~： Four hundred and six - generous

This year Wayne's focus is on The Departed, or the Oscars, followed by the second Batman filming and everything else.

As long as you step into this circle of intoxicated gold fans, everyone's desires will be invisibly magnified. Some people are addicted to handsome men and beauties, some people are addicted to alcohol, drugs, leaf cigarettes, and some people are addicted to seeking stimulation through large sums of money.

However, all this is nothing in front of the Oscar statuette. As long as it is a participant in this circle, almost no one can resist this temptation. The little golden person represents not only temporary success, but also the highest recognition in the circle.

Although Wayne's mind has been kept awake, when the opportunity really appeared in front of him, he was no exception, and he also longed for the Oscar statuette in his heart. Whether or not there is such a thing, its status in the history of film can be said to be very different. , the uncrowned king has never been a compliment to him.

The most important thing is that this year will be the year with the best opportunities and the weakest opponents in the next ten years. Of course, persimmons have to be soft, and if they miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this year, I am afraid that Wayne will really have to wait another ten or eight years. And then relying on the qualifications to survive until the academy had to award him.

Steven Spielberg kept silent when he heard them talking about Batman, and after a while, when the topic was pulled again, he said to Wayne:

"You and The Departed are like targets right now, grabbing all the attention of the press, critics, academy members and audiences, too many with a magnifying glass ready to take a closer look at this gangster film."

The sounds of chatting, drinking, singing and other sounds from the surrounding crowd filled the lawn around the pool with the breeze of Los Angeles at night. Steven Spielberg's reminder also reached several people's ears in a timely manner.

Jeff Robinoff nodded, tapping a thick cigar in one hand on the white plastic table beside him. "Wayne, our advantage is indeed the greatest. No one can deny this, but we can't ignore other people who are ready to go."

Wayne understands what the two of them mean. "The Departed" has attracted too much attention. The film maintained too much mystery before its release, which just gave the opponents who also had the same ambitions for Oscar to have a clear target of attack.

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He opened his hands, stretched his waist and asked, "Who are the competitors who can be identified now?"

Bruce Rosenblum first glanced at the good old Jewish man, frowned slightly, and said after thinking about it: "According to the information collected by the company, Joel Cohen's "Blood", Mi Ross Forman's Sex Book tycoon, yes, and Harvey Weinstein's The English Patient, that's all for the time being that threatens us."

Wayne listened to the famous names, scratched his chin with one hand unconsciously, and quickly turned his mind, recalling the information about these films.

Needless to say, the Coen brothers are famous enough for "Frozen", but this film is just big enough. The same goes for Milos Foreman's Sex Book Tycoon, which is similar.

If we look at it now, Harvey Weinstein's "The English Patient" directed by Anthony Minghella is not a strong competitor, but Oscar never looks at the quality of the film, or more than the quality of the film, everything It still depends on their PR methods during the awards season.

It was precisely that big fat man Harvey who was best at doing this, so after thinking about it, he still felt that he had to do something to Harvey Weinstein in the end.

"boss."

Nina reached out and stabbed him, bringing him back from his trance. "I remember you didn't want to talk to Zach? He just left early, alone."

There were a lot of people at the party today, so Wayne ignored it for a while, especially staying by his father's side, listening to Old Greenberg chatting with three other Jewish old men, made him think while unconsciously forgetting time.

Smiling apologetically to the other people, he stood up and took Nina away from the center of the crowd.

"one person?"

The assistant lady nodded affirmatively. "Yes, alone."

Taking out a cigarette in his pocket, Wayne lit one and muttered to himself. "Something's not quite right..."

Zach Snyder didn't come alone today. Since Charlize Theron and Lee came together, they should have been together when they left. Another thing is unusual. Before Zach Snyder left, he didn't come over. Say hi to him.

"Tomorrow Sunday, forget it, the day after tomorrow." Wayne smoked half a cigarette, and after thinking for a while, he raised his head to look at the assistant. "Help me with Jozak early the day after tomorrow and said I wanted to talk to him about the last two episodes of The Matrix."

"OK."

Nina nodded and agreed, looking at his expression of hesitating to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything. She felt that what she could think of and analyze, her boss should have thought of it long ago.

