One Hundred and Forty Six - Good Luck Boy!

"Hi Wayne!"

When he heard someone saying hello, Wayne looked up and saw the radiant Uma Thurman. At this moment, the man next to her aroused his great interest.

"Hi, Uma." He stood up and gently shook hands with the actress he had worked with before, and he turned his eyes to the man next to him.

This man had recognizable facial features and looked casual and free. Later, netizens nicknamed him "Ruffian." As soon as he saw him, a picture appeared in Wayne's mind. He was proudly saying "Niu coins" in Chinese!

"Hello, Director Greenberg, Quentin Tarantino!" The ruffian Quentin stretched out his hand to him.

"Nice to meet you, Director Tarantino!"

After saying hello, Quentin was obviously very interested in him. He should have deliberately asked Uma Thurman to introduce him to him. You must know that the relationship between this woman and Wayne is very ordinary.

The ruffian director's body language was very rich when he spoke. At this moment, he was waving his hands and gesticulating. While saying: "I have watched all your videos, you know, our shooting concepts and styles have many similarities. Especially the beautiful bloody scenes, oh my god! It's like a discussion OK……"

Wayne kept smiling and listening to his chatter, and Uma Thurman slapped her forehead, poked him hard, and whispered to him. "Honey, it's time for us to go."

"Sorry, we can talk together when we have time." Before leaving, the strange-looking director gave him his business card.

After casually handing the business card with only his name and phone number written on it to Nina, Wayne smiled, shook his head and sat down.

The Australian beauty who had been watching them chatting was staring at Uma Thurman's back and said: "This woman was with Ethan Hawke before, but I didn't expect to be replaced by this director so soon."

"Stop gossiping, Nami."

If Uma Thurman didn't kick Ethan Hawke, how would he get along with Quentin? You can understand this when you think about it. Quentin and Uma's most important and famous works should have already started filming. After "Kill Bill", the violent aesthetics of this ruffian director will be fully realized.

The Oscar ceremony started at the right time, interrupting Naomi Watts from continuing to gossip. She and Uma Thurman had never dealt with each other very well, and her words were quite demeaning to this woman.

Host Billy Criss put on a clown mask and the first thing he said was to make fun of Wayne. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the beautiful and charming Gotham City. I am your old friend Arthur the Clown! Hey, Wayne, don't just applaud. You irresponsibly sent me to the United States. Now I want to How to go back?"

"ha!……"

The whole place was filled with kind laughter and applause, and Wayne stood up with a smile and bowed slightly towards the audience.

It wasn't just Wayne himself who was ridiculed. Billy Criss, a former talk show actor, made up a large set of lyrics, ranging from Al Pacino's "Scent of a Woman" to Robert Downey Jr.'s "Chaplin". ", almost all the shortlisted film actors were teased.

Later, everyone discovered that the only highlight of this event may be Billy Chris's talk show performance. After entering the formal part, various boring and nostalgic performances began, interspersed with some small awards.

It wasn't until Naomi Watts nudged him that Wayne came out of his dazed state. On the stage, Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman were introducing the nominees for Best Original Screenplay. .

"..."Lorenzo's Oil," "Unforgiven," "The Crying Game," "Get Out," "The Good Couple." Dustin Hoffman paused deliberately, then smiled. Speaking to the microphone, he said: "The winner of the best original screenplay is ~"Get Out", Wayne Greenberg, congratulations!"

Although this was expected, it also gave Wayne the first Oscar in his life. He buttoned up his suit and gave Naomi Watts a hug.

"Honey, congratulations!"

"Thanks, Nami!"

Then he hugged everyone on the set one by one, and the last one happened to be the funny Will Smith. He hugged Wayne and yelled loudly in his ear. "Brother, you got that damn statuette, congratulations!"

Amidst the warm applause of the audience, Wayne received the statuette from Dustin Hoffman. Although this thing is not a particularly important award, it is at least a consolation for him.

"First of all, I want to thank the Academy for giving me this recognition. This is the greatest compliment for my hard work. I also want to thank everyone on the crew for their hard work. It is you who made this film enter the Oscars. Finally, I want to thank my father, Reuben Greenberg!

Dad, thank you for risking your pension money to pay for my first film. You taught me how to be a man. Finally, I want to say to my mother Anna Greenberg, Mom, I will be proud of you! "

After speaking, he waved the statuette in his hand amidst applause and walked to the backstage of the music hall.

Wayne's award did not cause any waves, and the awards ceremony was still in progress.

