Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 668 Oscars are settled
The red carpet started at around four o'clock, with several crews nominated for smaller awards taking the stage first.

Afterwards, Zhang Ziyi, Wong Kar-wai and others appeared on the stage one after another.

After the crew of "The Hunt" stepped onto the red carpet, the staff came to "Parasite".

About two minutes later, Zhang Yimou led the way, Liu Yifei and Qin Hao partnered up, Yuan Quan and Chen Minghao held hands, and Hu Ge and Liu Xiaoli followed behind, heading straight for the entrance.

"Brother, come on!"

"Come on, Yifei!"

"Everyone, don't be nervous, just enjoy this rare moment."

Gu Wei smiled and gave his blessing when the other person passed by.

“Crystal, come on!”

Leonardo, Tom Hardy and others also sent their blessings.

"Thank you everyone, keep up the good work too." The elegantly dressed Liu Yifei smiled and waved to everyone.

Afterwards, when it was almost completely dark, the staff member came to Gu Wei and whispered something.

The few of them looked at each other, stood up, straightened their suits, and strode towards the red carpet.

The moment she stepped onto the red carpet, there was a huge cheer from the audience.

Top superstar Leonardo, top international director Gu Wei, and Hollywood star Tom Hardy, the impact they bring together is very strong.

Especially since all the crew members had slicked back hair and wore suits, they were completely different from the other crew members who had both men and women tonight.

After more than ten minutes of signing, taking photos and interviews, everyone entered the theater under the guidance of the staff.

The Dolby Theatre, which can accommodate 3400 people, is indeed suitable for hosting such large-scale events, at least the space is large enough.

The "Revenant" team was located slightly to the left of the center of the theater, in the middle was the "American Hustle" crew, and on the right was "12 Years a Slave". Coincidentally, Matthew McConaughey was on Leonardo's left.

As the crew of "American Hustle" took their seats, the award ceremony officially began.

Tonight's host is Ellen DeGeneres, and the event will be broadcast live on ABC and broadcast live on television or the Internet in more than 225 countries and regions around the world.

The opening was similar to that of previous Oscars, with the host telling some jokes, followed by a song and dance performance.

About an hour later, when Ellen DeGeneres took the stage again, the expressions on everyone's faces immediately became solemn.

Meanwhile, moments before the awards are announced.

In mainland China, countless viewers watched the Oscars live on Sina Video and Movie.com. They included many big bosses, producers, directors, actors, etc.

Han Sanping, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Zhang Zhao, Chen Guofu, Feng Xiaogang, Song Ge, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, Tong Liya and some officials from the Optoelectronics Department, not to mention the large number of media reporters.

Before this awards ceremony, numerous media outlets conducted various analyses, and generally speaking, there was a possibility that "Parasite" and "The Revenant" would win, but it was not a sure win, with a maximum probability of 50 percent.

The main reason is that both "12 Years a Slave" and "The Great Beauty" are good, and they basically have all the elements to win awards.

What's more, these two films also won the Golden Globe Awards, which are the bellwether of the Oscars, making them generally favored by many Hollywood media.

At this moment, the result is about to be revealed. Zhang Yimou, Gu Wei, Liu Yifei, Qin Hao and others are also a little nervous. Everyone is thinking that success or failure depends on this one move.

On the stage, the first award to be announced was the Best Live Action Short Film Award, which was won by the film "Helium".

Next up are the Best Documentary, Best Animated Short, Best Music Awards…

The awards were won by "Twenty Feet from Stardom", "Mr. Hublot" and so on.

After an hour of award presentation and speeches, it was finally time for the bigger awards to be given.

Following tradition, "Gravity" has won almost all the awards that a science fiction commercial blockbuster can win.

Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Editing, Best Cinematography...

...

Around 8:10.

Several films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film have appeared on the stage and on the big screen:
"The nominees for this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film are:

Italy: The Great City;
Denmark: The Hunt;
Palestine: Omar;
Belgium: The Broken House;
China: "Parasite";"

Even though Gu Wei was not with Miss Liu, he could feel her nervousness.

"Gu, don't worry. Parasite is a great work and I am very confident about it?" Leonardo's voice sounded.

"Stop, I think you'd better not make predictions. After all, many netizens in China think you are a complete unlucky bastard at the Oscars."

"Unlucky?" Leonardo didn't understand the meaning of these two words, but his instinctive reaction was definitely not something good.

