American fame and fortune.

Chapter 896 The Second Oscar Winner
On the last weekend of February 2016, the 2th Academy Awards ceremony kicked off.

This year, the public relations and publicity period was much more lively than in previous years, and the turmoil caused by blacks and diversity affected the entire United States.

In front of the Dolby Theater, the number of both movie fans and media reporters has increased significantly compared to the previous session.

In the media area, Martin, who came alone, was being interviewed.

"In the predictions of major media, you are the top favorite for Best Actor." David Grew, a reporter from ABC, asked, "Are you confident of winning the award?"

Martin smiled and said: "The Oscar is a fair competition award. Everyone who is nominated has the opportunity to win. I hope the goddess of luck will favor me."

Later, someone else entered the media area.

Martin didn't stay long and went straight into the Dolby Theatre.

Mene came over from the side and greeted, "Boss."

Martin looked him over and said, "You look much stronger."

Mene said: "I was tormented by Chad, Tiger and Marcus. In the past year, I was tormented to death in order to shoot "The Continental Hotel New York". It was more physically and mentally exhausting than dealing with Emma and Celine at the same time."

Bruce, who was following Martin, said, "Why do I feel that your complaints are full of boasting?"

"Do I have it? Do I have it?" Mene's boasting seemed really unintentional: "Old Bull, look at my face and my hands. The injuries I got during the filming haven't healed yet! Don't hurt my fragile heart anymore..."

Chad, Chen Hu and Marcus came over from the bathroom.

The former said: "Martin, Old Bull, you didn't see it. At that time, Celine and Emma came to visit the crew at the same time. We thought Mene was doomed, but Mene resolved the crisis just by talking."

Marcus, who was pregnant, gave a thumbs up and said: "Mené is really a role model for men."

Chen Hu also said: "If I had the ability of Mene, I would have retired long ago."

Several people laughed.

Martin went over and hugged the three of them one by one.

Chad, Mene, Chen Hu and Marcus will all be on stage as award presenters tonight, which is also a promotion for "The Continental Hotel New York".

This spin-off film of the "John Wick" series completed all filming in January and has now entered post-production, and is expected to be released in North America in July.

As the absolute protagonist of the new film, Menet suffered a lot during the filming.

Martin asked, “Any follow-up plans?”

Chad simply said: "If the commercial response of "The Continental Hotel in New York" meets expectations, we can go in two ways. One is to continue to shoot the sequel, and the other is Blake Lively's role as Sophia, the manager of the Casablanca Continental Hotel. The two parts are shot cross-produced. After a few years, you can play Jonathan again, and then the three characters will appear together."

Martin nodded: "It's a bit like The Avengers."

Chad said: "By drawing on their plan, our worldview can be further developed."

Martin was very confident in Chad: "It's up to you to do the details. Remember to give me a complete plan."

Chad has not considered leaving the series, saying, "I'm making detailed plans."

The group chatted as they entered the lobby of the Dolby Theatre.

Martin was sitting in the front row and soon separated from them and sat in the second row alone.

I don’t know if it was an intentional arrangement by the award ceremony directors, but his seat was right next to Leonardo and Nicholson.

The two bastards haven't come yet.

As soon as Martin sat down, Jennifer Aniston came over from the back row and asked in a low voice: "My progress is going smoothly, how is yours?"

Martin turned around and lowered his voice: "Dear, you will know the result in three hours."

Aniston shrugged: "Hopefully we'll all learn something."

She turned her gaze to the row of seats across the aisle.

Over there, the main creative staff of "Spotlight" have basically arrived.

For the Best Picture award, "Moonlight" and "Gathering" are the biggest favorites.

Other nominated films like "Bridge of Spies," "Split" and "Room" were clearly just runners-up.

Not many people came from the "Split" crew. David Fincher had already said goodbye to the Oscars and naturally had no interest in attending the awards ceremony.

In addition to Martin's Best Actor nomination, only Jonathan Nolan received a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination.

