In a luxury club in Beverly Hills, the pull film of "The Departed" has just ended, and everyone has moved into the spacious entertainment hall, where the crew has already prepared exquisite meals and wines, which will make everyone who attends the pull film party feel at home.

During his travels, Martin struggled to make his presence visible in front of peers, critics and well-known journalists, making them as impressed as possible.

Louise and Kelly's Rita Baker team, which Louise and Kelly co-financed, has spread out to lobby for a more professional approach.

Not to mention Martin, a newcomer who has only been in the industry for three years, even Scorsese, a big-name director with 40 years of experience, is doing something similar.

Public relations, in the eyes of the college, is the embodiment of due respect and determination to compete.

But the white old men with an average age of 62 years old are particularly hypocritical, and their public relations efforts are too strong and they are easily judged to rush for the sake of the prize.

It takes a lot of effort to grasp the degree.

A pull-out party ended, and the guests returned with a full load.

Coca-Cola, as a sponsor of the Pull Sheet Club, has prepared a suitable small gift for everyone.

The crew slackened, their faces full of exhaustion.

Martin felt ten times more tired than Heidi Klum's bachelorette party for two days.

Scorsese, who was next to him, thought that there were still more than two months to get up, and he looked helpless.

Among the people present, only Nicholson, who held three golden figures, was relaxed.

It's like watching a group of monkeys play monkey tricks.

Holding three little golden figures in his hands, he is so calm.

Martin looked at the other two members of the bastard trio and invited Scorsese: "Director, there is a special way to make people completely relaxed and rejuvenated. ”

Scorsese said: "Don't mess with that mess. ”

Leonardo understood what he meant: "The three of us don't touch those things." ”

Martin said: "We don't share gambling and drugs! ”

Nicholson said: "How can we cheat you. ”

Scorsese answered: "Let's go." ”

Martin took three people and got into an inconspicuous car from the underground parking lot and headed straight for the Night Club.

A new member of the Face Gang has arrived.

As the rolling wheels ran over, Scorsese's fatigue dissipated and his spirits were instantly lifted.

"How?" Martin asked.

Scorsese cocked his thumb and praised: "So you use this kind of healthy way to refresh your mind, and it works well!" ”

"Life is for enjoyment." Nicholson is in good spirits: "Like you, you work hard, all for your children and your ex-wife. ”

Martin and Leonardo didn't say anything, but they took it as a warning.

But everyone thinks differently, and Scorsese is enjoying it, and is even preparing to fight the seventh in the test tube.

…………

In the city of angels at night, I don't know how many secret activities are going on.

In another stripping bar, seven dancers came out of the VIP room, three of them with crumpled and white feet, as if they had been soaking in the water for too long.

Quentin took out a tissue, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said, "It's not easy to do something, isn't it your forte to sabotage?" ”

Harvey's fat face trembled: "You're right, if you want to win a little gold in the awards season, even I have to go all out, and I'm not completely sure, but it's much easier to destroy than to build, not to mention Martin Davis's weakness is here, and it's an objective factor that can't be eliminated." ”

Pete swallowed his foot-smelling saliva and said, "This little thing is too simple. ”

Harvey smiled and said nothing, very bigwiggy.

This self-confidence is built on the basis of many successful examples.

In the 98 awards season, the most popular thing was to save Private Ryan, and at the critical moment of voting, Los Angeles was full of black information about soldiers, and many British and American World War II veterans stood up and attacked the film through the media for its serious inaccuracy, and Harvey pushed the film to have the last laugh.

The classic case of Shakespeare's victory over the GI, Oscar will never forget.

Of course, the veterans don't have so much leisure and leisure, and automatically jump out to pay attention to the Oscars.

In 03, the Chicago PK pianist, the latter director Polanski was full of black material, and Harvey didn't have to exert too much effort to make people remember the past.

There was also a less successful one, attacking Nash, the prototype of "A Beautiful Mind", for being anti-Semitic, which can be sentenced to death in Hollywood and even in the American entertainment industry, but the result was overplayed and the results were mediocre.

Harvey looked at Brad Pitt and said, "Didn't you ask someone to come over, when will you arrive?" ”

Pete said, "It's coming soon." ”

Harvey waved his hand lightly: "Since you want to do it, don't hesitate to do it boldly." He laughed: "Do what we have agreed on, you are enemies, it is not a big deal." ”

Thinking of Julie and Aniston, and thinking of "Death of a Sharpshooter", which was forced by Warner Bros. to be released until now, Pete got up and walked out of the private room without hesitation, and waited in the hall for a while, waiting for Richard, the editor-in-chief of "Empire" magazine.

