Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 499 A jinx, the predicted bottom spot?

At the 67th Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the lights were still bright, and laser beams on the stage slowly swept across the golden backdrop.

As soon as Sophia Loren read out the title "Up in the Air," a burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the front row.

George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick all stood up and hugged each other.

Screenwriters Jason Littman and Sheldon Turner also pushed back their chairs, their faces beaming with barely suppressed joy, and stepped onto the stage.

The atmosphere at Wu Chen's table was much quieter.

Jiang Wen leaned back in his chair and muttered to himself, "See, we really are at the bottom. We didn't even get a screenwriting award."

Wu Chen glanced at him sideways and couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath:
"You jinx."

"It wasn't my decision."

At the center of the stage, the award ceremony music began, and the camera cut to the winning team.

In the live broadcast room back home, the atmosphere subtly shifted as the award fell through.

The barrage of comments instantly shifted from anticipation to a unified sigh:

"Is this the most likely winner?"

Maybe.

"Let's see what the guests have to say about it."

The host posed a question on the spot, and the camera cut to the guest panel. Bi Chenggong, a film critic invited by Sina, pondered for a moment, looking very professional.
"Although Director Wu and his team didn't win any awards, they still have two more, so it might not be a bad thing. Of course, it's still a pity they didn't win any."

These words immediately drew a barrage of criticism and comments from the audience.

"If you say it, you haven't said it yet."

"Haha, so you're not particularly optimistic about it, I get it."

"On the profound and extensive nature of the Chinese language!"

Meanwhile, the headlines of news flashes from mainland media have already appeared.

"The Martian loses the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay."

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At the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, stage lights cast flowing spots of light on the golden curtain, and the atmosphere remained heated due to the announcement of the previous awards.

With the Best Foreign Language Film award going to the German film "The White Ribbon" and the Best Supporting Actor award going to Christoph Waltz, the host abruptly changed the subject to Best Director.

This year's Golden Globe Awards moved the Best Director award before the Best Performance in a Comedy or Drama category.

Originally, it was a director award, but the thought that two comedy acting awards would follow immediately after made Jiang Wen a little nervous.

Wu Chen noticed his mood and teased him in a low voice, "Your ambitions don't lie here, it's not that serious."

"It's all here."

Jiang Wen casually replied.

The person is already here, so whether or not you take it makes a difference.

Upon hearing this, Wu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. It seemed to make sense. It wouldn't matter if they didn't come, but once they did, the experience was completely different.

In the domestic live broadcast rooms, everyone was speculating about who would win the Best Director award.

"I feel 'The Hurt Locker' is stronger; Cameron might not be as good as his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow."

"Avatar is about to surpass The Big Ship at the box office, but I heard that it has been basically crushed by The Hurt Locker in the preliminary rounds."

"Look, even the guests in the live stream are saying that Avatar's chances of winning aren't high, considering it's a high-grossing film and a sci-fi movie, it's got all the advantages stacked up."

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At this moment, even the atmosphere at the scene was focused on Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, and Kathryn Bigelow.

Most people still think that the chances of it going to Catherine are higher, since the first two have already won the Golden Globe and don't need any so-called compensation.

Meanwhile, *The Hurt Locker* practically swept all the critics' awards. However, even Cameron couldn't escape the trend, his gaze fixed on the stage, seemingly having been away from awards for too long.
Do you think Cameron has a chance?

"The Golden Globes are not the Oscars, but they definitely exist."

Wu Chen had just finished nodding when Mel Gibson announced the winners.

"James Cameron, Avatar."

Applause erupted instantly, and some couldn't help but think of the scene when "Titanic" swept the Golden Globes in 1998.

In the Sina live broadcast room, the guests were all embarrassed. They had just been confident that "The Hurt Locker" had a higher chance of winning, but they were proven wrong in less than a minute.

"Actually, Avatar's victory is actually beneficial to us, proving that Director Wu's Martian has a higher chance of winning."

Bi Chenggong reacted extremely quickly.

The other guests chimed in, "The logic holds true that they are similar in genre and both are high-grossing films."

The comments section immediately erupted in laughter.

"Damn, that's how you make a circle."

"Impressive, they can even cover this up?"

On stage, Cameron delivered his acceptance speech with great enthusiasm, thanking the Journalists Association and the film crew, mentioning several names one by one.

Jiang Wen frowned slightly, glanced at the people at the table, and whispered to Wu Chen, "Strange, Avatar's box office is so high, but I have no impression of its creators at all."

Wu Chen smiled and said, "What a coincidence, me too."

He felt that he and Jiang Wen were not the only ones who thought this way; many people probably shared this idea.

Avatar is a typical film that made its director famous, but the actors' contributions were arguably not enough to justify its box office success.

Cameron was in high spirits after winning the Best Director award.

The first award to follow was the Best Actress in a Comedy category.

The big screen flashed through stills and clips of the nominees one by one, and in the end, Meryl Streep won the award for her role in "Julie & Julia".

After a brief interlude of television awards, Jiang Wen's moment finally arrived.

Award presenter Kate Winslet stood in the center of the stage, holding an envelope, and smiled as she announced a list of names:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, *500 Days of Summer*;
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine;
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes;
Jiang Wen, The Martian;
Michael Stuhlbarg, *Serious People*.

In the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly", Ge You, Zhou Yun and others couldn't help but silently wish that they could win an award, which would be a great blessing for "Let the Bullets Fly".

Everyone benefits.

The same was true on the Central Academy of Drama campus, where people were silently cheering for Jiang Wen.

This is the first time the Central Academy of Drama has received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor.
Jiang Wen was somewhat agitated at this moment, and couldn't help but mutter to himself as he listened to Winslet's rambling.

"Calm down."

Jiang Wen took a breath, just about to reply with "Yeah, anyway," when Winslet cheerfully announced:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, *500 Days of Summer*

"At the bottom."

A brief round of applause rang out. Jiang Wen paused for a moment, then added quietly, "At the bottom."

Wu Chen smiled and shook his head, then reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

In terms of the campaign lineup, Jiang Wen was not at an advantage, so the result was expected.

"Hi"

"Just as expected, let's aim for the last prize."

"It's almost over, now we'll see if it can win Best Comedy."

Viewers in China watching the live stream also sighed repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)