Entertainment 1998

Chapter 734 Chapter 733, Returning Home with Honor

At 10: in the evening, Jiang Feng, wearing a gray suit and white shirt, stepped onto the podium again, took the little golden man from the award presenter Ron Howard, walked to the microphone, and said to the guest seats and the audience:

"Hello everyone, I am Jiang Feng!
This is my second time standing here..."

"Pa bang..."

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, the guests and audience attending the Oscars ceremony smiled knowingly and applauded.

When the applause died down, Jiang Feng continued, "Thank you! Thank you to everyone I thanked when I won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award just now!"

After saying this, Jiang Feng stepped back slightly, bowed to everyone, raised the little golden man, turned around and walked off the stage.

Uh…

Jiang Feng said this, and everyone including the host Steve Martin was stunned, followed by even more enthusiastic applause.

As expected of Jiang Feng, he always plays in a unique way.

I have already expressed my gratitude when I received the award just now. Now that I have been given another award, I will not be too long-winded and will just say it in one sentence.

The guests and audience present obviously liked this style very much. After receiving the award, they just needed to express their excitement and there was no need to say too much about other things.

Amidst the applause, Jiang Feng came down from the stage, came to the guest area where the crew of "The Departed" was located, and handed the trophy in his hand to Han Shanye.

That’s right, Jiang Feng handed the little golden man to Han Shanye.

Because on the plane coming here, the old man said, 'Jiang Feng, no matter how many awards you win, you have to give the trophies to me first. I will keep these trophies in China Film Group for a month for domestic directors and screenwriters to admire.

I will return the trophy to you as a souvenir after a month.'

Jiang Feng agreed without thinking.

What I want is fame, as for the trophy...

Anyway, it has won the award, so it really doesn’t matter whether it is there or not.

However, just as Han Shanye took the trophy from Jiang Feng, two award presenters, Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas, came up on the stage of the award ceremony.

As soon as the two guys came on stage, they started to talk in an American way, which made the audience laugh.

After the banter, highlights from the five nominated films appeared one after another on the big screen behind the stage.

"Gangs of New York, The Departed, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist

, "Chicago"…"

After the highlights were played, Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas opened the envelope without further ado and read into the microphone: "The winner of the 75th Academy Award for Best Picture is: The Departed!!!"

"groove…"

There was no need for translation. When Han Shanye heard the English name of the movie "The Departed", he directly cursed in the guest area.

I originally thought that winning four awards out of nine nominations was already quite impressive, but I didn't expect to win five.

Unlike the three major Hollywood film festivals in Europe, and even the Golden Globe Awards in the United States, the Oscar for Best Picture is not awarded to the director, but to the producer.

Therefore, when Han Shanye, one of the producers, learned that "The Departed" had won the Oscar for Best Picture, he was the first to stand up from the guest area, followed by Li Xing.

Jiang Feng also stood up, but he was not going to receive the award. Instead, he wanted to congratulate Han Shanye and Li Xing.

"Jiang Feng, you're not going up? Actually, the director can go up on stage to receive the award if he follows the producer."

"No." Jiang Feng smiled.

"I don't know what I should say to express my gratitude. I can't just speak into the microphone. I think what Mr. Han and Mr. Li say is what I really think."

"Pfft..."

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Li Xing laughed out loud. This guy's train of thought is always different from others.

"You guys hurry up, it's just right that President Han is giving his acceptance speech, and President Li will help translate it."

……

Very satisfactory!

The movie "The Departed" became the biggest winner at the 75th Academy Awards, winning five awards out of nine nominations.

In particular, these five awards also include the most important Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.

Contrary to what the outside world thought, the crew of "The Departed" did not hold a celebratory reception in Los Angeles, USA. Instead, they shook hands and said goodbye to each other as soon as the award ceremony ended.

The reason for this is that the crew had already held a cocktail party beforehand, and if they held another one, there would be no point.

What's more, Leonardo Dicaprio and Matt Damon are currently frustrated about not winning the Oscar for Best Actor. If everyone continues to eat and drink at this time, it would be like rubbing salt into their wounds.

However, although the crew did not hold a group cocktail party, privately, close friends still gathered in groups of three or five, or in pairs of two or three.

For example, Han Shanye invited Qing Long, Li Xing, and Li Lianhua to have a small gathering, where they could drink and talk about the upcoming film "The Myth";
For example, Zhang Yimou made an appointment with Zhang Weiping, Jet Li, Zhang Manyu, Fan Jiuyi and others for a small gathering.

Firstly, it allows these actors to get close to the Oscar statuette. The trophy for Best Foreign Language Film won by "Departures" is in his hands.

Secondly, I want to talk to you about my next work plan. I plan to shoot another movie about Chinese martial arts. I wonder if you are interested. If so, I will ask the screenwriter to tailor it for you.
For example, Gu Changwei made an appointment to go out for a drink with Dawei, Liu Jie, Zhuang Kai, Mark and others who came to the Oscars ceremony to see the world.

