Seven Hundred and Forty-Two-Didn’t Your Mother Tell You?

Hollywood Drawn Los Angeles 1990742 - Didn't your mother tell you? Wayne took Nina and others to the theater just before the movie was officially screened. When the two of them stooped and walked into the screening hall, the lights on the ceiling had already been extinguished.

Harvey Weinstein had been secretly paying attention to the entrance. The moment the two came in, he immediately raised his hand and waved, indicating that the space reserved for them was here.

"Harvey, it seems that the influence of this film is not as great as I expected."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Wayne carefully observed the audience behind him while the movie was still playing the pre-title commercial. At the first moment, he noticed something unusual.

"After all, this is a literary film released at the end of the year, Wayne." Harvey Weinstein shrugged and said in a low voice: "You can't treat a film like this with the requirements of your own work. uh-huh."

"All right."

Shaking his head gently, a helpless smile appeared on Wayne's face in the darkness. After hearing the words of the fat man next to him, he first felt that he was a bit "why not eat minced meat".

In recent years, the premieres he has attended are either his own projects or projects by Steven Spielberg and others. These films do not lack attention at all, at least the atmosphere at the scene is not bad. The fans are all the most fanatical.

He just turned around to observe and discovered it immediately. In addition to the media reporters sitting in the middle two rows and some familiar film critics, it is easy to tell that there are many "professional movie fans" among the large group of movie fans sitting in the back.

The existence of "professional movie fans" has never been a secret, and it has even become a business in Hollywood. A large part of their group is actually actors who come to Hollywood to pursue their dreams.

Speaking of which, movie fans nowadays are relatively simple. Because "professional movie fans" take the lead in creating an atmosphere, even if the movie is not popular with them, out of politeness, they will keep the premiere at the most basic level of decency.

In fact, the term "professional movie fan" is not only commonly used in Hollywood, but also in the entertainment industry around the world.

Perhaps what people are more familiar with are the variety shows in domestic entertainment twenty years later, especially some music variety shows. The level of dedication and professionalism of the "professional audience" is simply as good as that of some professionals known for their acting skills. actor.

"Is the filming of "Wonder Woman" going well?"

The movie has officially started to show, and the auditorium gradually became quiet except for the sound of some audience members chewing popcorn. Harvey Weinstein glanced at Naomi Watts next to Wein, shook his huge head slightly, clicked his lips, and asked in a low voice.

"Yep, the filming progress is going very smoothly compared to what Warner Bros. and I planned."

Like the fat man around him, Wayne is not entirely focused on the movie. In fact, due to some Internet rumors in his previous life, he is inherently biased against this movie. "Just tell me, Harvey, what do you need from me for Shakespeare in Love?"

Now that he said this, Harvey Weinstein was not polite and said without hesitation: "Activate the connections around you and vote for Shakespeare in Love."

After pondering for a moment, he turned his head back and forth and looked left and right again. Even though he was sure that the people sitting next to him and Wayne were his own people, he subconsciously lowered his voice and continued: "The main point of "Shakespeare in Love" is Nomination, I can still guarantee it.

But you and I both know that every additional Oscar nomination for this film will create more profits for us. Since we have prepared so much, we might as well play big and try to get as many nominations for the film as possible. "

Nodding in the darkness, Wayne already understood the big fat man's plan. "I will mobilize my friends to vote for Shakespeare in Love."

The North American awards season generally starts at the end of the year and lasts until the end of February of the following year, and this huge show that is staged every year will eventually end with the Oscars.

There is no doubt that if you want to join this big show that lasts for two or three months and appear at the final Oscar ceremony, you must first get your film nominated for an Oscar.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the various award ceremonies held in the past are all warm-up for the final Oscars, so we have the term "weather vane". If the ultimate goal of warm-up is the Oscars, then the early goal of warm-up is the Oscar "Nominees Luncheon".

"Tan Independent Film Award, Golden Satellite Award, Annie Award." Harvey Weinstein's voice was full of confidence. He counted the awards that "Shakespeare in Love" would participate in with his fingers and explained himself simply. attack plan.

"The Producers Guild, Directors Guild, Screen Actors Guild and other guild awards for film practitioners. Oh, and there are also awards from major film critics associations such as New York and Los Angeles. Finally, we ended with the Golden Globe and Academy Awards. Well, I have already started taking action during this time."

"Hey, hey, hey."

