On the evening of February 26th local time, and on the morning of February 27th Beijing time, the 84th Academy Awards ceremony was officially held at the Hollywood and Highland Center.
Domestic Penguin videos will be rebroadcast simultaneously on Sina.com.
Sina also has a live Oscar preview program, inviting two well-known film critics to comment.
"Mr. Hou, what do you think is the chance of my country's Oscar-nominated film "The Embalmer" winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this time?" asked the host Guo Wei, who was wearing a skirt and black silk professional attire, looking intellectual and elegant.
She is the host of the Six Princess Movie Channel, and Sina invited her to host this preview program.
Film critic Hou Jianchun replied: "I think it is a success if you can get nominated. Whether you win or not depends on the votes of the judges."
"Teacher Huang, what do you think?" Guo Wei asked another film critic Huang Qimin.
Compared with Hou Jianchun's stance of favoring Zhang Hao, Huang Qimin has always had a good relationship with Chen Gezi. This time he planned to vent his anger on Chen Gezi, so he was not so polite in his words.
"In my opinion, the Oscars should re-examine their selection criteria. Some films are clearly not eligible for the Oscars, but they can be shortlisted. This is obviously open to discussion."
Although Huang Qimin did not mention him by name, smart people all knew that he was talking about Zhang Hao and "The Encoffiner".
The end of February was approaching the start of school, and Ye Xiaoyi returned to school.
Because classes hadn't started yet and the Internet in the dormitory was not good, she took her best friend to the Internet cafe near the school early in the morning to watch the Oscars ceremony.
Hearing what Huang Qimin said, Ye Xiaoyi frowned and cursed softly: "You know you can't say anything good with such a wretched look."
The best friend on the side was playing Audition. When she heard Ye Xiaoyi yelling and cursing, she asked: "Xiaoyi, what's wrong?"
"Wenwen, look at this wretched old man, he actually said that our Zhang Hao's "The Embalmer" is not qualified to be selected for the Oscar." Ye Xiaoyi raised her hand and pointed at Huang Qimin on the screen.
The girl named Wenwen shook her head and said: "Hey, don't worry, he is just jealous. Let me know when the award ceremony starts."
"good……"
At this time, many movie fans in China, if they have free time, open Sina or Penguin Video to watch the awards ceremony.
Many movie fans are very concerned about whether "The Embalmer" can successfully win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Even many people who don't usually go to the cinema to watch movies have been covered by media coverage. Recently, a young director and his work were shortlisted for Oscars.
Those who know about Oscars certainly know that this award is the highest honor in the film industry, so they are very surprised.
Even if you don't know about Oscar, those around you who know it will act as teachers and explain: "It is equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the film industry."
"Oh~" Those who didn't know suddenly realized: "In other words, winning this award is equivalent to winning a Nobel, right?"
"You can probably understand it this way!" Although I don't know if this metaphor is correct, I can only let everyone understand it this way.
There is also a very trendy way to play online live broadcasts called barrage.
Compared with the smoky barrage environment later, in the era when barrage was first born, everyone's speeches were still very clean.
Amid the expectations of movie fans across the country, the 84th Academy Awards ceremony officially kicked off.
"The Embalmer" could not have been the finale that year, and the film was not well-known in North America. So within a few minutes of the red carpet, the crew of "The Embalmer" boarded the red carpet.
Fans on both sides of the red carpet were stunned when they saw the unfamiliar Dongfang face, but out of courtesy, they still cheered.
At the same time, a red carpet host introduced: "This is the crew of "The Embalmer" from China. The director of the film is only twenty-five years old this year, but he has already produced four feature-length films.
Starring Liu and Zhou are both well-known movie stars in Asia. We welcome you to North America and the Oscars."
It seems that they didn't bother to introduce too much to the cast and crew of "The Embalmer", and the host finished it in just a few sentences.
However, the North American audience watching the Oscars was stunned: "A 25-year-old director, my God, this is so cool."
There are very few people who know Zhang Hao: "I have seen his "The Prestige", man, that movie is great."
Walking on the Oscar red carpet, Da Mi Mi held Zhang Hao's hand and trembled slightly, revealing her nervousness and excitement.
