In a luxurious club in Beverly Hills, the screening party for "The Departed" had just ended. Everyone moved into the spacious entertainment hall. The crew had already prepared exquisite meals and fine wines, which would satisfy everyone who participated in the screening party. People feel at home.
Martin traveled through the period, trying hard to maintain his presence in front of his peers, critics and well-known journalists, leaving as many impressions on them as possible.
The Rita Baker team jointly funded by Louise and Kelly has been dispersed throughout the venue to carry out more professional lobbying.
Not to mention Martin, a newcomer who has only been in the industry for three years, even Scorsese, a big-name director with 40 years of experience, is doing similar things.
Public relations, in the eyes of the college, is due respect and a reflection of determination to compete.
However, the old white men, with an average age of 62, are particularly hypocritical. Their public relations efforts are too strong and they are easily judged as competing for prizes.
It takes a lot of effort to grasp the degree.
A pull-up party ended, and the guests returned home with a full meal.
As the sponsor of the pull-out event, Coca-Cola prepared a suitable small gift for everyone.
The crew members relaxed, with exhaustion written on their faces.
Martin felt ten times more exhausted than Heidi Klum after two days of partying at her bachelorette party.
Next to him, Scorsese looked hopeless when he thought that he still had more than two months to go.
Among those present, only Nicholson, who held three statuettes, was relaxed and content.
It's like watching a group of monkeys performing monkey tricks.
Holding three golden figures in hand, he is so calm.
Martin looked at the other two members of the Bastard Trio and invited Scorsese: "Director, you have a special way of completely relaxing people and restoring their energy."
“Don’t mess with that,” Scorsese said.
Leonardo understood what he meant: "The three of us won't touch those things."
Martin said: "We are against gambling and drugs!"
Nicholson said: "How could we trick you."
Scorsese responded: "Let's go."
Martin took three people from an inconspicuous car in the underground parking lot and went straight to the night club.
There's a new member of the Face Gang.
When the rolling wheels rolled over him, Scorsese's fatigue dissipated and he was instantly refreshed.
"How was it?" Martin asked.
Scorsese raised his thumbs and praised: "It turns out that you are refreshing yourself in this way that is beneficial to physical and mental health, and the effect is good!"
"Life is for enjoyment." Nicholson said energetically, "Like you, all the hard work you do is fighting for your children and ex-wife."
Martin and Leonardo said nothing, but took a warning.
But everyone has different ideas, and Scorsese enjoyed it, and even prepared to try out the seventh one.
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In the City of Angels at night, there are many secret activities going on.
In another strip bar, seven dancers came out of the VIP room. Three of them had wrinkled and white feet, as if they had been soaked in the water for too long.
Quentin took out a tissue, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said, "It's not easy to accomplish something. Isn't destruction your specialty?"
The fat on Harvey's fat face trembled: "You're right. If I want to win a statuette during the awards season, even I have to go all out. I'm not sure yet, but it's much easier to destroy than to build, not to mention Martin Davis's weakness lies here, and it is an objective factor that cannot be eliminated."
After swallowing the saliva that smelled like feet, Peter said: "This little thing is too simple."
Harvey smiled but said nothing, looking very bossy.
This confidence is based on many successful battles.
During the 1998 awards season, the most popular one was Saving Private Ryan. At the critical moment of voting, the city of Los Angeles was full of rumors about private Ryan. Many British and American veterans of World War II came forward and attacked the film through the media for serious inaccurate depictions. Harvey pushed The movie has the last laugh.
Oscar will never forget the classic case of Shakespeare's victory over the soldiers.
Of course, veterans don't have much leisure time and automatically jump out to pay attention to the Oscars.
In 2003, Chicago PK The Pianist, whose director Polanski was full of scandals, Harvey didn't have to exert too much effort to remind people of that past.
There was also a less successful attack on Nash, the prototype of "A Beautiful Mind", for being anti-Semitic. This could be a death sentence in Hollywood and even the American entertainment industry, but it went too far and had only mediocre results.
Harvey looked at Brad Pitt and said, "Didn't you invite someone over? When will they arrive?"
Pete said, "He'll be there soon."
Harvey waved his hand gently: "If you want to do it, don't hesitate and do it boldly." He laughed: "Just do what we agreed on, you are enemies, it's no big deal."
Thinking of Jolie and Aniston, and of "Death of the Gunslinger" which has been forced by Warner Bros. and has not yet determined a release date, Pitt got up and left the private room without hesitation, waited for a while in the lobby, and waited for the movie from " Richard, editor-in-chief of Empire magazine.
