While the New Year's spirit is still ringing in our ears, the Oscar heat wave is already in Hollywood - January 16, the day the Oscar nominees are announced. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As with mainstream awards such as the Grammys, after months of PR battles, the first floodgates of the Oscars have appeared in front of everyone.

The Oscar organizing committee will announce this year's nominees on television through the ABC television network, and this year's list will be announced by Robert Raimi, the current president of the academy, and Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor who "never comes out of the closet".

In fact, this is also one thing that is misunderstood by many people, that is, the nomination ceremony is confused with the nominee luncheon. The Oscar nomination luncheon is generally scheduled for early February, while the announcement of nominations is scheduled for mid-January.

The Nominee Luncheon, as the name suggests, is a banquet that all Oscar nominees can attend, and the venue has always been at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The real nominations were announced on television. In fact, this is understandable, if the nominees' luncheon is really used to announce the nominations, then the actors and behind-the-scenes personnel of hundreds of movies in North America a year will not have to stuff the Hilton Hotel?

"Well, okay, Spencer. Well done, I didn't expect you to grab so many shares before Apple publishes its financial statements. Sid stood on the balcony with his phone and said to Spencer [manager of private accounts at Wells Fargo] across the phone.

"Mr. Leon, this is what I should do. So far, we've spent a total of $300 million, $100 million in cash and $200 million in mortgages, totaling a 14.5% stake in Apple. Spencer's voice was still so professional and calm, "It took 19% more money than we expected." ”

"No, it doesn't matter, after all, it's the bottom-buying period, and I'm already very satisfied with this price. Sid said with a smile.

It turned out that since the establishment of Fire Lion in 1998, Sid began to use surplus funds to buy Apple shares in a targeted manner. Although he did not catch the best dip in 1997, when Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy, he still bought the double-digit shares of Apple at a "very low" price.

"Are we going to continue with acquisitions, then?" asked Spencer.

"No, there isn't that much money left to spare. Sid shook his head and said that for the series of plans that will be launched this year, the funds must be carefully calculated.

This also reflects the merits of Jobs in the past year since he returned to Apple, you must know that in 97, when Apple was only 3 months away from bankruptcy, its total market value was only more than 1 billion, and it only took 100 million US dollars to acquire the same share of shares.

But it was only a short year later, Sid spent 3 times more money to acquire the same share of shares. Jobs' ability to turn decay into magic is truly breathtaking.

"Brother Sid, the nomination is about to start, what are you still doing up there?" At this time, suddenly Lindsay's crisp voice came from downstairs.

Sid couldn't help laughing when he heard Xiao Nizi's voice, so he said to the other side of the phone: "Well, the acquisition of Apple is like this for the time being, and I will notify you when you need to take the next step." ”

After hanging up, Sid walked down the stairs and into the home theater room on the first floor, where there was already a circle of people seated. Lindsay, the little girl, needless to say, ran over and took Sid's hand in a hurry.

And Jeremy (Renner), Amy (Adams) and other "Little Sunshine Beauty" stars and best friends are also here. Even Max Martin, the recording director he hadn't seen for a long time, came running.

When Sid was pulled by Lindsay to sit on the sofa in the front row, a person next to him immediately squeezed to Sid's side, and Lindsey shouted unhappily: "Hey, you Xiong brainless vixen, why are you here." ”

"Hmph, I'm Sid's girlfriend, of course. Britney took Sid's arm and said proudly.

Then Britney, who had always been a little confused, deliberately straightened her arc, looked Lindsay's flat figure up and down with proud eyes, and said with a smile: "It's you, obviously a child, don't keep pestering Sid." ”

Lindsay immediately glared at Britney angrily, and the two glared at each other without giving in.

Since the last time Lindsay and Britney knew each other's backgrounds were similar to herself, the hostility between the two had diminished a lot, but verbal bickering was always inevitable.

