Chapter 100: After the Oscars

[Written in front: This is the hundredth chapter, the melon seed has passed the first hurdle of the new book, and the melon seed said that it was going to break out, so this chapter, five thousand words. Because the strong push will start at 2 pm tomorrow, this is just an appetizer, and the main station is the main meal when it is strongly pushed! 】

After the Oscar ceremony, except for a few mainstream media, the rest of the entertainment newspapers only mentioned the awards, in contrast, Julie Barrymore accepted the award instead, Mister refused to attend the Oscars, the Oscars excluded Mister, etc., such news is what they want.

For example, The Hollywood Reporter wrote an article titled "The head-to-head confrontation between the new generation of directors and conservative Oscars": "Mister did not attend the Oscars, unexpectedly, but it is reasonable. When a North American box office No. 1 of the year, breaking a number of film history records in a row, and the most expensive R-rated film in Hollywood history did not even win any Oscar nominations, as a director, Mister must not be in a good mood. Of course, the same bad mood is probably Chris Columbus. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the world's No. 1 grossing film of the year, also failed to be favored by the Oscars. Comparing the two, Mistre was lucky, at least he didn't need to walk out of the Kodak Theater in disgrace.

For this year's Oscars, perhaps the biggest controversy is whether the movie "Shutter Island" can be nominated. From the turnout rate of many news networks, we can find that "Shutter Island" far exceeds other films in the five options of Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Picture, Best Director and Best Sound Editing, of course, this data cannot change anything, and the Oscars are not decided by the audience, but whether the Oscars need to listen to the audience's voice is a very important question.

For "Shutter Island" not to be shortlisted for the Oscars, many media colleagues have summed up the reason: this is a purely commercial film, and when it exceeds $400 million at the box office, its ending is already doomed.

Such an answer may only be one of the most helpless explanations.

Yes, the commercial element of this film is very strong, but it still cannot deny its artistic attainment.

The use of shots, the editing of sound effects, the structure of the story, and the sublimation of the theme! To a certain extent, it has completely reached the level of a first-class art film.

No one knows how the Oscar jury judged Shutter Island, maybe they didn't understand the movie at all, who knows? ”

In addition to "The Hollywood Reporter", the "Washington Post" also fought for "Shutter Island" for the first time, and at the same time, as a loyal supporter of Mister, the Washington Post also strongly criticized the Oscars.

"The lonely Oscar, the 'ageless' little golden man!"

Edith Chen, a Chinese-American journalist, published an ironic article in the Washington Post, in which she did not directly criticize the Oscars, but wrote from another angle: "More than 70 years have passed since the birth of the Academy Awards. Many people are getting old under the erosion of time, however, what makes me happy is that Oscar's little golden man is still so young, time is changing, only him, there is no change.

The standards of more than 70 years ago have been used to this day, the system of more than 70 years ago has not changed in the slightest, movies are innovating, and our great little golden man has always used his vision of more than 70 years ago to choose his own master, maybe one day, black and white silent films can also win the Oscar again"

Someone shouts for Xiansen, and naturally someone will stand up for the Oscars, as Mister Sen's most hardcore opponent, such a thing will never be missing the shadow of the New York Times. Perhaps it was the previous lawsuit and gambling contract that gave Kate a psychological shadow, and this time he did not target "Shutter Island", but criticized commercial films.

"A high box office does not equal a good movie, the Oscars select a good movie!"

As a leader in professional black, Kate's level has also improved in the confrontation again and again, and this time, his articles appear to be much higher.

"As we all know, the Oscars, as the largest academy awards in the United States and even the world, must have its most special place, that is, adhere to the most basic principles. And the principle of the Oscars is to pick out the best movies!

What makes a good movie? Some say it's the box office, some say it's word of mouth, and some say it's the theme idea. In fact, a really good movie is not particularly outstanding in a certain aspect, but should be examined from every angle. This year's Oscars, for example, gave a good answer.

The movie "A Beautiful Mind", whether from a commercial point of view or an artistic level, has a very perfect compatibility, this kind of fit is something that some movies with large investment and high box office cannot do, and this kind of ability to quietly substitute the audience into the story without relying on hype or gimmicks is not something that ordinary directors can do.

After the Oscars, there were many films that were not shortlisted, and most of the directors said that they would continue to work hard and continue to deliver better films to the audience. Of course, there are also individual unfriendly phenomena, some directors do not start from the perspective of their own works, maliciously criticize and satirize the Oscars, for this kind of behavior, I think many people are as disappointed as me, a director who does not know how to face himself can't make good works. Perhaps, this is the reason why his work will never be shortlisted for the Oscars! ”

Of course, in addition to the Oscar's point of view, more entertainment tabloids are focusing on the relationship between Julie Barrymore and Mister.

