America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM.

Chapter 304 302. Exploding the Whole Scene
Under the gaze of the audience, the famous comedy star Jim Carrey took the stage as the award presenter.

Some people are just weird, or the audience is already familiar with their style, even if they just stand there motionless, they still make people want to laugh.

Jim Carrey and Stephen Chow are such people. Although they are more serious types in real life, the audience is more familiar with their screen images.

"I stand here tonight to present an Academy Award for Best Picture."

A background voice suddenly rang out from the backstage: "Emmy Awards, this is Emmy Awards!"

Jim Carrey was stunned, his whole expression was dull, as if he had just come to his senses. The close-up shot clearly captured this scene.

Everyone knows that he wanted to win an award like crazy. "The Truman Show" and "Man on the Moon" were both intended for awards, but unfortunately he did not get the favor of the Oscars.

Looking around the world, no matter which country, award ceremonies seem to have a bias against comedians.

Hahahaha
Seeing Jim Carrey standing there in a self-deprecating manner, the audience, whether in the audience or in front of the TV, burst into laughter.

Ashley and Mary, who prefer sitcoms, also clapped happily. This was the award ceremony they wanted to see.

"Really? Sorry. Sorry, I'm a little confused! Emmy Award, Emmy Award, remember it, you idiot!"

Jim Carrey slapped his head a few times and said: "It is a great honor to win the Emmy Award, but if I can win the Oscar, OMG! Don't be distracted!"

Hahahaha
Amid the laughter from the audience, Jim Carrey lowered his head and wiped away his tears, sobbing.

“I am not in good condition today, but please don’t worry, especially the academy, it won’t be a problem to complete the award ceremony.”

After saying that, he raised his head and suddenly gave a bright smile: "What do you think of my performance? Can you give me some extra points for the next prize?"

"Emmy Awards, this is Emmy Awards!" The background voice sounded again, seeming a little angry.

Jim Carrey quickly took two steps back and waved his hands, saying in an exaggerated tone: "OK! OK! Do you really think I don't know if you don't tell me? Haha."

The control of emotions, tone, rhythm and feelings instantly made the whole audience burst into laughter with a single complaint of grievance.

Why is it that comedy masters often make people laugh with the same line? This is because they know how to stretch emotions and pull the audience along like stretching noodles.

"Okay, enough of the antics. Next up is the Best Writing for a Drama Series award. The nominees are Terence Winter from The Sopranos, Robin Green from The Sopranos, Mitchell Burgess from The Sopranos, Matthew Weiner from The Sopranos, and Eric Cooper from House of Cards."

In the picture, Eric's photo is in the middle, surrounded by four Sopranos screenwriters.

You read that right, "The Sopranos" is so strong that this show almost swept all the nominations.

“Hahaha, this scene feels so funny.”

"A handsome guy and four old men, even a fool would know which one to choose."

"Honey, you're surrounded by people."

Eric patted Ao Mei's little butt and said, "Change your mindset. It's not that I'm surrounded, but that the four of them are surrounded by me!"

"Ok?"

"Uh?"

"Wow! Eric, listening to you speak always makes me feel like I suddenly understand something."

Countless people were staring at the TV, staring at the envelope in Jim Carrey's hand. He slowly opened it, and after taking a look, he immediately showed an exaggerated expression.

Seeing his expression, many people immediately understood that the young man had indeed created a miracle.

"I declare the winner of the Emmy Award for Best Writing is."

"Eric Cooper—House of Cards!"

As Jim Carrey announced the results, the "House of Cards" crew instantly stood up and cheered. Another major award was won, and the people around them also applauded.

The four screenwriters of "The Sopranos" were either helpless or smiling bitterly, but what could they do?

When four are fighting against one and you get killed, it’s not because you don’t know how to play, but because the enemy is just too strong.

Neil Blomkamp walked quickly onto the stage to accept the trophy: "As you all know, Mr. Cooper was unable to attend, so I will accept the award on his behalf. Now I will read his acceptance speech."

"Did I win an award? Did I win Best Screenplay again?"

"Hahahaha. If it's true, luckily I wasn't there, otherwise I would have been so happy that I couldn't contain myself and would have made a big fool of myself."

"Because this is a very happy thing. It seems that I have made history again, don't you think?"

