Full-time actor

Chapter 590 [17] Japan Oscar asks Chen Yu for help!

"..."

The box fell into deathly silence. The next second, Liu Yifei covered her mouth with her hand, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise.

"Really...really?"

Liu Yifei walked up to Chen Yu, tilted her head and stretched out her arms, waiting for a hug.

"real!"

Chen Yu nodded and hugged Liu Yifei tightly.

Liu Yifei had tried to restrain her inner joy, but she still hugged Chen Yu excitedly, unwilling to separate for a moment.

Oscar!
This is the dream of all filmmakers around the world at this stage.

"..."

Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun looked at each other, and finally Jiang Wen laughed and clapped his hands and said, "I'll go order a bottle of Romanee-Conti to liven up the atmosphere!"

"roll!"

Chen Yu hugged Liu Yifei, whose face was flushed, and sat back in his seat.

Liu Yifei then covered her burning face and stuck out her tongue a little inappropriately, but she was indeed very happy.

"Best Actor?"

Jiang Wen ordered Kangdi as a joke, of course. Chen Yu put his phone on the table and said, "That should be it. That's what my agency said!"

"Brilliant!"

“This also makes history!”

The first actor in Chinese history to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.

Even if I didn't win the award, this would be another blessing of honor.

"If you don't want to order Conti, at least have something to celebrate, right?"

Jiang Wen has already gone to call the waiter.

After a while, the two of them started clinking beers. Chen Yu drank, which was rare for him, and so did Liu Yifei next to him.

Zhou Yun was pregnant and could only drink tea instead of wine.

"Congratulations, Brother Yu, may your dream of winning the Golden Slam come true soon!"

Jiang Wen was also happy for Chen Yu from the bottom of his heart. It was extremely difficult for an actor, especially a Chinese actor, to reach the current level.

What's more, Chen Yu is only 23 years old, which makes him even more unique.

Just like the argument between the two people before, if it was another actor, Jiang Wen would have scolded him and slammed the door and left.

Only Chen Yu felt a little embarrassed.

This is the gap between actors.

Chen Yu is a bit like some Hollywood actors who can be completely independent in many movies and shoots.

If Jiang Wen still sticks to the filming directing process of Chinese directors, he and Chen Yu are bound to have quarrels during the filming.

Fortunately, Chen Yu could handle him.

On this point, the two people may quarrel, but they will never hurt each other's relationship.

It was just some minor friction between takes.

The two of them drank several bottles of wine. Finally, Chen Yu called a taxi for them, agreed to join the crew together after the Lantern Festival, and then sent them home.

"My Mr. Oscar, congratulations!"

Liu Yifei got into the car, took Chen Yu's arm, tilted her head and blinked her eyelashes, staring at the facial contours of Chen Yu in front of her, which was very clear.

"Then my Princess Oscar, you have to work hard too!"

Chen Yu scratched Liu Yifei's straight nose, held her delicate face and kissed her.

"Well, I'll definitely do my best!"

“After all, there are such excellent and inspiring examples around us!”

Liu Yifei leaned on Chen Yu, feeling very safe.

Sometimes, she really regards Chen Yu as an idol.

The boy in front of him was obviously not much older than him, but he looked very mature and was very organized in his work.

He always seemed emotionally stable at all times, and the only time was probably when he won the Golden Globe Awards.

But Liu Yifei felt that if it were her, she would also make a few diss remarks!
Some people really cannot be spoiled.

It has been praised so much that it has been spoiled.

After all, Chen Kaige didn't make much money from making movies, but his investment projects such as film and television cities made countless people profit.

Capital still likes such directors.

The car sped all the way to the Silver Lake Villa. At around 10 o'clock in the evening, the official website of the Oscars finally published the shortlist for the 78th Academy Awards.

Best movie

"Brokeback Mountain"

Munich

……

Best director

Li An, Brokeback Mountain

Spielberg's Munich

……

Best Actor
Chen Yu: The Undertaker

Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain

Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"

……

Best Foreign Language Film
《Departures》Japanese/Chinese

Gangsters, South Africa

……

"Departures" was nominated for two major awards at this year's Oscars.

Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor.

Moreover, the nominees for Best Actor are all old rivals of the Golden Globe Awards.

However, the Golden Globe Awards are divided into comedy, musical and drama, so there are a total of 10 nominees; but there are only 5 candidates for the Oscars, so the competition is obviously more intense.

