Become famous another day.

"Took it."

"Lu Yanhe really won an Oscar."

"He won an Oscar at the age of 25."

……

There is also a lot of discussion in the country.

Too many people are watching this live broadcast tonight.

The moment Lu Yanhe was announced as the winner, dozens of film and television bloggers on Weibo posted messages almost at the same time.

The live broadcast in China was five minutes late. Those who watched the live broadcast had not seen this scene yet.

However, the official Weibo account of Zhenhua University posted an update immediately to congratulate their outstanding alumni.

Another school that posted an update was Yuming No. 13 Middle School.

It was not until ten minutes later that someone released the first translated video of Lu Yanhe's acceptance speech.

Lu Yanhe gave his acceptance speech in English, until the last sentence, "Thank you again," which was spoken in Chinese.

The entire internet was swiping the screen like crazy.

The significance of Lu Yanhe winning the Oscar this time lies in the fact that he won it cleanly.

A Malaysian Chinese-language film, a normal Chinese character, an open and aboveboard public relations journey, without any dirty stuff.

……

Qiu Ling and Zhou Shuyu snuggled on the sofa, watching the projection of Lu Yanhe turning around and leaving the stage after giving his acceptance speech. Even though she hadn't seen this boy for a long time, she couldn't hold back her tears of excitement and emotion at this moment.

When Zhou Shuyu saw Qiu Ling's action, he immediately smiled and touched her.

Qiu Ling: “It’s not easy.”

"It's not easy to win an Oscar at the age of 25, right?" Zhou Shuyu asked with a smile.

Qiu Ling shook her head.

"If you had met him when he was eighteen, you wouldn't have said that."

Qiu Ling will never forget the night when she first met Lu Yanhe.

The high school student who had just walked out of the river, was hungry and cold, shivering after walking all the way, and was still trying hard to make himself look not so "bad".

Qiu Ling will never forget her interactions with those young men.

Although they have had less and less interactions in the past two years since they moved away, they are still active in each other's circle of friends.

She follows the movements of those people and watches their works.

And the occasional posts she made to her friends circle would definitely receive likes from them. Sometimes, when she posted content about being tired such as working overtime, the comments would express concern.

Qiu Ling saw many people saying online that many celebrities would delete their previous contacts after they became famous.

She didn't know whether it was true or not, but she hadn't encountered it.

It’s a bit of a pity that as their lives became less and less intertwined, their contacts also gradually became less and less.

However, this is also the norm in life.

Not everyone you once knew and liked can always remain in the same circle.

Everyone has their own career, family and life.

At least in this day and age, they can quietly and consistently keep up with each other's lives.

Maybe one day in the future, with another opportunity, they will meet again.

Never force yourself to maintain a relationship. Sometimes, feelings fade and contacts become less frequent. Perhaps this is to accumulate more longing and tenderness for the next reunion.

At this time, Zhou Shuyu suddenly remembered and said, "Oh, by the way, wife, Xin Zixing contacted me today."

"Ok?"

"Didn't I record many episodes of City Travel before? Later, the program was changed and I didn't participate much." Zhou Shuyu said, "She has returned to Yemai.com now. She contacted me and said she wanted to restart the program and invite me to return."

Qiu Ling showed a look of surprise.

"Really? That's great."

Zhou Shuyu is an associate professor at a university. Previously, in the program "City Travels", he was able to combine humanities with the program and tell the story in a simple and attractive way, which earned him a lot of fans.

After he stopped participating in the show, Zhou Shuyu opened his own media account and recorded a short video every day, telling a few stories.

He is a guy who loves to do it.

Qiu Ling knew that Zhou Shuyu must be very happy to receive another invitation.

Zhou Shuyu hugged Qiu Ling and said, "I never thought that I would be able to return to this show one day."

Qiu Ling leaned on Zhou Shuyu's shoulder and said, "It's great to meet again in life."
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Lu Yanhe sat back in his seat.

The award ceremony continues.

In the Best Foreign Language Film category, this year, the Oscars made a particularly big reform to the awarding method.

