Hollywood Road

Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Cai!

As night fell, Steven Spielberg sent a middle-aged man out of the house. The middle-aged man turned around and said, "Steven, can you consider my suggestion?"

Seeing that Spielberg was silent, the man said, "At the 71st Oscar, why did "Saving Private Ryan" lose the best picture statuette? Why did "Shakespeare in Love" reach the top? Have you forgotten all about it? Did they attack you and your movies like that, don't you even remember?"

How could those things be forgotten? Steven Spielberg said slowly, "Ayman, I will seriously consider it.??"

"Murphy..." The man deliberately emphasized the name behind, "And Miss Gal Gadot, I have always wanted to invite you as a guest."

Spielberg said politely, "I also want to chat with Murphy, he is the future of Hollywood."

Although Murphy Stanton is not a Jew, he has a Jewish girlfriend, and the two have been dating for many years and are said to be engaged.

Seeing off the guests and returning home - Sitting on the chair, Spielberg couldn't help but think of the past many years ago, when DreamWorks was in high spirits, "Saving Private Ryan" both exploded at the box office and word of mouth, and the whole world thought it would win the top prize at the same time. Best Director and Best Picture, but at the critical moment of voting, first a group of British veterans stood up to question the film, and then various negative news appeared in the media one after another, and finally "Shakespeare in Love" exceeded everyone's expectations The Best Picture statuette was snatched from him.

Although this is now recognized as Oscar's biggest joke in the past 30 years, it is an out-and-out fact that the Weinstein brothers put him together.

These things had been thrown aside a long time ago, but when someone said it, he remembered it again.

In the past year, nothing went well for him. Due to the inexplicable protests of animal protection organizations, the filming of "War Horse" has not yet completed post-production, which also made him lose his qualifications for the Oscar.

Who should I vote for in my own hands and those around me? Spielberg quickly decided that he would not vote for the Weinstein brothers under any circumstances.

At the same time, in Martin Scorsese's residence in Manhattan, New York, the old Martin also received a person from netbsp; although he has transferred to other brokerage companies, Martin Scorsese had stayed under CAA for many years, Many executives of caa are acquaintances.

The two had chatted for a while, and Martin Scorsese adjusted his glasses and said, "I shoot gangster movies, which are full of calculations, but I don't like people to calculate me the most. The Weinstein Brothers recently I kept saying in 2010 that I made films to win Oscars, and I remember this incident very clearly.”

He waved his hand, "Go back, I will decide how to vote!"

Why the Weinstein Brothers can only do black hands to him, but he can't do black hands to them? Martin Scorsese sent the person away, immediately took out the phone book and dialed.

Almost all the people in the circle who were on good terms with him received his calls.

The long dark night gradually dissipated, and the sun climbed into the sky. Just after eight o'clock in the morning, Ang Lee came to the post-production studio of Twentieth Century Fox, ready to start a new day of work. Recently, he has been busy with "Youth" The post-production of "Pie's Fantasy Drifting", basically came to the Fox Building on time every day.

There is still some time before work starts, and no one else has arrived yet. Li An made himself a cup of coffee first, and when he was adding sugar and milk, someone suddenly opened the door and walked in.

"Hi Ann."

The person who came in was Li Ang's agent in the United States, who also belonged to netbsp; Li An looked at his agent and asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

"I have something to ask you." The manager was not polite, pulled a chair and sat across from Li Ang, and asked, "Have you voted for the Oscar yet?"

"I've been busy with post-production these days,

Ang Lee shook his head, "Not yet." "

The agent asked again, "Several important awards, which film do you want to vote for?"

Li An casually smiled, "I haven't considered this yet."

He was very busy with work, and he didn't watch much of the awards season's films, so he planned to choose a few at random and mail out the ballots.

"The biggest hit right now is Murphy Stanton's "Diego Ross." Of course the agent came here for a purpose, "and the new film "The Artist" produced by the Weinstein Brothers."

"Brother Weinstein?" The sharpness in Ang Li's eyes was fleeting.

"That's right." The agent emphasized emphatically, "It's those two bastards who used disgusting words to attack you back then and made "Brokeback Mountain" lose the best picture!"

Li An's personality was relatively peaceful, he sighed, but didn't say anything.

