Grant next to me saw that my face was wrong and whispered to me: "Tell me the awards program designed by Andre, let me deal with the rest."

Grant is worried that Chaplin and I have a face-to-face conflict. In this situation, any unpleasantness will be of no benefit to everyone.

I suppressed the anger in my heart and whispered: "After two rounds of voting, the first round is the nomination voting, the second round is the award voting, the highest level of the jury is the chairman jury, and there are various branches such as director jury, actor jury, photography jury, etc. In addition to the chairman jury, the other members of the chairman jury select three representatives from each remaining jury. The activities of the chairman jury are supervised by a special supervisory body. The term of office of the presidium is one year. In addition to professional jury, each branch jury must also recruit a large number of members. In addition to professional jury, the jury must also recruit a large number of members.

, The members of each branch jury must not be less than 5,000. These 5,000 members must select five of the hundreds of films, and must be ranked in order, because when counting votes, the proportion of votes ranked first and second is different. In addition, voters can only vote in their own industry, namely, actors vote actors, directors vote directors, and artists vote artists. Only the best films are required for everyone. After the nomination list is generated, a chairman jury will conduct the final award. In the whole process, an authoritative statistical agency must count the number of votes to ensure the absolute fairness of the selection."

As soon as I finished speaking, many people in the hall kept nodding.

This selection procedure was formulated by me in reference to the Oscars in later generations. There is no possibility of fraud. In the two rounds of elections that participated in the selection, it is difficult for any director or producer to add water. Not to mention anything else, there is always someone to supervise the 5,000-person voting in the first round.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is anyone opposed to the program designed by Mr. Corleon?" Grant asked with a smile.

“No problem.”

"agree."

There was a lot of congratulations in the audience.

"Mr. Chaplin, do you have any comments?" Grant asked Chaplin intently.

Chaplin opened his mouth and wanted to pick on it, but after thinking about it, he did not find any loopholes inside, so he had to nod.

After the most important selection procedures and selection organization are determined, the next thing to discuss is the name of the movie award and the trophy.

As a result, the hall was quarrels all the time, and almost everyone had their own set of opinions. After all, no one could convince the other party. In the end, Strauheng's voice calmed everyone down.

"Gentlemen, isn't it just the name of an award?! What do you say about the Hollywood Award, the Camera Award, and the Freedom Award? Listen to it yourself. Is this like the name of the award?! It's better to name it after a person's name! Since this movie award was designed and planned by Mr. Corleon, it's called the 'Corion Award', what do you think?"

"I think it's OK!" Grant was the first to agree.

Immediately afterwards, Todd Griffith, Stenberg and the others naturally needless to say.

Under their leadership, almost two-thirds of the people in the hall said that this name could be used.

Grant looked at me and was about to announce his name when he was interrupted by me.

"I am honored to name this award after me, but I think it is very inappropriate. I have a name here, let's discuss it. I think all the honors of filmmakers cannot be separated from the support of the people. The audience is the real owner of the movie. This award is judged by the audience and is the audience's own award. Therefore, it is best to use their names as well. Everyone knows that in Hollywood, the people who are most enthusiastic about movies are the people on Harvey Street. I think it's better to call it the Harvey Award. How about it?"

"agree!"

Before I finished speaking, some people who had not raised their hands finally raised their hands.

The name of this award was finally decided.

In other words, after this night, there were only the Harvey Awards in the future, and there were no more Oscars.

There is basically no controversy about the design of the trophy. At my suggestion, the trophy was designed by Derek Gibbons, the artistic director of MGM Films. In fact, the Oscar trophy in later generations also came from him. The trophy he designed was a feather wrapped in film. The 5 spokes on the film scroll represent five members of the film industry, including screenwriters, directors, producers and technicians. Below the feathers is a black marble base, which is similar to the Oscars. The trophy is thirteen feet high, eleven pounds, cast of copper, and gold foil on the outside.

The regular meeting also initially elected the chairmen of each branch jury and the members of the professional judges. The members of the final chair jury will be selected from the members of each branch jury, and Grant was undisputedly elected as the chairman of the first chairman jury.

The regular meeting decided that the selection of the first Harvey Awards was fully planned by the Municipal Government and the Directors Association and was held on the 21st of 1927. In the following, the Actors Association, Screenwriters Association, Photographers Association and other associations that have not yet been established will be established in this year, and after that, the jury will officially start working.

Although it was easy to say, everyone knew that this was an extremely tedious job, but fortunately, Grant was happy with it.

The meeting lasted for a long time, from 2pm to 8pm. Everyone was excited to make suggestions. After all, for Hollywood and American movies, there had never been any movie awards before.

After the meeting, I rubbed my sore waist and brought a group of people back to the company. In this meeting, everyone gained a lot. I, Griffith and others had already joined the Directors Association. James, Garbo, Julie and others joined the founding team of the Actors Association. Even Gans and Fatty who did not come were listed in their respective associations.

The number one award in the film industry that was prominent in later generations was settled in such a hurry.

In the following days, there were constant joys. First, Jack opened a branch with the money earned from the fast food restaurant, and then the subsequent products of the vampire produced by Shan Lige were sold out. The company's general ledger suddenly increased by 300,000 yuan, which made me very happy.

In early May, Yassel handed me over the financial statements of 190 DreamWorks cinemas. In a month after the screening of "Dracula Vampire", our 190 cinemas alone made nearly 600,000 US dollars, and I had a lot of money in my hand.

With this money, Stenberg and others screamed all day long, asking me to produce a new film as soon as possible, but I didn't make any noise. In the end, even Dunar, who had always been the most stoic, began to nag.

"Boss, when will we make new movies? It's not too small for other film companies to shoot dozens of movies a year. We made such a movie in a few years. I think I feel unbalanced!" Dunar sat on the sofa opposite me and muttered in a low voice.

