Chapter 208 Standing in front of the stage are all spicy chickens, shady scenes and awards cannot go together
Roland Allen called Steven Spielberg, and what he wanted to discuss was Kate Winslet's Olympic rush.
In the previous life, many people always thought that the Weinstein brothers were the biggest promoters of the Oscars. The two brothers managed more than one hundred Oscar trophies and won an unknown number of actor and actress, but few people knew about them. Compared with Steven Spielberg, the achievements of these two brothers are not enough at all.
Because the old man is the only guy in history who launched Sanlianzhuang in the post-studio era.
Everyone knows that "Shakespeare in Love" defeating "Saving Private Ryan" is one of the five major tragedies in Oscar history, but the media never mentioned that in the three years after the tragedy, there were more than a dozen statuettes Was swept away by the old man.
In the Oscars of the millennium, "American Beauty" promoted by DreamWorks took away five awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography, not only that, but also Best Actress. Three nominations including the leading role;
In the 2001 Oscars, "Gladiator" promoted by DreamWorks took away five awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. Seven nominations including Best Director;
At the Oscars in 2002, "A Beautiful Mind" promoted by DreamWorks also took away four awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and four awards including Best Actor The nominations were also included in their pockets.
Three years! Three movies! Twenty-eight mentions! Fourteenth! 50% winning rate!
If this kind of achievement is not scary enough, what about the best film for three consecutive years, two best actors, and two best directors?
The Weinstein brothers have been playing the Oscar game for decades, and they dare not even think about this kind of thing!
But the old man did it easily...
If DreamWorks hadn’t been unable to break through the six blockades and chose to commit suicide, no one would know how many Oscars they could still produce!
...
"So, when you come back, do you want to talk to me about the Olympics?"
"The point is, this is not for yourself, but for others?"
When Roland called the old man, Spielberg, who learned of his thoughts, asked Roland to come to DreamWorks headquarters to find him.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, with his hands lying on the railing, looking at the factory building below, the feeling of seeing the small mountains at a glance made the old guy squint his eyes, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing some of his obscure emotions. After staring for a while, Then he turned his head, looked at the guy next to him who was almost as tall as himself, and said with a smile: "Are you guys serious? Are you sure?"
"When I was your age, I didn't start dating girls."
‘You are obviously misogynistic, okay? ’ Roland whispered in his heart.
However, although I know what the old man's problem is, I can't say that.
because-
He didn't want to be beaten.
"She came to my house for Christmas this year."
"Both David and Ganetti have met her, and it feels... okay..."
Roland picked his ears, and the little nervous little movements were completely watched by the old man. Under his gaze, the little guy said again: "She acted at the age of five. If I have to describe it, it means that I have already developed an instinct for acting." Rely on it, her long-standing wish is to win an Oscar one day, and we...everyone knows this, right..."
Although Roland's words were vague, Spielberg understood.
Hugging his hands, he actively leaned against Roland, and at the same time he punched him with his elbows, the small eyes under the round lenses blinked a few times, and even his voice became a little gossip, "You want her to retreat now?" lock up?"
"But before the official announcement, I want to help her realize her dream again, without leaving any regrets?"
"Hey, hey, don't make your words so ugly, okay? If those feminists hear it, my image will be ruined."
Roland glared at the old man and said, "You just need to be clear about this matter."
Having said this, he suddenly glanced downstairs again. After a second, he turned his head and looked back, and asked proudly, "Can this be done?"
'Hey, hey! '
Seeing Roland's pretentious demeanor, Spielberg immediately raised his eyebrows and laughed loudly, "Roland..."
"Is this your attitude when asking for help?"
"I don't care, but..."
Speaking of this, Spielberg also took a look at the factory downstairs. When he found that Roland's car was parked in the open space below the building, a woman in a coat was leaning against the car and looking around. A smile appeared on the old man's face, "Oh, so you came behind her back?"
"She doesn't know that you want to help her realize her dream?"
Seeing that the source of the eager questioning had been seen through by the other party, Roland didn't hide it anymore, and reluctantly responded, "Yes."
That's right, Roland really came here behind Kate's back.
His statement to Kate was to discuss with Spielberg the project he had talked about before.
In his opinion, the other party does not need to know about any arrangement before getting the statuette.
