Chapter 375: Oscars are over, Nicole gets what she wants, sacrifices herself for love (6K)

"Link, look here!"

"Director Link, can I interview you?"

This year's Oscars ceremony was held at Dorothy Chandler Hall with hundreds of movie stars and crew members in attendance. The ceremony was broadcast live across the United States on ABC.

When Link was pulling Renée Zellweger onto the red carpet, hundreds of reporters outside the venue shouted his name, inviting him, a hot topic, to be interviewed.

Considering that "The Sixth Sense" is still in theaters and needs a lot of publicity, Link stopped to answer questions from reporters.

The issue that the media is most concerned about at the moment is whether he will accept the apology from Richard Gere and media such as ABC, and whether he will continue to pursue responsibility and demand financial compensation from them.

Link said he accepted their apology, but many media reports some time ago were quite bad, causing great losses to him and his company. The lawyers will hold the relevant media accountable based on the extent of the impact of the media reports.

Matt Krajong, a reporter from USA Today, asked: There is reliable information that the dark material attack on him some time ago was planned by competitors to prevent him and Guess What Pictures from winning at this year's Oscars. Does he agree with this? If he fails to win an Oscar because of this incident, will he be disappointed?

Link responded that there was no evidence that anyone was targeting him, so he would not comment for the time being.

As for whether he would win an award at this year's Academy Awards, he said it was not important. For a director, after the movie is released, it will be sought after by countless fans and praised by countless colleagues. This is the best reward. The movie award is just the icing on the cake.

"Director Link!"

Los Angeles Times reporter Al Simmons shouted, "There are rumors that Richard Gere apologized on TV last time not voluntarily, but because of some external pressure. This external pressure is related to you. What do you think of this rumor?"

Link glanced at the guy, who looked familiar but couldn't remember his name. "I haven't heard of such rumors, and I won't comment on such unfounded rumors. At the same time, as a victim, I don't like your nomination. This is a secondary damage to my reputation."

"Director Link, according to media statistics, you have dated 34 girlfriends since 1992. Is this number true? In addition, among the women you have dated, there is not a single African-American woman. Is it because black women do not meet your aesthetic standards?"

the New York Post reporter shouted.

Wow!

After reporter Charlie shouted out this question, the reporters at the scene turned their heads with admiration in their eyes. Many people wanted to ask this question, but considering Link's identity and interview habits, no one asked it.

Now hearing someone ask a question, the reporters waited with wide eyes for Link's answer.

Puff~

Before Link could say anything, Renée Zellweger, who was standing next to him, covered her mouth and laughed non-stop. She even leaned over to his ear and suggested that he find a black girlfriend to calm the dispute.

Link waved his hand and asked the reporters if they had any other questions, questions related to the movie and the Oscars, and left if they didn't.

The reporter also asked about the filming of his new movie, what the subject matter was, and when it would be completed.

Link answered a few simple questions, then ended the interview and walked into Chandler Hall with Renée Zellweger.

"Hahaha, the question that reporter asked just now is really interesting. Because you don't want to date a black person, they actually suspect you of racial discrimination. Why don't you find an African-American woman as your girlfriend to shut those guys up?"

Renée Zellweger smiled against his shoulder.

"No, we are celebrities and our lives cannot be affected by what the media say."

Link said.

"I heard that black girls have very good physiques, with a lot of meat on their buttocks, and they are very elastic. Do you want to try it?"

Renée Zellweger smiled and winked.

"Your butt isn't small either."

Link moved his palm down and squeezed the fullness of her body.

"Of course!"

Renée Zellweger smiled confidently.

——

When he arrived at the award ceremony, his seat was in the middle of the first row. On his left was the crew of "Sense and Sensibility", on his right was the crew of "Braveheart", and around him were crew members of films such as "The Shawshank Redemption", "Apollo 13" and "Non-Powerful Aphrodisiacs".

