Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1540 Competition at the Golden Globe Awards

"Is that so? They paid a huge price." Ronald looked at the documents on the table and sighed to Richard.

Richard came to Ronald this time and told him some rumors. Harvey Weinstein's desire for awards remains unchanged. Not only did he continue to spend money on many union awards and the Film Critics Association awards, but he also did a lot of public relations for the Golden Globe Awards.

The Golden Globe Awards is different from other awards. It is not only the judges who need public relations, but also NBC, the broadcaster of the Golden Globe Awards.

There are less than 100 judges for the Golden Globe Awards, all of whom are so-called foreign media reporters stationed in Hollywood. The cost of buying them off is much lower than that of PR for the Oscars.

But the Golden Globe Awards also has its own particularity. The organizing committee earns a lot of money from hosting the Golden Globe Awards every year, all relying on advertising revenue from selling the awards ceremony to NBC.

Therefore, who wins and who doesn't is largely determined by the broadcaster's considerations. As for whether the votes of the less than 100 judges are useful, there have been rumors that there are shady dealings and that everyone's votes may not be effective.

Miramax's Weinstein was still a new player in the Golden Globes. Their strategy was similar to what they had learned from Ronald's public relations for the Oscars. They gave the judges videotapes and generous gift vouchers, and went to their locations for special movie screenings.

However, we encountered difficulties in finding these judges. Of the 100 judges, about half of them could not be found. Either they were no longer based in Hollywood, or their offices were not accessible. We tried every possible way but could only find about of them.

“Hehe…you’re spending money in the wrong place.

Richard also smiled. As someone who had played this award-winning game earlier than Weinstein, Ronald knew very well the key to winning the Golden Globe Awards.

This time, Harvey Weinstein encountered a year when Ronald attached great importance to the Golden Globe Awards. Since he was determined to win the Oscar for Best Director for Forrest Gump, he hoped to win awards along the way and become the undisputed favorite when he was nominated for an Oscar, so as not to let others think of competing with him.

Therefore, after acquiring several heavyweight local wireless TV networks, Ronald's DDH became a local broadcaster that wireless TV stations such as NBC needed to work closely with. In many places, Ronald's TV stations provided local news and weather forecast services to NBC.

So it was only natural to discuss with NBC the awards for the Golden Globe Film Awards and the stars who would be attending.

The Golden Globe Awards also have awards for television, which NBC needs to avoid and reduce interference in. However, there is no such concern for awards for movies. Moreover, the ratings of the awards ceremony are directly proportional to the number and status of the stars in attendance.

So, when Ronald promised that all the stars of Forrest Gump, including Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Sally Field, would attend, and also used his influence to persuade Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, and other popular female stars to attend the awards ceremony, NBC had already sent senior executives to discuss the "hot award" of Forrest Gump with Ronald.

The final word came from Ronald, who persuaded Gregory Peck to attend this year's Golden Globe Awards. Together with Robert Altman, he will be the presenter of this year's Golden Globe DeMiller Memorial Award (also known as the Golden Globe Honorary Award) to Sophia Loren, the Italian goddess of Hollywood for decades.

This year, Sophia Loren also starred in a Miramax film, Stormy Weather, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Hollywood and American audiences have not seen this sexy Italian star for a long time. The nomination for Best Supporting Actress was not enough to invite her to attend the awards ceremony. So the Golden Globe Awards committee, under the urging of NBC, picked up the DeMille Memorial Award again, which is not awarded every year.

Similarly, this honorary award is a recognition of an actor's acting career, so you can't just pick anyone to present the award. Robert Altman, the director of The Storm, is a good choice, but compared to Sophia Loren, a big star who all Hollywood male stars were vying to date, he is not of high status.

The organizing committee thought of Gregory Peck, the only surviving male star of the golden age who had starred in a movie with her.

Although Peck's health was not as good as before, Ronald persuaded him that he was the most suitable person to present the award to Sophia Loren, so he decided to come on crutches to present the award to his old friend.

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The awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel as usual, as the price here was the most affordable. In the largest banquet hall, round tables were set up one after another, and everyone in each crew tried to sit together.

