Chapter 250: Another Year of Oscars

In previous years, when he was in Rongcheng, Lin Yuquan, Lin's father and Lin's mother would visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, and they were very busy, but this year he was happy to spend the New Year in Kyoto.

And when it comes to this Spring Festival, the most important thing is, of course, nothing else.

"Wow, Shi Shi, you are so beautiful today, my father and my mother will definitely be very satisfied when they see you later, because they have such a beautiful daughter-in-law." After Liu Shishi got into the car, Lin Yuquan said with admiration.

"What daughter-in-law, you are still in the investigation stage, and I didn't promise to marry you." Liu Shishi's face was flushed, and he said coquettishly.

"Really? I'm very sought-after, if you don't hold on to me, beware of me being snatched away by others! Lin Yuquan had a smile in his eyes.

"If you are snatched away, it proves that you don't love me that much, and if that's the case, I should also thank the person who snatched you away from me." Liu Shishi blinked his watery eyes.

"It's best if you think so, so I don't have to worry about you crying in the future." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Ah, you really have this idea, it's so hateful." Liu Shishi said angrily.

"Huh." Lin Yuquan drove away with a smile, first went to the fruit store to buy fruits, and then returned to Ziyu Villa.

"Don't worry, take it easy, my dad and my mom are fine, they won't eat you." Lin Yuquan looked at the nervous Liu Shishi with a smile, and when he saw Ziyu Villa, he was about to see Lin's father and Lin's mother, and the girl's tension that had dissipated was revived again.

"I know, but what's the solution, this is the first time I've officially come to see my uncle and aunt, of course I'll be nervous, if it were you to see my parents, you wouldn't be like me." Liu Shishi pouted.

"You think I'm you, don't you just meet and have a meal?" Lin Yuquan said with a smile, but the confidence in his heart was not enough, to be honest, as long as he is not a veteran, when he encounters this kind of thing, there are few who are not nervous, anyway, he is not a heartless and thick-skinned like a city wall: "It's coming soon, the ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws, sooner or later, there will be such a day, what is your beautiful daughter-in-law nervous, I am full of confidence in you." ”

"What's the use of you having faith in me, it's not you I'm going to see." Liu Shishi had a bitter face, her heart was difficult to calm down for a while, but she had already made an appointment with Father Lin and Mother Lin, it was not okay not to see it, and after Lin Yuquan parked the car in the garage, she took a deep breath, and then walked into the villa with Lin Yuquan, her eyes were mixed with a hint of inexplicable look, in fact, she was faintly looking forward to this!

In the villa, Mother Lin and Father Lin sat on the sofa watching TV, but their minds were not in the TV at all, and they looked out of the door from time to time, as if there was something outside the door, which invisibly attracted her.

"I said can you stop doing this, don't worry, you'll see you later, beware of scaring others." Father Lin said helplessly.

"Say me, you are not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry, but excited, can I not be excited when I see my future daughter-in-law for the first time?" Lin Mu smiled brightly.

"You, you." Father Lin smiled, he knew Lin's mother's character very well, to be honest, he was also looking forward to it, but his personality was not like Lin's mother: "Excitement is excitement, but it doesn't have to be so obvious, otherwise it will really scare others away." ”

"How can I be scared away, how many people can't wait to see their parents-in-law, when their parents-in-law are enthusiastic, but although I am happy, my requirements for her will definitely not be lowered, it is not so difficult to be our daughter-in-law, not anyone can do it, appearance is secondary, and the most important thing is character quality." Mother Lin said proudly, her son is so good, of course her daughter-in-law can't be bad.

"Well, character qualities are really important, and she has to be good to her son." Father Lin smiled and nodded.

"Here we are." When Lin Yuquan drove into the gate of the villa, Lin Mu's eyes suddenly lit up, and she instinctively got up and looked out of the door.

Father Lin's actions were the same as Mother Lin's, and he got up and looked out the door.

"Dad, Mom, this is Shi Shi." As soon as he entered the gate and saw Lin's father and Lin's mother, Lin Yuquan then pointed to Liu Shishi beside him and introduced.

"Hello uncle and aunt!" Liu Shishi said obediently.

"Okay, okay, come and sit." As soon as Liu Shishi entered the field of vision, Mother Lin kept watching, the more she looked at the smile on her face, the more she looked at it, she didn't look carefully at the last year-end dinner, but now she looks at it, this girl is indeed very beautiful, and her temperament is very good, fresh and pure, just like the snow lotus on the snowy plateau, she likes it from the bottom of her heart.

