Simon was wrapped around Sandra and kissed for a while, and the two left the backstage. Arriving at the passage on the side of the hall, Simon paused and confirmed to Sandra again, "Did you really wipe it clean?"

Sandra glanced at Simon in a dissatisfied tone, "Of course, you think I really want to be scratched by Jenny?"

Simon always felt that Sandra's eyes were a little bad, and wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand again, and then walked out of the passage.

Before you know it, the award ceremony is halfway through, and the award for the best soundtrack is being presented on stage.

When Simon returned to his seat and sat down, Janet was about to say something to him with a smile, when her eyes blinked, and a small hand touched it, and without hesitation, she pinched his waist.

Simon took a cool breath and noticed Sandra's gloating expression on the other side, lamenting in his heart.

The most poisonous woman's heart.

In the end, it was still plotted.

After Janet pinched it, she glared at Sandra through Simon in confusion, and then took out a tissue and a small mirror from her handbag and threw them over.

Simon picked up the small mirror and looked at it, with a lipstick mark on his chin that had clearly been left on purpose. It's not big, but someone like Janet sitting next to him can tell it at a glance.

As soon as she wiped off the lipstick mark without a trace, Sandra came over again casually: "Simon, Douglas got the leading actor." ”

On stage, last year's Oscar for Best Actress Mary Matlin, a middle-aged actor from a Hollywood film family, won the Best Actor award for his role as insider trading mogul Gordon Gageck in last year's "Wall Street."

Simon actually knew why Sandra would remind him on purpose, but he still pretended to be angry and replied softly: "Huh?"

Sandra didn't care about Simon's pretentious posture at all, as if she had completely forgotten what had just happened, and analyzed seriously: "Wall Street" only has Douglas's nomination for Best Actor, just like "Lola Run". ”

Simon continued to be 'I'm still angry' and just nodded slightly, "Hmm." ”

Seeing Simon like this, Sandra glanced around to confirm that several live cameras on the scene were not pointing to this side, so she leaned over and pasted it. Simon was startled when he realized that Sandra was going to kiss him in public like this, and hurriedly raised his hand to stop him: "Stop, or I'll let Jenny sit over." ”

Hearing Simon's 'threat', Sandra stopped.

Simon is actually just talking about the current situation, he really doesn't dare to switch places with Janet.

This is the scene of the Oscars.

According to Janet's little temper, she is crazy and doesn't care about anything.

In case of fighting.

Tut!

However, noticing Simon and Sandra's 'interaction', Janet didn't let him go, and her little hand reached over and pinched Simon's waist again, but fortunately, this time the force was much lighter.

When both women were quiet, Simon turned his attention to the stage, and his mind couldn't help but think of Sandra's words. Michael Douglas was able to win Best Actor, in addition to his impeccable performance in "Wall Street", the Douglas family's deep connections in Hollywood should not be underestimated.

As for "Lola Run", after the previous nominations were announced, Simon didn't take it too seriously, Orion and Warner were disappointed after seeing the nomination results, and they didn't spend too much public relations resources, and everyone decided that this nomination result was a disappointment for Simon at the Oscars.

Thinking about this a little distractedly, the award ceremony was almost over.

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the Best Editing award was even ranked after Best Director, and when Bernardo Bertolucci, who won the Best Director award for "The Last Emperor", left the stage, host Chevi Chase introduced Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah, the guests in charge of presenting the Best Editing Award, to the stage.

Feeling that Janet and Sandra were unconsciously raising their minds, Simon also sat up slightly straight.

