The spacious party hall was filled with people, here is the Oscar celebration party hosted by Firefly Films.
Under normal circumstances, except for those award-winning film crews, usually only the seven major Hollywood film companies will hold similar parties after the Golden Globes or Oscars and invite a group of Hollywood stars to participate, and second- and third-tier film companies will not do this at all.
This is not a matter of money, but a manifestation of strength, because second and third tier film companies will encounter the embarrassing situation that no heavyweight stars will come to join them when they hold similar parties, which will be even more embarrassing.
But Firefly is different. Although Firefly is still in the position of a second-tier film company, but with the huge influence of Firefly in awards and box office this year, most of the stars of the original uta are present. Other Hollywood stars looking for opportunities abound.
"I feel that the academy is still a little too conservative. This year, the four films you directed have all achieved great success at the box office. Except for "Home Alone 2", which is a pure comedy, I think the other three won an award. There is absolutely no problem with the nomination of the director, especially "Dark War", what a pity." Harvey Weinstein leaned his fat face close to Eric and said sincerely.
⌒, Eric just met the Weinstein brothers after the Oscar ceremony, and originally planned to find a chance to chat, but the Weinstein brothers took "My Left Foot" directly after they heard that Firefly was going to hold a celebration party All the crew came together, and although "My Left Foot" received five nominations, it ended up empty-handed. The Weinstein brothers canceled their planned celebration party. No one from the crew of "My Left Foot" complained.
Eric smiled with red wine in his hand: "Harvey. It's nothing. I'm so young now. When I have more opportunities in the future, it's not a good thing to win an award too early. It's easy for a person to lose his way and become have to stand still."
"No, no, no," Harvey Weinstein immediately shook his head and said, "Eric, actually. I think there are a lot of mistakes in Firefly's winning strategy, just like the two best screenplay nominations you got, If I were to do it, I would definitely not report a best original screenplay and a best adapted screenplay separately. It's not that your script is not good enough, but that the two scripts are good enough, which will make both nominations even worse. Frustrated. As for the reason, I think you can also think of it now. There is also "Scent of a Woman", which only won one best actor. It's a pity."
"I think Mr. Daniel Day Lewis's performance in "My Left Foot" is also very good. If there is no "Scent of a Woman", maybe this best actor should be his," Eric glanced Daniel Day Lewis, who was not far away, continued: "I heard that when Daniel was performing, he was addicted to the role and couldn't extricate himself. He even really regarded himself as a disabled person. He often asked for help to eat."
Harvey Weinstein looked around, then slightly lowered his voice and said, "Actually, I originally planned to publicize the best actor, because "My Left Foot" is good enough, but it is an English film after all. The film, the protagonist of the film is also an Irish artist, so although "My Left Foot" received five nominations, most likely it will only be Best Actor, but after "Scent of a Woman" appeared , I knew that Daniel’s Best Actress was definitely out of the picture. And the possibility of Best Picture was extremely low, so I changed to PR for Best Director. Unfortunately, I still couldn’t compete with Oliver Stone in the end. After all, the other party is a big Hollywood director who has been famous for many years, but Jim Sheridan is directing a movie for the first time. After all, Miramax is unlucky this time."
Eric nodded noncommittally, and continued to wait for Harvey to continue. He knew that Harvey had prepared so much, and it was definitely not to reveal such a little inside information to him.
Sure enough, after a brief pause, Harvey Weinstein pointed to Robert Shea, who was discussing something enthusiastically with a few people nearby, with his eyes, and continued: "Eric, I know the Oscar of Firefly The public relations are led by Mr. Robert Shea, but you have also seen that "Scent of a Woman" is such an excellent movie, and compared with "My Left Foot", "Scent of a Woman" embodies a typical American values, director Martin Brest's qualifications are sufficient, with these advantages, but in the end he only won one award for best actor, and both the best director and the best film passed by. This is a pity. Things. If "Scent of a Woman" is operated by Miramax, I believe that at least one of the best director and best picture can be won."
After listening to what Harvey Weinstein said, Eric said with some regret: "Harvey, what you said is indeed very reasonable, but now Firefly has no place for Miramax. When we planned to expand Firefly , I have investigated some information on Miramax, and I know that the two of you brothers buy films in Europe or the Far East all the year round and then bring them back to China for distribution. Then, you must have a lot of foundation and connections abroad. My original plan was, Let Robert Shea be responsible for the distribution in North America, and let the expansion of overseas channels be handed over to you two brothers."
When Harvey Weinstein heard Eric's words, he couldn't help sticking out his tongue and licking Interfering's lips. The overseas channel expansion of Firefly movies is a very big piece of cake. You must know that the overseas box office of the first few films directed by Eric himself were similar to the domestic box office, and even the overseas box office of "Pretty Woman" was 100 million US dollars higher than the local box office.
The reason why the Weinstein brothers focused their energy on selecting art films to hit the Oscars was, in the final analysis, still lacking in strength. Gaining fame by winning awards, and then earning box office and surrounding profits, can be regarded as a way to take the lead. After all, Hollywood also hosts an Oscar every year. Given the opportunity to release a blockbuster commercial, the Weinstein brothers would not hesitate to change course.
"Well... Eric, I think now..."
Eric shook his head: "It's too late, Harvey, Firefly and New Line have now been integrated. Although I am still the largest shareholder of Firefly, I must also consider Robert's feelings. Compared with the current Firefly, The power of Miramax is too weak, and if we go according to the original plan, then Robert will definitely not want you two brothers to share this power overseas."
