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In the end, Margaret did not steal Q's dried fish again, because when Nancy fried the dried fish for Q, she had been dragged by Brian on the plane to New York.

"God, Brian, can't you wait until Nancy finishes frying the dried fish? Do you know how lonely and sad it would be without the dried fish that I share my love with?"

Margaret complained that Brian came too early and interrupted her and Q's mutual love.

Even though Brian had always known about Margaret's thick skin, he was still a little shocked, what audacity it was to make such a straight and distorted story about snatching his pet's snacks.Didn't you see that cat in your house was staring at you while Nancy was frying fish jerky?

In the end, Brian gave up trying to argue with Margaret about Xiaoyugan. He could only say that if Margaret was not an actor or agent, she must be a successful agent.

It was already afternoon when the plane arrived in New York. After getting off the plane, Margaret and Brian directly entered the car sent by the CAA New York office and drove to Arthur's home.Margaret's trip this time was not that simple. Besides Brian, she also brought an assistant, Andrea.

Yes, it’s the same girl. When she was Margaret’s assistant, she was probably influenced by her rational planning for the future and her desire to go to college. Went to community college for two years.I didn't learn anything else, mainly management and literature. These things are actually very common, but they are very useful to Andrea.These can come in handy whether you are an agent of a star in the future or a career switch to a manager.The stars are too busy and need someone to manage their daily affairs and schedule for them, and some stars with dyslexia need someone to read the script. Margaret gave her very pertinent advice.

So, with Margaret back in Hollywood and Andrea graduating, she's back as the patron's assistant.

Margaret, who was sitting in the car, took off the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, tied up her loose hair, and turned back into the usual smart and elegant student.

"Why don't you let your hair down? It's prettier that way." And it's more feminine, like in Romeo and Juliet, just stunning.With her hair tied into a ball like this, Margaret looks too young, more like a student.

Andrea couldn't help asking her.

"Because I think it's too annoying to hang my hair down, it will block my sight when I go out, it will hinder me when I do experiments, and it's too obstructive in my life. It's just right when I tie it up. It saves space."

Then why do you still have long hair?Andrea was a little speechless. Since she hated long hair so much, why should she keep it? Wouldn't it be fine to cut it short like Winona Ryder?Hollywood is not a female star without short hair.

Of course it is necessary for work, silly girl, Winona Ryder is a minority after all, more than 90.00% of Hollywood female stars have long hair, okay?If you have long hair, you can cut it short when you meet the needs of the character. If you have short hair and meet a character with long hair, do you have to wear a wig all the time?

Margaret knew what this girl was thinking without Andrea opening her mouth. She was still young and had too little experience.

"Arthur!"

Margaret gave her grandfather, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, a big hug.In the past few years, I probably feel that my days are really numbered. Arthur Miller spends more time traveling around the world with a few old friends who are free. In this regard, Margaret is really a good granddaughter. .Her cruise ship made Arthur Miller's footprints all over the world.You have to admit that a frigate-class cruise ship is really an excellent travel tool, because it can even reach the North Pole.And the trip is really good for his body, at least he seems to be in better shape than when he was alone in New York.

"Honey, long time no see, how are you doing recently?"

Arthur Miller looked at his little girl with a smile. She seemed to have grown a little taller than in the movie, and she had also become more beautiful.

"Very good, except for a little trouble." Margaret said indifferently, she helped Arthur back into the house, and signaled the nanny to leave them alone.

The three of them sat together in Arthur's living room, and Margaret went to make tea by herself, and checked whether Arthur had secretly eaten sweets against the doctor's advice.The result of the inspection made her very satisfied. There was nothing in the tea room that shouldn't be there. It seemed that Rebecca's supervision was quite useful.

Holding three cups of black tea, Margaret returned to the small living room.

"It's probably not the same situation as it was two years ago, the Weinsteins are mixing things up too much, The English Patient was building up momentum before it came out, and they're playing around too much with loopholes, CAA Although there are some resources here, we have no way to compare their own advantages. Moreover, [-]th Century Fox’s energy is now involved in "Titanic", so it is estimated that it will be difficult to spare a hand to operate "Romeo and Juliet", even if They are probably aiming at the best picture nominations, and they will not focus on the best actress."

Brian introduced the situation on his side to Arthur Miller. It is true that the senior management of CAA is very optimistic about Margaret, but she is not yet an adult, and "Romeo and Juliet" is her first comeback movie. It is true that her beauty and acting skills coexist, and she contributed an Oscar-level performance, but a 15-year-old Oscar queen?Don't be kidding me, okay?There are so many talented people in Hollywood queuing up at the gate of the actress, even if she really wins the Oscar one day, it will not be today.It is not bad to get a nomination, and CAA itself will not pay more for it.

