Chapter 252： Hey, another Shawshank?

Watching Carl go away, Patricia looked at Zhang Dongcheng puzzled and asked, "Smith, what does Mr. Carl mean?"

The meaning is very simple, just to remind Zhang Dongcheng that he might be in trouble. Before The Matrix, no one could have imagined that a plan like the short-term film investment fund could really be implemented smoothly.

So that all companies did not react, Dongcheng Films rose. Next, Dongcheng Pictures will be suppressed 100%.

It has nothing to do with whether he has feuds with the eight major film companies. After all, the cake in the film industry is so big. If there is one more person, others will eat less. No one wants to be the one who eats less.

Then naturally we can only suppress the rising stars. In particular, the development momentum of Dongcheng Films is really frightening. It has only been established for one year, and it has countless copyrights under its name, a TV station, a special effects company, and the Marvel comics it bought not long ago. Who dares to underestimate such a company?

"Nothing." Zhang Dongcheng didn't tell Patricia his guess, but patted her arm and said, "Let's go, Patricia, let's go and congratulate Director Cameron!"

Watching the number of people on Cameron's side gradually decrease, Zhang Dongcheng took Patricia and walked towards Cameron.

"Hi! Mr. Cameron." Zhang Dongcheng greeted Cameron before he came in front of him.

Seeing Zhang Dongcheng approaching, Cameron's eyes lit up and said, "Oh, it's Smith, hello!"

The two shook hands, and Cameron half-jokingly said: "Smith, you are my opponent tonight!"

This is true. In the competition for the best director, the two are indeed rivals. But Zhang Dongcheng is very clear that there is no suspense for the best director this time.

"Mr. Cameron, you think too highly of me!" Zhang Dongcheng said humbly: "I think you will be a well-deserved protagonist at tonight's Oscars!"

When Cameron heard the words, he immediately felt a confidant towards Zhang Dongcheng. He has been immersed in it for so many years, isn't it because of this blockbuster?

James Cameron, the truck driver, can be said to be a born director. He has never received any professional teaching, and has completely relied on self-study from the crew to become the current famous Hollywood director. It is not difficult to guess the hardships and efforts he has put in.

Failed to hit the Oscars several times in a row, especially "True Lies" was nominated for three Oscars, and they were all small awards of little weight, and finally ended up empty-handed.

This made Cameron very dissatisfied! It took me so long to create the Titanic. It can be said that he is determined to win this Oscar.

Zhang Dongcheng's flattery completely touched his heart!

"Thank you for your compliment, my friend!" Cameron gave Zhang Dongcheng a big hug. It might as well give him some comfort.

Zhang Dongcheng’s five nominations this time all collided with the Titanic. It can be said that the possibility of winning the prize is infinitely close to zero!

"Cameron, Titanic has been released for several months now, and the painting has not been released yet. I wonder when you are going to shoot your new movie?" Zhang Dongcheng asked curiously.

When Cameron heard this, he immediately said: "No! I don't think I will be directing a movie in a few years. This Titanic has cost me too much energy. I think in a short time I will It is impossible to recover!"

Zhang Dongcheng agrees with Cameron that being a director is not that simple. That's especially true when you're shooting something as grand as Titanic in general.

Although in outside reports, Cameron is always portrayed as a paranoid with an eccentric character. He is a begging and domineering "patient" at the shooting location, a tyrant on the set. It can even be described as notorious, compared to Nicolas Cage, the king of bad movies.

But in Zhang Dongcheng's contact with him, Zhang Dongcheng clearly felt Cameron's happy mood at the moment, maybe he already had a premonition that he would become the absolute protagonist and focus of Oscar tonight with the Titanic!

Recalling the 70th Oscars that he had seen, James Cameron held up the statuette, stood in the center of the stage and shouted loudly, I am the king of the world! Even Zhang Dongcheng, the enemy, felt his blood boil.

I can't help but have a word in my heart, hurry up, the director should be like Cameron!

After finishing the communication with Cameron, Zhang Dongcheng continued to hang out with Patricia in the theater. From time to time, I meet actors who come to chat with him and leave their contact information.

Pacific time zone, at 18:00 pm, the 70th Oscars finally officially started!

