America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 304 302. Detonate the whole place

Under the eyes of everyone in the audience, the famous comedy star Jim Carrey appeared on the stage as the award guest.

Some people are just so weird, or the audience is already familiar with his style. Even if they stand there motionless, they still make people want to laugh.

Jim Carrey and Stephen Chow are both such people. Although they are more serious types in reality, who makes the audience more familiar with their screen image.

"I stand here tonight to present the best Oscars."

A voice suddenly sounded in the background: "Emmy Awards, this is the Emmy Awards!"

Jim Carrey was stunned for a moment, his whole expression was dull, as if he had just come back to his senses, and the close-up shot clearly captured this scene.

Everyone knows that he wants to win awards like crazy. He did "The Truman Show" and "Man on the Moon" to win awards, but unfortunately he couldn't win the Oscar's favor.

Looking around the world, no matter which country, award shows seem to have a bias against comedians.

Ha ha ha ha

Seeing Jim Carrey being silly and self-deprecating, the audience burst into laughter, whether in the audience or in front of the TV.

Ashley and Mary, who prefer sitcoms, also clapped happily. This is the award show they want to see.

"Really? Sorry. Sorry, I was a little confused! Emmy, Emmy, remember it you elm-head!"

Jim Carrey slapped himself on the head a few times: "It is a great honor to win an Emmy Award, but if you can win an Oscar, OMG! Don't be distracted!"

Ha ha ha ha

Amid the laughter in the audience, Jim Carrey lowered his head and wiped away tears, accompanied by his sobs.

"I'm not in a good state today, but please don't worry, especially the academy. It's not a big problem to complete the awards."

After saying that, he raised his head and suddenly gave a bright smile: "What do you think of my performance? Can you give me some extra points for the next prize?"

"Emmys, this is the Emmys!" The background voice sounded again, seeming a little angry.

Jim Carrey hurriedly took two steps back and waved his hands repeatedly, saying in an exaggerated tone: "OK! OK! Do you really think I won't know if you don't tell me? Haha."

That kind of control over mood, tone, rhythm, and emotion can instantly make a complaint about grievances cause the whole audience to burst into laughter.

This is why comedy masters often make the same line funny when they say it. They know how to stretch emotions and pull the audience along just like noodles.

"Okay, enough of the fun, the next award is for the Best Screenplay in a Drama Series. The nominees are Terrence Winter of "The Sopranos", Robin Greene of "The Sopranos", and Mitchell Burr of "The Sopranos". Gus, Matthew Weiner from “The Sopranos,” and Eric Cooper from “House of Cards.”

Eric's photo is in the center, surrounded by four Sopranos writers.

That's right, "The Sopranos" is so strong, one show almost got all the nominations.

"Hahaha, this shot feels so funny."

"A handsome boy and four old men, any fool knows how to choose."

"Honey, you're surrounded by people."

Eric patted Omei's little butt: "To put it another way, it's not that I am surrounded, but the four of them are surrounded by me!"

"Um?"

"Well?"

"Wow! Eric, I always feel like I suddenly understand something when I listen to you."

Countless people stared at the TV and stared at the envelope in Jim Carrey's hand. They saw him slowly opening it and immediately showing an exaggerated expression after taking a look.

Seeing his expression, many people immediately understood that the young man had indeed created a miracle.

"I declare that the winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing is."

“Eric Cooper—House of Cards!”

As Jim Carrey announced the results, the crew of "House of Cards" instantly stood up and cheered. Another heavyweight grand prize was obtained, and applause broke out all around.

The four screenwriters of "The Sopranos" were either helpless or smiling bitterly, so what could they do?

When four against one is counter-killed, sometimes it's not because I don't know how to play, but because the enemy is really too strong.

Neill Blomkamp walked quickly onto the stage and accepted the trophy: "As you know, Mr. Cooper was unable to attend, so I will accept the award on my behalf. Now I will read his acceptance speech."

"Did I win an award? Did I get best screenplay again?"

"Hahahaha. If it's true, luckily I wasn't there, otherwise I would have been so happy that I couldn't contain it and it would have been a big joke."

"Because this is a very happy thing. I seem to have made history again, don't you think?"

