Huayu: Start by asking ex-girlfriends for alms

Chapter 344

The warm-up is over, and the main show begins!
As Morgan Freeman led the opening montage, Tom Hanks took the stage to present the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.

"How about it, Old Bao, are you nervous?" Zhen Jiecheng asked jokingly, tilting his head.

Since Li Pingbin was serving Guo Fan, only Bao Dexi came to the scene.

"Don't be nervous, don't slander me!" After being in the gang for a long time, Lao Bao's pronunciation became more and more clear. "I won the Oscar for Best Cinematography in 01, what do I need?"

When joining the gang, everyone has their own outstanding honors; after joining the gang, they will harvest various trophies.

Nowadays, none of these old guys dare to show weakness when the awards are presented. If this gets out, they will be laughed at by their peers.

"The competition for 'Best Cinematography' is mainly between 'The Artist' and 'Hugo', two films with black-and-white or retro styles. 'Hugo' is a little more competitive, though."

Zhen Jiecheng paused, raised his head,

"Hugo's 'outstanding' is more reflected in its visual effects and art direction, but it is only relative to other works, not us!"

"No matter what, the advantage is yours!"

"Old Bao, cheer up! Hold your head up! Old Li is watching you!"

"Shit! If I raise my head again, I'll be looking down on you, I..."

"The winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the 84th Academy Awards is Joker! Congratulations to Peter Pau! Congratulations to Mark Lee Ping-Bin!"

Tom Hanks interrupted Bao Dexi's sweet talk and warm applause broke out.

The spotlights were on him, and Lao Bao's bald head became a new source of light. But facing the attention and focus of the camera, he just smiled faintly and walked onto the stage calmly.

“I am grateful to the judges of the Academy for their recognition, which allowed me to win this award for the second time.”

Shit! This old guy, he's done all the pretending!
Zhen Jiecheng curled his lips and joined in the applause.

"My partner didn't come, so I'll thank him on his behalf."

"Oh, by the way, let me formally introduce my old buddy to you: Mark Lee Ping-Bin!"

"Once again, I would like to thank the Academy judges for their recognition and generosity, so that he no longer has to drool over my Oscar trophy. And I will take this shared trophy back and give it to him, so that he can hug the Oscar to sleep. I think the fragrance of art will definitely effectively cure his insomnia, right?"

Bao Dexi blinked and waved to the camera.
"Hey, old chap, don't thank me! After all, I already have it, don't I?"

"Fuck! I swear to your uncle! I hug your uncle! I thank your uncle!" Li Pingbin, who was thousands of miles away, cursed at the TV, "You baldy! You deserve to have no hair on your head!"

"Hahaha!" Cao Jiuping and Ji Jianming laughed and added fuel to the fire. Zhu Xu on the side also grinned and couldn't help laughing.

Each person has one cigarette, and they are all heavy smokers.

Facing a group of bigwigs, Deng Chao shrank his neck, looked at Duan Yihong, and lowered his eyelids tacitly. He pretended not to hear anything and continued to think about the script.

As for Song Jia, he never even raised his head from beginning to end.

The cast is so scary! Song Jia thought he had decent acting skills, but now he is like a primary school student, even his breathing rhythm is wrong!

"The winner of 'Best Art Direction' is Hugo! Congratulations to Dante Ferretti and Francesca!"

The award ceremony continued in the sound, visual, makeup, editing, photography, and screenplay categories, and it basically became a three-way competition among "Joker", "Hugo", and "The Artist"!

"The Iron Lady", which won the "Best Makeup" award in the previous life, was snatched away by "Joker". In addition to "Best Art Direction", "Hugo" also includes "Best Sound Editing", "Best Sound Effects" and "Best Visual Effects".

"The Artist" won the "Best Costume Design" and "Best Original Score" awards.

"What a pity! The retro jazz music of The Artist has such a huge advantage in the Oscars!" Zhen Jiecheng smacked his lips and said regretfully, "If it were another venue, Fujisawa-san would definitely be a winner!"

