"Actually, every time I sit in the Oscars Hall, I'm thinking about a problem. Only one-fifth of the people who came here won in the end, and the rest were disappointed, and they were already aware of their victory through various public relations methods before they came - so isn't it awkward for them to come here and work hard to disguise an accident? ”

Sitting in the hall, Levy whispered to Theron beside him. Theron glanced at him before he spoke, "Most of the people here are actors, disguise or something, what's the hard work?" If you feel awkward, you can not come, aren't there still a few people who don't come to the Oscars? ”

Levy smiled when he heard this: Indeed, as Theron said, for the people here, disguise is no longer a particularly difficult job.

Everyone knows that the Oscars are just a big show, but isn't Hollywood itself also a big show? Since you came to Hollywood to participate in this show, why can't you participate in this show?

Those who participate in this show can get a lot of benefits, and those who don't participate are often unlucky because of it - Levy has seen too many examples.

Isn't even yourself exempt from vulgarity?

Sitting in the hall, listening to the host's teasing of himself, Levy shrugged his shoulders loosely and didn't say anything more.

From the luncheon of the Hollywood list to the awards dinner, it didn't take long. As soon as Alexander's matter announced the start of filming, the dinner party here has already begun. And this time, it is also the first time that Levy's company has more complete personnel.

After all, this is the time when his company is eyeing all the awards, and from the moment they came to the Oscars, they came with great confidence. It was precisely because of the high level of confidence that Levy was in the venue. Joking with Theron.

Because this time the Oscars went really well.

"Best Visuals, X-Men!"

This award was the first to fall into the hands of Mystery Inc. As the best box office blockbuster last year, this movie is undoubtedly the most surprising one. The film received four nominations, all of which were technical, and it also made a name for itself as the special effects company that made the special effects for the film. For a while, the reputation of a good special effects company under the mystery company can be regarded as a start.

It's not without its benefits - at least, this time Harry Potter was on film. They considered finding a company in Levy. Although the British have their own pride, and the actors and directors have to use British people for these tasks, their own MPC special effects company obviously can't make all the special effects of this movie by themselves, and they still have to find people from other countries to cooperate. And since the visual effects directors are all American, Rob. Ricardo, then, naturally, this movie uses a lot of American special effects companies.

And after this award, the second award will arrive, and the wait will be a little longer.

The best sound clip that followed. "The Hunt for U-571" won - this award is based on the remix, and in that regard, the grudge is good. But after all, it's not particularly strong. It's good that a horror film can be nominated.

And immediately after that, "Gladiator" took the award for best sound. As a big-budget movie, it still has merit in many ways. At least in terms of sound effects, it is not lost to the X-Men, who are also big productions.

Levy's special effects company, for sound effects production. There is not much innovation, and without hard work, don't expect to be better than others, which is also no way.

However, immediately afterward, the Mystery Company moved back to a city.

"Best Editing...... Infernal Affairs, Clark. Stanley! ”

This time, it's one of their bosses who takes home the prize for Mystery. Clark won the Best Editing Award this time by relying on the wonderful editing in the movie Infernal Affairs.

In this project, only Infernal Affairs has been nominated for Levy's film this year. Lost in Tokyo was filmed in a bit of a hurry, and the editing was not very good, and there was no award for this project. However, Clark's Infernal Affairs is definitely the work of a master editor, and many switching places that need to show double lines are all quite mellow and natural, and the contrast between the two is strong and not abrupt, which is also amazing.

Clark also accepted the award calmly.

"It's not the first time I've won an Oscar for Best Editing, but this time I'm even more excited than the last. Ever since I was a student, I've been Martin. A big fan of Scorsese. I remember many times during my college years, I discussed Scorsese's gangster films, analyzing the details in detail, frame by frame. So when Nick said he wanted to make a gangster film, and he was shooting it in New York, I was very happy. I put a lot of effort into this film, and I tried to make it on par with Mr. Scorsese. There would be no film without you, and this award is dedicated to you! ”

Clark raised the trophy in his hand, and his action was met with applause.

