Entering the Hilton Hotel, the red carpet extended all the way to the banquet hall, and four long tables were placed at the entrance of the banquet hall. When Lance appeared, an emcee immediately came up. "Mr. Strello, welcome to the nomination lunch for the Academy Award. ∽↗" Then he led Lance to the side to sign in, and then handed a golden business card card the size of a palm to Lance, "Please don't go to your chest, thank you for your cooperation."

Lance picked up the business card and looked at it, which read, "Lancelot-Stralo, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor & Best Original Screenplay, 'Borrowing a Knife'."

This made Lance laugh, and this scene reminded people of large blind dates. However, every year, Oscars always unexpectedly reward some newcomers. After the nomination list was announced, there were far more situations in which the names and faces could not be linked to their faces than they thought. In order to avoid this situation and to avoid embarrassment, everyone must wear a business card.

"Please bring your business card later and go to get the nomination certificate and commemorative gift." The emcee further explained, greeted Lance's puzzled gaze, and said with a smile, "If you can't go, you can ask someone else to collect it." Some artists will ask their agents or assistants to take it on their behalf. "Congratulations again on winning the nomination of the college, I hope you can gain something at the award ceremony."

Lance gently walked into the banquet hall.

The noisy scenes in the entire hall immediately caught my eye, which was completely different from the atmosphere of the Oscars. After putting aside the tension, there was no suppressed tension. Everyone's face was filled with a light look, just like a long-lost classmate reunion. Those who were familiar gathered together to share joy, while those who were unfamiliar were chatting enthusiastically. The boiling excitement made the blood start to accelerate.

"Lance." Before he could completely move, someone came towards him.

When Lance saw the visitor, he was a little surprised, and his eyebrows did not hide his surprise. "Miss Kayla Knightley, I didn't expect to meet you here." The so-called nomination luncheon is naturally only those who won the Oscar nomination, but Kayla obviously did not appear on the nomination list this year.

When Kaila heard this, she rolled her eyes directly, "There is no need to show off in front of me, I'm not Brad Pitt."

Even Kaila thought Lance and Brad were not in dealing with each other, but in fact, Lance had a grudge against George Clooney. As for Brad, it was just a collateral injury. However, Lance had no intention of explaining it, so he would let the misunderstanding continue, as there would be no loss to him anyway.

Kayla turned her head, Lance looked at a corner along her gaze, and then saw Harvey Weinstein's figure, "I'm just attending as a female companion today." Lance immediately understood.

Strictly speaking, only Oscar nominees are allowed to attend, but in fact, the rules are rigid, but people are alive. The college holds a nomination luncheon not only to commend all nominees and hold a big party, but also to accelerate the award ceremony. Therefore, the nomination luncheon itself is an important public relations battle, and the most direct manifestation is that the main production team of the Best Picture can attend.

The so-called main production team is all-encompassing, with producers, screenwriters, directors and actors only part of the producers, senior leaders of the production company behind the work, relevant personnel from the distribution and publicity departments, etc. It is not difficult for bigwigs like Harvey to attend the nomination lunch, not to mention that this year's "Looking for Dream Island" is a work by Miramax Films; coupled with "one plus one" like Keira, the number of attendees at the nomination luncheon is even larger.

This is also why Lance attended the nomination lunch today.

"Work with them for the next work?" This was Lance's first reaction.

Kaila shook her head, "My agent thinks this occasion is conducive to my future development." It's meaningful. Harvey is willing to bring Kaila to attend, which also means that he has a crush on Kaila's potential and a promising future. "I heard that you are fighting for the director opportunity of "Pirates of the Caribbean"?"

Lance noticed Kaila's caution. She had a friendly smile on her face, but her eyes kept looking around. Whenever someone approached Lance, she would turn her head first to show her friendship, as if she was guarding against something. After the two met, Kaila changed the subject abruptly. All of this seemed a bit mysterious and strange.

Lance frowned slightly and joked with a smile, "Are you looking forward to our cooperation or other things?" In the past six months, first "killing people with a knife" and then "City of Sin". Lance was almost too busy, and he and Kayla had no time to meet. This should be the first time that the two met since the premiere of "the day after tomorrow".

As if she hadn't heard the deep meaning of Lance's words, Kayla lowered her voice and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't have been involved in this muddy water."