If it fails, it will only leave troubles for the other party.
Of course, to put it nicely, when the result is announced, isn't that a surprise?
Surprise obtained in an instant and obtained after careful preparation, the former is naturally more touching!
How could Spielberg fail to guess Roland's little thoughts?
If it were someone else, he wouldn't bother to talk to him, but his own student...
"It's not a problem to rush to the Olympic Games." The old man who has already found out Roland's fundamental thoughts didn't get entangled in the boring topic, but rubbed his temples and said: "In 1986, Mary Mathelin won the title of "The God of Mercy" "Daughter", won the Oscar for Best Actress, she was born in 1965 and was only 21 years old at the time."
"This is the latest example of an actress who won an Oscar at the age of 20. At the same time, she is also the youngest actress in Oscar history. Therefore, Kate's age is not a problem. You don't have to worry about it, but I care about it. The thing is..."
"Shadows and awards must never go together."
"I want to know your specific plan."
"You see what I mean?"
Of course Roland understood what Spielberg meant!
Because the things selected by people have never been fair.
How to make the public feel that you deserve this award is the foundation of the operation to win the award.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Weinstein brothers are indeed awesome!
But in fact, the cow beep on the bright side is all stupid beep...
Once the identity of the behind-the-scenes driving force comes to the stage, it can only prove that their ability is limited.
If you can’t operate some awards quietly, everything is brought to the table by the media, and you can’t even control these outlets of public opinion, then in this game, you are doomed to be a loser.
Why?
Because of the awards that come with the shady public opinion, it would be better not to win!
Because if you take it, it will damage your own image!
If they are not suitable, even if a public relations queen comes out, it will be infamous forever.
How to make things like winning awards get positive comments, this is actually the real Oscar PR.
The behavior of the Weinstein brothers who only care about results and disregard public opinion is harmful to others and themselves.
Never say that time can smooth everything out.
The example of Queen of Water is still there after more than 20 years!
Because of this, many Olympic projects have already selected the key target awards since the project was established.
It is true that the Hollywood awards season in the obvious sense is from the beginning of December to the end of the Oscars every year, but since the beginning of October, the annual public relations activities for the Olympic films have been launched.
And at the moment when the film was determined to hit the Olympics, all the public relations procedures had already been planned and written.
Crossing the Olympics is not at all the months that the audience watches every year, but a long-term battle in units of years.
Believe it or not, "Dances with Wolves" and "The Silence of the Lambs" are works released by the same company with time difference.
Because they firmly believe that these two films can publicize the best film!
If you compete for the Olympics in two years, you can win two awards, but if you compete for the Olympics in one year, isn't it just beating yourself and making money?
So for things like luck, just listen to it.
What's more, God never favors those who are unprepared.
Of course, this kind of prediction of no film is only for non-technical awards such as best film and best screenplay.
Those technical awards such as acting, directing, editing, etc., still have to wait for the final film to be considered.
Because this kind of thing that can be seen intuitively with the eyes, there is no way to judge whether it can win the prize based on the quality of the script. As the most subjective visual technique, people have to read it first to determine the plan.
However, there is one exception...
That is the banknote ability.
Just like Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" hasn't started filming yet, and the outside world is just a small freckle asking Hawking how to play Hawking's press release. Isn't the biographical film an imitation of the biographical character itself Shaping again?
When other people make biographical films, they can only study the materials.
While Little Freckles was filming a biographical film, he stayed with Hawking directly and discussed the role face to face.
In this case, which judge would dare to say that he did not perform well?
I stayed with Hawking for a week. He tapped the keyboard slowly and told me that he was exactly what he looked like in the movie back then.
The banknote ability allows technical awards to determine the public relations plan before the film is released.
If you look at the root cause, it is that my family's assets are hundreds of billions!
The living can testify for me, and the dead can also speak!
if not?
That's definitely because you don't have enough money!
Hollywood may not be called a shady flesh and blood factory, but it is definitely not the beautiful paradise that everyone yearns for.
Of course, Roland does not have hundreds of billions of assets now, but this does not prevent him from exercising his ability to make money.
"you you you…"
He was shaking like Su Daqiang who was beaten by his second son.
When the old man came back to his senses, there was nothing but helplessness on his face, "Aren't you playing for real?"
