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"Huang! Congratulations!"

"Director Huang, this is what you did this time!" Zhang Manyu gave Huang Ze a thumbs up.

"Hey, it just happened by chance." Huang Ze picked up the trophy in his hand again and studied it for a while. "Actually, if I could choose, I would rather win the second prize, Best Director. Unfortunately, I can't choose it!"

In Huang Ze's opinion, the Best Picture award is indeed difficult for him, but it is not as difficult as the Best Director award. That award will go directly to him, so he will naturally consider his nationality and race.

If I can win the Best Director award this time, and the Best Picture award in the future, I will be more relaxed!
but……

It’s nice to have a prize like this!
Huang Ze tightened the trophy in his hand.

Having won the Best Picture award, "Chicago" is sure to rake in another fortune at the box office.

The key is that his position in the entire Hollywood will be more stable.

Moreover, this time she also won a Best Actress and a Best Supporting Actress award.

Whether you can promote someone and let the actress win the award, the appeal among those actresses is different!

Look at this Harvey in front.

What made so many people me too you in your previous life?
By his face? Or by his fat?
Or is it because he can produce one film after another?

And it’s still a strong praise.

For example, she can become a movie queen even though she plays the role of Little Pepper.

Is he qualified?
I don't have that ability, okay?
And there is my eldest cousin, the 23-year-old Oscar-winning actress.

I definitely can't reach the level of Harvey in my previous life, but the current Harvey is not at that level either.

I can enjoy this wave of dividends for a long time!

……

After a while, the Oscar awards ceremony came to an end.

Harvey turned his head and looked at Huang Ze, "Huang, where are you going later?"

"Let's have a buffet!" Huang Ze loves to eat so much.

"Hey! What's good to eat?" Harvey smiled and waved his hand. "There's a dinner party, wanna go together? It's hosted by Vanity Fair magazine."

"Oh? When did it happen?"

In fact, the last time he attended the Oscars, Huang Ze had looked for this famous Vanity Fair dinner, but he didn't find it, so he could only continue to eat at the buffet.

This time it actually happened.

“Is this the first year?”

"Huang, you're too busy filming a movie." Harvey smiled, "The first one was held last year, and this year is the second time."

"As the winner of tonight's Oscar for Best Picture, you can't not attend! Otherwise, the dinner will be missing a star!"

"I'm just a supporting role at most!" Huang Ze agreed to participate, but he was not fooled by him.

"By the way, I have a project that you might be interested in." Huang Ze said as he walked side by side with Harvey.

"Uh? What project is it?" Harvey has now determined that Huang Ze is the key to making Miramax bigger and stronger. He is very interested in the project Huang Ze mentioned.

"Do you still remember Li An?" Huang Ze asked.

"Oh, of course!" A shy-looking man appeared in Harvey's mind. "Didn't I distribute his previous film The Wedding Banquet in North America?"

“He’s a great director!”

Harvey means it from the heart.

After all, the film he distributed, directed by Li An, did not lose money but made a profit, which was already quite rare.

"Oh!"

"I think I know what you want to say!" The next second, Harvey remembered something and looked at Huang Ze with a smile, "Sense and Sensibility?"

"Yes!" Huang Ze nodded, "I've seen this film and I think it has the potential to win an Oscar. What do you think? Are you interested in giving it another try?"

“It’s an adaptation of a famous novel, with English dialogues and Li An’s delicate capture of emotions.”

"The most important thing is your recommendation, Huang."

"Can I say no?" Harvey laughed, "No problem, buyout or profit sharing?" "Profit sharing!" Huang Ze still has high hopes for its box office success.

Selling it outright would be a huge loss.

However, in order to avoid losses, no publisher would be willing to pay the outright selling price.

Even Warner, with whom we have always cooperated.

If they shoot it themselves, they might give it a try. Li An's appeal to Hollywood film producers cannot be said to be close to zero, but it is really not that great.

"Then how much of the distribution share are you willing to take?"

"When you work with Warner, what's the typical ratio?"

"Twenty-seven percent."

"I'll give you 26 percent!" Harvey said with a smile. "How about that?"

"Of course, how much money should be spent on publicity and Oscars? I need to see the finished film before I can decide!"

"Let's put it this way first!" Huang Ze stretched out his hand and shook hands with the fat hand.

"Happy cooperation!"

……

Arriving at the Vanity Fair dinner, Huang Ze and Harvey walked in together.

Obviously, Harvey, a Jewish man who had been in Hollywood for more than ten years, knew more people than himself, and he took Huang Ze to greet many people.

After a while, the two of them went their separate ways.

"Hi, congratulations!" a woman's voice rang out.

Huang Ze turned his head and saw that she was also participating in the Oscars tonight, and the movie she starred in even won the Best Director award.

That French rose, Sophie Marceau.

Although it is an old rose.

After all, I'm thirty years old.

However, people who are thirty have their own charm. They still retain their looks, but also have a bit of mature style, which is quite unique.

“Oh, Sophie, congratulations to your crew too!”

"You don't have a female companion?"

"Unfortunately, no." Jennifer Connelly won the Best Actress award and was going to attend a party. Zhang Manyu was going back to Hong Kong Island. Now, she was alone except for the bodyguards waiting outside.

"Do you mind if I become your female companion?"

"Oh!" As soon as the other party said this, Huang Ze knew what she wanted to do. She wanted to play a game with him!
Huang Ze felt that he was probably right.

After all, this French Rose is not a very pure person.

At the age of 18, I found a 44-year-old director.

Her shoulder straps often fell off at some film festivals.

It can be seen that she is very goal-oriented and willing to take risks.

"That would be my pleasure!"

Huang Ze stretched out his arm and quickly glanced at Sophie Marceau.

Although she was still wearing the gift, in Huang Ze's eyes, it was nothing!
"Days in the Clouds", Huang Ze watched it many times in his previous life.

This tattered dress looks the same with or without it.

"Thank you!" Sophie Marceau felt that she should be able to succeed. After putting her arm around Huang Ze's arm, she tried again, allowing Huang Ze's arm to feel a certain touch.

Seeing that he didn't react, I felt relieved.

Next, the two chatted and drank about Cannes in France and tonight's Oscars.

After drinking, I returned to the hotel. (End of this chapter)