Eric wondered: "Why?"
Elizabeth said: "Didn't you just say it yourself? Mel Gibson's acting skills are barely nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Since the Golden Globe Award nomination was released, the media has been controversial about this matter. May What El Gibson wanted was the best director, and he didn't want a best actor nomination to affect his reputation, but in order to increase the attention of "Braveheart", Harvey still insisted on nominating him for the best actor .”
Eric immediately understood that the word-of-mouth of such an excellent film as "Braveheart" has been established, so continuing to hype the film's word-of-mouth in the media will not have too much influence on the box office. At this time, it is appropriate to provoke some Controversial topics, increasing its media popularity, can actually promote the box office. Mel Gibson's nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor is undoubtedly the so-called "controversial topic" selected by Weinstein. Many fans who were not very interested in "Braveheart" often pay attention to the media. After the debate, in order to find out, maybe you will pay for a ticket to enter the venue. At the same time, Miramax has confirmed that it will not publicize the best director award for Mel Gibson, and this artificially provoked controversy will not have any impact on the established public relations strategy.
In the original time and space, although the Weinstein brothers were known as Oscar masters, in fact, it is more accurate to call them Oscar businessmen, because the most fundamental purpose of the two brothers in running the Oscar awards is for profit, as long as they can get a bigger In terms of benefits, the two brothers can not only make public relations awards for some films that are not necessarily good enough, but also use some means to confuse the nominations that are expected to win awards as they are doing now.
Eric knew that the Golden Globe was just an appetizer, and continued to ask: "Did you also nominate Mel Gibson for the Oscar for Best Actor?"
Elizabeth nodded, and said helplessly: "Gibson didn't like Harvey from the very beginning. During the filming of "Braveheart", he often complained that Harvey was too dictating to the filming. He came forward to mediate, and when he heard that Harvey had nominated the best actor for "Braveheart", he even scolded Harvey as a greedy Jew. Harvey was also very angry. Everyone is Australian, and I thought there would be more in the future. For more cooperation, we have been trying to build a good relationship with Gibson. The signing of "Braveheart" was signed by Dad himself. But after this time, it is difficult for us to cooperate with him again. Miramax this year The performance has far exceeded our expectations at the time of the acquisition, and we can only choose the latter between Gibson and the Weinstein brothers."
"If you don't cooperate, then don't cooperate. The studio is overly chasing and pampering big-name actors. In the end, it is yourself who suffers."
"You said it lightly. Everyone does it. If we don't do this, we won't get good projects. Fox is not a firefly. You are like a chef who runs a restaurant. Even if you can't hire a chef, you can still do it yourself If you go to battle in person, you can cook better than the chef, but we can't do it."
Eric smiled and said, "Your analogy is really appropriate."
"You've been very leisurely lately, why don't you come to Fox and help us cook a few 'dishes'?"
"Forget it, I don't even bother to go into my own kitchen now."
"Haven't heard anything about your next film since Jurassic Park. Are you planning to take a break?"
"Of course not. Didn't I just shoot a Victoria's Secret annual show, but it didn't appear on the big screen, and the video was released directly. I heard that it sold well. Have you watched it?"
Elizabeth smiled and nodded: "There may be 20 million boxes sold in North America. If it is a movie, it will probably be on the top of this year's video sales list. The songs in it are really nice, and those little beauties, tsk tsk. Hey, you How much did you sleep?"
Eric showed an expression of reminiscence, and sighed with satisfaction: "Of course I didn't let go of any of them, and I changed one every night. Occasionally, I would come here a few times, alas, a horny person like me..."
Before Eric finished speaking, Elizabeth picked up the nut chocolate on the snack plate on the table and threw it towards Eric.
Eric smiled and avoided, seeing the chocolate smashed on the railing and scattered on the edge of the terrace, with a heartbroken look. Said: "Throwing food around, it's really immoral."
Elizabeth raised her chin: "Bite me."
