Hollywood Domination Chapter 160: The fisherman takes advantage

Is this the judges' compensation? Because I voted for Reese, I voted her first for Best Supporting Actress out of guilt? Or is Oscar trying to strike a balance, allowing Reese to win Best Actress while giving her Best Supporting Actress? But this is impossible, the Oscars are not the Golden Globes, more than 1,600 people cannot get a pass at all, or has the chairman bought PricewaterhouseCoopers? ——But it’s impossible, the chairman of the academy is a rotating system, and no one can sit in the chair for life. Where does the influence come from?

Bringing the postman to tamper with the ballot? Impossible, the possibility of being exposed is too high, it is too bizarre, and who has this motive? Even Cesare can't do such a thing...

PwC statistics wrong?

She suddenly traveled into another parallel dimension?

Countless messy thoughts piled up in Jenny's mind, making it almost impossible for her to think effectively—although she knew it seemed absurd, but after receiving the trophy, Jenny still couldn't help but keep Jamie who was about to leave Fox, took the awarding card with her name on it from him, until she could see clearly that the typeface on it was indeed printed: 'Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Jefferson' - that's for sure There is no error in the procedure, and this is not a rare oolong for Oscar.

"Uh..." Even though this is the countless times that Jenny has been on the podium, when she turned to face the camera, her scalp was still numb, and her mind was blank: this piece of stuffing that fell from the sky The cake was smashed so suddenly that she didn't even prepare a decent acceptance speech, and now she doesn't know what to say.

But it’s not okay to be silent all the time. Jenny looked at the cardboard in her hand again, and leaned closer to the microphone, "Uh, I've confirmed that it is indeed my name printed. So--sorry, sister Guys, this time the lucky one is indeed me.”

When she stopped Jamie to look at the paper jam, there was already a chuckle in the venue, and now the atmosphere is more lively. After all, to be honest, apart from Michelle and Rachel, isn't it all the same for the rest of the stars who wins the award? Although Jennifer won the award beyond everyone's expectations, after the initial surprise, everyone is now more in the audience mode, wanting to see how Jennifer, who is obviously and extremely surprised, will give a speech.

Jenny is indeed in a dilemma now. Although she has prepared an award speech for "The Fifth Sally", it is impossible to use it—what's more, "The Devil Wears Prada" has not been published yet. Having never won a single award, she has absolutely no one to censor herself, and she can only say what comes to mind, so as not to leave an embarrassing gap.

"Just a year and a half ago, when we started making this movie, I was so scared that it would fail at the box office, and I said to Meryl, this story is kind of dark, is it too negative for a fashion movie? And Meryl said to me: It's a fascinating story, you won't get an Oscar for it, but the audience will love it." It is indeed this conversation that Jenny now recalls, "And a year and a half later, I found Not only did the audience love Andy, our dear judges loved it too, thank you for proving dear Meryl wrong - thank you Academy, thank you Fox, thank you CAA, thank you my dear Meryl and Emily , thank you to my agent Cesare, without you there would be nothing like this - thank you my audience, you make all the miracles come true, thank you!"

She held up the trophy, let the reporters take the winning photos, and suddenly realized it was too late amidst the flashes and applause - she forgot to thank Josh.

Judy might kill her later, but that's not what Jenny is thinking about now—according to the usual practice, she doesn't return to the auditorium after stepping down, but is led backstage for photos and interviews before she enters the stage , Cesare and Judy hurried up to meet him, Cesare's face was flushed, obviously just finished running, and Judy even took down her dinner bag in panic.

"How did this happen?!" Cesare and her asked in unison, and then pointed at each other in unison, "is you?"

"NO!" For the third time, the two denied it at the same time. If it was another moment, all this might be as funny as a talk show, but no one is in the mood to joke now, including Judy. Asked in surprise, "This has nothing to do with you?"

"What happened?" Jenny was completely confused, and her last guess was shattered—it seemed that Cesare did not plan to give her a 'surprise'.

