Chapter 883: Applause Can Also Make Business

At the Dolby Theatre, the Oscars ceremony was coming to an end.

The sound of music and the tide of applause spread from the front to the backstage.

Martin followed the staff through the corridor backstage.

When he saw Julianne Moore, who had just won the Best Actress award, coming over, Martin stopped and said politely, "Julianne, congratulations."

Julianne was still excited, and bowed slightly, and shook Martin's hand with both hands: "Thank you, thank you..."

Martin smiled and nodded, and came to the backstage entrance.

The finale award of the night - Best Picture - would be presented soon.

Director and producer Hamilton came over at this time, asked the PwC people to hand Martin the envelope in their hands, and reminded him: "When the music starts, you go on stage immediately."

Martin was about to nod, but when he saw the envelope in his hand, he looked at the words on the cover and asked: "The list of best films, can't it be wrong?"

Hamilton said: "How can it be wrong? This is the Oscars!"

It's no wonder that Martin was worried. The radical gorilla faction made a lot of trouble before the awards ceremony. In the environment where black people make trouble and get gifts, who knows if they will make the same mistake as before.

The black film "Selma" was nominated for the best film.

It doesn't matter if the Oscars and the Academy want to make trouble, Martin doesn't want to be a victim.

Hamilton found that Martin was a little strange, but Hollywood stars are all a bunch of bastards with quirks, so he didn't bother to pay attention.

The sound of music came from the front desk.

Hamilton urged, "Martin, it's time for you to go on stage."

Martin took the envelope and walked quickly onto the stage. He waved at the audience seats, said the words he had memorized, turned sideways to the big screen, looked at the movie clips and subtitles, and said, "Let's see which ones are nominated for the best picture."

The big screen kept flashing pictures and subtitles, "American Sniper", "Boyhood", "Selma", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The Theory of Everything"...

Martin opened the envelope, looked at the names on it, and said, "The best picture is "Boyhood"!"

With a burst of cheers, more than a dozen people stood up in the third row.

Richard Linklater, the director and producer of "Boyhood", took the crew on stage.

Martin took a little golden man from the emcee, gave it to Richard Linklater, and took the initiative to step aside.

The crew was very excited to get the best picture. Now they are the protagonists on the stage.

More than a dozen people squeezed here, and Martin simply retreated backstage.

The award ceremony ended here.

Although the crew of "Interstellar" was nominated for multiple awards including Best Actor, no one won an Oscar tonight.

It is obvious that the Oscars do not like Nolan.

If Nolan wants to win the Best Director award, he needs to fight for a long time, and perhaps he really needs a ten-year plan.

Martin took photos with several winners backstage, joined Leonardo and Nicholson, and went to Beverly Hills to attend the "Oscar Night" party.

During the period, Nicholson met Michael Keaton, who starred in the 1989 version of "Batman", and pulled Martin to chat with him for a while.

Michael Keaton recalled the past and said frankly that his acting career was almost destroyed by the role of Batman. The current superhero movie stars are much better than the environment he faced back then.

Leonardo met Mexican director Alejandro Iñárritu.

The latter tried hard to promote his new project to Leonardo, wanting Leonardo's Open Road Pictures to invest, and also let Leonardo play the leading actor of the film.

Not long after, Leonardo brought a book over.

The three of them went to a resting place with few people.

Martin asked curiously: "Someone expressed their love to you and gave you a book?"

Leonardo threw the book to Martin: "The Mexican director gave it to me. He plans to adapt this novel into a movie and invites me to play the leading role. He also asked me for investment."

Nicholson came over and looked at the cover: "The Revenant written by Michael Penk? I haven't seen it."

Martin certainly remembered this movie, Leonardo's ultimate movie on his way to Oscar.

Of course, Leonardo has now won the Oscar for Best Actor.

Martin opened the novel and quickly glanced at the first few chapters. The novel tells the story of a group of fur hunters in the 19th century who went on a hunting expedition deep into the western North America.

