Chapter 272: Roland, Win!
Comeon, Comeon, Comeon, be sure to get in! ”
In New York, in the Sichuan Jianguo Resort, Godie Han, dressed in Nike costume, swung a shot in the broken words, and when the sound of breaking the air sounded, the small white ball flew out in an instant as if it was equipped with a thruster.
Immediately afterward, she used her hand as the brim of her hat to shield herself from the sunlight and look at the trajectory of the white ball, and when she found that the ball was up the slope, then fell back, rolled a few times along the third hole, and then fell in response to the momentum, and the excited sound followed.
“Birdie! Hahaha~"
He clenched his fist and swung it vigorously, then spread his five fingers and turned around to high-five his companion.
Meryl Streep, who gave applause and laughter, said even more congratulatory when she saw this achievement: "Go-Go, it seems that you have been practicing a lot lately!" You've improved by leaps and bounds, and you couldn't birdie before. ”
“Yeah! Mary, I've been on the golf course every day since March 1st. Godie Han smiled and nodded, "You're already the third time you've asked me to play golf, and you're ...... after the scolding fight."
Godie-Han's scolding war is of course referring to the FOX and ABC phone beeping, and NBC's special program in which well-known film critics from all walks of life are invited to the recording set of the New York headquarters to debate who is right and who is wrong between Kenneth Turan and Roger Ebert.
After the public opinion was stirred up, Godie Han, the judges with voting rights, received various invitations: some invited her to the designated theater of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to rewatch "Titanic"; Someone asked her out to play golf; She was invited to participate in the business dinners of major brands; Some asked her out for dinner.
The most ruthless is Sony, Columbia, and Samsung.
The publicity and distribution department called directly and told Godie Han that her daughter's "Cool Guy and Ruffian Girl Electrify You" may not be effective in terms of publicity and distribution resources because it is a small-budget movie, but Sony Columbia Samsung thinks that her daughter has acted well, and if she is willing to cooperate, they can take the film to the independent film festival to participate.
"Oh my God! Mary! ”
"You really don't know, when I got all those phone calls, I thought I was back in the days of the big studios controlled by the Big Seven! Isn't it just a vote? Is it necessary for them to make it like this? ”
After putting down the golf clubs, Godie Han and Meryl Streep returned to the golf cart.
There were only two of them in the four-seater car, and the assistant security guards were staring at each other from a distance, and they were unscrupulous.
"Of course it's necessary."
Looking at the old friend with his hands on the railing of the back of the chair and the water bottle in his hand, Meryl Streep said calmly: "If they don't do PR, will you vote for Roland?" ”
"If they weren't PR, would you vote for Kate?"
"If they weren't PR, would you vote for both Roland and Kate?"
The triple blow made Godie-Han Xiao squint.
Then, she spat out an affirmative answer, "No." ”
"As Kenneth Turan said......"
"Of course, I believe that if it weren't for someone's support, he wouldn't have said everything so bluntly."
Although Godie Han has not starred in films with high artistic value, she also has the right to vote.
Or, at the end of the era of big studios, the major studios actually had a premonition of disintegration, so in order to better spend the rest of their lives and have more say in the Oscars, an award that has been in operation, they added a lot of their own people to the academy, and the guys who joined in the seventies were all the interests of the major studios.
Because there are too many people in Gasai, these guys can really decide the ownership of an award.
It is precisely because of biased voting behavior that Steven Spielberg pointed at the nose of those judges at the Oscars and scolded, and many unjust cases appeared in order to hit competitors.
Of course, most of the time, the people feel that they are blindly investing, it is really because of jealousy, because compared with those guys who are popular at the box office, the vast majority of the guys who are sent to the Oscar jury circle by big studios are 'losers', they are losers who can't make profits for the studio, and can only decorate the façade with art that the audience doesn't understand, and when these losers have the right to vote and can decide the life and death of the off-court winners, revenge will appear.
If the power is not used, it will be invalid when it expires.
In doing so, the Oscars gradually deviated from the purpose for which MGM was founded.
Before these 'losers' joined, what was the difference between an Oscar and a commercial film?
What the masses of the people like, that is good.
They like to watch "Gone with the Wind", and "Gone with the Wind" is the best movie.
If people are not willing to pay for a movie to watch it, what you said is profound, no matter how many awards you get, it will be in vain!
Propaganda mouth should do propaganda mouth, ideas can't be transmitted, image can't be shaped, you say you shoot well, isn't that just a dumb man telling the deaf, blind man has seen a ghost?
But alas, the 'loser' has already gone in, so it's not easy to kick out.
In this way, the awards, which should be for recognizing achievements, have become window decorations.
"Uh-huh~"
Meryl Streep, who also understood the reasoning, said in her nose and smiled at her old friend.
"yes, we know all these things......"
"I also think it's a bit big this time, but ask yourself, if it doesn't make a big fuss, will we be willing to just make a phone call?"
"Each judge represents a different force, and if you want to make them feel that it is not impossible to break the record, you have to let them see everyone's determination, and now, everyone has seen the determination, and the next thing the judges have to do is to exercise the power given to them by the studios to protect the interests of the studios in accordance with the fundamental purpose of the major studios to let them join the academy back then, so as to achieve the renewal of their own power......"
