The 86th Academy Awards are being held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
Yao Yuan and Yu Jiajia sat together in the audience, watching the award presenter on the stage announce: "The winner of the Best Actor is Matthew McConaughey's "Dallas Buyers Club"!"
"Whoosh!"
Amidst the waves of applause, a tall, thin man who seemed to have just recovered from a serious illness stood up and waved, walked onto the splendid stage, received the trophy and made a speech:
"What an unforgettable moment! Thanks to Rogge Films, they always choose surprising films and present a satisfactory result. Thanks to Director Vallee..."
Matthew McConaughey, the representative work of "Interstellar", "Empire of the Dragon", "Killer Joe", and the American TV series "True Detective" are also very interesting.
Yao Yuan listened to his speech and asked: "How many awards are there?"
"There are 4 in total!"
"Only 4?"
"How many more do you want? Look at those foreigners, they are jealous of us!"
Yu Jiajia secretly pointed around, and sure enough, many people showed a mixture of envy and contempt on their faces.
Since the acquisition of Rogge Pictures, it has only made small-budget films, and has never failed. Every time, it can make a big difference. In the past two years, it has slightly improved, and it has begun to shoot some films with a scale of 30 million to 50 million US dollars, such as "Super" "Body" has not been released yet.
At the same time, I will focus on some award-winning art films.
"Dallas Buyers Club" is the American version of the drug god. It tells the story of a guy suffering from AIDS. At that time, there was only one legal treatment drug on the market, but it was not effective and made the condition worse.
The protagonist smuggled drugs from all over the world, and as the number of patients gradually increased, he established a "Dallas Buyers Club" to provide help to everyone. Later, the government and drug dealers found out about it and obstructed them in every possible way...
Both this film and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" are based on real-life prototypes, so it's hard to say who copied the other.
Before a movie is successful, no one can guarantee that it will be successful. Investing in film and television is a gambling behavior. Some people win, some lose, and some miss opportunities.
In reality, the cost of "Dallas Buyers Club" is only 5 million, and it is very difficult to raise funds.
Now it belongs to Rogge Films, which gave it 10 million US dollars with a stroke of a pen. Now it is standing on the Oscar podium and won three awards: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Makeup and hairstyling.
There is also another award, which is for "Her" which won the best original screenplay.
A shabby company that is controlled by the Chinese behind the scenes and only shoots low-cost movies actually won four trophies. No wonder its American counterparts are a bit weird.
"..."
Yao Yuan shrugged, "Although I only shoot low-cost photos, I am willing to do public relations!"
The quality of the work is only the lower limit, and public relations is the upper limit. Except for one category of movies, that is, politically correct movies, no one dares not to give it an award.
"The winner for Best Picture is '12 Years a Slave'!"
"Whoosh!"
The audience stood up, applauded thunderously, and many people burst into tears, cheering for this great work about a black slave who was abused by white slaves and finally regained his freedom.
"oops!"
Yao Yuan also clapped his hands and nodded frequently. From now on, I will make a story about a black shemale version of Washington falling in love with a cow from an Indian tribe and being interfered with by a third party with a Wal-Mart shopping bag.
Politically correct Plath!
It is said that this trend in Hollywood has existed before, with a preference for racial discrimination and themes about the LGBT community, but it is not mainstream. The mainstream is still commercial films with traditional American values.
Probably since the resignation of King Wang, political correctness suddenly became out of control, and everyone was obsessed with it. Disney was the vanguard, and "The Little Mermaid", "Kuroy Snow", "Pinocchio" and "Peter Pan" were successively harmed.
Domestic audiences were bored to death, and they were also tired of Hollywood, and the market share of imported films plummeted.
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The Oscars are over.
"Dallas Buyers Club" and "12 Years a Slave" each won three awards, and "Gravity" won five. Except for Best Director, the rest were technical awards.
As usual, after the Oscars, there is the Vanity Fair Dinner, where stars from all walks of life gather together. It is an annual event in Hollywood.
Yao Yuan came here mainly to accompany Yinyin on the IPO. She still had a few days left, so she came to Los Angeles to deal with other matters.
His first public appearance in Hollywood aroused everyone's curiosity.
"This is a rich man from China. I heard his net worth exceeds 10 billion US dollars!"
"China's largest Internet company!"
"More than 30 years old? Maybe!"
"Wow!"
All kinds of right and wrong discussions and women's low-pitched screams kept pouring into Yao Yuan's ears. He felt very happy inside, but on the surface he was a little annoyed and he really didn't bother to deal with these people.
Finally, I took a glass of wine and ran to a corner to hide for a while.
The female celebrities in front of her are greeted like butterflies in flowers, wandering among the big bosses in order to add weight to their connections and resources.
Regardless of whether you are popular or not, these are all necessary skills.
To be honest, Yao Yuan is not interested in the new generation of actresses. His aesthetics stays in the era of Adjani, Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci and Jennifer Connelly.
Among the young people, only Eva Green, Scarlett Johansson, and Anne Hathaway think it's pretty good.
"Why are you hiding here?"
After Yu Jiajia finished socializing, she also ran over.
"You said you were hiding, why are you asking? Why don't you go flirt with female celebrities?"
"Not interested, my skin is rough and it smells bad!"
She also expressed emotion, saying: "To be honest, I think the whole world is downgrading aesthetics. Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Europe, and the United States, each generation is inferior to the last. Look at these little bitches, they are all the same as in China. , where do you have any personal characteristics?”
"Why didn't you say Korea?" Yao Yuan was surprised.
"We have to be objective. Korean entertainment is a national system, and its ability to create stars is among the best, with newcomers emerging in large numbers."
"..."
Yao Yuan was noncommittal, silently sipping the wine, looking at it, and suddenly gestured in one direction: "How about the one over there?"
"Which...oh, do you like the old one?"
"Fart! I mean, how about her playing the mother?"
"Well, it's quite suitable. Let me go and have a chat!"
Yu Jiajia stood up quickly and approached a woman huddled in a corner, her eyes flickering uneasily.
She is petite and plump. She is in her early 40s. She is considered well-maintained at this age for Europeans and Americans, and she can still see her youthful appearance.
"Hi!"
"Hi...Hi!"
When she saw Yu Jiajia coming over, she started to get nervous. She was even stuttering now, as if she hadn't attended such a big occasion for a long time.
"Don't be so nervous, I just want to chat casually..."
Yu Jiajia took two glasses of wine and handed her one. The woman took a sip, relaxed a little, and said shyly: "Please forgive me, I haven't attended a dinner party for a long time."
"It's okay, can I call you Winona?"
"sure!"
Winona Ryder, the beauty star of Hollywood in the 1990s, has a legendary love story with Johnny Depp in her masterpieces "Edward Scissorhands" and "400 Years of Blood".
In 2001, he was arrested for stealing clothes, and his career plummeted. After his comeback, he never regained his former glory.