Chatty Hollywood

Although she is the screenwriter, director and one of the three major producers of "Sleepy Hollow", Charlotte did not account for a small proportion of the investment in the film.

Therefore, the box office revenue is okay, but he only has a small share as a director in the subsequent video tape and other peripheral income.

The big ones in that aspect are Jodie Foster, the first producer, and the powerful Paramount.

From this perspective, it seems reasonable for Paramount to spend money on Oscar publicity in order to increase the subsequent peripheral income of "Sleepy Hollow".

But the problem is, "Sleepy Hollow" is not Paramount Pictures' biological son.

Take video revenue as an example. Excluding Charlotte's meager portion of hard-earned money, there is still Jodie Foster who shares the profits with Paramount.

Charlotte judged others by herself, and felt that if she were Shirley Lansing, she would definitely get Jodie Foster's share back before spending money on the public relations of "Sleepy Hollow" .

And Andrew Kevin Walker also confirmed his guess——

"We did reach an agreement with Ms. Foster before doing Oscar PR."

He raised his glass to cover his eyes,

"Paramount obtained Miss Foster's half of the "Sleepy Hollow" copyright on the condition of supporting public relations for the best film and a series of cooperation agreements, plus some fees."

"She sold the rights?"

Charlotte was startled and then reacted,

"It seems that the movie queen has great ambitions in the field of production!"

"You really understand!"

Andrew Kevin Walker laughed.

As the two said, Jodie Foster sold the rights to "Sleepy Hollow". Although she lost long-term profits, it was not a short-sighted performance.

On the contrary, it highlights her ambition.

To put it simply, Jodie Foster, as a newcomer in the field of filmmaking, is still in the stage of seeking fame.

Rather than holding on to half the copyright of "Sleepy Hollow" and resting on your laurels, exchanging it and using the name of the Oscar for Best Picture to build reputation, so as to obtain more investment and more opportunities to make good movies, it is better for ambitious It is more advantageous to be a movie queen.

After all, although the Oscar for Best Picture is an honor for the entire crew, it is the producers, especially the first producer, who go up to receive the trophy...

What's more, it can also be used to reach a series of cooperation agreements with Paramount, one of the seven major Hollywood companies.

It is estimated that the compensation fee received will not be too small.

——Jodie Foster is actually not a loser at all.

Of course, as the other party to the transaction, Paramount will not lose.

Paramount Pictures, a large company with a large business, no longer needs to advertise for themselves. For them, tangible and actual profits are what they need.

And this is also the basis for the two parties to reach an agreement——

One is seeking fame and the other is seeking profit. This can be described as a win-win situation.

"These two women, Shirley Lansing and Jodie Foster..."

Charlotte shook her head.

Why did both of them avoid her and reach a secret agreement? Charlotte has already guessed the reason——

This does not involve Charlotte's actual interests, it is nothing more than Oscar's public relations.

As Charlotte herself analyzed, the seven nominations for "Sleepy Hollow" actually have little advantage.

Specific to the three categories of best actor and actress and best director, it can be said that the disadvantages are obvious.

Without other factors, Charlotte and the others must have given up on public relations.

After all, public relations also cost money. There is no hope, so why waste dollars?

But what if Charlotte and the others knew about Paramount’s public relations efforts for Best Picture?

The cunning Shirley Lansing was probably afraid that Charlotte and the others would take advantage of the situation for public relations, and instead diverted the efforts invested in the best picture.

And Jodie Foster, who maintains a cooperative relationship with Charlotte, probably acquiesces!

After all, this did not harm Charlotte's actual interests.

In fact, Charlotte really didn't care much about it.

As he himself estimated, he really has no advantage in the Best Director award.

And Charlize's Best Actress is even more so.

As for Depp...

Forget it, leave him alone!

In short, Charlotte doesn't mind others taking advantage of things that she doesn't have.

For a moment, he even felt a little depressed about being judged by a villain with a villain's heart.

However, the next moment he realized that this seemed to be an opportunity to rip off——

After all, since Shirley Lansing and Jodie Foster wanted to hide it from him, it proved that these two women were a little too shrewd and guilty.

So can he take advantage of this opportunity to make some profits?

Even if Paramount and Jodie Foster owe him a favor, that would be nice!

Thinking of this, Charlotte pretended to have a straight face,

"Andrew, you reached an agreement without telling me, isn't it..."

——It’s indeed here!

Andrew Kevin Walker sighed in his heart.

He actually didn't really agree with the deal he made with Jodie Foster without Charlotte's knowledge.

But that would indeed avoid some trouble in Oscar public relations, so he had no objection.

But he understood that this would definitely give Charlotte an excuse to attack.

Although Charlotte didn't have anything to do with Paramount, it was still necessary to have a good relationship with a major commercial film director who was on the rise.

In particular, the failure to compete with Warner Bros. for the investment and distribution rights of Charlotte's new film "The Sixth Sense" some time ago made Paramount aware of Charlotte's value as a director.

In this case, there is no need to anger Charlotte.

Therefore, Andrew's visit to the Vanity Fair party today was also accompanied by the task of appeasing Charlotte.

"The main purpose of our confidentiality is not to hide it from you, but to reduce the attention of opponents during public relations."

Andrew explained.

If possible, he didn't want to give Charlotte any actual promises in exchange for understanding. He relied more on his own smooth tongue.

Besides, what Andrew said is right——

Unlike other films competing for the Olympics, as a commercial film, "Sleepy Hollow" does not require large-scale public relations to make itself known to the judges.

——As the annual box office champion in North America in 1995, this movie is already well-known.

Therefore, the public relations of "Sleepy Hollow" is really "public relations" in a narrow sense. In layman's terms, it means canvassing votes and stuffing money.

In the United States, a certain degree of "public relations" is allowed. After all, even the quadrennial general election is indispensable for this. How can the Oscars be immune?

However, it is very difficult to control the intensity of "public relations". If you are not careful, it will turn into bribery if it crosses the line.

Although the person involved will not take the initiative to tell the outside world as long as he is not stupid, but this is Hollywood!

There is no shortage of reporters in the world!

Not to mention that the line is really crossed, even if it is not crossed, reporters will find ways to report that it is crossed...

In this case, in order to avoid being caught by competitors, the public relations actions should naturally be as low-key as possible and as few people know about it as possible.

Although complete secrecy is impossible, it is always good to reduce the attention of opponents and outsiders.

In fact, "Sleepy Hollow" was able to win the best picture this time. To a certain extent, it can be said that it succeeded in hiding the truth.

Therefore, it cannot be said that Paramount’s behavior of secretly reaching an agreement with Jodie Foster without telling Charlotte was useless.

But that's just Paramount and Jodie Foster's case.

Charlotte originally saw that the other party had a guilty conscience and took the opportunity to blackmail her, so naturally she would not be so "understanding"——

"Do you suspect I'll leak, Andrew?"

His questioning words directly suppressed Andrew Kevin Walker's eloquent words.

——How can I say this?

——We are afraid that you will leak the secret and act indiscriminately, so we deliberately hide it from you! ?

Although this is the case, we cannot say that, otherwise we will simply cut off all contact.

Andrew was a little frustrated.

He glanced at Charlotte, and then realized that if the other person said this, it meant that he had figured it out.

——It seems that it is impossible not to pay a price this time.

PS1: "Hollywood Deal" was released in 2008, starring Meg Ryan. Although the sweet sister in it is already old. PS2: This is the second update today, please support!