The Crown Prince of Huayu!

Chapter 334 Great Harvest

After the Golden Globe Awards, Han Jiadong did not return to China immediately, but continued to stay in North America, leading the team to participate in film festivals such as the Critics' Choice, Society of Film Critics, Independent Spirit, Saturn Awards, and Golden Satellite Awards.

These film festivals are also known as the vane of the Oscars.

Whether a film can win an Oscar or not can be roughly estimated by looking at its performance at these film festivals.

After participating in more than a dozen film festivals of all sizes, the performance of "The Universe" was neither good nor bad.

The good thing is that the movie almost always wins one of the two important awards, Best Picture and Best Director, and sometimes even wins both.

The biggest competitor is still "The Revenant".

The two films are basically evenly matched in the Best Director award.

In terms of Best Picture, "Telekinesis" won the award far more frequently than "The Revenant".

In addition, "Spotlight" has also performed well at major film festivals and won the Best Picture award several times.

Judging from the current trend, the best film will basically be won between these three films.

The Best Director award is thought to be a competition between Han Jiadong and Alejandro González Iñárritu, the director of "The Revenant."

The bad thing is that Liu Yifei gained almost nothing during this period.

And that’s not even the worst.

The worst case scenario is that Brie Larson, who just won the Best Actress award at the Golden Globe Awards, has almost swept all major film festivals and has won nearly ten Best Actress awards, big and small. Her frequency of winning awards is even more exaggerated than that of "Telekinesis" winning the Best Picture award.

Because of this, Weinstein took the initiative to find Han Jiadong.

"Han, there is something you have to prepare for mentally in advance."

"what's up?"

"As for the Best Actress Oscar, there's probably no way this year. The female lead of Room is basically a foregone conclusion."

Weinstein sighed. He did have unique skills in winning awards, and it could be said that he was unmatched, but it was impossible for him to be 100% successful.

This is the same no matter who comes.

Especially when there is a candidate who is popular among the people, it is difficult for even him to change the result.

Only when none of the candidates are particularly strong and any one of them is controversial, is it the best opportunity for him to fish in troubled waters and show his skills.

Han Jiadong frowned. He was thinking about the script and the award winners, but forgot about his competitors.

Seeing him frown, Weinstein quickly added: "Of course, I will work hard for other awards."

Han Jiadong did not comment. He said that the main reason he made this movie was to help Liu Yifei win an award. It didn't matter to him whether he won an award or not.

Weinstein probed: "Marvel movies..."

"Harvey, we agreed to be the movie queen!"

Han Jiadong stressed that in order to prevent the other party from breaking the jar, he added one sentence in the face of Weinstein's regretful expression: "I believe this is not our only opportunity for cooperation, and the next one will come soon."

Weinstein finally showed a satisfied smile: "I am looking forward to it."

After knowing that Liu Yifei had little chance of realizing her dream of winning an Oscar for Best Actress, Han Jiadong stopped staying in North America and returned to China with Liu Yifei, Huang Xiaoming and others to continue filming the sixth season of "The World of Cultivation".

The fifth season has now taken over from the sixth season of Game of Thrones, and with the climax that has been laid out for so long, the ratings have finally seen a surge.

Not to mention the domestic situation, it has been firmly occupying the position of the ratings king since the first season.

Overseas, compared to the gradual increase in previous seasons, this time the ratings doubled based on the fourth season.

The current ratings in North America are 3.5%, and the number of viewers has exceeded 1500 million!
It has undoubtedly become the most popular TV series at the moment, with the ratings ranking first in the year!

Even if it was last year, it would still be ranked third, only behind "Game of Thrones" and "The Big Bang Theory".

It is almost 0.9 percentage points more than "The Voice of America", nearly four million people!
The IMBD rating also soared from 9.3.something points in previous seasons to points!
Higher than the 9.0 score of Game of Thrones Season !
Many fans are also comparing this drama with Game of Thrones, and bluntly saying that compared to Game of Thrones, which has more and more plot bugs, "The World of Cultivation" has surpassed Game of Thrones in terms of novelty and plot rhythm.

This also caused dissatisfaction among some Game of Thrones fans.

Of course, I am not dissatisfied with this statement.

But he was dissatisfied with Han Jiadong.

