Chapter 669: Heavily guarded

On February 23, local time in the United States, several glittering Oscar statues stood at the entrance of the Hollywood Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. The countdown to the 80th Academy Awards has begun, and the preparations are nearing completion, which will kick off on the evening of the 24th.

Now that Hollywood's Avenue of Fame is already overcrowded, Yang Lin and his party came here in a low-key manner, put on spring clothes, pretended to be tourists, and enjoyed the comfort of the day before the Oscars.

At the beginning of the day after the rain, the sky looks unusually blue, and the white clouds float on it, which is very clear and bright. The tall palm trees are verdant after being washed by a light rain, and the surrounding buildings are pleasing to the eye.

Yang Lin took Liu Yifei's hand and walked on the road, which is connected to the old city of Los Angeles, and the direction north of Sunset Avenue is Los Angeles' Chinatown, which is not as large as New York's Chinatown, but it is also one of the forefront.

The ceiling of the subway station here is all made of film, and a strong cinematic atmosphere also appeared in front of Yang Lin's eyes, and he handed the camera in his hand to a passer-by and asked him to help take a few photos of himself and Liu Yifei.

This season is the most visited time in Hollywood, and there are not too many people in the subway station, and almost all of them are tourists like Yang Lin, wearing sunglasses and holding cameras.

When you get out of the subway station, you will see the legendary Avenue of Stars, and as far as the eye can see, the stars printed with palm prints stretch into the distance. Yang Lin leaned down and opened his palm. Compare it to Chobilin's stars.

The wind and sun are beautiful, the sun is shining, and there are many cars on the streets. At a glance, all of them are luxury cars, and what lengthens Lincoln one after another, which is dizzying.

"Look. What's over there? Liu Yifei is like a liberated bird, she hasn't come out so comfortably for a long time, she excitedly pointed to the hill opposite, and said with some excitement: "Until now, I feel that I have really come to Hollywood!" ”

Yang Lin looked at a few big silver words "HOLLYWOOD" placed on the opposite mountain, and he said: "Let's go, when you come to Hollywood, you naturally have to take a good stroll, and pretend to accept the edification of art." ”

The Walk of Fame is located on the sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard. There are a lot of stars on the sidewalk, and any one star is a shocking name. The graffiti art on the roller shutter door next to the sidewalk matches it, and the black and white statues of Audrey Hepburn and Zhuo Blinging come to life on it.

Walking slowly to the front, the two of them took photos with the surrounding attractions from time to time, becoming the most ordinary members of the tourists. Pedestrians walked slower and slower, Yang Lin stood on tiptoe and saw a little golden man. Go without saying. Their final stop has arrived, and the Kodak Cinema, where the previous Academy Awards have been awarded, is not far away.

Just when Yang Lin and the others wanted to go over to have a look, they found that the roads and shops around the Kodak Theater were all blocked and closed, with a cordon and heavily armed police. The atmosphere of the scene was a little stiff.

A large number of police patrolled back and forth, and the handsome police guys in sunglasses looked serious and extraordinary, which made some tourists waiting for the security check can't help but take two more photos.

The flow of people slowly surged forward, and we were getting closer and closer to the Kodak Theater, with a red carpet spread out outside the venue, and a little golden man shining at the door. After the security check, it seems to be more careful than taking a plane, there is a limit on the number of people in the tourist area, only one can go out and enter one, not only rummaging through the bag, searching, even the mobile phone must be confiscated, and it can only be taken away when it comes out.

Liu Yifei was not restrained, she wore her long hair and watched not far from the little golden figure, and said with a smile: "It would be nice if I could take a little golden man." It looks very beautiful, I don't know who will be the final winner tomorrow night, but unfortunately I can't come to the scene and can't watch your performance. ”…,

Yang Lin half-squatted, holding the camera in one hand, and quickly opened the door with the other, filming Liu Yifei's fluttering appearance. The fluttering hair, the charm of smiling back, and the fluttering skirt corners, as well as the little gold figure in the background and the staff busy carrying the flowers.

In order to protect this most important symbol of Western culture from the danger of any terrorist attack, and in order for the award ceremony to take place with a high level of security, many streets, shops and shopping malls around the venue will be closed before the ceremony begins, and the subway will no longer stop at the platform near the venue. Now, workers and security personnel are pouring into the awards site to prepare.

Not only that, but today the neighborhood is temporarily open to tourists, but tomorrow, all these places will be locked down, and you must have an invitation and a work permit to enter, otherwise you will have to stay outside the cordons and iron fences on both sides of the red carpet.

