Inside the studio of the pinnacle of the century.

The host asked, "The three teachers should be the most stable award, right?"

Ning Hao said with great certainty: ""One Person's Lights" swept the world last year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that as long as there is an award for the best foreign language film, "One Person's Lights" basically won. If it doesn't win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, then this award is a joke. ”

Zheng Dongtian is not as sure as Ning Hao: "In terms of strength, it must be the strongest in "One Man Puts on the Lights", but the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is a particularly upset award, "Farewell My Concubine" was obviously stronger than "The Lover of Four Thousand Gold", and "The Red Lantern is High" was also far better than "Inland", but they still lost. ”

Ning Hao retorted: "In the 90s, we had no connections in Hollywood, and the distribution company was not willing to pay for publicity, otherwise "Farewell My Concubine" and "The Red Lantern High" would definitely not lose; Now the situation is different, we have our own distribution and production company in Hollywood, and we are willing to pay for public relations, and there is no reason to lose at all. ”

The host was worried that Ning Hao and Zheng Dongtian would quarrel, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "Teacher Zhou, what do you think?"

Zhou Liming smiled and said: "I have watched all five films shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this year, and "One Person's Lights" is indeed the best. The only thing that can pose a threat to "One Man's Lights" is Denmark's "A Better World", not because of the quality of the film. There are many Jews in the judges of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Jewish theme of World War II is particularly popular in Oscar foreign language films. Suzanne Beal, the director of "A Better World," is Jewish, and the film is about an elderly man who survived a concentration camp and discovers that his sister, who he thought was dead, is still alive. ”

Countless netizens who watched the online live broadcast in front of the computer, whether it was Zhang Ran's students, Nortel, Yaying's students, or ordinary fans, as long as they supported Zhang Ran and supported "One Person's Lights", they all tightened their heartstrings when they heard this, and they held their breath one by one, waiting for the guests to announce the final winner.

At the same time, at the award ceremony, the 55 crew members and family members of "One Person's Lights" also held their breath, staring at the award presenters on the stage with their eyes tightly fixed, and they didn't dare to blink, for fear that they would miss this most important moment in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Ran was the most relaxed of all, his face was flat, he couldn't see the slightest nervousness, and even had a hint of a smile. It's not pretending, he really has a lot of confidence in this award. The quality of "One Person's Lights" is here, coupled with the strong public relations of Summit Entertainment, there is no reason to lose at all.

After the video of the shortlisted film was played, Helen Mirren opened the envelope under the gaze of countless eyes.

"The winner for Best Foreign Language Film was ......" Helen Mirren announced loudly, "One Man Shines the Lights!"

The first one to cheer was not Zhang Ran, not Zhang Jingchu, but Cao Bingkun who was sitting behind them, he jumped up directly and shouted: "Teacher Zhang, you have won the award!" Immediately afterwards, the crew of "One Person's Lanterns" all gathered around, saying congratulations and applauding vigorously.

In front of the computer, Zhang Ran's students are all raising their arms and shouting to celebrate their teacher's victory; countless netizens in China are frantically swiping the screen on Weibo, on Tieba, and in various online communities: "Zhang Ran!" "Win the best foreign language film!" "Zhang Ran, I want to give you a monkey!"

After a brief celebration with the crew members, Zhang Ran got up and walked to the stage amid warm applause.

After hugging Russell Brand and Helen Mirren, Zhang Ran took the Oscar statuette, looked at the audience, and said slowly: "I want to thank the Academy, Summit Entertainment, and Rob Freman." In addition, I would like to thank all the members of the crew and everyone who supported the film. I know that there are a lot of people in China who are following this ceremony, and you are the biggest motivation for me to make a film, thank you! Last year I invited my mom to the Oscars, and she said to me, can you win the award? I said no. She said what should I do if you can't win the award? Call me when you can win the prize! This year, I felt that I had a chance to win the prize, so I called my parents together!

After finishing his acceptance speech, Zhang Ran took the master of ceremonies to the backstage to be interviewed by the media. After answering a few super stupid questions like "where would you put the little golden man" and "how do you feel now", he returned to his seat.

In the following award process, "One Man's Lights" won the Best Sound Editing and Best Editing awards one after another. "One Man's Lights" is completely unprecedented in its use of multi-part montage and sound, and it was to be expected to win the best sound editing. But it was somewhat unexpected that "One Man Shines the Light" won the Best Editing award, and "The Social Network" was also very well edited, and it looked even more flattering, and many predicted that "The Social Network" would win the award.

Meng Peicong said excitedly: "It feels like a dream, it's incredible." It is a great honor to receive this award, thank you to everyone who trusts me, thank you to director Zhang Ran for bringing such a great film to people, thank you to the academy, thank you to everyone!"

Zhou Xinxia said in not very fluent English: "Thank you to the academy for awarding me this prestigious award, thank you to all the staff of the crew, and most especially, I want to dedicate it to our director, who led us to enjoy a special journey." Zhang Ran, thank you, thank you, thank you very much, thank you, Zhang Ran!"

