Four Hundred and Six - a Big Deal

The focus of Wayne's work this year is "The Departed", or the Oscars, followed by the filming of Batman Part 2 and other things.

As long as you step into this luxuriant circle, everyone's desires will be invisibly amplified. Some people are addicted to handsome men and beautiful women, some are addicted to alcohol, drugs, leaf cigarettes, and others are addicted to seeking excitement through large amounts of consumption.

However, all this is nothing in front of the Oscar statuette. As long as they are participants in this circle, almost no one can resist this temptation. The statuette represents not only temporary success, but also the highest recognition in the circle.

Although Wayne has always kept his mind clear, when the opportunity does appear in front of him, he is no exception. He also longs for the Oscar statuette in his heart. With or without this thing, his status in film history can be said to be very different. , The uncrowned king has never been a compliment to him.

The most important thing is that this year is the year with the best opportunities and the weakest opponents in the next ten years. Of course, I have to pick on the weak. If I miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this year, I am afraid Wayne will have to wait another ten or eight years. Then he relied on his qualifications to survive until the academy had to award it to him.

Steven Spielberg remained silent when he heard them talking about Batman. After a long while, when the topic was brought up again, he spoke to Wayne:

"You and 'The Departed' are a target right now, grabbing all the attention from the media, critics, Academy members and audiences, and there are so many people with their magnifying glasses ready to take a closer look at this gangster drama."

The sounds of chatting, drinking, singing and other sounds coming from the surrounding crowd filled the lawn around the swimming pool with the night breeze of Los Angeles. Steven Spielberg's reminder also reached the ears of several people at the right time.

Jeff Robinoff nodded, holding a thick cigar in one hand and tapping it on the white plastic table next to him. "Wayne, our advantage may indeed be the biggest. No one can deny this, but we cannot ignore other people who are ready to go."

Wayne understood what the two of them meant. "The Departed" attracted too much attention. The film maintained too much mystery before its release, which gave rivals who also had Oscar ambitions a clear target to attack.

He opened his hands, stretched and asked, "Who are the competitors that can be identified now?"

Bruce Rosenblum first glanced at the good Jewish man vaguely, frowned slightly, and then said after thinking: "According to the information collected by the company, Joel Cohen's "Fargo", Mi Ross Forman's "Sex Book" and, yes, "The English Patient" produced by Harvey Weinstein, these are the threats to us for the time being."

As Wayne listened to the famous names one by one, he unconsciously scratched his chin with one hand, and his mind was spinning rapidly, recalling information about these films.

Not to mention the Coen brothers, "Fargo" is also famous enough, but this movie is just famous enough. The same goes for Milos Forman's "Sex Book Tycoon," and it's a similar story.

If it seems now, "The English Patient" produced by Harvey Weinstein and directed by Anthony Minghella is not a strong competitor, but the Oscars never look at the quality of the film, or not only the quality of the film, everything It still depends on their respective public relations methods during the awards season.

This is what Harvey, the big fat guy, is best at, so after much deliberation, he still felt that he had to do something to Harvey Weinstein in the end.

"Boss."

Nina reached out and poked him, bringing him out of his trance. "I remember, didn't you want to talk to Zach? He just left early, alone."

There were a lot of people at the party today, which made Wayne ignore it for a while, especially when he stayed with his father and listened to old Greenberg chatting with three other old Jewish men, which made him think and forget about it unconsciously. time.

Smiling apologetically at the other people, he stood up and took Nina away from the center of the crowd.

"one person?"

The assistant lady nodded affirmatively. "Yes, alone."

Taking out the cigarettes in his pocket, Wayne lit one and murmured to himself. "Something is not right..."

Zack Snyder didn't come alone today. Since Charlize Theron and Lee came together, they should leave together as well. Another thing that's unusual is that Zack Snyder didn't come over before he left. Say hello to him.

"Tomorrow is Sunday, forget it, the day after tomorrow." Wayne smoked most of a cigarette and thought about it for a while before raising his head and looking at the assistant. "The day after tomorrow, I made an appointment with Zach for me and told him that I wanted to talk to him about the last two parts of "The Matrix"."

"OK."