Journalists don't want to go anywhere, and like other film festivals, press cards are divided into different categories, and different areas cannot be used universally.

Someone once joked that if you wear a dress and drive a luxury car, maybe you can go in directly. The reporters and the audience at the scene all asked for formal attire, which is a mandatory requirement.

The strictest security is the indoor infield, which is not only full of surveillance, but also has a very large number of security guards, and if you want to take pictures with a camera or mobile phone indoors, you will definitely be asked out of the scene unless you have special permission. Every year, several photo agencies abandon the Oscars because of this.

The little golden man who has been standing at the door of the Kodak theater has been taken care of by the staff, looks dusty, and with the neatly dressed waiter, the scene is ready, waiting for the red carpet show tomorrow afternoon.

The red carpet show of the Oscars is no longer a simple competition between stars, but more of a competition between designers, a grasp of popular fashion, and a brand war of international famous brands. There are always hundreds of celebrities of all sizes wearing high-end custom dresses, and this is an opportunity to show to the fashion industry, so designers are begging for big-name superstars, and second- and third-rate stars are begging for designers.

didn't stay here for a long time, Yang Lin followed Liu Yifei and the two of them back to Chinatown to eat some inauthentic Sichuan cuisine and then returned to the hotel, coming back so early to try on his five dresses.

Although men's suits are nothing more than black and white, simple lines or printed textures can also become fashionable.

Prepare five dresses just in case, two of which are from the same collection. A few pieces of clothing were shipped from Italy to Los Angeles by air, which is not a treatment that everyone can enjoy, and Yang Lin successfully got it because of his contact with the fashion industry.

As the spokesperson of Dior, Yang Lin must wear Dior's tailor-made clothes at major award ceremonies, which is regarded as advertising. And Dior's clothes have always been perverted and thin, and Yang Lin's five clothes have won the essence of them, and his waist is very thin.

"Sister Liu, what hairstyle and makeup do you think should be appropriate for his clothes? We need to be ready now, and we can't rush tomorrow. Zhang Qian stood behind the mirror with his arms crossed, and he pushed Liu Min, who was in charge of putting on Yang Lin's makeup, to the front.

Liu Min carefully placed her makeup bag in front of the mirror, she looked at Yang Lin, and then took a few steps back, as if thinking about something.

Yang Lin was like a wooden man, accepting their fiddling, and now sat on the chair and began to try on makeup. The red carpet is not so easy to walk, what Yang Lin has to do is to stand out from hundreds of stars, which is really difficult.

Tonight, Yang Lin has a small task, he has to go to the rehearsal with the other candidates for the best song, they will be the first star in the true sense of the word to appear in the Kodak theater. …,

The competition for this year's Best Song Award is not very fierce, but the movie "Enchanted" occupies three songs, and the other two songs are Yang Lin's "New-divide" and the theme song "Raise-It-Up" in the movie "August Love".

At six o'clock in the evening, Yang Lin took the car provided by the Oscar organizing committee to the outside of the Kodak Theater, waiting for him was an extremely strict security check, not only carefully proofreading the invitation letter and special pass, but also taking out the identity verification. None of the metal objects on the body are allowed to be brought in, and mobile phones, wallets, and other things are placed in a specific storage place.

"I'm sorry, this is something that must be done, for fear of any accidents, after all, this awards ceremony is to be broadcast live around the world, and it is one of the symbols of American culture, and there is no room for error." While searching his body, the police explained to Yang Lin.

Tonight, there will be only five stars on the stage at the Kodak Theater, where they will rehearse until they are proficient.

"Hi, I'm Jamil? Simone? Nash, you can call me Nash. A black man waved his hand at Yang Lin, he looked very excited, and it seemed that he was very comfortable standing on this stage.

Yang Lin greeted him kindly, after all, the two sides are competitors, even if this award is small, he responded: "I'm Yang Lin, and I'm preparing to rehearse on stage now!" ”

Jamil had just finished rehearsing, he patted his chest and said, "It's the first time I've stood on such a big stage and sung, I'm still a little nervous, what about you?" ”

Yang Lin had no intention of chatting with him, but it happened that the person in charge of arranging it came over at this time, and he said to Yang Lin: "Now it's time for you to go to rehearsals, your performance time is among the best original scripts and best actors, the ratings of this period are very high, you must come on!" ”

In comparison, Jameel was in a garbage period, when everyone was resting or going to the toilet in the middle, he cast a trace of envy at Yang Lin, but he could only see a broad back.

It's been breaking out lately.,Xingcen will rest for a day.,But this break is also updated with two chapters~ I'm a typical two-finger Zen.,It's not okay to sit in front of the computer all day long.。

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