Hollywood Drawing - Chapter 642

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Four security guards surrounded the two of Wayne, and they left until they entered the main venue of the Temple Theater. Obviously, what just happened outside, the guests inside had already received the news, and everyone looked at the two of them. His eyes were full of different emotions.

“Hey, hey, listen to me.”

Naomi Watts, with her white and slender fingers, patted the man’s back lightly, and whispered, “Today you are so excited, you can’t do anything with someone like that. Wayne, I’ve never seen you like this. Look, you really scared me today!”

How does Wayne usually feel to his friends? Calm, down-to-earth, and focused on work, even in the face of temporary workers at the bottom of the crew, he never hesitated to give himself tolerance. This is a person who keeps calm and clear-headed at all times.

Undoubtedly, breaking out suddenly and solving problems with fists was never the way he should have appeared.

“f**kyou, what does that **** want?! Huh?!”

Until now, Wayne clearly knew what he was doing. Although he was still a little excited, he was always awake. From the expression on his words, he knew that he had not been dominated by violence. “Flip my child’s mother’s skirt? F**kyou! This is completely beyond the scope of a prank.”

“Ha, he’s just a small person, he’s not worth your anger.” Naomi Watts smiled and shook her head slightly, completely ignoring the gazes around her, holding the man’s arm, lying on his shoulder and whispering softly Saying that, I want to calm down the man’s emotions as soon as possible.

A similar situation occurs almost every year at the Oscars event, and this is not the first reporter to spoof a big star, nor will it be the last.

Not only the Oscars, but also on the red carpets of other awards ceremonies, there have also been a lot of pranks, especially with respectable female stars, many things that have gone beyond the scope of pranks, if they are seriously pursued, they can be regarded as obscene.

However, celebrities always want their faces, so such reporters often succeed. There was once a certain bold reporter who attacked several actresses one after another on the Oscar red carpet.

“I found it.”

The calm voice of the assistant lady sounded, and after attracting the attention of the two, she reported in a low voice: “Vitaly Saiduk, a journalist of Ukrainian descent…”

“I don’t want to hear it now.”

Waving at Nina, Wayne shook his head to stop her from continuing. To put it bluntly, this is nothing more than a little guy who uses pranks to gain news. He has countless ways to make the other party uncomfortable. “Let’s talk later.”

Led by a staff member, several people chatted in a low voice and came to the location of the crew of “Batman: The Dark Knight”.

In fact, from the arrangement of the Oscar organizers, we can already find their respect for Wayne. The position of the “Batman: The Dark Knight” crew is very high, some behind-the-scenes members who have come in, and Nicolas Cage and Sophia Cole Paula, Christian Bale and others all stood up almost at the same time.

“Oh, God!”

Schwartz, the casting director of the cast, exclaimed with an exaggerated expression. “Boss, I heard, you just stomped a reporter’s face flat? Shit, he offended Nami? If I’m here, I’ll let him taste the power of my fist!”

“Hey Schwartz, you’re getting fat.”

Steve, the lighting master on the side, smiled and patted Schwartz’s big belly, and exclaimed in an exaggerated and funny way: “I dare say, if you sit on that reporter with your butt, the other party will die. Fist? Damn, Are you sure you can catch up with him?”

The casting director knocked the hand off his stomach. “f**kyou, Steve.”

“Are you sure you’re interested in me?” Steve imitated Schwartz’s exaggerated expression and asked the same exaggerated expression amid the laughter of the crowd.

The atmosphere of the crew was very good, and no one took the reporter seriously. Don’t talk about Wayne, get out of here, any of them are now well-known behind-the-scenes players in the circle, and no one will put such a small person in their eyes.

“Nami, I swear, my fists are very hard to mess with, it’s just that I’m not there…”

The casting director was still stunned, which once again caused a burst of laughter from everyone.

“Thank you, Schwartz.”

Although everyone took Schwartz’s words as a joke to mediate the atmosphere, Naomi Watts nodded her thanks very formally. “Next time, next time I’m trying to attract a bold reporter.”

“Shit, that guy’s face, I heard that it was flattened by the head.” The black editor Julia opened her strong arms, hugged Naomi Watts hard, and said with a smile: “I don’t believe it. And that reporter has no brains enough to dare to play another disgusting prank on you.”

After the two women sat down, they began to chat about the rumors about the reporter in a low voice. Today, the Australian actress is not the first victim. Several female stars have been spoofed by the reporter.

Gary Oldman and other crew members who came in later seemed to have heard about it, and the unlucky reporter became the target of all criticism, causing bursts of laughter.

