Hollywood Domination Chapter 162: No one sleeps tonight (Part 2)

"Jennifer——" another middle-aged man who felt familiar to Jenny but couldn't name came up, "Congratulations, you're the big winner tonight, aren't you? Oh, I have to say, when they When I uttered your name for the second time, I was speechless, at that time I really thought it was my illusion, I had already entered "The Twilight Zone"..."

"Hank." Judy whispered a word in Jenny's ear, "Time Warner's independent director."

"Honestly, Hank." Jenny forced herself to smile her 10,000th smile of the night, "and honestly, me too—I feel like I'm dreaming right now."

This is not a lie, she really hasn't recovered from the shock a few hours ago. To be honest, Jenny doesn't even know how she walked up to the stage to accept the award, and how she finished reciting the acceptance speech she had thought about earlier. It seems to have added a sentence, "I'm very glad that I didn't directly misappropriate the acceptance speech I prepared for this moment, otherwise the scene will definitely fall into a terrible silence now"-Goodforher, which shows that teasing has become her instinct.

Best Actress? real or fake? Of course, no one would have thought that she would win Best Supporting Actress, which was the result of pie in the sky, but that doesn't mean that those sympathetic votes were cast for her as the first female supporting actress-that is, her basic set will not be the same again. Voted first for her heroine? Best Actress? How the **** did this happen? Could it be that her charm really conquered all the judges, so that although she lost those basic disks, she still won the first place?

No matter what, this time she no longer doubted that Oscar had made a mistake in counting votes. Although Jenny still allowed herself to consider the possibility that Oscar would ask for a recount and then withdraw the award, but since this was something that had never happened in history, So—almost negligible—so, contrary to previous expectations, she was nominated for the first time, won two nominations, and won two Oscars at the age of 25.

If she was still in ecstasy when she got the supporting actress, then now she's already—feeling that she is still in a dream, and even the high heels are not stepping on carpets, one foot is deep and the other is shallow, but clouds and cotton.

"I may have drunk too much." After exchanging pleasantries with Hank, Jenny took a break and said to Judy, "I'm a little dizzy."

"Me too," Judy replied bluntly, "and I didn't drink at all--it's only your second drink, hold on, Jenny, I saw Bob coming. Bob used to be from Didn't come to the celebratory party—he never even showed up at the awards."

She was talking about Robert Iger. In the past, Judy would have been excited about the arrival of such a big man, but now she is no longer surprised. Double lifting and double middle—what does double lifting and double middle mean? In fact, Jenny hasn't got a clue yet, but at least she knows that this means that many people-countless people-will come to this party to say hello to her. She doesn't know how long the party has been going on. There were too many, and the more important thing was that she hadn't recovered from the shock—she only knew that when she went backstage after receiving the award, even Cesare was in a state of shock, and spoke very little. And she didn't know how she dealt with the media that was so excited that she almost fainted. In short, when she regained some ability to think, she was already standing here, like the president at the handshake meeting, one after another Shake hands with his supporters.

Spielberg, James Cameron, Bruckheimer, Martin Scorsese, Hugh Hefner, Joe Silver—these big names came one by one, and they even originally None of them were scheduled to attend the AfterParty, but drove to the scene directly after watching the live broadcast. Of course, Jenny didn’t think they were here to praise her or come for her: she won two awards, which is an Oscar phenomenon. It's a trend in Hollywood, it's a big deal, and these big guys want to be there and know what's going on in real time -- that's the point.

Her understanding should be correct, because she only talked to them briefly, and these people seemed to have figured out that she didn't know anything, and then disappeared without a trace, Jenny saw Bruckheimer was talking emotionally to Cesare—Cesare was as busy as she was tonight—and she figured they were off to someone they thought could explain it.

I don't know if Cesare can explain that all this is just an accident. Jenny thought casually, and smiled politely again. "Bob."

She and Iger are already very familiar. At this moment, an acquaintance can soothe her emotions better than those strangers who are all smiling and have a mystery. When Jenny and Iger hugged, she felt as if she was awake again One point, "Don't tell me you came here to congratulate me, Bob."

"Felt like cheering on my girls," Iger said warmly. "Willow and the boys asked me to pass on the congratulations—and of course they couldn't wait to find out what the **** was going on."

This is not the first time someone has asked this question. Of course, Iger asked the most direct question, and he is also the person Jenny cannot offend. When Rob Marshall came to inquire before, Jenny could honestly tell him "it was really just an accident" and "I was more surprised than everyone else", old Marshall could believe it or not—even if he felt that Jenny wasn't telling the truth, then how? Jenny owed him a favor or a few, but that didn't mean she was obliged to tell him everything. If he's upset about it, that's his problem.

