Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

This year's Oscars ceremony will still be held at the Kodak Theater at the Hollywood and Highland Center. More than a thousand actors and crew members were invited to participate, including the producers, directors, and leading actors and actresses of the "Mr. Tree" crew.

Since "Mr. Tree" is a movie released by Lionsgate Pictures, the crew members' schedules are also coordinated and arranged by Lionsgate Pictures staff.

Link heard that the producer of "Mr. Tree", Jia Zhangke, was also there, so he took the time to meet him, and also saw the grinning, white-toothed Stan Wang. Stan means "strong" in English, so he was promoting this film. During the movie, Wang Baoqiang was given this English name.

Stan Wang was wearing a Chinese tunic suit, with short hair, and looked very energetic. After seeing him, Stan Wang quickly stepped forward to say hello, and he spoke English very well.

Link also chatted with the other person and asked him if he liked boxing and fighting. If he had the opportunity to make a movie in the future, Lionsgate Pictures could invest in it.

King Stan said yes again and again.

Link had too much to do, so he left after chatting for a few words.

"This is Link, he's so handsome."

Stan Wang looked at Link's back and praised with his big white teeth.

"He is indeed handsome. It is rare that he is also an all-rounder."

Jia Zhangke nodded and said.

"How did this man do it? Olympic champion, world boxing champion, singing king, Berlin actor, billionaire, and by the way, Liu Tianxian is my best friend. It must be very satisfying to live like him."

Director Han Jie praised.

Stan Wang watched Link get into a luxury car, accompanied by two bodyguards, a female assistant, and a beautiful woman, and he couldn't help but feel envious.

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony opened at 5 p.m., and Link entered with the crew of "Midnight in Paris". He was accompanied by director Woody Allen and Marion Cotillard, who recently filmed "Batman: Darkness" here. Post-recording of "The Rise of a Knight".

After finishing filming "Batman", "Rust and Bone" will also start filming. Link needs to spare time to go to France to film in March and April. However, when walking on the red carpet, he and Marion didn't talk much, not nothing. There was nothing to talk about, but Director Allen kept talking beside him.

"Link, some time ago the media said that the Academy likes to praise British movies. Many old guys have not yet taken off the shackles of being colonized by the British. They worship the British royal family from their souls, and therefore like all movies related to British celebrities. I despise all American movies. Did you, Lionsgate, release this news?”

asked director Woody Allen.

"How is that possible? Lionsgate has never made such comments through any media."

Link said firmly.

This is not a cover-up, but a fact.

The original press release arranged by Lionsgate just stated that the Oscar Academy judges prefer British films, especially celebrity biographies. Every time such a film is released in the United States, the Academy will definitely take notice and give a few small gold awards. People, to encourage.

In comparison, not only the British, French, and Italians look down on American movies, thinking that American movies are not artistic enough and too commercial, but also professionals here in the United States have the same idea.

This has also led to American literary and artistic films failing every time they face British films.

Some examples are also given.

Lionsgate just talked about the matter and did not say that the Oscar Academy judges like to praise British people, nor did they say anything else.

Saying this will undoubtedly anger the Academy and may be counterproductive, and Lionsgate will naturally not do this.

As for why these arguments appear in the media, this is a conclusion drawn by netizens after investigation and research.

Although Hollywood blockbusters are invincible in all countries around the world, and there is almost no country whose film industry is not affected by Hollywood blockbusters, the United States is not doing well enough when it comes to literary and artistic films.

Currently, most of the directors who are good at making art films come from foreign countries, including British directors, French directors, and Italian directors. The only ones in the United States are Clint Eastwood, the Coen Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, and Quentin Quentin. Tarantino, David Fincher and others.

This has also led French filmmakers to ridicule American directors for being uneducated, Italian directors to ridicule American directors for not understanding art, and British people to think that American films are overly commercialized.

Most American filmmakers also think this way, so when shooting literary and artistic films, they often draw on European film styles and learn from famous directors such as Hitchcock.

But the fact is that the quality of American domestic literary and artistic films has become higher and higher in recent years, and the overall quality is no worse than similar foreign films.

