The Greatest Showman - Chapter 157

[Life is like a play]

Contract love, cover for real love, you can guess it with your toes, there must be something tricky in it; what’s more, Natalie Portman is a smart person, plus the management team behind her, proposed such a deal, Things are even more difficult. Of course, Renly believed that Natalie’s brokerage team would provide a sufficient trading condition, and Andy would never lose out easily, and Renly might even benefit from it.

But Renly could still smell the extraordinary, after all, he was just a tool.

Even if Renly didn’t know the inside story or the ins and outs, an “Oscar PR” revealed enough information that Natalie won the next year’s Best Actress Oscar with “Black Swan”, so, Does that mean Renly is a stepping stone in this PR battle? So, how much benefit should he ask Natalie to be considered a loss?

Renly has no interest in such deals. Rather than spending time on these calculations, it’s better to delve into acting, or even spend time earnestly promoting the movie.

In addition, Natalie and Benjamin are in love. First, he is not interested in acting as a light bulb; second, he is not interested in acting as a tool; third, he is not interested in Natalie either.

“Even if the content of the transaction is that Fox Searchlight escorts ‘Buried Alive’ into the competition for the best actor in the awards season, you are not interested?” Andy asked with a slightly raised voice and high interest.

“Are you so confident in ‘Buried Alive’?” Renly asked instead instead of answering directly.

Andy shrugged with a noncommittal look, “I have confidence in you.”

“Then you shouldn’t be worried, right?” Renly was in a good mood, and he liked this kind of communication.

As an agent, Andy did not give strong orders, but communicated through dialogue. More importantly, Andy seemed to be on the same development track as him. It also reassured Renly that the decision to pick an agent was wise.

Andy showed a hint of surprise, not understanding the meaning behind Renly’s words, “Why?”

“Nomination depends on strength, and winning depends on luck.” This is the accepted law of the awards season, and it is also an unknown that cannot be controlled by the college’s public relations. “So, they have no way to guarantee that we will definitely win the nomination, because this is a duel by hard power; Once we win the nomination, their deal is done, and the focus is not on us, and at the end of the day, we’re down to luck.” Renly’s understatement was joking, which made Andy chuckle. sound.

“Even if you have outstanding strength, you still need strong public relations. Now is not the time to wait for opportunities. If you don’t learn how to shout, you can’t survive in Hollywood.” Andy shook his head with a smile, “If Fox If Searchlight buys the distribution rights for Buried Alive, that’s a different story.”

Fox Searchlight, a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox, and Focus Pictures, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, are the current leaders of independent Hollywood labels. , and is also one of the main forces in the awards season every year.

“Do you think Fox Searchlight will strongly push two actors from different works to compete for the two most important actor awards of the awards season at the same time?” Renly’s rhetorical question made Andy sigh inwardly, this kid is really smart.

With the strength of Fox Searchlight, it is naturally no problem to compete for the best actor and the best actress at the same time, but the power of public relations is bound to tilt. Once the situation has changed, when it is necessary to abandon one work to save another work, there is almost no suspense in Fox Searchlight’s choice.

“Andy, we don’t need to go around in circles. If we want to nod and agree, we can find a thousand ten thousand reasons. The question is, as an agent, do you think I should agree to this contract love? Cooperate with the top The show?” Renly quickly stripped away all the profit abacus and hit the key points directly.

Under Renly’s single-handed attack, Andy didn’t seem flustered at all. He put his hands on his beer belly with a complacent look, “So, the same question. Renly, are you willing to cooperate with this show?” Since the skylight is to be opened to speak eloquently, both of them must be frank.

“No, I’m not interested.” Without going around in circles, Renly gave the answer neatly.

Andy chuckled and nodded, teasing, “I’m not surprised.” Then he shrugged, “However, I agree with you.”

True, Renly won his first Oscar for Best Actor for “Buried Alive” Nominations, whether winning or not, couldn’t be more dreamy, and I believe Fox Searchlight will definitely be happy to see it happen.

But considering the rumors about Renly’s background on the Internet recently, and the rumor about him and Natalie’s scandal at such a juncture, the positive impact is far less than the negative impact, people are likely to take it for granted To think that Renly’s achievements are all Natalie’s credit, and that’s not worth the loss.

