Hollywood Lover

It's a pity that in the face of Titanic's nearly five-month release cycle and its global influence, it is obviously not enough to watch.

The corner of Zhang Dongcheng's mouth twitched, and he said, "Finally, there is a consolation prize."

"Smith Zhang is here! Wow! This is the second time for this Chinese boy to attend the Oscars. He is really enviable, and he is also the nominee for the best director." Billy continued to look down on the stage The crowd told about Zhang Dongcheng's great achievements.

In fact, the best editing award also belongs to Zhang Dongcheng. After all, although several editors participated in the editing of The Matrix, the most important work still fell on Zhang Dongcheng's shoulders.

Standing up, Zhang Dongcheng walked straight up to the stage. After receiving the Oscar's statuette from Samuel L. Jackson, the two embraced, and Zhang Dongcheng turned his gaze to the lower part of the stage.

"I am very happy to represent the Matrix crew to receive this statuette, but it makes me feel pity why the academy only awards one award at a time. In fact, I think the few nominations just now, everyone is good, not as good as everyone Send one, how good is that?

After I got the statuette last year, I even found someone to study it. Although this thing is called a statuette, it is not pure gold. The price is one thousand dollars. If you want more or less, if the college needs it, you can contact me, and I will help find someone to order! "

Zhang Dongcheng's ridicule of Oscar made everyone below burst into laughter.

After many actors came on stage, they either teased Oscar or thanked Oscar. This has basically formed a formula.

When Zhang Dongcheng said this, there was some venting of grievances, as well as an attitude that he could afford it and let it go.

After all, no one can compete with James Cameron for the last best director award. This is a matter recognized by everyone. Zhang Dongcheng has long since given up any expectations. Getting a best cut is already a blessing from the goddess of luck.

But the excellent movie The Matrix was born two years ahead of schedule in his hands, but in the end he lost the honor of three statuettes at the Oscars. I have to say that this made Zhang Dongcheng very disappointed.

"Smith! May I call you that?" Billy asked.

"Of course. Mr. Billy, I actually like your talk show very much." Zhang Dongcheng said to Billy beside him while holding the statuette in one hand.

"Really? It's my honor to have the most famous and youngest Chinese director in Hollywood like my show!" Billy said with a funny wink.

Billy Crystal's appearance does not belong to the very funny type. On the contrary, when he has a straight face, it will give people a rigid and unsmiling feeling.

But it happened to be such a person, who had a unique talent in hosting talk shows, and even got invited by Oscar for two consecutive years.

Zhang Dongcheng also smiled and said: "Although I have never laughed after watching it, I really like it!"

Zhang Dongcheng's words made the scene silent for a moment, followed by thunderous laughter and applause. Especially the whistle is one after another.

At the Oscars, everyone always only saw Billy teasing others. For example, when the Oscar ceremony started, the guy even made up that hilarious tune and sang it.

Now Zhang Dongcheng's actions can be regarded as revenge for those guys.

After Billy froze for a moment, he immediately made an aggrieved look, and argued: "Oh! Mr. Smith, you are wrong. My talk show is even liked by the president. President Clinton once said in public that he likes it. Watch my talk show and call me the best talk show host ever!"

Seeing Billy's proud face, Zhang Dongcheng reached out and stroked his forehead, and said, "Clinton also likes Monica Lewinsky!"

Billy was dumbfounded by Zhang Dongcheng's words.

The Clinton they mentioned was the current President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton. Not long ago, Clinton was the protagonist of the Monica Lewinsky incident that just broke out.

In the United States, public entertainment stars, especially talk show hosts like Billy, want to like the ridicule of political figures.

Clinton's Monica Lewinsky incident is definitely the biggest stain on his political career. It has been ridiculed countless times by many entertainment media. But Zhang Dongcheng's words still caused a lot of laughter.

Billy was a little embarrassed, and said, "Okay, Director Smith. Let's not talk about this. As a fan of The Matrix, I really want to ask you, do you think our world is real or illusory?"

"What about the real thing? What about the imaginary?" Zhang Dongcheng didn't dare to answer Billy's question casually. Who knew if he would have dug some kind of pit waiting for him?

