American Fame and Fortune Chapter 714

 Chapter 714 Hollywood Billionaires

“Don't you need to clarify what's in the newspaper?”

Facing the window of the luxurious restaurant, Elizabeth Olsen and Martin enjoyed dinner for two, not forgetting Martin's most important work at this stage.

 Martin shook his head: "No, I'm going to bring all my competitors down to the same level, and then use my rich experience to defeat them."

Elizabeth wondered: “Why can't I understand what you mean?”

 Martin explained simply: “I'm best at playing high-end games.”

Elizabeth laughed: "Hey! Hey! Honey, you said pull it down."

 Martin laughed: “High-end games are often presented as the most primitive bad battles.”

Seeing that he was not worried, Elizabeth put the matter aside and picked up the wine glass: "My dear, I hope you become the winner of this bad battle."

 Martin clinked glasses with her: "I'd like to lend you some good advice."

 The two of them enjoyed dinner and came out of the restaurant.

 "In "Moneyball", Matt Damon looked dull and had no acting skills at all!"

 Elizabeth smiled sweetly and said, "Don't worry about me. You can go all out to win an Oscar."

 Matt Damon remained calm and motioned to the driver to continue walking.

Martin and Elizabeth didn't answer the call at all. Under the protection of several security personnel, they got into the Escalade driven by Bruce.

The agent said: "Today's entertainment media, and even some social media, there have been a lot of criticisms against "Moneyball", and some of the words are quite sharp."

 The next morning, as soon as Matt Damon's car drove out of his house, it was blocked by dozens of reporters and paparazzi.

The car left the circle of reporters and drove towards Century City, where CAA is located.

“There are so many loopholes in the film. Do you only focus on business and ignore art..."

 Nearly every influential newspaper in Hollywood has published articles criticizing Matt Damon and "Moneyball."

“The next month will probably be chaotic.” Martin is competing for the Olympics and must maintain a certain degree of exposure. “Be careful when traveling in your daily life,” he said.

“As long as there is a little more dialogue in long shots, Matt Damon's eyes will wander and he is particularly prone to drama. He also likes to lick his lips to cover up.”

 Matt Damon called his agent and asked about the Los Angeles Times column.

 Half an hour later, the agent saw Matt Damon in the office.

 The assistant brought a lot of newspapers.

Matt Damon said: "I watched some and waited until I got to the company."

“Can potatoes really be grown in toxic Martian soil?”

“Martin, what do you think about the former NASA astronaut's criticism of “The Martian” as being inaccurate?”

Perhaps a news informant tipped off a large number of entertainment paparazzi outside. When they saw Martin and Elizabeth coming out, they rushed forward and asked crazy questions.

The reporter and paparazzi chased the Escalade to the North District of Sunset Boulevard and were stopped at the entrance of the community before they dispersed.

One of them opened the car window and asked loudly: "In a column in the Los Angeles Times today, the famous critic Kenneth Turan criticized your character in "Moneyball" for having only skin and no flesh and soul. What do you think? "

 Although critics are paid to do things, there is still something in the columns they write. These are indeed Matt Damon's shortcomings for a long time.

 Even the agent couldn't say anything.

Matt Damon looked at the columns of these critics and said: "Two days ago, weren't they on our side, criticizing Martin Davis and other competitors? Why are they attacking us again? ?”

The agent said: "Those who make media comments are a bunch of **** who are paid to do things. They have no position to speak of."

 Matt Damon put his hands on his hips: "After fighting the east side and the west side, I want to eat the money from each side!"

Matt Damon did not read in detail about the smear campaign against "Moneyball" in the newspapers later on. A closer look was just to confuse himself. He just roughly browsed all the newspapers and discovered something fishy.

"These newspapers were scolding Martin Davis and "The Martian" a few days ago, and yesterday they were scolding other competitors besides us. Only we are always the ones being praised." Matt Damon patted the newspaper Said: "Originally, I thought they took our PR fees and stood by our side, but today they all changed their stance and only scolded us!"

 He looked at the agent: "What on earth is going on?"

The broker is also well-informed and said: "It is obvious that someone wants to muddy the water and cause chaos in order to profit from it."

 Matt Damon also thought of this, and Martin's name also floated in his mind.

Of course, other people are also possible. After all, the potential opponents for this Oscar do not look very strong.

 "Moneyball", "The Tree of Life", "The Martian", "Midnight in Paris", "War Horse", etc., for Oscar, that's all.

Matt Damon made the same choice as Martin: "It is possible for all competitors to do this, no matter who they are, to drag all competitors down! Since they are messing with us, we have to fight back and let them The same reputation is ruined!”