"I think……"

Before he could finish his words, the award presenter was already in place on the stage.

"The winner of the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film is...!" Presenter Sofia Vergara opened the envelope in her hand and said directly: "Parasite, congratulations!"

"Fuck." Gu Wei blurted out these two words.

"Gu, got it, Parasite won the big prize." Leonardo was even more excited than him.

Gu Wei turned his head and looked at Leonardo "affectionately". If anyone calls you "unlucky bastard" again in the future, I will be the first to disagree.

Not far away, there was a huge shout from the "Parasite" crew.

"Director, director, director, I got it." Qin Hao's face turned red and he stuttered.

Liu Yifei had tears in her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands, her face full of excitement.

Yuan Quan, Hu Ge, Chen Minghao, and Liu Xiaoli all stood up, hugged each other, and cheered.

At this moment, Zhang Yimou was stunned, and the words that Gu Wei had said to him at the beginning emerged in his mind.

"What's wrong with the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film? There will be no problem if we two join forces..."

"Since you want to win the prize, just do it openly. What are you afraid of?"

All the efforts have turned into fruitful results at this moment, and the sweat has not been in vain...

After Zhang Yimou realized what was happening, he stood up and hugged everyone, his eyes searching for Gu Wei...

Not far away, when she saw Gu Wei standing up and giving a thumbs up, tears started to flow...

Immediately, warm applause broke out at the scene, and outside the screen, many Chinese people who saw this scene were extremely excited!
Han Sanping looked at Zhang Yimou's figure on the live TV broadcast, took a puff of his cigar, and said, "It's done, it's finally done. If it could have been done a year earlier, it would have been even more perfect."

In a mansion in the capital, Feng Xiaogang sat on a large sofa and couldn't help patting his thigh and said, "Director Zhang is awesome. He brings honor to the men in Beijing!"

Xu Fan at the side said with a smile: "When 1942 was not selected, weren't you upset?"

Feng Xiaogang curled his lips and said, "What do you know, as a woman? In China, he is from Xingchen Film and Television Company and I am from Huayi Film and Television Company. We are called competitors.

In front of Oscar and the Americans, we are all Chinese, and we are called compatriots. "

Many crews and actors in Hengdian were watching the live video broadcast. When they saw Zhang Yimou, Liu Yifei, Qin Hao and others on the screen, many of them celebrated loudly.

As for the editors of various entertainment media, the moment they heard that "Parasite" won the award, more than half of them opened their documents and started writing press releases.

As for the rest, they just want to hear Zhang Yimou’s specific speech!
“Thank you, thank you very much! Thanks to the more than 300 people working on the Parasite crew. It is your joint efforts that gave me the opportunity to stand here!
I would like to thank my junior fellow director Gu Wei for writing such a good script and letting me direct it.

Thanks to my producer Chen Guofu, Liu Yifei, Qin Hao, Yuan Quan, Hu Ge, Chen Minghao... Thanks to the Academy of Film and Television Arts, thank you! "

Zhang Yimou started by saying a long string of names in Chinese, just like reading out the names of dishes, but most of the Hollywood stars present were like ducks hearing thunder and had no idea what he was saying.

Fortunately, within a few minutes Zhang Yimou repeated his acceptance speech in extremely fluent and standard English, and then warm applause broke out in the hall.

As for China, netizens who saw Zhang Yimou speaking in Chinese through the live video felt honored.

After all, it is the most influential Academy Awards in the world. It has been many years since a Chinese-language film was nominated. Now, not only has it been nominated, but it has also won an award, and the speech was given in Chinese. Just listening to it really boosts the morale of the Chinese people!
But some people said sourly that compared with other big directors like Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou obviously came from a lower background. You said you have gone to Hollywood, so can't you prepare an English acceptance speech in advance and memorize it?

Some people also left comments in the Sina video's comment section, saying that Zhang Yimou must have forgotten to memorize his English speech, and that his halting speech was even more embarrassing. He might as well speak Chinese, come back to flaunt his patriotism, and by the way, harvest a bunch of brainless fans.

But just as the comment was written, Zhang Yimou was heard on the live broadcast, repeating his acceptance speech in very standard and fluent English, leaving many people stunned.

"This level is beyond the reach of ordinary English majors!"

"Oh my god, it's so fluent, he must have memorized it beforehand."

"Haha, the haters have been slapped in the face now, they just worship foreign things..."

……

Domestic forums are full of heated discussions, while Hollywood is still awarding awards...

