Almost since the beginning of December, Hollywood has officially entered the awards season: opening with the New York Film Critics Awards, the Directors Guild Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the North American Radio Film Critics Awards, and the National Film Critics Awards...... The major film critics association awards, major union awards, little Golden Globe Awards, and Annie Awards will be announced in December. Tide, mid-February is the Oscars this big axis awards ceremony. It can be said that the annual public relations of the Olympic films will be busy from October, and November and December are the days when they continue to rotate, and they are also the peak of the year's PR...... These are often the two months of the year when the unspoken rules are most prevalent and concentrated, and it's not just sex. Bribery, but the exchange of benefits, including sexual services, is so frequent that it is hardly surprising to anyone.

- Of course, this is not to say that these awards are full of black. curtain, if you want to win an award, you must first have a work of at least good quality, and you will only be eligible to enter the game if you have won the blue eyes of film critics before that. Then if you have money, you can throw money at it, legally buy the services of a public relations company, and let the PRs lobby the judges, if you are reluctant to spend money, or simply have no money, but you hope to have a small award to stabilize your style, or even go to the Oscars and Golden Globe Awards, then this is the time for the eight immortals to cross the sea and show their powers. Brokers, PRs over the years, connections you've made...... All roads lead to Rome, as long as you can contact the judges, and how to exchange interests after contacting is even more different from person to person: generally speaking, there is very little pure sex at this level. Deals, more often than not, promises of side plays, exclusive interviews or even introductions to some big names that the other party wants to meet, sexual services can only be regarded as a giveaway for you and me. In this kind of small awards with less attention and higher operation, some actors are happy to give away sexual services in exchange for a key vote, even if this does not mean that they are guaranteed to win the award, it just means that the chances of winning the award are a few points higher, after all, for them who can't afford the PR fee, they can only work small awards, and they never thought they could win awards like Golden Globe and Oscar.

Of course, for the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars, the game is not played like this, the Golden Globes have a high degree of attention, the number of judges is small, and they have been closely watched over the years, and there is no trick other than throwing money at PR, so it can be relatively fair. As for the Oscars, the judges are not public, the number of people is very large, there is no proper PR channel, and I don't even know who to contact for public relations, and this 'proper PR channel' of course has to be bought with money, so for the customers who rush for the award, everything ultimately returns to one point: money.

As long as you have money, the PR company will screen out suitable PR targets for you, go to lobby them, state your film, and convince them to vote for you, which is reasonable and legal, and even the fees are still fair and reasonable, and there is a list to check. So theoretically, you can go through the PR of more than 1,000 judges and spend millions of dollars on public relations, so that as long as your entry meets the minimum Oscar threshold, then you can still get a nomination - and that minimum is that in December during the awards month, you have to win a few awards, and if you don't win an award, then the minimum is that you have to be shortlisted for a few weighty vane awards, such as the New York Film Critics Guild Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, or the Directors Guild Award. After all, this is lobbying, not bribery, at least on the table, the whole role of PR is to convince the judges that you are eligible to be nominated, and if you don't even meet the minimum level, the chances of the judge being persuaded are close to zero - he has his own style to take care of......

Therefore, if the level is average, and you want to rush to the Olympics, the pre-public relations fee can not be spent, and the entire awards season is completely packaged, and this has prompted the competition of the December awards season to intensify, and all the participants who want to win the award can only continue to come to ensure that they are at least not discriminated against - under such a vicious circle, the economic scale of the entire gray industry may be larger than the economic scale of the awards ceremony, and several professional lobbying companies in Hollywood earn money for these months a year. But the lobbyists take no less than the PRs who work all year round.

