Chapter 1198: The Oscars (Part II)

At half past five p.m. on February 29, 2016, Los Angeles time, the world's most anticipated Oscars ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater, and Justin Bieber sang the opening song "What Do You Mean" through the glittering infield. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Justin Bieber sang and walked through the jungle of handsome men and beautiful women, and stood at the front of the stage for a long time, here is the mentor Cheng Xiaoyu, as well as Xia Shamo, Catherine Blanchett, and Xu Qinning......

Many close-ups were given to Cheng Xiaoyu who was standing in it.

Maybe he was a little nervous, not as relaxed as the others, a little more serious, but this is normal, how can a young man under the age of 25 not be nervous when he has won so many honors and has the possibility of winning the most important award in the global film industry?

However, except for the cold Cheng Xiaoyu, the atmosphere at the Oscars scene is still very warm, everyone is waving their hands in the singing of Justin Bieber, for some people, the Oscars are both a ceremony and a party, the bright lights are all over the stage, like the blue night starry sky, these constantly shining stars through millions of years, quietly shining in the world, shining on everyone in the middle.

This is the most solemn sacred book in the world of human culture.

Tonight, the stars shine here.

Tonight, all eyes are on here.

After Justin Bieber's song and a round of applause, the costumed stars and the attendees took their seats, and host Chris Nock walked through the skyscraper of lampposts to the center of the stage.

He said with a smile: "Oh! Finally the Oscars are here, welcome everyone, applause to Justin, his performance is really great, but the applause to him is mainly because I heard that he is unwilling to play "Titanic", and gave this opportunity to Leonardo Dane DeHaan, how easy it is to help others..... I know it's not flattering to say that, but I still want to say, Justin, next time you have this opportunity, you must give it to me, and I hope Cheng, don't dislike me for being a little older......"

The audience laughed and applauded enthusiastically, and the ridiculed Justin Bieber smiled helplessly and walked towards his seat, giving a close-up to him, Leonardo and Cheng Xiaoyu, three unusually handsome young men.

The barrage of licking the screen on the S station has been brushed!

Chris Nock paused and continued: "I've never hosted an Oscar before, thank you all for this opportunity, and it's amazing that there are tens of millions of Americans, and more than 200 countries around the world, who are watching our awards show right now.....

"Just last year, the media and the public were criticizing the Oscars for being racist ......" After saying this, Chris Nock stood in the center of the stage and stopped talking with his hands outstretched, and the applause rang out like thunder, because this year's Oscars are the most nominated for people of color, including many important awards.

After a moment, and after the applause subsided slightly, Chris Nock continued: "So this year..... No more!"

"First of all, I have to thank him....." The camera gave Cheng Xiaoyu who was sitting between Xia Shamo and Xu Qinning.

"I wrote a play about the great friendship between blacks and whites, and I made another drama that touched the whole world...... "Titanic", directed by him, received a record 15 nominations, adding up to 18 nominations related to him this year...... If it's one every year, we've seen him here for eighteen years in a row...... You know who I'm talking about, it's a very important year for him, and if he wins this year, then he should be able to go to any university he wants....."

The camera was given to Cheng Xiaoyu again, and Chris Nock was ridiculing him that he hadn't graduated from college yet, of course, not that he was uneducated, but that he was too young and went to the United States to make movies without finishing college, this is a well-known thing, hearing this, Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't hold back his seriousness and laughed.

"In short, this year blacks saved freedom, and yellows saved the box office...... And the whites sank the ship...... That's progress. ”

There was another burst of laughter in the audience, and Chris Nock's mocking ridicule made everyone in the audience of the six major Hollywood studios a little embarrassed!

No one was optimistic about Cheng Xiaoyu's bet on the three-D business before, and at this moment, both the box office and the awards have proved that they are the stupid ones.

"In addition, Xichu Pictures is also the first time to enter the Oscars, a bumper harvest......"

