In 1993, at the age of 78, Carl Molden, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Technology, announced his retirement after completing one of the school's most important reforms. This reform abolished the lifelong membership system of the college; It stipulates that members who are over 70 years old or who have ceased to work in film within five years will automatically lose their membership; The academy no longer has a for-profit organization, and only relies on the broadcasting rights of the annual Oscars to maintain its operations; ……

To this end, the major trade unions and associations in Hollywood jointly decided that a bronze statue of Mr. Carl Molden will be erected and placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at an appropriate time in the future, so that he can continue to witness the future glory of Hollywood.

The new director of the Academy of Film is Frank Pearson, and the first thing he did when he took over the school was to prepare for the upcoming 66th Academy Awards. When he was only an assistant to Carl Malden, Frank wanted dozens of statuettes to remain at the Bank of America forever as a symbol of justice and fairness for the Oscars. However, as soon as he took over the position of dean, he immediately felt the pressure.

This is simply impossible, and it is impossible for all parties to accept it.

If someone does it in the future, what will the academy do?

And last year's winners, all of Hollywood's top talents, lost what may be the only trophy in their lifetime; What's more, the little golden man means benefits, and getting the little golden man means that the value soars, how to appease those grievances? What's worse is that the major trade unions and associations have begun to exert pressure, and these unions and associations in Hollywood are all elected by their members and have paid their dues.

The academy represented by Frank Pearson can ignore the interests of those gold man winners, but it will never dare to work against the union and the association! After careful consideration, Frank Pearson finally extended an olive branch to Sun Ziming, and invited him to present the Best Film Award as a guest of honor, as the film academy also admitted that "Shawshank" was indeed the best picture. In exchange, please also ask the kid to obediently take the bank and his little gold man away, and give everyone a step.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese boy refused, and if he wanted to be the guest of honor, he would be the guest of honor for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.

How does this work? Best Picture is recognized, Best Director and Best Actor are controversial, how can they be overturned?

However, Hollywood's most powerful dog did not give the contact staff the slightest room for bargaining, but only told them that if they could not make proper compensation, Universal would not send anyone to receive the best picture of the year. In the future, Light and Shadow Company and Universal Company will no longer participate in the selection of the Oscars, and they will fund a comprehensive reorganization of the Golden Globe Organizing Committee to reorganize the Golden Globe Awards into the same film awards as the Oscars.

Now, Frank Pearson has seen Sun Ziming's rogue character, and if you don't give him what he deserves, he will just flip the table without giving any buffer. He is already one of the eight giants of Hollywood, regardless of light and shadow, and he controls another giant, Universal, and pulls Paramount and Warner, two allies, in fact, he himself is the most powerful person in Hollywood.

The people in the film school panicked, and this time they really panicked. Just at that kid's character of fighting on the set and scolding actors on the streets of New York, he can definitely do this kind of thing! He is already a world-class director, he doesn't need the recognition of the Oscars, and the films of the light and shadow company don't need the goldenrod of the Oscars to raise the box office, anyway, every one of their movies is scared to death at the box office, and the top three at the box office last year were all theirs.

What's even more terrifying is that Warner and Paramount are working with him on "Batman" and "Braveheart", and it is very likely that they will also fall to him. Film companies care about awards because awards can bring benefits, and if someone can bring them greater benefits, fools know how to choose. If half of Hollywood's eight film giants refuse to participate in the Oscars, is there still a need for film schools to save their films?

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After participating in the Golden Globe Awards, in the Charm Record Company, Sun Ziming was still participating in the soundtrack of "Forrest Gump", and Douglas and Kayo Sato sat in the corner, not daring to disturb them. When everyone was resting, the two leaned over and whispered, "Boss, the people at Warner said that if you were willing to direct 'Batman', they would refuse to participate in the Oscars this year." ”

Kayo Sato also whispered: "Ms. Shirley also spoke to Milan, and if you agree to direct Braveheart, Paramount will do the same." ”

Sun Ziming was taken aback, damn, Hollywood is really naked/naked to talk about deals, chase profits, and even dig up the foot of the wall! After smoking a cigarette, Sun Ziming also thought for a while before asking Glass, "What do you think?" ”

Douglas is familiar with the corners and corners of Hollywood, and Yoshiyo Sato will also inform him of the news he hears at any time, and he can easily guess the intentions of those two companies, "Boss, they want to use you, and if you direct their films, it will drive up their stock prices; At this year's Oscars, "Schindler" is definitely the big winner, and it doesn't matter if they don't participate. If we openly boycott Guangying and Universal, they will not be conspicuous after them, and at most they will make a statement: the boycott of this session is a protest against the obvious unfairness of the previous one, and they will participate in it next year. ”

"How many days are left for the Oscars?"

Kayo Sato has good mental arithmetic skills, and immediately replied after a little calculation: "There are still nineteen days left, and according to the custom, they will announce the award guests and award procedures two weeks in advance." ”

'Hey, hey, hey', grandson Mingle, "The new dean can't sleep, right?" ”

Douglas also followed suit, how could the mess of the last session be so easy to clean up?

