Chapter 70: The First Oscar (Catch Up!) )

Los Angeles, Hollywood, outside the Kodak Theatre.

Kodak is not bankrupt yet, and countless people around the world are buying their film products, and the business is booming.

So much so that Kodak, who has deep pockets, spent a lot of money to name this theater, which is called a spendthrift.

No one expected that just ten years later, Kodak would face the dilemma of bankruptcy and liquidation.

Let's get back to the point.

This year marks the first year that the Kodak Theatre has been built and occupied, and with up to 3,400 seats, the new theatre is well worthy of the size and class of the Oscars.

For at least the next 20 years, it will be the venue for the Academy Awards.

However, this is the first time to use it, and both the media reporters who came to watch it and the guest stars who came to participate in it were all surprised by the novelty of this newly opened grand theater.

Outside the theater, it took 18 people 900 hours to finish, and a long red carpet with an area of 4,645 square meters has been laid.

It is worth mentioning that this red carpet, which is so laborious and not cheap, is only a disposable item and will not be reused, and will be destroyed after tonight.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being a drunken gold fan, and he is generous.

At this time, on both sides of the red carpet, thousands of media reporters from all over the world have gathered, all of them are looking at the end of the red carpet with anticipation, waiting for the courtesy cars to arrive, and then dumping the film in their cameras!

Today is a once-in-a-year event for every reporter, and countless Hollywood's top celebrities will be there, so you can't skimp on film!

In the group of reporters, there is a small group of reporters who are not quite the same as their peers next to them, and they are also eye-catching in the crowd.

Because their skin is all yellow, and they don't speak English, but authentic Mandarin.

"Will Director Wu walk the red carpet?"

"Definitely! "Juno" was shortlisted for four awards, can Director Wu not walk the red carpet? ”

"I cheered up for a while, Director Wu started shooting as soon as he arrived, and this time I specially prepared ten rolls of film, all of which were made!"

"I don't know if Director Wu can win the award tonight."

"It is estimated that there is no suspense, and no mainland filmmaker has ever won an Oscar."

"Not necessarily, Director Wu is making a movie from Hollywood, not a mainland film, and there is still hope to win awards."

The Huaxia reporters gathered together chatted with each other, their tones full of apprehension, they hoped that Wu Yuan would win the award, but they were afraid that he would not win the award.

Although Wu Yuan was shortlisted for the Oscar with an English-language film, he himself is also a Chinese with good roots, and winning the award is definitely a shot in the arm for the Chinese film industry.

The three major European ones have all won the Oscar, and a lot of them, but no Chinese director has won the Oscar.

The closest time, that is, last year, Li Yu was nominated for Best Director and Best Film for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but is Li Yu a director trained in China?

Now Wu Yuan has been nominated for four awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay, if he can win Best Film or Best Director, it will really achieve a breakthrough of 0!

It's just that every Chinese reporter knows in his heart that before the awards, all major media in Hollywood have made predictions.

Among the shortlisted films, "Juno" is the least likely to win Best Director and Best Picture...

"Director Wu is still young, and he is already very powerful to be nominated." A relatively young reporter said confidently: "I believe that Director Wu will definitely win the Oscar for Best Director in the future!" ”

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On the red carpet, groups of guest crews arrived at the scene and walked on the red carpet to contribute pictures and photos to reporters.

The frenzied media reporters around were frantically taking pictures, and the flashes kept flashing.

Only the Chinese reporters gathered in one corner were very restrained, even if international superstars were present, they only took one or two symbolic photos to save the use of film.

Until, a black courtesy car drove into the end of the red carpet, and Wu Yuan and John, who were in suits and leather shoes, walked out of the car with Chris and Scarlett.

The Chinese press corps, which had been silent all afternoon, immediately went crazy.

"Director Wu! Look here! ”

"Director Wu, is there any hope of winning an award at tonight's awards ceremony?"

"Director Wu, laugh one!"

Not only Chinese reporters, Wu Yuan is not a lonely little director in Hollywood now, and the heat of the Berlin Film Festival has not completely passed.

Watching a director who had just won Best Director in Berlin walk onto the red carpet, blonde foreign journalists immediately pointed their cameras at him.

“Daniel,look me!”

“Come her!”

“Daniel,smile!”

Compared with the actors Chris and Scarlett in the crew, as well as John, a producer who is not famous at all, Wu Yuan is undoubtedly the most worthy of filming in this red carpet group.

As soon as he appeared, he became the focus of attention on the entire red carpet.

Not just live media, the Academy Awards are broadcast live and broadcast in most parts of the world, including the red carpet.

At this moment, the United States, China, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries, the audience who is interested in this year's Academy Awards, no matter what time zone, has seen Wu Yuan standing on the red carpet smiling and waving.

Wu Yuan's well-fitting suit, straight back, confident smile and steady footsteps together form a "perfect" image of a handsome guy with oriental temperament.

Whether you know Wu Yuan or not, when you see him through the live broadcast, you have to be fascinated by his demeanor and temperament at the moment.

The vast majority of Asian school-age women who are watching the live broadcast are screaming in front of the TV, who is this Asian man with a great temperament?

Well, Chris Evans, who is one step behind him, is also very handsome, and more in line with European and American aesthetics, and European and American women who are also guarding in front of the TV are fascinated.

plus the young and beautiful version of the widowed sister Scarlett Johansson.

The crew of "Juno" stands out for a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and Asia and Europe eat all!

The debut effect is very good!

In China, CCTV also spent money to buy the broadcasting rights of this year's Academy Awards.

Not for anything else, just because Wu Yuan was shortlisted for this year's Oscars.

However, because the movie "Juno" was not released in the mainland, and the content of the film is really contrary to mainland values, the host in the broadcast room did not introduce too much about the shortlisted film "Juno", but mainly introduced Wu Yuan himself.

"Walking on the red carpet is the crew of "Juno", and the leading Chinese face is Wu Yuan, a famous director in my country."

"Director Wu Yuan wrote and directed his first film "The Night the Comet Comed" at the age of 18, which not only achieved a box office of nearly 20 million in China, but also won the Best Screenplay Award at the Sánchez International Fantastic Film Festival!"

"In February this year, director Wu Yuan went to Berlin to participate in the Berlin International Film Festival with his latest film "The Undertaker", which not only was successfully shortlisted for the main competition unit, but also finally won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at this year's Berlin Film Festival!"

"Now, he is bringing his film "Juno" directed in the United States to the Academy Awards!"

"The film "Juno" was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Screenplay!"

"Let's look forward to Director Wu Yuan's performance tonight, and let us wish Director Wu Yuan an award! On the stage of the Academy Awards, win glory for Chinese filmmakers! ”