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Janet glanced at someone who was sticking to the back of the chair pretending that she didn't exist, and said, "I scratched his face too, do you still want it?"

Sandra smiled and said, "I want you to cook him."

Janet's beautiful eyes narrowed, and she teased, "Are you saving it for the winter?"

Sandra nodded: "Well, remember to add more salt when cooking."

Seeing the two women posted on his left and right laughingly saying something that sent chills down the spine, Simon raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender, begging for mercy, "Why don't we change the topic and be more positive."

Janet and Sandra rolled their eyes at him at the same time. Just as they were about to continue, the staff began to remind the guests to sit down, and the two women fell silent.

At six o'clock, the awards ceremony officially began.

After an opening song and dance and Academy President Robert Wise's [-]th Oscar address, Chevy Chase, host of the ceremony, took to the stage.

Chevy Chase is one of the most well-known comedy stars in Hollywood in the 80s and 1978s. He was born in "Saturday Night Live" and became famous with "Animal House", the third runner-up of the annual box office in [-].

However, perhaps it is still due to the screenwriters' strike, Chevy Chase's performance on stage was lackluster, and the 5-minute talk show opening remarks were basically just introducing the various nominated films of this session, occasionally mixed with A couple of bad jokes that were obviously not too funny.

Simon still prefers Billy Crystal to Chevy Chase's hostile style, which tends to be cold and humorous.Billy Crystal won't start hosting the Oscars for a few more years, though.

Although this awards ceremony basically has nothing to do with Simon, feeling the fiery atmosphere of the scene, and occasionally chatting about some interesting things with the two women beside him, Simon didn't feel bored.

After more than half an hour like this, Simon and Sandra left their seats and entered the backstage when the best photography award was approaching.

Simon did not participate in the rehearsal in advance, but only got an opening line.Under the guidance of the staff, Simon and Sandra took the envelope containing the award results and stood at the exit of the stage to start the backcourt.

Looking at the winner of the Best Animated Short Film who was giving a speech on the stage, Sandra came over and took Simon's arm, raised the envelope in his hand and said: "You should be one of the nominations, it's really unfair .”

Simon smiled and said, "Actually, I really like this unfair world, Sandy. Only people at the bottom of the pyramid would pursue or fantasize about fairness."

"Are you really not angry at all?"

"I find that I rarely feel angry, or many other emotions," Simon shook his head, and said, "It may be a lack of emotion or something."

Sandra froze for a moment and asked, "Then, do you love Janet?"

Simon nodded without hesitation, "Love."

"Do you love me?"

"do not love."

"But, I love you."

"Thank you."

"Asshole," Sandra pinched Simon's arm casually, and said bitterly, "I won't let you go."

The two whispered, and the winners on the stage finished their speeches. After the music, Chevy Chase's voice sounded again: "Hollywood has always been a place full of miracles. In the past year, miracles happened. The frequency seems to be more than ever. Someone directing, writing, cinematography, lighting, etc. a lot of work to complete a really good film, someone's first film won the box office of the year, someone finished the film In a blink of an eye, he became the youngest billionaire in the world. The most miraculous thing is that the creators of these miracles are actually one person. Welcome Simon Westeros and Sandra Bullock."

Amid the warm applause, Simon and Sandra walked to the stage together and stood in front of the microphone.

After the applause fell, Simon looked at the densely packed crowd in the auditorium, waited for a while, and found that Sandra hadn't started speaking, so he quickly raised his hand and patted her on the back soothingly.

Feeling Simon's movements, Sandra came back to her senses, stabilized her emotions, and said: "The cameraman is always the first group of people we know after joining the crew. For actors, maybe we want them to take They take better photos themselves, but in fact, they can do more, even if you just run for more than an hour, they can perfectly show your running on the big screen in countless ways."

In the light laughter off the stage, Simon went on to say: "Excellent film works always have an excellent photographer. They have made indelible contributions to establishing the artistic style of a film. So, this year's Oscar is the best The Best Cinematography nominees are:"

"Alan Davio, Empire of the Sun."

