Vol 2 Chapter 499: Unwritten rules

"It won't win! It won't win!"
Because the live footage was temporarily cut to the scene of the Kodak Theater, a makeup artist came over to make up for Roger Albert. The eyes of this famous film critic has been staring at the big screen in the studio, and his heart is like a curse. Stop repeating this sentence.
"It will never win!"
Thinking of the concerted efforts of nearly 400 professional film critics, Roger Albert's slightly panic heart was full of confidence.
He firmly believes that professional film critics have a strong influence and even dominance during the award season, and they can completely control the ownership of awards!
Just less than five miles east of the live broadcast room, young David Ellison and his sister Megan Ellison were sitting in front of the TV, watching the Oscars.
"This is the director who refuses to accept your kindness?"
Looking at the close-up of Duke on the screen, Megan Ellison said with disdain, "Hollywood, these poor guys, would they be right with money?"
"He didn't just reject my funds." David Ellison's dissatisfaction was written on his face, "He also rejected my kindness over and over again, this is what I cannot tolerate!"
"A very proud director."
No▽←, Megan Ellison, who is over fifteen years old, seems to have a more aggressive temper than David Ellison, she is a spoiled young girl, "David, you have money and you can invest The way to grab his project, grab his theater line, grab his schedule, and knock him out of the cloud!"
David Ellison laughed haha, "Honey, I'm doing this!"
On the stage of the Kodak Theater, Angelina Jolie opened the envelope, looked down, and did not sell it. Said directly, "The Oscar winner is..."The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", Hannah Serena!"
"Wow!"
Billy Boyd clapped his palms first, and stood up first, and Duke also stood up, clapping his palms. Turning to her art director, this is not the first time Hannah Serena won an Oscar. She herself seemed calmer and hugged the members of the crew one by one, and finally walked to Duke's side.
Duke opened his arms and hugged Hannah Serena deeply.
"Thank you, Duke," she whispered. "Cooperating with you is my greatest luck."
Finished. She turned around and strode onto the stage. The background music "Minastiris" was played at the Kodak Theater for the first time tonight.
Hannah Serena took the Golden Man from Angelina Jolie and stood in front of the microphone.
"Thank you, thank you everyone. I love the work of filming. I like working in a great team. I want to thank a lot of people. My parents, my boyfriend. All my work partners. I especially want to thank Du K, I still remember when applying for his crew, he told me, Hannah, we will embark on a magical journey! Yes, his words have come true. My current feeling can only be described as incredible ."
Below the stage, the crew headed by Duke applauded Hannah Serena.
In the live studio of abc TV station, even if there is thick foundation to block it. Roger Albert's face was still a little blue. He just vowed that "The Return of the King" would not get this little golden man. The actual awards result gave him a slap in the face. What should he say next?
However, as a professional film critic who always likes verbal abuse and vicious attacks, he immediately adjusted his mentality. This is just a technology award. The academy is likely to be the same as the previous two sessions, just throwing some consolation prizes to Duke Rosenberg. As long as he can't get the best picture and best director, he will still be a loser, and he will still win steadily. Then he must rush to the Oscar venue to see his face.
"Won!"
The instant sharing website was full of enthusiasm, and several circles with Duke's supporters as the core were happy as if they had won a grand prize.
"A good start!"
"Next we will continue to win prizes!"
"The Return of the King will sweep this Oscar!"
The beginning of success did continue in the Kodak Theater. After Pixar Studios took away the best animated feature film with the help of "Finding Nemo", the soundtrack of "Minastiris" sounded several times. Bian burst into cheers one after another, without a doubt becoming the protagonist tonight.
The best costume design, the best sound effects, the best sound effects editing and the best visual effects of the four golden figures were collected by the crew. When the award ceremony was about one-third, "The Return of the King" was not only easy to pick. Five little golden men were left, and all the nominated awards successfully reached the top!
"We are getting closer and closer to the goal." Ivanka whispered in Duke's ear.
As a pillow, she certainly knows what Duke's ambitions are at this Oscar, and knows that it is not easy to realize these ambitions.
Duke smiled at Ivanka. "There are seven more."
Out of the twelve nominations, five gold medalists have already been won. It is unclear whether the next awards will be missed.
