When Barbra Streisand, a legend of Hollywood's women who straddles singers, actors, directors and producers, and all of them have achieved outstanding results, took the stage as a guest of honor, everyone knew the results of the best director.

Danny Boyle, the best director of the last edition, did not take the stage, and it was obvious that a senior female member was replaced as the guest of honor.

Martin turned his head to look at David Fincher, and saw a flash of unwillingness in his face.

The current David Fincher is not a lying flat director who has been criticized by film critics after working with Netflix, and he still has an Oscar dream.

But the Oscars are destined to make history tonight.

Unsurprisingly, the name that came out of Barbra Streisand's mouth was Kathryn Bigelow.

"Bomb Disposal Unit" not only won the best director, but also won the best picture.

Summit Entertainment & Film Investors David Ellison and Megan Ellison emerged as the biggest winners tonight.

In contrast, the crew of "Benjamin", which won thirteen Oscar nominations but only won two consolation awards for best makeup and best art direction, became the biggest tragedy of the night.

is just one point away, and it is about to catch up with the preferential treatment that "The Shawshank Redemption" enjoyed at the Oscars that year.

Martin relieved David Fincher: "Let's shoot a little faster this time and fight for the next one!" ”

David Fincher also held back his strength: "This time I want to improve efficiency, and "Gone Girl" will be released on the holiday slot." ”

Martin's fundamental purpose in saying these words is to arouse David Fincher's competitive spirit and improve the efficiency of filming and production.

After all, this shooter has always been more casual.

At the end of this year's awards ceremony, Elizabeth went straight home, and Martin had to attend the "Oscar Night" party.

After Vanity Fair insisted on hosting many parties, Oscar Night has become a co-organizer of the Academy with it, and even Oscar frustrations will show up at the party.

As soon as Martin entered the ballroom, he was stopped by Taylor Swift, who had come to the party.

Taylor pushed him to the photo area on the side: "I have two friends who are also fans of yours and have been clamoring to take pictures with you. ”

Martin asked curiously, "Your best friend?" ”

Taylor said as he walked: "Just like you, my friends group, the last time I sang to you, didn't you give me an idea to find a way to form a celebrity friend group?" ”

Martin reminded: "Remember, you are the leader, the members also need to be famous, can attract the attention of the entertainment media, and in the window period of your work, you can play some tricks of the little girl talking about the collapse and reconciliation." ”

Taylor has completed his evolution and even taken it a step further: "Not only do I have a plan, but I am also ready to find a singer with a similar coffee position and tear it up on the Internet, is this hype method feasible?" ”

Martin first complimented: "Taylor, you are getting more and more in a way." Then he reminded: "Pay attention to the frequency of hype. ”

Taylor nodded slightly, then beckoned forward: "Carly, Selena, look who's coming." ”

Two girls, one tall and one short, greeted them, the former with blonde hair and long legs, and a cut taller than Taylor.

The latter is a Latino with a rounded face with a natural baby fat.

Taylor introduced: "This is Carly Kraus, this is Selena Gomez, they are all good friends of mine. ”

Then he took Martin's hand: "You all know, my close friend, Martin. “

Carly Krauss shook Martin's hand and stood next to Martin first: "Help me take a group photo." ”

Martin pointed to one of the official Oscar reporters: "Bill, come here and do me a favor." “

Bill immediately came over with his camera and took a photo of Carly Krause and Selena Gomez with Martin, respectively, and finally a group photo of the four of them.

After the photo shoot, Martin saw Alan Horn waving to him and said to Taylor, "I have something else, you guys talk about it first." ”

Taylor grabbed him and asked, "Got time tonight?" ”

"Not tonight," Martin said. ”

Taylor lamented: "I'm leaving early tomorrow morning. She thought for a moment: "Wait until the next time I organize a gathering of sisters, you will come too." ”

Martin nodded: "No problem." ”

Speaking of which, he wanted to settle accounts with Leonardo, this bastard lacks the spirit of hard work, a typical 100-meter 11-second mouth cannon type athlete, saying that he would organize a big gathering of Russian and Ukrainian supermodel actresses, but there is no news so far.

It's a pity that Leonardo didn't come tonight, otherwise Martin would definitely send a blessing and wish him to be forced to marry by ten pregnant women tomorrow.

Seeing Martin walk away, Carly Kraus poked Taylor in the elbow and asked, "Did you try?" What does it taste like? ”

The first batch of post-90s generations in the entertainment industry and modeling circles have grown up, and they are more wild and unrestrained than their predecessors, Selena Gomez also asked: "Is it as powerful as the legend, and the taste is amazing?" ”

Taylor was much more fierce than them, and he approached the two of them and whispered, "Not only does it taste good, but it also moisturizes the vocal cords and makes my singing voice more beautiful, haven't you noticed?" Is my singing better than before? ”

"You!" Carly Klaus and Selena Gomez were stunned, and said to themselves, "Is this sister joking?"

