Chapter 986: Thanks to CCTV

Charlize Theron glanced at the list of winners, looked at the crowd of black people in the audience, and announced with a smile: "Future Apocalypse, Aziva Gosman and Zhang Ran!"

The applause and screams from the scene were like a tide, roaring. The crew members of "Future Apocalypse" all stood up, cheering and applauding. Scarlett Johansson walked over and screamed and gave Zhang Ran a big hug: "Director, congratulations!" Immediately after, Robert De Niro and Matt Damon also came over to hug Zhang Ran, excited as children.

Defeating "Escape from Tehran" and winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Award brings "Escape from Tehran" back to the same starting line, which means that there is still a play for Best Film.

Ang Lee behind him also stood up, and the Chinese in the crew of "Youth Pi" also stood up and applauded Zhang Ran. Although "Life of Pi" was also nominated for Best Picture, they knew that the award was a contest between "Escape from Tehran" and "Apocalypse of the Future." As Chinese, they are undoubtedly inclined to the Book of Future Apocalypse.

After a brief celebration, Zhang Ran took the podium with Aziva Gosman on a smile and took the trophy from Charlize Theron and Dustin Hoffman.

"Mr. Zhang, I am your loyal fan and hope to have the opportunity to cooperate. Charlize Theron smiled and hugged Zhang Ran, then stepped aside with Dustin Hoffman, giving the stage to the two winners.

Aziva Gossman made a gesture of invitation, motioning for Zhang Ran to speak first, Zhang Ran also made a gesture of invitation, signaling Aziva Gossman to come first, Aziva Gossman made a gesture of invitation again, and Zhang Ran still replied, "You come first."

The guests and the audience laughed, are you performing pantomime?

Aziva Gosman did not push again, the guests have a time limit on stage, and no one can give an acceptance speech if they continue to push. He held the trophy in his hand and said excitedly, "Thank you to the academy for awarding me this award." I especially agree with director Zhang Ran's point of view that the duty of film is to use light to illuminate the darkness in people's hearts. Thank you to Han Wenxuan, the original author of the story, he was there, thank you for providing us with this wonderful story. Thank you to director Zhang Ran and the excellent actors for giving life to the text. Thank you Summit Entertainment and thank you to everyone who supports Apocalypse of the Future. Finally, I want to say to my wife and children, I love you!

After Aziva Gosmann's acceptance speech, he quickly gave up his position: "Director, it's your turn!"

Zhang Ran stood in front of the microphone and said with a smile: "I am a very lucky director, first won the Best Director Award for a foreign language film, and today "Future Apocalypse" has become the first science fiction film in history to win the Screenplay Award. I think I owe it to the god of cinema for allowing me to live in a particularly tolerant era. Cinema shouldn't always look to the past, it shouldn't always be nostalgic, and it shouldn't think about the future. In this way, we will cherish our current life, just as I cherish this hard-won award. Thank you to the Academy, thank you to everyone who supported "Future Apocalypse", thank you CCTV!

The guests at the scene all smiled and applauded, everyone felt the same way, the Oscars won in the last two years are full of nostalgia for movies such as "The King's Speech", such as "The Artist", many people feel that the Oscars are a bit too emotional, everyone gave sincere applause for this speech.

The Chinese guests in the audience laughed wildly after a short stunned moment, laughing back and forth, Zhang Ran This guy is so funny, he actually thanked CCTV at the Oscars. The foreign guests around looked confused, what is going on with these Chinese, how can they laugh like this, is it so funny? The Chinese guests saw the foreign guests looking at themselves in amazement, thinking that you foreigners do not understand this meme!

On Weibo, Tianya gossip, and various post bars, many fans and spiritual shareholders are laughing: "Zhang Ran is so funny, he actually thanked CCTV at the Oscars!", "It is estimated that foreigners are confused, why thank CCTV!", "CCTV should pay Zhang Ran for advertising, and this advertisement has hit the Oscars." ”……

CCTV News Officer Bo announced the news that Zhang Ran won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first time, and also made a special mention: "At the award ceremony, Zhang Ran also thanked CCTV for its support to him over the years. ”

Netizens all sprayed after seeing this Weibo of CCTV News: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, CCTV, you guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes actually learned badly, and he began to gain popularity!"

The award ceremony continued, and soon the blockbuster award came! The Best Director Award! This is the coveted award of countless directors, and it is also one of the most valuable awards in the entire Oscars. The award was presented to two heavyweight film masters, Scorsese and Francis Coppola, two of the most high-ranking living directors in film history, apart from Godard.

Scorsese confronted the microphone and said, "The works that these five directors bring to us are just like themselves, colorful!"

Coppola picked up the conversation: "Whether you're American-born or foreign-born, whether you've won an award or been nominated for the first time, whether it's fantasy, romantic comedy, wasteful comedy, futuristic world, or a history lesson." ”

Scorsese continued: "They all have in common an unrivalled talent, and ...... have been nominated for best director"

Accompanied by the sound of melodious music, the narrator sounds: "Life of Pi, Ang Lee!" At the same time, the figure of Ang Lee appeared on the screen, he was on a boat, dancing with Saura, the actor of Pi, saying something. The scene applauded thunderously, and at the award of the Best Director Award, Ang Lee had many supporters.