After he arrived, people around him stood up to greet him. Familiar people like Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Mel Gibson and others came up to chat with him, asking him how his new movie was going and wishing him to win more Oscars today.

Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone, Kate Winslet, Alicia Silverstone and other beauties also came up to say hello and were very enthusiastic.

It's just that he was surrounded by people like Renée Zellweger, Sandra Bullock, Sophie Marceau, Diane Lane, etc., so other women didn't have the chance to get too close to him.

"Link, you are so popular. If we weren't here, those women would rush over and strip you naked."

Sophie Marceau joked.

"Yes, when they see you, they are like wolves seeing delicious steaks, and they can't wait to eat them with the bones."

Diane Lane laughed.

"Then I should thank you for your protection."

"You're welcome!"

Diane Lane kissed him on the cheek in front of everyone.

Sophie Marceau also kissed him on the right cheek in public.

Snap~

In the back row, the crew of "The Butterfly Effect", Leonardo saw the actions of several people and made strange noises.

"What?"

Mark Wahlberg turned his head in confusion.

Leonardo covered his chest and said, "My heart is broken. Ms. Sophie Marceau is so beautiful. She is the most perfect woman in my heart. I didn't expect that she would do such a thing in public. I envy Link so much."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either."

After the release of "Brave Heart", Sophie Marceau stunned the world with her role as "Princess Isabella of France" and was considered the most beautiful actress in France.

But no one expected that she would get entangled with Link, a playboy.

This also made many men who loved her sigh and regret. They envied Link's good fortune, but were also angry at Sophie Marceau for her self-degradation. There were so many men in the world, why did she like Link, a playboy?

However, when Mark Wahlberg sighed, his eyes were looking at Sandra Bullock in front of him. Sandra is the goddess in his heart. She is beautiful, cheerful and generous, and has a great figure.

When filming "The Network", he knew that Sandra was Link's woman and lived with Link every day, but he still couldn't help falling in love with her.

Unfortunately, Sandra only has eyes for Link.

Oh!

Mark Wahlberg shook his head and envied Link again that day.

"Bitch!"

In the back row of guest seats, Nicole Kidman couldn't help but curse softly and was in a bad mood.

She and Link have known each other for a long time. If she had not been married, she would at least be in the top ten among Link's girlfriends.

Just because her divorce was delayed for a few months, a few more women appeared around Link. These women also made intimate gestures towards Link in public, obviously wanting to use this method to tell everyone about their relationship with Link, and then use Link's fame and status to gain protection and resources in the entertainment industry.

Nicole Kidman looked at Link among the crowd of women and realized that she could not wait any longer. She had to establish diplomatic relations with Link and settle the relationship as soon as possible.

Bang bang bang!

With a round of applause, the award ceremony host Whoopi Goldberg walked to the stage and the Oscar Awards ceremony officially began.

The audience also quieted down and watched the award ceremony and performances, from the first award, Best Supporting Actor, to the finale, Best Picture, a total of 24 awards.

Link left once during the performance to present the Best Picture award.

After more than three hours of awards ceremony, all 24 awards for this year's Oscars were announced.

In the end, films under Guess What Pictures won six awards.

"Sense and Sensibility" won three awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design.

"The Sixth Sense" won two awards, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing.

Renée Zellweger won the Best Supporting Actress award for The Butterfly Effect.

27 to 6, average performance.

The biggest winner of this year's Academy Awards is "Braveheart", which won 5 awards out of 10 nominations, including heavyweight awards such as Best Picture and Best Director.

Nicolas Cage won the Best Actor award for the film "Leaving Las Vegas", Meryl Streep won the Best Actress award, and Kevin Spacey won the Best Supporting Actress award for the film "The Usual Suspects".

Miramax Films had three films nominated, but none of them won any awards. The highly anticipated "Million Dollar Aphrodisiac" also failed to win any awards despite the fierce competition.

