Illiterate top class: three years of poor performance, become a superstar

Chapter 278 Oscar Nominations Announced (7K)
"..."

On the evening of the 8th, the cruise ship left King George Island, the base of the scientific research station known as the "Antarctic Human Village" in the South Shetland Islands, and officially entered the Antarctic Circle.

It is almost completely different from the itinerary planning of the 'Antarctic Peninsula Expedition'.

After setting off again, Mr. Xu hid himself in a room with a suitable temperature and remained motionless.

He had felt extremely cold for more than a day.

It’s not that you don’t have enough windproof clothing, but that your skin is always exposed to the outdoor air.

He was so cold that he just wanted to be buried in Lin Jia Nian's broad mind...such was the case right now.

In addition, the night will soon be invisible, so Xu needs to prepare in advance to have enough energy to 'fight' the day.

So, he quickly and patiently fell asleep.

Probably because his net worth is increasing by 10% every day, from 6 billion on the 31.68th to...

38.33 million.

Or maybe I don’t know what’s going on at all, but there is always a sweet smell in my dream.

So much so that I woke up soon after, which was a not very enjoyable sleep.

Fortunately, Xu didn't wake up angry.

He just rubbed his eyes and arched his head, and then hands tightened his head.

Then the owner of these hands deliberately hummed and said: "Forget it this time because we are traveling together, next time I will smash your skull."

"Ah this?" Xu Nian was not sober, "What happened?"

Lin Jianian said angrily: "It's sour."

"?"

"You are so confused."

"Oh."

After reacting, Xu Nian couldn't help but take a second look, and deliberately marveled: "The elasticity is amazing..."

Before he could finish speaking, his head was struck with a crisp sound.

You can feel Lin Jia Nian gritting his teeth without looking up, and you can't wait to give him a bite.

So Xu Nian changed his excuse: "Next time, if you don't be lazy, you should go to bed. You can lie down flat on your back, it won't hurt."

"Who wants to sleep on the bed with you?" Lin Jianian pouted.

Xu Nian thought it was better to save some face for her, she was one of her own, and she could be a bit duplicitous occasionally, it didn't matter much.

Seeing that Xu actually didn't utter a rebuttal, Lin Jianian's eyebrows turned up in excitement.

Then he pretended to push Xu away, hummed a little tune and went about his own business...

.........

On the 10th, the Antarctic Circle was quite calm, and the cruise ship sailed steadily on the sea at a constant speed.

It's rare good weather in this area.

No matter when you stand on the top deck and look out, you seem to be able to see the end of the world and...

A special kind of 'solitude'.

For example, by using a large drone to rise to a suitable distance and overlooking the images transmitted back from endless distances, you can only see a 'small' ship floating.

It seems that there are no similar species in the entire Antarctic Circle.

Judging from the time, it was just after noon when the cruise ship anchored at a certain location, and then Xu Nian and his party boarded a certain "small" ice floe through an assault boat.

It is an ice floe floating alone in the ocean current. Perhaps no one has ever landed on it, and because of its appropriate size, it stands out.

Wrapped in thick windproof clothing, Xu Nianshen measured the ice floe with one foot and one foot.

On the other side, the accompanying scientific expedition team quickly finished their work and determined that it had no scientific value.

There isn't even a living thing visible to the naked eye.

Ordinary as hell.

So Xu Nian joined in the fun, worked hard to dig some ice strips, and erected an ice monument.

As a 'proof of destruction' that he came to the Antarctic Circle for a cruise.

It's a pity that under the climatic conditions of the Antarctic Circle, this ice monument, which is less than one meter high, less than 20 centimeters long and wide, cannot last more than a day and will disappear.

It's better than nothing.

.........

There were many stops and stops along the way, and many breaks down.

Probably because the weather is good, sometimes you don't even need to take a Zodiac boat to get ashore.

The option to customize your route is certainly great.

Almost every time, you can see some kind of 'view' that you have never seen before.