After the Best Foreign Language Film, there are almost no other small awards.

The Best Adapted Screenplay award went to "12 Years a Slave". Gu Wei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the name of the movie.

When it came to the Best Original Screenplay award, Leonardo suddenly said, "Gu, you can definitely win it..." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Gu Wei.

"?" Leonardo was a little confused. Did he say something wrong?

"If The Revenant wins the Best Original Screenplay award, what do you think are your chances of winning Best Actor?" Gu Wei asked quietly.

"Don't win the prize, don't..." Afterwards, if anyone could hear what the two were whispering, they would probably be stunned.

"Congratulations on winning the 86th Oscar... Spike Jonze... Her!"

As the award presenter announced the answer, everything was settled.

Gu Wei and Leonardo looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Later, during the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards ceremony, Gu Wei heard Leonardo praying, "Please let 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club win more awards, please."

Leonardo kept repeating these words, which made Gu Weiren dumbfounded. Was this guy willing to lose face just to win the award?

Maybe it was God's will, or maybe Leonardo's prayers worked, Lupita Nyong'o won the Best Supporting Actor award for "12 Years a Slave".

The Best Supporting Actress award was given to Cate Blanchett for "Blue Jasmine"!

Next to him, Matthew McConaughey looked a little unhappy. There are still four major awards left, but the popular films "The Revenant" and "American Hustle" have won nothing so far.

With remaining anchor films including Gravity, The Wolf of Wall Street, Captain Phillips, Nebraska and Philomena, the pressure is mounting.

"The winner of the 86th Academy Award for Best Actress is Sandra Bullock, congratulations!" As the presenter announced the answer, Gu Wei realized that the result had changed compared to the original time and space.

The winner of the Best Actress award in the original time and space was Cate Blanchett for the movie "Blue Jasmine", but now it is awarded to the actress in "Gravity".

……

Although it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, the atmosphere in the theater reached a climax after the Best Actress award was announced.

The last three awards are the most exciting moments of the night!
On the stage and screen, scenes of characters played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce Dern, Christian Bale, etc. flashed by one by one...

Leonardo instantly grabbed Gu Wei's hand, Matthew McConaughey prayed in a low voice, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce Dern, Christian Bale and others frowned, lowered their heads to say something, and looked up at the big screen from time to time.

One minute seemed particularly long at this moment, and Gu Wei's clenched palms were already sweating.

"Leonardo Dicaprio won the 86th Academy Award for Best Actor... Congratulations!!"

"Yes, yes." After hearing his own name, Leonardo's mind went blank for a moment, then he stood up and shouted loudly.

Roaring, roaring...

Sweat, saliva...

At this moment, Leonardo's face turned completely red, and the veins on his forehead were exposed, like a ferocious beast.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Gu, you are the most talented director I have ever seen, no doubt about it." Leonardo pulled Gu Wei into a hug and shouted in his ear.

When Leonardo DiCaprio won the Best Actor award, the scene was thrown into chaos. Countless men and women cheered and applauded immediately. The atmosphere was extremely warm, and it looked like he was the winner.

Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and others who were standing far away were simply stunned. They witnessed with their own eyes that Gu Wei won the second Oscar for Best Actor.

In China, on major forums and live videos, the most common comment is “awesome”.

"Director Gu is really awesome. Leo has been a runner-up for so many years, and finally he won the Best Actor award."

"I can only say that it's Director Gu. If it were any other director, I don't know when Leo would be able to realize his dream."

"The second Oscar winner. I guess a lot of Hollywood male stars will be keeping an eye on Director Gu's future schedule. After all, there is a great chance that they will win the Oscar if they work with him."

At the same time, Matt Damon, who was watching the live broadcast at home, couldn't help but smile when he saw his friend get what he wanted.

But when the camera turned to Gu Wei, Matt Damon nodded heavily.

...

On the stage, Leonardo DiCaprio was giving his acceptance speech.

The acceptance speech, which lasted less than five minutes, was interrupted three times. Leonardo burst into tears at the end, and Gu Wei became the name he mentioned most often.

He was even dubbed the "most talented director".

"Besides Gu, I can't think of another director who can help me realize this long-cherished dream."

This sentence also became the headline of the Los Angeles Entertainment News the next day, with the subtitle: "Magician from the East!"

After Leonardo walked off the stage, the Best Director award came.

