Although she is the writer, director and one of the three major producers of "Guillotine Valley", Charlotte did not make much of the investment in this film after all.

Therefore, the box office income is okay, and in the follow-up videotapes and other peripheral income, he only has a small share as a director.

On that side, it is still Jodie Foster, the first producer, and the powerful Paramount side.

From this point of view, it seems reasonable for Paramount to spend money on public relations for the Oscars in order to increase the follow-up peripheral income of "Guillotine Valley".

But the problem is that "Guillotine Valley" is not Paramount Pictures' own son.

Take the proceeds of the tape as an example, removing the meagre part of Charlotte's purely hard-earned money, and sharing the profits with Paramount, there is also a Jodie Foster.

Charlotte lives by herself, and feels that if she were Shirley Lansing, she would definitely get back Jodie Foster's share before investing in the public relations of "Guillotine Valley".

And Andrew Kevin Walker also confirmed his guess -

"Before the Oscar PR, we did have an agreement with Miss Foster. ”

He raised his glass to cover his eyes,

Paramount, on the condition of supporting the best PR film and a series of cooperation agreements, plus part of the fee, got the half of the "Guillotine Valley" rights in Miss Foster's hands. ”

"She sold the rights?"

Charlotte was startled, and then reacted,

"It seems that Miss Actress has great ambitions in the field of production!"

"You really understand!"

Andrew Kevin Walker laughed.

As the two said, Jodie Foster's sale of the rights to "Guillotine Valley" is not a short-sighted performance, although it has lost long-term benefits.

On the contrary, it highlights her ambition.

To put it simply, Jodie Foster, as a newcomer in the field of filmmaking, is still in the stage of seeking fame.

It is more beneficial for the ambitious actress to take half of the copyright of "Guillotine Valley" and exchange it for prestige with the Oscar for Best Picture, so as to get more investment and more opportunities to make good movies.

After all, although the Oscar for Best Picture is the honor of the entire crew, it is the producer, especially the first producer, who goes up to receive the trophy......

What's more, it can also reach a series of cooperation agreements with Paramount, one of the seven largest in Hollywood.

And it is estimated that the compensation cost will not be too small.

- Jodie Foster actually didn't lose at all.

Of course, as the other side of the deal, Paramount will not lose.

Paramount Pictures, which has a big business, no longer needs to advertise for itself, and for them, tangible and tangible profits are what they need.

And this is also the basis on which the two sides can reach an agreement -

One seeks fame, the other seeks profit, which can be described as a win-win.

"Shirley Lansing and Jodie Foster are two women......"

Charlotte shook her head.

Why did the two of them avoid themselves and make an agreement in secret, Charlotte had already guessed the reason-

This does not involve Charlotte's actual interests, what is done is nothing more than Oscar's public relations.

Just like Charlotte's own analysis, the seven nominations of "Guillotine Valley" are actually not very advantageous.

Specific to the best actor and actress and the most director, it can be said that there are obvious disadvantages.

Without other factors, Charlotte and the others must have given up on PR.

After all, PR also costs money, and there is no hope, so why waste dollars?

But what if Charlotte and they knew about Paramount's best picture in public relations?

The cunning Shirley Lansing is probably afraid that Charlotte and the others will take advantage of public relations, but instead distract the power invested in the best picture.

And Jodie Foster, who maintains a cooperative relationship with Charlotte, probably acquiesce!

After all, it really didn't hurt Charlotte's actual interests.

In fact, Charlotte really didn't care much about it.

As he himself estimated, he really has no advantage in the award for Best Director.

And Charlize Best Actress is even more so.

As for Depp......

Forget it, leave him alone!

In short, Charlotte doesn't mind if someone else uses what she doesn't have in the first place to make a profit.

For a moment, he even had a little depressed feeling of being treated as a villain.

However, the next moment he realized that this seemed to be an opportunity to rip off the bamboo-

After all, since Shirley Lansing and Jodie Foster wanted to hide it from him, it proved that these two women were a little too shrewd and weak-hearted.

Can he take the opportunity to grab some benefits?

Even if Paramount and Jodie Foster owe him a favor, it wouldn't be bad!

Thinking of this, Charlotte pretended to make a face,

"Andrew, you are so secret from me to make an agreement, don't you ......"

- And sure enough, it came!

Andrew Kevin Walker sighed in his heart.

He didn't really agree with Charlotte's deal with Jodie Foster from him.

But that did avoid some trouble during the Oscar PR, so he didn't object either.

It's just that he understands that this will definitely give Charlotte an excuse to attack.

Although Charlotte doesn't have anything in her hands that can handle Paramount, it is still necessary to build a good relationship with a big director of commercial films who is on the rise.

In particular, the failure to compete with Warner Bros. for the investment and distribution rights of Charlotte's new film "The Sixth Sense" some time ago made Paramount realize Charlotte's value as a director.

In this case, there is no need to anger Charlotte.

Therefore, Andrew's coming to the Vanity Fair party today also comes with the task of appeasing Charlotte.

"The main purpose of our secrecy is not to hide it from you, but to reduce the attention of our opponents in PR. ”

Andrew explained.

If possible, he didn't want to give Charlotte any practical promises in exchange for forgiveness, he relied more on his own incorruptible tongue.

What's more, Andrew is right-

Unlike the average Olympic film, as a commercial film, "Guillotine Valley" does not need large-scale PR publicity to let the judges know.

- As the 1995 North American box office champion of the year, the film is well-known enough.

Therefore, the public relations of "Guillotine Valley" is really "public relations" in a narrow sense, and in layman's terms, it is canvassing and stuffing money.

In the United States, a certain degree of "public relations" is allowed, after all, even the quadrennial election is indispensable for this, how can the Oscars be alone?

However, it is very difficult to grasp the "public relations" heat, and if you are not careful, if you cross the line, it will become a bribery election.

Although as long as the person concerned is not brain-dead, he will not take the initiative to say it to the outside world, but this is Hollywood!

There is no shortage of journalists in the world!

Not to mention that the line is really crossed, even if the line is not crossed, the reporters will find a way to cross the line for the report......

In this case, in order to avoid being caught by competitors, the more low-key the PR action is, the less people know about it, the better.

While complete secrecy is impossible, it's always good to reduce the attention of opponents and the outside world.

In fact, "Guillotine Valley" can win the best picture this time, and to a certain extent, it can indeed be said that it has succeeded in hiding from the world.

Therefore, Paramount's behavior of secretly reaching an agreement with Jodie Foster without Charlotte is not useless.

However, that's just the reason for Paramount and Jodie Foster.

Charlotte originally saw that the other party was a little weak-hearted, and took the opportunity to rip off the bamboo, so naturally she would not be so "empathetic"-

"Do you doubt I'm going to leak it, Andrew?"

His questioning words directly stifled the eloquence behind Andrew Kevin Walker.

- What else do you say?

- We are afraid that you will leak secrets and act indiscriminately, so we deliberately hide it from you!?

Although this is the case, it cannot be said in this way, otherwise it will be simply cut off.

Andrew was a little sullen.

He glanced at Charlotte, and then realized that the other party would say this, which means that he has figured it out.

- It seems that it is unlikely that I will not pay some price this time.