Hollywood Domination Chapter 282: Breakfast for three

"Jennifer..Jefferson made her debut at the Venice Film Festival and held down the red carpet." No matter how frowning the upper echelons of the Venice Film Festival were, the film festival kicked off at the end of August as expected. Although there are so many troubles, the film festival's decision to invite "Monroe" and Jennifer is still quite wise after all. ——During the 30-minute red carpet segment, the atmosphere in the first 20 minutes was quite cold, but this time there were more journalists present than in previous years, and some American media even bought the right to broadcast live Webcast, all this is entirely because of the popularity of Jennifer Jefferson. Of course, the number of spectators has also increased several times compared to previous years. When Jennifer appeared, the scene was fundamentally different from a few seconds ago. The very deserted red carpet scene turned into the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

As one of the most important English-language media in Europe, the "Times" also published the news-for this newspaper, which has always been serious in style, publishing the report of the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival is not a move. More often, the "Times" is not the "Sun" or "Mirror". In the entertainment news every year, at most, it reports on the awards of some major film festivals. It is almost unheard of to report on the opening ceremony. The consistently rigorous reporting tone wrote in the article: "Jennifer Jefferson appeared on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival in a silver and white long dress, radiant, and immediately aroused bursts of screams, The "Iron Man" starring the 27-year-old actress has just been released in the UK. At present, the global box office has reached 890 million. Since it has not yet been released in several important box-country countries, this figure may be again. Refresh, if it is lucky enough to break through 1 billion, then Jennifer Jefferson will have three starring movies breaking 1 billion at the frighteningly young age of 27, and this outstanding achievement not only makes her a She became the darling of major Hollywood filmmakers, and made her walk into the hearts of audiences all over the world, becoming the most popular female star of audiences around the world. What is especially rare is that Jennifer has excellent performances in both commercial films and art films. The new work "My Week with Marilyn Monroe" uses the young British director Salvi Tucci, which has won unanimous praise from the industry in the United States. Salvi Tucci has become the most concerned director name in Hollywood this year. Before that, he only made an art documentary for bbc, but the movie "Monroe" made him rise like a comet, and many authoritative film critics even called him "the hope of a new generation of directors", "a "An Art Genius Rarely Seen in a Century", now, this anticipated work has also come to the Venice Film Festival with Jennifer Jefferson, and has assumed the burden of the opening film. Can it conquer the picky European film critics? What about people? This newspaper will continue to pay attention."

For ordinary readers, this piece of news appearing in the corner of the page is nothing more than a little adjustment in the reading process, and they are not too disgusted with such reports. However, for those who are interested, they see The most important thing is the influence of the Tuzzi family - although this report uses Jennifer Jefferson as a guise, it is essentially to create Salvi's reputation as a famous director, and intentionally guides readers to take "Monroe" The success is attributed to Salvi. Of course, this is also an argument that the British like to hear. After all, Salvi is a British director, and Jennifer is an American actor. But even so, if the Tuzzi family did not have some strong connections, even if Salvi is likely to be the most beloved national idol of the British in the next few years, it is impossible for the "Times" to publish at such an early time. Just condescend to build momentum for him. ——Even if they published such a report, the style of writing is still very cryptic, and from the beginning to the end, they never mentioned the scandal between Jennifer and Salvi, let alone the quarrel at the end of last year The buzzing phone-hacking case can be regarded as a reflection of the insistence of The Times.

Compared to the "Times", which has always been an opinion leader and authoritative newspaper, British tabloids are not so particular. Apart from the upcoming achievements of "Monroe" at the Venice Film Festival, they pay more attention to The most important thing is the interaction between Salvi and Jennifer. After the filming, the two have not appeared in a scene. Even during the filming, they were only photographed together in a scene, not talking. , interactive photos, the paparazzi will certainly not let go of the great opportunity of the opening ceremony of the film festival, if they are lucky enough, they can capture enough material to make up a story with the pictures later, instead of the present In this way, the two are forced to PS together every time.