Because of this, netizens criticized the Academy for being unwilling to recognize the value of American art films, blindly belittling American domestic literary films, and becoming an obstacle to the development of American films. They suggested that the Academy should reform and recruit more young judges, and not be too nostalgic. .

Because this type of news was relatively popular some time ago, mainstream media also reprinted and reported on it, which also led to the greater impact of this type of news.

Link didn't know if these arguments were spontaneously discussed by netizens, or if someone took the opportunity to cause trouble and used this method to throw dirty water on Lionsgate.

But now even director Allen mistakenly believes that it is a draft issued by Lionsgate Pictures.

Link also has trouble speaking.

"You'd better not do this. Doing this will only anger the Oscar judges. You will never win the Oscar and Lionsgate's movies will also be targeted. This will not be good for you."

Director Woody Allen said.

Link nodded, "I suspect that this was done by Harvey. He wanted to make it bigger to anger the Oscar judges. On the one hand, he wanted to harm me, and on the other hand, he could help Weinstein's films win awards."

"Harvey did it? How can this help his films win awards?"

Director Allen frowned.

"Simple! He created this kind of public opinion to anger the Oscar judges. The Oscar judges are very stubborn. After being angered, they will pursue British films more, to show that they will not be affected by public opinion.

Tactically speaking, this is a self-torture strategy, that is, self-depreciation to gain sympathy. It can be predicted that this Oscar will be Harvey's stage alone. Although this person has many problems, he is really good at publicizing Oscar awards."

Link sighed.

Director Allen rolled his eyes at him, "This is the Oscars, not a battlefield. There are not as many conspiracies as you think. If you want to win an Oscar, just make movies honestly and don't waste your energy on public relations all day. This is a waste of time."

"I understand. What do you think of my performance in "Buried Alive"? "

Link laughed.

"Generally, it's still decades away from winning an Oscar. You still need to keep working hard."

Director Allen waved his hand and left.

Link and Marion Cotillard looked at each other and laughed softly.

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Walking into the Kodak Theater, Link sat down in the front row with Director Woody Allen, Marion Cotillard and others.

On the left is the crew of "Hugo". Director Allen met Director Martin Scorsese and chatted happily. Link also chatted with Jude Law from the crew.

On the right is the crew of "The Artist". Harvey, wearing a black suit, sat in the middle and was chatting with a large group of actors and directors. He was very popular.

Harvey saw him coming, glanced at him, and snorted.

Link ignored him and sat down to wait for the ceremony to start, but was approached by Emma Stone, Brad Pitt and his wife, Kristen Wiig, Christian Bale and others to chat.

At 5:30 pm, the Oscars ceremony officially began. The first awards were for technical categories. "Hugo" won five Oscars in this session, including Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, and Best Visual Effects.

"The Help" only won Best Costume Design, "The Artist" won Best Original Score, "The Iron Lady" won Best Makeup, and the Best Foreign Language Film was won by Iranian director "A Separation".

At the key part of the ceremony, "Midnight in Paris" first won the Best Original Screenplay Award. Woody Allen went on stage to receive the award and said a lot. In the end, he mocked Link on stage that he would never win an actor award and advised him to be a screenwriter, maybe he could win an award, which caused a burst of laughter at the scene.

The Best Supporting Actor award went to veteran actor Christopher Plummer, who is 83 years old this year. He has starred in films such as The Thorn Birds, The Insider, and Beginners, and is also one of the gold medal supporting actors in the film industry.

The Best Supporting Actress award went to Octavia Spencer, a black actress in The Help.

Among the five nominees for Best Supporting Actress, two were from The Help, one was from Bridesmaids, and the other was Marion Cotillard from Midnight in Paris.

This was a fight among the same people.

The Best Director award went to Michel Hazanavicius, director of The Artist.

The Best Actor award went to Jean Dujardin from The Artist.

When Natalie Portman announced Jean Dujardin's award on stage, Brad Pitt and George Clooney could not hide their disappointment.

Harvey Weinstein, however, touched his chin stubble, smiled and nodded, with a look of relief on his face.

The Best Actress award went to Jennifer Lawrence, the actress in Silver Linings Playbook.

