Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

  Chapter 234 This is the best time!

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   Roland, who was leaning on the sofa in the study, slowly raised a question mark.

  The happy smile that flooded with the explosion of "Titanic" is fading.

  Although Spielberg didn't speak clearly, Roland still understood.

  'I won the most unlikely award in my life'—doesn't this refer to the Oscar for Best Actor?

  He won Best Actor?

   Isn't this just a joke?

"Steven... this joke is not funny..." The five fingers resting on the armrest of the sofa tapped disorderly, and the rattling sound made by rubbing against the leather sofa explained Roland's mood at the moment. There are precedents for success."

"Her age and her performance are not a problem, but what we have to solve is to erase the judges' stereotypes that young actors should not win awards early, and with you and the Sixth National Congress, this problem is also easy to solve ..."

   Speaking of this, Roland paused again, squeezed the Qingming acupoint with his right hand, and said very self-aware: "But..."

   "I have too many questions."

   "Did you ever see the Oscars give Best Actor to a guy under thirty?"

   "Did you ever see the Oscars give Best Actor to a twenty-year-old guy?"

   "Have you ever seen the Oscars give Best Actor to an eighteen-year-old guy?"

   "Comeon! When the Oscars are presented next year, I will only be eighteen years old and three months old!"

   "It's impossible for me to win this award just because of my age!"

   "What's more, do you think the skills I have mastered can be compared with others?"

   "You, Tom, and others, you all know that my performance is like this..."

   "I can't play difficult roles, but for the roles I can play, the audience only cares about my handsome and charming face."

"So... I never thought I would win an award, and I didn't even think about delving into it. You know, we are the same kind of people. What we like is not acting or directing. What we like is the thing itself. , what I like is the sense of accomplishment after creating a world recognized by the audience... So... why did you suddenly talk to me about this?"

   Hearing the rambling words, Spielberg smiled again and again.

  He knew that what Roland said was true, but the problem was that the best chance he emphasized was actually true!

  He was going to disintegrate Roland's unrealistic self-denial.

   "Roland, first of all, you think your age is an obstacle for you to win the award, right?"

"Yes."

   "Then have you considered, who are the people you are targeting now?"

   "Actor..." Roland answered as it should.

Spielberg retorted, "Why do you want to target yourself as an actor? Isn't your target Shirley Temple? The deepest impression you give to the public is not at all what role you created , but in the past ten years, you have used various movies to make up for the lack in their hearts, not because you acted well, but because they need you to act beautifully..."

   "Uh...Steven...It's too hurtful if you say that..." Roland curled his lips.

  If it weren’t for the fact that the old man was talking about serious business with him, he would have wondered if this guy had jumped out on purpose to dissuade him because he saw that “Titanic” might break the box office record of “Jurassic Park”.

Spielberg obviously didn't think that much, or in other words, Roland's reaction was all within his expectations, "Hurt people? Oh! My God! Don't pretend to be in front of me, please? I know you don't care about these things evaluation, and what I want to say is that the reason why Shirley Temple can win the Oscar is because she made up for the lack in the hearts of the public, and the public wanted her to win, so she won..."

   "I know you might want to say that she is God who gave the American people a wonderful comforting dessert during the Great Depression. It is a special product of the background of the times, and she only won a special award, but..."

   "Don't you think, without the background of the times, your grades are even more terrifying than hers?"

"Or, "Home Alone", "Terminator 2", "Jurassic Park", "The Lion King", "Spiderman", "Titanic", which of these movies is not the product of the wave of the times ?”

   "In terms of conforming to the times, who can compare with you?"

   Roland sighed, and he, who was still leaning on the sofa, twisted his body and lay down flat.

That's right, although the outside world gave him the evaluation that he is a terrifying box office terminator, in fact, box office records one after another are just products that follow the trend of the times and are readily available. First, and then harvesting the box office, if you insist on emphasizing special products in the background of the times, then...

   Roland dared to say that he was the second, but no one dared to say that he was the first.

He has eaten all the dividends of the technological development of the film industry in the 1990s, and when he and James Cameron kick each other's butts, and holds the copyright of "Lord of the Rings", the subsequent dividends are already in his hands. up.

   "But the problem is that following the times can only gain the popularity of the public, and cannot solve the problems created by man."