Nina nodded and agreed, looking at his hesitant expression, but in the end she didn't say anything more. She felt that whatever she could think of and analyze, her boss should have already thought of it.

This party, which was similar to a gathering between family friends, did not last long. Before nine o'clock in the evening, the crowd began to leave one after another. Wayne temporarily stopped the storm in his mind and began to send someone away. Another friend.

Almost all the guests who came today brought some small gifts, some were a bottle of red wine, some were a bouquet of flowers. This is the custom here. When visiting other people's homes, they usually bring some small gifts, but they are never very expensive. .

"Wayne, this is a gift from Tom Cruise and his wife." Naomi Watts held a piece of opal in her hand, a fiery red and translucent fire opal. The value of this thing was obviously beyond their imagination.

"What a generous move."

Before Wayne could say anything, Anna Greenberg reached out and picked up the gem, looked at the light carefully, and then placed it back in Naomi Watts' hand. "Wayne, what does that superstar want to ask of you? The actual value of this opal is calculated in units of one hundred thousand dollars, and it's very difficult to buy."

Wayne shook his head and said to Naomi Watts: "Put it away first. After a while, you can find an opportunity to buy a gift of similar value and return it."

Friends who can come here know one thing well, money means nothing to them, so no one will prepare gifts carefully. If this piece of fire opal hadn't appeared, probably the most valuable thing would have been the gold chain that Will Smith took off temporarily.

On the backyard lawn, the employees of the party company were cleaning up the scene. Sergey and several security personnel were watching. Everyone had drank more or less tonight, and Wayne was preparing to invite his parents to rest early.

"Dad, do you want to talk?"

When only the father and son were left in the living room, he looked at Old Greenberg, wondering in his heart what method his mother used to get his father to agree to come to Los Angeles for a tour.

You must know that this stubborn old man will never leave his own territory easily. Only on the farm with a pipe in his mouth and a gun can he feel truly stable and calm.

"I heard..." Ruben Greenberg hesitated uncharacteristically, stopped mid-sentence, and finally shook his head, stood up and walked upstairs. "Forget it, I drank a little too much today. Let's talk when we have time tomorrow."

Sure enough, something happened! Wayne looked at his father's back, wondering what happened to embarrass his red-necked, unreasonable father.

Now he was the only one left in the living room, lighting a cigarette. He looked at the busy crowd outside the window and began to think about today's party from beginning to end. The most important thing was Steven Spielberg's unexplained story. remind.

"Harvey, don't use those off-line methods on me, otherwise you will be unlucky in advance..."

If we only look at it from his current perspective, Harvey Weinstein is very consistent with Wein's values, both in his methods and vision, which is a bit embarrassing. It's just that this fat man is going to be even more despicable, and his life ending is not very good either.

He remembered clearly that in 2017, a piece of news in the New York Times shocked the whole world. No one expected that this most influential figure in the North American film industry in Hollywood would be criticized as the number one silver devil in Hollywood...

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar. According to a partial list disclosed by the "New York Times", this guy has slept with most of the Hollywood entertainment industry in thirty years. There are nearly a hundred well-known Hollywood actresses on the list. A familiar face to the audience.

Coincidentally, those successful female stars strongly denied having sex with Harvey, and some said they were not forced. But those women who desperately need to bite him are those who desperately need exposure, or those who want to become famous again.

It was only after the subsequent nationwide condemnation and the massive media follow-up efforts to dig into Harvey Weinstein’s past that people came to understand the methods he used to lower his profile in order to win the PR Oscar.

In the end, this "legendary" fat man not only lost weight in prison, but was also infected with Xinguan Feiyan while sitting in a wheelchair. Among all the Hollywood bosses, he had one of the worst endings. One.

Now Wayne's idea is very simple. Now that everyone knows that this fat man's public relations are low, he can use the same intensity on his own side. There is a saying that he has always believed that only magic can defeat magic, right?

The premise is that the other party does not use special means to attack him, otherwise, he really doesn't mind making the other party unlucky a few years in advance.

Greenberg Manor regained its tranquility in the dark night. The staff of the party company neatly restored the party scene and left the manor under Sergey's supervision.

And Zack Snyder, who left the game early, was having an ideological struggle in his heart at this time, which made him confused tonight.