Beverly Hills, The Ritz-Carlton.

Martin has a long-term luxury private room here, and it was still some time before the nominee's luncheon began, and Leonardo and Nicholson were on his side.

Leonardo loosened his tie a little and said, "Annapurna Pictures won the rights to those two scripts, or bought them out at a super high price, what do you think?" ”

Martin was direct: "What else can you see? Those thieves are inseparable from Annapurna Films. ”

"Larry Ellison's son and daughter, who don't tread in Silicon Valley, come to wreak havoc on Hollywood." Nicholson looked at Martin: "Don't be impulsive, they're not funny." ”

What he said was not good, not that it could not be done.

Leonardo said: "She has a dad who is worth nearly $30 billion. ”

Nicholson's words changed again: "Publicly announcing the signing of "The Seventh Son" and "Transcendental Hacker", what does she want to do? It's clearly declaring war! ”

Martin is also unhappy: "We have always been involved in people, but now we have been by a woman, and we are still a very troublesome woman." ”

Leonardo answered: "This is Hollywood, not Silicon Valley!" ”

Nicholson said, "I have a good idea! ”

Both Martin and Leonardo looked at him, because they really had some trouble trying to Megan Ellison.

"It is not difficult to see from her high-profile series of behaviors that this woman is learning from her mad father." Nicholson, who has a wealth of life experience, analyzes: "So she has a very arrogant and tough personality, as if she can do whatever she wants. ”

He summed up with some cases he had experienced: "This kind of person has a kind of shortcoming, once you break her arrogance and toughness, and completely conquer her, you can do whatever you want, and even turn her into a slave girl." ”

Martin pondered for a moment: "It seems to make some sense. ”

Leonardo nodded: "I've seen similar situations. He reminded: "Remember Nikesem? That's how some of Lanier's slave girls came to be. ”

Nicholson shouted to the side, "Old Bu! ”

Bruce pressed the remote control, and a large full-body photo of Megan Ellison appeared on the projection screen of the room.

Nicholson pointed to the photo and said, "Martin, Leo, take the initiative!" Show the charm of your man, conquer this woman, make her your slave, do whatever you want! I have faith in you! ”

Martin looked at Megan Ellison's full-body photo, and took off a young version of Larry Ellison with longer hair and bulging chests, and quickly shook his head and said: "I'm a good person, a good person with a moral bottom line, and I will never do such a bad thing!" ”

Leonardo is much more direct than Martin: "No long blond brown hair, bad reviews!" The facial lines and facial features are seriously masculine, bad reviews! The body proportion is not good enough, there are no long legs, bad reviews! No, I can't get down there......"

"You two bastards, how can you judge people by their appearance?" Nicholson was furious: "Megan Ellison is the one who can share Larry Ellison's tens of billions of family assets, if you can control her, think about it, tens of billions of dollars." ”

Martin still shook his head: "You are digging a pit on the spot, and you are lighting a fire in it, and you are seducing us to jump into it." ”

Leonardo said: "Let's do it another way. ”

Nicholson looked very disappointed: "It is a great sense of accomplishment to tame a princess of 10 billion." ”

"There will always be a way to find a way to calm down and find a chance." Martin glanced at the wall clock, stood up and said, "Let's go, the nominee's luncheon is about to begin." ”

The three of them went downstairs together and entered the hotel's grand ballroom.

The crew of "Shutter Island" and the crew of "Gone Girl" are next to each other, and on the other side is the crew of "Inception".

Martin greeted his acquaintances one by one.

Both Nolan and David Fincher hope that this Oscar will be fruitful and at least get a nomination for Best Director.

Martin had just finished a round of greetings when Natalie Portman, who had a big belly, came over.

With the passage of time, various outpost awards have been awarded, and her accumulated advantages have become bigger and bigger, and her voice has become higher and higher, and she is the absolute hit of this year's actress.

Natalie really thanked Martin at this time, looked left and right at no one, leaned closer and said, "Have you recently been robbed of the script that your company has stolen?" ”

Martin was angry: "There's such a thing. ”

"I've met several horoscopes and soothsayers from all over the world, and some of them say that my current situation can help people reverse bad luck." Natalie was clearly not joking, but also with good intentions: "You haven't had a lot of luck lately, maybe I can help you." ”

Martin politely declined: "Thanks, but I really don't, I've got rid of bad luck." ”

Natalie smiled and whispered, "You can always come to me before I give birth." ”

Although Martin was thundering, he could feel Natalie's sincerity: "Nat, I wish you success in reaching the top." ”

Natalie said, "You have half the credit. ”

The luncheon was about to officially begin, Martin returned to his table, and just sat down, Mene at the table of "Inception" leaned over and said, "Boss, do you want me to go out?" ”

Martin didn't understand for a moment: "What are you going to do?" ”

Mene said: "Annapurna Pictures and Meghan Ellison, do you want me to go out?" ”

Martin patted him on the arm: "No, she was born in '86." ”

"I look at her in the newspapers, she looks like a 40-year-old woman." Uncle Mene didn't have a good way this time: "If she is over 30 years old, I am sure; If she's over 40, I promise to get her! ”

Nicholson, who was next to him, also heard it and patted Mene on the shoulder: "Man, I admire you very much this old bastard!" ”

There are only a handful of people who can admire him, and even Martin, a bastard, can't make Nicholson say such things.

