Chapter 390: The Wind Rises
Although the Oscars are over, the activities of the stars are not, and in Hollywood, what is more star-studded than the annual Oscars? The answer is that the big and small parties held on Oscar night are duì.
After all, the Kodak Theater has limited capacity, and many singers and actors, especially overseas stars, find it difficult to receive invitations to enter the theater. But with the exception of a limited number of top-tier parties, these parties do not set excessively strict entry restrictions, and for the organizers, the more stars come, the happier they are.
The biggest and most well-known of these pies is undoubtedly the Vanity Fair sponsored by Vanity Fair magazine, and every year after the awards ceremony, a large number of famous Hollywood figures appear on the pies, sparking sparks with each other.
However, the stars were unable to attend the grand party tonight, because Vanity Fair, which has been held for 14 consecutive years, announced in early February that it would temporarily cancel the dinner party due to the writers' strike movement to show Vanity Fair's support for the striking screenwriters.
In fact, this so-called statement of support is just decent rhetoric, and the real reason is that "Vanity Fair" is not optimistic that the Oscars will be held smoothly.
It's just that what "Vanity Fair" didn't expect was that its front foot had just announced the cancellation of the pie, and the back foot Writers Guild and the Producers Guild had reached an agreement, which immediately made the 80th Academy Awards go smoothly.
It's a pity that the words spoken and the water spilled can't be taken back, and "Vanity Fair" can only knock out the teeth and swallow the decision to fulfill.
Of course, there is no Vanity Fair party, but the Oscar dinner and other party events are not affected.
Lin Yuquan was after participating in the Vanity Fair faction last year. Go to the Oscar dinner in. But now because there are two daughters. It was inevitable that he couldn't do that, so after the Oscars, he and his second daughter returned directly to the villa.
Although Lin Yuquan did not directly win the award, he still received congratulatory text messages or phone calls from many friends in the entertainment industry afterwards, and he was very busy.
At this time, as a global event, the results of the 80th Oscars also began to spread their influence around the world.
The coverage of this year's Oscars naturally focuses on the biggest winner "No Country for Old Men" and the European Legion that captured the Oscars.
Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, four awards were awarded. The 80th Oscars undoubtedly belong to "No Country for Old Men" and belong to the Coen brothers, and the Coen brothers, as the director, screenwriter and producer of the film, took the stage three times to give speeches, which is very rare in the history of the Oscars.
And foreign actors, to be precise, European actors to capture the Oscar acting awards are the focus of many media reports, and the best actor Daniel. Day-Lewis (UK), Best Actress Marion. Goliath (France), Best Supporting Actor Javier. Baden (Spain), Best Supporting Actress Tilda. Swinton (UK), where the awards for the actor were all expected, and the award for the actress was all unexpected. But that's not the most important thing, the Oscars for Americans. This year, no American won the actor award, and all four actor awards were taken away by European actors. This is the first time since 1965 the 37th Oscar Rex. Harrison, Julie. Andrews, Peter. Ustinov and Leila. After Kadelova won the Oscar for Actor, for the first time in the history of the Oscars, all the actor awards were given to "foreigners".
Because of these two major focuses, plus "Blood is Coming", "Juno", "Atonement", "Michael. Clayton has won important awards, which has naturally made this year's Oscars labeled with many labels, such as "light business, heavy art", "very black and violent", "promoting the spirit of independence" and so on.
In addition, for the Oscar results of "Hurricane Rescue" and "Spy Shadow", the media will naturally not fail to mention that these two films are commercial masterpieces that were both successful at the box office and word-of-mouth last year, and the two films at this Oscar also won the victory, the former won the best original song, the best visual effects, and the latter won the best editing, best sound effects, and best sound effects editing three technical awards, and were shortlisted for the awards.