Leonardo and Nicholson came in from outside one after another and sat in the seat next to Martin.

Martin glanced at Leonardo and said, "Congratulations, Leo, you have successfully lost weight."

Leonardo DiCaprio said: "The role of The Revenant is really torturous. Did you know that I lost 10 kilograms!"

Nicholson flicked Leonardo's deflated belly and said, "You can win back true love if you lose weight."

Speaking of true love, Leonardo was a little depressed and whispered: "They have a good relationship, I don't want to be a spoiler."

Martin patted Leonardo on the shoulder and said, "Gisele will divorce Tom Brady. I have heard from several friends in the fashion circle that Gisele is already very dissatisfied with Tom Brady."

Leonardo was surprised and asked, "Why?"

Martin said: "Because Tom Brady loves football first, and then family."

Leonardo blinked: "Really?"

"Whether it's true or not, it's useless to you." Nicholson said a bloody fact: "Even if Gisele divorced Tom Brady, she would not choose you. Leo, you are still the idiot who can only stand aside and cheer for Gisele and others."

Leonardo was not convinced: "Why can I only shout "Come on"? I like Gisele!"

Martin gave the ultimate answer: "Giselle wants marriage. Are you willing to marry Giselle?"

He deliberately said, "Leo, I can assure you that as long as you are willing to marry Gisele, take her to Las Vegas to register now, and Gisele will immediately divorce Tom Brady."

This brought Leonardo back to reality: "Why should I marry Giselle..."

Martin asked, "Do you hate Tom Brady?"

Leonardo nodded slightly.

Nicholson took over: "So you can sleep with Tom Brady's wife and beat up Tom Brady's kids."

Leonardo was first speechless by the two bastards' concerted efforts, then he found a way to fight back: "I'm not Martin, who only likes other people's wives."

Martin gave him a middle finger from under the seat.

Leonardo quickly changed the subject and asked Nicholson: "Are you the award presenter today?"

Nicholson shook his head: "No."

"I haven't received an invitation either." Leonardo looked at Martin and said deliberately, "Dude, if the Academy doesn't invite the two of us to be the Best Actor presenters, your third Oscar will be in jeopardy." Martin snorted coldly and said, "Because the Academy is afraid that you, an uneducated guy, can't even figure out the simplest arithmetic problem of the number of Oscars!"

The music started at this time, and black comedian Chris Rock, as the host of this year's Oscars, walked onto the stage.

The "Split" crew only received two nominations, both in the middle and late stages of the awards ceremony.

Although Chris Rock tried his best to liven up the atmosphere, Martin soon fell into drowsiness. After all, as a voter, he had never seen most of the nominated films, so naturally he had no interest in them.

Soon, the first nomination award related to the "Split" crew was presented.

Jonathan Nolan did not win the award, and the Best Adapted Screenplay award was taken by "The Big Short", a film project under Louise's company.

The awards were presented one by one, and the Koreans, who were given special attention by the Academy, won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Feature.

This is undoubtedly a great encouragement for the dog's owner.

After the bone is thrown, the dog will be more active.

The Best Actor award was the second to last to be presented tonight, and the presenter was the winner of last year's Best Actress.

Julianne Moore walked onto the stage holding a large envelope.

She made some joking remarks, half turned around, looked at the big screen behind her, and introduced the nominees for this year's Best Actor.

"The following actors were nominated for Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs; Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies; Martin Davis, Split..."

The scene that appears with the introduction is the scene where Martin quickly switches between different personalities in just a dozen seconds.

This performance is MAX!

Leonardo glanced at his old friend next to him and said, "For this role, you really deserve the award!"

The live TV camera turned at this time, and Martin seemed very calm. After all, all the work for the prize had been done in advance, and the only thing he had to do now was to wait for the fair result.

On the stage, Julianne Moore opened the envelope, took out the card, took a look, and directly announced the result: "The Oscar for Best Actor is Martin Davis!"

Hearing his name, Martin clenched his fists, slammed the armrest of the seat, and stood up with a smile.

