A widower's entertainment

Although director Li An and Columbia Pictures repeatedly invited Lin Youcheng to attend the Oscars ceremony.

However, Lin Youcheng did not intend to participate.

Firstly, it's unnecessary. Although the film "Humanity" is nominated and Columbia Pictures is helping with public relations, it's still difficult for "Titanic" to win the Best Picture award.

Although both films are now considered classics and moving, Li An's foreign-language film "Human Wonders" will certainly have a hard time beating "Titanic" at the Oscars.

Lin Youcheng also doesn't think "Human Wonders" will win any awards. Of course, since it has been nominated for Best Film, it has a very high chance of winning Best Foreign Language Film.

However, it depends on whether the Oscars are willing to give this award to "The Human Exotic Cases". It wouldn't be good if it was nominated for Best Picture but didn't win Best Foreign Language Film.

If they actually win this award, it will be like Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" later on, making history.

Of course, "Human Wonders" has long since made history.

"Youcheng, are you really not going to the awards ceremony?"

"This film has a very good chance of winning Best Foreign Language Film!"

"This is the first Chinese-language film ever made!"

Jiang Wen also came to talk to Lin Youcheng about the Oscar nomination of the movie "Human Wonders". He also thought it was quite amazing and asked Lin Youcheng if he would go to the Oscars.

Lin Youcheng smiled and shook his head, saying, "Whether I go or not won't affect whether the film wins an award or not."

I already knew this when Lin Youcheng won his two Oscars, otherwise he wouldn't have been nominated so many times but never went, yet still won two Oscars for Best Actor.

Of course, this is also because the film was so outstanding at the time, just like "The Truman Show" which won the Best Picture award and received global attention. Moreover, this film is still a classic.

Of course, the film company's public relations efforts behind the scenes were also crucial to winning the award; otherwise, Lin Youcheng wouldn't have won so easily, even though it was just a behind-the-scenes film award.

Jiang Wen, who understood Lin Youcheng's personality, said, "Only you would not care."

"But speaking of which, the fact that the movie 'Human Wonders' has grossed over 300 million yuan is really amazing."

"Feng Xiaogang was overjoyed with the 30 million yuan box office of his film 'The Dream Factory.' By the way, did you know that he and Wang Shuo had a falling out?"

Lin Youcheng raised an eyebrow, completely ignoring those matters.

Jiang Wen also told Lin Youcheng about Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang. Last year, after Feng Xiaogang's film "The Dream Factory" was released, it became a box office hit, grossing 3600 million yuan. He received a 120 million yuan bonus and gave screenwriter Wang Shuo 5 yuan. Unexpectedly, Wang Shuo threw the money out the door, and the two broke off their relationship and never had any contact again.

Lin Youcheng didn't pay much attention to this matter.

Since the Haima Film Studio that Wang Shuo had previously established no longer existed, the breakdown in the relationship between Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang was not a big deal. However, a few years later, Feng Xiaogang contacted Wang Shuo again because of the problem of his new film not passing the censorship. After a heart-to-heart talk, the two reconciled and resumed their relationship. With Wang Shuo's help, Feng Xiaogang's film was successfully approved.

Jiang Wen saw that Lin Youcheng didn't care at all, so he didn't say much, because he knew that although Lin Youcheng was also in the film circle in Beijing, he wasn't familiar with Wang Shuo's side.

Of course, Wang Shuo had long wanted to bring Lin Youcheng to Haima Film & Television, but Lin Youcheng refused.

In this industry, Lin Youcheng is an absolute big shot, not only domestically but also internationally.

Otherwise, the three major European film festivals wouldn't have invited Lin Youcheng to serve as the chairman of their jury.

Jiang Wen then brought up another matter with Lin Youcheng, asking, "I heard that the Cannes Film Festival wanted to invite you to be the president of the jury for the main competition this year. Why did you decline?"

Actually, very few people in the industry know about this. Li An's side also knows about it and even asked Lin Youcheng for the reason.

This is the first time that the three major European film festivals have invited screenwriter Lin Youcheng to take this position. It is also because the three major film festivals knew that Lin Youcheng was unwilling to serve as a jury member, and the Cannes Film Festival was the first to extend an olive branch to Lin Youcheng.

There's nothing else to it; screenwriter Lin Youcheng is absolutely qualified.

Many of the films he wrote have been released worldwide, and whether they are commercial or art films, they are truly a great number of classic films.

"Every Day," "Coherence," "Source Code," "The Butterfly Effect," "Final Destination," "Phone Booth," "The Departed"... these movies are just a few examples, not to mention the globally shocking "The Truman Show" and "The Human Story."

Other award-winning films include *Atonement*, *Love*, *The Reader*, *The City by the Sea*, *Father and Son*, and *The Hunt*.

These films demonstrate Lin Youcheng's international renown and influence as a screenwriter, and serve as a powerful brand for him.

In addition, with the global explosion of "Humanity's Strange Tales" this year, the Cannes Film Festival specially invited Lin Youcheng to serve as the president of the jury for the main competition, but unexpectedly, Lin Youcheng declined.

Lin Youcheng was also surprised when he heard Jiang Wen mention this, as he was surprised that Jiang Wen knew about it.

"How did you know?"

"Chen Aige told me."

"He is a judge for the main competition this year."

Lin Youcheng raised an eyebrow, not entirely surprised, and said directly, "Zhao Mei, we plan to submit her film to the Cannes Film Festival."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wen instantly understood that if Lin Youcheng were to serve as the chairman of the jury for the main competition, he would naturally have to avoid the film "Our Millionaire," since he was the screenwriter of that film.

That's why I refused.

