King of Hollywood

"It's a pity. I always thought that Naomi would get the Best Supporting Actress." After Adrian sat back in her seat, Sophie whispered while watching the stage.

Although the few women around the same age were quite different from each other for various reasons, their relationship with each other was generally quite harmonious, so it was no wonder Sophie would say that. As for Natalie, they all knew a little bit about the twisted relationship between Adrian and her, they just didn't understand what was going on, but they didn't try to figure it out, because no one would chase after a playboy Women fuss.

"It doesn't matter, there will be opportunities in the future." Adrian smiled indifferently. Since he served as the award presenter, the possibility of Naomi and Natalie's award has dropped to the lowest.

The film academy doesn't want to appear in some places that are too easy to be criticized. Although they are criticized in many places, they will never be without pretentiousness. However, from this point of view, Adrian's previous guess should be correct. The high-level members of the college council know more or less about the voting situation, maybe not very specific, but probably the situation is absolutely clear.

This is just right, some things can go more smoothly, even if it is just to add to his plan.

Well, back to the whole, there is another reason for Sophie to say that.

"Don't worry, just watch." Adrian patted the back of her hand lightly, and Sophie's face blushed suddenly. He had no doubt seen her thoughts.

Look at Blanchett on the other side, while listening to Marcia Gay Harden's speech on stage. But the slightly curved corners of the mouth seemed meaningful, and Sophie couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, but Adrian held her hand immediately. Although his eyes were focused on the stage, the warm feeling from his palm still made Sophie relax. So she finally just coughed slightly in embarrassment.

Adrian understands Sophie's feelings, thinks about her longing all the time, and thinks about his achievements in the past few years, so the closer the goal is, the easier it is to worry about gains and losses. In this case, Adrian just comforted her with movements. Words don't help much, instead of explaining it, it's better to let her hold it back for a while, and then use facts to prove her worries are wrong.

Yes, at this time, he can basically speak with certainty. In order to send Sophie to the throne of the best actress, in addition to the advantages mentioned before, Adrian has also worked hard in other aspects . for example--

""Two Soldiers"!" After the award presenter read out the name, there was routine applause from the audience, and Sophie, who was beside Adrian, seemed a little disappointed, and then the anxious look between her brows became more and more up.

"It's a good thing, Sophie," Adrian said, squeezing her hand tightly. He gave her a reassuring smile, "Trust me, just wait and see."

Sophie opened her mouth, but said nothing, just nodded slightly. Some calm was restored again.

It is expected that "Sleepless in Supermarket" did not win the best short film. Although "Two Soldiers" seems a bit lengthy, in Adrian's opinion, the 40-minute content can be cut in half, but who let This short film tells the story of World War II, and it is love, loyalty and responsibility. There are also sacrifices, all of which are the favorites of the film academy, and it is basically impossible not to win an award, even if "Sleepless in Supermarket" can more easily resonate with ordinary people.

It doesn't mean that a short film that "has" won an award will definitely win an award, not to mention that the director of "Two Soldiers" Alan Schneider is an out-and-out American.

Sophie's biggest shortcoming is that she is French, and the Film Academy has always favored foreigners, not to mention that she has already got a green card. Even with naturalization, it takes a long time to get that out of people's minds. The previous Best Actresses, Gwyneth and Julia are Americans. Although Nicole is Australian, Australia is easier to integrate into the American cultural circle than other countries, as can be seen from the Australian gang in Hollywood. , Blanchett was able to reach the top because of this, plus Adrian's public relations and creating a situation where two films competed at the same time, not to mention that Nicole was born in Honolulu.

The most troublesome thing is Monica, but don't forget that in Hollywood circles, Italians headed by Scorsese also have a lot of say. It really shouldn't be the best director that Cosese is determined to win. These, coupled with Weinstein's public relations ability and the full cooperation of the media, sent Monica to the top. Even so, some people still say that she has won disgrace.

Then, in Hollywood circles, is there anything French?

Not enough seems very difficult, but it is not hopeless. I won’t talk about the previous articles on "Fahrenheit 9/11", and I won’t talk about Weinstein’s ability. There is another place——

"It's finally coming to this time again, every time it's so exciting, every time it's so enviable... Oh, sorry, I mean the one in the back, not the one in the front." Crystal made a The appearance of saying something wrong immediately caused a lot of laughter.

After several technical awards and more important screenplay awards—there is no doubt that "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" swept away—the awards ceremony finally ushered in the final climax, the most important SEG awards. Bearing the brunt of the award was Best Actress, and when Crystal announced it on stage, Sophie immediately became nervous again.

