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Chapter 484 Academy Awards
"I hope so." Wang Shu replied to the text message.

"Haha." Chen Hong didn't continue the question, but asked jokingly: "The Oscars ceremony is coming soon. Are you excited? Are you looking forward to it?"

In 2009, the 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held on February 2.

It is now February 2th, and there are only three or four days left.

"What's there to be excited about? If it's mine, then I'll take it. If it's not mine, I can't take it even if I want to." Wang Shu replied calmly.

He didn't deny that he was indeed a little bit expectant and excited.

But he also knew that reality has never been spoken by idealists.

The Oscar Award is not something he can win just by making an excellent movie.

Perhaps young people who have not yet entered society think that as long as the movies they make are good enough, they can easily win awards.

This is taken for granted, the reality is not so.

No matter how good a movie Wang Shu makes is, he won’t win the award if it doesn’t meet the “preconditions”.

If he wants to win the prize, he must either follow the invisible and intangible rules or break the invisible and intangible rules.

If you follow the rules, you will need to work in Hollywood for at least ten or eight years before you have a chance to win an award.

However, at present, the global financial crisis caused by the US subprime mortgage crisis may help him break the rules without having to endure for ten or eight years.

Now, there is a high probability of winning the prize!

"Such a good attitude?" Chen Hong was surprised.

She has been in the entertainment industry for many years, but she has never seen anyone with such a good attitude as Wang Shu.

For example, Feng Xiaogang, who is always sarcastic about major domestic awards. When it is his turn to win an award, he not only brags about it, but also can't suppress the corners of his mouth.

Now, Wang Shu is expected to win the grand prize at the Academy Awards.

With this award, he becomes the first mainland director to win an Academy Award.

It can be said that he is the first person in the mainland.

Yet. So peaceful?

"Haha, I just came to Hollywood, and being nominated for an Oscar is already a very rare achievement, and winning the award is even more of a luxury, so I am very open-minded."

"Besides, there is still a long time to come. Even if I don't win the award this time, I will still have opportunities in the future."

Wang Shu responded modestly.

Sometimes you still need to pay attention to a little metaphysics.

The more complacent you are at a critical moment, the more likely you are to fail.

If you are more humble, you won't look like a clown even if you fail.

"It seems like you really have a good attitude." Chen Hong replied with a sigh, "I wish Director Chen could be like you."

"What's wrong?" Wang Shu replied to the text message.

"It's all because of the Mei Lanfang movie. The movie cost 1 million yuan to invest, but the box office was less than 1 million yuan after it was released. It also failed to make any money in Berlin, which led to poor sales."

"After returning to China, the domestic media made all kinds of comments about Director Chen."

"He said his halo was gone, and he lost all his face."

Chen Hong replied.

After reading the text message, Wang Shu immediately understood what was going on.

Director Chen has always been proud of the honor of being the Palme d'Or Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Now the domestic media are secretly saying that the halo is gone, and the box office and award performance of "Mei Lanfang" have all been poor, which Director Chen is unable to refute.

It really kills people and destroys their hearts, and messes up their mentality.

Immediately replied: "It's my fault. If 'Travel to Taipei' hadn't been released at that time, the box office performance of 'Mei Lanfang' wouldn't have been affected."

"I don't blame you." Chen Hong comforted Wang Shu after reading his text message. "'Travel to Taipei' was originally scheduled to be released during the New Year period, but Director Chen insisted on releasing it during the New Year period. It's no one's fault that it was affected."

There was something else she hadn't said, which was that in 2007, Feng Xiaogang's war film "Assembly" shot with a commercial model stimulated Director Chen, so much so that Director Chen wanted to release "Mei Lanfang", which he shot with a commercial model, in the New Year's season at the end of the year.

In this way, his prestige as the Palme d'Or director will not be weakened.

Who would have thought that although the thought was beautiful, the reality was cruel.

She thought she had to save some face for Director Chen and not say these things.

"But you are the producer, I'm worried that it will affect you." Wang Shu replied.

"It's okay." Chen Hong felt warm in her heart.

"Being a producer must be tiring, right? You have to deal with a lot of big and small things on the crew, especially when there's a loss." Wang Shu replied to the concerned text message.

"Oh, I'm used to it. It's okay." Chen Hong replied.

"How about you become my producer in the future? We can work together." Wang Shu suggested. He made this suggestion because he knew Chen Hong would definitely not agree to it, so he made such a grand suggestion.

The other party would not agree, he said, it would be better to sell one for nothing, why not do it.

"Haha, you wish." Chen Hong replied.

"So?" Wang Shu asked.