After a dozen minutes of stand-up comedy, last year's Best Supporting Actress winner Victor Alicia presented the first award for Best Supporting Actor, which was undoubtedly taken home by Bob Gunton, who played Warden Sam Norton in "The Shawshank Redemption," his fourth nomination and second win.

This was completely expected, his superb acting skills in "The Shawshank Redemption" won him the Guild Award, and it was no surprise that he won the Oscar, and "The Shawshank Redemption" came out on top as it seems that "Titanic" is not good news.

But soon Cheng Xiaoyu's name was read out for the first time: "The following is the list of nominees for Best Animated Feature Film, "The Wind Rises", Daniel Rogge, "Aite Bear and Senna Mouse", Luxor Maran, "Despicable Me 2", Pierre Coffin, Chris Renard, "Crazy Primitives", Cork De Mico, Chris Saunders, "Frozen", Cheng Xiaoyu, Oscar winner is ......"

There was silence in the audience, and all eyes were focused on Christine Belson, president of the American Cartoonists Guild, who presented the award on stage, and after a moment's pause, he read out the name "Cheng Xiaoyu".

"Frozen, Cheng Xiaoyu!"

The camera was given to Cheng Xiaoyu, wearing a black suit, he is exceptionally handsome and handsome today, and people can't help but take a few more glances in the crowd of handsome guys, it looks like he doesn't look like a director at all, but like an idol star.

Hearing his name, Cheng Xiaoyu got up very calmly and hugged the people around him, the radiant Xia Shamo, Xu Qinning, Catherine Blanchett, Duanmu Linsha, Chen Haoran, Wang Ou...... Then he went on stage to receive the award.

Although it is not a very important award, nor is it the "Titanic" that everyone expects, but Huaxia is still boiling, this is the first time Cheng Xiaoyu has appeared on the stage of the awards ceremony, he has never appeared at any award ceremony in Huaxia, and he has never been to the awards season before the Oscars.

Oscar, this is his first time.

Cheng Xiaoyu gracefully walked slowly onto the most central stage in the world at this moment, taking over the little golden man from Christine Belsen, and he opened his mouth to thank the staff of "Digital Realm" and "Atomic Light and Shadow", and thanked the fans who supported this animation.

The modest thanks made some viewers who were looking forward to seeing what Cheng Xiaoyu would say a little disappointed.

But the barrage of "Station S" exploded: "For the birth of the king, fire the salute!"

The three-minute barrage of screen swiping, the mood of fans is even more excited than Cheng Xiaoyu's.

Cheng Xiaoyu calmly finished his thank-you speech, and then walked down to accept the award, his expression was very calm, "Frozen" won the best animated feature film, but the battle between "Titanic" and "The Shawshank Redemption" has not yet begun.

For Cheng Xiaoyu, this award is just the icing on the cake, and it is not this that he needs.

Then the first head-to-head confrontation between "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Titanic" arrived, and the best cinematography was announced, which was announced by Shane Morris, the winner of the last Best Cinematography award.

"Here are the nominees for Best Cinematography, including: "Gravity, Jonas Caron, Children of Men, Amy Warren, The Shawshank Redemption, Fardut Sharma, Black Swan, Otto Ignatiusson..... Titanic, Chang Cheng and Erica Simon from China....."

The exciting drums are playing!

The whole hall sank in a heartbeat!

Shane Morris took the award envelope, opened it, looked at it and said: "This film has achieved a revolutionary change in technology, using not only 2D cameras but also the world's most advanced IMAX cameras......" At this point, everyone knows what the answer is, and the whole hall burst into applause, "Several long shots are the most classic long shots in film history, the film has an investment of 830 million US dollars, and as of today, the global box office is 3.6 billion US dollars......"

After a pause, Shane Morris pronounced his name: "The winner of Best Cinematography is: "Titanic", Chang Cheng and Erica Simon ....."