At this moment, in the back row of the concert hall, there was a person who sat up instantly after hearing Ruben Greenberg's name. Sitting here were executives from New Line Cinema, and the person who reacted was New Line President Shea.

A voice that only he could hear came from Shay's mouth. "Wayne Greenberg. Ruben Greenberg! I should have thought of it earlier, but I didn't expect you to be so big!"

Shea knew very well what relationship this former little "nephew" had with Warner Bros. New Line Cinema, which he currently controls, is facing a merger with Time Warner. Although it was acquired indirectly, it can still be regarded as a family.

But the only advantage is that Shea also retains the controlling rights and independent operating rights of New Line. He does not have to be too constrained by Warner, but he can enjoy Warner's resources.

"Ruben, I wonder if your son knows what happened back then..."

His voice disappeared into the noisy music hall.

There were no blockbuster films at this Oscar. The Best Change of Screenplay award went to "Howards End". Best Supporting Actress went to Marisa Tomei for "My Cousin Vinnie." Gene Hackman won the Oscar for "The Impossible." For his performance in Forgiveness, he won the Best Supporting Actor award.

The most important awards were exactly as predicted by the media. The best actor is Al Pacino for "Scent of a Woman", the best actress is Emma Thompson for "Howards End", and the best picture is "Unforgiven"!

And the best director is the long-awaited old cowboy, Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven"!

After the long awards ceremony passed, most of the actresses present went from feeling weak to feeling energetic. Everyone is ready to go to the Vanity Fair party.

This is the main purpose for many people to attend the Oscars. Most of the powerful people in Hollywood will be present at the party. This party is full of opportunities. As long as you can seize one, it may change the fate of many people.

Warner Bros. had arranged all this, and Wayne could only follow the crowd to the Four Seasons Hotel, where Jeff Robinoff began to take him around to greet people.

"The video tape of "Get Out" will start to be distributed across the United States tomorrow. With the help of the Oscar statuette, Warner Bros. will make a lot of money this time."

Not far away, Townsend Rothman was holding a glass of wine and chatting softly with Jane de Bont beside him. Bunter has just signed a contract with 20th Century Fox and is preparing to start preparations for a new project "Speed".

"Townsend, you missed him at the beginning. Maybe you can invite him back when his next project starts. Of course, this depends on Wayne Greenberg's summer performance." Bunter looked at him with envy. It’s about the young director whose films have sparked national discussion in recent times.

Looking at Wayne again with a regretful expression, Townsend-Rosman said sadly: "We tried to ask him to come back to direct "Happy Death Day 2", but unfortunately his agent rejected it. It has been impossible in the past two years. , he has been tied to Warner Bros.

Even I misjudged him in this matter. Who would have thought that for such a young man, his success was no accident! "

The conversation not far away could not reach Wayne's ears. He had obviously drunk a little too much at the moment. He was about to ask Naomi Watts to go back early, but the big shot who came up to say hello forced him to stop. set his own pace.

"Wayne, you are doing very well. Many people are watching you. Don't be sad about Oscar. As long as you keep making continuous progress, you will definitely get something!"

Being praised and comforted by the other party made Wayne feel relieved instantly. "Thank you, Mr. Spielberg, I will continue to work hard!"

This old Jewish man, who is the best director when he picks up the camera, and is a businessman when he puts it down, must have had a very good impression of Wayne, and he treated him as one of his own in just a few words.

Steven Spielberg looks like he is supporting his younger generation, but in fact he is really a good old man towards Jewish descendants.

"We can play golf together when we have time. I'll introduce you to Jeffrey Katzenberg and George Lucas. Talented young people like you are very rare among our group."

This gave Wayne a huge surprise. He knew that although he had some status in the industry, he was still far from being compared to these Jewish bosses.

So he thought of it and took advantage of this rare opportunity to send out an invitation. "Director Spielberg, if you have time, I would like to invite you to the premiere of "Joker" to see this stylized film I made!"

"What time?"

"It will be soon, tentatively scheduled for mid-May!" Wayne said quickly.

The old Jewish man frowned and considered for a while, and finally nodded. "I will go, remember to ask Warner to send me an invitation letter, lucky boy, I will be available just in time!"

After politely exchanging contact information and saying goodbye, Wayne felt as if he was in a dream. These characters were temporarily unavailable to him. This was no longer a matter of status.

He quickly found Jeff who was chatting and told him the news. Even Jeff was sighing. "Lucky boy, this is an important year for Spielberg. I never expected that he would agree to attend the premiere for you during the gap between two films."

Damn it! Wayne woke up instantly, it was "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park"!