But Iger is completely different, he is the one who called to help her get votes - although under Cesare's plan, Jenny has never had direct contact with these things, but it does not mean that she will not know Whom did I owe—he was also the one who knew she wasn't even sure of Best Actress, and if I didn't answer well, Iger might think he wasn't trusted, and that would be bad.

Under the pressure of this reality, Jenny's stopped thinking machine started to work, she showed a embarrassed smile, looked around, as if hinting at the occasion, "Bob, I really want to Let me tell you, I know the answer. But the truth is, maybe I have a little idea of ​​what happened to Best Supporting Actress, but I only have a half-knowledge of what happened in the leading actress competition..."

Her tone was suggestive and revealed something she hadn't told anyone before - she knew what happened to Best Supporting Actress and Iger didn't go on to ask what happened to Best Supporting Actress What's the matter, I just nodded thoughtfully and lowered my voice, "So, what happened to Reese is really not an accident?"

Jenny also lowered her voice, "I can't admit anything to you——"

"I see." Robert quickly interrupted Jenny, but he was not surprised, apparently he had suspected this for a while, "There are no good deeds that don't ask for anything in return, are there?"

"Maybe, but this kind of thing rarely happens in Hollywood." Jenny replied grumblingly. , she is also constantly waking up: she was really busy a while ago, why are people so enthusiastic about her, why did Weinstein introduce her to big coffee? The answer is so easy! — people guessed that she had something to do with the Reese incident! People want to reap the dividends of Internet public opinion, and even if they don't get the dividends, they don't want to be the next Reese! In people's eyes, she has mastered a mysterious and terrifying new weapon. At least before Internet marketing and public opinion control become a bad street concept, no one wants to offend her easily. On the contrary, everyone wants to have a good relationship with her , share her dividends, establish a good online image like her, and even scroll through traditional media in reverse to find a cheaper, more effective, and stronger PR method.

Fear means power, interest means power, even her own low-key style means power - Jenny herself is also a member of 'people', she knows what the public thinks, when you don't understand something, Its mystery will add a lot of charm to it. The more low-key she was, the less she acted and had nothing to do with that incident, the more extreme and daring the speculation in people's minds. So at the Oscar nomination luncheon, she was the star of the crowd, and after she won two Oscars, this mysterious charm even made Iger, the CEO of Disney, know her very well. Iger, who was looking at her—was a little too restrained, he came from home to support her himself, in addition to figuring out what happened, I am afraid that he also had the intention of showing the close relationship between the two in Hollywood. Of course, his specific motives need to be carefully analyzed. Why didn't he ask the supporting actress about the inside story? What is he thinking? These all require her to ponder carefully in a quieter environment.

Although she still doesn't know anything about the inside story of her winning the leading actress, and she still holds these two trophies with heavy hands, but now Jenny is much calmer: outside of these two Oscars, the world is still Follow the trajectory she understands, no matter what the inside story is, the current development of the situation is obviously beneficial to her.

"Of course, we should have a closer talk about the film appointment...Yes, now is not the time...Thank you again for coming, Bob..." Sending Iger to the direction of Cesare, Jenny sneaked a glance She glanced at the big TV above the venue—with a confused face, she was wearing a polite smile, holding her second statuette restrainedly, and almost absent-mindedly delivered her acceptance speech.

"Thanks to David for making this possible, to Chris for being my best rival, to my fiancé Josh for being my best supporter, and to Harvey..." Although The TV only had pictures and no sound, but Jenny still recounted herself in a low voice: This is a well-prepared acceptance speech, safe, boring, and without the slightest controversy, and she can recite it back and forth effortlessly.

After she finished her speech on TV, she turned around and hugged Jamie. She still seemed so distraught. Even though she had just won the honor of crossing the era, she couldn't hide the fact that this was a girl who was completely shocked. It can be said that she was at a loss.

As Jenny looked at this blond stunner in red, she couldn't help showing a faint smile.

"You're a very, very, very lucky girl," she whispered, "Don't miss out on your luck."

"Jennifer!" A sweet and smiling voice sounded behind her, and without Judy's reminder, Jenny immediately put on a sincere smile.

She turned around. "Michelle - God, I really can't face you now -"

"Don't say that." Michelle Williams pulled her fiancé Heath Ledger, who was obviously unwilling, and smiled cheerfully and sincerely, "This is the game, isn't it? Bet and admit defeat, I don’t even have this bit of sportsmanship.”

