"Li, I love you~~~~" When the female audience heard Li Xiaole's words, she felt as if he was saying it to herself, and shouted emotionally, and finally was decisively choked off by Loren Mertz: "Thank you!" Next listener. ”

"Hello, Director Lee, I'm a student in the film department of New York University, with all due respect, in fact, I don't think "Iron Man" really has any artistic value, I want to ask, this time "Iron Man" has such a good box office momentum, what are your expectations for the Oscar nominations to be announced tomorrow, do you think you may win the Oscar in your lifetime? I'm talking about one of the Best Picture and Best Director awards. ”

The low and challenging voice of the male audience asked the questions that many people were concerned about, although this arrogant Chinese achieved box office success, but he was not recognized by the elite, he was just the winner of popcorn movies, and he was still a notch away from Spielberg, James Cameron, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, and other directors who really left great works.

The average commercial director is afraid that he will say to the Oscar: "If you can get the best, it doesn't matter if you don't get it, as long as the audience's recognition is more important." But according to Li Xiaole's high-profile personality, he would definitely not say that, what is Li's answer? This is a matter of great concern to everyone.

Seeing Loren Meltz looking at himself expectantly, Li Xiaole of course realized that this somewhat extreme audience was probably deliberately selected by ********, just to see his reaction in the live broadcast, which is the moment when the awards season is about to enter, and everyone is most concerned about the issue.

It is not without precedent for Chinese to win the Oscars, but the four most important awards of the Oscars, Best Actor and Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture, have never been touched by Chinese.

"First of all, I think a good movie is not only determined by the box office, but also by the industry, because the public's choice is not necessarily the right one every time, so yes, you have to ask me if I want to win the Oscar?" Li Xiaole replied directly without backing down:

"Yes, of course I want to~! It's one of my dreams as a director, and I'm sure Iron Man should get some technical nominations as well, but honestly, I'm not close enough to make the Oscar for Best Picture, but I think it's only a matter of time before I get it, and I don't know when I'm going to get it, but I'm sure I'll get both. ”

After the show was broadcast, Li Xiaole's remarks made his die-hard fans cheer, because Li Xiaole's arrogant declarations are numerous, but few have not been achieved, and many people in the industry have scoffed, it is not without precedent for Chinese directors to get a high box office, Ang Lee, Wu Yusen, Zhang Yimou, have all been in the limelight, but if you want to enter the elite hall of Hollywood, it is not enough to please ordinary audiences.

You must know that Li Xiaole's first "Life Remote Control" in North America has such a good reputation, but he did not receive any nominations for the previous Golden Globe Awards, which has already expressed an attitude that Hollywood's cultural elites have not yet recognized this rookie director who swept the box office in North America.

Li Xiaole now said that he will win the Best Director and Best Film awards in his lifetime, which is really a bit of a shame......

But many people obviously think so, but whether it is film critics or recognized big-mouthed directors in the industry, they all choose not to comment on it, not because they suddenly changed their vitriol style, but because they spared no effort to ridicule Li Xiaole's "500 million" declaration, and as a result, they were severely humiliated by the real box office of "Iron Man".

Even CBS's "King of the Scene" Cronkite was afraid to mention his oath to lose the donkey's ass, and others were even more afraid to mess with Li Xiaole during this time, and people were waiting for the announcement of the 79th Academy Award nomination on the 23rd......

hates Li Xiaole, and hopes that "Iron Man" has better not have a single nomination, and fans who like Li Xiaole can't wait for "Iron Man" to get all the nominations, and there has been no director who has attracted so much attention for many years.

At 7 p.m. on January 23rd, Li Xiaole joined Lei Ting, Tom Cruise, Stallone, as well as cinematographer Daniel Mindel, set designer Xu Zhen, art director Patrick Tatpoulos, and Wu Wei of Black Sails Studio, and other members of the "Iron Man" crew to have a barbecue dinner on the grass of the private villa he had just purchased.

While eating dinner, there are also projectors and white screens on the side, projecting live video from CBS TV, and tonight is the big day for the Oscar nominations to be announced.

"How? Boss, do you think we can be nominated for an Academy Award (ordinary people call it the Oscars, insiders call each other Academy Awards)? Wu Wei took a skewer of grilled lobster and came over to ask Li Xiaole, the director was making authentic Chinese-style grilled spicy chicken wings for everyone, and seeing that everyone was looking at him expectantly, he nodded as a matter of course.

