How did I become famous?

Fang Bie was dumbfounded when the camera and everyone's attention turned to him.

Su Mulin looked at him excitedly, her eyes filled with joy.

Yang Yu covered her mouth with both hands, as if she couldn't believe it.

Wu Kai's eyes widened, his expression as if he had just eaten shit.

Zhang Luo wasn't much better off. Seeing Fang Bie's clueless state, he suddenly felt a surge of anger.

I feel... he's starting to understand Wu Kai.

"What's going on? Why are they all staring at me?" Fang Bie asked Su Mulin in a low voice.

He only understood "Thank you," "Thank you very much," and "Mr. Fang" in Tom's words.

What does this mean?

Should I thank you?

But I don't know that famous director at all...

I heard he wanted to see me today, but we've never actually met before.

Domestic viewers watching the live stream were completely outraged.

"What's going on?! What did Director Smith just say? This award should belong to Director Fang? He was talking about Director Fang, right? Am I hallucinating?"

"+1, I heard it was Director Fang too. He said the Oscar for Best Picture should have gone to Director Fang."

"Holy crap! Really?! I thought I was the one who misheard!"

"What defines an international superstar? This is what an international superstar is! (fades back)!"

"Two blooms! Two blooms! FDNB!"

"But I never expected that Director Tang had actually seen Director Fang's movies! FDNB!"

"I feel like they might not be talking about Director Fang."

"No way! Didn't you see the camera turned away?"

"Ask Director Xu~ Director Xu~ Could you please ask Director Fang for us if Director Tang was referring to him? Oh~~ I forgot~ Director Xu, you weren't invited (XD)"

"Don't ask Director Xu anymore. He's gone home to rest because he wasn't feeling well..."

............

What is night in America is morning in China.

The usually noisy Fangmu Film Studio in Hengdian was now eerily quiet.

Everyone was overjoyed with the first two awards.

If you were to ask me if I had any thoughts after learning I had been nominated, the answer would definitely be yes.

After all, they don't think they are any worse than their American counterparts, and it is precisely because of their "lack of humility" that they have become "troublemakers".

They actually won two awards, and everyone was just happy, maybe teasing each other a bit.

But after Tom Smith said that, they were genuinely stunned.

We're all in the industry; who doesn't know the infamous "tyrant"?

Even the editor, Luo Wei, and the special effects artist, Pan Xiao, were themselves returned from the United States.

Back then, one of them was a top student who graduated from USC, and the other was a special effects artist from Xuanmeng.

They had also met the "tyrants" who came to the school to give lectures or to discuss business with companies.

In their eyes, the "tyrant" lived up to his name.

Normally, he's like a kind, approachable uncle next door. He even asked Pan Xiao for some domestic cigarettes. (Most foreign cigarettes are blended, while most domestic ones are flue-cured. Smoking is harmful to your health. Please try to quit smoking, and even if you don't smoke, don't try it out of curiosity.)

But when it comes to work, this "tyrant" becomes a true tyrant.

He was arrogant.

He is domineering.

He is arrogant and self-important.

No one could oppose him, and no one dared to oppose him.

Because he is the director whose total box office worldwide exceeds five billion US dollars.

Because he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture several times and won it three times.

Moreover, he is in his prime and can film for at least another twenty years.

This person has praised many people in the past.

But he never said he was inferior to anyone, and even when he lost the Oscars, he wasn't really convinced of it.

But now, in front of live broadcasts from hundreds of countries and countless stars and colleagues in the Dolby Theatre, and after receiving his third Oscar, he said he was unworthy of it and that the Oscar should have been awarded to Fang Bie!

They were genuinely bewildered.

After a long while, Liu Mang lit a cigarette and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

Under the orange-red light, a wisp of smoke was rising.

"You all heard what 'The Tyrant' said, right?" His voice was hoarse. "Gentlemen, do you think he values ​​our technique or Old Fang's film itself?"

No one spoke.

After a long pause, Pan Xiao sighed, "It must be the significance of the film itself."

He and Luo Wei are the two people who understand each other best.

Even if they both believe they are second to none, there are many top talents in Hollywood who surpass them.

However, the things those people or companies produce often displease the "tyrant".

They did not believe that it was their skills that impressed the "tyrant".

It's laughable, even with their skills, those bullet time and other special effects, it's something that no one told them could do.

