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Chapter 398: Accidentally, Introducing Zhang Ziyi to Li An
“The winner of ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ is…”

Will Smith began to create suspense by holding the list of winners, dragging out the words but not naming the winning films.

Originally, the Best Foreign Language Film award did not have a particularly big impact on the Oscars.

Everyone is mainly concerned about who will win the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director awards.

But Will Smith knew that Zhang Chen was paying attention to this award.

Naturally, he had to create a little more suspense about the prize his friend wanted to win.

Zhang Chen in the audience was fine and didn't care much about the award.

This award has attracted attention in China mainly because a number of directors including Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige have failed in their attempts to win the award many times.

There were also organizations led by China Film Group that selected films to participate in the Oscars, but they all ended in failure.

Perhaps it was also because Ang Lee won the Best Foreign Language Film Award for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 00, which made the mainland film and television circles want to compete with him.

But no matter what, the value of this award cannot compare to that of the Best Picture.

"The winner is "Gangster Thugs" (South Africa), congratulations!"

"what?"

"Isn't it?"

When Will Smith announced the award, all the members of the "Love" crew were stunned.

Because they all saw the look Will Smith gave Zhang Chen before going on stage.

And judging from today's Oscar process, the entire Oscars was full of goodwill towards Zhang Chen.

The Oscars should be well aware of China's desire for the "Best Foreign Language Film" award.

Under such circumstances, why didn't the Oscars give Zhang Chen this award?

"Brother, why is this?" Zhang Chen asked without knowing anything. This has been Liu Yifei's code of conduct for many years.

Instead of racking your brains to figure out these twists and turns that you can never figure out, it is better to ask Zhang Chen, who has a mind as complicated as twists and turns.

Zhang Chen squinted his eyes and looked at Will Smith on the stage.

The other person gave him a big smile.

Zhang Chen suddenly laughed.

"This is really..." Zhang Chen sighed helplessly, "Children don't need to know too much."

"I" Liu Yifei pointed at herself, "You! Humph! If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me."

Liu Yifei wanted to ask more questions, but after looking around, especially when the camera was already scanning this side, she could only suppress her curiosity.

Zhang Chen answered like this, he must have known something but was not in a position to tell her.

Although she was still very curious about why this happened, why Oscar did this, why Will Smith smiled at Zhang Chen, why Zhang Chen suddenly laughed out loud, and why he sighed.

She was curious about all of this.

But the situation is obviously not right now.

Some things can be asked in private, and she has plenty of time to be alone with Zhang Chen.

At worst, I'll have to suffer a little today, but I can always make Zhang Chen spit out something.

Tian Zhuangzhuang, Liu Xiaoli, Wu Yanshu, Lan Tianye and others also frowned, not knowing what Oscar was planning.

Judging from Oscar's attitude towards Zhang Chen just now, he should want to enter their Chinese market.

Then giving the mainland film and television industry represented by Zhang Chen a "Best Foreign Language Film" award should be able to win favor from the Chinese side, which will only benefit Hollywood in entering the mainland Chinese market.

Why don't they do this?

Can't figure it out.

"Leon, how are you? Are you feeling lost?"

Will Smith completed his mission, returned to his seat behind Zhang Chen, and spoke to Zhang Chen with a smile.

"I'm not that disappointed." Zhang Chen shook his head with his back to Will Smith. Although his eyes were still on the award ceremony on the stage, his voice was accurately transmitted to the other party's ears, "It seems that there will be a surprise later?"

Liu Yifei glared at Will Smith with a stern face, then pricked up her ears to listen to their conversation.

When Will Smith heard Zhang Chen say there was a surprise later, he looked surprised again and frowned and thought for a long time.

Then, she seemed to have figured something out and looked at Zhang Chen with surprise.

"The winner of the Best Actress award is Reese Witherspoon from Keep Calm! Congratulations!"

Liu Yifei's surprised face fell again.

"The winner of the 'Best Actor' award is Philip Seymour Hoffman from 'Capote'. Congratulations!"

Liu Yifei's droopy little face wrinkled up, and her tightly furrowed brows could kill a fly.

She looked at the calm Zhang Chen anxiously, not understanding why Zhang Chen could still be so indifferent.

Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Foreign Language Film were the three awards that "Love" had the best chance of winning. Now that they have been awarded, "Love" won nothing. How could Zhang Chen sit there so calmly?
Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you return empty-handed in the end?

