If you are asked to make a graduation film, you will win the Golden Bear Award?

Chapter 206 Making New History of the Academy Awards
America, Kodak Theater, Hollywood

Located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, USA

The 78th Annual Academy Awards will be held tonight at the Kodak Theatre.

Well-known European and American filmmakers will gather at the Kodak Theater.

There are also quite a lot of Chinese-language filmmakers in this year's Academy Awards.

The shortlisted films "Inception" and "A Family of Thieves" directed by Director Lu Chen have many Chinese actors in them.

The shortlisted film "Memoirs of a Geisha", supervised by Spielberg, has Chinese-speaking actors Zhang Ziyi, Yang Ziqiong, and Gong Li.

And Ang Lee, the director of "Brokeback Mountain", is all Chinese.

Liu Yifei was wearing a white dress, holding Lu Chen's arm intimately, and the two walked side by side on the red carpet on Hollywood Boulevard.

Now Liu Yifei no longer wears a wig. Since the movie "Youth in Youth", she immediately picked up her hair so that it will not fall out, and her long hair has returned. When doing business, she no longer needs to protect her hair with both hands. I'm wearing a quilt.

Behind Lu Chen are the main creators of "Inception" and "A Family of Thieves".

I also brought Yang Mi with me to facilitate the promotion of the new movie.

"Transformers" has officially confirmed its release date. Mainland China and Xiangjiang will be released on May 5, and Europe and the United States will be released on May 1. They will be released separately. Lu Chen also intends to participate in the premieres of both parties.

The biggest box office of "Transformers" is still the European and American film markets, and the European and American premieres must be attended in person.

"Mr. Lu!" The staff of the Oscar Organizing Committee signaled Lu Chen to stop and let the two rows of reporters take pictures.

This year's Oscars are the most watched.

It must be "Inception" and the film director Lu Chen.

Last year, "Inception" shocked fans all over the world, and also brought director Lu Chen into the eyes of audiences all over the world.

Lu Chen stopped and let the media reporters take pictures. He also beckoned Yang Mi over to give her more exposure.

Yang Mi instantly looked happy, standing on Lu Chen's left, and Liu Yifei standing on Lu Chen's right, it was like hugging left and right.

The reporters on both sides of the red carpet on Hollywood Boulevard frantically pressed the shutter. Regardless of the fact that this is a Chinese-speaking director, his attention is in Europe and America, but he is not inferior to European and American local directors.

European and American people also like heroes and individual heroism.

And director Lu Chen's debut resume.

It's the ultimate heroism.

He is called the new 100-year leader of Chinese-language films by the Chinese media.

He won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival when he debuted, and was the youngest winner in history, and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival the following year.

The box office champion of Chinese-language movies, the first movie to break one billion yuan, and the box office champion of Xiangjiang movies.

The key is less than 30 years old.

This resume is a myth in the history of world cinema, an impossible myth.

And now that director Lu Chen has done it, he has also gained a large number of fans in the world who worship the strong.

"Director Lu!" Spielberg led the crew of "Memoirs of a Geisha", just behind the main creators of "Inception" and "A Thief Family", and hurried over after the photo shoot.

"Director Lu!" Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi also greeted each other, and also greeted "Inception" and other main creators. They were quite familiar with everyone.

Especially Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi.

Gong Li can be regarded as the teacher of the two. When filming "Let the Bullets Fly", she specially taught the four little Huadan for a period of time.

"Teacher Yang Ziqiong." Lu Chen stretched out his hand, wanting to meet him with a smile on his face.

Yang Ziqiong froze for a moment, and didn't even think about interjecting just now. Spielberg, Gong Li, and others, and Director Lu are all old friends. Unlike himself, he has never worked with Director Lu before. This is the first meeting.

But Director Lu's name has already been heard like thunder.

Faced with Director Lu's initiative and enthusiasm, he quickly reached out his hand, "Director Lu, I have seen all the movies you directed, and they are very good. The Chinese film industry is lucky to have you, Director Lu."

