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Chapter 491 So what is the truth?

Matt Damon saw Harvey's expression and was not sure whether what he said was true or false. For career reasons, he decided not to pay attention to the conflicts between Link and Harvey in the future.

"Harvey, found it."

While they were chatting, Bob Weinstein and Jon Gordon, the head of the public relations department, walked in.

"what's the situation?"

Harvey straightened out his stomach and asked quickly.

Bob said hello to Matt Damon and then told the story.

The problem lies with the two publicists sent by the Weinstein Films. During the public relations process, they used the name and email address of the Weinstein Films to send emails to many judges, persuading them to support Jennifer in winning the award and to support Mellie. I built momentum and gave many small gifts.

Those judges didn't know the truth and thought Harvey had changed his mind, so they voted for Jennifer Lawrence.

"Is that so?"

Harvey was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly became furious, pounded the table and roared: "Where are those two public relations people, **** guys, how could they do this, this is commercial fraud, I want to sue them and Link, I want them to go to jail."

"Harvey, calm down. This is not a commercial fraud. Those two staff members were the ones we arranged to assist Lionsgate Films in publicizing the Oscars. They were doing their jobs and did not make any mistakes."

Bob persuaded.

"Why not? They used the company's name without permission to send messages to the judges to help Jennifer Lawrence win the award. This is commercial fraud."

Harvey roared.

"Harvey, don't forget that we are also the producers of "Silver Linings". Jennifer Lawrence won the award, which is also beneficial to us. There are also two public relations staff whose job is to help "Silver Linings" with public relations. They do what they are ordered to do. Make mistakes.

In addition, this matter has become a fact. Even if many judges were deceived and voted wrongly, there is no possibility of changing it now. If we insist on making the matter bigger, we will look stupid and our influence among the judges will be exposed. It is very big and has the ability to decide the award. This kind of statement is very detrimental to us. "

Bob said.

Harvey wanted to refute and found that this was indeed the case. Originally, Oscar PR was an unspoken rule and an unfair rule. If it was revealed at this time that they had the ability to influence the selection of some judges, it would be very detrimental to their future PR for the Oscars.

"Another point is that after Jennifer's surprise win, Meryl will get the sympathy and support of many judges. Next time we will publicize the Oscars, we won't need to spend much money to help Meryl win the Best Actress Award. , if things get too big, the people and judges will change their views on Meryl.”

Bob said.

"So, let's just treat this as if nothing happened?! Let Link get the Best Actress Award for nothing? Let me lose face at the Oscars?"

Harvey leaned on the table and shouted through gritted teeth.

"Harvey, our movie won seven awards, including the three most valuable awards. It is undoubtedly the big winner of this Oscar. The media still calls you the Oscar gold promoter. You have not lost any face."

Bob said.

"Bullshit! My goal is to win the best picture, best director, and best actor and actress. The best actress award is the key award we compete with Link. Now this award has been snatched away by that **** Link using despicable means. Let’s go, but we can’t let him be punished. This is failure, the biggest failure, and I will never accept failure!”

Harvey yelled.

"Then how are you going to deal with him?"

Bob asked, spreading his hands.

When Harvey heard this question, he felt as if cold water had been thrown on him, and he calmed down instantly. He thought of countless ways to deal with Link, and also used many methods to deal with Link, but they all turned out to be useless.

A few times, he even thought about buying a killer to assassinate Link, but when the operation failed and the police started to investigate, everything he had now would be in vain, and the reputation he had accumulated for many years would collapse. Even if he succeeded, Link's family would When traced, the consequences will be huge.

This is a method that leads to the same death, and it is too expensive to use and is not cost-effective.

But without this method, how to deal with the rich and despicable Link? How can we get Link out of Hollywood?

Harvey had no choice but to think that Link might be having a party at this time to celebrate winning a movie, and he would be wooed and licked by women in the circle who wanted to win the award. He was heartbroken.

"Harvey, many people now think that we are cooperating with Lionsgate Pictures. Why not take this opportunity to put aside prejudices and old grudges and truly cooperate with Lionsgate Pictures. Lionsgate is the seventh largest and we are the eighth largest. Strong A strong alliance is good for both sides.”

Bob continued to persuade.

"Shut up! Do you think I haven't thought about this problem? Do you think Link is the kind of person who will cooperate with us sincerely? No, Link just wants to annex us, dominate Hollywood, and even surpass me to become the most powerful person in the entertainment industry. Powerful people, this is a struggle for power, I will never give in easily, never!”

Harvey said bitterly.

Bob was helpless, wiped the saliva from his face, and asked Harvey what he was going to do, how to fight back? No matter what, he will cooperate.

Harvey calmed down again, thought for a moment, and asked Bob and Jon Gordon to continue to hype the relationship between Link and Jennifer Lawrence, hype Jennifer's speech on the podium, and let everyone know that the Oscar trophy is just for Link to pick up girls. His little trick made the judges have opinions on Link.

The next time they encounter a Lionsgate film, those same judges will be hesitant, especially in the categories of Best Actress and Supporting Actress.

Although Link won this time, he left a lot of hidden dangers.

"Hmph, Link is too impatient. He is killing himself with Oscar."

Harvey slammed his fist on the table and said with a sneer.

Bob nodded, thinking this was not bad, and then took Jon Gordon down to do things.

Harvey looked at Matt Damon who was reading a newspaper on the sofa opposite, wiped the greasy sweat from his face and said: "Matt, you heard it too, this matter was made by my subordinates on their own initiative, and I had no knowledge of it at all. "

Matt Damon doesn't know whether to believe Harvey. Judging from the conversation between Harvey and Bob just now, the relationship between Harvey and Link is still very bad, and the fact that Jennifer Lawrence won the award indeed has nothing to do with Harvey.