Before he finished speaking, Stenborg rushed up and said to him with a smirk, "Boss, do you know what I hope most now?"

"Look for a woman." I said lazily.

Everyone else in the office couldn't help laughing.

Stenberg has nothing to do so and runs to places where actresses are crowded all day long, busy attending this cocktail party and that party, and can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman.

As I said this, Stenborough suddenly turned red and his neck was thick: "Boss, don't be happy with me. Let me tell you the truth. One of the things we hope most now is to lock yourself in the room one day and not go out for a few days."

"What are you doing?" I said in a daze.

"Writing a new script! Boss, hurry up and get the script. We are all crazy!" Stenberg begged to me.

"You guys really want to make a movie?" I smiled.

"Think!" Several people spoke in unison and answered loudly.

"Then you go and get the script. Just get the good script and I'll pay you to shoot it yourself."

"What are you doing?" Stenborough pointed at me.

"Me? I don't want to move now." I shrugged and took a sip of tea.

"Okay! Boss, this is what you said. I'll get a good script. You can't help but give me money." Stenberg said solemnly.

I nodded hard.

"Let's go, get the script!" Stenborough shook his head at the people around him and rushed out of the house.

After they left, I, Gans, Yassel and Bala were left in the room.

"Boss, not only are they strange, but I am also quite strange. It's been more than a month, and you haven't moved at all." Yassel shook his head.

Bala's eyes flashed: "Boss, I think you seem to be waiting for something. Although I can't explain what it is, you can see it."

"Oh, tell me how did you see it?" I became interested immediately after hearing what Balah said.

When did this kid learn the mind reading technique?

Seeing that I was surprised, Bala said proudly: "Boss, if you are not waiting for anything, according to your personality, you will be busy with other things if you are not filming movies. You are not a person who can rest free. During this period, you will not take a step in the office except for going out for social events, and there is no anxiety on your face. Even if Stenberg and others scream all day long, you will just laugh it off. I see, in your heart, I am afraid you have already planned."

After Bala said that, I laughed loudly, didn't say anything, and looked down and just drank tea.

"Boss, is what Barra said true?" Gans was a little disbelief.

Three people gathered around my table, staring at my face with wide eyes, as if they could see some information from my face.

I put down my cup, coughed and said, "Yes, I'm waiting for an opportunity."

"When is the time?" Gans called.

"Didn't we spend a lot of money to buy half a patent last time?" I whispered.

"Boss, are you saying, are you going to make an audio movie!?" Gans screamed with a pinched voice.

I nodded.

"Can it work?" Gans suddenly became angry and sat back on his seat loosely.

"Why can't it work?" I asked.

Gans sighed: "Boss, has the last Mayo technique not succeeded? And shooting audio movies is not the same as shooting silent movies at all. Even if the technical problem is solved, can we solve the problems encountered during shooting? What should the audience do if they don't like that? And, if you produce audio movies, all the theaters under our jurisdiction have to be remodeled. Boss, that's an astronomical figure. Is it worth doing so many things just for an audio movie?! We are not good at making silent movies now.

Risk makes money quickly, why do you do those thankless things?▋

Gans's words basically represent the ideas of most filmmakers in Hollywood now.

They think that audio movies are too difficult to grasp and are time-consuming, labor-intensive and cost-effective, and have to take risks. Businessmen will not do such things. This is why no one in Western electrical companies has been willing to cooperate with them to shoot audio movies in history.

But as a person who has experienced it, I naturally understand that audio films are an inevitable trend in the future development of films. Although silent films have their own advantages, they will gradually be eliminated. If you still hold on to this, then there is only one result waiting for us, which is to be crushed by the wheel of history rolling forward.

It is better to start first. I understand this principle better than anyone else.

"Yasel, tell me your opinion." Among the three of them, Yasel was the oldest and had the most social experience. Seeing that he had never spoken much, I threw the problem to him.

Yassel rubbed his hands and said, "Boss, I think things may not be as bad as Gans said. I have been doing things related to movie screenings all my life, and I know the psychology of the audience most well. They are not that they don't want to see movies where actors can talk to, but they are used to silent films. If there is an audio movie now, I think the audience will watch it even if it is ugly. People have always been enthusiastic about novel things."

I was very satisfied with Yassel's words.

When I signed a patent contract with Mayo Hawthorne last time, he told me that there was still half a year left to be developed for the "Vitafeng" audio film machine. Now half a year has almost passed, and this technology should be the time to achieve its goal.

"Holkina, prepare the car for me!" I shouted out the door.

"Boss, are you going out?" Holkina flashed in, her blonde hair fluttering.

"Yes. Go and prepare, I'll come down right away."

Holkina agreed and went downstairs.

"Boss, where are you going? Are you looking for Mayo

"Yes. I'll go and check out how their technology is." I smiled.

"Boss, the headquarters of Western Electric Company is in San Francisco?! You don't want to drive a car, do you?! If you want to ask, just make a phone call?!" Bala and Yassel said anxiously.

I waved my hand: "Anyway, there is nothing to do during this period, just treat it as a traveler. Besides, it is not safe to see everything if you don't see it yourself. The distance is not a problem. I took a bus to Los Angeles and then took a Lockheed flight there."

Several people still objected to my trip all the way, but I saw that I was determined to leave, so I had to give up in the end.

I arranged the matters in the company for a while, then got up and went downstairs.

Holkina had already driven the car to the yard and waited for me. When she came downstairs, she happened to meet a few people from Stenburg. She heard that I was going to San Francisco, and several guys were also clamoring to go.

"Boss, we are all fine anyway, so you can take us there too!" Stenberg said with a smile.
To be continued...