Entertainment 1998

Chapter 713 Chapter 712, Steven Spielberg's invitation

The Departed crew won big at the 60th Golden Globe Awards.

In addition to winning the Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay awards, the film also won the Best Picture, a top-tier award, which shocked all U.S. media.

This topic is very interesting.

Conspiracy or strength?

Can it be recognized by the general public?
The Golden Globe Awards are known as the vane of the Oscars, so does that mean that The Departed will also win big at the Oscars? !

In addition, Jiang Feng and Zhang Yimou won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

What kind of story is inside?
These are the focus of American media attention. Even the BBC, which has never paid much attention to entertainment news, is preparing to send reporters to dig deeper.

Has the wind direction on Kashiwamiya changed?

But Jiang Feng didn't care about these. What he cared about was the dinner after the award ceremony. This dinner was very important to everyone in the film and television industry.

After all, connections are one of the factors for success!

"Jiang, take my car. I'll take you to the Four Seasons Hotel."

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Jiang Feng came out of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, where the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held, and was preparing to go to the Four Seasons Hotel with Leonardo Dicaprio, Charlize Theron, George Clooney and others.

Because the Golden Globe Awards celebration dinner was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, which is where Zhang Yimou, Han Shanye, Fan Jiuyi and others were staying.

But at this moment, a red Volvo stopped in front of Jiang Feng.

When the car window rolled down, Jiang Feng saw a face that was very familiar to the American people - the famous Hollywood director Steven Spielberg.

"Okay!"

Jiang Feng agreed with a smile, then opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

It seems not so good for me to sit in the back seat while Steven Spielberg is driving, as if I am treating him as the driver.

Now that the two of them were sitting side by side, there was no such concern.

But just as Jiang Feng sat in and fastened his seat belt, the back door of the Volvo was pulled open from the outside. Jiang Feng turned around and saw the old gangster Harvey Weinstein.

"Hey, Steven, my car just ran out of gas. How about I sit in your car and you take me to the Four Seasons Hotel?"

Although he said this in a pleading tone, Harvey Weinstein's actions were very overbearing. He fastened his seat belt without caring whether Steven Spielberg agreed or not.

Steven Spielberg glanced at him through the rearview mirror, then started the car with a smile.

"Xavi..."

"Ok?"

"Are you scared?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Steven Spielberg's Volvo has a large interior space, and Harvey Weinstein even crossed his legs.

"You just poached Jiang Feng from Lionsgate to your Miramax Films, and now you're afraid that I'm going to poach you."

Steven Spielberg, who was driving, looked at Harvey Weinstein through the rearview mirror with a meaningful look, "We are both old foxes, what little tricks can you hide from me?"

But Harvey Weinstein is Harvey Weinstein. He is thick-skinned and he would not admit it even if his little tricks were exposed in front of others.

"Steven, what are you talking about?

We are old friends. I haven't ridden in your car for a long time. Now, I asked you to give me a ride. How could you say such sad words? "

"Did I make you sad?" Steven Spielberg smiled.

"Harvey, if you're really sad, why don't you get out of the car now?"

"Get off the car? How is that possible? Unless you ask Jiang to get off with me."

"Haha..., Harvey, you said you weren't afraid that I would pry Jiang Feng away from you."

...

Looking at Harvey Weinstein and Steven Spielberg who kept bickering in the car, Jiang Feng regretted getting into the car.

You have to know that in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg and Harvey Weinstein are old enemies. When they get together, they fight each other all the time.

Their most famous fight took place in 1999.

In 1999, the movie "Saving Private Ryan", directed by Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, was a great success in both word-of-mouth and box office. Such an impressive result naturally won the favor of the Oscars.

At the 71st Academy Awards, "Saving Private Ryan" received 11 nominations, but at the awards ceremony, it only won some technical awards, such as Best Director, Cinematography, Sound, etc., which are all technical awards.

What is even more surprising is that the film that brought down "Saving Private Ryan" was actually "Shakespeare in Love", a film that could not be more artistic. The reason for all this has to be Harvey Weinstein.

