"Do you know the result?" In the mansion in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Godie. Han Chong's daughter Kate. Hudson gestured for her to put the teacup aside, and he continued to concentrate on the old friend on the other end of the phone about the topic that the whole of Los Angeles has been concerned about lately, "Has the new contract been approved?" God knows, if this continues, the whole awards season will be ruined. ”

She wasn't talking about a new contract for herself or her relatives, but about a more important one, a draft contract for the Hollywood Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. This draft was tentatively approved by the Screenwriters' Guild a few days ago, but it is still completely unknown whether the screenwriters will pass the contract and end the strike by a show of hands, after all, the distribution of the cake in this contract cannot be said to be in line with the goals put forward in the early days of the strike, and the Producers Guild has made concessions in terms of interests, but it can only be said that there is only a yes, and the screenwriters are still very likely to want more.

Godie is right, the general strike, which has lasted for 14 weeks, is actually equivalent to ruining this year's awards season, even if nothing else, just counting Hollywood's losses caused by the cancellation of the awards season this year, this number should be measured in hundreds of millions. Countless outpost awards have either announced the cancellation of awards, or just announced the list of winners, all because of the full support of the Screen Actors Guild to the Writers Guild, making the awards ceremony dim and better than nothing. With only two weeks to go before the Oscars, if the Writers Guild is still not satisfied with the new contract and decides to continue the strike, then the remaining two weeks will be faced with a very difficult choice for SAG - supporting the Writers Guild is an internal initiative of SAG to pave the way for SAG's new contract negotiations, and it is not as simple as someone ordering this decision to overturn this decision, there must be an agreement within the union, and once this conclusion cannot be reached within a week, SAG can only implement the original decision, Call on members to refuse to attend the Oscars.

Once the Oscars are also forced to cancel, it means that Hollywood's infighting has reached the point where it is difficult to end - the Oscars are the last face of Hollywood, its political significance is much stronger than all the other awards, and it is also related to the profitability of many Olympic films and the fame of Olympic actors, whether it is as an Oscar judge or as a member of SAG, Godie is not happy to see things get to this point, once there is a precedent, if there is a strike every year in the awards season, There are so many unions in Hollywood's film and television industry, and this kind of thing is endless?

"Yes, I understand your concern," said Michael. Douglas smiled lightly, "Don't worry, Godie, you just love to worry - SAG has already put pressure on the writers' union, and if it continues like this, it will not benefit anyone, if the screenwriters don't want to be left aside, they can only accept this fairly good contract, nine out of ten, this will be their only choice, after all, you must know that it has been suspended for 14 weeks, and many of the screenwriters are paid weekly salaries, if it drags on any longer, it will drag out the rest of the half season of the year, It also affects their own income. ”

The strike of the Writers Guild is getting bigger and bigger, in addition to the suspension of American dramas, a large part of the reason is also SAG's side drumming, which directly affects various award ceremonies, if SAG withdraws from the strike, the Oscars can get rid of the screenwriters and directly hold a lively awards ceremony, and the Writers Guild can only be embarrassed to be left out in the cold. Moreover, the reason why the strike was chosen in December is also because most American dramas are resting in winter at this time, and the strike has continued until now, according to common sense, most American dramas should return, if it drags on for another two months, the summer break will start immediately, and the TV station will resume work or not? If you decide not to return to work, the screenwriter will directly lose half a year's income, which is also a big loss for many screenwriters. Therefore, the public is still quite optimistic about the results of today's vote.

"Mom," Kate suddenly pulled Gottie's elbow and turned up the sound of the TV, and under the CNN logo, a reporter was standing in front of the office building of the Writers Guild, saying with a happy face, "The voting results have come out, and the Writers Guild has officially decided to stop the strike......

"Whew-" Gottie let out a long sigh of relief, and instead of listening to those clichés, she turned off the volume on the TV again and started talking to Michael again. "It's only been two weeks, and most of the ballots should have been sent, how about it, Michael, who do you guess this year's actress will be?"