Ronald, who hadn't been to the Golden Globe Awards for a long time, had a strange feeling as soon as he sat down with Diane. Ronald, who was a little nervous when attending the Golden Globe Awards before, suddenly had a magical feeling today. This awards ceremony really felt like the banquets he had eaten in Xujiahui.

Everyone dressed up beautifully and sat in a circle around a round table. Those who knew each other whispered gossip, and there were snacks on the table for everyone to enjoy (although most of the actors didn't know how to eat them).

What is most similar to a Chinese dinner party is that there are a lot of alcoholic drinks on the table, including champagne, red wine, whiskey, and brandy. Everyone can pour their own drinks. There is so much that every year at the Golden Globe Awards, there are stars who get drunk and talk nonsense on stage.

Because Ronald used his influence to invite big-name female stars like Jodie Foster and Michelle Pfeiffer, many female stars who were short of seats were also trying to get a ticket to get in. The scarcity of tickets for the Golden Globe Awards this year is approaching that of the Oscars.

Tonight, Harvey Weinstein also came to the Hilton Hotel. He was in high spirits because three of his films were nominated for the Golden Globe Awards in the film category.

The first one is of course Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino was nominated for both Best Director and Best Screenplay. In addition to the two nominees for Best Actor, John Travolta, and Best Supporting Actor, Samuel Jackson, there were also many female stars at the table. Uma Thurman sat next to Quentin.

But some other guest stars in Pulp Fiction, such as Bruce Willis, did not come. This still made him a little unhappy, but Harvey had no problem with Willis, a commercial film star with the support of the Die Hard series.

The second one is "Ed Wood" starring Johnny Depp. This movie received three nominations, which is also quite heavyweight. Best Comedy Movie, Best Comedy Actor for Depp, and Best Supporting Actor for Martin Landau.

The Golden Globe Awards give out four awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in two categories, but there are only two awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress, which are not classified. Usually, the winner of the Best Supporting Actor award is more valuable.

But Weinstein still chose to sit at the table of the third movie. This is the movie "The Storm of Autumn" starring Sophia Loren. In addition to respecting Sophia Loren, who is already 61 years old and still very sexy, another more important reason is that there are too many stars and supermodels starring and guest starring in this movie.

This movie, which was just released in the United States on Christmas Day, was directed by Robert Altman, who is best at ensemble dramas. If Hollywood studios dare to invest in ensemble dramas, the necessary condition may be that Robert Altman is the director, and no one else can do it.

Therefore, this movie, like Altman's previous movies, has many famous actors. However, even among his directorial works, this movie has a lot of famous actors.

The protagonist is Kim Basinger, the main supporting role is Julia Roberts, and there are also Sophia Loren, Lauren Bacall and other female stars of the golden age.

In addition to these big names playing named roles, the film also features a large number of Hollywood actresses and supermodels who make cameo appearances as themselves.

Among the so-called supermodels, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Carla Bruni, Iman and so on were all present.

Harvey Wayans, with a big belly sticking out, happily kept talking to them, persuading them to make good use of their current fame as supermodels, find ways to make some movies, and possibly win awards, so that they can explore new fields.

However, what made him very unhappy was that these supermodels had little interest in becoming actors. They had appeared in some movies before, such as the "Street Fighter" movie that Ronald was running, and they played famous roles...

In fact, these supermodels also know that being a print model or walking the runway for haute couture at fashion week does not require the same skills as acting in a movie. They also don't have much interest or confidence in winning an award in the film industry.

Compared to the awards that Weinstein used to lure them, these supermodels are more interested in money. How much money is paid for a movie? Another supermodel who did not come today, Cindy Crawford, was tirelessly persuaded by Ronald's former co-producer, Joel Silver, to star in a follow-up instinct work produced by Silver, "Fair Game", with a salary of nearly three million.

After the filming was completed, the film was postponed for several months and will be released next year. These supermodels are very jealous. For them, the title of the protagonist is tempting, but the salary is the greatest respect for their fame. If Cindy Crawford had not married Hollywood star Richard Gere, she would not have received such a high salary.

