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"I've already drawn up a preliminary contract with them, and I'm just waiting for Kevin and you to review it in person." Speaking of this, Martha was full of energy, and she took out the prepared folder from her bag, "The 300 million salary that belongs to you is basically Finalized, the rest are some details, the most important of which is that there is a nude scene in the script, Kevin thinks this is unnecessary, and James Cameron has no feedback for the time being."

Josie nodded while watching, "You can figure it out. If it's necessary, I don't reject nude scenes. But if it's just to increase the gimmick, there's no need to make concessions to the film studio."

"I understand," said Martha.

"But I don't quite understand why I was chosen suddenly. I remember that during the audition, James Cameron's reaction was quite cold." Josie frowned and thought about it, and continued to ask: "How about other people, such as Kate. Winslet? I believe that she and her team have been working hard for this role these days, and no one will give up easily until the last moment."

This role is too important to Josie.

Before, Mary Finn hinted that because of the Super Bowl commercial, James Cameron wanted to exclude her from the list of actress auditions, which made her very scared. Therefore, before she formally signed a contract and formally entered the group, she There is no way to really relax.

"As you said, Kate Winslet likes this story and the characters very much, and the British also need to promote their own Hollywood actress—sorry, Eve, I don't mean anything against you." Martha As he spoke, he found that something was not quite right, so he deliberately added another sentence.

"It doesn't matter, I grew up in the United States." Eve, who was writing a PR draft in her notebook, didn't even look up.

Martha then continued the topic, saying: "For a long time, she sent James Cameron a rose and a small card every day. Until a few days ago, the front desk receptionist of Lightstorm hadn't received any rejected or lost cards. She had been in contact with James Cameron on the phone, but then James Cameron locked himself at home and hardly answered anyone's calls."

"What else?" Josie asked again. She didn't think Kate Winslet was the only one who didn't give up.

"Gwyneth Paltrow said that she didn't want to take this kind of shipwreck romance, but she actually found her godfather and tried to audition again-but was rejected by Spielberg. This directly led to James Cameron thanked the guests behind closed doors; Claire Dennis didn't move at all. I heard that she doesn't want to take on the show for the time being and plans to concentrate on her studies. So the last moment is really just a war between you and Kate Winslet. "

Josie couldn't help laughing when she heard this, her mood improved obviously, and she said, "Don't describe it as a war, it sounds too full of gunpowder. If the other party doesn't use outside tactics, then we are just a healthy competition."

Martha ignored her habitual flirting, and continued: "The situation is like this. At that time, you were fascinated by Grant Seale - to be precise, it was you and Leonardo DiCaprio. But the problem is, Jim Giannopoulos, Fox's head of production, values ​​Kate Winslet because of the convenience she can bring to Fox's announcement in the UK. So in Fox's internal meeting, we Lost a game."

This time, Josie didn't continue to smile, but looked at Martha's mature and elegant face thoughtfully.

"But James Cameron himself likes you very much." Martha didn't realize it, and continued on her own, "He personally negotiated with Fox for you, and it just so happened that you also got this Oscar nomination, Fox Only after Arthur announced the list this morning did he finally agree on his casting."

Josie pinched her chin and frowned slightly: "To be honest, I still don't quite understand my Oscar nomination - the timing of its arrival is too ingenious. Moreover, this nomination makes me feel guilty."

"Ah, I have some gossip about this." Eve immediately raised her hand and said, "In order to persuade Fox, James Cameron went off to cheer for you-he really likes you-Paramount for four "Level [-] Fear", which was released this month, also bought some pages to promote your talent, and then the lobbying of "Life Sounds Sounds Because of You" played a positive role. After all, it is impossible for the lobbyists to avoid you when they show the film to the judges And by the way, the Beverly Hills retirees enjoyed your performance unexpectedly."

The United States allows the lobbying system.

In fact, Oscar’s gameplay is very similar to that in Washington, but at least on the bright side, Hollywood has strict restrictions on lobbying the judges. The lobbyists can only screen films for two judges at a time, which costs about [-] US dollars.