——

"Harvey, you promised me that you would get at least one award for 'Non-Strong Aphrodisiac', but you didn't do it."

At the Oscars party, Woody Allen held a glass of wine with an unhappy expression.

Woody Allen is thin, while Harvey Weinstein, standing opposite him, is fat and round. The two standing face to face, like a monkey and a hippopotamus.

Harvey frowned and grinned, "Woody, you can't blame me for this. I tried my best, really. I invested more than $600,000 in the public relations for the awards for "Non-Powerful Aphrodisiacs". I conservatively estimated that I could win the Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay awards.

But guess what, the studio invested more in the Best Supporting Actress award, reportedly more than $2 million. Link is a billionaire, Miramax can't compare to him, and it's a big loss for the company that "Non-Powerful Aphrodisiac" didn't win."

"Link!"

Woody Allen looked back at the handsome black-haired young man in the crowd and felt very angry. Since the scandal between him and his adopted daughter was exposed by the media in 1990, he rarely attended award ceremonies.

The reason he came to the Oscars this time was because "Non-Powerful Aphrodisiac" had a chance to win, and he also had a chance to hold the trophy and watch Link's joke at the awards ceremony.

It turned out to be a wasted trip.

"Link is becoming more and more overbearing. In the past, his movies only attracted box office revenue, but now he wants more than just box office revenue. He is also preparing to sweep all the film awards, making it impossible for truly good movies to make a profit or gain attention through awards. If this situation continues, the North American film industry is likely to become rotten."

Harvey said indignantly, "We should stop him."

"What are your plans?"

Woody Allen asked, frowning.

"Link now has people and money, and his movies continue to be popular. It will be difficult to defeat him in the movie industry. We must unite all the forces we can and block him from all sides. The most important thing is to convince the seven major film studios to participate."

Harvey said.

Woody Allen nodded in agreement and said he would contact his peers to get involved.

After chatting for a while, Harvey noticed that there were fewer people around Link, so he took the initiative to approach him and say hello, testing Link's attitude to see if Link knew that he was the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Haha, Link, your company won six trophies this time. Congratulations on your great harvest."

Harvey was laughing, but his eyes were fixed on Link seriously.

"Thank you! But we only got 6 awards out of 27 nominations, which is not a great harvest."

Link smiled, his expression calm.

"This is much better than us. We received 7 nominations but didn't win any awards. Among the seven major film studios, only Paramount Pictures won several awards for Braveheart. Other peers can't compare to Guess What? Pictures. Guess What? Pictures is getting stronger and stronger. It's really enviable."

Harvey, with his big belly sticking out, was grinning like a toad.

Link smiled and praised the two films Miramax released at the beginning of the year for their good box office performance, and said that they could cooperate if there was a good film project next time.

Harvey nodded, and heaved a sigh of relief when he noticed that Link's attitude hadn't changed from before.

"Link, it's a good thing that Guess What Pictures has become stronger, but I advise you to be careful. The Big Seven Pictures have never given up on bringing down Guess What Pictures. I suspect that they were the ones who hyped up the story about you interfering in Richard Gere's marriage some time ago, preventing you from winning an Oscar. Judging from what happened just now, they succeeded."

Harvey had a serious expression and spoke earnestly, as if he was thinking about Link.

Link smiled lightly, thanking him for the reminder. If he hadn't known in advance that he was involved in this matter, he would have been deceived by Harvey's sincerity.

"Hey, Harvey, how's your chat going? Can you give Link to us?"

Emma Thompson, the actress and screenwriter of "Sense and Sensibility", and Kate Winslet came over to say hello.

"Of course, have a great night."

Harvey made a little joke and left with a smile.

After walking a few steps, he turned around and saw several beautiful women surrounding Link, offering him tofu to eat. Harvey was filled with envy and jealousy. He secretly vowed to work hard to make movies, strive to become better than Link, and let those women also flatter him.

"Link, you are an investor in Titanic, why haven't I seen you visit the crew?"