Mene was very modest: "Jack, I've been learning from you. ”

Nicholson told the truth: "In some ways, I'm not as good as you. ”

Leonardo poked a few people at this time and reminded: "Megan Ellison is also here." ”

Martin and the others turned their heads to the right, where brothers Megan Ellison and David Ellison were sitting at a table against the wall.

"She's got everything figured out," Nicholson said, "and when the luncheon is over, you'll come with me and have a look at her." ”

He looked at Martin: "I really can't think of a way, so you sacrifice it and tame her in the flesh." ”

Martin let out a long sigh: "Where I have been wronged, I can't have wronged my brother." ”

Neither Nicholson nor Leonardo spoke, because it made too much sense.

There was the sound of high-heeled shoes falling to the ground in the back, and someone pulled the chair out of the chair so wide that it hit the back of Martin's chair.

Martin turned his head and saw a woman with long red hair, snow-white skin, and retro makeup.

"I was so careless." Jessica Chastain apologized immediately: "Martin, I'm very sorry. ”

Martin smiled, "It's okay. ”

Jessica Chastain saw that he had an excellent attitude and an amiable smile, and hurriedly introduced herself: "I'm Jessica Chastain, your fan. ”

She opened her handbag and revealed the commemorative Coke logo: "Hello Sect Master, I am a member of the Coke Cult." ”

Martin shook her hand: "Thank you for your support." ”

Jessica Chastain hurriedly said, "You are my sect leader, and supporting you is what I must do. ”

"It's going to start, and we'll talk again when we have time." Martin pointed off the stage, ending the small talk.

He glanced at Tom Scherrak, the new president of the academy, and Emily Blunt, the host, who took to the stage, and suddenly remembered that Ridley Scott had begun preparations for "The Martian", in which Jessica Chastain played an important role.

But Martin didn't think much of it either, as the list of nominees began to be announced on stage.

Emily Blunt looked at the big screen on the side and read: "The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are, Christian Bale, John Hakes, Mene Christie, ......"

Mene covered his mouth, excited and uncontrollable, grabbing Martin's sleeve next to him: "Boss! ”

"It's the result of your hard work," Martin said. ”

Mene knows very well that there are many more people in the circle who work harder than him, how many of these people can mix up like him?

Opportunity is much more important than hard work, without the opportunity given by the boss, he is still a young actor like his former companions.

When the list of nominees for Best Actress was announced, Jennifer Lawrence almost rushed over to give Nicholson a kiss on the spot.

This post-90s actress won the first Oscar nomination in her life with "Winter Bones" recommended by Nicholson!

Tom Sherak personally announced the nomination for Best Actor, and it was no surprise that Leonardo was among them.

In the list of nominees for best director, Nolan and David Fincher are on the list.

Since 2009, the nominations for Best Picture have increased to ten, and this year's nominee list, all ten places have been filled, and the two films "Inception" and "Gone Girl" starring Martin, as well as "Shutter Island" starring Leonardo, have all been nominated for Best Picture.

After the list of nominees ended, there was a new project that was only started this year, and the college distributed invitations to many award presenters on the spot.

Multiple envelopes were delivered to the appropriate people, both Martin and Nicholson.

The two quietly opened, each glanced at each other, and their burning eyes fell on Leonardo at the same time.

Leonardo felt bad and asked, "What do you want to do?" It's a formal occasion, don't me! ”

"Let's go, go to the bathroom." Nicholson was the first to leave.

Martin followed.

Leonardo gritted his teeth and went out as well.

The matter of being an award presenter needs to be kept secret, and when he came to a place where no one was, Nicholson lowered his voice and asked Martin, "Which one are you?" ”

Martin whispered back, "Best Actor." ”

Nicholson nodded, "Me too." ”

When Leonardo heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Martin grabbed him by the collar: "Can't relax, it's not time to open the champagne, you can't win this award, Jack and I will become the object of ridicule all over the world, you know how serious the consequences are!" ”

Nicholson smirked and said, "We'll send you to the Sacred Valley and leave it to Pete to deal with!" ”

(End of chapter)