[US Entertainment] 1994

At the end of the audition, Josh saw Arnold Keynes standing outside the door at a glance. He ran over and gave him a high five with a smile on his face.

Arnold Keynes glanced at him: "How did the audition go?"

Josh shrugged: "I tried my best, other things are not up to me."

"Just do your best." Arnold patted Josh on the shoulder, "I've already said big things in front of Al, and if you don't perform well, I won't find a way to squeeze you in."

"Okay, okay, I know you've tried your best." Josh smiled, "It's more important for me to fight for auditions, Arnold, do you still doubt my acting skills?"

"In the beginning, I did have doubts, but now I don't." Arnold Keynes whispered, "But it's not my fault, anyone who sees your face can't help but compare you and the vase. Words connect - and then you get the Volpi Cup, which, to be honest, was a shock to me when I saw it on TV."

As Tom Cruise's former agent, Arnold Keynes is very good at managing actors with outstanding looks and ordinary acting skills. Tom Cruise's "Top Gun" and "Rain Man" were all managed by him. Realized, the former made Cruise a much-anticipated icon, while the latter-although Dustin Hoffman really won the Oscar winner, but for Tom Cruise, "Rain Man" is also a A great piece to put on a résumé, and one that could help Cruise's career rise as well.

But with Josh, Arnold Keynes will not continue Cruise's way.

First of all, Josh is an actor with a unique view on acting. Probably because of his wealthy family, Josh does not have the obsession with money that most actors do. Instead, he pursues breakthroughs in acting. Winning the best actor in Venice has already proved his potential and strength, so if Arnold Keynes arranges some idol movies for him, he may not disappoint the other party's outstanding face, but he will live up to the other party's talent in acting. a waste.

Most good-looking actors do not have much talent in acting. Josh is different. He is unique. His performance is already ahead of his peers, so Arnold Keynes will let Josh give full play Talent in acting, as long as his performance can be noticed, he will not lack opportunities.

"Scent of a Woman" is just the first step. Arnold has already outlined a career blueprint for Josh in his heart. He firmly believes that Josh will not become the next Tom Cruise, he will only be himself, and he even Will be more successful than Tom Cruise.

........................

Hearing what Arnold Keynes said, a big smile appeared on the corner of Josh's mouth: "Are you stunned? I understand that when you signed me, it must be for the sake of my face. In the end, I gave you a Great surprise, does this feel like winning the lottery, or buy one get one free?"

He patted Arnold on the shoulder vigorously: "Treasure me, you should feel lucky, Arnold, if you miss me, I swear you won't find someone better than me."

Arnold Keynes: "..."

The corner of Arnold's mouth twitched unconsciously, then he cleared his throat, and rubbed his palm on Josh's head over and over again, until Josh's hair was rubbed into a mess, he reluctantly let go of his palm : "You really think too much."

"Because I'm full of confidence in myself." Josh smiled. "If I didn't have confidence, I would have given up my career as an actor. You know what it's like to go to the set every day without seeing any hope."

Arnold Keynes sighed heavily: "But that is in the past tense, you have me now."

Josh blinked: "It sounds like a vow between a pair of lovers, but unfortunately, Arnold, your face is not to my taste, and you are too old, really."

"Shut up...Damn Josh, which little bastard am I trying to comfort?"

"Sorry, sorry." Josh apologized without sincerity. "It's my fault for hurting your self-esteem, but I'm telling the truth. You know, the truth often hurts."

"To shut up!"

Arnold Keynes started the car and drove out. He explained to Josh while fastening his seat belt, "Now I'm going to take you to buy clothes. There is a reception tonight. Part of it is that Rui Fan will also go, and you should play your best at that time, if you can win the favor of a few voters, your chances of nomination will be much greater."

Josh said in surprise, "I thought the crew had run out of money."

"No money? Oh my God, how slow are you, Josh!" Arnold Keynes laughed, "Didn't you pay attention to the recent box office? Although the total box office of "Uninhibited Sky" is not the top, but its return The ratio is almost the highest among all the films released this year, Carlos Ross is not short of money, and New Line also hopes to have a work that can attract attention at the Golden Globes, so for this nomination, everyone is bound to win."

