Hollywood Domination Chapter 289: The person you all miss has appeared

Hearing Harvey's obviously relaxed tone, Jenny's tense face also relaxed, and she couldn't help showing a smile—it would be great if Harvey cooperated, otherwise, even if she had Grasping the wave of public opinion that can calm down Harvey will also have a great impact on the relationship between the two.

"Although Kate won't win the Best Actress this year, she won't get too little benefit if she works with double nominations." She said while thinking, choosing words carefully—— In her opinion, Kate is indeed reluctant to win the Best Actress this year, and must rely on operational means to force her to the top. If the competition is fair, even without her "Monroe", Meryl in "Suspicion of Child Abuse" It's hard to say who is better between her performance and her, but of course she will not raise this point now. Apart from stimulating Harvey, this point of view will not be of much help to the conversation. "At this point, we can form an alliance, and I'll pay you for it, Harvey, you're not at a disadvantage - I think you gave up running the double nomination earlier, mainly because you were worried that the judges were afraid of the past. , simply don’t vote for both options, but now if you decide to focus on the supporting role and sell me and her in a bundle, then the judges will be relieved of their worries, right? And you can save some budget because of this, between me and you After the PR companies are integrated with each other, I will include Kate in my lobbying target, which can save you a lot of money. As for you including me in your lobbying target-I will pay for this part of the vote As much as Kate paid you."

Harvey didn't reply right away, Jenny could almost hear his thinking voice through the phone, she couldn't help but smiled briefly again, then restrained her smile, urging herself to maintain the sharpest state: On the way to the Oscars, Harvey Weinstein is her most important obstacle. She cannot be negligent because of her momentary complacency, which will cause the entire persuasion work to fall short.

However, in general, Jenny is still very confident in convincing Harvey. After all, this plan is indeed a win-win situation-Kate can get the honor of double nominations, which is very important for her reputation as an acting school. It is beneficial, and after quitting the fight for Best Actress at the Oscars, it is indeed more stable for her to win Best Supporting Actress: First of all, she does have this strength. Her role in "Life and Death Reading", as the protagonist, is still a bit The problem is that the strength is not enough, but as a supporting role, it can be said that she performed very well. Secondly, under the offensive of Jin Yuan here, most of the judges will be exposed by public relations. If she is bundled with Jenny, then she will definitely win the votes. It is definitely beneficial, and it is always better than the chance of winning with Jenny recklessly.

As far as Harvey is concerned, Kate's film studio must have given a package price, and it is impossible to designate the Oscar for Best Actress. This is not how the Oscar works—according to her guess, the other party is not The package price is to share the profits. In any case, Weinstein Films will definitely take a piece of the cake of "Life and Death" in North America, so Harvey will have the consciousness of saving money. From this perspective In other words, spending a lot of money to compete for the best actress is a bit risky, because there is still a risk of losing after spending money, and now she is willing to pay Harvey a public relations fee, and then In addition, under the bundled sales, the number of people Harvey needs to spend money to go to pr is reduced. The money saved by this entry and exit is not a small number, although after Kate won the best supporting actress, it will definitely not have a positive effect on the box office. The best actress is so obvious (championship complex is a common problem of people all over the world), but it will also have a role in promoting promotion. From the perspective of money, maybe Harvey can get the most out of Kate Bo with this strategy. There are even more good actresses.

Of course, if it wasn't for this way that Harvey could get a profit not inferior to the original strategy, Jenny wouldn't make this call. Everyone is an adult, and they are all leaders in the industry. Convincing the other party by "dominant aura" and cruel words is basically just an imagination. If Jenny can't come up with an appropriate strategy, and then calls Harvey and tells Harvey "I will win, you should save some money", then She asked herself that if she were herself and encountered such humiliation, even if she could not win, she would have to pull the other party down, not only to maintain her dignity, but also to maintain her prestige—in the film industry Here, prestige is sometimes very important, and the ability to monetize is indeed relatively strong in awards.