The applause immediately rose like a tidal wave, and Chang Cheng in the audience was already in tears, he never thought that he would go from a photographer that no one wanted to use to become an Oscar winner, and after he hugged his wife, he hugged Erica Simon..... Before finally going on stage, he hugged Cheng Xiaoyu fiercely.

For Chang Cheng, although he has cooperated with Cheng Xiaoyu so many times, and the relationship is also a teacher and friend, he never thought that Cheng Xiaoyu would grow to such a point one day, nor did he ever think that one day he would be able to be nominated for an Oscar.

In fact, the day he learned that he was nominated, he already felt satisfied, and as a result, he won the award for the first time, which is luckier for him than winning the lottery.

Best Cinematography, this is the first golden man of "Titanic" and the first meeting between "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Titanic", but this is only a technical award, it is not so critical, and it is still far from deciding who wins and who loses.

Erica Simon first delivered an acceptance speech, thanking Xi Chu, the "Titanic" team, and especially Cheng Xiaoyu, for giving her a chance as a female photographer.

Chang Cheng's English is not particularly good, when it was his turn to say thank you, he asked Erica Simon to help him hug the little golden man, he took out a card from his pocket tremblingly, and read while reading: "I have to thank my family, thank my wife, thank you Xichu Film for cultivating me, thank you to the photography team of "Titanic" ....."

"Finally, I must express that I am very grateful to Director Cheng for his trust in me, at the beginning, I was a little unconfident that he let me master such a valuable machine, and I was not very confident in the investment of 800 million, and even dissuaded him...... But he not only convinced me, but also told me that when we were aiming for the Oscars, I thought he was joking..... But today it came true and I have to thank him..... Thank you to him for tirelessly discussing composition with me, thank you for constantly reminding me not to lower my expectations, thank you for his meticulous and uncompromising pursuit of perfection, and thank you for holding me to perfection..... He's the best young man I've ever met! I wouldn't be here without him! I'm so proud of him!"

At this moment, Chang Cheng's emotions completely exploded, because his temper was a little stubborn, unsociable, and had a bad relationship with those people in the film circle, and he was reduced to a job like MV that serious photographers were unwilling to do, and he did it, he never thought that he would have today.

He once won the Huabiao Award for Best Cinematography, but he was complacent for less than half a year, and he quickly fell into the abyss because he offended the authoritative director in China.

These scenes of the past came to mind, making Chang Cheng burst into tears.

It's not sadness, but a kind of pleasure of raising eyebrows and getting revenge, and today he Chang Cheng stands on the top podium of the film world, and this feeling of suddenly reaching the top of the world in the midst of many obstacles is really wonderful.

There was thunderous applause in the Kodak Theater, and countless fans were excited that "Titanic" finally won the first award, and those who made heavy bets also silently recorded that "Titanic" won the first award.

But then, it seems to be somewhat unexpected to everyone, "The Shawshank Redemption" and other movies have no power to resist, "Titanic" began to sweep, and then won the best art direction, best costume design, best sound, best film editing, best sound editing, best visual effects, scientific and technological achievements, best makeup, best original song, best soundtrack, and other ten awards.

Eleven out of fifteen nominations, and the audience in front of the TV and computer went from boiling to insensitiveness from every moment at the beginning, and it was simply Titanic night.

But the applause in the Kodak Theater was louder than the ...... Because everyone knows that the time to decide the winner is still to come.

With "Titanic" winning awards repeatedly, Cheng Xiaoyu has also appeared on stage six times, Dong Yaohui analyzed: "At present, as long as the name of "Titanic" has won all the awards, but basically all are technical awards, and the awards with the highest gold content have not yet been awarded, in fact, taking so many awards in front of them is not of great significance to "Titanic" and Director Cheng, from the perspective of balance, the most important award "Titanic" has four nominations.... Among them, the key best director and best film can determine who the final winner is, as long as Yushen can get one of the best director and best picture, then we can say that "Titanic" has become the biggest winner, but it is not a sweep, after all, the best actor and the best supporting actor are "The Shawshank Redemption", if you want to sweep and dominate, it must be the best movie and the best director are won by Yushen, but it is almost impossible from the perspective of so many previous awards given to "Titanic..... ”

"Unless a miracle happens......"

