On March 7, in the expectant eyes of fans around the world, the 82nd Academy Awards kicked off at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This year, the Chinese film "Love" participated in the Oscar competition, and the attention of Chinese fans was surprisingly high. A number of domestic network companies broadcast the award ceremony live at the same time, and Xinlang Entertainment invited Nortel Zheng Dongdong, film critic Zhou Liming, and Bi Chenggong to be guest commentators, and film critic Gu Yu served as the host.

At five o'clock in the afternoon Los Angeles time, the Oscar red carpet ceremony officially began. In the dense flash, the world's top superstars appeared one after another, which made fans very excited and the audience in front of the major live broadcast media excited.

At the same time, in the live broadcast room of Xinlang Entertainment, the host Gu Yu and the three guests were chatting enthusiastically.

Bi Chenggong, a columnist for the North American box office and movie review of the Xinlang.com Entertainment Channel, has a good understanding of the situation in North America, and said in a sharp voice: "This year is a year that has the potential to set a new high in ratings." In addition, there are some corresponding reform measures, as for the results of the awards, it is still unpredictable, so my feeling is that this year is very commercial, from the guests, from the 500-person singing and dancing performance, from the award ceremony, there are youth idols of "Twilight", the overall is more commercial. ”

Zheng Dongdong said with a smile: "There are two lively events this year, one is the nomination of ten Best Pictures, which is the first time in history, and the way of voting and counting has been reformed, from a simple majority to a ranking and elimination system." This will have some less predictable effects, and there will be a lot of upsets. This year, ordinary Chinese audiences are paying more attention than any other year, in addition to "Love" directed by Zhang Yimou, there is also "Avatar", and now the box office in our country has reached 1.7 billion. In addition, there is also "District 9", the director Neil is very familiar to everyone, he is a good friend of Zhang Ran, and previously directed "Time Warrior 2", which is his second film. Zhang Ran is the producer of this film, for which he was nominated for Best Picture. ”

Bi Chenggong added: "Zhang Ran and Summit Entertainment are the winners of this year's Oscar nominations, Zhang Ran has three nominations, and Summit Entertainment has 18 nominations, more than the six Hollywood nominations, for example, Twentieth Century Fox has two nominations, "Avatar" 9, "The Great Fox Dad" 2, a total of 11, Paramount Pictures "In the Clouds" 6 nominations, "Star Trek" 4 nominations, plus "Transformers 2" 's 1 nomination is also 11 nominations, and there are even fewer nominations from other companies, and this year's Summit Entertainment is really impressive!"

Zhou Liming also admired Summit Entertainment's achievements: "Not only the nomination, but also the box office of Summit Entertainment in North America last year surpassed Universal Pictures and ranked sixth. If it can win the Oscars today, Summit Entertainment will really have a foothold in Hollywood. Summit Entertainment will release two Marvel movies this year, which will definitely be box office hits, and I estimate that Summit Entertainment will be able to break into the top four this year. Hollywood has long been monopolized by the big six film companies, and for a hundred years, many overseas adventurers have had great ambitions to conquer Hollywood, but they all ended up disastrously, and now that Summit Entertainment has risen strongly, it is really possible to break this pattern!"

At this moment, Gu Yu shouted: "Oh, Zhang Yimou directed them here!"

I saw that in the screen, Zhang Yimou waved around in a tunic suit, which is his favorite special dress for receiving awards, and he once wore this suit to win dazzling trophies at famous film festivals around the world.

Outside the red carpet, photographers from all over the world were shooting at Zhang Yimou, who smiled and began to be interviewed by reporters after hearing the shouts of Chinese reporters.

The female reporter on the red carpet of the movie channel handed the microphone to Zhang Yimou and asked, "Director Zhang, this is your fourth time competing for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, how do you feel now?"

Zhang Yimou smiled: "Of course I'm very happy, after all, the Oscar is a film award that the whole world pays attention to." There are many people who have put in the effort of the movie "Love", and this effort can be recognized, which must be the most gratifying. ”

The reporter asked: "Director Zhang, "Love" has won a lot of awards in the outpost battle of the Oscars this time, and several weather vanes have been won, everyone thinks that the certainty of winning the Oscars this time is relatively large, what do you think?"

Zhang Yimou said modestly: "It's hard to say, I try to keep a normal heart, and I definitely don't think about whether I will win the award." ”

That being said, Zhang Yimou is quite confident in this Oscar in his heart. Not only because of the excellent quality of the movie itself, but also because the public relations of Summit Entertainment has really put a lot of effort into it. Summit Entertainment has formed three groups of people for "Love", two groups in New York plan the release, and one group in Los Angeles is responsible for the Oscars. Zhang Yimou followed the publicity team for three months, and through waves of detailed and targeted media interviews and publicity exposure, with the awarding of small awards, "Love" finally won four Oscar nominations.

In the past, when Zhang Yimou made a movie, Zhang Weiping would shout to hit the Oscars, but in fact, they were all shouting slogans, but this time Zhang Yimou really saw what it means to rush to the Olympics!

The reporter asked, "Director Zhang, why didn't you see Director Zhang Ran?"

Zhang Yimou chuckled: "Zhang Ran didn't walk the red carpet, but accompanied his teacher to the guest passage over there." ”

While Zhang Yimou was being interviewed, Zhang Ran and Mary Hill walked through the guest passage and into the theater.

