As the list of nominees was announced, the hustle and bustle of Oscar PR gradually subsided on the surface, as the "mailgate" broke out and the film school once again emphasized various bans.

According to the rules of the college, after the list of nominees is announced, the publicity can continue, but it is not allowed to lobby the judges.

In the past, most people didn't take it very seriously.

But this year is different, and the various award-winning crews suddenly have a lot of rules.

The academy has been investigating the mailgate, and if you mess around with a little action at this time, it is easy to hit the muzzle of the gun.

In Davis's office, Bruce put down the entertainment newspaper in his hand.

Martin, who was reading David Fincher's director's notes, raised his head, saw that Lao Bu didn't speak, and asked, "Isn't there any news about the new Oscars?" ”

Bruce shook his head: "The news involving the Oscars lacks interest and has been unremarkable since the nominees were announced. “

Martin couldn't help laughing: "Lao Bu, we have made outstanding contributions to the Oscars!" ”

Bruce wondered what this brazen bastard was trying to say.

Martin said seriously: "You see, the film academy is now strict with the management of Oscar public relations, and the various award-winning crews also consciously abide by the various rules formulated by the academy, why?" ”

The corners of Bruce's mouth began to twitch: "Because of what we did? ”

"That's right, because of these good people and good deeds we do!" Martin gave an example: "In the past two decades, Harvey Weinstein has continued to pull down the bottom line of Oscar PR and let the Oscars slide from the clouds to dust, and we, in just three years, have made the Oscars fly again, so that all crews must pay attention to the rules of the academy......"

Bruce deliberately said the opposite: "The academy should really reward us and give us a special contribution award or a lifetime achievement award!" ”

"I think it's necessary," Martin said. ”

Bruce muttered to himself, according to this shameless statement, what Martin bastard did was to arouse the Academy's attention to the rules?

"Why don't I believe it?" Bruce first looked puzzled, and then suddenly realized: "Because I'm one of the actual participants, I know what you're doing." ”

Martin raised his finger and shook it: "Lao Bu, your realm is still too low, all low-level behaviors must be included in a noble coat!" ”

Bruce genuinely suggests: "You go and run for president of the Screen Actors Guild!" The same goes for the president of the Producers Union. ”

Martin was surprised: "Why? ”

Bruce said, "You're shameless enough for Hollywood." ”

There was a knock on the office door from outside, and Thomas pushed it in, interrupting the two of them.

Martin pointed to the hospitality area, "Sit casually." ”

Thomas didn't go over, but went directly to the opposite side of the desk, put a thick document bag in his arm, put it on the desk, and said: "The script that DreamWorks sent me just now, Spielberg's project, I took it as soon as I received it." ”

At the Oscar nominee luncheon, Martin chatted with Spielberg about cooperation, but it was more polite and polite, and he didn't expect Spielberg to move so quickly.

He retrieved the file bag, and when he opened it, it contained the script and related reports.

It is clear that a film based on real events.

Martin first looked at the relevant reports, the old newspapers of the 1960s, what happened during the Cold War,

The Cold War naturally could not avoid two behemoths.

In 1960, Gary Powers, a U.S. spy pilot carrying a large amount of secret information, was appointed to carry out a secret mission, but the new U.S. reconnaissance plane U2 "Black Widow" he piloted was eventually shot down over the woolly bear, and Gary Powers was captured.

At the same time, the U.S. military also captured a Soviet spy, Abel, and the two sides intended to exchange prisoners.

A lawyer named James Donovan was chosen to represent the U.S. side in his dealings with the bear.

Martin looked at the script again, and the name of the screenwriter was marked under "Bridge of Spies" on the cover, and the screenwriters were famous - Ethan Cohen and Joel Cohen.

The famous Coen brothers.

"Spielberg's father, who was an engineer and was sent to work with the Woolly Bears during the Cold War, was interested in the subject," Thomas said. ”

Martin nodded, opened the script, read it, flipped through a dozen pages, and asked, "Not quite right, the first actor, James Donovan, is a very old lawyer and is not suitable for me." “

"Your character is Gary Powers, the pilot," Thomas said. The first actor, Spielberg chose his old partner Tom Hanks, and DreamWorks agreed to a base salary of $20 million, and invited you to bring money into the group. ”

"A supporting actor who agreed to my $20 million base salary." Martin felt a little strange: "I also agreed that I brought money into the group, and the actor is a person whose salary is not lower than mine......"

He looked at Thomas, "Do you think it's normal?" ”

"This is a Spielberg-directed project, and his project is very attractive and always ......reliable," Thomas said.

