It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 557 I actually don’t want to, but he gave me too much!

Chapter 557 I actually don’t want to...but he gave me too much!

When Chen Fei and Liu Yifei arrived at the hotel arranged by the Venice Film Festival organizer, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening on August 28.

Although it was very late, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson were still waiting for him in the hotel.

Along with them, there were two local public relations teams from the Venice Film Festival.

After all, he is also a director who has won the Golden Lion. Chen Fei naturally knows the inside story of the three major European film festivals.

The power of the chairman of each jury is terrifying in the current award selection!
For example, when Isabelle Adjani, the head of the enchantress school, served as the president of the jury, in order to win the award for the director and film she admired, she not only fell out with all the members of the current jury, but also acted like a enchantress like her character. I got into a big fight with the Cannes Film Festival organizing committee and ended up with a Palme d'Or double yolk egg.

There are also Wang Jiawei’s 5 best actors, 6 best actresses, etc. These are all achievements of famous names!

It can only be said that wherever there are people, there will be rivers and lakes and disputes.

The emergence of the public relations team is to win in this "dispute".

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The person who moderated the meeting was a female manager from the PR team.

"I'm very happy to meet you all here. You can call me Hattie. I hope we can get along very happily in the future cooperation..."

After greeting everyone in turn, the group went directly into the conference room next to the hotel suite and began to discuss the award winning plan for this Venice Film Festival as the night fell.

As she spoke, she pointed the red dot of the laser pointer at Chen Kexin and the British actress Samantha Morton respectively.

"The names marked on this list are all the members of this year's jury."

Chen Fei raised his eyes and saw a familiar name.

Natasha did not come this time because she was responsible for setting the release date of "Interstellar" and negotiating with theaters about the number of theaters to open.

At this time, the manager of another public relations team also said: "We also successfully won three members of the jury."

In fact, the opinions of one or two jury members do not have a big impact on the final selection results of the awards. The most important thing is the chairman of the jury.

As if seeing the confusion in Chen Fei's eyes, Hattie turned on the laser pointer, and the red dot landed on Michael Mann's name.

Even including Michael Mann, there are only nine people on the entire jury.

Now, relying on its strong financial strength, our side has successfully recruited six members of the jury. Isn't this already a victory?

Chen Fei understood this.

After a simple opening remarks, Harty asked his assistant to turn on the projection screen and came to the front of the conference table.

Harty introduced in turn: "The chairman of the jury is Michael Mann, and the other members are Chen Kexin, Marina Abramovic, Laetitia Casta, Ali Forman, Ursula ·Mel…”

"We only deal with the members of the jury, but in the award selection, the opinion of the chairman of the jury is particularly important. As long as we can deal with him, our chances of winning will be greatly increased. Otherwise, there will still be great risks."

"These two are the people we have been unable to achieve successful public relations with. No matter what conditions we put forward, they are not acceptable. The other party even refuses to communicate with us."

After introducing all the jury members, she added: "Our team has successfully won three of them, and they expressed their full support for "Dallas Buyers Club."

Hearing this, Chen Fei couldn't help but be stunned.

In such a situation, how could this guy turn around and support him?
As for Samantha Morton, Chen Fei didn't know much about her. Maybe she had already moved to Harvey's side.

The conflicts between him and Chen Kexin, Wu Yu and others have long reached an irreconcilable point.

After receiving money from the employer, it is natural to do things for the employer.

As a professional public relations manager for the Venice Awards, Harty has already launched an offensive against this year's jury president.

She turned to look at Chen Fei and said bluntly: "Michael Mann made a request to me."

"what?"

"He said that he is 69 years old this year, but he has only been nominated for the Oscar for Best Director once. His dream in this life is to win that dazzling statuette."

For other people, this requirement may cause a lot of headaches.

But for Chen Fei, it shouldn't be too easy!

Isn’t it just script + Oscar award PR operation?

What he lacks the most is these things!
"You can reply to him and I can help him get the Oscar statuette, but the prerequisite is that he needs to help me get the important award at this film festival."

Hearing these words, Hattie suddenly felt filled with joy!
She naturally knows how awesome her employer is.

He is the fourth talented director in film history to win three European gold medals, and his scripts have achieved repeated success.

The promises given by such people will naturally not disappoint.

"Then next, our PR target is Michael Mann!"

At the same time that Harty made the announcement, he looked at the manager of another group of public relations teams, and everything was clear.

"Fei, in the upcoming film premiere, I hope you can publicly invite several judges and film critics to try to lay a good foundation for us to win the award."