Or different fauna.

Or a spectacle.

Apart from not being able to see Krishna all the time, it’s really hard to describe the cheerful feeling in words.

Even though his skin felt cold whenever it came into contact with the air, the smile on Xu's face never disappeared.

However, regarding Xu’s indescribable feeling, literary girl Lin Jianian said that this ancient man had already written:

"It's the day, the sky is bright and the air is clear, and the wind is breezy. Looking up at the vastness of the universe and looking down at the abundance of categories, it is enough to entertain your eyes and listen to it, and believe in Coca-Cola."

…………

Late at night on January 1, local time, Xu Nian and his party returned to Ushuaia with the cruise ship.

After experiencing a lot of daylight, I walked out of the room and suddenly saw the darkness outside, which was a bit of a 'surprise'.

After getting his feet on the ground, Xu Nian smacked his lips and began to sigh: "I feel a little dizzy after being on the ship for a long time, and the experience has declined a bit. Now that I have just got off the ship, I miss the feeling of cruising the Antarctic Circle."

Lin Jianian: "..."

Zhang Yawei: "..."

Neither woman wanted to speak.

This damn thing is real, and it can piss off several people to death every minute.

He was the one who was yelling that it was not interesting and wanted to return early, but he was the one who started gibbering again after taking three steps off the boat!
Absolutely.

I should bury this kind of human shark next time!
.........

It was only the Antarctic Circle tour that ended early, not the tour itself.

After resting for a night in Ushuaia, Xu Nian and his party took a flight to the next stop the next morning.

Crossed the Atlantic Ocean and went to the other side of the world - the North Pole.

Focus on a willfulness.

I haven’t gone to so many places in the world. After seeing the Antarctic and the North Pole, I just love the “cold weather”.

Just like this unique polar experience.

It was definitely not Zhang Yawei and Lin Jia Nian who suddenly decided to give Xu a little 'color'.

It’s not like Xu knew the outcome and just tacitly followed the trend. After all, the more interesting country near the North Pole happens to be called...

Norway.

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On Tuesday, January 1, local time, Xu Nian ended part of his overseas travel schedule and left to return to China.

He traveled through Norway in the past few days, but unfortunately...he didn't enter any of the 'Norwegian forests'.

Even here, forests are the most common.

nothing else.

Xu Nian only passed through Norway in a spatial sense and only entered Norwegian airspace but not its territory.

When an A380 that looked different in appearance appeared in front of Xu Nian, North America was triggering a heated discussion in global entertainment...

In Los Angeles, California, two actors who have won Oscars conducted a live broadcast at the Academy Theater.

This live broadcast was pushed to the world through the Oscar website, Academy digital platform, international satellite, and broadcast media.

During the live broadcast, they announced the nominations for the 99th Oscars.

It has been announced that the 99th Academy Awards will be held on Thursday, February 2, at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and broadcast live worldwide.

According to classification, the nominations announced this time include-

There are 23 categories including Best Actor, Best Actress,..., Original Screenplay, Best International Film of the Year, and Best Film of the Year.

Although his agent Meng Chao was not around, Xu Nian still received relevant news at the same time.

According to the nomination information disclosed on the official website, the first item on the list happened to be the nomination for Best Actor, which was also the first thing Xu saw.

The first line under the award title 'Performance by an actor in a leading role' is:
Xu Nian in “Infernal Affairs“

As we all know, even the most illiterate Xu Nian can understand this simple English.

He immediately frowned: "Why didn't Li Cheng and the others tell me that they wanted to report this?"

Then he sighed: "My Xu's undefeatable golden body is about to be broken."

He is self-aware that he will definitely not win the Oscar this time.

He wasn't too happy about running with him. Considering his own level, it would be perfect to stay for a year and start immediately.

Moreover, the purpose of rushing out Infernal Affairs in such a hurry was not to compete for the Oscar winner.