In the darkness, Wayne frowned unconsciously and interrupted the other person's next words in a low voice. "Harvey, I have already paid the money that should be paid, and I have already talked to you about the winning experience that I should tell you. As for what you are going to do next, I don't want to know at all. Well, you should understand What do I mean?"

In this "Shakespeare in Love", he invested about 20 million US dollars. According to common sense, this amount of money is not a small amount of money at any time. He must care about the details of his investment and the prospects for profit. .

But he has too much work, and he has no time or energy to care about the dazzling awards season. As long as you keep an eye on the accounting transactions related to the film, you don't want to know about the rest of the work.

"Uh, okay, of course I understand. You just have to wait and see the results." After a moment's pause, Harvey Weinstein shrugged and said, "By the way, you will stay here for a few days this time. Are you here for the premiere of Shakespeare in Love?"

"In three days at most, I have to rush back to London to take charge of the filming."

Speaking of this, Wayne also felt a headache. He had nothing to hide and said directly: "You guessed it, yes, I rushed back to Los Angeles this time, in addition to attending the premiere of "Shakespeare in Love" , and there are some minor issues on the "Superman" project that I need to deal with personally."

Hearing him mention the "Superman" project, Harvey Weinstein did not continue to talk about this topic. The silence between the two immediately returned, each with their own thoughts, watching the movie being played together.

In fact, Wayne didn't really watch this movie in his previous life. If it weren't for "Shakespeare in Love", which won him the most prestigious Oscar in the past thirty years, he wouldn't even remember this movie. The name of the movie.

Now that he was seriously looking at this famous movie, the first thing he noticed was that the screenwriter of this movie really saved the trouble and actually turned Shakespeare's life into a replica of Romeo and Juliet.

Originally, such a thing was unbelievable, but as the movie progressed, and after watching most of the movie, Wayne suddenly felt that it was not a bad idea for the screenwriter to save trouble. At least after watching the movie, life and drama may be inseparable.

As far as the parts that have been shown are concerned, the lines are very good, with a strong Shakespearean flavor. But this is another trouble-free point for the screenwriter, because he found that many lines were taken directly from the original work.

The dialogues and performances of the male and female protagonists are very tempting, making people want to fall in love after watching it. Precisely under such a violent and sensational arrangement, the protagonist was the first to cheat, in an era when the concept of chastity was still very popular.

When the movie came to an end, Harvey Weinstein saw that Wayne was watching it seriously and had not spoken for nearly two hours of screen time. He asked in a low voice: "Wayne, how do you feel?"

"Depends on what you want to hear."

Turning his head and glancing at the fat face, he smiled and joked: "This movie taught me that love has no class distinction. Even between the queen and the poor tramp, there will be sparks of love."

"Come on, Wayne, tell me what you think of this movie." Harvey Weinstein frowned slightly. "Based on your perspective on the film market, talk about the possible market results."

Upon hearing the other party's question, Wayne put away the smile on his face, raised a finger and shook it between the two of them with the light reflected on the big screen. "Work hard to achieve better results at the Oscars."

His meaning is quite obvious. Without the Oscar bonus, it is basically impossible for such a film to recover its investment at the box office. Harvey Weinstein is a smart man. He understood the underlying message immediately and fell silent again.

Wayne made this judgment not because the film was bad. On the contrary, he felt that all the prejudices he had before watching the movie were wiped away by the end of the movie.

To a certain extent, the quality of this film was much better than the rumors he had heard in his previous life. At least as a literary and artistic film with a biographical nature, it is much better than he imagined.

First of all, the investment in the film is not high, but the director pays great attention to the details of the pictures, such as the feces on the streets in Britain at that time, the ink on Shakespeare's hands, etc.

It can be said that the director shot this film to the best of his abilities. As far as the arrangement of the plot is concerned, although it is suspected of being tricky, this method of setting up a drama within a drama can still make people shine.

The main body of the previous story is undoubtedly adapted from "Romeo and Juliet". It can be said that it runs throughout the entire movie. From this film, we can see the complete process of creating "Romeo and Juliet".

At the end of the movie, "Twelfth Night" is used, and the reason for the creation of "Twelfth Night" and the origin of the heroine's name are explained. It can be said that it is not careless.

In this era of Western society, or North American society, Wayne believes that there are not a few people who know "Romeo and Juliet", and certainly not a lot. Anyone who has read the script of "Romeo and Juliet" will definitely be able to spot the director's intention at a glance. After all, many plots in the entire film can be compared with "Romeo and Juliet", and the settings are quite clever.