"I'm just a junior. Chinese movies are brought up by you seniors." Lu Chen still admires Yang Ziqiong. Like Chen Long, he is a martial arts superstar.

It is also the best martial arts actress in Chinese movies.

Currently starred in "Sister Royal", "Police Story 3 Super Cop", "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Also played the heroine of "007: Tomorrow's Empire", the first Asian "Bond Girl".

"Director Lu, I'm just an actor, but I can't compare to you. Your "Inception" shocked audiences all over the world." Yang Ziqiong also broke through Hollywood.

I know how difficult this path is.

Director Lu Chen found another way.

Breaking into Hollywood as a director, "Inception" directly confirmed the status of a world-class director, and even in the movie "Inception", it showed the history and culture of China, how confident and powerful it is.

Unlike myself and Chen Long, who just have a Chinese face, the movies they act in Hollywood are still biased towards Europe and the United States.

So I really admire director Lu Chen, who really gave Chinese-language filmmakers a boost of face all over the world.

I also envy my good old partner Chen Long, who worked with Director Lu Chen on "Baby Project". I heard that the response was quite good, so I went to watch it specially. The movie is really good.

The entry point is very good, with a newborn child cutting into the plot of the movie, let Chen Long try a completely different role.

This reminded Yang Ziqiong that before cooperating with Chen Long in "Police Story 3", Chen Long complained that he no longer wanted to act as a policeman. He wanted to attract the audience and make the audience feel less tired. Add in more dangerous action to captivate the audience.

This is very tiring and nothing new, and it’s based on old roots, so Chen Long later filmed "Mythology", with completely different characters, and now "Baby Project", they are all brand new characters.

"Mr. Yang Ziqiong, it's your martial arts that shocked audiences around the world." Lu Chen began to talk about business, "Mr. Yang Ziqiong, in fact, I've always wanted to cooperate with you in a movie."

Spielberg already knew that Director Lu Chen had a purpose in everything he did. He chatted with Yang Ziqiong because he wanted to cooperate with this kung fu queen.

"Director Lu, I want to work with you even more." Yang Ziqiong was so excited, the director Lu Chen in front of him was a director who even Hollywood superstars wanted to work with.

Yang Ziqiong would definitely be 1 willing to play Director Lu's role.

"It just so happens that I have an animated film here, and I still need a supporting role. I wonder if Teacher Yang Ziqiong is interested." Lu Chen planned to ask Yang Ziqiong to dub the role of "Tiny Tiger" in "Kung Fu Panda" in both Chinese and English. .

Yang Ziqiong is one of the most well-known Chinese actresses in the world.

The dubbing of "Titan Tiger" is also the most suitable, after all, she has the title of Queen of Kung Fu, which fits the definition of the role of "Kung Fu Panda" and the background of the movie.

"Animated movie? Dubbing?" Yang Ziqiong froze for a moment, thinking it was a live-action movie.

"This is the first animation film I directed. I'm cooperating with DreamWorks Animation. I've found Brother Chen Long for the dubbing of the main character, and Brother Chen Long has already agreed." Lu Chen still wanted Yang Ziqiong to do the dubbing, Mainly she is too suitable.

Spielberg followed Lu Chen's words and continued, "Miss Yang, this animated movie was directed by Director Lu himself, and all the prototypes of the characters in the animation were created by Director Lu. The quality of the story is absolutely guaranteed."

It is even said that the production cost of the film is hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is definitely one of the best animated films in the world.

Spielberg also admired Director Lu Chen for his ability to select actors. This Yang Ziqiong is really suitable for dubbing 'Tiny Tiger'.

Including "Transformers", when the movie came out, the male lead that Lu Chen chose was indeed very good in acting, and others might not be able to act like this.

"Director Lu, Director Spielberg, you are all so confident in this animated film, it must be my honor to join." Yang Ziqiong agreed directly.

I didn't see the work because of my trust in Director Lu and Spielberg.

The quality of the collaboration between these two world-renowned directors is guaranteed.

"Director Lu, Director Spielberg." At this time, Director Li Press walked the red carpet and brought the crew of "Brokeback Mountain" over, and greeted the Chinese actors present.

