On March 12th, the annual Oscar nominees luncheon was held at the Hilton Hotel, which naturally attracted the attention of many entertainment media, reporters from all walks of life, and nearly 100 Oscar nominees also attended in beautiful clothes.

The luncheon hadn't even started, and the nominees were all gathering in twos and threes to gossip, with Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger in black coats and Diane Lynn laughing and talking, Martin Scorsese and Nicolas Cage talking about something, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was approaching her due date, posing for a picture in front of the statuette...... Wang Yang and Robert Downey Jr. were also talking in the corner of the luncheon hall at this time, for this traditional luncheon, the crew of "MIT-21-Team", which still had a few days to finish in the filming table, had a day off.

"Robert, I'll go over for a moment. Seeing Meryl Streep walking in from the door of the banquet hall, Wang Yang said hello to Donnie, and walked towards Meryl, who was dressed in a white V-neck women's suit, and when she finished taking pictures in front of the statue according to the procedure, Wang Yang greeted her and smiled, "Hello! Meryl glanced at him, a smile still on her face, and said, "Hello, Magic Jan." ”

In previous awards events, including the 60th Golden Globe Awards at the beginning of the year, the two have talked several times and can be regarded as acquaintances.

Born on June 22, 1949, Meryl Streep holds a master's degree in drama from Yale University, and has shown her amazing acting talent since her big screen debut in 1977 with "Julia", "The Deer Hunters", "Mr. and Mrs. Kramer", "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "Sophie's Choice", "The Dream of the Covered Bridge", ...... She has a total of 13 Oscar nominations, 10 Best Actress and 3 Best Supporting Actress in history, each of which has won once.

There are also 18 Golden Globe Award nominations, 2 Best Drama Actress awards, 2 Best Supporting Actress awards, and various film festivals such as the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy Awards, Cannes, etc., she has won almost all the awards that an actress can get. Meryl is regarded as the greatest actress in film history by many media fans, and her status as an evergreen in Hollywood and the world film industry is unshakeable.

And in terms of private life, she is an impeccable good woman. I met my first love John Keisel during the filming of "Deer Hunter", and the relationship was so good that he quickly got engaged, but John Keisel suffered from bone cancer during the filming of the film, and he died shortly after the film was completed; Meryl came out of the shadows and fell in love and married the sculptor Don Gumer, having 3 daughters and 1 son, and has never had any scandals in more than 20 years of marriage, which can be described as a model of a good wife and mother.

But despite this, she played the demon woman Miranda in "The Demon Wears Prada" almost perfectly, Wang Yang came to say hello, and he was about to invite her to play this role, and he was determined to find a way to impress her, because he really couldn't think of anyone else who could play better than Meryl?

"Ms. Streep, I recently bought the rights to the film script for a novel called The Devil Wears Pudara. Wang Yang smiled, he had respect for Meryl from the bottom of his heart, and invited: "I am going to direct and shoot it, and I very much hope that you can play the heroine in it, Miranda." He didn't say anything about auditions, Meryl's treatment was that she didn't need to audition.

Too many movies have lined up to invite this 53-year-old glamorous woman to star, she can be qualified for any kind of role, just to take care of the family, her principle is not to be separated from her family for two weeks at most, and only make 1-2 movies a year. And this year's is "All the Time" and "Adapted Screenplay", the former was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Award and Best Supporting Actress at the Oscar, and the latter was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama at the Golden Globe Awards.

"Oh?" Meryl was slightly stunned, "The Demon Wears Prada"?, she suddenly remembered the book, and smiled, "I've read that book, it's very interesting." ”

Wang Yang couldn't help but wow, it would save a lot of work, but he wasn't worried about it, Meryl chose to play Miranda in the future, which shows that she is very interested in that story and that role, he smiled: "It doesn't seem very suitable to say these things on this occasion, in fact, I just mention it now, because the script has not been finalized, so I have not officially invited you before." ”

"But I think the role of Miranda is a perfect fit for you. Wang Yang said and nodded, looked at Meryl, whose expression remained unchanged and was unguessable, and continued: "You know that in the novel, Miranda's inner world has not been excavated enough, there is no doubt that she is a queen-like character, Andrea said that she is a mean and ugly demon, in fact, she also wants to take care of her family and work......"

