Full-time actor

Chapter 602 [29] Win it! My first Oscar trophy!

"The winner of the 78th Academy Awards for Best Actor is——"

In front of the Oscars podium, Hilary Swank, who won the Best Actress award for "Million Dollar Baby" last year, carefully opened the award letter in her hand.

According to Oscar rules, the final voting for the awards is conducted online.

Only two people from PricewaterhouseCoopers knew who the final winner was.

The list of winners is kept highly confidential.

After members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscars, vote, the votes are handed over to the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers for counting.

The ballots are placed in a safe, guarded day and night by armed security guards, and all the papers used for counting are burned. The lists of winners are placed in sealed envelopes until the day of the awards, when they are opened and announced in public by the emcee.

When presenting the awards, the heads of PricewaterhouseCoopers stood on both sides of the stage like notaries, handing the precious envelopes to the host!
The host then handed the award to the guest of honor.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
Real-time images of the five Best Actor nominees popped up on the big screen above Swank's head.

Chen Yu covered his mouth with his elbows resting on his knees, leaning forward and looking straight ahead. The other four, including Joaquin Phoenix, all looked very nervous.

After all, this is a competition for the Oscar for Best Actor.

Many awards for this year's Oscars have been presented, but there was no particular suspense.

The Hollywood Reporter's predictions were very accurate, predicting almost 80% of the final awards.

So Chen Yu’s mentality is now very peaceful.

This doesn't really prove how good people's prediction abilities are, it just proves that the Oscars are becoming more and more fluid.

Back when there was no Internet and information exchange was not very developed, people were keen on guessing who would win the Oscars, but the results were often very different from what people guessed!

Although the results were far from what they had expected, people were still happy to feel the pleasure of being unexpectedly hit.

But as information technology continues to develop, Oscar has become less and less individual in the eyes of many media. Oscar has also learned to be average, moderate, and not to offend anyone...

"Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman!"

When Swank announced the name of the final winner, even Chen Yu was stunned.

It’s not that it’s surprising that he didn’t win the award, but Philip is one of the few guys in Hollywood that Chen Yu has a good relationship with.

He played the villain in Mission Impossible 3.

Moreover, according to The Hollywood Reporter, his chances of winning the award were slightly higher than Chen Yu's, with only 8% of netizens agreeing that he could win the award.

But now, he is the winner of the Best Actor Award at the 2006th Academy Awards in 78!

This is definitely an upset.

The first upset at this year's Oscars.

"Congratulations, Semer!"

Chen Yu walked towards Philip, who was sitting not far from him, and the two hugged each other tightly.

Before this, Philip's name was at most second-rate in Hollywood. He had been making movies for many years, but there were no roles or films that the audience would remember, until "Capote", which was one of the few works in which he played the leading role.

He played a gay writer, Truman Capote, in a biopic.

Hollywood has always been fond of this type of film, and celebrity autobiographical films also have advantages in showcasing the actors' acting skills.

Because the whole process revolves around the celebrity you play, it gives the actor a lot of room to perform.

Over the years, many autobiographical films have won the Oscar for Best Actor, including "Forrest Gump", "Rain Man", "Monster"... and there are even more in later generations.

"The Iron Lady", "The Queen", "Oppenheimer", "Joker"... Many Hollywood stars are willing to reduce box office revenue to play these celebrity autobiographies in order to win awards.

Still, these are classic autobiographical films.

The prerequisite for winning the award, of course, is that the films are well made. If the films are not well made and the acting is not good, then the autobiography loses its meaning.

So being nominated and gaining popularity is in itself a reflection of the quality of the film.

Then winning the award is inevitable.

"Thank you!"

Philp patted Chen Yu's shoulder heavily, appearing quite excited and very excited.

Everyone can understand.

This award can be said to completely change Philp's destiny.

It allowed him to rise from second-rate to first-rate level. Even though he was not famous and had a bad image, his acting skills were there and many big crews would extend olive branches to him.