At this time, Adrian became more relaxed. As the award presenters began to introduce the nomination list, the future choices were listed one by one on the screen. In addition to Sophie and Kate who were nominated for "La Vie en Rose" and "Warmth and Light", there are also Samantha Morton of "The New American Dream" and Kaitlyna Morton of "Hail Mary". Sandino Moreno and Judy Madsen of Here.

In the eyes of others, this nomination is not a problem, but they don't know that this list was concocted by Adrian. At least two women should have made the list if it wasn't for his involvement. Diane Keaton had a good performance in "Love is a Compromise" and equally good performance in "Julie and Julia"...Meryl Streep.

However, "Hail Mary", an independent film about a girl smuggling drugs, should have participated in the Sundance Film Festival in January this year, and then won a certain degree of praise and popularity. It was just completed last year, but it was specially in charge of by Universal Focus Features, which released independent films, took a fancy to it, and then quickly ordered it at the end of the year to participate in this year's Oscars. Catalina Sandino Moreno also won a nomination for Best Actress through the efforts of Focus.

As for Here, which depicts American families in the 1950s and 1960s from a woman's perspective, it was released by Dimension Films, although it seems to be an independent film company. But in fact, the relationship with Miramax is inextricably linked, so Judy Madsen, who played the leading role, also received a nomination.

Therefore, in this nomination list, Kate and Samantha are British, Caitlina is Colombian, and she is still very young, and only Judy Madsen is American, but this is her first nomination. That's right. Everything was done by Adrian, trying to find a way to get some actresses with low chances of winning nominations, and squeeze out the threatening ones, which naturally left Sophie with more leeway.

Otherwise, although "Julie and Julia" is a lukewarm drama movie, maybe Streep will win the second best actress award early - and Diane Keaton - — so it is necessary to do so. It's not easy. But whether to do it or not to do it is two different things. Fortunately, after mobilizing countless resources, the final result basically met his requirements, although it cost Adrian a lot of money. But based on Sophie's performance, it's totally worth it.

Such a situation was created, as well as the foreshadowing of "Fahrenheit 9/11", and Weinstein's hard work in public relations, plus Sophie has been nominated for several Oscars for acting, so naturally the result was not an upset.

"Sophie? Marceau!" When the name was pronounced. The whole audience was in an uproar, and Sophie covered her mouth in disbelief. She was even a little dazed. The strong sense of unreality that finally got what she had been looking forward to for a long time enveloped her, making her not know what to do.

"Go up, Sophie." Adrian pushed gently, and applause also sounded at this moment.

"Okay...Okay." Sophie stood up, still in a daze. He even glanced timidly at Adrian, until he stepped onto the stage to take over the statuette, and he somewhat stabilized his emotions.

"Sorry, I..." She took a deep breath, "I didn't expect to stand here one day, even though I have dreamed about it countless times, when I said my name just now, I even thought I was dreaming, I even said to myself in my heart: Sophie, are you sure it's your name, not someone with the same name as you?"

Then there was a burst of good-natured laughter.

"Thank you," Sophie wiped her eyes, "Thank you to the Academy of Film for awarding me this award, thank you to everyone on the crew of "La Vie en Rose", thank you to my friends who supported me, thank you... Adrian, thank you for giving me this award." This is my chance. I can finally prove it, I finally use this proof..."

Sophie on the stage became choked up again. She pursed her mouth and tried desperately to control herself, but the corners of her mouth kept trembling, and her eye circles became more and more red. In the end, she let out a sob. Even though she lowered her head and covered her mouth immediately, everyone heard it clearly, and her trembling shoulders also clearly expressed Sophie's experience of decades of wasted time. Finally got affirmation, so the feeling of crying with joy.

Adrian stood up without hesitation, and started to applaud. Driven by him, the people around him also stood up, and then many people also stood up, whether it was because of Adrian's face , or because of the herd effect, everyone in the hall stood up and applauded Sophie in the end.

"Thank you, thank you again, and thank you... Ms. Piaf," said the tearful Sophie holding the statuette, "I once doubted whether I could play this role well, but Ms. Piaf's The experience has always inspired me, let me have the courage to face it and work hard to fight for it."

Finally, she took a deep look at Adrian below: "If I have anything else to say, there is only one word, which is what Ms. Piaf said to the female reporter at the beach in the movie—— Love!"

After finishing speaking, Sophie raised the corner of her skirt and bowed deeply, and warm applause rang out again. when she stepped off the stage. Even though he covered his mouth with his hands again, the tears in his eyes fell uncontrollably. When he arrived in front of Adrian, he hugged him tightly regardless, and buried his head on his shoulder Sobbed softly.

