American Fame and Fortune Chapter 897

Chapter 897 New Goal

The main creators of the "Spotlight" crew, headed by Thomas McCarthy, all came to the Oscar stage. Thomas McCarthy even represented the crew and took over the Best Picture statuette from Warren Beatty.

　　Producer Steve Gowling talked about his acceptance speech.

Everything is normal, it doesn't seem to be an accident.

Martin looked at the director without any trace, and then at the accountant from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The former is wearing a headset and communicating with the behind-the-scenes group.

The latter was sitting at the exclusive seat and was sorting out the password box he had brought with him.

In the third row of the guest seats in the hall, where the crew of "Moonlight" is located, Jennifer Aniston looked at the crew of "Spotlight" on the stage in confusion, always feeling that something was wrong.

Obviously, my side won both of the two key benchmark awards, and as a result, it was an upset at the Oscars.

Aniston muttered to herself: "Is there something wrong with Martin's judgment? It shouldn't be! The academy is indeed promoting diversity."

The faces of the African-Americans on the crew...are always very dark, so it's hard to tell.

Director Barry Jenkins, who was wearing glasses, kept scolding his mother in his heart. He had been making trouble with them for several months, and the academy didn't even give him any comfort?

He recalled Spike Lee's famous saying, “I bought a watch last year” and almost blurted it out.

At the exit of the backstage, the director saw that the best film crew's acceptance speech was about to end, and said into the headset: "Attention, the live broadcast has ended and the countdown has begun."

The crew of "Spotlight" and the award guest Warren Beatty came backstage.

The director added: "The commercial will be played in twenty seconds!"

At this moment, the accountant from PricewaterhouseCoopers took out an envelope and looked at the small line of words "Best Picture" written on the envelope. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Then he reacted and shouted loudly: "Wrong." ! Wrong! Wrong!"

He grabbed the envelope and ran to the director like crazy: "The best picture is wrong! This is the wrong envelope!"

The director looked at the accountant in disbelief, with murder in mind. He grabbed the envelope and glanced at the name of the award marked on it. He couldn't care too much. After opening it, he took out the card and looked at it. It said "A Movie" The film and the names of the two producers.

Everyone present, including Martin, heard it and looked over there curiously.

Martin turned to look at Warren Beatty again. Didn't this guy confirm before opening the envelope?

The live TV broadcast started to insert commercials, and the director said to the microphone: "Play the commercial for a while longer and wait for my instructions."

He immediately found Warren Beatty and took the envelope from Warren Beatty's hand. It was the envelope for Best Director that had been withdrawn by PricewaterhouseCoopers!

When the director explained the situation, Warren Beatty was dumbfounded and said to himself: "You **** made a mistake and asked me to make a fool of myself on stage?"

Even those who are slow to react know that the situation at this Oscar will probably go down in history. When people mention this incident later, the first thing that comes to mind is that Warren Beatty mispronounced his name.

Warren Beatty felt like a huge black pot fell from the sky, hitting him so hard that he couldn't lift his head.

Such a bad thing has never happened at the past 87 Oscars!

The director, accountant and Katherine Kennedy, who rushed over quickly, gathered to discuss the matter.

There are two solutions: one is to make mistakes, and the other is to return to the stage to correct mistakes.

The men settled on the second option in a few words, but Warren Beatty refused to come to power again.

The old man is almost eighty years old and he cannot afford to be embarrassed.

Warren Beatty came to Martin, pretended not to see the three people, and whispered to Martin: "I will never attend this Oscar ceremony again. These bad things they did are too shameful. ”

Martin could tell that Warren Beatty didn't want to be on stage again and said: "Pretend you don't know anything."

Things have reached this point, there are so many people backstage, no matter which one you choose, there will be an uproar afterwards.

There was no other way, so Katherine Kennedy, the accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers, and "Spotlight" director Thomas McCarthy and producer Steve Golin, and the group returned to the stage.

The commercial break ended and the live broadcast came back. The group returned to the stage and announced that they had made a mistake and that it was not "Spotlight" that won the best picture, but "Moonlight."

