Because of the investment and production of Max Films, "Inception" is finally qualified to officially compete for the major awards of the Saturn Award this time, and its first official appearance has been greatly recognized.

Ten nominations were made, including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Actress, two Best Supporting Actors, as well as Best Special Effects, Best Score, Best Art Direction and Best Costume.

Less than five minutes after Nie Wei finished checking the news, the mobile phone rang, Nie Wei picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from Zhang Ziyi.

As soon as the phone was connected, Zhang Ziyi's excited voice came.

"Nie Wei, have you read the shortlist of the Saturn Awards on the Internet?"

"Sister Ziyi, congratulations on being shortlisted for Best Actress. Nie Wei congratulated with a smile.

Listening to Nie Wei's congratulations, Zhang Ziyi on the other end of the phone could no longer hide the information in her heart and laughed happily.

Zhang Ziyi can be called an award-winning machine among domestic actresses, so far, she has won the Huabiao Award actress laurel three times, the Golden Rooster Actress she has been nominated four times, won once, and the Hong Kong Academy Awards, she has also been nominated four times, won twice, and won the Golden Horse Award four times and once......

She is one of the only two Grand Slam actresses in China who have won the three gold awards across the Taiwan Strait and three places, and the interesting thing is that another Grand Slam master is also in Huayi, that is, Zhou Xun, but the date of Zhou Xun's Grand Slam is many years later than the original time and space, all because Zhou Xun should have won the queen with "If Love", but because of Nie Wei's appearance, he was cut off by Shu Chang.

Fortunately, with "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" last year, Zhou Xun finally got his own Golden Horse Actress trophy and became the second Grand Slam winner of the three major gold awards after Zhang Ziyi.

It is worth mentioning that so far, among the actors, only Nie Wei has achieved three gold award grand slams.

"Nie Wei, I'm so happy, you may not know, I have a lot of fate with the Saturn Award. Maybe because she was shortlisted for the Saturn Award for Best Actress, Zhang Ziyi was so excited, as if she had endless words, she wanted to confide in Nie Wei.

"When I was 2,000 years old, didn't I play "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? I was shortlisted for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress once with Jade Jiaolong. ”

"I really don't know. Nie Wei responded with a slight surprise, and then asked with some confusion: "What's the matter with the supporting actress?"

In the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", everyone mentioned basically has the impression that the male and female protagonists are Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong, although Yu Xiulian played by Yang Ziqiong is nominally the first heroine, but in fact, whether it is the role or the focus of the film, the actual heroine should be Yu Jiaolong.

So in Nie Wei's opinion, even if the crew reported at that time, they should have given Zhang Ziyi the award for Best Actress.

"At that time, someone applied for Best Actress, and I could only be a supporting actress. Zhang Ziyi replied with a smile.

This answer is already very straightforward, Nie only understands it when he listens to it, the struggle between the actors in the same group has always existed, and it is very common, Yang Ziqiong was an internationally renowned kung fu actress back then, although Zhang Ziyi also won the Hundred Flowers Film Queen at that time and made a lot of popular works, but it is far from being as well-known as Yang Ziqiong.

Between the two, the crew chose Zhang Ziyi to make a compromise, which is obviously reasonable.

Nie Wei quickly looked up the Saturn Awards for two thousand years, and sure enough, Yang Ziqiong was shortlisted for Best Actress, but unfortunately, neither of them won it.

"Don't talk about that. Zhang Ziyi quickly changed the topic, obviously that incident still makes her a little worried, although Zhang Ziyi also understands that even if she signs herself up for Best Actress, the chance of winning the final award is extremely low, but she just feels uncomfortable.

"In addition to that time, I was shortlisted for the Saturn Award once in '05, and this time I was shortlisted for Best Actress. Zhang Ziyi quickly changed her mood and happily showed off to Nie Wei.

"I know, Ambush on All Sides. Looking at Zhang Ziyi's profile on the Internet, Nie Wei replied with a smile.

"That's it, but it's also fun, it's obviously a science fiction award, but they foreigners actually regard our martial arts as a science fiction movie, but this time I really won the Saturn Award again as an authentic science fiction movie heroine, and I didn't miss the Saturn Award trophy twice, this time you said I should have won it too, right?" Zhang Ziyi said happily.

"I don't know, all I can say is that the chances are not small. Nie Wei said with a smile.