In fact, before the Oscars, there were many media discussions on this issue. Although Soderbergh and Levy's movies are very good, if you want to talk about the boss of gangster films, it is still Scorsese. Now two juniors, one of whom is competing for the Oscar with a gangster film, and Scorsese, who is known as the greatest living master in Hollywood, is still empty-handed, which makes many people cry out.

But now Clark's approach has made people feel a lot good.

Everyone knows that he and Levy are good friends, and they are classmates at New York University in everything. There is a great deal of credibility in what he said, and he said that it is also quite possible that Levy carefully analyzed Scorsese's films during his college years. Students at New York University were seen as heirs of Scorsese, and now his overtures to Scorsese are even more satisfying.

And after Clark got the award, soon, the third award was also in his hands.

"Best Makeup, X-Men!"

The main competitors of the Best Makeup award this year are the blue-faced Grim Girl in the X-Men and the green-faced Granger in Christmas Grin. The actors in these two movies are completely covered by the prototypes, and they are completely different looks. In contrast, Levy's insistence on technology has played a role. The facial expressions of the demon girl are more vivid and realistic, and Granger is more with the help of Jim Carrey's top-notch facial art, pure technology, the X-Men win.

Three awards are obviously not the end, but luck does not always belong to Levy.

"Best Art Direction, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!"

This time, it was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon who took away the award. And Infernal Affairs and Lost Tokyo, who were also nominated, have no chance even though they are double nominated.

This award was not very important to Levy in the past. In many cases, the award is somewhat biased towards the British, and it is quite biased. However, there are no British films in this year's films, so in terms of artistic features, the most striking are the Chinese style of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Lost in Tokyo to shoot modern Tokyo.

Oriental culture is not pleasing compared to British culture, but since the British are sluggish this year, they can only look at the East.

Compared to the more modern style of Tokyo, it is obviously a more ancient Chinese martial arts style that can make people feel more heartbroken.

In this award, losing is not unjust.

Just as the Gladiator defeated Levy's X-Men in the next award for Best Costume Design - Gladiator involved a whole bunch of Roman-style clothes, compared to which the X-Men only designed a few black tights...... Although it is true that many people are full of praise for those clothes, but in terms of level, the level of gladiators is better.

As a result, Levy lost again - from the opening seven awards, Levy only got three.

If it were someone else, I would already be satisfied with this kind of result - close to one in two. However, this was not the case for Levy. One of these nominations belongs to Infernal Affairs, and two belong to the X-Men, and as for the unlucky curse, only one was mentioned and lost, which is a bit weird no matter how you look at it.

But for Levy, it's not too much of a deal. Because he knows very well that this is just the beginning. Oscar has always been like this, the bigger the head, the more you have to stay behind.

And then, the awards to be presented are even more interesting.

Because the next award is Best Supporting Actress.

"Some women don't like to charm people with their style, but prefer to stand in the corner and complete a perfect composition. Some women don't like to be glamorous, preferring to decorate the landscape with their beauty......"

The award presenters standing on the stage said words of praise for the role of supporting actress, and on the big screen, the five faces were gradually revealed. Judy. Dench, Kate. Hudson, Charlize. Theron, Marcia. Guy. Harden, Julie. Walters, all of them showed up.

Theron clenched her hands at this time—and now, she suddenly realized that what Levy had just said was not gossiping, but comforting herself: she was still too excited to receive such a nomination for the first time, even though she knew that she had already won almost all the important outposts and was the undisputed winner, but she still couldn't hide her excitement.

It's not a pretense.

And at that moment, Levy's hand reached out, and he gently took Theron's clenched hand, stroking it gently.

Suddenly, Theron felt a lot more relaxed.

What's there to be nervous about? Hasn't he been here all along?

"The winner of Best Supporting Actress is...... Charlize. Theron, Lost in Tokyo! (To be continued......)