Chapter 785： Privilege belongs to Jews only

After finishing her daily exercise routine every morning, Natalie went back to the room to take a shower, changed into her formal clothes and walked down the stairs. Just approaching the dining room, she smelled a strange and familiar smell. It was the smell of breakfast made by her mother. When she moved to Los Angeles, she almost forgot the smell.

Thinking of last night's phone call, her brows frowned slightly, she shook her head and smiled, and sat at the dining table as if she had not grown up, waiting for her mother to deliver breakfast.

"Honey." Mrs. Shelly walked into the dining room from the kitchen and placed a tray in front of Natalie. "I hope you like it."

"mom."

After serving the steaming oatmeal, Natalie looked at her mother, "Thank you, I haven't felt this way for a long time."

Picking up the spoon and stirring it a few times in the bowl, Natalie heard her mother say again, "As long as you like, I can come anytime."

The porridge stirring stopped for a while, and Natalie blinked, "Of course, Mom."

As in the past, Natalie didn't eat much. After drinking this small bowl of cereal, she put down the spoon, and when her mother finished eating, she took the initiative to clean up the table.

After doing all this, Natalie walked slowly along the path in the garden under the suggestion of Mrs. Shelly out of the villa. There is no important work today, and she can stay at home.

Los Angeles in December didn't feel the cold at all, the bright sunshine shining in the garden, reflecting the figure of the mother and daughter, looked unusually warm.

With her arms folded gently, Natalie is like a teenager, following in the footsteps of her mother. It is difficult to have such a peaceful moment in Hollywood, where disputes are constant, especially recently, for With the awards season gradually kicking off, her life is full of hustle and bustle.

Although I understand that Oscar's best actress is very likely to be held by myself. Natalie did not relax at all. She did not want any accidents at critical moments. In addition to participating in the various public relations activities that Ryan prepared for her these days, she also took advantage of her identity to contact her mother who can connect with her. .

Most people are very polite to her, and the dark side of the rumors has not been seen. She understands why all this is. This is an extremely realistic circle. Even if the judges do not choose her, they will not risk offending Rui. Yep.

Thinking of Ryan. Natalie has a headache, her mother's attitude towards Ryan...

"Nate..."

Mother's words interrupted her thoughts, and Natalie looked over, "What? Mom?"

"According to the analysis, how likely are you to get the best actress?"

After hearing the question of concern, Natalie said seriously, "According to the analysis of the public relations team, my current probability is more than 70%. The biggest competitor is Australian actor Cate Blanchett. But now situation……"

She made a gesture that you understand.

"If you get the Oscar for Best Actress." Mrs. Shelly took Natalie and sat on the bench in the garden, "Will you move back to New York? It doesn't have to be Long Island, but it can be in the Upper East Side or Upper West Side. This way your father and I can visit you at any time."

"Mom..." Natalie hesitated a bit. Still said, "I like the weather in Los Angeles."

"Nate!" Mrs. Shelly's tone increased, "Why do you have to stay with him? You will be the Oscar queen next year, and we are Jewish. We can get the best resources, and others will have to pay to break the head. It doesn’t take much effort for you to grab something..."

"Mom!" Natalie interrupted her mother. "Please stop talking."

"Do you think what I said is wrong?"

Natalie did not answer. It is no secret that many of Hollywood's privileges belong only to Jews.

"Sorry, Mom." She stood up and walked towards the villa. "I won't move back to New York. I'm going to read the script."

"Nate..." Mrs. Shelly also stood up, "Do you know a lot of people are talking about you?"

"I..." Natalie's figure paused briefly, "I don't care, this is Hollywood!"

Don't you really care? How is that possible.

Back in the study, Natalie forced herself not to think about it, and focused her energy on this script that reflects the experience of the US military in Iraq.

In the living room downstairs, Mrs. Shelly was flipping through the newspaper. The focus of attention was naturally on the entertainment version. It is still far from the Oscars ceremony in February next year. Even the nomination list has not come out, but in the media’s predictions, Natalie is undoubtedly the biggest favorite.

In some recent small awards, she completely overwhelmed Cate Blanchett and swept a series of best actress awards.

Gradually, Mrs. Shelly turned her attention to related information about Disney. Although she was very unwilling, she even hated the thin boy of the year, so that she once had the idea of ​​stabbing news like Sandy Jenkins to the media. , But finally endured it, which would not do any good for her daughter.

