American fame and fortune

When Barbra Streisand, a legend among Hollywood women, spanning singers, actors, directors and producers, and all of whom have achieved outstanding achievements, took the stage as an award guest, everyone knew the result of the best director.

Danny Boyle, the last Best Director, did not appear on the stage, and a senior female member was replaced as the award guest. It was obvious.

Martin turned to look at David Fincher and saw a flash of reluctance on his face.

Now David Fincher is not the flat-footed director who has been criticized by film critics after cooperating with Netflix. He still has an Oscar dream.

But Oscar is destined to make history tonight.

As expected, the name that came out of Barbra Streisand's mouth was Kathryn Bigelow.

"The Hurt Locker" not only won best director, but also took home best picture.

Summit Entertainment and film investors David Ellison and Megan Ellison became the biggest winners tonight.

In contrast, the crew of "Benjamin", which received thirteen Oscar nominations but only won two consolation awards for Best Makeup and Best Art Direction, became the biggest tragedy tonight.

It's just a little short of catching up with the preferential treatment "The Shawshank Redemption" enjoyed at the Oscars.

Martin comforted David Fincher: "Let's shoot faster this time and fight for the next one!"

David Fincher is also holding back his energy: "This time I am going to improve my efficiency so that "Gone Girl" can be released during the holiday season."

The fundamental purpose of Martin's words is to stimulate David Fincher's competitive spirit and improve the efficiency of filming and production.

After all, this person’s photography has always been more casual.

After this awards ceremony, Elizabeth went home directly, and Martin also attended the "Oscar Night" party.

After Vanity Fair insisted on hosting many parties, Oscar night has become co-organized by the Academy, and even Oscar losers will show up at the party.

As soon as Martin entered the banquet hall, he was pulled by Taylor Swift who came to the party.

Taylor pushed him to the photo area on the side: "I have two friends who are also your fans and have been clamoring to take a photo with you."

Martin asked curiously: "Your best friend?"

Taylor said as he walked: "Like you, a member of my friend group, the last time I sang to you, didn't you give me an idea and ask me to find a way to form a celebrity friend group?"

Martin reminded: "Remember, you are the leader, and the members must be well-known and able to attract the attention of the entertainment media. During the window period of your work, you can play some tricks like little girls' reconciliation."

Taylor has completed his evolution and even gone one step further: "Not only have I made a plan, but I'm also going to find a singer of similar status and compete online. Is this hype method feasible?"

Martin first praised: "Taylor, you are getting better and better." Then he reminded: "Pay attention to the frequency of hype."

Taylor nodded slightly, then waved to the front: "Carly, Selena, look who's here."

Two girls, one tall and one short, came over. The former had blond hair and long legs, and was a bit taller than Taylor.

The latter is a Latino with natural baby fat on his round face.

Taylor introduced: "This is Karlie Kloss, this is Selena Gomez, they are all my good friends."

Then he took Martin's hand and said, "You all know my close friend, Martin."

Karlie Kloss shook hands with Martin and stood next to Martin first: "Take a photo for me."

Martin pointed to an official Oscar reporter: "Bill, come here and help me."

Bill immediately came over with a camera and took photos of Karlie Kloss and Selena Gomez with Martin, and finally took a group photo of the four of Martin.

After taking the photo, Martin saw Alan Horn waving to him and said to Taylor: "I have other things to do, you guys talk first."

Taylor grabbed him and asked, "Are you free tonight?"

"Not tonight," Martin said.

Taylor felt regretful: "I have to leave early tomorrow morning." She thought for a moment: "Next time I organize a gathering of sisters, you will come too."

Martin nodded: "No problem."

Speaking of this, he wanted to settle the score with Leonardo. This bastard lacked the spirit of hard work and was a typical 100-meter 11-second talkative athlete. He said that he would organize a gathering of Russian and Ukrainian supermodels and actresses, but there has been no news so far. .

It's a pity that Leonardo didn't come tonight, otherwise Martin would have sent him blessings, wishing that he would be forced into marriage by ten pregnant women tomorrow.

Seeing Martin walking away, Karlie Kloss poked Taylor with her elbow and asked, "Have you tried it? How does it taste?"

The first generation born in the 1990s in the entertainment and modeling circles have grown up. They are more wild and unrestrained than their predecessors. Selena Gomez also asked: "Is it as powerful as the legend says and tastes amazingly good?"

Taylor was much stronger than them. He came closer to the two of them and said softly: "Not only does it taste good, but it also moisturizes my vocal cords and makes my singing voice even more beautiful. Didn't you notice? Is my singing voice better than before?"