It invited famous actors from the five countries/regions whose foreign-language films were nominated this year to come on stage, and each of them had forty seconds to introduce the nominated film.

Five famous actors, most of them are very familiar faces and names to people in the film industry.

The actress who represented Malaysia on stage was Qin Shulan.

The award will be presented by filmmakers from the country whose nominated film wins.

Lu Yanhe thought this form was really good - no matter what, this method expressed respect.

When China hosts international film festivals in the future, it can also learn from this approach.

Unfortunately, the film that won the Best Foreign Language Film this year was not "Tropical Rains", but the Brazilian film "The Station of Southern Water".

Lu Yanhe applauded them.

He turned and looked at Huang Tianlin.

Huang Tianlin shook his head and said with a smile: "Let's come again next time."

Lu Yanhe reached out his hand and held it tightly.

"Most definitely."

After that, the award received more and more attention.

After that, there are technical awards.

The Oscars arrange the presentation of various technical awards between the most watched major awards for the sake of ratings. Historically, the Oscars have proposed many times to advance the presentation of some technical awards for this reason, rather than holding this awards ceremony. However, the entire industry has resisted this behavior.

Even if ratings suffer, winners in these technical categories should be treated with the same respect.

The film was created by them together.

No one expected that the Best Photography Award would be unexpectedly won by "Wet Season".

The film's photography team is also led by Huang Tianlin.

Lu Yanhe and others almost jumped up in surprise.

The second award!

Originally, he thought that after losing the Best Foreign Language Film award, "Tropical Rain" might only win one trophy tonight.

It's so unexpected.

Huang Tianlin was stunned.

He is stupid.

Until Qin Shulan patted his shoulder.

Is this what we call “a new hope after a dark tunnel”?

Compared with the Best Foreign Language Film Award, the Best Photography Award is of course much weaker and is not an award of the same level.

But surprises are priceless.

Lu Yanhe hugged Huang Tianlin across the seat, "Hey! Stop being dazed, hurry up and get on stage to receive your award!"

Huang Tianlin seemed to wake up from a dream at this moment.
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Huang Tianlin held the Oscar statuette tightly in his hand, stood on the stage, and took two breaths of excitement.

Lu Yanhe looked at him with emotion.

Huang Tianlin looked at the little golden man in his hand in disbelief, his voice trembling slightly as he spoke, "Unbelievable! I actually held a little golden man! I would be lying if I said I didn't think I would get it, but, to be honest, I feel like I'm dreaming."

"Thank you to everyone. From the filming of this movie to now winning the Oscars, these are simply the most fantastic two years of my life. Yuan Hai, where are you? Oh, I see you! I thought we could go on stage together to receive the award for Best Foreign Language Film. Well, our luck is not so good this time, but you must, must promise me that you will not be absent from any of my movies in the future. You are my best producer. Without you, there will be no "Wet Season" and no me!"

Yuan Hai, who was sitting far back, smiled at him with red eyes. Perhaps he really didn't want to appear in this state at this time, so he lowered his head and raised his hands to cover his eyes.

However, the cameras broadcasting the Oscars live still experienced and skillfully found an angle to capture his tearful eyes.

"Thank you Yan He, Shu Lan, Huang Feng, thank you Wang Zixing and Meng Fan. Without you two, the best photography award for the movie "Tropical Rainy Season" would not be possible." Huang Tianlin turned and said to the two young men standing next to him.

They both served as cinematographers for this film as well.

"Thank you Midoriya, Schmidt, and Helena, it's you who brought us this miracle tonight." Huang Tianlin suddenly cheered excitedly, "Thank you to all the judges who voted for us, thank you!"

Sincere and emotional speeches always receive thunderous applause.

Chen Siqi said to Lu Yanhe: "That's great, one less regret."

Lu Yanhe nodded.
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Every award given after that has nothing to do with them.

In the Best Actor category, when the nominee Huang Feng was introduced, there was the loudest cheers and applause of the evening, bar none. Even when the winner was announced, there was not such a loud noise.

Lu Yanhe was particularly moved. Fortunately, when they saw that Huang Feng and Qin Shulan seemed to be noticed by the award season, they immediately made a decisive move to push both Qin Shulan and Huang Feng into the award season, thus creating the halo of tonight.