"Jennifer arrived in Venice, accompanied by two handsome men, and there was no communication with Salvi the whole time, and the love has subsided?" Not only did the "Sun" put Jennifer's photo on the front page, but also accompanied it with a photo. Zhang Salvi frowned slightly, as if he was in a preoccupied photo, smiling and talking with Jennifer's manager Cesare Vigeri, as if he was in a happy spring. However, this does not mean that the editor really gave up In order to promote the pairing of Jennifer-Salvi, the editor who knows the preferences of British readers answered the question in the title in the main text, writing suggestively, "Perhaps it is to avoid the spread of scandals and let the private relationship last longer. For a while, although Jennifer Jefferson and Salvi Tucci appeared on the red carpet at the same time, the two did not talk and interact, and even rarely exchanged glances, which is very good for the crew members who cooperate happily It is rare, and we already know that "Monroe" is a very good movie. It is obvious that Jennifer and Salvi cannot have a cold relationship, so this avoidance seems to be more about the performance, Jennifer What are you trying to cover up with Salvi? It's an interesting question, isn't it?"

Compared to the "Sun", which was hit hard by the paparazzi hacking incident, now the paparazzi (most people have forgotten his name, and the whole story of the disappearance) has not been reported. The "Mirror" found by the police went even further. They fully inherited the "Sun"'s speculation about Jennifer and Salvi, and even swiped Cesare who was with Jenny, It was written as the uncompetitive best friend of Jennifer, "As for Cesare Vijari, his appearance made the nature of all smokescreens more obvious. As we all know, this so far unmarried manager is gay, and he and Jennifer are also A good friend for many years, he will only appear by Jennifer's side when she needs to clarify her scandal..."

These tabloids don’t care about whether it’s true or not, and it’s hard for the stars themselves to care about it, but without any real evidence, these rumors can only exist on the tabloids. The point is that readers want to see What, a story they like between their favorite movie star and their favorite director, or a vulgar and boring love triangle.

The "Daily Telegraph", which is a big newspaper like the "Times", has a more relaxed style, and the things they care about are relatively more specific and careful. "has won a very good reputation in the United States. However, as we all know, American filmmakers have always favored Jennifer Jefferson. For them, no one can give her an Oscar. Before that, "Monroe "The screenings held in-house were all screened by critics and audiences. What is the quality of this film? The Venice Film Festival, which was screened publicly for the first time, seems to give us an answer. There is no shortage of strong players. Mickey Rourke's "The Wrestler" and Anne Hathaway's "Rachel's Wedding" have all been praised by film critics before, but compared to the rave reviews received by "Monroe" , they seem to be eclipsed. However, it is worth noting that "Monroe" is not just relying on Jennifer's upside-down beauty. In fact, film critics mentioned more director Salvatore. Qi's name..."

Well, after all, it is still in the same position as the "Times", and it is for Salvi to promote it. What is more extreme than the "Times" is that they directly obliterated most of Jennifer's credit for this film , shifted the focus to Salvi's directing skills, as if the success of the film was entirely due to Salvi's superb director talent, and Jenny was responsible for making a face, and there was no breakthrough or achievement in acting.

In Hollywood, the report is completely different. "The screening of "Monroe" in Venice completely conquered the reporters, audience and judges. The British judge Douglas Gordon praised the film to the reporters. revealed, "This is the most impressive masterpiece I have seen this year. Jennifer's demeanor overwhelmed the audience. There is no doubt that her new masterpiece was born." Excited, after the screening, the entrance of the cinema hall was crowded with filmmakers from various countries making inquiries, and the staff of Big Dream was blocked at the entrance and unable to leave the venue. It seems that this year’s Venice Film Festival will also be dominated by Hollywood films. Coquettish, of course, this is not surprising to the confident film critics in China. There is even such a saying that 'if Jennifer continues to maintain this, then it is only a matter of time before she wins her third Oscar for acting'... "

Salvi’s name didn’t even appear in this report. Whether the judges’ words were true or where they came from was not explained. However, the plot of this kind of film’s popularity in foreign film festivals, most people are Never tire of watching, who would really care about anything? As for the fact that the media tacitly didn't mention the fact that Salvi and Jennifer were on the same stage, they focused on Jennifer's third Oscar for acting, and began to instill this concept in potential film critics and readers, except for some Except for professional PR, no one can see it at all-and for these PRs, the cooperation of the media does not surprise them. Jennifer has always had a very strong behind-the-scenes team, public opinion control and crisis public relations are textbooks Model operation, especially her own life is low-key, paparazzi is difficult to obtain, and she rarely accepts interviews. Some "paparazzi" that look like posing, as well as interviews and covers, are regarded by the team as the most valuable bargaining chip, and The major newspapers and magazines have traded and earned a lot of favors. Most of the time, the cooperation between the media and the team can be said to be a win-win situation-now choose the silent media, and if there is a follow-up to this scandal in the future, it will definitely be the first Get the news in one hand.