"Thank you, uncle, auntie." Seeing the smiles on the faces of Father Lin and Mother Lin, Liu Shishi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she watched a lot of scenes on the TV series where she was embarrassed and treated coldly by the man's parents for the first time, although she clearly understood the character of Father Lin and Mother Lin from Lin Yuquan, but she couldn't put her mind at ease before she saw Father Lin and Mother Lin.

Lin Yuquan smiled and put the fruit in his hand on the table, he was very happy to see such a scene, which was also expected by him, he knew the character of his parents and Shi Shi, and he was always full of confidence that the two sides could get along harmoniously.

After chatting for a while, Lin Yuquan was busy cooking, and Liu Shishi had a good conversation with Lin's father and Lin's mother.

Three and a half hours passed in the blink of an eye.

"Dad, Mom, I'll send Shi Shi, the two of us will eat out at night, you don't have to wait for me." Lin Yuquan got up and said to Lin's father and Lin's mother.

"Well, I know, Shi Shi, we're in Kyoto these days, you come over to play more." Mother Lin nodded at Lin Yuquan, and said to Liu Shishi with a smile, the heat in her words made Lin Yuquan's eyes hot.

"Okay, Auntie." Liu Shishi said happily.

With a wave of their hands, the two walked out of the hall.

"Haha, I'm not wrong, my parents get along very well." Driving out of Ziyu Villa, Lin Yuquan said with a laugh.

"Hmm." Liu Shishi nodded happily.

"And it seems that my parents are very satisfied with you, how about it, you should rest assured now!" Lin Yuquan looked at the girl with a smile.

"Alright, where are we going in a moment?" Liu Shishi said briskly, in a pretty good mood.

"Let's go to the movies, several movies have been released recently, including Birch Boy's "Disciple", Twins "Twin Thieves", Hollywood's "Wonderful Night at the Museum" and "007 vs. Casino Royale", let's watch the movie and then eat, how about it, which movie do you want to watch the most?" Lin Yuquan asked with a smile.

"Disciple, aren't you good friends with Birch? When a friend's movie is released, of course you have to support him. Liu Shishi smiled happily.

"Oh, it's so thoughtful, okay, let's watch 'Disciple', and I'll tell Hua Zai later that we've contributed to his film." Lin Yuquan laughed

Chinese people celebrate the most important Spring Festival of the year, but in most parts of the world are just ordinary days, and on such days, the 79th Academy Awards, which is earlier than in previous years, has attracted the attention of countless media reporters and fans around the world.

In the previously announced list of Oscar nominations, "Dream Girl" became the most nominated film in this year's Oscars with 8 nominations, while "Babel" became the biggest winner with seven nominations including Best Picture and Best Director, and some of the more popular films, such as "The Queen", "Pan's Labyrinth", "Infernal Affairs", "Little Sunshine Beauty", "Scandal Chronicle", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin", "Painted Skin" have received at least four nominations.

After this nomination was released, the media naturally began to interpret the list of nominees and predict the final attribution of each award.

Among them, the most eye-catching awards are undoubtedly Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

In the Best Picture category, the five films nominated are "Babel", "Infernal Affairs", "Letter from Iwo Jima", "Little Sunshine Beauty", and "The Queen", of which "Babel" won Best Picture at the previous Golden Globe Awards. Gonzalez. Iñárritu is only 29 years old, and the film follows the routine of "Crash", a series of group scenes that bring together three unrelated people and events in one film, showing the communication barrier caused by the language barrier.

Unlike "Crash", this film is not limited to a city like Los Angeles, but transcends geographical restrictions and moves the setting to Morocco, Mexico, and Japan, presenting a multi-regional story intertwined with topics such as racial prejudice, cultural differences, and language barriers......

The film is undoubtedly excellent, otherwise it would not have won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture, but the media's prediction is to put this film out first, the reason is very simple, in the rules of the Oscars, it will not be repeated lightly, after all, the same routine "Crash" only won the best picture last year, how could it be possible to immediately award this award to "Tower of Babel", not to mention, "Babel" also won the Golden Globe Award, how could the Oscars follow suit so simply.

Looking at several other films, "Little Sunshine Beauty", "The Queen", and "Infernal Affairs" each have high voices, but the most favored by the media is "Letter from Iwo Jima", which is an all-Japanese dialogue that shows the battle between Japan and the United States during World War II from the perspective of the Japanese army, and in a way, it curries favor with the college judges in a very clever way. In addition, the director is a time-honored director Clint . Eastwood, no wonder is favored.

However, the biggest obstacle is not without obstacles, and the biggest obstacle is Clint. Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" won the Oscars at the 77th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars the year before. Now, after two years, it has been awarded to Clint again. Eastwood's award of such weight seems to be too favored by the Oscars, and it is too easy to win the award.

