Hollywood Domination Chapter 149: Swipe for awards and nominations

Almost from the beginning of December, Hollywood has officially entered the awards season: with the opening of the New York Film Critics Awards, Directors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, North American Broadcasting Film Critics Awards, National Film Critics Awards... major film critics associations Awards, major trade union awards, Little Golden Globe Awards, and Annie Awards will intensively announce the list of winners in December. At the end of December, the Oscars will hold a nomination luncheon. The big axis awards ceremony. It can be said that the public relations of the Olympic films will start to be busy from October every year, and November and December are the days when they rotate continuously, and they are also the peak of PR throughout the year. At this time, Hollywood is like London in the social season of the Victorian era. , celebrities from all walks of life are frequently dispatched, and dinner parties held under various names are dazzling. Celebrities such as film critics, senior directors, producers, etc. have become the objects of flattery for the Olympic personnel this season... This is often the most prevalent unspoken rule of the year , The two most concentrated months are not just about **** and bribery, but the exchange of interests including sexual services is frequently staged, so that it is difficult to arouse people's surprise.

—Of course, this does not mean that these awards are full of shady scenes. If you want to win an award, you must first have a work of at least good quality. Qualifications for entry. Then spend money if you have money, legally buy the services of PR companies, and let PRs lobby the judges. Go for the Oscars and the Golden Globes, then this is the time for the Eight Immortals to cross the sea and show their talents. Brokers, PR over the years, contacts I have made... All roads lead to Rome, as long as you can contact the judges, and how to exchange benefits after contacting, it will vary from person to person: Generally speaking, At this level, there are very few simple **** transactions. What is more common is the promise of supporting plays, exclusive interviews, and even the introduction of some big shots that the other party wants to meet. Sexual services can only be regarded as gifts if you like it. In this kind of small award with low attention and high degree of manipulation, some actors are happy to provide sexual services in exchange for a key vote, even if this does not mean that they are guaranteed to win the award, it just means that they will win the award. The odds of the award are higher. After all, for those who can't afford the PR fee, they can only work **** the small awards. They never thought of winning awards like the Golden Globes and Oscars.

Of course, for the Golden Globes and Oscars, the game is not played like this. The Golden Globes have high attention and a small number of judges. There are no other side tricks, so it can be relatively fair. As for the Oscars, the judges are not public and the number of people is very large. There is no proper PR channel, and I don’t even know who to contact for PR. Of course, this "proper PR channel" must be bought with money, so for the customers who are chasing awards , everything ultimately returns to one point: money.

As long as you have money, the PR company will screen out suitable PR targets for you, lobby them, present your movie, and persuade them to vote for you. This is reasonable and legal, and even the fees are fair and reasonable. The list can be checked. So in theory, you can publicize more than 1,000 judges and spend millions of public relations funds. In this way, as long as your entry meets the minimum level of Oscars, it is still possible to get a nomination out of water—— And this minimum level is, in the awards month of December, you must win several awards, and if you can’t win the awards, the minimum is the lowest. You have to be shortlisted for several important weathervane awards, such as the New York Film Critics Guild Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, or Directors Guild Award. After all, this is lobbying, not bribery. At least on the surface, the whole function of PR is to convince the judges that you are eligible to be nominated. If you can’t even reach the minimum level, the possibility of the judges being persuaded is close to zero—he also has Do you want to take care of your own style...

So, if the level is average and you want to go to the Olympic Games, you can't spend less on the pre-public relations fee. The award-winning participants can only keep coming in to ensure that at least they will not be treated discriminatoryly-under such a vicious circle, the economic scale of the entire gray industry may be larger than the economic scale of the awards ceremony. The lobbying company earns just a few months of money in a year, but the lobbyists get no less than the PRs who work all year round.

