It's a sunny day in Los Angeles in February.

Monticito in the north, birds and flowers.

At the entrance of a manor surrounded by green trees, a group of children stopped to look around like a cell phone signal, and when the familiar vehicle drove into their sight, the boredom of waiting for a long time suddenly turned into excited anticipation.

"Hello uncle~" An African-American with a bull's nose shouted crisply at the handsome guy who got out of the car.

"Hello ~ Western Europe ~ " took off his sunglasses, stretched out his hand kindly, and smiled unreservedly, with the warmth of spring, "Wow! I haven't seen you for half a year, and you've grown so tall? I remember you were up to my waist last summer, and now ......"

"Tut-tut...... Does your dad have any secret recipe for growing taller? Why didn't he give it to me back then? Yes? ”

The gesture of comparing his height and the words of surprise made the African American named Western European laugh non-stop, and while denying the man's questioning, he also dodged and pushed his sister in front of the other party.

"Hello uncle." The African-American with small dreadlocks was timid.

"Oh! Isn't this Michaela? The little round face with a pursed mouth is really a little cute, "Hello~"

Seeing the man's right hand, the round little girl dodged a little.

The man didn't force it, and after saying hello, he paid attention to the two brown-haired boys beside him, one tall and one short.

Compared with the little girls who cowered, this pair of little radish heads with similar appearances but different heights were excited, and they stroked their heads with their hands, and said in surprise: "Eh! Sawyer, you've lost weight! ”

"Not bad, yes, more handsome!"

"Daster! You've lost weight, too, but—"

"Why do you wear glasses like your dad?"

It seemed that they were accustomed to the man's hair, so the two did not dodge, but after hearing the other party's inquiry, Daster, who was wearing glasses, suddenly showed a bitter face and shrank back, wanting to hide behind his brother.

Such behavior was also predicted in advance by his brother Sawyer, and as soon as he moved, he exposed his younger brother in front of the other party.

Not only that, but he also sold the other party directly, "Uncle! Dyster is short-sighted because he is disobedient! ”

"When you gave him the game, you made it clear that you could only play for one hour a day at most."

"But he's playing secretly! Then suddenly one day I told my mother that I couldn't see clearly. ”

"When Dad came back, we found out that he not only played all the games you sent, but also often ran to Dad's game room in the middle of the night to play games, and Dad's record of "Space Invaders" was broken by him!"

"Oh! Is it so powerful? The man was shocked.

Although Sawyer is complaining about his brother's plaything's discouragement, for a man-

"Daster, you're so much better than your dad!"

"It just so happens that I brought you a new game this time, let's play it......"

As he spoke, the man turned his head to look at the woman beside him.

At his suggestion, the blonde woman in the shawl handed the gift box in her hand to the smallest turnip head.

The smooth movement made the suing Sawyer open his mouth wide, and Daster, who thought that his 'uncle' might criticize him, was even more surprised, his eyes were full of surprise, but the action that he instinctively took showed his true heart.

And while he accepted it, Kate Capshaw, who was holding her daughter and smiling from the sidelines, said, "Don't say thank you yet? ”

"Ah...... Thank you, sister......" The little guy who hadn't reacted instinctively replied.

The next second, he felt that he had missed something again, and said to the man: "Thank you, uncle......"

‘What？ ’

The man's smile froze on his face, looking at the little ghost full of joy, and asked suspiciously, "What are you calling me?" ”

"Uncle!" The little radish head didn't think there was anything wrong.

"What did you call her?" The man pursed his lips.

"Sister!" The death answer reappeared.

"Don't you think there's a problem?" The man wanted to give him another chance.

However, before Daist scratched his head in confusion, the beautiful woman beside the man had already finished the gift he was carrying.

Listening to the sweet and greasy "Thank you, sister", she smiled and held the man's arm and said, "Do you think there is a problem?" ”

"No ......" The man who woke up had already sensed the 'danger' in his head.

"Oh! Don't you think they should call me Auntie? The beauty asked with a smile.

The man who was desperate for survival quickly shook his head like a rattle.

"You are so young, how can you be their aunt?"

The undisciplined words fully reflected his family brotherhood, and also made Kate Capshaw, who was holding her daughter on the side, purse her lips, "Roland, do you sleep on the sofa every day at home?" Steven and I want to be your children's godfathers and godmothers! ”

"If you do that, when will we get our wish granted?"

