Chapter 279.
As soon as they got off the red carpet, Lin Mingyang and Julie separated with a tacit understanding. Julie did not stop for a moment, rubbing up the steps, directly into the venue. Lin Mingyang, who was in charge of the "cover", used himself as the bait to attract the attention of most of the reporters.
Lin Mingyang seldom accept media interviews on weekdays, reporters want to see him is difficult, rare this time he is so active cooperation, did not catch up with Julie's reporters hula surrounded at once.
"Mr. Felix, what is your current relationship with Julie?" Catching this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the reporters weren't prepared to be polite with Lin Ming Yang at all, and came up with a direct question.
"We are good friends."
Felix's answer was just as nutritious as the reporters imagined, and the reluctant questioner added, "Are they really just friends?"
"Then what kind of relationship do you think we should be?" Lin Mingyang's rhetorical question left the other party speechless. From the end of all the signs show that Lin Mingyang and Julie's relationship is extraordinary, this is all the media are aware of things, there is no tangible evidence, the two have refused to admit, the media listed all kinds of speculation, but also just attract readers gimmick, no one will take this matter seriously.
No evidence in the hands of the media, this is Lin Mingyang can stand here with full confidence, fearless of any reporter interview key.
The reporter who asked the question was severely despised by the surrounding peers, the opportunity to interview Lin Ming Yang was not much, this guy actually asked two extremely retarded questions in a row, wasting time.
The next reporter who asked a question obviously became a lot smarter, "Mr. Felix, was this red carpet walk an appointment between you and Julie beforehand?"
Lin Ming Yang smiled at that reporter, then shrugged his shoulders with an innocent expression and said, "The Oscars even keep the list of awarding guests secret from the public, do you think it's possible for me to know about this in advance?"
This year's Oscars are more or less "born at the wrong time", not only suffered a hundred years of financial crisis, but also stood in the consecutive years of declining ratings on the tip of the wave of decadence. In order to revitalize the former glittering Oscars, the creators have made a lot of efforts, from adjusting marketing strategies to content innovation can be described as painstaking, seeking change and new play a variety of tricks.
Increase interactive links, the establishment of new awards to invite netizens to comment on the guest dress, not to mention that even the award winners are also different from the previous batch of announcements, the Oscars firmly "tightly" the list of award winners, not until the last minute, will not disclose a name. In order to whet the audience's appetite, Oscar organizers spokesman Leslie Unger in the awards ceremony before the repeated emphasis: "This year there will certainly be a lot of big-name stars to attend the awards ceremony, but first do not tell everyone."
Obviously, "playing mysterious" is only aimed at the media and the public, and the Oscars and the close relationship between the major studios must have received prior notice, as the chairman of MGM, Lin Mingyang did not know this list is strange, he is clearly lying.
Obviously know Lin Mingyang in lying, but around the reporter but no one can come forward to expose his lies, not they lack of courage, but they do not have the evidence, something unspoken know and put on the surface to say is completely two concepts, the Oscar organizing committee insisted that the list is not published in advance, Lin Mingyang bite his own don't know, the reporter who can't do anything about it.
In fact, this group of reporters or wronged Lin Mingyang, he did know in advance that Julie will be attending as the guest of honor, but did not know that the Oscars organizing committee will arrange the two of them together on the red carpet.
The face of a group of reporters incomparable "grudge" eyes, Lin Mingyang very helpless said "I and Julie should be regarded as an old partner on the screen, if I know in advance will be walking with Julie, how to say that I have to change a more decent dress, the face of the beard to shave clean again is not it? "
"So how do you rate her?"
Hearing this question, Lin Ming Yang's eyes that had been wandering since the beginning of the interview finally became serious, "If you're asking about Julie's performance on the red carpet, then I would say that it feels great to walk the red carpet with her in tow... If you're asking about what kind of person she is, then I would tell you that, as an actress, I appreciate her dedicated attitude. As a UN Charity Ambassador, I admire her selfless devotion to those in need."
The reporters were ready to continue asking questions, but Lin Ming Yang made a gesture of stopping, "That's the end of the questions about Julie, so if you don't have any other questions, I'll have to go in!"
As soon as he spoke, a reporter standing on the periphery immediately shouted, "What do you think about the character of the Joker being included in the Best Actor nominations?"