Whether he can win the award, Nie Wei can't guarantee it, especially this kind of time and space has never happened, Nie Wei can't guess the result, there are many factors that affect a person's award, the quality and influence of the film, his own acting skills, the fullness of the character, and even the popularity of the actor himself and even the skin color.

But judging from the shortlist, the possibility of Zhang Ziyi winning the award this year is really high.

Because the results of "Inception" are too dazzling, the ten finalists have proved this from the side, plus there are not many famous actors in the shortlist for Best Actress at this year's Saturn Awards, and the most likely opponent to become Zhang Ziyi is Jefferney Lawrence, but her influence in "The Hunger Games" and "Inception" is much smaller.

On the contrary, the fierce competition is Nie Wei here.

Don't look at Nie's only one person who has four individual awards, but the opponent of each award is not simple.

is like the best director, Nie Wei's first opponent is Li Yan, who is also a Chinese director.

"Life of Pi" not only swept 600 million box office worldwide, but also brought director Li Yu's fame to a new peak, in addition, director Nolan also launched "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" this year, which is known as the most classic work in the DC Comics film adaptation.

There are also "The Avengers" directed by Joss and "The Hobbit" by Peter Jackson, which are all strong opponents with the potential to compete with Nie Wei for best director.

It can be said that none of the five shortlisted for the best director this year is simple, and the lowest score of the five films on the starry film review website is 8.1 points, all of which are works with good reputation and box office.

If Zhang Ziyi's competition for Best Actress is an ordinary difficulty, then the competition for Best Director is undoubtedly a nightmare difficulty.

"Forget it, you know it's perfunctory, but I'm very happy to be shortlisted again, director, thank you, I'll invite you to dinner if you have time. Zhang Ziyi smiled.

"When you get the award, I'll give you a celebration banquet. Nie Wei's answer made Zhang Ziyi's mood a little better, and the two chatted for another ten minutes, until Nie Wei arrived at the company, and then hung up the phone.

Nie Wei and Zhang Ziyi said it easily, but the fact that "Inception" won ten nominations at the Saturn Awards really shocked the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

The media reported overwhelmingly, and the meaning of the words was that Nie Wei won glory for the country.

After all, fundamentally speaking, Nie Wei can be regarded as a 'native' mainland director, and getting ten nominations at a world-renowned science fiction film award like the Saturn Awards, in everyone's opinion, is naturally a particularly face-raising thing.

Not long after Nie Wei and Zhang Ziyi hung up the phone, someone called again.

Zhou Xun, Cheng Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Jiang Xin, as well as Alain who is far away in Japan, Zhang Liangying who participated in Fashion Week in France, and even Fan Binbin, who has left the company, all called to congratulate Nie Wei.

There are also some people who are not so familiar with each other, and they also sent congratulatory text messages, and in just one afternoon, Nie Wei's private mobile phone received hundreds of congratulations.

Hundreds of congratulations to Nie Wei naturally couldn't reply one by one, and edited a thank you text message, which Nie Wei sent directly to everyone.

When he got home in the evening, Nie Wei entered the house and saw a large cake on the table in the living room.

Before he could figure out why there was a cake, two explosions sounded in his ears, and Nie Wei's vision began to become colorful.

"Congratulations, brother!"

"Congratulations husband!"

Shu Chang and Zhou Duoduo were holding a small salute, obviously the two explosions just now were their masterpieces.

"Brother, you're too calm. After congratulating Nie Wei, Zhou Duoduo threw the salute aside, and then pulled Nie Wei's arm and complained.

Originally, she discussed with Shu Chang to scare Nie Wei, but as a result, the person who pulled the salute was trembling in fright by the sound, but Nie Wei was like a piece of wood, unaffected at all, which made Zhou Duoduo, who failed in the prank, feel very frustrated in his heart.

"Carving insect skills, I still want to scare your brother and me. Nie Wei glanced at Zhou Duoduo with disdain, and then stretched out his hand to give Zhou Duoduo a brain collapse, but the latter was beaten a lot, and a natural conditioned reflex had been formed.

But it's a pity that no matter how fast Zhou Duoduo reacts, where is it faster than Nie Wei, this brain collapse is only less than 0.1 seconds slower than before, and it still accurately hits Zhou Duoduo's eyebrows.