"You!" Karlie Kloss and Selena Gomez were stunned, thinking, are these sisters joking?

Taylor blinked: "You are still young and don't understand the benefits of it."

Carly was dissatisfied: "We will be eighteen soon."

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At the table in the corner of the banquet hall, Alan Horn asked Martin: "I heard that Warner Brothers wants to buy your studio?"

"They wanted to acquire it, and I was also willing to sell it, but the talks fell apart." Martin said directly: "Warner doesn't want to pay $450 million."

The price also surprised Alan Horn: "If it were me, I would never agree to it!"

Martin smiled: "This is where the difference lies. I think the studio's existing assets are at least worth this price, but others don't think so."

Since there was a disagreement, Allen Horn simply changed the topic: "Warner Brothers has increased the distribution commission, which is very unfair to the following partners, especially an actor, investor and producer like you who always achieves box office hits. Man, even a one percent increase in the commission means millions of dollars in losses.”

Martin said: "Warner Bros.'s performance has been No. 1 in Hollywood for many consecutive years, and its distribution channels are very strong."

"That represents the past, and it must be the future." Allen Horn said: "After Kevin Tsujihara took office, he promoted a large number of Japanese and nepotism. You must know this. You think this is a normal management model of a company. Can they maintain the glory that Warner Bros. has created over the past decade?"

Martin has already seen clues from the two projects of "Pharaohs and Gods" and "Green Lantern". Coupled with the pit he dug, the future is difficult to predict.

He asked directly: "Ellen, what do you mean, do you want to lure me to Disney? I remember that you are the president of Disney Pictures, and you don't care about distribution, right?"

Alan Horn said: "I am also thinking about your old friend. Disney and Buena Vista International are both powerful hair brands. Walt Disney's offline channels are not worse than Warner's. There is also Robert Iger. Martin, you may I’m not familiar with him, but I can assure you that whether it’s leadership or charisma, he’s far ahead of Kevin Tsujihara.”

Martin nodded: "I've heard people talk about Robert Iger. I heard that all Disney's big investments in the past few years came from him, including the acquisition of Pixar Studio and the acquisition of the entire Marvel..."

He paused slightly and said: "Alan, I am very worried about meeting another Kevin Tsujihara. If you can take charge of the Disney distribution label, I will immediately send someone to discuss the release of "John Wick 2" with you. "

Alan Horn laughed: "Disney Pictures not only merged Hollywood Productions and Touchstone Pictures, but also merged Disney as a distribution label, and will specialize in the production and distribution of live-action movies in the future."

Martin said: "It seems that you have been targeting me for a long time."

Allen Horn admitted: "I can't meet you today, and I plan to contact you before you go to shoot "Gone Girl." Unfortunately, you have already signed a distribution contract with Warner Bros. for this film."

Martin picked up the wine in front of him and clinked glasses with Alan Horn: "I'll have people talk to Disney Pictures later."

Allen Horn took a sip of wine and said, "I'll ask the deputy to talk to your people."

The two finalized their intentions and the interview ended.

After Martin left, he originally wanted to go home, but Elizabeth said before leaving that she would wait for him in her dress.

This is also a very special experience.

But David Fincher stopped him and introduced the middle-aged man next to him: "This is an old friend of mine, Greg Peters. He used to be a producer, but now he has gone to Netflix to do product content. Director.”

Greg immediately came over to shake hands with Martin: "I have wanted to introduce David for a long time, but I never had the chance. Martin, it is my honor to meet you today."

Martin smiled and said: "I am very familiar with Netflix."

Greg didn't understand and looked at Martin curiously.

Martin doesn't need to hide: "I am a shareholder of Netflix, but I am a small shareholder. The shares are public shares bought on the primary market."

Greg said: "Are you very optimistic about the development of Netflix?"

Martin has collected a lot of information about Netflix: "You started as a DVD rental business, and now you have developed online on-demand services. You have tens of millions of paying users in North America. This may become a way for families to watch movies in the future."

David Fincher said: "I have paid attention to social networks. With the popularity of smartphones, many people are even used to watching some feature films on their phones."

Greg said: "Netflix has also seen this development trend and has been optimizing filtering data to provide users with more and better content experiences."

He changed his voice and added: "What troubles Netflix the most right now is content, especially high-quality content. Today's Hollywood is different from before. They regard Netflix as their enemy. If we want to obtain high-quality content authorization, we need to pay more." The price is high, and without high-quality content, it will be difficult to attract new paying users, and even old users will be lost.”

Martin holds tens of millions of shares in Netflix, and of course he wants its stock price to rise. He said: "If you have sufficient capital flow, you can hire your own producers and directors to shoot and produce high-quality content."