But he didn't quite believe that just two staff members could change the judges' minds. He felt that there were some problems that he couldn't see clearly.

Considering this situation, he decided not to get involved with Harvey and Link in the future, and maybe like Ben Affleck, he would have the opportunity to cooperate with Lionsgate Films.

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Ding dong!

In the corridor of the Weinstein Film Office area, Bob's cell phone rang in his trouser pocket. He took it out and took a look. It was news of a remittance from a Swiss bank. There was an extra 1.2 million euros in the Swiss bank account.

Then he put away his phone as if nothing had happened and continued to discuss with Jon Gordon how to hype up the scandal between Link and Jennifer Lawrence.

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In the office, after Harvey saw off Matt Damon, he cursed Link a few times, then picked up the phone and called Ivy Nevo, the major shareholder of Weinstein Films.

Avnivo is an Israeli-American and is the largest private investor in Goldman Sachs Group and the largest individual shareholder in Time Warner Group. He also holds shares in companies such as News Corporation, Ebay, Microsoft and Viacom. The godfather of Murdoch's eldest son is considered a 'magician in the media industry'.

He is also Zhang Ziyi’s ex-boyfriend and the leading actor in the beach photos.

After Harvey left Walt Disney in 2007, he founded Weinstein Pictures with the support of Avnivoir. Avnivoir also became the largest individual shareholder of Weinstein Pictures, holding about 32% of the shares, while Harvey and Bob only has 25% of the shares in his name.

Harvey called Ivy and told him about being deceived by Link and losing the Best Actress, because Ivy had called specifically to ask about this.

Avnivo said he understood and didn't comment too much.

Harvey said that Lionsgate Pictures, run by Link, has affected the development of Weinstein Pictures. Could Ivey please help solve Link's problem?

Ive is very low-key in the rich circle, and his assets are very secretive. Forbes is unable to determine how much he is worth, estimating it to be around 5 billion. However, his circle is very large, with Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Yang Zhiyuan has close relationships with the CEOs of the six major media groups and is a person with extremely strong connections.

If he is willing to help suppress Link, he will definitely give Link some trouble.

Avnivo said no. He is just an investor and will not interfere with the development of his company. In addition, his philosophy is to make more friends, not to make enemies for himself, let alone a very capable person like Link. .

Harvey was helpless after hearing this and had no choice but to give up.

Putting down the phone, I saw a missed call, it was little Kunas' number.

Harvey frowned. In fact, he didn't want to communicate with people like Kunas Jr. who didn't have much ability but often looked for trouble. But the Kunas family has great influence in New Jersey and New York. Knowing someone like this A person who may come in handy in the future.

Jingle Bell! Jingle Bell!

Before he could call, Kunas Jr. called again.

Harvey listened patiently, and as expected, Kunas was asking about the relationship between Lionsgate and Weinstein Pictures, about the two companies that the newspaper said were fighting on the surface but working closely together secretly. Is the news true?

Harvey said no, and at the same time felt that Kunas was childish. Even if it was true, how could he get the truth by asking so bluntly?

Kunas Jr. didn't believe it and said if it wasn't true, why would Lionsgate and Weinstein Pictures continue to collaborate on "The Master" after "Silver Linings"? He also said that without the help of Weinstein Pictures, Link's movie would never have won the Best Actress Award.

Harvey patiently explained, talking about being deceived by Link.

Little Kunas still didn't believe it.

Harvey didn't say anything else, and hung up the phone after a few perfunctory words. However, when he saw the photo of Link and Jennifer Lawrence on the table, he felt angry again.

He will never let Link go easily this time.

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Over in New York, little Kunas hung up the phone and cursed angrily.

He didn't believe a word of Harvey's explanation, not only because of the news in the newspaper about Lionsgate and Weinstein's joint effort to attack the Oscars, but also because he had approached Harvey many times in the past and asked Harvey to arrange several female stars. To plot against Link.

With Harvey's status and connections in Hollywood, it wouldn't be too difficult to do something like this.

But Harvey didn't agree, thinking that this method would be useless to Link.

He asked Harvey how he planned to deal with Link.

Harvey had no choice.

Since then, he felt that Harvey was not a suitable collaborator. Now that the media has revealed that Link and Harvey are teaming up to win the Olympics, he believes in his previous judgment even more.

Little Kunas was very disappointed about this incident. He thought they were all Jews. If everyone united to deal with Link, Link would be ruined.

But more than a year has passed, and Link is still firmly entrenched in the entertainment industry. His net worth is getting higher and higher, his influence is getting bigger and bigger, and there is also Evaka, who is actually pregnant, even showing her pregnant belly.

Every time he saw the photos of Ivaca posted on social media, stroking her belly and looking happy, he almost hated Link to death.

Without Link, all this should have been his own.

But it wasn't enough for Link, the bastard, to have Ivaca. He also had entanglements with female stars such as Jennifer Lawrence and Daddario.

What's even more irritating is that Ivaca doesn't care about these things at all. The media has repeatedly reported that Ivaca took the initiative to invite Daddario and Jennifer Lawrence to the Mid-Levels Villa as guests.

This made him even more angry, why was Ivaca so kind and tolerant to Link? It wasn't worth it.

Little Kunas stared angrily at the photos on the computer screen, picked up the phone, and discussed with Little Epstein, Diddy, and Jay-Z. This time, they must come up with a good way to deal with Link.

(End of chapter)