OH
The audience immediately started to make noises. Who in Hollywood could be more successful than him? Young people should be bold in speaking out.

"I'm grateful to the Academy for choosing me over my opponent. The Sopranos is an excellent show and I watch it every week."

"Thanks to Michael Dobbs, who provided an excellent novel from which an excellent script could be born."

"As for the others, I won't thank them for now. If there is another opportunity to go on stage later, I will continue speaking."

Hahaha.
Everyone was amused by the funny acceptance speech. Not to mention the Emmy Awards, this was the first time such a speech was heard in the hundreds of years of history of major award ceremonies.

The young man is talented and bold. Does this mean he is sure that there will be big prizes to be won in the future?
At the Olsen Villa, Nicole frowned, "Honey, is it okay to talk like that? Someone will be unhappy."

"And it will give people the feeling that I have taken care of everything and the academy will definitely give me the award." Charlize Theron also shook her head slightly.

"Really? I think it's very interesting. I'm tired of hearing the same old thanks." Elizabeth raised her little head and said, and Eric took the opportunity to suck out her tongue.

"That's right, everyone likes to see different acceptance speeches, especially those that were not prepared in advance, which are the most touching."

"But being old-fashioned means being safe. Millions of people are watching, so the best thing is that there are no problems."

"What are you afraid of! When I merge all the six major companies, I can give you any award you want and thank whomever you want."

"Haha. It looks like my chance to win the Best Actress award will eventually depend on this. No, wouldn't that form a monopoly? The law won't allow it," Gadot said.

"Antitrust laws are definitely an obstacle, but it depends on human efforts, and there are ways around it."

"It's just talk to merge the six big companies. It's really unlikely to happen, but acquiring two or even three of them is still possible as long as we open up the channels."

The awards ceremony also gave out the Best Director for a Miniseries and Best Director for a Comedy. The former was won by Brian Gordon for "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and the latter was won by Mike Nichols for "Angels in America".

It was the turn of the Best Director Award for a Drama Series, and David Fincher, the famous director of "Seven" and "Fight Club", took the stage as the award presenter.

"You all know that I am a director who likes to explore the dark side of human nature. I think this is cool. Only those with a dark side can be considered a living person."

"The nominees this time are all masters of this field. There are no absolutely good people or absolutely bad people. I love their works."

“Nominees for Best Directing in a Drama Series are Eric Cooper for House of Cards, Alan Coulter for The Sopranos, Timothy Patton for The Sopranos, and Walter Hill for Deadwood.”

There are only four nominees, and The Sopranos occupies half of them, making it the most likely to win the award.

Their names have been called too many times tonight, but they haven't taken home a trophy. Everyone is holding back their energy.

Come on, take one. It would be too much if you don't give me one! Where's the mutton hotpot?

David Fincher opened the envelope and a smile appeared on his face. Yes, it was his favorite drama.

"The result was in my hands. When I saw the name, I thought I would love to work with him. I was really fascinated by this drama."

"The winner of Best Director in a Drama Series is Eric Cooper for House of Cards!"

After saying this, David Fincher led the applause. Without a single lie, he truly loved this show.

When watching it, I even had a feeling that I would handle some shots in the same way.

He felt that Eric Cooper's style was somewhat similar to his own, and it would be a great experience if they could work together.

Neil quickly stepped onto the stage again, took the trophy and took out a second piece of paper: "Below is Mr. Cooper's acceptance speech. He asked me to remember every word."

"WHAT? Did I win another award?"

"Oh my God! Then I would like to thank the college on behalf of the college, my parents, friends, and colleagues."

"Yes, I want to thank the academy on behalf of the academy, because if the academy does not give me this award, it itself will not be able to hear my thanks to it."

"Ahaha! This is called a potential threat. Have you learned it?"

Hahahaha
A tongue twister-like joke immediately made the whole audience burst into laughter.

Potential threat, it’s a pity this guy can say that, no wonder his talk show is always so lively, maybe this is his talent.

"But if you give me a big prize, will you be able to hear my thanks?"

"Of course not. You invited me to attend, did I attend?"

Hahahaha
The laughter that had just subsided started again, and Sandra Bullock even spat out the water she was drinking with a "pu" sound. The people beside her hurriedly patted her on the back. This scene was naturally captured by the sharp cameraman.

