Chapter 583: Jade Feet? Fucking Each Other? Who Is the Mantis and Who Is the Cicada? Producer Liu? Prove Yourself?

Los Angeles, just one street away from Warner Bros. Studios, is the office area of ​​Weinstein Pictures.

At this time, in the office, Quentin was looking at the relevant reports about "Django Unchained" in the newspaper, his face full of anger and sorrow.

Harvey, who was sitting opposite the desk, temporarily took his eyes away from the computer, and his tone was extremely gloomy: "Public opinion has completely overwhelmed us, and we can't stop it at all!"

"Argo" had just been killed before, and now "Django Unchained" has suffered a huge blow.

Under this double oppression, no matter how calm and confident Harvey was, he could not hide his anger and panic at this moment.

"Who is messing with us this time?"

Quentin was a little confused. Is it necessary to play so big?

This time, it seems that all American netizens have participated in the attack on "Django Unchained".

"I don't know." Harvey felt a strong sense of powerlessness for the first time in his heart, because the development of the incident was completely out of his control.

Quentin asked, "It's not our internal behavior, right?"

"Absolutely not, the PR department will not make such a stupid mistake." Harvey had already investigated internally in advance: "If I guess correctly, it should be the competitors who also participated in the award season."

Quentin suddenly clenched his fists: "This kind of thing is not uncommon. Many crews have sent canvassing emails in the past. Why are we being targeted?"

In previous PR publicity, the PR team of each film would send various materials, cocktail invitations and professional reviews from film critics to the judges' mailboxes when they were competing for awards.

This is already a customary behavior, why would such an incident happen?

Harvey suddenly clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed the table, a little indignant: "If it weren't for that Wally Hardinge exposing this matter, we wouldn't be affected at all, this damn, inflexible old thing!"

He now especially wants to use his power to teach that old man a lesson.

However, the public opinion on the Internet is too strong now. If anything happens to Wally Hardinge, "Django Unchained" will inevitably be criticized by thousands of people!

"What should we do now?"

Quentin's heart was already filled with deep despair.

With such a big public opinion storm, the Academy will definitely not sit idly by.

"Django Unchained" is likely to be abandoned, and his Oscar for Best Director is estimated to be completely ruined.

Harvey pondered for a moment, and couldn't think of any good way for a while, so he could only say: "I will contact the Academy to eliminate the impact as soon as possible. You hold a press conference and must strictly deny the illegal public relations. This is not what we did, and we should not be blamed."

"Okay."

Quentin was silent for a moment, got up and walked out.

After getting in the car, he did not go home immediately, but went straight to the hotel.

The pressure in the past two days was really too great, and he urgently needed some jade feet to relieve fatigue. This is his favorite activity.

Harvey took out his mobile phone and started to make a call.

He needed to suppress the media's influence first, and then find a middleman with enough weight to talk to the Academy to minimize the impact.

At the same time, he also had to let netizens divert their attention and temporarily take their eyes off "Django Unchained".

So he directly arranged the public relations department under him and began to launch an offensive against another competitor "Life of Pi".

"Dallas Buyers Club" was a hard bone that he couldn't chew at all. Those LGBT people were too fierce, and he didn't even dare to touch it.

You have to pick the soft persimmon.

And Li An was obviously the soft persimmon.

So, "Life of Pi", which was watching the fire from the other side and preparing to act as a yellow bird, was directly pulled into the center of the battle, helping "Django Unchained" share some of the pressure.

In terms of Oscar public relations, Harvey is indeed professional.

In order to eliminate the influence, he can be said to have used all means!

While investing a lot of public relations resources, he seemed to have a special liking for the method of "praising to death", and he turned around and applied it to "Life of Pi".

So on the next morning, many reports about Life of Pi suddenly appeared on the Internet, attracting the attention of many media and netizens.

"The film breaks the traditional impression that 3D technology is only used in science fiction, disaster and other types of films. Its 3D effect has also impressed James Cameron, the director of Avatar!"

"This is a very beautiful movie. The sound effects and picture effects have reached the extreme, bringing people an unparalleled enjoyment in vision and hearing!"

"It is reported that the main plot sections of the film, such as the bridge between the boy and the animals in the ocean, are all generated by CGI technology in front of the green screen of the studio. Its visual spectacle is no less than Avatar and Inception."

"..."

The overwhelming publicity came in, even overwhelmed the "email gate" incident, and even led to a substantial increase in the box office of the film!

After seeing this scene, Li An and Jill Netter, the producer of Life of Pi, were a little confused.

Inside the office, the former turned his head curiously and looked at the latter, asking, "Has 20th Century Fox invested in the publicity budget again?"

"No!" Gil Nate shook his head and refused, then asked, "Didn't you invest resources?"

