As night falls, the lights come on.

In a room at the Hilton Hotel in Singapore, Wang Xugang and Fluttershy are on the phone, looking at the photos on his phone of his wife who is more than three months pregnant, holding a big belly, and he is happy and a little guilty. Fluttershy is now on leave to stay at home to give birth, and when she should need him the most, he is not around, and in turn asks her to reassure her not to worry about her family while she is away from home.

Wang Xu promised his wife that after finishing the promotion of the movie, he would reduce his workload and make time to stay at home and spend more time with her, waiting for the birth of their little baby.

Just thinking about it, he called again, it was Chen Ruan who called, reminding him that he would return to Hong Kong early tomorrow morning to participate in the 33rd Film Awards. This session is very important to him, not only was he shortlisted for Best Actor for "Journey to the West", but his wife Zhuang Xiaodie was also shortlisted for Best Actress with Zixia Fairy.

Wang Xu has won two Golden Horse Awards, but he has not won a single Academy Award, this time he has a high voice, and he also thinks that he has a great chance of winning the award. After all, "Journey to the West" has become popular to the point where no one can pretend not to see it, aside from his box office, more than half a year has passed since the release of "Big Talk", but its influence is still fermenting, starting from the second half of last year, first from the campus, and then on the Internet to form a comprehensive big talk craze. "Journey to the West" has even entered the highest universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University, becoming a cultural symbol and achieving Wang Xu's status as a master of comedy.

In fact, just a week ago, Wang Xu received an invitation from Peking University to give a speech. The two sides are also coordinating the time and the topic of the presentation.

On April 12, 2014, the weather was pleasant, and it was the day of the Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony.

This year's Academy Awards can be described as a blockbuster. It is also the one with the most big-name stars. Wong Kar-wai, Leung Chao-wai, Zhang Ziyi? "The Grandmaster"; Zhen Zaidan, Zhou Runfa?,? Kwok Fucheng?,? He Rundong, Chen Qiaoen, etc.; Xu Zheng. Wang Bo, Ning Hao. Yuan Quan, Zhou Dongyu's "Heart Blooms"

But all the above crews are not as good as Wang Xu, Chen Long, and Tony Jia. Wu Jing and other 14 actors form a huge crew of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake", which is not as dazzling as the crew of "Journey to the West", which is also led by Wang Xu.

In front of the camp and momentum of these two crews, the other crews must temporarily avoid the edge.

"Romance of Dragons and Snakes" is mainly because the actors are strong and numerous, and all 14 of them are popular stars. And "Journey to the West" is shortlisted for almost all the awards, and they are all big favorites to win awards, and they are the real protagonists of this Academy Awards. Even Wong Kar-wai and Liang Chaowei, who are known as award-winning professionals, have no chance of winning when they encounter "Journey to the West".

"The Grandmaster" has a total box office of 700 million, which is Wong Kar-wai's best-grossing movie ever, but in the face of "Journey to the West", the first part is 1.715 billion and the second part is 2.468 billion, breaking the record twice in a row. It's really not a level opponent.

There was an hour before the start of the party, and the stars were in groups, and Tony Jia and Donnie Tsai Dan had admired each other for a long time. The two chatted. Chen Long and Zhou Yunfa haven't seen each other for a while, and they have something to talk about. Wang Xu and Wu Mengda, Luo Jiaying, and Gao Yuanyuan are reminiscing.

At this time, another superstar came, Liu Dehua, one of the judges of this year's Academy Awards and a guest of honor for Best Actress, came.

"Brother Hua!" Wang Xu and Liu Dehua hugged for a while. smiled: "Tell me if my family can win the award?" ”

"This is a secret, I can't reveal it in advance." Liu Dehua smiled. Wang Xu wanted to see the clue from his face, but failed.

Although Liu Dehua refused to disclose the news, he still congratulated: "You and your husband have both been shortlisted for the male and female actor awards together, whether you win the award or not, it is a good story in the film industry." ”

"yes, that's rarely seen in the history of the Academy Awards." Zhou Yan sent over and interjected a sentence, in addition to promoting the film at the Academy Awards, he also had an important task, which was to serve as the guest of honor for the Best Actor Award.

Half an hour before the start of the awards party, 3,000 fans entered one after another, and these fans were fans of various stars. The smallest number is only 20, and the largest number is the most conspicuous, and the most conspicuous are the Hammer Gang. The Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards gave 500 people a quota to Wang Xu, and only Liu Tianwang had such treatment in the past.

