Last year, Lance participated in Oscar Night. At that time, "City of God" won three Little Golden Men, which made Lance one of the high-profile stars that night. Many senior officials took the initiative to come forward to make friends, and the "Borrowing a Knife and Killing" project appeared that night.

However, the Oscar nights that Reims participated in this year were completely different. With Tom's recommendation, the two of them left the open-air swimming pool and banquet hall on the first floor, and came to a private living room on the third floor to participate in a cigar meeting. It was obviously just a gap between one door, but it seemed like two worlds.

There were only less than twenty people sitting in the living room. Each of them had a glass of whiskey or vodka next to their desks, and they were chatting with each other with a good Cuban cigar in their hands. In fact, the so-called chat did not have too many substantive topics, and most of them were praise and flattering each other. Tom, who achieved a career breakthrough tonight, was obviously the core topic, which allowed Lance to have a good understanding of what it means to "talk lies seriously and speak good things."

Lance couldn't help but think of a plot in the movie "Titanic". Ruth's fiancé Carl was forced to invite Jack to their lunch party. After the party, Carl and his group prepared to go to the room to attend the "Man's Meeting", and Ruth obviously disdained this and chose to go to the lower class with Jack to attend the real dance party.

Today's cigar talks are a bit like "men's meeting". It is worth mentioning that all the people present are men. Paramount's CEO Shirley Lansing did not appear at this time. Shirley is about to resign, and it is not uncommon for him to not appear. Lance is even more curious about, so what happened before? Did Shirley participate in such cigar talks in the past?

Most of the people in the talks were not aware of Lance. Except for Barry Meyer and the legendary Michael Esner, Clint Eastwood, Sidney Lumet, and Morgan Freeman all appeared in the talks, but the rest were all strangers. They were either important shareholders of the six major film companies, the top people on Wall Street, or people who call the wind and rain in other fields, including the mayor of Los Angeles and a member of Congress.

It is worth mentioning that in the second half of the talks, Thomas Toul appeared the founder of Legend Pictures. He was so stunning in the talks that he was close to many people on the scene.

Thomas was talking to Clint about the current financial situation in the United States, and Tom and Lance retreated. "This kind of meeting is always so boring." Tom said in a low voice, with a hint of quizziness in his eyes, "However, after attending once, he will no longer be a stranger."

Chinese people pay great attention to friendships that are discussed at the dinner table, especially friendships that are drunk at the dinner table. Perhaps the dining table itself has no practical significance, but the profound meaning after the end is long and profound. Obviously, in the United States, it is no exception.

"Huh, you remember all the strange faces for the first time?" Lance asked curiously with a frown. Even for Lance, who was a human being for three lives, this is still a brand new experience, completely different.

Tom was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and shook his head, "No, of course not." In such an occasion, no one would introduce himself, because people who know each other do not need to introduce them, and everyone has already understood the new strangers, and there is no need to introduce them. Moreover, for novices, how to identify everyone and remember every name is also a test.

As a referee, Tom has been secretly introducing Lance during the conversation, but the time is limited, there are too many characters, the conversation is too fast, and the amount of information is too large. Therefore, it is absolutely not that simple to grasp the situation clearly at the first time. "Don't worry, after going back, I will ask my assistant to sort out the information of these people and send it to you. Next time I meet, as long as you can say their names, they will immediately recognize you."

In a true upper class society, the threshold is unimaginable, and it is definitely not to say "I know you", which means establishing a friendship. In addition to the so-called priority of interests, family inheritance, connection extension, and social circles will be linked together.

"I thought you were from Ivy League." Tom originally thought Lance should be familiar with this, but now it seems that it is not. Lance casts a puzzled look, and Tom can't help but explain, "You know, their set is actually the same as the Ivy League. I always thought you were from the Ivy League."

In the United States, Ivy League is not only the highest institution of learning, but also the lifeblood of the upper class. The so-called Wall Street connections, presidential election connections, etc. are all born into the Ivy League fraternity and sisterhood, such as the history-changing Barack RB, who studied at Columbia University and Harvard University. This is the root cause of his foundation for his connections. In addition to the sure-fire black votes, the convenience brought by the Ivy League background is precisely a resource that people cannot see.