A star-studded film event, there are too many highlights about the Oscars, but even so, it did not block Lin Yuquan's dazzling light, his dazzling eyes seemed to run through the entire Oscars, first the red carpet was radiant, not only Johnny. Depp, George. Clooney, Daniel. Wear. Lewis, Colin. Farrell, Antonio Jr. Sabatu and other male stars covered up the limelight, which also made Nicole. Kidman, Cameron. Diaz, Penelope. Cruz, Kelly. Russell, Jennifer. Ghana and other actresses dressed in flamboyant fashion were overshadowed.
Later, "Hurricane Rescue" won two awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song without a miss, showing his great success as a director, and such success is not only reflected in this Oscar, but also won 2 Oscars at each Oscar for three consecutive years, which is Lin Yuquan's amazing performance.
Then Lin Yuquan appeared on the stage as an award presenter, and deservedly became the most dazzling award presenter at this award ceremony.
All of this naturally makes the award ceremony come to an end, and the news about him has undoubtedly become the top priority of major media reports on this Oscars.
Later, according to the preliminary statistics of the latest Nielsen ratings survey, the live broadcast of the 80th Academy Awards ceremony broadcast by ABC has an average of about 35 million viewers, although this number is nearly 8 million viewers less than last year, but in the case of just ending the strike and few commercial film nominations, it is really excellent to achieve such results, and the highest ratings of the awards ceremony that night appeared in Lin Yuquan and Annie. Hathaway appeared to present Best Original Screenplay, which received 43 million viewers.
There is no doubt that the purpose of the Oscars to invite Lin Yuquan to be the guest of honor at the awards ceremony has been fully achieved
As the only Chinese invited to attend this year's Oscars, Lin Yuquan's series of dazzling performances at the Oscars certainly made him the most eye-catching focus in the Chinese-speaking region.
Although I did not win an award. But as a director, he undoubtedly made history again. He became the first Chinese director to direct a film that won the Oscar for Best Original Song. Up to now, he has successively achieved the breakthrough of a Chinese director in the Oscars in the three awards of best visual effects, best costume design, and best original song, and is second only to Li Yu in terms of contribution to the honor of the Chinese.
But compared with Li Yuquan, Lin Yuquan's youth, handsomeness, net worth, and all-round talent are not comparable to Li Yuquan, and this series of factors makes Lin Yuquan's popularity and influence in Chinese-speaking areas much higher than Li Yuquan's, so although he only directed a film and won two less important awards, the repercussions caused by this in the Chinese-speaking region are much higher than when Li Yu won the Oscar.
And just when Lin Yuquan's Oscar news was full of people's eyes. However, there was a striking news on the entertainment homepage of Xinglang.com, the largest portal in China, with a very simple title, "The Directors Guild Commendation Conference has undergone a new change, and Lin Yuquan and Chen Kaige have served as the chairmen of the final and preliminary evaluation jury." ”
Because of the strong and influential relationship between Lin Yuquan and Chen Kaige, this news instantly attracted the attention of countless people, and then in a short period of time, it was reprinted by major domestic online media, and then spread to the media in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and then caused an uproar in the entire entertainment industry.
The reason for this is not because Lin Yuquan is above Chen Kaige as the chairman of the final evaluation jury, with Lin Yuquan's current influence. It would be strange if he was only the chairman of the preliminary jury!
What really shakes the entertainment industry is that the Directors Guild Commendation Conference will change the rules and time of the past. Not only will a large number of technical awards be added, allowing all Chinese-language films in the three places to be shortlisted for selection throughout last year, but also set for around November and December in the second half of the year.
And it was at that time that there was also a Treasure Island Golden Horse Award that was very similar to the New Directors Guild Commendation Conference.
From a certain point of view, this has become a showdown between the Golden Horse Awards and the Directors Guild Commendation Conference.
