Chapter 819: Double Best Actress

Miss Luo Quan stepped on light steps and walked onto the stage, taking over her own Oscar statuette.

This was her second Best Actress award, and most people believed that this definitely wouldn't be her last.

Being "pre-determined" as the Oscar Best Actress for two consecutive years, this acting skill could almost be described as "supernatural."

So much so that after Miss Luo Quan went on stage, the audience, besides congratulations, didn't even have any big emotions, as if all this was so natural.

Until Miss Luo Quan stood in front of the microphone and spoke:

"Thanks to everyone who supports me; winning Best Actress is a recognition of my acting skills, but I will not be satisfied with this. In the future, I will definitely bring out more excellent works and characters and strive to create a legend named Miss Luo Quan!"

Amidst countless sighs and envious eyes, Miss Luo Quan walked off the stage.

In fact, the legend had already begun to be created tonight.

When Miss Luo Quan took the Best Actress award, "Forrest Gump" began its harvest mode.

First was the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, won by Teve, who played the captain in "Forrest Gump."

Then was the Oscar for Best Actor.

Without the competition of the Shi Huang, Gao Liang successfully took the Oscar for Best Actor, becoming the youngest Oscar Best Actor in history, and also the most handsome.

And Best Director continued to be won by Miss Luo Quan, who filmed "Forrest Gump."

Finally, the most heavyweight award—Oscar for Best Picture, "Forrest Gump," which symbolizes the American Dream, defeated "Joker," which symbolizes the American Nightmare.

Although many media felt that "Joker" exposed the darkness of society, the oppression of the lower class by the upper class, and was a ruthless criticism of the social status quo.

Compared to the "whitewashing" "Forrest Gump," it was more qualified to win this award.

But after the final result came out, no one felt that "Forrest Gump" didn't deserve this award.

How dark is society? Ordinary people actually know it in their hearts; do they need movies to expose it?

What's the use of exposing it?

If it were really useful, South Korea has made so many movies, but I haven't seen much influence.

The lives of ordinary people are already in deep water and hot fire; they don't need to watch these critical movies to be indignant.

Compared to that, "Forrest Gump," which gathers all dreams in one body, is the best medicine to heal their exhausted bodies and minds.

The opportunities of the protagonist in the movie gave people the motivation to look forward to the future. 【819

As long as they work hard, perhaps they could be the next Forrest Gump.

In America, it is very difficult for a film like this not to win awards.

Therefore, Forrest Gump winning Best Picture at this year's Oscars is well-deserved!

The awards ceremony ended, and Miss Luo Quan and Gao Liang became the biggest winners of the night.

Numerous stars, famous directors, and excellent films all served as background props.

However, the biggest loser of the night was not The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which accompanied the run for all the heavyweight awards, but Lin Cassandra, who did not participate in any award competition.

She had originally just wanted to come here to ride the coattails of the hype, but ended up being set off by Miss Luo Quan to look like a clown, and was also mocked mercilessly by the host and the vast number of netizens.

As soon as the Oscars ended, she hurriedly left the scene, her complexion looking even worse than if she had been constipated for three days.

And Miss Luo Quan, having won so many major awards, did not intend to entangle herself with media reporters either, directly preparing to take a car back home.

Interviews and such had already been conducted in the UK previously, and since only a few days had passed, they wouldn't be able to ask anything new.

However, these reporters seemed to have sensed Miss Luo Quan's intentions and surrounded them in advance, refusing to clear the path until they had taken a few photos.

There was no other way, so Miss Luo Quan could only stop and let them take a few more, then symbolically answered a few questions.

At this moment, Seifert walked over holding Anna's hand, greeting everyone enthusiastically.

Although he had come today, his seat was not together with Miss Luo Quan and the others.

And this was also Anna's first time at such an occasion, so she appeared somewhat nervous.

"Congratulations, Miss Luo Quan. With your outfit and the award tonight, you can go down in film history!"

Seifert began to flatter her as soon as he came up.

Miss Luo Quan replied with a smile: "Haven't I already gone down in film history long ago? This should be said to Gao Liang instead."

"Ahem!"

Gao Liang seemed to have heard this; he straightened his collar and walked in front of his good friend, using a seemingly unintentional expression to switch the Oscar statuette from his left hand to his right.

Seifert was left between laughter and tears: "Oh my, I know you've become a Best Actor, you're acting as if you're afraid I didn't see it. What are you showing off for?"