In the long run, will it lead to the result that bad money drives out good money? Anyway, Hollywood has been running like this for decades, and in the end, the waves are blowing, and those who remain are all outstanding actors. This is mainly because, after all, PR is still based on lobbying, which means that most of the judges are not engaged in power rent-seeking, they just do not exclude others from helping them analyze the merits of a certain work, and of course the result is that you have to spend PR money to make sure that your work does not lose in awards season because no one has stated its merits. But on the other hand, if your work is good enough, then you can also get a nomination without PR, such as Meryl. Streep, who is notoriously unpublic, is still a big nominee, because she's got to the point where the judges think, 'I don't need anybody to help me analyze it, to remind me, I've paid attention to her performance -- she's Meryl. Streep! So even if you don't get a penny, as long as there is a new work, there will still be attention, and if you perform well, you will definitely be nominated at the end of the year.

Although an actress of Meryl's status is extremely rare in Hollywood, there are indeed similar seeds of performance in Hollywood every year, and her or his performance has become a phenomenon where everyone in the circle is talking about her performance - a phenomenal player like this, even if he doesn't pay a penny, can still show a sweep in the December awards season, and in the selection process of the Golden Globe and Oscars, there is no need to worry about unfair treatment, and the judges will definitely watch her/his performance seriously, Make your own judgment. Many actors with extraordinary talent but who are poor and have no money to do public relations at all have become famous through their amazing performances, and in the end, after many eliminations, they enter the A-list and can stay for a long time, often from such a group of talented actors.

It's not that bad money drives out good money, black money. Hollywood is never a place where hard work can be achieved, but in the awards season, you can still speak with comprehensive strength, you can use your own strength without spending money, but if your strength is not enough and you can't spend money, you can only say goodbye manually. So, during awards season, don't be discouraged if you don't spend money and don't get a prize, it doesn't mean anything, but if you're confident and you don't get the nomination, then be careful, it may show that you have a serious overestimation of your strength......

Jenny has never been an overconfident person, on the contrary, as a Chinese, as a Chinese who knows that a large part of her strength comes from the golden finger, it is not so much overconfidence as she has been overly modest about her strength, plus she happens to be relatively rich, so of course she invested a lot of money as PR for the entire awards season, and this expenditure of up to four million also made her newly rich economy tense up - with the completion of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", Her tens of millions of salaries have been received, and there is basically nothing left of this cash after withholding taxes and spending another four million in cash...... The dream of buying a Malibu mansion seems far away, at least for half a year.

But the money is still well spent, since the New York Film Critics Awards on December 3, she has been constantly brushing awards and nominations, first "The Fifth Sally" won the New York Film Critics' Best Actress, which was evaluated as 'breakthrough performance, the biggest surprise of the year', and then the National Review Association Award, she won the same "The Fifth Sally" Best Actress, 'Her performance completely proves her great future', and the double nomination of the Golden Globe Awards, Best Actress (Sally), Best Supporting Actress (Andy) - Also nominated is Emily. Emily of Blount and Meryl were nominated for Best Actress -

"And then there's the double nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards," Jenny put a card on the carpet, "God — I spent almost half of my money on supporting actress nominations for these two awards, isn't that the most expensive supporting actress nomination ever?" ”

"Screen Actors Guild Award nominee, Get." Chris also put a card down, "This nomination is worth 5 points, what's next, the Golden Satellite Award?" ”

The Golden Satellite Award is also known as the Little Golden Globe Award, because it is selected by foreign correspondents like the Golden Globe Awards, in fact, its organization is split from the Foreign Correspondents' Association, which is also one of the Oscar vanes, and it is one of the more important awards in Hollywood, Jenny shrugged, "I'll get a nomination for this, Sally." So, 5 points? ”

"Same, 5 points." Chris put a card, "Kansas Film Critics Association Award, I won it, 5 points?" ”

It's not a very important award, with only 5 points and 3 points for nominations, 5 points for nominations and 8 points for nominations from the Screen Actors Guild, 8 points for Golden Globe nominations and 10 points, 10 points for Oscar nominations and 20 points for awards - at least that's how they score in the card game Jenny and Chris played.