"Oh, if it's true, then I'll live my life honestly. If it's false, then I'll rob a bank! Then enjoy life!" Billy gritted his teeth.

"That's it!" Zhang Dongcheng rolled his eyes and said, "It's fake."

"Huh?" Billy said with a surprised expression, "Are we really living in a fake computer system?"

Zhang Dongcheng chuckled lightly and said, "I told you it was fake, but I just hoped that you would rob the bank. I will tell you that everything is true after you finish the robbing and before you enjoy life. The expression must be very exciting!!"

The bickering between the two caused laughter from the audience, bursts of applause and whistles from time to time.

After all, Zhang Dongcheng came up to accept the award, so it was impossible to stay on stage for too long. After finally delivering a quite satisfactory acceptance speech, he immediately walked off the stage.

Next, the Oscar ceremony continues. Until the end was near, it was finally the best director's award.

Prior to this, Titanic still won nine awards. Although the best screenplay was snatched by Jang Dong-seong, he squeezed out the best make-up from the man in black. In general, so far, although Zhang Dongcheng's turning out has changed a lot of things about this year's Oscars, it still hasn't deviated from the track in his memory.

"Finally it's the best director's turn!" Billy said with a relaxed smile, "Next, we will ask Mr. Warren Beatty to present us with the best director award!"

Warren Beatty is a famous American actor, director, screenwriter and producer. Multiple Oscar winners, and in 2002, the American Film Institute awarded Beatty the Gordon E. Sawyer Award. Beatty received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2004, a Golden Globe Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2008.

He is definitely a heavyweight superstar. Of course, in terms of awards, he has not yet reached the peak of his life.

Warren Beatty, now sixty-one, grizzled but still in good spirits, was clearly in good health.

While Warren Beatty opened the envelope, Billy explained to everyone in the audience: "There are six directors who won the best director this time, and the youngest is our Chinese director, Smith Zhang. It has only been two years since he came to Hollywood, and it has only been three years since he graduated from college, but he has fulfilled the lifelong dreams of many filmmakers."

The fact that Zhang Dongcheng was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director is indeed a very eye-catching thing. After all, Zhang Dongcheng's Chinese identity and his age, his experience is all curious, and I want to get a glimpse of it .

It didn't seem so abrupt when Billy took him out to talk about it. After explaining Zhang Dongcheng, Billy aimed at James Cameron again. After all, he is a popular candidate for the best director Oscar this time.

This year's Oscars, there are six winners plus Zhang Dongcheng, James Cameron's "Titanic"; "; Ji Shiyunxin's "The Sun Is Like Me"; Peter Catagno's "Six Heroes of Light Pigs" and Zhang Dongcheng's "The Matrix".

The camera pans across the faces of the six candidates. Quickly back to Warren Beatty.

"The person who won the Best Director Oscar this time is..." Warren glanced down the stage.

For a moment, all the candidates became nervous, after all, this is the statuette for the best director. One of the most important awards in the Oscars.

At the same time, the experience of several best director winners began to be shown on the big screen, such as James Cameron's scenes when he was doing sundries and special effects. Among them, Jang Dong-seong may have the weakest experience, but he The picture is getting more and more explosive.

I don't know where Oscar's column team came from, but they actually found the silhouettes of Zhang Dongcheng and Adaman when they first participated in the Cannes Film Festival.

In the picture, Zhang Dongcheng knocked down the security guard who was embarrassing him to the ground with a punch, and raised his hands and shouted, which caused exclamations one after another in the venue.

After all, among the directors in memory, Zhang Dongcheng is the only one who can do this.

"Smith! Smith! Smith..." At the position of the Matrix crew, Adaman and others and some guys who had a close personal relationship with Zhang Dongcheng couldn't help but cheer him up.

Even Patricia clenched her fists and stared nervously at Warren on stage.

On the contrary, Zhang Dongcheng, the real person involved, seemed very plain. He was very aware of his weight, and he never had any hope at all. Therefore, he is the most peaceful person. However, the scene of fighting in Cannes in the picture made the corners of his lips curl up unknowingly.

