hollywood draw

Before the movie was officially screened, Wayne took Nina and others to the theater. When they bent down and walked into the screening hall, the lights on the ceiling had already gone out.

Harvey Weinstein was secretly paying attention to the entrance. The moment the two of them came in, they immediately raised their hands and waved, indicating that they would leave a place here.

"Harvey, it seems that the influence of this film is not as great as I expected."

After a few simple greetings, Wayne took advantage of the movie's opening advertisement and carefully observed the audience behind him. At the first moment, he realized the unusualness.

"This is a literary film released at the end of the year, Wayne." Harvey Weinstein shrugged and whispered: "You can't look at such a film with the requirements of your own work, um."

"All right......"

He shook his head gently, and a helpless smile appeared on Wayne's face in the darkness. After hearing the words of the fat man beside him, he first felt that he was a little "why not eat meat".

In recent years, the premiere he participated in was either his own project or Steven Spielberg and others. These films are not lacking in attention at all. At least the atmosphere on the scene is gone, and the fans are all the most fanatical.

Just now, he looked back and discovered it immediately. In addition to media reporters sitting in the two rows of middle and some familiar film critics, the large group of fans sitting behind can easily tell that there are many "professional fans" there.

It has never been a secret that the existence of "professional movie fans" has even become a business in Hollywood. A large part of their group are actually actors who come to Hollywood to pursue their dreams.

Speaking of which, movie fans are still relatively simple now. Because the "professional fans" take the lead in setting up the atmosphere, even if the film is not favored by itself, out of politeness, it will keep the premiere at its most basic decent.

In fact, the "professional movie fans" industry is not only widely used by Hollywood, but also in the entertainment industry around the world.

Perhaps what makes people more familiar is the variety shows in domestic entertainment twenty years later, especially some music variety shows. The professionalism and professional qualities of the "professional audience" are not inferior to those of some professional actors who are famous for their acting skills.

“Is the filming of Wonder Woman going smoothly?”

The movie has officially started to be screened, and except for the sound of some viewers chewing popcorn in the theater, it has gradually become quiet. Harvey Weinstein looked at Naomi Watts next to Wayne without hesitation, gently shaking his huge head, clattering his mouth, and whispering.

"Yep, the shooting progress is very smooth compared to my plan with Warner Bros.."

Like the fat man around him, Wayne's mind was not all about the movie. In fact, due to some online rumors in his previous life, he was born with some prejudice against this film. "Talk it straight, Harvey, what do I need for Shakespeare's Love History."

Since he said that, Harvey Weinstein was not polite and said without hesitation: "Start the relationship around you and vote for "Shapes Love History".

After pondering for a moment, he turned his head back and forth again and observed it. Even though he was sure that he and Wayne were all his own people, he subconsciously lowered his voice and continued: "I can still guarantee the main nomination for "Shapes' Love History".

But you and I know that every extra Oscar nomination in this film can create more profits for us. Since we have prepared so much, it is better to just play bigger and try to get as many nominations for the film."

Nodding in the dark, Wayne already understood the fat man’s plan. “I will mobilize my friends around me to vote for Shakespeare’s Love History.”

The North American awards season usually starts at the end of the year and lasts until the end of February of the following year. This huge show that will be staged every year will eventually end at the Oscars.

There is no doubt that if you want to join this show that lasts for two or three months and show your face at the final Oscars, the prerequisite is to first get your video and get an Oscar nomination.

In fact, to be honest, the various award ceremony held earlier were all preheating for the final Oscars, so there was a saying that the weather vane was like a weather vane. If the ultimate goal of preheating is the Oscar, then the early goal of preheating is the Oscar "nominator luncheon".

"Tan Independent Film Award, Golden Satellite Award, Anne Award." Harvey Weinstein's voice was full of confidence. While counting the awards that Shakespeare's Love History will participate in, he briefly explained his research plan.

"The Guild Association Awards for film practitioners such as the Producers Guild, Directors Guild, Actors Guild. By the way, there are also the Awards for major film critics such as New York and Los Angeles. In the end, we ended with the Golden Globe and the Academy Awards. Wayne, I have already started the action during this period..."

“hey,hey,hey.”

