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"The Gotham Independent Film Awards, the Golden Satellite Awards, and the Annie Awards have all sent me invitations."

With the end of December, after entering January 1998, the annual awards season in North America began to enter the most lively stage again. After the chatting time passed, Jimmy opened his black briefcase and pulled out a large stack of invitations in various shapes and colors.

The agent fiddled with the invitations one by one, looked at Wayne and continued: "More than that, there are a dozen awards ceremonies, big and small, all of which have sent you invitations."

While speaking, he put seven or eight invitations that were specially distributed on the coffee table in front of his client, shrugged and said, "These are what the organizer has already hinted, as long as you attend the awards ceremony in person, "Batman: The Dark Knight will gain something.”

Similar things happen in the entertainment industry all over the world, and Hollywood is no exception. Awards ceremonies also need exposure to attract sponsors and advertisers, and some smaller awards ceremonies naturally need to find ways to invite celebrities to participate.

Even some, in the eyes of the public, have always been adhering to fair awards, and there is still no way to escape this rule.

"and also."

Taking advantage of Wayne and Naomi Watts, Jimmy looked down at the invitation letter he picked out, pursed his lips, and continued talking to himself. "The Hollywood Directors Guild, Producers Guild and Actors Guild, these three trade union awards, "Batman: The Dark Knight" all have very good prospects for winning, I suggest you pay attention, if possible, mobilize a relationship to win .

By the way, there are also the three major film critics association awards in Los Angeles, New York and other places. I personally recommend that you fight for it, no matter whether "Batman: The Dark Knight" has any gains at the Oscars, or even whether we want to participate or not. Public relations, these most professional awards in the industry above, you must try your best to win! "

After the awards season begins, the whole of North America will be caught up in awards ceremonies big and small, and the awards that Jimmy picks out and specifically instructs are the most authoritative and professional awards in the circle.

In particular, the awards within the various unions in Hollywood are almost the well-known outposts of the Oscars, because most of the guild members who select these awards are also members of the Academy at the same time, and they also have the right to vote for various Oscar awards.

They will vote in the selection within the union, which means that it is very likely that they will not change their choice in the next Oscar voting selection.

"I've already told Jeff that this year's Oscars, we'll just give up."

With a sound of Katcha, Wayne lit a cigarette, glanced at the various invitations, and Naomi Watts, whose face was full of vision, said directly to the agent: "This year we can say It's because you have no desires, and your preparations seem to be wasted."

"No."

Jimmy shook his head firmly, put away the smile on his face, looked at his client seriously, and said, "We'd better participate if we can, and don't give the academy a signal to give up..."

"Hey, hey, Jimmy, listen to me."

Before the agent could finish speaking, Wayne stretched out his hand and tapped a few times on the coffee table, interrupting the other party's words. "I have to work on the post-production of "The Flash", and I have to watch the editing of "X-Men". Even if I still have energy, I have to care about the progress of the "Charlie's Angels" film, so, do you think I still have time to participate in these Awards ceremony?"

Seeing that there is less than a month left, he must start by cutting a 30-second trailer for "The Flash" for the Super Bowl halftime show.

The "X-Men" side has also entered the final work. In order to ensure that the direction of the film does not go wrong, he must also take time to go to Fox's post-production studio from time to time. : Matrix Revolution" and "Charlie's Angels", so in terms of time, he was not allowed to participate in various awards ceremonies at all.

"Don't worry, just listen to me."

Reluctantly spread his hands, Jimmy's solemn expression did not diminish as he looked at his client. "You've been too busy during this time and neglected too many things. I got some news that in order to commemorate the centenary of the birth of North American cinema, the academy will select a hundred films this year.

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Compared with the Oscars, this year's 100-year-old film selection may have greater influence. Moreover, Wayne, the Oscar ceremony is held every year, and the golden statuettes are also given out in batches every year, but the opportunity to select the top 100 movies in a century has only been once in the past few decades! "

"f**k! A hundred years old..."

The agent's words made Wayne lean on the sofa, raised his hand and patted his thigh, muttering foul language in his mouth.

