Los Angeles. Ed Harris and Amy have moved from that cheap, shabby apartment to a mid-range detached house. Last year, Ed's play "Space Heroes" was released, telling the story of the birth of the US space program and the first astronauts. There are seven astronauts in it, all of whom have prototypes, and he plays one of them. The film performed well, but what's more amazing is that the astronaut he played announced his candidacy for president, but ultimately failed because his party's nomination competitor was Reagan. However, Ed's fame was raised, and "Space Heroes" received 8 Oscar nominations. It can be said that he is now popular. "Have you noticed that our luck has improved since we met Chen?" Amy said. "Yes, who would have thought that Orphan, which earned us $20,000, would earn more than 20 million at the box office? Who would have thought that Life is Beautiful would be nominated for an Oscar? I am a small actor, and two works were nominated at the same time..." Ed shook his head, eating his dinner, and said, "So I always think Chen has magic!" "If he can win an award, he will be famous in Hollywood. I think he has long wanted to develop in the United States.
There may be opportunities for cooperation in the future." "We are friends!" "Ha! Yes, we get along well, and his wife is also very nice. Speaking of which, they specially mailed a small gift when they got married last year. After the Oscars are over, we can get together." The two of them have a great impression of Chen Qi and Gong Xue, and they also want to maintain their friendship. Ed himself was not nominated, but as one of the leading actors of Space Heroes, he will also attend the Oscars, so he can't take care of Life is Beautiful. Washington. Chen Xiangmei is also paying attention to the news. She helped "Life is Beautiful" for Mr. Liao's sake, but she didn't expect the film to be so successful, from Berlin to Los Angeles, and might even make history. After Mr. Liao's death, she didn't remember Chen Qi at all, but now she is a little interested. "Xiaojuan!" Chen Xiangmei told her assistant, "If it wins, congratulate him on my behalf, after all, this movie has something to do with us." "Okay!" New York. Shadra is on the phone with a friend in the publishing industry. "Last year's "Interstellar Dinosaur" didn't get much response, only a few letters from readers, but the creativity and settings in it are good and novel. If you have more works, please show them to me." "Of course, this young man is great, he is about to participate in the Oscars---By the way, does a genuine Oscar for Best Screenwriter add to the novel?" "We can hype the author's identity, but the key is to look at the work." "Okay, I'll find a chance to talk to my Chinese friends."
Shadra hung up the phone and sincerely prayed for Chen Qi to win the award. He kept in touch with Chen Qi about the victims of concentration camps in the United States derived from "Life is Beautiful". He doesn't have many connections and resources in the United States, which are just the above. April 9th. At four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Qi and Gong Xue ate something to fill their stomachs and changed their clothes in the room. Where are the stylists and designers? Gong Xue even did her own makeup. She wore a dark blue satin cheongsam embroidered with floral patterns, a pair of high heels, and her hair was simply tied up. This style is within her safe range and will definitely not go wrong. Chen Qi wore a suit and glasses. Gong Xue put on lipstick in front of the mirror and suddenly said, "If someone toasts me at the dinner, should I drink?" "Just communicate with the US officials, don't pay attention to those stars. If someone pesters you, you can find me, or you can stay with Director Liu." "Yeah!" Gong Xue nodded. It's not like she doesn't know anything. Especially after being indoctrinated by Chen Qi, she formed an impression that Hollywood is full of perversions, such as copper smelting, group sex, humiliation rituals, and sacrificing children. She was scared. The so-called sacrificing children does not mean killing the children, but offering the children to the organization to play with. The humiliation ritual is like Lisa's Crazy Horse show, which was popular for a while. I don't know whether it is true or not, but the humiliation ritual is almost of this nature. It's all a test of obedience. If you pass it, you are one of them. Those arrogant old white men and squids like to do these things... "It's done!" "Let me see!" Chen Qi pulled Gong Xue up to look at her, confirmed that there was no mistake, and said with a smile: "Let's go!" The two went out, joined Liu Zhigu and his group, went downstairs, and then all exclaimed, only to see a black Lincoln extended limousine parked outside, shining with American style and dignity. "We are sitting in this? It's over the limit, right?" Liu Zhigu was shocked. "This is all sponsored, sit down, it's okay!" Chen Qi said. "You go first!" "You go first!" "Don't push me, it's embarrassing, sister will do it!" Chen Qi didn't care about that, pulled Gong Xue into the car, and the other three also got in carefully, their butts felt like they had boils, twisting left and right to get used to it. Li Wenhua also touched the seat and whispered: "Real leather!" "Or leather? Such a big car!" Yan Shunkai also whispered. A stretched Lincoln like this would be considered cheap if used as a wedding car decades later. It would have to be a Rolls-Royce or Maybach. But for the Chinese who still use toilet paper to wipe their butts, it is already a dimensionality reduction attack. Chen Qi sighed secretly, and with a tactical backwards, he imitated Chen Kaige's demeanor: We will be upper class people in the future! Arrived at the Los Angeles Music Center, stopped far away, and had to line up for the red carpet ceremony.
"So many people!" Li Wenhua looked out. "So many reporters, it feels like there are more than in Berlin." Yan Shun drove. Cars lined up one after another. They couldn't see any stars, but waves of cheers reached their ears. Chen Qi envied the innocence of several people. They didn't experience the span of several decades. They thought that Oscar was Oscar. Even if they didn't win it this time, they could come again next time! In fact, the 1980s and the beginning of the new century were the two best stages for Chinese films to win awards. After that, it was gone. No matter how good the film is, it will not be given to you, but only to Song Dandan's stepdaughter, who knelt down and repented for the atomic bomb explosion in Japan in "Eternals". Of course, no one cared about Oscars at that time. The motorcade moved forward slowly, the cheers became clearer, and everyone looked out. The mysterious and aura-filled American literary and artistic figures finally showed up. Those gorgeous female stars, the overwhelming flash lights, and the TV reporters who were more excited than the stars - far more intense than Berlin, as if the smog floating over Los Angeles was filled with a kind of surplus value of the industrial age. Chen Qi didn't recognize any of them, but only recognized Jack Nicholson, who had starred in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "The Shining" and was a big star in Hollywood. Finally, after watching Meryl Streep walk the red carpet, he got off the car. Liu Zhigu was not convenient to walk the red carpet, so four people went up. "Life is Beautiful" was a hot topic, and the reporters did not hesitate to take photos, with long guns and short guns aimed at them. And they walked a few steps, and the three men fell behind slightly, letting Gong Xue go in front. She stopped and waved, accepting the cameras from all directions, and her elegant cheongsam made her look bright and generous. After the photoshoot, Chen Qicai walked up to her, held her hand, and walked them across the red carpet.