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Chapter 488 Director
Monica and the others were about to join in the conversation when they heard Matt Damon laugh and say, "But if you can win the grand prize, then none of this will matter."

Hearing this, Monica, Kristen, Stone and others were startled, and then suddenly realized.

The script award is the highest honor that is closely related to the screenwriter.

But Wang Shu is the director.

If you can win the directing award, the script award will become less important.

This is because, as long as he can win the directing award, then even if he cannot win the screenplay award, for Hollywood actors, Wang Shu is a great director who has the ability to write and direct his own movies and has won an Oscar.

But without a directing award, even if he won an original screenplay award, he would not be considered a great director in the eyes of many Hollywood actors, let alone a great director who has the ability to write and direct his own films.

Of course, Wang Shu is the winner of the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival.

However, the winning film was a Chinese-language film.

For Hollywood actors, not being able to make award-winning Hollywood movies is ultimately a bit lacking.

Not to mention, it’s not like the Cannes Palme d’Or director from the East hasn’t failed in Hollywood before.

Wang Jiawei, winner of the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival, also failed two or three years ago.

All this shows that Chinese-language film directors may be able to win the three major European awards for Chinese-language films, but if they make European and American films, they are either flops or on the way to flops.

Even though Wang Shu did not fail after coming to Hollywood, there is still a clear status difference between the Academy Award Best Director and non-Oscar Best Director in Hollywood.

"I hope I can win the grand prize." Wang Shu responded with a smile.

After all, this was the venue for the Academy Awards ceremony, and Wang Shu was sitting in the front row. He didn't want to be photographed with a gloomy face, so he was always trying to control his facial expressions and had a constant smile on his face.

"Don't worry, The Wolf of Wall Street has the highest popularity, and the grand prize will definitely be yours." Monica said with certainty.

Wang Shu shrugged in response when he heard this.

At this time, there were changes on the stage again, and the awards ceremony for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Animated Short Film began.

After some trouble, the award ceremony was completed.

Then, the awards for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup will be presented.

Natalie Portman and Ben Stiller took to the stage to present the Oscar for Best Cinematography.

As in the original timeline, the award was won by the cinematographer of the film Slumdog Millionaire.

Seeing this, Wang Shu thought to himself, would the old men from the American Film Academy really want to do such a shameful thing?
At the Academy Awards ceremony, many times, the films that win the grand prize will sweep the awards.

Not only will you win the grand prize, but you will also pocket some small prizes.

Although he was awarded the Best Adapted Screenplay Award before, it was for "The Piano Tuner", not "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Especially now that Slumdog Millionaire is starting to win awards.
Compared with "The Wolf of Wall Street", Wang Shu knows without hesitation that the old guys at the American Film Academy prefer "Slumdog Millionaire", a movie in which a first world country looks at a third world country from a curious perspective.

Whether "The Wolf of Wall Street" can win an award depends entirely on the "general trend".

If the old men at the American Film Academy really dare not take the reputation of the Academy Awards seriously, then they might really fail.

After all, "Slumdog Millionaire" satisfies the sense of superiority of the old men in the American Film Academy. This movie is nothing special in other places, but here it is really a movie that can kill anyone who stands in its way.

So fierce!

After several award ceremonies, it was time to present the awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects.

Among them, the Best Editing Award was won by "Slumdog Millionaire", the same as the original timeline.

This shows that the old guys at the American Film Academy really like this movie, so much so that Wang Shu cursed even more in his heart.

This year's Oscars is the year in which he has the best chance of winning an award.

If I win the award this time, it won’t be surprising to win awards next time, and the difficulty will be reduced.

But if he fails to win the award this time, he will have to work in Hollywood for at least ten or eight years.

"Are those old men really losing their minds?"

"Do you understand the overall situation?"

"You can't destroy the 80-year reputation of the Oscars just for your personal preferences!"

"You can't be so selfish. You have to consider the overall situation. Do you understand?"

Wang Shu sat there with a smile on his face, but he had already started cursing in his heart.

He was the most popular candidate to win an award at this year's Oscars, and he was really worried that he would only win the Best Picture award, and the other awards would have nothing to do with him.

The Best Picture Award is the biggest award, but even if it wins, there is no reason to criticize it.

But Wang Shu is the director, not the producer or investor of the film. For him, the Best Director Award is the most important award.

