Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 395: Making History, Best Actress and Director, I Am the Best Movie

Chen Linfeng couldn't imagine how awkward it would be if it were him, listening to such corny compliments while being filmed by the camera and having to react.

It makes my scalp tingle just thinking about it.

Fortunately, all those who were nominated are top-notch actors who can handle the situation, and even if others find it embarrassing, they may be happy with it.

The guest who announced the awards afterwards, Sean Penn, the best actor at last year's Oscars, began to introduce the five nominated actresses one by one.

Every time the presenter reads out a nominated actor, a real-time shot of the actor will appear on the screen, showing the actor's current expression, demeanor and movements.

By the end, all five actors were on screen.

They are the candidates for tonight's Oscar Best Actress.

These five women who are probably the best at acting in the world faced the camera with appropriate smiles, as if they did not care too much, yet were solemn and dignified enough to show their importance of the award.

"The winner of the Best Actress award is Lv Zhong for "Sunset", congratulations."

Because of the delay in the live broadcast, several people in the studio actually already knew the result.

But Zhu Jun still pretended to know it for the first time, and said with great surprise,

"China's first Oscar winner for Best Actress has appeared, and it was won by Ms. Lu Zhong. She created new history!

This is the prelude to the rise of Chinese films and the beginning of the influence of Chinese cultural industries in the world. Let us congratulate Mr. Lu. "

"..."

The sisters in Li Qingqing's dormitory clapped excitedly. Just as Zhu Jun in the studio said, this is new history.

They are excited about this fact.

Most of the people in the Beijing circle are men. They simply congratulated Lu Zhong. After all, it was none of their business. It was a good thing that the Chinese had such an achievement.

But for a group of female celebrities, the feelings are a bit complicated and hard to describe.

An Oscar-winning actress, something I wouldn’t even dare to dream of.

How could someone receive such an honor?

Female celebrities who are preparing to break out into the international arena, such as Fan Binbin and Li Binbin, have raised their ambition ratings.

Since a Chinese person can become an Oscar winner, it should be okay for them to set this as their goal, right?
Those who have worked abroad for many years, such as Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, know how difficult it is.

It’s not a question of whether you want to work hard or not, but whether there are opportunities.

Xiao Chen is so awesome that he actually produced an Oscar-winning actress.

At the Kodak Theater, Lu Zhong broke down in tears while speaking.

She seemed to be in a dream at this moment and did not notice that all the guests in the audience had stood up out of their respect for the Best Actress award.

What Lu Zhong said most was thanking Chen Linfeng and Zhang Yimou for giving her this opportunity.

While on the crew, I also listened to Director Chen’s guidance on acting.

Finally, they emphasized their gratitude for the support of the country and the people, which is a habit of the older generation.

Chen Linfeng smiled and applauded, feeling that this was a good habit.

After the Best Actress award, it’s the Best Actor award.

This time, there is really no hope.

We can't give you both acting awards. Even if it's American productions, there aren't many of them.

Sure enough, the Best Actor award went to Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart.

Mr. You seemed very calm; he had made preparations early on.

Winning an award is indeed a matter of fate.

The male lead he played was indeed not as good as the female lead in terms of plot tension.

If it was an ordinary actor, he would still be confident that he could overpower him, but Lu Zhong was also a strong player, so there was nothing he could do.

Chen Linfeng wanted to turn around and offer some comfort, but seeing that the old man was really open-minded, he didn't say anything more.

He secretly decided to go back and help the old man blow more trumpets.

In fact, Mr. You was innocent of the crime.

The battle for supremacy among the Three Kingdoms has reached its final stage.

Best Director Award!

In fact, so far, "Sunset" is clearly better, after all, it won the Best Actress and Best Foreign Language Film awards.

In fact, at this point, Chen Linfeng's mentality has calmed down a lot.

The expected target has been achieved long ago, and the rest is pure profit.

However, when he saw the award presenter appear, Chen Linfeng was shocked.

It was Li An! ?

Generally speaking, the award presenters for the male and female leading roles will be the winners of the previous session.

For example, the person who just presented the Best Actor award was last year's Oscar winner Kate Winslet.

As for other aspects, such as the presenter of the Best Director award, the production team will more or less consider the program effect, or try to find someone who is related to the winner.

And when Li An appears, who is he related to?

Chen Linfeng's heart was pounding.

Li An followed the procedure and introduced the six directors of the five nominated films one by one.

When talking about "Sunset", he also specifically mentioned his relationship and opinions with the two directors.

"I am quite familiar with directors Chen and Zhang. One of them has reached the pinnacle in artistic techniques, and the other is extremely good at imagining good stories and has the most extreme imagination. The combination of these two people has created the perfection of "Sunset"."

Six directors appeared on the screen at the same time:

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker;
James Cameron – Avatar;
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air;
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds;
Chen Linfeng and Zhang Yimou - Sunset.