"Houston Film Critics Association Award ......" Jenny pinched the card in her hand and pulled the awards schedule on her computer, "We still have more than ten awards to be counted, and this game is starting to get boring." ”

"It seems so," Chris agrees, "that the game hasn't been any fun since I found out you had two characters racking up points." ”

Jenny laughed, "Oh, poor Chris, Andy hasn't gotten a couple of nominations, so far, poor she's not even won an award, and it's all about Sally, Sally, Sally — and to be honest, that's a little unfair to Andy." ”

"Do you know it's scary for you to say that?" Chris took the card and scratched the tip of Jenny's nose, "Schizophrenic." ”

He leaned over and exchanged a kiss with Jenny, "Go on?" ”

Jenny shrugged her shoulders, took a sip from her wine glass, and leaned on the soft wool carpet, looking up at the unpolluted starry sky of Malibu through the transparent roof in the warm central air conditioning, "Why not?" It's not that we have anything else to do but this one - something more interesting to do. ”

Chris laughed, "You're just mocking me, dear." ”

"It means that you have lost confidence in yourself, which is why you are so sensitive." Jenny couldn't help but laugh, "You're not young anymore, Chris, admit it." ”

Laughter continued to be heard outside: Chris had a party at his Malibu mansion, and Jenny and Josh had come to attend - and although the owner had disappeared early, the party crowd didn't care, and that gave Chris and Jenny an entire evening. Although they often meet at various parties in December, such opportunities are also rare for them, because it is the high-profile awards season, and the plumber's trick is too dangerous at this sensitive time to be stopped by Cesare.

Since Jenny went to film "Pirates", the two have been getting together less and leaving more, interspersed with injuries, Jenny has only gradually recovered recently, this is the first time she has had fun in more than half a year, at least for Jenny, as for Chris...... He doesn't seem to have any scandals recently, and judging from some subtle performances, he seems to have been plain for a while, so much so that he ......

"Well, I'm not a forever indefatigable young man, but—" Chris said emphatically, "but! At our age, it's more about skill and persistence than on frequency, and that's what really matters, isn't it? ”

“OK、OK。” Jenny stifled a smile and said, "Keep playing, right?" Shallwe？ ”

After some boring statistical work, Jenny won with 103 points and 12 awards, 14 nominations, but after deducting Andy's scores, her score fell to 86 points, which is not far from Christopher's 13 awards and 7 nominations.

For this result, no matter how the outside world is touting them now, and how fans are happy for them, Jenny and Chris are indifferent, this is like shopping in a supermarket, these awards are certainly a reflection of strength, but it is not the result of Raqqa's payment, Jenny took out four million, and got these awards, and the public relations fee for the Oscar winning stage has not been counted, as for Chris, he threw more money than her, and he has been in public relations and film reviews since the release of the film - not that his performance is average, make the film review PR good, but he does perform well, but Chris's goal is to make good PR perfect - in fact, even those touted articles in the media now, why not the result of PR?

"Are you really going to put all the expected proceeds from 'The Fifth Sally' into it?" Jenny took another sip of red wine and casually scrambled the cards, "Even for the Oscar winner, that's a very large amount of public relations expenses." ”

"At the current box office?" Chris bent his eyes happily, his tone relaxed but still calm and professional, "No, Chesa and I agree on this, and the Oscar's public relations fee is also capped, more than 10 million, and more investment is wasted, so I think I should still be able to save a little bit into my pension fund - what about you?" Aren't you going to give it a try? Judging from the current situation, you still have a certain possibility of winning the award. ”

They are already talking about the PR of the post-nomination stage, because the PR of the Oscar nomination stage has been completed, and the voting intention from Weinstein's side has ensured that Roger and Sally are on the nomination list - since the nomination stage is a secret ballot, and Weinstein has a way to get the original vote data, so there will be no such thing as a judge saying who he will vote for and finally breaking his promise. For Jenny and Chris's team, among the awards they care about, the only two that still have suspense are actually the results of the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars, and only these two awards, especially the attribution of the Oscars, cannot be completely determined by money, connections, and performances, because in addition to one more feature of the judges, the Oscars are also political, and these two points determine that although its nomination can be 'bought', no one can completely manipulate and predict the award.