What’s more, Andy has just taken over Renly’s brokerage job, and the two are still in the running-in period. He understands Renly’s personality and pursuits, and it is impossible for Renly to agree. There was absolutely no need for him to take so many risks for a phantom possibility. He calculated the account of this exchange of interests very clearly.

“Let me handle the rest.” Andy didn’t continue to discuss in depth, he simply said, “However, at the premiere later, the reporters will more or less probably mention this matter. , you’d better prepare in advance.”

Renly lowered his head again and began to flip through the book, as if the brief conversation just now was not worth mentioning at all, and Andy couldn’t help but think it was funny, but after all, he didn’t say much. , turned and left, took out his mobile phone, dialed the phone again, and entered a busy state again.

In a blink of an eye, the time for the premiere of “Buried Alive” is getting closer and closer, and Rodrigo Coster also came to Renly’s hotel room, rubbing his hands nervously, pacing back and forth in the room, and his nervous mood appeared Somewhat impetuous, “Renly, what if you said that no media appeared at the premiere?”

Although Renly was also a little nervous, in comparison, he seemed extremely calm. In fact, he did still feel nervous. After all, the premiere of a movie is different from TV, and this is the Toronto Film Festival. It is inevitable that emotions will be mixed in a high-profile event. This is also his choice. The reason for starting to read is to divert attention on the one hand and to settle down on the other hand.

Looking at Rodrigo’s repeated footsteps, Renly couldn’t help but tease, “You regret not choosing Ryan Reynolds now, right?” If it was Ryan, today’s media wouldn’t have to worry at all, and it’s still his At home, the premiere is sure to be hilarious.

Rodrigo choked with a single sentence. He wanted to explain and refute, but his mood was so tense that he didn’t know how to react for a while. This really entertained Renly, “Don’t worry, the reason why we chose the film festival is because every exhibit must have the media present. This is a mandatory/requirement.”

Whether it is the three major European film festivals or Toronto Films In fact, the festival is the same. Each screening work must stand under the spotlight and be judged by the media and the public. The exposure rate is absolutely guaranteed, which is very important for art films and independent films. Moreover, the main purpose of the Toronto Film Festival is to sell distribution rights, so each film will be assigned a special reporter to report and show it to every audience and filmmaker.

The same is true even for an independent film like “Buried Alive” that has no background, no funding, no connections, and no gimmicks.

As for how much attention the film can attract after the premiere, and how many topics it can generate, this is determined by the quality of the work.

“Yes, yes.” Rodrigo nodded again and again, clenched his fists, and cheered himself up, but it only lasted for less than a second, “However, after the reporters arrived at the scene, no one was present on the red carpet, then What should I do?”

The entire “Buried Alive” crew, only two people attended the red carpet, were sitting in this room at the moment. Moreover, the two people’s contacts in Hollywood can be said to be infinitely close to zero, and there is little hope that friends will help out on this road. Such a red carpet is really too shabby, even if the news media want to report, it is estimated that there is not much content.

“So are you regretting it now?” Renly frowned slightly and looked at Rodrigo with a questioning face. Rodrigo looked at Renly speechlessly for a while, but then he saw a smile on the corner of Renly’s mouth, and he suddenly understood that Renly was joking with himself, but he couldn’t hold back, and burst out laughing. .

He was really worried too much. At this point, there is no room for manoeuvre. In this case, it is better to relax, enjoy the atmosphere of the film festival, and wait for the audience’s reaction to “Buried Alive”.

“Crack, snap, snap.” The heavy and loud footsteps came over, and Andy’s figure appeared in the living room immediately, with a habitual smile on his face, but his eyes were a little weird, “We have to come The red carpet is ready, and the media reporters are all in place, ready to go on stage.”

Renly stood up, buttoned the suit, but looked at Andy inquiringly, and intuitively told him that An Di’s words were not finished yet.

Sure enough, Andy’s mouth showed a hint of playfulness, “I just received news that Natalie Portman is on her way to the branch venue. Although it may also be to watch other movies, but…” What he didn’t say was , but Natalie attended in full costume, and the direction of that branch venue, at the embarrassing time of four o’clock in the afternoon, there was only one movie premiere.

Ren Li raised his eyebrows slightly, and it seemed that the scene was not over yet.

Rodrigo didn’t know the inside story, and his face was full of excited surprises at this time, “Natalie Portman?”

[End of this Chapter]