OH

The audience immediately booed. Who is more famous than him in Hollywood now? Young people must dare to speak out.

"Thank you to the Academy for choosing me over the competition. "The Sopranos" is a very good show and I watch it every week."

"Thanks to Michael Dobbs, he provided excellent novels that gave rise to excellent screenplays."

"As for the others, I won't thank you for now. If there is another chance to go on stage later, I will continue to talk."

Hahaha.

Everyone was amused by the funny acceptance speech. Not to mention the Emmy Awards, this was the first time in the hundreds of years of history of major awards ceremonies that they heard this kind of speech.

Young people are talented and bold. Are they sure that they will win big prizes in the future?

At the Olsen Villa, Nicole frowned: "Dear, is it okay to talk like this? Someone will be unhappy."

"And it will give people a feeling that I have arranged everything and the Academy will definitely give me the award." Charlize Theron also shook her head slightly.

"Really? I think it's very interesting. I'm tired of hearing the same old thank yous." Elizabeth raised her head and said, and Eric took the opportunity to suck out her tongue.

"That's right, everyone likes to see different acceptance speeches, especially those that are not prepared in advance, which are the most touching."

"But old-fashioned means safe. Millions of people are watching. The best acceptance speech is that there are no problems."

"What are you afraid of! When I merge the six majors in the future, I will give you whatever awards you want and thank whoever you want."

"Haha. It seems that my title of Best Actress will finally depend on this matter. No, wouldn't that form a monopoly? The law does not allow it." Gadot said.

"Antitrust law is definitely an obstacle, but it depends on human efforts, and there is no way to get around it."

"It's just a joke to merge the six majors, and there is indeed little chance of it happening, but acquiring two or even three can still be done as long as the channels are opened."

The awards ceremony also gave out the Best Director of a Miniseries and the Best Director of a Comedy. The former was won by Brian Gordon for "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and the latter was won by Mike Nichols for "Angels in America".

It was the turn of the Best Director Award for a Drama Series, and David Fincher, the famous director of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Fight Club", took the stage as the award presenter.

"You all know that I am a director who likes to explore the darkness of human nature. I think this is cool. Only with a dark side can one be a living person."

"And the nominees this time are all masters of this field. There is no absolute good person, no absolute bad person, and I love their works."

"The nominees for Best Director in Drama are Eric Cooper of "House of Cards", Alan Coulter of "The Sopranos", Timothy Patton of "The Sopranos", and Walter Hill of "Deadwood"."

There are only four nominees, and "The Sopranos" occupies half of the nominations, making it the most likely to win the award.

They have been called too many times tonight, but no trophy has been taken away. Everyone is holding back.

Come on, take one.

It would be too much if you don't give it to me again! Shabu-shabu!

David Fincher opened the envelope and smiled. Yes, it was his favorite show.

"The result is in my hand. When I saw the name, I wanted to say that I would like to work with him. This drama really fascinated me."

"The winner of the best drama director is "House of Cards"-Eric Cooper!"

After saying this, David Fincher led the applause. He said without a single lie that he really loved this drama.

When watching it, he even had a feeling that he would handle some shots in the same way.

He felt that Eric Cooper's style was somewhat similar to his own. If they could work together, it would definitely be a very good experience.

Neil stepped onto the stage again and took out the second piece of paper after taking the trophy: "Below is Mr. Cooper's acceptance speech. He asked me to read every word."

"WHAT? Did I win the award again?"

"Oh my God! Then I want to thank the college on behalf of the college, my parents, friends, and colleagues."

"Yes, I want to thank the college on behalf of the college, because if the college does not give me this award, it itself cannot hear my thanks to it."

"Aha! This is called a potential threat. Have you learned it?"

Hahahaha

A tongue twister-like joke immediately made the whole audience laugh.

Potential threat, this guy can say it, no wonder his talk show is always so lively, maybe this is his talent.

"But if you give me a big prize, can I hear my thanks?"

"Of course not, you invited me to attend, did I attend?"

Hahahaha

The laughter that had just subsided rang out again, and Sandra Bullock even spurted out the water she was drinking with a puff, and the person next to her hurriedly patted her back. This scene was naturally captured by the sharp cameraman.