"Of course that's no problem."

Chen Fei agreed immediately.

According to the regulations of the film festival, after the opening ceremony, except for the film premiere, the judges are not allowed to have private contact with any film crew members participating in the competition film.

Therefore, the premiere is actually an excellent place for communication.

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After the meeting ended, everyone dispersed, but Hattie did not leave.

Because just when she announced that the meeting was temporarily over, Chen Fei suddenly said that he had something to talk to her alone.

After watching everyone leave, Hattie asked crisply: "Fei? Do you have any other instructions you need me to follow?" "Wait for me a moment."

Chen Fei turned around and opened his backpack, using rummaging around as a cover-up, he found a brand new script from the system's script storage.

He handed the script to Harty and said, "You can pass this script to Michael Mann on my behalf, and call it a gift from me."

Seeing this scene, Hattie was immediately stunned.

Good guy!
Although she knew that Chen Fei had extraordinary talents in screenwriting, she never expected that he would randomly take out a script that could compete for an Oscar!

She looked down subconsciously and saw a string of English words written on the cover of the script.

"Nomadland"

……

The Venice International Film Festival is about to start, and the main crew members who are interested in competing for heavyweight awards have arrived here early.

The film "The Master" is also one of the films participating in the competition.

Harvey, a master of awards operations, naturally paid attention to Michael Mann early on.

For this American director who has produced "Muhammad Ali", "The Aviator" and "Miami Vice", he knows exactly what the other party wants.

Tonight when Chen Fei arrived in Venice, Harvey and Paul Thomas Anderson, the director of "The Master", knocked on the door of a room on the top floor of the hotel.

A beam of light suddenly lit up in the quiet corridor. Michael Mann opened the door and looked at the two people standing outside the door, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"You shouldn't have come."

"Michael, don't be nervous. The film festival will officially start tomorrow. Our meeting tonight will not affect you."

Seeing that the two of them had no intention of leaving, Michael Mann could only invite them into the room.

Harvey's purpose was clear. After entering the room, he directly expressed his intention to compete for important awards at this Venice Film Festival.

"Harvey, I don't have the final say in judging awards. Counting me, there are nine judges at this Venice Film Festival. We need to discuss and decide together..."

"Michael, you know me." Harvey interrupted him and said bluntly: "In terms of winning awards, I should be considered the most professional in Hollywood and even the world."

Michael Mann certainly knew this, but he would not directly agree.

He and Harvey were only acquaintances and did not have a deep friendship.

If the other party just comes to say hello and then you have to work hard for it, wouldn’t that be a disgrace to God’s gift?
"I can help you get the Oscar for Best Director, and Weinstein Films will help you with public relations and distribution for your next movie."

Before arriving, Harvey had already inquired about Michael Mann's requirements.

Fortunately, he is the most professional in Hollywood when it comes to winning awards!
He is very sure that under the attraction of Oscar, Michael Mann will make a very right choice.

And the final result did not disappoint him.

Just like Leonardo, Michael Mann also has an obsession with Oscars. If he can exchange the Venice Film Festival award for himself a statuette, he feels that this is a very worthwhile deal.

"I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

Harvey and Paul Thomas Anderson did not stay long and quickly left.

Michael Mann sent them to the door and watched them get on the elevator and leave. Then he locked the door again and prepared to rest.

Harvey's promise excited him, but also left him a little tangled.

Good scripts are hard to come by, and he doesn't even know when he will be able to make a film suitable for winning awards.

However, just as he was deep in thought, there was a sudden knock on the door!
"Did you leave something behind?"

He walked to the door with a curious look on his face and turned the door handle.

However, when he saw the person standing outside the door, he was slightly startled.

"Huh? You're not that one..."

"Hatty Politopher."

After introducing himself, Harty did not ask to enter the room presumptuously. Instead, he took out the script in his bag and said: "Fei entrusted me to convey his words to you. He admires your directing style very much. And I think you are very suitable to be the director of this script.”

After handing the script to Michael Mann, Harty turned and left without saying anything.

"Crack!"

The door closed, and Michael Mann came to the study with the script.

From the initial curiosity, to excitement, and even excitement...

In just half an hour, he actually experienced several mood changes!

Turning the script to the last page, he saw two business cards.

One belongs to Chen Fei, and the other belongs to Hattie Politoffer.

He thought for a while and dialed Hattie's phone number first.

After the exchange ended, he suppressed his excitement and pressed the hang-up button.

This time, he had to say sorry to Harvey and Paul Thomas Anderson.

There was nothing he could do, Chen Fei really gave him too much!

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