The organizing committee unanimously agreed that Wang Xu's personal influence is still behind Liu Dehua, Chen Long, Zhou Yunfa and others, but he is still the boss of Golden Hammer Film and Television Company, making up for this gap.

"You're my little apple, I can't love you enough"

500 members of the Hammer Gang dressed in bright red costumes walked in singing "Little Apple" together, and the momentum they caused made even the stars in the front row couldn't help but turn back.

Liu Dehua glanced at it and turned back to Zhou Yunfa and quipped: "How can I feel very glad that I was not shortlisted for the Best Actor Award this year." ”

Zhou Yanfa understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Look at your old opponent, I'm afraid he also knows it and doesn't have hope." Liu Dehua glanced at Liang Chaowei, who was shortlisted for "The Grandmaster", and saw that he had just looked back at Wang Xu's fans, and then whispered to Liu Qingyun next to him.

This year's Academy Awards, whether it is Liu Dehua, Zhou Yunfa or Liang Chaowei, they all feel the momentum of "Journey to the West". In fact, since the organizing committee announced a week ago that there are Wang Xu and his wife on the shortlist, both the media in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan are very optimistic about Wang Xu's award, and the majority of netizens, from the media to the Internet, are helping Wang Xu build momentum, intentionally or unintentionally. Like the just-concluded red carpet show, "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" dispatched 14 actors at a time, which was rare in the past, and it was no longer a simple film promotion, they were not building momentum for director Wang Xu.

As many as 500 fans entered, this is a momentum, and other actors have already guessed that this year's actor is none other than Wang Xu as long as they are not stupid when they see this situation.

It has been 33 years since the Academy Awards this year, and there is no suspense about the grand prize, you can guess that there are only three sessions of this year, "The True Color of Heroes" in 1986, "Infernal Affairs" in 2004, and "Journey to the West" in 2014 this year.

There is basically no suspense for Wang Xu to win the actor, the only suspense is whether Zhuang Xiaodie can win the actress award, creating a good story that a couple will win the actor and actress together.

The time reached eight o'clock in everyone's expectation, and the 33rd Film Awards officially began.

"We are pleased to see that there are outstanding newcomers emerging in this year's Academy Awards Best Newcomer Award." When the host introduced the Best Newcomer Award, five shortlisted actors appeared on the big screen, including Liu Hao (Xiao Ai), who was shortlisted for the Best Newcomer at the Academy Awards with the role of the blind man in "Big Talk", he missed this award at last year's Golden Horse Awards, can he make up for his regrets this time.

Xiao Ai is now famous, no less than a domestic first-line actor, but he has no fate with the award, and he has never won any film awards.

Wang Xu sensed his nervousness, and waved at him to cheer him on.

"Next, I would like to invite the award presenters, the famous actors Mr. Zhang Jin and Miss Zhao Rongrong."

Wang Xu applauded vigorously, especially when he saw that Rong Rong had grown from a newcomer in film and television to being a guest at the Academy Awards, he was very happy.

"Rong Rong, you have won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer, what do you think is the significance of the Best Newcomer Award for an actor who has just entered the industry."

"It is very significant, the most important thing is to build self-confidence, I have my own personal experience, being shortlisted or winning awards represents the industry's affirmation of you, which is very important for an actor."

"Okay, let's take a look at the big screen first, and see who is shortlisted for the best newcomer?"

The two award presenters turned to look at the big screen behind them, only to see the big screen scrolling: "Shortlisted for the 33rd China Film Awards, the best newcomers are Du Juan "Chinese Partner", Lin Gengxin "Di Renjie's Divine Dragon King", Liu Hao (Xiao Ai) "Journey to the West"

The atmosphere became tense.

Zhang Jinli read it to Zhao Rongrong, and as soon as she opened the list, she became excited, and said loudly: "Won the 33rd China Film Awards, and the best newcomer is Xiao Ai's "Journey to the West". ”

"Hoo ~~~~~~~"

Xiao Aimeng stood up, he was already stunned by the huge surprise.

[It's better to notify: Dear book friends, this book has entered the final stage, and it is expected that there will be a finale of about 100,000 words, and it will be completed by the end of the month, and the book will be completed next month at the latest. Since I am now preparing a new book, I can't do two updates a day, so I can only do one update a day for the time being. (To be continued)