I really don't want to be in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 368 The Black Widow Is Mine (Seeking Subscription Support!)
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There is a long red carpet outside the Temple Theater, and countless film and television workers all over the world hope to walk on this red carpet.

Rubbing the red carpet, stealing the spotlight, what's more, relying on fancy clothes to grab attention;

In short, on this red carpet, there are only things you can't think of, and there is nothing that can't appear.

Seeing this red carpet, Xu Kai's mind was full of pictures of those female stars competing for beauty on it, and he couldn't help but think: "If I am willing to take any female star through here, she will most likely let me Let's sleep once, um... It seems that even if I don't take them on this red carpet, most of them are willing to let me sleep casually, uh... Have I become a little narcissistic recently?"

"The next ones who are about to step on the red carpet are the crew members of "Farewell My Concubine" from Huaguo. Please invite Mr. Yu Qingyun and Ms. Zhu Bing..."

As the voice of host Kathy Ireland came out, a Dafu RV stopped at the other end of the red carpet, and Xu Kai and Zhu Bing got out of the car calmly.

Xu Kai held Zhu Bing's hand generously, and the two stopped and waved from time to time after stepping on the red carpet, and the flashing lights on both sides of the red carpet lit up together.

Hearing the scattered cheers around, Xu Kai said to Zhu Bing: "Our reputation in the beautiful country still needs to be improved."

Zhu Bing said very seriously: "I don't have many chances to become famous abroad, so I pin all my hopes on you, you must work hard."

Xu Kai looked at Zhu Bing and said confidently, "Trust me, you will definitely have a chance."

Xu Kai and Zhu Bing didn't have the intention to ride the heat on the red carpet, so Xu Kai and Zhu Bing quickly walked through this red carpet that countless people dream of.

When Xu Kai and Zhu Bing came to the temporary small stage, the host Shirley Shepherd said to Xu Kai and Zhu Bing: "The Oscars have welcomed eight groups of Chinese film workers, but unfortunately they all missed the Oscars in the end. can break the curse."

Xu Kai said modestly: "We will do our best."

Zhu Bing smiled politely.

Kathy Ireland and Shirley Shepherd chatted with Xu Kai and Zhu Bing for a few more words before saying, "We are here to wish the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" good results, and we will invite "The King's Speech" next." "Crew members director Tom Hopper, actor Colin Firth..."

When the crew of "The King's Speech" walked through the red carpet, Xu Kai and Zhu Bing had already entered the Temple Theater, sitting in the middle and waiting for the awards ceremony to start.

Xu Kai, who didn't know anyone, couldn't find anyone else to chat with, so he could only sit next to Zhu Bing and chat intimately, getting through the long wait.

After an unknown amount of time, hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin stepped onto the stage, and the Oscars officially began.

Jeff Bridges and Catherine Bigelow, who were presenters of the awards, were first invited to the stage to announce the winners of Best Film Song and Best Film Score and present the awards.

Catherine Bigelow did not open the envelope containing the list of winners, but said: "Movie is a unique and complex art. It is a combination of pictures and sound effects."

Jeff Bridges took the words and said: "Yes, a good movie must have a touching plot and wonderful pictures, but if it is accompanied by good music, it will definitely be more perfect."

Catherine Bigelow said: "What Mr. Jeff and I will announce next is the winners of this year's Oscars for Best Film Song and Best Film Score."

Jeff Bridges said: "Now let's get acquainted with the five groups of nominees. The nominees for best song at this year's Oscars are..."

Projection lights were projected on the big screen, and as the highlights of the movie appeared, a recorded voiceover came from the theater: "The nominees for best song at this year's Oscars are: John Powell's "The Master"; Hans Zimmer "Space"; Alexandre Desplat "The King's Speech"; Yu Qingyun "Farewell My Concubine"; Trent Reynolds, Artigus Ross "The Social Network"..."

Jeff Bridges opened the envelope in his hand, glanced at the contents, and said to Catherine Bigelow: "Catherine, it's up to you to announce the result."

Catherine Bigelow also glanced at it, and then said deliberately: "I was surprised to see this result, but it makes sense, because he is really outstanding..."

Accompanied by Catherine Bigelow's words, the camera began to focus on several nominees, only to hear Catherine Bigelow continue: "The winner of the best movie song is - "Farewell My Concubine"!"

Hearing that he had won the award, Xu Kai's heart sank.

It is of course a good thing to win an award, especially to win the Oscar, the highest award for a film that is recognized as such.

But the problem is, according to the usual practice, you can also say according to the unspoken rules, for a foreign film like "Farewell My Concubine", if you are given one award, you may not be given another award.

