Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 532: Stealing the chicken but losing the rice

"Hollywood Reviewer" broke the news that during the judges' voting process, Jennifer Lawrence firmly supported Link's winning and acted very actively. This also affected the judgments of other judges and was one of the reasons why Link won the award.

In response to this, Jennifer publicly replied that the movie "Rust and Bone" is great. She likes this movie and also likes Link's performance.

"Nebraska" starring Bruce Dern was relatively depressing. She didn't agree with it after watching it, so she didn't vote for Bruce Dern, as did the other three candidates.

She insisted on her choice when voting. She absolutely did not violate the judging rules of the jury, and there was no suggestion of favoritism.

The "Los Angeles Times" published an article saying that Link is the boss of Lionsgate Pictures and an entertainment industry tycoon. He has great influence in Hollywood. Most of the judges at this year's Cannes are working in the Hollywood film industry. Will they be hindered when voting? Link's identity is why he voted for him?

If this is true, it seems unfair to the other actors.

Actor Nicole Kidman responded publicly, saying that voting for your favorite movies or familiar actors does not only happen at the Cannes Film Festival, but also at the Oscars, Golden Globes, and even during the general election. This is inevitable.

It would be truly unfair if you vote for someone else because you know Link well and are worried about being criticized.

Also, Link's performance in "Rust and Bone" is very exciting. He boldly exposed himself in front of the camera and made a lot of sacrifices. His acting skills are absolutely superb. He deserves this award.

In addition, director Ang Lee, Christoph Waltz and other judges also publicly praised "Rust and Bone" and Link's performance in the movie was also very good.

The Cannes Film Festival also responded to these issues.

It is said that the selection of the awards at each Cannes Film Festival is based on the preferences of the judges. The jury members will support whichever movie they like and which actor they like, rather than deciding based on public opinion. no.

Therefore, the film that wins the Palme d'Or every time is not the film with the best artistic level, but the film that the jury likes.

The same goes for actor selection.

The winning actor is not necessarily the best actor among all the film actors in this film festival, but his/her performance is more in line with the taste of the judges.

This is also the reason why there is a lot of controversy after every Cannes Film Festival.

In Cannes, films and actors that are favored by the media before the awards ceremony often do not win awards.

The reason for this tradition is that the movies and actors that the public likes are often inconsistent with the movies and actors that the professional judges like.

The Cannes Film Festival welcomes the media to participate in the discussion of each award, but will also respect the results of each jury's voting.

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Seeing that the controversy over Link's award has been suppressed, many media claim that Link is now a billionaire, a winner of 13 Olympic gold medals, a winner of multiple Grammy Awards, a boxing supremo, and the world's top superstar, like A person like him who has so much halo and great influence should no longer have to compete with ordinary actors for film awards.

The Baltimore Sun said Link's "excessive pursuit of honors and awards" seemed unfair to his competitors.

It is recommended that Link stop participating in the selection of major film festival awards. Excessive pursuit of these "vanity" will affect his "reputation" and the gain outweighs the loss.

This comment was immediately met with strong rebuttal from mainstream media and Link fans.

The "Los Angeles Times" believes that there is absolutely no such thing as "excessive" pursuit of honors. If Link has too many Olympic gold medals and gives up the Olympics, and has too many gold belts and gives up boxing, it would be too "harsh" and very ridiculous.

The New York Times commented that after reaching the pinnacle of boxing, Link then reached the pinnacle of the music industry, and now continues to work hard in the film industry and climb to the top. This is a very brave and powerful act. It is worth learning and worshiping by everyone. Only when there are more people like Link, can human beings know how powerful their own potential is, and the world will be more exciting because of it.

"Boxing Ring" magazine also published a comment saying that what boxing pursues is 'stronger'. There is no doubt that Link is one of the most powerful boxers in today's boxing world. He is a peak in the boxing world and the leader of countless professional A boxer's goal, an idol, a powerful motivation to pursue.

For his opponent, competing with him is an honor and is by no means unfair. If there are no people like Link in the boxing world, the sport will lose all its charm. Human beings are pursuing the 'strongest' There will also be a stagnation on the road.

Therefore, Link's "excessive pursuit of honor" is definitely something worthy of admiration and celebration. Everyone should cheer for him to continue to fight in the ring.

Link's fans also retorted on various social platforms, saying that if Link was a person who excessively pursued honors, he would never have announced his withdrawal from the selection of major music awards early and left the opportunity to others.

He knows how to give opportunities to the younger generation of singers, which is very precious in the music world.

In addition, in the profession of actor, compared with many people, Link can be regarded as a "newbie".

At major film festivals and film awards, he has only won one 'Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award', one 'Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award', and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor. .

He has not won many awards, and there is no saying that he pursues awards excessively. However, he is not afraid of hard work and does not seek pleasure. He dares to keep trying in new fields and strive for more recognition and awards. This behavior is worthy of all fans. Worship and learn.

"Damn it, how could it be like this?"