He had heard a little about this when he was still living on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, but compared to the various movie lists on the Internet in later generations, there were not many occasions when the "Hundred Years" was mentioned, and people were more willing to I believe that the top 250 must-see movie list is because of this list, and its presence on the Internet is not strong.

In 1998, in order to commemorate the centenary of the birth of North American cinema, the North American Film Institute selected from more than 400 classic films recommended. Based on the votes of academia, the production industry and the general audience, it selects the representative works of North American films in the past 100 years.

After this list came out, it has occupied a very important position for a long time in the hearts of countless die-hard movie fans and industry professionals. Obviously, if you want to reflect the quality of a director, you have to see if his works are in the most authoritative list, where they are, and how many films have been selected.

It is worth mentioning that Steven Spielberg has been selected for five films in this list, and Hitchcock has also been selected for four, which shows how fierce the competition for the position of this list is.

"You have to show your influence!"

Jimmy listened to his upper body, staring at his client. "Wayne, in fact, for you, it is a natural weakness in this regard. Because you are too young, you must always show your influence and remind those people of your existence through the media."

Being young is Chi Luoluo's advantage in many cases. Being young means that there are countless possibilities in the future. But in Hollywood, being young is in many ways an invisible disadvantage.

Almost everyone in the circle knows that Oscar's invisible discrimination against age means that being young means being ignored in the selection of awards, whether it is an actor or a director. For the selection of the top 100 films in a century, young age is also an invisible disadvantage.

Because of his young age, it means that his career is still very short. The number of director's works is naturally much worse than those of the old fritters who have been in the circle for decades. Even if Wayne is a fast shooter, There is no way to make up for the disadvantage of time.

Obviously what they can make up for is to find a way to always remind those people and use quality to shock other people's quantity.

"No matter how the selection is made, there is no need to argue for the first place." Jimmy recalled and analyzed carefully. "There is no movie that can kill "Citizen Kane" and get the first place, so what we want to fight for is the second place! With the popularity of "Batman: The Dark Knight" now, the main opponent is "The Godfather"."

"And The Clown!"

Naomi Watts reminds: "Joker, Batman: The Dark Knight, and even Get Out has hope!"

Jimmy nodded. "That's right, Wayne, we have to find a way to get it."

The thing is very simple, since in terms of quantity, it can't be compared with those old fritters, then we can only start with quality. As long as the ranking is high enough that people watching the list can discover his works at a glance, who can deny his influence and his contribution to North American films?

"Nina, you help me arrange the time."

Wayne smiled, turned to look at the assistant lady, and instructed: "There are some necessary activities, we will take time to participate, and some unnecessary invitations should be pushed away."

A missed opportunity like this is impossible. Of course he doesn't want to give up. If he can fight for it, he will fight for it It's better than looking at the list and regretting it later.

As a result, the already quite tense time was squeezed even more invisibly. After the new week started, Wayne exhausted the post-production studio and started editing "The Flash". And just a few days after January, the announcement of a special awards season award nomination once again pushed him to the forefront of entertainment.

The Grammy Awards, hosted by the School of Recording Arts and Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of North America, announced all the nominees for this year's music, and in this shortlist, the most talked about by the public and the media are undoubtedly Wayne and George - "something just like this" by Lucas.

This song, which touched the entire North America in 1997, was directly nominated for the song of the year by the organizer. What made countless people laugh is that the combination of Wayne Greenberg and George Lucas was also nominated for Gree America's Best Newcomer.

Although these two awards belong to the Grammy Comprehensive Awards, this best newcomer seems to be the one who has made countless people laugh. .

Undoubtedly, as soon as the nomination list was announced, it won a huge amount of attention for this year's Grammy, and the hot discussion of the topic is not limited to the music circle at all.

Almost on the day the list was announced, many well-known musicians expressed in the media that they were looking forward to being on the same stage with two world-class directors.

Even Will Smith, who has won on Grammy, was interviewed by reporters at the first time. He did not hesitate to express to the camera, hoping that the organizers of Grammy would not let his brother Returning empty-handed, even if you give him a gramophone, even if it is the best newcomer.