The two were bickering when they suddenly heard a few slight chirping sounds. They both turned their heads and saw a little fluffy squirrel poking around the terrace for a moment, then jumped up cautiously and picked up a piece of nut with its two front paws. Chocolate, sniffed it, and ate it immediately, noticing that Eric and Elizabeth were looking at him. Although the little guy didn't run away, he also accelerated his eating speed, and his cheeks were quickly stretched.
Although Beverly Hills is a residential area, the ecological protection is very good. There are all kinds of birds and animals. This open-air restaurant built on a gentle slope is surrounded by dense bushes. It is not surprising that these little things foraging usually.
The waiter not far away noticed that Eric and Elizabeth's eyes were attracted by the squirrels on the terrace, worried that these small things would cause displeasure to the two big men, so they took the initiative to come over to drive the squirrels away, but Ai Rick stopped him with a wave.
"What are you thinking?" Elizabeth asked, looking away from the little squirrel because of Eric's gesture.
"It's nothing, I gave the little guy a name, what do you think of Sclett?"
Elizabeth turned her eyes between the little squirrel and Eric a few times, and said with bright eyes: "I attracted this little guy."
Eric smiled and picked up another piece of chocolate and threw it over. Seeing the startled little guy shrink back suddenly, he quickly picked up the piece of chocolate that was bigger than his head and fled. Turning back to Elizabeth: "Since you attracted it, come on, brainstorm and make up a random story for me to see."
Elizabeth stared at the edge of the terrace where the squirrels had disappeared with great interest, and said intermittently: "Squirrels, chocolate... Well, to find food, to survive the winter, humans are needed..."
Eric smiled and looked at Elizabeth who was racking her brains. Unknowingly, a story idea similar to "The Nut Shop Robbery" has almost taken shape, but it is definitely far away from "Ice Age".
It took Elizabeth ten minutes to come up with a story, a little proud, and wanted to ask Eric what kind of idea he came up with, but an unexpected guest appeared in front of the two of them in a disappointing way.
He just took over the affairs of Sony America. Because of the mess in Columbia, Howard Stringer has been under heavy workload recently. He looks a little tired, but he still shows the appearance of a scholar with a refined attitude.
Under the guidance of the waiter, Howard Stringer shook hands with Eric and Elizabeth, and said with a smile: "Eric, I'm so presumptuous, but can I sit down?" ?”
"Of course, please sit down," Eric nodded. Since the other party had come to the door, Eric would not be too unkind, and asked the waiter to serve Howard Stringer a cup of coffee. : "Howard, what can I do for you?"
Eric didn't mean to exchange pleasantries, and Howard Stringer didn't go around the corner, saying: "It's like this, Eric, Columbia received a notice from Flower Pictures in the morning, and planned to cancel the "Night at the Museum" and "Night at the Museum" with us. The Forrest Gump publishing deal, I don't think it's necessary at all, is it?"
Howard Stringer approached him directly, and Eric didn't bother to push the matter to Drew and Amy, saying: "Columbia thought the original distribution contract was unreasonable, everyone got together and separated, but I didn't think so. What's wrong with that?"
Howard Stringer said in a gentle tone: "Eric, there are only some very slight differences. There is no need for everyone to cancel the cooperation. After all, on "Mission: Impossible", the cooperation between Columbia and Flower Pictures is still Very pleasant."
"Howard, everyone knows that this matter was first provoked by Columbia. Flower Pictures does not have the ability to take risks like Columbia. After you raised objections to the contract, Flower Pictures has already begun to prepare to retreat. Now Going back to Columbia, Blossom Pictures would lose faith in their new partner, and we can't do that."
Howard Stringer knew that Eric was talking nonsense. If Flower Pictures found a new partner, such as Fox or MGM, the two companies would have already disclosed the news to the media. Howard Stringer took a sip of coffee, changed the subject suddenly, and said, "Eric, I just got the news that JIVE Records, a subsidiary of Sony Records, just received an acquisition offer from Firefly. This should be true." right?" (To be continued.)