From this point of view, the odds of "Infernal Affairs" winning are quite high. Scorsese's "The Aviator" was defeated by Clint in Best Picture at the 77th Academy Awards. Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby", which invisibly gave Martin. Scorsese added a lot of sympathy points.

Of course, whether it is "Infernal Affairs" or "Letter from Iwo Jima" award-winning, Warner Bros. will laugh, because these two movies belong to their production and distribution, but "Infernal Affairs" is more entertaining than the subject matter, so Warner Bros. will focus on "Letter from Iwo Jima" in terms of public relations operations. Scorsese, and perhaps Clint again. Eastwood was a foil.

In terms of best director, the list of nominees is almost the same as that of best film, "Babel", "Letter from Iwo Jima", "Infernal Affairs", and "Queen" director Agado. Gonzalez. Iñárritu, Clint. Eastwood, Martin. Scorsese, Stephen. Flears was nominated, and "Little Miss Sunshine" missed out on the award and was replaced by "Flight 93".

The film tells the story of the fourth plane hijacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93. Greengoras, "Spy 2" and the upcoming "Spy 3" released this year are both directed by him, he has not directed many movies, and there are only a few works in the past ten years, but they have very distinct personal characteristics.

Ran into Martin again. Scorsese and Clint. Eastwood is naturally the most favourable contender for the award for Best Director. Scorsese never escaped the tricks of fate when he and Clint . Eastwood was both nominated for Best Director, and "Infernal Affairs" and "Letter from Iwo Jima" were both nominated for Best Picture, and the Oscar tragedy was destined to be staged again.

While Clint. Eastwood has only won the Oscar for Best Director for a short time, two years, it does seem like something happened in the blink of an eye, it stands to reason that the Oscar will not award him such a heavyweight award, but unlike Best Picture, Best Director is a compliment to an individual, and it cannot be ignored that the veteran director Clint . Eastwood is old, the 77-year-old only had heart surgery last year, and now it's time for him to take a curtain call, and there is no guarantee that Oscar will not send him to the throne again.

In this way, Martin. Scorsese undoubtedly hangs, but Martin. Scorsese also has his own huge advantage, that is, the pathos card, this is his sixth Oscar nomination for Best Director, if it is not awarded to him this time, who knows whether he can maintain his creative level in the future, maybe he can only wait for the Lifetime Achievement Award in the future.

It can be said that this year's competition for best director is not about the quality of the film, but about the emotional choice of the academy judges. Eastwood's best curtain call present, or Jean Martin. Scorsese is no longer tragic.

Best actor can be seen as Leonardo. DiCaprio's revenge is remembered, at the previous Golden Globe Awards, Leonardo won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor double nomination for "Infernal Affairs" and "Blood Diamond", becoming the first actor in history to be nominated for a double Golden Globe Award for leading actor, but unfortunately the double insurance is still not insured, and finally lost to Forrest of "The Last Generation". Whitaker, whether he can succeed in revenge is undoubtedly a very good point to watch.

It's just that the vast majority of the media are not very optimistic about this, although Leonardo's breakthrough performance in "Blood Diamond" proved his strength, but Forrest. Whitaker's performance in "The Last Generation" was just too good.

What's more, in recent years, the Oscars have taken turns in feng shui, and every other year, there must be a black actor, Denzel. Washington, Jamie. Fox is the best proof of this, admittedly Forrest. Whitaker wasn't the only black actor on the list, with "When Happiness Knocks" shortlisted for Will Brown. Smith too, and more famous, but judging by the acting alone, Forrest. Whitaker undoubtedly won the game.

Another Ryan. Gosling and Peter. O'Toole's chances of winning the prize are undoubtedly slim. O'Toole is undoubtedly a more tragic figure, this is the 8th time he has been nominated, and he has not been nominated once before, and he is definitely the actor who has been nominated the most in a row on the Oscars but has not won awards, which can be said to have been hurt by the Oscars again and again.

Best Actress is a heavyweight award with almost no suspense, and the nominees this time are Penelope. Cruz's "The Return", Judy. Dench's Diary of a Scandal, Helen. Mirren, "The Queen", Meryl. Streep, "The Queen Wears Prada", Kate. Winslet's "Being a Mother", although every actor and every movie is good, from the beginning of the awards season, "The Queen" has completely presented a one-sided format, in which Helen, who plays Queen Elizabeth II. With her superb acting skills, Mirren won Best Actress in Venice and almost all major American awards ceremonies from late 2006 to early 2007. Mirren's bag.