"One Person's Lights" won four awards in a row, tying the award-winning record of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which made countless supporters of Zhang Ran in front of the computer extremely excited.

As the awards continue to be awarded, the 83rd Oscars have finally reached the most exciting moment, and the next award is the Best Director Award.

The award for Best Director was presented to Ang Lee, who won ten Oscar nominations for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Best Director for "Broken Arm Mountain". He smiled when he took the stage: "John Houston, Billy Wilder, Steven Spielberg, there are many talented directors, and last year a female director made history by winning this award." She also came to the awards ceremony tonight, and the applause was for the Oscar winner for Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow. ”

Amid warm applause, Catherine Bigelow walked onto the stage with an envelope containing the list of winners, smiling and saying, "This year's film is wonderful and unforgettable. The directors are all talented, so we can sit here and enjoy these works and pay tribute to them. The winner of Best Director is......"

As soon as Kathryn Bigelow finished speaking, the big screen slowly lit up, and the names of the five nominated directors, as well as the short films they worked on the set, appeared on the big screen.

Tom Hopper – "The King's Speech"

David Fincher – The Social Network

The Coen Brothers – "Earth Thunder"

Zhang Ran - "A Man Puts on the Lights"

Darren Aronofsky – "Black Swan"

At the same time, in the studio at the peak of the century, the host looked at Ning Hao and the three of them and asked, "Three teachers, the best director is about to be announced, do you think Director Zhang can win it?"

Ning Hao's eyes were glued to the big screen, and he nodded heavily: "I think I can!"

Zheng Dongtian nodded: "I believe Zhang Ran can make history!"

Zhou Liming also nodded and said: "It should be won, and letting Ang Lee and Kathryn Bigelow present the award is a hint." There were many hints at the Oscars, such as Barbra Streisand who won the Best Director award last year, you know, as early as 1983, Barbra directed her first film, but was not nominated, and the Oscars were criticized for being smoly. As soon as she came on stage, those who knew more about the Oscars knew that this award would definitely be Kathryn Bigelow's. Let Ang Lee come to the stage today to present the award, which means that this award is Zhang Ran!"

Although Zhou Liming said it very positively, it could not relieve the nervousness of countless Chinese fans in front of the computer, and the Oscars have not been unpopular, "The Soldier" can lose to "Shakespeare", what the final result is, who knows?

As the short film finished, Catherine Bigelow opened the envelope, opened the stationery, and read out: "The winner of the Best Director Award is ......", and she handed the list of winners to Ang Lee.

At the same time, the televised picture is divided into six frames, and the serious and nervous faces of the five directors appear in the frame.

Zhang Ran is undoubtedly the biggest favorite for the Best Director Award this time, "One Person's Lights" not only led the way in the sentinel battle, but even won all the four major weather vanes, and under normal circumstances, the Best Director Award has almost been won by Zhang Ran. But the point is that "One Man Shines the Light" is a foreign-language film, and no director of a foreign-language film has ever won the Best Director award in the history of the Oscars. Ten years ago, Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also won the best director in the directors' guild and the British and Austrian, but in the end, it still came home, and Hollywood will not easily give the best director award to a foreign language film.

Knowing that he had a chance, David Fincher was quite nervous, and this is the second time that David Fincher has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Director, and this time "The Social Network" has taken the lead in the sentinel battle and has received enthusiastic support from critics, and he hopes that a miracle will appear at the Oscars.

Equally nervous was Tom Hopper, the director of "The King's Speech," who Harvey Weinstein told that 94 percent of the more than 6,000 Oscar judges were white and 77 percent were men, adding up to more than 72 percent of the judges. And among these men, most of them are middle-aged and elderly, like the artistic expression techniques of classical films used in "The King's Speech", the plot is natural and simple, simple but not simple, the color is gorgeous but not lacking in restraint, and various balancing skills are quietly embedded in the movie, which is the easiest to win the favor of these old white men. So, Tom Hopper felt he had a chance to make a big comeback and win the Best Director award.

Darren Arnoldski and the Coen brothers are relatively relaxed, knowing they don't have much of a chance. The weird and gorgeous style of "Black Swan" has never been an Oscar dish, and the Coen brothers have won the Best Director and Best Picture awards for "No Country for Old Men" in 08.

At this moment, Zhang Ran also became nervous, after all, this is the Oscar for Best Director, if he can win it, he will make history and become the only director to win this award with a foreign language film. Prior to this, 29 seniors, including Akira Kurosawa and Bergman, had been nominated for Best Director for a foreign-language film, but in the end they all missed out on the Best Director award. Will he be able to succeed this time? Excitement and nervousness surged in his chest, so much so that Zhang Ran's palms were sweating.

At the same time, in the Kodak Theater, in front of the computer and television, countless people who cared about the fate of the award waited anxiously for Ang Lee to announce the final result.