America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 502: Woman's Hate
Oscar's tragic events have proved that when the enemy stabs you with a knife, it is useless to jump out and argue that the other party is wrong.

It will only get worse and worse and you will be the one who gets hurt the most.

The best way is to get a bigger and sharper knife, stab back with a more fierce attitude, and stab directly into the vital point, leaving the opponent with no power to fight back.

Martin knew Harvey Weinstein's style and had already made plans and was mentally prepared.

Through the French luxury brand Cartier, he contacted the most influential local newspaper, Le Figaro. The columnist of the latter denounced "Inglourious Basterds" as pure nonsense, making fun of France's painful history of invasion and showing no respect for France at all.

Hollywood's World War II movies and TV series have always produced many "masterpieces".

The number of Germans who died on various Hollywood sets was no less than the number of Japanese who died in Hengdian.

If we really use a unified standard, "Inglourious Basterds" can be considered a great anti-German film, and the climax at the end is much more exaggerated than tearing the Japanese apart with bare hands.

But these were only used to attract Harvey's attention and prevent him from noticing the knife that was actually stabbing him in the vitals.

The knife that Martin prepared is called woman's hatred!

A deep hatred that lasted for thirty years.

In a very ordinary roadside cafe on the outskirts of Cannes, far away from the Palais des Festivals.

Pierre, the entertainment editor from Le Figaro, has waited for the person he was going to meet today.

One male and one female.

Melanie and Bruce.

Pierre's wife, who works in the marketing planning department for Cartier men's watches, facilitated the meeting.

Melanie smiled and said, "Old friend, we meet again."

Pierre smiled wryly: "I wish I had never met you."

Melanie seemed not to have heard and said directly: "There will be another news tomorrow about Harvey Weinstein's admiration for Isabelle Adjani."

Pierre shook his head: "I am a journalist. I cannot write anything without accurate information. This is my professional ethics."

He specifically mentioned today's report: "I promised you that news, because "Inglourious Basterds" is indeed nonsense, arrogant Americans wantonly changed our glorious struggle against the fragile World War II!"

Melanie didn't waste any time, took out an envelope and pushed it to Pierre.

Bruce also took out an envelope and placed it in front of Pierre.

Pierre opened the first envelope, took a look inside, and felt the thickness. He felt that it didn't matter whether there was definite news or not, after all, he could write in an ambiguous style.

He looked at the second envelope.

Bruce made a gesture of invitation.

Pierre opened the envelope and found more than a dozen photos inside, all of which were photos of Harvey Weinstein and Isabelle Adjani.

In some of the photos, the two appear to be having an intimate conversation.

Pierre has been in the industry for more than 20 years and knows that what you see may not be true. The photos may be real, or they may be taken from a deliberately chosen angle.

Melanie said, "Is this enough to prove the authenticity of the news?"

Pierre put away the first envelope, then the second, and said: "Very true news."

After he said this, he realized that he had said it too early, and couldn't help but slap his head: "What happened between them?"

Melanie said seriously: "Harvey Weinstein admires Adjani very much and plans to invite her to Hollywood to play an important role in an art film to help her compete for an Oscar."

Pierre nodded: "I understand."

Melanie said, "In the newspaper tomorrow?"

Pierre replied: "No problem."

Melanie and Bruce left quickly.

Pierre did not leave. He drank another cup of coffee, took out a pen and a notebook, and took advantage of the first time he saw the photo to be moved, so he wrote a news article with great emotion.

Then he returned to the temporary office and sent a fax to the newspaper as soon as possible.

The next morning, news about Harvey Weinstein and Isabelle Adjani appeared prominently on the entertainment page of Le Figaro.

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Palais des Festivals, Jury Office.

Isabelle Huppert is sitting at her desk, considering the list of awards for the competition unit.

Asia Argento, who has been hanging out with her a lot lately, was flipping through today's newspapers out of boredom, looking for media reports on films in the competition section.

Isabelle Huppert was scribbling on a piece of paper. In her eyes, there was only one choice for the Palme d'Or - "The White Ribbon".

In the Best Actor category, both Martin Davis and Christoph Waltz played their roles well enough.

But the reports released by the media in the past few days have somewhat affected the role played by Isabelle Huppert and Martin, as too many special effects were involved.

As a traditional European filmmaker, Huppert is quite disgusted with Hollywood's special effects. To a certain extent, she appreciates Waltz's performance more.

Choose Waltz?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she thought of Mene who had supper with her in recent days, and suddenly felt that Martin was not as bad as reported in the media.

Isabelle Huppert was a little embarrassed for a moment, and the tip of her pen moved back and forth between the two names on the paper.

If it really doesn't work, how about two people for the Best Actor award? Double yolk eggs are not new.

