Death Reading" was reported as a supporting role, as for the Oscars, Harvey, as the behind-the-scenes operator of Jennifer's two awards that year, is also very clear, after that session, the judges have become frightened birds, if you want to give Kate a double nomination, the frightened judges will not vote for any of them at all, Kate is destined to be disappointed, plus "Leather. The cake of "The Road of Life" has nothing to do with Harvey, and the quality of this film itself is not as good as "Life and Death Reading", so Kate's team has long decided to give up "Revolution. The Road of Life", specializing in "Life and Death Reading", which provides enough motivation for Kate to report to the owner, she herself does not object to this decision, the only worry is only whether she can get the nomination under heavy pressure, after all, there are still quite a few excellent actresses this year, and Kate is by no means the most outstanding person, if there is controversy in the role and role positioning, different awards and different award departments, it is indeed possible to miss the nomination process.

It's December 25th, and in the past month, most of the candidates have met their requirements to be screened in a commercial theater in the United States by December 31, sending their own entry forms, and the format seems to be favorable enough for Harvey: most of the actors who thought they wanted to win the award have given up on the leading role, and the only ones who have been left are those who really can't change the lead role, such as Anne. Hathaway's "Rachel's Wedding", Angelina. Julie's "Changeling" - in these films, they are the only protagonists, if they are supporting roles, then who are the protagonists? For the film "Changing Son", it can't be that 'son', right? They may not want to change, but they really can't change, and they can only reluctantly stay in the protagonist's department......

Kate's road to the main report has also shown the dawn, it seems that at least in the nomination stage will be smooth all the way, and Harvey no longer pays attention to the publicity war in the nomination link, but begins to carefully prepare for the combination of Jennifer in the voting month: on fame, the accumulation of popularity, the consistent reputation of acting skills and the performance in the film, he thinks that Kate's comprehensive score should be the second this year, and after solving Jennifer, who is far ahead, Oscar has a great possibility to fall on Kate, And this will also allow him to achieve an Oscar queen again, so that Weinstein Pictures will continue to flourish and make a lot of money in the new year.

As for how to solve Jennifer, he already has an idea, but the time has not yet come. Harvey doesn't have too many worries about this, because although Jennifer is strong, she is not without weakness, and although her annual double award has achieved an unparalleled legend, it has also become her biggest weakness. There is a good chance that the judges will be suspicious, and, although he also knows, Sidney. Pollack's death was good for Jennifer, but it was not Jennifer's unique advantage - Sidney's network legacy, "Life and Death Reading", could also be inherited, because Sidney. Pollack and Anthony. Minghella is the producer of the film, and both died before the film was completed, which makes "Life and Death Reading" completely play the pathos card, garner a lot of sympathetic votes, and even the best picture, it is not impossible to compete - if Jennifer also reported herself to the producer this year, it will undoubtedly reduce the chances of "Monroe" winning the award, if she is smart behind the scenes, or become one of the three, "Life and Death Reading" will have a lower chance, because "Monroe" will obviously be more box office than "Life and Death Reading" is many times higher, this is a certain fact that does not wait for the movie to be released, the difference is only how much this lot is, and the Oscars generally prefer movies with a balance between box office and word-of-mouth, which is also out of consideration for commerciality and popularity, and "Monroe" is indeed a good movie, and Harvey cannot deny this anyway.

However, Harvey has long experienced Jennifer's energy, and he is determined not to take it lightly and leak his strategy prematurely, until tonight, he has carefully made everyone think that Kate will join the melee in the Best Supporting Actress department, and also submitted the Golden Globe Award entry form early, and released the news to the media. - He knows that with his prestige, once he applies for the heroine for Kate, then no one will believe that he will be satisfied just by taking a nomination, and Jennifer, who has already been bound to win the heroine and smashed the company on the PR, will use what means to ensure his award, Harvey really doesn't dare to say - his Weinstein shareholding structure is quite complicated, which is his weakness, and even if you don't talk about Jennifer's backstage backer who has been hidden behind (Harvey suspects that he may have broken up with Jennifer), Let's just say that this horrible little girl recently got Ron. Pereman, that's really not something he can fight with, if Ron wants to make a hostile takeover of Weinstein Pictures, Harvey may have to leave the company he founded again and start over again - not to mention whether he can withstand such a toss, the most annoying thing about this matter is that he is really not sure if Ron will do this, or whether Jennifer will make Ron want to do this, although according to common sense, it is unlikely, but, in Jennifer. In Jefferson, common sense and common sense never seem to work......