Huang Feng's performance during the awards season also gave "Home Alone" a particularly good opportunity for release.

Lu Yanhe felt that there might not be a more suitable time to release the film in North America.

"Home Alone" made this award season a success for Huang Feng, and Huang Feng's performance in this award season also made "Home Alone" a success.

Truly complementary.

A public relations path that is difficult to replicate.

At the end, when "Tropical Rain" appeared in the introduction of the Best Picture nomination, as one of the only two non-English films nominated for this year's Best Picture, Lu Yanhe suddenly felt what "nomination is recognition" meant.

This is the Oscars, an American film award. Although it has been working hard to face the world and build itself into a world-class award——

But in reality, it is aimed at films from around the world that have achieved extraordinary influence in the American film industry and the American market.

Non-English films are always "weak". In this case, isn't it a recognition that a non-English film can be nominated for this award?
Lu Yanhe's biggest feeling during this year's North American awards season is that the Oscars have accumulated influence and industry status in North America through decades of accumulation. The most amazing thing is that every practitioner in Hollywood in North America regards winning an Oscar as the greatest honor they can get in their job.

Everyone is defending the Oscars. Historically, even if the few Oscar winners who "watered down" their awards won the awards, almost the entire industry treated them with an attitude of "disapproval", and would not say that just because they won the awards, the gray would become white.

Actors who use unfair means to compete, such as Rooney Mara, who was very strong in all aspects back then (of course, her methods were within the scope permitted by the rules), were clearly one of the two female protagonists of "Carol", but in order to increase her chances of winning, she changed her role from the main role to the supporting role and nominated for Best Supporting Actress. This caused controversy among many people during the awards season, who believed that her actions were unfair to other nominees, and ultimately she did not win the award.

Lu Yanhe believes that the heartfelt recognition and support from so many people in the industry is the fundamental reason why this award has such a dominant position in the industry.

Let’s look at the awards in China.

Even Lu Yanhe himself had doubts, let alone others.

Of course, all the cancers that Oscars should have are present.

Harvey Weinstein became famous overnight thanks to the public relations performance of "Shakespeare in Love" during the awards season. After that, it can be said that his strong public relations skills and methods made him sought after by the entire Hollywood.

He completely figured out the public relations rules of the Oscars, and then turned them into his own tool. Even many people's defense of art films and the Oscars became areas for him to exploit.

These thoughts did not stay in Lu Yanhe's mind for long tonight.

After the Oscars ceremony, there was an after party hosted by Vanity Fair magazine.

Tonight is not a good night for thinking.
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At the after party held by Vanity Fair, Zhan Yun, Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian, who did not attend the Oscars ceremony, all showed up.

Zhan Yun appeared as the heroine of "Friends" - Maxine got the invitation to this party for her.

Jiang Yuqian got the invitation letter because of the cooperating brand - Jiang Yuqian has frequently appeared on the international stage in recent years and has a very high exposure. She also has good projects in the future, and the cooperating brands are very happy to work with her. For high-exposure Vanity Fair events like this, brands will give priority to Jiang Yuqian when they get invitations.

As for Li Zhibai, it was because "Buried" was in the promotion period.

Parameter has decided to release "Buried" in April.

The reason why Buried was so hastily scheduled for April even though it was already a big hit at the Sundance Film Festival is because Parameter has a blockbuster movie to be released in almost every important schedule after April. If this movie wants to get Parameter's full support, it can only be released in April so that Parameter's resources can be used as much as possible on the movie Buried.

Lu Yanhe was very happy that he could see them this evening.

It wasn't until he heard a stranger at the party jokingly mutter to the person next to him: "It feels like all these jobs in Hollywood will be taken away by Asians in the future."
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Discrimination remains ubiquitous.

Lu Yanhe pretended not to hear and turned away.

But after only two steps, he suddenly stopped and then walked back.

He walked directly to the person who had just spoken.

When the man saw Lu Yanhe suddenly standing in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, wanted to speak, opened his mouth, but stopped himself.