This guy is awesome. He has kept the Oscar firmly in his pocket by manipulating public relations. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as a work is handled by Harvey Weinstein, it basically has one foot in the door of an Oscar.

Harvey Weinstein's approach was very simple and crude: manipulating the media, lobbying judges and discrediting opponents. These three tactics were very effective.

"Okay, Jiang, we're here."

Jiang Feng was recalling the grudge between the two old men when the Volvo drove to the entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Turning around, Jiang Feng saw Han Shanye, Zhang Yimou, Fan Jiuyi, Zhang Weiping, Li Xing, Li Lianhua and others waiting at the hotel entrance. He was about to push the door and get out of the car, but before he could do anything, Steven Spielberg, with a smile on his face, took out a thick movie script from his bag and handed it to Jiang Feng.

"Steven, what are you doing?" Jiang Feng asked in confusion.

"Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and John Rogers have written a movie script called Transformers. I think it's very interesting, so I plan to invite you to shoot this movie. Do you have any ideas?"

"no!"

Before Jiang Feng opened his mouth, Harvey Weinstein answered for him.

"Jiang, don't rush to give me an answer. Take a look at the movie script first. If you feel it's okay, make a budget for me. As for Harvey Weinstein, don't worry. Since the investment in special effects movies is huge, it doesn't seem to matter if there is one more investor, Miramax Films."

"This is a good feeling, Jiang, I suggest you must consider it carefully."

This is a typical businessman!
Harvey Weinstein, who had just rejected the movie script on behalf of Jiang Feng, now had a big smile on his face.

Without mentioning how much of a pervert Steven Spielberg is, let's just say that he has a very good eye for scripts.

"Um…"

Hearing that the script was Michael Bay's famous work "Transformers", Jiang Feng was a little excited.

"Steven, why are you planning on letting me direct this movie?"

"It's very simple, Jiang. Since your debut, every movie you have made has made money, and the return on investment is astonishing." Steven Spielberg said this and patted Jiang Feng on the shoulder with a smile.

"Jiang, take a look at the script first and think about it. I'll give you three months to think about it. If you really don't want to take it, I'll find another director."

After saying this, Steven Spielberg pushed the door open, got out of the car, tossed the car keys to the doorman, and then strode towards Zhang Yimou.

It is said that this guy and Zhang Yimou are very good friends. …

The cocktail party was held in the banquet hall on the first floor of Four Seasons Hotel.

At 11:1500 in the evening, in the -square-meter banquet hall, there was a bustling crowd. Female celebrities in cool clothes were like butterflies, constantly shuttling back and forth.

Male stars who think they are handsome and stylish all have gentlemanly smiles on their faces and work hard to promote themselves in front of producers and directors who have plenty of resources.

Perhaps it was because there were too many people and too little resources, or perhaps it was because of the huge power of winning four awards in a row, Jiang Feng, who originally wanted to sit alone in a corner and quietly read the script of "Transformers", also received many Hollywood stars who came to greet him.

Like Monica Bellucci, Vin Diesel, and Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, with whom he has worked before.

Among these Hollywood stars, the one that surprised Jiang Feng the most was Nicole Kidman, who is over 1 meters tall. You know, at tonight's award ceremony, the host George Carlin joked that Jiang Feng couldn't kiss Nicole Kidman's mouth, but then this beauty came.

"Jiang, are you alone here?"

Walking towards Jiang Feng, Nicole Kidman lifted her long hair and then showed off her tall figure.

"Just alone for now."

Jiang Feng, holding a wine glass, clinked his glass with the beautiful woman's, then took a sip.

"where are they?"

Nicole Kidman was a little curious.

Jiang Feng gained a lot at tonight's award ceremony. Even though he is from China, he was still the center of attention at the party. Whenever his Hollywood colleagues had time, they would come over to chat and get to know him.

Even if I can't get resources from Jiang Feng for the time being, at least I can become familiar to him.