In the long run, will bad money drive out good money? Anyway, Hollywood has been operating like this for decades, and in the end, the big waves wash away the sand, and all the actors who stay are outstanding. This is mainly because, after all, public relations activities are still dominated by lobbying, that is to say, most of the judges are not engaging in power rent-seeking, they just don't exclude others from helping them analyze the merits of a certain work. Of course, the result of this is , in order to make sure your work doesn't get lost in awards season because no merits are stated, you have to spend PR dollars. But on the other hand, if your work is good enough, you can be nominated without PR. For example, Meryl Streep is notorious for her lack of public relations, but she is still a big nominee, because her The status in the arena has reached the point where the judges feel, 'I don't need others to help me analyze and remind me to pay attention, I have paid attention to her performance-she is Meryl Streep! ’, so even if there is no money, as long as there is a new work, there will still be attention, and if the performance is good, it will definitely be nominated at the end of the year.

Although an actress of Meryl's status is extremely rare in Hollywood, in Hollywood, there are indeed similar performance seeds every year. Her or his performance has formed a phenomenon, and everyone in the circle loves it. Talking about her performance - a phenomenal player like this, even if she doesn't pay a penny, she can still show a sweeping trend in the awards season in December. During the selection process of the Golden Globes and Oscars, There is no need to worry about being treated unfairly, the judges will definitely watch her/his performance carefully and make their own judgments. Many talented actors who are poor and have no money to do public relations have become famous through their amazing performances, and in the end, after many eliminations, they entered the A-list and can stay for a long time. Come out of the group of talented actors.

It is not a flesh and blood factory where bad money drives out good money, and it is not a dreamy, fair and sunny paradise. Hollywood will never be a place where hard work can achieve success, but in the awards season, it is still based on comprehensive strength. Speaking, you can use your lack of strength without spending money, but if your strength is not enough and you can't spend money, you can only say goodbye manually. So, during awards season, don't be discouraged if you don't spend the money and don't get an award, it doesn't mean anything, but if you're confident and you don't get nominated in the end, be careful, it might mean you Seriously overestimated his own strength...

Jenny has never been an overconfident person. On the contrary, as a Chinese, as a Chinese who knows that a large part of her strength comes from gold fingers, it is not so much overconfidence as she has always been confident about her own strength. Excessive modesty, plus she happens to be relatively rich, so of course she invested a lot of money in PR for the entire awards season. She became nervous—with the finalization of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", her ten million film remuneration has already been credited to the account, the cash is tax withheld, and after spending another four million cash, there is basically nothing left... The dream of buying a Malibu mansion still seems remote for at least six months.

However, the money was worth it. Since the New York Film Critics Awards on December 3, she has been collecting awards and nominations. First, "The Fifth Sally" won the New York Film Critics Award Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'Breakthrough Performance, Biggest Surprise of the Year' and then the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in The Fifth Sally, 'for her performance Totally Proof of Her Future', with double Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress (Sally) and Best Supporting Actress (Andy) - also nominated for Emily Blunt's Emily and Meryl were nominated for Best Actress——

"Then there are double nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards," Jenny put a card on the carpet, "God—almost half of my budget is spent on supporting actress nominations for these two awards. Isn't it the most expensive supporting actress nomination in history?"

"Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, Get." Chris also put down a card, "This nomination is worth 5 points, what's next, the Golden Satellite Award?"

The Golden Satellite Award is also called the Little Golden Globe Award, because it is selected by foreign journalists just like the Golden Globe Award. In fact, its organizing organization is split from the Foreign Press Association. This is also one of the Oscar vanes and is Hollywood For the more important awards, Jenny shrugged, "I just got one nomination for this one, Sally. So, 5 points?"

"Same, 5 points." Chris put a card, "Kansas Film Critics Association Award, I won the award, 5 points?"

This kind of award is not very important, only 5 points for the award, 3 points for the nomination, 5 points for the nomination of the Screen Actors Guild, 8 points for the award, 8 points for the Golden Globe nomination, 10 points for the award, and 10 points for the Oscar nomination , for 20 points—at least that's how Jenny and Chris counted points in the card game they played.

"Houston Film Critics Association Awards..." Jenny squeezed the card in her hand, and then pulled the awards schedule on the computer, "We still have more than ten awards to count, and this game is starting to become boring. "

"It seems so," Chris agrees, "from the moment I find out you have two characters racking up points, the game isn't that fun anymore."

