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Chapter 647 Best Director

Normally, directors work behind the scenes, and despite their status as a big name, they are not as favored as nominated actors on occasions like the red carpet.

Wang Shu Neng has attracted much attention, not only because of his youth, but also because of the gimmick of consecutive nominations and the fact that he wrote a song for Taylor Swift that topped the Billboard charts, which also attracted much attention from media reporters.

After walking the red carpet and entering the interview area, Wang Shu was stopped by the interviewers on the scene.

"Shu, are you happy to be nominated for Best Director again?" the interviewer asked with a smile on his face.

"Of course!" Wang Shu answered without hesitation, "Being nominated again shows that the academy recognizes me."

“Whether or not I win the award in the end, it’s something worth being happy about.”

The interviewer kept smiling when he heard this, and then asked, "Shu, you won the Best Director Award last time, and many people didn't think you could win. You were nominated again this time. Do you think you can win again?"

Wang Shu heard this and responded tactfully: "I am very happy to be nominated. Whether I can win the award depends on whether the college recognizes me."

"Of course, if you ask me if I want to win the award."

"That must have been thought of."

After that, he pretended to be joking and said, "Who would complain about not having enough Oscars? Don't you think so?"

"Haha." The interviewer smiled brightly and continued, "The favorites to win the director nominations are Katherine and Cameron, not you."

"What do you think of it?"

"Do you think Catherine or Cameron is most likely to win the award?"

"Or do you think you have the best chance of winning?"

Wang Shu kept smiling and said, "Whether it's Katherine or Cameron, or the other nominated directors, they are all very capable directors."

"But there is only one Best Director Award, and I certainly hope I can win it."

Seeing that he couldn't find anything explosive to ask, the interviewer asked, "What if you have to choose between Katherine and Cameron, two award-winning directors? Who do you think is most likely to win?"

Wang Shu asked back, "I am a nominated director myself, so can't I not think that I will win the award?"

The interviewer was speechless, knowing that there was nothing to be said about this question, so he changed the subject and asked, "Shu, I heard that you can also write lyrics and compose music, right?"

Wang Shu nodded and replied, "I know a little bit."

"Did you write Taylor Swift's latest single specifically for her?" the interviewer asked.

"No." Wang Shu responded.

Seeing that the interviewer was still asking questions, Wang Shu quickly waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. I should go in."

The interviewer opened his mouth, knowing that there were other people who needed to be interviewed, and watched Wang Shu leave.

In a blink of an eye, the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony officially began.

Wang Shu sat in the audience, watching the curtain on the stage unfold, revealing five men and five women, who were the five nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress.

Different from the usual way of appearance, this time the nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress first stood on the stage, and after the curtain opened, the on-site staff called out their names one by one.

If you watch TV, you will find that every time a name is called out, the camera will give a close-up of the other person.

After the five nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress were introduced, the five nominees for Best Supporting Actor and the five nominees for Best Supporting Actress walked onto the stage hand in hand. After a brief appearance on the stage, they walked off the stage with the nominated male and female actors and sat down at their seats.

After this segment, there will be a small show, and then the host will come on stage to introduce the nominated actors.

After all these steps were completed, the first award presented was the Best Supporting Actor Award.

Although these awards had nothing to do with Wang Shu, he watched them carefully.

Because he is a director, if he finds certain actors are good, he might be able to work with them in the future.

The Best Supporting Actor award has been presented, and the next one is about Wang Shu.

Actor Ryan Reynolds took the stage to introduce the Best Picture nominee "Life of Pi."

It's not just "Life of Pi" that has this treatment, but all five nominated films have this treatment.

Every few awards, an environment will be introduced to introduce the nominated films.

Ryan Reynolds stood on a stage set up in the audience area, clasped his hands, and spoke in an emotional manner.

"Pie is an Indian boy, and his English name is 'Pi'. Because Pi and Pee look very similar, people often jokingly call him 'Pee' (pee)."

"When he was a child, he grew up under the ridicule of others."

"Pai's mother originally worked at a botanical garden. Pai's father took a fancy to the botanical garden and wanted to turn it into a zoo, so the two met in this way. However, because of the objection of the girl's family, Pai's mother was forced to sever ties with her natal family."

"It is really admirable that these two had such courage during the French Indies period, in the mid-20th century."

"Because France took back the autonomy of some states in India, the zoo where Pai's father worked received less subsidies every year and suffered losses."

"So, Pi's father decided to go to Canada to sell the animals for money. On the way, they passed Singapore and arrived in the Philippines, but then a rainstorm came."

"Curious Pi got up in the middle of the night and went to the bow to enjoy the feeling of sailing on the sea in a storm. However, the big ship took on water and Pi's family was swallowed by the waves."

"In order to save the zebra, Pi jumped onto a small boat. At this time, the gorilla swam towards the boat using bananas as a raft and was eventually rescued by Pi and put on the boat."

"Richard the tiger and the wolfhound also boarded the ship later."

"The result of the coexistence of the four animals is that the dog bites the zebra to death, the gorilla beats the wolfhound and is then knocked down by it, and the tiger is extremely hungry and wants to eat the pie, so in the end it turns into a fight between the pie and the tiger."

“With an opponent, there is a goal to survive. Pi survived with amazing perseverance and became friends with Richard with wisdom. The ferocious tiger was finally tamed.”

"They drifted to the cannibal island and met thousands of meerkats. The meerkats were very cute and pitiful. Because they were afraid of being killed, they roosted in trees every night. Pi didn't want to sleep on this lonely island forever, so he resolutely boarded the boat and went back to the drifting path."