'Grass! Roland's face darkened.

The next second, there was a sharp pain in the arm.

Thinking with the bottom of his feet, he also knew that it was Kate who was pinching himself!

As for the reason......

When a woman looks at her man unpleasantly, she doesn't need a reason.

What should I do at this time......

That is admitting mistakes.

Of course, in public, no one would let Roland admit his mistake, and after seeing Roland's helpless and wry smile, Kate Capshaw, who made a joke, also appropriately stopped and said, "Since you are here, then let's go." ”

"Steven left after breakfast, saying that he must treat you to the fish he caught today."

"But I think it's good that at his level, he won't fall into the lake."

After reaching an agreement with Henry Rumsfeld, Roland was fine.

Now that the biggest crux of the problem in my heart has been solved, the next thing to do is of course to enjoy life.

It's not—

"Spider-Man 2 and 3" just had a three-day holiday because of the interior setting, and when he turned his head, he took his daughter-in-law to come slowly after receiving Spielberg's invitation to cook.

Do the twenty-six people, who own half of the world's wealth, work on their own?

Fuck off, you're going to be tired of doing it yourself!

So, hearing the proposal to break the siege, Roland couldn't wait to answer.

Seeing the other party and the five children boarding the car one by one, Roland suddenly turned his head, pecked Kate's red lips with lightning speed, and then took advantage of the other party's confusion to push her onto the co-pilot.

Although he received two more blows on his arm, the smile on his face did not diminish at all.

And when he slapped his daughter-in-law and fastened his seat belt, he still asked deadly, "Unhappy?" ”

"You must think I'm an aunt!" Kate pouted.

"How is that possible!" Roland didn't admit it.

"Humph!" Kate glanced at Roland, "You just have a hard mouth~"

"If you really have the ability, tonight will be as hard as now!"

'Forehead drops! ’

'Listen! Listen up! What kind of tiger and wolf words are these! ’

After turning his head and glancing at Kate, seeing that her expression did not seem to be fake, Roland made a note of this request in his heart.

'Okay! Gotta make you call me dad tonight! ’

'Humph! Am I the kind of person who is afraid to sleep? ’

Starting the car, stepping on the accelerator, and the clear feeling of back thrust made Kate glance at her man.

When she saw the corners of Roland's mouth and the confidence that sprung up, she bit her lip with anticipation.

The old man's chosen picnic site is the San Bernardino National Forest, northeast of Los Angeles.

A hundred miles along Route 10 can be completed in just over an hour.

As a resort at an altitude of 7,000 feet, from December to February of the following year, it is affected by the winter rain climate, and there is a lot of snow, and because of the climate, it is actually not as cold as other ski resorts, so skiing in a T-shirt is not a question of judgment in the cultural desert, but a real reality.

Of course, as long as it is a person, they will not go to the ski resort for a picnic, and after a half-day detour on the nine-bend and eighteen-bend mountain road, the 2.1-mile-long reservoir, known locally as Big Bear Lake, appeared in front of them.

Although he was beaten with a small fist, he still put on a windbreaker for Kate, and after getting out of the car, he threw the luggage of the vehicle to the accompanying staff, and went straight to the people on the pier, and saw the big sand sculpture sitting on the ice fishing at a glance.

When the children saw their father, they rushed over, and Roland ......

After repeatedly asking the caretaker next to him to make sure that the ice would not collapse, he took Kate and cautiously leaned over there.

"How old are you, are you still afraid of wrestling?"

Looking at this situation, the old man was full of disgust.

"How old are you, aren't you still afraid of trouble?"

In front of Kate, he is submissive, and in front of the old man, he is a heavy punch.

Hearing him say this, the old man, who was still smiling, immediately pursed his lips and said, "Hiss......"

"I'm calling you to relax! I didn't ask you to block me! ”

"I can't help it! Who told you to call me out for the excuse of 'getting out of trouble'? ”

"If I don't figure things out, will I be able to eat your fish?"

Roland spread his hands, and he squatted beside the fish basket with an innocent expression.

I don't seem to think there's anything wrong with each other.

