Chapter 423: The awards ceremony is here, Link's acceptance speech is so arrogant (4K)
After Judy packed her clothes and left, Link remembered that he wanted to talk to her about managing the household. Well, he decided to finish the work at hand first and talk to them later when he had time.
The 54th Golden Globe Awards for American Film and Television will be held on Saturday.
This year's award ceremony will still be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Link and several of his girlfriends were invited to attend the award ceremony, but because Michelle and Sandra were pregnant, Link was mainly accompanied by Jennifer, Nicole and others.
The Golden Globe Awards for American Film and Television are hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the judges are also members of the Foreign Press Association. There are more than 300 judges each time, from 76 countries and regions.
The Golden Globe Awards are divided into two categories: movies and TV series. The selection criteria are mainly based on the artistic level of the film and television works, the acting skills of the actors, the reputation of the works, as well as popularity and influence.
Although the value of this award is not as high as that of the Oscars and its influence is relatively small, for this reason, relatively little money is spent on public relations for this award in the film industry, which also makes the selection results of this award relatively fair and reasonable.
This year, seven films under Guess the Movies were shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards, receiving 19 nominations.
Among them, "The English Patient" received six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Score.
"A Man Walking" won five awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
"Net" won two awards, Best Screenplay for a Drama Series and Best Actress.
"Hachiko: A Dog's Story" won two awards, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.
"Toy Story" won two awards, Best Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Original Song.
"Give Me a Dad" won 1 award for Best Foreign Language Film.
"Dangerous Game" won 1 award for Best Actress.
In addition, "Batman Forever" directed by Link received two nominations, including Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song.
The Mask of Zorro, co-produced by Guess What and Columbia Pictures, received two nominations, Best Picture in a Comedy or Musical and Best Actor.
"Jerry Maguire" received three nominations, including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
There are 12 awards in the Golden Globe Film Category, and Guess What Pictures' films have dominated almost all of them, such as Best Actor and Actress in a Drama Series, Best Screenplay, etc.
"Link, guess what, the film industry is really amazing."
At the awards ceremony, Harvey Weinstein said enviously, "Last year you released a total of 13 films, but seven of them were nominated for the Golden Globe Awards. Including the two films from Columbia Pictures, there were nine nominated, with a probability of nearly 60% for excellence. It's amazing!"
After the award ceremony began, Harvey took the initiative to sit next to Link, wanting to take the opportunity to chat with Link. Ever since Link gave up his job in the production department of Guess What Pictures, it was not easy for ordinary people to see him.
“Yes, but your movie is also good.”
Link smiled and praised Miramax Films. Last year, Miramax took the low-cost film route and released a total of 18 films, 12 of which were box office hits.
Although the box office of each movie is not high, only a few million or tens of millions, it remains profitable overall.
The competition in the North American film market is becoming increasingly fierce, and even the seven major film studios are losing money. The fact that Miramax Films can remain profitable shows that Harvey's ability in selecting films and managing the company is remarkable.
"Haha, there's no comparison. Our company only releases low-budget movies. The box office of ten hit movies is not as good as one of yours. Guess what, the film industry is now a role model for the entire industry."
Harvey had a smile on his face, but his heart was filled with jealousy and anger.
Last year, Miramax Films released 18 films, with a total box office of approximately US$231 million in North America and a total profit of approximately US$32 million.
These two figures look good and better than the performance of many film companies, but they are far behind what you would guess. The box office revenue of 18 movies combined can barely match the box office revenue of "The English Patient" and "Toy Story", but in terms of pure profit, they are far behind.
In other words, he and hundreds of staff members in the company worked hard for a whole year last year, but the money they earned was not as much as that from a project of Guess What Pictures.
This is so unfair.
Big companies like Guess What Pictures deserve to be destroyed.
"Link, I recently received a piece of news related to your company."
Harvey looked left and right and said in a low voice, "I have received reliable information that someone in the top management of the seven major film companies deliberately arranged for several problematic film projects to be sent to your company, trying to use this method to make your company suffer losses and then take the opportunity to defeat you. You'd better be cautious when choosing projects."
"oh?"
Link raised his handsome eyebrows. Harvey's words sounded familiar, as if someone had said them before.
That’s right!
Michael Ovitz said it last year, New Line's Robert Shea reminded him, and now Harvey is saying it again.
What do these guys want to do?
"It's true."
Harvey looked serious and said sincerely, "I heard there are four or five movie projects. So far, I have only heard of one, which is The Rock that you shot last year." Harvey paused and said in a deeper voice, "Donald Simpson gave you this script, right? I know Donald very well. His studio only cooperates with the Big Seven Pictures, but this project took the initiative to find you. There must be something wrong."
Link nodded, but he was a little confused.
This movie itself is a very promising film project, and now that he is directing it, the chances of it being a box office hit are even higher.
In addition, there are no disputes over issues such as script copyright and film distribution.
So what’s the problem with “The Rock”?
Bang bang bang!
Jodie Foster walked up to the podium holding an envelope and announced that the winner of this year's Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy was Tom Cruise.
There was warm applause at the scene.
Tom Cruise went on stage to receive the award and gave his acceptance speech.
Tom Cruise thanked many people on the stage, including the crew, company, and family. Surprisingly, he especially thanked Link, praising him as a respectable director and looking forward to working with him.
Link clapped and smiled in response.
"Link, has the post-production of The Rock been completed? When are you planning to release it?"
After Tom Cruise stepped down, Harvey Weinstein continued to cling to the side.
Link nodded, and the film was made.
An internal preview was held at the company in October last year. His participation in this film was 73.1%, which was higher than his previous film "The English Patient". The film's quality rating was 95.7%, which was two percentage points lower than "The English Patient", and the market compliance was 86%.
