"This is the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, the scene of the 81st Academy Awards organized for you by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences~~ Now I have the host Hugh Jackman. [Full text reading]"

With the deep and deep male voice, after the thunderous applause of the 3,300 people in the audience, the camera swept across the entire Dolby Theater from front to back, and hundreds of spotlights swayed like stars, making this ocean of 3,300 people seem to be floating and flying in the Milky Way......

Hugh Jackman, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, appears.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the Oscars, today is the most important event of the year in the film industry, everyone recognizes the films and actors that you have met in a year, the Academy Awards often support cross-ethnic cultures, such as "Life and Death Reading" Kate Winslet, who was nominated for a Brit playing a German, and "Tropic Thunder", Robert Downey Jr., an American playing an Australian playing a black man and being nominated, and I am an Australian in Australia playing an Australian as the host."

With Xiu Jackman's roll call, the camera swept over the superstars in the front row one by one, and many guests stood up with a smile amid the applause, Kate Winslet, Robert Downey Jr., Brad Pitt, ......

And Gu Xiaofan, who was wearing a black suit, sat in the corner of the right side with the crew of "The Undertaker", although they were shortlisted for three items, they were obviously not the protagonists of this event.

Everyone is concerned about the poetic and historical showdown between Fox's "Slumdog Millionaire" and Warner's "Rejuvenation".

Especially when the host is constantly interacting with the Hollywood superstars below, this makes everyone in "The Undertaker" feel a wonderful sense of alienation.

It's as if these Oriental faces sit here, but they don't belong here, they don't belong here, they don't belong to Hollywood......

Everyone is joking with each other, the British, the Israelis, the Germans, the Australians, the Jews, the blacks, the Indians seem to fit in, but the actors from China don't seem to belong in the system.

At this time, Gu Xiaofan could feel the status of the Chinese in American society, the Chinese were very smart, very rich, and had a high IQ, and they were the most educated like the Jews, and they were doing jobs that required the most knowledge.

But the United States is always outside the mainstream culture, which is very strange, but this is the truth, just like when you participate in the All-Star Game as the ticket king Yao Ming, you don't get many shots at all, and your teammates won't even cooperate with you.

This kind of snubbing is not deliberate, but a kind of natural, which is even more uncomfortable.

Gu Xiaofan couldn't help but have a strong desire in his heart, and secretly swore to himself, wait...... I'm going to be the real protagonist here one day.

"Thank you~" The applause gradually stopped, everyone sat down again, Hugh Jackman on the stage leaned sideways, spread his hands, and said in a low mood:

"As you all know, this is the first time I'm hosting the Academy Awards, but this year's special feature is not only that, because of the recession, all expenses have to be reduced, and because of the cost reduction, the conference said that there will be no opening song......

After a pause as he spoke, he suddenly raised his fist: "But you know, no matter what I do, I just want to sing~!" ”

As he spoke, the actor who played Wolverine sang and danced on stage and sang:

"I want to pay tribute to this year's good films, because in Hollywood you don't need money, you can achieve your dreams~

A despicable desperately does it on the millionaire's chair, what is the final ending~

When I was 4 years old, I had back pain...... Slowly getting old............"

The lyrics of the opening song are all about the films shortlisted for the Oscars, especially mentioning "Dancing with Bash", but there is no mention of "The Undertaker" at all.

This kind of favoritism of the organizers does not seem to take the movie "The Undertaker" in their eyes at all.

At this time, it is a critical moment for the two giants of Warner and Twentieth Century Fox.

The economic crisis throughout last year has hit the financial chain behind Hollywood, and the two Hollywood giants want to win the Oscar and prove that they are the most powerful film companies on the planet.

Behind this, there is a bigger media giant that is stirring up the storm, and News Corp., the company behind Fox, has been trying to buy Warner, whose market value has been declining.

If Warner can be pulled down from the No. 1 position in the Big Six and further depressed Warner's stock price, then the hand of media mogul Murdoch may take action against Warner at any time......

Warner also sensed News Corp's purpose, so this time it contracted the live broadcast rights of the Oscars at no expense, hoping to suppress "Slumdog Millionaire".

At this moment, the executives of Fox and Warner are nervously watching the showdown between the two films at the Oscars this year.

At this time, few people pay attention to the fact that within Warner, there is still a wave of people who are also concerned about this year's Oscars, and they have only one focus, that is, whether "The Undertaker" can get the best foreign language film.

On the other hand, they hope that Huacheng's thirteen items of "Rejuvenation" can be fruitless, so the blow to Abel is undoubtedly huge.

At this point, the awards ceremony has already begun.

What started out as small awards were handed out, but as time went on, the awards were announced one by one, with Best Documentary Feature coming out on top by The Tightrope Walker, Best Documentary Short Film going to Smiling Pinki, Best Live Action Short Film going to Toy Island, and Animated Short Film going to Memory House.

Award-winning filmmakers from all over the world came to the stage excitedly, holding the little golden man and crying bitterly, thanking their relatives, friends and colleagues, although the scene was warm, but the reaction on the scene was not very enthusiastic.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because these are just appetizers, the real drama has not yet been staged, and the award showdown between "Rejuvenation" and "Slumdog Millionaire" is what everyone really wants to see.

The suffocating contest finally began: "I would like to invite the presenter, Will Smith, to present us with the award for best cinematography." ”

This black superstar, China's "Emperor of History" stepped onto the stage and said directly:

"All filmmakers are part of the history of cinema. The editing of sound effects affects our mood and perception, and it affects all audiences, now let's look at the nominations for best sound effects. ”

Pictures of "Rejuvenation", "Rich and Poor", "Robot Wall-E", and "Wanted" are broadcast on the screen.

"The winner is "Slumdog Millionaire", congratulations~~"

The applause at the scene was thunderous, and it also opened the prelude to the struggle between the two companies, and everyone secretly said in their hearts that the first Fox company won......