Chapter 596 Little Leo's Black Material

"What are you going to do? Lionsgate has acclaimed and successful movies like "American Sniper," "The Revenant," and "The Martian," as well as "Foxcatcher," "Inherited," "Into the Wild" and "The Big Short." How can we compare this type of high-quality literary and artistic films?

It can't be compared at all, I think it's better not to waste money. "

Bob asked with a frown.

When Harvey heard Bob's words, the fat on his face trembled. He was very unhappy with Bob's words, but he had to admit that what Bob said was right.

At least half of the top ten movies in North America this year are from Lionsgate. "American Sniper" and "The Revenant", which are considered the best movies of the year, are all from Lionsgate.

None of the films co-produced by Weinstein Pictures and Warner Bros. can compare to these two, and there is also a certain gap between them and Lionsgate Pictures' second-tier art films.

According to this situation, no matter how much money is spent on public relations, it is impossible to defeat Lions Gate, or even threats.

Harvey is angry and has a sense of powerlessness brought about by despair.

As the former king of Hollywood and a machine for making Oscar-winning actors and actresses, he is now not only far behind Link in the movie box office, but also completely defeated by Link in the Oscars public relations, which he is best at.

How did things come to this?

Harvey took a greedy breath and told Bob with a dark face that even if he couldn't compete with Lionsgate for the Oscars, he wouldn't watch Lionsgate take away all the Oscars.

Bob frowned and asked what he wanted to do.

Harvey said nothing with a sullen face.

Not long after, a lot of negative news about Lionsgate movies came out in the media.

Some media criticized the adaptation of "American Sniper" for being inaccurate. Snipers like to shoot in the back and are not worthy of praise.

Criticized the crew of "The Revenant" for destroying the local ecological environment during filming.

Criticism of "The Big Short" is that it has a shallow conception and does not delve deeply into the causes of the subprime mortgage crisis.

There is also some negative news aimed at the main actors of several movies, including Link, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kathy Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, etc.

The most eye-catching ones are several pieces of black material related to Leonardo, claiming that Leonardo only dated young women and was playing with women’s feelings, that Leonardo was a fake environmentalist, and that Leonardo had A certain female politician had an affair, went on a date in XX Island, got $6 million a day, etc.

In particular, the scandal about Leonardo's affair with a female politician was the most topical. Many people speculated that the female politician was Mrs. Larich, the candidate of the Donkey Party.

"It's so funny, I don't know if it's true."

In the penthouse of LINK Building, Link was holding the New York Post and eating a big melon with great interest.

"Regardless of whether it's true or not, someone has an ulterior motive for being exposed at this time. Maybe someone doesn't want him to win the Oscar for Best Actor."

Ivaca came out from behind the counter with two cups of hot coffee and handed one cup to his hand.

"I'm afraid that's the case. I don't know if the person who spread the rumor is just making it up, or if he has inside information. If the rumor is true, this news will be very beneficial to my father-in-law, and he should be very happy to see it."

"That's right."

Ivaca tugged the golden hair around her ears and smiled slightly. Now Mrs. Larich is the top seed player of the Donkey Party. If the news is confirmed, her father can use this news to attack his opponents when he competes for the top position.

"Should we intervene?"

"Let's take a look first. The situation is unclear now, and it would be inappropriate to intervene rashly."

Link thought for a moment and said.

This news is good for the old father-in-law and bad for Leonardo. The old father-in-law may use this news to attack his opponents.

Leonardo will probably be very anxious at this time, trying to figure out how to clarify these negative news.

The old father-in-law and Leonardo are both on their side, and it won't be good for anyone who suffers from this.

So now it’s better to wait and see what happens and see if there is any other content in the future.

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After the news came to light, Leonardo initially remained silent and was not prepared to explain in order to prevent attracting too much attention. However, the news involved popular male stars and popular female politicians, as well as their tidbits, which was very consistent. The taste of melon-eating people.

After being exposed, the news remained highly popular, with only two or three media reporting on it on the first day, then more than a dozen on the second day, and on the third day it hit the hot search list.

At this time, Leonardo's agency and agent quickly stood up to refute the rumors and proposed to use legal means to protect Leonardo's reputation and let those who spread the rumors get the punishment they deserve.

Since the media did not reveal any new information, the news returned to silence after being circulated for several days.

Although the news did not make a big fuss, it had some negative impact on Leonardo's reputation, especially in December, which is an important part of the Oscars public relations for major film companies and agencies.

Leonardo called Link, very angry, yelling that he was done with Harvey.

"Harvey? Do you think he's causing trouble?"

Link was a little surprised. Since Lionsgate Pictures became the top seven in Hollywood, he only regarded the six major film companies as competitors. He almost never paid attention to Harvey and Weinstein Pictures, and did not think that they could compete with Lionsgate Pictures. What hinders its development?

Now Leonardo insists that Harvey is causing trouble, and reminds Link of this person again.

But he was a little confused about it.

Harvey is the spokesperson and financial envoy of the Donkey Party in Hollywood. He has a good relationship with Mrs. Larry. What is the purpose of the other party breaking this news at this time? Just to prevent Lionsgate's movies from winning the Oscar?

"Yes, it's Harvey. I have sufficient evidence."

Leonardo said.

"Okay, what are you going to do? If you want to sue Harvey, Lionsgate can provide some help."

Link said.

"Thank you! But not for the time being. The law is useless against people like Harvey. I also have Harvey's black materials in my hands. Let's see who can beat whom."

Leonardo said angrily.

Link raised his eyebrows when he heard it. It seems that many people know what Harvey did in the circle, but in the past, Harvey was so powerful that no one dared to stand up and accuse him.

Now Harvey and Weinstein Films are completely suppressed by Lionsgate in Hollywood, and their influence is getting smaller and smaller.

Maybe we can take action to remove Harvey, a cancer rooted in Hollywood.

On the one hand, we can cut off opponents and purify the entertainment industry environment. On the other hand, we can also reduce the influence of the Donkey Party in Los Angeles and help the old father-in-law to take over.

And Leonardo's incident was an opportunity.

He asked Leonardo how he was going to deal with Harvey?

Leonardo said that he knew about Harvey's affair with the actress, and he only needed to investigate and he would definitely make Harvey look bad.

Link shook his head. He thought Leonardo had some solid evidence, but it turned out that he still needed to investigate.

Considering that Leonardo was not very reliable in other aspects except acting, he gave up the idea of ​​handing the materials in his hand to Leonardo. It would be better to hand them to Ronan Farrow.

Ronan Farrow is a young man with a background, ambition, and a strong desire to stand out. It is more appropriate to use him to deal with Harvey than Leonardo.

Leonardo asked about Oscar public relations again. Now is a special period, but this kind of news broke out, which has a very bad impact.

Leonardo became more anxious because of this. He hoped that the public relations department of Lionsgate Films could think of a way to increase his chances of winning an Oscar and not give up helping him with public relations because of this incident.

Link told him not to worry, as this incident would not affect the Oscars, and asked him to concentrate on promoting the movie and leave the Oscars matter to the public relations team.