Soon after, Robert Zemeckis took the stage to present the second prize.

At this point, there was a bit of an eerie atmosphere in the audience, with Johnny Depp and Matt Damon both dropping one place from the results, in other words, another short film went up.

Whether it goes to third or second place depends on the answer revealed by Robert.

"The award belongs to...... 2nd place "Sanda Hull" and 3rd place "Sergeant of Glory". ”

Julia Roberts' Sanda Hull is the second?

So who's number one?

Many people who know it are already scratching their heads at this time, the top five fell one rank in turn, and one short film directly won the best.

Matt Damon glanced at Daniel Sandler, who was sitting not far away.

I shook my head.

No way!

Steven Spielberg, as the real organizer of the competition, the chairman of the jury, must make a concluding speech about the whole competition, he praised the genius of the student directors, and also thanked the Hollywood stars who participated, and of course, as a veteran Hollywood element, he will not forget the people behind the scenes and the media.

After he thanked him, the black girl in a small black gown with sequined black presented an envelope with the best short film.

"Of course, I know what the name is, but you don't know yet, so I'll be surprised." Steven opened the envelope and made a surprised expression, "Wow, it's it." ”

The performance sparked the final laughter of the audience.

"The best short film in this USC Short Film Competition belongs to...... Jossen Zhu, "Silent Love". ”

Be quiet.

It was about a second or two, and there was a burst of silence throughout the Staples Center.

Then he applauded warmly under the leadership of a group of judges.

Whatever you're thinking, it's time to have a smile on your face and congratulate the winners, knowing that the interrogative media reporters may be staring at you right now. If you're a stinky face, there's no doubt that you're not on good terms with Daniel Sandler or Jessica Alba, and if it's Johnny Depp, you're definitely going to have a relationship with Daniel, and if it's Julia Roberts, it's Jessica Alba.

Therefore, everyone has a bright smile and sincere feelings.

Jossen was a little incredulous, for him, this award is tantamount to the Oscars for all directors in Hollywood.

He turned around and hugged Daniel tightly, all the while saying "Thank you." ”

When he came on stage, Jossen was a little nervous and almost fell.

Receiving the trophy from Steven, Jossen was still a little out of breath.

"I can't believe it's mine."

"First of all, I have to thank my team, my partners, Daniel, Jessica, Quigley, Ferguson, Adams, all the people who helped us, it's definitely a miracle that we have created together, especially Daniel Sandler, who is a little younger than me, but whose talent and professionalism make me envious, Daniel, you will definitely be more successful.

With the encouragement of my friend, oh, she's Terina, the director of Sanda Hull, I was able to participate in this competition, and the support and recognition of so many people was one of the most memorable experiences of my life, more memorable than my first date with a girl.

I would also like to thank my parents, I love them. Am I exaggerating a bit? Mr. Spielberg didn't say much at the Oscars either. ”

Standing on the side, Steven spread his hands.

"Aha, that's all, awesome, awesome."

Jossen excitedly went down with the trophy in his hands, and Steven walked back to the microphone.

"Jossen, I won't say so much because Oscar won't let me, but you can do whatever you want tonight." Steven glanced at Johnson, who had shared this qiē with Daniel, before facing everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed tonight, and thank you for coming. ”

The award ceremony is over, but the aftermath is still there.

The media looked for stars from all walks of life after the awards, hoping to interview a few, but everyone seemed to have discussed it, and quickly left through the side door, leaving only the directors who had just won the best picture, second prize, and third prize - no one cared.

In Daniel's car, Melissa was excited.

"We were number one."

But Jessica ignored him. This is Andy ruining the fun.

"It's just a chick, and there's a lot of new stuff in Hollywood." Melissa's arrogance really impressed Daniel, but she grew up in Hollywood, and her understanding of this circle may not be comparable to ordinary people.

Daniel has a little headache, he feels a little impulsive, the last long relationship has been so long that he is not used to maintaining a relationship, Jessica is not a little bird-like girl, she has what she wants, and does not hesitate to use all kinds of means to express dissatisfaction.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this yet." Daniel was determined not to worry about it, "Remember Jones's phone call." ”

Thankfully, Jones didn't alienate his connection with Daniel because of the departure of **.

It was a mature and welcome decision.