But this also means that for this literary film's already niche audience, it further increases the threshold for viewing. Don’t be superstitious about the educational level of ordinary people in North America. Even most of the so-called college graduate elites still cannot study the script of "Romeo and Juliet".

There are many scenes in the movie that strive to restore the details of the past. For example, you can clearly see what the British theater looked like in the 16th century from this movie. For example, the British rule in the 16th century that "women are not allowed to perform on stage", as well as the love and affection of ordinary British people for the queen, etc.

After watching the entire movie, all the details and arrangements reminded Wayne that this was an art film that he had previously had a biased perception of.

But for such a literary film, which he himself thinks is pretty good, if viewed from a normal market perspective, the box office results are destined to not be very good. Of course, things like movie viewing thresholds do exist, further blocking the already small number of genre movie fans from theaters.

However, the quality of a movie is completely different from the market success it can achieve. He has been deeply aware of this truth since entering Hollywood.

Even the type and quality of a movie are not among the top three in terms of box office impact. Whether it is promotion, marketing, celebrities or other factors, the influence on the movie box office is higher than the quality of the movie itself.

"Wow."

A burst of warm applause suddenly broke out, interrupting Wayne's contemplation. He sat on his chair without getting up, watching Harvey Weinstein, leading the crew, stand under the big screen and say goodbye to the applauding audience. He was actually very much looking forward to this fat man lowering the glorious Oscar bottom line to the lowest level all at once.

From his unsuccessful attempts to run "Reservoir Dogs" in the early 1990s to his modest gains in "Pulp", this fat man seems to be a natural fit for this game.

Especially the year before last, the gold and dollar offensive launched by Wayne further allowed Harvey Weinstein to see clearly the nature of this game. Coupled with this guy's bold behavior and the most important thing, his Jewish origin, it is destined that as long as he is willing to show off his face, the balance will naturally tilt towards the projects he operates.

"Will Kate win an Oscar for this film?"

Naomi Watts, who had been whispering to Nina the whole scene, suddenly turned her head and approached the man's ear and asked softly. "Don't deny it, Wayne, I know you gave that fat man millions of dollars in lobbying funds some time ago."

"Who knows." Wayne shrugged and said casually: "It depends on how strong Harvey Weinstein's public relations ability is. Also, Nami, the lobbying funds I gave are mainly in the direction of lobbying. Best Picture, as for the Oscar for Best Actress, that’s just incidental.”

While speaking, he very keenly discovered that Naomi Watts looked at his "fellow countryman" with envy and a trace of jealousy that was not deliberately hidden at all.

"Listen to me, Naomi." Raising his hand and slapping himself on the forehead, Wayne sighed secretly, turned his head close to Naomi Watts' ear, and said, "I promise, that damn little Kim You must have people, be more patient, Nami, you should know that this year and next year, I won't be able to spare them at all."

"I know."

A snow-white hand suddenly covered the man's mouth. Naomi Watts smiled and nodded, obviously not wanting him to continue talking. "The crew and crew are going to attend a press conference. Let's go to the reception first?"

"Okay, let's go."

Ninety percent of the media reporters went to the temporary press hall on the second floor of the Kodak Theater to attend the premiere conference of the new film by the crew and creators. However, there were still quite a few reporters standing guard in front of the Four Seasons Hotel half a block away. They knew that all the guests who came to the platform would eventually come here to attend the cocktail party.

The first big fish caught by these reporters was undoubtedly Wayne and Naomi Watts, which was also the main purpose of their coming here.

Facing reporters' questions, Wayne did not hesitate to praise "Shakespeare in Love". After all, half of the proceeds from this film belong to him. As for reporters' questions other than "Shakespeare in Love," he and the Australian actress remained silent.

The relatively chaotic interview lasted for more than ten minutes. It was not until Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez appeared at the back that the reporters diverted their attention, allowing the two Waynes to escape smoothly.

Although there are not many movie fans who participated in this film, Harvey Weinstein relied on his own connections to invite many big names in the industry. He knows very well that such a film is inherently insulated from the public movie fans. If he wants to achieve a relatively bright box office number in the early stage, he can only start with publicity and distribution.