Chen Linfeng's expression was so calm that it seemed a little deliberate. His posture was also very straight as he quietly watched Li An's movements on the stage.

He slowly opened the envelope, took out the letter, glanced at it, and then announced with a slightly surprised expression:

"The winner of this year's Best Director is... Chen Linfeng and Zhang Yimou for Sunset."

Everyone present was a little surprised.

It was actually given to these two Chinese directors.

This is completely different from the situation when Li An won the award for "Brokeback Mountain".

You know, Brokeback Mountain is a genuine Emily Keno movie after all, while Sunset is a pure foreign film, and it won the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

It's like setting a precedent.

The scene seemed to be suddenly quiet for a moment.

Fortunately, the camera was not aimed at the scene, but at the six directors.

Then, Quentin broke the silence, stood up and applauded with a smile.

James Cameron also smiled and applauded.

Kathryn Bigelow smiled bitterly and began to applaud as well.

Chen Linfeng and Zhang Yimou had already started celebrating.

The two of them hugged everyone around them, then walked briskly onto the stage.

Zhang Yimou insisted as always that Chen Linfeng speak first.

He was not polite and stood in front of the microphone.

There was so much good news today that even Chen Linfeng felt a little relaxed.

"Actually, it's a little unfair to win the Best Director award."

Everyone didn't know what he meant. Was he getting cocky and looking to cause trouble?

"After all, there are only two of us, Director Zhang and I, while everyone else is alone. Comparatively speaking, we have the advantage in numbers."

It turns out it is so unfair.

Everyone smiled. There was no such thing as that.

It doesn’t mean that having more directors means any advantage. In fact, many times, it will mess things up and make things worse.

This is obviously a joke.

Chen Linfeng continued to review, “Besides, my age is not suitable, I am too young, and it is obvious that during the confrontation, there was a young guy who took advantage.

Others will think, “Hey, we are all seniors. It’s not that we can’t beat you, but if we beat you, it will show that we don’t care about children, so we should just give way to you.”

Quentin laughed. He understood that the words should be interpreted in reverse.

Chen is detailing the difficulties they encountered in winning the award.

Cameron also smiled, what a funny boy.

"Also, we are a foreign crew, which gives us a lot of advantages. It's true that we are rare, so the judges are curious and naturally have an advantage. So I'm sorry that we won the Best Director award."

Ha~ha.

Some of the guests at the scene laughed out loud.

It’s only been a short time since the email scandal, so where do foreign films get their advantages from?

But they basically understood what Chen Linfeng was saying.

It is indeed not easy for a foreign film to overcome so many difficulties and win the Best Director award. He deserves it.

The audience burst into warm applause.

"Finally," Chen Linfeng said seriously, "I know I'm still young, and a big factor in my winning this time is that Director Zhang is here, so the judges have to consider giving him some face.

Next time, next time I will bring a complete work of my own and make another attempt to win an Oscar. I hope everyone will think that I have made progress by then. Thank you.

Finally, I would like to thank the domestic fans for their support. Thank you..."

Chen Linfeng took a step back and gave the seat to Zhang Yimou.

The last paragraph is an explanation to the Oscar judges and Hollywood, letting them know that there will be a next time.

For the Oscars, as long as they continue to play by their rules.

That in itself is a victory.

Then the historically-breaking choice that had to be made this time for "Sunset" is slightly more acceptable.

Chen Linfeng has always believed that "Sunset" winning the award this time had a sense of being forced, at least it would give many people this feeling.

He has also been trying to find ways to dispel this emotion.

After all, it's not 16 yet, and maybe he can get some benefits in the next few years. He doesn't want to mess up the relationship yet.

Zhang Yimou's speech was rather conventional, without much to say.

The two went backstage.

Because the best film award will be presented soon, and "Sunset" is among them.

So there was no time for further interviews and the two quickly returned to their seats.

Of course, the best film will definitely not be "Sunset" anymore, it's not that beautiful.

The Oscars are conservative after all and do not allow such outrageous things to happen.

It took 18 years in the previous life for a movie to achieve such an achievement.

The Best Picture award went to The Hurt Locker without a doubt.

But the producers of The Hurt Locker were not in particularly happy mood.

Best Picture was supposed to represent the highest achievement at the Oscars.

Often, a complete award must include Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Screenplay to be truly worthy of the title.

But this year a movie called "Sunset" came out.

This made them look extremely embarrassed.

A best foreign language film not only won technical awards at the Oscars, but also won the Best Actress and Best Director awards.

So what is the difference between this foreign language film and the best film?
Standing on the stage, the producer received the trophy from Tom Hanks, looking unusually calm.

It makes people feel that he is just receiving a small prize.

The main creators of the crew who came on stage together were also somewhat silent.

This magical scene constitutes the audience's final impression of this year's Oscars.

Back home, the studio has just transitioned to the announcement of the best director.

Zhu Jun was so excited that his voice broke, which was rare.

(End of this chapter)