Kate Winslet asked with a smile.

"I don't have time. I'm preparing for a new movie. Besides, I believe in director Cameron's ability. It doesn't matter whether I go to the crew or not."

Link laughed.

"It's different. Our crew is very excited to hear that you also invested in this movie. We hope to see you on the set and ask for your autograph. If you have time, please come and have a look. We welcome you to visit the set."

Kate Winslet enthused.

Link thought about it and nodded. He decided to go and see it when he had time. He was also very interested in the set of "Titanic".

While chatting, he noticed Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep standing not far away and chatting, their eyes fixed on him and winking at him from time to time.

Link smiled softly, and after Kate Winslet and the others left, he put down his glass and went to the VIP restroom to wash his hands.

As soon as I entered the door, Nicole Kidman followed closely in.

The woman was wearing a halter top evening gown, her long golden brown hair draped over her shoulders, and she was tall and slender. Under the projection of the incandescent light above the bathroom, her skin was as white and smooth as cream, and she was filled with an alluring scent of perfume.

"I'm divorced, are you still going to reject me now?"

Nicole Kidman asked, leaning up against his chest.

"Will you regret it?"

Link asked as he hugged her fragrant body.

"What do you think? I gave up almost everything for you."

"You did a great job, and I won't give you a chance to regret it."

Link didn't say anything more. He lowered his head and kissed the woman's red lips, then turned from the sink to the cubicle.

"Splash!" The sound of surging water was heard.

The snow-white and smooth tiles in the VIP restroom reflect dazzling light and shadows, as if a love movie was being shown.

The movie features talented men and beautiful women, infatuated men and resentful women.

There is the pain and torture that ordinary people suffer in life, there is the forbearance of gritting teeth and persevering when in the trough, there is also the perseverance to climb to the top, the joy and satisfaction of reaching the pinnacle of life, and the endless applause from thousands of audiences in the audience.

——

After coming out of the bathroom, Link called his assistant to send Nicole Kidman away as she had difficulty walking, and returned to the party to continue chatting with filmmakers at the scene, looking for suitable film projects for investment.

The Oscar party ended at around 10 o'clock in the evening, and Link returned to the Beverly Hilltop villa with Renée Zellweger, Sandra Bullock, Sophie Marceau and others.

Since Renée Zellweger won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, a private party was held in the villa at night. Renée was the heroine of the party. In the end, everyone played until they were exhausted before taking a rest.

After the Oscar ceremony, the media began to comment on the various awards of this year's Oscars and find out the news points worth hyping.

The first hot news was 'The King of Hollywood, great director Link lost at the Oscars'.

This year, he had two films nominated and received five nominations, setting a record for the most nominations received by an individual in the same year in the history of the Academy Awards.

According to the probability of winning, he will win at least one award.

But due to the negative news, he didn't even get the golden statue.

The Chicago Tribune commented that in the future, Oscar judges should focus on the film itself when selecting various awards, and give awards to filmmakers with good performances. They should not be influenced by public opinion and rumors, which is unfair to the filmmakers' past efforts.

The second hot news is that "The Shawshank Redemption" has become the biggest complaint at this year's Oscars.

This film received 7 nominations at this year's Oscars, but did not win any awards.

Fans who liked the movie expressed disappointment. The movie has a profound theme, the actors have superb acting skills, the story is compact and it shows shocking emotional power. It is a classic, but it did not win the award.

This is very unfair to The Shawshank Redemption.

Afterwards, the film's rating was pushed up to 9.9 on the imdb film website by movie fans, making it the film with the most ratings and the highest score on the website.

Guess what? After learning about this situation, the public relations department immediately used media hype to amplify the voices of movie fans, making "The Shawshank Redemption" the "lost pearl" and "epic complaint" of major awards, and in this way made the movie gain more attention.

Thanks to the efforts of the publicity department of Guess What Pictures, "The Shawshank Redemption" gained more exposure during the Academy Awards and its box office also saw a significant increase.