"Now the point is not here, it's how you deal with the media." Cesare said quickly, "Listen, I'll go to PwC for a second check now, and your answer should be as accurate as possible. Keep it short, don't get too complacent, it might all be a mistake—Judy, she leaves it to you."

He said exactly what she thought, and Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, let's go, Judy."

"Let me get ready." Judy obviously hasn't completely calmed down yet, she just confirmed that there is no one behind all of this, and she has become agitated with 'sluggish response', she took a few breaths, "God, Even if you can only hold it for ten minutes, you are the female star I know who paid the least to get an Oscar - you didn't even spend a penny on PR - God, God, calm down Judy... ok, Let's go!"

She took a deep breath, regained her professional and calm expression, and led Jenny to the already boiling media area.

Of course the media were very excited—this is definitely the most exaggerated dark horse of this year's Oscars. Judging from the TV broadcast in the background, even the winner Jennifer didn't expect to win the award at all. Her surprise and hesitation ——If it's acting, then she's terrible. Of course, Heath Ledger's reaction is also worthy of hype. In short, there is indeed a lot of excitement at the Oscars tonight, and the reporters also have countless hidden questions waiting for Jennifer.

"Yes, I am very happy, yes, this is a very unexpected result..."

It wasn't until the next award was announced and the winners entered the backstage that Jenny found a break to get rid of the enthusiastic media people. She hurried to the corner where Cesare was standing—five minutes ago, he slipped away again. back here. "How about it, are you sure they didn't make a mistake?"

"It's the result of repeated calculations." Cesare shook his head, and he looked at Jenny with elusive eyes for a while, "It's a very rare situation—even the accountant himself admitted that this is very rare situation."

"Tell me what's going on!" Jenny is going crazy, she's literally on the verge of madness, and it's even stranger than her own rebirth. "Quick!—You know that I have to go back soon!"

"Okay." Cesare was obviously also gathering his thoughts, and he said quickly while taking Jenny back, "If you remember the principle of preferential voting, you know that when the votes are close Now, the number of people who voted for your second place is actually more important than the number of people who voted for your first place.”

According to Oscar’s voting principles, in the competition just now, for example, Michelle got 600 votes and Rachel got 550 votes. In the end, the accountant will have to recalculate the 300 ballots for the last place—let’s say it’s Amy. If no one is named, then Rachel's votes will rise to 610. If no one votes for Michelle as the second place among Amy's votes, the crown of Best Supporting Actress will fall on Rachel's head.

Moreover, in the actual operation, there may be recalculation this time, for example, Amy's 300 votes, the second place is Jenny, and then Jenny gets her own 300+Amy's 300= 600, with the same vote as Michelle, Rachel will be PKed down, and then the next round of preference screening will start. So, if you're going to win, you're either going to run 700 high numbers like Chris, or you're making sure that some people vote you first to keep you away from the bottom, and then some people are voting for you Voting you as the second place while inferring the last place in the inference, this strategy will be much more effective than concentrating all the PR votes on the first place.

Specific examples are Michelle and Rachel. The PR battle between these two people can be said to be evenly matched this year. There was a big difference in the results of the voting, and you were at the bottom of the nomination vote. Of course, this is not surprising to us-in any case, in fact, this time, among the members who chose you as the first place, the choice of the second place presents an anomaly Michelle and Rachel are almost 50-50 each, rather than being split evenly between the remaining four—do you know what I mean, Jefferson?"

Jenny suddenly realized, "They all think I will take the last place!"

"If I had to guess, there should be several sources of votes for the first place you got. The first is your basic votes, that is, those judges who really appreciate you." Cesare said.

Jenny nodded—it's reasonable. Among the 1,600 judges, the number of judges who can be influenced by public relations is far less than 1,600. Oscar is an old people's group. Most of the members are fully retired, have no worries about food and clothing, and their children are not in this industry. It is really difficult to calculate how much influence public relations activities have on them. These people are the variables in the Oscar voting. Jenny didn't know how many of those people liked her acting, but there must have been, because Weinstein told her that she got more votes in the supporting actress and leading actress ballots than her publicist had.