Nicholson stood up with a smile and hugged Martin: "Go ahead, go up and insult Leo as much as you can!"

Leonardo pushed Nicholson aside and punched Martin on the shoulder with his fist: "Asshole, you are ahead of me again."

Martin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't ask you to calculate the problem of the century."

Leonardo muttered, "Thank you!"

Martin hugged Jonathan Nolan again, buttoned his suit, and strode towards the stage.

There was continuous applause, and everyone sitting in the audience stood up.

Martin walked onto the stage and received a shining Oscar statuette from Julianne Moore.

Julianne Moore gestured towards the microphone and stepped aside.

"Thank you to the Academy and all the judges for allowing me to stand here tonight." Martin raised the trophy: "Thank you to my friends and family, and to all the members of my team! Thank you Jonathan, your script is great! Thank you Director David Fincher, you are my mentor and friend. Without your help, there would be no role."

The time for each person to give an acceptance speech has already been shortened to 48 seconds, and the time is almost enough after a few sentences.

Martin hadn't done anything yet, so he hurriedly said, "Don't kick me off the stage yet. I have one more thing to say! Leo, before you came up here, you warned me not to let you calculate math problems. Okay, I'll listen to you and I won't let you calculate."

The whole place burst into laughter.

It’s more interesting not to mention this than to mention it.

Leonardo deliberately waved at Martin to express his dissatisfaction.

The music indicating the time was up sounded, Martin held up the little golden man, waved to the audience, and walked backstage.

Warren Beatty, who had just entered the backstage, raised his fist and said, "Congratulations, Martin, on winning your third Oscar."

Martin bumped his fist with him: "Thank you."

He saw Warren Beatty waiting to go on stage and asked, "Are you the Best Picture presenter?"

Warren Beatty nodded slightly: "The college specifically invited me, it's hard to refuse."

Those who can serve as the best film award presenters are all big names in the industry, who are famous, qualified, and recognized by their peers.

The director and several other people nearby also expressed their congratulations to Martin, and Martin responded.

"Where are the people from PwC?" the director came over and saw Warren Beatty with empty hands, and asked quickly.

Someone replied: "They went to get the envelope."

The director glanced at his watch and said, "Hurry them up, tell them to hurry up."

The man ran out immediately.

The final award, Best Picture, is about to be presented.

Because of his agreement with Jennifer Aniston, Martin did not leave but waited at the backstage entrance to watch the final announcement of the awards.

The PwC staff rushed over and handed the envelope to Warren Beatty.

The director complained, and then the time was almost up. The music started, and he quickly said, "Warren, come on stage."

Warren Beatty took the envelope, walked quickly onto the stage, and spoke the connecting words skillfully.

The guests at the scene and the audience in front of the TV were all waiting for the final result.

After introducing the movies nominated for Best Picture one by one, Warren Beatty lowered his head to open the envelopes.

The name of the corresponding award will be marked on each envelope.

But the nearly eighty-year-old actor's eyesight was already blurry. He vaguely saw a line of subtitles, but without thinking much about it, he opened the envelope, took out the card, and looked at it carefully with wide eyes.

Warren Beatty noticed something was wrong because there was only one person's name after the movie title on the card.

According to Oscar rules, the names of two producers can be attached to the Best Picture award.

The old man didn't think much about it. He looked through it carefully to make sure he didn't recognize the wrong name. He looked up at the microphone and said, "The winner of the Best Picture is...Spotlight. Congratulations to Thomas McCarthy."

Martin was somewhat surprised to hear the name. From the Directors Guild Awards to the Producers Guild Awards, the best film awards were all for "Moonlight" invested by Jennifer Aniston.

Then he realized something and quickly glanced at the director and the PwC staff.

Martin thought, this can’t be such a coincidence?
There was applause in the Dolby Theater. The "Spotlight" crew had already taken the stage under the leadership of director and producer Thomas McCarthy.

(End of this chapter)