“The winner of ‘Best Director’ is.”

Zhang Chen! Zhang Chen! Zhang Chen!

Liu Yifei kept praying in her heart, her eyes fixed on the award presenter Tom Hanks on the stage.

"Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain, congratulations!"

The moment Tom Hanks said Ang Lee's name, the expression on Liu Yifei's face had completely changed from loss to indignation.

Isn't this just playing a joke on them?

We paid so much attention to Zhang Chen and said so many good things about him, but in the end, we didn't give him any key awards.

Is this the surprise Zhang Chen mentioned?

It can't possibly be "Best Picture", right?

Does the Oscar dare to give Zhang Chen this award?

How can a non-English film win the "Best Picture" award?
So far, no non-English film has ever won this award!
"Zhang Chen!" Liu Yifei didn't even call him brother this time, but called Zhang Chen by his name. She looked at Zhang Chen angrily, "Oscar is going too far, isn't he?!"

Zhang Chen looked at Liu Yifei in confusion and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"Why aren't you leaving?" Liu Yifei glared at Zhang Chen. "If you win the Golden Rooster Award like this, you'd throw the trophy away and leave. If you win the Oscar Award like this, why are you still sitting here?"

"I don't have a trophy in my hands to throw." Zhang Chen stretched out his empty hands with an innocent look on his face.

"You!" Liu Yifei was furious. "Alright, keep watching. Isn't the award ceremony over yet?" Zhang Chen patted the girl's shoulder, as if trying to calm a liar. "Don't worry."

Liu Yifei closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

After opening her eyes again, she was much calmer. She stared at Zhang Chen's profile and asked, "Are you sure?"

"No."

This answer made Liu Yifei so angry that she wanted to hit someone.

You're not sure you'll win the "Best Picture" award, but you're still so calm?!
But as Zhang Chen said, you never know whether it will be a surprise or a shock until the award is announced.

"The winner of 'Best Picture' is 'Love'. Congratulations, Leon!"

When Liu Yifei heard the award presenter Jack Nicholson say the title of the movie "Love", she was stunned: "Is it true?"

“Whether it’s true or not, just come with me and experience it and you’ll know.” Zhang Chen laughed and thought Liu Yifei’s expression at that moment was very interesting. He also signaled to other members of the crew and began to lead the way towards the stage.

Oscar, oh no, it should be that some people in the United States are still so cunning.

Who says Westerners are all straightforward?
Sometimes they are just as cunning as the Chinese.

Zhang Chen sighed in his heart as he took the Oscar statuette from Jack Nicholson.

"Leon, congratulations!" The actor who played the Joker in "Batman" gave his most sincere congratulations to Zhang Chen.

"Thank you." Zhang Chen also thanked him for his congratulations with a smile, then turned around and led the crew members to the podium.

"It's quite unexpected." Zhang Chen held the trophy, and the sound was heard by everyone in the Kodak Theater. The picture was also broadcast on TV and transmitted to all parts of the world.

Everyone in the world who was watching the Oscars saw the emotional expression on Zhang Chen's face.

Especially everyone in the Chinese film and television industry, as well as fans who pay more attention to the news in the film and television industry, all looked at Zhang Chen standing on the stage excitedly.

Oscar!
This is the first time that a mainland director has won an Oscar!

Moreover, it was a Chinese-language film that won the Oscar for Best Picture!
It is also the first non-English "Best Picture" in Oscar history!
This level of gold content not only broke China's "zero" Oscar record, but also created history for the Oscar for Best Picture.

If we take into account that Zhang Chen is only 22 years old, and that it only took him a few years to transform from a singer to a director and producer.

No one dared to imagine how long this honor would be remembered by history.

This is destined to be a scene that goes down in history!
"As a director who has just entered the industry, I am flattered to be loved by everyone with this movie." Zhang Chen looked at the people in the audience and expressed his opinion, "I think the media friends and everyone here have predicted the awards for the nominated films. I have also predicted my own."

Everyone laughed at the same time when they heard this.

The Oscars are the most predictable film awards.

After all, with so many indicators including the Golden Globe Awards, as well as various PR parties before the Oscars, everyone basically has a rough guess as to what award their movie will win.

