Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 340 The Rescued Chinese Workers
TMZ: "BREAKING: Weinstein Pictures president Harvey Weinstein and Noel Chen have allegedly just made a $200 million bet on which of Avatar and The Hurt Locker will win Best Picture! #Hollywood #2010Oscars #SuperBet #AvatarvsTheHurtLocker#"

E! Online: "Breaking news: Harvey Weinstein and Noel Chan had a dispute over the 2010 Oscars Best Picture, and a $200 million super bet was born! Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker, who do you think will win? #2010Oscars#HollywoodInsider#AvatarvsTheHurtLocker#"

The Hollywood Reporter: "Don't miss: Harvey Weinstein and Noel Chan face off over Best Picture. They're betting $200 million on whether Avatar or Shock Wave will win. Which one will you bet on? #OscarBets##HollywoodBets#WhoWillWin#"

The comment section below this news was extremely lively. In just half an hour, there were more than a thousand reposts and more than two thousand comments.

However, the comments in the comment section are almost one-sided.

"Of course it's Avatar. #AvatarvsTheHurtLocker#"

"No doubt about it, Avatar. #AvatarvsThe Hurt Locker#"

"I like underdogs, but these two movies should be Avatar. #AvatarvsThe Hurt Locker#"

"If Avatar, with a box office of 27 billion, doesn't win the Best Picture, it will be the biggest shame in the history of the Oscars. #AvatarBestMovie#AvatarvsTheHurtLocker#"

"What the hell is the Hurt Locker? I've never even heard of it. I'd rather bet that Up will win the first ever Best Animated Film! Chen is crazy! #AvatarvsTheHurtLocker#UpBestMovie#"

"Chen must have been deceived by Harvey. Harvey is a jerk. #Harvey sexually assaulted##Chen was fooled#"

……

When major entertainment media reported this breaking news from Kodak Cinema on Twitter, it immediately attracted the attention of netizens across the United States.

A Hollywood tycoon embroiled in a sexual assault scandal, one of the hottest young movie stars, the highest-grossing movie in history, an Oscars studded with stars, and a whopping $200 million.

This piece of news definitely gathers all the eye-catching news points in the current American society. From 14 to 84 years old, it is estimated that no one will not pay attention to this news.

In just half an hour, the topic #Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker# was ranked among the top ten hot trends on Twitter, and even #Harvey won# and #Chen was fooled# were among the top twenty.

In fact, "Avatar" is definitely the most popular winner of this year's Oscar for Best Picture.

This can be seen from the odds on betting sites such as William Hill, Betfair and Bovada.

The odds of "Avatar" winning the Best Picture are the lowest among all films, similar to the odds of Sandra Bullock, the heroine of "The Blind Side", winning the Best Actress award, which is between 1:3 and 1:4.

As for "The Hurt Locker", the odds of George Clooney winning the Best Actor award are almost the same as those of "Up in the Air", which are between 1:8 and 1:10.

Among all the nominated films, they are among the lowest.

You know, the number of nominees for the Best Picture at this year's Oscars has doubled compared to previous years.
There are many strong ones among them.

There is not only Avatar, but also "Inglourious Basterds", "The Blind Side", "Up", "District 9", "Up in the Air" and other big productions with their own origins.

"The Hurt Locker", with a global box office of less than 5000 million US dollars, is sandwiched between these critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies. It is no exaggeration to say that it is like a pheasant standing among a group of phoenixes.

Nuo Chen bet 200 million US dollars on it, and not only was it unanimously viewed as a bad thing on Twitter, but also on Facebook and even on Weibo in China. Many fans who saw the news ran to his account and left messages, asking him to withdraw his bet immediately.
In this heated public opinion storm

The Oscars organizing committee and ABC TV were both overjoyed.

This sudden incident was like a super gift package sent to them by God.

This is indeed proven to be the case.

This year's Oscars ceremony had only been going on for one minute, but according to the real-time minute-by-minute viewership statistics compiled by ABC and Nielsen, the number of viewers had reached 4135 million, nearly 400 million more than the same time last year.

Everyone in the Oscars studio applauded and celebrated while also talking about this topic.

"Who will win?" someone was saying.

This caused a burst of laughter.

"You're like asking who's stronger, Barbie or Pandora," someone responded.

"You can't say there's no chance at all, right? Do people in the Directors Association really love box office champions?" someone objected.

"But man, Chen is betting on the Hurt Locker. And its opponent is none other than the Avatar."