After seeing Sid's headache expression, Lindsay immediately stretched out her hands obediently, stroked Sid's temples and massaged him, and said coquettishly: "Brother Sid, you are okay." Don't be too tired, it's so brain-consuming to think about so many things all day. ”

As soon as Britney on the other side saw Lindsay's actions, she immediately hugged Sid with a smile on her face, "Sid, I'll come too." With that, Britney curled her chest and pressed it against Sid.

Sid's expression immediately became fluttering, "Well, this—that's not good, Britney." ”

"How can it be, this is my girlfriend comforting her boyfriend, above board. Britney Spears has also become "bad" after half a year of private tutor study, and she smiled sweetly.

Lindsay raised her kitten paw with an unhappy face, and scratched Britney's chest at once, "You Ru Liang, give it to my brother Wuen~~"

Seeing that the two of them were about to make trouble again, Sid reluctantly grabbed the waists of the two women and pulled the two beauties into his arms, one big and one small, which made the two stop the-for-tat.

"Wow, the blessing of Qi people really makes us red-eyed. Max Martin, who had watched the play for a long time, smiled and complained when he saw that the situation had calmed down.

Sid rolled his eyes, "By the way, why are you here?" It's Saturday, shouldn't you be resting?"

Max Martin spread his hands and smiled: "Before Britney's album sales results come out, how can those of us who are employees take a break?" ”

It turned out to be Britney Spears on the 12th of this month, and her debut album "Baby-One-More-Time" was released with the single of the same kind. And now the first week of the first week of sales and billboard rankings are announced today.

Britney poked her head out of Sid's arms and asked worriedly, "Is it going to be a problem, Sid?"

Sid pinched her cheek and smiled comfortingly, "Of course there won't be a problem, how can MyGirl have a problem?"

Although everyone later said that Britney's rise was as unprecedented as a meteor, in the eyes of the parties, the pressure and worries will not be less.

"By the way, have you played enough of your fancy dog abuse tricks? Jeremy (Reina), who was next to him, finally couldn't help but smile and complain.

"Last time you got a long-legged model for the premiere and you dared to call yourself a single dog?" said Amy Adams without hesitation.

"Oh, here we go!" Sid stopped the joke and turned their eyes to the screen of the Sony TV in front of them, accompanied by music and images of the Oscar statuette, which froze to Robert Raimi and Kevin Spacey who were already standing in front of the camera.

"Welcome to the 71st Academy Awards, the announcement of the list of nominees. I'm Robert Remy, the president of the Academy. The Dean of the College and Kevin Spacey briefly introduced themselves.

The announcement of the list of nominees soon began, and they knew that no one who would be watching the show now would be in the mood to listen to their crooked nonsense.

And the announcement of the list of nominees, in fact, is the same as the Oscars, for the sake of ratings, important awards will be put in the back, and the previous awards are generally secondary such as music, costumes, special effects, makeup, etc.

So Sid looked at these nominated awards that had nothing to do with him, and couldn't help but wander away.

He saw the Sony Guixiang engine HR36 TV at the front of the home entertainment room, in this season when LCD TV was far from becoming the mainstream, Sony TV with its former glory, now it looks like it will be like the past few decades, dominating the TV market.

This latest and largest Sony TV was included with Sid's purchase of the Sunset Villa. As an upscale Los Angeles villa that bills itself as entering the 21st century, this machine can be described as Sony's last glory in the CRT era.

Sid returned to 97 or 98 years with an advanced vision, only to find that the people of this era admired and felt for Sony no less than the global worship of Apple later.

Sony's stance of leading the world for decades has given the world the impression that it will "rule the world" forever. But when change comes, oversuccess in the past can lead to a fatal Achilles heel.

When the giant crashed to the ground, everyone was left in a state of confusion.

This is also a warning to the fire lion, although with the clear memory of the next few decades in Sid's mind, he can gain the ability to be one step ahead, but if he does not have the spirit of being prepared for danger in times of peace, no matter how strong he is, he will be defeated.

Not by others, but by oneself.