Listening to Philp's choked-up acceptance speech, Chen Yu did not feel much disappointed.

Keep up the good work and try harder next time.

Chen Yu clapped his hands. The next award to be presented was the Best Foreign Language Film.

"Departures" is one of only two films nominated for two awards at this year's Oscars.

Apart from this, only the final two awards, Best Director and Best Picture, have yet to be announced.

"Brokeback Mountain" won the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score, "Memoirs of a Geisha" won the Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction, and "King Kong" also won three major awards.

Best Sound, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing.

The award is shared among many people, which is actually not much different from China's Golden Rooster.

It's just a reputation, and the business and broadcasting are particularly good, but the Golden Rooster does not have that much traffic.

"Now, it's Will Smith time!"

"Will, please come on stage!"

The host of this year's Oscars, Jon Stewart, who has won 11 Emmy Awards, directly invited Will Smith, the guest who would present the Best Foreign Language Film Award, after the newly crowned Oscar winner Philp finished his acceptance speech.

Will Smith is definitely one of the hottest stars in Hollywood at the moment, and even Tom Cruise is far inferior to him in terms of box office appeal.

"Divas Hit the Road", "Independence Day", the "Men in Black" series... several consecutive blockbusters, the total box office of the starring actors is about to exceed 50 billion US dollars, and he is called "Emperor of History" by Chinese movie fans!
And next, there are two blockbuster movies that are about to be released, "The Pursuit of Happyness" and "I Am Legend", which will push him to the throne of the top-grossing movie star in Hollywood.

The film's pay ranks first in the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is currently the most profitable artist in the world.

And this guy is indeed talented, with great acting skills, a music debut, and has won several Grammy Awards. He is considered an inspirational idol for countless black people around the world.

Because he is an old black man.

"Here I am, presenting the award for Best Foreign Language Film!"

Will Smith wore a rare formal black suit and came to the microphone on the podium holding the award letter for Best Foreign Language Film.

"I thought this might be a good time to say hello to everyone watching around the world!"

"so--"

"I'm starting!"

As usual, the audience laughed and applauded with dry humor. Will Smith also stood up in an unusually gentlemanly manner, then leaned close to the microphone and said seriously, "Hello!"

Standard Chinese pronunciation.

The camera suddenly turned to Chen Yu, Zhang Ziyi and Li An, several Chinese people attending the Oscars.

"Ha ha!"

Chen Yu also smiled, shook his head, and clapped his hands.

It was exactly like Smith's opening line. "Kuai Ni dig!"

Smith said another sentence in Japanese, and then in Italian, Arabic, French... I have to say that this guy really prepared carefully to present this award.

Because several of the shortlisted films are from these countries.

Especially Arabic, this guy spoke a lot of it in one breath, as if he was cursing someone.

The whole audience burst into joyful laughter.

"Okay, now it's the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the nominees are—"

“The Beast Within, from Italy!”

Following Smith's introduction, the huge screen above the podium and the two LED windows behind him displayed the promotional footage, posters and crew list of the movie "The Beast Within".

I have to say, just for this reason, the current Oscar awards are very professional.

The entire venue was filled with the classic music and lines from "The Beast Within".

“Merry Christmas, from France!”

"Gangster Thugs, South Africa!"

“Paradise Now, from Palestine!”

"Departures, a co-production between China and Japan!"

"The above are the five classic films nominated for this year's Oscars Best Foreign Language Film!"

Will Smith shook his head and read out the list of nominations.

Then, without any hesitation, he opened the envelope in his hand.

"The winner of the 78th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is!"

Will Smith pulled out a card from the envelope, and on the big screen above his head, real-time images of the five shortlisted crews were continuously played.

Yojiro Takita suddenly grabbed Chen Yu's hand, as well as Motoki Masahiro next to him.