It is believed that Han Jiadong's focus on "The World of Cultivation" which is set in the Eastern world, and his lack of attention to the Western-themed Game of Thrones, has led to a decline in the quality of Game of Thrones.

Han Jiadong had already returned to the crew of "The World of Cultivation" at this time. He filmed peacefully for more than a week and then gave the crew a long vacation so that everyone could go home for the New Year.

He also returned home to be with his wife and children.

Since the child is still young, Han Jiadong and Tong Yi don't want to bother the child, so they basically never go out of town. Even if they are from the capital, most of the visitors are relatives.

During this period, they took a day off and brought their two children to Liu Yifei's villa.

Looking at the two children and their mother who get along well with each other, Han Jiadong feels extremely satisfied.

Wait until after the Chinese New Year.

After filming "The World of Cultivation" for more than a week, Han Jiadong and Liu Yifei left the crew again and flew to Los Angeles to attend the 88th Academy Awards.

Compared to the Golden Globe Awards, the number of Oscar awards is much greater.

Up to 25 items in total!
"The Blink of an Eye" received as many as eleven nominations.

This surpasses previous films such as "Parasite" and "Gravity", setting a record for the most nominations for Han Jiadong.

It ranked second at this year's Oscars, one award behind "The Revenant" and one award more than "Mad Max 4".

eight pm.

The award ceremony officially begins.

After the Lifetime Achievement Award and three short film awards, it was soon the turn of the award for which "A Moment in the Universe" was nominated.

"The winner of the 88th Academy Awards for Best Original Score is Han Jiadong's "A Moment in the Universe". Congratulations!"

The first prize was a great start.

And once she won, she couldn't stop. After the Best Original Score, she also won four awards: Best Art Direction, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Supporting Actress.

The supporting actress was played by Charlize Theron.

Huang Xiaoming, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor again, unfortunately lost to Mark Rylance for "Bridge of Spies".

After that, it’s the Best Actress award, which is also the Oscar for Best Actress.

This time, Han Jiadong took the initiative to hold Liu Yifei's hand.

"nervous?"

Liu Yifei withdrew her gaze from the stage, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

Although Han Jiadong was afraid that she would be too disappointed, he had already told her in advance that there was little hope.

But when it really comes to this, how can I not be nervous?
"The winner of the 88th Academy Awards for Best Actress is Brie Larson for "Room". Congratulations!"

As expected, the Best Actress award went to Brie Larson. When the result was announced, Liu Yifei's back, which had been straight, relaxed and she leaned back in her chair: "With my acting skills, it is indeed a bit too unrealistic to want to win the Best Actress Oscar."

Han Jiadong comforted: "It's okay, there will be opportunities in the future."

Liu Yifei really thought that he was just comforting herself and forced a smile at him.

After Liu Yifei, it’s time for the most anticipated award of this year.

——Oscar winner!

Although there was not much suspense about this year's Oscar for Best Actor, because that person is Leo, Leonardo DiCaprio who has been running for more than 20 years, all media were waiting for the moment when the result was announced.

There were already countless cameras pointed at Leo's fat face.

"The winner of the 88th Academy Awards for Best Actor is Leonardo Dicaprio..."

When the award presenter Julianne Moore read out Leo's name, there was a sudden commotion at the scene, accompanied by continuous flashes of light.

Because he was so excited and wanted to win the award so much, Leo basically hugged his crew members perfunctorily and hurried to the podium. However, when he passed by Han Jiadong, he stopped and hugged Han Jiadong.

When he got to the podium, he snatched the golden statuette away without waiting for the etiquette lady to hand it to Julianne Moore, the award presenter.

At this time, warm cheers and applause began to rang out again.

With this breaking news about him, the appeal of subsequent awards has obviously decreased a lot.

When the presenter announced that Han Jiadong won the Best Director award for the second time, the applause was a little sparse.

It was not until Han Jiadong won the Best Picture award that he finally attracted a lot of people's attention.

Many media outlets only noticed at this time that compared to Leo who realized his dream, Han Jiadong, who was selected 11 out of 7 times, was the biggest winner tonight!
"It's the first time in history that a film has won both the Best Picture and Best Director awards for two consecutive years, right?"

"With these two awards, is Han Jiadong really going to surpass Spielberg in all aspects?"