The two actresses gave a warm and friendly hug, and Michelle continued, "Actually, I just wanted to ask you, are you free recently? Heath and I plan to hold a baby party to celebrate Ma One hundred days of Tilda..."

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"This rule must stop." While the stars were celebrating their victory and receiving meticulous photography from the "Vanity Fair" photojournalist in the AfterParty, AMPAS, the rotating committee member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, returned to the In the college building, they lost their tempers at each other soberly in the conference room. "This rule - this whole **** thing has to stop, guys. If it goes on like this, we're just going to lead the Oscars to ruin!"

"And what makes you think that's not the way we're going?" Ed Carter, member of the rotating committee grumpily exclaimed, "For God's sake, it's the 21st century, and everything is Younger, faster, and we have only six thousand old people who are dying! What are you expecting, Helen, unless you can change the world, miracles will not happen by themselves, we will just keep rotten like this, reduced Be a tool of a big company—become a career ladder for careerists!"

"Ed, calm down." Frank Pearson rubbed his temples, "It's already clear, this is an accidental coincidence, the new rules have confused the judges - in the past fifty For many years, whoever you want to vote, put its name on the ballot. Whoever you choose in the best actress, you will not choose the best supporting actress. It's as simple as that, but the new rules change everything Yes, who you chose as the first place in the best actress, OK, you don’t write her as the first place in the supporting actress, you don’t want her to win the award, you write her as the second place, because you are still very Like her - these old people don't know this and there is still a chance of choosing her first, they are not mathematicians - the voting rules are getting more and more complicated, this is almost an inevitable result, yes, we are lucky, in the past A few years without incident, but it could happen anytime, and the girl was just lucky enough to be the first to take advantage. Maybe next year there will be a second, a third—and we There's only one choice: From now on, an actress can only be nominated for one Oscar for her performance."

"We still have a rule, which is to change the voting rules back to the original." Helen Levere said, "But of course, I see what you mean, Frank, this will invalidate our original intention."

"Yes, our original intention." Frank took off his glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose, "Maintaining Oscar's credibility—did you join AMPAS to let people like Weinstein play you in the palm of your hand? Huh? Guys, is it? No? If not, then tell me why the Best Supporting Actress vote has such absurd results? - I remind you again, only the rotating committee can see the number of votes for the nomination ballot , ordinary members can only know the result."

The venue suddenly fell into a terrible silence: this meeting has been going on for several hours, and Frank has obtained all the data he needs. For those who are interested, there is no secret in the PR company's system. Frank Even just a few phone calls were enough to find out the public relations votes of the three candidates in the nomination process, and PricewaterhouseCoopers had already prepared a detailed report to count the distribution of votes. The distribution of votes for Michelle and Rachel is so precise, the number of votes for the first two votes and the nomination round are exactly the same, with a difference of less than ten—if Jennifer’s basic board hadn’t miraculously risen to 100 The above, and at the same time received almost the same number of votes for 'the first Jennifer, the second Rachel/Michelle' votes, she will be the last. And this shows two pieces of information - 1. The two female candidates adopted the same tactic, and 2. They both got the results of the nomination vote.

And 2 leads to the appalling 3—the insider tip from someone on the committee, and maybe more than one.

"OK, let's admit it, Jennifer Jefferson is the luckiest girl ever." Ed said reluctantly, "Not only did she meet two stupid candidates, but she also miraculously got the The winner of the heroine vote—only with an advantage of 10 votes—"

"I think the fact that she won just shows that the outside world's evaluation of the integrity of the committee is still a little too high." Good - but we don't need to discuss this matter now, what we need to discuss now is how we should deal with the current situation."

"We can't take back her Oscar." Helen said, "PwC has all the ballot data, they won't accept that the count is wrong--"

"—and I wouldn't use that either," said Frank, "she got an Oscar, one because she was lucky, one because she was good—more people than you all chose her for number one. People are surprised, aren't they?"

There was an ironic smile on the corner of his lips, and his eyes glanced at several Jewish committee members pointingly, "And this also makes me a little more optimistic about the situation-it shows that our big Most members still know how to distinguish good performances - they will always insist on good enough performances."

He did not mention that he also voted for Jennifer first, nor did he mention his negative attitude at the time: At that time, he estimated that Jennifer would not be able to get the first place even with this vote-indeed, the best The result of the heroine still made Frank a little more optimistic. At least after deducting Jennifer's public relations ticket (God knows how much it has been cashed in), there are still so many members who insist on performing their duties. "In any case, there has never been a double award in the history of Oscars, but there has never been a retraction of the award, so we will not continue to discuss this issue, and we will focus on how to deal with the subsequent situation."

