Chapter 565: Time and Momentum

What Joshua Hayes felt confused about was not that he didn't know Lu Yan He's current momentum was very strong, even if he was an Asian actor, not an Asian who grew up in the United States, he was still liked by many American audiences.

However, Hollywood produces a batch of such actors every year, and Hollywood is the place that lacks fresh blood the least.

People from all over the world are constantly pouring into this place.

Like top agents like Darren, they might be optimistic about Lu Yan He, but to say that everyone wants to compete for him—

Why?

Darren smiled mysteriously and said: "Hollywood is arrogant and conceited, but the more arrogant and conceited a person is, the more they care about others' evaluation of it. Lu Yan He controls the huge power of the film review circle behind him. Just like the nomination you got this year, we spent several million US dollars to lobby for it. What are we lobbying for? Isn't it trying every possible way to let these influential film review voices talk about your performance?"

People often equate the public relations of the Hollywood Oscar awards season with the word "public relations" in China. In fact, their public relations is actually a kind of lobbying. One is to let many people who may not have watched this movie watch this movie (even directly sending it together with the projector), and the other is to constantly promote and emphasize the good in it. It has very strict and detailed prohibition clauses to prevent bribery—at least nominally, it is like this. What happens privately, in fact, every forest is about the same.

What Darren said is nominal public relations.

Joshua was very shocked and asked: "He looks not much older than me, why does he control such great power?"

"Because he is an actor pushed out by international film festivals, and he also has the support of the media circle and the Chinese circle behind him." Darren said, "You should be very clear that the current Oscars are constantly being squeezed by people from these three factions. There are more and more films from international film festivals, media circles, and Asian forces."

Joshua curled his lips with some dissatisfaction.

"Joshua, if you want to get a second Oscar nomination before the age of thirty, don't show the expression you just had." Darren said.

"Do I need to look at his face if I want to get a second Oscar nomination before the age of thirty?" Joshua's tone became a bit sharp, the kind of sharpness unique to teenagers.

Darren said: "If you have his support, I guarantee you, your hope will be much greater."

"Then why didn't he get a nomination himself this year? When 'The Mist' was released, weren't there some people saying he deserved a nomination?"

Darren said: "'The Mist' was released too late, and it didn't participate in the awards season in the early stage. Of course, the most critical point is that this is a commercial horror movie, although it was filmed with a very personal style. You should ask, how did an actor from a commercial horror movie suddenly receive an invitation from the Oscars, asking him to come as an award presenter? This signal means more things than whether he had a nomination this time."

"Isn't it that he got the award presenter position by relying on his own public relations manager?"

"As far as I know, so far, he has no cooperating agents or public relations managers in Europe and the United States." Darren's eyes were shining with a firm, gentle light, "Do you understand now why I said everyone wants to compete for him?"

Joshua was full of disbelief.

"In fact, he also had a movie before that tried to go through the awards season. He had an independent film called 'Road to Glory'. That time, he relied entirely on the momentum and praise of the film review circle and got nominations for many awards. And compared to the public relations resources invested by other competitors, his investment was not worth mentioning." Darren said confidently, "Joshua, you can get an Oscar nomination at the age of twenty-one, this is something you can be proud of for a lifetime, but if you want to climb higher, don't forget what I said."

"I know very little about Chinese movies."

On this side, in the conversation with Olivia, Olivia was actually quite real and didn't hypocritically become a praise group.

Lu Yan He: "I hope to have the opportunity to introduce Chinese movies to you in the future."

Olivia nodded and said: "In fact, I will see your movie soon."

She smiled slightly at Lu Yan He and blinked meaningfully.

Lu Yan He was a bit confused, "Hmm?"

Olivia said: "This year's May Hexi Film Festival, if there are no other schedule conflicts, I will be a judge for the main competition unit. They have already told me that there is your work among the films shortlisted for the main competition unit this year."

"Oh?!" Lu Yan He showed a surprised expression, "I haven't received an official notification yet."

Olivia: "Will you go to Hexi?"

"Yes."

"Then let's see you in Hexi at that time." Olivia said.

Lu Yan He: "Okay."

He added: "Wish you win the award tonight."

"Thank you."

Olivia Tuman is a strong contender for this year's Best Actress. In this year's competition, she and Jane Koster are fighting hard and are evenly matched.

For these two actresses, Lu Yan He appreciates Olivia Tuman more.

It's not because of anything else. He doesn't know much about Jane Koster, but he has watched "Inspector Grace" starring Olivia Tuman, which is a British drama with a total of three seasons. At that time, Lu Yan He was amazed by Olivia Tuman's performance. Her performance in it made Lu Yan He think of an actress he likes very much, Yan Ni.

Both have a deep acting foundation, but they act in a way that is not cliché, have their own style and rhythm, and can manage to retain their own style while acting the character vividly.

Watching her act, you will only feel two words: skill.

Pure and perfect acting skill.

In the corridor from the backstage to the scene, Lu Yan He met Jane Koster.

He took the initiative to say hello.

Jane Koster looked at him with a smile, her eyes paused slightly, then smiled again, signaled, but immediately chatted and laughed with the people next to her.

With just one glance, she made Lu Yan He realize that she was deliberately distancing herself from him. Although he didn't know the reason, Lu Yan He just made a slight adjustment and threw this matter behind his head.

His seat was in the sixth row.

Sitting next to him was Scott Harris, CEO of D19 Film Company.

The two of them were meeting for the first time tonight.

"Hi, Lu, long time no see." Scott Harris was also full of spring when he saw Lu Yan He, even though Lu Yan He's team had just received a sequel contract from him that made him feel painful.

When Lu Yan He saw him, he smiled, "Scott, have you read the script I gave you? It's been almost a month. If you are not interested, give me a firm answer quickly, I still need to contact others."

