Hollywood Lover

   "Obviously, I didn't experience auditory hallucinations, and God still favors me!" After making a final summary, Zhang Dongcheng began to imitate the example of others, and thanked him a lot.

"This movie can win an award. First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Carl of Universal Pictures. Without him, I would not have become the screenwriter and director of the movie "The Mummy". Second, I would like to thank the members of the crew for their support The hard work and cooperation during the filming. Without them, this wonderful movie would not have been presented to everyone! Finally, I would like to thank my parents. I thank them for raising me and sending me to the UK to study directing."

  But in the end, Zhang Dongcheng still said a few words of thanks in Chinese, and raised the statuette, and said loudly: "This statuette belongs to the entire crew!"

  The audience who were used to him speaking English didn't understand what he said in Chinese for a while, but after the thank you speech, Zhang Dongcheng bowed and walked down the stage with the statuette.

As soon as he returned to the seat of the mummy crew, Adaman couldn't wait to stand up and said, "Smith, hurry up! Show me the statuette in your hand, oh! God! This is the Academy Award! "

  Adaman, like Zhang Dongcheng, was majoring in directing, so he naturally knew what Oscar represented.

  Although the Academy Awards, the Cannes International Film Festival in France, the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, and the Venice International Film Festival in Italy have become the four major film festivals in the world.

  But the latter three have always focused on the artistry of the film and have never changed. So far, in some respects, it cannot be compared with the Oscars, which pay more attention to political and commercial factors. In the vanity fair of the entertainment industry, Oscar is undoubtedly more attractive.

After casually handing the statuette to Adaman, Zhang Dongcheng returned to action and said to Jason: "Jason, wait a minute, don't care too much about this award, compared with other movies, we are really There is no advantage!"

  Zhang Dongcheng was also worried. Because Jason had high expectations from the beginning, after the final defeat, he let himself down even more, leading to depression. Such a state is likely to affect the subsequent filming of The Matrix.

   "OK! I understand! Smith, thank you for reminding me!" Although Jason said so, Zhang Dongcheng could see that he was still very nervous, and he still took this award very seriously.

   It's no wonder, for Jason, a half-way monk, getting an Oscar statuette is undoubtedly the greatest encouragement to him.

  The original script after the adaptation of the script, not surprisingly, fell into the hands of the Coen brothers of "Fargo".

   After a few more boring awards, it's finally the turn for Best Supporting Actor. Jason became nervous all of a sudden, clutching his suit pants so tightly with both hands that the smooth fabric was wrinkled. There were drops of sweat on the back of the hands.

  Zhang Dongcheng comforted again: "Jason, relax a bit. Don't be so nervous!"

  At this time, Jason couldn't listen at all, even though he kept reminding himself in a low voice, don't be nervous! do not worry! But it's also completely useless.

   The guest who presented the supporting actor award was Miss Mira Sorvino. This woman is a rare highly educated woman in Hollywood, and she studied in the Department of East Asian Languages ​​and Literatures. In 1989, she received a bachelor's degree in Chinese literature. I'm afraid Zhang Dongcheng, a serious Chinese, can't match her understanding of Chinese.

   "The winner of Best Supporting Actor is..." Mira opened the envelope, glanced at the list inside, and announced in an orderly manner, "Mr. Sweetheart, Mr. Cuba Gooding Jr."

  Hearing that the name Miss Mira said was not his own, Jason's upright posture suddenly collapsed. With an indelible sense of loss on his face, it was obvious that he cared about this award very much.

   "Jason, don't do this, I promise, sooner or later you will win an award more enviable than Best Supporting Actor!" Zhang Dongcheng, who comforted Jason, suddenly thought of a cheating thing in his mind.

  Jason Statham seems to have never won any movie awards. Until 2013, he will win a ridiculous "Hollywood's Most Bodybuilding Male Star Ranking" champion. This seems to be the highest honor in his acting career! It's a pity that this is a reward that has nothing to do with acting.

  Jason showed a reluctant smile, shaking his head full of disappointment and said: "OK! Thank you for your comfort, Smith, I'm fine, I'm fine now!"

   In the subsequent awards, the best costume design of the mummy also lost to the British patient.

   Soon, after a few inconsequential awards that had little to do with the mummy, it was finally time for Best Visual Effects.

  Even Burton, who had always been indifferent, couldn't help but sit upright, waiting for the award presenter's verdict.

   This year's best visual effects, plus the mummy, only four films were nominated.