"Sooner or later we will all have to be in the spotlight together," Jenny explained to Salvi apologetically at the breakfast table. Rather than wait until the situation is about to get out of hand to make a compromise, it is better to let the audience get used to it early on. This way, this kind of scandal will not become a stumbling block for us during awards season."

Oscar has a subtle attitude towards some messy scandals, but generally speaking, he doesn't like the news that the director and the actor are in love. This is especially true for movies, and I don't even like to see the sparks between male and female leading actors. Although there is no public discussion, the industry generally believes that this will reduce the chance of winning awards.

Of course, Jenny's scandal can effectively promote the box office of "Monroe", but since the Oscars can also receive similar results, before the Oscars, of course, try to adopt some methods that have the best of both worlds. For these marketing methods, Dameng has a special person responsible for researching them. Even Jenny has to obey the arrangement in some details, and Salvi is of course no exception. Contact Salvi and submit what you want him to say in the interview.

Last time, I was invited to have dinner together. In Venice this year, Salvi and Jenny lived in a suite on the same floor. However, no matter what kind of treatment it is, it seems that it can't have any influence on him. He picked up the napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, his tone was still cautious and reserved, and he spoke slowly, making every sentence seem to be the result of deliberation, "It's understandable, if there is anything in the propaganda that requires my cooperation, I will also Contribute as much as you can.”

Jenny's eyes met his, she pursed her lips, and broke the eye contact first, then glanced at Cesare who was having breakfast at the long table near her: Cesare looked the same Calm and composed, he was enjoying his breakfast to the fullest. Cesare’s attitude towards food has always been a little eager and greedy. He ate a little more than ordinary people in every bite, but it was not annoying. When he was chewing , he seems to have been completely immersed in the joy of enjoying delicious food, he is completely indifferent to everything outside, let alone bothering to observe anything.

"I hope you can act according to your own will." She turned to Salvi again, choosing her words carefully, "This is... I don't know, maybe you can take it as my return gift."

During the promotional period, the crew members lived a busy life without much dignity, flying one plane after another, rushing to shows with different styles one after another, putting down their airs and talking The show was funny and self-deprecating, accepting countless repeated interviews, like a propaganda machine, crying, crying and laughing according to the buttons pressed according to the marketing plan, in every premiere and subsequent interviews, 'put down your guard and complete the real interview ’, and while it’s all for the movies, there’s no doubt that not everyone is made to live like this. Jenny is not high-minded enough to think that Salvi should not participate in any promotional activities, but now the facts are here, the quality of "Monroe" and the current momentum will definitely get him nominated for the best director, but almost It is impossible to win an award. The Oscar is more cautious in awarding the best director than the best picture. You can win the award for the first nomination, or you can get the nomination for the first film, or even the best picture, such as Rob and "Chicago" won the best director award for its first directorial work. At present, only Sam Mendes and his "American Beauty" are the only ones, and before that, Sam was already quite influential on the stage He has directed several well-received stage plays, among which the movie adaptation of his "The Dumb Singer" also attracted widespread attention and love from critics in 1998.

In general, the focus of the promotion of "Monroe" is not Salvi's Best Director Award. In this movie, Jenny wants to hit the Best Actress in addition to the Best Picture , these two awards are already full of ambitions, which made her dare not think about the best director. Of course, this also has the problem of PR funds and her own wishes. After the final cut of the film was finalized, Salvi went back to the countryside to live in seclusion , I went on a trip, and I don’t seem to have any interest in winning awards. If he is allowed to publicize in order to match Jenny’s winning awards, or even use his handsome appearance to attract the attention of the media... Yes, this is a very effective strategy, sir Dream's marketing department is also trying to convince Jenny that this is the strategy she should be using, but Jenny just doesn't want to use it.

