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Chapter 490 My life is like walking on thin ice. When will I be able to reach the other side?

As soon as Wang Shugang returned to his seat from the stage, Monica, Kristen, Stone and others all expressed their congratulations to him enthusiastically.

In response to this, Wang Shu responded politely with a smile on his face.

At this moment, he finally felt relieved.

I thought that "Slumdog Millionaire" was a very popular film, but it might fail at the Oscars this time.

Now, for the Best Director Award, the old men in the Academy finally chose "The Wolf of Wall Street" over their "own son" and "The Wolf of Wall Street".

The biological son is "Slumdog Millionaire", a movie that not only satisfies the sense of superiority of the old men in the academy as a great power, but also satisfies the curiosity of the first world towards the third world.

The old guys in the academy really liked this movie.

Wang Shu could imagine that if the global financial crisis had not made The Wolf of Wall Street so popular, and the old men in the academy had not been under pressure, he would not have won the Oscar for Best Director this time.

From his point of view, we need to thank the global financial crisis triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis.

This major event helped him win the award.

However, the global financial crisis has affected people all over the world.
Therefore, having said that, it is impossible to express gratitude.

"I didn't expect that he would win the Best Director Award."

Anne Hathaway looked towards where the king tree was.

Although "The Wolf of Wall Street" had a high chance of winning an award, Wang Shu is only 22 years old after all, and he had just arrived in Hollywood from China, so he was not a "local director" in Hollywood.

Taking all these factors into consideration, Wang Shu is the least likely to win the award among the five nominated directors.

Now, the Oscar for Best Director is truly in Wang Shu's hands.

Looking at the joyful atmosphere around Wang Shu, Anne Hathaway looked back at the stage and sighed softly.

"My life is like walking on thin ice. When will I be able to reach the other side?"

On the stage, five former Oscar-winning actresses, including Halle Berry, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Shirley MacLaine, have walked onto the stage and will "brag" about the nominees for this year's Best Actress Oscar one by one.

Anne Hathaway is one of the nominated actors.

As the five actresses came on stage, the audience stood up and applauded to show their respect.

After the applause died down, the five actresses began their work of bragging about the nominees.

This moment was the highlight for the five actresses nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars.

Wang Shu's eyes were also looking at the stage, since neither Monica nor Black Widow were nominated for an Oscar, and since the five nominated actresses had not changed from the original timeline.

So, there is a high probability that Kate will win the Oscar for Best Actress this year.

Wait a minute, after Kate won the award and stood up, she looked around, trying to find her beloved Leo.

Unfortunately, Leo didn't come today. Kate looked around for a moment and couldn't find Leo. Then she realized that Leo was not there, so she turned around and walked onto the stage.
From this we can see that Kate's heart is really full of Leo.

Even though Leo wasn't there, I still thought of him when I was excited about winning the award and wanted to share my joy with him.

Obviously, this is a subconscious behavior, revealing inner emotions in excitement.

In fact, during this period, Leo has gained weight and is no longer the handsome guy he was when he was young.

However, Kate's love for Leo has already transcended into more than just physical love.

Even though Leo is no longer the handsome guy he used to be, Kate's love for him has not changed.

Even after getting married, I never changed and never concealed it.

Wang Shu turned his head and happened to see Anne Hathaway not far away, and saw that she was looking at the stage with anticipation.

It goes without saying that it's not just her, but several of the nominees are like this.

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Just as Wang Shu expected, the presenter opened the envelope and announced loudly: "Kate Winslet's "The Reader"."

After some noise, it was time to present the Best Actor award.

Five former Oscar winners took to the stage again, boasting about the nominees for this year's Best Actor Oscar.

I have to admit that this segment is indeed a highlight of the Oscars ceremony.

The five previous winners will present the nominees for this year in turn, and then present the awards.

It not only looks grand, but also looks quite stylish.

This year's Oscars were different from the original time. Matt Damon was nominated for "The Wolf of Wall Street" and replaced another actor.

At this moment, Matt Damon was staring at the stage intently, waiting for the Oscar-winning actor on the stage to announce the winner.

I only heard a voice on the stage: "Who won the Oscar for Best Actor is..."

"Sean Penn."

As the name sounded, there was a burst of warm applause at the scene.

Matt Damon was also among those applauding.

Losing to Sean Penn simply shut him up, and apart from feeling sorry for himself, he did not feel unconvinced.

This is because Sean Penn is the winner of the 76th Academy Awards.

