Chapter 309: The Oscar Ceremony (2)

Although the Academy Awards are the benchmark of world film awards, their fairness is difficult to guarantee, in addition to political subjective bias, there is also an objective difference in economic strength. （ . . c o m）

In this case, for example, a total of 242 films were eligible for the Oscars, but only 33 were finally nominated.

Of the more than 5,000 members of the Hollywood Academy of Cinema, has everyone really seen these 200 or so films? The answer is no.

This requires the so-called "lobbying money", and filmmakers who are interested in competing for the Oscars have not hesitated to spend a lot of money on advertising to attract the attention of members. Some will also have some private behind-the-scenes deals, but they are not serious.

As for the film companies that are short of funds, even if the film is good, it is difficult to continue to promote it due to financial reasons and cannot compete.

Despite the problems in the selection, there is no doubt that the status of the Oscars in the United States and even in the global film industry is at the boss level.

What's more important is his ability to attract money, as evidenced by the fact that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" surged by 62% in a single week in North America after it was nominated.

From this point of view, it is not surprising that the filmmakers are willing to spend a lot of money and try to win over the judges.

Ye Luo was showing off to Bai Meiyu the pitiful information of a few fragments of words he had heard from others, when he felt that someone was coming towards him, and he was a Chinese in the afterglow.

"Manager Zheng! Oh, I really didn't pay attention, I was offended!"

As soon as Ye Luo raised his head, I wiped it, big leader! It was Zheng Quangang, the general manager of China Film, who quickly stood up and said hello, but he didn't expect this person to come to Oscar, let alone run to his side.

"What are you talking about, kid, I look like some big bureaucrat! I just came back from the bathroom, and I didn't expect to meet you here!"

For Ye Luo, Zheng Quangang has seen it a few times, and no one can not pay special attention to this superstar who has developed the fastest and the best development in China.

And Ye Luo's status in China is soaring now, although he is the general manager of China Film, it is rare to have an intersection with Ye Luo, and people directly find his boss Han Sanye if they have something.

Therefore, this time, I took the opportunity to come over to say hello, and I was familiar with each other, so naturally I didn't put on an official show, not to mention that he couldn't put it up in front of Ye Luo.

"It's wrong! It's wrong! You have a lot of it! Manager Zheng is alone, or?"

I pouted in my heart, but I still didn't dare to offend in my mouth.

"I was the leader of the team who came to cheer for Li Dao, and this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not only the pride of the Chinese, but also the pride of the country.

Ten nominations, half of them is powerful enough! In addition, I am also the producer of this movie, and this time I brought people over to the scene to cheer on, and they are over there!"

Zheng Quangang said that the producer is because there are many mainland filmmakers in the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and group performances account for the majority.

But in general, it can still be said that this is a two/shore co-production, and it is precisely in this way that the mainland film delegation led by him can advance to the Oscars.

It's just that it's hard to say how many of the people in the team are filmmakers and how many are family members of officialdom.

Following the direction of the other party's fingers, Ye Luo looked at it, no, there were a lot of kind yellow-skinned faces behind the side.

"Ye Luo! Ye Luo!"

The people over there also saw Ye Luo, and they were a little surprised that he could be here, and he was still sitting in the first few rows, but when they thought about his many identities, they were relieved.

"There are a lot of people!"

waved his hand and quickly sat down, the other party's call made many people on the side look sideways, Ye Luo didn't want to be looked at as a monkey.

"This year has created an unprecedented situation for Chinese films, and it is also a great opportunity to promote mainland films and filmmakers. ”

Publicity? This is a bit choking, there is only one "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the world, and other foreigners are still not cold.

As soon as they separated, someone came over to say hello, and it was a delegation from Taipei that came to witness the historic moment. Because according to predictions, Lee On is likely to win the Best Director award.

But with Oscar's urine, this is simply impossible. Although Ye Luo knew the result, he would not say it to make people disgusted.

In addition to filmmakers, there were also a lot of media this time, Ye Luo saw Beijing Youth Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Sina Daily, Xinhua and many other media.

Soon after the big names were seated, the ceremony began. Steve Martin as the emcee, this old man is known as Hollywood's "Pulsatilla", has participated in many plays, and has enough qualifications.

"Thank you! We live in a wonderful country, and if we were in Afghanistan, this statue behind us would have been blown up a long time ago!"

"Hahaha-"

The curtain here is not cloth, but a combination of large screens.

It started out as a video with an American astronaut narrating in space. Then the big screen went up, and Martin, dressed in a suit and tie, walked out, looking like he had descended from space onto the stage.

It's just that his words made Ye Luo a little scoffed, but think about it, it seems that the United States has not attacked Afghanistan now!

"Thank you, astronauts, today's prologue was shot in space and cost the government a trillion dollars. Don't be beautiful, these will come back from your taxes sooner or later. So there is no hope of cutting taxes!"

"Hahaha-"

After ridiculing the government, he began to laugh at the actors again, saying that Allen had become fat, and laughing at Russell Crowe.

Speaking of this, he is in the limelight now, not for anything else, but he is now being targeted by international terrorist organizations, not only him, but even Tom and Julia are said to be targets.

Just look at the two big-waisted bodyguards sent by the CIA behind him, and you can see that it is not a joke, and there are a lot of Los Angeles police officers in the venue.

American humor is in the bones, and Martin alone said a talk show for more than ten minutes.

The first award was for Best Editing, presented by Russell Crowe, and the winner went to Stephen Millian, who won for "Drug Network."

With long hair, a beard, and a strong beard, Ye Luo felt that he could hold up to himself for a half and a half.

Because of Soderbergh, and the close proximity of the two, Ye Luo was the first to applaud. I will definitely know each other for a while, and it will be embarrassing to find out that I didn't applaud.

Next up is Ben Stiller, the star of "Meet My Father-in-law" and the star of "Night at the Museum".

The entry was simple, announcing the nominations and the award directly, and two awards were presented, including Best Drama Short Film, which was won by Fliongaberg of "My Willing".

The other item is the best animated short film, Ye Luo only heard it as "Father and Daughter", as for the winner, I didn't figure it out.

After inserting a performance song "My Fuuny Friend and Me", the award for best costume design was announced, which was won by Jenny Yates of "Gladiator".

Ye Luo could hear the sighs of Zhou Yanfa and others in the back, because by now, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has lost two nominations, in addition to this one, the other is the best editing.

It's brutal, but that's it, otherwise there wouldn't be so many viewers.

There are 43 million viewers in the United States, while in China, 800,000 netizens watch live broadcasts on Sina, and the Internet is almost paralyzed.

When the winners went down, the chairman of the convention, Bob Jimmy, came up and teased him again before continuing the ceremony.

"Hello everyone! I am honored to present the Best Supporting Actor award!

Angelina Jolie walked to the front of the stage with a grand attitude, and there was no nonsense, of course, it may also be because there is a time limit, and the guests are not allowed to talk more.

The final winner went to Benicio de Toro of Drug Network, who was the first to thank Stephen Soderbergh on stage.