"Vittorio Storaro, The Last Emperor."

"Michael Bauhaus, Broadcast News."

"Philip Rouslot, The Glory Days."

"Haskell Wexler, Rage Front."

After introducing the five nominees alternately, Sandra handed the envelope in her hand to Simon. Simon smiled and opened the envelope, took out the result and glanced at it, then announced to the microphone: "The winner is, Vito Leo Storaro, The Last Emperor."

No suspense results.

Vittorio Storaro took the stage to a round of applause to take over the statuette from Simon.The speech time left by Oscar for the technical awards was very short. After the brief speech, Simon and Sandra quickly accompanied Vittorio Storaro into the backstage.

The staff welcomed Vittorio Storaro to install the nameplate and take pictures of the statuette, and Simon and Sandra were free.

Because of the small mistake at the beginning, Sandra was still a little tense. Simon didn't rush back to the hall, and pulled her to find a sofa in the background to sit down. He asked a staff member to open a bottle of water and handed it to her. , asked: "How do you feel?"

Sandra drank a few sips of water before she said worriedly: "Simon, did I mess it up?"

"Of course not, you just reacted a little slower," Simon shook his head with a smile, and said, "Also, it doesn't matter if you mess up, as long as you remain a big star, Oscar will definitely continue to invite you to be an award presenter in the future. "

"I thought it would be a very easy thing, you know, I have acted in a stage play in New York," Sandra recalled the situation just now, and said: "However, I have never seen anything appearing in front of me all of a sudden. So many people."

Simon did not pay attention to the number of audience, but judging from the memory just now, there are at least 2000 people in the entire Holy Citizen Auditorium. Coupled with the fiery atmosphere of the entire awards ceremony, Sandra, who is on this stage for the first time, will It's also not that weird to feel nervous.

After taking a few sips of water again, Sandra finally relaxed, glanced at the man beside her, and asked, "Aren't you nervous at all?"

Simon wondered, "Why should I be nervous?"

Sandra couldn't help but thumped him: "Well, you really are an emotionally deficient guy."

Simon smiled, continued to chat with Sandra for a while, and then said: "Then, if you are fine, let's go back. If you stay here, Jenny will think that I am having an affair with you."

Sandra was about to nod subconsciously, caught a certain joke in Simon's words, rolled her eyes, glanced around, and suddenly leaned over.

Simon felt the woman's cool lips kiss the corner of his mouth, and immediately thought of the last experience, and said quickly: "Don't bite."

Chapter 159 The Unexpected Statue of Gold (Revision)

Simon was hugged and kissed by Sandra for a while, and the two left the stage.When he came to the passageway on the side of the hall, Simon stopped and asked Sandra again: "Did you really wipe it clean?"

Sandra gave Simon a dissatisfied look: "Of course, you think I really want to be scratched by Jenny?"

Simon always felt that Sandra's eyes were a bit bad, so he wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand again, and then walked out of the passage.

Before you know it, halfway through the awards ceremony, the award for the best soundtrack is being presented on the stage.

When Simon returned to his seat and sat down, Janet was about to say something to him with a smile, but she blinked her eyes when she looked over, and a small hand came over and pinched his waist without hesitation.

Simon took a breath, noticed Sandra's gloating expression on the other side, and lamented in his heart.

The most poisonous woman.

After all, it was plotted against.

After Janet pinched her, she still stared at Sandra through Simon in a puzzled manner, then took out a tissue and a small mirror from her handbag and threw them over.

Simon picked up a small mirror and looked at it, with a lipstick mark on his chin that was obviously left on purpose.Although it is not big, it can be distinguished at a glance by someone sitting next to him like Janet.

Just after wiping off the lipstick marks without any trace, Sandra came over again as if nothing had happened: "Simon, Douglas has won the best actor."

On the stage, the last Oscar Best Actress Mary Matlin pronounced the name of Michael Douglas in a jerky tone. Gekko's role won the Best Actor award.

Simon actually knew why Sandra reminded himself specifically, but he still pretended to be angry and responded lightly: "Huh?"