When last year's Oscar winner Colin Firth read out the name of 'Jennifer Lawrence', there was a cry of surprise at the scene, and everyone looked at Jennifer Lawrence in the middle in a red dress in disbelief.

An Oscar winner who is only 22 years old, to be exact, 21 years and 121 days old, more than 100 days younger than the previous youngest winner Marlee Matlin, this is a new record.

The audience at the scene and in front of the TV were all amazed that Jennifer could win the award, especially that she defeated veteran actress Meryl Streep to win the award, which can be called a 'surprise', even colder than Link's previous win of the Berlin Film Festival.

This time, the performance of the Oscar Academy judges is impressive.

"Fuck it!!"

When Harvey Weinstein heard that the winner was Jennifer Lawrence, he cursed directly, his fat face quickly became gloomy, his eyes narrowed, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes kept trembling.

Suddenly he turned his head to look at Link, only to see Jennifer Lawrence throw herself into Link's arms without hesitation and hug him tightly.

Harvey bit his back teeth tightly and stared at the two with murderous eyes. It was not until he was reminded by the people next to him that the camera was in front that his expression barely eased and stared fiercely at Jennifer Lawrence who walked up to the podium.

It was not known whether Jennifer was too excited or his eyes had an effect. When Jennifer Lawrence walked to the steps, she accidentally fell.

"Fell again!"

Link shook his head helplessly. In the original time and space, Jennifer Lawrence fell when she went on stage to receive the award. This time she was wearing a more high-end short skirt evening dress. Link had reminded her to be careful and not to be too excited before, but unfortunately she still fell.

Jennifer was also very excited when she gave her acceptance speech on stage. She openly thanked Link for helping her KO all opponents and let her win the award. At the end, she loudly said to Link, "I love you, forever."

There was an uproar at the scene. Link was a married man, but Jennifer openly expressed her love. This was too bold.

Link covered his forehead and felt a little embarrassed.

"Your girlfriend is very cute."

Marion Cotillard joked softly.

Jennifer probably knew that she had said too much on the stage. Later, she specially thanked director David Russell, Bradley Cooper, Catherine, Ms. Mandy, cousin Clausen, and Evaka, saying that Evaka was the most perfect woman in the world.

"Nonsense, what are you doing?"

Director Woody Allen said with a dark face.

"Jennifer was so excited that she was a little incoherent. She'll be fine next time."

"Next time? Humph! I don't know how you got her to be the leading actress, but she's a little girl under 22 who beat Meryl Streep to win the award, and she openly expressed her love to you, a scumbag, on the stage. I guarantee that the media will criticize you two tomorrow, and Jennifer won't be able to win an award in the future."

Director Woody Allen said with a sneer.

Link is not worried about being criticized by the media because he's used to it. As for whether Jennifer will have a chance to win an Oscar in the future, she doesn't need to worry too much.

For actors, one or two little golden men don't make much difference. In addition, Jennifer Lawrence became an idol star after starring in "The Hunger Games". It's not easy for her to win an Oscar in a short period of time.

After Jennifer stepped down, the award ceremony continued.

Tom Cruise announced that this year's Oscar for Best Picture was won by "The Artist".

"The Artist" also became the biggest winner of this year's Oscars with Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Score.

But Harvey Weinstein was not happy. After the award ceremony, he walked up to Link with a gloomy face and said coldly: "Don't be complacent, this matter is not over yet."

"Oh, what else?"

Link asked doubtfully.

"Just wait and see."

Harvey glared at him and walked away with his men in a rage.

Link shook his head. This man really thinks he is the king of Hollywood. Everything should be done according to his words. Such a self-righteous person does not need to be paid much attention to.

"Boss, I want a little golden man too."

Emma Stone came over and said.

"If you want to win an Oscar, practice your acting skills more. You will get at least three in the future."

"Do you need acting skills?"

Emma Stone blinked and smiled: "But I just heard someone say that you can get a little golden man just by sleeping with you. Is it true?"

"Don't talk nonsense, be careful I will freeze you."

Link pointed at her and walked out of the audience.

Emma Stone looked at his back, smiled lightly, and chased after him.