"I originally predicted that my film would win the 'Best Foreign Language Film' award, after all, it is a Chinese-language film." Zhang Chen raised his trophy and placed it in front of him, and continued, "But I didn't expect that after winning the 'Best Original Screenplay', I would also win the 'Best Picture' award."

"I don't dare to say that I can represent the entire Chinese-language film industry." Zhang Chen said this, and looked in Zhang Ziyi's direction seemingly inadvertently, "But today is indeed a sign that Chinese-language films are going global. I hope that the films I make in the future will continue to be loved by everyone. Thank you!"

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he and all the crew members took a photo together on the stage and then walked off the stage.

However, Zhang Ziyi, who was hinted at twice by Zhang Chen, looked anxious.

Once, maybe it was just a coincidence, or she was overthinking it.

Twice, that couldn't be a coincidence, that's what she thought.

She already knew that her speech on the stage had caused Zhang Chen's disgust.

At this moment, Zhang Ziyi's mind was full of how to make up for the bad impression she had left in Zhang Chen's mind.

If she didn't care about the Chinese market in the past, she didn't need to care about Zhang Chen's opinion.

From now on, Zhang Chen's status in Hollywood has undergone a qualitative change.

No matter how scared she was before, she felt that Zhang Chen could not interfere with the Hollywood market.

But when Zhang Chen became a shareholder of Disney, and when Zhang Chen won the Oscar for Best Picture as a director and producer for a Chinese-language film, she had to consider the impression she left in Zhang Chen's mind.

If Zhang Chen really disliked her, it would not just be about losing the Chinese market.

Now he is more likely to be abandoned by the entire Hollywood.

"Zhang Chen, congratulations on winning the 'Best Video' award, and congratulations on your new album being so popular on the Billboard charts!"

Holding the hem of her dress in her hand, Zhang Ziyi hurried over to Zhang Chen, who was chatting with Li Ang. Before she even stood still, she had already started congratulating him.

"Sayuri?" Zhang Chen looked Zhang Ziyi up and down and deliberately used the name of her character in "Memoirs of a Geisha".

"Yeah!" Zhang Ziyi smiled awkwardly, "But I still hope Zhang Chen can call me Ziyi, or Zhang Ziyi."

"So you have a Chinese name." Zhang Chen suddenly realized, "I was just wondering why the pride of us Chinese people became a Sakura person."

"Hehe." Zhang Ziyi was even more embarrassed, but she still maintained a smile and said, "Zhang Chen is the pride of us Chinese. Not only did he break the Oscar record with a Chinese-language movie, but he also made it into the top five of the Billboard with a Chinese song."

"Oh?" Zhang Chen was stunned. "My Chinese song made it into the top five on the Billboard charts?"

"Didn't you pay attention to the latest rankings on the billboard?" Zhang Ziyi became even more depressed.

Does Zhang Chen really not care about the honor that she dared not even think about?

"It's been in the top five so many times. There's nothing to pay attention to." Zhang Chen waved his hand nonchalantly. "But it's quite unexpected that a Chinese song made it into the top five this time."

"Hahahaha, who says it's not true?" Zhang Ziyi seemed to have found a breakthrough and complimented, "Zhang Chen not only opened up the European and American music scene with Chinese songs, but today he has also entered the European and American film scene with Chinese movies."

Zhang Chen watched Zhang Ziyi's performance with a smile, and suddenly thought of Li An who was left aside by the two of them.

He turned to Li Ang and said, "Director Li, didn't you want to find an actress from our company to star in your new movie?"

"You changed your mind?" Li An said in surprise, "I think Fan Bingbing is good!"

"No!" Zhang Chen refused, but pointed at Zhang Ziyi and asked, "What does Director Li think of her?"

"Zhang Ziyi?" Li An was stunned when he heard this, and asked uncertainly, "Ziyi?"

"Director Li's new movie?" Zhang Ziyi looked surprised. "Do I really have a chance?"

"Of course." Zhang Chen said to Zhang Ziyi with certainty, "I was just thinking about how to thank Director Li for his help at the Golden Horse Awards. How about you help me return the favor?"

"Really?!" Zhang Ziyi was even more surprised.

Is there such a good thing?
Not only can he star in a new movie directed by an Oscar-winning director, but he can also make Zhang Chen owe him a favor?
"Is this true?" Zhang Chen's smile became even brighter. "How about it, do you agree?"

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