The new league will have basically finalized the draft, and each team has no objection to this. For the team, implementing the draft system is also a good thing, which allows them to gain excellent young players.

At this time, Chen Qiang also received the first box office share of "Mrs. Minnifer".

In the entire North America, "Mrs. Minnifer" received a box office of 5.388 million US dollars, which is not much now, but it was definitely a very scary data at that time. After all, in that era, a movie ticket in the United States was only 20 cents. If you want to sell a box office of 5 million, it would mean that 25 million movie tickets had to be sold. Considering that the population of the entire United States was 130 million at that time, this was equivalent to one person in every five Americans who watched this movie "Mrs. Minnifer".

There is only one movie that the five people have seen, and naturally it has a huge influence. Even though the movie has been released, topics about "Mrs. Minnifer" are still constantly appearing in the media.

Overseas, in the UK and Commonwealth countries, Mrs. Minnifer's box office was also very good. Even though Britain was bombed by Germany all day long, it still contributed millions of pounds. However, the overseas share of the movie will not be able to return to the United States until at least next year.

The senior executives of MGM regretted it very much. They were afraid of offending the Germans and refused to invest in this movie. As a result, MGM made a lot of money less. Faced with more than 5 million US dollars in North American box office revenue, MGM could only get a little distribution fee, and the main profits were taken away by the investor Chen Qiang.

Of course, from a strategic perspective, MGM still makes money. MGM sends a phenomenal movie like "Mrs. Minnifer" to become more and more stable in the leading position in the film industry. At least in the next two or three years, other Hollywood film companies will not be able to compete with MGM.

As a movie, "Mrs. Minnifer" won not only box office and reputation, but also awards. Almost all film practitioners believe that "Mrs. Minnifer" will inevitably be shortlisted for this year's Academy Awards. The only question is that the movie will eventually receive nominations for several awards.

In the entertainment section of the newspaper, there is another article praising "Mrs. Minnifer". This time the article praises the director of the movie William Wheeler. The various directorial abilities in the article praise William Wheeler, which simply praises him as a great director who has never been to Hollywood.

Chen Qiang looked at this article and smiled slightly. If it were to praise others, Chen Qiang might just curl his lips, but if he praised William Wheeler like this, Chen Qiang didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Although William Wheeler has not filmed the "Roman Holiday", he is definitely the top director in Hollywood at this time, no one. It may be a bit exaggerated to say that he is a future generation, but to say that he is unprecedented, William Wheeler definitely deserves these four words.

Esther leaned against Chen Qiang. She glanced at the contents of the newspaper and said, "William Wheeler's new movie is about to be released. At this time, he is busy doing early publicity, so his name will appear more frequently in the newspaper."

"I saw the new movie. Is it this movie called "Memphis Beauty"?" Chen Qiang found relevant information at the end of the article.

Ess nodded: "After the filming of "Mr. Minnifer" was completed, William Wheeler filmed the "Memphis Beauty". The movie was originally planned to be released at the end of this year, but because the box office of "Mr. Minnifer" was too good, the release time was extended, and "Memphis Beauty" could only be postponed to release next year."

"The newspaper said that Mrs. Minnifer will be shortlisted for the next Oscar, and will at least receive three nominations: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress." Chen Qiang said as he looked at Esther, and then said, "Are you interested in Best Supporting Actress?"

"Best Supporting Actress? That's an Oscar. How could it be my turn? This is my first time as the second female lead. Compared with other actors, my qualifications are still too shallow." Esther said.

"But you also have advantages that other actors don't have." Chen Qiang said.

"What is it?" Esther asked.

"Political correctness." Chen Qiang put down the newspaper and continued: "Mrs. Minnifer is a politically correct movie. With this, this movie has a high probability of winning the Oscar for Best Movie, and the roles in it are the same. The heroine played by Greya Garson shows us a female image who is behind but is tenacious. Both the United States and the Allies need such an image, so Greya Garson will most likely win the Best Actress. As for the role you play, it is the only dead character in the whole movie."

"Does this have anything to do with winning the award?" Esther asked subconsciously.

Chen Qiang nodded seriously: "Of course it's relevant. In such a politically correct movie, it's easy to get extra points for playing a dead person."

Chen Qiang knew very well that it was far from enough to win the Oscars to make a good movie. The most important thing is that this movie must be politically correct. Among the future Hollywood movies, there will be a lot of people who won the Academy Award for political correctness.

Among the best films from 1990 to 2006, about 9 of the Oscars involved political correctness. The political correctness of the Oscars in that era was not so serious, such as "Forrest Gump", "Rain Man", "Brave Heart", "Titanic", "Gladiator", etc. The inspirational theme of exploration of the fate of the characters, including personal heroism, and the theme of advocating ideals and love. Even if some movies are full of American heroism, they do not lack the spirit of fraternity and redemption.

However, since 2006, more and more "political correctness" have appeared at the Academy Awards Ceremony. The 2006 Best Oscar Film "Crash" is undeniable that this is a very excellent movie, but if the black actors in it are replaced with white people, if the conflict between blacks and whites is not described, it is probably still unknown how this movie can win the Academy Award.

Since "Crash" won the Oscar for Best Picture, directors found that such politically correct films are easier to win, so those big directors who want to win the Oscars have begun to shoot politically correct films.

In 2010, "The Bomb Demolition Force" won only $6.6 million in the United States, but because the film praised the loyalty, love and unity of the US troops stationed in Iraq, it was finally awarded the Oscar for Best Picture.