Sandra didn't care about Simon's pretentious gesture at all, as if she had completely forgotten what happened just now, and analyzed solemnly: ""Wall Street" only has Douglas's best actor nomination, which is the same as "Run Lola Run" .”

Simon continued to maintain the state of 'I'm still angry', just nodded slightly: "Yeah."

Seeing Simon like this, Sandra glanced around and confirmed that none of the live cameras on the scene were pointing this way, so she leaned over and leaned over.Simon was startled when he realized that Sandra was about to kiss him in public, and quickly raised his hand to stop him: "Stop, or I'll let Jenny sit over."

Hearing Simon's 'threat', Sandra calmed down.

In fact, Simon was just talking about it. In this situation, he really didn't dare to change places with Janet.

This is the Oscars ceremony.

According to Janet's little temper, she has a crazy temper that doesn't care about anything.

In case of a fight.

Gee!

However, noticing the 'interaction' between Simon and Sandra, Janet didn't let him go, and stretched out her little hand to pinch Simon's waist again, fortunately this time the force was much lighter.

When the two women were quiet, Simon turned his attention to the stage, and couldn't help thinking of Sandra's words in his mind.Michael Douglas can win the best actor, in addition to his impeccable performance in "Wall Street", the Douglas family's deep connections in Hollywood should not be underestimated.

As for "Run Lola Run", after the announcement of the previous nominations, Simon didn't take this matter too seriously. Orion and Warner were disappointed after seeing the nomination results, and didn't spend too much public relations resources. Everyone They all believed that the result of this nomination was a blow to Simon from Oscar.

Thinking about these things a little bit distractedly, the award ceremony is almost coming to an end.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the best editing award was even ranked after the best director. When Bernardo Bertolucci, who won the best director statuette for "The Last Emperor", left the stage Chevy Chase will introduce guests Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah, who will present the best editing award, to the stage.

Feeling that both Janet and Sandra unconsciously raised their minds, Simon also sat up slightly.

On the stage, Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, joked a few words before getting to the point: "They are the most creative and indispensable part of a film crew. When a movie finishes shooting, they need to select the right shots from the tens of thousands of feet of film, and combine them into a perfect movie through their miraculous hands.”

"So, it's time for them to get their awards," Daryl Hannah continued. "The best editing nominees are:"

"Gabriel Cristiani, The Last Emperor."

"Richard Marx, Broadcast News."

"Michael Kahn, Empire of the Sun."

"Peter Berg, Fatal Attraction."

"Simon Westeros, Run Lola Run."

After introducing the nominations, Daryl Hannah, who had dyed platinum-blonde hair, tore open the envelope slowly, took out the card with the award results and glanced at it. Immediately, many people at the scene noticed the obvious surprised expression on her face , Daryl Hannah even looked up and looked directly at Simon.

Noticing Daryl Hannah's pause, Kevin Costner, who was so curious, also looked at the award results, with a similarly surprised expression.

The reaction of the male and female guests, coupled with Daryl Hannah's small movement of looking at Simon, made everyone on the scene realize something.After a brief moment of surprise, Kevin Costner and Daryl Hannah exchanged glances while smiling and reading out the results: "The winner is, Simon Westeros, Run Lola Run."

Many guests at the scene who thought that a certain young man was destined to just run with him were quite surprised when they heard this result. It wasn't until applause gathered around the hall that the most core group of people directly below the stage remembered to start applauding.

Amid the increasingly enthusiastic applause, Simon stood up from his seat, Janet and Sandra also got up and hugged him respectively.

After Simon and Janet embraced, they turned to Sandra. At first, they were a little worried that Sandra would take the opportunity to leave a lipstick mark on his face again, but Sandra just leaned into his ear and whispered congratulations, and then let go up his arms.

Walking quickly onto the stage, Simon took the statuette from Kevin Costner, shook hands with the two guests before turning to the podium.

Putting the little golden man next to the microphone, Simon waited for the applause from the audience to fall, then turned his head slightly to look at the little golden man in front of him, and said with a smile: "Although it feels a bit weird, it is really a surprise."