"What do you see?" Michael didn't answer, but asked Godie, "Who did you choose?" Who called you? ”

"Believe it or not," said Gotie, "I haven't really had anyone calling me this year—I guess it's going to be a very unpredictable year, and to be honest, I've been on my mind for the Oscars for most of the past few months." ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Michael sighed, "I guess most of the judges are also blind now, those old men, they can't vote well without the guidance of others." ”

Generally speaking, the public relations offensive about the Oscars is always multi-pronged, and candidates who are interested in winning the award generally have to do several things, first, attend various commercial public relations banquets, and may attend the Oscar judges to canvass for friendship, second, public relations outpost awards, in order to build momentum, the more the outpost award wins, the greater the momentum, the higher the possibility of the judges being affected, third, fight the headlines on the page, if you can find some extraordinary news explosions, it would be better, at this time the marketing must be all positive marketing, There must be no anti-speculation scandals, fourth, send PR to personally public relations judges to persuade them to watch the film and vote for themselves. Of course, since many of the outpost awards are voted by film critics, in fact, from the beginning of the filming, public relations activities have already begun, once the film is completed, it is considered to have the strength to win the award, then it is even said that various public relations will start more than half a year in advance, which has formed a complete industrial chain. Even if the status is as high as Daniel. Day-Lewis will never jump out of these four channels, maybe because of his status, he doesn't need to attend business banquets by himself, and he doesn't need to make headlines, but the film team must do a good job of public relations for the outpost awards, as well as find companies to spend money to convince the judges - however, this year, it is very rare that almost all of the 5,000 judges of the Oscars have been left out in the cold, and it seems that all the candidates have become Woody who regards the awards as floating clouds. Allen, who is so indifferent to public relations activities, even the fourth pipeline, which is usually in full swing, seems to be extremely deserted this year, and Goldie received some DVDs in her mailbox, but that's all, the phenomenon of frequent phone calls in the past has disappeared at all this year, as if people have suddenly forgotten the Oscars.

After all, almost all of the four PR channels this year have been blocked - not to mention the PR banquet, no one will hold a banquet in the midst of a strike, and even if it does, it will be difficult to find people to attend, and as for the outpost awards, in the absence of an awards ceremony and the news is occupied by strikes, will the judges have to seriously look at who will win the award from the inconspicuous page? The same goes for the third pipeline, which has been almost exclusively a strike in the past two months. Only a few of the most important outpost awards have made headlines, but even then, be sure to tell everyone in the headline: they canceled the awards ceremony because of the strike.

As for the fourth pipeline, no one is using it, which is quite normal, just think about it: unless the director and the actors themselves are rich and rich, and they don't frown when they throw money into the water, otherwise the public relations activities must be paid for by the filmmakers, and last month, when the Oscars may be canceled and most of the energy is attracted by the strike, how many filmmakers are willing to allocate budget for public relations? At most, it is to send some DVDs, like in some years, it is definitely impossible to reproduce the situation of burning money for public relations. And now, although the strike is over, but the voting deadline is also imminent, most of the judges, it should be very rare, relying on their own independent judgment to make a vote, in the end who has a great hope of winning the award, except for a few very certain awards, it is really hard to say.

"The best actor should be Daniel." Godie affirmed, "This award should not be a surprise, his performance last year was too bright, if it weren't for the precedent of almost no actor occupying two places in the same year, I think he would have received two nominations." ”

"The final statistics are just a little bit off." Michael also said, "It's almost going to make history, but I don't think he can come out with the new rules, and he will definitely win an Oscar." ”

After the surprise and embarrassment of the 2006 Oscars, the academy changed its internal rules, and now only Best Picture is still subject to the multi-counting rule, and the rest of the awards have reverted to a simple 'one vote, one person', the official reason is that it is easier to operate, but in fact, of course, Godie knows that this is to prevent everyone from playing out again like in 2006......

She smiled silently, "What about the best actress?" This year Jennifer. Jefferson shouldn't have a chance, right? ”

"I really don't know." Michael said honestly, "Now that you understand the situation this year, you should know that a few phone calls can't say anything without the PR company's data sheet, and besides, we're the only ones who are still concerned about this year, the younger guys -- the guys who are still acting, who aren't wholeheartedly following the negotiations?" This is different from previous years, and what is going on outside now is related to their vital interests. ”

Godie also understands this truth, even she, because of her daughter, is very concerned about the details of the new contract, "What is the difference between that new contract, Michael, can you explain it to me again?" I'm a little confused......"