The narrator sounded again: "Future Apocalypse, Zhang Ran!" Zhang Ran appeared on the big screen, standing on a tank, holding a bullhorn and saying something. In front of him was a crowd of black, actors in power armor, actors in motion capture suits, actors wrapped in green cloth, and thousands of people plus the staff. The entire Dolby Theater was boiling, and the applause and screams of the audience pierced people's eardrums.

In the live broadcast room of the peak of the century, the host asked Wu Ershan, which director do you think has a good chance of winning the award. Director Wu Ershan said without thinking: "This award must be Mr. Zhang's, "Future Apocalypse" not only has innovation in audio-visual language, the contrasting structure of Song Ci, and the extensive use of ultra-low-altitude cruising shots, which is a breakthrough in film language, but also reproduces many lost skills, one is Bondarchuk's tug-of-war long shot, and the other is Hollywood's overall scheduling. Hollywood was very good at shooting big scenes 5 or 60 years ago, and there were many particularly powerful directors, and overall scheduling was the specialty of Hollywood directors. But later, due to the increase in labor costs, Hollywood did not dare to shoot like that, and there was no panoramic war film, and the overall scheduling was slowly lost. Mr. Zhang reproduced this scheduling technique in "Future Apocalypse", which is a reproduction of the former glory of Hollywood. It's amazing to be able to put so many things together in one movie. If it doesn't win the Best Director Award, then the Oscars are a joke!"

In the studio of Phoenix Satellite TV, Li Shaohong also said with great certainty: "If this award is not unexpected, it is Zhang Ran, Ang Lee's "Youth Pi" also has a breakthrough, Cameron said that Ang Lee has perfectly integrated art and 3D, but Ang Lee's breakthrough is not as big as Zhang Ran, not to mention the structure of Song words, the ultra-low-altitude cruise shot with a drone is particularly powerful, and many people are learning now." Judging whether a director is particularly good is not based on how many awards he has won, nor at the box office, but by how many directors are learning from him if his works are not inspiring. Zhang Ran is particularly powerful in this regard, and many young directors at home and abroad are learning from him and treating him as a spiritual mentor. ”

Just when the guests were talking, the five award-winning films were introduced, and Scorsese began to open the envelope: "The Oscar for Best Director is ......"

At the same time, the screen is divided into six grids, showing the audience the status of the five nominees. Ang Lee smiled elegantly, looking light-hearted, but he was very eager for this award in his heart. In an earlier interview, he said: "I hope to win the award because I am the captain of the 3,000 crew members on this ship." For what this unique, starless film means to the world. ”

Spielberg, the director of "Lincoln", looked at the stage with a smile on his face, he had no hope for this award, "Lincoln" was not too good in all his works, and there was no breakthrough. It's almost impossible for a two-time Oscar-winning director to win a third Oscar without a breakthrough, and this time his opponents, the directors of "Future Apocalypse" and "Life of Pi" have broken through, so his chances of winning are very slim.

However, the award presentation was presented by Scorsese and Francis Coppola, which made Spielberg feel that the award could be his own. In 07, together with his friends Francis Coppola and George Lucas, he presented the Oscar trophy to his old friend Scorsese, which became a good story in the film industry. Maybe this time he can take over the third Oscar trophy from two old friends, otherwise why would the organizing committee let the two of them play at the same time?

David O. Russell, the director of "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds", probably knew that he had no chance of winning the award, so he didn't show up at all; Behe Zeitrin, the director of "The Beast of the South", was only thirty years old, and this was his first feature film, and he knew that his film was almost close to zero, and he was very relaxed; Zhang Ran looked at the direction of the stage with a calm face, although he didn't care too much about the awards now, but when it was really time to present the awards, he couldn't help but become nervous in his heart.

The whole scene was as silent as death, and the tense atmosphere was like a mountain pressing on everyone, making people breathless. The crew of "Future Apocalypse" clenched their fists and stared at the envelope in Scorsese's hand, expecting good luck to come. Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin and other Chinese stars are sweating in their palms, although this award is a contest between Zhang Ran and Ang Lee, they are their own people, but they hope that Zhang Ran can win.

The Chinese audience in North America in front of the TV and the computer are applauding and cheering, Zhang Ran and Ang Lee are the light of the Chinese, and whoever wins is the pride of the Chinese. The audience and netizens in the Taiwan area are praying for Ang Lee, in their opinion, no one can lose to Zhang Ran, the dead Ah Lu. In the mainland, fans and spiritual shareholders of "Future Apocalypse" looked at the screen intently, silently reciting Zhang Ran's name in their hearts.

In a villa on the outskirts of Lin'an, Zhang Ran's parents stopped talking, staring at the TV screen. Zhang Jingchu was very relaxed, she was full of confidence in Zhang Ran and "Future Apocalypse", touched her stomach and whispered: "Baby, Dad is going to win the grand prize again!"

Scorsese handed the list of winners to Coppola and motioned for him to announce who the winners were. Coppola took the list of winners, looked at it, and laughed.