Hugo couldn't help but hold his breath, and he couldn't help but get nervous at this moment, even more nervous than the two individual awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor, because Hugo knew exactly what this night meant. Especially after receiving the Best Original Screenplay Golden Man, Hugo has a new understanding of the weight of this history.

According to the development direction of the wheel of history, or according to the direction of the progress of the film industry, Wall Street's invasion of Hollywood is an inevitable result, which has nothing to do with computer special effects, because as early as 30 years ago, the film industry with the birth of "Jaws" has really become an important part of the economic industry chain, and the boom in movies, theme parks, and peripheral products led by Disney has entered a new era because of the prosperity of "Star Wars".

All this makes Hollywood's "interests" heavier and heavier. With MGM being acquired by Sony in 2005 for nearly $5 billion, the last independent studio in Hollywood's long history disappeared completely, and Wall Street truly dominated Hollywood.

This process, which has spread vigorously for decades, is an inevitable part of social development, just like the development process of the market economy.

The success of "Independence Day" and the glory of "Titanic" just pushed the film industry to a new level and further catalyzed this process, and the real value of these two works is to make people realize the important role of computer special effects in the film industry. This has also accelerated the "commoditization" of the film industry - after the box office success of "Spider-Man" in 2002, it has truly entered the era of visual effects blockbusters.

So, even if it's not "Independence Day", it's not "Titanic", there will be other works that become this catalyst. Maybe it's "Future Water World", maybe it's "Tornado", maybe it's "Jurassic Park". This is a historical inevitability, the unstoppable development direction of the torrent of the times, and this is the trajectory of the wheels that cannot be changed by human factors.

However, after visual effects became an important factor in the success of films, Wall Street forces began to permeate all aspects of the film industry, and the credo of "profit first" made visual effects blockbusters the protagonists of the market. Correspondingly, script-based plot works are gradually being marginalized, and even developed into "award season works" in the future.

These feature films are difficult to get the attention of major film companies, which directly leads to a sharp decline in excellent works, which in turn makes the audience lose interest in entering the cinema to watch, the box office declines and the profits are reduced, which makes the film company more interested, forming a vicious circle. The added effect is that the number of truly excellent original scripts is rapidly decreasing, and screenwriters who are willing to concentrate on writing scripts often have no way to get ahead, and they have to compromise with the market in order to make a living, which further reduces the number of excellent works. That's the worst dilemma for the entire market.

The most direct example can be seen, after 2010, the Oscar for best picture was "The King's Speech." King’s。 Speech)", "The. Artist)", "Escape from Tehran (Argo)", "Twelve Years of Slavery (12. Years。 A。 Slave)", "Birdman".

Objectively speaking, none of these five works were the best works of the year. The script is not the best, the scheduling is not the most perfect, the theme is not the most profound, the art is not the most outstanding, and the overall is not the most prominent, and one thing that these five works have in common is that they are politically correct - except for "Birdman", which truly rewards Hollywood's innovative spirit and the self-deprecation of entertainment insiders, the other four works are very similar, with a steady rhythm, a decent narrative, a calm perspective, and an eternal theme.

It's not that such works are bad, they are indeed excellent, but they are far from excellent, let alone classic.

Similarly, the five best films in the first five years of the 90s were: "Dances with Wolves", "The Silence of the Lambs", "Unforgiven", "Schindler's List" and "Forrest Gump" - except for "Dances with Wolves", which defeated "Goodfellas" and won the award, the other works can be said to be well deserved, and there is no doubt that these five works have become masterpieces in film history and have left an important mark in the annals of history.

This is the embarrassment of the era after entering the twentieth century. It is also Hugo's confusion and hesitation after winning the best original screenplay, he knows that he has no ability to change this history, and he also knows that he does not have the obligation to bear this burden, which is the weight of the entire industry and the entire history.

However, Hugo couldn't help but think: what if...... What if just the trajectory of history was changed like this? "L.A. Confidential" defeated the "Titanic" to win the Oscar, so the course of history may not completely change, but at least it can deviate a little, so will the future be different?