   "You said to help me publicize a special Oscar award, I believe it."

   "If you say Best Actor..."

   "Steven, you want me to die..."

   "Isn't the reason why I live well now is that I never compete with those actors for food?"

   "The reason why Tom Hanks is willing to teach me is because I won't grab his book?"

   "Once I join the Best Actor Oscar competition, then..."

   "Former friends become enemies..."

   "Because I am embezzling their interests now."

Roland understands very well that he is very popular in the circle. Apart from being covered by these big Buddhas behind him, it is also related to his passing the line. Those famous actors can't play the scripts he plays, and those famous actors need Roland will not get involved in the excellent script, so that everyone will be happy, but if this balance is broken...

   Things get tricky.

  Although Roland is not afraid of trouble, he also hates trouble.

  Performance is just a way for him to carry out primitive accumulation of capital. In the early stage of accumulation, he didn’t have **** with others, but now that he has accumulated almost, there is no need to fight with others...

However, after hearing Roland's remarks on the distribution of benefits, Spielberg on the other end of the phone laughed, "Do you know why I told you that this year is the best opportunity? Because at present, this cake , no one can eat it..."

   "The guys who will hit the Oscar for Best Actor this year are actually those few..."

"Dustin Hoffman, who played "Wag the Dog", he will definitely be nominated, but Dustin already played "Kramer" in 1980 and "Rain Man" in 1989. He has already won two statuettes, do you think he might get another one?"

   "And then there's Robert Duvall in "Preacher."

   "Although he didn't win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now", he won the Best Actor Oscar for "Tender Mercy" in 1983..."

   "He is neither Tom nor Dustin. One is already the limit, and two are simply impossible."

   "Peter Fonda is next, starring in "The Beekeepers" this year."

"Peter Fonda, you should know, right? A member of the Fonda family, his father, Henry Fonda, was the guy who filmed "12 Angry Men" in 1958 and won the Oscar for "Golden Pond" in 1982. Good lead actor."

   "The same year after winning the award, he passed away."

"And Henry Fonda's daughter, Jane Fonda, also starred with him in "Golden Pond" and won the nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but it doesn't matter. The important thing is that Jane Fonda died in 1971. She won two Oscars for Best Actress with "Flower Street Killer" and "Return" in 1979, and she is now the wife of CNN founder Ted Turner..."

"I told you so much because I wanted to tell you that Peter Fonda knew in his heart that he would not win an Oscar. Their three Oscars exhausted their resources. When "Golden Pond" was competing for the award, Ted -Turner also shot, but the judges are only willing to vote for Henry Fonda when he is seriously ill and may die at any time..."

"And after excluding Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall, and Peter Fonda who are unlikely to win the award, there is still a possibility of being shortlisted for the Best Actor Oscar this year, and Matt- Damon and Jack Nicholson."

"Matt Damon, I don't know if you know, Robin Williams' "Good Will Hunting" is the script he wrote, and he also starred in the lead role, but the "Good Will Hunting" project, we have said Well, Robin needs an Oscar supporting actor, and we will help him win the award, and at the same time, Matt Damon is given up strategically."

   "Well, even if you don't give up, you can KO him..."

   "In this way, do you feel that you still have no chance?"

   "Because Jack Nicholson is capable of winning two Oscars for Best Actor!"

   "He won the Best Actor Oscar for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975, and the Best Supporting Actor for "Mother and Daughter" in 1983. This year, he also has "As Good as It Gets", which is ready for the Olympics..."

   "If there are no accidents, this year he will get..."

"but!"

""As Good as It Gets" was originally scheduled to be released on December 25th. As long as it is released in Los Angeles for a week, it can meet the registration requirements, but here comes the problem. "Titanic" is released on December 19th. Your 150 million in three days made all the movies on the market lose the possibility of grabbing the box office, so..."

   "Sony has withdrawn "As Good as It Gets"!"

   "Because this is a big-budget Olympic movie, the production cost exceeds 50 million!"

   "If Jack Nicholson is awarded the Olympic Games and forced to release, then the 50 million will basically be smashed!"

   "With Sony's file shift, "As Good as It Gets" is aiming for the Oscars in 1999!"

   "Yes, you personally killed the guy who is most likely to win the best actor Oscar this year!"