He gently pulled the corner of his mouth, "So, are you refusing to cooperate with me?" Lance still didn't take it seriously.

Kayla seemed very dissatisfied with Lance's attitude, grinding her teeth hard, and wishing to punch the handsome face with a smile, "I'm serious!" The voice squeezed out from the gap of her teeth. Kayla looked around, then walked to the side, grabbed Lance's left arm, pretending to move towards the direction of the buffet, "Johnny is not Tom, Jerry is not Brad, the most important thing is that Gore gets along well with the crew, we are all very good."

Kaira was explaining the richest content in the simplest words, and Lance immediately understood that Kaira compared the crew of "killing people with a knife" with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" to warn Lance that the "killing people with a knife" would not be able to be moved to the "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Lance looked at Kaila with some fun. Kaila thought that Lance finally understood what she meant, and let out a sigh of relief, "I'm serious." This was the second time she repeated this sentence. Lance brows moved closer to the middle, revealing a puzzled expression, "Are you sure?" This question made Kaila stunned, and then he heard Lance say, "If you are serious, you should compare the 'day acquired'."

The situation of "After Day" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" are most similar. At the beginning, Roland Emmerich almost gained control of the movie, but she still had doubts about the script. In the end, Lance relied on his excellent adaptation of the script and the reputation he won by "City of God" and snatched the "After Day" over.

After Kayla realized what Lance meant, she almost choked by her saliva. She gave Lance a calves regardless of the consequences. This was something Lance didn't expect - after all, it was a nomination lunch, so she was hit hard with a calves. Then Kayla realized that she had lost her composure. She clenched her fists and tried her best to control her emotions. "God, Lancelot, can you not be a bastard, just... just these five minutes!"

Every time he faces Lance, Keira always reveals her truest side, which is not good. Keira took a deep breath and looked up at Lance again, "I just want to tell you that Eric told everyone of your script idea, and everyone's reaction was not very good."

Keira wanted to speak but stopped. In fact, it was not just bad, it was simply a conference of criticism. The main creators led by Gore and Jerry thought Lance's idea was ridiculous. Lance's idea of ​​narrowing the script was considered too petty and lost the majestic atmosphere and grandeur of the "Pirates of the Caribbean". This is the real stupidity.

Jerry proposed a theory, he believed that Lance had insufficient control over the melee of big scenes, so he did not want the script to be out of control, so he asked to control the pattern of the sequel, which was really a disaster for works like "Pirates of the Caribbean". Considering that the "acquired" scene is completely different from "Pirates of the Caribbean", and the style and form are far from each other, Jerry's theory is still convincing.

Even Johnny, the male lead, did not agree with Lance's idea - after all, Lance's idea was ultimately benefiting Johnny. Captain Jack Sparrow's role and proportion will rise sharply in the third part, allowing Johnny's personal charm to be displayed. However, Johnny did not defend Lance's idea.

It can be said that after Eric brought back Lance's creativity, he was criticized as worthless.

Kaila knew that it had nothing to do with creativity, but with position. The idea of ​​replacing directors was not popular within the crew, and Lance was like an outsider who had been confronted all the time.

After hesitating for a while, Kaila swallowed the words afterwards. Firstly, this occasion was not the best choice for communication, and secondly, her position was also very subtle, and she didn't want to put herself in a more awkward situation. It was already her limit to reveal the news to Lance in advance.

"Lancelot, I'm serious." The third time, Kayla said this again, "Let go, stay away from you, don't cause more trouble for yourself." After that, Kayla looked at Lance again, but found that Lance was still looking at her with a light smile, meaningfully, and her indifferent expression was unmoved at all. This made Kayla's chest block, which was so dull that she stomped her feet hard, and she really felt sorry for her.

But after waving her fists with both hands, she found that she had no choice but to push Lance away. In the end, she could only push Lance away and turn away. The angry back clearly showed the turbulence and boredom in her heart, rolling by like a ball of fire, attracting the attention of many people.

Lance stood there, his eyes slowly following Kaila, but his mind rolled. Did he really not respond to Kaila's reminder? Of course not. He had long expected that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project would not be easy, and also expected the rebound within the crew, but all this came a little faster than expected. It seemed that this would be a hard battle!
Chapter completed!