The agent also said, ""Life of Pi" has cost you several years of hard work, and the company will focus on promoting this film at next year's Oscars. Kara Firth from Twentieth Century Fox also assured me that it will win the Oscar." There are enough resources for this film to compete for awards in the next awards season."

After so many years of ups and downs, Li An naturally knew that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and asked, "What do I need to do?"

"You are very influential among the many Chinese and Asians in the circle." The agent said bluntly, "As much as possible, you can influence the members of the academy among them."

The manager didn't say which film to vote for, but 20th Century Fox, CAA and other reminders have already made it clear that Ang Lee knew that it must be Murphy Stanton's "Diego Ross".

As a director who has won the Oscar for Best Director, Ang Lee has his own pride. If it was normal, he might refuse, but thinking of the Oscar for best film that he lost that year and Wayne It is inevitable that the Stan brothers will feel unhappy in their hearts about everything that the Stan brothers operate behind the scenes.

Sometimes the Weinstein Brothers are too much of a bully!

Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention that Li An is not a rabbit.

Li An didn't speak. He picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. When he put down the coffee cup, he nodded slightly.

The sun in Los Angeles in February is not so blazing, especially the morning sun is softer, which is very suitable for outdoor activities. In a golf club in Malibu, Kara Firth moved the hat on his head and gently swung the putter. The white ball arced across the sloping grass and rolled into the hole ten feet away.

"nice shot!"

A middle-aged man cheered from behind, "I didn't expect Kara to be so good at the game."

Carla Firth took off his hat, handed the club to the caddy next to him, turned around and walked back, and said as he walked, "I just learned a surprise attack for a while recently, and I haven't forgotten it yet."

"Bob..." she greeted the middle-aged man, "Go and have a rest."

"OK."

The middle-aged man accompanied Kara Feith and walked under a large sun umbrella nearby.

Kara Firth waved his hand to the back, and several caddies stopped far away and did not come over.

"Disney is the most beautiful now." Kara Firth pulled a chair and sat down, and said to the middle-aged man, "Bob, you, the CEO of Walt Disney, are envied by everyone."

"Hehe..." Robert Iger smiled, pulled another chair by the round table, sat opposite Kara Firth, and said half-truthfully, "From Twentieth Century Fox to Disney, come here to help How am I?"

Kara Feith shook his head, "You have to prepare a large liquidated damages for me, I can't afford it myself."

Having said that, she suddenly changed the subject, "Bob, is Miramax just an empty shell now?"

"Ok……"

It's no secret, Robert Iger sighed, "When the Weinstein brothers left, they took almost everything they could from Miramax, and now I'm very worried about what to do with the company."

It would be great if 20th Century Fox could be the receiver.

"The Weinstein brothers put Disney together," Kara Firth said bluntly, "Don't Disney want to return it?"

Robert Iger looked up at Kara Firth, but didn't answer her words.

Kara Firth didn't talk nonsense, and said, "I met with the people from Universal Pictures last night, and they said something, and I agree very much, the Weinstein brothers have been stirring up trouble at the Oscars for too long, Too many Oscar statuettes have been snatched from the hands of our six major companies, and these statuettes represent profits!"

Both of them are insiders, so they are naturally aware of Oscar's market effect.

"Oscars are free competition." Robert Iger said casually.

"Don't you want to change this situation?" Kara Firth said seriously, "The Weinstein Brothers can't be allowed to hold Oscar for a long time and take away our interests, right?"

She added, "It's always hard to stick to good things, but bad things always become a habit. Is this going to be Oscar's habit?"

Robert Iger was silent and thought about it.

Maybe the Weinstein brothers didn't realize it themselves, but Murphy is very clear that the Weinstein brothers have used too many unsightly methods in the past Oscar competition. In the past, "The Artist" can be said to be the Weinstein brothers. The last glory of the Oscars, many people, including the Oscar judges, can no longer bear their reckless behavior on the Oscars, which directly leads to the subsequent series of award-winning films of Weinstein Films, which continue to fail at the Oscars. sand.

At that time, it was impossible for him, who lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, to know whether there was anyone in the middle, but now that CAA and Twentieth Century Fox were operating, some judges' plans to vote could always be dissuaded.

In addition to these, Murphy also prepared several feasts for the media, ready to praise some of the Weinstein brothers' Oscar achievements. 8 For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our Reading Academy