Chapter 823

"Hi, my dear Gwyneth, why are you here alone?" Adriaan's teasing voice rang in Gwyneth's ears. The girl who was drinking alone at the bar looked up at him and snorted without answering.

Of course, she was just throwing a tantrum, so she soon sighed, "I can't accept it, Eide."

"Why not?" Adriaan sat down next to her and laughed, "You win and you lose. You can win again next time. I should be the one who can't accept it. I got three nominations for the same award and let it slip away."

"That's different. It's easy for you to get a nomination." Gwyneth said in a low voice, drank up the amber liquid in the glass, and looked at him unhappily, "You're biased!"

Adriaan smiled, "Yes, it's easy for me to get the nomination for Best Director, so it's also easy for you to get the nomination for Best Actress again."

Gwyneth didn't say anything else. Of course, she knew that, especially since she had been nominated for two years in a row, and this year, Blanchett was nominated with her. Adriaan's talent and ability were beyond doubt, so even if she was a little disappointed and unhappy because she didn't win, she wouldn't blame Adriaan. She just said "you're biased".

Of course, even so, she was depressed for a long time. Although she gave Adriaan a look at the award ceremony to show that she was fine, she didn't take the initiative to talk to him since they came out of the Oscars. If Adriaan, Blanchett, and other women hadn't come to the Vanity Fair party, she might have gone back alone.

That was why Adriaan didn't comfort her immediately after talking to Spielberg. Instead, he congratulated Blanchett again and flirted with Julia and the others, waiting for Gwyneth to calm down a little.

"Don't worry, Gwyneth. I said before that if the Film school keeps ignoring you, I'll let you be nominated every year until they give you one." Adriaan reached out and touched her face gently.

"Wow, so I'm going to break the record for the most nominations?" Gwenis said half-jokingly as she swirled the cup in her hand.

"If you want." Adriaan smiled, "I've already prepared a new movie for you. We can start shooting after Lord of the Rings."

"Really?" Gwyneth looked at him in surprise. Although she knew how good he was, she still didn't expect him to prepare a new script for her so soon. But she snorted and looked dissatisfied. Obviously, he had prepared this a long time ago. He didn't plan to let her win the Oscars from the beginning.

"You know, I've always been far-sighted." How could Adriaan not know what she was thinking? He laughed and said, "But it's likely to be released next year, so you might as well take a break this year and prepare well, because there will still be strong competitors."

The script he was talking about was naturally not the one he talked about with Spielberg. Although he believed that Gwyneth could play the role, she was still too young to act with Kevin Spacey, so he gave the role to another woman. Although Gwyneth won the supporting actress award in the original version, it wouldn't be a problem for her to be nominated for the leading actress award. As for whether she could get it or not, it didn't matter. Gwyneth could wait for two more years.

"Hey, Gwyneth, here you are." Just when Gwyneth was about to speak, Blanchett's voice sounded. She sat on the other side of her and hugged her affectionately.

"Did you come here alone to sulk?" Blanchett asked with a smile. Her face was flushed, and it seemed that she had drunk a lot.

"Of course not." Gwyneth, who struggled for a while, then puffed out her chest and leaned towards Adriaan. "I'm chatting with Eide, and we're having a good time. I guess it's because you have too many people to socialize with."

She turned her head to Adrian and made an expression that said, "That's true, isn't it?". At the same time, she grabbed his thigh and secretly pinched him. Obviously, she wanted him to help her suppress Blanchett for a while. However, Adriaan just shrugged noncommittally, while Blanchett laughed out loud and leaned on the bar counter, looking overjoyed.

"Is it so funny, Kate?" Gwyneth was a little angry. She knew that even if Adriaan agreed with her, it was obvious that he was comforting her. But when Blanchett laughed directly, she couldn't be happy.

"Oh, dear Gwyneth, you are so cute." Blanchett giggled and suddenly kissed her on the cheek.

This action startled Gwyneth. There were many people at the party. It didn't matter if she was intimate with Adriaan. Anyway, people in the circle knew that she was close to him, but it was different to be intimate with Blanchett in public, even though they had seen each other at home countless times.

However, Blanchett's words diverted her attention. "Do you know, Eide planned to celebrate with me alone tonight?"

Gwyneth bit her lip and looked at Adriaan with her chest heaving. Basically, after filming "Shakespeare in Love" and "Elizabeth" in London, she and Blanchett had slept with Adriaan every time. But now, he actually wanted to celebrate with Blanchett alone! This was too much.

"Of course, I didn't agree. You know, Gwyneth, I love you as much as I love Eide." Blanchett blew flirtatiously in her ear. Her misty grayish-blue eyes softened her tough facial features and made her more charming. Coupled with her rosy lips, she looked especially charming. It seemed that she had drunk too much.