Meryl Streep didn't say anything about the Academy, because they all knew that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was created to counter Will Hayes, and on the surface, it was a non-profit professional organization dedicated to promoting the development of the film arts, but the problem was that its annual operating funds were sponsored by the previous Big Eight, then the Big Seven, and now the Big Six.
That is, with the advent of cable TV, the live broadcast of the Oscars can be sold at a high price, which makes them realize self-financing in the true sense, but the problem is that the live broadcast of the Oscars, those cable TV media networks, is still controlled by giants, so even if a hundred years have passed, the nature has not changed.
What's more, the authority of the Oscars also needs to be maintained by the media.
As long as it is an influential non-profit professional organization, there is no such thing as fairness, justice and openness.
Just look at the situation of the World Health Organization.
The glamour on the surface and the grandeur of the reputation are just that it has use value.
But in the end, whoever has a big fist can squat on their head and.
"So, I wonder, is Steven retaliating?"
"Disgusted with the judges who didn't vote for him back then?"
Under the bombardment, Godie Han had already made a decision, and now, it was just a matter of talking a few more words with his old friends.
Her guess also made Meryl Streep raise her eyebrows, shrug her shoulders and spread her hands, and shook her head, "I don't know about this." ”
"And what do you know?"
Godie-Han asked, "You don't know anything and come to help them be a lobbyist, right?" ”
"You're right, I really don't know anything......"
Meryl Streep nodded, seeing Godie Han's disbelief on her face, and having the urge to raise her hand to hit someone, she smiled and defended, and said, "Okay, okay, I actually know a little bit......"
"Speak quickly!" Godie-Han pretended to be angry and urged, "Tell me quickly!" How concerned is Steven about this? ”
How concerned is Steven Spielberg about this Olympian thing?
That's the one thing Godie Han wants to know most at the moment.
It's also the one thing that the rest of the judges who are being bombarded with lobbying want to know the most.
No one can be popular forever, but everyone longs to hold on to power forever.
If in the seventies and eighties, Godie-Han was in the limelight, then with the arrival of the nineties, she has actually gradually become obsolete, and after ninety-two years, she has not made any serious movies, and in the same way, she herself understands that if she wants to stay in the inner circle of Hollywood, the only thing she can rely on is the annual awards ceremony.
She can use the votes in her hand in exchange for the resources of those who are eager to get votes for their daughters, and now, 'selling' the votes to the most powerful Jewish gang in the circle is the best choice.
Of course, the price of the ticket is actually set according to the actual situation of the demander.
Everyone knew that Spielberg doted on his youngest apprentice, but how much did he really spoil him?
That depends on the momentum of the Olympics.
But they obviously can't understand the current momentum!
No matter how powerful the Jewish gang is, it can't pull the big six!
In this case, it is the safest choice to find someone who knows the bottom line to estimate the price.
It's a pity that Meryl Streep doesn't know how much Spielberg cares, and she can only tell the other party -
"When I got a call from Francis, he said to me ......"
"It has to work."
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"What?! Sidney?! Are you even canvassing for him?! ”
While Goldie Han and Meryl Streep were playing golf in New York, Elizabeth Taylor, who was enjoying life in a mansion, was also harassed, and it was Sidney Pollack who won the 58th Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director for "Out of Africa".
The old man with glasses listened to the high-pitched sound of surprise and nodded with a smile.
"Judging by your reaction, I shouldn't have been the first to come to you?"
"Oh! Damn it! Those guys just asked me for help and didn't even tell me how many people they were looking for! Wouldn't it be more efficient to share the list and canvass separately? It's really ...... Hey......"
Although it was a complaint, Sidney Pollack's tone was very brisk.
Not only that, but there seems to be no psychological pressure on him for such a thing as award public relations.
After listening to his catharsis, which was similar to complaining, Yu Po directly crossed the vote itself.
Curious, he asked, "Sidney, who asked you to be a lobbyist?" ”
"Harrison, Harrison Ford."
Everybody's old friends, Sidney Pollack didn't hide it, "And Dustin, Dustin Hoffman." ”
“Wowwwwwww?” After hearing the names of those two people, Yu Po, a guy who had long since retired, immediately exclaimed, and after a few seconds of stunnedness, she scolded with a smile: "Isn't it just a vote?" How is this group of people as crazy as they are? ”
"But...... It's normal for Harrison Ford and Dustin Hoffman to come forward......"
"Really? So who do you think is abnormal? ”
Looking at Elizabeth Taylor's state, Sidney Pollack has already guessed her decision.
If Yu Po was dissatisfied, then she would definitely not laugh and complain now.
As soon as Sidney Pollack mentioned this, the smile on Yu Po's face declined wildly, and it was replaced by helplessness, "Michael...... Michael Jackson ......"
"Francis Coppola and Martin Scorsese called him, and he wasn't interested in it, but for the sake of his friends, he had to call me and ask me for help......"
"You said Michael called me, do you think I can not vote for them?"
After hearing the name Michael Jackson, Sidney Pollack nodded happily.
"Since Michael has called you, you really have to vote for them."