“Good evening, Wayne.”

Just as everyone was waiting for the awards to officially begin, several uninvited guests came over, headed by a white old man with glasses and gray hair, who was also greeting him.

“Good evening, Rupert.”

Standing up from his seat, Wayne shook hands with the chairman of News Corporation, then turned his head and looked at Townsend-Rothman, the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox. “Good evening, Townsend.”

“How? I heard that “Batman: The Dark Facts” didn’t participate in PR this year.” Townsend Rothman asked with a smile after he finished chatting with Rupert Murdoch.

“Yes, I blocked Warner Bros.’s lobbying plan for this year’s Oscars.” There’s nothing hard to admit, and everyone in the audience knows why he did it.

In the decades since the Oscars, or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards, there has never been a single non-realist film that has been able to take the heavyweight award on this stage.

“Batman: The Dark Knight” is indeed great, but it is also not out of this category. In addition, he has won two awards for best director and best picture the year before. Even if he spends his life on public relations and lobbying this year, he will not It is possible to win any prize, so there is absolutely no need to do such useless work.

“With your current achievements, you can already consider going behind the scenes.”

Compared with Townsend Rothman and others, Rupert Murdoch saw something completely different because of the angle he was standing.

“I’m still young, Rupert.”

Shaking his head with a smile, Wayne certainly knew what the other party meant. From the front to the backstage, from the labor side to the capital side, standing behind the scenes manipulating capital, this is the road that countless successful people have traveled. “Maybe in a few years, I will consider it.”

During the speech, his eyes glanced behind Rupert Murdoch covertly. A Chinese lady, standing quietly behind the old man, did not say a word since the few people started to greet each other. talk.

Wayne is actually curious about this legendary woman. According to the situation, the two have just “getted” together, and the woman has not yet become the wife of the chairman of News Corporation, otherwise the other party will not make an introduction.

“Fox had several high-level meetings to discuss the release date of X-Men.”

After the greeting, Townsend-Rothman brought up the business. “After the Oscars, you’d better take the time to come to Fox in person. We initially decided to put “X-Men” in August, and wait for you to come over for a meeting. If there is no problem, we will start the promotion work.”

“Ok.” Wayne nodded.

The later work of “X-Men” is still in progress, but this will not delay the formulation of the release date, let alone the formulation of a sound promotion and marketing plan. You know, Townsend-Rothman is a distribution executive who has presided over the film promotion work in Hollywood for decades, and he values ​​this aspect more than anyone else.

And Wayne also understands very well that the other party seems to have inadvertently invited him to a meeting, in order to announce the release of “X-Men”. To cooperate with 20th Century Fox’s publicity plan, it is clearly written in the producer contract, and he has no opinion on it.

The reason is very simple. “X-Men” is another superhero movie outside the DC series in Hollywood in recent years. In the entire main creative lineup, the biggest brand and the biggest publicity point is Wayne. In today’s superhero movies, he is the biggest guarantee for fans to walk into the theater to pay.

“This year’s 20th Century Fox is more productive than Warner Bros.”

At the end of the brief chat, after Rupert Murdoch and Townsend Rothman left, Nina sat next to Wayne and reported in a low voice: “The latest news I learned from Warner Bros., twenty. Century Fox has invested over 100 million yuan in three projects this year, four with more than 50 million yuan, and as many as a dozen other low-cost projects.”

“Do you know the name of the specific project?”

Frowning slightly, Wayne asked in a low voice. Twentieth Century Fox is not his enemy, which is the basis for the cooperation between the two parties. However, if 20th Century Fox continues to release major projects, it is difficult to say whether the two sides will have conflicts in the future.

Because it is not only the projects produced and distributed by Warner Bros. itself, his Greenberg Studio, the third film of “The Matrix” jointly invested with Warner Bros., and the independent production of “Charlie’s Angels” issued by Warner Bros. Scheduled into a crowded summer slot.

“The information is at home.” The assistant rolled her eyes, who attended the Oscars and carried a lot of information with her. However, she recalled it carefully, and said slowly: “The official release date has been officially set and the release date has been announced, including “Strange Doctor Dolittle” in mid-June, and “I’m Crazy for Mary” in mid-July.

“X-Files: Conquering the Future”, “Cinderella”, “Confessions of True Love”, “Total Siege”, etc., whose specific schedule is unclear, as well as 20th Century Fox’s head project this year, “X-Men”. ”

The summer season is actually that short. It starts in mid-to-late May and ends in September. Only one large film company, Twentieth Century Fox, has stuffed so many films into this slot, which shows how crowded this year’s summer season is.