However, Lin Youcheng didn't tell Lin Zhaomei about this, not wanting to put pressure on her. Jiang Wen looked at Lin Youcheng and said, "I heard that Martin Scorsese is a jury member for the main competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival."

Martin Scorsese has an impressive resume. As early as 1976, he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his crime film "Taxi Driver". Later, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for his biographical film "Raging Bull". He then won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "After get off work". A few years ago, he won the Best Director Award at the Venice International Film Festival for his film "Goodfellas".

Of course, in reality, Lin Youcheng, this film screenwriter, has an impressive resume, even though he is not a director. He has been nominated for an Oscar six times, won two Oscars for Best Screenplay, and won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His film "Amour" won the Golden Lion Award, and "The Truman Show" won the Oscar for Best Picture. Not to mention his other awards, his filmography is incredibly impressive.

This is why Hollywood film companies are eager to collaborate with Lin Youcheng, an Eastern screenwriter. There's no other reason than that Lin Youcheng is simply too talented.

Lin Youcheng naturally hoped that the jury would favor Lin Zhaomei's film. However, the jury's decision was uncertain. Lin Youcheng did not believe that Chen Aige would win the Palme d'Or for Lin Zhaomei's film if he was on the jury, especially since Chen Aige was quite weak in the competition for awards at the three major film festivals.

But it's still a good thing in the end, because someone is on the jury's side speaking up for "Our Millionaire".

In fact, even the judges on the jury were unsure. For example, this year there was a young judge who was twenty years old, namely actress Chiara Mastroianni.

Ultimately, winning awards at film festivals depends on the choices of the jury. In some cases, the jury president is powerful and has the final say, while in others, like the last Cannes Film Festival, the jury was completely manipulated and sidelined, resulting in a tie for the Palme d'Or without the film they liked winning the grand prize.

"No matter who it is, it all comes down to luck."

Jiang Wen understood Lin Youcheng's meaning; it really did depend on luck.

Although Lin Youcheng's script "Our Millionaire" is quite brilliant, and Lin Zhaomei's filming is also excellent, whether the jury members of the main competition section of the film festival will actually appreciate it is another matter.

However, if the film "Our Millionaire" is indeed selected for the Cannes Film Festival, then Lin Youcheng will still accompany Lin Zhaomei to the Cannes Film Festival.

There was no other reason, just like when I accompanied Lin Zhaomei to the Berlin Film Festival before.

Lin Youcheng did not attend the Oscars ceremony, but the ceremony will not be affected and will proceed as scheduled.

On March 23, 1998, the Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Temple Theatre in Los Angeles, USA. Just as Lin Youcheng had predicted, Titanic became the biggest winner, winning 11 Academy Awards, making it the film with the most Academy Awards, tied for first place with Ben-Hur.

Fortunately, "Human Wonders" did not garner countless awards, winning Best Foreign Language Film, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay by Lin Youcheng and Best Makeup Design.

Without a doubt, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is a breakthrough for Chinese-language films, a historic achievement.

Many domestic media outlets expressed their regret for Leslie Cheung, but they were completely unaware that Leslie Cheung was already very lucky to be nominated. Moreover, it can be said that Leslie Cheung's nomination for the Oscar for Best Actor is enough to make him a very outstanding figure on his acting resume.

Currently, the domestic discussion and reporting is mostly focused on the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Amazing, absolutely amazing, breaking news!
That was so impactful!
It was truly a huge impact!

Undoubtedly, Chinese films are in the early stages of exploring the international market, and the award-winning film "Human Wonders" is like a shot in the arm, causing a stir throughout the industry.

Just as the awards ceremony commentary stated, "With the most restrained yet romantic cinematic language and an incredible fantastical realist story, 'Human Wonders' delivers profound and delicate emotions, moving all the judges to tears..."

The judges were moved, as were countless filmmakers, including many in China.

Filmmakers across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are also discussing this matter extensively, as they are well aware that the success of "Human Wonders" has opened a door to the world for all Chinese-language filmmakers. It proves that Chinese-language films can be recognized by global audiences, which gives them more confidence in the future of Chinese-language films.

The enthusiasm of domestic audiences was completely ignited. After winning the award, the film was urgently extended for screenings, and the screening rate in major cinemas across the country soared, box office revenue rose again, and a wave of revisiting the film swept through major cities.

There's nothing else to it but seeing a Chinese-language film win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film overseas; the sense of national pride I felt was indescribable.

These reports all focus on director Li An, but screenwriter Lin Youcheng will naturally receive praise as well, especially since he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay again this time.

In fact, some Hollywood media outlets also felt sorry for "Humanity" because the film was outcompeted by "Titanic".

It's worth noting that "Titanic" was the first film since "The Sound of Music" to win Best Picture without being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. This illustrates that films that win Best Picture are almost always nominated for Best Screenplay, as the screenplay is fundamental.

This is why "Human Wonders" won the Best Adapted Screenplay award.

The outside world is buzzing with discussions and reports, and they are also mentioning Lin Youcheng, the international screenwriter, who has won three Oscars, making history as well.

However, Lin Youcheng is not too concerned about winning awards now, because he cares more about his daughter Lin Zhaomei.

Fortunately, the film "Our Millionaire" also received good news at the Cannes Film Festival, successfully being selected for the main competition.

Quite astonishing news!
Unbelievable!

That's truly incredible!
Filmmakers in the domestic film industry are buzzing about it, but the general public may not know just how amazing this is. Lin Zhaomei is still studying at the film academy and won't graduate until next year. Now that her film has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival, that's incredibly impressive!
This is what Lin Youcheng cares about most. In his heart, the happiest thing would be if his daughter Lin Zhaomei's film could win an award.

That was a new spring for him. (End of Chapter)