I am in a good mood.

When is the Academy Awards ceremony, there are so many Chinese participants.

As the Chinese media said, since Director Lu Chen was born, the status of Chinese-language films in the world has been gradually improving.

"Director Li." Yang Ziqiong greeted Zhang Ziyi. The two of them had previously collaborated with director Li Yin on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". They also congratulated Li Yin on "Brokeback Mountain", which was shortlisted for eight Oscars.

"Today, I'm afraid Chinese-language filmmakers are about to create the history of the Academy Awards." Spielberg congratulated the two directors, Lu Chen and Ang Lee.

Both were shortlisted for Best Director and Best Picture for "Inception" and "Brokeback Mountain".

The two films are also the strongest contenders for the best director, and both are Chinese-language directors.

However, Chinese directors have never won the best director at the Academy Awards. No matter who wins the two, they will make history and become the first Chinese director in history to win the best director at the Academy Awards.

Of course, in his heart, Spielberg must support Director Lu Chen. The two are partners. Director Lu Chen's award is good for the film he collaborated with.

"It's almost time, let's enter the infield." Lu Chen looked at the time, the awards ceremony was about to start.

A group of people marched into the infield.

All the guests in the field looked over.

It is indeed rare to see so many Chinese actors.

This reminded the guests present of the Cannes Film Festival last year, when Chinese filmmakers won several major awards. That Cannes Film Festival was also known as a film festival for Chinese films.

And now the Oscars, I'm afraid it will be the stage for Chinese filmmakers again.

"Director Lu, let's sit at the front." Spielberg and Lu Chen came to the front row. Sitting here are the world's most famous directors and executives from world-renowned film companies.

Doug from Universal Films was already there, and when he saw Lu Chen coming, he immediately greeted him.

"Director Lu!" The executives of Paramount Pictures, Disney Films, [-]th Century Fox and other companies sitting in the first row all greeted Lu Chen with smiles.

In the eyes of these film company executives, Lu Chen is a huge cash cow.

A "Inception" made Universal Pictures a lot of money, and now it is cooperating with Universal Pictures for the live-action "Transformers" movie. Before the movie trailer came out, it had already gained a lot of popularity around the world, which made other film companies I envy you, I envy the luck of Universal Films.

And Director Lu Chen has never lost money on a film since his debut. In the eyes of film company executives, this is definitely his favorite director.

The most important thing is that Lu Chen is not only a director, but also the boss of Mars Films, a world-renowned film company. Director Lu Chen is a big boss in the Chinese mainland film industry.

"Changjin Lake" broke one billion in mainland China, which really shocked the world's film companies, and they all took a fancy to the mainland film market, and the best partner in the mainland film market is definitely director Lu Chen.

Lu Chen smiled and greeted the executives of several well-known Hollywood film companies.

"Director Lu, now you have become a favorite in the eyes of Hollywood film companies." Spielberg sat down beside Lu Chen and joked, "But I think Mr. Doug is very anxious, and I am afraid that Director Lu will Abandon him."

Liu Yifei, who was sitting next to Lu Chen, couldn't help laughing when he heard the words. I didn't expect that director Spielberg also had a humorous side. From this, I can also see how powerful my senior is.

Doug also laughed, feeling anxious, knowing that several other major film companies in Hollywood are interested in cooperating with Director Lu Chen, and the conditions offered are extremely attractive.

Of course, he was afraid that Director Lu would cooperate with other film companies. Because of the cooperation with director Lu Chen, Doug made the company a profit, and the stock rose sharply. Now he has the opportunity to go further and become the president of Universal Pictures, removing the adverb in front of it.

So I don't want to let Director Lu Chen go. Universal Pictures will offer more tempting conditions in future cooperation to keep this God of Wealth.

At this time, Stewart, the main poet of the 78th Academy Awards, appeared on the stage, which also represented the official start of the awards ceremony.

Host Stewart, a well-known host in the United States, has hosted the "Jon Stewart Daily Show", which is the favorite program of American college students.

The award ceremony is the same as other major film festivals. It begins with a performance segment, and several singers take the stage to sing.