"I think 'Love Life' has a better chance than it," someone interrupted.

"Why is Nuochen so optimistic about it?"

After a moment of silence, someone said, "Maybe it's because in front of someone like Harvey, the best thing you can do for yourself is to refuse all his requests and keep your mouth shut."

Someone else said with regret: "Alas, poor Chen, I really like his vampire."

The director, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said, "It's a pity that he has now met a real one. Okay guys, the chat time is over, now let's do our own thing. The big stars are about to appear."

There is actually another step before the two hosts of this year's Oscars appear.

The nominees for this year's Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress lined up on the stage, allowing the audience to greet them one by one.

Actresses include Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, etc.

As for the male actors, apart from George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Colin Firth,

Another person is Chen Nuo's acquaintance, Morgan Freeman, who had worked with him in The Dark Knight.

This year, the old guy collaborated with Matt Damon in a historical biopic "Invictus", in which he played the South African President Mandela, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.

Before the two of them sat down, they chatted for a while and Chen Nuo even congratulated them.

But congratulations aside, at this moment, looking at this disrespectful old black man standing between George Clooney and Hawkeye Jeremy Renner.

When the female voice over the theater's speakers loudly read out his name, "Morgan Freeman," and the audience applauded, amidst the thunderous applause, the old man on the big screen showed an indifferent expression, without even a smile, as if everything was so indifferent.

If Chen Nuo said he was not jealous, he would be lying.

Don't blame him for being narrow-minded. Although he just won the Silver Bear Award, the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award cannot be said to be "insignificant", but there is a prerequisite - "outside the United States."

After filming in LA for half a month, he really adapted to the local customs.

The bet he made with Harvey at the entrance of the Hollywood Theater might have been partly because Harvey hit upon something that bothered him.

Tonight's protagonist has finished his appearance.
The female voice announcing the ceremony said loudly and passionately: "...We are broadcasting the 82nd Academy Awards live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and Highland. Now, let us enter the moment that everyone has been waiting for."

Then, Neil Patrick Harris, the Broadway star, opened the show with a song and dance performance similar to the one performed by Hugh Jackman at the 80th Academy Awards.

It also string together various popular movies, but Chen Nuo feels that although Neil, the professional, is definitely better than him, he is not as good as the amateur Wolf.

The lyrics also mention werewolves and vampires, and although the photographer gave him a close-up next to him, he was smiling.

But sorry, he didn't even understand what the lyrics meant.

Neil and some Broadway dancers performed a pretty fancy group dance.

It was the turn of the two hosts of the evening, the famous American comedian Steve Martin and comedian Alec Baldwin, who made their appearance on the float that dropped from the sky.

It was at this time that Chen Nuo saw Bong Joon-ho clench the handle.

When the applause died down, he whispered to Feng Pang, "The Best Foreign Language Film competition will probably last for another two hours, so relax."

Bong Joon-ho then let go of his hand, turned around and gave him a forced smile, but still said nothing.

Then watch the show.

After an opening joke, Steve Martin said with a smile: "Welcome everyone to the 82nd Academy Awards. Oscars, everyone wants to win it, but everyone knows that it is not easy."

Alec Baldwin continued: "That's right, Steve. Because every Oscar vote is sent to 6,000 Academy judges, who fill out the ballots and have the results counted by PricewaterhouseCoopers."

Steve continued: "It's hard to know who they chose."

"Except Meryl Streep."

Amid the laughter of the audience, he waved his hand and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Meryl Streep, the actress with the most Oscar nominations to date."

Aunt May's smiling face appeared on the big screen, and the audience burst into applause.

Amid the cheers, Alec Baldwin said coldly: "But I prefer to understand it this way. She is also the actress who has lost the most Oscars so far."

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Hahaha."

Chen Nuo laughed along with everyone else.

After the laughter subsided, Steve said, "The biggest difference between this year and previous years is that there are a total of 10 films nominated for Best Picture. This not only means that many niche films have entered everyone's field of vision, but also makes it more difficult for many people to predict."

"Except him, perhaps."

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is No Chen, the youngest billionaire in Hollywood."

Chen Nuo's face appeared on the big screen, and he smiled helplessly at the camera. He knew that he was probably going to talk about the bet between him and Harvey.

Seeing his expression, those who knew the situation started laughing, which made those who hadn't heard about it a little curious and asked what the joke was about.

Steve said, "Before this, no one knew how much money he made in Twilight. Until an hour ago."