It is obviously not easy to enter the Ivy League Academy, and it is even more difficult to enter the fraternity with a long history on campus. Generally speaking, only people with family traditions can enter, or they are emerging aristocrats who win corresponding status through donations and gifts to the school and then obtain the qualification to join. As for ordinary people who have no background or power, the price they pay is unimaginable.

This is also the reason why many American parents want their children to attend their alma maters, and it is also the reason why many ambitions young people want to attend Ivy League. The aristocratic culture in the United States is not as long as Europe, but the distinction between the upper class and the common people is not inferior. Therefore, the gap between the rich and the poor in the United States has not only not narrowed but has become increasingly larger.

Tom was not from Ivy League. He had not even completed his college studies, but he relied on his own efforts to climb to where he is today. Twenty years of persistence and hard work in idol burdens is the price he paid, so it is hard to say whether he has gained more or lost more.

"No, I graduated from the University of Southern California." Lance shook his head with a smile. He once thought that Li Jin and Lance's souls had been completely integrated, and he had enough understanding of this land, but now, his understanding of this world is only the basics. No wonder people always say that vision limits cognition, and also limits outlook on life, values, and worldview.

"This is not a problem." Tom didn't care, because he came here like this. "We are celebrities. For them, we are often like trophys, collecting them, showing off, and then becoming a decoration. Entering this circle is not as difficult as imagined, at least it will not be more difficult than shooting an excellent movie." Tom chuckled, as if he was satisfied with his joke, "but if you want to win the corresponding recognition, you can only rely on yourself."

Lance noticed Tom's words, "celebrity", not a celebrity, not an actor, not an artist, but a celebrity. In an instant, countless Hollywood actresses who have been famous in history flashed through his mind, as if trophies were displayed in the cabinets of those high-ranking people. Listening to Tom telling this fact lightly, Lance couldn't help but shivered gently.

Tom's eyes remained on Lance, and he looked at it for a while. He knew that it was not easy to digest so much, but it was the part he could not help. "I plan to drink a bottle of beer and enjoy my cheers and praises. How about we meet again later?"

Lance knew that Tom was joking, so he smiled, "Believe me, as soon as you appear on the scene, everyone will flock to you, be careful not to be squeezed into the swimming pool." This joke made Tom laugh. He patted Lance's arm, and then turned around and left without stopping for a long time.

Standing at the stairs and looking down, sure enough, as soon as Tom appeared, someone around us came up. Not only the actors, directors, reporters, editors, and producers also focused on Tom. It is foreseeable that Tom's career will reach its second peak, and as for how his agency team plans to plan, Lance is unknown.

Lance did not go downstairs immediately, and he needed time to sort out his thoughts. He was thinking about the person he met in the room just now, whether anyone could be linked to the distribution. He did not forget the fact that "City of Sin" was intended to be released by Chaos Pictures itself. In such occasions, he often had unexpected connections to promote cooperation in distribution channels.

Although Lance is not good at dealing with such occasions, after polishing and tempering in the previous life, Lance has gradually grown up and can handle similar things on his own. However, if there is a chance, Ian should be allowed to attend such occasions on behalf of Chaos Pictures next time, and he should be in a good position.

Lance recalled that there seemed to be a CEO of a venture capital company in the room just now. If Lance remembered correctly, when he chatted with others, he mentioned that Philip Anschutz, the big boss of Royal Entertainment, the largest theater chain in North America, and it seemed that they had a good relationship.

Generally speaking, bosses will not directly participate in the company's operations. They will hire professionals to manage the positions, and this is how the CEO and chairman set up positions. Therefore, if Chaos Pictures wants to seek distribution cooperation, Philip should obviously not be the goal, but if they can get online, things will be much easier.

Just as Lance was in deep thought, a force suddenly grabbed his wrist and pushed forward strongly. Lance's first reaction was to grab the other's wrist in reverse and counterattack, stand firm with his feet, take a step back with his right foot as the center of the circle, and move away from his left body. The opponent's rushing forward with force lost the center of gravity and almost fell down. He looked really embarrassed.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be Angelina Jolie. To be continued.

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Chapter completed!