"Just so you know, everyone calm down and don't get cocky just because you won an award." Liu Mang stubbed out his cigarette, his eyes red. "Old Fang kept telling me he thought we were all laymen, and I thought he was joking with me. Now it seems he really was. He's actually been accommodating us all along."

"Think about it, what do you think if we got the team behind 'Tyrant' to make 'Captain China'?"

No one answers this question because it's too hurtful.

Yes, although they don't want to admit it, there are indeed many teams in Hollywood that can do a better job than them in making this kind of groundbreaking film.

They... dragged Fang Bie down.

Even if they try their best, they are still "outsiders" in Fang Bie's eyes.

But Fang Bie didn't tell them; instead, he just went along with it...

They even thought they had contributed something.

So... all I did was drag things down...?

"Alright, let's stop dwelling on those useless things," Liu Mang concluded. "Forget about the jokes you had about getting raises. With Lao Fang, you'll definitely learn things money can't buy. Let's all work hard, and for the next movie, we absolutely have to help Lao Fang!"

"good!"

............

Dolby Theatre Live —

After Tom said those words, the scene became noisy...

"Who is Tom talking about?"

"The director surnamed Fang... could he be the Chinese-American who went on stage twice to accept the award just now?"

"Kaputenchaina? Is this movie really groundbreaking?"

Will groundbreaking films emerge from outside Hollywood?

A group of Hollywood stars and top industry experts followed Tom's gaze and looked towards Fang Bie.

What came into their view was a truly bewildered face.

Fang Bie's mind was truly blank.

You're telling me I'm just an animator, and I casually made a movie just so it would flop so I could become a landlord.

How did my film become such a box office hit?

It's fine if it's going to be a hit, but how did I end up at the Oscars?

Well, come on over, and I even won a prize!

It's one thing to win two unimportant awards, but why did the director of the Oscar for Best Picture say that the award should have been mine?

Could it be that Fang Bie actually has a talent for directing?

Fang Bie has also heard that most professional directors will draw storyboards for the cinematographer and lead actors before and during filming.

Some directors draw stick figures that are just rough sketches.

Some directors draw with such exquisite detail that it's like a comic book.

But they drew them anyway!

Did Fang Bie draw it?

It seems not...

But doesn't this just prove that he has talent?

Maybe he can make money by making movies?

After thinking about it, forget it.

Collecting rent is tiring, but it's still easier than making movies.

Moreover, he didn't have much substance to begin with. This time, he just got lucky. What will he do next?

I'd rather just settle for being a hardworking landlord.

............

On stage, Tom's acceptance speech continued...

"I originally thought my film was the undisputed best film of the year, until I saw Fang's 'Captain China'!"

"I feel like Magellan discovering a new continent!"

"Fang's films use many techniques that never existed before, but these are not the key points!"

"The most crucial point is the essence of his film. Please allow me to presume to elaborate."

Tom bowed slightly: "I've named it 'Superhero'! It's a new film genre!"

He kept looking at Fang Bie: "I won't deliberately downplay the value of Fang's film. Let me be frank, I want to remake this movie! I want to remake 'Kaputen Amerek'! Fang has found a new direction for me!"

He glanced at the heads of major film companies sitting in the front row, and said condescendingly, "I don't care how much money you spend, or how much you have to pay for the film's copyright. I only know one thing..."

"My next film will be a collaboration with the company that bought the overseas adaptation rights to 'Captain China'."

"That's it, thank you."

He stepped off the stage, walked straight to Fang Bie, and handed the little golden statuette to Fang Bie.

"Fang, please forgive my rudeness, but I'm just so excited! I hope you can give me a day later; I want to have a good talk with you about superheroes!"

"Um...it's not impossible..."

Look at the ecstatic Tom, the smiling Su Mulin, the astonished others, and the countless long guns and short cannons and the dazzling flashes of light.

Fang Bie felt that he might be getting further and further away from his ultimate goal of becoming a landlord...

P.S.: This storyline was an experiment of mine.

After all, I've never written this kind of plot or this kind of supporting character before.

Fortunately, Oscar's storyline ends here, and the next chapter begins a new phase.

However, I don't plan to write a plot in this book that requires too much brainpower from the readers, like in my previous books. It's too tiring to read and doesn't pay off.

Real life is tiring enough, so people read a novel to have a good laugh and then face the various things in reality with a good mood.

I think this is what I strive for as an author.