The headline of Hollywood, a local newspaper in Los Angeles, reads: "American sweetheart holds a little golden man, sweetly shows affection!"

In this report, Julie Barrymore took the stage to accept the award ostensibly in place of Mist, but in fact, the real purpose was to announce the relationship between the two! The newspaper also analyzed that due to the scandal between Rachel and Liang Yingying some time ago, Julie Barrymore, who is Mister's real girlfriend, couldn't sit still, so after discussing with Mister, he decided to publicly admit the relationship between the two for the first time in the form of the Oscars. At the same time, the newspaper also swore that this time the award was premeditated, and it is impossible for Mist, who is good at hype, to take advantage of exposure opportunities like the Oscars, and if he is not mistaken, Mist will next announce his first work plan after the New Year!

The best thing a local newspaper is at making up stories, especially for some details, which are as true as seeing them with your own eyes. Such newspapers are the most likely to mislead readers. Many things in the entertainment industry are made black and white unclear by these media.

Although "Panorama Hollywood" is full of speculation and fabrication, one thing they are blind to is that Xiansen is indeed going to announce his first work plan this year.

After watching the Oscars, Xiansen went to bed early, and rushed to the studio's office building very early the next day, and the adaptation of the script of "Atlantic Empire" has reached the final point and the most critical place.

The warm sunlight shone through the blinds into the office, and Xiansen sat in a retro armchair, staring intently at a map in front of him, touching his chin and thinking about the camera. There are also several rulers on the map, large and small, and the values of each ruler are different. There is also a computer on the desk, and a 3D model of architecture is spinning in it.

"Here's mine, and here!"

Xiansen pointed to the map with sharp eyes, and looked at an office chair opposite, as if there seemed to be a person standing there. He took a pipe out of his pocket, put it in his mouth, then stood up with a slight tremble, picked up a cane from his chair, and slammed it on the map!

Then he shook his head again and sat back in his chair, feeling that he still lacked a little of the majesty of a gangster. Thinking of this, Xiansen took out a thick folder from the drawer, picked up a pencil and revised it. This is a storyboard script for "Atlantic Empire", which is full of lines for each shot, and in some places even has simple illustrations.

After making some changes, Xiansen put the folder back in the drawer, picked up his pipe, lit a match and lit the tobacco inside, and picked up his cane to do what he had just done. When he knocked the cane down, he closed his eyes and imagined what it should be: a gangster is talking about cooperation with the police chief, although he is too old and not in good health, the gangster's momentum is still very strong, and there is a feeling of not being angry and arrogant.

"It's my rule, and here, you have to follow it too."

Xiansen said this very calmly, and then with a flick of his fingers, the crutches lifted all the drawings on the desk into the air and slowly fell to the ground.

"Haha, that's it!"

Xiansen excitedly took a puff of his cigarette, and a strong and pungent taste instantly rushed into his mind, and he forgot that he had lit his pipe.

Rubbing his eyes that were smoked out of tears, Xiansen took out the script from the drawer, and quickly wrote on it with a pencil, "The drawings are falling, and the white smoke is swirling", perhaps thinking that it is not enough, and added a sentence: "Slow motion, close-up of the face after falling." ”

Handsome, mature, and full of charm These are the labels of "Atlantic Empire", different from those cool TV series, Xiansen wants to instill a kind of coolness from the bones in "Atlantic Empire", some are gentle and elegant, some are arrogant and domineering, but everyone will exude their own personality charm, and every member of the ** family has their own surname. Finally, this type of surname is also closely related to the development of the times and the progress of culture. Witness history from the surname, which is absolutely original like never before!

"Hey Mister, it's time to eat."

The office was gently pushed open, and Bella Marceau walked in from the outside, and her smiling face suddenly turned cold after seeing the drawings and messy rooms all over the floor.

"I just cleaned up your office and you've made me like this again! You can really toss! ”

As he spoke, he picked up a ruler more than 20 centimeters long from the ground and walked towards Xiansen step by step.

"That, Bella, what, let's go eat first, and come back after eating"

Looking at Bella Marceau, who was approaching little by little, Xiansen glanced at the room that had been made a mess by himself, and secretly said that it was not good in his heart, and made preparations to escape while smiling flatteringly.

"Eat? Hey, hey, hey, hey"

Bella Marceau had a weird laugh.

"You're still ready to eat!"

After that, he raised the ruler and aimed at Xiansen's ass and slapped it!

"Ahh Help"

After some fighting, uh, the office is even more chaotic.

