Chapter 235： Nominate

After the New Year, "Small Island Cry", which had been screened before Christmas, officially landed in North America. Although there was no premiere, it relied on the strong appeal of Ryan and Nicole, as well as recent media about this film. The massive reviews still attracted a considerable number of viewers to buy tickets to watch.

More than 28 million U.S. dollars in the first week and 22 million U.S. dollars in the next week. Two weeks after the release, the film's profitability is not a problem.

Although the media and film critics inevitably criticized the structure of the film similar to "Sixth Sense", they praised Nicole for her performance in it, believing that she alone supported the entire film.

At the same time, "Cat and Mouse Game" began to drop in North America. After entering mid-January, there were only less than 1,000 theater chains left. The North American box office has steadily reached the threshold of 200 million US dollars. DreamWorks and Jenkins Pictures A bumper harvest.

As early as last month, Harvey Weinstein began to jump up and down in the circle, wandering among the core figures of the academy, and to the fullest use of his wrists that he has exercised over the past few years.

Ryan didn’t relax either. Millions of dollars entered the relevant departments of major mainstream media through Pai Jinsli’s channel. There were articles about "Cat and Mouse Game" and "Island Cry". Reports have been released, and the most important thing is naturally the high evaluation of his and Nicole's acting skills.

No matter when, promotion and marketing are indispensable means, people who are stingy with money at this time are most likely to say goodbye to the nomination in advance.

Of course, the degree must be well mastered, otherwise it would be worth the loss if it had a counterproductive effect. Fortunately, in the past few years, Pai Jinsli has enough skills.

Throughout the first ten days of January, Hollywood was a bit of a flurry of demons. The public relations companies that accepted employment ran around, one after another, actually holding public relations parties under other names. Let the media and the public be overwhelmed.

In fact, some people’s methods have approached the bottom of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and they have received some warnings secretly or overtly. If you don't know how to converge, you will definitely lose your reputation.

The unexpected happened at this time. In mid-January, the college announced the nominations for the 69th Academy Awards a week earlier than originally planned.

"Ryan, congratulations, the nomination list will be announced this afternoon."

It was Monday morning. Ryan was busy with the script of "Eileen Brockovich" and suddenly received a call from Harvey Weinstein.

"Okay, Harvey. Don't sell it, okay?" Ryan closed the notebook.

""Island Cry" received nominations for best actress and best editing, and "Cat and Mouse Game" received four nominations for best actor, best supporting actor, best photography and best soundtrack."

Hearing the voice on the phone, Ryan let out a long sigh and devoted so much resources and energy. At last a satisfactory result was achieved.

"Congratulations, best actor." Harvey Weinstein is equally happy, after all, this is related to a billion-dollar box office transaction.

"Come on, Harvey, it's just a nomination." Ryan thought for a while. Asked, "Where is your "British Patient"?"

"Won nine nominations." The fat man must have lost his eyes.

"It looks like I should say congratulations to you." Ryan vaguely remembered that "The English Patient" was the big winner of this Oscar.

"Well, I will hold a celebration party tomorrow night and invite you... well. Can I join with Nicole?"

"of course."

Just after Ryan hung up the phone, the door was pushed open from the outside. Nicole's tall and slender figure walked over. From the joy on her face, she knew that she had also received the news.

"Congratulations, dear." Ryan stood up and opened his arms.

"Need me to congratulate you, Ryan?"

In any case, this is Nicole’s first best actress nomination. She hugged her sweetheart hard, just about to separate, her lips warmed, she was blocked by someone, and she drilled with both hands skillfully and flexibly. Into the clothes.

"Don't do that, Ryan, I just changed my clothes."

"My dear, don't worry, I will put it on for you myself."

"Ryan, this is Dior's latest slacks..."

"Come on, Nicole, just dropped a few buttons."

"Your hand, it's not there! Oh yeah, Ryan, I won't let you go, I swear!"

"Oh, God, Nicole, you are the miracle of the creator, don't be so stingy..."

"Remove your hand quickly, Ryan, otherwise I'm welcome!"

"No way, Nicole, do you want to murder? Let go, don't bite, or I will show you good looks!"

"Come on then, who is afraid of whom!"

"Really, Miss Kidman, I swear, you can't go anywhere today."

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Walking proficiently in the party, Ryan kept chatting with those who came over to greet him. These social gatherings and communication are just trivial to him now.

Besides, with his status and status in this circle, he doesn't need to make friends with anyone unless he has to.

This is a beach villa in Malibu, and it is a celebration party held by Harvey Weinstein.

After the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the Oscar nomination, the disturbing public relations activities instantly subsided. At this time, if you do the obvious actions, you are really looking for death.

