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"Hello, Mr. Reed. I'm Nancy..."

Sitting in her office, Nancy Josephson could no longer remember what phone number this was today. Although her voice was a little hoarse, her smile was still bright, and her tone was even more natural affinity. "Have you seen the CD I sent some time ago? Are you still satisfied with the effect of the new disc?"

Hearing the satisfactory answer from the other side, Nancy's smile became more and more charming, "What do you think of Duke's film? In the purpose of the college, it has always advocated commending those who have achieved remarkable films and those who promote technological research, technical methods and equipment improvements. Duke has made a lot of contributions in these aspects..."

Finally, Nancy Josephson reminded me again, "The Academy is committed to promoting the sustainable development of the masses and film companies. I wonder if you have read the news these days? Duke just took out a large amount of funds and established the Duke Film Fund to provide assistance to those talented newcomers."

After hanging up the phone with satisfaction, Nancy looked at the phone book and dialed another number...

The word "PR" is simple to say, but very complicated to do, and you must master the degree of quality, otherwise the effect may be counterproductive.

To be honest, Oscar PR is a systematic project. At the critical stage of Oscar PR, Duke followed Pany Kellis' advice and set up a film foundation to the public to help new directors. As for the future purpose, how could he fund projects that have no profit after the Oscar ended?

Duke also knew very well that he was not the director he liked by the academy and was destined to go further and further away from the Oscars in the future.

In fact, most people know that the Oscar is indeed the most authoritative award in the United States, but it may not necessarily represent the development direction of mainstream films.

In addition to private persuasion, media publicity is also essential. For example, Vanity Fair and Hollywood Reporter have published similar comments and reports.

"Duke has played a huge and even irreplaceable role in promoting the development of the entire Hollywood film industry. Looking at the world film market, Hollywood is dominant. This situation started with Duke's "Independence Day". It was magnified by "Titanic" and then reached its peak in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Perhaps without Duke, there would be a little exaggeration in the internationalization of Hollywood movies today, but Hollywood movies will definitely not be able to conquer cities and land around the world like they are now, and they will not find any real opponents!"

"In terms of qualifications, Duke is a director who has been in Hollywood for twelve years. The total box office of the film directed by the film exceeds 5 billion US dollars! In terms of film technology, he has created a new situation in action films and explosive films. He has become the object of imitation around the world. In terms of the number of nominations, he has won four best director nominations. If he can win the Best Director Xiao Jinren, he will definitely deserve it!"

Every year when awards season comes, the whole of Los Angeles is in trouble. After attending some events, Duke temporarily hid in the Warner Studios in Burbank and began to work with Mike Dawson to work on the post-production of "Hurricane Rescue".

The first commercial of the film has been edited by Duke and will be played during the Super Bowl halftime in early February. However, due to attending the Oscar nominee luncheon, Duke was unable to watch the Super Bowl live.

Compared to the huge Lord of the Rings trilogy, the post-production work of "Hurricane Rescue" is much simpler. Duke only prepared for three months of post-production, and the film will be fully completed in mid-April.

The editing techniques used in this film are very similar to the two films he started with, "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "The Island of Death". The sharp editing techniques are no longer a rare product in Hollywood today. Whether for Duke or for his special editor Mike Dawson, editing is basically not difficult.

Even the two of them were supervising and controlling the most basic editing work was handed over to several assistants of Mike Dawson.

The work came to an end. Duke and Mike Dawson left the editing room and walked into the rest room next to him. Tina Fei was sitting aside to count the data. When they saw them coming in, they hurried to finish reading the last email.

"How is the progress?"

After taking three cups, Duke poured a cup of coffee for each person. Mike Dawson was also very curious. Although he was one of the few people in Duke's team who had won the Oscars, who would think there were too many Little Gold people?

"The data Nancy and Panny just fed back." Tina Fee said, staring at the notebook screen, "They are sure to win about a quarter of the votes from the producers' league and the directors' union, and these people will basically choose you in terms of the best director."

"George and Frank have also called," she continued, thinking for a moment, "people around them will also vote for us first."

After staying with Duke for so many years, Tina Fee has long been able to stand alone. She also expressed her analysis results, "I think there is more than 70% chance that we will win a great victory."

