"Donald: I love 'Joker' a lot, that's our society, it's full of contradictions, and we need to change."

"Donald: Nobody knows movies better than I do, and I think Lee deserves an Oscar."

"Hillary: 'Joker' is a film that provokes social conflict, and this is a conspiracy of the enemy against the beautiful country."

"Hillary: Lee's presence is a serious threat to the security of the beautiful country, and we should ban hostile directors from coming to Hollywood, they have a problem with their thinking."

"Because Donald supported Lee, it attracted the disgust of many film critics."

"Lee's dominance is declining, and many people realize that the idea of 'Joker' is too dangerous."

"This is a restricted movie, and the audience should seriously think, can such a movie really win an Oscar?"

……

Unconsciously, in 2016, I took over, and in the anticipation of the migrant workers going home for the New Year, January passed quickly, and February came in a hurry.

On the afternoon of February 26, Li Shengyao took two assistants from Yanjing by plane and rushed to Los Angeles.

As soon as he got off the plane, he saw Emmerich, Phoenix, and Hildy.

Emmerich looked excited, he looked a little thinner, but he was in good spirits, his eyes were shining, his hands were behind his back, his head was held high, and he looked around with a smile.

Phoenix is in much better shape, he's back to his normal size, and he still has a beard, and he looks like a stylish uncle.

Hildy wore a simple sweatshirt with jeans, and she was still in her old style, like an engineering girl.

"Lee, great, you're finally here."

This year's Oscars will be held on the evening of the 28th.

It can be said that the entire crew of "Joker" is waiting for Li Shengyao.

At this time, the weather is quite cold, the sky is overcast, and most people are wearing down jackets or thick cotton clothes.

As Emmerich spoke, there was a mist coming out.

Li Shengyao nodded, "Let's go, let's discuss." ”

It's this time, and the results of the Oscars have long been counted.

At this time, publicity, or hype, is useless.

However, Warner Pictures still wants to continue to hype up "Joker".

"Joker" has a global box office of more than one billion, making it the highest-grossing restricted movie.

There is no doubt that Warner Pictures will definitely prepare a sequel to "Joker", it's just that there is no good script right now, and the plan is just shelved for the time being, but they will take any opportunity to hype up the film.

Emmerich had already contacted Lee Shengyao, and Lee Shengyao had a good cooperation with Warner, so he planned to cooperate with them to stir up the news.

Lee Shengyao has been paying attention to public opinion in the beautiful country, and he has seen some of Donald's remarks and some of Hillary's words.

It may seem as if Donald is behind him, but once this old guy sits on the throne, he will definitely turn his face.

This guy is unabashedly hostile to Huaxia.

Li Shengyao is very skeptical that after Donald takes office, the beautiful country will not have a good enough public opinion environment to support him to continue making movies in the beautiful country.

He had planned to finish filming "Joker" and find Disney to work with "Barbie", but now he is not sure whether to continue.

In addition, after Donald came to power, public opinion in the beautiful country became even more hostile to Huaxia, and it was definitely a fool's dream to win the Oscar at that time.

"Joker" is definitely his last chance.

If he could, he would still like to win a big prize.

……

At 4 p.m. on February 28, 2016, a long red carpet was laid out in front of the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, and thousands of fans stood outside, waving their arms and shouting loudly.

Hundreds of reporters and videographers took pictures.

Hundreds of Hollywood actors, producers, directors walked the red carpet.

Brad Pitt, Little Plum, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Johnny Depp...... Wait, a whole bunch of superstars are coming.

The fans screamed incessantly, deafeningly.

The crew of "Joker" naturally came, and they were not the finale guests this time, they were in the middle of the line.

Phoenix is an actor, not a star, and even if he plays a clown, he really doesn't have many fans.

They walked on the red carpet and didn't get a lot of cheers and applause.

However, the red carpet host still attaches great importance to the crew of "Joker", and the well-known host of the beautiful country, Cicester, quickly greeted him, "Oh, it's finally time for you, Li, you have disappeared from the beautiful country for three months, but we miss you very much, I personally like "Joker" very much, I hope "Joker" can be honored, what do you think?" ”

Li Shengyao nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your affirmation, I believe that I can win the award, there is no doubt about it." ”

"For example?"

