Chapter 71: First Visit to Oscars (Please Read On!)

Chapter 71 First visit to the Oscars

Los Angeles, Hollywood, outside the Kodak Theater.

Kodak has not gone bankrupt yet. Countless people around the world buy their film products, and their business is booming.

So much so that Kodak, which is rich and powerful, spent a huge sum of money to name this theater, which is a waste of money.

No one expected that in just ten years, Kodak would face the dilemma of bankruptcy and liquidation.

Let's get back to the topic.

This year is the first year that the Kodak Theater has been put into use after its completion. This new theater has up to 3,400 seats, which is very worthy of the scale and level of the Oscars.

For at least the next 20 years, this will be the venue for the Academy Awards.

However, this year is the first time it has been used. Whether it is the media reporters who came to watch or the guest stars who came to participate, they are all curious about this newly opened theater.

Outside the theater, it took 18 people 900 hours to lay out the long red carpet with an area of ​​4,645 square meters.

It is worth mentioning that this red carpet, which is so labor-intensive and expensive, is only a disposable item and will not be reused. It will be destroyed after tonight.

It can only be said that Hollywood, which is full of extravagance, is generous.

At this time, thousands of media reporters from all over the world have gathered on both sides of the red carpet. They are looking at the end of the red carpet with expectation, waiting for the arrival of the courtesy cars, and then emptying the film in their cameras!

Today is a rare event for every reporter. Countless Hollywood top stars will be present, so you can't be stingy with film!

Among the reporters, there is a small group of reporters who are gathered together. They are different from their colleagues next to them and are also very eye-catching in the crowd.

Because their skin color is all yellow, and they don’t speak English, but authentic Mandarin.

"Will Director Wu walk the red carpet?"

"Of course! Juno is nominated for four awards, how can Director Wu not walk the red carpet?"

"Cheer up, Director Wu will start shooting as soon as he arrives. We specially prepared ten rolls of film this time, and we shot them all!"

"I wonder if Director Wu can win the award tonight."

"It's uncertain, no mainland filmmaker has ever won an Oscar."

"Not necessarily, Director Wu is shooting a Hollywood movie, not a mainland movie, so there is still hope for him to win an award."

The Chinese reporters gathered together and chatted, their tone full of uneasiness. They hoped that Wu Yuan could win the award, but they were also afraid that he would not win the award.

Although Wu Yuan was nominated for the Oscar for an English film, he is a Chinese with a good family background. Winning the award is definitely a shot in the arm for the Chinese film industry.

Chinese filmmakers have won the three major European awards, and they have won many, but no Chinese director has ever won an Oscar.

The closest time was when Li An was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon last year, but is Li An considered a director trained in China?

Now Wu Yuan has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay. If he can win Best Picture or Best Director, it will be a real breakthrough!

But every Chinese reporter knows that all major Hollywood media have made predictions before the awards ceremony.

Among the nominated films, Juno has the lowest chance of winning Best Director and Best Picture

"Director Wu is still young, and it's already amazing to be nominated." A younger reporter said confidently: "I believe Director Wu will definitely win the Oscar for Best Director in the future!"

On the red carpet, groups of guest crews arrived at the scene and walked on the red carpet to provide pictures and photos for reporters.

The fanatical media reporters around were taking pictures crazily, and the flash lights kept flashing.

Only the Chinese reporters gathered in a corner were very restrained. Even if international superstars were present, they only took one or two photos symbolically to save the use of film.

Until a black courtesy car drove to the end of the red carpet, Wu Yuan and John, dressed in suits, got out of the car with Chris and Scarlett.

The Chinese journalists, who had been silent for the whole afternoon, immediately went crazy.

"Director Wu! Look here!"

"Director Wu, do you have a chance to win an award at tonight's awards ceremony?"

"Director Wu, smile!"

Not only the Chinese journalists, Wu Yuan is no longer an unknown little director in Hollywood, and the heat of the Berlin Film Festival has not completely passed.

Watching a director who just won the Berlin Best Director Award walk on the red carpet, the blond and blue-eyed foreign journalists immediately pointed their cameras at him.

"Daniel, look me!"

"Come here!"

"Daniel, smile!"

Compared with the actors Chris and Scarlett in the crew, and John, a producer who has no reputation at all, Wu Yuan is undoubtedly the most worthy of being photographed in this red carpet group.

As soon as he appeared, he became the focus of the entire red carpet.

Not only the on-site media, the Oscars are broadcast live and rebroadcast in most places around the world, including the red carpet segment.

At this moment, audiences in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries who are interested in this year's Oscars, no matter in which time zone, saw Wu Yuan standing on the red carpet and waving with a smile.

Wu Yuan's well-fitting suit, straight back, confident smile and steady steps together form a "perfect" image of a handsome oriental man.

Whether people know Wu Yuan or not, when they see him through the live broadcast, they will be fascinated by his demeanor and temperament at the moment.

Most of the Asian women of the right age who are watching the live broadcast are screaming in front of the TV, who is this Asian man with super temperament?

Well, Chris Evans, who is one step behind him, is also very handsome, and more in line with European and American aesthetics, and the European and American women who are also watching in front of the TV are fascinated.

Plus the young and beautiful version of Scarlett Johansson.

The "Juno" crew is a combination of handsome men and beautiful women, and they are all Asian and European!

The appearance effect is very good!

In China, CCTV also spent money to buy the broadcasting rights of this year's Oscars.

For no other reason, it is because Wu Yuan is nominated for this year's Oscars.

However, because the movie "Juno" has not been released in mainland China, and the content of the movie is really against the mainland's values, the host in the broadcast room did not introduce the shortlisted movie "Juno" too much, but mainly introduced Wu Yuan himself.

"Walking on the red carpet is the crew of Juno, and the Chinese face leading the way is the famous director Wu Yuan."

"Director Wu Yuan wrote and directed his first film, The Night the Comet Came, at the age of 18. This film not only made nearly 20 million box office in China, but also won the Best Screenplay Award at the Sanchez International Fantastic Film Festival!"

"In February this year, Director Wu Yuan went to Berlin to participate in the Berlin International Film Festival with his latest film, The Undertaker. Not only did it successfully enter the main competition unit, but it also won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at this year's Berlin Film Festival!"

"Now, he is taking his film Juno, which he directed in the United States, to the Academy Awards!"

"The film Juno has been nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Screenplay!"

"Let us look forward to Director Wu Yuan's performance tonight, and let us wish Director Wu Yuan a win! On the stage of the Academy Awards, bring glory to Chinese filmmakers!"