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That's right, to be able to come out and relax in February, an embarrassing time when you can't go to the village and don't have a store, there is no other possibility than to avoid trouble, and the things that can make the old man feel troublesome are naturally Oscar.

is different from last year's huge "Titanic", this year's most popular "Saving Private Ryan", there was no movement at all, let alone the promotion of the Olympics, and even the normal public relations dinner in previous years was not held.

At the moment, the loudest shouting is naturally "Shakespeare's Love History", which tells the romance of Shakespeare's love.

Next is "Perfect", which was squeezed out by "Titanic" last year and had to be postponed for a year.

In addition, although "Life is Beautiful", "The Thin Red Line", and "Elizabeth" are all rushing to the Olympics, but-

These movies don't seem to inherit the competitive spirit of the ancestors in previous years who fought for life and death for an award, but were more like being stripped of their bottoms and grabbed the key point.

Except for a few bangs, nothing else.

This situation also surprised Roland, who returned to Los Angeles from New York.

Although he has memories of his past life and knows that there will be an abyss pit at this year's Oscars, what he didn't expect was that "Shakespeare's Love History", which was strongly promoted by Harvey Weinstein, had no opponent from the beginning!

This special code makes him feel strange!

Because he clearly remembers that after the outbreak of the 'Metoo movement', Harvey defended himself, saying that he had never dived Pepper at all, and that her winning the Oscar was purely accidental, but didn't this admit that he did run "Shakespeare in Love"?

But even if he is operating, it is impossible to gag all the opponents at the same time, right?

If "Saving Private Ryan" was not publicized because the old man wanted to get a nomination for his goddaughter, then other movies that have nothing to do with Miramax were not promoted, which makes people a little confused.

Because of this, after receiving the old man's invitation to cook, Roland gladly accepted.

In addition to relaxing, he really wanted to know what had happened here in the six months since he left California.

If nothing happened, then why did the old man tell him on the phone-

'Don't mention Private Saving Ryan in front of anyone again'?

"Nothing happened!"

When the old man took the lunch and asked his wife to take the children to climb the mountain and skate, and Roland asked his daughter-in-law to help take care of it, they dragged the fish to find a place to deal with them, and they also beeped quietly while working.

"The reason why you don't mention Ryan on any occasion is because this movie has to be low-key this year." The old man said.

"Why? Make way for Gwyneth? Roland asked.

That's one of the reasons, but ...... Unimportant. As soon as he heard the name of his goddaughter, the old man had a toothache, "I just hope that she can fall in love quietly like you, just get married and have children as soon as possible, as for winning the award?" ”

"I never thought anything like that would happen."

Not wanting to waste time on that troublemaker, the old man complained and set the topic straight, "The reason why you don't want to mention Ryan is because it is mixed with the 'Infinite Extension' operation......"

"You know what I mean, right?"

"Oh~" Roland, who was wearing gloves and scraping fish scales, knew it in his heart.

It turned out that "Saving Private Ryan" didn't win the Oscar, and it was really because the old man didn't want to make a fuss on sensitive topics!

As mentioned before, "Saving Private Ryan" is a movie that was released under the banner of anti-war, but happened to encounter war during the release, and then inexplicably turned into a patriotic propaganda film.

Its success is related to the movie itself, to the main creative team, but also to the general environment at the time.

The embassy bombing killed so many people, and the blatant provocation of international organizations made the hawks in America trumpet "Saving Private Ryan", and in this case, even if the old man wanted to win the Oscar, he couldn't win it now.

Because they can accuse and criticize a thing or an object, but they can't face and support some sensitive topics.

Because even if the object of accusation and criticism is innocent, it will be a matter of the future, and with the passage of time, the impact on them may be, but it is by no means strong, but if the object of support is wrong, then with the passage of time, the people who have supported them will become the executioner in the eyes of people, and they will become the object of some people's attacks and curses.

The prime example of this is George Clooney.

Running frantically on the issue of South Sudan, calling for donations for their independence.

But after they became independent, a succession of civil wars and ethnic conflicts broke out one after another, which made the already poor country even worse.

And what about George Clooney himself?

With America's abandonment of South Sudan, he also became an outcast of the bigwigs who wanted to pursue a career path.

Although the subsequent "Murder in the Maze Town" is still speaking out for racial issues, he has already suffered losses, and now he will only criticize sensitive issues, but will not support them, because-

Even if it's wrong, it's a bunch of excuses such as 'lack of knowledge', 'to be understood', 'angry heart', etc., and even to come back with a cold treatment circle, but the support is wrong, then it's really a bad ass!