As for her, this strategy is also ideal, since no matter whether Harvey does trouble or not, the money has to be spent—either it is used to bribe Harvey, or it is used to appease Harvey Harvey will definitely find trouble, so of course Huacheng is the best now, not to mention less trouble, and forming an alliance can bring her more votes... Jenny finds that she is more and more politically aware That's it, she now understands why many movie stars have political ambitions, at least in Hollywood, if you want to look like a dog, you really have to practice in this respect.

"...the money must be paid to Weinstein under another name," Harvey's deep voice finally came from the other end of the phone after a long silence, "to the studio, not to the Company..."

"Of course." Jenny showed a triumphant smile, and she said softly, "We can cooperate in any way, Harvey, you can rest assured of me about this."

Wen Xiange knows the elegance, and it's not the first day for Jenny to start a company. She figured out Harvey's thinking almost in the blink of an eye: For Kate's team, the strategy of rushing to the Olympic Games is completely controlled by Harvey. Well, Harvey can persuade them to compete for Best Actress, and of course he can also persuade them to switch to double nominations. As for the reason, isn't it hard to find a reason under the impact of the midnight box office of "Monroe"? Harvey can fully say that with the box office of "Monroe", he thinks that the best actress has no chance of winning, so it is better to cooperate with Jenny and take the road of bundled sales. In such a silent manner, the huge PR fee that Jenny paid was concealed, and the income that was originally going to be taken from the company's account and distributed to those venture capital shareholders became Weinstein's personal extra money...

This is the importance of channels. In fact, Kate’s team and the shareholders of Weinstein Films may not be ignorant of Harvey’s small moves, but as long as they need Harvey to bring them Awards and profits can only be turned a blind eye. For Kate, as long as Weinstein takes the money and does something, and can bring Kate an Oscar, they will be very popular...Jenny contends After so many years of winning the Oscars, she can’t tell the difference between love and hate in the game session. Maybe she is hypocritical. In the first year, she really only wanted to win an award. She was even very grateful to have Harvey, who is so powerful. Channel dealer, until now, she is gradually proficient in this kind of intrigue, but she is gradually getting tired of it, and gradually understands why there are so many talented seniors who don't take Oscar seriously, and even hold an attitude of disdain. Of course, it means a lot, but after you already have the strength to get it, even after you have won several Oscars, your mentality will really change. For you, it may not be so important anymore, at least in terms of feelings Generally speaking, it is difficult for you to feel how important and rare it is. The games and interest transfers around it seem to have tarnished its value and reduced its gold content...

"Also," Harvey's request didn't end there, he added another, "I want to see the logo of Weinstein Films in your next Olympic film... "

Although some cover-ups were done, Jenny still heard a faint sense of resentment from his tone. Expressing his grievances: What about the agreed strategic partner? This year's "Monroe", why didn't you see Dameng playing with Weinstein?

"Harvey..." Jenny also sighed helplessly, and she softened her tone, "We have discussed this issue, you know that "Monroe" is just a special case, it is my work, and it is only For Dameng, the most important significance of my work is not awards and money, and this does not mean that Dameng intends to get rid of Weinstein..."

Spoken a few soft words with Harvey again, confirmed that the other party is indeed willing to cooperate, and then made an appointment for a time and place for a detailed discussion. When Jenny finally hung up the phone, Christmas had officially ended, and the clock was pointing' The number 1'——she stretched her waist greatly, took the water glass and drank half a glass of water in one go, then leaned back on the sofa, put her feet on the coffee table, and complained, "It's finally over. Wow, what a long phone call—even more tiring than a whole party.”

Not far from her, Cesare raised his head from the computer, but his hands were still typing on the keyboard, "Have you convinced Harvey?"

"Yes, the situation was a bit out of control at first," Jenny nodded, and she was still a little puzzled when she mentioned this, "Harvey's emotions were more agitated and guarded than we expected—maybe "Monroe "The box office is a bit too exciting for him."

"It might be better if we choose tomorrow morning." After Jenny started to speak, Cesare stopped typing on the keyboard and showed a look of listening carefully. He thought for a while and agreed Contrary to Jenny's conjecture, "He will have more time to digest this number, weigh the pros and cons of competing with "Monroe" for the award, and the persuasion will progress more easily."