Just like the historical trajectory of rock and roll, when rock has gradually declined, when faith has gradually disappeared, the brilliance of grunge rock and new metal rock in the nineties has become the last light in the night sky, blooming and then completely disappearing; But now, although Hugo cannot be said to have completely changed history, history has indeed deviated, the trajectory of the new metal rock has changed, and the seeds of rock and roll faith have re-sprouted, and the future has become full of infinite possibilities again.

Rock 'n' roll accomplished this feat, so why can't movies? Glory to death carried that banner, why can't "Los Angeles Secrets"?

Now, this possibility is not impossible, on the contrary, the "Los Angeles Confidential", which has won three trophies, is fully qualified to overturn the "Titanic" - just need to win the best director award in front of him, and everything is full of possibilities.

This little possibility made Hugo's muscles tense all over his body, and he felt an unprecedented blood boiling, the excitement and pleasure of overturning the "Titanic" with his own hands, jumping in the sight, evolving into a thin layer of mist, and all the lights in front of him were dimmed into wonderful spots, as if the whole world was blooming with brilliance.

All eyes were on the five nominees for Best Director, and no one noticed Hugo's nervousness at the moment, except for Leonardo. Leonardo looked at Hugo's tight jaw arc, as if he didn't understand, but vaguely caught some clues - what kind of turbulent waves the confrontation between traditionalism and reformism would bring, Leonardo could not foresee the future, but he could feel the pace of history approaching.

Inexplicably, Leonardo's anxious mood completely calmed down, replaced by a little excitement, he didn't know whether he was excited about the history that the "Titanic" might create, or excited that he finally really touched the original intention of his performance dream again, or excited that he was standing at the crossroads of history at this moment.

The entire audience held their breath as more than 59 million viewers across the United States turned on their televisions at the same time, watching the most important moment. On a global scale, thanks to the bombardment of "Independence Day" and "Titanic" for two consecutive years, the number of viewers has blatantly approached one billion at this time, which may be second only to China among all TV programs in the world. The program of the National Spring Festival Gala!

The nearly 6,000 media workers in the media center all held their breath, all the noise disappeared in an instant, and all eyes were focused on the TV screen, waiting for the results, waiting for success, waiting for failure, waiting for glory...... Waiting for history to be made.

The tension that pervaded the air brought time and space to a momentary pause, and even Anthony Minghella, who was standing on the stage, was infected, his hands trembled slightly, and tried to open the envelope for the first time, but failed. The weight of history makes the light envelope in the hand weigh a thousand pounds.

The attention of nearly one billion people around the world, the historical process of the entire film industry for nearly a century, seems to have all been condensed on this one envelope, that kind of weight is not at all controllable by ordinary people, as long as you relax a little, you will be completely crushed by the pressure that swarms.

Anthony didn't joke about his mistake either, because the tension at the scene had made his breath burn, and Anthony could only try again, opened the envelope, took out the card inside, and then looked at it three times to make sure that he was not dazzled, and then let out a long breath.

"The winner of the 70th Academy Award for Best Director is......" Anthony looked at the card in his hand again, it seemed that his brain had gone blank, like a goldfish, forgetting the answer he had read only a few seconds ago, and then he said into the microphone, "James Cameron, 'Titanic'." ”

There was a deathly silence in the audience, and no one could react; It was as if the whole world had fallen into a dead silence at this moment, and even the slightest sound of breathing disappeared. Then, in an instant, all emotions were released heartily, and the cheers of the earth shook the whole sacred auditorium - it shook realistically, and the wheels of history began to turn again.

Hugo's heart stopped beating for a moment, and then it stiffened completely, but then he let out a long breath, because he knew that it was over, that it was all over. History is still moving forward according to the original trajectory, this is a process that no one can change, and the victory of the "Titanic" is not only the victory of James, but also the victory of the entire Wall Street.

The 70th Oscars finally ended with a standard ending, James Cameron won the Best Director Award for the first time with "Titanic", and then the ultimate award was also won by "Titanic". This night, which will remember history, came to an end with James's brazen and arrogant roar:

I am the king of the world!