But no one can stop these academy judges from walking into the movie theater themselves.

So every awards season, some small movie theaters in the surrounding areas of Hollywood can't find those popular commercial films, and they are all occupied by movies that are competing for Oscars.

However, even so, no one would think that the judges could actually watch all the participating films in accordance with the selection rules, so the battlefield of the Oscars largely belongs to lobbying companies and public relations companies, and the nominees themselves only One of the pawns is played on the chessboard.

Is it just that no one else has done anything other than James Cameron's connections come into play?

Josie always felt that this nomination came out of nowhere, as if she had caught something, but she couldn't figure out why after thinking about it carefully.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, and said while holding her chin, "I thought your subtext was that they appreciate my beauty more?"

Eve shrugged at her and said, "If you have to think that way, it doesn't make much difference."

Oscar queens don't welcome overly beautiful beauties, but during the nomination stage, especially the nomination time for Best Supporting Actress, the middle-aged white men who make up a large part of the academy's judging panel are quite honest about their preferences.

What's more, this is a story about a young girl who is stuck in talent, falls in love with an unhappy older artist, and has a very regrettable ending. These people are too prone to empathy and character filters.

Josie's nominated role certainly lacks artistry and complexity, but compared to her performance in "Leadership", it is fresh and refined to a new look-a newcomer to be encouraged, isn't it?

"Forget it. This is an Oscar no matter what, I just need to enjoy it." Josie made a few revisions with a pen, and handed the contract back to Martha, "Fortunately, even if someone ridiculed my nomination for being lame, The acting skills are not worthy of the name, and the upcoming "First Degree Fear" will also slap me in the face. Oh, why is Josie Horton always so lucky? Hee hee!"

She made a grimace at herself in the rearview mirror, which caused El, who was sitting in front, couldn't help laughing, but she didn't expect that the joke she made casually expressed the feelings of many Hollywood colleagues...

Geffen Manor was brightly lit the next night.

David Geffen personally entertained Josie, and let her sit on the right hand side closest to him. Beside him was Geffen's confidant, Brad Pitt, and the latter's girlfriend accompanied him in the second seat, reluctantly restraining himself. Sitting across the face.

Sitting on Geffen's left is his good friend Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his wife, the new owners of Universal Pictures and Universal Music after the earthquake last year.

The Bronfman family is a Jewish wealthy family in Canada. It first made a lot of wealth by trafficking Canadian alcohol to the United States during the prohibition period. Therefore, the Bronfman family is considered to be Canada's "robber baron", just like the American "oil tycoon" Rockefeller family , their origins have many moral controversies.

When Edgar Bronfman Sr. was in office, the Bronfman family owned Seagram, the most profitable wine empire in the world. Its brands included Martell, Chivas Regal and Royal Salute, and once occupied 30% of the US beverage market. share, but has declined significantly in recent years.

Moreover, the successor, Edgar Bronfman Jr., has no interest in becoming a wine tycoon. His ambition is to emulate Howard Hughes and aspire to become a media tycoon.

So in 1994, the old Edgar had just retired, and the young Edgar became the CEO of Seagram. In a blink of an eye, he sold the most profitable DuPont stock in the family business in order to raise funds for the acquisition of Universal.

In the end, he got 57% of Universal shares from Panasonic for US$80 billion, realizing his dream of becoming a Hollywood master when he was young.

But so far, the "media giant" will listen to the advice of his good friend David Geffen for any decision on Universal - including hiring Ron Meyer instead of Michael Ovitz as the president of Universal Pictures.

Geffen tapped the wine glass three times with a silver spoon, "Everyone, this glass is for tonight's two Oscar nominees. To Oscar."

"To Oscar—" No matter what they thought in their hearts, everyone on the surface expressed goodwill to the two Hollywood stars sitting together.

Josie and Brad Pitt also had the same smiles on their faces, raised their glasses of wine and thanked their hosts.

With a smile on his face, Geffen put down his glass and asked Josie, "I heard you declined Ralph Fiennes' invitation?"