"So, it's just what you wish for." Chen Hong replied.

"Why?" Wang Shu asked knowingly.

"No reason, it just won't work." Chen Hong replied.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Wang Shu did not reply to the text message, Chen Hong immediately sent a text message to explain.

"If I go to your crew as a producer, where will Director Chen put his face? So this is really not possible. It's not that I don't want to, but it's impossible."

After reading the text message sent by Chen Hong, Wang Shu asked, "So you are willing?"

This text message was sent, but received no response.

Chen Hong did not reply.

Pacific Time, February 2.

The Academy Awards, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has officially kicked off.

The award ceremony starts at 17:17 in the evening, and before that is the red carpet ceremony which starts at 14:30.

In fact, the nominees luncheon had been held according to tradition on February 2, which is why Wang Shu rushed to Los Angeles and then to Berlin.

Now, it is the final award ceremony.

However, before the Oscars ceremony, there is a "tradition" in the United States.

The results of the Golden Raspberry Awards, which are aimed at mocking bad Hollywood movies, were announced yesterday.

The Golden Raspberry Awards announces its nominations one day earlier than the Academy Awards every year, and the awards ceremony is also held the day before the Oscars, evaluating Hollywood's worst films of the year in a sarcastic way.

The award winners were selected by more than 650 judges from the United States and 19 other countries.

On the shortlist for the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards, "Love Guru" received a total of seven nominations, which was the most embarrassing.

At yesterday's awards ceremony, "The Love Guru" won the Worst Film and Worst Screenplay of the Year, while Mike Myers won the Worst Actor.

In the worst film of the year category, other nominated films include: "The Ultimate Disaster Movie", "Inception", "Falling in Love with Wild Boar Girl", "The Last Days", and "This Is Not Sparta".

The popular actress Paris Hilton was named the Worst Actress and Worst Screen Partner for her performance in "A Tale of Two Sisters", and also won the Worst Supporting Actress for her performance in "Sarah Brightman's Bio".

Pierce Brosnan from "Mamma Mia" was voted the worst supporting actor.

Uwe Boll was voted the worst director of the year for his three directorial works, namely "King's War", "The Hole" and "A Better Tomorrow".

The worst prequel, remake or sequel went to "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

The two films directed by Wang Shu, "The Piano Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street", were not nominated for the worst film, and he himself was not nominated for the worst director.

Although this is a spoof of the Oscars, it is still quite hurtful if you are "lucky" enough to win this award when you first come to Hollywood.

At 2:30 pm, the Oscar red carpet began.

A large number of reporters from major media and TV stations, as well as fans of various celebrity artists gathered at the scene.

As the red carpet began, famous Hollywood stars walked onto the red carpet one after another.

Jolie, Pitt and his wife, Will Smith, Hugh Jackman, Beyonce, Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, Kate, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman.
A large number of internationally renowned movie stars attended the event in their best attire.

Just as the butterfly effect says that "a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in Texas a month later", there is also the so-called "exposure effect" in the fashion industry.

The theorem states that the more economically depressed a year is, the longer women's skirts will be.

The 81st Academy Awards red carpet, held against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, fully reflected this law. All the actresses on the red carpet appeared in elegant floor-length dresses, most of which were fishtail evening gowns. Blue, which had rarely been popular in the past, also became a popular choice.

From the previous boiling sexiness to a low-key look, this may be the inspiration that this year's Oscars red carpet has given to the market trend. This year's fashion is to face the various storms of previous years with implicit and mellow patience.

On the red carpet of this year's Oscars, the most popular dress was the mermaid tail dress.

The mermaid skirt, an evening gown that is tight at the top and suddenly opens up to the thigh near the knee, has long disappeared from the red carpet. However, with the sense of contraction brought about by the economic downturn, the mermaid skirt, which is restrained but sexy and emphasizes lines, has become a trend again.

Whether it is the popular young newcomer Hudgens, the veteran desire leader Parker, the sexy and hot Beyonce, or Melissa, they all use fishtail skirts to show their sexy style. Among them, the most outstanding performance is the new fashion leader Anne Hathaway. The shimmering sequins are stacked in layers, and the soft lines show her confident and pure mermaid look. The fishtail skirt look also covers Halle Berry who came from behind.

Next, there is the blue dress.

As we all know, on the red carpet, the color blue has never been very popular, but as people's mentality has gradually become more positive, the blue that represents peace and tranquility has begun to occupy people's eyes.

Winslet and other female stars have used different shades of blue to depict elegance and grandeur.

The marine style is also widely present in accessories, including long linear earrings with Harkins shells and wide knitted belts decorated with shells.

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