What is different from the past is that this time the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hired veteran Oscar telecast producer Jill Cates as the producer of the 1998 awards ceremony.

As an awards ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Oscars. This live broadcast has caused almost one billion people to watch the 70th Academy Awards ceremony here on television.

The host, as expected, is still last year's Billy Crystal.

As the producer of the Oscar program Jill Cates said, ""Billy's performance last year can be described as unparalleled, no (other) anyone can do like him (excellent

Speaking of which, Billy is even more familiar than some of the winners, because he was also the guest of honor for the Golden Globe Awards not long ago!

As soon as Billy Crystal came out, he received thunderous applause. He first appeared on a ship model and jumped off quickly.

"Thank you, good evening everyone, and welcome to the Titanic. We're like this big ship, we're big, we're expensive, and everyone wants us to go fast. We'll do what we can tonight!"

Amidst the laughter, Billy Crystal said to the audience below: "Are you ready for the real party?"

Afterwards, Billy sang an extremely funny song. In the lyrics, he unscrupulously ridiculed Cameron's over budget when shooting the Titanic. The tune is the tune of "Song of Gilligan's Island".

After the song, Billy said, "I'm glad I'm back. Well, Gloria Stewart is here, she was nominated for Titanic, what a story!"

Gloria Stewart is the old Ruth who first appeared in the Titanic. Gloria Stewart's real name is Gloria Francis Stewart. Born in 1910, American actress.

Her film and television works spanned 70 years. She once starred in Claude Rain's lover in "The Invisible Man" and participated in two Shirley Temple movies. She announced her retirement in 1946, and made a gorgeous comeback at the age of 87, playing the role of old Ruth in "Titanic", and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress), her works have received widespread attention and had an impact within a certain range.

At the age of 87 this year, she has also become the oldest nominee for this award.

The lens gave Gloria Stewart a close-up, beside her, Kate Winslet, the heroine of the Titanic, was sitting.

When the voices in the theater gradually subsided, Billy bowed slightly to Gloria and said, "Nice to meet you!"

Later, Billy began to introduce Gloria's identity to everyone at the venue, "Sixty-five years ago, Stewart starred in "The Invisible Man", and he is still working. Of course, the invisible man is still working, and "As Good as It Gets" is He directed it!"

This meme only caused sporadic laughter, and everyone didn't respond much. Billy saw this kind of reaction a lot, and started to sing the perfect and ridiculing tune without paying attention. The lyrics are written by myself, and the tune invokes the tune of "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" from "Follow Me".

James Brooks directed "As Good as It Gets" won seven nominations at this year's Oscars. Second only to "Titanic", "Good Will Hunting" and "L.A. Confidential", it is still ahead of Zhang Dongcheng's "The Matrix".

"What a night!" Billy returned to the stage after giving a hug to Jack Nicholson, the protagonist of "As Good as It Gets", and took a group photo, saying, "What a night, ladies , Gentlemen! The lineup of the best actor is incredible! Famous names and outstanding acting skills. But our Chinese director, Smith Zhang wants to tell you that all of this is fake!"

After a moment of silence in the venue, a roar of laughter broke out.

Indeed, according to the setting of The Matrix, everything in reality is a false image made by computers, and everything is code.

The camera gave Zhang Dongcheng a close-up, in the picture was Zhang Dongcheng's wry smile.

"Wow, to be honest, I admire Mr. Smith's whimsy. After watching his The Matrix, I instantly felt that my life was dark!" Billy reached out and stroked his forehead, making a dejected expression. With an expression on his face, he said: "The world is fake. Oh! God... no, even God is fake! I instantly feel that I am desperate for the world! This **** code world is terrible. We will burn all the programs Members, abolish all computer tools, so that this situation does not happen in the future, I don’t want my body to be full of tubes. It will look like a lot of pain.”

While talking, Billy strode off the stage, came in front of Zhang Dongcheng, and said, "Mr. Smith, do you know? After watching The Matrix for the sixth time, I made a decision instantly. You Guess what?"

On the camera that has been following Billy, a picture of Zhang Dongcheng appeared. Shaking his head, Zhang Dongcheng replied, "I don't know!"