……

"This year's Best Actor should be Daniel." While Godie and her old friends were gossiping about this year's Olympic Games, Brad Brown. Pete also just threw the remote control in his hand on the table, and said to his girlfriend who was pregnant with Rokka, "There will be no accidents...... He's too much of a takeback. ”

Like Godie, once it was confirmed that the strike was officially over, his eyes suddenly turned to the Oscars, which had been a minor contradiction until then.

"Don't be so sure." Angelina. Julie frowned, "Maybe there are variables, until the moment the lottery is drawn, you will never know what choice the Oscars have made." ”

"This year's Oscar PR is almost zero, and I bet the judges' minds are still on when he won the Venice Best Actor," Pete said in a rather calm tone, "plus he has two great films this year, "Blood is Coming" and "Michael. Clayton both mentioned Best Director and Best Picture......"

Despite her best efforts to disguise it, Julie could still hear the anger in Brad's words: In George. When Clooney quit, the filmmaker's first thought was him Brad. Pete, and Pete is actually very interested in this role, and he wants to talk to Jennifer. Jefferson has been working together for a while, if it weren't for his brother's face, why would Pitt have auditioned, maybe the role would have fallen to him? Maybe he'll be able to spark with Jennifer? If that's the case, this year's Otik will have a solid share, and once he is shortlisted, he won't waste resources so much, don't go to public relations at all, even if he spends money on himself, he will also come back with a public relations actor - it's not a matter of a year or two for him to rush to the Olympics, just because of a choice, just to miss a great opportunity, to say that Brad has no resentment in his heart, it is too him.

"There's no point in talking about what has already happened." She calmly flipped through a page of the magazine and told her boyfriend, "I advise you not to show unpleasantness when you meet George. The Curious Case of Barton, you still need to borrow his power and take a long-term view, Brad, maybe this movie will bring you your first Oscar......"

Brad smiled reluctantly, not soothed by his girlfriend's words, he opened his mouth to speak—he wasn't so optimistic about next year's Oscars, David. Finch has never been liked by the Oscar judges, his "Fifth Sally" became the best actor, but he didn't even get Ottie, looking at it this way, the actor and actress should still rely on Jennifer. The power behind Jefferson. After all, he didn't believe that Jennifer had only gotten involved with Christopher later, and the two must have had a hot fight during filming to shoot such a bed. Play. After the absence of Jennifer, it is difficult to say whether Finch can still be favored, and besides, next year Jennifer will have a blockbuster drama "A Week with Monroe", which is still a biopic theme that the judges like very much, which makes Brad feel ominous uncontrollably, although he is aiming for the best actor, and it is said that he will not conflict with Jennifer, but ...... Who's right? In such a complicated game and public relations process, maybe he was crushed by Jennifer's team for other considerations? After all, they weren't without grievances, George. Clooney and Jennifer have a cold relationship, he is a good friend of George, and he turned down an invitation to audition for "Michael......

But, one at his girlfriend, before he could say it, swallowed the words again: because Jennifer. Jefferson and his ex-wife Aniston have a close relationship, Aniston has collaborated with Big Dream in two movies, and now "Marley and I" is still being filmed, Aniston even took an Otie with "Old Friends Are Rich", maybe there is Jefferson's power behind it, he and Jolie are destined to be impossible to get closer to Jefferson and strive to shake hands and make peace, in this case, it makes no more sense to say these except to make the two unhappy, isn't it?

"Forget it, I'll think about next year next year." He shrugged his shoulders and led the topic to another unlucky guy with some schadenfreude, "Anyway, it shouldn't be me who is the most angry right now, the Oscars are confirmed, this news will definitely make George very uncomfortable......"

……

In a luxurious estate in the south of France, Georges. Clooney took his hand away from his female companion's waist and was calmly answering the phone, and from the outside, he showed no signs of displeasure, "I see, yes, thank you for calling...... Don't say that, Andy, keep in touch. ”

After hanging up the phone, he stared at the mobile phone in his hand for a while, his handsome face was expressionless, only the rate of breathing was a little faster than usual, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes seemed to be deeper than usual.

