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Chapter 318: Black Short and White Moonlight

“This is the most entertaining movie I’ve ever made.”

In front of the theater, Scorsese said this to the reporters, lowered his head and got into the car. The black sedan drove to the hotel where the crew was staying, followed by a van carrying cattle.

The cow will be sent away overnight.

Martin and the other two did not accept interviews and got into the same car.

Nicholson, who has known the director for decades, said: "Scorsese is in a good mood and he is very happy with the film."

Martin sighed.

Nicholson asked, "You think the film is bad?"

"No." Martin recalled, "Just the three of us cursed more than 200 times in the whole film, right?"

Leonardo thought for a moment and said, "No more, no less."

Martin said: "You know why I sigh? I am ashamed of my poor swearing language."

Nicholson shook his head: "Your focus is really fucking different."

Martin said, "Swearing is also an art."

After returning to the hotel, the three of them went to Leonardo's room to drink. Before they had finished half a bottle of whiskey, three different text message alerts sounded at the same time.

Martin took it out and took a look. It turned out to be the statistical result of a questionnaire conducted by Warner Bros. on the premiere audience.

Leonardo smiled: "The average score from the premiere audience was A+, which is the best result."

"It's really good." Martin said seriously, "I think I will get a lot of positive reviews."

Nicholson agreed: "Mainly because of the idiot Leo."

There was a promotional event the next day, so the three of them didn't drink too late and left quickly.

Warner Bros. was very confident in "The Departed" and lifted the ban on all ratings for the film that night.

By the next morning, the Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating was set, with a high of 95%.

In the media comprehensive ratings subsequently released by MTC, The Departed scored an average of 87 points.

Roger Ebert, a famous film critic who attended the premiere, gave a quick review in his column: "This is Martin Scorsese's best film since Goodfellas in 1990, and one of the best films of the year."

The quality of the film is guaranteed, and Warner Bros. only needs to make a slight effort to improve the media reputation.

Another point is that Martin Scorsese has never made a bad movie or overly commercialized one over the years.

This has earned him a good reputation among critics.

In contrast, Martin's film has not yet been released on a large scale, so he is holding back for the time being.

Unexpectedly, because he chose an art film like "The Reader", the critics in Los Angeles had a very good impression of him.

Especially Kenneth Turan, the film critic of the Los Angeles Times.

He also attended the premiere last night and wrote relevant comments in his column as soon as possible.

Unlike Roger Albert, Kenneth Turan's focus is on Martin.

"The Los Angeles critics have always believed that Martin Davis is a very talented actor with artistic aspirations, which can be seen from his choice of The Reader in the first half of the year, and the premiere of The Departed last night also proves this point."

“Martin plays a criminal who goes undercover in the police force. With his superb performance, he interprets the complexity of the character’s heart and shows us a complex character composed of desire, power and betrayal. This complexity makes it easy for the audience to resonate with the character and deeply understand the character’s decisions and behaviors.”

"Hollywood has produced many talented actors, and Martin is bound to be one of them. He has injected a special magic into director Scorsese's new film with an outstanding role. He deserves to be rewarded in this awards season."

On the streets of Toronto, during a promotional event, Leonardo saw the Los Angeles Times sent to him by the crew.

He asked Martin: "Tell me the truth, do you have any ass deal with that Kenneth Turan? That old bastard has scolded me a lot over the years, but he licks you like this!"

Martin said in a deep tone, with a far-reaching gaze: "I can't help it. My artistic pursuit is higher than yours."

Leonardo shrugged it off: "Do you have any artistic pursuits?"

Martin said honestly: "It doesn't matter whether I have it or not. What matters is whether the critics and the Academy judges think I have it!"

Leonardo couldn't help it: "Those people have problems in their heads. I looked down on Oscars back then, and they despised me for not taking Oscars seriously and not respecting art. Later, I actively approached the Academy and Oscars, and actively applied for awards every year. They thought I was deliberately applying for awards and still didn't respect art."

He asked Martin, "Is there something wrong with them?"

"No, they are fine, they just look down on you." Martin revealed a bloody fact: "If an ugly black girl pursues you, no matter how she behaves or what she says, do you have a hundred ways to reject her?"

Leonardo said, "I can easily find a thousand ways." Then he reacted, pointed at his nose and asked, "Am I black, poor?"

Martin shrugged: "Kate now understands how to become their white moonlight."

Leonardo looked down at his belly, pinched his face which was getting wider, and understood what white moonlight was.

