Chapter 125： 1 golden man

Lehman felt a little sore in his left leg, so he put down his right leg and adjusted his sitting position slightly. He also changed from the posture of crossed Erlang's legs to sitting on the seat with his center of gravity pressed back.

The Oscars are really tough, as if the judges were deliberately setting up these tedious details of the award to create a very rare and paying too much mood for everyone.

Detailed introduction, the host's long-windedness, and the appetizing opening of envelopes... And every guest who went up to announce the winner must make an incredible or surprised look.

Lehman really wanted to ask, is it interesting?

Who can win and who can't, don't you have a bit of B in your heart?

Unless the judges are collectively evil, there are few mistakes in the selection of the grand prize.

But they really fell for it. In the evaluation of the best director, they resolutely gave it to Roman Polanski.

The faces of several campaign directors were a little ugly. They worked so hard to sit with them for so long, but the grand prize was given to a person who did not come, and their staff members accepted the award on their behalf, and even the acceptance speeches they gave were very Perfunctory - at first glance, they are all confused and not prepared at all.

Lehmann watched this embarrassing scene with great interest, and the atmosphere in the entire venue fell down—no one would be in a good mood to be played like this.

It is estimated that tomorrow's news will be lively again. For such a big topic, the reporters and the media must not want to miss it.

After more than half an hour of farce, the ceremony finally came to the award that Lehmann participated in - the best foreign language film.

The guest who came forward to present this award, Michael Caine, smiled, and he politely praised the five nominated films, "Tell her from Spain..."

With his voice, the scenes of each movie appeared on the big screen behind him.

"Mexico, The Sins of Father Amaro"

"Germany, Where is My Home"

"China/Country, "Hero"

"France, India, "Three Silly Troubles in Bollywood""

As soon as the picture changed, there was a scene of Laga committing suicide in the dean's office in despair, accompanied by low music, which made some people who had not seen it also felt a little shocked.

As part of the footage of the film was played on the big screen, the boom camera in the field was also aimed at Lehmann in time, and his face appeared in the footage and was transmitted in real time along with the live TV broadcast.

Bella, a film critic who has always been concerned about Lehman, was sitting in front of the TV at home, watching the 75th Academy Awards. When she watched Michael Caine slowly take out the envelope, she couldn't help but feel nervous. stand up.

While Lyman was on the scene, he didn't feel nervous.

Watching Michael Caine deliberately clumsily tore open the envelope, then glanced again, showing a surprised expression, what Lehman thought was that this man's acting was really good.

Even he himself knows that he has a 70% chance of winning this award, and the remaining 20% ​​is "Tell Her", and the other three are just a life to accompany him.

Of course, it doesn't rule out that the judges have fallen for evil again.

However, this probability is estimated to be very small.

"The Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, the winner is..." Michael Caine's voice echoed through the speakers in the Kodak Theater, whet the appetite of the people. Bollywood, France, India. The director Lehmann was invited to the stage to accept the award.”

Indeed it was him.

He succeeded.

He successfully completed his goal and shortened the important "preparatory work" in his director's journey.

Although I had expected it in my heart, but at this time, I was facing the camera lens around the venue.

Lehman carried forward his performance foundation. At this moment, he seemed to be possessed by Nicolas Cage or Heath Ledger, with a smile on his face, but his expression was slightly calm, but under the magnification of the camera lens, he could From his trembling eyelids and the twitching corners of his mouth, people can feel his suppressed excitement, which has well created an image that hides his joy and pretends to be calm.

Well, everyone is an actor.

Hugs with Ryan, Thomas, and George, while Lyman walks up the stage and greets other acquaintances.

"Congratulations, Lyman."

Walking to the stage, Michael Caine politely congratulated him.

"thanks."

Taking the golden statue symbolizing honor from his hand, in addition to feeling a little more weighty than I imagined, it also feels very good to the touch-in my hand, it is smooth and cold.

Next is the acceptance speech.

He was already prepared for this.

Standing in front of the stage at this moment, he took out a small note from his pocket, and read it out, "Thank you academy judges, thank you Europa Films, thank you CAA, thank you my agent... Thank you audience , it's your love that makes this movie this honor, thank you..."