The person next to that person obviously realized that Lu Yanhe had heard what had just been said.

He quickly took a step back, distanced himself from the man, and indicated that he had nothing to do with that person.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Just now I heard you say that Asians are taking away all the jobs in Hollywood. As an Asian, I have launched four projects in Hollywood at once with my scripts, production company and funds: Buried, Red Eye, Fly Paper and Speed. Shouldn't that provide more work for you? It's strange, why are you not on the list of recommendations from various agents?"

The man's face suddenly turned red.

Lu Yanhe: "Competent people are creating more job opportunities. Incompetent people always complain that others have taken their jobs away. In fact, it is not others who have taken your job away, but the job that has rejected you."

He said this without lowering his voice at all.

Many people around heard it.

The expressions are different, but all are wonderful.

"Hey, Lu." Jack Roan, who was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar today, came over. He was standing next to him just now. He put his arm around Lu Yanhe's shoulders and said enthusiastically, "Don't be unhappy tonight because of this kind of person. Come on, Rohrman has been saying that he wants to meet you. Do me a favor and come with me to say hello to him."

Lu Yanhe smiled at Jack Roan and said, "Of course no problem."

Without even looking at the man again, he walked away with Jack Roan.

The man stood there, being stared at with ridicule or disgust from all around, feeling like he had a thorn in his back, and he quickly left.
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Jack Rowan is not American.

He is Norwegian, but has been filming in Hollywood.

In Europe and the United States, except for actors from a few countries, such as Britain and France, most actors have close ties with Hollywood. This is because the film industry in their own countries is often incomplete and their output is very small. If they want to further develop their careers, they must come to Hollywood.

Jack Rohn is a very famous actor in the United States. He is now forty years old and a very charming man.

"Congratulations!" said Jack Roan.

The two have met many times during the awards season.

Because Jack Rohn has not been among the favorites to win the award this year, it can be said that after entering the nomination list, he has completed his award season mission. The rest of the time he will just continue to show up at these events to increase his popularity and exposure.

Therefore, the smoke of war between him and Lu Yanhe was not as heavy as before with Uber Clark.

"Thank you."

Jack Roan said, "Don't mind what that guy said just now. They are just losers. You are absolutely right."

Lu Yanhe: "I know, I don't care."

"Let's find an opportunity to have a drink together in private later. We can't have a deep conversation today." Jack Ron patted Lu Yanhe's shoulder. "You are very much my cup of tea, Lu. We can be friends."

Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded, said okay, and then said of course.
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The news of what just happened spread quickly.

Almost everyone at the party had heard about it.

I don’t know when it started, but every American Lu Yanhe met would seriously emphasize that he very much welcomes outstanding Asian filmmakers like Lu Yanhe to come to Hollywood.

Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.

One by one, they began to express their opinions.

Of course, this is a good thing.

When they met Jiang Yuqian, Jiang Yuqian said to him with great relief: "You did a great job, great job."

People like Jiang Yuqian, who have been living almost entirely abroad in recent years, have encountered such situations countless times.

There are always some arrogant idiots everywhere.

However, Jiang Yuqian did not have the confidence like Lu Yanhe to fight back. Unless the situation was particularly excessive, she could only glare at him or scold him rudely.

It would be better to fight back like Lu Yanhe did.

Loser!

Lu Yanhe said to Jiang Yuqian: "After you shoot Red Eye Flight, you will probably meet more people who are jealous of you."

"Let them be sarcastic. The more sarcastic they are, the happier I am." Jiang Yuqian said, "I am not unhappy because they are sarcastic or mocking me. I am unhappy because I have no way to refute them with confidence."

Lu Yanhe: "If you are not confident enough, who can?"

Jiang Yuqian said: "It's okay, you don't need to comfort me. Although I can't gain a foothold in a short time, I will firmly guard my place and I will not be driven away. As long as I stand here long enough, this place will be mine and no one can drive me away."

Jiang Yuqian's tone was a little stubborn.

Lu Yanhe listened, smiled, nodded, and said, "Okay."

When he met Li Zhibai, Li Zhibai happened to want to find him for something. He said that a director asked him to meet and talk the next day, and that the director had a role suitable for him.