Just like "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at the Cannes International Film Festival, the jury hopes to award other important awards (Cannes best actor) to other excellent films.

Although it was a pity that "Farewell My Concubine" could not win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and that he himself could not win the Oscar for Best Director, Xu Kai stood up politely amidst bursts of applause and walked onto the stage.

Xu Kai smiled and delivered his acceptance speech: "I was thinking just now, when will I be able to go on stage to win the award tonight, but I didn't expect to get the first trophy at a good start. Thank you Oscar, I will be back!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Accompanied by another burst of polite applause from the audience, Xu Kai held up the Oscar trophy and certificate, leaving more than ten seconds for the reporters to take pictures, and then bowed down and returned to his seat.

Xu Kai's guess seemed to be right. After winning the best soundtrack, Xu Kai missed the best editing and best director successively, and Zhu Bing also failed to win the best actress.

"The nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars are: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Beautiful Mistakes"; Yorgos Lanthimos, "Dogtooth"; Suzanne Beer, " A Better World"; Denis Villeneuve's "City of Scorched Earth"; Yu Qingyun's "Farewell My Concubine"..."

Among the five nominated films, "Farewell My Concubine" is actually the one with the best chance of winning the award. After all, it is the most artistic (no one) film in the last generation of Chinese films.

But "Farewell My Concubine" first won the Cannes International Film Festival's highest honor, the Palme d'Or, and other awards, and then won the Oscar for Best Soundtrack.

This virtually set up many obstacles for "Farewell My Concubine" to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Therefore, Xu Kai is not optimistic that "Farewell My Concubine" will win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

However, to Xu Kai's surprise, the award presenter Quentin Tarantino announced: "The winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is - "Farewell My Concubine" (Hua Guo)!"

To be honest, Xu Kai really didn't expect that the Oscar really awarded him the best foreign language film award after awarding him the best soundtrack, which made him reach the pinnacle of film art all at once!

Xu Kai was really excited.

Therefore, after taking the stage, Xu Kai said a little out of words: "I have always thought that the Oscars have the so-called unspoken rules that they will not award awards to films that have already won awards at other film festivals, nor will they give awards to films that have already won awards at other film festivals. Now it seems that I am narrow-minded in awarding awards to movies that have won Oscars, and you are the fairest judges..."

Undoubtedly, Xu Kai is one of the biggest Oscar winners in this world.

The point is, with the addition of the Oscar for best foreign language film, the box office of "Farewell My Concubine" can be expected even more, and even the overseas box office of "Farewell My Concubine" can be expected.

Fame and fortune!
The excited Xu Kai inevitably talked too much on stage, earning enough flashlights.

Everyone understands this, because this is really the highest honor of a filmmaker, who can face it with a normal heart?

What Xu Kai didn't know was that when he was giving his acceptance speech on stage, Nicole Johnson, who was dressed as a waiter in the corner, saw that Xu Kai was not only a director, but also an Oscar winner twice. After the director of the podium, he couldn't help but regret that he didn't seize the opportunity of Xu Kai to come to her on his own initiative.

In fact, what Nicole Johnson just said is not the truth, at least not all the truth, in fact, it is just Western humor.

It's a pity that Xu Kai, an Oriental, doesn't understand the humor of Westerners.

This made Xu Kai deny Nicole Johnson after hearing Nicole Johnson's humor.

But the real situation is that Nicole Johnson actually wants to be an actor. Of course, she really wants to make money from the profession of an actor. It is her wish to buy the sports car she likes. The reason why she came to Oscar to work as a waiter I just wanted to see if there was a chance to get the appreciation of one or two bigwigs in the film and television industry, and then let her walk on the path of an actor.

But to Nicole Johnson's disappointment, except for a Chinese she didn't know at all, no one else was interested in her, and few people even gave her a second look.

Nicole Johnson, who has always been confident, suddenly felt a little unconfident.

As for Xu Kai, before Nicole Johnson really didn't think highly of Xu Kai, a Chinese director.

This is not to say that Nicole Johnson discriminates against Chinese directors, but that this is Hollywood, and Chinese directors can even say that all Chinese have no status here.

This led to the fact that even after Nicole Johnson had the idea of ​​"talking to this Chinese director if you can't do it", she still couldn't let go of her white pride and said a cold humor that Chinese can't appreciate at all.

Now, seeing Xu Kai, a Chinese director, on the Oscar podium, and twice on the Oscar podium, Nicole Johnson realized that she was wrong.

"I should make up for this mistake and get the opportunity I deserve!"

