Chapter 483 Confrontation

"Damn it, he's a playboy and he has the nerve to accuse me of messing around with women?"

When Harvey saw the report in the newspaper, his face turned black with anger, and his neck and belly bulged.

These reports are old news from the past, about cases in which he harassed or assaulted actresses and then settled, five from the 1990s to now.

Although these news can't do anything to him, they are very disgusting, especially at this critical time.

It is easy for the judges to have a negative impression of him, which will also lead to a lot of his public relations work being half the result with half the effort.

"I told you not to make a fuss about Link's personal life. After all, you also have big problems in this area. Link is taking revenge."

Bob crossed his legs and said while reading the newspaper.

Harvey snorted coldly, his expression uncertain.

"Harvey, look at this again."

Bob pointed to another report and sighed helplessly.

"what?"

Harvey took it over and looked at it. It was a headline news published in the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times. The title was 'Oscar's Crown'. The main content was about the impact of British films on the Oscars.

Since the 1980s, more than 50 British films have won heavyweight Oscar awards such as Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Actor. This ratio is much higher than that of films from other countries, and is not even better than that of American films. inferior.

There are a lot of extremely high-quality American films that fall flat when faced with a British-set one.

For example, "Shakespeare in Love" in 1996 beat the classic film "Saving Private Ryan" to win the best picture, and also won a controversial Oscar winner.

In 1997, "The English Patient" beat the American hit film "Fargo" to win the best picture.

And last year's "The King's Speech" successfully beat the popular new movie "The Social Network" to win the best picture with its old-fashioned story.

Looking at the past, it is not difficult to find a pattern.

Compared with the cutting-edge American movies that are constantly changing, Oscar judges appreciate traditional and conservative British movies more. As long as they have a British background and feature British celebrities, they will easily be favored by the Oscar judges.

From this point of view, "The Iron Lady", which is based on the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, will definitely be the biggest winner this year, because it is very British, telling the story of British celebrities and an old lady.

It's almost a movie tailor-made for Oscar judges.

"What does Link want to do? Does he think that writing this kind of report can change the judges' minds and make them vote for "The Help" and "Silver Linings"? Haha, that's too naive."

Harvey read it over and tossed the paper to Bob nonchalantly.

“Don’t be careless. In recent years, many media have criticized that Oscar judges are generally older, prefer traditional and conservative movies, reject innovative movies, and are seriously out of touch with young people in terms of taste.

In this case, the Los Angeles Times came out with this report, which is obviously an insinuation that the Oscar judges like to praise the British and deliberately suppress American local films.

This kind of statement will also arouse the emotions of ordinary movie fans and put some pressure on the judges when voting, so it is better to pay attention. "

Bob spread his hands and said.

Harvey thought for a while and understood. Link saw that ordinary movie fans had opinions on the Academy's selection, so he used this report to stir up the emotions of ordinary movie fans and put pressure on the Oscar judges.

"Hmph! It's a pity that he chose the wrong person. The Oscar judges are a group of old people over sixty years old. Most of them are very stubborn and are not afraid of discussion. During the selection, external public opinion has very little influence on them. Therefore, what Link did These things are useless."

Harvey touched his big belly and smiled coldly.

Bob nodded, trusting Harvey's judgment when it came to PR Oscars.

"That's it, no need to worry about it anymore?

Bob asked with a frown.

“No, how could this bastard Link let him go so easily after he had done so many things, contact the media, and continue to hype up his scandals with Jennifer Lawrence and other actresses.

We need to let the judges know that Link is a lecherous and shameless bastard, and any movie about him should not win an Oscar.

Several Lionsgate films that have been shortlisted for Oscars continue to find people to severely criticize the shortcomings and problems of these films, including negative news about the actors.

I want to make all the movies that Link invests in get nothing, I want to make all of Link’s investments go to waste, and I also want everyone to know that I, Harvey Weinstein, am the most powerful person in Hollywood, and only No one can compare to me when it comes to putting out movies that win Oscars! "

Harvey waved his fat hands and his voice became louder and louder, like an angry porcupine.

"Is this okay? Lionsgate has very strong public relations capabilities. If we compete with them, both parties will lose in the end and the film's income will be affected. This is not cost-effective."

Bob said hesitantly.

"Link took the opportunity to hype up my dirty information and used such despicable methods to deal with me. How could I endure it? I must watch his jokes at the Oscars. I want him to know whose territory this is and whose territory it is." He is the king of Hollywood movies.”

Harvey clenched his fists and shouted excitedly.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

Bob couldn't help but got up and left the office.

After Bob left, Harvey called Kunas and others and asked them to arrange for Link's dirty laundry.

Link is closely tied to Lionsgate-Palm Beach. Continuing to expose Link's dirty laundry at this time will inevitably affect the public relations of several of Link's films.

It would be best if Lionsgate's 6 films with 18 nominations received nothing.

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After Harvey and Kunas stepped up their criticism of Link, the related news became more lively and many of the news were controversial.

For example, a tabloid claimed that after Link got engaged to Eva Ka, he often went to Nashville to date Taylor, and sometimes met with women such as Jennifer Lawrence and Daddario in private, saying that Link was playing with women's feelings and was an incurable scumbag.

Harvey's dirty laundry was also brought up again, including sexual harassment, workplace bullying, bullying, etc. These news sent a foul smell and seemed worse than Link's scandals.

The two sides attacked each other through the media, causing a sensation.

In addition, other film companies are also working hard on public relations, promoting themselves and severely belittling their opponents, and various tricks are frequently carried out.

For example, Steven Zaillian, the producer of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", sent messages to several familiar judges, asking them not to vote for "Hugo". Later, it was exposed that the Oscars announced that Zaillian would be banned from participating in this year's Oscars ceremony.

In addition, Martin Scorsese, the director of "Hugo", played cards in a club and lost more than 30,000 US dollars. It is said that there were several Oscar judges among the people playing cards. Afterwards, it was exposed by the media. Director Scorsese denied that it was bad luck.

In addition, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have frequently held parties at home recently, inviting many actors who are eligible to vote to participate. The media also believes that they want to take the opportunity to win over the judges and impact the Oscar for Best Actor.

And so on.

The Hollywood Reporter commented that this year's Oscar selection is more competitive than the general election, and the methods used by public relations companies are similar to those of the general election. They sabotage each other and make endless troubles, which is more exciting than the plot of the movie.

However, Link only came up with a few bad ideas in the first few rounds and did not participate much in the second half.

At the end of January, the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival opened, and "Buried" starring Link was successfully shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival and received three nominations for Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.

For this reason, Link took time out of his busy schedule to go to Berlin, Germany, to see if he had a chance to win a Best Actor trophy.