She waved her hands to both sides of the red carpet. Even though none of the movie fans here knew her, when she thought about the fame effect that walking on this carpet would bring, she was so excited that she was trembling all over.
The short red carpet was completed quickly. If possible, I would like the red carpet to be one kilometer long, but unfortunately it is not.
At the end of the red carpet, an interview with the host was arranged as usual.
Facing the Chinese crew who came from afar, the red carpet host asked a pretty standard question: "This is your first time coming to the Oscars. How do you feel?"
Zhang Hao replied on behalf of the crew: "I am very happy to be able to participate in such a grand event. This will promote the exchange of film culture between us."
"I heard that you are only 25 years old and have already directed four feature-length films." The red carpet host exclaimed, "This is really incredible. How did you do all this?"
"Everything comes from impulsive dreams. When you keep trying impulsively, you find that you are getting better and better at what you do, so you become a director." Zhang Hao replied.
After asking two questions, the red carpet host stopped asking questions and let the "Encoffiant" crew enter the awards ceremony hall.
Zhang Hao could not tell who was who among the celebrities he was not familiar with, except for a few he knew.
The same goes for Da Mimi. Sitting next to Zhang Hao with Andy Zhou Xun, he has no intention of talking to the Hollywood movie people around him.
People looked at the crew from China with slight interest at first, but then they stopped paying attention and chatted to themselves.
The crew of "The Embalmer" is located in the entire back row, and you can see the seats of the audience who were lucky enough to be admitted.
Zhang Hao looked back and even saw an old black guy giving him a middle finger. When Zhou Xun looked over, he made the XO gesture again.
Zhang Hao shook his head speechlessly. It was disgusting to be reasonable, but he couldn't go to others to argue with him.
Looking at Lao Hei's body shape, Zhang Hao weighed himself, and he probably couldn't beat him. And at the Oscars, whether he beats someone up or gets beaten up, the news tomorrow will be interesting.
People under the eaves have to bow their heads.
Zhou Xun was so disgusted that he turned around and said to Andy: "Look at that old black guy in the back, it's so disgusting."
Da Mi Mi asked curiously: "What did he do?"
"Don't look back, I'm afraid you'll be disgusted." Zhou Xun turned his head around.
On the contrary, Hua Zai, who had a temper of his own, turned around with Zhang Hao and gave Lao Hei the middle finger. He was so angry that he bared his teeth and began to curse.
However, he couldn't get through because of the obstacles. Otherwise, with Lao Hei's brain, he would have already come to Fake Squid by now.
After a small interlude, the awards ceremony officially began.
The host of this year's awards ceremony was Billy Crystal, but before he took the stage to host, veteran Hollywood actor and God professional Morgan Freeman gave a speech.
After this, a short video was played to introduce the popular movies nominated this year, and then Billy Crystal appeared.
As a host with steady style and humor, Billy Crystal is a frequent host of the Oscars. This is his ninth time hosting the Oscars.
This year he once again performed his specialty, a short three-minute opening talk show that made all the guests and the North American audience in front of the TV laugh.
For viewers in other parts of the world who don't understand American humor, it's completely confusing.
In order to appear gregarious, the few people who came to attend the awards ceremony in "The Embalmer" applauded when others applauded, and laughed when others laughed.
In short, you can never go wrong by following the crowd.
But what Zhang Hao didn't expect was that Billy Crystal actually mentioned Zhang Hao: "I heard that this year there is another film from China nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and its director is a 25-year-old
The young man’s name is Haofang.
Is Hao bomb coming?"
What is a bomb? Zhang Hao stood up with black lines on his head and raised his hands to signal around him.
Billy Crystal waved his hand for Zhang Hao to sit down and sighed: "He is indeed a very young director. I don't know if you have seen his works, but I have.
"The Prestige" is a very wonderful work, I hope everyone will have the opportunity to watch this movie."
Seeing Billy Crystal recommending his own movies, Zhang Hao asked Da Mi Mi strangely: "We didn't give him any money, did we?"
Da Mi Mi shook his head and said, "Of course not. I guess people have actually seen your movie."