Compared with his youthful college days, Zhang Dongcheng is proud of his current achievements in just a few years after graduation. Even if he loses the best director this time, he won't feel any disappointment. He promised himself that one day, he will defeat Cameron!

""Titanic" James Cameron. Congratulations!!" Warren finally called out Cameron's name.

James Cameron breathed a sigh of relief, and kissed his wife next to him. Standing up from the chair, clapping with friends around to celebrate.

In the process of walking to the stage, he also warmly hugged Kate Winslet, the heroine of the Titanic, before he strode up.

After taking over the best director award from Warren, Cameron stood in front of the microphone and began his acceptance speech.

At the end, he finally yelled out the words that Zhang Dongcheng still remembers.

"I'm the king of the world! Aww..." James Cameron shook the statuette with one hand, and let out a burst of strange exclamations from his mouth.

There was a wave of applause. Even Zhang Dongcheng, who regarded him as his opponent, couldn't help but be impressed by him.

Looking through the roster of world-class film directors, James Cameron should be one of the few directors with a background in special effects design. It is also because of this that James Cameron's efforts in the process of getting this best director are unimaginable to ordinary people.

Even if Zhang Dongcheng had so many future consultations for him to choose from, he still had to rely on his solid foundation in the film school to film it in the end.

Of course, this does not mean that academics are necessarily better than Ye Luzi, but from the perspective of Oscar, directors with orthodox academic backgrounds always have an advantage.

After the best director, it was the turn of the final highlight, the Best Picture Award presented by Sean Connery, who played the classic 007.

This award was still received by the Titanic despite the expectations of everyone. So far, the Titanic has set a record. After "Ben-Hur", it became the second Oscar film to win eleven awards! !

The 70th Oscars has come to a perfect conclusion.

Although many members of the Matrix crew were a little disappointed that they got five nominations, but only got one statuette in the end. But things are over after all.

In the early morning of the next day, the media was full of news about the 70th Oscars, and "Titanic" became the second film to win eleven awards. It is definitely more explosive than any news.

Since the creation of the Oscars, except for "Ben-Hur" at the 32nd Academy Awards in 1960, it has been nearly forty years since the second one appeared.

"James Cameron, after ten years of sharpening his sword, got what he wanted. Become the best director of the Oscar!" - "Entertainment Weekly"

"The 70th Academy Awards is for Titanic! It's for James Cameron!" - The New York Times

"Titanic set a record last night at the Academy Awards!" - Los Angeles Times

Of course, in addition to reporting on James Cameron and "Titanic", there are naturally people who pay attention to other films. Several of them reported on Zhang Dongcheng and his Matrix.

"The Matrix directed by Smith is undoubtedly excellent, but it is a pity that he met the even more excellent and even outstanding Titanic and Cameron. This can only be said to be bad luck, not lack of strength! But we have reason to believe that in the future Smith will definitely win his own Oscar one day. After all, youth is his greatest asset!" - "Los Angeles Film News"

"At last night's Oscars, Smith finally revealed his true colors. Under James Cameron's crush, The Matrix has nothing to fight back, and except for a consoling Best Editing, lost four nominations! Maybe we should have told him in advance, Smith, Hollywood is not for you!"

The only newspaper in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and even the United States that can write such articles is "Los Angeles Media Information".

Gavin is determined to make things difficult for Zhang Dongcheng.

After reading these reports, Zhang Dongcheng's mood was not affected in any way. After tidying up my clothes, I headed towards the company.

In Dongcheng Films, there are many people who were dissatisfied with last night's award ceremony, but these are all in the past.

While everyone was there, Zhang Dongcheng called all the candidates and announced in the conference room the release and shooting of the next few films. The most important thing is that there are too many departments in Dongcheng Pictures, and Zhang Dongcheng's newly purchased Marvel comics and ZDC TV station have made the entire company's structure look bloated, which has begun to affect normal operations.

For this reason, Zhang Dongcheng decided to announce the idea of ​​reorganizing the group today.

This idea was not his whim, but he had already had such an idea when he bought Marvel comics.

