Walking into the makeup trailer, Gal Gadot saw Margot Robbie sitting alone in front of the makeup mirror, dazed. Her long golden hair had been dyed into Sansa Stark's redness, neatly wrapped around the back of her head, her fair cheeks were red, and there were faint marks on her fingers. It was obviously not the effect of makeup. She seemed to have been slapped twice by someone on the face.

"Maggie..." She hurried over, pulled over a chair, sat next to Margot Robbie, looked at her blushing cheeks and asked, "What's going on?"

Hearing Gal Gadot's voice, Margot Robbie came back to his senses, "It's okay."

As she said that, she frowned slightly and touched her face with one hand unconsciously, as if it still hurts there.

Gal Gadot quickly stood up, found a brand new towel and basin from the makeup trailer, poured hot water and wet the towel, wrung it out and handed it to Margot Robbie, "It will be better to apply it to your face."

After taking the towel, Margot Robbie squeezed out an ugly smile, "Am I ugly now?"

Any normal girl will care a lot about her appearance.

Gal Gadot patted her shoulder comfortably, "It will be back to normal soon, you are still that beautiful little beauty."

She helped Margot Robbie stretch out her towel, covered her red cheeks, looked at the girl's frowning brow, and couldn't help asking, "What's going on?"

Hollywood crews usually play fake roles, and this rarely happens. Murphy is not an inexperienced new director.

"I have never acted in such a slap scene before, and I don't cooperate well with the male actors." With a hot towel compress, Margot Robbie spoke in a muffled voice, "The result was that the filming continued to stop..."

She was obviously depressed, "My mistake alone implicated the entire crew and wanted to start over. Finally, I discussed with the male actor, but did not hide, so I asked him to hit him twice."

"You..." Gal Gadot shook his head, "You are such a silly girl."

"David told me that this opportunity was given to me by Murphy," Margot Robbie covered her face and continued, "If you can't do it well, everyone else will say that I'm a relationship owner and that I'm an idiot. I don't want to hear these words, nor do I want to embarrass David."

Gal Gadot rolled her eyes slightly. She knew her boyfriend's work style. David Robbie said it would be better to sell Murphy if she deliberately kept an opportunity. If Margot Robbie did not meet the role requirements, Murphy would definitely not give the green light.

The towel gradually cooled down, Margot Robbie took it off and threw it aside. Gal Gadot held up her blushing face and asked with concern, "Does it still hurt?"

I originally wanted to shake my head, but for some reason, Margot Robbie suddenly nodded, "It hurts a little."

Looking at the poor little girl, Gal Gadot hugged her gently, "Don't do such stupid things again in the future."

Margot Robbie leaned against Gal Gadot's arms and felt extremely warm, because David Robbie was very busy. Since she came to Los Angeles, she had to face various difficulties alone. She could not find anyone to talk about the hardships she was alone in a foreign country. Even though she was more masculine, she was only fifteen years old after all, and often she needed a support.

It's not surprising that Margot Robbie actually felt this feeling in Gal Gadot's arms.

"Gal," Margot Robbie looked up, "feels like my sister."

Gal Gadot smiled but said nothing.

In 2006, in mid-January, Seth Logan, who had the least filming scenes, took the lead in completing his work and came to Belfast to meet with Murphy. Murphy temporarily handed over the crew to Seth Logan, and he returned to Los Angeles with Gal Gadot. The award ceremony season in North America is in full swing, and the award-winning public relations for "The Lost Lover" has reached the most critical moment. Although Caa and Bill Roses are hosting the overall situation, it is impossible for director Murphy to attend any publicity and stimulus activities.

Even if Murphy's goal is to get an Oscar nomination, there is no relaxation. None of the nominated competitors such as "Crash", "Brokeback Mountain", "Good Night and Good Luck", "Munich" and "Capote" are easy to deal with.

Back in Los Angeles, Murphy was even more busy than filming "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" in Belfast. Various promotional activities, film clubs and canvassing parties are continuous, and he even can catch three events in one night.

There is no reward without efforts. Murphy always knew that it would be far from enough to get a piece of Hollywood's most authoritative and substantial awards.

There is always relative fairness in this world, even the Academy Awards with outstanding reputation are no exception.

In addition to making huge profits for the organizers themselves, the Oscars will also bring huge reputation to the nominees and winners. The reputation is almost equal to squandering money. According to Hollywood agency estimates, the pay for actors who win the Oscars' performance awards will increase by at least 30%.