Warner Bros. also has a lot of films this year, plus four other large film companies, countless small and medium-sized film companies. I’m afraid that time will see another weekend, crowded into the scene of more than two or three big productions.

With the continuous admission of guests, the awards ceremony was about to start, and the two just chatted briefly. But one thing caught a lot of attention. First, Bella Grant, who was in charge of the “Los Angeles Times” interview arrangement at the Oscars, and then Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Connelly, Charlize Theron and other women , all came over to hug and say hello.

Every woman didn’t seem to see Naomi Watts, hugged and greeted Wayne affectionately, and then returned to the seat arranged by the organizer.

It’s okay for a woman to say that when they appeared one after another, the gazes of the surrounding crews looking at him gradually changed their meanings. Most women have complex emotions, while men show their envy unabashedly.

Most people know in their hearts that the media reports on Wayne’s chaotic private life are completely well-founded. This guy fought for Naomi Watts a moment ago, and he blatantly hugged the next moment. I don’t know what this complicated man is thinking.

But obviously, Wayne didn’t feel guilty at all, and even the Australian actress on the side just rolled her eyes helplessly several times in a row. Because from the first time the two of them fooled around together, the woman knew very well that this guy was never a subjectively good man.

When the host, Billy Crystal, stepped onto the stage and announced that the main event of the night was about to begin, a tall and fat figure came over with a hunched waist. After speaking with Nina in a low voice and politely, the assistant lady glanced at her boss and stepped aside.

“The men in the audience look at you with fire in their eyes.”

While watching Billy Crystal’s talk show host on stage, Harvey Weinstein whispered mockery. “That is, eyes can’t kill people, otherwise I swear, you must have been killed by those people countless times before the awards ceremony started.”

He found that the man beside him just shrugged his shoulders and didn’t mean to speak. He moved his fat body, pursed his lips and continued: “According to your PR method the year before, this year, I managed to get “Soul Hunter” nine awards. Nominate!”

Harvey Weinstein is definitely a good student. He carefully studied all of Wayne’s PR tactics for “The Departed” and copied them after a year of unsuccessful Oscar trips. It has also been nominated for nine Oscars for Good Will Hunting.

Why mail gifts to the members of the academy, hold multiple pull-pull-style parties in a row, bomb phone calls, bomb emails, and spend a lot of money.

“Listen, Harvey.”

Frowning slightly, seeing that the main camera was not aimed at him, Wayne took his eyes away from the stage, looked at the proud fat man beside him, and said in a low voice, “This year’s situation is too special, I always feel that you spend Millions of dollars in public relations funds will be wasted.”

“You mean big ship?”

Hearing this, Harvey Weinstein understood the first time, he thought and asked: “Did you hear any news? Tell me. Wayne, we are partners now, “Shakespeare in Love” “I’ve been working hard all the time, you always have to give me some compensation, don’t you…”

“I’m the best director award guest tonight!”

“m-f**ker!”

In just one sentence, the fat man understood all the subtexts.

As long as it’s not stupid, it’s clear that the Academy can’t really wait until the Oscars are held to learn about the so-called winners list with the public. As long as he thinks of the news that the media has been hyping up during that period of time, he immediately understands that the golden man for the best director will most likely be the arrogant truck driver.

That’s fine, but the meaning behind it is even more difficult to accept. Since the academy has completely bowed its head to the miraculous commercial results, it means that “Titanic” is very likely to take everything!

“…the film with the best visual effects was Titanic, congratulations to Robert Legato, Mark Lassoff, Thomas Fisher, Michael Canver! Congrats to them!”

Without waiting for Harvey Weinstein to continue to think about it, the presenters on the stage had already announced the first golden statuette harvested by “Titanic”.

Not far from the “Batman: The Dark Knight” crew, the location of the “Titanic” crew has become a sea of ​​joy, everyone is embracing and unscrupulously releasing the carnival belonging to the successful.

“Just an inconsequential little prize…”

Harvey Weinstein muttered a word, and while the camera didn’t capture them, he bent over and walked back to the “Good Will Hunting” crew.

“We’re not going to get nothing today, are we?”

Naomi Watts waited until the fat man left, looked at the few people who were giving acceptance speeches, and asked the man beside him in a low voice.

It’s really that this momentum is too abnormal. From the beginning of the awards ceremony, “Titanic”, which has won 14 nominations, has already come out on top, and no one can feel the pressure brought by the big ship.

“Very likely, who knows.”