The awards ceremony officially began, and just like the Golden Horse Awards, there was an eye-catching award, the selection of Best Supporting Actor.
Regarding the nominees, Shu Zhanghao had little knowledge, and he didn’t know any of them. The one who finally won the Best Supporting Actor award was an actor named Christopher Plummer, who won this award for "Beginners".
The awards ceremony was held with performances by many European and American singers.
Mariah Carey brought the theme song "My Heart Will Go On" from "Titanic", and the new generation of European and American male singer Bruno Mars also brought his own number one song.
Most of the time, Zhang Hao and Hua Tsai applauded in boredom, since they were given very few scenes anyway.
Domestic viewers who watched the broadcast were a little anxious. Ye Xiaoyi watched the camera sweep over Zhang Hao several times without stopping, and couldn't help but scolded: "What's going on with the Oscar camera? They didn't even want to take a shot."
Wenwen on the side said: "I think if there is such an award ceremony in the future, we might as well send a domestic film crew there to take pictures of our own people."
When they were bored and had nothing to do, Da Mi Mi and Zhou Xun would take photos together and post on Weibo to increase the popularity.
Finally, we came to the first award for which "The Embalmer" was shortlisted, Best Original Score for a Film.
Zhang Hao was nervous for Hisaishi Joe, but Hisaishi Joe didn't panic at all. His face appeared on the big screen for the first time, but the winner was Ludwik Bosch for "The Artist".
"The Artist" is also a favorite for awards this year, and has been shortlisted for multiple Oscar nominations.
The Best Supporting Actress award went to Octavia Spencer for "The Help". Looking at her skin color, Zhang Hao couldn't help but think of what he would do next.
After the Best Supporting Actress award, it was finally time for the main event.
The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film was presented by Oscar winner Sandra Bullock.
Nicknamed Auntie Sang by locals, her popularity in China is not higher than that of other Hollywood actresses, so many people in the domestic live broadcast room asked who she was.
At this time, a barrage of understanding brothers came out to answer questions and shed some light on Sandra Bullock’s experience.
"Good evening," Sandra Bullock said gracefully to the applause, "Tonight I will present the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
The organizing committee wants to come up with something new this year because this is an international evening party.
China has a strong population of 1.2 billion, and this year there are also films from their country shortlisted, so they asked me to speak Mandarin. Fortunately, I can speak it quite fluently."
Sandra Bullock played some American humor, and the guests in the audience laughed in unison.
Sandra Bullock went on to play with American sense of humor: "As a aside, my mother taught me German since I was a child, so my Mandarin has a slight German accent."
Then, Sandra Bullock said something in German: "We can all come together through a shared moviegoing experience. Movies condense the emotions we share as human beings."
English is okay, but Zhang Hao can't understand German at all.
But when Sandra Bullock said it in Mandarin, it turned out to be German, and Zhang Hao found it funny.
"Haha, this person is so interesting. This is not Mandarin, it is clearly German." Da Mi Mi also laughed.
Zhou Xun was curious: "Mi Mi Mi, do you know German?"
"I can't, but my cousin can, so I can hear it." Da Mi Mi said.
After a gag to promote the internationalization of the Oscars, Sandra Bullock introduced tonight's Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film: "I love Chinese, but no matter what country or region it comes from, through compelling characters and wonderful stories.
Movies have to face all audiences.
Tonight’s contenders for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film are from Belgium, Canada, Poland, Israel, and China. The nominees are..."
The five shortlisted films were introduced on the big screen:
"The Diehard" (Belgium, Dutch, French) by Michel Houskan.
"Footnotes" (Israel, Hebrew) Joseph Starr.
"The Darkness" (Poland, Polish) Agnieszka Holland.
"Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada, French) Philippe Faradou.
"The Embalmer" (China, Chinese) Zhang Hao.
When the scene of "The Embalmer" appeared, the barrage on the domestic broadcast network was completely boiling, and most of them were in support of Zhang Hao and "The Embalmer".
After the introductory video ended, Sandra Bullock opened the envelope and read out the winning film: "The winner of the 84th Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is...
The "Encoffiners" who came from China, congratulations to them."