The third hot topic reported was that "The Sixth Sense" received less than expected results at the awards ceremony.

The film's current global box office has reached 968 million US dollars, infinitely close to the 1 billion mark, becoming the second film in the history of world cinema to exceed 1 billion in global box office.

If this movie can win several heavyweight awards at the Academy Awards, with the support of the awards, the box office will break 1 billion faster.

It's a pity that this good movie only won two unimportant technical awards.

The media and movie fans believe that the reason why "The Sixth Sense" did not win the award was that the judges were influenced by the negative news and cast the votes that should have been cast for "The Sixth Sense" for other films.

Link holds the movie back.

In addition to the above three, there are other hot news at this year's Oscars.

Chinese action star Chen Long and NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar served as award presenters; Nicolas Cage was crowned the Oscar Best Actor; Meryl Streep was crowned the Oscar Best Actress for the second time; Emma Thompson became the first filmmaker in history to win both the Oscar for Actress and Screenwriter; French Rose Sophie Marceau and popular actress Diane Lane kissed Link in public, etc.

However, compared with the first three news, these news were less popular and the media did not report much.

Influenced by this news, the six winning or nominated films under Guess What Pictures saw a significant increase in box office revenue before and after the Academy Awards.

The North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" has reached 463 million US dollars, an increase of more than 12 million from February.

"The Shawshank Redemption" currently has a North American box office of $108 million, an increase of $8 million from February.

"Sense and Sensibility" grossed $62.41 million in North America, an increase of $5.8 million.

Movies such as "The Butterfly Effect", "Love at Second Sight" and "The Groom Running Backwards" also achieved significant box office growth during the awards season.

According to statistics from various departments, during the Academy Awards, the total box office growth of the six films nominated by Guess What Pictures reached 32 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 37% from January to February, or about 11.84 million U.S. dollars.

Guess What Pictures spent about $6.5 million on Oscars public relations.

Taking into account the increase in overseas box office and sales in the video market, this year's Oscars brought the company's films a net profit of more than 12 million US dollars.

Therefore, the money invested in public relations during the Oscars is worth it.

"Link, are you disappointed that you didn't win an Oscar?"

In the villa, Cindy Crawford leaned on Link's left, holding a fruit plate in her hand, and fed fruit to Link and Nicole Kidman from time to time.

"My goal is to win the Oscar for Best Director, but at my age, they won't give it to me so early. I expected that and I won't be disappointed."

Link said as he flipped through the newspaper.

"Yes, Link is so talented. He was willing to attend the Oscars ceremony to give face to the Academy. Whether he wins the award or not doesn't have much impact on him."

Nicole Kidman snuggled in his arms, her face full of sweetness and satisfaction.

Cindy Crawford smiled and glanced at Nicole Kidman, "Nicole, how do you feel now? Are you happy?"

"Yes, happier than ever before."

Nicole Kidman leaned in Link's arms and said slowly, "I am 182cm tall, and Tom Cruise is only 172cm tall. I have never felt happy with him, but every second with Link is doubly happy and satisfying. The thing I regret most is that I didn't pursue Link immediately when I first met him, which delayed my happiness by three years."

"Link, look at her, she's like a greedy little cat, do you want to give her some more food?"

Cindy Crawford stuffed a red strawberry into Nicole Kidman's mouth.

"Her injury hasn't healed yet. She needs to rest for a few more days. Don't worry."

Link said as he stroked the woman's blonde hair.

"You're so nice, dear."

Nicole Kidman happily kisses him on the cheek.

Link smiled and continued reading the news in the newspaper.

After the Oscars, The Hollywood Reporter began publishing last year's report card.

Including '1995 North American movie box office rankings', 'Total box office revenue list of each film company in the film industry', 'Annual director box office list', 'Annual actor box office list', 'Annual actress box office list' and so on.

(End of this chapter)