Hirosue Ryoko sat next to Chen Yu and grabbed Chen Yu's other hand... Everyone in the "Departures" crew was concentrating and holding their breath, holding hands, ears perked up, and staring at Will Smith who was looking at the card.

Too nervous.

The five nominated crews are obviously looking forward to this award.

After all, this is the Oscars, an award that currently symbolizes the global influence and commercialization of the film industry.

If they get it, the value, fame, and box office of the movie "Departures" as well as the careers and future of the director and everyone in the entire crew will reach a new height.

No one could refuse such an honor.

Especially as a star and director in the world of fame and fortune, Chen Yu is certainly no exception.

"Hu~~"

He let out a long sigh. He knew he wouldn't get the Best Actor award, so he didn't have any expectations at all, although he did feel a little unwilling.

But now, the Best Foreign Language Film Award is the award that he values ​​very much.

Whether it's the previous life or this life.

In its previous life, "Departures" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

And in this life, with the blessing of Chen Yu, Chen Yu believes that the film, the quality of the plot, etc. are better than those in his previous life, especially his delicate performance and the film's transcendent interpretation of life and death!
Otherwise, he would not have won the Venice Golden Lion and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in this life.

but--

Just because you won an Oscar in your previous life doesn’t mean you can win it in this life, because the opponents are different and the time is also different.

So Chen Yu was not very confident in his heart.

He really wanted to win it, but if he didn't get it, he had to be prepared to lose the prize.

Although the Hollywood Reporter's probability of "Departures" winning this award is 37%, 9% higher than "Gangsters", predictions are just predictions after all, and Chen Yu certainly won't take it seriously. Wasn't the last award also a surprise? !
Moreover, the other four films for the Best Foreign Language Film Award are also very strong, so there is no absolute chance of winning.

The strength of the five films seems to be balanced.

The entire Oscar scene seemed to have fallen silent at this moment.

Chen Yu only had the figure of Will Smith on the podium.

In the ears of him and Hirosue Ryoko, there seemed to be no noisy sound. The only sound was Will Smith's suddenly opened mouth, which uttered that extremely awkward syllable.

pat!

His ears seemed to become clear all of a sudden, and Chen Yu heard the three words clearly.

Amid the cheers of countless people in the audience, Will Smith's strange Chinese pronunciation seemed to become more pleasant.

"The Undertaker!"

"yeah!"

Chen Yu raised his arms suddenly and stood up from his chair. Hirosue Ryoko almost fell down because of his sudden move.

Because he was holding the other person's hand before.

Yojiro Takita next to him reacted instantly, and stood up suddenly, even with a look of disbelief on his face?

"Ahhh!"

The entire "Departures" crew screamed excitedly at once. Hirosue Ryoko was even so excited that she was rubbing Chen Yu's oil, covering her mouth with one hand and hugging him, laughing happily.

"Okuribito!"

"Departures!"

Will Smith read out the final list of winners in three languages.

Maintaining his interesting personality.

"Won a prize?"

"It's us?"

“Yes, we won a prize!”

Chen Yu and a few others were holding hands and waving their hands continuously.

clap clap clap!
There was applause of congratulations from the whole audience.

The camera of the Oscars ceremony was also focused on the entire crew of "Departures" who were celebrating there, and Chen Yu was of course the one who appeared the most in the camera.

"Please invite all the crew members of "Departures" to come on stage to receive the award!"

Smith also held the winning card in one hand and clapped with the other.

Chen Yu and the others still didn't let go of each other's hands, and they actually walked towards the podium holding hands.

Zhang Ziyi, who stood up to greet Chen Yu, smiled a little. Chen Yu came to his senses, quickly let go of her hand, and hugged and kissed the people he knew.

"Brother Yu, congratulations!"

Zhang Ziyi said this with envy, and Li An also stood in front of Chen Yu with a smile.

"Thank you!"

Chen Yu smiled handsomely and elegantly, and led all the main creators of "Departures" crew to step onto the podium.

(End of this chapter)