In addition, he was also the Best Actor at the 55th and 60th Venice International Film Festival, and the Best Actor at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival.

This is his second Oscar win for Best Actor. Matt Damon had expected to compete with such a strong opponent.

It's just what I expected, but now that I've been nominated, I naturally hope to win the award.

Let me ask you, who doesn’t have a dream?

"Only the best picture award is left." Matt Damon sighed in his heart.

He is the producer of "The Wolf of Wall Street", and the final award, Best Picture, is to honor the producer, investors, and the entire crew.

When this final award is presented, a big shot in the industry will walk onto the stage and announce the nominated films and their corresponding producers one by one.

Afterwards, the producer will receive the golden statuette and stand in the center of the stage to give his acceptance speech.

Wang Shu is the director. If "The Wolf of Wall Street" really won the Best Picture award, he would just follow Matt Damon onto the stage with the crew representatives and stand in the crowd waiting for Matt Damon to give his acceptance speech.

This award is not to recognize the director. He is not eligible to accept the award or give an acceptance speech.

Unless, he is the producer himself.

Compared to Matt Damon, Wang Shu doesn't care much about whether he can win the Best Picture award at this Oscars.

If you can take it, take it. If you can’t, forget it.

Anyway, he has already won the Best Director Award, so for a director, he has already won the best award, and nothing else matters.

It is undeniable that the Best Picture is the biggest award, and if "The Wolf of Wall Street" can win the award, it will also be beneficial to him.

But Wang Shu is not greedy.

When I first arrived in Hollywood, I won the Oscar for Best Director, and I was already content.

Furthermore, he had a feeling that since the Academy chose to give him the Best Director Award, it would most likely give the Best Picture Award to "Slumdog Millionaire".

After all, this movie is the son of the old men in the academy.

Now that a trophy for Best Director has been given out, it can be regarded as an response to the outside world's calls.

The Best Picture award will most likely go to Slumdog Millionaire.

From the perspective of the old men in the academy, the Best Director Award is an individual honor award, and the Best Picture Award is the highest honor award for the entire film.

Comparing the two, the Best Picture award is naturally bigger.

Therefore, Wang Shu felt that the old men in the academy would most likely choose to give him the relatively smaller Best Director Award, and then give the biggest award, Best Picture, to "Slumdog Millionaire."

In this way, you won't be mistreating your own son.

As for Danny Boyle, the director of Slumdog Millionaire.
The old guys in the academy love the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", not the director of the movie.

If it weren't for The Wolf of Wall Street, the Best Director Award would naturally have gone to Danny Boyle.

Now, with the timely film "The Wolf of Wall Street", there are not enough big awards to share, and the old men in the academy don't want to compromise completely.

Just one on each side.

The biggest award went to the beloved movie "Slumdog Millionaire".

The Director Award went to The Wolf of Wall Street, which I didn't love.

Just as Wang Shu was thinking, Steven Spielberg walked onto the stage and presented the Best Picture Award.

The old man stood in the center of the stage, reading out the nominated films and their corresponding producers one by one, then opened the envelope and took a look, then shouted: "The winner of the Best Picture Award is..."

"Slumdog Millionaire!"

There was a sudden burst of applause and cheers at the scene.

"Sure enough." While Wang Shu was clapping, he also secretly complained in his heart.

"Slumdog Millionaire" is definitely the "favorite son" of the old men in the Academy. In the original timeline, this movie won eight Oscars at this year's Academy Awards.

Absolutely, the biggest winner.

The old guys in the college made no secret of their love for this movie.

Except for the actor award which was not given to the actors of this movie, most of the other awards were given to it.

Although the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" has received high praise from the outside world, it is not a movie that is loved by the old men in the academy at all.

In the original timeline, when this movie premiered, the old man in the academy watched half of the movie and started cursing at the director on the spot.

This time, if The Wolf of Wall Street had not been released during the financial crisis and had a gagging effect, the same thing would have most likely happened.

All this shows that "The Wolf of Wall Street" may be nominated, but it is just a dream to win the award.

Not to mention that this film was directed by a 22-year-old young director from China. The Oscars have never awarded the grand prize to such a young director, nor to a film directed by such a young director.

It is even more impossible to win a prize.

Therefore, if the momentum of "The Wolf of Wall Street" was not so great, it would have been so great that the old men at the American Film Academy had concerns.

Otherwise, the Best Director Award would not have been given to Wang Shu.

Instead, it was given to the director of the beloved film "Slumdog Millionaire."

(End of this chapter)