novelPairMe Chapter 287 Too much trouble
Chapter 287 Too much trouble
On March 23, the rumbling sound of gunfire did not stop the 75th Oscar Awards from being held on time. But the "Oscars" in the context of war can be said to be the most special awards ceremony in history.
Fences were set up on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, and armed police with guns guarded the award ceremony. The shops near the Kodak Theater have long been forced to close, the red carpet of previous Oscars is gone, and the star-struck fans are also missing.
Instead, those who supported the war and those who opposed the war were divided into two groups at the entrance of the theater.
Anti-war protesters held up anti-war placards with slogans such as "Bush betrayed America," "Bush is a dangerous man," and "Oscar demands peace," to express their desire for peace; those who supported the war with Iraq held high They sang the hymn "America, America" and held signs of support that read "God bless America", but their momentum was much weaker than that of the resisters.
At this tense moment, this time the Oscars received the same treatment as last year, with layers of security and snipers deployed at nearby high points.
Although the Oscars canceled the red carpet, the ABC TV station that broadcast the live broadcast still focused its camera on the guests who arrived once, and broadcast the admission status. After all, the audience likes to watch this, this is traffic!
"A few more GM Chevrolet EV1s drove up, and what got out of the car was this year's popular candidate for Best Director, Wu Yuchen!"
Wu Yuchen got out of the car and looked at the Chevrolet EV1 he just sat in. To be honest, he didn't expect to get on a pure electric car now, after all, Tesla hadn't even been established yet.
When I asked, I found out that this pure electric vehicle had been built by General Motors in 1996, but production has been discontinued. GM has no plans to develop further in the direction of electric vehicles. This also made Wu Yuchen sigh with emotion. With such a huge technological advantage, the track was simply given to Tesla.
At this Oscars ceremony, in order to express America's protest against Iraq's oil market plots, many celebrities gave up riding in fuel vehicles and chose other methods. For example, Wu Yuchen's pure electric car was the most common method. .
At the same time, Wu Yuchen, like most people, looked very solemn in a black suit, and wore a brooch with anti-war slogans on his chest. The female celebrities today mainly dress in black and elegant colors, and few of them dress up in colorful styles.
Because there was no red carpet, Wu Yuchen simply brought the two crews of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "The Hours" to the venue this time.
When he was approaching the door, Wu Yuchen heard someone shouting in Mandarin: "Director Wu! Director Wu! This way!"
Wu Yuchen glanced over there, then smiled and called Gong Li, Chen Baoguo, Huang Xiaoming and others to walk over together. This was an appointment made with him in advance.
This time there are two movies in the Oscars: "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "Heroes", so the enthusiasm of the domestic audience is unprecedentedly high. Unfortunately, China does not have the copyright to broadcast the Oscars live. Therefore, for this Oscar, the Six Princesses of the movie channel set up a special reporting team to "hit the Oscars directly" and went to the scene to follow up the report.
At this time, Huang Xiaoming, who was following a few people obediently, was overjoyed. It didn't matter if he didn't walk on the red carpet, as long as he could show his face in front of all the Chinese people!
"Hello, audience friends, we are currently hosting Wu Yuchen, Gong Li, Chen Baoguo and others at this Oscars..."
Huang Xiaoming kept a smile on his face, but he was shouting in his heart, don't "wait for everyone", tell his name too!
However, the reporter ignored Huang Xiaoming at this time and interviewed Wu Yuchen enthusiastically:
"Director Wu, you are already a frequent visitor to the Oscars, and you have not won many awards from here. How many awards do you think you can win today?"
Wu Yuchen smiled and asked: "Are you talking about adding up the two movies?"
In fact, the reporter mainly asked about "The Boy in Striped Pajamas", but since Wu Yuchen said so, she immediately replied: "Yes."
"Actually, it doesn't seem very good to make predictions now. I'm afraid it will trigger some reverse effect. But since everyone is so concerned, I think there should be 5." Wu Yuchen opened a hand and said.
