You don't understand the happiness of the director

Please tell me, what are the steps for sending out Oscars?

Answer: Three steps.

The first step is to vote for nominations. Select a few movies from the hundreds of movies released every year that meet the regulations and list them for the nomination list. Usually there are 5 to 10 movies for the best movies, and 5 movies for other categories.

The second step is the final voting. The judges choose their favorites from the nomination list and finally get the winners list. Due to the rules, it is basically impossible to have a double yolk egg.

The third step is to announce the awards at the Oscars.

Among the current more than 6,000 Oscar judges, more than 90% are white, more than 3/4 are male, and the proportion of young people is very small, so the judges are nicknamed "old white men". Their aesthetic tastes are largely determines the award.

In addition to the local white men, there are also a small number of foreign judges who make the Oscars appear more international.

Wang Quan, the foreign judge who recently joined, was first nominated for the best original screenplay, so he entered the shortlist of the academy's screenwriting department. With the help of his agency, he invited two old judges to endorse him, and conducted a period of inspection. So I successfully became a judge.

The most important thing is to be nominated for an Oscar. The rest will be very simple. If "Juno" can be nominated for a few more awards this time, there will be a few more judges around him next year.

It's just a pity that Bao Dexi, Lu Le, Zhao Xiaoding, Ye Jintian, Su Cong, and Tan Dun were all shortlisted for Oscars and initially qualified to become judges, but there was no follow-up and nothing happened. Only Gu Changwei (nominated for Best Cinematography) came to the end.

Nowadays, only directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige have been invited to be the judges, actors Mileage Long, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, as well as those Chinese-American actors, oh, and the two great directors Li Jian and Yusen Wu.

There are only about ten people in total. If these ten people work together, they will not have much impact on the outcome of the Oscar, let alone they are not so united.

Some of them come from the mainland, some from Wanwan, and some from Xiangjiang. Some still retain Chinese nationality, and some have become foreign nationals.

Cheng Long was in Xiangjiang at this time. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm responsible for counting the votes, mailed the ballot to his home. He needed to receive a reply before January 13, otherwise his vote would be invalid.

If you do not participate in the awards for many years, your status as a judge will be revoked and you will become an honorary member of the jury and will no longer be able to vote.

In the past few years, Cheng Long was not active in voting. He only voted for "Brokeback Mountain" once last year, but he still lost.

This year he decisively voted for "Juno" again.

As an actor, in addition to the best film, Cheng Long can also participate in voting for the best male and female lead and supporting actor. Up to five candidates can be given for each of these projects.

So after "Juno", he chose a few more movies that he had watched, such as "The Departed", "Blood Diamond", and "The Pursuit of Happiness". Oops, he hasn't watched the others, so just these four. .

There is no problem if there are less than five. Juno is put first. This order is also very important.

As for actors, the little girl who plays Juno casts her vote. If you can write about the cast of Juno, please write it down. Xiao Wang, my brother is so helpful. Whether you can be shortlisted or not depends on your luck. Don’t forget to give I wrote "Twelve Zodiac Signs".

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USA, New York.

Chinese-American actress Chen Chong also received a ballot. Along with the ballot came a memorandum of qualifying films carefully prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers. She saw "Juno" in it at a glance, and then turned away. It's like a physical discomfort.

This movie is very popular, and it is the work of a Chinese director, director Xie Fei's apprentice. She went to see it a while ago, but when she saw the last scene, when she saw the boy in Juno turned into a girl, her first reaction was, The adoptive mother later successfully got pregnant and gave birth to a baby, so she abandoned Juno's baby.

Although she feels that there is nothing wrong with doing this, and people will be punished for their own sake, and people's energy is limited after all, so they must give priority to taking care of their own children, but she always feels that Wang Quan is targeting herself by making such a story. Is this interesting for you?

She decisively voted for "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Queen", the strong rivals of "Juno".

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Also in New York, Li Bian returned to his home in New York after completing the filming of his new film. During this period, he has been busy filming and doing post-production work. To be honest, he has not watched many movies. In order to cope with this vote, he took the time to film the most popular film. After watching those films, five films and five directors were carefully selected, including King Power and "Juno".

The growth of this young man surprised him. Whether it was the grasp of the American psychology in the early part of the movie or the surprising twist of self-persistence at the end, he felt that he was a formidable person.

