Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 215 Tang De’s Moment
Tang De entered the auditorium and soon saw Scarlett, who was chatting with other celebrities.

Seeing Tang De coming over, she immediately pretended to be unfamiliar with him and said in surprise: "Tang."

"Hello." Tang De acted with her, maintaining a polite smile.

"I like your "Fifty Shades of Grey" trailer very much, so when can we collaborate again?" Scarlett asked in front of everyone, raising her eyebrows deliberately.

Tang De shrugged: "Anytime, Scarlett, I also like your "Lost in Translation". I think we must collaborate once in the future if we have the opportunity."

"That would be great. Maybe we can make some interesting works."

"Yeah." Looking at the smile on Scarlett's face, Tang De looked over her shoulder and saw Anne Hathaway.

She was crossing her arms and watching Tang De and Scarlett chatting, but her expression was normal and she probably didn't notice anything.

So Tang De continued to chat with Scarlett until the others were about to leave. Tang De blinked and said goodbye to Scarlett.

"See you next time." He didn't say anything more, turned around and walked near Anne Hathaway.

"Wow!" There was applause. Lisa, the costume designer for the "Memoirs of a Geisha" crew, immediately stood up excitedly and met the crew members one by one.

"Of course it's true. It's just the two of us. We don't take anyone with us."

"She is indeed beautiful."

"No problem, I'll go find you after the wine party."

The next second, a female star's voice sounded: "Hey, Annie! So you are here!"

Tang De politely said goodbye to the two ladies, and then walked back to his seat.

"Will have the opportunity next time."

Applause rang out again, quickly heightening the atmosphere of the scene.

After everyone laughed, awards began to be given out.

"That's it?"

"Best Cinematography, "Memoirs of a Geisha"!"

But looking at the appearance of Tang De and Anne Hathaway, Scarlett felt that the two people were not what she thought. At least in terms of behavior, they were very normal.

"Wow!"

When she came to the stage, she could not conceal her excitement, and tears kept rolling in her eyes.

When hearing about this series of awards, all the stars looked envious. Although these awards are not critical awards, they represent a very high level in the industry.

The first one to get off to a good start was Tang De.

The subsequent awards are Best Visual Effects and Best Adapted Screenplay. The former belongs to "King Kong" and the latter belongs to "Brokeback Mountain."

Just like the previous time, the host still started by teasing.

Tang De finished straightening his tie and said seriously: "So I hope I have the opportunity to work with you in a new movie."

"What did you guys say just now? You look very happy." Jessica covered her mouth with her hands. She was wearing a black suspender skirt today and paired with sparkling jewelry, looking very dazzling.

"Best Costume Design, Memoirs of a Geisha!"

In terms of figure, Scarlett has not faced many opponents.

"Really? I actually thought so too, but none of your movies seem to be suitable for me."

However, if she heard what Anne Hathaway and Tang De were discussing at this time, a war would inevitably break out between the three.

"It's not as good as you, honey. When will it be the best time for the two of us to collaborate on a movie?"

"Annie, you are so beautiful today." There were only two of them around, oh, and Scarlett looking back from a distance.

"Best Art Direction, "Memoirs of a Geisha"!"

"Thank you, thank you to Spielberg for giving me this opportunity, thank you to Tang De, thank you to Rob, and thank you to all the members of the costume team. It is because of your efforts that we won this award. This award belongs to everyone. I love you all."

Jessica Alba was waiting for him at her seat, as did the cast of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Sin City."

But then, three consecutive awards were all related to Tang De.

"Well..." Tang De whispered: "When this is over, let's go on vacation."

Tang De comforted him with a few words, and then entered the official process immediately following the Oscar ceremony.

When Scarlett saw Anne Hathaway next to Tang De, she immediately felt a deep threat.

As soon as she came off the red carpet, she saw Tang De chatting with Anne Hathaway.

"Really?" Anne Hathaway covered her mouth in surprise, looked around subconsciously, and then raised the corners of her mouth uncontrollably: "Really?"

Anne Hathaway immediately responded: "Long time no see."

"Best Original Screenplay, "Little Miss Sunshine"!"

Whether it is temperament or appearance, Anne Hathaway is one of the most outstanding in Hollywood, except for her figure.

Tang De looked at Anne Hathaway in a white dress and said: "She is talking to me about the movie. In fact, she seems to want to cooperate with me."

It’s just that outsiders don’t understand this kind of professional award, so they pay little attention to it.

"I'll wait for you in the hotel tonight."

People in the industry use Oscar awards as a benchmark. After technical personnel win awards, their net worth will rise rapidly.

However, as a director, Tang De won the best cinematography twice, which is also very dramatic.

After the award winners came on stage, they often mentioned Tang De, which also led to the fact that his name was the one that everyone heard the most.

"Thank you Tang De, his direction is great!"

"Thank you Tang De, he gave me the opportunity."

"Thank you Tang De..." This is what Tang De said himself.

He held the statuette and said humorously into the microphone: "Why do I have to call myself by my full name? Sorry, I must have been influenced by the person in front of me."

"Hahahahaha!" The people under the stage laughed immediately.

After Tang De went down, the host came on stage, and his first sentence was: "Thank you Tang De..." He paused for a moment, and then continued in the eyes of the audience: "For your speech."

"Hahaha!"

"Well, it's a good thing I'm smart, otherwise I would be the first host to give an acceptance speech on the Oscar stage."

After the audience had laughed enough, the host said seriously.

"Then let's continue with the awards!"

Everyone thought that after these awards were awarded, Tang De's presence would become less significant.

However, something unexpected happened.

“Best Editing, ‘Crash’!”

“Best Sound Effects, Memoirs of a Geisha!”

"Best Supporting Actress, Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine."