Alec Baldwin said: "He made a $200 million bet with Harvey Weinstein on the red carpet that The Hurt Locker would win Best Picture."

Steve said, "By God, he must be very, very rich."

Amid the noise of the whole audience, Alec Baldwin said seriously: "Two million, The Hurt Locker, the best movie. I know, it sounds like a joke. But it's not."

Then he pointed at the helpless Chen Nuo on the big screen and said, "Look, Chen Nuo can't laugh anymore."

"Hahahahaha."

The whole audience laughed. Chen Nuo on the big screen also laughed.

Amid the laughter, many people at the scene were still skeptical.

But ABC studios didn't care.

This urgently added joke was not meant for the people present.

Rather, it is spoken to those viewers in front of the TV who don't know about it yet.

If the audience doesn’t understand, they will naturally go online to Google.

After watching the news, who wouldn’t sit in front of the TV and wait for the result?
Amid laughter, Steve Martin continued, "Now let me introduce you to the director of 'The Hurt Locker,' Kathryn Bigelow, the only female director nominated for this year's Oscars."

A middle-aged woman with long brown hair appeared on the big screen at the scene. She was dressed in a formal dress and looked quite pretty.

A beautiful director is definitely a rare species in Hollywood, and the audience burst into warm applause again.

Steve continued: "Likewise, Katherine is also a hot favorite for the best movie of the night, as she is the ex-wife of James Cameron, the director of Avatar."

The camera turned to James Cameron, who had white hair and wrinkles on his face and was sitting behind Kathryn Bigelow.

If this kind of introduction happened in China, it would probably result in some bloody scenes, but in the United States, both Katherine and Cameron had smiles on their faces.

At this time, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin took out a pair of 3D red and green glasses and put them on their faces.

"Katherine and Nochen, to James and Harvey..."

"Wow, the couple in front are beautiful Pandorans."

"Are the pair behind...people?"

"Hahahahaha."

The whole audience burst into laughter at Baldwin's question.

Even the nervous Bong Joon-ho laughed, turned to Chen Nuo and asked, "Did you really make a bet with Harvey?"

"Yes."

"…………Why?"

"Why else? Because I like this movie. I think it's good and can win an award." Chen Nuo said without changing his expression.

Bong Joon-ho shook his head in confusion, then asked curiously, "Two million US dollars, almost three billion won, and you just lost it? My brother, how much did you earn from Twilight? Did you really earn $200 million?"

BINGO!

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "It's a commercial secret. I can't tell you."

Next, the two hosts teased the stars present, and after talking about George Clooney, they moved on to Chen Nuo.

Obviously, this joke is original and concise and funny, unlike the previous one which was a bit lengthy.

Steve Martin said: "Ladies and gentlemen, No Chen, this year he brought his Asian compatriots to the Kodak Theatre to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film."

Amidst the applause from the audience, Chen Nuo's face appeared on the big screen again.

Steve said seriously: "Chen is from China, but he loves America more than any American."

Alec Baldwin said: "Make America great again? Thank you, Chen. As an American, I am very moved." He also made a crying expression.

Rushi burst into the loudest laughter since the opening, and Chen Nuo couldn't help laughing.

The laughter was so loud, which only means that everyone understood the meaning of the two hosts' words and knew the real reason why he said MAGA in Berlin. Of course, it was not really to revive the great America.

Afterwards, the two hosts teased this year's Best Actress favorite Sandra Bullock, and then started the first award of this year's Oscars, the Best Supporting Actor.

The Best Supporting Actor award was finally won by Christoph Waltz, who played a cold-blooded Nazi officer who strangled Jews everywhere in "Inglourious Basterds".

Chen Nuo felt that if he had a different skin color, he would probably be able to win the award.

During the long award ceremony that followed, several Koreans sat upright the whole time. No matter how Chen Nuo tried to persuade them, even Teacher Jin Huizi kept looking straight ahead and sitting upright.

Well, the charm of the Blue House is really great.

It would be great if I could understand the rules when participating in sports games.

2 hours and 12 minutes after the awards ceremony began, it was finally time to present the Best Foreign Language Film award.

The five films nominated for this year's Best Foreign Language Film are definitely a standout group of strong contenders.

"The White Ribbon", winner of the 2009 Cannes Palme d'Or.

"Sad Milk", winner of the 2009 Berlin Golden Bear Award.

"The Prophet" won the 2009 Cannes Jury Grand Prix and seven French Cesar Awards including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director.