"So, let's do the old rules. Let's squeeze him dry tonight!" She continued with a smile. "I can teach you some tricks, my unique tricks, on how to make this bastard feel better."

Gwyneth was in a trance. She thought of the competition that had broken out since that morning. From that day until the award ceremony, they had tried their best to please Adriaan. Although she had won a few times, Blanchett had the upper hand most of the time. Perhaps this was why she had won the Best Actress Award today?

Although this idea was biased, to win an Oscar, public relations were important, but quality and luck were also indispensable. Needless to say, there was a gap between the two characters, but it was definitely not as big as one might think. Luck was hard to say. After all, it was impossible for Adriaan to influence nearly 6,000 members of the Film school. Public relations could infinitely make up for the lack of luck, but it could not completely replace it.

However, once this idea came to Gwyneth, at least in a short time, would not be able to change it. After all, she was a woman. So, she turned her head and glared at Adriaan angrily again.

Adriaan, who was very familiar with her, naturally guessed what she was thinking. He could not help but laugh and wanted to say something, but Blanchett gave him a look. On second thought, some topics were better left to women. So, he smiled and got up to leave, leaving Blanchett and Gwyneth to whisper to each other.

However, this did not mean that he had nothing to do. After walking around the club, he finally found the figure that he had been looking for.

"Leaving so early?" Adriaan caught up with the girl who was walking out.

"It's not early anymore. The award ceremony has been going on for several hours. Usually, I would have gone to bed at this time." The girl stopped and turned around with a smile.

"Oh?" Adriaan did not believe it.

"Alright, Eide." Natalie rolled her eyes. "Although I'm not a party animal, it's not like I've never been to a party. Although this is held by Vanity Fair and there are many big stars participating, it's still a piece of cake for me. "

"I knew it. Nothing is difficult for you." Adriaan sighed and then leaned forward.

Natalie smiled and took a step back. Then, she pointed to the left and right side with her finger.

"Alright." Adriaan sighed again. "I'll ask someone to send you back, right? I insist. "

Although Natalie finally agreed to his request, she firmly refused to let him send her out. Adriaan felt extremely regretful and depressed. After all, he had promised the girl that he would not be too intimate with her in public.

"Please send me to Karen Hotel." After getting in the car, Natalie said to the driver. She turned her head and looked at the entrance of the club. She could vaguely see Adriaan's swaying figure.

The club where the party was held was not big, so the girl saw all kinds of flirting between Adriaan and various women. Earlier, she had seen him leave a newly opened nightclub with a beautiful drunk girl at night in Manhattan. It was only a few days after she stayed at his newly bought apartment in New York.

However, Natalie didn't show any special emotions on her face. She didn't show any anger, anger, displeasure, or deception. She just tapped her fingers on her cheeks thoughtfully.

Another Oscars had ended, and all kinds of debates were about to begin. Every year, there were people who complained about certain movies, and this time, they were particularly reasonable.

"I can't think of any reason to award the Best Director to anyone else. Yes, Robert Zemigis's' Desert Island 'is very good, and Tom Hanks's performance is also very good. But Adrian Kewell has a total of three nominations! If the Film school does not intend to award him the Best Director, then why did they give him so many nominations? "The Los Angeles Times asked.

USA Today sighed for "Shakespeare's Love History." "This is the romantic comedy film that is infinitely close to the Best Film after 'Annie Hall.' However, because of some non-film reasons, the Oscars gave the Best Film to 'Desert Island.' This is not to say that 'Desert Island' is not as good as' Shakespeare's Love History. 'It's just a pity."

These remarks were actually useless. Lists such as "Oscar's Regrets" were used to attract attention, so there was no need to take it to heart. Since Adriaan still had to stay in Los Angeles for two more days, he tried to ask as many questions as possible, such as "Final Destination" which was about to be released at the end of the month.

"Fight Club" and "The Grudge" had both achieved expected results, and this movie should not be an exception. Lov's performance in it was commendable, but when Adriaan thought that the original heroine was working as a stewardess on his plane, he found it very interesting.

Next month, there were several important movies that would be released, and they were all works that had changed a lot because of his appearance. Adriaan really wanted to know if the final box office would be as he hoped.

In addition, the first episode of "Doomsday Black Angel" was finally broadcast on TV. It was funny that "Band of Brothers", which was produced by Spielberg, had already finished filming a few episodes, but it had never been released. Instead, "Doomsday Black Angel", which was produced by Cameron, was the first to air on TV. Of course, this also had something to do with the different filming methods. "Doomsday Black Angel" was a traditional American TV series, and it would be broadcast after a few episodes were shot, while "Band of Brothers" would be broadcast after all the episodes were shot. Moreover, the investment for "Band of Brothers" was much larger than that of "Doomsday Black Angel."