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson have a great relationship, and since Francis Coppola and Martin Scorsese can bring in Michael Jackson, there's nothing to do with him here.
"Okay, then I'll go......" Sidney Coppola wasn't even ready to drink water.
“What? Is it in such a hurry? Elizabeth Taylor was shocked, "Who else are you going to go to to canvass for them?" ”
"Uh...... The next target is Robert Redford......"
"In the next goal, Barbra Streisand ......"
Looking at the figure that was gradually moving away, Elizabeth Taylor, who was sitting on the sofa, smacked her lips and sighed, "Robert Redford? Is this someone who wants to get the Fonda family? He's a good friend of Jane Fonda! ”
"And Barbra Streisand......"
"Are these people crazy? That stupid woman wants all the tickets? ”
"Hey......"
"What the hell are these people thinking?"
"Isn't it just a prize? Is it necessary to make such a move? ”
"I've been in the circle for so many years, and now this kind of scene, I really haven't seen ......"
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Yu Po has been in the circle for decades, and she has never seen this kind of Olympic scene now, so the others are even more confused.
Because the method of rushing to the Olympics in previous years was actually very gentle, it would not be as irritable as it is now.
In the past, those who wanted to win the Oscars would hire a special public relations company, give them lobbying cash, let them contact the judges, and implant the roots of the films they want to win the award into the hearts of the judges through the three-inch tongue of those lobbyists, and then cast their votes as biased as possible when voting.
If it's a little more intense, it will be like Harvey Weinstein, who uses media marketing to stink opponents.
Using massive propaganda to smear others, so that before watching the movie, the judges have learned some negative news that the public may know through newspapers, magazines, limited television media networks and other channels, and then, with the first method, get votes.
Like the act of giving DVDs, albums, and gifts to the judges, it is just a souvenir on the surface.
The real deal is to take what you want, I want your vote, you set your own price.
Those out-of-style guys want their offspring to continue to mix in the circle, and the deal is naturally concluded.
Of course, before public relations, what everyone has to do is to choose the right judges for public relations based on the type of film.
For example, if there is LGBT content in the film, then take the initiative to abandon conservatives;
If the film is anti-war, those who talk about hawks will be passed;
If it's a biographical movie, then prescribe the right medicine, first PR neutral judges, and then go to PR guys who don't like biopics, put the guys who like biopics, and put them at the end, because there will be a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people, and people who like biopic movies have a strong subjective consciousness, and if they think the movie is not good, you still lobby, it will only waste time, and it will have an unexpected counterproductive effect, so unless you have to, basically don't touch this thing.
In this way, the most rare thing in the annual Olympic Games is to divide the judges.
Who should PR and who should not waste time on is the most important thing.
But the problem is that this year, no one is talking about movies.
We don't sell movies, we only sell people!
Those judges who were once sent to the academy by the Big Six, the Big Six can be easily solved, and guys like Goldie Han can reach an agreement by exchanging interests, because their heirs are already in the circle, and the rest of the guys are basically old people who have experienced enough in the circle, and when it comes to public relations, they only need to find the right person to call, and they don't need to talk about movies at all.
Michael Jackson is a good friend of Elizabeth Taylor, so Francis Coppola and Martin Scorsese call Michael Jackson and ask this kid king to help lobby for it, wouldn't it?
Marlon Brando and Francis Coppola are good friends, so wouldn't it be okay to let Francis Coppola call?
Bill Murray was brought out by Sidney Coppola, who was originally a member of the Jewish Gang!
Woody Allen is embarrassed to call Diane Keaton, so let Meryl Streep help!
Tickets from Michael Douglas's side, Robert Zemeckis can get it!
When these people are communicating, what other movies do they need to say?
After decades of friendship and mutual help, I want to ask you to do a favor and vote now......
No problem, right?
When everything is on the surface, let alone the judges, even the academy can give you a pinch!
Gregory Peck is the president of the academy, and he is good friends with Robert Duvall, who even slept in a dorm room with Dustin Hoffman when he was in school, and also wore a pair of pants with George Lucas and Francis Coppola, and not only that, but Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" was also helped by him......
In this case, Steven Spielberg made a phone call and asked how many people voted for my students, was it too much?
They didn't do that before, and that's because the Big Six couldn't handle it.
The Big Six have media, and if this kind of thing leaks out, it's a scandal!
But now it's different, the media has already collected money, and everyone is a grasshopper on a rope!
After there is no restraint, it is still a fart!
How safe, how efficient, how to come!
Harvey Weinstein is in the bull beep, and that's just a PR for some of the judges.
Those guys who have experienced the era of big studios and can respond to every call are not birds at all.
At this stage, canvassing is about human feelings.
And speaking of human favors, these guys can be jerked off by the Jewish gang!
And when the phone at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rang, ABC bluntly told them that if Roland Allen and Kate Winslet attended the awards ceremony, the advertising revenue could rise by 10 to 15 percent......
From top to bottom, all fall!
The opponent is my person, the referee is my person, the organizing committee is also my person, and the sponsor of the broadcaster is still my person......
Before the starting gun went off, the results of the game were already out......
Roland, Win!