Josh said helplessly: "I thought there was very little chance of being nominated for the Golden Globe Awards. This year's competition is so strong. I'm not optimistic that "The Uninhibited Sky" can break through."

Arnold Keynes smiled and said: "Josh, you have to understand one thing. Whether you win an award or not has nothing to do with whether you like the film. The quality of the film is important, but what is more important is the ability of public relations. Hollywood produces hundreds of films a year. Movies, the quality of each movie is very clear after it is released, and the judges have no time to really explore the quality of a movie. Every year, at least dozens of movies will be submitted for selection during the awards season. If the judges each If they watch it all, they won’t even have sex.”

"At least Uninhibited Skies was well received in Venice and Toronto, which shows that it is a worthy film, and it just needs to be a little bit of PR to win. You might think that because it is a I am worried about a gay film, but sometimes, the judges will succumb to political correctness, Hollywood promotes its tolerance, but the major awards always express exclusion of gay films, which is not acceptable."

The car drove to a large shopping mall in Los Angeles. There were all kinds of men's clothing of various brands in the shopping mall. In fact, after his clothes appeared on the list of fashion magazines, Josh received invitations from many brands, willing to provide him with free men's clothing for public occasions.However, the reception that Arnold Keynes mentioned today happened suddenly, and he didn't have time to discuss with the brand, so he could only go to the store to buy a suitable set.

Since he was a child, Josh didn't go into clothing stores very often. Because of his outstanding face, all the clothes fit him unexpectedly as long as they were of the right width.

After Colin made money, all the clothes he bought for Josh were packaged and sent, and almost all of Josh’s clothes for a whole season were sent in one delivery——Josh and Gavin are boys, and Colin will always go shopping for clothes. Packed a lot of the same money for the two younger brothers and took them back. Colin treated Serena more simply and rudely. Sometimes Serena would lend him some for the sake of Josh being poor and pitiful.

Arnold Keynes sat quietly on the side, watching Josh try one thing after another.

Fashion brands have always sought to make buyers more outstanding. Generally speaking, as long as the customer is not fat like a pregnant woman, or the proportion of the body is extremely uncoordinated, wearing clothes carefully designed by the designer will indeed improve the overall image, and Josh Not only does she have an excellent face, but she also has a coordinated and slender figure. The effect of standing in front of the mirror is even more outstanding than that of the model.

Arnold Keynes couldn't tell which one was more effective. He just felt that Josh's clothes, which were not distinctive at all, immediately shone when he wore them. Others obviously thought so, since Josh After coming in to try them on, a group of customers suddenly came in and out of this counter. After every man came in, he would naturally point to the suit Josh was trying on and asked the salesperson to give them the same style.

In the end, Josh chose the one he thought was most suitable.

When the salesperson went to pack, Josh stared at Arnold Keynes with his big watery eyes.

The manager touched his nose: "What do you see me doing?"

The corner of Josh's mouth curled into a twisted arc: "Arnold, I always knew you were the best agent in Hollywood, that... I don't have any money, and you asked me to attend this reception, so can you pay me?" ?”

"..."

Arnold Keynes: "...Dear Josh, after we signed the contract, the salary I got from you couldn't buy a trouser hem..."

"But I really don't have any money." Josh spread his hands, "If I slip away without paying, my status as a future superstar will be damaged, my opponents will come to laugh at me, and the paparazzi will take it as a joke. Scandals are reported over and over again, so Arnold, I can only rely on you, you are the most lovely agent, you will definitely pay me for me, won't you?"

"..."

"...Yes." Arnold Keynes held his forehead and sighed imperceptibly, "Josh, you are lucky that you haven't starved yourself to death in the past 20 years."

Josh's response was just scratching his hair, pretending that he didn't understand anything.

After getting the clothes, Josh happily hummed the tune. He said that his manager is really a very kind person, a kind person like Colin.

Starting today, when Josh Walter is in poverty, after Colin, Gavin and Serena, he has one more person who can provide relief.

thanks God!