Jenny laughed, "Oh, poor Chris, Andy hasn't gotten a few nominations, and so far, poor her, she hasn't gotten a single award, and people are talking about Sally, Sally. Li, Sally—to be honest, it's a little unfair to Andy."

"Do you know that it's scary for you to say that?" Chris scratched the tip of Jenny's nose with a card, "Schizopath."

He leaned over and exchanged a kiss with Jenny, "Continue?"

Jennie shrugged her shoulders, took a sip from the red wine glass, and lay down on the soft plush carpet. In the warmth of the central air conditioner, she comfortably looked up at the unspoiled starry sky of Malibu through the transparent roof. , "Why not? It's not that we have other things to do besides this—more interesting things to do."

Chris laughed, "You're totally taunting me, honey."

"This shows that you have lost confidence in yourself, so you are so sensitive." Jenny couldn't help laughing, "You are not young anymore, Chris, admit it."

Laughter continues outside: Chris throws a party at his Malibu mansion, attended by Jenny and Josh - although the owner disappears early, the party crowd doesn't Who cares about that, and that gives Chris and Jenny a whole evening together. Although they often meet at various parties in December, such opportunities are also rare for them, because this is the turbulent awards season, and the plumber trick is too dangerous at this sensitive time, and has been taken by Cesare. shouted stop.

Since Jenny went to film "Pirate", the two have been together less often, with injuries interspersed in between. Jenny has only gradually recovered recently. This is the first time to have fun in more than half a year. At least For Jenny, this is the case. As for Chris... he doesn't seem to have any scandals recently, and judging from some subtle performances, he seems to have been vegetarian for a while, so that...

"Well, I'm not a young man who never tires anymore, but—" Chris said emphatically, "—but! At our age, more emphasis is placed on technique and persistence, rather than reps. , that's what really matters, isn't it?"

"OK, OK." Jenny said with a smothered smile, "Continue to play the game? Shallwe?"

After some boring statistical work, Jenny won the championship with 12 awards and 14 nominations, accumulating 103 points, but after deducting the points obtained by Andy, her score dropped to 86 points, and Christopher Thirteen awards and seven nominations have a similar score of 84 points. This shows that although the nominations and awards of the two do not overlap, the style points obtained in this awards season are actually almost the same, and they can be said to be the champions. Became the trendiest person in this awards season.

For this result, no matter how much the outside world praises them and how happy the fans are for them, Jenny and Chris are both indifferent. It's like shopping in a supermarket. These awards are of course powerful It is reflected, but it is not the result of Laka's payment. Jenny took out 4 million and got these awards, and the public relations fees during the Oscar winning stage are not included. As for Chris, the money he dumped is More than her, he has been publicizing film critics since the film was released-not that he performed well and publicized film critics well, but he did perform well, but Chris' goal is to make good public relations into perfection-in fact, Even those touting articles in the media are not the result of public relations?

"Are you really planning to invest all the expected income from "The Fifth Sally"?" Jenny took another sip of red wine and messed up the cards, "Even for an Oscar winner, that is A very huge public relations fee."

"Based on the current box office?" Chris rolled his eyes happily, and his tone was calm and professional in a relaxed manner, "No, Chesa and I agree on this point. Ten million, more investment is a waste, so I think I should still be able to save some money in my pension fund - what about you? Are you not going to try it? Judging from the current situation, you still have There is a certain possibility of winning."

What they are talking about is already the post-nomination stage PR, because the Oscar nomination stage PR has been completed, and the feedback from Weinstein has ensured that Roger and Sally will be included in the nomination list-due to the nomination stage It is a registered ballot, and Weinstein has a way to obtain the original ballot data, so there will be no such thing as a judge saying who he will vote for, and finally reneging on his word. For the Jenny and Chris team, among the awards they care about, the only two that are still in suspense are the results of the Golden Globes and Oscars, and only these two awards, especially the Oscars. Affiliation cannot be completely determined by money, connections, or performances, because apart from having more judges, the other major feature of the Oscars is its strong political nature, and these two factors determine that although its nomination can be 'buy', But awards can never be fully manipulated and predicted by anyone.