"Ah, that's kind of weird, too," Jenny said, "and Harvey finally surrendered earlier and easier than I thought—I thought he'd hold out a little longer, bargain with me, If the lowest price was raised a little higher, he agreed to the interview so soon, and missed the good opportunity to make an offer at the beginning. It is not so easy to negotiate a higher price later. This time, his reaction was almost not what we expected. It’s not the same—but I still think it’s better to choose this time point. Harvey just got the box office of the midnight show of "Monroe", and he is still in shock. It is easier to accept other people's opinions. If he waits until tomorrow morning, he has already planned After you have a good countermeasure, it will not be that simple to convince him."

Although Harvey was successfully discussed, this kind of post-event summary discussion is still quite helpful for the two, at least for Jenny. She and Cesare have been making plans before important conversations Afterwards, I will sum up my various deficiencies, including the places where I didn't think carefully beforehand and predicted mistakes. And it was this kind of regular combing and reflection that helped Jenny get rid of her apprenticeship in a few years, from a novice who could only listen to Cesare's orders at the beginning, and quickly grew into a partner who can communicate with him on an equal footing today.

Just like this negotiation call, although it was Jenny who made the call, it was still the result of a joint discussion between the two of them—according to her previous knowledge, Jenny knew that in another world, Kate was relying on After the "Life and Death Reading" was released, of course, she certainly didn't remember so many details, and she couldn't be sure that in this world, because of her own existence, Harvey would change her goal and put Kate in the supporting role award.

Although from the perspective of the operation at the beginning of the awards season, Harvey is indeed aiming for the supporting role award for Kate, but because of this knowledge, Jenny has not let go of her guard. Taking action against Kate and the "Reading of Life and Death" unnecessarily offended Harvey, but Jenny has also been paying attention to the progress of "Reading of Life and Death" and expressed her concerns about Cesare and some close friends.

Her suspicion was ridiculed by many people at the beginning-many people, even Robert Iger, thought she was a suspicious person. After all, this year everyone is avoiding her edge in the main report. Jenny even suspected that if she hadn't only talked about it with her most trusted friends, her worries would have leaked to Harvey—her worries It’s not groundless, because Hollywood is indeed a place where you can’t keep secrets. In this city, secrets seem to have grown feet. Even if you lock it in the bathroom, it is likely to jump out of the window inadvertently. Loudly announce your presence in mid-air. Taking Harvey's plan as an example, Jenny believed that he also planned to keep it a secret, but in the end, the secret was not kept. When she talked about it with a film critic she knew well, the film critic said Tell her cryptically that Harvey may forcefully report to the owner for Kate...

——With the endorsement of this 'Deep Throat', Disney's intelligence machine started immediately. On Dameng's own side, Cesare also sought evidence from various sources. Soon, "Life and Death Reading" did not submit an application This fact has finally been affirmed, and now everyone knows what Harvey wants to do: the supporting actor newspaper owner is not breaking the law, and has been playing low-key in a low-key manner, so it goes without saying who he is targeting. After the registration deadline and the nominations came out, Weinstein probably prepared a lot of tricks to deal with Dameng and Jenny.

Although Weinstein's style seems a bit out of place, it is impossible for Dream to fight Weinstein for real. Both Jenny and Cesare intend to try their best to solve the problem through negotiation. And they chose the moment when the box office of "Monroe" was revealed as the opportunity for negotiation-if it was too early, Weinstein might still have a little hope that the box office would hit the street, and he was still waiting for variables to appear, and he was reluctant It is easy to give in, and if it is too late, according to Jenny, once Harvey has determined the coping strategy and completed the process of self-persuasion and self-confirmation, I am afraid it will not be so easy to waver.

When the two parties cooperated in the Olympic Games, both Jenny and Cesare noticed Harvey's attention to the box office of the Olympic films, and received his advice on this point, so the reasoning is very simple-when The moment they received the box office for the midnight show, Harvey must have seen the number, and it may even be earlier than them. Of course, even if he didn't receive it, it's okay for Dameng to tell him the data directly. The point is' "Monroe" has gotten a very good box office, and Kate's hope is a little bit slimmer' this fact. They have also done research on Harvey's reaction to this matter. Anyway, in Jenny's opinion, Harvey shouldn't be so surprised, because the box office forecast of "Monroe" is extremely optimistic. The miracle of falling down the street must be far superior to the "Reading of Life and Death". In this case, it is enough to know that it did not hit the street. It doesn't matter how many times it exceeds.