"Hildy is amazing, she can get the best soundtrack.

and Phoenix is also very good, and he can win the Best Actor Award.

And the movie is great, and I hope to win the best picture. ”

"Hahaha, it's all big prizes, Phoenix, are you confident?"

Phoenix was dressed in a suit, and when facing the interview camera, he looked very serious, "I have confidence, I believe the director's words." ”

"Okay, then let's wait and see."

The "Joker" crew then entered the theater venue, and they were arranged to sit in the fifth row, surrounded by several other unknown crews, and to be honest, the seats were average, not as good as the superstars of Little Plum, Tom Hanske, and Brad Pitt.

Lee Shengyao participates in the three major European seats, and generally sits in the best seats, and there is obviously no such treatment here.

He didn't care.

Emmerich was a little unhappy, "'Joker' is the most talked-about movie of 2015, and these bastards are really blind. ”

He looked at the superstars in front of him with envy, and felt that the lights here were a lot darker, and suddenly his face was a little ugly, he paused, lowered his voice and said, "Li, can't we win the award, so you put us in the back?" ”

Emmerich's voice was low, but Phoenix, Hildy, and they still heard it, and their eyes were a little less colorful.

Not to mention Hildy, the "dock drifter", Phoenix, a Hollywood weirdo, has always despised awards and disdained them in the past.

But after the release of "Joker", it has been hyped for nearly four months now.

Even if he didn't want to win the award at the beginning, now that the atmosphere has reached here, he has an idea in his heart and wants to go further.

Li Shengyao smiled and shook his head, "I'm not sure. ”

"Are you nervous?"

"A little."

After sitting for about 20 minutes, I waited until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the 88th Academy Awards in 2016 officially began. Locke.

Chris is forty-nine years old, but he looks like he is in his thirties.

Black people are like that, from twenty to fifty-five, they look like they are in their thirties.

He first talked about a talk show and ridiculed many people, including Xiao Lizi, Phoenix, Donald, and Hillary, and even Lee Shengyao.

He said that Lee Shengyao disappeared for a few years, won several awards in Europe, and then came to the Oscars with a full body of honors.

With Chris finished, the next step was the performance.

Beautiful singers such as Reddy Gaga, David Gru, Sam Smith and so on performed on stage one by one.

The singing session lasted about 20 minutes, and then the official award ceremony began.

Chris walked up to the stage again, uttered some American jokes, and then announced that the guests would come on stage to present the awards.

As in the past, at the beginning there were a few small awards, Best Costume Design, Best Short Film, Best Animated Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Song, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and much more.

"Joker" actually had several nominations, but none of them won awards.

Emmerich would clench his fists every time he heard the name of "Joker", and when he later found out that "Joker" had not won an award, he would pout and whisper, "An inconsequential little prize." ”

After a bunch of small awards, there are finally more important awards.

"Here's the best original soundtrack, so let's have the award presenter Marg. Robbie and Kevin. Hart. ”

The two award presenters came to the stage, exchanged a few pleasantries, told two bad jokes, and then announced the list of nominees.

"Bridge of Spies, Joker, Carol, The Hateful Eight, Star Wars. The Force Awakens. ”

"The winning film is Hildy's Joker."

Hildy wore a long skirt today, she is not a female star, she is not used to wearing so little on such a cold day, she is wearing a suit at this time, hearing Hart's words, Hildy jumped up, and then hugged the rest of the "Joker" crew, hugged Li Shengyao, hugged for the longest time, for three seconds.

She then trotted up to the stage to accept the award.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, I want to thank many people, my family and friends, my teachers, my partners, but the person I want to thank most on this stage is Lee.

As many people know, my experience was like a cliché movie story, I came to Los Angeles from Iceland for almost two years, I didn't get any chances, I didn't know what to do, and I even became a party girl.

But Lee chose me, thanks to him, thanks to his attention, encouragement, I will always work hard to become the best version of myself. ”

After a round of applause, Hildy walked off the stage and returned to her seat with a red face, where she hugged Lee again and hugged him again.

Chris waited for the applause to fall, and said a little funny: "I'm very curious, Lee, how did you fall in love with Hildy?" Is it because she's a pretty girl? ”

The awards ceremony continued, followed by awards for Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Effects, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor and many more.