Listening to him briefly say some understanding, Meryl hummed, the character in the story was indeed very attractive to her, and when she was reading, she tried to perform it, and Wonder Young, as the youngest best director, has never missed 6 movies, and "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" also proves that he can control such a theme, so she doesn't have many directorial worries about this invitation.

"I'll wait until I see your script before I think about it. Meryl looked at the young director in a suit and leather shoes, and laughed: "But Young, if I work with you, my daughter Mai Mie must be very happy, she likes your movies very much, and she is the most ordinary fan." ”

"Ahh Wang Yang also smiled, he hadn't heard Meryl mention it before, but it's really good to have one more fan.

Wang Yang and Meryl Sterry chatted for a while, and the two walked away, and the matter of "The Demon Wears Prada" will naturally be officially discussed in detail later. Wang Yang talked with Jack Nicholson, Nicole Kidman and others, and the luncheon officially began, and the nominees were seated one after another, tasting wine and food, and listening to Jill Gates's speech on the small stage in front of him.

Jill Gates is the producer of ABC, who has won the live broadcast rights of this year's Oscars, responsible for the production of the Oscars, under the eyes of many guest reporters, the white-headed old man said with a serious face: "In any case, it doesn't matter if the war will start, the broadcast of the awards ceremony will not be affected, and the ABC will insist on live broadcasting! We also hope that everyone can attend, war is war, Oscars are Oscars, don't let the war affect all of us." ”

What he said was exactly the question that the media was most concerned about: Will the 75th Oscars be held as scheduled? Will there be live TV broadcasts?

In the aftermath of 911, U.S. President George W. Bush declared war on terrorism and designated Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as "axis of evil," arguing that if these rogue states possessed weapons of mass destruction, they would cause global instability. Beginning in the second half of 02, the Bush administration declared that Iraq was supporting terrorists in the development of weapons of mass destruction, and claimed that it had evidence and demanded that the Saddam government step down.

However, the United Nations Verification and Verification Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have investigated for many months, and the three reports have shown that there is no evidence that Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction, and the United Nations Security Council has also vetoed the US proposal to send troops to war, but the United States still insists on going its own way and deploying troops in the Persian Gulf, and continues to demand that the Saddam government disarm.

March 23rd is the day of the Oscars, if the war really breaks out, all the newspaper pages will be war, TV channels will also broadcast the war live, for the time being, no one will pay attention to entertainment, and entertainment will also seem out of place, so the media and the public have different opinions on what the final fate of this year's Oscars will be, just like this predictable war.

Since the Bush administration expressed its attitude of attacking Iraq, there have been waves of anti-war protests in both the United States and the world, such as appeals, demonstrations, and so on; and the majority of the people have chosen to believe in the Bush administration, but no matter what, the whole country is now shrouded in the tense atmosphere of war.

"Jan, if the fight starts, will you attend?" Hearing Donnie next to him frowning and asking, Wang Yang looked at Jill Gates on the stage with a faint expression, raised his wine glass and took a sip, and said, "Yes, but I won't walk the red carpet." "He had three chances to go on stage to accept the award, and he had already thought about it, wouldn't it be great if he could walk up to the podium and call for peace and scold George Bush in front of the cameras of the world's live broadcast?

But he really wanted the war not to start, for many, many reasons, especially because it was an illegal war, a wrong war.

"Let's not abandon this traditional cinematic event because of the war, it's strong and independent. Jill Gates kept giving speeches on the small stage to appease the nominees, after all, if there is a war and there are no stars in attendance, then the ratings of the Oscars, which have lost attention, must be very bad. He continued: "Cinema is the sad ...... that makes people forget war"

Jill Gates walked off the stage after saying for a long time, and then Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and other nominees took turns on stage to express their expectations for the Oscars, and everyone temporarily avoided the repression of the war, talking and laughing, and Catherine laughed at herself that her big belly would be a unique addition to the Oscar red carpet, she said, "I don't just carry a handbag, I carry something else." Julian Moore, who has two nominations for actress and supporting actress, laughed and said, "When you have two nominations, you can have a double failure." ”…… Wang Yang didn't go up to say anything, just smiled and concentrated on eating and drinking.