And this year's Academy Awards will be broadcast live by the American Broadcasting Corporation, and Yangma Six has also won the broadcast rights.

The 78th Academy Awards will also be the most watched one in China.

Because the film directed by Lu Chen was shortlisted, and Chinese actors such as Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Wei, Liu Yifei participated, these are all actors who are familiar to everyone in the mainland.

Especially director Lu Chen, the audience in the mainland are waiting for Director Lu to create a new history. There should be a Chinese director who won the Academy Award for Best Director to prove the ability of Chinese directors to the world.

Wait for the show to end.

Now it's time to move on to tonight's main event, the awards ceremony.

After a while, it will be the Best Supporting Actress awarding session.

The award presenter is the well-known black actor Morgan, whose masterpieces "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Fake God".

Lu Chen is still very impressed with Morgan, especially in the previous life, Morgan's dialogue at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in 22 made the mainland audience remember this actor even more.

"Last year I won Best Supporting Actor for "Million Dollar Baby." Morgan joked, "This year I'm the Best Supporting Actress presenter. In fact, I prefer to sit in the audience and be the nominee." actor."

This remark provoked laughter from the audience.

Morgan joked a few more words, then picked up the envelope without saying anything more. After all, Best Supporting Actress is not a major award and cannot take up too much time.

The nominees for Best Supporting Actress include French actress Marion from "Inception", actresses from "Brokeback Mountain", "The Immortal Gardener", "Junebug" and "Capote".

"The 78th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress." Morgan tore open the envelope as he spoke, with a contagious voice, "Inception, Marion."

When Liu Yifei heard the name, she applauded enthusiastically. Although she was not nominated for starring in "Inception", the actor in the movie directed by Shige was also happy to win the award.

"Clap~"

There was thunderous applause.

Marion in evening dress got up, walked towards the center of the stage, passed by the first row, and gave a thankful smile to director Lu Chen who was sitting.

"Congratulations!" Morgan handed over the trophy.

"Thank you!" Marion took the trophy and came to the microphone, still unable to suppress her excitement. This was the first time she was shortlisted for an Oscar and also the first time she won an award.

"It seems that Ms. Marion is very excited." Morgan joked, "It would be nice to get it a few more times, like I won the Best Supporting Actor award last year, and I will be much calmer when I stand on stage again this year. Of course, it may also be because I am only an award presenter, not an award recipient."

The last sentence came with a self-deprecating sentence.

It made the audience laugh.

Marion in the audience also controlled her mood a little bit, holding up the trophy, "Thanks to the Oscar Organizing Committee, thanks to the judges for their recognition of me, thanks to Mars Films and Universal Pictures for their support of the film, so that a classic film can be shared with the world." Meet the audience."

Thank you.

The next step is to thank Director Lu Chen grandly for giving her the opportunity to play in Inception.

After thanking him earnestly, he also started to joke, "I don't think everyone knows how I played the role of the dead wife of the hero in the movie "Inception". At that time, Director Lu was attending the Cannes Film Festival. The hotel where you stay, take the initiative to recommend yourself, just like an idiom in Huaguo, recommend yourself."

The last idiom, spoken in Chinese, is quite standard, and it seems to have been practiced.

"So if you want to act in Director Lu's movie, you have to take the initiative~" Marion joked about Director Lu Chen, because the relationship between the two is unusual, so they can make such a joke.

Marion still misses the wonderful moments with Director Lu during the filming of "Inception" in Huaguo.

Lu Chen in the audience was quite speechless. This European and American guy really made a joke. He was very unrestrained. Then I have to change my room tonight. audition.

As for the other European and American actresses in the audience, when they heard Marion's words, they all looked at Director Lu Chen. Among the Hollywood movie stars present, the director they most want to work with, the Chinese director Lu Chen is definitely among them.

The well-known Hollywood movie star Leonardo collaborated with director Lu Chen in "Inception" and made a further step in the film industry. French actress Marion was nominated for the first time to cooperate, and it was the first time she won an award.