After the last viewing session, Jenny has not had any conversations with Salvi beyond the scope of work. Of course, there are not many opportunities for them to meet. After the final cut was completed, the two met. It’s just that a British gentleman like Salvi seems to know how to hide his feelings by nature. Like Jenny, he is also an excellent actor in this regard—until this moment, when he heard Jenny almost shyly tell him, he There were some slight changes in the eyes - the angle of the brows was softer, and some laugh lines appeared near the lips, just like the countless exchanges before, the wordless conversations were exchanged in silence, and the tender feelings were exchanged in silence. Brewing and warming up while staring at each other...

During this exchange of eyes, Jenny was almost attracted to leaning forward, but no one spoke, and finally, Salvi coughed lightly, breaking this short but seemingly magical moment, " Well, I should thank you for that."

He said calmly, it seems that the brief moment of truth revealing just now has come to an end, and Salvi's attitude when talking about the awards is indeed quite free and easy, "Of course, I know that it is my duty to cooperate with the producer to promote the film." Responsibility, if you ask, I shouldn't say no, but I do have to admit that, for me, the movie is over the moment the final cut is born, and I feel that what matters is whether we create a masterpiece, not How many awards it can win—although this comparison is a bit overwhelming, but indeed, at this point, you can think that Woody Allen and I have very similar attitudes towards awards.”

Compared with the previous communication between the two, Salvi is abnormally talkative at this time. You must know that except for topics related to movies, he can be regarded as a taciturn type of person. Jeanne rolled her eyes and glanced at Cesare unobtrusively, wondering if he had understood the reason for Salvedo's words, while Cesare, taking a napkin and wiping his mouth, drank another Taking a sip of water, he intervened in the conversation with a perfect smirk, showing that he knew the situation well.

"I don't think you need to worry about my opinion, Sal," he said affectionately—the kind of intimacy of a business setting—"though I doubt that in your eyes all brokers are guilty And the studio boss deserves to go to hell. He can even kill and set fire for the film's box office and awards-in fact, it may be true, but fortunately, I have always believed that talented people should enjoy privileged treatment, so you Don't rush to take responsibility for your absence from the publicity, it doesn't cause any unpleasantness between me and Jennifer--certainly it doesn't make me unhappy with you, although I suspect you don't care about it. However, I still have to take the liberty of correcting one of your views: it is the responsibility of the marketing to cooperate with the producer in publicity. The actors and directors only need to make a good movie, and everything after that can be handed over to the studio—I don’t know about other producers. Does the factory think so, but at Dream, this has always been our established policy.”

Salvi looked at Cesare with some changes in his eyes. Of course, they had exchanged greetings many times before, and Salvi’s politeness made him always stare at the speaker, but this time, he seemed He really 'saw' Cesare, as if the existence of the other party had meaning for him for the first time - he stared at Cesare for a long time, and then at Jenny.

For some reason, he suddenly revealed a slightly childish, even naive, happy smile. At this moment, the sense of pleasure seemed to break through the barriers brought about by a gentleman's politeness, making him smile brightly with understanding , while laughing, he took off the napkin, stood up and nodded to Jenny and Cesare——

"Then, until we meet next time." He said, with the lingering smile still echoing on his face, he glanced at Jenny tenderly, put his hands on his chest, and bowed slightly to the two people at the other end of the long table , turned and walked out the door.

The waiter who had been waiting on the side closed the door and gave Jenny a look. Cesare waved to him, and he also exited the restaurant knowingly. Jenny didn't continue to move the knife and fork, and she didn't intend to get up. She stared at the glass of milk in front of her eyes, and then opened her mouth suddenly after a while.

"Do you think your strategy will work?" she asked, "—of course, I don't need to tell you, he should have seen it."

She did not communicate with Cesare in advance, because she did not know how Salvi would react to those reports, and whether she would really reject the publicity, or not value awards. Sudden decision after meeting Wei - she always seemed to be like this when she was with Salvi, dominated by sensibility, and forgot what it means to 'think twice before acting'. On the contrary, Salvi was more thoughtful, taking into account the feelings of Cesare, a partner and the company's upper management, and said that he was quite bearish on publicity and awards--I didn't expect Cesare to seize this opportunity and to Salvi Of course, Jenny understands this intention, and she has no reason to object: for a genius like Salvi who can direct "Monroe" in the first film, any film company wants to establish a long-term and happy relationship with him. Cooperate, make concessions in publicity, if it can be exchanged for Salvi's favor, this sacrifice is insignificant at all, if someone angers Salvi, then he is a fool-of course, no one will be spared It is also a typical Cesare style to wait for a favor to be sold countless times with the opportunity to hold oil on a stick or in a stone.

