Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 274 New Film Audition
The new Oscars were held as scheduled, and Tang De participated in the whole process.

This year's Oscars had many innovations, such as they bid farewell to comedians as hosts for the first time and instead chose young people as hosts.

32-year-old James Franco and 28-year-old Anne Hathaway stood on the stage to host the event.

This year's Oscars also adopted many virtual stage concepts and introduced virtual reality technology.

However, in Tang De's opinion, these technologies are really nothing new.

He cares more about who wins the major awards.

This year's Oscars did have some new changes in the awards, perhaps because of the exposure of the Weinstein public relations scandal, which caused the Oscar judges' votes to deviate from history.

First of all, the works of Norton Eye Company, "Lucy" was nominated for Best Picture and won the Best Visual Effects Award, "Despicable Me" was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, and "The Conjuring" won two major awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Effects.

Next was "The King's Speech," which won three awards: Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

Anne Hathaway successfully won the award. When the award was announced, she, as the host, stood directly on the stage to receive the award.

However, the Best Director award that should have gone to "The King's Speech" was taken away by "The Social Network".

The Best Actress award still went to Natalie Portman for Black Swan.

From this series of awards, it can be seen that the Oscar judges' judging ideas are still stuck on the exquisitely packaged old-era movies, but this is a topic for media discussion and has nothing to do with Tang De.

All he cared about was whether Anne Hathaway won an Oscar.

After the Oscars, Donald and Anne Hathaway got in a car and returned to their villa in Los Angeles.

"Click!" Tang De turned on the light in the living room, and warm yellow immediately filled the room, dyeing everything orange.

"Let's have a drink." Tang De took out a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet. Looking at the logo on it, he suddenly thought of Henry.

When I was at the Heinz Group, I drank the champagne collected by Henry. I didn’t expect that he now has a lot of champagne collection. No matter how expensive it is, it is not worth mentioning in front of him.

Looking at the champagne bubbling in the glass, Tang De gently picked it up and handed it to Anne Hathaway who had just changed her clothes.

She was wearing a white pajamas with a wide neckline, revealing her delicate collarbone and thin cleavage.

After taking the champagne, she quickly drank it all, and then poured herself another glass.

"Drink slowly." Tang De advised.

But Anne Hathaway shook her head: "I want to get drunk once..."

"Okay." Tang De hugged her, and the two of them sat on the sofa. They turned off the lights, leaving only the quiet moonlight shining into the living room from the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Since the villa is located on the top of the mountain, the two can see the brilliant starry sky when they look up.

Anne Hathaway looked at the scene in fascination, took a sip of wine and said, "Thank you, Don."

"Why thank me?" Tang De shrugged: "I didn't do anything."

"Do you think I don't know?" Anne Hathaway turned her head and stared at him and smiled: "Bernay PR, if it weren't for them I wouldn't have won this award."

"It's the same for every winner. If you don't perform well, public relations will be useless," Tang De explained.

"I know...but thank you very much for making my dream come true." Anne Hathaway took a sip of wine.

"This is just the beginning. It's only the Best Supporting Actress. There's still the Best Actress waiting for you." Tang De also took a sip, feeling the tiny bubbles between his lips and teeth.

"Really? Best Actress? I don't believe it." Anne Hathaway shook her head: "It's basically impossible in at least ten years."

“Didn’t Charlize Theron also succeed?”

“But there is only one film of Monster…”

"And Natalie Portman."

“There’s only one Black Swan.”

Tang De laughed: "But this means there is an opportunity, doesn't it? Maybe one day there will be a movie like this, Annie, all you have to do is seize the opportunity."

In fact, he knew very well that Anne Hathaway had this opportunity in history, but she gave it up.

"Silver Linings Playbook", the movie that made cousin Jennifer Lawrence famous, won her the Oscar for Best Actress and the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

But the film was originally supposed to be starred by Anne Hathaway, but she eventually withdrew from the film due to scheduling conflicts.