Unlike the original time and space, "Dallas Buyers Club" has also been shortlisted for this nomination. Jean-Marc Vallée will compete for this award with Gu Wei, Alfonso Cuarón, David O. Russell, Martin Scorsese and Steve McQueen.

At this moment, Gu Wei was staring at the clip on the big screen. In the original time and space, this award was won by Alfonso Cuarón, but now, it is hard to say.

"…Jean-Marc Vallée…Dallas Buyers Club, congratulations!!"

With the host's announcement, everything was settled. Gu Wei then realized that Oscar was also distributing pork.

It can be said that except for the biggest victim "American Hustle", several other popular movies have all achieved success, and no one dominates the market, so the distribution is very reasonable.

As for the final best film, anyone with a discerning eye knows it’s “12 Years a Slave”, after all, it’s politically correct!

Sure enough, after Jean-Marc Vallée gave his acceptance speech, "12 Years a Slave" successfully won the Best Picture award.

By this time, the 86th Academy Awards had come to a successful conclusion...

.........

At half past ten, the Oscar dinner begins.

Leonardo DiCaprio was the most handsome guy in the whole show, followed by crew members from "Dallas Buyers Club", "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave".

As for the nominated works such as "Nebraska", "Philomena", "American Hustle" and "Captain Phillips", they are no longer the focus of attention after the awards ceremony.

Especially "American Hustle" and "Captain Phillips", they became a complete joke. During the entire award ceremony, he didn't win a single award and just shaved his head.

"Gu, don't be sad even if you didn't win the Best Director and Best Picture awards." Leonardo said with a smile.

"Your eyes make me sad." Gu Wei was too lazy to pay attention to the other party. His hand was still painful from being pinched, and it was pinched by a grown man.

"How about you make another art film and I'll still reduce my pay to star in it?"

"So he's waiting for me here." Gu Wei thought silently in his heart, but said: "Stop daydreaming. Next, I have to work hard to make money and support my family."

"With your assets, not to mention one, even ten or eight will be enough..." Leonardo didn't finish his words.

"What do you mean ten or eight?" Liu Yifei's voice rang out.

"Ahem, what I mean is that we can win another ten or eight Oscars together." Seeing Gu Wei's unfriendly expression, Leonardo immediately changed direction.

"You want to tire him to death?" Miss Liu complained, and then looked at Gu Wei: "Don't be sad, didn't you win a big prize?"

"Fuck, didn't you guys agree on this in advance?" Gu Wei was speechless and could only retort with a smile.

Then he saw the little golden man in Zhang Yimou's hand, "Congratulations, Senior Brother, you got what you wanted, haha!"

“Congratulations to you, too, the actors and actresses of the country’s first best foreign language film.”

"Hahaha."

At the same time, the domestic media was flooded with news about the Oscars.

"This year's Academy Awards ceremony ended successfully half an hour ago."

"Gu Wei's film The Revenant won the Best Actor award, one of four nominations."

"Leonardo DiCaprio beat out Matthew McConaughey and others to win his first Oscar for Best Actor."

"After Will Smith, Director Gu Wei has produced the second Oscar winner..."

A large amount of news was released, causing a sensation in the entire film and television industry. Everyone was looking at the news, which showed the photo of Zhang Yimou standing on the golden stage, holding the little golden man in one hand and the certificate in the other, and giving his acceptance speech.

The first Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film in the mainland was born, achieving a breakthrough from zero.

Although "The Revenant" was nominated for four awards and won only one, the impact of Leo's winning the Best Actor award in China is no less than winning the Best Foreign Language Film award.

After all, Gu Wei's two foreign language films produced two Oscar winners, and all the actors in the film and television industry were excited, as if they too had a chance.

Several film and television giants including Xingchen Films, China Film, Wanda, Guangxian, Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group, Ningbo Film Group, Yinghuang, and Bona Film Group forwarded the news of Zhang Yimou and Gu Wei's Oscar wins and sent their congratulations.

Nortel's efficiency is almost synchronized with that of the media.

“Congratulations to our outstanding graduate Zhang Yimou for winning the Best Foreign Language Film Award at this year’s Oscars with his film Parasite…”

“Congratulations to our outstanding graduate Gu Wei for winning the Best Actor Award at this year’s Oscars with his film The Revenant.

This is also Gu Wei's second time to appear at the Oscars, and Leonardo DiCaprio has become the second Hollywood star after Will Smith to win the Best Actor award for Gu Wei's work..."

(End of this chapter)