Fortunately, the red carpet progressed very quickly and the award ceremony arrived in the blink of an eye.
"What if we don't win the prize?" Tang Yue rubbed her hands nervously, as if she was the one who was about to participate in the selection.
"I don't think Brother Yang cares too much about this result," Lin Xuan'er said seriously. "This film has received widespread acclaim at the three major European film festivals, which prioritize quality. This is enough to prove its quality. As for the rest, I don't think it matters."
"True," Su Yin nodded. She also felt that Lin Xuan'er's evaluation was very consistent with Zhou Yiyang's personality. "Brother Yang himself is not the kind of person who particularly cares about fame and fortune. I guess Brother Yang is joking with others right now, betting on whether he can win the award!"
Zhou Yiyang suddenly sneezed, then he glanced at Helian Bei, who was dressed in a suit and tie beside him, and asked very seriously, "Do you think I can win the award?"
When Helian Bei was asked this by Zhou Yiyang, he suddenly hesitated.
If I say no, I always feel that Zhou Yiyang is not joking, and I am worried that this will hurt his feelings.
But if you say it is possible, Helian Bei really doesn't think there is much chance.
So he steeled himself and decided to stick with his original plan. "I don't think there's much hope. Mr. Zhou, I really don't think your film is worse than the other nominated ones. But, how can I put it? Those films seem more in line with the aesthetics of the American academic school."
"Don't be nervous," Zhou Yiyang suddenly laughed, then stretched and comforted the other person: "I just said that casually. I myself, no, almost everyone thinks there is little hope. I originally thought so too. But then I thought about it, there will always be people who sing the opposite tune. So I guess this movie can win an award."
Looking at Zhou Yiyang's expression, Zhang Yiling only had one thought: this guy is really too pretentious!
But what can be done? He is like this every time, but the final facts prove that there is a reason for his arrogance.
Helian Bei laughed at what Zhou Yiyang said, and he suddenly felt old.
If he were young, he would definitely be like Zhou Yiyang and throw all the so-called predictions of experts and institutions behind his back.
That's all bullshit, it's all fake! He doesn't believe it at all!
But now things are different. Helian Bei has also begun to blindly believe in experts and institutions, and has begun to lament his own shortcomings, but he no longer has the courage and drive of a young man to forge ahead.
"Mr. Zhou, I think you're right this time. No matter how low the odds are, it's possible, right?"
After the previous few insignificant awards, it was finally the turn of an award related to Zhou Yiyang.
Best Visual Effects Award.
Zhou Yiyang's competitors are four American films, and their genres are mainly action and science fiction.
"I don't think we have much of a chance of winning this award," said Zhang Yingyuan. His words weren't based solely on intuition, but rather on years of research into the judges' tastes. "This award focuses more on the spectacular special effects. Léon: The Professional had several truly ingenious scene designs, but compared to those sci-fi films that prioritize special effects, it still falls a bit short. However, there's a chance that The Fortress might win this award next year."
Zhou Yiyang suddenly laughed: "Teacher, you are thinking too far ahead. You are only thinking about me winning the award next year."
"Of course," Zhang Yingyuan nodded seriously. "I think both the subject matter and the core of 'Devil's City Fortress' perfectly match the judges' aesthetic standards. Perhaps you'll have a significant harvest next year."
When Wang Xingrui clenched her hands and nervously closed her eyes, not daring to look at the results, Su Yin had already given the spoiler: "The live broadcast seemed to be delayed by a minute or two, and everyone on Twitter said that it wasn't Brother Yang who won the award."
"Really?" Tang Yue said somewhat disappointedly, "I've discovered that compared to the music industry, the film and television industry is even harder to break into!"
"That's true," Lin Xuan'er nodded, offering her own explanation for the phenomenon. "It's mainly because the music market has been dormant for a long time. As long as you're particularly creative, you'll be sought after. But movies are different. They're a new thing, and everyone still maintains their creative passion. As long as Brother Yang maintains this level of talent, the film industry will definitely accept him."
Zhou Yiyang was not too disappointed when he heard that the result was not his.
Because soon, Oscar gave him the first trophy in his life.
He won the Best Art Direction Award.
Although this award is not well-known among Chinese people, and many people don’t even know what its selection criteria are, they were still quite excited and thrilled after seeing "Léon: The Professional" win the award.
After all, Zhou Yiyang and his "Léon: The Professional" have become the first Asian film to win an Oscar.
When Zhou Yiyang was standing on the stage giving his acceptance speech, he playfully made a heart shape with his hands to the audience, and countless female stars in the audience immediately showed an intoxicated expression as if they were struck by him.
Seeing this, Wang Xingrui couldn't help but say, "Brother Yang is very popular with women!"
"Yes," Su Yin said with a smile, "Brother Yang's identity aside, he's also handsome, so there must be a lot of people who like him."
Zhou Yiyang's speech was also very humorous. He directly said that he would have to wait until his second performance to finish the script he had prepared.
Everyone at the scene laughed, but for many people who didn't like Zhou Yiyang, this immediately became a fodder for attack.
"Zhou Yiyang is so arrogant! He really thinks he can win another award!"
"He has completely lost the humble character of us Chinese people. It's really shameful!"
"What if I don't get it? You're so arrogant when you say something like that without even thinking."
Of course, such remarks were quickly drowned out by the huge sea of fans of Yi Yang entertainment artists.
When the Best Foreign Language Film Award was finally announced, Zhou Yiyang's heartbeat quickened a little.
"Brother Yang," Zhang Yiling looked at the two celebrities on the stage announcing the results. She felt that they were being too redundant. Couldn't they just tell her the results directly? "What do you think was written in the envelope?"
Zhou Yiyang looked at Zhang Yiling seriously and said, "That should be my name!"
He always felt that if the Oscars really didn't think highly of him, they wouldn't have given him this nomination.
I'm afraid that this time the Oscars are going to bet on him and his future development.
When the female star opened her mouth wide and shouted Zhou Yiyang's name in shock, the audience around the world who were watching the Oscars were stunned at this moment.
They didn’t expect that "Léon: The Professional" would become a dark horse!
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