"Spiderman licensed to Disney at a low price?"
"Projects such as Lord of the Rings and X-Men sell up to half of the investment to the Big Six in exchange for their help?"
"In addition to the fact that "Titanic" belongs to Fox, and Sony wants to wait for you to make a film, all six companies can get it done?"
"Roland! That's not how money is spent!"
The old man thought Roland was crazy!
Because in his opinion, an Oscar is not worth so much money at all!
Although there is no precedent for the success of fantasy movies in Hollywood, and comic movies are currently only works with a fan base like Roland that have achieved great success, but—the value of the project is not calculated in this way.
The valuation of all film and television projects, the first evaluation will always be the producer.
The producer is a big guy, even if he is out of line, the valuation will skyrocket!
Not for anything else, just because of the head effect!
Not only that, Spielberg also remembered another thing.
"The reason why your Warcraft film industry is not developing is because you want to use these resources to help Kate get an Oscar?"
"If that's the case, I just want to know one thing right now..."
"You two, when will you get married?"
"Huh? (↗
It's no wonder that Spielberg would think so!
You know, when Roland encouraged him to take over the equity of Sony Overseas Publishing Company, his posture was so arrogant!
‘Steven! After all, we have to do it ourselves! '
The old-fashioned words made the old man accept this 'little' ally.
And after getting the equity of the overseas distribution company, Roland is also full of energy!
Warcraft Film and Television was established first, followed by the emergence of continuous blockbusters.
"The Wedding Banquet", "Eating and Drinking Men and Women", "The Seven Deadly Sins", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Red Zone", when these movies are released in turn, it really has the meaning of challenging the secular rules!
But before the old man pays the highest respect to Roland's strong charge, leading the ideological awareness, and prepares to use the newly formed DreamWorks to produce movies to completely sound the clarion call for reform...
Hey, mother Roland suddenly quit!
Even if he has a lot of money in his hands, he will not invest in other film and television projects, let alone use it for the development of film and television companies.
Not only that, he also played a game of hello, hello, hello, everyone, and Liuda.
In addition, almost all previous works of Warcraft Film and Television were bought, and the entire company only had the two fixed positions of general manager and finance, so the **** pot that should have been carried by Roland was instantly held back by the Big Six into the old man's dream on the factory.
They felt that this was the old man asking his apprentice to inquire about the situation again!
As for Roland wanting to challenge the Big Six?
Stop joking, okay!
In total, there are only three people in their company, challenging the top six!
The only "Seven Deadly Sins" that was filmed independently was pulled by Catherine Kennedy!
When there is no one, no venue, no equipment, Roland even yelled—
'I want to rebel! '
'I want to kill Hollywood! '
Then no one would believe his truth!
On the contrary, DreamWorks bought land and built a factory, more like the kind of ambitious guy.
If you have to describe Roland’s behavior, it is during the preparations for DreamWorks, he wore the clothes of DreamWorks allies, took off his pants, pouted his white buttocks to mock the six majors, and yelled—
‘There is something special about you who came to hit me! '
When the six majors pointed their cannons at him, he just tore off the camouflage on his body, jumped back instantly, and continued to shout—
‘Taijun! it's me! don't shoot! '
Then…
Has been gearing up behind Roland, and DreamWorks, who wanted to give it a go, heard a sound—
‘Super sight deployed. '
In an instant, DreamWorks, who had done nothing, became the guest of honor on the six watchlists!
The point is that Warcraft Pictures, which should be beaten the most, has disappeared!
To be honest, if Spielberg did not expect Roland to be able to challenge the order with him during the negotiations in 1992, similarly, he does not expect to be able to attract a bunch of big bosses to endorse Roland now. Challenge the authority of the Big Six...
Not only that, he wanted to fight against the Sixth Congress, and he was not afraid of the Sixth Congress's observation and surveillance!
However, it's a little strange that Roland suddenly quit when Warcraft Pictures was able to gain brand awareness, right?
At first, Spielberg couldn't figure out what was going on in his student's mind.
But now, he understands it!
Because of love!
Nine-figure, or even ten-figure business, just let it go, the purpose is to bring home a statuette for your girlfriend?
He...tui!
This kind of thing can only be done by a fool, okay?