This party, which was similar to a gathering between family and friends, didn't last long. Before nine o'clock in the evening, the crowd began to leave one after another. Wayne temporarily stopped the storm in his mind and began to send away one. Another friend.

Almost all the guests who came here today brought some small gifts, some with a bottle of red wine, some with a bouquet of flowers. This is the custom here. When you go to someone else's house, you usually bring some small gifts, but they will never be very expensive. .

"Wayne, this is from Tom Cruise and his wife." Naomi Watts held a piece of opal, a fiery red opal. The value of this thing was obviously beyond their imagination.

"Big money."

Without waiting for Wayne to say anything, Anna Greenberg reached out and picked up the gem, looked at the light carefully, and put it back in Naomi Watts's hand. "Wayne, does the superstar ask you for something? The actual value of this opal is calculated in units of one hundred thousand dollars, and it is very difficult to buy."

Wayne shook his head and said to Naomi Watts: "Put it away first, and you will find an opportunity to buy a gift of similar value and return it later."

Friends who can come over know one thing, money means nothing to him at all, so no one will deliberately prepare gifts. If this fire opal didn't appear, the most precious thing would be the gold chain that Will Smith took off temporarily.

On the lawn in the backyard, the employees of the party company were cleaning up the scene. Sergey and several security guards were watching. Everyone had more or less drinks tonight, and Wayne was ready to greet his parents to rest early.

"Dad, do you want to chat?"

When only the father and son were left in the living room, he looked at the old Greenberg, and he was actually puzzled, wondering what method his mother used to get his father to agree to run around Los Angeles.

You must know that this stubborn old man will never leave his own territory easily. Only when he is on the farm with a pipe and a gun can he feel truly secure and peaceful.

"I heard..." Ruben Greenberg hesitated uncharacteristically, then stopped halfway through, finally shaking his head, stood up and walked upstairs. "Forget it, I drank a bit too much today, let's talk tomorrow when we have time."

There's still something going on! Wayne looked at his father's back, guessing what happened, which would make his father, who looks like a red neck and is unreasonable, embarrassed.

Now there was only himself left in the living room, lighting a cigarette. He looked at the busy crowd outside the window and began to think about today's party from beginning to end. The main thing was that Steven Spielberg didn't say everything. remind.

"Harvey, those means that are not offline, don't use it on me, or you will be unlucky in advance..."

If only from his current point of view, Harvey Weinstein is very in line with Wayne's values ​​in terms of behavior and vision, which is a bit embarrassing. It's just that this fat man wants to be more inferior, and the ending of his life is not very good.

He remembered very clearly a piece of news in the New York Times, which caused a sensation in the whole world. No one expected that this leading Hollywood influencer in the North American film industry would be criticized as Hollywood's No. 1 influencer. A silver devil...

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar. According to part of the list disclosed by The New York Times, this guy has slept in most of Hollywood's entertainment circles in the past 30 years. There are nearly 100 famous Hollywood actresses in the list. A familiar face to the audience.

Coincidentally, the established female stars are strenuously denying that they have had a relationship with Harvey, and some say they were not coerced. And those women who desperately bit him were all in desperate need of exposure, or those who wanted to become popular again.

In the subsequent public denunciation, and a large number of media follow-up and excavation of Harvey Weinstein's past, people realized that this guy has used the means to lower the line in order to publicize the Oscar.

In the end, this "legendary" big fat man not only lost weight in prison, but also infected the new official's lung words while sitting in a wheelchair. Among all Hollywood bigwigs, he is one of the worst endings. one.

Now Wayne's thinking is very simple. Now that he knows that the fat man's public relations are low, he can use the same force on his own side. There is a saying that he has always believed that only magic can defeat magic, right?

The premise is that the other party does not use special means to attack him, otherwise, he really doesn't mind letting the other party suffer a few years in advance.

Greenberg Manor was restored to tranquility in the dark night. The staff of the party company neatly restored the party scene and left the manor under the surveillance of Sergey.

And Zach Snyder, who left the stage early, was doing an ideological struggle in his heart at this time, which made him mess up the ideological struggle tonight.