Zhang Ran originally planned to come with Zhang Jingchu, but Zhang Jingchu said that the movie "Love" has nothing to do with me, so I won't go, so as not to say that I am rubbing the red carpet. Zhang Ran planned to take his parents with him. Unexpectedly, Huang Ying asked him, can he win the award? Zhang Ran said, he can't get it. Huang Ying said, "If you can't win the award, what should I do?"

Zhang Ran couldn't cry or laugh, how many celebrities squeezed their heads and wanted to walk the red carpet of the Oscars, but their daughter-in-law and parents were still reluctant to go. So, he invited his teacher, Mary Hill, to attend the Oscars with her husband.

Oscar is a vanity fair, although the entire venue can accommodate 3,400 spectators, it is difficult to notice who sits where, but for him personally, for his life circle, it is related to his face and represents his status in the circle. Therefore, throughout the Oscar process, how he is treated, how class he sits on the plane, which hotel he lives in, and which position he sits in at the awards ceremony are all up for grabs.

The Dolby Theatre has 3,400 seats, but there are more than 6,000 members in the entire Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In general, nominated films will be assigned corresponding seats according to the number of nominations, and the more nominations they get, the more seats they will get. For example, Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eating Men and Women" were only nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and the academy only gave the crew ten seats, while "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" had ten nominations and gave them more than 40 seats. The three films of Summit Entertainment this time, "Bomb Disposal Unit" gave 50 seats, "District 9" 25 seats, and "Love" 20 seats.

After the nominated films have been seated, the remaining seats were given to members of the Academy and some of the guests attending the ceremony. Generally speaking, the members who have confirmed their attendance are filmmakers who have made good contributions this year, and their works are their tickets, followed by some popular stars who are just popular and winners of the previous year, and those who have retired or semi-retired from the film industry.

As for the principle of seating, it is generally like this: the theater has a total of five floors, the upper four floors do not need to be said, mainly the first floor, the first floor of the theater is divided into two parts, the front one is the nominated crew, and the back one is the celebrities and observer members. The seat closest to the stage in the center of the theater is the Golden Seat, and those who sit in this seat have the highest probability of winning. In addition, those who sit on the edge of the aisle also have a higher chance of winning the prize, so let them sit on the side to make it easier for them to come to the stage to receive the award.

Zhang Ran is both the producer of "District 9" and the producer of "Love", and he can sit with any crew, but because "Love" was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Award, Zhang Ran finally chose to join the crew of "Love".

The crew of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is generally arranged in the back position on the left and right, with a crew in a row, but "Love" is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, so it is arranged in a relatively high position. Next to the crew of "Love" is none other than the crew of "District 9" headed by Neil. The Oscar organizers are really thoughtful, and they really give Zhang Ran enough face.

Zhang Ran smiled and hugged Neil, looked around, and asked, "Where's that Jason Reitman?"

Neil stretched out his hand and pointed, ""In the Clouds" is a big hit, plus there are big stars like George Clooney, the position is relatively high!"

Zhang Ran glanced at Jason Reitman in front of him, sat on the chair, and said regretfully: "If it weren't for Herzog being the president of the Berlin jury, it would not be a big problem for "One Man to Shine the Light" to win the Golden Bear, and Jason would have been published in the newspaper to admit defeat!

Neil knew that Zhang Ran and Jason had made a bet that whoever got one of the best directors or best films at the three major film festivals first would be the winner, and the loser would admit defeat. He smiled and said: "Not necessarily, "In the Clouds" was also filmed very well, and won several Best Directors in the Sentinel War, if it weren't for Herzog's hatred of Hollywood, even if Jason couldn't win the Golden Bear, it was still possible to win Best Director." If that's the case, you'll have a draw!"

Zhang Ran was about to speak, when he suddenly felt a cold gaze staring at him. He turned his gaze and saw Harvey, who was sitting not far away, viciously attacking him, his eyes as cold as a snake. Zhang Ran snorted coldly and gestured a middle finger at Harvey.

Harvey flashed his middle fingers with both hands at the same time, cursed "to die", and then twisted his head again.

Neil followed Zhang Ran's gaze to see Harvey, and wanted to give Harvey a middle finger, but his movements were a step slower. He knows that "District 9" is a science fiction film, and the Oscars have never been waiting for science fiction films, so he is already very satisfied to be nominated, and he has no expectations for winning the award. However, he knew that Summit Entertainment wanted to use "Bomb Disposal Unit" to hit the Oscar for Best Picture, so he asked: "Harvey, this guy is very bad, "Bomb Disposal Unit" will not be overturned, right?"

Zhang Ran was originally full of confidence in "Bomb Disposal Unit", but now he is also a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, "Saving Private Ryan" and "Social Network" are movies that don't look like they will lose, but they were finally overturned by Harvey, he pretended to be calm and said: "No, "Bomb Disposal Unit" itself is extremely strong, plus anti-war themes and feminism, no one can stop it from making history!"

When the time came for the start of the award ceremony, both of them put away the topic and quietly waited for the arrival of the award ceremony.

Amid loud applause and upbeat music, hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin descended from the sky onto the stage and the Oscars officially began.