In addition to these four awards, other awards are also in the media speculation, but most of them are only mentioned in passing, and a small number of them are reported in some countries according to the shortlist, such as the best clothing design that has attracted the attention of domestic media, and everyone is very much looking forward to Lin Yuquan and Zhang Yi winning this award.

In the midst of all the anticipation, the time finally came to Los Angeles local time on the afternoon of February 25th, according to the event schedule of this Oscars, the Oscars held an Oscar nomination luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel as early as February 5th, the Oscars press conference on February 14th, the short film screening on February 20th, the Oscars dinner food exhibition on February 22nd, the foreign language film exhibition on February 23rd, the press conference of film producers and directors on February 23rd, the foreign language film award seminar on February 24th, the best makeup award seminar, The Oscar cocktail dinner, that's just part of the story, and the schedule is quite tight throughout the event.

Today is the day of the Oscars, this year's Oscars ceremony starts at 5 p.m. local time in Los Angeles, that is, at 9 a.m. on the 26th Kyoto time.

"Wow, Theon. Dearlene appeared, and the green evening dress was so beautiful. ”

"Gwyneth. Paltrow's pink mermaid skirt is pretty good, tsk, it's just that the material is too thin, almost see-through, and the scenery on the chest is looming. ”

"Oh, Judy. Foster, my goddess, she is so beautiful today, just looking at her appearance, who can tell that she is in her 40s, and she is really not old! ”

Penelope. Cruz was so sleek underneath that it looked like a cashmere blanket around it. ”

The most important reason why major film festivals and award ceremonies will include the red carpet as an important part of the event is that people love to watch it, the media loves to report, and with the appearance of a number of Hollywood stars, the audience in front of the major live media is excited.

Especially when Lin Yuquan and Zhang Yi walked on the red carpet together, the domestic live broadcast media suddenly boiled.

In front of Lin's father, Lin's mother, Liu Shishi, Liu Yifei, Wang Luodan, Zhu Yawen, and Jiang Yan, all of Lin Yuquan's family, friends, and fans smiled.

Today's Lin Yuquan is wearing a navy blue straight suit and blue tie, with his slender and strong figure and handsome appearance, the whole person looks handsome and extraordinary, and this feeling is even more obvious compared with Zhang Yi next to him.

On the TV screen, Lin Yuquan and Zhang Yimou waved around, and the camera lights in the hands of reporters from all over the world outside the railing flashed at the two of them.

Then the two came to the scene to be interviewed by CCTV live special reporters.

"Hello, Director Lin, hello Director Zhang, Director Lin, this is the second time you have participated in the Oscars, how are you feeling about participating in the Oscars again?" An intellectual female reporter wearing a pink professional suit handed the microphone to Lin Yuquan.

"Of course, I'm very happy, but I'm also a little regretful, because the awards shortlisted this time are all technical, and there are no performances related to directors." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly.

"Director Zhang, what about you?"

"Although I have been here many times, I am still very happy to come again, especially this time I came with Yuquan, and I feel that I am not alone on the road to Oscar." Zhang Yi said with a hearty smile.

"Do you have any special expectations for this Oscar?"

"If I'm looking forward to it, I just hope that I won't go home empty-handed like the Golden Globe Awards, but if I win the award, Director Zhang may return empty-handed this time, hehe." Lin Yuquan looked at Zhang Yimou with a smile.

In the shot, Zhang Yi laughed and said: "There is indeed this possibility, so it is best for me to win the best costume design, I have not won the Oscar until now, and you will win the other three awards nominated for "Painted Skin" to achieve a win-win situation." ”

"Hehe, I think so too."

After finishing the CCTV reporter's interview, Lin Yuquan and Zhang Yi were interviewed by three other foreign media, and then quickly separated, each chatting with someone they knew.

As the owner of a film company like Summit Entertainment, and a well-known director, there are naturally many Hollywood stars who want to know Lin Yuquan, especially young and beautiful female stars.

"Hi Kung Fu Lin, nice to meet you." Kate in a light green evening dress. Winslet came to his side, an intoxicating smile on his lips.

"Oh, me too, I love your Titanic very much, it was the first Hollywood movie that blew me away, and you and Leonardo did a great job in the film." Lin Yuquan shook hands with the other party with a smile.

"Hehe, it's my honor, the famous Kung Fu Lin actually likes my videos, and I'll say it when I chat with others later." Kate. Winslet laughed

"Lin, I'm looking forward to having the opportunity to work with you in the future." Kate. Winslet had a charming smile on her face.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to that day."

and Kate. After Winslet chatted for a while, Lin Yuquan left her phone and separated, but he was not idle, chatting with people who wanted to know him or he wanted to know, and the time soon came for the awards ceremony to begin. R1152