Liu Yifei also noticed that the fiery eyes of the European and American actresses behind her held Lu Chen's hand tightly, as if she was afraid that her senior brother would be snatched away by others.

Originally, there were competitors, including Yang Mi.

Previously, Liu Yifei planned to come to the United States with her senior brother, but her senior brother asked her to come with the main creative team of "Inception", bringing Yang Mi first.

Mother told herself not to be angry because of this incident, but Liu Yifei felt that she had not been with her senior brother for a long time, and she had given her body to her senior brother. When this happened, she must feel uncomfortable.

Marion stepped off the stage with the trophy, passed by Lu Chen's position, and bowed to express her gratitude.

Next, the awards ceremony continued.

After a while, it will enter the best foreign language film awards.

The finalists are "Hope and Rebellion" (Germany), "Black Country Thugs" (South Philippines), "Merry Christmas" (France), "A Family of Thieves" (Hua Guo), "The Beast Within" (Italy).

The award presenter is the well-known American movie star Will Smith, whose masterpieces include "Independence Day", "Men in Black" and "King Ali".

Liu Yifei began to get nervous.

I especially hope that Shige will win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with "A Family of Thieves". There is no director in the mainland who won this award. Even director Zhang Yingmou was only shortlisted for "Hero".

"Don't be nervous, no matter what film festival it is, you must remain calm and maintain your image." Lu Chen gently squeezed Liu Yifei's small hand to calm his emotions.

When I found out that Yifei was nominated for an award, she was very nervous, as if she had been nominated.

"Hmm~" Liu Yifei nodded obediently, but she was still nervous. Mainland directors have never won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

"The shortlisted films are all the films with the highest ratings from the audience." Will Smith slowly opened the envelope and announced loudly, "The Thieves Family, Hua Guo, Lu Chen!"

"Brother!" Liu Yifei was so excited that she applauded vigorously.

"Clap!"

There was also thunderous applause at the scene.

Especially the creators of "A Family of Thieves" and "Inception" received the most enthusiastic applause.

"Director Lu, congratulations." Spielberg also applauded, ""A Thieves" will be the second Chinese-language film to win this award after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and it will be the first in the mainland. To get the award that Director Zhang Yingmou has been dreaming of."

Lu Chen didn't expect that even Spielberg knew about Zhang Yingmou's obsession with the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As for winning the award, it was quite a surprise.

Originally, "A Family of Thieves" was aimed at the Cannes Palme d'Or, and didn't expect to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

"Director Lu, congratulations." Will Smith handed over the trophy with admiration in his eyes. There are too many awards for such a young man.

And it's not those small awards, all the awards from world-renowned film festivals. His strong directing ability has been recognized by judges and audiences all over the world.

After all, this director from China, Director Lu, has not only won awards, but also has a strong box office. A "Inception" squeezed into the top five box office in the world, and it is also the only true original story among the top ten movies in the world.

Lu Chen took the trophy, came to the microphone, said a few words of thanks, and prepared to step down, lest director Zhang Yingmou feel uncomfortable watching the broadcast.

"Director Lu!" The host Stuart hurried over. Now director Lu Chen is very well-known in the United States, unlike director Zhang Yingmou, who is only famous in the American film industry.

Director Lu Chen is an ordinary person in the United States, and everyone knows his existence.

Last year, the most popular toy brand 'Transformers' in the United States was made into a live-action movie, which attracted even more attention. He stepped forward and quickly retained Director Lu, "Director Lu, it has been a long time since you filmed 'Transformers'. Six months."

"With Director Lu's speed, I'm afraid the movie has already been produced. I wonder if I can tell everyone about your new movie "Transformers" today."

The Oscars also need ratings, so they can talk about whatever attracts the most attention. American audiences are eager to know more about Lu Chen's new movie.

"Transformers" is a collaboration between Lu Chen, the strongest director in Chinese, and Spielberg, the strongest director in the United States. It is naturally full of enthusiasm.

The guests in the audience, including the audience watching the live broadcast, all pricked up their ears at this time, wanting to know more about "Transformers", especially when it will be released.

(End of this chapter)