After the main banquet, everyone walked onto the stage and stood neatly and orderly under the banner of the "75th Academy Awards", lined up in four columns, with a nearly two-meter-high Oscar statuette in the middle, taking a traditional family photo. Then the nominated actors and directors were awarded honorary certificates from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and then came to the backstage press conference.

In the dimly lit press room, the chairs were full of reporters from all walks of life, they were holding telephoto cameras, microphones and other objects, and there was a recording camera team behind them; a beam of light hit the black microphone podium in the middle of the small stage, and behind it were two small golden men with swords, after Martin Scorsese left, Wang Yang walked out of the right side of the stage, and the sound of clattering and clattering suddenly sounded below, and bursts of flash flashes were exposed.

Wang Yang was so bright that he blinked, a touch of drunkenness flashed in his eyes, he came to the middle, supported the podium with both hands, looked at the people below, and said with a smile: "Hello, guys!"

"Yang, this is your first Oscar director nomination, are you confident of getting it?" Before he could stand still, a white male reporter had already stood up and asked a question; Wang Yang glanced at him with a frown, his white and chubby face was like a marshmallow, and he smiled: "This is basically a necessary question, ok, I am confident that I can get it! Didn't I say that two years ago? I remember that someone said at that time, 'Child, go to bed!'"

The reporters in the audience suddenly burst into a light laugh, and Wang Yang also laughed a few times, and suddenly asked, "What are you laughing at?" The reporters laughed even louder, and another female reporter with long blond hair and a black suit stood up and asked the microphone in her hand, "Young, if the war really happened, would you attend? What is your attitude?"

Although the Oscar organizers have made it clear that they do not support the nominees talking about the war and not allowing the film to get involved in politics, such issues are still hot.

"Well, I'll attend, but if there's a war, I'm not going to be on the red carpet or at a celebratory dinner. Wang Yang looked at the female reporter, and through the dim light, he vaguely saw some freckles on her face, which reminded him of Anne Darren, and when he heard the question about the war, his head was filled with a torrent of feeling, in fact, he had been paying attention to this matter for most of the past six months.

But he will not deliberately bother about this, life continues to live, work continues to work, it is impossible to worry about a war that may break out every day, and Saddam Hussein will not be like that. When asked a similar question before, he didn't express his opinion too much, but said that he didn't want a war because it was easy to get burned if he talked too much, not to mention that he was a Chinese.

But now that he was drunk, he felt that he had suddenly sobered up, why didn't he even dare to say more about his true attitude? Considering the feelings of those neurotics who were clamoring for war? Or taking into account their movie ticket ?......**!

"I am against this war!" Wang Yang took a deep breath, a trace of anger slowly rose in his eyes, and said: "I am against this war, if there is evidence that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction and secretly supports terrorists, then war is necessary; but no, nuclear weapons, biological and chemical weapons, nothing! If a war starts, then this is an illegal war, this is an invasion." ”

He laughed a few times with mockery, pounded the podium, and under the surprised gaze of the reporters, he said loudly: "Don't you feel embarrassed that the United States is blaming other countries for what it has done, and that it has gone to the Persian Gulf to invade Iraq?"

"Oh oh ......" The reporters in the audience let out a low hum, I didn't expect Magic Yang to suddenly speak so fiercely, and now he is recording! Blonde female reporter, chubby white male reporter, bald black male reporter...... Their eyes lit up and they found the news!

Taking advantage of the fact that the organizers had no opinion, the blonde female reporter hurriedly asked a pointed question: "Many people say that Hollywood artists should not get involved in politics, you don't understand, you don't know how to use popularity to make nonsense, and Richard Schieck of Time said, 'You don't know more about political and social issues than the average person.'" 'What do you think about this?'