As in the past, there is almost all good news about Disney. Pixar Studios’ Ratatouille is a big hit, and “National Treasure 2” has a very poor reputation at the box office. The Harry Potter series has once again been a success...

Even someone who is hostile to the other party, she has to admit that the thin boy at the beginning has become a figure in the United States and one of the top giants in Hollywood. No one wants to offend this kind of person, no one wants to do nothing for no reason. It is completely opposite to Disney.

How can we get Nat to leave him?

This is a question that Mrs. Shelly has been considering, after all, they only have this daughter.

At the same time, Ryan was sitting in the conference room of the Pixar studio, attending the high-level meeting of the Pixar studio with John Lasseter and Ed Kamel.

Although "Ratuitouille" released on Thanksgiving Day won more than 150 million US dollars in the North American box office in 20 days, it fell below the Disney and Pixar's from the opening results to the first week's box office to the weekly decline. It is estimated that the trend of the North American box office will be lower than that of "Cars."

In particular, as a competitor in the same period, Twentieth Century Fox’s "Alwyn and the Chipmunk" has always overwhelmed the "Ratatato King" in the North American market. If it were not for the latter’s overseas box office to far exceed the former, I’m afraid There has long been an uproar within Pixar.

Even so, Pixar Studios really felt the pressure of competition for the first time after "Toy Story".

"I don't know if you have noticed."

In fact, there are some problems that Ryan has been aware of for a long time, but speaking out against the background of Pixar's continuous success, it will only be counterproductive. "Pixar has always emphasized the audience first, but now it is losing this concept. All of you here are Pixar's. Elder, do you remember the situation when we made "Toy Story"?"

Without waiting for Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton and others to answer, Ryan continued, “While telling good stories, we also did a lot of market investigations. In the future, "Bug Crisis" and "Toy Story" 2" and "Looking for Nemo" are not the case."

"But now?" He shook his head. "Pixar is just sticking to the tradition of telling good stories."

"We are not neglecting market research."

The cold reception of Ratatouille in North America also awakened the arrogant Pixar executives a lot, "but not paying attention to the results of market research. Everyone focused on telling a good story. , But forgot what kind of story the audience needs."

Pixar in the previous life encountered such a problem, how about the story of "Robot Walli" and "Brave"? It must be very good, but they have encountered cold reception in the market. Compared with the early works of Pixar Studio, the ability to attract gold is greatly reduced.

"Then "Robot Walle"..." Andrew Stanton hesitated.

The film has been completed, and the risk will be greater if it is modified.

Ryan also understands this. He had no objection at the beginning, and he wanted to remind Pixar Studios through the cold reception in the market that we are not invincible, and no one can continue to maintain it despite ignoring the market and talking to ourselves. success.

"I will remind the Propaganda Department." Ryan rubbed his forehead, "find a solution more in the surrounding area."

The production cost of "Robot Walli" is as high as 180 million U.S. dollars, and the publicity fee is also 120 million U.S. dollars. What is the global box office of the previous life? It seems to be only about 520 million US dollars.

If this is not an animated film whose profit depends more on the surroundings, it can really make Pixar and Disney cry.

This also illustrates another problem from the side. There is no inevitable connection between imdb and professional ratings and the market.

The sequel animations of previous Pixar studios are constantly coming out because of the nature of commercial groups in pursuit of profit Disney has not put the sequel of this series on the agenda for a long time, which also shows that profitability is not optimistic.

He is not a pure actor, nor is he a pure producer. Sitting in his current position, the first thing he must consider is the profit prospect of the film. Otherwise, no matter how high the professional rating is, the classic film will be of no use to him.

Pixar’s management are all smart people. It’s just a continuous cycle of success that makes them gradually rise up and break away from the market’s thinking. Ryan doesn’t need them to change too much. As long as they insist on telling good stories, they continue to resemble the century. As it was at the beginning, it is enough to pay a little attention to the demand of the market.

Of course, Ryan will also use practical measures to remind them that Disney's not only Pixar studios produce successful animated feature films.

Several inspection teams from the Disney Animation Department returned to Los Angeles from Norway and Greenland. The script for the project officially named "Ice Adventure" has been completed and will soon enter the actual operation stage. For the saliva song, he also wrote a little tune and lyrics that he remembered, and threw the rest to Taylor to complete. (To be continued...)

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