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Matt Damon saw Harvey's expression and was not sure whether what he said was true or false. For career reasons, he decided not to pay attention to the conflicts between Link and Harvey in the future.

"Harvey, found it."

While they were chatting, Bob Weinstein and Jon Gordon, the head of the public relations department, walked in.

"what's the situation?"

Harvey straightened out his stomach and asked quickly.

Bob said hello to Matt Damon and then told the story.

The problem lies with the two publicists sent by the Weinstein Films. During the public relations process, they used the name and email address of the Weinstein Films to send emails to many judges, persuading them to support Jennifer in winning the award and to support Mellie. I built momentum and gave many small gifts.

Those judges didn't know the truth and thought Harvey had changed his mind, so they voted for Jennifer Lawrence.

"Is that so?"

Harvey was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly became furious, pounded the table and roared: "Where are those two public relations people, damn guys, how could they do this, this is commercial fraud, I want to sue them and Link, I want them to go to jail."

"Harvey, calm down. This is not a commercial fraud. Those two staff members were the ones we arranged to assist Lionsgate Films in publicizing the Oscars. They were doing their jobs and made no mistakes."

Bob persuaded.

"Why not? They used the company's name without permission to send messages to the judges to help Jennifer Lawrence win the award. This is commercial fraud."

Harvey roared.

"Harvey, don't forget that we are also the producers of "Silver Linings". Jennifer Lawrence won the award, which is also beneficial to us. There are two public relations staff whose job is to help "Silver Linings" with public relations. They do things according to orders, which is not a big deal. Make mistakes.

In addition, this matter has become a fact. Even if many judges were deceived and voted wrongly, there is no possibility of changing it now. If we insist on making the matter bigger, we will look stupid and our influence among the judges will be exposed. It is very big and has the ability to decide the award. This kind of statement is very detrimental to us. "

Bob said.

Harvey wanted to refute and found that this was indeed the case. Originally, Oscar PR was an unspoken rule and an unfair rule. If it was revealed at this time that they had the ability to influence the selection of some judges, it would be very detrimental to their future PR for the Oscars.

"Another point is that after Jennifer's surprise win, Meryl will get the sympathy and support of many judges. Next time we will publicize the Oscars, we won't need to spend much money to help Meryl win the Best Actress Award. , if things get too big, the people and judges will change their views on Meryl.”

Bob said.

"So, let's just treat this as nothing happened?! Let Link get the Best Actress Award for nothing? Let me lose face at the Oscars?"

Harvey leaned on the table and shouted through gritted teeth.

"Harvey, our film won seven awards, including the three most valuable awards. It is undoubtedly the big winner of this Oscar. The media still calls you the Oscar gold promoter. You have not lost any face."

Bob said.

"Bullshit! My goal is to win the best picture, best director, and best actor and actress. The best actress award is the key award we compete with Link. Now this award has been snatched away by that bastard Link using despicable means. Let’s go, but we can’t let him be punished. This is failure, the biggest failure, and I will never accept failure!”

Harvey yelled.

"Then how are you going to deal with him?"

Bob asked, spreading his hands.

When Harvey heard this question, he seemed to have been poured cold water on him, and he calmed down instantly. He thought of countless ways to deal with Link, and also used many methods to deal with Link, but the results were all useless.

A few times, he even thought about buying a killer to assassinate Link, but when the operation failed and the police started to investigate, everything he had now would be in vain, and the reputation he had accumulated for many years would collapse. Even if he succeeded, Link's family would When traced, the consequences will be huge.

This is a method that leads to the same death, and it is too expensive to use and is not cost-effective.

But without this method, how to deal with the rich and despicable Link? How can we get Link out of Hollywood?

Harvey had no choice but to think that Link might be having a party at this time to celebrate winning a movie, and he would be wooed and licked by the women in the circle who wanted to win the award, which made him feel heartbroken.

"Harvey, many people now think that we are cooperating with Lionsgate Pictures. Why not take this opportunity to put aside prejudices and old grudges and truly cooperate with Lionsgate Pictures. Lionsgate is the seventh largest and we are the eighth largest. Strong A strong alliance is good for both sides.”

Bob continued to persuade.

"Shut up! Do you think I haven't thought about this problem? Do you think Link is the kind of person who will cooperate with us sincerely? No, Link just wants to annex us, dominate Hollywood, and even surpass me to become the most powerful person in the entertainment industry. Powerful people, this is a struggle for power, I will never give in easily, never!”

Harvey said bitterly.

Bob was helpless, wiped the saliva from his face, and asked Harvey what he was going to do, how to fight back? No matter what, he will cooperate.

Harvey calmed down again, thought for a moment, and asked Bob and Jon Gordon to continue to hype the relationship between Link and Jennifer Lawrence, hype Jennifer's speech on the podium, and let everyone know that the Oscar trophy is just for Link to pick up girls. His little trick made the judges have opinions on Link.

The next time they encounter a Lionsgate movie, the judges will hesitate, especially in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards.

Although Link won this time, it left a big hidden danger.

"Humph, Link is too impatient. He is cutting himself off from the Oscars."

Harvey slammed his fist on the table and sneered.

Bob nodded, thinking that this was not bad, and then took Jon Gordon to work.

Harvey looked at Matt Damon who was reading a newspaper on the sofa opposite, wiped the greasy sweat on his face and said, "Matt, you heard it too. This matter was made by my subordinates on their own initiative. I was completely unaware of it."

Matt Damon didn't know whether he should believe Harvey.