"The Departed" was the closest Gu Changwei had ever gotten to winning the Oscar for Best Cinematography, but unexpectedly, he failed in the end.

People who are frustrated go drinking with friends just to seek comfort.

Unlike everyone else, at 11 o'clock in the evening, after coming out of the Oscars ceremony, Jiang Feng went to the cafe at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills and sat face to face with Jing Wei, the host of the National Television Movie Channel.

At the same time, this cafe is equipped with 4 cameras, professional lighting equipment, and more than a dozen staff members.

"Hello, Director Jiang. Thank you very much for accepting the exclusive interview with the National Television Film Channel at the first opportunity. I am reporter Jing Wei!" After adjusting the lighting equipment, camera, and sound equipment, Jing Wei looked at the cue card and began the first exclusive interview with a big-name director in his life.

"Hello, Jingwei!"

After shaking hands with Jing Wei, Jiang Feng greeted the camera lens.

"Hello, everyone watching on TV, I'm Jiang Feng. I'm currently in Los Angeles, USA, and I'd like to report my recent situation to you all."

"hehe…"

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Jing Wei laughed out loud.

"Director Jiang, when you greeted the audience in front of the TV, why did you use the word 'report'?"

“After a film is made, it is for the audience to watch. When watching my films, the audience always points out this or that shortcoming, or gives me this or that suggestion.

So, in a sense, the audience is my teacher.

And in school, no matter what students want to do, they must first report to the teacher..."

"Pa bang..."

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, the beautiful host Jing Wei started clapping.

I have to say, Jiang Feng is good at talking.

"Director Jiang, shall we officially start the interview?"

"Okay, go ahead!"

At this time, Jiang Feng sat up straight.

"Director Jiang, before the award ceremony, did you ever think that "The Departed" would win five major awards?" Jing Wei asked first.

"I have thought about it, of course!

I even wondered if The Departed could win all nine nominated awards." Jiang Feng smiled confidently.

"Oh, are you so confident about your movie?" Jing Wei asked.

“It’s not that I’m confident, but the audience gave me confidence. You know, only movies that the audience thinks are good can get high box office.

The global box office of The Departed is $9.2 million.”

"Yes, Not Bad!"

When doing an exclusive interview with Jing Wei, there is a question outline.

Maybe it was because she was not familiar with the questions, but after Jing Wei asked the first question, she actually picked up a pen and ticked the boxes on her own question outline.

"Director Jiang, as early as the last Golden Globe Awards ceremony, a netizen asked this question on Tianya Forum: "Departures" is obviously your work, but why is it now co-directed by you?
And when they went on stage to receive the awards, Director Zhang Yimou was the main one.”

“Yes, regarding the film “Departures,” I originally planned to direct it independently.

But as I was filming, I realized that I was not good enough to be both the director and the lead actor, so during the filming, Director Zhang Yimou became the real director. "Speaking of this, Jiang Feng even asked back:
"Reporter Jingwei, don't you find that the styles of the films "Departures" and "Ju Dou" are very similar?"

"Well, a little bit!"

Jing Wei thought for a moment, nodded, and continued to tick on her black notebook.

"Director Jiang, you won the Oscar for Best Director. Does that mean you'll be working in Hollywood in the future?"

“I will continue to make movies here, because looking around the world, only Hollywood can be called a film industry, and I prefer to make movies in this place where the film industry is the most thorough.

But my roots are in China, and my idea is to shoot one Hollywood film for every two domestic films I make…”

Perhaps because it was Jing Wei's first interview, the questions she asked had neither depth nor breadth; they were just common questions.

But even so, Jiang Feng still answered seriously. In other words, as long as you dare to ask, I dare to answer.

The interview went smoothly, but it took a little too long.

It was 11 o'clock in the evening when Jiang Feng started to sit down for the interview, which lasted until 1 o'clock in the morning.

Maybe the National Television's film channel also wanted to strike while the iron is hot and broadcast the interview based on Jiang Feng's current popularity, so after the filming was completed, the National Television staff quickly went upstairs with the camera.

They have to edit the interview content as soon as possible.

Jiang Feng planned to go back and rest. It was getting late and it was time to go back to bed. He had to board a flight back home at 4 pm.

As for Li Lianhua, Li Xing, Zhang Manyu, Han Shanye, Gu Changwei and others, they will go to Los Angeles for some fun before flying back to China.

However, Jiang Feng had just come out of the cafe and was about to walk out through the hotel lobby when Jing Wei, dressed in a green business suit, hurriedly followed him.

"Director Jiang..."

"Ok?"

"Here you go."

"what?"

As soon as he asked the question, Jiang Feng felt a paper ball in his hand.

After stuffing the paper ball into Jiang Feng's hand, Jing Wei turned around and ran away like a wounded deer.

Looking at her back, Jiang Feng smiled and shook his head, then unfolded the paper ball to look at it.

【Room 11, Unit 2, North Building, No. 1201 Fuxing Road】

(End of this chapter)