He was talking about a normal testimonial, but Lehman was feeling something else in his heart: CAA's public relations team is really good, but I don't know who is more powerful than the team led by Harvey Weinstein, but think about this year's "Chicago". "The harvest is rich, it seems that there is nothing to compare.

After speaking very smoothly, Lehmann imitated others to hold the trophy high and let the reporters take pictures of his award. Amidst the flashes of light and polite applause, he suddenly became a little dazed.

Not because of the so-called Golden Man who won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but because of the elusiveness of fate.

Just two years ago now, he was still worrying about how to get enough qualifications to gain the right to independently direct film and television projects;

A year ago now, I was thinking about what I would do if the results of "Buried Alive" were not good;

Half a year ago, I was thinking about how to increase my value and obtain more favorable conditions for cooperation...

People are never satisfied with the present moment. Before, they didn't have a choice, but now they want everything. Perhaps this is the truest portrayal of Lehmann's heart.

Who would have thought that he could get to this point—he was a little emotional—standing in the hall of highest honor in the American film industry, holding up the golden statuette that symbolizes honor—and still the most competitive foreign language film.

The unpredictable and erratic fate of fate lies in this.

Lyman's eyesight is very good, so standing on the stage can clearly read the facial expressions of everyone in the audience.

Ryan, Thomas, and George naturally smiled and were very happy; although several directors who belonged to the competition were also smiling, the loneliness and unwillingness in their eyes were beyond words - also, if they didn't get it I would be very unwilling to receive this award...

He also saw Halle Berry sitting under the stage.

When "Fury" was released, her and Pierce Brosnan's affair hype really attracted bad attention, and he remembered that the first week's box office champion was won by the movie they starred in.

Although, after so long, they broke up peacefully in front of the media, saying that they would still be friends in the future...

True or false, true or false, who can tell.

After giving his acceptance speech, and holding the golden statuette, Lehmann walked towards the backstage—as usual, he had to go backstage for interviews and photos.

And just following the staff into the backstage, agents Johnson and Kevin Howian greeted him.

"How is it? How are you feeling?" Kevin Howian asked in a relaxed tone, looking in a good mood.

"It's alright, I finally lived up to everyone's efforts and reaped the rewards."

"Haha." Kevin Howian smiled and led Lehman to the media area.

"Yes, I am very happy, yes, this is indeed beyond my expectations, winning this award is a rather unexpected result..."

It was not until the next award was presented and the winner entered the backstage that Lehmann found a space to get rid of the enthusiastic media that asked everything.

He chatted a couple more times with Kevin Howian, and then hurriedly returned to his seat-the awards ceremony was not really over yet, and he needed to show his respect to Oscar.

The competitors around him congratulated him politely on the fact that he won the award, and Lehmann also smiled and said politely to them.

Bella saw this scene on the TV, and saw that the director she admired successfully won the cup, and she was also very happy - her favorite film at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival won the Oscar selection , which really made her feel proud.

She didn't want to watch anymore, Bella stood up and turned off the TV.

She suddenly thought of something, ran to the bedroom, turned on the computer, clicked on the IMDB website and found the interface of "Three Silly Bollywood" - it turned out that she was not the only one who paid attention to this movie. In the message box below, the latest messages are all congratulations to the film for winning the best foreign language film.

Even on Lehman's personal homepage, there are quite a few similar congratulations.

The awarding of the best foreign language film has come to an end. "Three Silly Bullywood", which has been strong throughout the awards season, won the battle with the absolute strength of public relations. It also won the 7th golden statue in history for France.

In the selection of the best foreign language film at the Oscars, Europe has always been a popular candidate. Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark... These countries are all frequent guests of this award. Of course, this honor won by Lehmann is nothing, but in the eyes of the French media, it was also shown at the Oscars. The style of the French people, so the moment the news was confirmed, the relevant press release began to be prepared.

Thinking about the next day, it will cause a heated discussion in the French film industry. This is what Lehmann wants to achieve. He needs to improve his reputation to bring about a rise in status and directorial power.

Fortunately, the plan went smoothly.

Finally, amid the warm applause of everyone, the 75th Academy Awards Ceremony finally came to an end.

The biggest winner is undoubtedly Miramax's "Chicago", best film, best female supporting role, best editing, best sound... This series of awards can be said to be soft.

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