For a foreign language film, being nominated is already the limit, and winning is almost impossible.

Because in the history of the Oscars, only one foreign language film has ever won the Best Actor award.

The others are just nominations at best.

Roberto Benigni won the Best Actor award at the 1999st Academy Awards in 71 for his role in the Italian film "Life is Beautiful".

Just this once.

Of course Chen Yu also wants to be another exception, but it is really difficult.

After all, this is my first time being nominated.

The other four people who were shortlisted are also very strong, and they are fighting on their home soil.

In particular, there is an opponent who Chen Yu thinks is very strong, the future Joker - Joaquin Phoenix!
So after looking at the shortlist, Chen Yu went to bed.

But the domestic media is clearly at a climax again.

The box office topic of "Extraction" has not yet come to an end, and Chen Yu's nomination for the Oscar for Best Actor has come out.

[The list of the 78th Academy Awards is out! Chen Yu is nominated for Best Actor for "Departures"! ]

【Chen Yu, Oscar-nominated actor! 】

[The first mainland actor in Chinese history to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor! ]

[It’s Chen Yu again, nominated for the Best Actor Oscar! ]

[Departures, nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar again! ]…

Late in the evening, this news was published on the front pages of several portal websites.

Many newspapers were also drafting new front pages overnight.

After all, at the moment, being nominated for an Oscar is definitely a big event. Not to mention the entertainment industry, all walks of life in China are actually taking the West as a benchmark and working hard to win various Western awards.

So not only did Chen Yu once again "become a hot search", but "Departures" was also mentioned again.

In fact, many people in China have been waiting for the release of "Departures", because Chen Yu seems to have swept awards around the world with this movie.

Venice, the Golden Globes, and now the Oscars.

The key point is that when Chen Yu woke up early the next morning, he received another call.

The Japan Academy Awards, known as the Japanese Oscars, has once again had "Departures" nominated for 13 awards, making it a hot favorite for this year's Japan Academy Awards.

Back then, Japan set up the Japan Academy Awards in order to emulate the Oscars, and the awards ceremony is held at about the same time every year.

This award has a very high status in Japan. Similar to the China Golden Rooster Awards, it is one of the four major film awards and the only one that is broadcast live on television.

Like the other three Blue Ribbon Awards, the Junpo Awards, and the Mainichi Film Awards, none of these are broadcast live.

Because these three are decided by voting.

In addition to voting, the Japan Academy Awards are backed by film professionals from all over Japan.

The Blue Ribbon is a newspaper vote. Junpo is the oldest film magazine in Japan. It was founded in 1919 and the awards were established in 1924. It is also the earliest film award in Japan, but it has been declining in recent years.

However, the Japan Academy Awards has become increasingly well-known both at home and abroad in recent years.

Basically all Chinese filmmakers know the value of this award because it has produced many famous Asian movie stars.

"The Japan Academy Awards Association has asked me to invite you to participate!"

"It will be held on March 3th!"

As Takita Yojiro was talking on the phone, Chen Yu smiled and said, "I remember that the Japanese Oscars used to be held earlier than the American Oscars. Why is it a few days later this year?"

"In fact, your nomination is the voice of all Japanese people!"

Yojiro Takita sighed.

"?"

Chen Yu was shocked by his words: "The voice of all Japanese people?"

Am I that important?

"Last year's Japan Film Association Awards encountered a nationwide boycott. This year, the association will definitely invite you to participate no matter what, because although "Departures" has not yet been released, there is a strong voice for it to win the award!"

Following Yojiro Takita's narration, Chen Yu finally understood how he was shortlisted.

Of course, normally he would be able to be shortlisted.

But the situation is different this year. Chen Yu has basically determined the candidate for the "Japanese Film Emperor".

It all started because of the boycott of the Japan Academy Awards last year.

This award is currently very famous overseas, and almost many people only know that this award exists in Japan.

But in fact, there are too many dark secrets about this award, which were directly exposed last year.

The whole nation has begun to distrust this award. It is no longer just a matter of unspoken rules, but the secret manipulation has been completely exposed.

Since the second half of the 1950s, the popularity of television in Japan has led to a sharp decline in moviegoers, which has caused considerable headaches for those involved in the film industry.

At that time, a Japanese film practitioner began to consider setting up an award similar to the American Oscars, but due to lack of funds, it was difficult to make progress.