"Yes, he invited me to England to act as the heroine of his new play." Josie replied, "But I left the second half of this year's schedule for "Titanic" a long time ago, which is really regrettable. "

Speaking of this, Josie was a little confused.

Ralph Fiennes is also one of the actors she personally likes and wants to work with, but she did not expect that the other party would take the initiative to offer an olive branch, but the schedule of this movie just happened to hit "Titanic", so she had to Declined.

Geffen became a little interested, "I have been fighting for James Cameron's shipwreck romance, how is it going?"

"I succeeded in the audition." Josie showed a smile, "Although I was ready to fail, I just tried my best to do this, regardless of whether I succeeded or not. However, the result was unexpectedly satisfactory .”

--lie.

Gwyneth Paltrow sneered silently, seeming to nod frequently in agreement with Josie's speech, but she despised the other's hypocrisy in her heart.

We have reached 99 steps, who can calmly accept the failure of the last step?

Anyway, she doesn't believe that Hollywood has such a saint.

However, Josie, who was a seat away, seemed to have sensed Gwyneth Paltrow's thoughts, followed her gaze to look at the latter, and deliberately showed a smile without any malice.

Seeing this scene, Geffen didn't even change the curvature of the corner of his mouth. He just said: "It's great if you can think like this, because an actor can't always get the role she wants." When he said this, He glanced lightly at Gwyneth Paltrow before continuing to look at Josie, "Actually, there are still many film projects in preparation in Hollywood. If there is a schedule, we can continue to look for new opportunities."

Lon Meyer interjected at the right time, "Josie, Universal is currently making an adaptation of the stage play "Reaper's Vacation". Brad will play the leading role. It's a story about a Reaper falling in love with an ordinary girl."

Does Oscar really represent a new world?

Facing the amazing treatment tonight, Josie was not flattered, but immediately raised her vigilance and silently searched for clues in everyone's conversations.

On the surface, she just looked cautiously at Gwyneth Paltrow, who had a bad complexion, and replied with a little hesitation: "This... people should be looking forward to Peter Paltrow's couple files, right?"

"Maybe people are more looking forward to some new combinations." Geffen said with a smile, "You are too cautious, Josie, we are all friends, no one would mind the ownership of one or two movie roles, I believe Gwen does not." meeting."

Gwyneth Paltrow forced a smile against Geffen's calm gaze: "Of course, I won't."

Josie's surprise was written on her face, obviously unbelievable, and then she made an "ah" on purpose, covered her mouth with her fingertips together, and asked, "Then let me read the script?"

On the surface, Geffen was amused by her reaction, and the reaction of everyone else in the room was similar—except for Gwyneth Paltrow.

She couldn't help pinching her boyfriend's soft waist.

The smile on Brad Pitt's face froze for a moment, and he sighed helplessly from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't speak out against it.

"Tomorrow when I'm working, I'll have someone send over the script." Lang Meyer promised.

Gwyneth Paltrow was annoyed again, and could hardly control her expression.

She's had enough of tonight's dinner party!

But now David Geffen made it clear that he liked the silly blonde girl in front of him, and he would never allow others to disrupt his plan. For example, she was forced to sit here and suffer torture just because she did some insignificant actions.

What is even more unacceptable is——

After the dinner party, she had to go to her privately to apologize for those damn reports!

The author has something to say: Regardless of whether Josie recognizes it or not, from outsiders’ perspective, her life is beautiful because of you and Mr. Sweetheart have already been branded by Geffen’s line. Pete was promoted by Geffen alone. That's why Gwyneth had trouble with the heroine, and Geffen came forward to settle the matter.

Is this a conflict with my sister-in-law and my future sister-in-law?Ah bah, Geffen is the villain boss who is destined to be defeated... Now the heroine doesn't know that her father is working hard, but Geffen already knows it as a boss.

Little Edgar, the domineering president, is very interesting. He sold his ancestral property to become a Hollywood tycoon. He married an unknown black actress before, and he wrote many songs for Celine Dion, which turned out to be quite nice...

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