Therefore, even if he gave up the Best Picture Award, he was willing to take the Best Director Award.

After winning this award, when I invest in film production in the future, my pursuit will naturally become the Best Picture Award.

But that was for the future, at this stage, the Best Director Award was more beneficial to him. This award was the one that was most relevant to him.

The awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects were presented, followed by the Joan Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

After this award, the Best Original Score Award and the Best Original Song Award were presented.

As expected, both awards were won by "Slumdog Millionaire".

Seeing this, not to mention Wang Shu, Matt Damon, Monica, and many other filmmakers at the scene felt that something was wrong.

Usually, films that win major awards also win a number of smaller awards.

"Slumdog Millionaire" has currently won four awards: Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song.

In contrast, "The Wolf of Wall Street" has not yet achieved any success.

Wang Shu only won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for "The Piano Tuner".

Although the many filmmakers in the theater didn't show anything on the surface, they were all actually surprised.

Logically speaking, the most popular film, "The Wolf of Wall Street", should have won at least one or two small awards, but it didn't win any.

Next, there are only five major awards left to be awarded: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Picture. There are no smaller awards for "The Wolf of Wall Street" at all!
Therefore, many people are confused.

“Is it possible that The Wolf of Wall Street will suffer a disastrous defeat?”

Many filmmakers in the theater looked at Wang Shu at the same time. The fact that The Wolf of Wall Street didn't even win a small award made them start to think that the situation had changed.

At the same time, I guess that perhaps the biggest winner will be "Slumdog Millionaire"?
Not to mention the many filmmakers in the theater, even Wang Shu himself felt that something was wrong.

It is true that "The Wolf of Wall Street" received the most support, but since the award ceremony began, it has not won a single small award and does not look like it will win the big prize at all.

On the contrary, "Slumdog Millionaire" was very popular and won one award after another.

It feels like "Slumdog Millionaire" will be the biggest winner.

Although Wang Shu appeared to be smiling calmly on the surface, he was actually thinking MMP in his heart.

Looking back at the past Oscars, every time the biggest winner takes home the grand prize, he or she also wins a bunch of smaller prizes.

If there are more, there will be several; if there are fewer, there will be at least one or two as a guarantee.

Compared with the big prize, the small prize is nothing.

But the problem is that movies that can win major awards are usually strong enough to win smaller awards.

In other words, a film that can't even win a small award, let alone a big one.

This is the case today with The Wolf of Wall Street.

The film that was most likely to win an award didn't even win any small award.

In other words, how can a film that can’t even win a small award win a big prize?
In 2005, Brokeback Mountain directed by Li An competed for an Oscar.

In addition to winning Li An the Academy Award for Best Director, this film also won the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score awards.

I won a big prize and two small prizes to go with it.

It is because films that win major awards naturally have the potential to win smaller awards.

Compared to Wang Shu, Matt Damon is now worried about gains and losses.

At this moment, he was also shaken and thought that if "The Wolf of Wall Street" did not win a small award, it would most likely miss out on the Best Director and Best Picture awards.

However, not winning these awards usually means you will win an acting award.

As the producer of "The Wolf of Wall Street", he may not win the Best Picture Award for this film
But. maybe he has a better chance of winning the Best Actor Award?!

Thinking of this, Matt Damon felt both excited and disappointed.

He wants to win Best Actor, Best Picture, whatever awards are related to him.

However, the current situation is not right. It seems that "The Wolf of Wall Street" will have a hard time winning the Best Picture Award. Even Wang Shu's nomination for Best Director is in jeopardy.
He comforted Wang Shu in his heart, but then thought that Wang Shu was only in his early 20s and had been nominated for an Oscar for Best Director at such a young age, so there seemed to be nothing to comfort him about.

On the contrary, he has been in Hollywood for so many years.

He deserves to win the Best Actor award at the 81st Academy Awards!
On stage, as the special performance comes to an end, the Best Foreign Language Film Award will be presented.

Obtained from the Japanese movie "Investigation".

After the Best Foreign Language Film Award, the Best Director Award will be presented.

That’s right, the Best Director Award is presented before the Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Picture awards.

Reese Witherspoon, wearing a blue floor-length evening gown, walked onto the stage. She took a deep breath and then said in a loud voice: "So far, we have witnessed all the artistic elements that make up a movie."

"But, there is one person who has not been mentioned yet."

"director!"

(End of this chapter)