"How can this be showing off?"

Gao Liang looked at Seifert in surprise: "This is the youngest Best Actor in Oscar history, an unprecedented breakthrough for a handsome actor.

With you evaluating it like this, I have reason to suspect that you are jealous of me?"

"Jealous, my foot."

Seifert looked at Gao Liang with disdain: "You're just riding your sister's coattails. Without her, could you have won Best Actor? Who wouldn't win an award playing Forrest Gump?"

"If you have the ability, you go find your sister to ride her coattails too."

Gao Liang did not refute him either, just shook his head and began to mock him.

Seifert raised his middle finger, giving him a national friendly gesture.

After some playful banter, everyone took a car back home and ordered a sumptuous dinner to celebrate.

Seifert was quite interested in this Europa Warrior Tournament and asked Miss Luo Quan many questions.

Among them included why some shots in the final few matches looked very strange.

Many netizens had noticed this issue, but no one could say exactly what was wrong; they just felt it didn't look very harmonious.

"You didn't go to the scene, so of course you couldn't see my sister's invincible divine might."

With Seifert's family background, he certainly understood the spiritual energy recovery.

But the situation at the scene was something only those present had seen.

Everything broadcasted was footage that had been photoshopped, and the recording of the match was also completely deleted after it ended—the kind where not even a backup existed.

"Tell me specifically, I guarantee I won't leak it." Seifert's face revealed curiosity.

"I don't have the video, but at least I took a photo at the time."

Gao Liang said, showing the photo on his phone to his friend.

What Seifert saw was the very moment Miss Luo Quan raised her sword to slash out a golden shockwave, magnificent and dazzling.

"Holy crap, is this real or special effects?" Seifert was stunned. Even knowing the existence of spiritual energy recovery, he had never expected it to be such a spectacle.

"Of course it's real, otherwise why wouldn't the video be allowed to be spread?" Gao Liang looked proud, as if he were the one who had slashed that sword.

Seifert shook his head and sighed: "It's truly awesome. No wonder the Queen could give that British Imperial Crown to you; if it were me, I would give it too."

The celebration banquet ended in a pleasant atmosphere. After Seifert and Anna left, Gao Liang took advantage of his older sister being free and asked her:

"Sis, how many years do you think I have to practice before I can release a shockwave like you?"

Gao Liang knew his talent was mostly not comparable to his sister's, but he had sufficient patience and perseverance.

However, it would be even better if he could know a more detailed time for mastery.

"That's hard to say; it depends more on luck."

Miss Luo Quan gave an ambiguous answer.

After all, not everyone could possess the Sword of Kings like she did.

But there are not many, yet not few, treasures and antiques in this world.

With the Albert family's resources, perhaps one day they could find a good weapon for Gao Liang, so it indeed depends more on luck.

"Actually, I also have to be assisted by the Sword of Kings to release it, but the prerequisite is that one's physical fitness must be able to withstand it."

Miss Luo Quan finally gave her younger brother a definite goal: "Good weapons are hard to come by, but with our family's strength, the probability of getting you a good item in the future is not low.

But if your own strength doesn't meet the standard, no matter how good the weapon is, you won't be able to unleash its power.

So, don't think about so much for now; working hard to cultivate and build a solid foundation is the most important thing."

This answer made Gao Liang's fiery heart turn somewhat cold.

Sure enough, wanting to gain strength is impossible to achieve overnight; one must invest a large amount of time and energy.

Come to think of it, during this time in London, he was either shopping with Mia or drinking with childhood friends; his martial arts practice had become somewhat lax.

The horse stance that had already been improving is estimated to have regressed quite a bit.

Thinking of this, Gao Liang could not help but feel some regret.

Fortunately, it is not too late to pull himself together starting now.

After sending his younger brother away, Miss Luo Quan heard the smart voice assistant by the door report that there was a letter for the family in the mailbox outside.

Miss Luo Quan didn't know who it was for, but she still opened the door and brought the letter into the house.

This was a quite exquisite invitation, gilded all over, looking quite luxurious.

And on the wax seal of the invitation, there was an eye pattern, very familiar—isn't this that eye of the Freemasons?

The objects of the invitation were her, Gao Liang, and Mia, saying that tonight at a certain manor in New York, there was a gathering named "Eyes Wide Open."

They invited many celebrities to attend, and also hoped that she would bring her younger brother and sister-in-law along to have their eyes opened.

