494 - Life is about choice
In Bruce Rosenblum's perception, Wayne is not a good temper who is willing to be at mercy. As an absolute genius in an industry field, he usually has some quirks and weird tempers. He is afraid that the other party will not be willing to bow his head for the time being, and put the "Dark Knight" in his hand first.
"Don't worry, Bruce."
Wayne responded with a hint of reference. "I will solve this perfectly."
In fact, it is too early to take action now. He needs to observe the degree and influence of public opinion tomorrow, and then make a decision after seeing everything clearly.
"I'll do it today. I'll go back and think about it carefully. I'll go to the company tomorrow morning. Then we will discuss the impact of public opinion and then discuss the response."
Seeing Nina pushing open the door with her briefcase, Wayne nodded to the Warner Bros. distribution manager who wanted to say something, preparing to end the conversation.
"That's it."
Bruce Rosenblum shook his head, sighed secretly, and said again before leaving: "With the media publicity advantages of Warner Bros. and parent company Time Warner, and we have sufficient public relations funds, in fact, even if you don't participate in the entire awards season, the probability of winning is not low, right?"
"Hey, stop comforting me, man."
He stood up and hugged the other party in a funny way. Wayne waved his hand and said amused and crying: "Even if we are prepared well, in fact, if I do not show enough fighting attitude, the college will still choose to ignore it, right?"
Bruce Rosenblum shrugged awkwardly, turned around and nodded with the assistant lady, left the office and walked out of the studio.
As we all know, the attitude of the college has always encouraged competition. If a film or a person wants to win an award, at least he must show enough importance. How to express it? So the work of a public relations company or a public relations team came.
In fact, even in the past ten or twenty years, the college has always accused the existence of public relations and lobbying, and is still secretly encouraging, because in the hearts of the members of the college, this is the greatest respect for the authority and rarity of the Oscars.
As long as the public relations method is not excessive, there will basically be no warning. This is also the main reason why Harvey Weinstein tried the bottom line of the academy again and again and again and again to pull the bottom line lower.
On the contrary, no matter how good a film has a good reputation, the college agrees with its values. As long as the participants do not show a hard-working attitude and take the approach of being content with the situation, they will not get the honor they deserve. They will definitely not get it. The old men of the college will never award the Little Golden People to those who do not value the authority of the Oscars.
“Boss?”
As Wayne packed up his belongings, the two walked out of the studio, Nina tilted her head and asked a question.
"No hurry, let's talk about it when you get in the car."
It was not until he got on the tram that he had transferred to his own car and the Rolls-Royce Phantom started smoothly that Wayne broke his silence and told the news brought by Bruce Ross-Bloom and his own analysis.
After hearing this, Nina did not help to find a solution at the first time. She knew very well that her boss was an expert in the experts when it comes to everything related to the movie. Instead, she took out a phone call from her briefcase that she didn't use frequently, silently recited a few numbers and dialed it out.
The car was quiet for a while, and someone picked up the other end of the phone. Nina habitually covered the mobile phone and whispered: "Hello, Mr. Pelicano, my boss needs your help."
That's right, the first person that Nina thought of was the famous Eye of Hollywood, Anthony Pelicano, the most sharp private detective in the darkness of the entertainment industry.
As early as a few years ago, there were infrequent, but very close exchanges and cooperation between the two sides. The main person in charge of maintaining this relationship was Nina. In this circle where open and hidden arrows were constantly appearing, Wayne knew very well that some things could not be avoided at all, but with such a relationship, at least many things could be understood in his heart.
As long as he chooses to stand in front of the stage for a day, it is basically impossible to avoid failure. Unless he is willing to completely retreat behind the scenes and exist as a capitalist role like a film company boss, no one can guarantee that he can escape all conspiracies.
"Boss, within a week, he will target the most suspected person."
After a while, Nina put down the phone and stuffed the phone back into her briefcase while reporting.
Wayne closed his eyes and leaned against the back seat to rest. "I basically have a partner of doubt now. This technique is not something that ordinary people can do."
How to say it, when Bruce Rosenblum just finished the news, he had already narrowed the scope to a few people. Coupled with his own analysis, the other party was likely to deliberately let Warner Bros. get the news in advance. All these signs made him think of the famous Oscar messenger, Harvey Weinstein.