If Lin Yuquan knew such thoughts, the corners of his mouth would definitely turn up, not only from a certain Cheng dù, what he wanted was a head-to-head showdown with the Golden Horse Awards
Jiao Xiongping frowned and looked at the entertainment news on the computer screen in front of him, with strong anxiety in his heart, as the chairman of the jury of last year's Golden Horse Awards, although she has stepped down now, her identity as a Baodao filmmaker will not change.
If ordinary people see the changes in the rules and holding time of the Directors Guild Commendation Conference, they may not have any other ideas, but a senior filmmaker like her can see at a glance that the Commendation Conference has the meaning of competing with the Golden Horse Awards.
And after seeing this, she naturally inevitably worried about the Golden Horse Awards.
It is true that the Golden Horse Awards is the oldest and most influential film award in the Chinese-speaking region, and the Directors Guild Commendation Conference has only been held for two sessions, and it is also an award for self-entertainment, but this does not mean that the Golden Horse Awards can sit back and relax.
It is obvious from the changes in the rules of the Directors Guild Commendation Conference that her ambition is not small, and the rapid development of the mainland film industry has also made the Commendation Conference have a strong foundation of support.
What's more, the Directors Guild Commendation Conference released a ruthless move at the beginning, and even let Lin Yuquan and Chen Kaige serve as the chairmen of the final and preliminary evaluation jury, who are Lin Yuquan and Chen Kaige, both of them are the top directors in the Chinese circle, especially Lin Yuquan, the other party's influence in the world is unmatched among Chinese directors, even Li Yu, who won the Oscar for Best Director, is far from the same in this regard.
It is conceivable what kind of attention the Directors Guild Commendation Conference, which is chaired by the two of them as the chairmen of the final and preliminary jury, will receive in the Chinese-speaking circle in the future, and this is bound to have a strong impact on the Golden Horse Awards, which will be held at almost the same time.
Speaking of which, the ratings of the Golden Horse Awards ceremony have not been very good in recent years, and the influence in the Chinese-speaking circle has gradually declined, although last year's Golden Horse Awards set a ratings record for nearly ten years, but that was because of the strong competition between Lin Yuquan's "Painted Skin" and Li Yu's "Lust and Caution" last year, which was full of eye-catching topicality, which attracted people's attention.
However, the root cause of the decline of the Golden Horse Awards itself has not been solved, not only has it not been solved, because Lin Yuquan later announced that he will permanently withdraw from the Golden Horse Awards, but the shape of the Golden Horse Awards has become more and more severe this year. There is a high probability that it will fall to the bottom.
As for what to do? Of course, it is the first to introduce an extraordinary chairman of the Golden Horse Award jury. In this way, Lin Yuquan and Chen Kaige will not steal all the attention.
Candidates. Jiao Xiongping showed a wry smile on his face, and there is only Li Yu, originally Li Ji should be the best choice to serve as the chairman of the jury of the 50th Golden Horse Awards in 2013, but who makes the current Baodao film industry, except for Li Yu, there is no other filmmaker who can compare with the influence of Lin Yuquan and Chen Kaige?
Hou Hsiao-hsien, of course, is a veritable master, but in terms of widespread influence in the Chinese-speaking world. He couldn't even fight Chen Kaige, let alone Lin Yuquan.
In fact, even Li Yu may be authoritative enough in the industry, but in terms of public popularity and influence, he is still far inferior to Lin Yuquan, but this is already the best candidate for the Golden Horse Awards
"Okay, you Lin Yuquan. Becoming the chairman of the final jury of the Commendation Conference of the Directors Association of Dignified Directors will not tell us a word. If I hadn't seen the relevant news on the Internet today, I wouldn't have known the news until the Year of the Monkey, and to be honest, do you think of us as your friends? Wang Luodan's angry voice came from the phone.
"Before announcing this kind of thing, how can I tell you in advance? Need to keep it secret, OK, dissipate your anger, I didn't even tell Yifei and Shi Shi. Lin Yuquan smiled.