"OK, we won't take it back." Ed spread his hands, "Then what else can we do? Write a **** speech, and throw it out when the media storm hits us. Close your eyes and get through half a year ——Bang, a new award season begins, and we start all over again—what else can we do?"

Although his tone was very bad, his views made many members nod their heads, and Helen also pushed her glasses in approval, "We can only do this at the moment—Frank, as for whether to revise the selection According to the rules, there is no rush."

Frank also nodded, he let out a soft breath, but he still couldn't get rid of the tension-since he heard the name 'Jennifer Jefferson' for the second time, this kind of tension The tension has been lingering: how will the ratings be tonight? What will tomorrow's papers say? Jennifer. Jefferson - this can not be said to be lucky or unlucky girl will become the target of public criticism, and Oscar's integrity will be affected? Will things develop unexpectedly?

Countless questions swirled in his mind. Frank exhaled and dispelled all distracting thoughts—in any case, he was the chairman of the rotating committee, and he needed to think about Oscar and AMPAS.

"Tonight's meeting must be kept secret." He glanced at everyone, "This is Oscar's ugliest and most downtrodden side—this is our ugliest and most greedy side, and if anyone leaks it, Who let me hear a rumor—"

Putting out the strongest posture, he continued, "I will give up the next four years, dissolve the committee, initiate the re-election process, mark my words, friends, I will do what I say."

He closed the folder, "The meeting is over!"

The committee members muttered and left the building slowly, and Frank got into his limousine. On the way home, he was still thinking about the committee's follow-up attitude: the matter of Jennifer Jefferson It's absolutely no fun, the media won't let it go, and neither will the losers, Reese Witherspoon, Michelle Williams... They, their teams, and their companies have enough reasons to hate Jennifer Jay Ferson, if she only takes Best Actress, the media will be fine. Had she only won Best Supporting Actress, there would have been a lot of noise about the Oscars splitting pork, but nothing the committee couldn't handle. but now? Unprecedentedly, she won two Oscars?

Frank's rich life experience can't predict what will happen next, because this incident is completely unprecedented, but he can be sure of one thing: those unwilling losers will not give up this opportunity. Adding fuel to the wave of doubts from the media, and even making things difficult for Oscar, is what they will definitely do. And Frank really doesn't know how high this storm will be fired, and whether the embarrassing truth behind the best supporting actress will be sniffed out by the long nose of the media...

With so much on his mind, he woke up uneasily after almost two hours of sleep. Looking at the clock, Frank simply got up and put on his nightgown, and staggered to the gate of the courtyard.

He took a few breaths—it's a short walk for anyone from his bedroom—and opened the newspaper box, took out some of his subscriptions, and flipped to the entertainment section. .

The eye-catching headline immediately caught his eyes - Jennifer Jefferson toasted twice, young talent conquers Hollywood.

OK, it seems that this is a positive attitude... Jefferson's team did a good job in PR. Frank dropped the paper to his feet and went on to the next one.

J.J won double awards! Oscar miracle! AfterParty big names gathered, and Spielberg, James Cameron, and Robert Iger came to congratulate her in person. She won the award and everyone expected it!

…

What?

Frank even rubbed his eyes twice to be sure that he was not mistaken. He stood up straight, fumbled in the pocket of his nightgown, took out his reading glasses and put them on, quickly scanned the small print report, and then Walking in a hurry, he returned to the study breathlessly (seriously, the house is too big, which is not good), turned on the computer strangely, and found last night's Oscar special report.

Robert Iger, Spielberg, James Cameron—a group photo of shaking hands and chatting quickly appeared, and the happy smiles on everyone’s faces reflected the happy atmosphere at that time—even the Hugh Hefner, why is he here to join in the fun? Michelle Williams also hugged and took a photo with her...

Frank was puzzled for the third time in a few days. He read all the news intently and could not think of a reasonable explanation.

"Okay, I must be too tired." He couldn't help looking at the group photos from the beginning—with so many celebrities backing them, who would dare to say that Jennifer's two Oscars came from public relations? ? Of course, there may be such media, but I'm afraid they are now like him, already overwhelmed by Jennifer's energy... "There must be a reasonable explanation for all this..."

Even though he knew the inside story and knew that the supporting actress was picked up cheaply by Jennifer, facing this unbelievable scene, Frank couldn't help but have an absurd thought in his mind: "It seems that she not only Is a very, very, very lucky girl, maybe also a very, very, very powerful girl... No, or, she has been lucky to a degree beyond imagination - she was surrounded by a very, very powerful person Picked..."

He retyped another keyword in the search box: Cesare Vijari.

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