"Joker" also received several nominations, but none of them won awards.

Next up was Best Actress, which went to Brie. Larson.

It's finally the turn of Best Actor.

The award presenters were Morgan Freeman and Julian Moore, and Morgan Freeman said slowly in his magnetic voice: "Best Actor, the nominees are "Joker" Phoenix, "The Revenant" Little Plum, Matt Damon's "The Martian", Michael . Fassbinder, "Jobs", Eddie. Redmond, "The Danish Girl". ”

Before the awards ceremony, the hype was very strong Tom. Hanks was not nominated.

Julian Moore went on to say, "The winner is Phoenix the Joker. ”

This is the second award for "Joker" tonight, and it is a very important award, and Emmerich is very excited.

Phoenix hugged the crowd and strode onto the stage.

"I'm so happy that I got this award, which I should have received a long time ago.

Thank you to all and thank you to Lee, who is my most important friend. ”

Phoenix said a few words and then left, looking calm, but when he returned to his seat, he hugged Lee again tightly.

Next is the award for Best Foreign Language Film, followed by Best Director.

This time it was Charles Theron, J.K. Simmons.

Charles Theron is the actress, and Jk Simmons is a powerful actor with a very good reputation in the beautiful country.

The nominees for Best Director are: George Miller for Mad Max. Fury Road", Lee "Joker", Thomas. McCarthy, Focus, Adam. McKay, "The Big Short", by Lanard. Arab Hansen, "Room". ”

Theron followed with a look at the audience, and then raised his voice and said, "The winner is "Joker" Lee. ”

The voice fell, the applause thundered, Emmerich swung his fist hard, and then got up and hugged Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao breathed a sigh of relief, and finally did not return empty-handed.

Hugging the rest of the Joker crew one by one, then striding onto the stage and hugging Theron and Simmons.

Theron is 1.77 meters tall, an absolute goddess, and when she wears high heels, she happens to be about the same height as Li Shengyao.

Although five years older than him, he really can.

Retracting the messy thoughts, Lee continued: "Thank you very much to all the jury, to Warner Pictures, to all the crew of "Joker", this is not just my honor, it is an honor for all of us.

I hope to make excellent movies in the future so that more people can enjoy them. ”

After the words fell, he left the stage.

This was followed by the final award, Best Film, presented by Cate Blanchett and Eastwood.

Cate Blanchett was the first to say: "There are a lot of nominations for Best Picture, so let's talk about it. ”

"The films nominated for Best Picture are: "Bridge of Spies", "Joker", "The Revenant", "The Big Short", "Brooklyn", "Mad Max: Fury Road", "Room", "The Martian", "Spotlight."

The Oscars are generally like this, with five nominations for other awards and eight or nine nominations for Best Picture.

Lao Dongmu glanced at the card in Cate Blanchett's hand, and then said: "The winning movie is "Joker". ”

is a clown again, and won Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture.

"Joker" was undoubtedly the biggest winner tonight.

Lee Shengyao was also very happy, he stood up, spread his hands, asked everyone else to send it, and then hugged Emmerich, Phoenix, and Hildy.

When he received the trophy from Lao Dongmu, Li Shengyao came to the microphone.

Under the bright lights, the audience in front of them is like a student in a class, and any small movements are very obvious.

The first row is full of superstars or big directors, Xiao Lizi is full of smiles, but there is bitterness in his eyes.

Spielberg took off his glasses and wiped them with his head down.

Scorsese was small, clapping and smiling.

Li Shengyao withdrew his gaze, felt the weight of the trophy in his hand, and suddenly recalled the spring fifteen years ago, when he was writing a script in the basement of Yanjing West Railway Station.

At that time he was still an extra.

At that time, he had just crossed over, and his physical age was only twenty years old.

Fifteen years later, he has won two Cannes Palme d'Or, a Venice Golden Lion, Berlin, Cannes, Venice three Best Director, and now there are Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture.

There are enough awards.

Now that he is retiring, he can leave a strong mark in the history of world cinema.

He then thought of Chen Hao, Dong Xuan, and his children, smiled, and said slowly: "Thank you to this world, thank everyone, I am very happy, very happy, may the world be full of love and eternal peace." ”

(End of book)

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