Neil couldn't hold back his words when he read this: "If you want to hear my thanks, I have to have a third chance to go on stage."

"Just a reminder, you've already given me two awards. I only need to give you one more. If you give up, you'll lose both."

"This is called sunk cost plus potential threat. Have you learned it?"

After reading it, Neil added: "No more, Mr. Cooper's acceptance speech ends here."

Amidst the laughter, he hurried off the stage. He had originally thought that he had gotten a good job as he could show his face on stage.

Now I just feel like my face is burning. Damn it, he got the reputation of being a humorous person, but I have to bear the embarrassing situation.

Sitting back in the chair, the "House of Cards" crew has added a new trophy to their desk.

On the director team's side, a bunch of people had a confused look on their faces. They definitely didn't know what the guests' acceptance speeches were like, after all, these things could be changed at any time.

But this is the first time I've seen someone play like Eric.

A reminder suddenly rang from the background in the headset: "The number of viewers is soaring, it has exceeded 2800 million, and is still growing rapidly."

The director was stunned when he heard this. Wow, so powerful!
Although the Emmy Awards are known as the Oscars of the television industry, their ratings are not as high as the real Oscars, and generally remain at around 2500 million people.

Obviously, the reason for the sudden surge was definitely due to Eric Cooper's acceptance speech. Everyone wanted to know if he could win another big award.

Do it! Do it hard!
With Angels in America taking the Best Miniseries award, the number of viewers has surpassed the 3000 million mark.

When the Best Comedy Series award was presented, there was a huge jump, directly increasing to 3300 million people.

In just a few minutes, the data increased more rapidly than the line chart of Moutai!

Until the last moment of the evening, the Best Drama Series award was presented, which, like the Best Picture, was the highest praise for a drama.

The award presenter was Ray Romano, star of Everybody Loves Raymond, which won the Best Comedy Series at the last Emmy Awards.

Romano had been sitting in the audience the whole time and had never expected that his baton would suddenly become so important.

Just before going off the stage, the director team told me that I could delay it for a few minutes and it didn't matter if I went overtime. The key was to get the ratings higher.

"The nominees for Best Drama Series are The Sopranos, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 24, and House of Cards."

Romano slowly opened the envelope, moving as slowly as possible, making the audience in front of the TV so anxious that they wanted to rush in and open it for him.

After half a minute of antics and nagging, Romano could no longer delay and announced loudly, "The winner is House of Cards. Congratulations!"

OH!

In an instant, the cheers and noise almost blew the roof of the theater off.

It did it, it really did it, it won all five of the most important awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenwriter, Best Director, and Best Drama Series. "House of Cards" has simply created a miracle.

At this moment, the ratings soared again, reaching 3500 million. Even in the golden age of TV dramas in the 90s, it was not so exaggerated.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Neil stepped onto the podium for the third time.

He pulled out the last piece of paper and cleared his throat forcefully.

"It's crazy that this piece of paper will actually be used!"

"Even though, well, it's well-deserved, it's still crazy."

“Have you learned about sunk costs and potential threats?”

Hahahaha
He emphasized it again, which instantly caused the whole audience to burst into laughter. It can be predicted that these two words will definitely make headlines tomorrow.

"You know, I actually think it might be a bit too much. Is the show House of Cards overrated? I don't think I deserve so many awards."

Hearing that he suddenly became humble, some people felt that this guy knew his limits and did not continue to go too far, and the normal thank-you session should be the next step.

Unexpectedly, Neil was stunned for a moment, then suddenly rolled his eyes and said in a very awkward and pretentious manner: "But not tonight!"

This guy's loud breathing instantly sprained many people's waists!
"House of Cards is really good to watch. My original intention in making it was 100% to make the audience happy."

“As for saving the 900%, of course it’s to make myself even richer!”

Hahahaha
"In short, what the audience likes is what we want to do. This is the original intention of every film and television person, and we will continue to do so."

“That’s my acceptance speech.”

"What? You haven't thanked the academy yet?"

"Then save it for the Oscars. You've given me so many awards already. I promise if you give me one more, I'll tell you."

"Have you learned the meaning of sunk cost plus potential threat?"

(End of this chapter)