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Chapter 203
"Let's leave it at that for the time being. In any case, we have detonated this bomb by ourselves, and we have saved a lot of unnecessary troubles, and it can even be said to turn losses into profits." Josie said.
On the other end of the international call was Peter Guber of Mandela Entertainment, who heard the words and asked: "Okay, I have no problem. The next question is, we are going to upload the video about Gwyneth stealing the disk on the Internet tomorrow. But for the rest, Amy and I agree that it's on hold for now. What do you think?"
In exchange for benefits, Winona Ryder provided Amy Pascal with a recording of Gwyneth Paltrow's phone call, but Amy Pascal did not want to throw out this bombshell right now.
On the one hand, things like unspoken rules are too common in this circle, and their damage to the awards season is very limited. The most worthy of criticism is that Gwyneth Paltrow's boyfriend at the time was the sexiest in the world Brad Pitt, the man of her husband, but she endured the harassment of Harvey Weinstein for "Emma".
It is conceivable that as long as this recording is made public, Gwyneth Paltrow's public image will be ruined, and even Brad Pitt may be labeled as a green hat, so it must be handled with caution;
On the other hand, Josie has been reluctant to discuss her next film contract with Sony Columbia, which makes Amy Pascal a little emotional. After all, they don't want to work hard to win the youngest Oscar actress in history. But forget who is supporting her to get this honor.
"It's up to you." Josie spoke slowly, raising her eyebrows slightly.
She'd heard about Peter Guber's and Steven Spielberg's falling out—there were no real secrets in Hollywood.
For Josie, the Oscar queen is less and less an indispensable honor, more like a icing on the cake halo.
Although it can affect the asking price and box office of a few films after winning the award, the commercial value of Hollywood stars will always be tested by the market, not the academy members.
Although the project "Girls in the Thunderbolt" is a gimmick for female action movies, it still cannot get rid of the shackles of traditional action movies that always make the heroine show off her sexiness.
So after having a better choice, Josie lost interest in "Charlie's Angels".
After all, the Hollywood movie factory produces so many movies every year, and there are still a lot of masterpieces among them, and she will never be able to collect them all.
Now Josie is neither very short of money nor short of excellent works to prove herself, and has become more and more picky about scripts and characters.
Moreover, she became popular and rose to the top too fast, and it was time to slow down a little and enrich herself more.
After finishing the call with Peter Guber, Josie received a call from Kelly, the personal assistant who stayed in Los Angeles.
Recently, she wanted to buy a farm near Los Angeles, or buy a property by the sea in Malibu, so she asked Kelly to pay attention to this matter.
"One of the farms is located in Northern California, east of San Francisco's Silicon Valley. The area is not very large, but it has a beautiful private lake. The other is in Lancaster, with a farm area of nearly 150 acres and a well-equipped facility. Horse farm, very close to state park."
Kelly reported according to the report in her hand: "I have sent the pictures of the farm to your mailbox. In addition, there is news about the Malibu seaside land you want me to pay attention to. It is the private land of the state government. I want to buy it. It's not easy coming down."
"I know." Josie replied, "But I believe that you can solve this problem."
As Josie's most important personal assistant, Kelly Wilson's status has risen along with Josie's celebrity status, and her business ability is also online. She is no longer the little girl recommended to Josie by a makeup artist. It is completely possible to be alone.
Not to mention, her sister Connie Wilson is also the second in command of Tianji Films.
Kelly agreed with hardly any hesitation.
After that, she reminded Josie: "Oprah Winfrey's team still hasn't given up on the cooperation plan. They think you can do a show in the nursing home."
"You don't need to tell me all the invitations about Oprah in the future, just decline it." Josie replied.
The day after the case was exposed, Oprah Winfrey's team came to dig news, but Josie herself didn't have any good feelings for the famous talk show queen, so she didn't let them in at all.
Even though Oprah Winfrey's interviews are famous for their sensationalism, Josie never thought that the host who could directly ask MJ "is he a virgin" on the show would be a good person with sensibility and kindness.
But Josie's current situation does need some clarification through interviews, otherwise the topic of "Xingying" will be too hyped and cause unnecessary negative effects.
So Eve, Josie's publicist, chose "Variety Show", one of the industry's leading authorities, to do this interview, because they are in the honeymoon period of cooperation with that editor—the effect of third-party email advertisements is very good, so this The editor received an internal sanction, as well as a free trip to the Caribbean.
After dealing with the trivial matters, the team sent by "Variety" magazine also led by the assistant to find Josie.