The reporter did the math and found that "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "The Hours" had a total of 16 nominations, and getting 5 would be one-third, which seems pretty good. Then she asked: "Do you think "Hero" will perform well?"
Wu Yuchen thinks this reporter is a bit naive when interviewing, so he, a direct competitor, is asked to evaluate "Hero"?
He simply said: "Didn't I just say it? There are two movies, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "Hero"."
The female reporter was stunned for a moment, "Did you just say that two Chinese-language films won five awards together?"
Wu Yuchen smiled again, and then said proactively:
"Actually, it doesn't matter how many awards we win. I just hope that our Chinese films and Chinese culture will become more and more influential internationally!"
The female reporter responded quickly and hurried to interview Gong Li and others. After a while, it was Huang Xiaoming's turn.
Huang Xiaoming faced the camera with a humble look: "I feel very excited! After all, I am an actor, and I can step into the highest stage of the world's movies, the Oscars, and see so many top actors who have been in textbooks before, standing in front of you in real life. Communicating with them in front of me feels like a dream! ”
"Xiao Ming, do you mean your dream has come true now?"
"It's half done! I want to thank Director Wu Yuchen for giving me this opportunity and letting me learn a lot!
I think I will have to work harder and make more progress in the future! I will strive to leave something of my own in the Oscars in the future! "
The reporter waited for Huang Xiaoming to finish speaking and thanked him as usual: "Okay, Xiaoming, thank you!"
When Huang Xiaoming came to the countryside, he said an English sentence as the locals do: "not at all! (too cliché)"
Afterwards, Huang Xiaoming, who was in a great mood, walked into the Oscar Theater with his head held high, not knowing that this show off would trigger a war between his fans and others on the Internet.
For this Oscar ceremony, the organizers also thoughtfully arranged the two crews of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "The Hours" together. After all, they are both directed by Wu Yuchen.
After everyone took their seats, the Oscars ceremony soon began.
The first award presenter on stage was also an American sweetheart, Cameron Diaz, who presented the first award of this year for Best Animated Feature Film. But what is a little embarrassing is that no one came on stage to receive this first award. Because Hayao Miyazaki, the director of the winner "Spirited Away", refused to participate in this Oscar in order to express his protest against the war launched by the United States.
But this is just a small episode. Hayao Miyazaki has great influence in the animation industry, but in Hollywood he can only be regarded as semi-transparent. Everyone on stage and off stage simply forgot about this episode.
The second guest on stage was Keanu Reeves, and this award made the crew of "Heroes" sit upright. Lao Mouzi also became energetic, because they were also shortlisted for the best visual effects. But a moment later came a disappointing result:
"The winner is..."Lord of the Rings 2"!"
The visual effects of "Heroes" are top-notch in China, and the scene where thousands of arrows are fired is considered good in the world, but in today's Hollywood, there is indeed a big gap compared with the "Lord of the Rings" series.
The third person to take the stage was Jennifer Connelly, who Wu Yuchen was so familiar with. As the winner of last year's Best Supporting Actress, she presented the award for this year's Best Supporting Actor. She was wearing a black evening gown wrapped in a mature and moving figure. The body gives people a cool and taboo feeling at the same time.
Wu Yuchen smiled and sighed in the audience, Hollywood female stars really will not miss any opportunity to show themselves!
For the fourth award, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but glance at the crew of "Hero", because this was the first head-to-head confrontation between him and "Hero" today. For the best costume design award, "The Hours" and "Hero" were both shortlisted. .
Different from Wu Yuchen's relaxed attitude, the crew of "Hero" began to worry again. After all, this is the Oscar, and any award is a gain for them!
"The winner is..."Hero", Emi Wada!"
At this time, the entire cast of "Hero" couldn't help but stand up and cheer. Lao Mouzi also hugged Wada Emi in the cast and congratulated him.
Yes, the costume designer for "Hero" is Neon Man. This old lady actually won an Oscar in 1985 for "Ran". She is Neon's top costume designer and has participated in many Chinese-language films since the 1990s. The costume design of "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Sword Rain", "The Legend of the White-haired Witch", "Song Dynasty" and so on.