After the award ceremony.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Han Jiadong almost monopolized all the media at the scene, with circles of reporters surrounding them.

After dealing with the reporters, I returned to the hotel.

Han Jiadong was hesitating about how to start the conversation with Liu Yifei, but Liu Yifei had already walked up to him, stood on tiptoe and gave him a kiss.

Han Jiadong was surprised. Since winning the Best Actress award at the Golden Globe Awards, the two of them had been so close during their time alone that they could be described as sweet as honey.

After failing to win the Oscar for Best Actress tonight, Han Jiadong thought their honeymoon would be over!

After all, the original agreement was for the Oscar-winning actress.

"Congratulations, dad."

After Liu Yifei let go of Han Jiadong, she said softly with a bit of pride.

Han Jiadong immediately stretched out his hands, embraced her, who was wearing a white dress like a princess, and bent down to kiss her rosy lips.

After a passionate kiss, he carried her to the bed.

With Liu Yifei's active cooperation and even catering, the melody of love was performed.

Wait until you've finished sweating and calmed down your breathing.

"why?"

Han Jiadong gently embraced Liu Yifei's smooth and rosy body.

Liu Yifei closed her eyes and lay in his arms: "I know my level. I am satisfied to be nominated for Best Actress. The most important thing is that I can see that you really want to help me win the award. That's enough."

"fool!"

Han Jiadong kissed her on the cheek and reached out to take out a script from the bedside table.

"You are satisfied, but I don't intend to give up on what I promised."

Liu Yifei opened her beautiful eyes with doubt and looked at the script in front of her: "What is this?"

"I've prepared a script for you to write for the next Oscar-winning actress. Take a look."

Liu Yifei sat up and took the script and started reading: "La La Land?"

The script was prepared several years ago, but Han Jiadong never had the time to shoot it.

After knowing that Liu Yifei had little hope of winning the award this time, Han Jiadong had the script changed, changing the female lead to a Chinese character that was more suitable for Liu Yifei.

In a sense, the revised script will be a greater test for the heroine's acting skills, and she will also have a better chance of winning an award.

The content mainly tells about the twists and turns encountered by two young people who have dreams and work hard for their dreams.

The heroine is a small-time actress or even a minor role. Her dream is to become an outstanding actress and playwright. However, the money she earns from acting is not enough to fill her stomach. In order to survive, she has to work as a waitress.

After the heroine was changed from white to Chinese, the difficulty of realizing her dream can be said to have increased sharply.

The difficulties and discrimination encountered during the audition will also seem more natural.

The pressure from family, friends, and society will also be more real and touching.

To be honest, Emma Stone's acting skills in the original time and space were not top-notch, and she was even scolded as a "water queen" after winning the award.

Since she was able to win an Oscar for Best Actress with this movie, Liu Yifei definitely has a chance too.

In order to increase this chance, Han Jiadong also had other award-winning movies that he remembered obtained and registered the copyrights in advance.

It's just a bit too cheap for that lecherous fat man Weinstein.

After all, this movie is one of the best examples of low cost and high return.

The original film earned more than 400 million US dollars at the box office with a cost of 30 million!

However, Han Jiadong will not give Weinstein away for nothing this time.

Before cooperation, I will sign a bet agreement with him.

Only if he helps Liu Yifei win the Oscar for Best Actress can he get the box office revenue from his investment.

Otherwise, regardless of whether it is a loss or a profit, CP will return the money he invested to him intact.

Without this restriction, with this fat guy's brain, he might deliberately not strive for the Oscar for Best Actress just to have more collaborations with Han Jiadong.

And after adding the gambling agreement, seeing that "La La Land" has a global box office of 400 to 500 million, he will definitely go crazy for the chance to participate in the profit sharing.

By then, he will definitely do his best to help Liu Yifei win the Oscar for Best Actress.

Liu Yifei was completely absorbed in the script at this time. She didn't even realize that the quilt had slipped off her chest, which had become fuller and rounder due to childbirth, or she knew but didn't care.

Han Jiadong took the script from her and put it at the end of the bed: "Read it over here, the light is better here."

Liu Yifei gave him a coquettish look, but still slowly leaned over. She ignored Han Jiadong who was approaching from behind and just used one hand to cover her mouth.

(End of this chapter)