"I'm glad someone finally asked a question about 'me'!" Lin Ming Yang sighed quite happily, "I'm glad that this character made the cut, even though he's a villain, this character should be considered one of the most satisfying for me so far. To express that kind of pure evil and extreme insanity was quite a challenge for me, and the whole acting experience has been immensely rewarding."
Lin Mingyang chose to answer this question, and those reporters surrounding Lin Mingyang consciously made a path for the reporter who had just asked a question but had not been able to squeeze in, who came in and asked another question.
"In the history of the Oscars there has never been a precedent of a villainous character winning the Best Actor award, do you think the antagonistic nature of the character of the Joker will be a hindrance to winning?"
"If the Oscar selection is a model of morality and a standard bearer of justice, the winners over the years would have been those who played superheroes in comic book movies...I don't know exactly what the judges would have chosen, but I wouldn't be surprised if the character did end up winning."
After answering this question, Lin Mingyang nodded at the staff in charge of maintaining the interview order not far away, and they immediately came forward to stop the reporters, and Lin Mingyang, who had successfully accomplished the task of "covering", didn't stay any longer and directly walked into the venue.
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"The awards ceremony has begun!"
In the backstage of the awards ceremony, the producer of the party, Rook, was sweating in a hurry.
Because last year's Oscars ratings fell to an all-time low, this year's organizers have thought of all kinds of ways to boost the ratings, they invited the "sexiest man" Hugh Jackman to sing and dance to host the ceremony, but also Lin Mingyang and Angelina Jolie, the pair of scandalous men and women arranged to walk the red carpet together, but also arranged their seats in the first row right in the center of the gossip card. The first row of the center, playing the gossip card.
But the awards ceremony has drawn to a close, belonging to Lin Mingyang and Jolie's two positions are still empty, if these two people do not come, the organizing committee went to great lengths to arrange for a complete failure. Fortunately, this year's Oscars, despite a bit of a "slump", but the most handsome host in history - Australia's Hugh Jackman still dedicate the best song and dance as the opening show, he cleverly strung together the five films that won the best picture into a song, but also riding on the Batmobile sang: "I'm not sure if it's a good idea for us to go to the Oscars. on a Batmobile singing, "Why can't comic book movies get nominated?"
Hugh Jackman then got down on one knee in front of Kate Winslet and sang her praises, and carried Anne Hathaway onto the stage, where the two played the role of Foster's Conversation with Nixon, engaged in hilarious conversations, and mimicked the scenario of wrestling in The Wrestler, followed by a hilarious duet of songs, which was a series of dazzling performances that received a huge round of applause from the audience.
Twenty minutes into the ceremony, Jolie finally appeared on live television. The "late" actress looked radiant and even more so on the red carpet. The producer, who was anxious about this, finally breathed a long sigh of relief. He didn't care where Jolie went during these 20 minutes, as long as she could appear on the scene and the audience could see her on the TV screen, the organizer's goal had been achieved.
After another ten minutes, several technical awards were given out, and the seat next to Julie was still empty. The producer backstage had his heart hanging in the air again, and called MGM, but the reply was that Lin Ming Yang's cell phone had been unanswered, so they weren't sure if Lin Ming Yang had already left the awards ceremony.
"In another 10 minutes if Felix Lin hasn't arrived, have Hugh Jackman delete the crosstalk about him!" With no other choice, Rook had to make a painful decision to give up this ratings point.
Right after Rook made his decision, the cell phone placed on the table suddenly rang, and the person who called him was the head of MGM. The other party informed Rook that Lin Ming Yang's phone had already gotten through, and that he had gone out on a temporary errand just now, and was on his way back at this time.
Knowing that Lin Mingyang had not skipped a vote, Rook's hanging heart finally fell to the ground.
Half an hour later, Lin Mingyang "as promised", at this time the entire awards ceremony has been held more than half, Lin Mingyang took his seat when the scene six cameras aligned him, under the eyes of all, Lin Mingyang sat down and did not forget to side head and Julie flirted with a few words, compared to the stage is rather boring awards to receive the awards, under the stage of the pair of scandalous male and female performance is obviously more exciting. The performance was obviously more exciting.
Not only is the camera frequently patronized, that is, the host Hugh Jackman also often have to take Lin Mingyang and Julie to string, after a joke, he confessed: "In fact, I will not make fun of them, just according to the agreement, tonight I have to mention them five times!"
The audience laughed, even Julie was Hugh Jackman's humor to cover her mouth and snicker, while Lin Mingyang is holding his hands, his face is a completely careless expression, around the stars in the most bland reaction, which is also consistent with his Oscars in the ceremony, "often lost in thought" habit.