"I want to kill you, you ruined my life!" Billy bared his teeth and claws, showing a hideous look.

Zhang Dongcheng could only be speechless...

After the joke, Billy said: "I'm very glad that I don't really live in that terrible virtual world. I hope that terrible AI won't really appear in the future!"

Without Mike's Zhang Dongcheng, he can only let Billy make fun of him.

Then Billy once again compiled a libretto about the Matrix. And the most frightening thing is that the libretto he compiled for The Matrix turned out to be an ode to joy! Beethoven's Ode to Joy.

Even Zhang Dongcheng didn't expect that this guy could do such a thing.

Billy couldn't compose and sing all the nominated films. I made fun of several major movies.

Afterwards, Robert Lane took the stage to deliver an opening speech, welcoming all guests to the awards ceremony. The Oscar awards ceremony has finally officially begun.

The first award is the Best Supporting Actress. This award has nothing to do with The Matrix. The final award presenter, Cooper Gooding Jr., presented the award to Miss Kim Basinger of "L.A. Confidential".

Best Supporting Actress is followed by the statuette for Best Costume Design.

Zhang Dongcheng, who was sitting under the stage, was completely soy sauce during this period of time. And at this year's Oscars, neither Andy nor Adaman bet with Zhang Dongcheng to see who can guess the winner's mind.

After a period of time, after the guest performances, the Best Supporting Actor and the best film award winner clips were played, it was finally the turn for the best audio award.

The guest of honor for the best sound is Miss Cameron Diaz, an American film and television actress born on August 30, 1972 in Long Beach, California. In 1993, after twelve auditions, he got the chance to star in the film debut "Ghost in Disguise".

"Oh! Here is the statuette for the best sound. The candidates must be very nervous now. So who are they?" Billy smiled narrowly at the bottom of the stage. "Look at the big screen!"

In the screen, clips of several movies flashed quickly, including The Matrix.

"Cameron Diaz is here to reveal the answer for us!" As soon as Billy finished speaking, a staff member came up from the backstage carrying a tray with envelopes.

"Smith, do you think The Matrix can win the award?" Patricia asked Zhang Dongcheng in a low voice.

Zhang Dongcheng shook his head, and glanced at Hans Zimmer who was sitting not far away. Shaking his head, he said, "I don't know, I'm just a director. If you ask me about other awards, I may have some guesses, but I'm really a layman for this sound effect!"

For the best sound effect award, in Zhang Dongcheng's view, the Matrix has little hope of winning the award. After all, it was something that Hans Zimmer rushed out in a short time. How can it be compared with the Titanic?

Sure enough. After Cameron Diaz opened the envelope, he glanced at the name on it and announced, "The winner of the best sound effect is... Titanic!"

Amidst the applause like waves, Kerry Rydstrom came to the stage to receive the statuette.

"Mr. Hans, it's not your fault, it's because the Titanic is too powerful." Seeing Hans Zimmer's ugly face, Zhang Dongcheng persuaded.

After all, Hans Zimmer is the most famous soundtrack composer in Hollywood. He quickly recovered and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm fine. The Titanic is indeed very powerful. These are some of the best soundtracks I've ever seen. One of the movies. Smith, I think the best sound editing might still go to this movie.”

"Oh?" Zhang Dongcheng was a little disappointed. Although he knew it would be like this, whoever has been nominated, who doesn't want to get the statuette in the end? "It's okay. We can only say that we were too unlucky to collide with the Titanic."

At this moment, there are countless people who have the same thoughts as Zhang Dongcheng at the Oscars ceremony.

After the best sound, it was the turn of the award for the best sound editing. The two awards are right next to each other.

The guest of honor for best sound editing is Mike Myers. Mike Myers' acting career began in the TV series "Saturday Nightlife", and he has participated in the show for six seasons since 1988. He is best known for his roles as Wayne in "Wayne's World" and "Wayne's World 2" in 1992 and 1993, and his major film credits include "Ace Powers" and "Married to an Axeman" , "The Cat in the Hat".

After this slightly fat man stepped onto the stage, the award for the best sound effect was announced soon.

No accident, just like what Hans Zimmer said just now, The Matrix once again passed the statuette, and still lost to the movie Titanic.

