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Chapter 753 Comparison
"Did Jason not agree to your request?"

Gan Jing sat in the back seat of the car heading to the hotel and looked at director Rossi's shiny head. He always felt that if Rossi cameo in the movie, he would be a natural villain, a bit like Sun Honglei's screen image.

Rossi didn't know about Forrest Gump's slander, and just looked sad: "Jason's attitude is quite tough. Of course I trust Paramount's ability, but the shots shot in this work are not the same as in the conventional sense. I'm afraid they will mess with their knives."

This is the sadness of the young director. Even if the movie he directed, he does not have the right to edit the film. It is very likely that when it is released, he will see a work that is completely different from what he imagined.

This is also related to Paramount's emphasis on this work, and Jason is the senior vice president in charge of this project.

Well, his current position is roughly the same as Zhang Ziran's position in Bairihong, but he is also a member of Viacom Group, the parent company of Paramount, so his words are relatively strong.

"I'm afraid, we have to make some changes." Gan Jing looked at the scenery of Los Angeles outside the car window, but felt a strange feeling that he was still in the capital, "I have already postponed the meeting with Jason to the day after tomorrow."

"Why?" Rossi couldn't help asking, the news he got from A-Gump was that they would have a meeting tomorrow.

Gan Jing turned his head and frowned slightly: "Didn't you pay attention to your competitors? I asked my agent to change the plan. Tomorrow we will watch the screening of another movie "Focus" together."

Screening refers to the advance release of films that have not been officially released in individual theaters. The purpose is to test the market's reaction and the audience's reputation, so as to determine the subsequent film schedule.

Rossi was stunned. He was so busy recently that he really didn't pay attention to these things.

"There are quite a lot of competing films, why should you pay attention to this film?" He didn't understand.

Gan Jing turned his face to look at the rapidly receding scenery outside again, and explained softly: "Because its subject matter and our subject matter somewhat collide with each other, they are all based on truth, and follow the route of news subject matter."

"Even if the content of the reaction is different, if there are similar themes nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars at the same time, do you think the judges of the academy will prefer a money laundering film or a film that reflects the sexuality of priests and children?"

Just hearing the content of the subject matter, Rossi's heart sank.

If the story level of the two films is placed on the threshold of being shortlisted for Oscars, then neither the content nor the logic of the films will be too bad. By then, the perspective that can impress the judges will definitely have an advantage.

The Oscar judges have already made statistics. Even because of the continuous recruitment in recent years, the attributes of the basic disk will not have deep-rooted changes.

So, for a country whose main belief is Catholicism, is there anything more eye-catching than the case of the priest?

Although Rossi was not well-known before and was just a small director, he was a professional after all, and he understood the problem just after hearing Forrest Gump's words.

After being silent for a while, he asked a bit bitterly: "How is the quality of this film?"

Gan Jing thought for a while, and comforted him, "I haven't watched it yet, I just heard about it, and I'm not sure yet. I'll watch it tomorrow and make a decision."

"Cough, cough, who is in their lineup?" Rossi became concerned.

Gan Jing said in a familiar manner: "The director is Thomas McCarthy, who is not well-known. The leading actor is Michael, the leading actor of this year's best film "Birdman", and Rachel is the actress. Well, it is the one you imagined." Rachel."

The car was completely quiet.

Rossi silently covered his chest, not mentioning the two famous actors, he was familiar with and admired the director Thomas who was evaluated by Forrest Gump as "not famous".

Actors have actors' circles, and directors also have directors' circles. Thomas is undoubtedly a very talented person.

The car drove like lightning all the way, and finally arrived at the Hilton Hotel at 09:30 in the evening.

Sometimes, Gan Jing even considered whether he should take the initiative to contact the Hilton brand to endorse them. At least, the room fee would be saved every time he stayed here.

Arrived at the hotel, entered the room, and met Andy.

"Dear Forrest Gump, I miss you so much."

"Dear Andy, puke!"

Andy spoke in Chinese, very fluent, very...very effective, Gan Jing also gave the effect.

"Well, the two of you have seen it. It seems that the first sequence we are going to do has changed. We are no longer fighting for editing rights, but considering the possibility of competing for the best picture Oscar." Gan Jing motioned everyone to sit down. , Let's talk about business.

Rossi nodded in disappointment.

Compared to the director's frustration, Andy is quite normal. He first comforted Rossi in a gentlemanly manner, and then said: "The Oscars are not that easy, and the blockbuster awards in the Oscars are even more difficult. It’s normal to have problems.”

Gan Jing nodded and agreed. Although he was still very devoted to this role, it was after all an order made by Paramount. It was more acceptable subjectively and emotionally, and he looked at problems more rationally.

Director Rossi is different. As a small director, if the film can successfully hit the best picture, then his fame and fortune can jump to a higher level.

Therefore, this sense of psychological gap is naturally different.

"At present, I have solicited the opinions of many people. "Padana" and "Focus" are similar in subject matter. I simulated to find college judges of different levels and conducted a questionnaire survey."

Andy talked eloquently, and couldn't help but spread his hands when it came to this point: "I think the survey sampling is relatively representative of Oscar's taste. The result is not very optimistic."

Rossi has calmed down, quietly waiting for the result from Andy's mouth.

"80.00% of people are more interested and looking forward to "Focus." Andy said the unfavorable results.

Rossi sighed: "We only got 20% of the votes."

Andy shook his head: "We are 15%, and 5% are not interested."

Rossi: "..."

Hearing this, Gan Jing couldn't help muttering: "Didi Didi."

Andy tried to comfort him again: "In the end, we still have to read the content of "Focus" before we talk about it. What is on paper is only on paper after all. What if their shooting is not up to standard?"

Both Gan Jing and Rossi nodded slowly.

However, the word "in case" is magical. When it is suffixed with something good, it will not happen, and when it is suffixed with something bad, it becomes "ten thousand" in reverse.

On the second day, at 07:30 in the evening, the three people who came out of the movie viewing program looked at each other, and they all had a result in their hearts.

Now, there is one thing in front of us, to persuade Paramount to change the award impact target of "Padana".

(End of this chapter)