It's just that Li An spent a lot of time thinking about the ordering of these five films and five directors. In the end, he followed his heart and made the films from high to low: "Babel," "Letters from Iwo Jima," "Juno," and "Juno." "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Blood Diamond".

The order of directors is slightly different, and Wang Quan is placed second.

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Li Jiapo.

After marrying her husband in 1996, Gong Li has basically settled here. Now that she has received the Oscar nomination votes, she decisively puts "Juno" first. It is not just because of Wang Quan's Chinese identity, she is really I love this movie and the performance of every actor in it.

Not only did she vote herself, she also sent a message to Zhang Yimou to remind him not to forget to vote this year.

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At home, in Beijing, at New Picture Company, Zhang Weiping was not in a happy mood.

"The City of Gold" is currently being released in full swing. Except for Jia Zhangke, who does not know whether to live or die, and competes with "The Good Man" and "Golden Armor", all other movies have to stay away.

And "The Golden Jacket" lived up to expectations. In two weeks and 10 days, it received nearly 200 million in box office, ranking first in the year.

But Zhang Weiping was not satisfied. Perhaps it was "House of Flying Daggers" that caused foreign film studios to lose money. This time, "The City of Gold" seems to be unable to sell at a high price. The pressure suddenly came to China. He hoped that The box office surpassed "Titanic" and created a new box office king in mainland film history!

With such a big investment, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li reunited, Asia's little king joined forces, and Liu Ye, the fat brother, it's not too much to take 300 to 400 million!

But looking at the current trend, it would be good if it could surpass "Hero", but many viewers don't think highly of it.

There is also North America. He thought that "The Golden Jacket" would definitely crush "Juno" which had a box office of 80,000 on the first day. But who would have thought that the box office of "Juno" is getting higher and higher. I heard that it is more than 10 million! And "Golden Armor" has only sold over 1 million dollars in North America, and it has once again become a stepping stone for the surname Wang!

He was walking around the company when he saw Zhang Yimou's assistant holding an envelope, "What is this?"

"Boss, this is Director Zhang's Oscar ballot. Let me mail it to the United States."

"Let me take a look." Zhang Weiping took it over directly. It was all in English, and he didn't understand it very well. When he saw the short words in the first row, he asked the assistant, "What is this?"

"Boss, this is Juno."

"Oh, Juno." Zhang Weiping tore up the ballot paper casually.

"Ah, boss, this..."

Zhang Weiping's eyes widened, "Watch your mouth."

"Yes, I understand."

Then Zhang Weiping threw the ballot into the trash can.

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Director Chen Kaige, who has lived in the United States for a long time, recently returned to China. Under the advice of his relatives and friends, he decided to regroup and return to his best subject matter. This time he chose "Mei Lanfang".

While preparing to return to China, he received a call from Chen Hong in the United States, asking him how to fill out the Oscar ballot.

He replied directly, "Just throw it away, I'm not interested now."

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Wang Quan was not in a hurry to vote. It was Christmas. The crew was on vacation. He and Anna drove back to Los Angeles in a Mazda. They also took two children, Kristen Stewart and Werewolf Taylor Lautner, with them in the car. actor.

Little Werewolf is young and does not have a driver's license. Little K has just reached the age and has not had time to take the test.

Little K actually wanted to ask about the topic of "Juno", but Wang Quan had already said it before. He accepted the audience's interpretation, but he would not explain it himself, so the question was in vain.

The little werewolf was complaining that Wang Quan's car was a bit old, saying that he would drive a sports car to school in two years.

The young man knows it very well. I heard that he already has a girlfriend.

Little K felt a little disgusted with this little brat and asked Wang Quan, "Director, how are you going to spend Christmas?"

Wang Quan, "I want to watch basketball, Lakers vs. Rockets."

"So you like the Lakers too!"

Wang Quan, "No, I support the Rockets." There is no reason, just because there is Dayao in it.

Little K immediately wanted to ignore him. Everyone was hanging out in Los Angeles, but you supported the Houston team, you traitor!

At the Staples Center, Wang Quan and Gadot carefully walked through the ranks of Lakers fans and arrived at the Rockets square. There was nothing they could do in the away game. There were too few people and the momentum was weak. Many of them were Chinese students and immigrants.

Fortunately, Dayao is very competitive in this game. He has already blocked seven shots and scored 36 points. At this time, it is entering the end of the game and the score is very close. Even Kobe is starting to have a headache. This may be Dayao at his best. .