It's like this phone call now, Ludd just hung up, Jennifer called immediately, what does this mean? Lourdes is already her man? Was this a deliberate game they made to make him understand Jennifer's energy? Or maybe Loudd didn't know about it, but Jennifer somehow got hold of her phone and she heard the call?

Also, how did the strategy of supporting the protagonist leak that Jennifer ambushed someone in his core team? You know, he never talked about it on the phone, and even on Kate's team, the only people who knew about it were Kate and her agent......

At this moment, the shaken Harvey almost wondered why his wife, Georgina, had come to the study. Has she been all the time? - But, he's Harvey after all. Weinstein –

After a brief moment of confusion, Harvey quickly cleared his mind and quickly returned to his fighting groove - instead of showing his anger, he laughed out loud, "It looks like you really want this year's Oscar, dear Jennifer, you already have so many that you almost think of that little golden figure as your exclusive toy - have you forgotten that other girls are still working hard for it, dreaming of getting an Oscar of her own - and she doesn't deserve it?" Jennifer? ”

Of course, Harvey will not be stupid to ask Jennifer where he received the news, nor will he deny it without grace, he directly skipped this part of the discussion, it can be said that he picked out the purpose of Jennifer's phone call, and quickly seized the moral high ground: You Jennifer have three Oscars, and now you are fighting so ugly for the awards, and even call directly to threaten, isn't this gesture a bit ugly? It's already a legend, and it's time to make a little room for the juniors, Kate's acting skills may not lose to you, and she became famous earlier than you, don't you just want to win an Oscar actress now, even if you use some strategies, you don't have to act as if she moved your cake and make a special phone call to complain, right?

"I'm not saying Kate doesn't deserve it." Jennifer chuckled calmly on the other end of the line, and the girl even seemed a little surprised by Harvey's sharp tone - Harvey suddenly found that no matter how beautiful a woman was, she was quite annoying, "Actually, Harvey, believe it or not, I do like Kate very much, her Titanic will be a classic of the century, and I am happy to see her get her first Oscar - that's why I called you." ”

She took a breath and said in a calm and confident tone, "Because, this year's Oscar for Best Actress belongs to me, and Kate will end up with nothing if she plays a supporting role, this is not the result I want to see, Harvey, whether it is out of my good opinion of Kate, or because of our friendship, I called this phone to discuss with you how to achieve a win-win situation between me and you in the current situation...... After all, we're a strategic partnership, aren't we? Harvey. ”

In the end, she was brave enough to show a little grievance, as if she had been hurt by Harvey's wary attitude - just like the calm, affirmative tone in which she said 'this year's Oscar for Best Actress belongs to me', Jennifer's brazenness tonight made even Harvey a little difficult to accept, he opened his mouth, a rare desire to act impulsively, and happily refuted her fallacies one by one-

However, Jennifer's indifferent sentence 'This year's Oscar for Best Actress belongs to me' lingered in Harvey's ears like a spell, making him unable to chew on this sentence over and over again: she was so calm, so sure, it was as common as saying 'I'll have a bowl of salad tonight', as if it had even happened, she was just repeating it, she didn't use the emphasis 'must belong to me', nor did she use the 'I will win, Get', without even using the 'will' to represent the future tense, she just said simply, "This year's Oscar for Best Actress belongs to me".

And how should he - how - from what angle can he refute ......

His thoughts were interrupted several times, and Harvey had to admit that he was rarely distracted, and he took a deep breath again, trying to get up and regain his momentum, but when that breath reached its limit, he couldn't organize a funny and sharp counterattack, the veteran sighed gloomily, and his shoulders finally collapsed completely.

"Well, just for reference," he retained a bit of his dignity, "and tell me a bedtime story - Jennifer, you can say it, but I don't promise to listen to ......it."