In the darkness, Wayne frowned unconsciously and whispered to interrupt the other party's next words. "Harvey, I have paid the money I should pay, I have told you about the award-winning experience. As for what you will do next, I don't want to know at all. Well, you should understand what I mean, right?"

In this movie "Shapes' Love History", he invested about 20 million US dollars. According to common sense, this money is not a small amount of money at any time. He must care about the details of his investment and the prospects for profit.

But he has too much work, so he has no mind and no energy to care about the dazzling awards season. As long as he keeps his eye on the accounts related to the video, he doesn't want to know the rest of his work anymore.

"Uh...well, of course I understand. You just need to wait and see the result." After a brief pause, Harvey Weinstein shrugged and said, "By the way, you will be here to stay for a few days this time. You won't be here specifically to premiere of "Shapes' Love History", right?"

"At three days at most, you have to rush back to London to host the filming work."

When talking about this, Wayne also felt a headache. He had nothing to hide. He said directly: "You guessed it, that's right. This time, in addition to participating in the premiere of "Shapes Love History", there are also some small problems in the "Superman" project, which I need to deal with personally."

When he heard him mention the project "Superman", Harvey Weinstein did not continue to talk about this topic. The two immediately returned to silence, and each looked at the film being staged with their own thoughts.

In fact, Wayne had never watched this movie in his previous life. If it weren't for the Oscars's most popular actress in the past thirty years, he wouldn't even remember the name of this movie.

Now that he is seriously looking at this famous movie, the first thing he finds is that the screenwriter of this movie is really easy to deal with. He actually wrote Shakespeare's life into a replica of Romeo and Juliet.

Such a thing was incredible, but as the movie gradually deepened and most of it was watched, Wayne suddenly felt that it was not impossible for the screenwriter to be so easy-to-use. At least when the movie is seen, life and drama may be inseparable.

As for the already-showed part, the lines are very good, with a strong Shakespearean flavor. But this is not another troublesome point for the screenwriter, because he found that many lines were taken directly from the original work.

The dialogue and performances of male and female protagonists are very tempting, and people will feel the desire to fall in love after watching it. It is precisely under such a fierce fan arrangement that the protagonist is the first to cheat, and in that era when the concept of chastity is still very popular.

When the movie came to an end, Harvey Weinstein saw Wayne watching it seriously and didn't speak until nearly two hours of screening time, and asked in a low voice: "Wayne, how do you feel?"

“It depends on what you want to hear.”

Turning his head and glanced at the fat face, he joked with a smile: "This movie tells me that love is not divided into classes, and even between the queen and the poor homeless man, there will be sparks of love."

"Come on, Wayne, talk about your views on this film." Harvey Weinstein frowned slightly. "From your perspective on the film market, talk about possible market achievements..."

Hearing the other party’s question, Wayne put away the smile on his face, took advantage of the light reflected from the big screen, raised a finger, and shook it between the two. “Try to strive for better results in the Oscar.”

His meaning is quite obvious. If such a film does not have the Oscar bonus, there is basically no possibility of retrieving investment by relying on box office. Harvey Weinstein is a smart man who understood the potential lines at the first time and fell silent again.

The reason why Wayne made such a judgment was not because the film was not good. On the contrary, he felt that the prejudice he had before watching was completely wiped out with the end of the movie.

To some extent, this film is much better in quality than the rumors he heard in his previous life. At least as a biographical art film, it is much better than he thought.

First of all, the investment in the movie is not high, but the director pays great attention to the details of the picture, such as the feces on the streets in the UK, the ink on Shakespeare's hands, etc.

The director can be said to have filmed this film to the extreme within his greatest ability. In terms of the plot arrangement, although it is suspected of being tricky, this technique of playing the drama in the play can still make people shine.

The main body of the previous story is undoubtedly applied to "Romeo and Juliet". It can be said that it runs throughout the entire movie, and we can also see the complete process of the creation of "Romeo and Juliet" from this movie.

At the end of the movie, "Twelfth Night" is used, which explains the reason for the creation of "Twelfth Night" and the origin of the heroine's name. It's not careless.

In this Western society, or North American society, Wayne believes that there are quite a few people who know "Romeo and Juliet" and certainly can't say much. Those who have read the script "Romeo and Juliet" will definitely find the director's intentions at a glance. After all, a large number of plots in the whole film can match "Romeo and Juliet", and the setting is quite clever.