At the film festival a few years ago, when the Hong Kong director Sunglasses King was the chairman of the jury, five male actors were elected Best Actor and six female actors were elected Best Actress.

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Elsa Argento took the initiative to open the door. Huppert's assistant came in with a copy of Le Figaro, put it on the desk, and glanced at Elsa.

"It's okay, go ahead." Isabelle Huppert nodded.

The assistant turned to the entertainment section of the newspaper: "Madam, you asked me to follow Ajani's updates and find her latest news."

The work at hand was obviously not as important as her mortal enemy, so Huppert put down his pen and picked up the newspaper to read.

The first thing she saw were three photos in which Harvey Weinstein was talking to Adjani, and they looked like they were having a very pleasant conversation.

Isabelle Huppert's face looked a little ugly.

Below the photo, there is a news headline.

"Hollywood independent producer Harvey Weinstein invites Isabelle Adjani to be the leading actress in his next film!"

This made Yupper's face even uglier.

"This newspaper has received exclusive news that Harvey Weinstein, the investor and producer of Inglourious Basterds, has met with Isabelle Adjani several times, who is staying in the same hotel, to discuss future cooperation. The former believes that Adjani still has the potential to win an Oscar for acting..."

Isabelle Huppert subconsciously touched the top of her head and found a small scar under her hair. It was a masterpiece created by Anjelica Adjani thirty years ago.

Thirty years of mortal enemies!

Isabelle Huppert had a hard time suppressing Adjani, and in the past five years, the French have come to believe that there is only one Isabelle in the French film industry.

She raised her head and asked casually, "Elsa, who do you think is more suitable for the best actor?"

Asia Argento said without any consideration: "If I had to choose, I would choose Martin Davis. Harvey Weinstein is a person who does not know how to respect female actors at all."

Isabelle Huppert nodded. When it came to Adjani, her heart was smaller than a needle eye: "Martin is indeed good."

The assistant knew that "Inglourious Basterds" was going to be eliminated as soon as he saw the relevant news.

"All the films in the competition units have been released, and the closing ceremony is just a few days away." Huppert said to his assistant, "Notify the other judges to hold an awards review meeting this afternoon. Everyone must attend."

The assistant is preparing to go out and issue the notice.

Huppert added: "Any news from Harvey Weinstein should be sent to you. Don't notify me. Don't tell me. I have no interest in them at all!"

"Yes, ma'am." The assistant could see that Isabelle Huppert was very angry because of Anjelica.

Asia Argento thought of the fat man Xavi who broke his promise and added fuel to the fire: "Inglourious Basterds makes fun of France's history of invasion and should not win any awards!"

Isabelle Huppert did not respond, but felt that what Elsa said made a lot of sense.

As for the fact that she was still considering Waltz and Martin sharing the Best Actor award ten minutes ago, that was now over.

The movie "Inglourious Basterds" automatically disappeared from Isabelle Huppert's eyes.

Just after noon, the jury held a closed-door internal meeting.

The meeting was chaired by the current chairman, Isabelle Huppert.

As the film festival draws closer to its closing, it is necessary to unify the jury's opinions on the candidates for some awards.

Huppert said: "In the last meeting, we all agreed that Martin and Waltz were the best for Best Actor. Now that all the competing films have been released, other actors are obviously worse. I think it's time to determine the Best Actor candidate."

Rabindranath Tagore from India was the first to say, "I think Waltz is the most suitable."

As soon as he finished speaking, the **** screenwriter Hanif opposite him refuted: "Martin's role is more difficult and he performs better!"

The two of them glared at each other!

They don’t care who is who. If you agree, I will oppose it.

Shu Qi raised her hand and said, "I think Martin Davis is suitable."

Lee Chang-dong followed up: "Obviously Martin Davis is better."

Tagore was so angry when he saw these people telling lies with their eyes open that he didn't want to talk anymore.

Asia Argento said: “I choose Martin Davis!
James Gray smiled: "Martin!"

"Cough..." John Travolta coughed, attracting everyone's attention.

Those present who know Hollywood know that he has close ties with Harvey Weinstein and Quentin, and thought he was going to refute it.

Every time the jury judges the awards, there is always a lot of quarreling among themselves.

The atmosphere was particularly harmonious only when the director from Hong Kong was the chairman.

Travolta smiled and said directly: "Martin's performance is obviously better."

Including Huppert, there are nine members on the jury, and six have already expressed support for Martin.

Unless the Chairman of the Jury vetoes.

Huppert did not make anyone wait and stated directly: "I support Martin Davis!"

The only Turkish director who did not express his opinion, Ceylan, saw that the wind had already been blown and said, "I support Martin too!"

With eight people in favor and one person against, the Best Actor award can be said to be undisputed.

The meeting is formally recorded and a resolution is formed.

The Best Actor result will be kept secret and will not be discussed again.

(End of this chapter)