Needless to say, the 2011 "The King's Speech" has 100% political correctness in the subject matter, and I'm sorry for the Queen of England if I don't give a prize.

"Escape from Tehran" in 2013 happened to be the most fierce time when the Iran nuclear issue was inflicted. The United States began to sanction Iran on a large scale and there was a tendency to fight. This movie is hinting at the justice of the United States sanctions Iran, and it is also expressing that Iran is evil. Political correctness is so good that it is normal to be praised as the best Oscar.

By 2014, political correctness returned to the racial issue in the United States. A black slave-themed movie like "Twelve Years of Slave" clearly was trying to please Oscars.

The 2016 Oscar Best Picture "Focus" talks about child molestation; the 2017 Oscar Best Picture "Moonlight Boy" is the dual political correctness of black people and homosexuality; the 2018 Oscar Best Picture "The Story of Water" talks about race; in 2019 "Green Book" returns to the black theme again. The inspirational, heroic, and ideal films in the past are already difficult to win the Oscars, and political correctness has surpassed the film's pursuit of art or business.

In 1942, "Mrs. Minnifer" was such a completely "political correct" film. In this special period of World War II, it would be really hard tolerate if the Oscars judges did not award the best film to "Mrs. Minnifer".

As for the Oscars’ personal awards, generally speaking, the more miserable the role you play, the easier it is to win the award.

In the 1990s, people once joked that if you can't win the Oscar for Best Actor, then you should try to play a fool!

Here, it is probably teasing Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man" and Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump". Especially Tom Hanks, there were too many excellent movies that year and too many male stars with explosive acting skills. As a result, Tom Hanks won a Oscar-Best Actor Little Golden Man with his dull expression for more than two hours, which will definitely make many people feel dissatisfied.

Later, people gradually discovered that to get a personal nomination in the Oscar, it is not only about playing a fool, but also about selling miserable things. From another perspective, a fool is also a kind of selling miserable things. People are stupid, isn’t it miserable enough?

Will Smith in "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door", so he was nominated for an Oscar; Matthew McConaughey in "Dallas Buyers Club" was so miserable that he could not afford medicine for AIDS, so he won the Oscar winner; and Leonardo DiCaprio, the little golden man who has played the handsome guy for so many years but has not won the Oscar. As a result, he was beaten by the Indians in "The Revenant", with a dead son and a tummy, and he was so cruel that he sold a lot of miserable things. He turned himself into a useless old man, and finally won the Oscar Best Actor who has been looking forward to for twenty years.

If it comes to misery, there is no worse than a dead character. The character played by Esther ends up dying at the gun of the Germans. If it is the protagonist, the setting of death in the end may not be a plus, but as a supporting role, blowing the light and pulling wax is definitely a bonus for winning.

"As Esther said, her biggest disadvantage is that she has too little experience, but she also has an advantage, that is, "Mrs. Minnifer" is a politically correct film. From the perspective of winning the award, political correctness is more important than anything else." Thinking of this, Chen Qiang planned to make a fuss for Esther.

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A few days later, many articles praising "Mrs. Minnifer" appeared in some famous American film review impurities, or in the movie entertainment section of some big newspapers. Some of these articles praised the movie itself, some praised the director, some praised the screenwriter, and some praised the starring role. Each article has a different entry point, but these articles have one thing in common, that is, all of them praise the second female lead Esther. Some media even secretly stated that Esther's performance should be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Anyone with discerning eyes can see that this is building momentum for Esther's nomination for the Oscar. And this scale of momentum is obviously driven by capital.

Some insiders have guessed that this must be Chen Qiang spent money on these media!

After all, the United States is a world where capital is king. When everyone has similar levels, it will definitely be easier to win awards with the support of capital. What's more, those Hollywood filmmakers are unwilling to offend capitalists.

For example, the Kennedy family was able to call the wind and rain in Hollywood because of the power of capital. The Kennedy family has large investments in the film industry, so they have the right to speak in Hollywood. In addition, the political status of the Kennedy family makes top film companies like MGM fear the Kennedy family. A warning from old Kennedy, MGM executives dare not allocate funds to film "Mrs. Minnifer".

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The Academy Awards have finally announced their nominations.

The politically correct "Mrs. Minnifer" is indeed a big winner. He won 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Two Best Supporting Actress, Best Photography, Best Screenwriter, Best Audio Effect, Best Film Trim, Best Visual Effects. For a movie, "Mrs. Minnifer" has almost won all the Oscar nominations that can be won.

According to the predictions of the film critics, "Mrs. Minnifer" has won the four awards: Best Picture, Prize Director, Best Actress and Best Screenwriter. As for whether other awards can be won, it depends on your luck.

Esther also successfully won the nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The competition with her was Susan Piss in "The Heartbroken Clouds", Gladys Kupa in "The Lonely Jord's Return", Agnes Moher in "The Great Andisons", and Mi-Huitty, who also starred in "Mrs. Minnifer". Among them, Mi-Huitty was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1937, and she played Esther's grandmother in "Mrs. Minnifer".

However, Chen Qiang felt that Mei Huiti was definitely not Esther's opponent. After all, the character played by Esther died in the end. It is difficult for a living person to compete with him for winning a prize.

As the main investor of "Mrs. Minnifer", Chen Qiang was also invited to attend the Oscars.

So as the Oscars ceremony approached, Chen Qiang put down his team and the new league affairs, and went to Los Angeles with Esther to attend the 15th Academy Awards ceremony.

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Chapter completed!