After a look of disappointment flashed across Harvey Weinstein's face, he quickly said again: "Eric, actually, I'm better at public relations awards, maybe we can..."
"Harvey. What do you think is the reason why so many people are so keen on the Oscars?"
Harvey Weinstein paused, and spit out a word: "Interest."
Eric smiled and said: "Look, that's right. Therefore, although any large film company values Oscars very much, none of them put Oscars in the first place. The movies they produced Most of them are also commercial films. The same is true for Firefly. Moreover, in the next few years, Firefly will focus on commercial films. When it develops to a certain strength and scale, it will set foot in the field of art films and win some honors for the company. The icing on the cake."
"Eric, don't you think these two things can go hand in hand?" Harvey said unwillingly.
"Of course it is possible, so there is still a possibility of cooperation between us, but a merger is impossible. By the way, there just happened to be an award-winning film that I am very optimistic about. The producer of this film also came today. , or let me introduce you to you."
Harvey Weinstein nodded in frustration, and Eric led Harvey to quickly find Elizabeth and Julia. The two girls were sitting on a sofa in the corner and whispering something.
"Hey, two beauties, can I sit down?" Eric leaned over and asked.
Hearing Eric's voice, Julia's body froze suddenly, and Elizabeth raised her calf and kicked towards Eric: "Get out, playboy."
Eric quickly dodged to the side, looking at the sharp black heels, and wiped cold sweat from his heart. At the same time, he suddenly found that the two women in front of him seemed to have kicked on his calf, and they were the same. , Sure enough, people are divided into groups.
"Liz, please don't be like this, I've already said too modestly, now, let me introduce someone to you."
When Elizabeth heard Eric say this, she stood up reluctantly, and Julia also stood up, her eyes flickered a few times before focusing on Eric's face, and she barely showed a smile.
Elizabeth looked at the fat man beside Eric: "Are you talking about him, Harvey Weinstein, I know him."
Harvey looked at Eric suspiciously. Now in Hollywood, there are not many women who dare to kick Eric without hesitation. Therefore, he became very curious about Elizabeth's identity.
Eric said quickly: "Harvey, this is Elizabeth Murdoch, the second daughter of Mr. Rupert Murdoch."
"Ah, Miss Murdoch, hello, I didn't expect you to know me, it's such an honor," Harvey Weinstein immediately stretched out his big fat hand with a smile on his face.
Elizabeth reluctantly shook hands with Harvey, then turned her gaze to Eric: "What's the matter?"
"It's like this. I think that after the production of "The Silence of the Lambs", it will definitely do something at next year's Oscars, and Harvey is very good at public relations in this area, so I introduce you to each other."
"Oh..." Elizabeth let out a drawn-out sigh, and her expression became a little angry: "So, Firefly finished publishing and made money, and then don't care about the award?"
Eric waved his hand: "Of course not, Liz, you must have misunderstood, I mean, Harvey is very good at public relations awards, so I want to give them the public relations of next year's "The Silence of the Lambs", don't worry, All PR fees are paid by Firefly."
Hearing what Eric said, Elizabeth snorted coldly, raised her chin and said, "It's not too bad." After the girl finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Harvey Weinstein with a questioning look in her eyes.
Harvey Weinstein certainly wished for a relationship with the little princess of News Corporation. Although he only heard a few words, Harvey still keenly realized that Elizabeth is now working as a producer, which is a good opportunity. If there is a relationship for cooperation, with the financial resources of the Murdoch family, will Miramax continue to fight like this
Thinking of this, the expression on Harvey's face became more attentive, with a smile in every crease on his fat face, and he said, "I don't have any problems here, Miss Murdoch, it's a great honor to be able to cooperate with you."
After finishing the matter, Elizabeth waved to Eric and Harvey: "Then, if there is nothing else, you can leave."
The two big men immediately looked at each other, and what Harvey thought in his heart was that he didn't leave a contact information or something. Eric recalled the scene in his previous life when he saw a court scene where the ladies made the little eunuch kneel down.
Just as Elizabeth was about to pull Julia to sit down again, she suddenly thought of something and said to Eric, "Well, you stay here, I still have something to ask you."
Seeing this situation, Harvey could only sensibly leave temporarily.
After Harvey left, Elizabeth asked: "Mr. Williams, I heard that "The Love of Ghosts" has started."
The corner of Eric's mouth twitched, he nodded cooperatively and said, "Yes, Miss Murdoch, do you have any orders?"
Before Elizabeth said anything, Julia was already amused by the two people's tone of voice, and burst out laughing.
The atmosphere was destroyed, and Elizabeth immediately pretended to be angry and touched Julia's ribs, until Julia giggled and begged for mercy, Elizabeth refused to stop.
"Hey, I said, this is a public place, you should pay attention to the influence."
"It's up to you, you bastard."
"Uh, well, I don't care. Please tell Her Majesty if you have something to say," Eric smiled wryly and raised his hand as a sign of surrender. There is no way, the two 丨 fly for a while, and I am in debt for a lifetime. I am not as knowledgeable as you!
"I mean, what do you think of Julia, the lead actress in your next movie?"
Eric looked at Julia, hesitated for a while, and was about to speak, when Elizabeth raised her eyebrows: "I don't agree, this role is decided."
"Liz, don't be like this, and I don't want to be with..." Julia reacted, and quickly grabbed Elizabeth. Elizabeth patted Julia's thigh reassuringly, and said, "Don't worry, I will be by your side during the filming, and I won't give any more chance to some hateful guys." (To be continued...)