Three more awards are related to Tang De, although no one knows that the award for "Crash" is related to Tang De.

But the remaining two undoubtedly said thank you Tang De. Especially Abigail Breslin, this cute little girl said sweetly on the stage: "Thank you to Brother Tang De, he chose me, just like I chose strawberry candy, I love you ”

The audience was amused by her cuteness and were even more impressed by Tang De.

But that's not the end, because the heavyweight awards appear.

"The next award is Best Picture. This is really exciting." Award guest Jack Nicholson held the card, lowered his head and pointed at the microphone and said: "The nominees are..."

The hearts of all the crew were immediately lifted, and the stars who were originally a little listless also got up and waited for the nomination list.

"'Brokeback Mountain'!"

"Capote!"

Everyone applauded when they heard these two names. Li An received the most applause, and he nodded gently.

follow closely……

"'Crash'!"

This name is a bit unexpected, because this movie is not very well-known, and many stars have not seen it, so I am a little curious about what magic it has to be loved by the Oscar judges.

But if we say the most shocking one, it's not "Crash", because the next two movies are more surprising than the last.

"Little Miss Sunshine!"

"Memoirs of a Geisha!"

Everyone's eyes focused on Tang De again. They all knew that these two movies were closely related to him, one was the producer and the other was the director.

No matter which film wins an award, he comes up to receive the award.

More importantly, Spielberg's "Munich" and George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" were not nominated.

This is a popular contestant, and I don't know if he was squeezed out by "Crash" or "Little Miss Sunshine".

Surprise, envy, disbelief, these emotions have flooded into the hearts of many stars and directors.

Then everyone stared at the award presenter, hoping to get a final answer from him.

Jack Nicholson flipped the card over, looked at it and said, "Best Picture winner, 'Crash.'"

"Wow!" There was thunderous applause. At the same time, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally did not call Tang De up again.

Otherwise this Oscar will be renamed The Donde Norton Show.

But in sharp contrast to ordinary stars are major producers and film company executives, because they have been calculating one thing in their hearts.

That is a movie related to Tang De. "Memoirs of a Geisha" received 10 nominations and won 4 awards.

"Little Miss Sunshine" received 5 nominations and won 2 awards.

A total of 6 awards and 9 nominations.

After careful calculation, Tang De was the biggest beneficiary of the entire Oscar ceremony.

However, on the night after the Oscars, a piece of news suddenly leaked out from the producers of "Crash."

It turns out that the public relations work for "Crash" was handled by Bernay Company, a subsidiary of Tang De.

In other words, among the five nominations for best picture, three films were single-handedly promoted by Bernay Company.

This is even more sensational than winning a prize, and even everyone didn’t dare to take it seriously after hearing the news for the first time.

But when they investigated carefully, they found that it was indeed the case. Bernay Company was fully responsible for the public relations work of the three movies. If you calculate it this way.

In addition to the awards and nominations received by "Crash", Bernay Company won a total of 8 awards and 11 nominations this time.

You must know that there are only 24 Oscar awards in total, and films from Bernay's company account for one-third!

What level is this?
This simply makes everyone who knows the inside story feel numb.

When the top executives of the film company learned the news, they immediately informed the people at the dinner to contact Tang De and make sure to bring the company's goodwill.

After all, maybe one day when their film needs to compete for Oscars, it will need the help of Bernay Company.

For this reason, in private, all knowledgeable people call this Best Picture nomination moment the Tangde moment.

Of course, even if many celebrities don't understand the twists and turns here, they all know based on the feeling at the award ceremony that this Tang De will become a pivotal figure.

So they used wine glasses to convey their goodwill at the dinner.

"Don! If you have a new movie, be sure to find me." This is an invitation from Nicole Kidman.

"Don, I think we can work together on a great work that might shock a lot of people's jaws." This was the favor from Denzel Washington.

There are also some veteran actors who have also extended an olive branch to Tang De.

For example, Morgan Freeman.

"I owe you a movie, Don. What happened before was Naomi's problem, but I am also responsible." The old black man clinked glasses with Tang De with a smile: "If you have a movie, you can always come to me."

"Thank you." Tang De responded politely.

But besides him, there are more actresses.

Because women in Tang De's films often occupy more important positions.

It's just that Tang De didn't communicate with them more, because Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson were all looking at him.

But he was not alone. He kept pulling Spielberg to chat, as if the two of them wanted to cooperate.

It was not until the end of the dinner that Tang De, who had been in a tense state of mind, breathed a sigh of relief.

He went to the bathroom and washed his face. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Scarlett at the opposite wall, as if waiting for him.

"Hey, my great director, how do you feel?" Scarlett smiled, and the next second she saw Tang De raising his finger to his mouth.

"What, are you scared?" Scarlett deliberately provoked, but before she could react, she was pulled into Don's arms.

"What are you going to do..." Scarlett suddenly panicked because she saw herself being pulled into the bathroom by Don.

Tang De directly pushed Scarlett into the innermost compartment, locked the door, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they heard the sound of the door opening next door.

"It's so exciting. It turns out that the master wants this feeling..." Scarlett felt hot all over, and even trembled a little with excitement.

"Can you hold it back?" Tang De raised the corners of his mouth, teasing her.

"How about we make a bet?" Scarlett put her chin on his shoulder: "If I scream, I lose."

Then she lowered her head and squatted on the ground: "If you scream, you lose."

Just as he finished speaking, a clear zipper sound came from the cubicle, followed by Tang De's low hiss.

"Dong dong dong."

The door panel of the last stall in the bathroom kept vibrating.

Even if someone came to use the toilet, the two people in the cubicle only restrained themselves for a moment without stopping.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Tang De opened the door slightly and observed the situation through the gap.

(End of this chapter)