Since the end of last year, as the situation has become increasingly tense, the anti-war actions of Hollywood stars have become more and more intense, the most common is to participate in demonstrations on the streets, and there is also a "Winning Without a Fight" Artists Alliance, holding press conferences, announcing a series of anti-war TV commercials produced by raising funds, and bombarding the White House with a large number of emails, phone calls and faxes on the Internet...... Sean Penn also visited Baghdad in Iraq for three days last Christmas and was listed as the number one anti-combatant; Jessica Lange, who won the 67th Oscar for Best Actress, and Ethan Hawke and other anti-war figures went to the United Nations Security Council headquartered in New York to hand over the anti-war signatures of more than 1 million people collected through the Internet in the past five days...... However, they did not gain widespread support from the public, and many media commented on these things in a sarcastic tone, describing them as unlearned and unscathed, and at the same time, many celebrities have received a large number of letters on the Internet or in real times, and fans of the main war have criticized them for being unpatriotic, not doing their jobs, meddling in their affairs, and threatening to boycott their film and television works. For a time, these anti-war activists became the target of public criticism.

"What?!" Wang Yang's eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and when he heard her talk about it, his anger came up. He doesn't care what others do, but when Jessica was asked about war when she participated in a public welfare event two days ago, she said: "I don't support war, I don't want to see innocent people die because of war." ”

Originally, such remarks were very kind and normal, but he was also ridiculed by some newspapers for not knowing how to pretend to understand, so he was ready to attend the Oscars even if the war broke out, and he would not know how to pretend to understand on the podium, if he didn't have the opportunity to go on stage. But take this opportunity to talk about it now!

"What's wrong with this country? Everyone has the freedom to speak!" Wang Yang looked at the reporters who were quickly transcribing with a pen below, glanced at the direction of the camera, and said: "Hollywood has some influence, but now it is not to support violence and killing, but peace, is this also wrong? Do you want to go to jail? The first to please arrest me!"

The reporters smiled softly, and several of the organizers standing on the side of the stage talked with solemn faces, should you pull away the excited Wonder Young? The stars who were waiting in line to come out for an interview looked at each other in surprise, and Wonder Young was about to become an anti-combatant! Nicole Kidman sighed softly, Robert Downey Jr. smiled and gave a thumbs up, and they heard the sound of pounding the podium again: "There are enough reasons to oppose this war, civilian casualties, including children, women, and the elderly; Error ......"

Wang Yang stopped as he spoke, glanced at the faces of the reporters with different expressions, suddenly smiled, twisted the microphone pole, and gradually said in a heavy voice: "I don't know if I don't know how to learn, but let me, a person who didn't graduate from college, let me tell you the result of this battle." ”

Oh my God! What else is he going to say? The blonde freckled female journalist and the others were really a little surprised, and they were going to talk about the outcome of the war? Like military analysts? But they were also interested in it, what could the youngest best director say? How different from the usual celebrity entertainers who chant slogans?

"First of all, I want to take a stand, otherwise some people will say that I am a terrorist, that I have weapons of mass destruction in my house or something. Rao is such a serious topic, the reporters in the audience, the staff of the stage passage, and the celebrities can't help but laugh at his irony, Wang Yang continued to say solemnly and loudly: "I absolutely don't like the Saddam government, I don't like any dictator's regime, they should all get out!"

He roared, held back his breath and said, "If I saw God, I would really ask him to get rid of all the dictatorships and countries in the world, and then the whole world will enjoy democracy and freedom, right? But America is not God, and many of us think that America is God." ”

Everyone listened to his words, and many people gradually thought about it, Wang Yang organized slightly, thinking about the military situation he knew before, and said: "There is no doubt that there will be no difficulties in this war itself, I think it will not take a month, Saddam's statue in Baghdad will be overthrown, and the casualties will not be too large, because in terms of armament technology, the allied forces are 99, and Iraq is 1." ”

"I think the Allies will definitely adopt a lightning strategy and use bombs and missiles to gain air supremacy, and then the ground troops will divide up and launch a strong attack on those important cities from all sides, and then form an encirclement of Baghdad, and then push it over in one go! The Allies have air supremacy, network and electronic rights, aircraft carriers, and heavy firepower and armored forces...... How can Iraq fight?

Suddenly, some reporters smiled and seemed to be very proud, and this is also the reason why many people support the Bush administration.