"The second is Michelle and Rachel's public relations ticket, you are concentrating on the best actress in public relations, everyone knows that very well," they came to the corner of the exit, Cesare continued to lower his voice, Give her a quick analysis. "And you were at the bottom of the nomination ballot, and for most people, deducting your PR votes—in the final vote, you will definitely focus on Best Actress—you must be fifth, so Michele Er and Rachel gave you all their first places. The absolute number of these two people should not be too many. They can't let you be the fourth place, but the combined votes of the two become a force that cannot be underestimated. .”

He paused, "And the third place should actually be the last place, I don't know, Amy—Catherine? Among their tickets, part of the public relations tickets helped Michelle and Rachel has improved her advantage, so she chose you as the second place - so they still have some hope. Of course, it is not ruled out that some judges really think that you can be the second place after voting them for the first place. No matter what , these three factors allow you to actually absorb more than 40% of the votes, far ahead of the second place-this is not a mistake, Jenny, you really won your first Oscar."

His voice was also a little excited, although it was still suppressed, but to Jenny, the excitement was still very clear—because with Cesare’s analysis, she gradually became excited—no matter what Said, no matter how absurd and bizarre--Cesare's words still proved that PwC did not make a mistake, this award really belonged to her--

She really got her first Oscar!

"Ohmygod." She flinched, "Ohmygod—Oh—my—GOD! This prize is really mine—we really got it—Chesa, we really ——"

"I know." Cesare was genuinely smiling, and his handsome face showed a cheerful smile undisguised, "We got it—we got it, Jefferson."

Jennie suppressed the urge to scream, she rushed forward and put her arms around Cesare's neck, stomping her feet fiercely to vent her emotions, "We got it! We got the Oscar!"

She sang excitedly, "We'vegotanOscar~We'vegotanOscar——"

"Easy, Tiger," Cesare shielded her back, "you're wearing high heels—let me pour cold water on you, and you realize that means you're no longer able to get the heroine, Right?"

There seemed to be another award in the venue. There were applause and whistles. Amidst the noisy background, Jenny gradually calmed down. She understood what Cesare meant, "Yes, I was voted for the first prize." It is difficult to continue to vote me as the number one actress among leading actresses...but that’s okay, I’ve already won an Oscar, and that’s the most important thing.”

Considering the unwritten unspoken rules of the Oscars, after voting for her as the number one supporting actress, the chances of Jenny’s basic supporters continuing to vote for her as the number one in the leading actress are not high. No one has ever reached the double-system dominance, so indeed, after losing this part of the votes, even if all the public relations votes can be cashed out, she is unlikely to win against Reese, or Judy, Felicity Ti is just like Jenny just now, and it is very possible to become the number one by taking advantage of the fisherman's fortune. After all, this is Oscar, and there will always be variables in it.

"This incident tells us a truth." Although she was still smiling, Jenny was no longer so excited. You have to prepare an acceptance speech, or you'll look like a fool on stage—won't you sit back, Chesa?"

"Best Actor is about to be awarded." Cesare raised his chin on the stage, "You better go back quickly, Best Actor is followed by Best Actress, you have to sit there — Show a little more respect.”

"'kay." Jenny also ordered herself to calm down completely and return to work.

She hurried back to her seat. Of course, Josh, Chris, and Giselle all congratulated her enthusiastically. Jenny smiled and hugged them respectively, "I know you are very happy for me— — I’m very happy for me too, and for you — are you more confident in yourself now, Chris?”

"Why do you keep asking such tough questions?" Chris asked back with a smile, but then admitted, "Yeah, I'm much more relaxed now."

——Since Jenny was selected for Best Supporting Actress, it means that most of the judges will not choose her as the first place for Best Actress, and it also means that Chris because 'The best hero and heroine will not belong to a movie 'The possibility of losing votes is much smaller due to considerations. Of course, Chris will feel better when there is one less competitor, but what he said about relaxation is purely a lie——as the best actor award presenter Clint Eastwood walked onto the stage, and his breathing suddenly became rapid. Although he was still trying to look calm, Jenny could completely feel the tension radiating from Christopher's body.