Award after award, Natalie Portman and Ben Stiller on stage, Ben Stiller wearing a beard and sunglasses, it is difficult to identify the original face, he pretended to be nervous, but also the chewing gum on the table. The two were a real-life version of Beauty and the Beast, and in the end Slumdog Millionaire took home the award for Best Cinematography, a movie that has already claimed six trophies this evening.
Since last year's Toronto Film Festival, all the way to the major awards are invincible, originally did not have such a booming ambition "Slumdog Millionaire" and director Danny Boyle not only to create a record of awards in Hollywood, but also become a topic of conversation phenomenon that will live on in the history of cinema, the reality of the social and financial crisis of the spread of the cruelty of the work for the inspiring work to provide the best time to appear, the all-Indian cast "Slumdog Millionaire" across national and linguistic boundaries, the film is the best of all. Slumdog Millionaire, with an all-Indian cast, crossed national and linguistic boundaries and touched the softest parts of the hearts of moviegoers all over the world.
The film's explosive effect violated all the laws of cinema. As a foreign film, it caused unprecedented sensation and love in Hollywood, and incredibly amassed nearly $100 million at the box office, with Indian melodies permeating the globe, and from the Golden Globes to the Oscars, the frantic cries from the auditoriums below every time the film was nominated showed the world's attention to this marvelous film.
Host Hugh Jackman changed into a magician's tuxedo for the occasion and then took to the stage to perform his burlesque specialty. The Oscars stage was suddenly transformed into a Broadway show, with Beyonce appearing on stage, red and sexy, dancing with Jackman, followed by "Mamma Mia" star Amanda joining in the song and dance.
Jackman and the sexy Beyonce performed a classic burlesque show, parodying classic moments from Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Hairspray and Mamma Mia, bringing the evening to a climax.
The most nerve-wracking moment finally came when the four heavyweight Oscars were about to be announced, and everyone calmed down from the joyful singing and dancing, held their breath and locked their eyes on the front stage.
The live cameras once again pointed their lenses at Julie, but the seat next to her was empty at this time, Lin Mingyang had already walked onto the stage at this time, and he was in charge of presenting the Best Director award.
He stood in front of the awards platform and did not rush to open the envelope in his hand, but to the cameraman's camera very politely began his opening speech: "I am honored to be the best director's award presenter, I'm very clear about the weight of this trophy, but before announcing the results, I have a small request, the gentleman in charge of the live shoot is it possible to move your camera away from me and just point it at the audience downstage...I've already shown enough face on camera when I was downstage just now, now everyone just needs to hear my voice!"
This cold joke, while earning a burst of laughter from the stage, also caused the producer Rook sitting in the backstage monitoring room to break out in a fit of sweat, he penetrated his handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat seeping out of his own forehead, he had already raised faint sarcasm and strong dissatisfaction from Lin Ming Yang's words, but for the sake of spelling out the viewership ratings, he had no choice but to give it a go.
When Lin Mingyang opened the envelope, the hearts of the several candidates on stage were in their throats, they stared at Lin Mingyang closely, as if they wanted to see the result from his face, but unfortunately Lin Mingyang's face did not have any particular change in expression from beginning to end.
"Honestly I haven't gone to see this movie yet, but it's already taken away 6 items tonight, and for that alone it's worth buying a movie ticket immediately after I get back..." by the time Lin Ming Yang's words were out of his mouth, someone on stage had already stood up to applaud Danny Bauer, the director of Slumdog Millionaire Celebration.
After a moment's pause, Lin Ming Yang smiled slightly, "Congratulations Mr. Danny Bauer, now you can come up!"
Amidst the warm applause, Danny Bauer walked towards the stage while again constantly turning around and waving his hand to the audience behind him to thank him, and when he received the trophy with a trembling hand and shook his hand Lin Ming Yang clearly felt that his hand was trembling.
After expressing his congratulations, Lin Mingyang patted Danny Bauer's shoulder, generally speaking, only old seniors encourage newcomers to use this action, and Danny Bauer's age is almost twice as old as Lin Mingyang, to say that seniors and newcomers, from the age of the two of them have been completely reversed position, but the scene does not have a person feel that Lin Mingyang did what is wrong.
In terms of Oscar winning experience, Danny Bauer, who was nominated for his first Oscar and then won for the first time, is still a newcomer compared to Lin Mingyang, who has already won four Oscars.