It was too chaotic here, and the two went to a nearby Qing bar.

Richard sat in the booth and said bluntly: "Big star, do you have something to do with me?" ”

The two sides often cooperate, Pete didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "It's not a big deal, make some news." ”

Richard asked, "About whom?" ”

Pitt pondered his words and said, "Have you noticed that most of the media in Los Angeles are singing praises to Martin Davis right now, saying how good he is and so on, as if the best supporting actor he fancies is his." ”

Richard knows more: "As far as I know, he just hit the nomination. ”

Pete said: "Counting from the horror wax museum, Martin has only been in Hollywood for a little more than two years, and the twenty-five-year-old actor has already earned tens of millions of dollars and is ready to hit the Oscars. ”

"It's really good to be topical." Richard understood that it was easy to attract attention when expressing different opinions in the midst of a crowd of praises.

At the same time, the reporter of "American Rumors" received a news clue and immediately rushed to the newspaper office to work overtime overnight.

…………

The next morning.

Martin came back from a morning run and was having breakfast.

Thomas's call came in: "Look at the rumors in the United States, there are reports about you. ”

Martin said a word, and Bruce went to the newspaper box at the door, fetched a lot of newspapers back, and found out the American rumors from them.

The newspaper published a news item in a more prominent position on the second page.

Martin took a closer look.

According to reliable sources, when the famous movie star Martin Davis was not yet in Atlanta, he had entanglements with local gangs and drug dealers, and the relationship was extremely complicated, and there were many disputes, and the specific inside story was confusing. According to his old neighbor in Marietta, Martin had wounded people with a gun......"

Martin pushed to Bruce: "I know my past very well. ”

Bruce read it quickly and said, "These people who play with the pen, real horse-stepping talents, all write in line with the facts." ”

Martin nodded: "The fact that the head is pinched and the tail is removed." ”

He did have entanglements with gangsters and drug dealers, and he shot and wounded people, but they were all legitimate defenses.

But this report makes people look at it, and it is easy to get the impression that he is one of those bastards, and shoots people......

Bruce asked, "Do you want to send a lawyer's letter?" ”

Martin shook his head: "It's useless." ”

It's December now, and this kind of news appears at this time, and the pertinence is very obvious.

Bruce said: "What did the competitors do? ”

"Possibly." Although it was news in the gossip newspaper, Martin still took it seriously, took out his mobile phone and called Thomas: "I'm going to look for you." ”

The two go out and drive to Century City, where Martin calls Jessica again and asks her to keep an eye on what's going on on the internet.

Jessica said: "There is no information on the Internet at the moment. ”

All the way to Century City, as soon as he entered Thomas's office, he gave Martin the latest issue of "Empire": "It should be a premeditated and planned operation." ”

Martin took it, and the magazine had already turned to the page of the relevant report.

"In the ongoing release of "The Departed", Martin Davis's role is highly praised, but he still looks young and immature in front of veteran actors like Nicholson, which we can understand, from the premiere of "Horror Wax Museum" and Martin Davis's official appearance on the big screen, he has only stepped into this circle for two years, and he is just a rookie actor, of course, not as good as many old qualifications who have worked hard for many years......"

Bruce was right next to Martin and followed along.

"It seems like it's all true." He savored it carefully, and felt that something was not right: "There is something else between the lines. ”

Thomas said directly: "This report clearly tells everyone that Martin is a newcomer with very little qualifications, and he has only been in the industry for more than two years. ”

Martin continued: "The average age of the Oscar judges is as high as 62 years old, and most of them have been working for many years before they have a certain status, why was Tom Cruise rejected as milky back then? It's too easy to become famous at a young age, and it's too easy to make a lot of money. ”

"This type of actor, the veteran members of the academy have always disliked ......"

He said a reality: "The Oscar for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, from the list of nominees to the awards, has always been the world of middle-aged and elderly men. ”

Martin knew this and said, "Stuck in a critical period of time to spread rumors...... No, these are not rumors at all, but objectively existing realities, against me without a doubt. ”

These are also his weaknesses, and the opponent grabbed it and stabbed him hard.

Bruce asked, "How big of an impact?" ”

"The rumors in the United States are fine, after all, the gossip media." "The influence of empires is greater," Thomas said. ”

Martin thought for a moment and said, "Let's bring the interview forward." ”

He said to Bruce again: "Contact the Atlanta side and Jody, I remember Jody going to work at TMZ. ”

Thomas cautioned: "It's better to figure out who's behind the scenes. ”

Martin looked at the Imperial magazine and remembered one thing, the never-ending author who had worked for many years.

(End of chapter)