"...my old friend, Philip Hoffman, "Capote"..." Clint muttered slowly, "and the wonderful and young Christopher Hanks, "The Fifth A Sally"—younger than him, the dazzling Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain."

In the warm applause of everyone, Jenny looked at the indifferent Heath on the big screen with some emotion——Heath is two years older than Jenny, only 27 years old this year, nominated for an Oscar for the first time, hope of winning It's not big, so his expression is still very ordinary. For this rebellious Australian boy, maybe Oscar is the same thing--his talent is so extraordinary, Oscar is not out of reach for him And, it will be in his pocket after all...

Shaking her head, she turned her attention back to Clint.

Clint had also finished his introduction. He opened the envelope, glanced at it, and raised his eyebrows. "Christopher Hanks, "The Fifth Sally"!"

Amid the warm applause, Christopher jumped up. He bent down and hugged Giselle lightly, then turned around and hugged Jenny fiercely, almost strangling her off the ground. Then came Josh, and Harvey not far away...

Okay, Jenny admitted that if she didn't win Best Supporting Actress, she must be in a complicated mood right now—what about "How I Met Your Mother"? When your friend succeeds, you're totally happy for him for a second, and the next second you're thinking of yourself who didn't accomplish anything—but now she's got her own Oscar, even if Chris's wins her Best Actress award. The protagonist's last glimmer of hope was extinguished, and she was able to applaud him happily from the bottom of her heart.

"...Thanks to my agency CAA, and of course my partner Jennifer Jefferson," Christopher pointed to her, "She dragged my self-esteem and acting skills to the ground with her performance , and then bring them back to life—"

He sent a thankful wink in Jenny's direction, and then with a hint of childish innocence, he continued cheerfully, "And my parents and family, Dad, Mom, Jack, my favorite little niece Tina..."

Although at the age of 30 this year, he equaled Adrian's record as the youngest actor, but Christopher has been famous for many years, and this time the traces of breaking through himself are also obvious. In addition, playing old and ugly will win the favor of the judges It was also normal, and it wasn't completely unconvincing. The guests in the audience sent Chris away with applause. And after the host's interlude, Meryl Streep stepped onto the stage and began to present the Best Actress Award, which is also the third last award tonight, followed by the final Best Director, The highlight of the best picture.

"Some performances reveal the richness and extensibility of the inner world," Meryl said unhurriedly, maintaining the shape of her glasses, "while some performances reproduce the demeanor of historical figures for us—"

Amidst Reese Witherspoon's sweet and reserved laughter, Meryl introduced the five candidates one by one, "Judi Dench, The Gift of Mrs. Henderson, Jennifer Jay Folsom, "The Fifth Sally," Reese Witherspoon, "Move On," and the Oscars will go to—"

Reese smiled and listened, Keira whispered to her boyfriend reservedly, and then smiled charmingly at the camera, Felicity was thoughtful, Jenny glanced at Reese on the big screen, curious Comments on the Internet—Although it is impossible for her to win another award, at this moment, when the audience fell silent, her heartbeat still accelerated a little: Who could it be? Reese? Judy? Felicity?

Meryl pushed her glasses, opened the envelope, her eyes suddenly widened, and her startled expression was almost the same as that of Jamie Foxx just now—there was a buzz of interest in the venue , Josh, Giselle—even Harvey, Philip Hoffman... All the guests around Jenny turned around and stared at Jenny openly, but Jenny no longer cares about other people's eyes ——Following Meryl's performance, her heart rose to her throat—impossible, absolutely impossible, but based on her understanding of Meryl—

"And the Oscargoesto—" Meryl coughed and repeated her words emphatically. syllable. "—Jennifer Jefferson."

The author has something to say: Note: Everyone understands the explanation of the Oscar voting rules here. It should be... In fact, it is quite complicated. It seems that I made a mistake the first time... Based on this chapter Whichever it is

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