This is the original work of Leonardo's movie.

Martin closed the novel, gave it to Nicholson next to him, and asked Leonardo: "Are you going to cooperate with him?"

Leonardo said directly: "I don't like that Mexican director, not at all, but film cooperation is like this... like or not is not a problem."

Martin said: "And if you invest, you are the one with the most say, and the director will listen to you."

Leonardo snapped his fingers: "Martin, you hit the nail on the head." He turned his head and looked at the Mexican director with an afro: "This guy is indeed talented. I think this movie is good, especially the male lead."

Nicholson, who was flipping through the book quickly, said: "This male lead is very suitable for you. He is completely different from your previous image. You have worked with Scorsese for too long, and the roles you played are somewhat similar. Changing your style is also a way, otherwise you will definitely lose to Martin, the bastard."

Leonardo laughed: "I think so too."

Martin said: "You two bastards just want to see me make a fool of myself?"

Nicholson threw the book to Leonardo: "I mean well, you should marry Lorraine."

Martin was too lazy to pay attention to him and gave him a middle finger.

For Leonardo's Kailu Pictures, investment in the film adaptation of this novel is not a problem at all. As long as Leonardo is the lead actor, the six major companies will fight for it.

In Hollywood today, there are very few superstars.

Even at his peak, Johnny Depp could only dominate in Pirates of the Caribbean. Without the protection of pirates, he immediately lost his magic.

Will Smith has devoted himself to raising his son in recent years. He has been as devoted as his son in recent years, and has long lived up to the glory of the first decade of the new century.

Brad Pitt can still be called a superstar, but he is from the San Fernando Valley.

As for Robert Downey Jr., he is more like an appendage of Iron Man in the real world.

The day after the Oscars, the media in Los Angeles seemed to have lost their parents, and they frantically spoke up for black people and Selma, believing that Selma should at least be nominated for Best Actor or Best Director, and was more qualified to win the Best Picture Oscar than other films.

In Los Angeles, a saintly city, political correctness seems to have become the mainstream. Seeing this, other LGBTQ teams have also launched campaigns.

Protests and rallies continue in the bustling areas of the city.

Martin and Elizabeth accompanied Lily to an art exhibition. On the way home, they encountered several protest groups gathering, and a long line of cars were blocked on Sunset Boulevard.

Although there was a group of normal people confronting the demons and monsters, the number of people was relatively much smaller, and they were obviously at a disadvantage.

Lily propped up her chin with her hand, looked curiously through the car window, and said to Martin: "The box you opened is too crazy. Other industries are better, but people in the art circle are going crazy."

Martin asked curiously: "Is it crazier than Hollywood?"

Lily said: "Artists are crazier than filmmakers."

"I can prove this." Elizabeth grabbed one of Lily's hands and raised it: "For example, Miss Lily Carter."

Martin said: "When you work, you must have bodyguards with you."

"They have been following you all the time." The carving knife in Lily's hand turned like a flying butterfly: "I can protect myself."

Martin had arranged bodyguards for them a long time ago, so he was not worried.

There was a noise outside. Lily put away the carving knife and turned to look at the crowded place of protesters. More people from LAPD came, but there seemed to be no good way in front of many media reporters.

This is the result of the mainstream of society.

Lily asked curiously: "Why do the mainstream forces push these forces again and again, making the whole United States a mess and making the whole world laugh?"

Martin kissed her forehead and then kissed Elizabeth: "You tell me."

Elizabeth said simply: "My personal understanding is that the political and economic levels need votes. The former needs votes, and the latter, for Hollywood movies, the movie tickets and peripherals purchased by those groups can increase income. There is also a key role, which can effectively divert social contradictions."