"I think he has a great possibility to choose us," Cesare said, and he didn't have any intention of leaving the meeting, "Why not, Dameng has money, connections, and a high willingness to cooperate. customers, and you—"

He took a sip of water and glanced at Jenny, "Speaking of which, how do you plan to handle your relationship with him?"

Jenny didn't think that the undercurrents of herself and Salvi could hide from Cesare. She doubted that anyone who had watched the movie would feel this. However, it was still very important to Cesare. Rare——At the beginning of their cooperation, they did agree that their love life is also part of the brokerage contract, but after her engagement with Josh ended and she started dating Chris, Cesare began to avoid dating her Talking about her love life, she is more inclined to leave it to her to handle it herself.

"Strange," she said, substituting questions for answers curiously, "you don't usually care about such things, do you? Marriage? You suggest we keep it out until the Oscars - if there is any relationship between me and him?"

Cesare gave her a strange look, put the napkin aside, he looked—Jenny almost thought he was delusional, but he did seem to be wandering, very rarely, Cesare seemed to be Troubled by a problem, it is difficult to make a final decision.

"Your answer will indeed affect one of my decisions." He said carefully, apparently still thinking while speaking, "However, I hope to tell you the whole story after hearing your answer."

For a moment, Jenny almost had a horrible guess—just thinking about this idea, her heart immediately hung in her throat, but fortunately, it was only for such a moment, Her rationality took over her thinking: this kind of conjecture is absolutely impossible, no reason is needed, it is simply impossible——

"Okay." She shrugged, hoping her shock was concealed well enough not to let Cesare peek into her inner workings (otherwise he would definitely laugh at her, she was sure), "I... have no intention of establishing a relationship with him. If this is what you want to ask, of course, you can see that he is waiting for me to change my mind, but..."

She frowned, looking for the right words—this part of her was still unable to confess to Cesare: Although she had gradually accepted the decision not to try to return, it did not mean that she could Immediately pursue a stable and sincere love with others. This is the same as a landlubber who is used to standing on the shore and cannot jump into the cold deep water at once. There must be a process of wading and adapting slowly. Also, the decision to stay is not the same as the decision to develop a romantic relationship, which is obviously more complicated. "At least I don't think we'll have any relationship for a long time to come, because he's obviously not the hot guy - you can tell that Salvi is a very authentic English gentleman, as long as I We're not going anywhere without signaling. And I... I don't know, and I don't think I'll be signaling, at least not these days."

"Okay..." Cesare said, it can be easily seen that after getting this answer, he immediately fell into busy thinking again.

Jenny's curiosity has almost reached its peak, she knocked on the table dissatisfied, "Cesare, if you want to whet my appetite again——"

"I do have something more important to tell you," Cesare finally recovered, he glanced at Jenny, and said slowly, "This matter is indeed very important..."

As the tone of his voice lengthened, he seemed to be a little distracted again, and Jenny almost collapsed completely. She clenched her fists and stared at Cesare, expressing her dissatisfaction wordlessly— After Cesare came back to his senses, he was amused by her actions.

"Long story short," he said, and finally sat up straight. It seemed that he had ended his contemplation and entered the real conversation state, and his tone became brighter. "Early this morning, I received a call from the United States—Bob told me that Ron had reached an initial agreement with him that Disney would acquire Marvel at a price of no more than US$5 billion and no less than US$3 billion. The framework agreement It has been preliminarily negotiated, and perhaps by this time next year, the acquisition agreement will come into force, and Marvel will officially become a member of Disney."

"Ah—" Jenny couldn't help crying, but the joy brought by the good news was quickly diluted by doubts—her confusion made her feel like she was falling into a cloud: This is of course a good thing, but just to tell her this, Cesare doesn't seem to need to do a lot of psychological construction, right?

"And I want to ask you a question." Cesare said, he didn't seem to care about Jenny's confusion, but was still obsessed with getting the information he wanted, "Knowing that Bob called me first ——not you, one of the main players in the negotiation, how do you feel?"

If it is said that Jenny had such a illusory direction just now, then she is really completely lost now: whatthe*? Did Cesare accidentally ingest any drug? What on earth does he want?