From the moment he was nominated, Zhang Hao's heart strings were tense until the moment Sandra Bullock read out the list of winners, all his emotions were released.
"Zhang Hao, have we won the award?" Da Mi Mi couldn't believe it when he heard the name "Encoffiant" read out from the list of winners.
Zhang Hao said with a smile on his face: "Yes, we won this award."
"That's great..." Andy and Zhou Xun hugged each other in greeting. Winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film meant that there was no need to say anything.
This is a huge career advancement for everyone. You can imagine how high their reputation and status will rise after today.
Previously, only Guoshi's work had been nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not win.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which won the Oscar for a foreign language film, is a Chinese film, but it is not a domestic film.
After that, the first domestic film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film was finally born, that is "The Embalmer".
The moment the name came out of Sandra Bullock's mouth, the news that "The Embalmer" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film spread back to China through the airwaves.
The audience watching the live broadcast began to celebrate with joy, and the news instantly became a hot search topic. It dominated all the hot searches on Baidu and Weibo.
Most movie fans and ordinary people who don't care about movies have learned through various channels that a domestic movie won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Because it was daytime in China, media started reporting on it that day, and then mainstream media and official media began to follow up.
This caused a carnival across the Internet, and countless praises were given to Zhang Hao and his "Encoffiner".
Hua Tsai and Zhou Xun, who starred in the film, as well as other actors who participated in the film, were also mentioned repeatedly, and their fame has greatly increased.
At this moment, Zhang Hao finally reached the pinnacle of his film career.
This is a height that he has never achieved in his previous life, but he has achieved it in this life.
Some people are happy and some are worried. Chen Gezi watched the live broadcast showing Zhang Hao, Hua Zai and Zhou Xun walking towards the stage with the big power, under the applause of the surrounding Hollywood filmmakers, and couldn't help but sigh.
When exactly did he end up in this situation?
Why on earth did he insist on having trouble with Zhang Hao?
But now, Zhang Hao has completely become a phenomenon and has become the first domestic director to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. National teachers have not achieved this, so what else can Chen Gezi use to suppress others?
With all kinds of mixed feelings in my heart, Chen Gege was very complicated.
Of course Zhang Hao could guess how lively the domestic public opinion would be at this time, but all of this was not as important as the trophy in Sandra Bullock's hands.
He walked steadily, step by step, and finally won the Oscar statuette from Sandra Bullock that many filmmakers dream of.
"Congratulations, Haofang, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film." Sandra Bullock obviously understood the excitement of the big boy in front of her, and gave him a big hug and a kiss.
Zhang Hao smiled happily: "Thank you..."
He handed the trophy to Andy and Zhou Xun, who had been waiting for it for a long time, and then stood in front of the microphone and delivered his acceptance speech.
"Thank you, thank you to the Oscar judges, and thank you to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Committee. This is a fantastic moment for me and the entire crew and creators."
Zhang Hao said, looking at the splendid awards ceremony hall and the foreign devils applauding him, everything felt so unreal.
"We have put in a lot of hard work on this movie. From script creation to filming to post-production, all of us have worked hard and finally reaped the results today.
I'm grateful to my team, my family and girlfriend, and the actors for their dedication." Zhang Hao said, pointing to Andy Zhou and Da Mi Mi who were holding the trophy: "It's their support and selfless help. , that made this movie possible.”
Then, Zhang Hao did not forget the tasks arranged by the third master before coming, and said some words of outlook: "I hope that this film can become a bridge between us and make a contribution to the integration of Chinese films into the world.
In addition, Miss Sandra Bullock, your Mandarin is so substandard that I can’t even understand you.
If possible, I will teach you to learn Mandarin. Likewise, I also want to learn what Mandarin is like in German."
Zhang Hao's speech captured the essence of American humor, and at least the guests found it funny.
After expressing his excitement about winning the award, Zhang Hao ended his short speech and went down with the crew members.
Andy Chow and Zhou Xun didn't get the chance to give an acceptance speech, but showing their faces on the stage also made them feel satisfied.
There will be interviews with reporters later, and I will also have the opportunity to express my excitement.
On this Oscar night, some people are destined to be disappointed, but the crew of "The Embalmer" is not among them.