"Oh, sister-in-law, my brother bullied me. ”

"Oh, sister-in-law, you bully me too. Zhou Duoduo also wanted to find Shu Chang to complain, who would have thought that Shu Chang also gave her a brain meltdown, and when she was caught off guard, Zhou Duoduo was hit again without accident.

"Daughter-in-law, well done. Nie Wei and Shu Chang clapped their hands lightly, and they all had tacit expressions on their faces.

After a while, the three of them came to the living room, and Nie Wei cut the cake with the knife.

This cake is naturally for Nie Wei to celebrate, the ten shortlisted Saturn Awards in "Inception" spread throughout the company in the afternoon, and it was not surprising that the practice room was there, and after Zhou Duoduo knew the news, he immediately called Shu Chang.

Shu Chang knew that this was also happy for Nie Wei, but she didn't call Nie Wei to congratulate her immediately, she knew that Nie Wei must be very busy at this time, and there were endless calls and text messages.

So Shu Chang simply asked Zhou Duoduo to invite half the world and go home to help him prepare a celebratory gift for Nie Wei.

And this gift is, of course, a cake.

The cake is a very ordinary cream cake, at most some fresh fruits are put on it, and the special thing is that this cake is completed by Shu Chang and Zhou Duoduo together.

Nie Wei tasted it, the craftsmanship was very good, the cake was soft, creamy and sweet, the fruit was sweet, in short, it was delicious.

"Well, not bad. When Nie Wei was eating, Shu Chang stared at Nie Wei on the side, saw Nie Wei take a bite, and asked impatiently before Nie Wei could swallow it.

Nie Wei showed a satisfied expression, nodded towards Shu Chang, thought about it, and felt that it might not be enough to express his satisfaction, and stretched out his hand to give Shu Chang a thumbs up.

Shu Chang smiled happily, and Zhou Duoduo on the side rolled her eyes, what she couldn't stand the most was that her brother and this sister-in-law always showed affection together, there is so much affection to show, really, she wants to fall in love.

After eating the cake, Nie Wei asked Cheng Zimo to send Zhou Duoduo back to the practice room.

Nie Wei went upstairs to take a shower, then went back to the bedroom to turn on the computer and check the news on the Internet.

After half a day, the news about "Inception" being shortlisted for the Saturn Awards has not cooled down, and the number of people discussing this news on the Internet has exceeded 100,000.

Most of them are comments congratulating Nie Wei.

"Nie Wei will never let us down, amazing!"

"Congratulations to "Inception" for being shortlisted for ten awards, does this break the record of Chinese films being shortlisted at the Saturn Awards?"

"Congratulations to Nie Wei, congratulations to Li Yu, I hope that the two Chinese directors can join forces to sweep the Saturn Awards in April, so that the world can see that we Chinese people can also make excellent science fiction movies. ”

"Inception is such a classic, and the ten nominations for the Saturn Award can only be said to be deserved, this is definitely the best sci-fi movie I have seen in the past ten years. ”

"After watching today's news, I am looking forward to Nie Wei's new movie more and more. ”

Of course, if you like it, you will inevitably complain, for example, some red-eyed people commented on this news on the Internet, thinking that the ten shortlisted Saturn Awards are nothing, and they have the ability to be shortlisted for ten Oscars.

There are also people who feel that being shortlisted is not the same as winning the award, so there is no need to brag too much or something.

However, these words are not mainstream in the end, and the overall wind direction is obviously in favor of Nie Wei, but Nie Wei also understands the truth that the higher he holds it, the worse he falls.

Don't look at it now, it seems that the whole people are proud of Nie Wei, and the media has praised Nie Wei to the sky, but if Nie Wei and "Inception" don't get enough awards when the Saturn Awards are presented, many of those who praised Nie Wei at that time will definitely turn their heads against Nie Wei.

Therefore, Nie Wei did not have a little pride, and was even a little vigilant, and was ready to call the company after a while to control the heat of the news.

At this time, blowing is completely unnecessary in Nie Wei's opinion, and when he wins the award, he will have the confidence to blow it.

Turning off the news page, Nie Wei was about to take out his mobile phone to call the company, and the door was pushed open, and he came in naturally comfortably, and brought two cups of hot milk and handed it to Nie Wei.

"Husband, tell you something. After Shu Chang handed the milk to Nie Wei, he didn't sit down silently beside Nie Wei as usual.