"Mysterious Eyes", won six awards at the 2009 Spanish Film Awards.

And what about "Mother"?

In 2009, he won the Best Actor award at Cannes, which had nothing to do with the film itself, as well as the Blue Dragon Baeksang Awards and other Korean self-entertainment awards...

From the film itself, it seems that it is not on the same level as the other four.

But what is strange is that after being shortlisted, Koreans had the highest voice.

The Best Foreign Language Film awards were presented by the famous Spanish directors Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodóvar.

The two people didn't speak the same language, so they just told a joke that was a kind of compliment to each other and wasn't funny at all, and then started playing the candidate films.

Mother is the first of the five films to hit the big screen.

Obviously, 90% of the audience here may not have seen this movie.

Because when Roh Sang-woo, played by Chen Nuo, appeared on the big screen of the Kodak Cinema with a silly look on his face, eating, peeing, arguing with Kim Hye-ja in the police station, and after a few quick shots, he began to dance alone in the golden light,
There was a burst of exclamation in the entire Kodak Theater.

After the five movies were finished, Quentin said with a weird smile, "It's different from being in the Twilight Zone, right?"

Apparently, this joke got a much better reaction than their previous one.

Chen Nuo was really relaxed at this time, even when he heard Pedro Almodóvar announce in a strangely accented English: "The winner of this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is the South Korean film Mother, directed by Bong Joon-ho."

His mood remained unchanged, and he even wondered whether he should be happy or unhappy.

Finally decided to be happy.

Even though it has nothing to do with him, at least he can use his face to prove his worth.

He didn't react, but the Koreans were really excited. Not to mention Jeon Mi-sun and Kim Hye-ja, even Jin Goo, such a handsome and stylish man, was shaking when he went on stage.

Chen Nuo was walking behind him and could see it clearly.

Yes, it’s South Korea’s first-ever Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and its first Oscar win.

After getting it, whether as a director or a small supporting actor, you will definitely be able to rise to a high position in South Korea in the future and will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life.

Especially for second- and third-tier actors like Jeon Mi-sun or Jin Goo, the improvement will definitely be the biggest.

Jeon Do-yeon even told him that after winning the award, the entire crew would definitely be received by the Blue House.

So, how could these Koreans not be excited?

Come to think of it, China doesn’t even have a Best Foreign Language Film award.

"...Thank you to my mother. Perhaps it is because of her blessing from heaven that I am standing here today. Thank you also to my brother Chen. Without his wonderful performance in the movie, this movie would never have received so many honors..."

The time for Oscar acceptance speeches is really short. After going on stage, Chen Nuo felt that Bong Joon-ho hadn't said a few words yet when the LED screen below the stage started a ten-second countdown.

At this time, Bong Joon-ho turned sideways, stepped aside the microphone, and motioned Chen Nuo to come forward.

There was no time left, so Chen Nuo didn't pretend to be humble and refuse. Because this was the purpose of his visit, he walked forward and quickly said in front of the microphone: "Hello, everyone, I'm back."

"I promise, I will be back, thank you, thank you Oscar."

All I can say is that Americans love this stuff too much, and many people probably still remember that the first Asian to win an Oscar for acting used the Terminator reference in his acceptance speech two years ago.

Then Chen Nuo, a few Koreans, and two award presenters walked off the stage amid extremely warm applause and whistles.

Quentin Tarantino seemed really interested in him, and when he was leaving the stage, he deliberately walked up to him and chatted with him in a casual manner.

Chen Nuo was quite puzzled because Quentin didn't make many movies and they were all very good, so he had seen all of this guy's movies.

Chen Nuo was almost certain that there was no movie suitable for him to act in.

So what were you talking about with him? And you were trying to find out about his schedule for next year?
What do you mean?
Before the two sides separated, when Chen Nuo heard Quentin seriously inviting him to work together in the next movie, he was really a little confused.

"Your next movie? Oh, right? Didn't you make 10 movies in your lifetime? Which one is this?"

"Haha, you know that too? This is the seventh one. In fact, after watching your performance in Mother at Cannes last year, I suddenly wanted to work with you. I wrote a script specifically for you. My original idea was... Anyway, now I need you to act."

“…………What’s the name of the movie?”

"A 19th century Western. I haven't quite decided on a title yet, but I think you can tentatively call it The Rescued Chinese Laborers."

ps: Happy Lantern Festival
(End of this chapter)