For "Hero", even if it is just a technical award, if they can gain something at this Oscar, it will not be in vain!
And Wu Yuchen also smiled and applauded and sent his heartfelt blessings to the audience. It was just a small prize, and he didn't care about it.
After a few more awards, it was time to fight for yourself again, but this time it was Wu Yuchen's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "The Hours", both of which were shortlisted for the best soundtrack award.
"The winners are..."The Boy in Striped Pajamas", Ryuichi Sakamoto, Zhao Jiping!"
Wu Yuchen smiled, stood up and gave hugs to the two winners in the crew: "Mr. Sakamoto, Mr. Zhao, congratulations!"
At the same time, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but think that it was such a coincidence that the first awards won by the two films "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" and "Hero" had the participation of Neon people.
But to be honest, Ryuichi Sakamoto really deserves the award this time. His soundtrack for the movie really added a lot to the movie.
"I am honored to receive this award, and I am also grateful to Director Wu Yuchen for giving me this opportunity to participate in the production of this excellent film "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." The anti-war thoughts it expresses, I think It’s exactly what the world needs right now. I hope everyone, including my Neon compatriots, can look at this movie with an inclusive attitude, reflect on past history, and examine their own actions. Thank you!”
Wu Yuchen couldn't help but applaud after listening to Ryuichi Sakamoto's speech. Look at this realization! This is Neon Friends!
After several more awards, Sean Connery took the stage to present the Best Supporting Actress award that many people were paying attention to. Wu Yuchen's two crew members accounted for three nominations for this award. Gong Li and Meryl were both paying close attention to the stage.
In fact, in the "Hero" crew not far away, everyone is also paying close attention, especially Lao Mouzi. After all, the person nominated is Gong Li! Although his Lao Mouzi and Gong Li did not get together in the end, he still cared about Gong Li in his heart, and he still remembers that he owes her the queen!
This was the promise they made when they were together on the Great Wall. Now that Gong Li is likely to win an Oscar, Lao Mouzi certainly hopes that she will get her wish!
At this time, Sean Connery had not been exposed to domestic violence and other scandals, and still maintained the image of an old gentleman. After reading several candidates, he said with a smile: "These are all very capable, and each one should not be underestimated. I don't know who the award will go to~"
Meryl was calm and collected. She had won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, and this time she was nominated for both, which gave her a huge advantage. Gong Li is not weak at all. After all, she is also Emperor Gong. Regardless of whether she can win the award or not, she will never be weaker than others in terms of momentum.
"The winner is... Gong Li, "The Boy in Striped Pajamas"!"
Bang bang bang, applause immediately broke out around her, and everyone around Gong Li also congratulated her. Wu Yuchen and Gong Li hugged: "Sister Li, congratulations! You are the first actor in China to win an Oscar. Prize!”
Gong Li also showed a bright smile: "Thank you! Thank you, Director Wu!"
Gong Li knew that the reason why she won the award this time was not just because of her performance. In fact, when it comes to the performance itself, it is not bad to be nominated. Meryl can get double nominations, which shows how strong she is. And behind this, to put it bluntly, there is no small reason why it relies on public relations!
Wu Yuchen also accepted Gong Li's thanks calmly, and he deserved it. This time, he favored Gong Li after all, and asked people from Disney to help put more effort into this award. The two teams worked together on public relations, so in the end, Gong Li defeated Meryl, who had double nominations.
After all, we are all Chinese. This time it is not just for Gong Li. I don’t know when I want to wait for a Chinese actor to be nominated for an Oscar next time!
Lao Mouzi on the other side was also applauding vigorously at this time. Seeing his former lover step by step on the Oscar podium with applause and cheers, he also had mixed feelings in his heart. After being replaced by Gong Li, I was happy, but also regretful, but it was a pity that it was not me who sent her up!
After Lao Mouzi sighed secretly, he calmed down his thoughts and sent his blessings in his heart!