I secretly sighed that they are really a bunch of perverts. Isn’t it good to appreciate beautiful things?

Nicholson came over and said, "What are you afraid of? Even if you become like me now, the women who are supposed to pounce on you will still pounce on you." He looked at Martin and decided to stand with Leonardo: "Although you are 11 seconds, although you are not as big as him, but you are better than him..."

Leonardo interrupted him: "Stop! Jack, please stop talking. If you continue, I will jump off the building out of shame."

Martin immediately criticized Nicholson: "You are such a bad person. How can you say Leo 11 seconds? Leo sprinted 11 meters in meters. This sounds much better."

Leonardo nodded at the two of them and said, "When I win the Oscar, I will give each of you 50 black clumsy clowns. Even if you cry, you have to finish those tasks!"

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Pacific Films Productions, Los Angeles.

Accompanied by her assistant, Louise saw off Wu Maoting, an investor from Asia, and went into another reception room.

Thomas was waiting here. When he saw someone coming in, he said, "The premiere of The Departed was a huge success. It received very good reviews from all sides. Martin's performance was highly praised by critics. Can we start the campaign now?"

Louise said, "You have been in charge of the relationship with the critics who have a good impression of Martin. You will continue to handle it, and I will handle the relationship with the Academy judges."

There are more than 1300 judges for the actor awards. According to past experience, after submitting a nomination, as long as you get 200 votes from them, you can basically ensure the nomination.

Not every judge will vote during the nomination round.

Louise asked, "How are the talks going with the people I circled?"

Thomas said: "They have made it clear that they will support Martin and mobilize certain resources to support him."

Louise nodded slightly: "We have to do our part."

Thomas knew that Louise and the wealthy woman in Atlanta had jointly funded the hiring of a professional PR team. He said, "The resources invested by WMA have been handed over to me. At the critical film-pulling meeting, Ari Emmanuel will personally attend to help canvass for votes."

Louise felt that it was not enough: "At the critical moment of the nomination voting, it would be better if there was some eye-catching news. There are too many judges who will not watch the film no matter how you urge them. They will only choose to vote with their feet and vote for people they are familiar with recently."

“Martin made some preparations,” Thomas said.

Louise nodded and added: "The flattery of famous people can also influence the choices of many people."

“These Martins will do it themselves,” Thomas said.

Louise also said a key point: "We must also pay attention to the smear campaign by our opponents. Martin has had a smooth career in recent years and has stepped on many others on his way up."

The two discussed this matter.

Ever since Harvey Weinstein entered the game, not only has the amount of money spent on PR increased exponentially, but every year there are scandals surrounding popular films.

The city-wide smear campaign against the soldiers was a classic example of warfare.

After Thomas left, Louise returned to the office, made a phone call, and said, "Rita, start it."

Rita Public Relations is a special company that provides publicity and public relations services to the entertainment industry. The annual awards season is the busiest time for business.

The company's founder and largest partner, Rita Baker, was Louise's college friend.

After receiving Louise's call, Rita immediately instructed her assistant: "Let the first team take action immediately and send out all the emails and mails prepared in advance."

On the same day, many members of the Screen Actors Guild and the Society of Film Critics, as well as other Sentinel Awards judges, received an email in their mailboxes.

"The new film 'The Departed' directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Martin Davis will be released in North America on October 10th..."

A few days later, these people received another physical email with the same content in their mailboxes.

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Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Hills.

Lukaku from the News of the World was sitting in the lobby lounge, seemingly reading a newspaper, but his eyes were always looking towards the hotel entrance.

The automatic door opened and a familiar fat figure walked into the hotel.

Lukaku whispered: "Harvey Weinstein is here."

Hazard picked up his bag and walked towards the lobby. After following Xavi into the elevator, he glanced at Courtois who followed in and said nothing.

The elevator dinged open and Harvey entered.

Hazard and several others followed into the elevator.

He pretended to choose a floor, but when he noticed the button light for the same floor was on, he withdrew his hand.

The elevator rose quickly, and when it stopped, Harvey got out.

Hazard also followed him out, turned out of the elevator and walked in the opposite corridor of Xavi. He took out a special mirror from his pocket and secretly observed the situation behind him.

Some of the reporters of the News of the World have very good skills.

Seeing Xavi stop in front of the door, open it and then go in, Hazard turned back, determined the room number of Xavi's long-term room from the room distribution map, and hurried downstairs.

Once the room is confirmed, it will be convenient to do the following things
(End of this chapter)