At this time, in the banquet hall where the reception was held, near the elevator, there were two women, one large and one small. The older one was dressed in formal female professional attire, lowering her head and giving instructions to the girl next to her.

"Wayne Greenberg and his team will be coming up soon. In a moment, you should seize the opportunity before the crowd comes around. Bubu, I think you should have seen the entertainment newspaper, Amanda Seyfried and Wayne The stories between them have won her considerable influence.”

After listening to the agent's instructions, the girl nodded gently. Under the same Disney draft star-making system, she is not only much older than Amanda Seyfried, but she also believes that her future stardom will be much smoother than that little girl's.

To be precise, although the two took different paths, is Wayne Greenberg's influence limited to the film industry? Thinking about the upcoming release of her first album, she secretly cheered herself up.

"Hi, we meet again, can I buy you a drink?"

Just as the two of them were focusing on the direction of the elevator, a slightly childish male voice sounded behind them.

"What do you want to buy me? Milk?" The girl heard this voice and frowned tightly under the gaze of the agent, with obvious impatience on her face. "Damn it, I'm not interested in children, don't bother me again, okay?"

Standing behind them was a white boy, about twelve or thirteen years old. At this time, there was no trace of embarrassment on the boy's face. Instead, he looked at the girl with eyes filled with lust.

In North America, the apparent age of adulthood is twenty-two years old, but in fact boys and girls develop very early and receive "that" education very early. The boy in front of him obviously grew up in the Hollywood circle. It is conceivable that the things between men and women are definitely not mysterious to him.

"Do you know who my father is?" Shia LaBeouf rolled his eyes and directly used his invincible trick. Looking at the girl in front of him who was so many years older than him, he said proudly: "Steven, Steven Spielberg, if you accept my invitation, maybe I can introduce you."

"They're coming, Boo Boo."

Before the boy could finish speaking with a proud expression, the manager raised his hand and patted the girl on the shoulder and whispered. "They're coming up."

This was the first time that Shia LaBeouf met a girl who was immune to his unique skills, and he opened his mouth in surprise. "What? Did you listen to me?"

"Go away and stop pestering me, okay?"

The girl dropped this sentence impatiently, nodded to the agent, lifted up her skirt, and walked towards the group of people who had just stepped out of the elevator.

The girl walking towards them immediately caught the attention of Wayne and others. This girl's goal was quite obvious, and there was no one else around them.

Although the other person was young and had exquisite makeup on her face, Wayne was still amazed in his heart when he saw the girl's face.

Could it be that I have a special affinity with Disney during this period, or have I stabbed the Disney star-making factory? This is already the third Disney child star he has seen in a short period of time.

"Good evening, Mr. Greenberg, my name is Britney Spears, and I am a singer." The girl smiled sweetly, without even looking at the people around Wayne, staring at him and saying hello warmly. "I'm a die-hard movie fan of yours, uh. Even though it's a bit abrupt, can you sign your autograph for me?"

Turning his head to look at the girl in front of him, Wayne's mouth corners began to gradually rise. He did not speak in a hurry, but looked up and down at Britney Spears unscrupulously.

No one knows better than him how successful and unfortunate this girl will be in the future. This is a typical example of the self-destruction of Hollywood, or the North American entertainment industry.

"Hello, Ms. Spears"

"Call me Boo Boo, that's what my friends call me."

The girl's smile is quite sweet. Even with such a sweet smile, it is easy for people to ignore her familiarity, and it is difficult for people to feel disgusted with her.

Wayne looked at the girl and shrugged. "Okay, Bubu, do you have a notebook or a postcard or something? eon, what do you want me to write for you?"

Halfway through the conversation, he saw the other party take out the postcard and signature pen directly from his handbag. After taking them, Wayne asked with interest.

“Can you write to wish Bubu’s new album a success? If you can, it would be too impressive.”

"Okay, I wish Britney Spears' new album a big hit." Wayne shook his head, casually wrote this sentence on the postcard, and then signed his name.

Just when the girl happily took the signature and pen and wanted to say something more, the male voice that made him irritated just now sounded again from behind.

"Hey, don't you know that what you just did was very rude?" The boy's tone was filled with anger. At this time, he only had eyes for the girl with a sweet smile, and he didn't care about Wayne and others standing aside. After the man came over, he said angrily:

"Do you know who my father is?"

"What's wrong? Didn't your mother tell you?"

Wayne asked the boy directly with a funny look on his face before the boy finished speaking.