Li Zhibai was a little unsure whether to go or not.

Lu Yanhe said, "See if the director is a famous one. If not, it's okay to meet and chat, but don't express your opinion on whether he will act or not, or on the conditions for acting. Just say that you don't understand these things and need your agent to handle it."

Lu Yanhe's suggestion is not really discrimination against "small directors".

This is because Li Zhibai has now attracted some people's attention in Hollywood with "Buried".

There are many companies in China that will “buy stocks” and invest in “potentially popular” actors in advance.

The same goes for Hollywood.

Lu Yanhe was afraid that Li Zhibai would be cheated by someone of unknown origin.

Li Zhibai understood and nodded.

Lu Yanhe added, “But no matter what the movie is, I suggest you wait until Buried Alive is released before discussing it. If you discuss a movie in Hollywood now, the situation will be completely different from two months later.”

"Okay, I understand." Li Zhibai nodded.

He smiled at Lu Yanhe.

"You said before that Buried Alive would make me a global hit. Now it seems that this hope is really possible."

Lu Yanhe immediately said, "Then when Speed ​​comes out, Yan Liang will be ten times more famous than you."

"..." Li Zhibai looked at Lu Yanhe in disbelief, "Damn, you're being partial to one person and neglecting the other."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

"It's because you can't shoot action scenes." Lu Yanhe said, "But from what I know about you, you just need an opportunity. After Buried, you will encounter more good projects, and they will come to you."

Li Zhibai raised his eyebrows at him and asked, "You finally made me famous all over the world, and you are so anxious to kick me out to someone else? You don't need me to act in your other projects?"

"Not yet." Lu Yanhe smiled. "Compared to my project, I think you can shoot some films that are more artistic and exploratory. The films I'm currently working on in Hollywood are all commercial films. The most stylish ones are all like "Fly Paper". This kind of film is actually not in line with your image and temperament. You are more suitable for films with some authorial and creative concepts."

In Lu Yanhe's mind, the uniqueness of Li Zhibai's image and temperament, in terms of his characteristics in choosing films, is actually a bit like John Lone - not that they look alike, but John Lone is the type of person who is more charming in films with a bit of art, but in a purely commercial film like "Rush Hour 2", his handsomeness becomes rather mediocre.

The image of Yan Liang is more compatible than that of Li Zhi.

If they are both containers, the image of Yan Liang is a bigger container and can hold more things.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhibai said with some disdain: "I didn't understand half of what you said."

"It's okay if you didn't understand. If you have any scripts you're unsure about in the future, you can show them to me." Lu Yanhe said, "To put it simply, compared to the male protagonists in those youth love movies played by Lang Xia, you are more suitable for Ke Jingteng in "Those Years". Compared to those stereotyped gods and immortals, you are more suitable for the chivalrous Li Xiaoyao. You are more suitable for roles with more distinct personalities and characteristics."

Li Zhibai can't play a "popular type" role.

And "Speed"——

To be honest, in his opinion, if Keanu Reeves wasn't so handsome and full of hormones, judging purely from the character setting in the movie, he would be just a "common" young tough guy image, with no particularly special qualities.

Lu Yanhe chatted with Li Zhibai for a while, and then Uber Clark suddenly came over to look for him.

"Hey, You Bo." When Lu Yanhe saw him, his eyes lit up and he immediately took the initiative to greet him.

Uber Clark smiled and nodded, clinked glasses with him and said, "Congratulations on winning the Oscar this year."

Lu Yanhe said sincerely: "Thank you, I believe you will get it soon."

Uber Clark smiled and didn't respond, but said.

"If you find a suitable role, please contact me later."

"Of course." Lu Yanhe nodded, paused, and then said, "In fact, I have a role that I want to find you for now."
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I was planning to write a little more today.

But, it didn’t happen.

The reason is……

I finally plucked up the courage to start reading this story I wrote from the first chapter.

Then I became addicted to it... I always thought, how could so many friends be willing to read such a horrible book.

Today I felt that the writing was really to my taste, and I read more than 200 chapters in one go. (End of this chapter)