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"Murphy Stanton ignored the facts and directed "The Wolf of Wall Street" violated many of my legal rights."

Sitting in the office of Bill Rossis in the Death Star Building, Murphy looked at Jordan Belfort, who was interviewed by TV on the screen. This seemed to enjoy the feeling of being sought after by the media. "I have officially filed a lawsuit in the court. I believe in the law..."

Seeing this, Murphy turned off the video, and the lawyer next to it, Robert, said, "I called and asked. This is true. I believe we will receive the notice from the court soon."

Murphy nodded, "This guy won't give up after all."

In fact, from the time when he rejected Jordan Belfort, he was psychologically prepared for this, otherwise he would not let people collect so much information and evidence, and cost a lot of money to obtain a series of legal authorizations.

Bill Rossis knew what Murphy did and asked Robert, "How big is our chance of winning?"

Without thinking about it, Robert said, "More than 80%."

No one will be full of words, not to mention a lawyer like Robert, Murphy is very clear, Robert said that basically means that his side will win.

Murphy thought for a while and said, "Bill, forward a copy of the information we've collected to Robert."

"I'll let someone do it." Bill Rossis picked up the phone and notified his assistant, but suddenly said, "Murphy, have you considered an out-of-court settlement?"

Robert gave Bill Rossis a surprised look, and Murphy asked directly, "Why settle out of court?"

Bill Rossis does not go around the circle, and also directly said, "First of all, the cost of time, like this kind of lawsuit, often takes a long time, which is not good for your work. Second, the awards season has already begun... "

Seeing Murphy thoughtful, he continued, "Personal biopics have always been the darling of Oscars, and it is also a basis for the Oscar ticket for "The Wolf of Wall Street". If so, this will bring many negative effects, which can directly affect the choices of some Oscar judges."

Bill Rossis’ words reminded Murphy immediately of the veteran strategy used by Harvey Weinstein to attack Spielberg and "Saving Private Ryan".

"This lawsuit takes longer," Bill Rossis knows Murphy's attitude to this kind of incident, but the situation now is different from the past. "The more negative impact on our Oscar nomination will be! "

What he said Murphy is all clear, Murphy is not the kind of stubborn person, like many things in the past, when compromise is more advantageous, he will not insist on desperately.

But incidents like Jordan Belfort are not among them.

"Bill, have you ever thought about it." Murphy looked at Bill Rossis and said very seriously, "I'm less than 30 years old now, there is still a long way to go in the future, and there are countless movies. To shoot, if I compromise this time, who will come out next time?"

After listening to Murphy's words, Bill Rossis considered carefully for a while, and said, "Long-term interests and immediate interests..."

He shook his head, "I was confused by Oscar."

"Our goal is to nominate, and this will not change." Murphy is the only person in charge here. "Not reaching an out-of-court settlement with Jordan Belfort does not mean we have to give up the Oscar nomination."

Bill Rossis nodded slightly. In any case, Jordan Belfort is the prototype of the protagonist of the film. If he denies the authenticity of this biographical film, it basically means that he wants to get the best director and the best director. The odds of a good movie will become very low.

Indeed, Jordan Belfort’s words may not directly affect the Oscar judges, but Bill Rossis has never neglected other popular films in the awards season. How could it be possible for Murphy and the competitors of "The Wolf of Wall Street" Would you give up such a good opportunity to attack and discredit your opponent?

If the attack is too violent, and the publicity on your own side is relaxed, it is not impossible to lose the list of nominations for important awards.

Bill Rossis can think of this, and Murphy can of course also think of it, but when he came over, he had a certain amount of thought.

"Bill, we make some appropriate adjustments to our public relations work." Murphy directly said his thoughts, "The original plan remains the same. We will add some more topics to keep "The Wolf of Wall Street" a certain degree of popularity."

"That's okay." Bill Rossis rubbed his chin and said, "If you have a topic, you can get attention."

Murphy added, "Also, we make some voices in the media and show certain gestures."

Bill Rossis asked, "What gesture?"

"We are not rushing for awards!" Murphy folded his arms and said, "I believe you know better than me. The thoughts of the old men who are the core members of the film school can't be measured by normalcy at all. Many times they are specifically right. They make award-winning films according to their taste, and those who make award-winning awards will be ignored by them."