Wayne shrugged and responded casually: “There is another possibility that the Academy gave the “Titanic” statuettes from the very beginning, and all of them were insignificant statuettes, indicating the heavyweight awards that follow… ”

This can be called the old way of operation of the academy. I will give you several consolation prizes in the front, and then wait for the most important prize to adopt the mode of hello, me, and everyone.

The next development is like a complete fulfillment of Wayne’s ridicule. After “Titanic” won the best visual effect statue, the best sound effect editing statue was immediately ushered in. This is not over, the most Best Sound, Best Original Song for MyHeartWillGoOn, and Best Original Score for a Drama Series.

From the pictures captured by the cameras on the big screen, many people have discovered that James Cameron was very happy at first. Every time he won an award, the entire crew and him would fall into a carnival. But as the insignificant awards came one after another, his face became more and more ugly.

None of the people in the circle are stupid, and most of them looked at the truck driver with undisguised pity.

“Best Makeup Design finalists include Rick Baker, David LeRoyin Anderson, “Men in Black,” Tina Sean, Greg Cannon, Simon Thompson, “Titanic,” Lily -Angie, Batman: The Dark Knight. Congrats to Lily-Angie, The Dark Knight.”

As the presenters happily announced the results, everyone around Wayne also got up and revelled for the first time tonight. With the enthusiastic applause of the audience, Lily, the makeup supervisor who usually has almost no presence, began to embrace everyone in the crew like crazy.

“Thankyou, boss, I didn’t expect to have such a big harvest tonight.”

As a behind-the-scenes worker who had followed Wayne from the very beginning, she stood in front of him with a choked voice and kept repeating the words of thanks aloud.

“Hey, girl, let’s go, the stage is waiting for you.” Wayne patted Lily on the back while everyone watched. “This is what you deserve!”

So far tonight, this is the first golden statue lost by “Titanic”, and most viewers know that the Academy can’t really ignore “Batman: The Dark Knight”, and in any case, it is impossible to let Batman: The Dark Knight came home empty-handed.

This great comic-book superhero directly represented the Hollywood film industry a year ago. It was one step ahead of “Titanic” and crushed 90% of the world’s cinema market.

“First of all, I have to thank our boss, Wayne Greenberg. To this day, I still remember when I joined the team…”

Looking at Lily who was giving her acceptance speech on the stage, Naomi Watts raised her arm, poked the man beside her secretly, and whispered again: “Don’t tell me, this is the so-called not returning empty-handed. ”

“Nami, we’re not involved in PR this year.”

Seeing that the camera was filming his side, Wayne’s lips slightly opened and closed, and he said helplessly in a low voice, “It’s beyond my expectations to have something to gain.”

His attitude has been very clear from the beginning of the awards season, this year’s “Batman: The Dark Knight” is just a bystander, and will not participate in the Oscar war. Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to watch the truck driver swept through everything?

“Nikola is going to be disappointed.”

After the camera moved to other places, Lily on the stage also went to the backstage for an interview with a golden figure in hand, and the Australian actress continued to say: “I heard that she used a lot of connections in the circle and spent a lot of money, that is I want to break the Oscar tradition of not giving non-realism awards with the role of the Joker~www.mtlnovel.com~ and win the best supporting actor.”

“Very smart choice.”

Nodding slightly, Wayne looked at Nicolas Cage, who was chatting with Sofia Coppola, and sighed in a low voice.

As long as you have seen the movie “Batman: The Dark Knight”, you will definitely find that, compared to Christian Bale’s Batman and Nicolas Cage’s Joker, he is more like the first male protagonist of the movie. Although the personal roles are not much different, the clown is obviously more brilliant.

It’s a smart move to claim the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor with the absolute protagonist of a hugely successful movie, because Nicolas Cage’s performance is destined to be much better than the other contenders. Wayne was sure there must be someone else behind it.

“I heard that old Coppola personally helped him contact a lot of old guys in the circle…” Noticing Wayne’s gaze, Naomi Watts reminded with a gossip tone.

“It’s more than 30 percent probability.”

Hearing this information, Wayne knew that even if Nicolas Cage was “not dead”, he might be able to get this important performance statuette. As long as they are in this circle, who dares to underestimate the complicated relationship network of Francis Ford Coppola for decades?

But for the best supporting actor, he is also watching the excitement from the perspective of a bystander. Since the beginning of the awards season, he has already told the core members of the crew that he and Warner Bros. will not conduct PR activities for “Batman: The Dark Knight”, which means that who wants Xiao Jin People have to work hard for it.