Most of these supermodels have a wrong impression of Hollywood. Cindy Crawford did not get her high salary by starring in Richard Gere. They may have seen the "romantic transaction" played by Bruce Willis' wife Demi Moore, who received an unprecedented salary of $500 million for a female star, and spread rumors that she got the fame of her husband Bruce Willis.

But they are very clear about one thing, most of the supermodels are followers of handsome men. Even if Harvey Weinstein can push some actresses to win awards, his appearance is really not flattering. In addition, the supermodels are not very clear about his position and power. Weinstein is not really rich like the wealthy who really pay a lot of money for them, so they seem to be a little indifferent to him, which makes Weinstein secretly angry. Why don't these supermodels know how to show respect?
"Ronald, look, here comes Ronald... Ronnie! Ronald!"

The supermodels suddenly became excited. They found that the handsome guy sitting at another table was Ronald Lee, who had a very good reputation in the supermodel circle. In addition, he was good-looking and richer than Weinstein. If they could hook up with him, wouldn't it be better than Weinstein, a fat man with a pig-like head?
Thinking of this, the supermodels all greeted Ronald, completely ignoring that his wife Diane Lane was next to him, and began to blow kisses, wave, or stand up to make themselves more noticeable.

"Your girls are saying hello to you?" Diane teased Ronald with a smile.

"Ah, they really are my girls, hahaha, hello!" Ronald admitted frankly that most of these supermodels had played in "Street Fighter" and were members of the female special forces under the villain Vega.

Ronald simply stood up and pulled Diane over to greet the supermodels.

"How is it? Is it fun to act in a movie?" Ronald called out Turlington and Kara's names with a smile, and also greeted the other supermodels.

"Well, the Street Fighter I filmed for you is still more interesting. At least I played a character with a name..." Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista were more aggressive. They completely disregarded Weinstein's face and came up to flatter Ronald.

"How's Raul?"

Christy Turlington had already gotten what the first two wanted, and now she wanted to talk to Ronald about their shared past to make herself appear closer to him.

"Raul is doing well, he recovered well after the surgery, and he was nominated today." After filming Street Fighter, the crew did a physical examination, and Raul was found to have some minor problems, but fortunately it was within the range that surgery could cure.

Ronald and Turlington are talking about Raul Julio, the actor who plays the villain Vega in Street Fighter. Today, he was nominated for the best actor in this category for his role in the mini-TV series "Burning Season".

"Look, isn't it there?" Ronald waved to him and then greeted the other stars present. Of course, the most eye-catching one was Sophia Loren, who was still very sexy and charming at the age of 61, and looked at Ronald with sparkling eyes.

"Thank you, Ronald. I heard from Gregory that you persuaded him to come."

"Ms. Sophia Loren..." Ronald quickly stood up, and then performed a movie-like court ceremony, and kissed Sophia Loren's hand. "Any sane person would consider it a great honor to present you with the award."

"You must be Diane. I love your love story. Gregory and I have also talked about it." Sophia Loren's husband is also an Italian producer, Carlo Ponti. For him, Sophia gave up many Hollywood male star suitors and her Hollywood career and returned to Italy to make movies.

So I feel very close to actress-producer couples like Diane Ronald. Although Sophia Loren has a very sexy screen image, she is quite loyal in private.

After paying respect to the big star, Ronald left and returned to his seat. Looking at Diane's expression next to him, it seemed that she was quite satisfied with her performance.

"The winner of the Golden Globe Cecil DeMille Memorial Award is Ms. Sophia Loren. I am one of the guests presenting the award to her today. Presenting the DeMille Memorial Award to this outstanding woman is the second most wonderful thing I can think of doing with her."

The Golden Globe Awards presenter, Robert Altman, was also an old man with messy hair. He told a joke as soon as he opened his mouth, which made the audience silent for a moment and then smiled knowingly.

Sophia Loren also showed a look of astonishment.

"The first and most wonderful thing is definitely to make a film with her, as I did last year. I've never seen an actress like her, and she's also an extraordinary woman, and it's an extraordinary experience..."

Hurrying back to make sure the Golden Globe Lifetime Achievement Award didn't become too obscene, Robert Altman quickly finished his speech and then, together with Gregory Peck, presented the trophy to Sophia Loren.