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Chapter 765 Pointing Out Oscar's Mistake
Zhou Xia tensed up and leaned forward, nervously watching the actions of the two award presenters on the stage, Tangtang who was next to him saw her.

She reached out and held Zhou Xia's hand: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't win an award."

Tangtang's comforting voice came from her ear, and the strength from her warm and soft hands made Zhou Xia calm down and wake up from the tension.

He really wanted to win a prize!
The final voting deadline for the Oscars is February 2th. Before the awards ceremony on March 25nd, the Academy of course already knew which film won the award.

The five films nominated for the Oscar for best foreign language film are: Italian film "City of Beauty"; Danish film "The Hunt"; Palestinian film "Omar"; Belgian film "Broken House".

And Zhou Xia's "Starting Line" replaced the Cambodian-French co-production "Incomplete Image", which was originally supposed to be nominated, and it is also the only East Asian film nominated.

According to the tradition of most awards ceremonies, if their film wins, then the award presenter should be a guest who has some relationship with him.

But now these two award presenters, Viola Davis and Ewan McGregor, Zhou Xia didn't know each other at all.

However, according to the introduction from the announcer just now, these two people are both powerful, and both have been nominated for Oscars twice.

The male guest, Ivan, is a British actor who has won many awards in the UK and Europe, and has also played supporting roles in many blockbuster films in Hollywood.

Zhou Xia remembers watching some of his movies, such as the song and dance movie "Moulin Rouge" in which he and the goddess Nicole starred.

As for the female guest, the black actress Viola Davis, he had no impression.

It seems that the Academy does not pay much attention to the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, otherwise there are so many celebrities, at least someone more influential should be selected to present the award.

"Boss, Viola is about to star in the legal drama "How to Get Away with Law" produced by our company, and she is the heroine."

Zhou Xia was slandering in his heart, and Peter who was sitting next to him whispered to him.

"Oh, "How to Get Away with the Law"?" Zhou Xia was somewhat surprised, and couldn't help but think of this famous American drama.

He has also chased for two seasons, which is not bad.

But he rarely pays attention to the names of the actors when he watches American dramas. He doesn't even know the names of the two heroines of "Bankrupt Girls" and the mother of dragons.

In addition, now Viola is dressed up again, which is very different from the image in the TV series, so it's no wonder that she didn't recognize her.

At this time, the two award presenters stood in front of the microphone and had already begun to speak.

The male guest, Ivan, spoke first: "The beauty of movies is that they have no borders. They come from five countries on three continents. These Oscar-nominated films for the best foreign language film have made epic movies in world languages ​​and infected the whole world. .”

“Yes, these diverse films are alive and well, transcending borders and connecting us with a collective consciousness and shared creativity,” echoes Viola.

After the two guests finished their speeches, everyone applauded, and the nominated teams of several award-winning films appeared on the screen.

This is the second time that Zhou Xia, Tangtang and others have appeared on the big screen tonight. The first time was when the host Alan mentioned something about him at the beginning of the show.

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But at this time, the netizens who were watching the live broadcast of the Oscars ceremony on several domestic portals and video sites were instantly ebullient.

They were all scrolling through the bullet screens of Zhou Xia and "Starting Line". Many websites were stuck, and some netizens just got stuck.

In desperation, some netizens had to choose to refresh the webpage, or close the video and reopen it, and try to connect again.

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After the two award presenters finished their brief speeches, the male guest Ivan opened the envelope and read: "The winner is "Pathetic Parents Heart"...

What?

Zhou Xia looked at the big screen in disbelief with a question mark face all over her face.

It actually won an award!
Ivan continued to read: "The award-winning director is Xia (blind) Zhou (walking)."

The Chinese translation of "Pathetic Parents Heart" is "poor parental heart", which is the English title of "Starting Line".

"Wow, we won the award!" Tangtang stood up and hugged Zhou Xia excitedly, and several other people also came up to hug Zhou Xia.

Zhou Xia had also come to his senses, ignoring the fact that the award presenter Iwan pronounced his name in Chinese pinyin as 'blind walking'. After hugging everyone, he hurriedly led everyone to the stage.

At the same time, an introductory video began to play on the big screen...

"This is the 'fourth' time Huaxia has been nominated and the first time it has won an award. The last time it was nominated was in 2003 for the movie "Hero"..."

The video played the hero's picture, and then "Starting Line".

As soon as Zhou Xia stepped onto the stage, he slowed down when he heard this sentence.

After understanding, he couldn't help a smile from the corner of his mouth.

Americans are indeed the ancestors of double standards. Doesn’t Hollywood focus on art? Why does it also like to engage in political affairs?
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As for the netizens who watched the live broadcast in China, some people who had just refreshed and connected the video, when they saw Zhou Xia walking on the stage, they immediately frantically swiped the barrage.

Congratulations Zhou Xia!

Zhou Xia Niubi!

Finally won an award!
The No. [-] director in China deserves its name!
Finally got an Oscar!

Take Zhou Xia!

Netizens swiped the barrage frantically, causing the Internet to freeze again.

However, some netizens with good network configuration, and some netizens who watched the live broadcast on Xiahua Video, never disconnected from the Internet, and they watched the live broadcast all the time.

Some sensitive and astute netizens have already discovered the problem of the short video, and they used bullet screens to remind other netizens.

"What four times, it's obviously seven times!"

"Attention, attention, the short film does not count the three nominated films directed by Li Yin."

"Zhou Xia must pay attention, don't make mistakes."

Many movie fans and fans realized that Hollywood must have intentionally ignored the three films "The Wedding Banquet", "Eating and Drinking Men and Women", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by Baywan director Li Yin, and they were all worried about Zhou Xia.

Many people were sweating, worried that Zhou Xia would not notice this problem due to the excitement of winning the award.

And some of Zhou Xia's black fans are all looking forward to it happily.

If Zhou Xia ignores this issue, it will be a great opportunity. It is guaranteed that many people will be disappointed with him, and even be condemned, directly losing his current popularity and reputation.

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Zhou Xia stepped forward to take the statuette from Viola, went to the microphone, took a breath, and gave a thank you speech in Chinese.

He hadn't even prepared his acceptance speech before, and he hoped to win the award, but he really didn't expect to get it.

"Thank you to the academy, the producers Peter, Zhang Zhao, the photographer Mr. Hou Yong, the actor Tangtang..., all the front and backstage staff who worked for this film, as well as the fans and fans who supported us, thank you you.

Thank you my father, mother, grandpa, grandma, thank you for your birth and education, without you, there would be no me, just like the title of our movie, poor parents all over the world, thank parents and elders all over the world for their love for their children, for their love Education and dedication, thank you. "

As we all know, Zhou Xia's English is very good, but at the moment he spoke in Chinese, the guests at the award ceremony were a little confused, and they couldn't understand what he said.

Zhou Xia understood the situation. After he finished speaking in Chinese, he quickly said the passage in English.

All the guests in the entire theater understood his speech and immediately burst into warm applause.

However, Zhou Xia did not end. He pointed to the big screen behind him, raised his voice, and continued to speak in English: "Finally, I want to point out a mistake made by Oscar tonight."

(End of this chapter)