From the conversation between Harvey and Bob just now, Harvey and Link's relationship is still very bad, and Jennifer Lawrence's award is indeed nothing to do with Harvey.

But he didn't believe that only two staff members could change the judges' minds. He felt that there were some problems that could not be seen clearly.

Considering this situation, he decided not to get involved in Harvey and Link's affairs in the future. Maybe he could have a chance to work with Lionsgate like Ben Affleck.

——

Ding Dong!

In the corridor of the Weinstein Films office area, Bob's mobile phone rang in his trouser pocket. He took it out and took a look. It was the news of a remittance from Swiss Bank. There was an extra 1.2 million euros in the Swiss Bank account.

Then he put away his phone as if nothing had happened and continued to discuss with Jon Gordon how to hype the scandal between Link and Jennifer Lawrence.

——

In the office, after Harvey sent Matt Damon away, he cursed Link a few dirty words, then picked up the phone and called Ivy Niwo, the major shareholder of Weinstein Films.

Ivy Niwo is an American Israeli, the largest private investor of Goldman Sachs Group and the largest individual shareholder of Time Warner Group. He also holds shares in News Corporation, Ebay, Microsoft and Viacom. He is the godfather of Murdoch's eldest son and is considered a "magician in the media industry."

He is also Zhang Ziyi's ex-boyfriend and the male protagonist of the beach photo.

After Harvey left Walt Disney in 2007, he founded Weinstein Pictures with the support of Ivniwo. Ivniwo also became the largest individual shareholder of Weinstein Pictures, holding about 32% of the shares, while Harvey and Bob only had 25% of the shares.

Harvey called Ivy and talked about being cheated by Link and losing the Best Actress award, because Ivniwo had called him specifically to ask about this matter before.

Ivniwo said he knew it and did not comment too much.

Harvey said that Lionsgate, headed by Link, has affected the development of Weinstein Pictures. Can Ivy help solve Link?

Ivy is very low-key in the rich circle. He has a lot of assets and is very secretive. "Forbes" cannot determine how much he is worth, and estimates it to be about 5 billion, but his circle is very large. He has close relationships with Bill Gates, Murdoch, Jerry Yang, and the presidents of the six major media groups. He is a person with strong connections.

If he is willing to help suppress Link, he will definitely cause some trouble for Link.

Avniwo said no, he is just an investor and will not interfere with the development of the company under his name. In addition, his philosophy of doing things is to make more friends, not to create enemies for himself, let alone a very capable person like Link.

Harvey had no choice but to give up.

After hanging up the phone, he saw a missed call from Little Kunas.

Harvey frowned. In fact, he didn't want to communicate with someone like Little Kunas who didn't have much ability but often made trouble. However, the Little Kunas family has a great influence in New Jersey and New York. Knowing such a person may be useful in the future.

Dinglingling! Dinglingling!

Before he could call, Little Kunas called again.

Harvey listened patiently. As expected, Little Kunas asked about the relationship between Lionsgate and Weinstein Films, and asked whether the news in the newspaper that the two companies were fighting on the surface but working closely together in secret was true?

Harvey said no, and at the same time thought that little Kunas was naive. Even if it was true, how could he get the truth by asking so directly?

Little Kunas didn't believe it, and said that if it wasn't true, why did Lionsgate and Weinstein continue to cooperate to produce "The Master" after "Silver Linings Playbook"? He also said that without the help of Weinstein Pictures, Link's movie would never win the Best Actress Award.

Harvey patiently explained and talked about being cheated by Link.

Little Kunas still didn't believe it.

Harvey didn't say anything else, and hung up the phone after a few perfunctory words, but when he saw the photo of Link and Jennifer Lawrence on the table, his anger rose again.

This time he would never let Link go easily.

——

In New York, little Kunas hung up the phone and cursed angrily.

He didn't believe a word of Harvey's explanation, not only because of the news in the newspaper that Lionsgate and Weinstein were jointly attacking the Oscars, but also because he had approached Harvey many times in the past and asked Harvey to arrange a few female stars to plot against Link.

With Harvey's status and connections in Hollywood, it wouldn't be too difficult to do such a thing.

But Harvey didn't agree, thinking that this method would not work on Link.

He asked Harvey how he was going to deal with Link.

But Harvey had no way.

Since then, he felt that Harvey was not a suitable partner. Now that the media broke the news that Link and Harvey were joining forces to attack the Oscars, he believed his previous judgment even more.

Little Kunas was very disappointed about this matter. He thought that since they were all Jews, they would unite to deal with Link and he would definitely be ruined.

But more than a year has passed, and Link is still firmly entrenched in the entertainment industry, with a higher and higher value and influence. And Evaka, she is pregnant, and even her pregnant belly is exposed.

Every time he sees Evaka posting photos on social media, those photos of her stroking her belly with a happy face, he almost hates Link to death.

If it weren't for Link, all this should have been his.

But Link, this bastard, was not satisfied with having Evaka, and he also entangled with female stars such as Jennifer Lawrence and Daddario.

What's more annoying is that Evaka doesn't care about these things at all. The media has repeatedly reported that Evaka took the initiative to invite Daddario and Jennifer Lawrence to visit her villa in the middle of the mountain.

This made him even more angry. Why is Evaka so good and tolerant to Link? It's not worth it for her to do this.

Little Kunas stared at the photo on the computer screen angrily, picked up the phone to discuss with Epstein Jr., P. Diddy, and Jay-Z. This time, he must work out a good way to deal with Link.