"But what is terrible about this war is not during the war, but after the war. Wang Yang shook his head with a little ridicule on the corner of his mouth, and sighed: "Do you think that once you enter Baghdad, it will be over? A country like Iraq is very complicated, and it does not mean that a new regime will be established at all, and you will be free if you shout freedom, and many people are completely unaware of how many tribes and religious factions there are in Iraq?"

When everyone wiped their noses and touched their cheeks with some interest, Wang Yang spread out his hands and asked in a daze: "Who will govern the new government in the future? Shiites or Sunnis? Don't underestimate its situation, we haven't even handled the Afghan issue well, so how can we say that we can handle it well by opening another battlefield? Factional strife and Saddam's old ministry ...... They will all create a lot of suicide terrorist attacks, countless innocent people will die, Iraq will produce a lot of refugees, and the economy of the whole country will collapse!"

"And that's what I'm going to say, the U.S. economy is going to recession and collapse. ”

The reporters looked at each other and frowned a little. Wang Yang smiled, leaned forward with the podium, looked at them, and said with a smile: "I have read a lot of newspapers these days what people you think you understand very well, what military expenditure is 200 billion, 500 billion...... It's too beautiful to think about, at least 1 trillion yuan! And it hasn't solved the situation in Iraq. The United States will always withdraw its troops, because the huge military spending simply cannot afford to consume it, and in the end it will only leave a mess for the Iraqis. ”

"But have you ever thought about it? Without $1 trillion, what will the Bush administration do to cover the deficit? Either raise taxes or cut domestic spending, what do you think? Does he not want to be president?"

Wang Yang slammed his fist on the podium, looked at the reporters who were a little stunned, and said: "Guys, there is still a way! Borrow money! The United States will issue a large amount of treasury bonds and then let the whole world pay for it, thus dragging down and destroying the economy of the whole world; don't forget Iraq, if George Bush is for oil, then he is mistaken, I am afraid that Iraq's oil production will collapse at that time, causing oil to soar, inflation, and the global economy will be dragged into a quagmire. ”

"In the end, the Bush administration will roll out of office amid a wave of scolding, but first of all, this war is too easy, many people will think that he is a superhero, and the Democratic Party is in danger in next year's election; but after a few years, the new administration will take the campaign platform of spreading troops from Iraq, rebuilding the economy, reducing unemployment, and improving people's livelihood.

"Are you ready?" Wang Yang looked in the direction of the camera, his eyes flashed with drunkenness and anger, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Spending 1 trillion, 2 trillion, 3 trillion military spending to fight a terrible war that will kill countless civilians and make the world chaotic, that's what George Bush is ready to do now! They either look at Iraq too simply, or they just want to have a third world war, or they are manipulated by oil companies." ”

"Because in this war, the only people who will benefit are the oil companies! The price of oil will soar to a record level. Wang Yang lifted the microphone, looked at the silent audience, and said with a smile: "Do I understand? I don't know, this is just a common sense inference, I don't understand why Mr. Bush can't think of it? Bush, if you want oil, go to the gas station and buy it yourself, and now buy more and put it at home! Make sure you can earn enough money to retire in the future." ”

The reporters were already stunned, not knowing what to do to react, applauding? It seems to make sense, it's like some kind of international scientist, and there are no celebrities and artists who can say it on the spot, which is worthy of a miraculous ...... Boo? Everything he said was just pessimistic speculation, and it didn't hold up at all. The crowd just let out a "oh, uh, uh, uh......"

The stars on the side of the stage were also a little stunned, the media said that artists don't learn and don't know how to do it, and what did Magic Young say after this fierce remark was reported in the newspaper? But they knew that Magic Young could surpass Sean Penn and become the number one anti-combatant.

The organizer staff finally did not allow the Best Director nominee to continue, he made the Oscars too politicized, and he was one of the trump cards to attract ratings, and now many viewers will be angry with him...... The two security guards hurriedly walked out to pull Magical Young back to the passage.

"No need for you!" Wang Yang shook off their hands vigorously, his head suddenly became a little dizzy, he took a deep breath, and said a little too much, but it didn't matter...... He thought as he walked in the direction of the passage.

(To be continued)