Chapter 2040: Lao Tzu Is Shady

The 82nd Oscars started, Feng Yu was sitting at home in Los Angeles, watching the live broadcast.

Many media promote other movies or directors, actors, etc., but together, they are not as good as MGM.

The two films "Avatar" and "Inception" were shortlisted at the same time, and the promotion has also been focused, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that other films will take the opportunity to break through because of the votes allocated.

Kirilenko held the wine glass: "Feng, can you win the prize this time?"

In fact, Feng Yu is not 100% sure about this point. This is not the sale of a product, as long as it passes the test of the market and is well publicized, it will become popular.

When you buy products, you will not get angry and buy those that are not easy to use. That is to make trouble for yourself. But there are a lot of accidents in the case of votes. Anyway, they choose the ones they are not optimistic about, and they have nothing to lose, and they can vent their dissatisfaction.

"Just take a look and you'll know. If the result hasn't come out, no one can say for sure."

Feng Yu can win various design awards for his company's products, and there are many who think they can get it, but they don't get it in the end.

If this Oscar does not allow "Avatar" to win awards, then don't blame Feng Yu for holding awards at other film festivals. This time he has done everything he can do, and that Rotten Tomatoes alone has played a huge role.

In the previous life, "The Hurt Locker" found Rotten Tomatoes to do public relations, and the freshness was extremely high, more than 90%. But in this life, Feng Yu asked people to do some tricks.

"Avatar" and "Inception" are both over 90% fresh, while "The Hurt Locker" is only 47%, because this movie is really boring.

And Feng Yu also asked Rotten Tomatoes to announce the number of people who participated in the scoring, and made a big publicity.

Only a few hundred thousand people participated in the rating of "The Hurt Locker", while the number of people who participated in the rating of "Avatar" and others has created history by more than 10 million people.

Of course, this has something to do with the media's publicity. It not only promoted "Avatar", but also promoted Rotten Tomatoes again, making this more famous and authoritative.

Don't look at Feng Yu spending huge sums of money on publicity, but he can earn back through other means. Rotten Tomatoes, a website that rates movies, books, etc., now has a market valuation of more than one billion US dollars and is still improving.

There are many film companies who say that Rotten Tomatoes is unfair because it is too close to MGM. But they can't stop viewers from going to Rotten Tomatoes to rate movies they love or hate.

But Rotten Tomatoes can win votes, everyone knows this. If any company offends MGM, then Rotten Tomatoes will give a very low score. Afterwards, many people who want to watch this movie will see Rotten Tomatoes.

On the contrary, if the Rotten Tomatoes score is high, many people think that the movie is worth watching, and the box office will naturally perform better.

MGM, with Rotten Tomatoes, tied the other studios to their chariot.

Fengyu Holdings promotes here that Rotten Tomatoes is an independent website, showing how much they like movies from the audience's perspective. This is the standard that any film company must refer to. They make movies with the ultimate goal of making money.

They wouldn't do it if they weren't making money.

Every time they invest in or release a film, they will do enough market evaluation. Hollywood shoots too many movies every year, but half of them can't even find a distribution company, and they can't even get on the big screen.

Previously, many films could only be released on disc for sale or rental. Now it is aiming at the Internet market, not only Youtubo, but also some other video sites, and now they have started to make online movies. In fact, they are the previous CD-ROM movies, with the addition of the Internet as a release channel.

"Hey, Elena is nominated for Best Actress, you spent a lot of money."

Feng Yu nodded. For this nomination, he spent a huge amount of money to let Elena pass the first two rounds of selection.

To be honest, "Inception" really doesn't have high requirements for acting skills, and Xiao Lizi never thought that this movie could win him an award, but the script made him very interested, it will definitely increase his popularity and the salary is really good.

This is Elena's first film that she actually participated in. In some other small film awards, Elena even won a few of them.

Of course, those films that participated in the competition were not many, and their influence was not great, they were nothing more than boosting Elena's popularity.

It was enough to get him nominated this time. If he really won the award, the shady scene would be too obvious, too much.

This is already enough to make Elena very happy, and it is also of great benefit to her popularity increase. However, Nolan, Cameron and others have euphemistically stated that Elena's acting skills are not very good, and they are good enough for a newcomer, but they are not optimistic that Elena can become the Oscar queen.

Because Elena lacks a lot of life experience, many characters Elena can't control at all, but in terms of singing and dancing, they all think that Elena is the top in the world, and the awards that Elena has won in these years can also It can be seen that it is all well deserved.

But so what, it is enough for Elena to be happy, and Feng Yu just wants to praise it. If you don't get an award, you have to keep increasing your exposure. Anyway, it is enough for the audience to see Elena enter the competition, and they will not know how many votes Elena will get in the end.

"Brother Ji, it's actually very simple to be shortlisted in the competition here in the United States, just spend money. It's much more difficult to win an award, but I think Cameron can at least get an important award this time."

Either the best director or the best picture, if neither is given, Feng Yu will make people madly publicize the shady Oscar. Anyway, it was the same in the previous life, and in the end, Oscar was forced to revise the voting mechanism for many years.

In fact, the current voting mechanism does have many loopholes. It once happened that when the award presenter announced the winning movie, the whole person was stunned because he found it unbelievable.

Just after Feng Yu finished speaking, the results of the best picture were announced. "Avatar" won the award. James Cameron and MGM CEO Schmitz took the stage to accept the award. The two made some strong remarks. There is no need to continue at this time that's humble. Thank Oscar for no longer being biased against sci-fi movies, and thank Feng Yu and Kirilenko.

Kirilenko patted Feng Yu on the shoulder: "Did you hear that, they thanked me too."

Feng Yuxin said that this is just a conventional routine. Your company has greatly supported the special effects. Thank you is just a polite sentence. No one will be mean, but don't take it too seriously.

When the best director also fell into Cameron's pocket, Cameron was even more proud. Then when he learned that the second best picture and best director were "The Hurt Locker" and his ex-wife, he admired Feng Yu even more.

Fortunately, the public relations are good enough, otherwise it is really possible to fail. It is too difficult for a sci-fi movie to win an Oscar. This time, Cameron did it!

Feng Yu turned off the TV, and this time he succeeded again in flattering people. But immediately after that, a lot of news appeared on the Internet, including Feng Yu's remarks affecting the Oscar selection. Feng Yu saw this, not only did not get angry, but smiled happily.

I'm a shady man, what the hell!

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