On stage, Kevin Costner, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, joked with Daryl Hannah and got to the point: "They are the most creative and indispensable characters in a film crew, and when a film is finished, they need to pick the right shots from tens of thousands of feet of film and put them together into a perfect film by their own miracle hands." ”

"So, now it's time for them to get their awards," Daryl Hannah continued, "and the nominees for Best Editing are:"

Gabriel Cristiani, The Last Emperor. ”

Richard Marx, Radio News. ”

Michael Kahn, Empire of the Sun. ”

Peter Berg, Fatal Temptation. ”

Simon Westeros, "Lola Run." ”

After introducing the nominations, Daryl Hannah, who dyed long platinum blonde hair, slowly tore open the envelope, pulled out the card with the award results written on it and glanced at it, and immediately, many people at the scene noticed the obvious surprised expression on her face, and Daryl Hannah even looked up directly at Simon.

Noticing Daryl Hannah's pause, the curious Kevin Costner also looked at the results of the award, and his expression was also a little surprised.

The reaction of the male and female guests, coupled with the small movement of Daryl Hannah looking at Simon, everyone at the scene realized something. After a brief moment of surprise, Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah looked at each other and smiled as they read the results aloud: "The winner is, Simon Westeros, "Lola Run." ”

Many guests at the scene, who thought that a young man was destined to just accompany him, were quite surprised when they heard this result, until the applause around the hall gathered around, and the core group of people directly below the stage remembered to start applauding.

Amid growing applause, Simon got up from his seat, and Janet and Sandra also got up and hugged him.

Simon and Janet hugged and turned to Sandra, who was a little worried that Sandra would take the opportunity to leave a lipstick mark on his face again, but Sandra just leaned into his ear and whispered congratulations before letting go of her arms.

Walking briskly onto the stage, Simon took the golden figure from Kevin Costner and shook hands with the two guests before turning to the podium.

Putting the little golden figure next to the microphone, Simon waited for the applause from the audience to fall, then looked at the little golden figure in front of him slightly, and said with a smile: "Although it feels a little weird, it is really a surprise." ”

Even if it is only about movies, Simon is much more famous than an editor in terms of director, screenwriter, soundtrack and producer, but at this time, he is on the Oscar podium as an editor.

Hearing Simon's slightly ridiculous words, accompanied by a chuckle, the applause from the audience rang out again.

Simon waited for a moment before continuing: "Now that I think about it, the past year or so has been like a dream, but fortunately, the result is not bad. Along the way, too many people have helped me. Here, I would like to thank Bob, Brian and David, who are the executive producers of "Lola Run", my agent Jonathan, girlfriend Jenny, my good friend Sandra, and Catherine, Ron, Keanu, etc., etc., thank you. ”

Unlike some important awards such as Best Picture and Best Director, the Oscars stipulate that the speech time for technical awards is only half a minute. Although Simon knew that no one would urge him to step down even if he ran out of time, and even the ABC in charge of the live broadcast probably wanted him to stay on stage for a while longer, Simon did not deliberately delay, and left the stage soon after a brief speech.

As soon as they arrived backstage, Janet and Sandra, who had slipped out of their seats, greeted them together, and after hugging Simon again, Pat Kingsley and Neil Bennett appeared in front of him with a mobile phone.

Pat Kingsley motioned for Simon to follow the staff to install the nameplate for the little golden man, and said, "Simon, just now Mike Meadows called, he congratulated you, and hoped that you could attend Orion's party at the Hilton Hotel. Terry Semel made a similar call. Jonathan had already left the house, and he asked on the phone where you were going to go later, and he would come over. ”

As Pat Kingsley said this, the mobile phone in her hand had already rang again, and when Kinsley stepped aside to answer the phone, Neil Bennett handed over the phone in his hand and whispered, "Ms. Bigelow is online." ”

Simon and Janet didn't like the bulky mobile phones of the era, but they got one for Neil Bennett and Ken Dixon's bodyguards, and Neil Bennett was in charge of driving them both over tonight, and then stayed backstage all the time.

Picking up the phone from Neil Bennett, Simon whispered, "Catherine?"

"Well," the other side quickly responded, paused, and added, "I just saw you win the award on TV, so I wanted to congratulate you." ”

"Thank you," Simon said with a smile on his lips, "How are you doing?"