"no."

Li An also shook his head, feeling surprised in his heart.

But soon, he figured out the key to this, and his expression suddenly changed: "I understand, someone is plotting against us, deliberately pushing "Pi" to be a CGl special effects spectacle type of film."

"Fuck!"

Gil Nate also reacted, and his expression suddenly changed.

You know, CGI special effects spectacle films are naturally severely discriminated against in Oscar selection.

In fact, many Oscar judges will not watch the candidate movies at all. Once they decide that it is a special effects spectacle film, then it is destined that the film will completely miss the best picture, best director and other awards.

Gil Nate stood up and hurriedly walked outside: "I will contact the media under 20th Century Fox now. "Pi" is a film with artistic connotation and philosophical thinking. CGI is just a means of expression." …”

Li Jian also left the office quickly. He had to attend several talk shows to prevent him from being completely characterized.

It has to be said that Harvey's thinking is really flexible. He saw the flaws of "Pi" at a glance, directly stirred up public opinion, and pushed this movie into the field of science fiction films.

This time, "Pi" and Li Yin not only failed to regard it as an oriole, they even became victims of a mantis stalking a cicada!

The eldest brother and the second child went to war, and the third child just stood there quietly, but was brutally persecuted.

But Harvey ignored one thing. Compared with Chen Fei and Walt Disney Pictures, Li Bian does seem to be a soft persimmon.

But standing behind "Pi" is 20th Century Fox.

Even a skinny camel is bigger than a horse!

If we have to admit defeat when facing Weinstein Pictures, then how can 20th Century Fox have the dignity to claim to be one of the Big Six?

The counterattack may be late, but it will never be soft.

…

The bullet has hit, and the identity of the mantis, cicada, and oriole has also changed unconsciously, but it will still take a certain amount of time to ferment.

Chen Fei was very patient. While he was silently waiting for the war between "Django Unchained" and "Pi" to begin, he also had some fun while eating melon.

In China, as the popularity about him gradually subsided, a lot of new hot news emerged on the Internet.

For example, the three major theaters announced their admissions plans for art exams.

As in previous years, the performance department of China National Theater still recruits two classes, with a total of 50 people.

But Nortel has changed its low profile from previous years!

In the coming year of 2013, the undergraduate class of Nortel's Performance Department will expand from the original 30 students to 75 students, and this does not include the 30 students in the vocational class.

There are 45 more places, which seems to give many people a chance, but people in the industry see it very clearly.

Let alone 45 more people, even if there are 145 more people, how many of them can fall on the heads of ordinary students?

Chen Fei once saw a wise saying:

"A good job is only spread through sex and blood."

He felt that this sentence was equally appropriate in the vanity fair of the entertainment industry.

Over the years, at least nearly 100,000 people have invested in the film and television industry, but how many can really take the lead?

As for the various resources for male protagonists and female protagonists, how many people can get them?

The word "hard work" is a quality that will be laughed at privately by everyone in the current entertainment industry. If you can get a good role just by working hard, wouldn't all the sweat you put in late at night be in vain?

Especially for those candidates who can't even distinguish the authors of the four famous works, "effort" is completely nonsense in their eyes.

If you have the time to work hard, you might as well find a good godfather and godmother.

Zhao Yanzi is one of the examples.

After the news that "To Our Dying Youth" was scheduled to be released on April 26, Nortel directly advertised it on the official website and paid full attention to it.

At the same time, many celebrities in the industry, media, netizens, fans, fans, etc. were all mobilized and spontaneously began to promote the film.

With the announcement of the final release, various promotional materials about the film were announced one by one.

In particular, the news that the princess will sing the theme song has aroused the support of many fans, causing the movie to feel like it is about to break the circle.

Yang Shoucheng called suddenly, and his words were full of solemnity: "Mr. Chen, "One Man's Martial Arts" is scheduled to be released on May 1st. Will it conflict with the "To Youth"?"

Chen Fei told the truth: "It will definitely have an impact, but it won't be that big. After all, the themes of the two movies are different."

"That's good." Yang Shoucheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Ying Huang can no longer lose. If this movie continues to lose money, the backlash will be too big!

In order to film "One Man's Martial Arts" and "Macau Storm", he diverted a lot of the company's working capital.

It would be too tragic if we continue to encounter the ending like "The King's Feast"!

Chen Fei said nonchalantly: "Just ignore it and just do the publicity normally."

However, he was actually quite surprised. He did not expect Zhao Yanzi to choose to face it head-on when "One Man's Martial Arts" and "Drug War" were scheduled for May 1 and April 15 respectively.

"Is this to... prove herself?"

He was a little confused, so he simply did not think too much about it.

We will know when the time comes.