"I say best year, not only because Titanic went on a rampage at the box office, but because with Titanic going on a rampage, the judges right now, don't even know where to vote for Who is it!"

   Grab the grass!

   Roland, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly sat up!

  After listening to Spielberg's rambling words, Roland felt as if there were 10,000 draft horses galloping past!

   "As Good as It Gets" was frightened by "Titanic" and withdrawn?

  This this this this this...

Although Roland can't remember exactly what the Oscar winners list is every year, he is still impressed by Jack Nicholson's two best actor films. "The second time when he won the Best Actor Award, all the nominees for best actor in that year were all sprayed because——

   Leonardo DiCaprio is not on the list.

  Many audiences don’t actually know how the actors perform. In this case, they feel that the actors who can mobilize their emotions and resonate with them are superb acting skills...

Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Robert Duvall, Peter Fonda, and Dustin Hoffman didn't do it in the Olympic film that year, so the audience felt that they played well. Not good, but Xiao Lizi did it, so he acted well...

  The audience is so pure...

   But the judges...

   Well, the judges are actually not very fair, they will also rank seniority, but the problem is that now the plan to rank seniority is smashed by the sweeping "Titanic", then...

   How can we talk about seniority?

   To Dustin - Hoffman?

   Grab the grass!

   Those who support Tom Hanks are dissatisfied!

   Back then, "Apollo 13" was killed because no one could get three!

   To Robert Duvall?

   Grab the grass!

   Those guys who took a statuette are all dissatisfied!

  There is a clear gap between Robert Duvall and Dustin Hoffman and Tom Hanks. He can get two, why can't we?

  To Peter Fonda?

   Stop joking, okay!

   Their family has already taken three!

  Giving one to Peter Fonda, isn’t it about to catch up with the Coppola family?

  Why? !

  Bring it to Matt Damon?

   Well, the academy wouldn't think of that...

  Give it to Matt Damon, and all the new generation of actors such as Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt will be dissatisfied.

  In this way, with Jack Nicholson already banned by Sony...

  When the remaining four most powerful contenders can't win the prize at all...

  In the case that Roland can pass the six public relations...

  Under the advice of Spielberg, a guy who can win three consecutive public relations championships...

  While fans want to see the love of the century even greater...

  This is the best time!

   Roland felt that he could really stand up—

   "I want this award, who is for it? Who is against it?"

  When Spielberg finished speaking, both ends of the phone fell into silence.

   After about a minute, there was a sudden crackling sound.

  Although the old man did not come to the scene in person, his smiling eyes seemed to be able to see everything across space.

   "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!!"

   "Wow! Wow! Wow!!"

  Although Roland doesn't care about this thing, it's better to have a chance to grab it than to have no chance to watch it, right?

   It's one thing whether you care or not! Whether you can get it or not is another matter!

  Even though he is not interested in the awards, his fans are very interested in the awards!

   Moreover, if he remembers correctly, "As Good as It Gets" actually won this year's Oscar winner and actress.

   Now, the biggest threat has been banned by capital himself?

   Roland wakes up laughing from his dreams!

   Jumping up from the sofa, he pushed all the books on the desk!

  The messy sound of heavy objects falling to the ground is the most beautiful movement for him!

   I don’t know how many things he turned over. When he was panting with his hands on his hips and looked around, books and materials were scattered beside his feet, seats and stools were overturned on the ground. If he had to describe it, it would be...

   I’ve been playing with Kate for two years, and they haven’t gotten into such a mess.

   "Hi! Steven! Are you still there?" Roland picked up the phone again, and there was only excitement on his face when he fell back on the sofa.

   "Of course... I'm very happy, right? Do you also feel that the current situation is your best chance?"

   "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I never doubted you, how could you lie to me? Right?"

   The old man rolled his eyes straight after hearing the cheeky jokes, and he smiled and said, "Now, do you think it is necessary for me to revise the Olympic goal with you before submitting the cooperation intention to the Sixth National Congress?"

   "This is really necessary..." Roland said in a complimenting tone.

  However, while excited, a sentence popped up in Roland's mind——

  ‘But, Gul’dan, at what cost? '

   "What do you think I need to give?"

   "For Kate and for the two of us to compete together, those are two different price tags..."

   "Steven?"

  (end of this chapter)