"Well," Cesare didn't argue any further, and he agreed with Jenny's opinion, otherwise the two of them would not have chosen this time. "In the end we achieved our goal, didn't we? As for Harvey's abnormal behavior, you don't need to think too much. There are always things about your negotiating opponent that you can't control and know. Loopholes will waste too much energy, so the best solution is to simply give up this piece and exercise your ability to adapt.”

Jenny hummed to express her approval, "We must also pay attention to maintaining the relationship with Harvey, I can feel that rejecting him in the film "Monroe" is a great harm to him. "

Yes, maybe the Kate team will never know that the reason why Harvey Weinstein chose Kate as the marketing focus of this year is actually because Dameng politely rejected the suggestion of the two parties to cooperate on "Monroe"... …From this point of view, Jenny even believes that Harvey’s intention to ambush her before was not only due to duty, but also for another reason, which was to prove his worth to Hollywood—he didn’t necessarily want to monopolize the Oscars, but "Monroe "The situation of this movie is special. If someone can win the Oscar after getting rid of Weinstein, then what's the point of Weinstein's existence? And once the faith begins to be shattered, Harvey's good days will end, so he does have the motivation to destroy "Monroe" both in public and in private. ——It is very likely that the reason why her proposal moved Harvey is because of this, "Monroe" still has Weinstein's brand in some aspects, and this is the fundamental interest he is pursuing.

"If you think that Dameng and Weinstein can reconcile as before," Cesare typed a paragraph on the keyboard, and after pressing the send button, he raised his head and commented, "... It's not impossible, but in the next film, we will have to share a big piece of cake. Maybe for you at that time, you would rather swallow this piece of cake yourself and continue to maintain a distance from Harvey Status."

As for Cesare's speculation, Jenny could only remain silent: Although she and Harvey just said good things and showed their posture, she also knew in her heart that Harvey would not take I take my statement seriously, until Weinstein is actually approached by Dameng for the next literary film, the relationship between the two companies may be alienated. The crux of the problem is that Jenny herself doesn't know when the next literary film will be. After the Olympic Games, her energy will still be concentrated on the superhero film, and she wants to create a new film for her big dream. Developed a valuable all-copyright IP. At present, literary films have not yet been scheduled. Weinstein thinks that he is deliberately perfunctory, which is understandable.

And if this time the Olympic Games goes well, Jenny really has no idea whether to cooperate with Weinstein in her next literary film: if she wins another Oscar this time, she will have three acting categories Now for the award, the fourth one is doomed in the foreseeable future, and if it is nominated, she can get it without Weinstein. Dameng is mainly engaged in commercial films, and there may not be many cooperations with Weinstein on art films. Should she share a piece of cake to appease Weinstein? She... also has a very high possibility of being reluctant, and now It's not the time when Dameng just started. She doesn't need to cede profits for the sake of power and connections. To put it bluntly, Weinstein's needs for her are far greater than her needs for Weinstein...

"However," Cesare's work on the computer seemed to have come to an end temporarily. He stretched his hands above his head, stretched his shoulders and neck, leaned back on the chair, and filled himself with water, "If If we only count money, indeed, it would be a better choice to introduce Weinstein from the beginning. With our current strength, we can only negotiate a package price without giving up profit sharing-if you do this, you The road to the Oscars will also go more smoothly, unlike now, we have spent so much time negotiating, and the money spent on PR is still far beyond Harvey’s possible package offer.”

"If you only consider money, it is true." Jenny nodded in agreement, "However, this matter is not only about money after all, isn't it?"

Cesare tilted his head and looked at her from the edge of the monitor for a while, a smile seemed to flash across his face, but it was too fast for people to see clearly.

"Yes." He agreed, and his voice softened a little bit, "This matter is not just about money."

Jenny suddenly felt embarrassed. She pursed her lips and smirked unnaturally, "Have you reached an agreement with Russia? What is the final offer they gave?"