　　Whether the audience was at the Dolby Theater or in front of the TV or computer, they were all dumbfounded.

To show authenticity, PwC's accountants took out two envelopes and faced the live broadcast camera.

But this was not enough to quell the uproar on site and in front of live broadcast cameras.

Even the crew of "Focus", who were very excited before, were all shocked and overwhelmed.

What happened in reality is even more outrageous than what was shown in the movie!

The main creators of "Moonlight" who took the stage were also like wooden people, and they did not show the joy of winning the award at all.

Even the two producers, Aniston and Barry Jenkins, didn't even say their acceptance speeches. They just took the Best Picture statuette that had been passed over by the "Spotlight" crew and went directly backstage.

This Oscar Awards ceremony ended in a farce.

Aniston entered the backstage and refused the routine interview. When she saw Martin, she walked over quickly.

Seeing her depressed look, Martin said, "My dear, no matter what, I won the best picture, so be happy."

Aniston glanced at the statuette in her hand and said, "I feel unspeakably uncomfortable. I feel like this trophy is second-hand."

This incident was so outrageous that Martin didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only say with relief: "I finally won the Best Picture statuette."

Aniston looked around and saw no one around, so she lowered her voice and asked, "Is this intentional?"

Martin said honestly: "I don't know."

An assistant director came over at this time and called Martin and Aniston to participate in the Oscar winner photo session.

Because of an unexpected incident, the photo session ended hastily, and the winners all refused to be interviewed.

Someone from the college came to communicate and asked those present backstage not to talk about what happened in public, especially in front of the media.

Martin responded casually.

He left the Dolby Theater and got into Nicholson's stretch Lincoln, where two **** were waiting for him.

All three of them need to show up at the Oscar night party.

Martin, the Best Actor winner, also needs to appear on the red carpet of the party as soon as possible according to the agreement with his sponsors.

In the car, Leonardo asked curiously: "What happened?"

Martin described what happened in detail and asked Nicholson: "You have experienced enough. Did the college deliberately cause trouble?"

Leonardo said: "The academy wants to attract attention in this way?"

Nicholson was scrolling through his phone and turned the screen around for the two of them to see: "Public opinion has exploded."

On social media, relevant discussions are flooding the screen.

“This is the most fake Best Picture award in the history of the Oscars, in every sense of the word.”

“It's so exciting to make such a joke in the Best Picture!”

“The academy is so crazy that it uses this method to create topics and attract attention!”

Leonardo looked away and asked: "Isn't it really the academy's fault?"

Nicholson said: “It doesn't matter whether it's true or false, the Oscars have become a hot topic of public opinion again.”

Martin does not reject conspiracy theories: "Is there a possibility that those African Americans are forcing the college, and the college has to carry out so-called diversity reforms, but the core strength within the college is basically people like us, how can we be willing to let those groups Black… jumping up and down intimidation.”

Leonardo understood the meaning of these words: "The Academy was not willing to be forced, and it was under the huge pressure of social diversity, so it gave them the most important Oscar award, and deliberately created the current situation. , turning that black **** film into the most controversial best picture in Oscar history."

Martin said with a smile: "Did you get the Oscar for Best Picture? If black people continue to make trouble, they have a problem."

"No one would admit this kind of thing." Nicholson continued: "And I feel that this was not a deliberate plan, but a natural result achieved through the silent understanding of some people."

He pushed up his sunglasses: "No matter the quality of "Moonlight" itself, after such an incident, the most controversial Oscar-winning best picture in the future will no longer be "Shakespeare in Love", but this one."

Leonardo said: "When "Moonlight" is mentioned in the future, the first thing that people think of will always be controversy."

The car was parked in front of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, waiting to enter.

Martin changed the topic and reminded Leonardo: "Man, remember to solve the math problem later."

Leonardo knew what the **** was talking about and raised his **** directly at Martin.

Nicholson's mouth was unforgiving: "The three of us have seven Oscar trophies, how many do each of us have?"

Leonardo was furious: "This time next year, the three of us will have eight Oscars! I swear!"

Someone opened the car door outside, and Martin got out of the car first and walked onto the red carpet with Leonardo and Nicholson.