"Boss, there's an Italian restaurant in Beverly called "Mezzaluna". I wanted Kayo to be there, to have her friends dinner, and then to talk at the dinner table that both Warner and Paramount wanted you to direct the film. ”

Sun Ziming patted his thighs and straightened his legs, "Ok, Doug, you are really good at tricking people!" Jiadai, you say that I am thinking about whether to get 20 million like Schwarzenegger or 10 million like light and shadow. ”

"Understood, you want to work with other companies, but it's also annoying. Actors can get 20 million, how much should you get? is low and does not meet your market value; If it's too high, and it's a bit inconsistent, you mentioned the original intention of limiting the investment risk of the film. ”

"Wise, you can do it. I've got to finish Forrest Gump sooner, and there's "The King of Killers" later. ”

“OK”

That night, Jiayo was very happy to have a dinner with her friends, who made her deduct hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses, and earned a million dollars in bonuses from "Youth Musical"? The troubles of her boss, also known as the troubles of happiness by Milan and Jenny, fall into the ears of those who have a heart, and they are the Nine Heavens of Fairy Music or the Thunderbolt of the Sunny Day.

As soon as Milan said goodbye to her friends and drove back to the office, Ms. Shirley and her assistants were waiting for news from her.

trotted into the conference room, the blushing and simple Milan added a bit of beauty, but failed to attract the attention of a group of big men, who only stared at her wine-smelling little mouth. No wonder they are so nervous, the production fee of "Future Water World" is almost 200 million, and Sun Ziming's script is really great, but the budget is close to 120 million after he revises it. There are already conspiracy theories in the circle, saying that China Ming deliberately gave up "Water World" to make people fooled, although people with brains scoffed, but after all, they muttered in their hearts, Mel Gibson has never been a director!

"Boss, China clearly wants to improve relations with other companies and is ready to co-make a movie this year. Jia Dai told me privately that her boss was not interested in commercial films. ”

'Ah', Shirley and the others immediately danced with their eyebrows, and if the other party could sue Milan in private, they would definitely give priority to Paramount. It's not that they are soft-boned, it's really that the Chinese kid is too powerful, he has won the top three at the box office for two consecutive years, and this is only in March, and another box office top ten has been booked; "Jurassic Park 2", which will be released in the summer or autumn next year, will definitely occupy the top three again. If Paramount doesn't make any moves, the stock price will fall!

"Joe, how are you talking to Mel?"

A middle-aged white man immediately replied: "No problem, Mel has already said that if China Ming is willing to direct "Braveheart", he will be more than happy to give up the director." However, he also made a request for our company to invest in his next film, and he said that he would definitely cut out a script from Ming's hands. ”

Shirley consulted her subordinates, and seeing that everyone had no objections, she immediately arranged: "Milan, find a chance to talk about it tomorrow, we will pay 25 million yuan plus 5% of the box office share, and invite Ming to direct "Braveheart". ”

Milan hesitated, and cautiously reminded: "Boss, Warner's "Batman" gave 45% of the investment amount. ”

"It's okay, now he needs our solidarity and won't force the investment. Besides, when the schedule was first divided, Peng had a promise to everyone. ”

Milan immediately agreed: "Okay, then I'll go first, my friend is still waiting for me to play." ”

Shirley nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Milan, do a good job." If Ming directs "Braveheart", I will give you a promotion and a raise. ”

"Thank you, boss", Milan walked away with a smile.

It was at this time that the news reached the ears of Frank Pearson. Hesitated for a long time, Frank? Pearson picked up the phone and called his Masonic buddy Tino, who had to find someone to deal with it.

Freemasonry is a quasi-religious brotherhood whose basic purpose is to promote fraternity and charity, to pursue personal virtue and to improve society. Although the Freemasonry has deviated from its purpose, the tradition of helping each other has been strengthened.

Tino, who was returning from Russia, received a call from his partner Frank Pearson and said with a wry smile: "Frank, your judgment is right, if you don't have proper compensation, maybe he will really do that." You and Frank are not at the same level of strength as him. Let's be honest, now we in the California consortium have a lot of reliance on him. ”

Listening to the voice on the phone, Frank's head hurt more and more, he is a person in the threshold of high society, and he knows that American-style democracy and freedom are not at all what is shown in movies and television. Don't look at Hollywood directors and stars who are like successful people in high society, in fact, they are not at all, the real high society is those super bigwigs who hold power and conglomerates in their hands.

The United States allows anyone to attack anyone, as long as you can produce evidence and justify the criticism, but if you want to squeeze into the real upper class, there are two criteria: money and power! If you don't have these two things, at most you're an upper-class spectator, and you can get into that hall, you can clink glasses and shake hands with everyone, and no one will really take you seriously. It's already clear that Tino can help with this, but he won't waste his resources for an institution like the Film Academy. That Chinese kid grabbed the sore foot of the film academy, and he has the strength to argue with the academy, now it's up to the academy to do it.