Neil couldn't hold back when he read this: "If you want to hear my thanks, you must have a third chance to go on stage."

"Remind me, you have already given me two awards, and you only need to give me one more, but if you give up, you will have none of them."

"This is called sunk cost plus potential threat, have you learned it?"

After reading it, Neil added: "No, Mr. Cooper's acceptance speech ends here."

Amidst the chuckles, he hurried off the stage. He thought he had taken a good job and could show his face on the stage.

Now I just feel like my face is on fire. Damn, he earned the reputation of being a humorous person, but I have to bear the embarrassment of the scene.

Sitting back in the chair, a new trophy was added to the table of the "House of Cards" crew.

On the director's side, a group of people also had a look of crying and laughing. They definitely didn't know the guest's acceptance speech, after all, this thing can be changed at any time.

But it's the first time I've seen someone like Eric play it like this.

In the headset, a reminder suddenly sounded from the backstage: "The number of viewers is soaring, it has exceeded 28 million, and it is still growing rapidly."

The director was stunned when he heard it. Wow, it's so fierce!

Although the Emmy Awards are known as the Oscars of the TV industry, the ratings are not as good as the real Oscars, and generally maintain at around 25 million.

Obviously, the reason for the sudden surge is definitely attracted by Eric Cooper's acceptance speech. Everyone wants to know if he can win another big award.

Do it! Do it hard!

With Angels in America winning the Best Miniseries award, the number of viewers has exceeded 30 million.

When the Best Comedy Series award was presented, there was a big jump, directly soaring to 33 million.

In just a few minutes, the data rose more fiercely than the Maotai line chart!

Until the last moment of the evening party, the Best Drama Series award was presented, just like the Best Film, which is the highest praise for a drama.

The award presenter was Ray Romano, the star of Everybody Loves Raymond, which won the Best Comedy Series at the last Emmy Awards.

Sitting in the audience all the time, Romano didn't expect that his stick would suddenly become so important.

Just after he came off the stage, the director team told him that he could delay for a few minutes appropriately, and it didn't matter if he exceeded the time limit. The key was to increase the ratings.

"The nominees for Best Drama Series are The Sopranos, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 24, and House of Cards."

Slowly opening the envelope, Romano's movements were as slow as possible, and the anxious audience in front of the TV wanted to rush in to open it for him.

After half a minute of joking and nagging, Romano could no longer delay and announced loudly: "The winner is "House of Cards", congratulations!"

OH!

In an instant, the cheers and noises almost blew the roof of the theater off.

It did it, it really did it, winning all five of the most important awards, including best actor, actress, screenwriter, director, and series. "House of Cards" has created a miracle.

At this moment, the ratings soared again, reaching 35 million. Even in the golden age of TV series in the 1990s, it was not so exaggerated.

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Neil stepped onto the podium for the third time.

He took out the last piece of paper and cleared his throat vigorously.

"This is crazy, this piece of paper will actually be used!"

"Although, well, it is indeed well-deserved, it is still crazy."

"Have you learned the sunk costs and potential threats?"

Hahahaha

He emphasized it again, instantly causing the whole audience to burst into laughter. It can be foreseen that these two words will definitely make the headlines tomorrow.

"You know, I actually think it might be a bit too much. Is the show House of Cards overrated? I don't think I deserve so many awards."

Hearing that he suddenly became humble, some people felt that this guy was quite sensible and didn't go too far. The next step should be the normal thank-you session.

Who knew that Neil was stunned for a while and suddenly rolled his eyes, and said very awkwardly: "But not tonight!"

The coquettish panting instantly sprained many people's waists, this guy!

"House of Cards is really good. The original intention of my decision to shoot it was 100% to make the audience happy."

"As for saving the 900%, of course, it was to make myself richer!"

Hahahaha

"In short, what the audience likes is what we want to do. This is the original intention of every film and television person, and we will continue to do so."

"This is my acceptance speech."

"What? You haven't thanked the Academy yet?"

"Then save it for the Oscars. You have given me so many awards. I promise that I will say it if you give me another one."

"Sunk cost plus potential threat, have you learned it?"