A year ago, after the preliminary consultation, Huang Jianxin and others immediately held a meeting with Zhang Jianya, Zhou Li and others, who were unable to come that day from the leading body of the Directors Association, and finally decided on the corresponding matters of the commendation conference.
Not only that, Huang Jianxin and others also secretly solicited the opinions of some highly respected or influential directors of the Directors Association, such as Xie Jin, Wu Yigong, Xie Fei, Teng Wenji, Zheng Dongtian, Ning Hao, Jia Zhangke, Yin Li, Zhang Yimou, Lu Chuan, etc., and after receiving almost unanimous affirmation from everyone, Huang Jianxin and others were finally ready to let it go.
And the reason why it was announced today is, of course, to make full use of the attention gathered on him through the Oscars, Feng Bigang also jokingly said that if Lin Yuquan's "Hurricane Rescue" does not receive any pieces, they will postpone the announcement for a few days, so as not to be affected by him.
"I didn't even tell Yifei, okay, I don't know what to say about you, I really don't know how you behaved as a boyfriend, is Yifei an outsider? This is not a military secret that must be kept secret. Wang Luodan said speechlessly: "And it seems that you keep it a secret from all of us every time, and we definitely don't know until the last media report." ”
Lin Yuquan smiled bitterly and touched his nose, it seemed that he was really like this, and he could only say for a while: "I won't tell you, I must have my own reasons, okay, it's not too late for me here, I have business tomorrow, so I won't talk about it for now!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yuquan hurriedly hung up the phone, and Wang Luodan, who was angry on the other end of the phone, had the urge to smash the phone to relieve his hatred.
It's true that it's not early, but Lin Yuquan's eagerness to rest is undoubtedly an excuse for him not to continue to entangle the topic with Wang Luodan, what is Wang Luodan's temperament, he knows very well that she can't stop complaining for a long time if she is caught in resentment.
Putting down the phone, Lin Yuquan continued to chat and watch TV with his second daughter on the sofa, and the second daughter was very excited to participate in the Oscars tonight, so although she sat in the Kodak Theater for a few hours, the time was not early, but the second daughter did not feel the slightest sleep.
"Oh, Brother Yuquan, have you become the chairman of the final jury of the Directors Guild Commendation Conference?" Liu Yifei looked at Lin Yuquan excitedly, puzzled, and resentful.
Touching Yifei's eyes, Lin Yuquan's heart trembled, and he suddenly secretly screamed that it was not good, and he had the urge to pat his head fiercely, why didn't he tell the second daughter immediately after hanging up Dandan's phone just now, this time it is estimated that the second daughter will be told again.
Dandan, this girl, is definitely deliberately harming me, Lin Yuquan gritted his teeth secretly, Yifei asked after reading a text message just now, who sent that text message, it is obvious.
"Let you hang up on me, Miss Ben won't be threatening, you still treat me as hellokitty." At the same time, Wang Luodan, who is far away in Purple Jade Villa in Kyoto, has returned to the apartment of Purple Jade Villa from her hometown after the Spring Festival, as a best friend, she knows Yifei's temperament, Yifei is definitely a curious baby, she is full of curiosity about everything, after knowing that Lin Yuquan is the chairman of the final evaluation jury of Lao Shizi, she does not pester Lin Yuquan to ask in the end, plus Liu Shishi, there must be enough for Lin Yuquan to explain.
If it's just curiosity, it's fine, but the key is that in the eyes of the second daughter, Lin Yuquan's concealment this time is undoubtedly over and over again, so things suddenly became bigger, and Lin Yuquan had to work hard to get the second daughter.
After chatting with the second daughter for a while, Lin Yuquan returned to the room quite reluctantly, and after being busy with the novel for a while, he lay down to rest, in fact, what he said to Wang Luodan on the phone just now is true, since the script of "Heartbeat" has been completed, he is also ready to start the casting and preparation of "Heartbeat", there is not much time left for him, and he has no time to delay. (To be continued......)