…

The news that the script of "Dear" has been approved made many actresses in the circle quite envious.

"Your Name" has already received more than 1 billion box office, and now producer Liu is preparing to launch a new film work, which is obviously aimed at opening up a new direction.

On the day of the press conference, Zhou Xun announced that he would play a female role in the movie.

And Liu Yifei was not willing to lag behind and also announced that she would also participate in the guest appearance.

For a time, more and more people paid attention to this film!

Zhou Xun and Liu Yifei, these two are rare actresses in China with extremely high box office appeal.

In addition, the script was written by Chen Fei. If nothing unexpected happens, the quality of the film will definitely not be bad. It may be another work that breaks 1 billion.

"Many, many people have contacted me these two days and want to audition."

When Liu Yifei flew to Los Angeles, she was so happy.

The job of producer is so cool that even Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Ziyi and others called her to get an audition opportunity.

This also greatly satisfied Miss Liu's vanity.

"Not bad, producer Liu?"

"Haha, if you can shout more, shout more, and then I will give you an audition opportunity, haha."

After a few jokes, Chen Fei asked her about the current domestic theater market.

Perhaps because she entered the producer circle, Liu Yifei was still very concerned about the box office of movies, and she told him about it immediately.

"The latest movie, Wolf Warrior, has already made over 250 million yuan in the first week. The current box office trend is very good, and it will definitely break 500 million yuan.

And the particularly tear-jerking 1942 was also officially released yesterday. Unfortunately, the box office was only 325 million yuan, but the reputation was quite good..."

Hearing the name "1942", Chen Fei couldn't help but sigh.

This may be the most praiseworthy film in Feng Xiaogang's life, but the box office potential is really too poor.

Huayi was also unlucky, losing at least more than 100 million yuan on this movie, which directly led to a sharp drop in the company's stock price!

At this moment, Chen Fei couldn't help but feel fortunate.

It was fortunate that he had sold all the Huayi stocks in his hands a long time ago, otherwise he might have really been smashed in his hands.

The limit down only lasted for a moment, but it was very difficult to rise!

The car drove all the way to Beverly Hills. Since we came to Los Angeles, there was no reason to stay in a hotel.

Liu Yifei was used to it, just like going home, not at all restrained.

…

At the same time, in the small meeting room of the executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, the current president, vice president, executive director and several committee members of the academy were discussing the "email gate" incident.

The current president of the academy, Tom Sherak, looked at the executive director Jorge Romero and asked directly: "Has the whole process of the email incident been investigated?"

"It has been investigated." Jorge Romero explained in detail: "The email was sent anonymously. There is no evidence that it was sent from Harvey, but it is also impossible to prove that it was not sent by him."

Hearing this, the rest of the people looked at each other subconsciously, and probably had the answer in their hearts.

Before becoming a member of the committee, everyone had run around the crew, and naturally had seen this kind of operation.

As long as it is not exposed, it is a private public relations transaction.

But once it is exposed, it is an unacceptable violation of regulations and disciplines!

"Yeah."

Tom Sherak nodded and fell into deep thought.

In fact, the email-gate incident is easy to handle. Even if it was done by the crew of "Django Unchained", they only need to find a temporary person such as a production manager or public relations officer to take the blame and then announce their withdrawal from this Oscar.

But Harvey has invested so many resources, and he obviously doesn't want to give up.

Of course, his behavior has nothing to do with the Academy. Now Tom Sherak is thinking about how to eliminate the impact of this "email-gate" incident on the Oscars.

He couldn't think of any good solution in a short time, so he could only say: "We must prevent this from happening. We can make a mistake once, but we must never allow it to happen again."

"It's very simple!" Someone suddenly said from the bottom: "We can strictly prohibit any crew from sending private emails to Oscar judges starting next year.

All electronic materials sent to Academy members can be attributed to the Academy and then sent uniformly. Anyone who dares to make small moves in private will automatically lose the qualification to impact the Oscars."

The method is indeed good, but Tom Sherak frowned slightly.

It takes a lot of money for the Academy to send it uniformly.

But at this moment, Executive Director Jorge Romero suddenly proposed: "The crew that releases the material must pay a sum of money as the funding for our operation."

"This is a good idea!"

Tom Sherak's eyes lit up immediately, and the committee members below also started to discuss.

"The price can be set higher to exclude those crews that fish in troubled waters."

"We can raise funds in advance and make preparations in advance."

"This is also to prevent some crews from using too despicable public relations methods. After we screen them, we can definitely maintain fairness and justice."

For a while, there were waves of discussions in the conference room, and everyone was adding bricks and tiles to this plan to seek more benefits.

As for the email gate incident, who has time to care about it?

Let it die on its own!

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