Even if we only talk about movies, Simon is much more famous than an editor, whether he is a director, screenwriter, soundtrack or producer, but at this time, he is on the Oscar to accept the award as an editor. tower.

Hearing Simon's slightly teasing words, accompanied by a chuckle, the audience applauded again.

Simon waited for a while, and then continued: "Thinking about it now, the past year or so is still like a dream, but fortunately, the result is not too bad. Along the way, too many people have helped me. Here, I want to Thanks to Bob, Brian and David who are the executive producers of "Run Lola Run", my manager Jonathan, girlfriend Jenny, good friend Sandra, and Katherine, Ron, Keanu and so on ,thank you all."

Unlike some important awards such as best picture and best director, Oscar stipulates that the speech time for technical awards is only half a minute.Although Simon knew that no one would urge him to leave the stage even if he was timed out, and even ABC, which was in charge of the live broadcast, probably wanted him to stay on stage for a while, Simon did not deliberately delay, and left the stage quickly after a brief speech.

As soon as they came backstage, Janet and Sandra, who had already slipped over from their seats, greeted them together. After hugging Simon again, Pat Kingsley and Neil Bennett each held a mobile phone. The phone appeared in front of him.

Pat Kingsley signaled Simon to follow the staff to install the nameplate for the statuette, and said: "Simon, just now Mike Medova called, he congratulated you and hoped that you could attend Orion at the Hilton Hotel A party. Terry Semel had a similar call. Jonathan had left the house, and he was on the phone asking where you were going, and he was coming.”

As Pat Kingsley said this, the mobile phone in her hand rang again. When Kingsley walked aside to answer the phone, Neil Bennett handed over the phone in his hand and said in a low voice: "Ms. Bigelow is on the line."

Both Simon and Janet don't like the clunky mobile phones of this day and age, they just got one for each of their bodyguards, Neil Bennett and Ken Dixon, and Neil Bennett is in charge of driving them tonight The two came over and then stayed in the background.

Taking the mobile phone from Neil Bennett, Simon asked in a low voice, "Catherine?"

"Well," the other side responded quickly, paused, and then said: "I just saw you winning an award on TV, so I wanted to congratulate you."

"Thank you," Simon said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "How are you doing?"

"You know, preparing for the movie, and helping you and Jenny to watch the decoration of the house, it's very busy."

Catherine's tone carried a hint of lethargy. She was a woman with a regular life and was used to going to bed early and getting up early. It was almost midnight in New York. If she hadn't been waiting for Simon's only nomination result, she would have fallen asleep already. .

Listening to the woman's voice, Simon said, "Why don't you go back to Los Angeles tomorrow?"

"No," Catherine immediately refused, with a flustered tone, and said after a while: "In the future, I, anyway, you must never think about messing around like that night again."

Simon nodded immediately: "I promise."

"," Catherine whispered with obvious disbelief, and said, "You must be very busy there, right? I'll hang up first, goodbye."

"Good night, go to bed early."

Simon hung up the line, casually handed the mobile phone to Neil, and took the little golden man whose nameplate had been nailed up by the staff, before coming down to the media area surrounded by everyone.

After being interviewed by the media, the awards ceremony at the front desk officially came to an end, and "The Last Emperor" won the best film award without any suspense.

Although it is early in the morning on the east coast, it is still nine o'clock in the evening on the west coast, which is the beginning of nightlife for many people.

The 80s Vanity Fair party has not yet appeared. After the awards ceremony, everyone usually turns to the special after-party held by major film companies.Now that they had made an appointment in advance, Simon and the others rushed to the Sunset Tower Hotel in Beverly Hills to attend the party held by Warner.

More than 20 minutes later, as soon as Simon got off the car in the parking lot of the Sunset Tower Hotel, Jonathan Friedman greeted him.

After warmly congratulating again, Jonathan greeted Janet and others before whispering to Simon: "Coincidentally, Simon, Steve Ross is also here tonight, and he just wanted to chat with you chat."