For example, what Murphy remembers best is that after winning the award with "Black Swan", Natalie Portman's pay quickly rose from a million dollar level to a million dollar level.

In addition, even if the film does not win an award and only has the chance to get nomination, the film will regain attention due to being nominated.

Murphy is also divided into two purposes: one is for his own fame and the other is the market value of the film.

The marketing value of Oscars has long been recognized, and studios that are good at using Oscars for marketing know how to take advantage of the market. They often arrange their films with the most potential to win Oscars to be released at the end of the year to increase the box office by leveraging the Oscar nomination.

There will be canvassing in places where there are selections. The canvassing form of Oscar selection is no longer a new thing.

In order to make its films favored by Oscar judges, every year during the selection period, the film company will spend huge amounts of money to carry out public relations and publicity activities, showing its magical powers.

According to news from Murphy, the total funds invested by major studios in Oscar public relations activities this year are about $100 million. In order to be nominated for key awards, the basic public relations cost has reached more than $3 million, and there will be companies specifically responsible for operating public relations activities to operate.

Stanton Studio also hired a public relations company specializing in Oscar-winning awards.

Since Murphy returned to Los Angeles, the company and Caa have increased their efforts in "The Lost Lover", and canvassing activities and publicity campaigns have been staged one after another.

Caa and the public relations company first held a special screening of "The Lost Love" which invited many Oscar judges to participate. At the meeting, there were dedicated people responsible for lobbying these judges. Stanton Studio also prepared some small gifts, such as porcelain and other gifts printed with various logos related to the film.

Of course, these are so-called souvenirs, not gifts that violate the college regulations.

As we all know, not all Oscar judges will go to the theater to watch movies, so sending DVDs to the judges has also become an important publicity method for Murphy. These DVDs will be marked with the words "for your reference". Stanton Studio will also attach special gifts, such as claiming to be "lent" to the judges to watch DVDs to show their uniqueness and sincerity.

In addition, Murphy has purchased a large number of pages in newspapers and magazines such as the Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, and the New York Times. Publication of advertisements is a common method of Oscar promotion, so he will certainly not let it go.

Many of these newspapers and magazines are Oscar judges. For example, Warner Independent Film Company spent $100 to attach a book about the film to the Los Angeles Times for the promotional public relations of "Good Night So Far".

In terms of traditional media publicity, Murphy's Stanton Studio also threw out more than one million US dollars. This fund is not the largest number of candidates for the Oscar nomination list.

In addition to newspaper advertising, the public relations company Murphy hired also placed outdoor billboards in areas where Hollywood filmmakers live, such as Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, and also began to follow new media trends to create websites and blogs used to canvass votes for "The Lost Lover".

Many people regard canvassing as the "shady curtain" of the Oscars, and sneer at it, believing that the film is excellent enough to kill everything in seconds. However, the School of Film Arts and Sciences encourages canvassing public relations within the prescribed scope, believing that this is the embodiment of the will to compete freely.

In order to increase exposure, Murphy wanted to squeeze out every minute of the male and female protagonists, James Franko and Charlize Theron. They were busy in front of the nomination list, participating in various media activities facilitated by CAA and public relations companies, and taking personal actions to help "The Lost Lover" canvass votes.

To stand out among the strong competitors and get the ideal result, Murphy did not hesitate to take some excessive actions, and put on a full page advertisement in the New York Times, advocating that "The Lost Lover" is "the best movie of the year."

It is also a propaganda offensive, which is directly targeted at the college members with voting rights, which is more economical and effective.

For this reason, Stanton's work and public relations company spared no effort. In addition to filling the judges' email addresses with relevant pictures and texts introducing "The Lost Lover", he also did not miss the judges' daily activities.

In this most intense stage of "Australia", Murphy even became the commercial venue near the Academy's competition frontier. Several restaurants where judges often dine in Beverly Hills, where the college is located, the wallpaper was replaced with posters of "The Lost Love", so the judges who were dining nearby were even surrounded by the publicity public relations offensive.

All of this is to ensure that "The Lost Lover" can not only appear on the upcoming Oscar nomination list, but also get several more heavyweight nominations.

Faced with his first Oscar journey, Murphy basically used all the means within the rules. As for the result, he had to wait for the Oscar nominee lunch to announce it. (To be continued.)

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