With the help of Disney, Big Dream has now begun to test the waters of overseas distribution. Of course, it is impossible to directly distribute accounts globally. "Monroe" has only achieved the synchronization of the United States, Europe, China, and Mexico. Russia also has censorship barriers, and in recent years, theaters have been stealing the box office quite a lot. If they sell the movie directly, the money they get may be more than after the review and splitting the accounts. The box office figures will also be better. Big Dream This is also the first time I have tried to directly contact the film studios in Russia, and 12 o'clock in the evening in Los Angeles and 11 o'clock in the noon in Moscow are both suitable time for dialogue, especially in the severe winter, many lazy At this time, the Russian employees will fully wake up from the hangover.

"Four million dollars," Cesare said, "we were lucky to have a senior manager who knew what it meant to be a midnight box office for Monroe - I told him tomorrow's At this time, my asking price will be increased to five million, and he seized his last chance."

"Very good." Jenny said sincerely, "This is much higher than the money we got in Russia in previous years——"

The embarrassment just now has faded, she stood up, walked towards the door of the study with Cesare, and also took the initiative to bring up a relatively trivial topic, "By the way, just now Harvey asked if we were married— —It seems that this matter has been spread everywhere... Can't we really think of a countermeasure?"

"Unfortunately, we probably don't have a good way to deal with this matter." Cesare replied calmly, "After all, your fame and status are not enough to allow you to gain the upper hand. Privileges above citizenship, whether your marital status will be leaked or not depends on the professional ethics of a series of staff related to marriage registration-and judging from the current situation, I am not optimistic about the future, to put it bluntly To be honest, even I didn't expect that, even before I entered the registration system, I just revealed this information to the county attorney, and the information would leak to this point... Considering that it is this group of people who maintain the law and order in this county , I am really worried about the future of Los Angeles.”

Since the marriage registration must be done in person and a ceremony is required, the best way is to hold a private wedding in Los Angeles instead of queuing up in Las Vegas and being recognized unexpectedly. Through the extensive personal relationship between Jenny and Cesare, the city hall made an exception to send someone to apply for their marriage certificates. Of course, this private wedding can actually be avoided. Presumably the city hall will not have the leisure to check. , even the witnesses in the regulations, according to the regulations of Los Angeles, can also pay 18 US dollars to replace them-however, Jenny and Cesare don’t want to keep secrets to this point, they can still make up for one witness and a few guests Come out, as for when the wedding will be held, it will be more flexible. If you are a bit rogue, you can get married on the eve of investing in Disney. Of course, doing so will leave a lot of loopholes, which is what Jenny doesn't like Well, she and Cesare were initially scheduled to hold a 'wedding' after the Oscars, so that no matter how much trouble this incident caused, it would not affect her chances of winning the awards. However, judging from the current situation, once the marriage certificate is signed, they will Once her marital status is entered into the system, it will be a matter of time before it is exposed by tmz and other media. On this point, Cesare is indeed right: her fame cannot bring her privileges, and the professional ethics of government employees, And really not low enough to protect her hair.

With a long sigh, Jeanne made a face at Cesare and dropped the subject, "Well, if that's the case, then I'm going to bed - people say the bride should be six months before the wedding I started to maintain it, so to speak, I am really a lazy bride, the wedding is only a few months away, and I dare to stay up late, if I look haggard on the wedding day, please don't hold me down, My beloved fiancé."

"I believe that without any maintenance, your beauty will surely make you radiant on that day, surpassing all jewels." Cesare followed her exaggerated tone calmly, "So, if you can Get up on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning to listen to the morning newspaper, that would be great—"

Jenny raised her eyebrows in surprise, but Cesare's tone changed and he returned to reality, "The final figures for the midnight box office will come out before then."

"Okay, okay." Jenny muttered, turned around and walked to her apartment, she waved her hand, and said good night to Cesare, "I knew that living together before marriage is a bad idea." Idea..."

Cesare twisted his fingers slightly at her, and walked back to his bedroom. With the sound of two doors, the living room of the presidential suite became deserted again, immersed in the quiet night outside the window.