"Of course, I can't guarantee whether we will win the award or not, but at least we will have a nomination ......"

"You...... Are you serious? Director Lee? Xu Zhen, who was drinking soju, heard Li Xiaole's words, and couldn't help but shout loudly in Korean with some excitement,

"Now, of course, the question is how many can we nominate?" Li Xiaole turned his head and said with a smile on his face.

"You...... You'll look for me...... Happy ......" In the midst of everyone, Xu Zhen also shouted helplessly, everyone thought that Li Xiaole was joking now.

The Oscar may be just a glamorous gossip term for ordinary people, but it is a supreme honor for every filmmaker, and almost all actors and directors have fought for it all their lives.

Because of this award, there is only one "champion" in the meaning of this award, and during this whole year, the honor that can only be obtained by the strongest in the film and television industry on this planet, which has nothing to do with the gossip of stars, nothing to do with the box office, only measured by the quality of the film itself, and selected by 6,000 top filmmakers recognized by the industry.

For people from grassroots backgrounds like Wu Wei and Xu Zhen, the Oscars are more like a distant goal out of reach, and if they can be shortlisted for the Oscars tonight, it will be like a thug who used to roam the streets and suddenly has the qualifications to run for the presidency of the United States......

Compared to them, Stallone and Tom Cruise are much calmer, they just look at the excited Wu Wei and Xu Zhen and feel emotional, as if they saw their youthful appearance when they were first expected to be nominated, they have all been nominated for the Oscar, and they have all returned home, and they have no hope at all for commercial films like "Iron Man".

"It's started~~" I don't know who shouted, and everyone in the courtyard who was originally feasting stopped their hands almost at the same time, and their eyes were fixed on the projection screen, even Stallone and Tom Cruise, who looked like "I don't care anymore" just now, were no exception.

CBS began the ceremony of announcing the nominees for the 79th Academy of Oscars in Beverly Hills, where Sid Gannis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Salma Hayek, a Mexican beauty star, solemnly announced the finalists in front of the camera.

At this moment, countless filmmakers around the world are watching this live broadcast in various ways, and everyone wants to hear their name read out of the host's mouth.

"The best documentary short films "Children of Yingzhou", "Circular Life", "Preview Dream" were shortlisted for this year...... Shortlisted for this year's Best Documentary "Far from Evil", "The Inconvenient Truth", "Camp Christ", "Motherland, Motherland" ......"

The awards are from the underdog to the favourite, and at the beginning they are all fringe awards, and the awards are all in the back, and every time Siheed Gannis reads the list of awards, there are many finalists cheering in front of the television, and there are many more disappointed and sad losers......

When the name of "Iron Man" was not left after the announcement of the best cinematography, photographer Daniel Mindel wailed "NO~!! His eyes were red, and he was about to cry, and while everyone went to comfort him, he was so nervous that he couldn't breathe.

The shortlisted for this year's Best Art Direction are, "Dream Girl", "Pan's Labyrinth", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin", "Deadly Magic", ...... and Iron Man...... Congratulations to them. ”

Xu Zhen and art director Patrick Tatepoulos were stunned for a moment, and then trembled with excitement and hugged their side...... The people who were still depressed just now finally felt a stuffy breath in their chests exhale at this time, and Wu Wei shouted directly excitedly:

"Xu stammered~~You succeeded~!! You really made the cut~! Oh my God~"

"I ...... I...... I ......" Xu Zhen opened his mouth excitedly and couldn't say a word, when everyone's excitement was not finished, at the Best Best Visual Effects award. The name of "Iron Man" appeared again, Wu Wei was directly stunned in place, unable to say a word, he couldn't believe it was true at all, he even pinched his face and shouted "oops", only to be convinced, and this is not over, and then the name of Iron Man continues to appear in the back, and now more and more people are in ecstasy.

"Best Costume Design............ Stan Wins "Iron Man" "Best Supporting Actor: ...... Stallone "Iron Man" ......"

And when the Best Actor and Actress were announced, everyone's eyes were on Li Xiaole...... Each of them hopes that one thing will happen, the biggest hero of the "Iron Man" movie, to be truly recognized.

This year's nominees for Best Director are: Clint Eastwood's "Iwo Jima Home", Paul Greengrass's "Flight 93", Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel", Martin Scorsese's "Infernal Affairs...... And...... Li Xiaole's ...... "Iron Man" ~~~"