But this means that the audience group that is niche in this art film has further increased the threshold for viewing. Don’t be superstitious about the education level of ordinary people in North America. Even most of the so-called college graduate elites can’t specialize in studying the script of “Romeo and Juliet”.

There are many scenes in the movie that try to restore the details of that year, such as what the British theater in the 16th century looks like, which can be seen clearly from this movie. For example, the provision that Britain in the 16th century "women are not allowed to perform on stage" and the degree of love for the queen by ordinary British people.

After watching the entire movie, all the details and arrangements reminded Wayne that this was a literary film that he had previously had prejudiced cognition.

And it is such an art film that he thinks is pretty good. If he looks at it from a normal market perspective, the box office results are destined not to be very good. Of course, the threshold for watching movies does exist, which further blocks the few fans of the genre films from the theater.

However, the quality of the movie is completely different from the market results it can achieve. From the beginning of entering Hollywood, he has been deeply aware of this truth.

Even the type and quality of a movie cannot rank among the top three in terms of box office influence. Whether it is promotional and marketing, or celebrities and other factors, the influence on the box office of the movie is higher than its own quality.

"Wow."

A burst of warm applause suddenly sounded, interrupting Wayne's contemplation. He sat on the chair without getting up, watching Harvey Weinstein lead the crew's main creator and stand under the big screen to end the audience who applauded. He was actually very much looking forward to this fat man pulling the brilliant Oscar bottom line to the lowest level at one time.

From the slightest return when trying to operate "Dog in the Water" in the early 1990s, to the slightest gain of "Pulp Novels", this fat man seemed to be naturally suitable for playing this game.

Especially the golden dollar offensive launched by Wayne the previous year, Harvey Weinstein further saw the essence of the game. Coupled with this guy's bold style of doing things and the most important point, Jewish descent, he was destined to be tilted towards the projects he operated as long as he was willing to pull his face down.

"Will Kate win Oscar-winning actress Little Golden Man because of this video?"

Naomi Watts, who had been gurgling with Nina throughout the whole game, suddenly turned his head to the man's ear and asked softly. "Don't deny, Wayne, I know you gave the fat man millions of dollars in lobbying some time ago."

"Who knows." Wayne shrugged and said casually: "It depends on how powerful Harvey Weinstein's public relations ability is. Also, Nami, the lobbying funds I gave are mainly the best film. As for the best actress in the Oscar, it's just by the way."

While speaking, he discovered it very keenly. Naomi Watts looked at his "members" with envy and a trace of jealousy that was not deliberately hidden.

"Listen to me, Nami." He raised his hand and slapped himself on the forehead. Wayne sighed secretly, turned his head to approach Naomi Watts' ear, and said, "I promise, you will definitely have that damn little golden man. Be more patient. Nami, you should know that this year and next year, I can't pull it out at all..."

“I know.”

A snow-white hand suddenly covered the man's mouth. Naomi Watts nodded with a smile, obviously not wanting him to continue talking. "The main creator of the crew is going to attend the press conference, so let's go to the cocktail party first?"

"Okay, let's go."

Ninety percent of the media reporters went to the second floor of Kodak Theater to attend the premiere of the new film by the main creators. But a considerable number of reporters stayed in front of the Four Seasons Hotel half a block away. They understood that all the guests who came to the platform would come here to attend the cocktail party in the end.

The first big fish caught by these reporters was undoubtedly Wayne and Naomi Watts, which was also their main purpose.

In the face of reporters' questions, Wayne was not hesitant to praise "Shapes' Love History". After all, half of the profits of this film belong to him. As for the reporters' questions outside of "Shapes' Love History", he and the Australian actress did not say a word.

The relatively chaotic interview lasted for more than ten minutes, and it was not until Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez appeared later that the reporters diverted their attention and allowed Wayne and the two to escape smoothly.

Although there are not many fans participating in this film, Harvey Weinstein has invited many big names in the circle based on his own relationship. He is very clear that such a film is naturally insulated for popular movie fans. If you want a relatively eye-catching box office figure in the early stage, you can only start with promotion and promotion.

At this time, in the banquet hall where the cocktail party was held, two women, one big and one small, stood near the elevator. The big one was wearing formal women's professional outfits and was bowing his head to remind the girl beside him.