Tina Fee picked up the mouse, clicked a few times, then turned the laptop screen to Duke, pointing to the crowded pictures on it and said, "Since three days ago, your supporters have gathered in the Hollywood area and Wishire Street to protest the unfair treatment of the academy. Now there are voices supporting you in the Internet. If the academy really insists on doing it alone, it will inevitably trigger a large-scale protest afterwards. Judging from the current public opinion, it will even affect the fairness and justice of the Oscars."

Although the film school has done something contrary to public opinion, the power of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is huge, especially Duke, who is indeed a pure commercial director and is very young among directors, but his current qualifications are no longer a problem. After all, there have been four nominations for "Save Private Ryan", "Chicago", "Ring Protection Expedition" and "Twin Towers"!

If such a director's qualifications still have problems, the college is just slapping itself in the face.

As for the final choice of the academy, it will not be announced until the Academy Awards ceremony, but from the nomination list, you can guess one or two.

On February 14, 2004, on the traditional Western Valentine's Day, Duke and Ivanka did not spend the festival alone, but came to the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California. The 76th Academy Award nominee lunch was held here, and the host of the nominee lunch was Jennifer Garner.

“The ones who won the best soundtrack nomination are…”

The actress who has just made a name for herself has announced the nomination list one by one. "The Big Fish, Cold Mountain, Finding Nemo, "Dust Mist Home", "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King."

Duke sat quietly by the oak round table, occasionally picking up a coffee cup to take a sip. It seemed quite relaxed. Ivanka on his right hand had his pretty face tense, as if he was even more nervous than the person involved. He would only smile when he heard the name "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King" on the nomination list.

"Relax, my dear." Duke gently held her hand hanging down under the table, "I was a little nervous when you led me."

"How could I not be nervous!" Ivanka leaned into his ear and whispered, "This is your best chance to win the Academy Awards. Do you want to wait?"

She looked at the members of the college executive committee sitting in front of her and said dissatisfiedly, "If they are still so stubborn, I will mobilize the media to criticize them even if I go to the bank to make a loan!"

Duke smiled, said nothing, and held Ivanka's hand tightened a little more.

The announcement of the nomination list has come to an end.

"The nominations for the best director are Fernando Merriers' "City of God", Sofia Coppola's "Lost Tokyo", Peter Will's "Armored Sea", Duke Rosenberg's "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King", Clint Eastwood's "Mysterious River"!"

As soon as this list was announced, Duke and Ivanka breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. With so much effort, it was time to say that they didn't care, it would be fake.

No matter what, getting a nomination is a victory. After all, nomination is an admission ticket for the award ceremony. If you don’t even have an admission ticket, how can you talk about competing for awards?

As expected, "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" was nominated for Best Picture.

Although he did not receive the nomination for Best Supporting Actor and Best Leading Actor, the two heavyweight nominations for Best Director and Best Picture are enough to ensure the value of the nomination list of "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King".

Besides, Duke heard it very clearly. "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" won not be the eleven nominations in memory, but the twelve nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Director, Best Costume Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Audio Effect, Best Visual Effects, Best Movie Editing, Best Makeup, Best Soundtrack, Best Original Song and Best Photography!

Although it did not break or even tie the nomination record held by Titanic, it had the opportunity to break another Oscar record and won 11 Oscars in a single film!

It is indeed very difficult to win the twelve Little Golden Man with twelve nominations, but there has never been a success in this world that can be easily achieved. Since the academy threw twelve nominations to the film, Duke naturally wanted to turn these twelve nominations into real awards.

The nominee luncheon ended, and Duke's table welcomed many people to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, Duke."

Harvey Weinstein came over and shook hands with him. The two didn't have much interaction, but there was no personal conflict, and they were not enemies who were tit-for-tat.

"You've gotten good, Harvey."

Duke shook his hands gently, and the two of them were not in a relationship either.

Finally, a monotonous nasal sound rang in Duke's ear, "Do you need me to hug you?"

"I should hug you."

After saying that, Duke stretched out his arms and gave Sofia Coppola a congratulatory hug. Both of them gently patted each other on the back with their hands. They had worked together for many years, so naturally there was a tacit understanding.

“Congratulations on being the first American woman to be nominated for Best Director!”
Chapter completed!