"You know, it's very busy preparing for the movie and helping you and Jenny watch the renovation of the house. ”

There was a hint of weariness in Catherine's tone, she was a woman with a very regular life, she was used to going to bed early and getting up early, and it was already close to twelve o'clock in the night in New York, and if she hadn't waited for the result of Simon's only nomination, she would have fallen asleep.

Simon listened to the woman's voice at this time and said, "Why don't you go back to Los Angeles tomorrow?"

"Don't," Catherine immediately refused, with a bit of panic in her tone, and then said after a moment, "In the future, I, anyway, you must never think of messing around like that night." ”

Simon immediately nodded: "Well, I promise." ”

"Little bastard," Catherine said softly, apparently incredulous, "you must be very busy over there, right? I'll hang up first, bye." ”

"Good night, go to bed early. ”

Simon hung up the line, handed the mobile phone to Neil at any time, and took the little gold figure that the staff had nailed the nameplate to, before going to the media area surrounded by everyone.

After accepting media interviews, the awards ceremony at the front desk officially ended, and "The Last Emperor" won the Best Film award without any suspense.

Although it's early in the morning on the East Coast, it's still nine o'clock in the evening on the West Coast, and many people start their nightlife.

In the 80s, the Vanity Fair party had not yet appeared, and after the awards ceremony, everyone usually moved on to the after-party hosted by the major film companies. Since they had made an appointment in advance, Simon and the others rushed to the Sunset Tower Hotel in Beverly Hills to attend the party hosted by Warner.

Just over twenty minutes later, Simon had just gotten out of the parking lot at the Sunset Tower Hotel when Jonathan Friedman greeted him.

After warmly congratulating him again, Jonathan greeted Janet and the others again before whispering to Simon: "It's a coincidence, Simon, Steve Ross is here tonight, and he just wanted to talk to you." ”

Steve Ross is the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros., and Simon has always been very interested in the head of Warner, who has a mafia background.

Steve Ross made his fortune in New York in his early years by running a funeral company and parking lot, and anyone who pays a little attention to certain information basically knows that the parking, funeral, engineering, garbage disposal and other industries in a metropolis like New York are usually infiltrated by underground forces.

In "Once Upon a Time in America", the noodles started a funeral company, which is definitely not a coincidence or a deliberate mapping, the reality is so. Because it is difficult for the IRS to assess in detail how much money a funeral company can make by hosting a funeral, you say $10,000 is fine, and it is okay to say $1 million, as for where the extra $990,000 comes from, as long as you pay taxes honestly, everyone will know it, and the same is true for parking lots.

Speaking of which, some of the actionable attributes of the movie are actually stronger.

Simon and his entourage entered the Grand Ballroom of the Sunset Tower Hotel, where he was greeted by Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Terry Semel, who was also present at the awards ceremony.

"Simon, congratulations," said Semel to him warmly after congratulating Simon again, "Mr. Ross has just left for a while, and will be back soon, and he would love to talk to you." Also, this is Mel, you guys get to know each other officially. ”

Simon held out his hand to Mel Gibson and said, "Hello, Mr. Gibson. ”

"Simon, just call me Mel," Mel Gibson shook Simon's hand, and then gently shook Janet, who was holding Simon, and complimented, "You're so beautiful tonight, Miss Johnston." ”

"Thanks, Mel, you can call me Jenny, I love Mad Max. ”

"Oh, then you can talk to George later, he's here too, and we're working on a fourth sequel. ”

It's no surprise that Simon felt the natural familiarity of Janet and Mel Gibson as they chatted. The reason is simple, Janet and Gibson are both from Australia.

Hollywood's Aussie gang has always been a very huddled group, in the original time and space, Mel Gibson's career plummeted due to scandals such as domestic violence, alcoholism and racial discrimination, but now, he is definitely the leader of the Aussie gang.