A stone road winds its way to an oriental-style courtyard, with rockeries, small bridges, and flowing water in the bright spring light. If it weren't for the fact that the owner here spoke English, he would have thought he was back in the country.

Sun Ziming sat on the handrail of the small bridge, holding a teacup, bathing in the spring light, but he said something that did not match the beautiful scenery in front of him - Oscar's public relations. Although SlatePR was recommended by Tino himself, Sun Ziming still preferred to believe this guy.

Oscar is a club, and you have to get into it to play the game. At a similar level, the Oscars can be won by those who understand the rules of the game, public relations and lobbying.

I don't know if this was said by the knowledgeable bastard, anyway, Sun Ziming thought so. At the beginning in Hong Kong, I thought that my film was of high level and did not have any lobbying activities, but the results of that year's Academy Awards were not received. After suffering that loss, when he went to Taiwan, Berlin, and Venice, Sun Ziming had to hire a professional public relations company and spend a lot of money to open the way, just for those glittering trophies.

Sun Tzu Ming is not a person of faith like George C. Scott, Woody Allen, and Katharine Hepburn, who treat the Oscars as a fart, and don't even bother to receive the trophy, and have to be mailed to them by the organizing committee. Sun Ziming is a man of fame and fortune, in addition to loving movies, he also loves those glittering trophies.

However, fortunately, Sun Ziming has money, and he doesn't care about money. Since "The Shawshank Redemption" won in Berlin, he has commissioned the industry's most famous company, SlatePR, to carry out public relations, and spent more than two million dollars on advertising in professional magazines such as "The Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety", not to mention holding private preview screenings and cocktail parties for voting members.

All these expenses have been summed up, and the light and shadow company has spent more than 3.4 million US dollars. Of course, the money is not spent in vain, and the Golden Globe Awards won five trophies, which added a lot of aura to the movie. In the future, these can be recouped with more than ten times or even dozens of times the profit through the guò audio-visual rental market, copyright transfer, TV station broadcasting and other means.

Now, just wait for the last time, the Academy Awards.

If it can beat the great films such as "Unforgivable" and "Smell a Woman" again at the Oscars to win the Best Picture award, "The Shawshank Redemption" will confirm the title of one of Hollywood's greatest films. Even if it is another 50 years, like "Gone with the Wind" and "The Godfather", you can still harvest a steady stream of dollars every year!

Sun Ziming himself can also win the Berlin Golden Bear Award, Silver Bear Award, American Golden Globe Award, and Oscar Award, not only confirming the position of the master of contemporary world cinema, but also writing a stroke in the history of world cinema.

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"Tino, there won't be any problems this time, right?"

Seeing that Sun Ziming was still repeating the question of a year ago, Tino now knew the position of the movie in his heart, and said with a wry smile: "Ming, in the almost transparent rules, there is almost no room for black box operations, and the status of public relations in the entire Oscar game is not so high." Yes, they are lubricants, but if the gears are not neat, no amount of lubricant will work. The exact number of Oscar votes is known only to two employees of PWC Accounting, and it is never made public. The United States is a credit society, and no one dares to joke about the rest of their lives. ”

Tino paused for a moment and continued: "Your "Shawshank" is great enough, and the PR lobbying that should be done is in place, if nothing else, there is no problem with the best picture, and the best director has to see the final result." Only the actor and the best supporting actor have a bigger problem, after all, they are not white. ”

There is no way around this, more than 90% of the 6,000 judges are white, and racial discrimination is impossible to avoid.

"Hey", Sun Ziming sighed and said depressedly: "If you don't do this business, I don't know how great "Smelling a Woman" and "Unforgivable" are. When I came across these two films, I really don't know if it was my misfortune or my luck! ”

This point, Tino agrees, if these three films are placed in 91, they are all undisputed best films, and it is clear that the three of them are also undisputed best directors. However, it was such a coincidence that three great movies came together!

"Ming, you have to think like this, if you can beat them and get the big prize, then it proves that you are greater than them!"

"Hehe, if I am defeated by them, it will become an immortal work of regret!"

Sun Ziming laughed at himself, and he was also helpless, this year is a little better, and next year "Schindler's List" will be born, which is terrible. Starting from the French César Awards, all the way to the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars in the United States, as long as it participates in the film awards, they are all one-sided results. "The Philadelphia Story" is great enough, and when it comes to "Schindler's List", I don't even have the strength to resist. If it weren't for Tom Hanks, "The Philadelphia Story" would have been wiped out at the Golden Globe and Oscar awards!

"Ming, is Schindler's List really as great as you say? I think "Shawshank" is great enough, and I often take it out and watch it when I'm in a bad mood now. ”

Sun Ziming smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Tino, when it's released, you'll know." ”

"Alright, let's talk about something lighter. Remember, you promised me anything before? ”

"What?"