So now that he knows about this regret, Tang De will not let it happen again.

"Here, look what this is?" Tang De took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Anne Hathaway.

"What is this?" Anne Hathaway was a little puzzled. She lowered her head to look at the business card in the moonlight, her body motionless, as if time had stopped for an eternity.

Ten seconds later, she suddenly laughed out loud: "Sorry, I'm dazzled and can't see clearly."

"Hahaha, I thought you were thinking about something." Tang De laughed out loud, took the business card back and read: "David O. Russell, Norton Eye invested in his movie, "Silver Linings Playbook"

“So you think it’s going to win an Oscar?”

"Yes, baby, it belonged to Weinstein, but I took it away." Tang De answered truthfully.

This movie was indeed favored by Weinstein, and everything had been agreed upon. However, due to scandals involving both brothers, the director hesitated and finally gave the film's investment to Norton Eye.

Tang De didn't expect that he would have an unexpected surprise. He couldn't help but sigh that if he could bring down Weinstein, then Norton's Eye might become a regular at the Oscars in the next few years.

"It's so brutal, but I like it. That disgusting guy should go to jail." Anne Hathaway has also been following the Weinstein case recently, but she didn't know that the culprit of everything was sitting in front of her.

She took back the business card and nodded, "Since the great Captain Tang De said so, I'm serious. If there's no Oscar-winning actress, you have to compensate me."

"The great Captain Tang De? Where does this come from?" Tang De thought the title was a bit funny.

Anne Hathaway blushed as she explained: "Didn't you watch the recent Friends? You were mentioned in it, and this sentence describes your vision as accurate as that of a captain."

This sentence came from the crew of "Lucy". It was said by actor Rob Surrey during an interview. Because the expression was too exaggerated, it became a meme in Hollywood.

"I see." Tang De never thought that he would become the target of ridicule in this drama one day, and he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

"It seems that the great Captain Donde is very happy." Anne Hathaway took another sip of wine, and then suddenly wondered, "So why does Director David have an O in his name?"

"I don't know, maybe his parents think it's cool?"

"Really? Don O. Norton?" "Anne O. Hathaway?"

"Hahahaha." Anne Hathaway was amused by the strange name and fell back and forth in Tang De's arms.

After she calmed down, Tang De silently gazed into her eyes. At this moment, the moonlight seemed to flow into her eyes, forming a clear spring, which was extremely crystal clear.

Tang De lowered his head slightly, and their lips touched each other and never separated again.

"Tang, right here..."

"Ok, no problem."

The moonlight cast a halo on the white skin, making it look like warm jade. Tang De gently leaned over, put his arms around Anne Hathaway's shoulders, and lay on the floor.

Then there were a series of subtle noises, accompanied by the vibration of the floor, and faint water stains were sprinkled around the floor...

The next day, New York.

Rob Sari is watering the flowers in his yard at home.

His sister, Loti Sari, ran out of the room, holding her dog and yelled to Rob, "Good morning, brother."

"Good morning." Rob rubbed his sister's face affectionately, and then said, "You got up so early today."

"Yes, I made an appointment with my friends to go out and play." Sister Luo Di looked at the flowers and plants in the yard and said, "They are so beautiful, brother. The new house is much better than the old one."

"Of course." Speaking of this matter, Robo felt full of a sense of accomplishment.

Ever since his success in playing the villain in "Lucy", this short man has become a hot commodity in Hollywood. Many movies have offered him olive branches, and his pay has been rising. He has even received a lot of endorsements.

After Rob made money, he bought a bigger house for his family. Although it was still in the suburbs of New York, it was much better than before.

Now he spends his days tending to flowers and plants, acting when there are films to watch, and resting when there are no films to watch. It’s quite enjoyable.

But just as Rob was immersed in taking care of the garden, his younger brother suddenly ran out and shouted, "Brother, your phone is on!"

"Who is it?" Rob didn't turn around, but carefully trimmed his favorite potted plant with scissors.

