"A bunch of blue ponds! old stubborn! garbage!"

In a villa in Beverly Hills, a one-meter-nine man with thick chestnut hair was cursing frantically.

"Come on bro, what the hell are you doing today?"

The middle-aged man sitting across from him was his agent.

And the gentleman who is angry is the well-known "tyrant" in Hollywood, Tom Smith, who has won two Oscars for Best Director.

His last film, "Mississippi," grossed $1 billion worldwide last year, making it the undisputed top grossing list of the year.

Originally, he was going to have afternoon tea with several college chairmen and members of the jury today.

But his good mood was all ruined.

"Jerry, you don't understand. Those damn guys deserve hell!"

His agent, Jerry, knew his character very well, because he didn't look confused, but smiled and said, "God! Could it be that your Mississippi was belittled by them?"

"On the contrary, they have a lot of praise for Mississippi, and that's not why I'm angry. ”

Tom took a sip of coffee with no sugar or milk at all, and sighed, "I just think they're short-sighted." ”

"What did they do to you?" asked Jerry.

The character of this "tyrant" he has known very well for more than twenty years.

Tom is usually a happy uncle next door, but when it comes to movies or on the set, he transforms into a crazy iron-blooded tyrant, and more than one top actor has been sprayed by him.

But people who are willing to work with him are still flocking to him, because they know that as long as they play an important role in his movie, the chances of getting the little golden man will be much higher.

When Jerry asked about this, Tom's calm expression turned ugly again: "They showed me a few films that were shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film, and there was one movie that I liked very much, but they scoffed at it. ”

"Oh, English, or French, or Italian?"

"No, the movie is Chinese. ”

"China?" Jerry was stunned for a moment, then became interested, "Didn't you always look down on movies there?"

This is true.

China is very powerful in this world, and the film market has long been the second largest movie box office market in North America.

But the movies there never caught Tom's eye.

He felt that the films of that country had an air of stale decay.

He's a guy who likes to innovate, that's not what he likes.

"This time is different. Tom shook his head and repeated his words again, "Man, this time it's different. ”

In fact, the old guys from the academy were also very optimistic about that movie, and it was even nominated for six awards: Best Cinematography, Best Art, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup. ”

"So powerful?" Jerry paused the spoon stirring coffee in his hand, "That country also has a master of this level?"

"Absolutely. The editing, the music, the special effects, and all that was amazing in that movie, especially the 'bullet time', which was something that had never been seen before! man! That movie really inspired me!" Tom's face flushed, which was one of the signs that he was starting to get excited.

Jerry wondered, "Then why are you still angry?" ”

"I'm mad that they didn't capture the essence of that movie. Tom took a sip of his coffee, "That movie pioneered a new genre of cinema, I call it 'Superhero'!"

He sighed, "It's ridiculous that the old-fashioned guys thought it was a big-budget popcorn movie, so they only nominated for the special effects, the editing, the music that they thought were amazing." But what really amazes is the movie itself. ”

That's right, he found that movie different!

In the end, the movie is still for most people.

Some niche films, some professionals will indeed think it is good, but more people can't understand it, so what's the use?

In fact, the Oscars are already very commercial compared to the three major European film industries.

For film, "art" and "business" are difficult things to define.

Normally, the Oscar jury takes a compromise approach to this, and the films selected are generally both "artistic" and "commercial", and the two achieve the best combination point, which is neither sunny and white, but also avoids the suspicion of vulgarity.

However, when encountering that kind of extreme movie, such as word-of-mouth explosion, but the box office is not good, the Oscar judges will generally choose to give up.

But Oscar also has a big problem, that is, "the right rule is right".

To put it bluntly, the values that are in line with Western aesthetics are correct.

The Oscar judges are all respected veterans in the industry.

They have a problem, and that is that they are out of date.

They are often a generation behind the directors of the films they are looking for, and more than two generations behind the moviegoers.

That's going to be hard.

And their selection is starting to get weird, too.

Want Best Actor and Supporting Actor?

You can't be too handsome, and you can't be too pretty.

Freaky behavior in all its forms has become a common feature of the performances of both male and female Oscar winners. For example, playing a young face and pretending to be an old man, acting as a person who behaves strangely, a genius or even a madman, playing a heroic character based on a real person, pretending to have a strong accent, etc.

That's why Tom doesn't care much about the Oscars.

Of course, this is also because he has already won two Oscars.

Shaking his head, Tom threw it to the back of his mind.

He suddenly leaned forward and looked at the agent who happened to be sitting on the sofa opposite him stirring coffee for a long time: "Jerry, I need you." ”

Jerry rolled his eyes, revealing a helpless expression: "Okay, director, what crazy idea do you have again?"

"Do me a favor, I inquired, the director has arrived in the United States, you help me find him, I want to meet him!"

"I knew it. Jerry patted his head, "But Tom, I don't know which hotel he's staying in." ”

"So it's a request. Tom smiled, "Jerry, I'm sure you'll be able to find them under God's guidance." ”

"Come, I believe in the Flying Pasta Cult. Jerry took a sip of his coffee, then stood up and straightened his tie, "Give me three hours." ”

"OK! I'm waiting for your good news!"

Three hours later—

"Tom, I've found them. ”

"Great! Where is it? I'll come right now!"

"Uh...... I'm afraid you won't see him for a while. ”

"Why? Is he unwilling to see me?"

"No, it's just...... His companions said he was lost. ”

"Huh?"

PS: After all, the novel is different from reality, and for the sake of drama, I had to do some dramatization. Don't dwell on the details, I'll try to deal with it.

After all, I haven't been to the Oscars.

If only I had been to the Oscars......

So what other novels do I write......