Tino shook a finger slyly, Sun Ziming suddenly realized, patted his head and said: "Then ten percent, didn't you vote for all of them, from "Thunderbolt Angel" to "Very Little Spy". Box office dividends, the company has already allocated them to you, right? ”

Glancing at Alexander and Karen, who were in the distance, Tino whispered, "Do me a favor, my share will set up a foundation in the name of my daughter and put it in the name of your investment company." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Ming, in addition to Angel, I also have children. When I divorced, there was an agreement that the property would be inherited by my ex-wife's children. ”

Pity the parents of the world, the grandson will come over, and also whispered: "OK"

The two drank tea and chatted until the evening, and had dinner at Tino's house, before his grandson Ming took Karen Mutter away.

Back at Karen Mutter's apartment, Sun Ziming had time to watch TV and newspapers, and the overwhelming news was all reported by the Golden Globes last night. The front-page headline of the entertainment section of the mainstream media was that "Shawshank" swept the major awards, and the gossip media focused on reporting that he had broken the law in public, and even the directors' guild had joined in, announcing a warning and a $1,000 fine on him.

Commentators on television were boldly predicting how many awards "Shawshank" would win at next month's Oscars.

It's like in a movie, if there are positive characters, there must be negative characters, so that there can be dramatic conflict, and these commentators are divided into two factions and talk about it on TV. There is nothing to predict about the best picture, the best director has a certain amount of suspense but not much, China can win the best director in Berlin and the Golden Globe, and the Oscars should also be won, the key is the best actor in Fa Ge and Morgan's best supporting actor.

As he spoke, he came up with the issue of race, and finally came to three conclusions.

If both of them win at the same time, the Oscars will succumb to 'political correctness' and begin to flaunt themselves like a golden globe without racism/discrimination.

If only one person wins the award, the Oscar is hypocritical, wanting both 'political correctness' and showing that he only values artistry.

If neither of them wins, congratulations to the Oscars, it's definitely racist/discriminatory!

Terrible! These Americans are just amazing, much more powerful than their counterparts in Hong Kong, digging holes for you openly, you can't jump if you don't jump!

In the previous film awards, Karen Mutter just watched the excitement, but now it is related to Sun Ziming, so she will naturally care about the result. Seeing that there was no problem on TV that "Shawshank" won Best Picture and Best Director, Karen Mutter couldn't help but ask Sun Ziming, "Ming, can you get Best Picture and Best Director this time?" I see that you don't seem to have much confidence in the best director at the Golden Globes. ”

"Best Picture is not a big problem, the reviews are all one-sided. Best Director, it's not necessarily, 30% hope. ”

Seeing that Sun Ziming was still staring at the TV, Karen Mutter shook him and asked, "Why?" Everybody says you can take it! ”

Maybe it's because the air conditioner is turned on a little too much, the neckline of Karen's white shirt is very low, and as soon as Sun Ziming turns his head, he sees the spring light on her chest through the low neckline of Guò. Underneath the neckline was Karen Mutter's breasts, which were almost dripping with water, and two plump graves loomed at the neckline.

A faint fragrance was wafting out from the low neckline, which made Sun Ziming, who was watching TV, a little irritable, and the blood in his whole body began to concentrate on a certain part of his body.

Karen Mutter was still waiting for Sun Ziming's answer, and when he saw him staring blankly at his chest, his snow-white pretty face couldn't help but fly two red clouds, and the sparkle in his eyes seemed to be dripping. If it were Claudia or Kayo Sato, it would definitely snuggle up and make a mess, but Karen Mutter didn't.

Seeing Sun Ziming's heart-warming appearance, Karen Mutter suddenly straightened her waist and stretched her waist in a gesture, and this move made her full chest more prominent. The shirt was tightly attached to Karen Mutter's chest, and the white shirt suddenly became a little transparent, and through the white shirt, you could clearly see the appearance of her underwear.

"Let you seduce/seduce me", Sun Ziming pressed the amorous Karen under him, kissing while groping between her full and soft breasts and buttocks, and hurriedly picking off her clothes.

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When the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Karen Mutter, who was as white as jade, lay in her grandson Ming's arms and asked the question just now, "Ming, don't everyone say that you can win the best director?" ”

Sun Ziming took a puff of cigarette, put his big hand on her full and soft chest, rubbed it a few times, and sighed: "Age, I'm too young!" Best directors under the age of 30, those who haven't been nominated in their 40s, what will they think in their hearts? There are more than 600 directors in the guild, how many have won that award? ”

Yes? Karen Mutter, who was upset about her grandson, got up from him, held her tall and trembling chest, and said dissatisfiedly: "How can they do this? ”

"Hehe, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, where there are rivers and lakes, there are interests, where there are interests, there are rights and wrongs, where there are rights and wrongs, there are love and hate, where there are love and hate, where there are disputes, there are factions, where there are factions, where there are factions, where there are politics, there are transactions, where there are transactions, there are grievances, and where there are grievances, there are people."

A series of tongue twisters stunned Karen Mutter, and she stroked Sun Ziming's face in a daze, and said softly: "Ming, you are too great, like a philosopher, Oscar doesn't give you a little golden man, that's their loss!" ”

Sun Ziming covered the two plump buttocks sitting on his lower abdomen, soft and smooth hands, and sighed: "It's not what I said, it's just derived from other people's lines." ”