Oscars are not only serious awards, but also a variety of jokes full of ridicule. Maybe it will be troublesome to laugh at other people, but ridiculing politicians in Washington has always been a repertoire of the Oscars.
Hollywood bad boy helped the recognized boss Ben Stiller stepped onto the stage on the beat of the music, "God, they actually use this music, it suits me too well, don't you think I am full of leadership qualities? "
The background music played is the famous "Presidential March"!
"In the past year, many celebrities have fallen in love with movies."
Having said this, Ben Stiller pointed to the big screen, which was a picture of a woman, "For example, Hillary Clinton, it is said that she likes "Kill Bill" very much..."
A burst of laughter broke out under the stage.
Apart from the jokes, Oscars also like nostalgia, which is in line with the appetite of the core members of the academy. Every Oscar award ceremony is always full of nostalgia for a long time.
The Nielsen Statistics Company has been monitoring the ratings of this year’s Oscars. When Marlon Brando stepped onto the stage and the big screens and televisions turned to black and white, a person in charge of the Nielsen Company kept reporting the ratings. Number of people.
"The number of viewers in North America has dropped from 34 million to 32 million..."
After a minute, the program that missed the golden age was still on the air for a long time. The person in charge reported again, "Now it is 31 million!"
Every minute, he will report the number of viewers. The number proves that it is really not very popular in the old time. It can be called the killer of viewership. "30 million, 29 million, 28.5 million, 28 million, and it is about to break through the last ten years. Oscar’s lowest viewership!"
Fortunately, the show that missed the golden age lasted more than five minutes and ended, and the subsequent best supporting actress slowly increased the ratings.
The college is obviously not stupid. It is clear that the audience does not like this type of program, and it has specially arranged the best supporting actress award to save the field. At the same time, this also shows the stubborn and conservative side of the college, even if it knows that nostalgia is not welcome. Still stubbornly putting this type of program in the awards ceremony, it took more than five minutes.
At the moment when Renee Zellweger won the best supporting actress statuette, the viewership of the Oscars finally returned to more than 30 million.
This can be said to be a very severe situation facing the Oscars since the new century. With the smooth flow of information and the increase of entertainment methods, the ratings of awards ceremony have been declining, and even hit new lows since the 1970s.
In fact, it is not difficult to save the ratings of the Oscars. Choosing a movie with a wider audience can easily solve this problem. For example, since the 1990s, the 70th Oscars has the highest ratings. "Titanic" easily supported the ratings of the entire awards ceremony.
It's just made by the academy, and most of the time, it runs counter to the mainstream audience.
Although a Best Supporting Actress dragged the viewership back to more than 30 million, it was unable to take it to a higher level. The task of saving this Oscar viewership is by no means a movie like "Cold Mountain" with only millions of viewers The movie can afford it.
Speaking of the highest number of movie viewers, can there be any movies in this Oscar that can surpass "The Return of the King"?
Subsequently, "The Return of the King" continued to show a sweeping trend, and also successfully continued the law of nominations that must be awarded, winning the best editing, the best makeup, the best soundtrack and the best photography.
The strong performance of "The Return of the King" also boosted the ratings of the awards ceremony. By the time the best photography was awarded, the number of viewers displayed by Nielsen had risen to 36 million.
After the next advertising time, the person in charge of Nielsen was even more surprised to find that not only did the ratings of the awards ceremony not decline, it was still rising, and even faintly approached the 40 million mark!
"The next award is the best adapted screenplay." His deputy reminded.
The person in charge suddenly woke up, "No wonder the ratings continue to rise. It turns out that the director who created this magical journey may be on stage!"
On the stage of the Kodak Theater, Sophia Coppola slowly walked up, and many people looked at Duke at the same time.
Sofia Coppola is Duke’s best friend in the circle. Hollywood knows this. Many people even think that Sofia can be nominated for best director and Duke’s role is far greater than that of Francis Coppola. Pull.
In the past habits of the college, these people can't help but make associations, and let Sophia Coppola award the best adapted screenplay award. Does it mean that Duke will win the award?
There was applause in the Kodak Theater, and Ivanka was also vigorously applauding Sofia. Although she did not understand some unwritten rules of the academy, she also faintly felt that Sofia presented the awards, and the chance of winning on her own side would be greater.
On the Nielsen company's side, the number of packers displayed at this time has exceeded the 40 million mark! (To be continued...)
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