At this time, Zhang Yawei who was standing next to her explained loudly: "This is the best plan that the company team and Director Li came up with after many discussions. Accompanying the runners to show off will help you win the award next time."

"Let me tell you, your acting ability is really good, and you got the nomination easily."

In this regard, Xu Nian expressed his thoughts, and then said: "It's okay, being nominated is an honor, but I really can't find a way to break the halo of the trophy."

Lin Jia Nian was confused: "Why?"

"Because the next movie may not be so artistic." Zhang Yawei answered this question for Xu Nian.

Lin Jianian: "..."

She suddenly wondered if I was really not very smart.

Xu Nian said nothing and continued to read the official Oscar website news. Although he did not understand English, he was too lazy to translate the text on the web page.

Nothing else, it makes it easier to see familiar text at a glance.

For example, he immediately received another nomination, Original screenplay (original screenplay):

It’s also a coincidence that this award is listed at the end of the web page, and the last one is:

“Infernal Affairs“ Written by Andrew Lee & Felix Chong
This is a little more complicated to read, mainly because big guys like Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui, who have been around the world, have internationally recognized English names.

Unlike Xu, the difference is nothing more than pinyin and Chinese characters.

Fortunately, Xu Nian worked with them to promote Infernal Affairs in North America and had seen their English names.

However, Xu Nian started to complain directly: "It's really hard to imagine that with the level of Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui, they could actually be nominated for original screenplay?"

"You're not there, so you're not convinced?" Lin Jianian rolled his eyes and said deliberately seriously.

Xu Nian curled his lips and said, "Without me, there would be no Infernal Affairs. Do you know what honorary screenwriter and honorary director are?"

Therefore, Lin Jianian bluntly said: "Then why didn't you be named as the screenwriter?"

Xu Nian said nothing and moved his eyes towards the screen, looking indifferent.

Of course, in reality, he is looking for the most important nomination, which in theory should be the "Best Film of the Year".

Because the Oscar's annual best picture nominations are different from the nominations for other awards, including the nominations for other Oscar awards.

It had not five nominations but ten.

In other words, the final award is one of ten.

Looking around, Xu Nian finally saw one of the nominations for 'Best motion picture of the year' sandwiched in the middle:
“Infernal Affairs“ Xu Nian, Andrew Lee and Felix Chong, Producers
This nomination is actually somewhat interesting.

Normally, it’s a combination of film and producer, but Xu Nian’s name appears in it.

"Infernal Affairs" is a film mainly written, financed and directed by Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui. They are good producers. Xu Nian...

Well, Xu Nian is a serious investor who brought his own funds to join the group, so there is nothing wrong with having a producer title.

After all, reporters from domestic entertainment media have basically changed their titles and call them Mr. Xu Nian and Mr. Xu.

As the majority shareholder of Tianyue, if Mr. Xu really wants to win an award, there are many titles he can guest star in.

Not to mention the producer, the director and screenwriter are not out of the question. After all, Xu is an honorary screenwriter and an honorary director.

Of course, the real situation at the moment is not that Xu Nian insists on winning the award, but that he was not sure that he would be nominated for Best Actor at first.

Considering that with the level of "Infernal Affairs", there should be no doubts about being nominated for the best film of the year, and coupled with the expectation of winning the award, Xu Nian'an was given the title of being able to go on stage to accept the award.

If he really wins the prize, he can't let Mr. Xu lick his face directly.

Not suitable.

Mr. Xu's understanding of this is: "This has broadened my thinking. If I want to retire without regressing in the future, I can play like this."

Zhang Yawei agreed: "Indeed." "Your reputation is really valuable. The company went public and got 5 daily limits. It has been bullish since then, and now the market value has reached 400 billion."

Xu Nianshen agreed and said solemnly: "I have repeatedly emphasized that Tianyue is my home and it is worth making sacrifices for the development of Tianyue."

"Fortunately, now that I am more than a year away from retirement, I have found such a suitable plan."

“I look forward to and believe that under this model, Tianyue’s future will be limitless!”