"There are many examples of this." Bill Rossis fully agrees with Murphy's statement. "Martin Scorsese before best director, Leonardo DiCaprio now, are both This is a typical example. So, I have reminded you in the past that rushing for the prize is often counterproductive."

"Yes, that's it." Murphy nodded slightly. "So, we have to show an attitude that "The Wolf of Wall Street" is not a film made specifically for Oscars."

He suddenly laughed, "This is true, "The Wolf of Wall Street" was not made entirely because of Oscars."

This is what Bill Rossis believes that directors like Murphy will never ignore the commercial profits of the film, and his style is not very appetizing for Oscars.

Bill Rossis stood up and walked a few steps, thought for a while, and said, "I will be responsible for this matter."

After more than ten minutes of discussion, this three-person meeting between Murphy, Bill Rossis and lawyer Robert also came to an end. Murphy continued to cooperate with the propaganda plan of 20th Century Fox, and Bill Rossis was in charge of a series of Oscars. In public relations activities, Robert went to deal with Jordan Belfort's lawsuit, trying not to involve too much energy on Murphy.

In Hollywood, being able to reach Murphy's level does not represent himself, and behind everyone, there is basically a more mature team. In many cases, the teamwork is far more effective than a person's headlessness. To be better.

Every year, December 1st is the time for the official start of the North American awards season. Now it is getting closer to mid-December. Many outpost awards have announced their award results, perhaps because of Jordan Belfort’s constant attacks on the film’s misrepresentation and competitors taking this. The impact of this essay, unlike last year's "Inglourious Basterds", Murphy and "The Wolf of Wall Street" almost invariably lost the nominations for these awards.

The situation is quite unfavorable for "The Wolf of Wall Street", especially when the time is getting closer to January, the college may announce the distribution of votes for the Oscar nomination list at any time.

At this time, Murphy, Bill Rossis and Twentieth Century Fox teamed up to make a big splash, and successively bought the pages of the influential Hollywood Reporter in the industry, and published them with Murphy and The Wolf of Wall Street. Related news.

"Murphy Stanton, a director who has never made a bad film!"

"Hollywood's most personally stylized director and his unique "Wolf of Wall Street"..."

News like this are just conventional propaganda methods. In these conventional propaganda methods, they also deliberately mentioned the criticized parts of the film.

"With the appearance of many films in the North American Thanksgiving Christmas schedule, it may be the most important film of this year's Oscars, "The Wolf of Wall Street" finally reinstalled in the previous series of unfavorable news of bouncing tickets, unfinished editing, and schedule adjustments. , Meet the audience in the theater."

"But there is no doubt that as soon as this black comedy, which lasted nearly three hours, appeared on the stage, it challenged the psychological bottom line of everyone, including the audience, film critics, and even the Oscar judges. ; And the polarized comments and audience feelings caused by this are not unexpected to everyone, and this phenomenon is definitely not good news during the Oscars award season..."

"In this Murphy Stanton's "The Wolf of Wall Street", a stockbroker character who is extravagant, erosive and addicted to drugs is portrayed: Jordan Bayford. This character is innocent, shameless, decadent and decadent in the film. If the audience can ignore the plot in which Jordan Bedford was investigated by the FBI and convicted by the Federal Court in the last 10 minutes of the film, the whole film is almost a full display of the luxurious and corrupt life."

These releases, Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox are not to make the film self-defeating, but to show the old men among the many Oscar judges: Look, this film of mine was not made specifically to hit the Oscars at all, otherwise it would do. What about so many controversies and large-scale shots?

This kind of propaganda may seem ridiculous, but the human heart is the most difficult thing to measure in the world, especially a group of 65-year-old old men. Just like Murphy said, most of the time, any No one can judge them with ordinary people's thinking.

Their thoughts are really peculiar, making people unsure. Those who care about the Oscars too much will be regarded as impure for the purpose of making the film; if they stay away from the Oscars, they will be regarded as disrespecting the authoritative award...

This is what Murphy called the question of attitude, and attitude sometimes determines whether to win the favor of the Oscar judges.

Therefore, Murphy set a tone for the film "The Wolf of Wall Street" and it was publicly displayed through the "Hollywood Reporter".