After that, led by Dentsu, relevant personnel from Nippon Television and Japan's four major film companies, Toho, Shochiku, Toei, and Kadokawa, cooperated with each other, and after only three months of planning, the Japanese Academy Awards, the Oscars, were born.

It was the first large-scale television broadcast. They imitated the American Academy Awards ceremony and presented the awards with a curtain on both sides, so it became the only film award in Japan to be broadcast on television.

This award has become more and more famous as it is awarded year after year.

Thus, corruption began to arise.

In 1997, Japan's NTV TV station was responsible for broadcasting the awards ceremony. Coincidentally, the films they invested in also often won big at the Japan Academy Awards.

That year, "Love and Dance" invested by NTV won all the major awards.

In 1999, Toho's film "The Man Who Begs for Love" won all the major awards, while Takeshi Kitano's "Fireworks", which won the Golden Lion in Europe, only received a soundtrack award.

This was the trigger for the public to begin to resent it.

In 2003, NTV participated in the investment of "Twilight Seibei", which once again won all 12 awards except the Best Supporting Actress.

What is this concept?

Except for the Best Supporting Actress, all the awards were won by "Twilight Seibei".

The list of award winners was filled with this movie.

But after all, "Twilight Seibei" is also a good work and was nominated for the Berlin Golden Bear, so the outside world can still accept it, but they think the award is a bit outrageous.

Until last year, it was NTV again!

The movie "Sunset on 12rd Street" invested by it won all other awards except the Best Actress.

It's basically all-inclusive again!

You know, this movie... doesn't have the quality to truly monopolize these major awards, at least that's what the Japanese people think.

So when the award results were announced, the Japan Academy Awards Association was subjected to unprecedented harsh criticism.

It's not just the public, people from all walks of life have questioned the fairness of the award.

In fact, this result is not surprising.

The China Golden Rooster Award is a fair award after all. It is controlled by the association and the government behind it, so it is impossible for it to go too far.

But the Japanese Oscars is an award controlled by capital.

The so-called "Japan Academy Award Association" has nearly half of its members who are contracted employees of Japan's four major film companies.

Therefore, every year, films from these four major studios have the most chances of being nominated, while works from other film studios have a hard time being selected.

The funniest thing is that Fuji TV was able to get a small award like Best Supporting Actor because it owns shares in NTV. Other movies that have nothing to do with this award, even if they are nominated, are often "Accompanying the Prince to Study."

Even someone as strong as Takeshi Kitano can only qualify as a finalist.

This is just like how Zhang Yimou can only be nominated for the Golden Rooster Awards, but he will never be recognized by the Golden Rooster Awards in his lifetime.

So this year, Japan's Oscars made some reforms in their external publicity.

"Departures" has become the biggest favorite for this year's Japanese Oscars.

Because he has no capital tilt.

It is a Sino-Japanese co-production film invested by Huaxia!
Moreover, Chen Yu’s Grand Slam award for Best Actor is well-deserved.

Only if he wins the award can many people shut up and the higher-ups see their determination to reform the award... It's really ironic that a Japanese award has to be saved by a Chinese.

After hearing this, Chen Yu started to laugh.

Previously, people all over the country were angrily criticizing Golden Rooster and cursing Baihua for being fake, but they didn’t expect that the actions of the neighbors were even more shameless.

It feels like all the Golden Rooster awards were given to Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times".

I guess if this happened in China, the Golden Rooster would be gone.

"This is a worse society..."

Chen Yu hung up the phone and smiled.

He feels that it won’t be long before other Asian countries may have to award him prizes to prove the “fairness” of their own prizes!
South Korea is expected to do the same.

But Chen Yu didn't think much about it. Of course, there are benefits to participating in this kind of award.

Winning this award will further boost the popularity of the film in Japan, and will also be beneficial to the box office marketing of "Departures".

After all, this movie is now famous all over the world, but it has not yet been released.

Not only in China, but also in Japan, North America and other places, people are actually looking forward to the quality of this movie that has swept so many awards!
Unlike "Extraction", which required a lot of money for marketing, "Departures", like Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", has become popular in many countries thanks to awards at film festivals and award ceremonies.

“It’s coming out in February!”

"Fox can start marketing now!"

After a successful New Year, Chen Yu's popularity has really exploded.

"Extraction" is currently in theaters in North America, and it is estimated that as soon as it is completed, "Departures" will take over.

This is very helpful in increasing his global popularity.

(End of this chapter)