Hearing these words, Zhang Yawei went out of her way and directly gave her full support: "That's right."

"With your support, I will be able to run Tianyue well enough to become famous all over the world."

Lin Jianian: "..."

Anyway, she was confused by these two people.

In the past, she didn't even bother to ridicule Xu when he said such nonsense, let alone talk to him. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yawei would be so serious this time.

It felt like something suddenly changed.

But she was the only one who didn't see through it.

Moreover, Lin Jianian couldn't understand that although Tianyue performed well in the stock market, this was just the beginning of a routine.

Unless it is a stock that is very unpopular with the market, any stock will have an upward trend in its initial stage of listing.

Tianyue's performance in Big A is actually average.

Only 5 daily limits.

Generally, either the leeks are quickly raised and then fall, or more than a dozen daily limits are normal.

Of course, it is a very good performance in the entertainment sector.

but!

But the time is still too short to see anything at all. After all, the stocks held by subsequent investors have not yet been lifted.

It will be at least six months until the first lifting of the ban to better see the potential.

Even putting these aside, Tianyue, with a market value of 400 billion, is not that unusual to Zhang Yawei.

Zhang Yawei is different from Lin. The total market value of the companies under her name is close to one trillion.

Nothing else, Zhang's big head has been allocated to Zhang Yawei.

On the other hand, in the Lao Lin family, Lin Xinping and Su Qing are in the big picture. The total market value of the companies under Lin Jianian's personal name is less than 2000 billion.

It is necessary to explain that the company's total market value, assets, net worth, and available cash are different dimensions.

For example, whether it is Zhang Yawei or Lin Jiannian, their personal wealth is still only in the tens of billions.

It doesn’t even make it onto the richest list with a minimum of 500 billion.

Of course, the 'wealth' here is very clear, it is 'money' that can be taken out within a certain period of time.

For example, a month ago, on December 12 last year, Zhang Yawei easily took out 20 billion.

Anyway, no matter what, Lin Xinping, for example, is not on such a rich list.

That's a long way off, in short...Lin Jia Nian couldn't understand why Zhang Yawei suddenly accompanied Xu Nian to "fight for chicken blood" and prepare to do something big in Tianyue.

On the contrary, putting all this aside, based on Tianyue's latest stock price, Xu Nian's current worth as a single Tianyue shareholder is as high as 51.18 billion.

In other aspects...let's just pretend it doesn't exist in other aspects.

After transferring 10 billion to Zhang Yawei, Xu Nian pretended that he had no more money in his pocket.

He is content and happy.

For example, Tianyue believes that as long as it does not fall below the opening price on the first day, anything will be fine. If it breaks, it will be a bit ugly.

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While Xu Nian, Zhang Yawei and Lin Jianian were discussing Oscar nominations, the domestic cyberspace was also going crazy.

In addition, the Oscar nominations are announced at 5:40 a.m. California time, which is exactly after 8 p.m. domestic time.

So lively... Let's put it this way, it directly landed on Weibo's trending headlines.

The Infernal Affairs, which has always been in the headlines in recent days, has been suppressed.

Yes, it's the Oscar nomination for "The Departed" that trumps "The Departed".

There is no way, the public opinion situation is so overbearing.

Those who joined in the fun at first were undoubtedly the majority of passers-by users, who chirped:

"Me Tou? I know Infernal Affairs is very good, but I didn't expect it to be so awesome and actually get three Oscar nominations?"

"Okay, okay! As expected of my favorite Infernal Affairs, I said it will win the grand prize!"

"No wonder Infernal Affairs would rather be criticized and misunderstood than to be released in North America first. It's really just to rush for the Oscars!"

"Is this the pinnacle of my Chinese film and television production in recent years? It's so domineering! It will start shooting in September, win awards in December, and shine completely in January of the New Year!"

"..."

