In the eyes of these low-level Hollywood people contacted by Shao Yingying, the definition of Oscar is completely different from the meaning in TV broadcasts, and in their eyes, there is no Oscar's magnificence, gorgeousness, star-studded gathering, nor the atmosphere of neutrality, peace, etc., nor is it the phrase 'And-the-Oscar-goes-to......' that has been repeated for more than 80 years being loudly announced year after year. In the eyes of these people, the Oscar will only appear in two forms, first, to realize self-worth, that is, to look forward to the day when he can ascend to the most shining palace in the world and come back with a little golden man, even if this is a luxury; Second, show self-worth, that is, when facing lobbying companies, they are more likely to listen to opinions but not blindly follow, in order to prove their vision and existence.

That's why Oscar judges can decide who to vote for just by watching one or two films, instead of watching all the works in the award. They care very, very much about films that impress them at first sight, and for those judges, as long as a film above the standard can impress them, then the existence of this film is valuable.

It's unique, it's egoistic, and they don't care what others think of their choices.

When Shao Yingying donated money to the academy, Shao Yingying also asked some college insiders about the opinions of these judges at the bottom of Hollywood about the Oscars, and the old pedants of these students told Shao Yingying the exact opposite answer.

"The Oscars are usually three hours long, with an hour of advertising on board," they said. Four hours in total. The annual Oscars are held from the beginning of the awards season to the end of these four hours, always maintaining the mystery and appeal of the awards ceremony, and allowing viewers to see not only the fierce competition for awards when it is broadcast. It is also necessary to allow the audience to always maintain a high degree of concentration in stage design, lighting design, performance and so on. In today's competitive environment, it still maintains the world's top position, and the world's most frequent awards ceremony, do you think it is really as simple as those at the bottom say? ”

Shao Yingying heard a lot of similar things, for example, Oscar used lighting tones to adjust the atmosphere of the scene, and the four shortlisted songs were interspersed with choreography to relieve tension in the awards. This thing can't be hidden, the Oscars once turned into a concert one year, and the excitement was lively enough. It's just that the effect is very bad, the tension disappears in the singing, and the audience is very dissatisfied. So they took an emergency adjustment, and the Oscars appeared in a form that combined traditional, commercial, and mainstream forms. In addition to the Chinese New Year Gala. They really didn't have any concerns about ratings.

This group of people spent more than 80 years to build a tradition, and through commercial use to send the tradition to the palace, but the Chinese Spring Festival Gala was scolding, struggling, compared with the two, Shao Yingying was confused.

The Oscar's cabaret performance is really not as good as the Tony Awards, after all, people are the descendants of Broadway, but when it comes to the tension and overall rhythm of the awards process. There really isn't a show in this world that can surpass the Oscars. But from the host's point of view, Oscar's caution can see some clues.

In fact, Oscar has always been cultivating long-term hosts. And there are always only three gold medal hosts who can really make a name for themselves at the Oscars, namely Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, and Billy Christo. Since then, there has never been a surprise on the Oscars stage like Neil Patrick Harris. It's just that although there were no big surprises on the Oscar podium, there is still a special team writing all kinds of jokes, and even some gags are not smashed on the spot, but have been prepared for a long time.

Dedication, coupled with countless rehearsals off the stage and countless live battles of talk show big names, this has a humor, atmosphere, and finally a hearty Oscar like a mystery.

After more than 80 years of development, today's Oscars are no longer just an awards ceremony, but a TV show that needs to be carefully studied every minute, and this TV show, like the Spring Festival Gala, has been prepared from October to the day when it will be presented to the audience the following year.

When this old pedant talked to Shao Yingying about the Oscars, when Shao Yingying didn't take the initiative to talk about it, he chatted with him about Hollywood's lobbying system, and the real lobbying system can indeed make the films that were originally ranked second and third in the vote rate beat the first place to win the Oscar for Best Picture, but if you want to make the movies with broken rankings suddenly short-lived, there will be very rapid measures to fill the gaps.

For example, using scientific statistics to suddenly check one or two hundred judges who have already voted is the same as the exit-poll of the president of the United States, if a selection result is completely unexpected, that is, everyone's deduction of the winning trend has failed, then it will be suspected that someone has done something. This kind of thing has not happened before, when Melissa Tomei won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1992, she was suspected by everyone, and the accounting firm was forced to recalculate, causing a big storm.

In addition, it is also not allowed to go too far, such as someone once sent a mass email to the judges, so that a best song that had already been shortlisted for the Oscar was directly disqualified.

After saying these rules and precepts, the old scholar also glanced at Shao Yingying, and then nodded very mysteriously.

Shao Yingying doesn't break it, anyway, everyone is a goblin in the cave, no one should pretend to go to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, since people are kind enough to remind you, just smile and face it, even if it is a default.

The old scholar didn't dwell on this, and after saying this, he told Shao Yingying some interesting things, after all, people donate to non-profit organizations, although the money given is not much, only one million US dollars, but it is also money, and you have to treat it well in the face of the financier. The old scholar told Shao Yingying some interesting stories about the seating order of the Oscars, such as who didn't want to meet whom, who was the sworn enemy of the Oscars, and how the Dolby Theater, which has only 3,400 seats, arranged so many filmmakers who wanted to be in this palace, and so on.