"It's the Eye of Norton, brother!" the younger brother shouted again.

"Director Tang De!"

After hearing his brother's answer, Robo's hands trembled and he directly cut off the only flower in the pot.

However, he couldn't care less about that now. He dropped the scissors and went straight into the house to answer the phone.

"Okay, okay, no problem, I'll be there on time in a week."

The younger brother looked at Robbo smiling and nodding, a little confused, and asked after his brother hung up the phone, "Is it something important?"

"Of course!" Luo Bo looked at his appearance in the mirror: "Director Tang De's new movie has entered the preparation stage, and he invited me to audition!"

"Eh? Can't brother just act directly?" The younger brother was a little disappointed. In his impression, his brother was already a big Hollywood star and he didn't understand why he still needed to audition.

Rob shook his head. "You must be joking. That's Director Tang De's film. If the news gets out, people will line up from New York to Mexico to audition. It's already very good that I can get the news in advance."

After that, he looked in the mirror and said to himself, "You must seize the opportunity this time, Robo, maybe you will be an important supporting role!"
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"Mr. Surrey, long time no see!"

"Long time no see, Charles."

"Robo, nice to see you again."

"Oh, Jackson, you've gained weight."

Rob Surrey walked all the way from the door of Norton Eye to the audition room, where he met many members of the original crew. With his cheerful personality, he got along well with the crew members during the filming of Lucy. After the filming, he became friends with some of the crew members and often drank together.

After entering the audition room, he looked around and found that most of the people present were ordinary actors. He didn't even know any of them, and it was impossible to find anyone to talk to.

He could only sit in the first chair and wait alone.

After seeing him, the other actors in the audition room started talking about him.

"Hey, look, it's Sari! He's here for the interview too?" a curly-haired actor was extremely surprised.

The brown-haired actor next to him followed his gaze and asked in confusion, "Who is Sari?"

"Don't you know? Rob Sally played the villain in Lucy. I heard that he was just a small actor, but became famous overnight after being selected by director Norton." The curly-haired actor's tone was full of envy.

Brown-haired actor: "I see. Logically, he and Director Norton should be very familiar with each other. Why does he need an interview?"

Curly-haired actor: "I don't know, maybe it's Director Norton's habit?"

“I see…” The brown-haired actor clenched his fists. “I’m a little nervous. Competing with actors like this, what do you think I’ll do if I succeed? Will I become famous too?”

The curly-haired actor was stunned for a moment, then glanced up and down at the other person: "Hey, man, what have you played before?"

"Me?" the brown-haired actor replied, "School play rehearsal, does that count?"

"What the hell?" The curly-haired actor was very surprised and asked, "You have never acted in a movie?"

"Yeah, uh. Any questions?" The brown-haired actor didn't understand the curly-haired actor's confusion.

"Nothing, I can only say that you are really lucky. But if you want to beat professional actors..." The curly-haired actor pulled the corner of his mouth: "Don't hold your hopes too high."

"Don't be so depressed, man. Maybe the director would like someone like me who has never acted before!"

In addition to the two of them, other actors also noticed Rob Sally, and were so surprised that some of them came forward to ask for his autographs.

"It feels really good." Rob Sari pursed his lips and felt a little nervous, because he began to worry that if this role did not belong to him, he would become a joke in the eyes of these people.

Maybe that’s what the media will say then.

"Robo, the villain in Lucy, auditioned for Tang De's new movie but was eliminated. He was defeated by a little-known person..."

Although he knew that this association didn't make much sense, he was worried that the audience's attention would shift from himself to the next unknown actor, which would make him feel embarrassed and like a clown.

More importantly, he became famous for filming Tang De's movies. If he can't get a role in the new movie, does it mean that Tang De doesn't value him that much?
Thinking of this, Rob Sari's palms began to sweat.

Just then, a staff member came over and said, "Mr. Surrey, Director Norton wants you to come in."

(End of this chapter)