"It's okay. The old devil doesn't lack this little honor!" Bao Dexi raised his eyelids. "Besides, his creative motivation doesn't come from awards. As long as you continue to behave like a nobody, Jiu Shirang will have to endure it anyway!"

"Do you know what he said before he left last time?"

"What did you say?" Zhen Jiecheng asked curiously.

"The old devil asked: Have you ever risked your life for someone else in your life? I did, twice! And they were two fucking men!"

"'Tama' was not added by me. All the other words of the old devil need to be translated, but this word is the most authentic!"

Zhen Jiecheng: ヽ(￣д￣;)ノ

In between the three works collecting trophies, other crews would occasionally show up.

For example, "The Muppet Movie", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and so on.

It wasn't until we entered the categories of short films, documentaries, cartoons and others that a wide variety of films began to flourish.

The "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film" that has been hyped over and over again in the domestic entertainment industry went to "Nader & Westminster", an Iranian film that interweaves family ethics at the personal level with class differences at the social level, showing the gap and conflict between the relatively wealthy and Westernized middle class in the Middle East and the working class with low education levels who still strictly adhere to religious regulations.

Similar themes have always been favorites for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!
The artistic achievements of "Ned and Westminster" go far beyond the Oscars. At the 2011 Berlin Film Festival, it won the Golden Bear for Best Picture, the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress!
Moreover, four Best Actor awards were given out and two Best Actress awards were given out, all of which were given to actors and actresses of “Nard & Westminster”!

Even Wang Jiawei had to take off his sunglasses to pay tribute to this scene: Diuleam, there are still masters?
So it is not surprising that after Wang Jiawei directed a Tai Chi show in Cannes and was questioned by the media and public opinion, he was invited to serve as the chairman of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival again in 13.

What is poison to others is honey to me!
Finally, after "Saving Face" won the Best Documentary Short Film award, the atmosphere at the scene changed.

The main event begins!

The remaining awards are "Best Director", "Best Actor", "Best Actress", and "Best Picture", four of the fattest cakes!
The first award to be presented was the "Best Director", the highest individual award among the "Quadruple Grand Slam" of directors at the Oscars!
The camera kept scanning across the five nominated crews, including "Joker", "The Artist", and "Hugo", and stayed on the faces of Zhen Jiecheng and Hazanavicius the longest.

Yan Jiecheng previously won the Golden Lion in Venice, and although Hazanavicius was nominated for the Cannes Palme d'Or in 11, the crew only won the Cannes Best Actor trophy.

It seems that the honors are not equal, but at the Oscars, everything is reversed!
The Artist is a black-and-white silent film, which is undoubtedly more favored by the Oscar judges. However, as a dark-style comic-adapted movie involving social issues, the competitiveness of Joker is relatively low.

The most important thing is the household registration!

Zhen Jiecheng had already had enough psychological expectations, so when the award presenter Michael Douglas shouted "Congratulations to Hazanavicius".

Get up immediately!

First a bright smile;

Another round of enthusiastic applause;

Finally, he gave Hazanavicius a thumbs up.

A set of three links is silky and smooth!

Since you can’t get it anyway, why not be a gentleman?

Putting on a Sima face will not win you sympathy points, but will instead affect the fraud strategy of "if you want to take it, you must first give it."

Damn judges, come and look at me!

Am I a good boy?
I’m still giving likes even though I didn’t win any awards!
Faced with Zhen Jiecheng's kindness, Hazanavicius was stunned at first, and then quickly nodded in greeting.

The Oscar organizing committee was all smiles.

As for the scene, the already thunderous applause became even louder!

"I want to sincerely thank everyone at the Academy Awards, not just because I received the highest award that all filmmakers dream of tonight." Hazanavicius couldn't hide his excitement and expressed his gratitude on the stage, "Thank you to everyone at Olympus Pictures, thank you to the staff at Focus Features, thank you to my agent, and thank you to my wife."