"I'm still prioritizing Andy's supporting actress nomination." Jenny confessed, "After all, there is almost no precedent for the Oscars to be the queen of a thriller -- let alone Judy. Foster, you know she's different - besides, there are dozens of Oscars, but only a few have two nominations at the same time. That's kind of an achievement, isn't it? ”

"Very Cesare-style thinking." Chris commented, shrugging his shoulders again, "But what can I say?" I basically did what he said. Although, undoubtedly, he prefers you. ”

"Oh, Chris," Jenny was amused, "are you eating my jealousy?" Your behavior makes me wonder who is the one to sleep with you? Me or him? ”

She stepped forward and flirted with Chris's chin, and Chris grabbed her hand and pressed her into the carpet, and he blew affectionately into her ear, "Are you diverting my attention - I know he's helping you run Andy's Oscar nomination privately, not through Weinstein." ”

Jenny winked at him, hoping to soften Christopher's questioning attitude with her beauty, Christopher's provocation to her. Tease smiled in return, but her eyes were fixed on her earnestly—well, it wasn't a penalty, and if he was fooled by her, Jenny would be disappointed in his abilities.

"Well, well—seriously, you're acting like a grumpy wife—" she pushed Chris away in resignation, "I think you know that Cesare had a rather cold relationship with his mother—and you should be able to tell, as he didn't attend the last birthday party, Madame Vejerry. ”

"And what this has to do with Oscar is—" A thoughtful look appeared on Chris's face.

"The relationship with Oscar is that he has to use his mother's connections to get some non-Jewish judges for me and get a few more votes, and I'm going to pay for it -- a lot of money, or a lot of profit," Jenny said, "because it's not within his purview, and obviously not in the little things that he can easily and happily do for you, so if you can't offer the same price, don't try to force him to do the same thing." ”

"Well," Chris mused, "your argument is strong, at least for now, I don't have to pay a lot of money, just to be more sure of being nominated." ”

"If it weren't for Weinstein's inability to get enough votes for Andy, We-" Jenny changed to 'Which' just in time before the 'We' was interrupted, "and that's important to me, I wouldn't have made that choice, and besides, you know, it's a big favor after all, so I guess this card can only be played once - sorry, I'll knock it out first." ”

Christopher looked at her for a moment, then shrugged, "Okay, I guess that's the bad thing about dating a colleague, isn't it?" After all, you're so cute that I can't hate you at all. ”

It's true that an agent with two A-listers, although it is a man and a woman, but there is also a problem of competing for resources, and Chris's words are definitely not a joke, if they are not dating, this matter may directly lead to Chris changing agents, or directly complaining to Cesare, after all, the tilt of resources on this is unbearable for him. And it was difficult for Jeanne to explain to him that Cesare was willing to go to the Oscars for her, not only because the two of them were working together, but also because she was the bearer of Cesare's career ambitions - the first point could not be said, and the second point was tantamount to cesare's agent business.

"Actually, you don't need to hate me," she can only tactfully explain from another aspect, "these votes are not a certainty, I think it's more of a human commitment, of course, in the nomination stage, a lot of people have a way to see the original ballots, so it's a little bit safer, but you can already be sure of getting nominated, so I personally think that if you play this card in the lobbying for the prize, it's completely throwing money in the water." ”

Chris's face brightened a bit, "I think you're right—"

He added sourly, "Although, your loyalty and maintenance to him is also touching." ”

"So you're eating Chesa vinegar again?" Jenny asked, "What's wrong with you, Chris, have you drunk too much tonight?" ”

"I told you I just had to do the best," Christopher pouted a little childishly to defend himself, "yes to you, it's true to Chesa, I don't want to be his only client, and he doesn't ask him to be my only agent—"

"As long as you're the best for each other." Jenny finished speaking for Chris, she smiled and brushed Chris's short hair with her hand, "Well, I think from today onwards, you'll have to think differently, Chris, you just need to be his best male client, right?" ”

"It looks like I can't do anything better than to acquiesce to this." Christopher said with some 'resentment'. "After all, you and I can still live peacefully most of the time."