 At the beginning, "Moneyball" was beating "The Martian", and then all other competitors were beaten, and "Moneyball" stood out. Now everyone is playing "Moneyball," so what else can we do?

  Call back, of course. Without saying a word, the agent contacted the team, Warner Pictures, media and critics to launch a new round of offensive.

Isn't it just smearing? They have worked with Harvey Weinstein many times and have rich experience!

 Just a few days before the Oscar votes are released, entertainment media across the United States, whether traditional print media and television, or new media such as the Internet and social software, are in a mess of publicity, public relations, criticism and smear for various movies.

Multiple Oscar seeded contestants have all been attacked without exception.

 A movie was just praised by one media, and three others immediately came out to slander it.

 Even in the same media, there is a situation where one review column sings high praise for a film, while another review column angrily denounces it as a garbage movie.

 The Hollywood awards season has lost Harvey Weinstein, a key factor, and has been completely thrown into chaos, and it seems that it has not yet found a new direction.

 If you can't find the enemy, then there will be enemies everywhere.

 All the Oscar seed contestants, except themselves, all other competitors are black.

 Amid this turmoil, the Oscar nomination ballots mailed by the Academy have gradually reached the hands of Academy members who are resident in North America.

According to the college's procedures, you can fill out the ballot and mail it out immediately after receiving it, or you can mail it after a few days. The college's deadline is January 14th.

 Leonardo and Nicholson came to Martin's office early in the morning.

Both brought their own Oscar votes.

Leonardo put Martin's name at the top of the list of male protagonists and said: "Now, we are going to increase the intensity of the misfortune and publicity. It is time to start the second phase."

Nicholson also filled Martin in the first position, and asked Leonardo: "Can you tell me the content of your second phase plan? Martin and I will listen to your command and cooperate with your plan to sell out the misfortune." , as a result, public opinion is almost out of control.”

 He shook his head and sighed: "Leo, you have always been the twenty-second man, you have never changed!"

"My riding time increased from 11 seconds to 24 seconds! Do you mean I haven't changed? I've become stronger!" Leonardo first proved his innocence, and then said: "The next stage of the plan to sell out the misfortune, with Martin …”

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Leonardo's words. Jessica opened the door and came in and said: "Boss, there is something new in the media."

As she spoke, she brought over the latest editions of "Variety" and "People" magazines.

 On the cover of the new issue of "Variety Show", a tall and muscular man is sunny, handsome, and suave, with famous brands all over his body.

He stood in front of a Cadillac flagship car, wearing a handmade Brioni suit, a million-dollar Cartier men's watch on his wrist, holding the latest Samsung flagship smartphone in his left hand, and holding the inlaid inlay tightly in his right hand. The scepter of the Cult of CocCola with precious stones.

This man is none other than Martin!

 Martin is rich and multi-billionaire!

 The inhumane Martin!

 Leonardo had a bad feeling when he saw the cover, as if he had finally exercised for 24 seconds, but was forcibly interrupted after just ten seconds.

 Because there is a line of slogans on the cover—Martin Davis, Hollywood billionaire!

 Martin opened the cover and quickly found the cover column.

 The above briefly lists Martin's income and most of his assets.

 Commercial endorsements: nearly $60 million per year.

 Salary plus box office revenue: upwards of US$80 million per year.

 CocCola commemorative CocCola share: no less than 60 million US dollars per year.

  Sherman Oaks, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Manhattan's Upper East Side, and Miami Resort, with a total of five properties valued at US$120 million.

 Davis Studio, Warner Bros. had an offer of $200 million to acquire it but was rejected.

 Investment: Purchased large quantities of Apple, Netflix and Tesla stocks successively. Although the specific number is unknown, according to reliable information, these stocks are worth at least US$300 million.

 Conservative estimates suggest that Martin Davis' personal assets may reach US$800 million to US$1 billion.

 After Martin saw it, he thought that the estimate was not very accurate, but the difference was not too big.

Nicholson was also reading the cover column. After seeing these figures clearly, a new idea suddenly popped up. He would abandon Martin in the future, join forces with Leonardo, and lobby Martin to marry Lorraine. Maybe Martin, the bastard, suddenly fainted. Where is the head?

 The main reason is that after a while there will be no outsiders to deal with, so of course you have to engage your own people for fun.

 Martin took another People magazine, and the cover was full of women, women he had had many in-and-out relationships with.

Standing in the C position is naturally Elizabeth Olsen, the real girlfriend.

On her left and right are Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston, followed by Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Eliza Cuthbert, and Blake Lively. , Alexandra Daddario and other so-called ex-girlfriends.

 The cover language is concise and concise: Martin Davis's girlfriends!

 (End of this chapter)

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