Life in the Light and Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

2012 2 Month 26 Day.

The Oscars ceremony that night was star-studded, with celebrities and social media from all over the world gathering together.

This time, Wu Yang once again brought Liu Yifei as her female companion, but because of their increased popularity, the organizers dared not ignore them again.

The organizers arranged for Wu Yang and Liu Yifei to sit in the fifth row, next to Leonardo DiCaprio and Eileen.

Sitting next to me are the creative teams behind "The Artist," "The Descendants," and "Hugo," who are also Leonardo DiCaprio's three biggest competitors to Wu Yang!

Compared to Wu Yang's small team of 6, the three film crews next door all had teams of more than 10 people.

When the public relations firm was initially identifying competitors, it only listed "Hugo" and "The Descendants" as hypothetical rivals.

However, Wu Yang did not pay much attention to "The Artist". It was Wu Yang who circled the title of this book and repeated three times that it was a formidable rival.

When the PR firm asked Wu Yang for evidence, Wu Yang gave an intuitive excuse.

You can't exactly say you traveled back from the future, can you? It's only to find your opponent accurately.

Wu Yang won't speak up unless he makes Leonardo DiCaprio a runner-up again!

Most importantly, Wu Yang will no longer be making low-budget feature films. If he can't help Leonardo DiCaprio win the Oscar this time, there's nothing more he can do to help him in the future!

Fortunately, Leonardo DiCaprio was very supportive of Wu Yang's intuition, leaving the PR firm with no choice but to list "The Artist" as a key target for observation.

Who can blame them when Leonardo DiCaprio is the PR firm's big spender? Even though it's a bit absurd, they still spent a lot of manpower and resources on investigation and analysis. Anyway, with Leonardo DiCaprio footing the bill, it just adds a bit of workload.

As it turned out, Wu Yang was right, or rather, Wu Yang's intuition was very accurate. Through investigation from multiple sources, the most important thing was that another large public relations company was indeed spending money everywhere for "The Artist".

Through analysis and verification, it was concluded that the public relations expenses exceeded $3000 million.

However, compared to "Manchester by the Sea," which focuses on Best Actor and secondarily on Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, it is more focused on Best Actor.

If calculated in dollars, the public relations cost for Best Actor is $1500 million.

The PR fee for Best Director is $300 million, while the PR fee for Best Original Screenplay is $200 million.

The Artist, on the other hand, has even bigger ambitions, aiming for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.

He won five awards, including Best Costume Design and Best Original Music.

The exact public relations expenses are unknown, but judging from the manpower and resources mobilized, it was at least as much as Leonardo DiCaprio's side.

After being persuaded by a public relations firm, Wu Yang agreed to abandon the public relations efforts for Best Director and instead focus all the funds on Best Original Screenplay.

Leonardo DiCaprio also added $500 million to his PR budget for Best Actor. After his influence and acting skills were recognized, the PR budget was increased to $2000 million. He's determined to win this Oscar!

Moreover, "The Artist" is a French film, and although it was its premiere in the United States, it didn't achieve much in terms of box office or influence.

Both are incomparable to "Manchester by the Sea," having the perfect timing, location, and people, and Leonardo DiCaprio has it all!

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"Who won the Best Actor award at this year's Oscars is...?"

The award presenter on stage was very good at setting the mood, and at a crucial moment, he suddenly drew out the last syllable of his voice.

The on-site cameraman was also quite mischievous, shining the lights directly at the nominated Best Actor actors, whose images also appeared on the big screen.

Little Li immediately sat up straight, his expression calm but his eyes filled with strong confidence, as did the others!

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The audience was also making a fuss. Wu Yang could clearly see that although Xiao Li Zi appeared calm on the surface, the veins on his hands were bulging.

"Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor, let's congratulate him! His performance in the film was amazing..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the enthusiastic shouts of the audience.

Leonardo DiCaprio was also slightly taken aback, then jumped up on the spot, his face visibly turning red.

Ignoring Eileen's embrace, he instead pulled Wu Yang up and hugged him tightly.

"I did it! I got it! I finally got it!"

Leonardo DiCaprio was so excited that he was a little incoherent, but Wu Yang understood his feelings, after all, the outside world had questioned him for so many years.

Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar for so many years, and this Oscar has become an obsession for him.

Because of her familiarity with him, Wu Yang also knew that Leonardo DiCaprio was actually very resistant to filming feature films.

If it weren't for his unwavering determination, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on much longer.

Judging from Leonardo DiCaprio's frequent changes of girlfriends, and the fact that he always dates women under 25, it's clear that he believes in living for the moment!

Compared to depressing and hopeless dramas, Leonardo DiCaprio prefers to make lighthearted commercial films, at least these kinds of movies are more appealing to experiential film enthusiasts.

Now that his wish has come true, Leonardo DiCaprio can let go of his obsession and truly enjoy life!

"Calm down, my award-winning brother, this is a live broadcast!"

Wu Yang patted Xiao Li on the back and gently reminded him.

After hearing those words, Xiao Li quickly regained his senses, took a few deep breaths, and then released Wu Yang.

He first bowed to the surroundings, receiving applause and encouragement from the audience and his colleagues, before striding confidently toward the awards stage.

"If I didn't know Leonardo DiCaprio's sexual orientation, I'd suspect there was something going on between you two!"

As soon as Wu Yang sat back down, Liu Yifei, sitting next to him, said in Chinese with a speechless expression.

"Uh, he was just too excited, and he and Eileen were giving each other the cold shoulder. If he didn't hug me after winning the award, who would he hug?"

Wu Yang glanced at Liu Yifei, then at Eileen, whose face was gloomy, and responded in a low voice.

Fortunately, the two were communicating in Chinese, which the people around them couldn't understand, and the live stream cameras were all following Leonardo DiCaprio.

Not many people noticed Wu Yang and Liu Yifei, especially in the eyes of Westerners such as Americans.

Just like how Chinese people see them, apart from a few distinctive faces, they all experience the confusion of face blindness.

In Wu Yang's eyes, people with a lot of body hair were all the same.

Among those who watch live streams, perhaps only the night owls in China are truly interested.

When the Oscar nominations were announced, Wu Yang received another Best Director nomination for "Manchester by the Sea".

Domestic media and audiences even celebrated this.

The former uses newspapers and news, while the latter uses online promotion.

Wu Yang is no longer an unknown figure in China, especially given the news that he will no longer be making feature films.

From now on, all the productions will be big-budget, which makes me even more excited, since there aren't many science fiction fans in China.

There are many movie fans who like all kinds of spectacular scenes, as is well known, Wu Yang has a script registered in Hollywood.

Science fiction films accounted for 9% of the awards, and the Oscars, like other award ceremonies in other countries, had one problem.

They dislike awarding prizes to commercial films, or rather, they don't agree with the status of commercial films in the art of film.

Wu Yang's decision to stop making feature films is tantamount to withdrawing from major award ceremonies.

Therefore, many people who follow Wu Yang know that this year's Golden Globe Awards and Oscars are actually Wu Yang's swan song!

Unless Wu Yang contradicts himself in the future and decides to make a feature film in order to win an award!

Otherwise, it's absolutely impossible to win an Oscar, especially a major award like Best Director, with a commercial film!