This time they came here to give Josie an exclusive interview.
The person in charge of the interview team was a very young and pretty girl, and she didn't need to be jet-lagged or anything. She moved a small mat and sat next to Josie, turned on the recorder and started her own interview.
First, she chatted with Josie about celebrity rape and stress trauma as originally planned, and she tactfully didn't mention the kidnapper, but talked about Josie's movie.
"We all know that after the announcement of the Oscar nomination list, someone jumped out and pointed out that he was your stand-in actor in "The Perfect Victim", and those difficult piano pieces were not made by you." Stella Bank Walking beside Josie, he asked, "Do you have anything to explain about this?"
"Emmm, that's a good question. Let's talk about it first when we get in the car." Josie took off the sunglasses on her face. After wearing them for a long time, they always make people's ears uncomfortable.
As soon as the group of people walked back to the main road from the lake, the staff of the nursing home drove the connected battery car and stopped.
Stella Bank and the videographer followed Josie into the first car.
After the car started, Josie replied: "Generally speaking, it is ridiculous and difficult to prove 'I am me', but thanks to the advancement of technology, we have enough audio-visual materials to prove this. By the way, the DVD collector's edition of "The Perfect Victim" includes this part of the tidbits!"
I still don't forget to advertise at this time, I'm really dedicated...
As Stella Bank thought about it, her expression showed a little strangeness.
Seeing this, Josie leaned slightly and asked, "Can my answer be published verbatim?"
"After we go back, we will sort out the materials properly." Stella Bank declined Josie, but the beautiful woman sitting beside her was still making her heart beat faster even if she was fully armed—she couldn't help but add: " I can save this paragraph for you."
"Thank you." Josie said kindly.
Stella Bank adjusted her thoughts and continued to ask: "Just yesterday, you missed the most critical stop before the Oscars, the Screen Actors Guild's Best Actress Award. In your opinion, does this mean that in the near future What has happened to you has affected your chances of winning an Oscar?"
——The first trap appeared.
Qiao Qian raised her brows imperceptibly, and there was a hint of sharpness in her eyes.
"First of all, I need to correct one thing. There was never a 'miss'." Her tone was clear, and it was a critical moment in awards season, and she would never say the wrong thing, "Every actress nominated Very good, and some other actresses who were not nominated are equally good. For me, being nominated is already a very lucky affirmation and recognition. Whether you win or not does not mean a winner or a loser. It is about the performance. There is no winning or losing."
Stella Bank nodded, and immediately asked: "So, you mean you don't care about Oscar, right?"
—Oh, another leading trap.
Josie raised her eyebrows: "Miss Bank, you are changing concepts secretly."
At this time, the shuttle bus arrived at the hotel gate.
The two got out of the car, opened the door and entered a nursing home comparable to a five-star hotel.
The lobby of the nursing home is comfortably and elegantly decorated. After asking the reception staff at the front desk, Stella Bank chose to continue the interview at the water bar in the lobby.
"Ms. Horton, you are changing the subject." Stella Bank said while sitting on a high stool, "Please answer my question directly."
This young and beautiful female reporter seemed a bit strong.
With a smile on her face, Josie adjusted her posture. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted two ladies entering the hall, and then she said in an orderly manner: "No one can ignore Oscar, my dear, what I mean is, Awards are not everything, we should not judge success or failure by awards, many excellent films were not recognized at the time, but time and audiences will give them fair treatment in the end."
Stella Bank was noncommittal, but didn't pursue it, and continued to ask the next question: "So what do you think an actor's job is?"
"Observe, create, explore, think." Josie flexed her fingers and gently touched the edge of her chin, her voice was soft and soothing, "In a sense, each of us's hearts are not perfect. Sometimes a little healing energy is needed, from poetic vulnerability to heroic fantasy."
The two women passing by stopped at the same time.
One of the thin white women seemed to be somewhat interested in Josie's argument. After approaching quietly, she sat on the sofa very close to the water bar, just in time to hear Josie and Stella Bank dialogue.
Another woman is wearing sunglasses and a headscarf. Years have cruelly left marks on her face, but she has never been able to erase the light of elegance and wisdom on her body.
And now, the lady smiled and sat down beside her companion.
A few steps away, Josie is still saying: "...Our personal boring and small world, due to the special nature of the actor's profession, has been infinitely expanded perception, and the audience feels those things from us. The existence of the characters resonates in the world we created. Oh, maybe 'the joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected', but they are connected because of our existence, don't you think it's really wonderful?"