It was too chaotic here, so the two went to a nearby bar to clean up.
Richard sat in the booth and said bluntly: "Big star, what do you want from me?"
The two parties often cooperated, and Peter said without any nonsense, "It's no big deal, let's make some news."
Richard asked, "About whom?"
Pitt weighed his words and said: "Have you noticed that most of the media in Los Angeles are singing praises for Martin Davis, saying how great he is, like the best supporting actor he has chosen? It’s his.”
Richard knows better: "As far as I know, he's just rushing for the nomination."
Pitt added: "Based on the release of House of Wax, Martin has only been in Hollywood for a little more than two years. The 25-year-old actor already has a salary of tens of millions of dollars and is ready to compete for the Oscar. Tom Cruise was at this level back then. , so many veterans who have worked hard for many years are still queuing up, who does he count?"
"The topic is really good." Richard understood that it is easy to attract people's attention by expressing different opinions among many praises.
At the same time, the reporter of "American Rumor" received a news clue and immediately rushed to the newspaper office to work overtime overnight.
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The next morning.
Martin came back from his morning run and was having breakfast.
Thomas' call came in: "Look at the American rumors, there are reports about you."
Martin said something, and Bruce went to the newspaper box at the door, took out a lot of newspapers, and came back to find out the American rumors.
The newspaper published a piece of news in a more conspicuous position on the second page.
Martin looked it over carefully.
"According to reliable information, the famous movie star Martin Davis once had entanglements with local gangs and drug dealers when he was not yet prosperous in Atlanta. The relationship was extremely complicated and there were many disputes. The details are confusing. According to his old neighbor in Marietta, , Martin once injured someone with a gun..."
Martin pushed it to Bruce: "He knows my past very well."
Bruce read it quickly and said: "These guys who play with pens are really talented. Everything they write is consistent with the facts."
Martin nodded: "The facts are cut off from the beginning to the end."
He did have entanglements with gangs and drug dealers, and shot and injured people, but it was all in self-defense.
But when people read the report, it is easy to get the impression that he was one of those bastards and he shot people...
Bruce asked: "Do you want to send a lawyer's letter?"
Martin shook his head: "It's useless."
It's now December, and when this kind of news appears at this time, it's very targeted.
Bruce said: "A competitor did it?"
"It's possible." Although it was news in a gossip newspaper, Martin still took it seriously. He took out his mobile phone and called Thomas: "I'll go find you."
The two went out and drove to Century City. Martin called Jessica again and asked her to pay attention to what was going on on the Internet.
Jessica said: "There is currently no relevant information on the Internet."
All the way to Century City, as soon as he entered Thomas' office, he gave Martin the latest issue of "Empire": "It should be a premeditated and planned action."
Martin took it and the magazine had already turned to the page of relevant reports.
"In the currently released "The Departed", Martin Davis's role has been highly praised, but he still looks young and immature in front of a veteran actor like Nicholson. We can understand this, from "The Horror" "Wax Museum" premiered and Martin Davis officially appeared on the big screen. It has only been two years since he entered the industry. He is just a new actor. Of course, he is not as good as many veterans who have worked hard for many years..."
Bruce was next to Martin and also finished reading.
"It seems that everything he said is true." He tasted it carefully and felt that something was wrong: "There is something else in the words."
Thomas said directly: "This report clearly tells everyone that Martin is a very junior newcomer, having only been in the industry for more than two years."
Martin continued: "The average age of Oscar judges is as high as 62 years old. Most of them have worked hard for many years before they have a certain status. Why was Tom Cruise rejected because he smelled like milk? He was just young. It’s too easy to become famous, and it’s too easy to make a lot of money.”
Thomas said: "This type of actor has never been liked by the senior members of the academy..."
He spoke of a reality: "Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, from nominations to awards, have always been dominated by middle-aged and older men."
Martin knew this and said: "Spreading rumors at a critical time... No, these are not rumors at all, but objective realities, and they are undoubtedly aimed at me."
These are also his weaknesses. His opponents can grab them and stab them hard.
Bruce asked, "What's the impact?"
"The rumors in the United States are not bad, after all, the gossip media." Thomas said: "The influence of the empire is relatively large."
Martin thought for a while and said, "Let's advance the interview."
He then said to Bruce: "Contact Atlanta and Jody. I remember Jody went to work at TMZ."
Thomas reminded: "It's best to find out who is behind this."
Martin looked at the Empire magazine and remembered one thing. The author of Never Ending has been working here for many years.
(End of chapter)