"I'm still prioritizing Andy's supporting actress nominations." Jenny said frankly, "After all, there is almost no Oscar precedent for acting as a thriller actress—don't talk about Jodie Foster, you know She's different—besides, there are dozens of actresses at the Oscars, but there are only a few people who get two nominations at the same time. This is somewhat of an achievement, isn't it?"

"Very Cesare-style thinking," Chris commented, shrugging again, "but what can I say? I basically obey him. Although there is no doubt that he prefers you. "

"Oh, Chris," Jenny said amusedly, "Are you jealous of me? Your behavior makes me wonder—who was the one sleeping with you? Me or him?"

She stepped forward and teased Chris's chin flirtatiously, Chris grabbed her hand and pressed her into the carpet, he blew into her ear affectionately, "You are diverting my attention - I know he's privately helping you get Andy's Oscar nomination out of Weinstein."

Jennie blinked at him, hoping to use her beauty to soften Christopher's attitude of prosecuting. Although Christopher responded to her teasing with a smile, he still stared at her persistently and earnestly——Okay, This is not a point penalty. If he is easily fooled by her, Jenny will be disappointed with his ability.

"Okay, okay—seriously, you act like a sad wife—" She pushed Chris away in surrender, "I think you also know that Cesare's relationship with his mother is relatively Indifference—you should have noticed it too, after all, Mrs. Vijay did not attend his birthday party last time."

"And the relationship between this and Oscar is—" A thoughtful look appeared on Chris's face.

"The relationship with Oscar is that he has to use his mother's relationship to get some judges in non-Jewish circles for me to get a few more votes, and I pay for it-a lot of money, or A huge benefit," said Jenny, "because it's not in his remit, and obviously not one of the little things he can do for you with ease, so if you can't offer the same price, don't try to force him Do the same."

"Well," Chris said thoughtfully, "Your rhetoric is very strong. At least at this stage, I don't need to pay a lot of money, just to be more sure of getting nominated."

"If it weren't for Weinstein's inability to get enough votes for Andy, We—" Jenny changed to 'Which' just in time before the 'We' staccato, "and that's pretty cool to me. Important, I will not make such a choice, besides, you know, this is a big favor after all, so I think this card can only be played once—sorry, I will destroy it first.”

Christopher looks at her for a moment, then shrugs, "Well, I guess that's the downside of dating co-workers, isn't it? After all, you're so cute that I can't hate you at all."

It is true that a manager brings two A-listers, although they are a man and a woman, but there is indeed a problem of competing for resources. What Chris said is definitely not a joke. If they are not dating, this matter may It directly caused Chris to change his agent, or directly complained to Cesare, after all, the resource tilt on this was unbearable for him. And it was difficult for Jenny to explain to him that the reason why Cesare was willing to publicize Oscar for her was not only that the two of them co-founded the company, but also because she was the carrier of Cesare's career ambitions - the first point cannot be said , The second point is to say that it is tantamount to pitting Cesare's brokerage career.

"Actually, you don't need to hate me," she could only tactfully explain from another perspective, "These votes are not certain, I think it's more of a promise of favor, of course, at the nomination stage, A lot of people have access to see the raw ballots, so it's a bit more insurance, but you're already guaranteed a nomination, so and I personally think that if you play that card in the awards campaign, it's all about putting Throw the money into the water."

Chris' face became brighter, "I think you're right——"

He added sourly, "Although, your loyalty and maintenance to him are also touching."

"So you're eating Chesa's vinegar again now?" Jenny asked, "What's wrong with you, Chris, did you drink too much tonight?"

"I said, I just need to be the best." Christopher puffed up his mouth childishly to defend himself, "It's the same for you, and it's the same for Chesa. I don't ask that I be his only one." Client, he doesn't ask him to be my only agent—"

"As long as you are the best for each other." Jenny finished for Chris, she smiled and combed Chris's short hair, "Well, I think from today, you have to change your mind, Chris, you just have to be his best male client, can't you?"

"It seems that I have no better way than acquiescing to this." Christopher said with some 'ghost'. "After all, you and I can still coexist peacefully most of the time."