Lezi Ren and Nian Hei appeared almost at the same time:

"That's not what you said when Infernal Affairs wasn't released and was killing everyone at the Golden Rooster Awards!"

"Who said we had to watch Infernal Affairs in the first place? How come it won the Best Feature Film and now it is all praised? When Infernal Affairs was first released, I was too embarrassed to bring it up again, but now we want to talk about it? "

"I remember that at that time, many people said that the official was forcibly promoting Infernal Affairs, and the box office was smashed and the audience was blamed. What about now?"

"Don't forget, you are just being nominated for an Oscar, not winning, and you are just touting it like this, tsk tsk tsk! Cyber ​​double standards, right?"

"..."

Finally, it was the New Year fans who took their time to appear and spoke simply:

"First of all, our Xu Nian is as outstanding as ever. Secondly, don't argue. The results are still early. It's not easy to win the award."

"It is reasonable for Infernal Affairs to be nominated for Best Picture. It is unexpected for our Xu Nian to be nominated for Actor. In the end, it may be hard to win."

"You guys are noisy, just remember not to give my old police officer all kinds of names to show your strength~"

"Yes, our attitude is very clear. It is an honor to be nominated. It is reasonable not to win the award. Our family Xu Nian needs time to become better."

Therefore, the reason why Nian fans are Nian fans is not without reason.

At critical moments, New Year fans are the ones who know best.

In this kind of situation, they resolutely wait and see what happens, and make their stance clear, without exaggerating the intensity, let alone bragging.

It will also kill some rhythms easily.

If you can’t control the surfing thoughts of millions of netizens, you can’t control the young and black people who want to make trouble?

There is really nothing wrong with the New Year powder.

After all, anything with a clear ranking of awards, regardless of whether it is professional enough, is correct if you win the award, and is a bit false if you don't.

…………

With the appearance of New Year fans, the popularity has increased instead of falling, but the rhythm has been much slower.

The focus of the discussion is basically on the impact of this nomination.

Obviously, various entertainment media and news media will not miss this hot spot and end up one after another.

At one time, countless messages were flying all over the place.

Advocacy and everything.

Let's talk about Infernal Affairs, which has ranked first in the history of Chinese film and television.

It can be said that there has never been a movie that has achieved such full market success, reputation, and awards as Infernal Affairs.

Anyway, I can brag about everything, and I am not afraid of bragging about Infernal Affairs.

However, no one can tell clearly what is happening, and even the media people are a bit self-involved.

Limited, this wave of Oscar nominations for Infernal Affairs is indeed rare.

It is the only film in the history of Chinese-language films to be nominated for Oscars for Best Actor, Original Screenplay, and Best Picture of the Year.

Calculated from the dimensional factors of the gold content of nominations, it is the best in Chinese-language film and television.

It should be said that this is the result of the right time, right place and right people. Another time, place and environment may not have been so brilliant.

Even Xu Nian, the last good person on Blue Star who had transferred a little bit of Earth's excellent experience, found this result incredible.

In his current limited memory of Earth's literary and artistic works, there is only one film left that has the potential to transcend the status quo...

Secondly, the market performance of Infernal Affairs is very, very good. In a word, at the hotly discussed time point, the domestic box office of Infernal Affairs has exceeded 55 billion.

After all, it grossed a total of more than 27 billion at the box office in the first five days of its release.

The average daily box office in the first five days exceeded 5 million, plus the box office of nearly 2 million on-demand screenings. The opening is a figure that is difficult to match for peers.

Now that the screening key has been extended by one month, taking into account the Spring Festival period that will be covered later, the final box office may be a very exaggerated figure!

So...it’s no wonder that people in the media find it difficult to tell the difference.

As a result, the rhythm that had been wiped out by the Nian Fen surged again, but fortunately the sharp parts of it had been completely killed.

After all, 10 out of 9 people in Nianhei are unidentified masters.

They talk about this and that, but in fact, album purchases and movie ticket support are probably No. 1.