Adrian also didn't care about the surrounding appearance, and patted her back to comfort her. It took several seconds for Sophie to control her emotions.

"Sorry, Ed." She said so after letting go of her hand, and then hugged Blanchett next to her. And Blanchett hugged her tightly for several seconds with satisfaction. Then, she hugged the others in the same way, and then sat back in her seat. Although the applause was not loud during the period, it never stopped.

"Sorry, Ed," Sophie said again.

"It's okay," Adrian smiled slightly, "Do you remember what I said before?"

Before Sophie spoke, she raised her index finger to her mouth: "Don't worry. We have plenty of time tonight."

On the stage, the best actor was about to be announced, so Sophie didn't say anything, but there was indescribable gratitude in her tearful eyes, and she held Adrian's hand even tighter.

The winner of Best Actor did not surprise Adrian, it was still Sean Penn of "Mystic River". Hollywood's famous bad boy. Speaking of which, some people are just so unlucky. Although Tom Cruise has tried his best to express himself in "The Last Samurai", it is a pity that Watanabe Ken has been nominated for a best supporting actor, but he has nothing.

All right. Not to mention this, Sean Penn who went up to receive the award was very happy. Although he is notoriously rebellious and even dared to shoot a gun at the media helicopter, everyone must mature sooner or later to be able to win the award. To the best actor can also be regarded as the film school began to mature for him. Or an affirmation of becoming compromised.

However, Clint Eastwood's complexion is not very good. The reason is very simple. Throughout the history of Oscars, there are very few works that have won the performance award, director award and best film at the same time. And "Mystic River" not only helped Sean Penn get the best actor, but also let Tim Robbins get the best supporting actor, so if you want to win the best director and best movie, I hope It's very slim.

If it was any other time, the old man might be confident that he could fight for it. But with Adrian, a pervert who has been nominated for several consecutive nominations for both Best Director and Best Film, it is really difficult for him to have much confidence. Although they are both referees and contestants—Eastwood has long been a member of the Film Academy from actor to director, and has extensive connections in Hollywood, but Adrian’s power and The resources are far beyond his comparison, and this is always a country where money is paramount.

So, just like Sophie's Best Actress, before attending the award ceremony, Adrian would ask again and again to be the last in every aspect, but after entering the Kodak Theater, he calmed down, yes What is yours must be yours!

"Okay, everyone, now it's the last moment, maybe, a miracle that has never been seen before will happen tonight!" Christo winked and said, "Of course, I said the word miracle, it is indeed a very simple miracle I mean, there is no other hint, I promise, absolutely not, please believe me!"

The scene burst into laughter, everyone knew what he was talking about, Adrian shrugged, looked at the stage with a decent smile, until——

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Adrian Cowell!"

it is good! When the soundtrack of "The Lord of the Rings" sounded, Adrian breathed a sigh of relief, and shook his fist gently and slightly. Even though he has participated in countless Oscars, and even though he knows that he has the highest possibility of winning, as he said tirelessly to reporters, no one can guarantee that he will be the winner until the last moment. From this point of view Speaking of which, Oscar's business operation is indeed very good.

After he got up, people around him began to congratulate. Although Sophie became a little restrained because of her enthusiasm before, Blanchett, Monica, and Liv didn't have so many worries. They hugged each other one by one. It also attracted the attention of many people.

Adrian walked onto the stage with a calm expression, coughed lightly into the microphone after receiving the statuette for the best director, then took out a small piece of paper from his coat pocket, frowning and glanced at it for a few times , Stutteringly began to speak: "This... thanks... um... sorry, I can't understand this word clearly."

There was a burst of laughter from below.

"Well, let me say that you shouldn't have prepared it in advance." Adrian then turned the paper over, and the camera shot over, the above was blank, and the laughter immediately became louder.

"Frankly, I don't remember the feeling of winning the best director trophy last time. Thanks to the Academy for letting me relive this feeling again, although... oh, my poor Matrix, you still don't It's suitable for this kind of scene." Adrien sighed pretentiously, causing a burst of laughter again.

"Of course, this is already a very good change. I believe that the Academy and all filmmakers have been working hard, constantly seeking innovations and changes. Thank God, this is the reason why we can always maintain brilliance." Adrian Ann raised the trophy in his hand: "Finally, I would like to thank the entire crew. This honor belongs not only to me but also to you. Without you, I would not be able to present the magnificent world of Middle-earth alone. Without you, I would be alone." It is impossible to carry out this grand adventure to the end, this is a great victory, this adventure must always be remembered in our hearts, thank you!" (To be continued..)