What Shao Yingying didn't expect was that even arranging seats for Oscar would be carried out by special staff. Even Oscar Otto Spally, who died in 2008, was in charge of the affair for 22 years. During Otto the Great's reign at the helm of Oss, the central position was known as the golden seat in the Oscar Hall, where only those who were predicted to win a prize would sit. The rest of the potential winners will be placed on both sides of the aisle, which is also convenient to receive the prize. It's just that after 2010, this little rule didn't work, and Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Bullock, Lawrence and others who sat in the center were all disappointed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, the old scholar said a funny topic: "Shao, do you believe it, there are many extras at the Oscars every year." ”

"Impossible, right?" Shao Yingying said in disbelief. After all, this is a palace that many artists can't get into if they want to, how can there be a place for extras?

"Possibly." The old pedant added: "During the four-hour ceremony, there are always people who have to go to the toilet or smoke a cigarette or something, and there are always crowds at such times. When the camera swept over, the venue was filled with a blanket of space as if it were sick. This kind of footage is never allowed to appear in the live broadcast, so. Those extras have a role. Maybe you've ever seen a star walk to a place at the Oscars. At this time, the person sitting in the position got up and left, and this is the role of extras. Kidding aside, even if no one showed up at the Oscars one day, we would still be able to make a big deal, but of course, it's just a joke. ”

"Hahahaha." Shao Yingying smiled happily, and the Oscar of affection is also a typical example of dying to save face.

At this moment, the old scholar had already sent Shao Yingying to the gate of the academy. The old scholar looked at Shao Yingying and said, "Please treat MGM well, don't let MGM, who founded the academy, fall into the trough again." For MGM, thank you, Mr. Shao from the East. ”

Lao Xue finally extended a friendly hand to Shao Yingying.

The academy and the Oscars were created by MGM, and the old people in the academy still have feelings for MGM, which once stood tall, but when MGM fell, the college became more and more brilliant, which made the connection between the two sides weaker and weaker.

"You're welcome, goodbye."

Shao Yingying left the academy, and after leaving the academy, he went straight to MGM, he had a lot of questions to digest, and he also had a lot of questions to ask Harry Sloane, but his mind was rather messy, and he got too much information today, and he hadn't integrated it for a while.

When he arrived at Harry Sloan's office at MGM, Harry Sloan said to Shao Yingying: "It's just right, I'm still looking for you, I want to tell you about the judges." ”

Shao Yingying naturally asked Harry Sloan to say first, how could he not understand which one was heavier and which was lighter.

Harry Sloan said: "Yes, the total number of judges for the Oscars is more than 6,000, more than 90% are white, about 75% are men, and the average age is about 60 years old. They are the members of the United States Film Festival and the Academy of Sciences that you have just visited, of course, there are some actors in the TV industry, the first hurdle we have to overcome is these actors in the TV industry, because you have contact with them when you are filming TV series, but don't visit them directly, after the Oscars have issued relevant regulations, you can't directly participate in them, what we have to do is to visit their families. ”

"Family?" Shao Yingying asked.

"Of course, the Oscar judges are for life, even if they require two members to recommend or have received at least one Oscar nomination when applying to become a judge, but there are more people who are recommended to come in, which is why there are so many judges who are at the bottom of Hollywood. These judges can't bother with the Oscars every year, many people have already handed over their voting power to their wives, after all, an Oscar takes too much mental power, and now the economic environment of the United States is not very good, who needs to support their families, how can they have the heart to watch those countless movies one by one? ”

"These are the first people we want to take, and if we take them, we have the first card in our hand."

The first card?

Shao Yingying asked, "I've done so much and I haven't accumulated a single card?" ”

"Do you think the Oscar is so easy to win? After all, we only have one year to prepare, if it takes a little longer, we can start preparing now, and it should take two years to win a single award, or use the method of casting a wide net to catch a fish, and every link on the Internet requires 100% effort. ”

"Oh my God." Shao Yingying sighed and continued: "Today I went to the academy, and the old scholar who received me told me a lot of things in the Oscars. ”

"yes, how do you feel?"

Shao Yingying smiled and said, "Look at the meaning of the old pedant, it seems to be advising me that it's okay to be whimsical, but don't go too far." Then he told me some interesting facts about the seating order of the Oscars, and we parted. ”

"Shao." Harry Sloan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "I thought of some ways to canvass votes again, you also know that the income of photographers and gaffers in this industry is not high, maybe we can increase their income in some ways, don't you have a very broad network in Huaxia, see if you can invite these people to give lectures in some art academies in Huaxia, now there are many people who go to Huaxia to give speeches to make money, we get them over to explain to students some interesting use of the latest equipment." , after they make money, they will definitely think of our good in their hearts. ”

"At this time, it is reasonable for us to make any requests."

Shao Yingying also sensed the benefits of this move, and said: "No, it's no problem to do this, but we don't ask for anything, in this way, we may change from 100% to 80% or 70%, but our reputation has increased and our influence has also increased." ”

"You're right!"

"In addition to that, we also need some means to use after figuring out the opponent, Shao, you need to pay your full attention now, our movie promotion period is almost up."

In 2012, with Shao Yingying on the Walk of Fame and winning the Berlin Film Festival Double Bear, he began to plan for the Oscars, at the Oscars that had just ended, the French film "The Artist" became the biggest winner, whether it was Paramount's "Hugo's Secret" or Colombia's "Moneyball" all lost, at this time, MGM began its own journey to the top. (To be continued......)