Spielberg asked himself, if he was a woman, even if he was worth more than four billion yuan, he would already be married.
A man who sells hundreds of millions of profits just to realize his dream will never be found in the next life!
Unfortunately, he will never know that the reason why Roland did this is because he never expects to make a lot of money in Hollywood.
No matter how well you do in Hollywood, you can’t become the richest man, not before, and even less in the future; in this case, after earning operating funds, isn’t it a matter of course to exchange the resources in your hands for the joy in your heart?
Money is hard to buy, I am willing!
As long as I am happy!
"you are happy?"
"But I suffer!"
"You are satisfied with the status quo, but I still have to support the entire company!"
After hearing Roland's stinking explanation, Spielberg immediately raised his hand and twitched Roland's head a few times.
With such a prodigal apprentice, he really had enough!
"So... I'm here to help you support the people in the company now!" Roland really didn't know what his face was, and when Spielberg was out of breath and slammed on the sofa, he followed with a playful smile past.
"Steven, I will be free for a long time in the future!"
"If you start any project, if there is a role suitable for me, I can play it with zero pay!"
Spielberg is no stranger to Roland's shameless behavior.
As long as he wants to show some face, it is impossible for him to gain the relationship with these big guys!
However, it doesn't matter if you don't talk about it. As soon as I said it, the old man remembered something.
There are still a lot of things in "Saving Private Ryan" that Roland needs to help solve. He was worried about the relationship between Roland and Kate before, so he didn't mention it. When the Civil Affairs Bureau was directly moved here to let the two get married, wouldn't it be natural to mention the venue?
However, when the old man pursed his lips and wanted to give Roland a break to wake up the prodigal son, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
its not right!
Roland wanted to ask the Sixth University to help Kate compete for the Olympic Games, but he only mentioned five schools just now!
Sony, with the "Spider-Man" series can be profitable; Fox, itself is the investment producer of "Titanic"; Disney, with a high probability will agree to the cooperation of Spider-Man in the park; Warner and Universal, can use "Lord of the Rings" Let's talk about the two IPs of "X-Men". In this way, there is another Paramount that can't arrange it at all!
But now?
"Saving Private Ryan" is a joint project between DreamWorks and Paramount!
Is it true that you asked me to help Kate in the Olympics, and is it true to take another Paramount project from me?
I am your teacher! I have helped you for seven years! Is this how you trick me?
When he discovered this situation, Spielberg's complexion suddenly became bad.
He really wanted to beat Roland, but when he thought that what Roland did was not for himself at all, he couldn't do it. After glaring at the guy with a hippie smile, he waved his hand and said: " Saving Private Ryan, right?"
"I can give you a role, but..."
Spielberg said so bluntly, how could Roland not know that this guy had already guessed his thoughts?
As for tone?
It does not matter!
"But what?" Roland, who was sitting on the arm of the sofa, asked with a smile.
Glancing at Roland, Spielberg didn't hide it, "But...you have to let Kate talk about the project..."
Note: ① The Weinstein Brothers are just a bull beep promoted by the media. I have written about Sony Classics before, and they have also operated a hundred or so statuettes. There are also searchlights. They also win prizes and get soft hands, but no one ever goes Promote them, the Weinstein Brothers are just a target, the public knows they are awesome, and the guy who beats them to win the Oscar seems to be well-deserved. This kind of publicity has been played by Oscar for decades, and the DreamWorks thing is also true Yes, once "Saving Private Ryan" lost, DreamWorks won three years in a row, but no media doubted it, because they were once defeated by the Weinstein brothers. Of course, there is another theory that the reason why Weinstein was pushed to the front of the stage was because Disney couldn’t tolerate him, so he was angered by the public. Miramax sold himself to Disney before because he wanted to get Asylum, but alas, they are at odds. ②Before the filming of "The Theory of Everything", Focus Pictures released the news that Freckles and Hawking met and communicated. He also broke the news that Hawking could only speak 20 to 30 sentences a day. He recommended Freckles and his life experience to Freckles The matching autobiography, I don't mean to deny other people's hard work and acting skills, I just want to say that it is not that simple to become a best actor at the age of 33, money ability is to be able to do whatever you want. ③ "Dances with Wolves" and "The Silence of the Lambs" I remember I made a note before.
(end of this chapter)