Lily is not stupid. After being reminded by this, she quickly thought of something: "The gap between the rich and the poor is widening, wealth and power are further concentrated in the upper class, and the middle and low The lives of people are becoming more and more difficult, but they occupy an absolute majority in terms of quantity. It provokes the relationship between men and women at the society. The relationship between special groups and ordinary people can effectively transfer social contradictions. " Act, there are naturally few people who follow. "Elizabeth added:" Although Martin, you opened the Pandora Box, but these monsters were completely upsteps after the outbreak of the Michelle Black incident. Thomas said: "The Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee sent you an intention to invite you. The company that faxed him half an hour ago, I called and asked there." Martin said: "I came home on the way home." Thomas said, "Okay." Martin saw Thomas at home.

The latter handed him a fax with the emblem of the Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee printed on it.

Martin put it aside: "What is it specifically?"

Thomas said quickly: "The Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee wants to invite you to serve as the chairman of the jury of next year's film festival."

"Next May." Martin has participated in the Cannes Film Festival and won the Cannes Best Actor Award. He asked: "Do I have time?"

Thomas said that Martin's general schedule was scheduled until 2016, and said: "I should be able to squeeze out ten days."

Martin nodded and asked again: "When will Cannes give a definite reply?"

Thomas said: "Under normal circumstances, within three months after the end of this year's Cannes Film Festival, the organizing committee will announce the next jury chairman."

Martin thought for a while and said: "Wait until we confirm the schedule for May next year, and then give Cannes a definite reply."

Thomas replied: "I will communicate with Cannes."

If the schedule is suitable, Martin doesn't mind being the chairman of the jury of a Cannes Film Festival.

He has attended the Cannes Film Festival several times. Many parts of the festival are very interesting. The commercial attributes and excitement are comparable to those of the Oscars.

And the Oscars are now absorbing some of the advantages of the Cannes Film Festival.

The most typical example is selling red carpet tickets.

Compared with the Oscars, the Cannes Film Festival blatantly sells tickets. From the opening ceremony to the closing ceremony to the premiere of the competition unit film, all red carpets are clearly marked with prices.

In fact, the most interesting thing is the famous applause part of the Cannes Film Festival.

Just like film reviews and word of mouth can be marketed, applause has also become a business at the Cannes Film Festival.

At the beginning, those films that the audience gave five minutes or even seven or eight minutes of applause after the screening always attracted the attention of the media and fans, and when they were released to the public after the film festival, they made good commercial profits.

Some things are inevitable. Applauding movies has become a business at the Cannes Film Festival.

Just like where studios are concentrated, there will always be a group of extras. During the Cannes Film Festival every year, a special group will appear, specializing in receiving red envelopes and applauding.

Applauding for love is common, but applauding for movies is a business, and the Cannes Film Festival deserves to be the best of the three major European film festivals.

Whether it is a bad movie or not, as long as you are willing to spend some money, you will never lose in terms of applause.

Today, after a movie is screened, the audience applauds for no more than ten minutes, and the main creative staff of the crew are embarrassed to say hello to their colleagues.

After seeing Thomas off, Martin thought to himself that if he had not been in Atlanta but in Cannes, he would probably have earned the start-up capital by organizing people to applaud during the film festival.

Shortly after the Oscars ceremony, "The Shallows", which had been screened in North American theaters for 7 weeks, consumed the last theater market potential and was completely removed from North American theaters.

The North American box office was also fixed at the figure of 138 million US dollars.

The overseas market of the film is still expanding, and the global box office is moving towards 300 million US dollars step by step.

Martin rented a temporary office on South Broadway Street and held several project preparation meetings for "Joker" in succession, including Daniel and Louise.

The production budget of the project is $100 million. Louise will be the producer, and Martin will try to direct and act.

As soon as the film studio was established, Martin used his money to form an experienced shooting and production team.

He still chose Steve Downton, who he had worked with before, as the first assistant director.

This man has not considered directing a movie independently for the time being. Among all WMA's director clients, he is a leader in assistants.

Because of the production concept and theme of the film, Martin also needs another kind of real life experience.

In this regard, the three bastards have already made an appointment.