Suddenly, he paused and turned to the direction of the Joker crew and looked at Zhen Jiecheng.

"Zhen, the goddess of luck favors me tonight. But there is no doubt that the future will belong to the genius favored by God!" "Sorry, my choice of words is a bit inappropriate, now it's yours!"

“Art requires genius. Art is as amazing and vibrant as your age.”

"I sincerely wish Oscar and everyone here to stay young forever, nourished by the vitality of art!"

Thunderous applause breaks out again!

Amid the noise, the producer of Warner leaned forward.

"Sorry, Zhen, we've already tried very hard to do PR."

"Is it because of your hard work in public relations?" Zhen Jiecheng smiled.

You can choose not to take it, but you can't not mention it. If you don't give Huana two whips, how can you make it pull the mill with all its strength later?

"Don't worry, I understand. I don't mind at all. You know I'm a generous person."

Hua Na: (;д)
"The cooperation with Warner Bros. was very pleasant, so when Paramount, Disney, and Universal Studios approached me, I rejected them outright."

Hua Na: (｀Д)!!
"I firmly believe that even if I don't win the Oscar for Best Director, I will definitely be the best director in your hearts, right?"

"Oh, yes, yes! That's right!" The producer of Warner Music nodded quickly, "But our recognition alone is far from enough. Your artistic level must be backed up by a real Oscar statuette!"

"If the Oscar does not have your name engraved on it, the little golden man will lose its artistic value and public recognition!"

"Director Zhen, I can assure you on behalf of the company: our cooperation will surely become a good story in Hollywood and the Oscars."

The award presenter Natalie Portman walked onto the stage and interrupted Warner's impassioned speech. The competition for the Oscar for Best Actor has begun!

There are five nominees in total, including Brad Pitt. Emmm, Pitt, I'm sorry, but I didn't mean to do that. It was Angelina who took the initiative.

Also, congratulations, Pete!
Your future wife, your future ex-wife, is really outstanding!
You are lucky boy, enjoy your life!

After blessing Pitt, Zhen Jiecheng turned his attention to the other candidates and patted Leonardo, who was already getting nervous.

"Your main rival is Jean Dujardin from The Artist, and the others are just runners-up."

"But don't feel guilty. Although he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 11, you were also the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival in 11. It's a tie."

"Based on this, he is a normal person and you are a psychopath. In terms of health, you win!"

"He is French, and you are American. In terms of household registration, you win!"

"Of course, if you lose in the end, don't feel bad, just shoot the bastard with your gun! You have the medical record, so you win in terms of exoneration!"

"Oh, by the way, remember to shoot more. Putting aside the specific problem, it must be because they didn't spend enough PR money! Otherwise, you would have won long ago!"

Hua Na: (O_O)?
Natalie Portman was very naughty, directing the camera and the guests' attention to shift between Leonardo and Jean Dujardin.

In the past, without a doubt, Leonardo DiCaprio would have been the best foil for the best actor! This is the biggest proof of the fair evaluation of the Oscars!
But today is different. Leo was brainwashed by Zhen Jiecheng to give a crazy performance, which, with the hype of Warner Bros., perfectly met the preferences of the Oscar judges.

In addition, his repeated failures and struggles before him also fit the American spirit. From being proud at a young age to being a vase exhibit. From trying to prove himself to being crazy. He personally wrote the best-selling script in the Western world! Now, the perfect ending of this fairy tale only needs the final conclusion of the Oscar, and it will become the best example of the export of American values!
"The winner of this year's Oscar for Best Actor is~~~"

Natalie Portman drawls,

"Leonardo Dicaprio!"

"Wow!!!" The cheers seemed to be able to overturn the dome of the venue, and the whole audience stood up and applauded!