Harvey Weinstein felt as uncomfortable as eating a ton of flies when he saw the comments praising Link in the mainstream media and the overwhelming support for Link from his fans on the Internet.

When the Cannes Film Festival was selecting Best Actor, he received inside information that Link might win.

After learning about the situation, he took the initiative to call several judges, such as Christoph Waltz, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained", and asked them to vote for Link and help Link win the Best Actor award. Protagonist Award.

The reason why he did this was not to help Link, but to trick Link.

Everyone knows that Jennifer Lawrence is Link's woman. Letting Link win the award when she is a judge and fanning the flames afterwards will definitely cause a lot of controversy in the media. If done correctly, it will also make Link's reputation damaged. It went smoothly at first, but the news that Link won the Best Actor Award caused a lot of controversy in the American media. There were very loud voices of doubt. Link also received a lot of criticism and suffered some damage to his reputation.

But after Link returned to the United States, the public opinion situation took a turn for the worse.

The focus of media discussion shifted from whether Link should win the award to a discussion about Link's "excessive pursuit of honors."

This discussion not only involves Link personally, but also involves issues of values ​​and social orientation.

If the media believes that Link's excessive pursuit of glory is true, there will be many negative consequences.

For example, veteran actors such as Meryl Streep have been selected for the Academy Award for Best Actress ten times in a row. Is this wrong?

Also, is it wrong for athletes to compete for gold medals in multiple Olympic Games?

As well as the Pulitzer Prize, Fields Medal in Mathematics, Pritzker Architecture Prize, etc., and even NBA, NFL and other ball awards.

When the media discussion involves social aspects, the mainstream media has to step aside to support Link and refute the statement of "excessive pursuit of honor" to prevent people's thinking from confusing.

When the mainstream media stopped supporting Link, the news that Link won the Cannes Film Festival award changed from being full of controversy to being full of positive energy.

This also magnified the significance of Link's award again, from Link being a good actor to Link being a high-quality idol who works hard and constantly pursues honors.

At the same time, it also led to the fact that those negative comments in the past not only failed to damage Link's reputation, but actually made Link's reputation better.

Harvey became very angry at the thought.

In order to deceive Link, he did not hesitate to use some favors and spend some money. In the end, not only did he fail to deceive Link, he also helped Link become the best actor in Cannes, which indirectly helped Link gain a lot of favor and made his golden brand even more shining. Bright.

"Harvey, stop doing these things. Link is a master of hype. He made his fortune through hype. We can't beat him with this trick."

Bob said helplessly.

He originally thought that Link's winning of the award was an accident, and that it was natural for him to be criticized by the media afterwards. But when he heard Harvey's words, he realized that Harvey was behind all of this.

Harvey wanted to trick Link, but was defeated again by Link.

Bob shook his head, wanting to point his finger at Harvey's nose and say 'idiot'.

Link is worth tens of billions and is a shareholder of News Corporation. He has good friends with many media groups and has a team of professionals who are good at publicity and hype. For a person like him, ordinary negative news is of no use to him and will instead be wasted. money.

"This is a matter between me and Link, please don't worry about it."

Harvey waved his hands and took a few deep breaths with his big belly, "Now that Link is being targeted by the six major film studios, it is a good opportunity for us to take action. If we win, Lionsgate Pictures will go bankrupt, and we will also There will be some benefits. If you do nothing at this time, it would be foolish to miss a good opportunity. "

"But I think all actions against Lionsgate should be focused on movies. Release more high-grossing movies, make more money, and seize the box office share that originally belonged to Lionsgate. Only then can we truly compete with Lionsgate. Competition, any other approach is useless.”

"Of course I know this. This time I take action against Link, isn't it also against his movie? "Rust and Bone" is a movie released by Lionsgate. If Link's reputation is tarnished, this movie will The box office will also be affected, but Link is too cunning, more cunning than a **** fox."

Harvey cursed angrily.

Bob frowned, not thinking that Harvey could think so far, but he didn't want to have a dispute with Harvey on this matter, so he opened the folder and discussed the movie project with Harvey.

After receiving US$300 million in production funds from Warner Pictures, Weinstein Pictures' financial situation has also improved, and it can strive to make more movies and make more money.

When it comes to making movies, Harvey is a professional and he needs to listen to Harvey's opinions.

Harvey took the file and looked at it, and pointed out a few scripts he had read. He believed that these projects would have certain market potential after they were filmed, but the premise was that the cost should not be too high. In terms of directors, Harvey also had some good ones. suggestions.

Bob took note of it carefully.

"Huh? I remember there was a script for "The Butler", why isn't it here?"

Harvey asked, pointing to the file.

"Director Lee Daniels also submitted the script to Lionsgate, and Lionsgate agreed to invest, so..."

Bob said hesitantly.

"What?!"

Harvey was furious. Just as he was about to stand up, his head became dizzy. He plopped back into his chair and cursed Link.

(End of chapter)