director of the millennium

Joaquin Phoenix won the Best Actor award at the 92nd Academy Awards as expected.

Is it the result of public relations?
Not necessarily.

His performance in "Joker" was indeed good enough, and he was the most popular candidate to win the Best Actor Oscar this year.

But are you saying that Warner, the company behind "Joker," didn't do any public relations work?
Not at all.

Wu Yuan knew that Warner had actually organized quite a few banquets in the past one or two months, inviting a bunch of Oscar judges to attend, whether it was to build relationships or give benefits, all the necessary things were included.

But this does not mean that Joaquin Phoenix’s Best Actor trophy is not well-deserved.

Yes, the Oscars are such a complicated place.

Just relying on superficial strength does not guarantee a prize.

You may not win an award just by relying on the operations behind the scenes but not having the strength yourself.

But if you have both, you will be invincible, and the judges and the public will be satisfied.

Just like this perfect ending for Joaquin Phoenix.

Well, it’s really perfect.

Including Chen Guokun, who was competing with him for the Best Actor award, everyone gave him applause in recognition.

“He does have great acting skills and Joker did very well at the box office in Hong Kong Island. It’s normal for us to lose to him,” said Chen Guokun, clapping his hands.

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Indeed."

Although, Chen Guokun has been saying since the nominations were announced that being nominated is great and he does not expect to win the Best Actor award.

But when he really saw him facing the result so calmly, without even a moment of regret, at least Wu Yuan didn't catch such emotion on his face, Wu Yuan still admired him a little.

At least if it was his first time to be nominated for such an important award, even if he kept telling himself in his heart that "it's good to be nominated", he would definitely feel disappointed and regretful when he didn't win the award.

Or maybe Chen Guokun really concealed it well.

Without thinking too much, Wu Yuan turned his attention back to the award ceremony.

After the Best Actor award was presented, the Best Actress award was naturally presented.

Because this award has nothing to do with the "Bruce Lee" crew, everyone was very relaxed.

Jovan, who was sitting next to Wu Yuan, even jokingly "pointed fingers" at several of the nominated actresses.

"Scarlett is so beautiful, no wonder NBA stars want to drink her bath water."

"But I think her chances of winning are slim. Judy has a better chance of winning. Biopics are the favorite of old men in the academy."

"And Fox is also doing a lot of PR behind the scenes."

There are no secrets in Hollywood.

Or rather, there are no secrets for the Big Six.

In fact, Jowan already knows the winners of most awards. After all, during the award season, it is impossible to hide the results from the competitors as the major companies are working hard behind the scenes.

The fact was exactly as he guessed. Among the five nominees, it was Renée Zellweger who won the Best Actress award for "Judy".

This is her first Best Actress award and her second Oscar win. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 76th Academy Awards for her role in Cold Mountain.

"20th Century Fox has achieved its goal this year." Jovan applauded and joked with Wu Yuan. "Getting a Best Actress is already a good result. Oh, now we have to call them 20th Century Fox."

On March 2019, 3, Disney completed its acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox's film and television divisions for $21 billion and obtained final regulatory approval.

In January 2020, 1th Century Fox Film Corporation was renamed th Century Fox.

In other words, Fox, which was founded in May 1935 and was once one of the eight major film companies in Hollywood, has now been sold to Disney.

21th Century Fox, which was once extremely glorious in the first decade of the st century, ultimately could not escape the result of being acquired.

However, despite the merger and acquisition, the new 20th Century Fox will still be independently operated, just like Marvel Studios under Disney, which will not be completely merged with Disney.

Of course, parachuting in senior executives is definitely a normal operation.

But the "competitor" relationship between 20th Century Fox and Disney will not change. Even though the two companies are now one family, they still have to compete with each other. This is the world of capital.

However, Fox's "Deadpool" has completely shifted from the worldview of the X-Men at the beginning to the worldview of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This can be regarded as one of the impacts of Disney's acquisition of Fox.

After all, Fox and Marvel have become one family, so it is naturally easy to talk about the integration of the movie universe.

If Warner and Disney could merge someday, maybe we could see the Justice League fight the Avengers.

Yeah, I want to see it!

Wu Yuan's thoughts quickly diverged, and even in his mind, Superman played by Henry Cavill and Captain America played by Chris Evans started fighting.

He almost forgot that he was still at the Oscars ceremony.

However, with the announcement from the host behind the scenes, Wu Yuan's mind was quickly brought back to reality.

Because the big one is coming!
After the Best Actress award is presented, there are only two most important awards left at this year's Oscars!

Best Director Award!

Best film!
Both of these awards are closely related to the "Bruce Lee" crew!
It's not just the Bruce Lee crew.

The crews of "Joker", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Parasite" and "1917" all had serious expressions and looked forward to the upcoming awards ceremony with bright eyes.

These crews are currently predicted by the outside world to be the favorites to win the awards.

Interestingly, the most popular candidate for Best Director is Wu Yuan, while the favorite for Best Picture is "Joker"!
Yes, although "Parasite" was a huge hit in Europe and Asia, under the public opinion of the mainstream media in North America, "Parasite" simply cannot compete with the two films promoted by Disney and Warner!

Again, the official name of the Oscars has always been the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, not the "International XXX Awards"!
For an outsider like "Parasite", you have to coil up like a dragon or lie down like a tiger.

North American media groups are all promoting "Joker" and "Bruce Lee". Although they also gave a "fair" evaluation of "Parasite", they are not optimistic that this movie will eventually win a big award.

These media groups don’t really love their own movies, it’s mainly because the money given by Disney and Warner is sufficient.

Warner chose to fully utilize public relations efforts for the best film, while Disney chose to fully utilize public relations efforts for the best director.

Yes, Wu Yuan had heard from Disney before that the pressure of winning the Best Picture award was quite high and that it was better to settle for second best. He thought it was because the pressure from "Parasite" was too great.

It wasn't until last week that he found out that it was actually because of too much pressure from Warner Bros., which wanted the Best Picture. Disney and Warner Bros. had discussed it privately, and that's why they separated the two awards.

Then Wu Yuan was confused.

Then why did "Parasite" win both awards in the original time and space?

Can Oscar also make a bad whistle? (End of this chapter)