Taylor blinked, "You're too young to understand what's good in it." ”

Carly was dissatisfied: "We'll be eighteen soon. ”

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At the table in the corner of the ballroom, Alan Horn asked Martin, "I heard that Warner Bros. wants to buy your studio?" ”

"They wanted to buy, and I was willing to sell, but the talks fell apart." Martin said directly: "Warner doesn't want to shell out $450 million. “

This price also surprised Alan Horn: "If it were me, I would never agree!" ”

Martin smiled: "That's where the disagreement lies, I think the studio's existing assets, at least worth the price, but others don't. ”

Since there was a disagreement, Alan Horn simply changed the subject: "Warner Bros. has raised the distribution commission, which is very unfair to the following partners, especially actors, investors and producers like you who can always hit the box office, even if the commission is increased by one percent, it means millions of dollars in losses." ”

Martin said: "Warner Bros. has been No. 1 in Hollywood for many years in a row, and the distribution channel is very strong. ”

"That represents the past, and it must be the future." Alan Horn said: "After Kevin Tsujihara took office, he promoted a lot of Japanese Americans and nepotism, which you must know, do you think this is a normal management model for a company? Will they be able to maintain the glory that Warner Bros. has done over the past decade? ”

From the two projects of "Pharaoh and the Gods" and "Green Lantern", Martin has already seen the clues, and with the pit he dug, the future is unpredictable.

He asked directly: "Alan, listen to you, do you want to pull me to Disney?" I remember you were the president of Disney Studios, regardless of the distribution, right? ”

Alan Horn said: "I'm also thinking about your old friend, Disney and Bowell International, the two hair brands are strong enough, Walt Disney's offline channels are no worse than Warner, and Robert Iger, Martin You may not be familiar with him, but I can assure you that whether it is leadership skills or personal charisma, he is far above Kevin Tsujibara." ”

Martin nodded: "I've heard people talk about Robert Iger, I heard that Disney's big money in recent years came from him, acquiring Pixar Studios, buying the entire Marvel ......"

He paused slightly and said, "Alan, I'm worried about meeting another Kevin Tsujiwara, if you can take charge of the Disney publishing label, I'll immediately have someone talk to you about the release of Fast and Furious 2." ”

Alan Horn laughed: "Disney Studios not only merged Hollywood Productions and Touchstone Pictures, but also merged Disney as a distribution label, specializing in live-action film production and distribution in the future. ”

Martin said, "It looks like you've been eyeing me for a long time. ”

Alan Horn admitted: "I can't meet you today, and I plan to contact you before you go to shoot 'Gone Girl', but unfortunately you have already signed a distribution contract with Warner Bros. for this film." ”

Martin picked up the wine in front of him and clinked glasses with Alan Horn: "I'll have someone talk to Disney Pictures when I go back." ”

Alan Horn took a sip of his wine and said, "I'll let the deputy talk to your people." ”

The two finalized their intentions, and the interview ended.

After Martin left, he originally wanted to go home, but Elizabeth said before leaving that she would wait for him back in a dress.

It's also a very special experience.

But David Fincher called out to him and introduced the middle-aged man next to him: "This is an old friend of mine, Greg Pieters, who used to be a producer and now goes to Netflix as a product content director. ”

Greg immediately came over to shake Martin's hand: "I have long wanted David to introduce me, but I have never had a chance, Martin, it is my honor to meet you today." ”

Martin said with a smile: "I'm very familiar with Netflix. “

Greg didn't understand and looked at Martin curiously.

Martin doesn't need to hide: "I'm a shareholder of Netflix, but I'm a minority shareholder, and the shares are all public shares bought in the primary market. ”

Greg said: "You are very optimistic about the development of Netflix? ”

Martin has collected a lot of information from Netflix: "You started out as a DVD rental business, and now you've developed online on-demand with tens of millions of paying subscribers in North America, which could be a way for families to watch movies in the future." ”

David Fincher said: "I've followed social networks, and with the popularity of smartphones, many people are even used to watching some feature films on their phones. ”

"Netflix is also seeing this trend and has been refining the filtered data to provide users with more and better content experiences," Greg said. ”

He changed his voice and said: "At present, the most troublesome thing for Netflix is content, especially high-quality content, now Hollywood is different from before, they regard Netflix as an enemy, we want to get high-quality content licensing, we need to pay a greater price, and without high-quality content, it is difficult to attract new paying users, and even old users will be lost." ”

Martin has tens of millions of Netflix shares in his hands, and of course he wants its stock price to rise, saying: "If you have enough money, you can hire your own producers and directors to shoot and produce high-quality content." ”

(End of chapter)