In the end, the film received 2.6 times the box office subsidy, 20% director experience bonus and 20% director physical bonus, and 16% increase in film quality.
Overall, the reviews are similar to those of "The English Patient", which shows that "The Rock" will also be a box office hit.
This is also the reason why he was not panicked at all after hearing Harvey and others chirping.
"It's been completed and is ready to be released in the summer." Link said.
"I suggest you be more cautious in film promotion and it's best not to invest too much in the early stages." Harvey didn't finish his words and slapped his mouth with his hand. "Look at me for being so nosy. You are the experts in film promotion. You don't need my reminder."
"It's okay. You mean well."
"Haha, that's right. We are all independent film companies. We are naturally hostile to the Big Seven. We should help each other."
Harvey gave a friendly laugh.
Link smiled and said, "Guess What Pictures has been removed from the independent film industry after joining the MPAA. After Pixar Animation Studios went public, it is no longer considered an independent film company. Miramax is now a subsidiary of Disney and can only be considered a semi-independent film company."
Bang bang bang!
There was another round of warm applause, and the leading actress of "A Man Called Dead" Ms. Susan Sarandon stepped onto the podium and received the trophy for Best Actress in a Drama from Tom Hanks.
Susan Sarandon also specially thanked Link when she gave her acceptance speech, saying that if Link had not taken a fancy to the script, the script written by Tim might have been burned by her as waste newspaper.
Susan praised Link as a charming man and said that if she were twenty years younger, she would definitely choose to date him instead of Tim. Finally, she told Tim Robbins not to be angry because women all loved Link and she was also a woman and was no exception.
Her words caused laughter and shouting at the scene.
The on-site director pointed the camera lens at Tim Robbins, the director of "A Man Walking". Tim had a sullen face at first and pretended to be angry, but later he smiled and applauded and cheered.
Link saw the camera coming and clapped his hands with a smile.
"Link, I envy you so much. There's no one in Hollywood who doesn't like you now."
Jim Carrey shouted from the back.
Jennifer Connelly, Jodie Foster and Nicole Kidman beside him also looked at him with smiles, their eyes full of joy and admiration.
At this time, Mel Gibson came out from behind the scenes and began to announce the Best Director Award.
The films and directors nominated for this award include Milos Forman, director of "The Book of Sex", Scott Hicks, director of "Shining", Joel Coen, director of "Fargo", and Tim Robbins, director of "A Row".
"The winner of the Best Director Award at the 54th Golden Globe Awards for Film and Television is Link from "The English Patient"! Congratulations to Director Link!"
After Mel Gibson called out Link's name, there was warm applause and cheers at the scene. Almost everyone looked at Link in the middle and saluted him.
"Honey, you won the award, congratulations!"
Jennifer and Jodie Foster smiled and hugged him and kissed his cheek.
After hugging several girlfriends, Link walked up to the podium.
snort!
Harvey Weinstein stared at his back, his eyes full of jealousy, wishing he could knock Link down and take his place.
Only after Link took the trophy and began to give his acceptance speech did he applaud again with a smile on his face.
"Thank you! Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for presenting me with this precious award. I am deeply honored."
Holding the spherical trophy, Link stood in front of the microphone and said, "Since last year, many people have praised me as a great director, saying that I have outstanding directing skills, that I can shoot movies quickly, and that my movies are likely to become hits. Thank you for your praise, but I can only accept half of it. I want to dedicate the remaining half to the entire Hollywood film industry, to all my colleagues working in the film and television industry, and to all audiences around the world.
As a filmmaker, I am well aware that my achievements are inseparable from Hollywood's perfect film industry production system, advanced film technology and film theoretical knowledge, and more importantly, the prosperous Hollywood film market.
Without these, our work and career ideals will become like water without a source and trees without soil.
So thank you to all my colleagues and audiences. In my future career, I look forward to working closely with more colleagues to shoot more films and TV series with high artistic standards and more popular with the audience, so that Hollywood can reproduce the glory of the 1930s and 1940s, let Hollywood movies continue to lead the world, and let everyone become the beneficiaries and witnesses of the glorious era. Thank you! "
Bang bang bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of stars at the scene stood up almost at the same time, clapped hard and cheered loudly.
Bang bang bang!
"That's very well said! Link, you are the best orator."
Harvey had an excited expression on his face. He clapped and cheered loudly, and seemed more excited than Link's girlfriends.
"You said it well? Why does it sound boring to me?"
Bob Weinstein pouted.
"Shut up!"
Harvey glared at him and continued to clap and cheer.
The applause lasted for more than a hundred seconds before it stopped at the signal of Link and the host.
"He started by talking about the entire global industry. This guy is very ambitious."
Michael Ovitz commented after hearing Link's acceptance speech in front of the TV.
Michael Eisner nodded. Link's words sounded ordinary and a little empty, but insiders understood what he was saying and what the implication was.
What Link said clearly shows that he wants to continue competing with the seven major film studios and become the true leader of the entire industry. His ambition is not only to lead the Hollywood film industry, but even to become the leader of the global film industry.
This ambition is too big.
As leaders of the seven major film industries, their ambition is only to make money through film and television products, seize market share, and make more money. They do not care about the prospects of the entire industry.
Because most of them are hired managers, they may leave the film industry after their term ends and do not need to consider too much about the entire industry.
Link is different. His ambition is not only fame and fortune. He also hopes to unite all filmmakers, build a more advanced film industry system, create a more complete film theory system with more modern film characteristics, let Hollywood films maintain their leading position in the world, and further make the global film industry more prosperous.
If we want to achieve this goal, the film industry alone is not enough, we must also rely on politics, economy, and even the military.
Eisner also suddenly understood the purpose of Link's frequent contacts with politicians in the past few years.
“He is really ambitious.”
Eisner commented.
(End of this chapter)
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