"I think the relationship between the three of us is in shambles," Jenny rolled her eyes exaggeratedly, "Come to think of it, now there's another Josh, if the three of us rush at the same time next year-"

"Josh has made sure you've signed Cesare?" Chris's body has a brief stiffness.

"The contract has been officially signed." Jenny looked at him inquiringly, "Are you nervous?" Chris, don't tell you that even Josh can make you feel threatened - are you nervous? ”

"Oh, shut up." Perhaps it was Jenny's slightly teasing attitude that annoyed him, and Chris bit her 'viciously' without leaving a trace, but judging by the strength, he was really a little upset.

Well, it seems that she touched on one of his sensitive points - Jenny stopped asking, in fact, in a way, she can understand Chris's feelings. Although Josh was also an artist in CAA before, Chris actually needed to compete with him for resources, but when the two really started to share the main agent, even if the facts have not changed, Chris will definitely experience a different sense of threat than before.

There was silence in the room, and Jenny changed her position and sighed comfortably, after half a year of shooting, everything in Hollywood was so beautiful and convenient - even the stars were much more pleasing -

"So," Chris broke the silence, who had clearly adjusted his mood, "when are you and Josh going to break off your engagement?" ”

"There's going to be a make-up in March next year," Jenny shrugged, "and we're expected to shoot in May, after which we'll announce our breakup -- and find out that our love has turned into family -- and so on." ”

"Speaking of which, have you slept with him?" Christopher asked with interest, his bubbly side returned. "I mean, in your years-long history of love—"

"Nope." Jenny shook her head, and she rolled over and leaned back on the carpet, her eyes pointing up so she could see Christopher from the front. "Do you care?"

Christopher thought for a moment, and he nodded. "Yes, as strange as it may be - it's been more than nine months since our happy hour at Hamilton, and I have barely seen you in that time, but bizarrely, nine months ago I didn't care, you see I didn't even feel the need to ask, not even curious."

His eyes were fixed on Jenny, "But now, nine months later, I don't know why, I really care." ”

Jenny opened her mouth, then shrugged, "Okay - good to know that?" ”

For some reason, she was a little cramped - although she was the one who was more dedicated in the relationship, and Christopher was the one who was more likely not to be single-minded, but for some reason, at this moment, Jenny felt that she was the more ruthless person in the relationship.

Christopher fanned his eyelashes, "Good to know that - that's all you're going to say?" ”

"Or else?" Jenny ordered to remain calm and not to show her heart, "What else do you want to hear?" ”

Christopher stared at her blankly for a moment, the corners of his lips slowly rising—he curled □ her, his black hair falling down her cheeks, tickling Jenny.

"Jenny. Simple. Jefferson. Chris whispered in her ear, announcing in a solemn tone, "You're the coolest, most mysterious, most independent girl I've ever dated—"

He suddenly let go of his hand, put all his weight on Jenny, and continued in the kiss, "—and I find that I like you more and more. ”

The smartest thing a girl can do with a chameleon like Christopher is to never take his words seriously, and Jenny has always done that, but now she finds that continuing to maintain a 'don't believe, don't respond' attitude seems a little too cruel to Christopher......

All right. She reluctantly admits to herself that while Christopher was the most childish and annoying guy she'd ever dated, he was certainly likable......

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Note: The awards mentioned here are all true...... Hollywood's awards season is too many to count...... Almost a bit of status can be said to be the vane of the Oscars...... It is nothing more than the difference between a weather vane and an important weather vane. My personal feeling is that because the films that have been in the Olympics for a year are all there are on the horizon, so this is actually a matter of probability......

I'm really sorry.,This is actually a saved manuscript.,It was written yesterday.,After I ate dinner today.,Lay down and hugged my cat to rest for a while.,It turned out to fall asleep......|||. And my family didn't call me when they knew I was going to update at 7:30

Or I woke up and felt like it had been a long time before I looked at my phone, OTL, I'm sorry, I've been waiting for a long time