Chapter 326

Chapter 326

The list was:

[BEST ACTOR]

Adrien Brody - The Pianist as Władysław Szpilman

Nicolas Cage - The Adjustment as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Tom Cruise - The Revenant as Hugh Glass

Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting

Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt as Warren R. Schmidt

[BEST DIRECTOR]

Roman Polanski - The Pianist

Rob Marshall - Chicago

Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York

Kazir Grey - The Revenant

Pedro Almodóvar - Talk to Her

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Aside from these two, The Revenant was not nominated for any awards.

To make matters worse for Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, who was nowhere to be found, was actually nominated in the Best Actress category.

His ex-wife had already won Best Actress at the Golden Globes, and that didn't sit well with Tom Cruise. In that award show, The Revenant didn't win any awards at the Golden Globes either, despite 6 nominations.

This time the bad feeling was even stronger. They might not win anything at the Academy Awards either.

After that, the party ended quickly. Some people were happy, some were sad. As for Tom and Kazir, they both felt sad, so they decided to drink alcohol. They started cursing the old foggeys of the Academy. They spent a lot of time talking to them, but their movie only got two nominations...

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"I also know you're going to say that. So I'm going to make you a proposal that will interest you."

Kazir decided to listen. This was business.

"I'm going to make you the head of the Marvel Studio. You will now have a strong power to make a decision on how Marvel Studio will take its path."

"..."

That was unexpected. Most of the time companies would offer him money and stock instead. But Tom Rothman used a different tactic.

Kazir was not a businessman, he was an artist.

"Not only that, we will pay you $1.1 billion to get 10% of Grey Pictures and another $2.2 billion worth of 20th Century Fox stock in exchange for 20% of Grey Pictures."

That means 30% of Grey Pictures in exchange for $3.3 billion. Kazir suddenly became serious. This approach was different from what he had expected, but he was also interested.

He was a little disappointed that Marvel Comics had been acquired by News Corporation. He wanted to make the MCU happen. He thought his dream was going to disappear.

He thought that 20th Century Fox wanted to do a Cinematic Universe without him.

But it seemed like they used that trump card to get him instead.

"Tom, sometimes I feel like you really know me."

"Kazir, I'm one of the people who first trusted you."

"Indeed... Give me some time to think about it."

"Okay."

Tom Rothman excused himself.

Kazir leaned back in his chair and exhaled.

"I guess this is it."

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[Just as everyone expected, 20th Century Fox won the poll hence this outcome.]

[I have decided to end the competition to acquire Grey Pictures. Maybe some of you are disappointed in me. Maybe you are tired of Kazir being an artist instead of a businessman. The synopsis of this novel was about Kazir becoming the greatest director in Hollywood, not a businessman or a tycoon. Nevertheless, I would like to hear your honest opinion. Criticism is always good, no matter how negative it is].