Xiansen is often a hands-off shopkeeper, and behind him there is Bella Marceau to help him clean up all the messy tails, and he can't say anything about the relationship with Bella, he only knows that he has no connection with love. Sometimes it's more like a close friend, yes, a very good friend.

Although Bella cleaned up Xiansen, after eating, she let him go back to the cleaned up office and clean up the messy room herself. Looking at Bella's half-kneeling appearance on the ground picking up the drawings, Xiansen lowered his head a little ashamedly, forehead, this woman is not wearing stockings.

Back in his office, Xiansen continued to think about the arrangement of the plot, this is his first contact with TV dramas, before that, he deliberately took the time to summarize the differences between TV series and movies, the biggest difference is that unlike single-line or double-line movies, the story of TV series will be divided into multiple main lines and n multiple branch lines interspersed together, that is, mix and match.

And a TV series like "Atlantic Empire" that also needs to combine the history of urban development and the story together, the complexity of its main line and branch lines makes Xiansen can't help but scratch his hair.

If the main line is the history of gangster development and urban development, then each character will become a small branch, and there is a complex network of relationships behind them. This includes marriages between gangster families, disgusting deformed feelings between brothers and sisters, mothers and sons, and, of course, all sorts of non-blood ties, each of which is a story in Atlantic Empire.

"Lord, I don't have enough brain cells! Can anyone tell me what to do! ”

Looking at the character relationship diagram that was drawn into a mess in his hand, Xiansen leaned back on the chair and sighed long, not to mention letting the audience sort out the relationship between these people, it was himself, and he was confused when he painted, you must know that the relationship between the characters is just a small part of the story structure, and the connection between the stories is the most important part.

"Answer the player's question: The player can try to use the one-star skill card [Think Differently]"

A mechanical prompt suddenly came out of the system in Xiansen's body, and this voice suddenly sounded, so frightened that he almost fell off his chair.

"No, I don't have a connection to the system, do I?"

Hearing this prompt, Xiansen muttered in wonder, he could control the conversation with the system before, if he didn't want to ask the system, the system would never make a sound for no reason, why today, there was an abnormality again.

"Hey, let me ask you, why did you suddenly ring today!"

Putting the drawing in his hand on the table, Xiansen patted his head and asked.

"Answering the player's question: This call is a subconscious connection between the player."

Connecting autonomously?

Xiansen repeated this sentence several times in his mouth.

In other words, did I subconsciously take the initiative to establish the connection?

After despying the system for his help, Xiansen cut off the connection with the system. He said he wanted to get rid of the system, but he didn't want to end it before it started.

"This is his son, no, it's his son and his sister's, no, his sister is not his real sister, he should call her aunt"

Xiansen once again calculated the complex relationship between the characters

After the Oscars, Julie Barrymore did not attend the next cocktail party, but hurriedly took the little golden man to the downstairs of Xiansen's house, hesitated for a long time with her mobile phone, she still put the mobile phone back in her pocket, put the little golden man silently at the door of Xiansen's house, and then turned around and left.

Three minutes later, she returned to the same place, picked up the little golden figure, secretly puffed up her breath, took out her mobile phone, but her fingers never pressed the dial button, she once again put the little golden figure back in place, turned away.

After a few more minutes, she returned to the courtyard of Xiansen's house again, carefully held the little golden figure in her arms, and waited until the lights in the upstairs room were completely extinguished, before she took out her mobile phone from her pocket, mustered up her courage, made up her final decision, moved the cursor to Mister's phone, and pressed it hard.

"Sorry, the other party has turned off"

Listening to the chime coming from the earpiece, Julie Barrymore gasped softly, she didn't know how she was feeling now, both expectant and scared, and of course a little excited.

"I'll hand it over to you myself tomorrow!"

Standing up, Julie Barrymore muttered to herself a reason.

Finding a hotel near Sensen's house, Julie Barrymore is lying on the bed with Oscar in her arms, and her mind keeps thinking about what she should say first, smile, or be ashamed when she sees Sensen tomorrow. For an actor, all this can be prepared in advance.

I kept thinking about it until my eyelids couldn't hold it anymore, and I fell asleep groggily.

In the dream, Ju'er seemed to see Xiansen hugging her again, and that feeling was very happy.

[Melon seeds now owe everyone 3,000 words plus 8,000 words that should be there tomorrow, that is, at least 11,000 words will be updated tomorrow, oh, there are 300 recommendations and 600 recommendations plus a total of 4,000 words, in short, melon seeds will be more 15,000 words tomorrow, of course, if nothing else, it should all be after two o'clock in the afternoon, all for the results, I hope you can understand, thank you]