American fame and fortune

Beverly Hills, Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Martin has a long-term luxury private room here. It was still some time before the nominees luncheon started, and Leonardo and Nicholson also came to his side.

Leonardo loosened his tie slightly and said, "Annapurna Pictures won the rights to those two scripts, or bought them out at a very high price. What do you think?"

Martin was very direct: "How else can I watch it? Those thieves have nothing to do with Annapurna Pictures."

"Larry Ellison's son and daughter don't live in Silicon Valley, but they come to cause trouble in Hollywood." Nicholson looked at Martin: "Don't be impulsive, they are not easy to deal with."

What he said was that it was difficult to do, not that it couldn't be done.

Leonardo said: "She has a dad with a net worth of nearly $30 billion."

Nicholson's words changed again: "Publicly announcing the signing of "Seventh Son" and "Transcendence", what does she want to do? She is clearly declaring war!"

Martin was equally unhappy: "We have always been the ones to do it, but now it is a woman who is doing it, and she is still a very troublesome woman."

Leonardo responded: "This is Hollywood, not Silicon Valley!"

Nicholson said, "I have a good idea!"

Both Martin and Leonardo looked at him, because they wanted to mess with Megan Ellison, which was indeed a bit troublesome.

"It is not difficult to see from her series of high-profile behaviors that this woman is learning from her crazy father." Nicholson has rich life experience and started an analysis: "So her character is both arrogant and tough, and she seems to be able to do whatever she wants."

He summarized some cases he had experienced: "This kind of person has a shortcoming. Once you break her arrogance and toughness and completely conquer her, you can do whatever you want, even turn her into a female slave."

Martin thought for a moment: "It seems to make sense."

Leonardo nodded: "I have seen similar situations." He reminded: "Remember Nexem? This is how some of Ranier's female slaves came."

Nicholson shouted to one side: "Old Boo!"

Bruce pressed the remote control, and a large full-length photo of Megan Ellison appeared on the projection screen in the room.

Nicholson pointed at the photo and said: "Martin, Leo, take the initiative! Show the charm of your men, conquer this woman, make her your slave, do whatever you want! I have confidence in you!" "

Martin looked at the full-body photo of Megan Ellison, who looked exactly like a younger version of Larry Ellison with longer hair and more bulging breasts. He quickly shook his head and said: "I am a good person, a good person with a moral bottom line, absolutely. I wouldn’t do such a bad thing!”

Leonardo is more direct than Martin: "No long golden brown hair, bad review! Facial lines and facial features are seriously masculine, bad review! The body proportions are not good enough, no long legs, bad review! No, I can't buy it. Where to go..."

"You two bastards, how can you judge a book by its cover?" Nicholson said angrily: "Meghan Ellison is a person who can share Larry Ellison's tens of billions of wealth. Think about it if you can control her. , tens of billions of dollars in wealth.”

Martin still shook his head: "You are digging a hole on the spot, lighting a fire inside, and tempting us to jump in."

Leonardo said: "Let's find another way."

Nicholson looked very disappointed: "It's such a sense of accomplishment to tame a billionaire princess."

"Slowly think about the opportunity and look for it calmly. There will always be one." Martin glanced at the wall clock, stood up and said, "Let's go, the nominees' luncheon is about to begin."

The three of them went downstairs together and entered the hotel's grand ballroom.

The crews of "Shutter Island" and "Gone Girl" are right next to each other, and on the other side is the crew of "Inception."

Martin greeted everyone he knew.

Both Nolan and David Fincher hope to gain something at this Oscar, and at least get a Best Director nomination.

As soon as Martin finished saying hello, a pregnant Natalie Portman came over.

As time goes by and various frontline awards are awarded, she has accumulated more and more advantages, and her voice is getting louder and louder. She is the absolute favorite for this year's best actress.

At this time, Natalie sincerely thanked Martin. She looked around to see if there was no one around, then leaned closer and said, "Has your company's promising script been stolen recently?"

Martin looked very angry: "That's what happened."

"I have met several horoscopes and fortune tellers from all over the world, and some of them said that my current situation can help people reverse bad luck." Natalie was obviously not joking, but also had good intentions: "You have been having bad luck recently. Great, maybe I can help you."

Martin declined: "Thank you, but it's really no need. I've gotten rid of my bad luck."

Natalie smiled and whispered: "You can come to me at any time before I give birth."

Although the thunder was rolling, Martin could feel Natalie's sincerity: "Nat, I wish you a successful summit."

Natalie said: "You get half the credit."

The luncheon was about to officially begin. Martin returned to his table. As soon as he sat down, Mene from the "Inception" table came over and said, "Boss, do you want me to take action?"