Before he could finish speaking, he realized that something was wrong: "Reliability can't be talked about." ”

Martin remembered "Saving Private Ryan", a model of commercial operation, Spielberg made a lot of money, Tom Hanks made a lot of money, the producer also made a lot of money, and then the producer lost money, and the investor didn't catch anything.

For this espionage project, counting him, Hanks, and Spielberg, how much budget is needed? I'm afraid that most of the salary will be shared in the later stage.

In this way, how much box office does the film need to have his share?

If the basic salary of 20 million plus the later share, he brings capital into the group, which is equivalent to using the money he financed to himself...... No, Hanks and Spielberg are still being paid......

Spielberg and Tom Hanks are famous honest people in Hollywood? On the surface, it does.

But whoever believes it will be like the investors of the GI back then.

Martin couldn't trust Spielberg and Tom Hanks, two cunning guys, so he closed the script directly and said to Thomas: "You call Spielberg tomorrow and turn down this invitation for me, and you can find a suitable one for a specific reason." ”

It's not the first time Thomas has done this, and he says, "Okay, I'll take a trip to DreamWorks tomorrow and get the script back." ”

The Jewish power in Hollywood is very strong, and Martin will not casually clash with them, and of course he will not feel that the project may have a pitfall, and he will step on it.

Jewish forces digging pits and burying people, skinning and tearing bones are the norm, and they have to be guarded against.

Thomas put away the script and materials, put them in a file bag, and quickly left.

Martin continued to read David Fincher's director's codex, which was David Fincher's handwritten notes as a director over the years, as well as some of his experiences in the director's position.

If it weren't for the fact that he had been working with David Fincher and had a good personal relationship, he wouldn't have been able to borrow this codex.

In addition to David Fincher's, Martin also has some study materials provided by Chad Starsky.

However, Chad's bias is towards the action side.

Just like the evaluation of the outside world, Chad's level of writing and drama is average, and what can really be filmed is action scenes.

Not long after watching it, Martin received a call from David Fincher asking if he was in the company.

Half an hour later, David Fincher entered the reception room with Greg Pieters, Netflix's director of content.

Peters shook Martin's hand and said, "Thank you for that "The Seventh Son." ”

Martin smiled and said, "You're welcome, we're partners, just a phone call." ”

After the bank got the rights to "The Seventh Son" from the bankrupt Annapurna Films, it must have sold the rights to recover the funds, and Martin asked Harris to talk about it at the time.

But the bank refused to sell $30 million, and was ready to spend some money to advertise on a large scale.

Seeing that it was unprofitable, Martin simply did not act as a middleman to make the difference, and called Netflix directly, and Greg Pieters finally bought the rights to "The Seventh Son" for $38 million.

Although the industry knows that this is one of a series of failed works made by Annapurna Pictures and Meghan Ellison, the majority of fans do not know much about it.

As a result, after Netflix's promotion and packaging on its own on-demand website, this has become a $150 million magical epic exclusively broadcast by Netflix.

The same work will be played on different websites, and the effect will be different.

is like the big data films made by Netflix in Martin's previous life, the word-of-mouth is getting worse and worse, but it has repeatedly created Netflix's on-demand records.

Those films, to put it bluntly, Netflix are not made for the public, but for paying users and potential paying users.

"It's a shame that you can't star in House of Cards." Peters has always wanted to invite Martin to join: "If you join forces with David, it will definitely explode." ”

Martin said: "I have been on a tight schedule in the past few years, and we will have opportunities to work together in the future. ”

Peters said: "David's side is attacking the Oscar for Best Director, Netflix spent $3.5 million to buy a large number of media pages, the specific details are in David, you are more familiar with the Oscar than me, you go and operate." ”

"We're going to make good use of these resources," Martin assured. ”

David Finch added: "Martin has a lot of ways to run the Olympics. ”

Martin laughs: "Now we just need the most conventional method, to maintain good publicity and exposure." ”

Peters said, "Netflix is waiting for your good news. ”

Neither Martin nor David Fincher were polite.

Netflix is a commercial company, and there's a reason why it's able to mobilize media for an unrelated movie.

After this Oscars, David Fincher will fully cooperate with Netflix no matter what the result is, and the first work is the political drama "House of Cards" that Netflix has invested in.

For Netflix, Hollywood A-list director David Fincher is completely different from Oscar-winning director David Fincher in terms of publicity and the attention it can arouse.

Netflix certainly wants to work with Oscar-winning director David Fincher.

The trio chatted for a long time in the reception room, during which they also talked about Warner Bros.' plan for a new Justice League universe.

In the near future, DC and Warner will jointly convene a press conference.

(End of chapter)