Hollywood nights are always closely connected with luxury and money.In fact, after the release of "Uninhibited Sky", Josh has already prepared for no rest day. The usual days of staying at home watching TV and playing games are gone forever, especially in November when various awards are presented. By March of the following year, if he wants to make a difference in the awards, he has to hang around various public relations activities.

What he was going to attend today was the public relations reception held by New Line for "Unruly Sky".

Although "The Uninhibited Sky" has been affirmed at the Venice Film Festival, the tastes of the Venice judges have never been in line with the tastes of the Golden Globes and Oscars. Venice and other three major European films that have won prizes and won soft hands may reach the Oscars. Not even a chance to be nominated - of course, New Line's main destination is not the Oscars, but the Golden Globes.

The Golden Globe Awards is an awards ceremony held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The shortlist is richer, and the chances of films winning are higher. Although the Golden Globe Awards have always been known as the wind vane of Oscars, whether it is the lineup of judges, professionalism or the gold content of the awards , the Golden Globes are hard to compare with the Oscars.

In a way, the Golden Globes are better PR.

For New Line and the crew of "Uninhibited Sky", it is undoubtedly difficult to compete for Oscar nominations with the seven major film companies and several Oscar-level actors. Public relations, but the Golden Globes are different. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in public relations fees, luxury hotel tickets and round-trip air tickets, as well as small gifts for relatives and friends of the judges are enough to make the movie popular in the judges' hearts, so that the box office will be deducted. Share, investors and issuers can also earn a lot of money.

Such an investment is not bad at all.

At the beginning, because of the subject matter, "Unruly Sky" was rejected by many film companies. It was Carlos Ross who injected capital in his own name to allow Gus Van Sant to successfully complete the film. Later, when it came to the release stage, even though With the blessings of Venice and Toronto, the only company willing to take over the distribution is New Line.

But up to now, the box office is still strong in the past two months after its release. Compared with the cost of only 300 million US dollars, the income of this film is enough to make any film company salivate.

Although the box office figures of commercial blockbusters such as "Terminator 2" are very attractive, the cost is also frighteningly high. Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary alone has reached 1500 million US dollars, which is almost a small production The total cost of the film even reached five times the cost of "Uninhibited Sky". In addition to the salary, the shooting expenses of blockbuster films are often very expensive. For example, the director invited by "Terminator 2" is the famous James Cameron Long, although James Cameron's fame has not yet reached its peak because of "Titanic", the director's habit of burning money is already well-known in Hollywood. In terms of remuneration, Cameron himself will never treat him badly According to the analysis of industry insiders, the cost of "Terminator 2" alone may have cost about 1 million US dollars.

This figure will not be underestimated 20 years later, let alone in the 90s.

The figure on the box office list of "Terminator 2" is only 2 million US dollars. Although it is scheduled to be the champion of this year's North American box office list, after deducting the filming cost, it will give the theaters nearly one-third of the share, as well as distribution and publicity. , The cost of the actor's platform, the investor of this movie may even pay back the money in the end.

Any company making a blockbuster movie would lose money if there were no TV and DVD cuts.

Unless it's a comedy movie like "Pretty Woman", which doesn't have a high investment, the film company has a chance to make a lot of money.

But despite this, film companies still prefer to invite big stars to produce blockbuster films. After all, high investment means high returns, and the existence of sequels will also share the cost-a successful film series often attracts the attention of other investors. Film companies The original risk will be transferred, of course, high investment will often lead to risk.

More than ten years later, a single "Windtalker" will be able to push the precarious MGM to bankruptcy, and major film companies will also have negative revenue in their year-end reports due to the loss of a certain movie. Although not many, it is enough to make every film company vigilant.

Josh put on his suit and tie, and made an appointment with Rui Fan, and the two appeared at the reception almost at the same time.

Josh greeted Rui Fan with a smile: "I'm really tired recently."

"I feel the same as you." Rui Fan sighed, "When I open my eyes, I wish the sky would get dark soon."

"I still underestimated how hard it is to be an actor." Josh said, "I just participated in an audition this morning, and who knew there would be a reception tonight."