   Stephen Van Meer in "Tornado"; Walker Engel in "Independence Day"; the last "Dragon Heart" basically has no combat effectiveness, and it can't compete with the mummy. Don't mention it.

  The guest in charge of presenting the Best Visual Award is the famous Hollywood comedy king, Jim Carrey. He played Grinch in disguise.

   "The movie with the best visual effects is..." Jim Carrey opened the envelope and glanced at the answer inside. Smiling and announced: "Wow, what a surprise! The movie shot by our Chinese boy really got the second award!"

   Speaking of this, everyone present knew who he was talking about. Because at this year's Oscars, only Zhang Dongcheng was nominated.

   "Mummy! John Andrew Burton Jr.! Congratulations!"

   "Let's go! Burton!" This reward can be said to be the most secure one for Zhang Dongcheng before. So far, nothing unexpected.

  Burton stood up abruptly and walked towards the podium. Successfully brought back the statuette with the best visual effects.

  When Madonna sang a song of "Madame Peron", the whole Oscar ceremony was in the second half, and the most important award nomination for Zhang Dongcheng finally appeared.

   Best Director!

   It can be said that the nominees are also strong, and the mummy has no advantage at all. Zhang Dongcheng didn't even think that he could win the award at all, so he looked at it indifferently.

   In the end, no accident, this reward fell into the hands of "The English Patient" Anthony Minghella.

   "Smith! Don't be sad! We are still young, and we will have plenty of opportunities in the future!" Adaman patted Zhang Dongcheng's shoulder and comforted him.

   Without waiting for Zhang Dongcheng to say anything, Jason, who had been depressed after losing the best supporting actor, also began to comfort him. "Smith, it's okay. Adaman is right, we are still young, and we still have chances in the future. Don't you think I just lost the election?"

  In order to comfort Zhang Dongcheng, Jason even did not hesitate to expose his own scars.

  While Zhang Dongcheng was moved, he was also a little helpless, he was not sad, okay?

  When the two awards of Best Actor and Best Actress also fell to the ground, the most important award of Best Picture was also won by the British patient.

   This year's Academy Awards, the British Patient is the biggest winner. Won nine awards alone, including the most important actress, best director and best picture. It can be said that it is the biggest winner of the 69th Oscar.

   And Zhang Dongcheng's harvest was far beyond his own expectations. Like "Fargo", he won two awards each.

  After the Oscar award ceremony, Zhang Dongcheng returned to the crew again.

In the next few days, he began to be busy shooting the shots of The Matrix. It is now April, but the film has not even finished shooting the indoor shots. He must speed up the shooting and try to go to Australia in April. Shoot exteriors. Otherwise, with the addition of post-production special effects, I am afraid that this movie will not be released until the Chinese New Year.

   After the crew has been busy for about ten days. All the shots that can be shot in the United States have been completed.

On April 8th, Zhang Dongcheng led the crew members on the plane to Sydney, Australia. During the rest of the time, the exterior scenes of The Matrix and other shots were all completed in Australia. They will spend the film here. last few months.

  At this time period, Australia in the southern hemisphere is in the autumn season. Without the threat of scorching heat and severe winter, Zhang Dongcheng's shooting plan went smoothly.

  Because Adaman contacted the Australian side in advance, they successfully rented a helicopter to shoot the scene of Neo and Trinity flying the helicopter to rescue Morpheus.

   But this scene of the helicopter flying caused the crew to run into trouble. Because if you want to shoot according to Zhang Dongcheng's script. The plane will fly through a no-fly zone over the city of Sydney, Australia.

  After learning of this, Zhang Dongcheng had to take Adaman to contact the New South Wales government, and the final solution flattered Zhang Dongcheng.

  The New South Wales state government chose to adjust their laws for a movie. Of course, this adjustment is very limited. But even so, Zhang Dongcheng was still a little encouraged.

  The shooting of the next helicopter clip really made Zhang Dongcheng suffer a lot. Fortunately, Yuan Heping was there, which saved him a lot of energy. In the end, the shooting of this scene was successfully completed.

  In the studio not far from the original NSW State Bank headquarters, the Colonial State Bank building that was acquired by Colonial Bank last year. The crew of The Matrix is ​​getting together nervously busy with something.

  The high-definition cameras were set up around the shooting location, forming a complete circle. It's so densely packed that people's eyes are dizzy. I really don't know what kind of shots are going to be shot, so many cameras will be used.