You have to know that all-round filmmakers like Jiang Feng who can write, direct and act are very rare. Well... at the same time, Jiang Feng is also a superstar singer.

them…

Jiang Feng was slightly stunned, and then he roughly understood what Nicole Kidman meant.

This beauty was probably asking where Han Shanye, Zhang Yimou, Li Xing, Li Lianhua, Fan Jiuyi, Xie Tingfeng and others had gone.

So Jiang Feng explained with a smile.

"As a Chinese filmmaker, I finally came to the United States, so naturally I want to get to know more about my American counterparts."

Speaking of this, Jiang Feng paused, with a hint of apology on his face.

"Nicole, I'm sorry. Today at the Golden Globe Awards, I played a little joke on you at the instigation of George Carlin. I hope I didn't offend you..."

"What if I say you offend me?"

But before Jiang Feng could finish his words, Nicole Kidman smiled and blinked.

"Uh…"

"Jiang, if you have offended me, shouldn't you give me some compensation? After all, my spirit has been violated."

"Um…"

"Let me put it this way, Jiang. I'm a reasonable person. As long as you agree to let me star in the movie Transformers, I will completely forgive you." Nicole Kidman said this, then raised the wine glass in her hand and drank the red wine in the glass.

"How do you know?" Jiang Feng asked curiously.

It has been less than an hour since my buddy got the movie script, but I didn't expect that Nicole Kidman actually knew about it.

"Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks planned to make a movie based on the toy Transformers as early as last year. They cooperated with Hasbro and prepared to invest $2 million to create this movie, which was intended to have an impact worldwide.

However, producer Steven Spielberg took the script and looked around for film directors, but he still couldn't find a suitable one.

These film directors either lack influence, innovation, or are simply confused by movies that require computer special effects.

Well, in this case, it is not surprising that Steven Spielberg, known as the old fox, comes to you with the script.

The Departed, which cost 9000 million U.S. dollars to make, grossed over 9 million U.S. dollars worldwide. This kind of terrifying ability to make money is not something that any director can have.”

Ha ha…

Jiang Feng smiled after hearing the beautiful woman's explanation.

It seems that Tom Cruise's perception of his ex-wife is not accurate at all. You should know that when he was fighting a divorce lawsuit some time ago, Tom Cruise said to the media, "Nicole Kidman is a completely stupid woman!"

"Hey..., what are you thinking about?"

The tall Nicole Kidman stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Jiang Feng.

“I didn’t think anything.

There is one thing you may not know, I am not sure whether I will take on this task or not. "

"Oh, I see." Nicole Kidman was a little disappointed, but in an instant, a smile appeared on her face again.

"it does not matter!
After you decide to direct the film, you can contact me. Here is my cell phone number, please remember it."

Handing over a piece of white paper with a lipstick mark and a mobile phone number written on it, Nicole Kidman looked around and lowered her voice into Jiang Feng's ear.

"Jiang, take a look at the reception hall. Do you find something missing?"

"People!" Jiang Feng replied.

"Yes, the cocktail parties after the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars are like this every year, and drinking is just a cover.

Everyone mainly talked about cooperation.

Well, as long as we feel that we have reached an agreement, we will go out and exchange feelings. "

When it comes to the words "communication", Nicole Kidman puts emphasis on them.

Jiang Feng is not a fool.

Naturally, I understood what she meant. Jiang Feng, if it's convenient for you now, we can go out, chat and have a deep exchange.

Consider it my advance payment for our future cooperation.

Eh…

Jiang Feng sighed secretly.

This is the reality of the entertainment industry. Whether in the United States or China, it is the same. If you want to get resources, you must pay something.

Even if your status in the world is already very high.

Just like Nicole Kidman, her single movie pay currently exceeds 1500 million US dollars, but in fact her commercial value has not reached this level, which means that she can't support the movie box office.

Nicole Kidman cannot carry the movie box office, but wants to maintain her status in the industry, so she can only use some special means and find directors with great commercial value to cooperate with.

"Jiang, what are you thinking about? Why don't we go out and talk?" Nicole Kidman put down her wine glass and pointed outside.

(End of this chapter)