"George?" His female companion asked curiously, in thick English with a French accent, "An important call?" ”

“yeah。” George woke up from his musings, smiled at his girlfriend pretentiously, simply got up from the chaise longue and walked to the other side of the pool, and only after closing the distance did he turn on his phone and press a few buttons.

"Moore, it's me, George," he said hurriedly as soon as the other party picked it up, "I need you to put a few more reports, around her mental state, I want the whole world to know that she is on the verge of madness, yes, the more terrifying the better, besides, hype up more about her and Christopher, let's just say that Chris broke up with her because he can't stand her madness...... Start with this tone. ”

He paused for a moment and added, "Also, post some articles from another angle, just say that she is a member of SAG, but she escapes the conflict by working abroad, and once the strike is over, she will dress up and return to China to receive the award, yes, implying that she lacks a sense of responsibility, dig up her charity fund, if there can be a scandal, then it is better to ......"

Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, his expression darkened a little, and he said almost impatiently, "I know, the money will definitely arrive in your account on time, after I see the report - remember, the higher the level of the publication, the richer the pay." ”

Hanging up the phone fiercely, George didn't know what to think with a calm face, and after a while, he suddenly slammed the phone to the ground viciously, and yelled at the empty pool, "holy*! ”

……

- Avoid all conflicts, Jennifer. Jefferson dressed up to return home for the Oscars," said Jennifer. Bell grimaced, raised his voice, and read from the table, "In the midst of the strike, Jennifer never took a stand, which more or less shows the social acumen of the actress in line with her origins, and she knows that if she stays in Hollywood, her dual identity as a producer and actress will make her embarrassed." And in order to protect her interests, Jennifer did not hesitate to give up her image of a good girl with a 'full sense of responsibility', and did not return to Hollywood for half a year, but settled in New Zealand and the United Kingdom - oh, I love this report! ”

She leaned over and gave up space to her fiancé, Georgia, "The only regret is that the photos made her look good — of course, if the photos weren't beautiful enough, I don't think her omnipotent PR would have made them online." ”

"Jane." Georgia reproached mildly, and Bell rolled her eyes again. "Alright, well, I understand: we've reconciled, there's no need to target her again-"

Indeed, in Jennifer. Jefferson won two Oscars after she and Jennifer. Bell's development route has gone in two directions entirely. Jefferson now wants to maintain his status in the rivers and lakes, develop new blockbuster commercial films after the end of "Pirates", and prove his acting skills, she and her company are involved in big productions, big casts, and have moved towards a super A-list that can compete with the filmmakers, and for Bale, although she also has stable and profitable commercial films in her hands, the box office volume is small, and her popularity has passed its peak, and there is no Oscar nomination. Jefferson shared the blockbuster of investment and recruitment, and for Bale, it is a good opportunity for her to fight hard in order to return to the A-list.

- Since the level of the two people is completely different, then there is actually no competition between them, no matter how much Bell is jealous of her, it is useless, no matter what means she plays, it is impossible to pull down Jefferson, or replace him, in this case, it is the most advantageous deployment to focus on her current competitors, the more attention to Jennifer, the more it delays Bell to do his own thing, if he doesn't even understand this truth, but is just immersed in jealousy and remorse, Then she will only go downhill more and more, and fail more and more. In fact, Bell doesn't understand this truth, but her jealousy of Jennifer is also deep-rooted, even if she is an insider and fully understands how good the media is, but when she saw that Jennifer did not have a nervous breakdown, on the contrary, her complexion seemed to be quite good, she still couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

"Seriously, I really thought she was half crazy." She said to her fiancé, "They said that Michael. Clayton is a very evil film, several of the leading actors are crazy, you see, George can't help but quit because of mental problems, Daniel - everyone knows his problems, and she, and she also came out of that recording shortly after the performance, don't say it, sometimes this kind of thing is really hard to believe. ”

Georgia gave his fiancée a gentle reproachful look angrily, "Okay, compared to this, I advise you to pay more attention to your look that day, my dear, haven't you taken a fancy to Dior's haute couture for a while?" ”

"Oh, you did warn me." Bale didn't want to talk about it anymore: as her popularity gradually declined, she became more and more submissive to Georgia, "I'll have to call PR and get this done sooner, but it shouldn't be a problem, after all, if the Golden Ball hadn't been canceled, I would have worn it a long time ago......"