There are basically no movie fans here, they are all media reporters.

Walking up the steps in front of the hotel, a reporter from Vanity Fair, one of the organizers, stopped Martin and said, "Congratulations, Martin, for winning his third Oscar and his second Best Actor. You can say How do you feel now?"

"I'm very excited and very happy." Martin has reached his current position and does not need to be promoted. When faced with interviews, he responded in a regular manner: "Thank you to the academy and colleagues in the industry for recognizing me."

The reporter's focus was not here, and he then asked: "You should have been backstage before and after the Best Picture award was presented, right? Can you tell me what specifically happened?"

Martin said: "I went to the bathroom after entering the backstage, and I didn't know what happened until I came out."

The reporter wanted to ask, but Martin waved his hand, caught up with Leonardo and Nicholson, and entered the hotel together.

Entering the banquet hall where the party was held, people came over to congratulate Martin one after another.

Because the cast of "Split" was small, Jonathan Nolan, who had not won an award, did not come at all. The table belonging to the cast of "Split" was only occupied by the three assholes.

Occasionally, people came over to inquire about news, but they were all prevaricated by Martin.

Nicholson made a phone call and said: "The executive committee of the college has held an emergency meeting and is unifying the statement. It is estimated that there will be a formal statement tomorrow morning."

Leonardo recalled what Martin said and responded: "I've given you the explanation you want. Whether you accept it or not is up to you and has nothing to do with me."

Martin gave Leonardo a thumbs up: "Old man, you have understood the nature of this society!"

Nicholson said: "You two **** are as shameless as the politicians in Washington."

Martin waved his hand: "We are far behind. Politicians never have a bottom line. Leo and I at least have a bottom line."

The three of them stayed for a while and decided to leave.

Martin received a call, and Elizabeth and Lily prepared a celebration party at home.

Leonardo and Nicholson followed him.

In addition, Martin also called Mene and other friends, as well as members of the agency and public relations team.

When leaving, Leonardo took another look and found that the atmosphere on this Oscar night was really not very good.

The controversy caused by "Spotlight" and "Moonlight" has just begun.

The three Martins soon returned to the North District of Sunset Boulevard.

During the day, Elizabeth specially greeted the neighbors, nearby residents, and the management committee.

When Martin and the other three got out of the car, fireworks shot into the sky.

The entire Davis Manor was brightly lit, and gorgeous fireworks continued to fly into the sky to celebrate Martin's second Oscar winner.

Across Hollywood, there are only a handful of actors who can win three Oscar acting awards.

Jack Nicholson, now the Oscar's signature and mascot, has the same awards as Martin: one for Best Supporting Actor and two for Best Actor.

The only person to win three Oscars for Best Actor is the Academy's top favorite, Daniel Day-Lewis.

Everyone who came to celebrate would have a drink with Martin.

No matter how good Martin is at drinking, he is still a little drunk.

The party was over and the guests were sent away. Martin sat on the sofa in the living room with great dignity, talking half-awake and half-drunk.

Someone once said that there are fifty-five types of people who sing and dance when they are drunk, and there is another type of person who likes to brag most when they are drunk.

"I once thought about breaking into Washington, capturing the White House, and destroying the United States." Martin was not entirely bragging: "Now I suddenly found that I have become a vested interest. The boy who dreamed of slaying the dragon finally turned into an evil dragon!"

Lily curled her lips and said, "When you hooked up with my sister, I knew there was an evil dragon!"

Elizabeth raised an eyebrow at Lily.

The two of them had a tacit understanding, so Lily quickly shut up and stopped mentioning the people and things in Atlanta.

Elizabeth poured a glass of water for Martin: "The previous goal was unrealistic. What is your current goal?"

Martin took the water, drank most of it in one gulp, and said, "Become the first person in Hollywood and achieve an achievement that none of the superstars and top directors have achieved."

Lily had heard Nicholson say before: "Be the first person to win both the Oscar for Best Actor and the Oscar for Best Director?"

Martin stood up, holding Lily with one hand and Elizabeth with the other: "You want something at the same time, you are very greedy."

(End of this chapter)

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