There was no signature, and she didn't know who exactly this "they" were.

Miss Luo Quan hesitated for a second, threw the envelope directly onto the stove, and turned the heat up high to burn it to ashes.

Of course, while burning it, she still had to use a fan to keep fanning the air next to the smoke alarm.

She had to fan it; even if it was just this level of smoke, if left unattended, it would absolutely trigger the fire alarm.

Previously when cooking Chinese food, there always had to be someone in the kitchen helping to serve as the duty of the number two range hood.

After this invitation was completely burned away, Miss Luo Quan happily wiped the ashes clean.

She had come into contact with this Freemasonry a few times before, and the impression it gave her was very bad.

She felt that this was just a group of strange organizations and strange people; although it sounded very powerful, it was limited to foreign countries.

In China, if you are a dragon you must coil, and if you are a tiger you must lie down.

Anyway, she did not intend to have too much contact with such an organization.

Of course, if it were just this, she wouldn't have gone so far as to burn the envelope directly; after all, she didn't want to go, but Mia and Gao Liang might not necessarily not want to go.

It was mainly this "Eyes Wide Open" gathering mentioned in the envelope that gave her a very uncomfortable feeling.

In her past life, she had watched a film shot by a famous American director, which was called "Eyes Wide Shut."

It told of a mysterious organization that held a mysterious gathering.

Those participating in the gathering were all upper-class people in America, and the content of this gathering was quite heavy-tasted, integrating elements of blood, violence, curiosity, pornography, etc., simply being a cult classic for adults—the kind that made people's hair stand on end when watched.

The key was that this was also shot with the director's personal experience as the script; according to the director, there was still quite a lot of even more outrageous content that wasn't shot, fearing the audience wouldn't be able to accept it.

And having only revealed such a little content, that director also passed away mysteriously not long after.

Many people said that the film "Eyes Wide Shut" revealed the dark side of the inner world, displaying the most evil appearance of humanity.

And the director who revealed all this died because of it, and the film was also subjected to massive cuts, not having much of a reputation abroad.

In this life, although Miss Luo Quan had not seen similar films, she believed that the plot points in the film absolutely existed.

And the "Eyes Wide Open" gathering mentioned in the envelope directly made her vigilance rise sharply.

If this were in China, she would definitely go to investigate the truth; if she encountered any illegal scenes, she would directly call the police to expose them, pulling up everyone behind the scenes by the roots.

It's a pity that this is America.

People in this territory don't talk about martial virtue; when encountering things, they use guns if they can, rather than martial arts. If she were to stir up some commotion, the risk would be too great.

She is willing to fight to expose the darkness, but the prerequisite is under the condition that the situation can be controlled.

China bans guns, and in terms of fists and kicks alone, she fears no one.

But America, well, let's forget about it.

Moreover, even if she really called the police, whether they would accept the case is another matter.

It's not impossible that the New York police chief is among those invited.

Under the condition of being unable to determine what kind of nature this gathering has, Miss Luo Quan does not intend to go.

Likewise, she also does not hope for Gao Liang and Mia to go.

Lest they be recognized and ruin their reputation.

Therefore, she directly burned this invitation, once and for all.

Of course, after burning it, she also spoke to Gao Liang and Mia about this matter.

Mia still had some understanding of the Freemasons; after all, her father and grandfather were both high-level members of the Freemasons.

However, she usually didn't have much intersection with the Freemasons, and regarding this kind of gathering held by the upper-class society, she felt from the bottom of her heart that it was an occasion for capitalism to reveal its ugly face.

After strolling around in China, she felt more and more that reading books cannot save Americans.

But as for what to do specifically, she didn't have any clues now either.

Therefore, she still had to read books specifically to see how those predecessors did it in the past.

Regarding Miss Luo Quan burning the invitation, the two had no objections.

Early the next morning, everyone boarded the flight back to China.

And at this time, the "Eyes Wide Open" gathering also hit the hot search.

However, it wasn't because of any negative news.

Actually, this was just an auction held by a large family, inviting the stars who had just finished attending the Oscar ceremony.

This family had just suffered a loss in the financial war on Wall Street and needed some cash to recover, so they chose the method of selling their own family antiques.

As for that eye on the envelope, it was indeed the Freemasons'.

Because the head of this family is one of the high-level members of the Freemasons, and they like to do everything under the banner of the organization.

And this auction, which originally didn't have any special collections, ended up selling for sky-high prices.