Wang Quan noticed that in the VIP table, a bald little old man cursed severely after the Rockets scored another crucial goal. Wang Quan laughed, "It seems that the rumors are true. As long as there is a Lakers game, you can basically watch it." When it comes to Jack Nicholson, he would take time off to watch games even if he was filming.”

Gadot looked in the direction of Wang Quan's finger and saw the other person glaring over. Gadot was frightened and said, "He is so fierce~"

Although this old man has won two Oscars for Best Actor, he has countless classics under his belt, such as "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "The Shining," "Chinatown," "Batman," etc., as well as this year's "The Departed," and he is a god-level director who many directors want to work with. He is an actor, but he does have a bad temper. He once smashed the front windshield of someone else's car with a golf club due to road rage. In the end, he had to pay 500,000 yuan to settle the matter.

Wang Quan quickly hugged Jia Duoduo into his arms, "Oh, beautiful!"

Gadot thought he was talking about herself, but when she looked up, Dayao successfully blocked a shot again, eight times in one game, which is awesome!

And with the help of Yao, McGrady shot, succeeded, and the whistle was blown!

"Win!" Wang Quan and Gadot hugged and kissed. They are both people who like basketball. Although Gadot prefers Kobe, she made an exception today and followed Wang Quan to like the Rockets.

Afterwards, Wang Quan posted today’s experience on his blog.

The last blog post announced the launch of "The Twilight Saga" half a month ago, which directly made the domestic Chinese version of "The Twilight Saga" a best-seller, causing the publisher to urgently print additional copies.

But this time, Yao Ming knew from some source the content of Wang Quan’s blog and knew that Wang Quan was here to support his playing, so he invited him to a meal before leaving Los Angeles. It was considered a formal acquaintance. Wang Quan stood on a stool and followed him. He took a photo together.

There is still one day left in the holiday, but Wang Quan has returned to work. Before returning to the crew, he went back to the company, and Dorothy Marling and the others were also there.

Now is an important moment to compete for awards, and no one can afford to be idle.

Dorothy tells Wang Quan the good news that "Juno" took in US$4 million at the box office in its first week in the Warring Kingdom!

King Quan knew before that Dorothy had cooperated with a local film distributor in the UK to make "Juno" the first to land in the British Isles and the only country outside North America to be released in order to compete for next month's British Academy Film Awards. , also commonly known as "Yingao", it is also one of the four major Oscar trendsetters.

This data has a big impact on King Power. A literary film performed better than the two previous commercial films. If I remember correctly, the first two films in the UK both made more than 2 million in their first week. If this trend continues, the UK box office will exceed Ten million, unbelievable!

Dorothy also told Wang Quan that "Juno" will be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in mid-January. "The Berlin Film Festival and the British and Olympic Awards are close to each other. Lily and I may go there by then. You I probably don’t have time.”

Wang Quan sighed, "I was supposed to go back to my hometown this year to celebrate the New Year and visit the graves of my grandparents."

But "Twilight" is the fastest and fastest, and it would be great if it could be finished before the Oscars. Therefore, he will definitely not be able to make it in time for the Spring Festival. He will try his best to return to his hometown when he is fifteen.

Dorothy nodded, "Okay, you don't want to go to Europe, but you have to attend the Golden Globe Awards."

"Oh, the Golden Globe nominations are out?"

"Tonight, but I asked around, we should be shortlisted."

The Golden Globe Awards, although its judges have almost no overlap with the Oscars, are very accurate. The key popularity is second only to the Oscars. If you can gain something in this award, you can also gain a certain advantage in the final voting.

While waiting for the results, Wang Quan and Dorothy reported on the filming status of "Twilight", which should be completed in three weeks.

That night, the nomination list for the 64th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards was announced.

"Juno" won Best Director (The Throne), Best Picture, Comedy/Musical, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical (Lily Collins), Best Supporting Actress Onami Watts, and Best Screenplay (The Throne), Best Original Score (Phil Collins), Best Original Song (Phil Collins), seven nominations!

Leading the Golden Globe Awards together with the Oscar seed candidate "Babel", it has one more nomination than the other seed "The Departed"!

When the news spread back to China, the Chinese people were shocked. What happened? Didn't "Juno" hit the streets? ? ?