Compared to Charlotte's cheerful fans, Charlize has had mixed feelings lately.

On the one hand, the box office of "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" continued to grow, which made her completely dispel her previous worries-

At this rate, this movie, which costs only about six million US dollars, is already certain to break 100 million at the North American box office.

In this case, Charlize no longer has to worry about Charlotte reducing her prestige as a director because she helped her hit the Oscars.

- Just counting the box office profit, maybe it can exceed the return ratio of 10, which is enough to continue to make Hollywood investors worship Charlotte.

And Charlize himself did get an Oscar nomination again for this movie-

In fact, many film critics and audiences praised her performance in "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds".

She even won the Actors Guild Award, one of the three vanes of the Oscars, and became a strong contender for this year's Oscars.

However, even so, Charlize's mood was a little delicate -

"Because they discuss you as the male protagonist more than they discuss me!"

In the dream world, the girl pouted and complained to Charlotte,

"Charlotte, I'm jealous!"

“......”

Of course, Charlotte knew that his girlfriend was just joking, but in this situation, he couldn't help but laugh and cry-

"I didn't expect those people to be so boring. ”

Charlotte explains,

"Maybe everyone thinks it's a novelty for a full-time director to get a nomination for Best Actor, so curiosity is a haunting right?"

After all, there are not many people who can direct and act and get double Oscar nominations, and most of them are actors-turned-directors-

Mel Gibson, for example, is one of the best.

And like Charlotte, whose main job is a director, but she got the best actor nomination by the way, is a minority of the few.

The last such person can probably be said to be Woody Allen during the "Annie Hall" period.

- That's Oscar's own grandfather, obviously he never came to accept the award, and the Oscar was nominated one after another for the perverted existence of others.

In particular, it was in 1978 that "Annie Hall" won the award, a full 20 years ago.

Now that a similar existence has appeared, how can everyone not be curious?

"However, I guess that's the end of my nomination. ”

Charlotte sighed.

"So unconfident?"

Charlize asked with a smirk.

"It's not about self-confidence, it's just a precedent. ”

Charlotte shrugged,

"In "Annie Hall" that year, Woody Allen was nominated for director and actor, but he only won Best Director in the end - I don't think those old men on the Oscar jury will let me surpass Woody Allen!"

"But you shouldn't be able to win the best director this time, right?"

At this time, Charlize sent a critical hit,

"Didn't you say before that "Titanic" is so hot, and Cameron is the favorite for best director?"

“......”

"I did say that, but Sally, you're so direct now, are you really my girlfriend?"

Charlize also felt a little embarrassed in the face of Charlotte's wordless accusation, but she still concluded,

"In that case, there is no possibility that you can surpass Woody Allen, so will the old men of the Academy of Film Science and Arts leave you with the opportunity to win the best actor?"

"It's still unlikely!"

Charlotte shook her head,

"Don't forget, this time the nominee for the best actor is also Jack Nicholson, his performance in "Perfect" last year can be described as perfect - in contrast, although the heroine Helen Hunt has also become a big favorite this year's actress because of the good performance of the movie "Perfect", but Sally you still have some opportunities after all. ”

"I hope it's as you say!"

Charlize smiled, but didn't seem to have much hope.

No way, who made her too junior and a South African with no background in Hollywood?

You must know that in Charlotte's original time and space, although the movie "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds" made Jennifer Lawrence, who was in her 20s, a queen, a queen, there were many reasons for that-

First of all, Jennifer Lawrence is a native American who has the support of many local forces;

Secondly, the Oscars at that time were criticized for their increasing aging and niche, so the bigwigs of the jury wanted to show their openness and keep pace with the times by selecting a young post-90s actress;

Finally, and most importantly, the United States was already the United States after the subprime mortgage crisis.

- After the subprime mortgage crisis, the lives of Americans have changed a lot due to the economic crisis, and bankruptcies abound.

At that time, movies like "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds", which encouraged people to start all over again, telling everyone that "there will always be a golden thread of happiness hidden behind the dark clouds" and that the situation would definitely improve, became an effective placebo.

In this case, the Oscars naturally need to conform to public opinion and let this influential placebo movie win the Best Actress.

However, now in 1998, the United States is still at noon of the empire, with money in its waist, and it wants to fight whomever it wants.

At this time, Americans were doing relatively well, and the demand for placebos was not so great.

Therefore, movies like "American Beauty" that expose human nature will be more popular at the Oscars.

- Of course, this kind of film has always been an Oscar favorite, even if the general audience mostly doesn't like the genre.

However, even if Charlotte knew the reason and the difference, he couldn't tell Charlize.

He had to change the subject,

"Sally, you're on the new crew now, aren't you?"

That's right, the reason why the two ran to the dream world to communicate again is because they are actually on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean now-

After the screening of "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds", Charlotte stayed in the United States for two weeks to rest, and then continued to return to the United Kingdom to prepare for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone";

And Charlize stayed, because her next new film is about to start filming, and she needs to join the group-

"The Cider House Rule—Speaking of which, Sally, there's Miramax among the investors in this film, right?"

Charlotte's eyes were a little dangerous,

"Harvey Weinstein, that fat man, didn't come to you for trouble, did he?"

"Nope. ”

Charlize smiled,

"Weinstein came to the crew once, and when he saw me, he left sweating profusely - I think what happened before might make him think that I had something to do with the woman with the double snake on her shoulder, so he didn't dare to contact me!"

"It's possible!"

Charlotte nodded,

"Still, you'd better be careful. ”

"Don't worry!"

Charlize looked calm,

"Didn't you send the Irish leprechaun to follow me, it can help me solve a lot of problems. Speaking of which, do you know who is playing against me this time?"

The girl blinked,

"An acquaintance!"

"Tobey Maguire!?"

Charlotte guessed.

"Cut!How do you know!?"

Charlize, who guessed the answer to the riddle, was a little unhappy, and Charlotte said with a smile,

"Don't forget, I'm also the number one person in Hollywood now, and I can receive some rumors about the inside information of many crews, let alone the hero and heroine. ”

"Okay!"

Charlize shrugged,

"So what are we going to do next? Although what we usually do is comfortable and fun, didn't you say before that you were going to let me help you build the Hogwarts of your dreams?"

"I've built the dream world of Hogwarts, and those little actors will be enrolled in their dreams tonight, and what I need for Sally now is your acting skills. ”

"So, do you want me to play the Hogwarts teacher? Do you want me to play Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout, or Lady Hooch who teaches flying lessons?"

"Well...... this"

Charlotte smiled,

"I want them all!"