A bunch of real-life cases tell us that being a troll is far better than proposing political keys......

In this way, to give "Saving Private Ryan" a platform, it is really a brain.

Because standing against the war is always safer than standing against the war!

"Okay, I see."

Roland took a knife and broke open the belly of the fish scales, pulled out the internal organs, and then threw them in warm water to rinse quickly.

"What about the other films? Isn't it just us? ”

"If that's the case, then you won't lose much?"

As he spoke, Roland, who had simply cleaned the fish, handed the processed ingredients to the old man.

He often takes care of his children at home, and while receiving the ingredients, he also picks up kitchen paper to absorb the water from the fish.

"It's not just us, "Life is Beautiful" and "The Thin Red Line" have the same problem."

"If it weren't for Schindler's List, I think I would have supported Life is Beautiful."

"But because Schindler's List won the Oscar, it ......"

"If I were a judge, I would definitely not be voting for 'Life is Beautiful.'"

"And "The Thin Red Line", it is a reproduction of the key battle of the US military to contain the Japanese army in World War II."

"At the time of the 'US-Japan trade war', if this movie wins the Oscar, isn't it just telling the world that Hollywood is supporting Zipperton? So...... It's also very unlikely to win a prize. ”

After sucking up the water from the fish, the old man took out the spices he had brought from home and rubbed them on the fish roughly.

Hearing such words, Roland, who was squatting there to handle the ingredients, also turned his head to look at the other party.

After he caught the helplessness emanating from the other party, Roland, who had already straightened things out, shook his head.

Get......

He finally knew why "Shakespeare's Love History" in his previous life won the Oscar.

It's not because the judges are too brainless, and it's not because the opponent is not strong, but because the situation doesn't allow it!

The embassy bombing and the subsequent 'infinite extension' operation made "Saving Private Ryan" an embarrassing beep;

The "U.S.-Japan Trade War" made "The Thin Red Line", which tells the story of the confrontation between the U.S. and Japanese forces in World War II, uncomfortable to death;

And "Life is Beautiful" is not an American movie, which itself is not dominant, and "Schindler's List" is in front, the film that is also a cry for Jews suddenly fell into a disadvantage;

In this way, in the case that the three opponents can't beat at all, "Shakespeare's Love History" has the advantage.

As for Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth?

As a British film like Shakespeare in Love, it is missing Harvey Weinstein.

In this case, the dead fat man who can only flicker will have room to play.

Of course, this is the situation of Roland's previous life, in this life-

Because of his appearance, "Perfect", which was supposed to be released last year, has become a contender this year!

With the current momentum, it is obvious that "Perfection" will crowd out "Elizabeth", so can "Shakespeare in Love" still beat "Perfect"?

Jack Nicholson, that's what a hanger for Joseph Fiennes!

And how could Gwyneth Paltrow beat Helen Hunt?

The prize after the water is going to be gone?

Hold the grass!

Thinking of this, Roland, who had processed the second fish, asked with interest: "Do you think it is possible for "Shakespeare in Love" to win the prize?" ”

The old man glanced at Roland, "You've been studying with me for so long, won't you not even improve your aesthetics?" ”

"Titanic is okay, but Shakespeare in Love is not."

Such words made Roland smile, "What about "Perfect"? ”

"I'd rather choose 'Life is Beautiful.'" The old man shrugged his shoulders, snatched the cleaned fish from Roland's hand, and said, "I didn't call you over to talk about work, but to ask you not to mess around outside to make political proposals." ”

"You just don't shout at the media – 'We're going for the Oscars!' ”

"Then I'll thank you!"

"Haha......" complained like this, and Roland grinned when he heard it.

"Okay, well, since you have begged me in a low voice, then I will let you go......"

‘？ ’

A question mark popped up in the old man's head, and he felt good about himself that Roland was really good.

'Who begged you?' ’

'I'm telling you not to make mistakes!' ’

Angrily raised his foot and kicked Roland, threw the fish on the spice plate, and said, "Talk less and do more, you will deal with it!" ”

Tsundere's behavior, hearing Roland laugh again and again, "Okay...... I'll take care of ......"

"But while I deal with it, can I trouble your old man to make a fire in the oven?"