"Wayne Greenberg and his group will come up soon. You will pay attention to seize the opportunity before the crowd is around. Boo, I think you should have seen the entertainment newspaper, the story between Amanda Seyfried and Wayne, which has won her a pretty good influence..."

Listening to the agent's advice, the girl nodded gently. Both for the Disney talent show star-making system, she is not only much older than Amanda Seyfried, but also believes that she will have a much smoother future than that little girl.

To be precise, although the two did not go the same path, Wayne Greenberg's influence was limited to the film industry? When she thought of her upcoming debut album, she secretly cheered herself up.

"Hey, we're meeting again. Can I treat you a drink?"

Just as the two of them were all focused on the direction of the elevator, a slightly tender male voice rang behind them.

"What are you going to treat me to? Milk?" The girl heard this voice and frowned tightly under the gaze of her agent, with obvious impatientness on her face. "Damn, I'm not interested in the child, don't harass me again, OK?"

Standing behind them was a white boy, about twelve or thirteen years old. At this time, there was no hint of embarrassment on the boy's face, but instead looked at the girl's eyes with a strong desire flashing.

In North America, the age of adulthood is twenty-two, but in fact, boys and girls develop very early, and they receive "that" education very early. The boy in front of him obviously grew up in the Hollywood circle. It can be imagined that the matter between men and women is absolutely not mysterious to him.

"Do you know who my father is?" Shia LaBeouf's eyes rolled, and he used a trick that was unfavorable. He looked at the girl who was a few years older than him and said proudly: "Steven, Steven Spielberg, if you accept my invitation, maybe I can introduce it..."

"They are here, Bubu."

Before the boy could finish his words with a proud expression, the agent raised his hand and patted the girl on the shoulder and whispered. "They are coming."

This is the first time that Shia Labou met a girl who was immune to his tricks. He opened his mouth in surprise. "What? Have you listened to me..."

"Go away, stop pestering me, ok?"

The girl threw down this sentence impatiently, nodded to the agent, lifted up the corner of her skirt, and headed towards the group who had just walked out of the elevator.

The girl who faced her and her group came to her first, immediately attracted the idea of ​​Wayne and others. The girl's goal was quite obvious, and there was no one else around them.

Although the other party was not old and had exquisite makeup on his face, Wayne was still amazed in his heart when he saw the girl's face.

Did he have a special fate with Disney during this period, or did he stab the Disney star-making factory in his own home? This is the third Disney child star he saw in a short period of time.

"Good evening, Mr. Greenberg, my name is Britney Spears, and I'm a singer." The girl smiled sweetly and didn't even look at the people around Wayne, staring at him and greeted him enthusiastically. "I'm your hardcore movie fan, uh... although it's a bit abrupt, can you sign me?"

He tilted his head to look at the girl in front of him. Wayne's lips gradually began to raise his head. Instead, he looked up and down at Britney Spears without any hesitation.

No one knows better than him how successful and unfortunate this girl will be in the future. This is a typical example of the self-degenerate of Hollywood, or North American entertainment industry.

"Hello, Ms. Spears..."

"Call me Bubu, my friends call me that."

The girl's smile is quite sweet. Even with such a sweet smile, it is easy for people to ignore her proficiency and it is difficult for people to feel disgusted with her.

Wayne looked at the girl and shrugged. "Okay, Boo, you bring a notebook or postcard or something? e on, what do you want me to write for you?"

Halfway through speaking, he saw the other party take out the postcard and autograph pen from his handbag. After Wayne took it, he asked with great interest.

"Can you write a big hit on Zhububu's new album? If you can, it's just that it's so popular..."

"Ok, I wish Britney Spears a big hit in the new album." Wayne shook his head, wrote this sentence on the postcard, and then signed his name again.

Just as the girl happily took the signature and pen and wanted to say something more, the male voice that made him irritated just now rang again from behind.

"Hey, don't you know that your behavior just now is rude?" The boy's tone was a little angry. At this moment, the girl with a sweet smile was left in his eyes. He didn't care about Wayne and others standing aside. After walking over, he said angrily:

"Do you know who my father is..."

"What's wrong? Didn't your mom tell you?"

Wayne asked the boy directly with a funny look without waiting for the boy to finish speaking.