"The tiger finally collapsed after experiencing many bumps and hunger, while Pai floated to the shore and was rescued. The ending was good. Pai had a happy family and his words revealed calmness. But who can understand that terrifying time at sea?"

"In the face of despair and frustration, wise people will dare to challenge themselves and do their best to survive, just like Pi did."

"The ocean and the moon in the film together create a poignant picture, and we felt indescribably warm when we saw the moon on the way back from the cinema."

“Cherish the present, a good life sometimes lies in the ordinary. Life of Pi’s adventure not only tells us to cherish our happiness, but also inspires us to overcome accidents and difficulties.”

When Ryan Reynolds was explaining "Life of Pi" in front of everyone, footage from the movie "Life of Pi" also appeared on the big screen at the scene.

It can be said that this moment is the highlight of the movie "Life of Pi" at the Oscars. Not only the people at the scene watched the film clips on the big screen while listening to Ryan Reynolds' description, but the audience in front of the TV also saw this scene.

The more "Life of Pi" wins at the awards ceremony, the more Wang Shu, as the director, will benefit from it.

The venue was packed with stars, including Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks and other famous Hollywood stars.

At this moment, they were watching the movie scenes of "Life of Pi" while listening to Ryan Reynolds' description.

Since "Life of Pi" has always been said to be difficult to adapt into a film or TV series in Hollywood, many people present walked into the cinema out of curiosity since the movie first hit theaters.

Although the content of the movie may not satisfy everyone's taste, we have to admit that Wang Shu successfully adapted this impossible-to-adapt work into a film or TV series.

The content is very profound and makes people think after reading it.

And this just happens to illustrate the artistry of this film.

only……

Many people know that if the Oscars did not move closer to commercial films like the Golden Globes, then "The Hurt Locker" would have the best chance of winning the Best Picture award.

The content of the work caters to the evaluation standards of the academy and is completely aimed at winning awards.

Even though "Life of Pi" is highly artistic, it cannot compete with films that cater to the academy.

Next, the award ceremony continued.

As the awards were presented one after another, Wang Shu discovered that although "Life of Pi" was nominated for many awards, it did not win even a small prize.

A bit bleak.

Finally, it was time to present the Best Actor and Best Actress awards.

It was the same old routine at the Oscars: five former best actor and actress winners took the stage to introduce this year's nominated actors one-on-one, and finally announced the results.

Jeff Bridges won the Best Actor Oscar this year.

The Best Actress Award was won by Sandra Bullock.

After the two major acting awards were presented, it was finally time to present the Best Director Award.

Award presenter, Barbra Streisand, took the stage.

Born in 1942, he is now 68 years old and is a singer, actor, director and producer.

As early as 2001, he had won the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award.

The American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor in the American film industry.

As she came on stage, there was warm applause from the audience.

Wang Shu was also applauding, but he was also a little nervous.

Although it worked, it wasn't easy to get it to work with those old guys at the American Film Academy, as there were always some people who were stubborn and had their own opinions.

Therefore, Wang Shu is not sure whether he can win the Academy Award for Best Director for the second time in a row.

Under normal circumstances, it is indeed impossible for him to win consecutive titles.

Because no matter from which aspect, the old guys at the American Film Academy would not give him the grand prize.

Barbara Streisand smiled and interacted briefly. Then she opened the envelope in her hand and took a look. Then she said loudly: "The winner of this year's Academy Award for Best Director is..."

"Tree!"

Shu is the English name of Wang Shu.

As Wang Shu's name appeared, the audience burst into warm applause again.

The applause was really loud because Wang Shu won the Academy Award for Best Director for two consecutive years, which was really unexpected.

Previously, most people believed that it was impossible for Wang Shu to win another Best Director Award.

However, Wang Shu has now broken this judgment again.

Because it was so unexpected, there was continuous applause from the audience.

Wang Shu also stood up excitedly and walked towards the stage.

The people in the audience looked at Wang Shu who was standing in the center of the stage preparing to give his acceptance speech. The applause stopped and everyone remained silent.

Wang Shu was holding the Oscar statuette in his hand and said slowly: "At this joyful moment, I would like to thank our team first. Their hard work and selfless dedication are the key to achieving this result."

“This award means a lot to me. It is not only a recognition of me personally, but also an encouragement to our entire film industry. I know very well that this award represents an expectation and a responsibility. I will continue to work hard to realize my dream of making movies.”

"I would also like to thank our families and friends. Their support and encouragement are the driving force that keeps us going and enables us to pursue excellence despite difficulties."

"I want to say that everyone's success is not accidental. There are countless attempts and failures behind it. I won this award only after experiencing countless failures and setbacks. It is these failures and setbacks that make me understand more clearly that success is hard-won and requires our continuous efforts."

“Finally, I would like to thank the Academy again for its recognition of me. In the days to come, I will continue to stick to my dream, constantly break through myself, shoot more excellent film works, and bring more touching and surprising things to the audience. At the same time, I also hope that more filmmakers will join us to jointly promote the prosperity and development of the film industry.”

As Wang Shu finished his acceptance speech, warm applause broke out from the audience again.

However, some people were trying to hold back their laughter while clapping.

Among them is Matt Damon.

He heard Wang Shu say: "Everyone's success is not accidental. There are countless attempts and failures behind it. I won this award only after experiencing countless failures and setbacks. It is these failures and setbacks that made me understand more clearly that success is hard-won and requires our continuous efforts."

These words made him want to laugh.

As far as he knows, the movies Wang Shu has shot since his debut have never failed.

So, there are no countless attempts and failures at all.

These words are full of chicken soup flavor.

However, we have to admit that these chicken soup-flavored words are indeed suitable to be spoken openly in such occasions.

(End of this chapter)