With this in mind, after the award ceremony, Nicole Johnson found an opportunity to go straight to Xu Kai, and then said to Xu Kai with a charming smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Xu, you are really a very A talented director, and a very talented musician."

Zhu Bing beside Xu Kai glanced at Xu Kai, and asked Xu Kai with his eyes: "Who is she?"

Xu Kai said bluntly to Zhu Bing: "The box office of "Iron Man" broke through 1500 million on the first day, and it seems to be popular, so Marvel and I are discussing to make "Iron Man 2", and even develop the Marvel universe. So, when I saw her just now, I thought she would be perfect for playing Black Widow, so I wanted to talk to her and sign her, but she doesn't like acting and only likes money, so I don't think she is suitable for playing Black Widow .”

At this time, a few reporters happened to surround me.

Xu Kai nodded to Nicole Johnson politely, and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Nicole, I misunderstood before, you may not be the actor I was looking for."

After speaking, Xu Kai took Zhu Bing to accept the reporter's interview.

Just now Xu Kai and Zhu Bing communicated in Chinese, so Nicole Johnson had no idea what Xu Kai was talking about.

But Nicole Johnson is very smart. She guessed the transliteration of Marvel, and remembered the words "Iron Man" and "Black Widow" that Xu Kai repeatedly said.

Nicole Johnson hurried to the corner to call a friend of hers who had a Chinese boyfriend, and then asked her friend: "In Chinese, the words "Iron Man" and "Black Widow" represent What?"

Nicole Johnson's friend also didn't understand what "Iron Man" and "Black Widow" represented. She could only call her ex-boyfriend and ask what "Iron Man" and "Black Widow" represented in Marvel?
in short.

Nicole Johnson took a lot of effort to finally understand what "Iron Man" and "Black Widow" represent in Marvel, and then guess what role Xu Kai wants to give her.

Nicole Johnson, who had watched "Iron Man" once before, hurried to watch "Iron Man" again.

This time, Nicole Johnson found Xu Kai's name in the "Iron Man" staff list.

This provides ample evidence for Nicole Johnson's speculation.

"Oh shit, he wanted me to play Natalia, what the hell did I miss!"

In the next few days, "Iron Man" became a big hit, and the box office in the first week of North America exceeded 1 million yuan, becoming the new box office darling of the North American film market. The major media and film critics in North America are frantic Praise for "Iron Man".

Moreover, "Rush Hour" starring Xu Kai was released later.

Chris Tucker is a well-known master of language and humor in Hollywood, and Xu Kai is taking the road of action humor, so the rivalry between the two of them can be said to be very interesting and complement each other.

And because some of the best stuntmen in the world in Hollywood put some great Hollywood stunts into the film.

For example, at the end of the film, the scene where Tucker catches Xu Kai falling from mid-air with a big advertising cloth is quite exciting.

That's Brett Ratner's contribution to Rush Hour.

It can be said that "Rush Hour" is a correct collision between Chinese-language movies and Hollywood movies.

In addition, Xu Kai also showed his skills as the world's number one action star.

——The scene of Xu Kai jumping step by step from the air conditioner on the [-]th floor without any protective measures shocked the entire Hollywood, North America, and even the whole world.

The most intuitive manifestation of this is that the box office of "Rush Hour" even overwhelmed the already powerful "Iron Man".

Xu Kai also successfully broke into Hollywood because of "Rush Hour".

Soon, "Iron Man" and "Rush Hour" stirred up the North American box office like two dragons playing with pearls.

Xu Kai, who is related to both "Iron Man" and "Rush Hour", finally once again attracted a lot of coverage from the North American media.

Then everything about Xu Kai was picked up by the pervasive media, including some things about Xu Kai in Huaguo.

For example, Xu Kai is the number one commercial director in Huaguo and even in the world, and all the films he directed are hits; The rich man just bought the mansion of playboy Hugh Hefner in Beverly Hills, bought the old film company Artisan Films, bought the copyright of many Marvel superheroes, etc. ...

After collecting all these news, Nicole Johnson knew what kind of big shot she had missed.

Nicole Johnson's bowels are turning green!
Especially when Nicole Johnson learned that Marvel and Artisan were preparing to co-produce "Iron Man 2", and that Artisan was also preparing to produce a standalone film of "Shang-Chi", and both films had an important After the role of Natalia Arianovna Romanova, the black widow, Nicole Johnson's annoyance and depression can no longer be described in words.

Nicole Johnson looked at the posters on the wall of her small and humble room, clenched her fists tightly and said to herself: "The black widow is mine, no one can take her away from me !"

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(End of this chapter)