"I think the relationship between the three of us is already messed up," Jenny rolled her eyes exaggeratedly, "Think about it, now that Josh is added, if the three of us compete for the Olympics at the same time next year—"

"Josh has confirmed that you signed Cesare?" Chris's body froze for a moment.

"The contract has been officially signed." Jenny looked at him exploratoryly, "Are you nervous? Chris, don't tell that even Josh can make you feel threatened-are you nervous? "

"Oh, shut up." Maybe it was Jenny's slightly teasing attitude that annoyed him, and Chris bit her 'viciously' without leaving a mark, but judging from the strength, he was really a little bit uncomfortable. happy.

Well, it seems that she touched a sensitive point of him—Jenny stopped asking any more questions. In fact, from a certain point of view, she can also understand Chris's feelings. Although Josh was also an artist of CAA before, and Chris actually needed to compete with him for resources, but when the two really started to share the main agent, even if the facts have not changed, the sense of threat that Chris feels must be different from before. .

The room fell silent, Jenny changed her posture, and sighed comfortably. After half a year of filming, everything in Hollywood is so beautiful and convenient—even this starry sky is much more pleasing—

"So," Chris broke the silence, he had obviously adjusted his emotions, "When are you and Josh going to break the engagement?"

"There will be a period of reshoots in March next year," Jenny shrugged, "It is expected to be filmed in May, and after May we will announce our breakup—discovering that our love has turned into a family relationship—and so on."

"Speaking of which, have you ever slept with him?" Christopher asked with great interest, his lively and cute side came back. "I mean, in your several years of love history——"

"No." Jenny shook her head. She turned over, lay down on the carpet again, and raised her eyes so that she could observe Christopher from the front. "Do you care?"

Christopher thought for a while, and he nodded. "Yeah, it's weird though - it's been over nine months since our happy days in Hamilton and you and I have barely seen each other in that time, but the weird thing is that nine months ago I didn't care , You see, I didn’t even feel the need to ask, I wasn’t even curious.”

His eyes were lowered, and he looked at Jenny, "But now, nine months later, I don't know why, but I really care a little bit."

Jenny opened her mouth, then shrugged, "Well—nice to know that?"

For some reason, she felt a little embarrassed—although she is the more dedicated person in this relationship, and it is more likely that the non-specific person is Christopher, but for some reason, at this moment, Jenny feels that she is the one. The more ruthless person in the relationship.

Christopher fluttered his eyelashes, "Glad to know that - is that all you have to say?"

"Otherwise?" Jenny ordered to remain calm, she must not show any guilt, "What else do you want to hear?"

Christopher stared at her blankly for a while, and the corners of his lips slowly rose——he bent towards her, and the black hair fell on her cheek, tickling Jenny a little.

"Jenny Jane Jefferson." Chris whispered into her ear, announcing in a serious tone, "You are the coolest, most mysterious, most independent girl I've ever dated—"

He suddenly let go of his hand, put all his weight on Jenny, and continued to say while kissing, "—and I found that I like you more and more."

With a chameleon like Christopher, the smartest thing a girl can do is never take him seriously, and Jenny has always done that, but now she finds that continuing to have a 'don't believe it, don't respond' attitude, It seems to be a little too cruel to Christopher...

OK. She grudgingly admits to herself that although Christopher is the most childish and annoying guy she's ever dated, it's true that he's quite likable...

The author has something to say:

Note: The awards mentioned here are all true... There are so many awards in the awards season in Hollywood that they can't be counted... Almost anyone with a status can be said to be an Oscar wind vane... nothing more than a wind vane and an important The difference in vane. My personal feeling is that these are the only ones that are on the horizontal line for the Olympics in one year, so this is actually a matter of probability...

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I'm really sorry, this is actually a manuscript, I wrote it yesterday, after dinner today, I lay down and hugged my cat to rest for a while, but I actually fell asleep...|| |And my family knew that I was going to update at 7:30 and didn't call me

I woke up and felt like it took me a long time to look at my phone, OTL, sorry for the long wait