"Okay, everyone, we can't say we failed in this Oscar, after all, we won the best editing, right?" Seeing everyone's low momentum, Zhang Dongcheng comforted: "And it took James several years to shoot. To produce a Titanic, we cannot compare with this kind of people.”

There was a faint chuckle at his words.

"Let me tell you about the upcoming movie schedule!" Zhang Dongcheng cleared his throat, and said, "It's already late March. Now the dark battle I'm shooting is coming to an end. It is expected to be around this year It will be released in July, competing for this year's summer slot!"

After a pause, Zhang Dongcheng focused his attention on Huang Yiyu, and said, "After James' death is over, he will continue to shoot another movie. Well, the script and screenwriting department should have already figured it out, right? Adaman? "

"Oh! Yes!" Zhang Dongcheng's question came suddenly, and Adaman recovered, and said: "The script called "The Grudge" has already been written. But I think you'd better read it yourself .”

"OK! I will!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded, and continued: "After the completion of Reaper, the screening time will be delayed to compete for this year's Halloween schedule, and the same is true for the Grudge. James, time is a little tight, Can you complete this task?"

Zhang Dongcheng stared at Huang Yiyu who was sitting at the bottom and asked,

"No problem, I've already read the script of The Grudge, and it's not difficult to shoot this script. It's just that the special effects in the later stage may take time." Huang Yiyu expressed her worries.

"It doesn't matter, I will ask Burton's special effects company to adjust the production time. The Grudge will be released after Death Comes. You don't have to worry!" Zhang Dongcheng explained and looked at the Wachowski brothers casually.

Although the Wachowski brothers took over the directorship of The Matrix 2 this time, they are not yet from Dongcheng Films.

"Larry, Andy, because The Matrix 2 has more special effects, I hope the film will be released during Christmas this year." Zhang Dongcheng stared at the two and asked.

"OK! Director Smith, we have plenty of time, and we promise to finish the production on time." Larry nodded and promised with his chest covered.

"It doesn't matter, although all of this is my idea, but it will not be so smooth, it still depends on God!" Zhang Dongcheng made a joke. Looking serious, he said, "Do you have anything to say?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison. Zhang Dongcheng said with satisfaction: "Then the meeting is over, everyone can go back first. Adaman, Burton, you guys stay!"

Zhang Dongcheng pointed out those who joined the company first and held shares in their hands. The next thing has nothing to do with the movie, but the reorganization of the company's development.

Those who have never joined Dongcheng Pictures, but are just cooperative partners, such as the Wachowski brothers, naturally cannot stay.

After these people left, Zhang Dongcheng said frankly, "I think you all know that I bought a TV station not long ago, right?"

Everyone nodded.

Zhang Dongcheng continued: "But I think there may be people who don't know that I not only bought ZDC TV station, but even Marvel comics already belong to our Dongcheng Pictures. Marvel comics company and ZDC TV station still belong to us now." My personal business. I've decided to shake it up!"

Of course, it is impossible for a film company to simply shoot movies, as if Disney has its own playground, and even opened it all over the world. Twentieth Century Fox has its own film and television base in Australia. Universal Pictures, which once cooperated with Zhang Dongcheng, acquired DreamWorks at the end of 2005.

Even though the noun of the group is not listed in the name, the eight major film companies are actually group in nature. Dongcheng Pictures is now moving towards this step.

"First of all, Burton, your special effects team has become independent and officially established a subsidiary company called Dongcheng Special Effects. You will be in charge of the management."

Although the current special effects team works in the same place as Dongcheng Pictures, it is essentially independent of Dongcheng Pictures. As long as the brand is changed, it can be operated as an independent subsidiary.

"Next, Dongcheng Pictures will be reorganized into a group company, and ZDC TV station will be merged into the group." Zhang Dongcheng kept talking about the plans he had conceived long ago.

The reorganized Dongcheng Group is a group film and television company. Its subsidiaries include the parent company Dongcheng Pictures, the subsidiary ZDC TV Station, several movie theaters and independent special effects companies. As one of the subsidiaries of Marvel Comics, Zhang Dongcheng did not intervene too much. After all, he doesn't know much about comics, all he needs are the movie copyrights of those superheroes.