Rui Fan gently held Josh's shoulders: "Actors are the most relaxed only when they are filming, which means that you don't have to face the public anytime and anywhere, maintain a ridiculously perfect posture, and you don't have to interact with all kinds of people every day. , no matter whether those people are investors, producers or so-called judges, you can't offend any of them, so even if you are in a very unhappy mood, you still have to put on the lowest posture."

"Rui Fan, you summed it up really well, you must have been living in pain recently." Josh patted his arm comfortingly, "Just bear with it and it will pass."

"I'm just enduring it." Rui Fan looked Josh up and down, and suddenly smiled, "I kind of regret working with you in this movie. You seem to be a little more handsome than before. Standing with you, I have already It has become your foil."

Josh smiled and said, "Dear Rui Fan, you are still very self-aware."

"Narcissistic guy." Rui Fan handed the invitation letter to the waiter, "Do you think you are sure to be nominated for the Golden Globe this year?"

Josh shrugged his shoulders: "It's [-]-[-], no one knows what the final result will be, if you can be shortlisted, today's reception will be valuable, if not, then I might be so angry that I faint, Rui Fan, I don't know You can't drink, and you make a mistake when you drink."

"Sigh." Rui Fan sighed, and the two sighed each other with love in their hearts, and walked into the venue.

Both Gus Van Sant and Lori Parker had already arrived, and they were talking with a short, somewhat bald man. The person in charge of the new line was at the other end of the venue, surrounded by two or three people In a circle, the expressions on their faces are very exciting. Each of them holds a wine glass in their hands. The men are wearing decent suits, and the women are wearing elegant dresses. Everyone is talking about the Golden Globe nomination, but no one While one speaks grandly of one's purpose, all use such cryptic terms that it is difficult to dig out their true descriptions even with a Collins dictionary.

"It's a pity that I just turned 20." Rui Fan slumped his shoulders weakly, "There is no excuse for not drinking."

Josh glanced at him: “I’m the same as you.”

The two looked at each other, crossed their shoulders and walked to the center of the reception, joining the communication circle of Gus Van Sant and Lori Parker.

"Josh, Rui Fan, you are here." Lori Parker raised a bright smile, and introduced the two to the bald man beside her, "This is Mr. Del Fervor, an excellent photographer Teacher, one of the important members of the Foreign Press Association, he likes your movies very much."

Del Fervo is not tall, with a slightly fat body, and there is really nothing outstanding about his appearance. Although Lori Parker introduced him as an excellent photographer, it is still unknown whether he is excellent or not—after all, Hollywood has never In the absence of excellent photographers, excellent cinematographers are often nominated for Oscars every year. They either have long-term cooperation with major directors, or they are often invited by the same type of films for their unique style.

If it is a fashion photographer, fashion magazines such as "Vogue" should also often appear his name, even if it is a photographer who is good at shooting landscapes, "National Geographic" magazine will not be stingy to share his work.

But the reality is that Josh and Rui Fan have never heard of this Mr. Del Fervo, except for his status as a reporter for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

In fact, when members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association first join, they are often journalists or playwrights. After joining for a period of time and becoming full members, they will suddenly become photographers-because photographers make more money.

Even for public relations purposes, the film company doesn't mind letting these non-professionals take a photo or two for publicity. Anyway, the price of a few photos won't be too expensive, but if they are playwrights— —Even if studios hope to win at the Golden Globes, they don't have the courage to shoot scripts written by these so-called "playwrights".

The investment of a film can easily be tens of millions, and no one wants to lose everything before it even starts.

After talking with this Mr. Del Fervor for a few minutes, Josh and Rui Fan had similar feelings. Obviously, Mr. Del Fervor did regard himself as a famous photographer, and he could not help but mention "Boom" in his conversation. The camera lens in "The Sky", the disappointment cannot be concealed in the tone.

"Maybe we could look at an Oscar nomination if I were doing the filming," Mr Firwer said.

The author has something to say: update~

Two days on the weekend actually passed like this, alas, summer is really an uncomfortable season.

It was supposed to be 6000 a day, but it still didn't work out. It's almost 10 o'clock now, and the author is too lazy to write another chapter.

Make up tomorrow and try to have 6000.

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