At this time, the award of the best supporting actress has begun, "The Shawshank Redemption" is a complete man's play, there is no woman, and Francis Fischer won a heavyweight award for "Titanic" with the role of Ruth's mother.....

Next is the fifth-highest award and the penultimate award: "Best Original Screenplay".

President of the Writers Guild of America, the famous playwright and novelist Steven McCalllin and Oscar-winning actress Alan Hayth took the stage to present the awards, and first Stephen McChowlin read: "The nominees for Best Original Screenplay are: "Black Swan" Clint Eastwood, Andres Hines, Mark Heyman, "Famous", John J. McLaughlin, Christopher Jardin, "Secrets of the Heart", Tobey Hemingway, Tom Ruijin and "The Shawshank Redemption", Cheng Xiaoyu!"

Oscar-winning actress Alan Hays opened the envelope and did not sell it, and announced directly: "The Shawshank Redemption", Cheng Xiaoyu!"

Cheng Xiaoyu took the stage for the seventh time, and more than ten people thanked him, and even the winners of "The Shawshank Redemption" did not forget to thank him for dedicating such a wonderful script.

Cheng Xiaoyu still appeared on the stage with an indifferent expression, without any look of surprise and joy, what was surprising was that he still only said thank you formulaically, politely and elegantly, but without the excitement and excitement of young people, he walked off the stage with a little golden man

This made Chris Nock couldn't help but joke: "This young man from China is so calm, no wonder he can win so many important awards at such a young age, no wonder I can only stand on it as a host, but he can take a sack to put a little gold man, fortunately these little gold men are not pure gold, otherwise I estimate that many robbers have already targeted him!"

"Now it's finally the most stressful time, I hope this award can stimulate our young director Cheng!"

Chris Nock walked to the stage, the first row in front was Staven Bell and his "The Shawshank Redemption" team, and the back row was Cheng Xiaoyu and his "Titanic" team, he stood in the middle and said as if he was doing something: "At present, "Titanic" has won 13 of the 15 nominations, just like his box office, and the next "The Shawshank Redemption" won two awards for nine nominations...... One of the awards is Cheng Xiaoyu's Best Original Screenplay, if you press it right tonight, you can get a lot of money at this moment, of course, if you press Mr. Staven...... Well, you still have a chance..... Let's see if we can turn the tables around....."

"Then the next thing to do is to present the Oscar for Best Director, and let's invite Preston Sturgis, president of the Directors Guild of America, and Mary Hughes, the most beautiful voice in the United States, to present this award....."

Preston Sturgis, who was dressed in a suit and full of gray hair, was dragged onto the stage by Mary Hughes, who was wearing a golden evening dress, and Preston Sturgis walked to the center of the stage with an envelope in his hand and said: "A good movie can make everyone laugh and make people cry, so what do you think it takes to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director? Ms. Mary Hughes!"

"I think I should have the heart of a dreamer, the mind of a writer, the eyes of an artist, and of course, the courage of an adventurer, the will to overcome all difficulties, the infinite love of movies, and the firm ...... to believe in my own work."

"I don't think you're talking about the best director, it's Superman!"

"In my eyes, the person who can be nominated for Best Director is Superman!"

"So let's see who became Superman....."

The big screen of the theater first appeared the picture of "Black Swan", at the bottom of the middle is a row of golden words "Director Clint Eastwood", and then the picture of "Becoming Famous" was played, directed by Christine Fogen, and then the movie screen of "Fury", with the name of William McGee below, and finally the picture of "The Shawshank Redemption" and the name of Staven Bell and the picture of "Titanic" and the name of Cheng Xiaoyu......

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