Most of the time, they can always rush to the front to fight against some "grievances" that the New Year fans are not willing to deal with.

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What's interesting is that Xu Nian, who was already floating in the air at the moment, received the first...the first congratulatory call from France, which was very close at the moment.

Yes, it’s another familiar friend from overseas circles, Aunt France Rose Green.

Unfortunately, Mr. Xu does not understand English or French.

He can only say sorry.

It's not that I can't trouble Mr. Zhang and Lin, who have briefly lived in France, but I don't want to get involved in too many internal affairs.

Anyway, Mr. Xu knew what the other party said on the phone.

that's enough.

It just so happens that I can still leave a hole, so I can cheat next time... I sincerely invite Aunt Green to participate in The Wandering Earth.

Having come to this point, Xu Nian felt that this new drama must have some international elements.

Seeing Xu Nian hang up the phone, Lin Jianian asked casually: "Are we going to collaborate on a new drama?"

"Awesome, you hit the mark with just one guess!" Xu Nian immediately praised.

Lin Jianian was so angry that he raised his fist and smashed it: "You kid, you kid, you kid!"

It's a pity that she just whispered in Xu's ear and translated at the same time!
I was afraid that the other end of the phone would hear me, I was afraid that Xu wouldn’t be able to hear me, I was afraid that the translation wouldn’t be timely, and I was afraid that Xu wouldn’t be able to turn his tongue around.

Is this how to repay a favor?

Xu Nian was beaten honestly and admitted his mistake: "It's wrong, it's wrong."

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Obviously, Li Cheng cannot miss this opportunity to "perform". Whether he can be on the world stage or not depends on Mr. Xu.

When filming Detective Tang 2 in New York, Li Cheng had completely recognized the reality.

In his lifetime, he wants to become a world-famous 'film artist' and leave a name in international film history. The indispensable factor is Mr. Xu.

Anything can be missing, but Mr. Xu cannot be missing.

Today, although "Infernal Affairs" has received three important Oscar nominations, including the most valuable 'Best Picture of the Year' and the very important 'Original Screenplay', there is no 'Achievement in directing'.

Best director

Li Cheng knows that he has many titles, and he also knows that the most meaningful title to him is 'director'.

He also knew that if Xu Nian had not been his starring role, he would never have won the 'Best Director' in the international awards in his life.

As soon as Xu Nian answered the phone, Li Cheng's laughter came out: "Is the second uncle busy?"

"Congratulations to the second uncle for going international..."

I started with a basketful of nice words. Unexpectedly, Xu Nian refused to accept this trick and interrupted with a smile: "Director Li, just tell Xiao Xu if you have something to do."

Hearing this tone, Li Chengcheng immediately relaxed on the other end of the phone: "Hey, isn't this just a bit inspiring and I want to communicate with you."

In response, Xu Nian simply said: "I believe it."

So Li Guo, who was on the other end of the phone, said, "Let's have dinner together. The Oscar nomination is a bit unexpected."

"If possible, I would like to try something else this year."

"Of course, I'm not quitting the 'Epic Science Fiction' project, I just want to see if there are any suitable possibilities for multi-dimensional cooperation..."

Hearing this, Xu Nian was no longer patient and interrupted with a sigh: "How come you are also engaging in such a thing?"

"Don't you just want to make a literary film? If it's a big deal and there's a good opportunity, of course I'll have no problem with it."

"The time cycle of science fiction movies is not about shooting, but pre- and post-production. Why not spend an extra few months making a good movie?"

Li Cheng almost slapped himself twice after hearing this. Indeed, they have cooperated many times, so this matter can be completely straightforward.

He quickly said: "Okay, okay, see you tomorrow."

"Look, it's urgent." Xu Nian immediately started pointing, "I'm still traveling overseas, let's talk about it the day after tomorrow."

Li Cheng: "..."

I... where the hell is my brain!
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: I’ll give it a try first. I’m not sure if it’s appropriate. Can you guys guess the title first?
(End of this chapter)