Obviously, if everything was guessed correctly, the fat man had indeed seen through human nature and part of his personality, and was deeply sure that he would choose the huge benefits at hand.
"I just want to keep busy?" Wayne murmured with mockery.
Time flies, and early the next morning, a controversial report appeared on various second- and third-tier newspapers, local newspapers in major cities in North America.
It only took one morning and it was like dropping a public opinion bomb. "The Dark Knight" has always been very popular. Since the project was launched, the film has not revealed much specific information. Except for the vague characters who appear and explain, there is almost no accurate information from the crew.
This also led to the mystery of "The Dark Knight" rising all the way, and at the same time, it brought the curiosity of popular fans to the pinnacle. It has the huge popularity of "The Moment of War", and coupled with the exciting return of the clown "Arthur" during the promotion, this film is the most anticipated masterpiece among North American fans in 1997.
Warner Bros. is also happy to see suspense rising. Fans who are looking forward to "The Dark Knight" are not only fans of Batman's predecessor, but also fans of Wayne and several starring fans, but also joined the large-scale supporters of "The Joker" back then.
In any case, the movie-watching storm that "The Joker" was incomparable to "The Moment of War". The inflammatory nature that was played out in a special social context can be said to be the best in film history. There has never been a successful movie that has had such a great impact on society as "The Joker".
Seeing that "Dark Knight" has entered the post-production, more and more fans are looking forward to the film, Warner Bros. is also releasing some information and posters from time to time. Every special character appearance will attract a lot of attention. Deciphering the speculation "Dark Knight" bit by bit, a special trend has been formed among young people.
The Warner Bros. distribution department has been orderly marketing and promotion, and has always followed its own pace. If this continues, by the end of April and early May next year, we will increase the publicity efforts in one go and make the last wave of grand publicity for the release of the film.
But all of this was interrupted by the reports that appeared this morning. Many authoritative media have their own industry guidelines and have not followed up on these speculative things. As soon as the news appeared, everyone was waiting for Warner Bros. to know how authentic those things were.
What is abnormal is that in the face of the most serious accident in Hollywood, Warner Bros. fell into silence abnormally, and it was not as fast as a media group's response speed. It neither held a press conference immediately to deny the reports nor condemn the media. For a moment, no one could figure out what was going on.
"According to the news obtained by our newspaper from special channels, the rough story of "Batman: The Dark Knight" will unfold between the Joker and Batman, and the timeline is certainly..."
"Gotham is in crisis again, and the clown begins a gorgeous performance! This time he will no longer be the tragic character with kind hearts. The clown has his own philosophy..."
"The Joker said everything that should be said and not said, while Batman did everything that should be done and not done. Life is in and choice, and the age of heroes has passed?"
As time approached noon, in an office in Century City, the tall and fat Harvey Weinstein was sitting at the desk looking through newspapers one by one, but there was no excitement on his face.
If he had a choice, he would definitely not use such a method to the young man, because he knew that the young man was almost the same as his own way of doing things, and even had a more ruthless attitude and viciousness, and sometimes he became even more crazy.
But since someone has provided ammunition that is beneficial to him, he will not hesitate at all. In comparison, the best result of doing this is that the other party urgently recalls the disbanded crew and modifys some leaked content. In fact, the final impact on "The Dark Knight" is not as great as imagined.
That's right, he did this on purpose. Even some of the leaked content has been strictly selected by him and will not affect the main line and concept of the movie too much.
Harvey Weinstein deeply understood that there is never an unsolvable hatred and eternal opponent in this circle. As long as the interests of both parties are consistent, the enemy who kills his father can also sit down and drink and chat. He even has figured out a way to make up for the relationship between the two parties. Since the other party lost an awards season, then he will come to the scene in person and help the other party public relations for free.
"Ding, bell, bell."
The phone on the pillar suddenly rang, and Harvey Weinstein threw down the newspaper in his hand, as if he had no interest in the "exclusive disclosure" above. In fact, he had long memorized the content.
The phone was picked up and the secretary's sweet voice came from the microphone. "Mr. Weinstein, Director Mingla has arrived, will he let him in now?"
Chapter completed!