"Go ahead, Leonardo, go collect your Best Actor trophy!" Zhen Jiecheng patted Leo, who was stunned on the spot, and said with a smile, "I kept my promise to you!"

"Well, yes!" Leonardo nodded.

"Don't have a stern face, be happy and smile."

"Oh, okay." Leonardo grinned, "Haha, hehe"

It’s broken, and “Jie” can’t go on.

Leonardo stood up with red eyes. Under the focus of the camera and surrounded by applause, he suddenly opened his arms and hugged Zhen Jiecheng tightly, drooling.

Zhen Jiecheng: っ Д) っ

Why the hell are you hugging me? Are you crying while hugging me?
The camera is filming! Zipper brother and his wife are watching!
Want to drag me into this?

Zhen Jiecheng opened his eyes wide in horror, and facing the camera that was almost facing his face, he pushed Leo away.

The Americans didn't take the soft mumbling seriously, as they just thought it was Zhen Jiecheng's habitual way of offering blessings or consolation in his native dialect. However, the Chinese people and media watching the live broadcast were overjoyed.

"Geneva! I'm not clean anymore!"

The fairy tale ends and a beautiful story is completed.

Leonardo DiCaprio's winning of the Oscar for Best Actor instantly became the hottest news in America, and the traffic and economic effects it brought about will turn into a carnival of capital.

For this, director Hazanavicius returned the favor and gave the most sincere applause to the competitors on behalf of the "Artist" crew.

It's not just about "Best Actor", the same goes for the final "Best Picture" award.

Interesting fact: The Oscar for Best Picture is awarded to the producer, recognizing the production and distribution company.

It has basically nothing to do with the director, and the value of the honor naturally has nothing to do with the director.

This is also the reason why Hazanavicius doesn't take it seriously: If it is, it's better, but if it isn't, I have already won the Best Director award, so why should I care about it?
But for domestic entertainment
"Leonardo DiCaprio wins Best Picture! Joker wins Best Picture! Jason Chen wins this year's Oscars!"

"The new law of 'Best Film': Select the best film festivals and win the best prize!"

"After Li An, the second best film by a Chinese!"

"Zhen Jiecheng topped the Oscars, and he has three Grand Slams but one missing! Bolin, are you ready?"

"Damn it! You bastard, you actually publicized it? Do you have any shame?" Director Tian blushed and cursed into the phone.

"Teacher, don't blame me, I didn't do anything, it was the media that slandered me!" Zhen Jiecheng said with a bitter face, "I feel wronged too!"

"You're not complaining! Even if we put aside the facts, are you clean?"

"Hehehe, it's all thanks to the school and your teaching!" Zhen Jiecheng licked his face, "By the way, teacher, what should we do now? How about I hold a press conference after returning to China to explain it?"

"What the hell do you need to explain?" Director Tian blurted out without thinking, "Two Golden Lions and a Palme d'Or, what do you need to explain? The director of Beijing Film Academy does not need to explain to anyone!"

"Well, the media has already slandered you, and it's hard to undo what's done. You might as well take the trophy back to school and put it on display. I happen to have a ready-made display case here. Although I've loaned it to Zhang Huijun temporarily, you can move it back tomorrow."

"Ahem, teacher, I'm afraid I can't bring it back. The Best Actor award goes to Leonardo DiCaprio, the Best Cinematography award goes to Lao Bao and Lao Li, and the Best Picture award goes to Warner Bros. In short, none of them is mine."

"Stupid! What did I teach you? Use your brain!" Director Tian was very disappointed. "Why don't you let Huana make a copy and bring back the real thing?"

"I just don't believe it. Can Huana refuse your small request?"

"Oh, and make a replica of Leonardo's golden statuette, plate the copper-zinc alloy with gold, and bring the replica back."

"While we enjoy the honor, we must not forget to encourage the performance department. After all, we are all a family in name only."

"Incentives should be based on purpose. If they are wasteful, the purpose is lost."

(End of this chapter)