Although he has not yet won the Golden Man, the nine Oscar nominations for "British Patient" is already a thing to celebrate.

"Ralph, the academy is too stingy." Ryan raised his cup to Ralph Fiennes.

"There will always be opportunities." Fiennes drank the red wine in his glass. "Congratulations, Ryan."

At the party tonight, Ryan has received a lot of such congratulations. In any case, it is a gratifying thing to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor at the age of seventeen.

"Ryan, do you need me to introduce some beautiful ladies to you?"

Harvey Weinstein walked over from the crowd on the other side of the pool with a wine glass.

"Come on, Harvey."

As if there was a detection radar, Nicole returned to Ryan in time, tilted her head and looked at the big fat man, "Do you want Ryan to make tomorrow's entertainment headlines? What purpose do those people approach Ryan for?"

"Hey. Nicole, Ryan is seventeen years old." Harvey Weinstein stretched out his hands helplessly, "He has reached the age to have a girlfriend. You can't let him stay single forever? Let's talk about it. Those girls are fairly innocent."

After so many years. The two sides not only have close cooperation, but they are also old friends, so naturally there is less scrupulousness when talking.

Nicole's right hand swayed around Ryan's left hand. If possible, she really wanted to grab that hand, clasp his fingers, and announce to the boring big fat man opposite-I'm his girlfriend!

however. Now it is just an extravagant hope.

"Okay, Harvey." Ryan shook his head, took Nicole's empty glass, and stuffed it into the passing waiter. "This kind of thing is better to go with the flow."

Seeing Harvey Weinstein leaving, Ryan knew very well that what the big fat man said was just a habit of joking, of course. If you can use this method to get more benefits from him, I think the other party will be happy to see it.

"Why, tempted?"

Nicole followed Ryan's gaze, and it wasn't Harvey Weinstein that she saw in her eyes. It's just a few **** tall and beautiful women by the pool.

"What?" Ryan couldn't help scratching his head.

"They are models of a certain underwear brand. It seems that you are very interested, Ryan?" Nicole's words have no meaning. "I know a few of them. Do you need me to introduce them?"

"Ah...Forget it, I'm not interested." Ryan keenly caught another figure and reminded him, "Melke Eisner is here."

Walt Disney is Miramax’s largest shareholder. Despite the contradictions between the two parties, the apparent relationship still needs to be maintained.

"Ryan, haven't seen you in a few years, you've grown up." Michael Eisner raised his glass.

"Hello, Mike." Ryan took a glass of juice from the waiter's tray and also held it up. "It's only been more than two years."

The two faced each other at a distance of several feet, and instantly attracted the attention of many people at the party. Who in Hollywood didn't know that after Michael Eisner took control of Disney, the biggest decision-making error came from Ryan Jenkins.

"I heard that Pixar is making two animated feature films at the same time, and will soon fulfill the distribution contract with Paramount." Michael Eisner's words are faintly strong, "Ryan, Pixar can continue to cooperate with Disney ."

"Paramount's distribution commission is 10%, how much is Disney?" Ryan didn't mean to back down at all.

Disney is indeed a behemoth, but it does not belong to Michael Eisner. He is a butler at best. Perhaps Ryan would be afraid of Michael Eisner two years ago, but now...

The other party strongly advocated the acquisition of the TV station in 1995. The huge debts and complicated relationships put Disney on a heavy burden, so there is no room to take care of others.

Michael Eisner also knows this, and he also knows that the other party has formed a strong interest alliance with Warner, Paramount, and Twentieth Century Fox. Even if they really want to do something, it can only be done according to the rules of the game.

Some methods are not a problem for ordinary people or ordinary Hollywood stars, but if you start with a wealthy person with a net worth of more than one billion or even more than two billion , then you have to consider the consequences.

Of course, since the other party dared to put himself together, he must try his best to return it. There will always be opportunities. One person cannot succeed forever. Until then, Tom Cruise is a portrayal of Ryan Jenkins!

In the eyes of many people's attention, Ryan just spoke a few words with Michael Eisner, he had already put the other side together, there was no need to tear the last face.

Leaving the party, Ryan and Nicole drove out of Malibu in the car and quickly entered the range of North Hollywood. When they passed the Los Angeles branch of Bank of America on Laurel Valley Avenue, they found this brightly-lit silver-white rectangular building very familiar. , It seems that I have seen it in a movie in a previous life.

"What's the matter, dear?" Nicole asked, who was sitting next to him.

"Nothing, I always feel that the Bank of America building is a bit familiar."

"Don't forget, Ryan, we've walked here before."

Hearing Nicole's words, Ryan felt that it seemed to be the reason, and gave up and continued thinking. ()