According to the ratings of the first episode, although it was average, there was still potential to be discovered. Although Jessica was not considered beautiful, and she still had some baby fat on her face, she was still very cute and had a great figure. So, just as Adriaan remembered, she was very popular as soon as she came out. However, although sci-fi shows had a small audience, and once you liked it, you would become very loyal, but the plot could easily collapse. Those popular TV series all had a characteristic, and that was that they were independent episodes. That was to say, there would be no situation where you couldn't understand an episode, and the longest suspense was only two or three episodes.

ABC's popular "Friends", "Everybody Loves Raymond", and "CSI" were all the same. However, because of the theme of sci-fi shows, they were destined to have a big suspense and a big theme every season, and then gradually solve the audience's doubts. If it was one episode a day, it would not be a big problem. However, if it was one episode a week, without enough suspense, it would be difficult for the audience to continue watching. As a result, the screenwriter would often make the story more and more ridiculous.

This was the case for "Doomsday Black Angel" and the subsequent sci-fi shows. So even if Adriaan reversed the possibility of "Doomsday Black Angel" being aborted halfway, it was hard to say how many seasons could be produced in the future.

But it didn't matter. The release of "Doomsday Black Angel" at least filled the vacancy of a theme for AC Media's TV stations. Now there were "Friends" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" for the lifestyle genre, "CSI" for the suspense genre, "The Sopranos" for the gangster genre, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" for the fantasy genre, "Sex and the City" for the housewives, and "The West Wing" for the political genre. These were all TV series that were released in the second half of last year. For such a TV series that not only flattered the government to a certain extent, but also had good ratings, Adriaan would not let it go.

Then with a variety of reality shows, a full range of themes and quite good ratings, ABC was almost on par with NBC! This made ABC extremely proud and complacent, and it operated more smoothly.

Next was the matter of Blue Sky Studio and the interview with Vanity Fair. More than a year ago, Adriaan and the head of the studio, Chris Weiji, agreed that if they could win the Best Animated Short Film at this year's Oscars, he would invest US $50 million to let them make a feature-length animated film.

Adriaan had always been a man of his word, not to mention that he had been waiting for it for a long time. Naturally, he was very happy when he learned that they were going to make an animation about the prehistoric Ice Age.

"I believe your animation will not lose to Pixar." After taking some time to visit Blue Sky Studio, Adriaan said to several people in charge, "When I bought Pixar, I told them to let go of their dreams and make the animation you want to make. Today, I will repeat it again. Make the animation you want to make, don't feel pressured, and give me and everyone a surprise!"

Although it was just a few simple words, many people present were excited. Most people who worked in animation had dreams. Perhaps the staff of Blue Sky Studio were not as pure as the pioneer of 3D animation, Pixar. Once their fighting spirit was aroused, the effect would be absolutely extraordinary.

I'm really looking forward to it. After coming out of Blue Sky Studio, Adriaan said in his heart. When Blue Sky Studio developed, he would have already occupied two-thirds of the 3D animation market. When the remaining one-third was in his hands, the market would be dominated by AC Media!

Of course, that would take at least three or four years, so it was better to deal with the matter in front of him first.

"That's it, it's already very good." After looking in the mirror, Adriaan said to the makeup artist. As a man, there was no need for him to put on too much makeup. Then, he got up and sat on the high-back chair in the office.

Not far away, Mary Brenner, one of the most famous female reporters of Vanity Fair, who came to interview him, was talking to her assistant. She was wearing a gray women's trousers and suit, which made her look tall and straight. At the same time, she had a very elegant temperament. She took good care of herself, but she was a little old.

In addition, Annie Leibovitz, with long light hair, was adjusting her camera and directing the lighting engineer to arrange the props. Adriaan couldn't help but chuckle. In order to cooperate with him, Vanity Fair had sent out the strongest lineup.

A few years ago, he accepted some media interviews and participated in TV programs, but as time passed, AC Media became stronger and stronger, the frequency of such things decreased. As a media mogul, it was necessary to maintain a certain degree of mystery in front of the media. The various kinds of news he generated during the filming of his movies were enough.

But many magazines and TV stations still persistently sent out invitations, even if they knew that even if he agreed, he would give priority to the media under their group. Among them, there was no lack of well-known magazines, such as People, Fortune, Forbes, and so on. As soon as the list of Oscar nominees was announced, Time called to invite him to be on the cover. Unfortunately, in the end, Adriaan agreed to the invitation from Vanity Fair. After all, AC Media and the Newhouse Group were working together. After all, he was a guest of honor at Vanity Fair's "Oscar Night" party every year.