As for the Weinstein Brothers, their methods are indeed getting more and more playful, but it’s not that no one dislikes them, not to mention that there are no secrets in Hollywood. If you can play like this, others can also play like this, but the qualifications are not deep enough.After all, the names of Oscar judges are not so easy to get.

Twentieth Century Fox is even simpler. If you tell them that Margaret is going for an award, you will probably get a lot of laughter.Regardless of acting skills or not, in their eyes, Leonardo DiCaprio still has a Berlin Best Actor thanks to this movie. What does Margaret have?Moreover, there was no publicity and momentum in the early stage, and the queen was won purely by word of mouth?What about joking?

Margaret held the teacup and listened quietly to the inside story and black material about Oscar that the two men who together were over a hundred years old said.

In fact, she doesn't know much about Oscar. Even if she helped Tom with an idea more than two years ago, it came from the addition of knowledge more than 20 years later.Besides, at that time there was Pat Kingsley, a top public relations person, who was in charge of everything.According to the news she got from Tom, he spent more than 400 million US dollars for this Oscar statuette, which did not include Givenchy's sponsorship, otherwise the amount would increase.Pat Kingsley must have done something that they didn't know and could increase the winning rate. Which ace agent would not have some cards in his hand?

Of course, this is because Mr. Cruise is too handsome, and it is too difficult to get a statuette. Other actors may not be able to spend this amount.But Margaret has a very clear understanding that the Oscars are becoming more and more like a money game. Of course, the premise is that your acting skills are good, otherwise you will not be able to win this award if you spend [-] million yuan. The bottom line is that it is still there.

"You don't have to worry about these. There is not much conflict between us and "The English Patient" in terms of awards. I called Harvey and their focus is mainly on the best picture and best director. Individual acting awards are not They focus on PR projects."

In fact, Arthur Miller and Harvey Weinstein met for an afternoon tea together. Of course, this afternoon tea is an English afternoon tea with sugar, milk and dessert, but we completely It can be ignored, because Mr. Weinstein will not tell Rebecca or Margaret about it.

The conversation between the two old foxes, who are also elite figures in the Jewish circle, was very pleasant. After all, everyone is mixed in this circle. Interests are interests, and relationships are relationships. When there is no conflict, everyone still sticks together.

Harvey Weinstein confessed to him that "The English Patient" wasn't about the actors.It's good if you can get it, but it doesn't matter if you can't get it.This is actually a very easy thing to understand, just look at the lineup of the film, you will know that it is British, oh, and the supporting actress is French.

This is different from the original "The Piano Lesson". Holly Hunter not only has outstanding acting skills, but most importantly, she is an American. The Oscar judges not only discriminate against handsome men and beautiful women, but also discriminate against household registration.Unless the acting skills are against the sky, or there are bonuses for political and family reasons, it is really not easy for foreigners to win an Oscar. Of course, this part specifically refers to the best actor and best actress.Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress are excluded.

The price to be paid by a statuette who wants to win an acting award is too great. "The English Patient" is not a biographical film or a political film. It is difficult. It is better to focus on the best film and best director.Concentrating like this will increase your chances of winning.

The two even had a pleasant exchange about their experience in public relations. In Hollywood, who knows whether they will need each other in the future?At least Harvey Weinstein got a vote from Arthur Miller in the 'Best Adapted Screenplay' category, and he himself promised not to do Romeo and Juliet.A new director from Australia?He hasn't paid much attention to it yet. Anyway, at most he can get nominated for best picture, so there's no need to pay too much attention to it.

On the contrary, Margaret Jane, this little girl who has suddenly emerged from the sky, made him very interested. If she can really get this statuette this time, it means that Oscar still has room to continue to operate.

Miramax is running a script in his hands, which is also about Shakespeare-related stories, perhaps it should be said to be a mutated version of "Romeo and Juliet", which mainly tells how the young version of Shakespeare fell in love and wrote the masterpiece The love story of the miracle "Romeo and Juliet", and the ending is also not very beautiful.

Miramax itself is a film company that makes profits by specializing in Oscar-winning art films, and it already has a lot of experience in operating Oscars.If Arthur Miller's granddaughter can win the Oscar this time, they can let go of some of the methods they had previously worried about, and it will not be difficult to produce an Oscar queen through public relations.

Of course, the premise is that the other party must be an American, preferably an American with a European temperament. Let him think about it, and Winona Ryder is a good candidate.Beautiful, temperamental, Jewish, good acting skills, classical characters are her specialty...