She glanced at the screen and looked at Jennifer, who was smiling calmly in the photo. Jefferson sneered a little childishly: "Georgia, you're right, sometimes it's not a good thing to get the Oscar too early, look at it now, we all still have goals and hopes for the Olympics, but she can only attend the race again and again, obviously nominated, but there is no hope of winning the award, can only watch others win the Oscar trophy...... I guess that's also helpful for her mental well-being, isn't it? ”

“ok，ok。” Georgia rolled her eyes and said a little angrily, "We all know that you have ambitions for next year's Oscars...... Can you go call, dear Jennifer? ”

Sending away his fiancée, he shook his head with a smile, just glanced at the news curiously, and then closed the webpage: Bell is actually not unreasonable, after winning two Oscars at a time, at least five or six years, Jennifer. Jefferson's sense of existence has been brushed up to the nomination, and he is more concerned about the prediction of best film and best director than she is - Universal has one film each shortlisted for this link, and they are still losing money until now, whether they can turn losses into profits depends on how much presence the film itself can get at the Oscars......

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Just as the world readjusts its mood and begins to pay attention to the Oscars and the stars associated with them - especially Jennifer, who is nominated for a second Oscar and has just broken up with her boyfriend. Jefferson, Jenny herself was not idle at all for the Oscar that had actually been settled: since the two actors were unable to participate in the Oscar public relations because of their own circumstances, the entire crew was actually in a state of fate for the awards, everyone got Ottie has successfully completed the goal, Daniel can win most of the best actor, Jenny is also happy for him, she can't win the award, everyone has a consensus on this, the best director, Tony can't win most of them, as for the best picture, the more important thing is Warner. For her, she managed to find time to get back to Los Angeles, and in just a few days, she had so much to do.

"So, that's the distribution strategy we chose for Marley & Me." In Big Dream's office, Jenny's head of distribution, who had only met a few times, concluded her statement, "If this strategy is adopted, the overall distribution budget will be ......"

"Marley and I" is a pet movie with a special theme, and its distribution strategy is also a little different from that of ordinary films, such as focusing on advertising investment in dog families, cooperating with dog food manufacturers to promote, etc., which also makes its distribution budget higher, Jenny listened to the statement, while recalling the company's current cash situation - she couldn't help but rub her temples: the meeting was moved to the evening to accommodate her jet lag, but even so, she still felt a strong headache. The more she tried to recall that particular number, the more distracted she became, and she couldn't even hear anyone else's words.

The company should now have only ...... on its books Oh my God, she had a headache...... It's only a few million dollars, but the box office settlement date for "Michael" is approaching, and Warners will soon advance a share of Big Dreams, which should be enough to handle the pre-release of "Marley and Me......

“…… Jenny! ”

Someone pushed her arm. Jenny jumped for a moment.

“what！” Suddenly, she said, the room was almost empty, "- what's going on?" What about people? I-"

Although she had realized that she was wandering, Jenny definitely didn't feel that she had been in a daze for so long, and her heart beat suddenly accelerated: what is this? Short-term memory loss? She couldn't have lost her memory just now, or made a big fuss in the conference room.

"I let them go." Cesare said, still with his fingers crossed, sitting under her, his blue eyes staring at her, "You just fell asleep." ”

"Oh-" said Jenny, greatly relieved, and then a little embarrassed, "I guess it's jet-lagged—sorry, you know, it's too tiring to fly long distances." ”

"Uh-huh." Cesare didn't seem moved, he nodded, and continued to look at Jenny deeply, "I think it's time for us to have a good talk, what do you think, Jefferson?" ”

Jeanne moistened her lips and felt a little nervous under Cesare's eyes - she knew that she couldn't hide Cesare's abnormality, if it weren't for the fact that she hadn't returned home for a while, and Cesare was really □□, maybe this conversation would have happened a long time ago, but when she returned home, she did have a bit of luck and wanted to get by, and now, like a schoolboy who had failed an exam, she felt uncomfortable in front of the teacher, and could hardly find a place to stay.

“…… All right. "Looks like we should have a good talk, doesn't we?" ”