The Oscar awards ceremony has just started, and the Titanic has already won the three statuettes for best costume design, best sound, and best sound editing.

You know, there are only five awards in total now, and the Titanic has won three of them. At the Oscars, this kind of situation has not never happened before, but at this moment everyone knows that the Titanic has only just begun to exert its strength.

Today's Oscars will undoubtedly become a special show for the Titanic, and any film is just a foil for it.

Sure enough, the following awards prove all this.

The awards fell into the hands of the Titanic one by one, making everyone present dumbfounded and speechless.

When the best visual effects will once again fall into the hands of Titanic, three of the five nominations for The Matrix have been killed, leaving only one best editing and best director.

Best Director Jang Dong-seong never had extravagant expectations from the very beginning. As for the best editing, is there still hope for the award that still hit the disaster of the Titanic?

Zhang Dongcheng kept comforting himself in his heart. At this moment, he felt that his Matrix had run into Shawshank’s Redemption in Forrest Gump. Of course, he was much better than Shawshank’s Redemption, at least he didn’t have so many nominations .

You know, the Shawshank Redemption received seven nominations, but in the end it didn't get any, and the Matrix only had five. Even if you lose it, just lose it, just treat it as winning a little sympathy.

After losing three awards in a row, some people in the Matrix crew were flustered. Perhaps the only one who remained calm was Zhang Dongcheng.

"****! This **** film school! Fucking Oscar, obviously gave us five nominations, but lost three in a row." Adaman tugged on his collar, muttering dissatisfied.

"Smith, don't be sad, maybe the best editing will be ours after a while!" Patricia comforted softly.

At this moment, everyone can see that the relationship between Zhang Dongcheng and the best director is impossible.

"It doesn't matter!" Zhang Dongcheng smiled very calmly, and said, "Actually, I guessed this result a long time ago. Besides, I'm still young. I don't think there is a director who can compare my age in Hollywood, right? At worst, come back tomorrow!"

In Hollywood, there are naturally directors younger than Zhang Dongcheng. But he is the most famous. Even Cameron won his best director in his forties.

Even if Zhang Dongcheng sets his goal at the same age as Cameron, there are still more than 20 years left!

After the best visual effect that was thought to be the most sure missed, Zhang Dongcheng and others sat idle in their chairs, waiting for the next best editing. During this period, Oscar took away several statuettes, which made the atmosphere of the scene completely boil.

James? Cameron did create a record, as if he would shout that sentence on the stage later. "I am the king of the world!"

At this moment, he is indeed the center of the world!

Finally, when Alec Baldwin finished introducing the nominated film "LA Confidential" for best picture, the award for best editing came.

The person in charge of presenting the best editing award is Samuel Jackson, born in Washington, USA on December 21, 1948, an American film and television actor and producer. He is a black man, but also Nicolas Cage's partner.

"The following is the award for the best editing. The six films that won this time are "The Matrix", "Titanic", "Air Force One", "Like Me in the Sun" and "Mr. Cat Shit"!" After explaining the five movies to everyone below, Li said, "Next, we will invite our Mr. Samuel Jackson to reveal the final answer for us!"

After Samuel Jackson took the stage, he calmly picked up the envelope and opened it. While watching, read: "The best edited movie tonight is... The Matrix!"

"Yes!" Adaman was so excited that he hugged Zhang Dongcheng and said, "Smith, we finally didn't come in vain!"

A sentence is not in vain, how much ups and downs! The Matrix is ​​obviously a very good movie. Even before it was modified by Zhang Dongcheng, it still won four nominations at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000, and all of them won!

But now under Zhang Dongcheng's staff, it was a full two years earlier, but in the end he could only get one best editing, and even this comforting award was hard-won, almost missed it!

To paraphrase an old saying, it’s not that our side is too incompetent, it’s that the enemy is too powerful!

Still the same sentence, hit the Titanic, any movie will not have a good result. The Matrix is ​​no exception. Perhaps in terms of ideology and topicality, The Matrix absolutely surpasses the Titanic.

Cameron? One day, I will surpass you! , Zhang Dongcheng set a goal for himself in his heart.