"Yes, I went to find out, there are indeed people who are holding down the manuscript and waiting for you to make a fool of yourself." Some important people in the media were originally contacted by Cusa, and now Daniel has to talk on the phone in person to introduce Melissa to them, and of course, ordinary reporters, Melissa can report herself.

Keeping the necessary contacts won't necessarily stop bad stories, but if you want to fight back, they'll help you – because often tearing X can increase sales.

"Do we have what it takes?"

"I can come out, but it's hard to produce any scale effect." Melissa has a difficult face, don't talk about her, even if Kusa is still there, it will be difficult to send out a large-scale propaganda release.

Daniel thought for a moment, "Then contact Jones, and the Universals publicists, and ask the Los Angeles Times if they'd be interested in talking to me about 'Gladiator.'" ”

"Okay."

The next day, Universal met with Jones, and the two sides hit it off, "Gladiator" is certainly on the level of "Los Angeles Times", and if it is Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott, "The New York Times" is not a problem. However, the two sides also have to discuss the content of the interview, which is not a simple matter, and how to achieve a win-win situation between the propaganda effect and the news effect, they must have a few tricks.

However, the tabloid who got the previous list from a second-hand source did not have to discuss anything with anyone.

On the morning of the second day of the ceremony, the big newspapers were full of serious news, but the tabloids were already full of speculation.

"Best short film in the last moments?"

In the report, the preliminary results were revealed, indicating that this was the result obtained before the start of the awards ceremony, but "Silent Love" neatly stepped on the top five at the last moment, and the sixth place was kicked out directly.

Conspiracy theories, public relations theories, etc., and even the story of James Cameron's phone call with Steven to intercede for Jessica was made up.

Andy reported Daniel's schedule for today.

A business event, a magazine shoot, the inside pages of the industry's top fashion publication "ELLE" - this is part of the propaganda of "Gladiator", but it is not without his benefit, Daniel Yan zhòng lacks the hard currency of these stars - magazines, online works, endorsements, high-class publicists. With the help of "Gladiator", it is one of his directions and strategies to go from the Internet to reality.

The newspaper book Melissa gave him put Daniel in a good mood early in the morning.

No one in their right mind would do anything behind last night's results. Steven and these people went to great lengths to hold a short film contest to make money from PR firms, in other words, everyone knew they couldn't accept PR in this matter.

Then the results are completely credible, and if you make small moves on the results, it means that you are skeptical and dissatisfied with them.

Who dares to offend so many big people.

But the tabloids don't worry about that, and their wanton publication has dug a hole for others who have the motivation to do so.

Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, and even Mark Wahlberg, Daniel can be happy if anyone falls into the pit.

……

Entering the studio of "ELLE", Daniel is indeed a bit of an eye-opener, this fashion magazine that is more energetic and young than "VOGUE", has an extremely professional studio, rows of clothes, props, photographic equipment, and the staff's clothing is also quite "fashionable", it seems that the most earthy in this is him, he is wearing jeans and a solid T-shirt today.

However, before the official start of filming, he actually saw an acquaintance.

"Hey, Lydia?"

"Long time no see, Daniel." Lydia didn't seem to be surprised, and yes, she should have known who she was working with today.

Yes, it was Lydia, the young teacher in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy who was responsible for teaching Daniel's traditional etiquette, and the training also helped Daniel gain the favor of Tim Rowland, the "Snow Eagle Fund".

"Your business is getting bigger and bigger, even in fashion magazines."

"It's just a friendly help, the editor in charge of your interview is a good friend of mine, so I'll cooperate a little later."

"Of course, of course, I have always been very cooperative with you, if you let me lie down, I will lie down, and if you let me take off, I will take off."

"Oh~" Jennifer Houston, Lydia's friend and editor of ELLE, uttered an incomprehensible prolonged sound.

Lydia was clearly not a little girl who was squirming, "Okay, Daniel, then you can take it off now." ”

"Here? Oh, Lydia-sensei, it's so challenging, I've never tried to be in front of so many people—"

The theme of "ELLE" is "The Noble Kid", and it focuses on Daniel's two works - "Gladiator" and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy".

Roman Emperor or Elven Prince, who is more charming?

Lydia is in charge of etiquette and costume guidance, and it is inevitable that she will have to correct some small movements for him.

"Oh, Lydia, don't touch there, oh."

The young team is always relaxing, and Daniel's constant quirkiness also makes the working atmosphere very light. It's just that Lydia hit him twice in the ass after filming.

"Nice ass."