Martin didn't understand for a moment: "What are you doing?"

Mene said: "Annapurna Pictures and Megan Ellison, do you want me to take action?"

Martin patted his arm: "No, she was born in 1986."

"I saw her appearance in the newspaper, she looked like a 40-year-old woman." Uncle Mene had no other solution this time: "If she is over 30 years old, I am certain; if she is over 40 years old, I guarantee that I can get it done she!"

Nicholson, who was next to him, also heard it and patted Mene on the shoulder: "Man, I, an old bastard, admire you!"

There are only a handful of people who can admire him, and even Martin, a bastard, can't make Nicholson say such a thing.

Mene was very humble: "Jack, I have been learning from you."

Nicholson said the truth: "In some aspects, I am not as good as you."

Leonardo poked a few people at this time and reminded: "Megan Ellison is here too."

Martin and the others turned to look to the right, where brothers Megan Ellison and David Ellison were sitting at a table against the wall.

Nicholson said: "She has made everything clear. When the luncheon is over, you can follow me and meet her face to face."

He looked at Martin: "If you can't think of a way, just sacrifice yourself and tame her physically."

Martin let out a long sigh: "No matter how much I have wronged me, I cannot wrong my own brother."

Nicholson and Leonardo stopped talking because this was so unreasonable.

There was the sound of high heels hitting the ground from behind, and someone pulled out a chair too far and hit the back of Martin's chair.

Martin turned around and saw a woman with long red hair, white skin, and retro makeup.

"I was so careless." Jessica Chastain immediately apologized: "Martin, I'm very sorry."

Martin smiled: "It doesn't matter."

Seeing his excellent attitude and friendly smile, Jessica Chastain quickly introduced herself: "I am Jessica Chastain, your movie fan."

She opened her handbag and revealed the commemorative Coke logo: "Hello, leader, I am a member of the Coke Cult."

Martin shook her hand: "Thank you for your support."

Jessica Chastain quickly said: "You are my leader, and supporting you is what I must do."

"It's time to start. Let's chat when we have time." Martin pointed to the stage and ended the chat in a timely manner.

He glanced at the new Academy President Tom Sherak and host Emily Blunt who were walking on the stage, and suddenly remembered that Ridley Scott had already begun preparations for "The Martian", and Jessica Chastain had Played an important role in it.

But Martin didn't think much of it as the nominations began to be announced on stage.

Emily Blunt looked at the big screen on the side and read: "The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are Christian Bale, John Harkes, Mene Christie..."

Mene covered her mouth, unable to control herself with excitement, and grabbed the sleeve of Martin next to her: "Boss!"

"This is what you work for," Martin said.

Mene knows very well that there are many people who work harder than him in the industry. How many of these people can succeed like him?

Opportunities are much more important than hard work. Without the opportunities given by his boss, he would still be a young actor like his previous companions.

When the nominations for Best Actress were announced, Jennifer Lawrence almost pounced on Nicholson and gave her a kiss.

This actress born in the 1990s received her first Oscar nomination in her life for "Winter's Bone" recommended by Nicholson!

Tom Sherak personally announced the Best Actor nominations, and no surprise, Leonardo was among them.

Among the best director nominees, Nolan and David Fincher are on the list.

Beginning in 2009, the number of Best Picture nominations has been increased to ten. In this year's nomination list, all ten quotas have been filled, including two films starring Martin, "Inception" and "Gone Girl", as well as Leonardo DiCaprio. The multi-starrer "Shutter Island" was all nominated for best picture.

After the nomination list was closed, there was a new project that was only started this year. The academy distributed award guest invitations to many people on the spot.

Multiple envelopes were sent to the appropriate persons, and both Martin and Nicholson received them.

The two opened it quietly and took a look at each other. Their burning eyes fell on Leonardo at the same time.

Leonardo felt bad and asked: "What do you want to do? This is a formal occasion, don't mess with me!"

"Let's go to the bathroom." Nicholson left the table first.

Martin followed.

Leonardo gritted his teeth and went out.

The matter of being an award guest needed to be kept secret. When he came to a place where no one was around, Nicholson lowered his voice and asked Martin: "Who are you?"

Martin whispered back: "Best Actor."

Nicholson nodded: "Me too."

After Leonardo heard this, he was inexplicably relieved.

But Martin grabbed him by the collar: "You can't relax. It's not time to open the champagne. If you can't win this award, Jack and I will become the object of ridicule around the world. You know how serious the consequences are!"

Nicholson said with a ferocious smile: "We will send you to the Sacred Valley and hand you over to Pete!"