He was talking about the script for "Buried" that he wrote before.

Scott Harris immediately said: "Of course we are very interested, but the requirements you put forward are a bit special, and we also need to discuss. If you agree to sell the script directly to us, we can sign the contract tomorrow."

Lu Yan He: "If it's just to be made into a movie, I can shoot this movie by myself. Its cost is very small, Scott, you know why I want to cooperate with you."

Scott Harris said: "Lu, we all know that the situation of this movie being shot by yourself and being handed over to our D19 to shoot is completely different."

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't come to you for cooperation."

The two were talking when a familiar voice sounded behind Lu Yan He.

"Yan He!"

Lu Yan He turned back in surprise, not expecting to meet Hua Ruzhen here.

"Sister!" Lu Yan He stood up excitedly.

Hua Ruzhen was in the row behind him, wearing a dress, her eyes flashing.

"So you came too, why didn't you tell me in advance?" Lu Yan He asked in surprise.

Hua Ruzhen said: "I also decided to come at the last minute."

She held Lu Yan He's hand, enthusiastic, and said: "I have been looking for you just now."

Lu Yan He explained: "I have been backstage just now."

Hua Ruzhen nodded.

"After the award ceremony is over, will you go to the party held by 'Vanity Fair'?" Hua Ruzhen said, "If you go, there are a few people I want to introduce to you."

Lu Yan He nodded and said okay.

At this time, he caught a glimpse of another familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

"Sister Yuqian." Lu Yan He saw Jiang Yuqian wearing gorgeous clothes, she was chatting and laughing with the people next to her, Lu Yan He asked Hua Ruzhen: "Sister, do you know Jiang Yuqian?"

"Oh, met twice." Hua Ruzhen looked in the direction of Lu Yan He's gaze and asked: "Are you very close to her?"

"Yes." Lu Yan He nodded, "My first play was recommended to the director by her."

"Oh, right, 'Squid Game' is a play you wrote." Hua Ruzhen smiled, "Because you didn't act in this play, I always tend to forget this point."

At this time, Lu Yan He saw Jiang Yuqian's gaze also look over.

She also saw him.

Lu Yan He waved at her.

Jiang Yuqian said something to the person next to her and came over carrying her skirt.

Lu Yan He introduced Jiang Yuqian to Hua Ruzhen and Scott Harris.

Although Jiang Yuqian has been very popular in the past six months, Scott Harris does not know her.

Only after knowing that she starred in "Squid Game" did he know who she was.

Of course, Scott Harris had not watched "Squid Game", just that this drama was relatively popular, so he knew it.

When Lu Yan He introduced Jiang Yuqian, he specifically mentioned that she was nominated for Best Actress at this year's Golden Globe Awards.

Sure enough, Scott Harris didn't know either. He even attended the Golden Globe Awards ceremony. However, there were too many people receiving awards that night, not only divided into movies and dramas, but also divided into several categories in dramas. If you haven't really watched all these popular dramas, who can remember so many people in one night.

Only at this time did Lu Yan He truly feel why everyone is so keen to attend parties, gatherings, and such activities.

Because you can meet the most people who are helpful to your career here.

Come to an Oscar award ceremony once, others have seen you once with their own eyes, and in the future, if there is any role that needs an image like you, compared to picking from resumes and audition videos, you definitely have more advantages.

Jiang Yuqian has been flying overseas for the past six months, entering various vanity fairs, actually just to brush her face.

However, no one expected that at this year's Oscars, in the host's opening performance content, such an expression actually appeared—

"When I came to host the Oscars ten years ago, there were not so many yellow-skinned, black-haired people in the audience. Since when did we black people not only have to fight for our rights from white people, but also have to protect our survival resources that were originally eroded from yellow people?"

Lu Yan He almost thought he heard it wrong and showed an expression of disbelief.

On the scene, there were not only a few of them who were yellow people.

Even if this was a Rap with music, it still caused an uproar at the scene.

Lu Yan He heard Scott Harris sigh, shake his head, and say: "This poor Harvey."

Harvey's opening performance was singing Rap in an angry performance style for nearly half of the time. The atmosphere at the scene was very enthusiastic, but it also frequently caused some uproar and surprise reactions. Even later, he had a section listing the beautiful figures of the nominated actresses, and it was only a little bit away from openly making lewd jokes.

Jane Koster, who was mentioned, directly darkened her face and gave him a middle finger.

This was also captured by the live broadcast camera.

Lu Yan He didn't even need to think about it, this opening performance would definitely cause great controversy on the Internet.

He was also very dissatisfied at this moment.

Such a person was chosen to be the host of the Oscars—even if his fame is huge, yes, Harvey is one of the most famous hosts in the United States.

The award Lu Yan He presented was presented in the first half.

So, he was soon called away to prepare backstage.

Backstage, he met another award presenter who was about to appear, Spanish actress Julieta Pedraza.

"Hi, I'm Julieta." This young and beautiful actress has a style different from most European and American actresses, and there is a gentle, affectionate stream of light in her eyes.

She is also the most popular Spanish actress in Hollywood in recent years. "Hello, I am Lu Yan He."

"I know you." Julieta said with a smile, "Nice to meet you, after watching 'Late Spring', I have always wanted to know you."

"Thank you."

"What Harvey said on stage just now was too much for you." Julieta said seriously, "He is really an annoying guy, right?"

"He will pay the price for what he said." Lu Yan He said, "In such an era, no matter how great the fame is, you have to keep your mouth shut and don't talk nonsense."

Julieta didn't seem to expect Lu Yan He to say such tough words.

She looked at Lu Yan He in surprise and nodded.

"Of course, I believe that after the award ceremony, many people will definitely express protest and dissatisfaction to the organizing committee. He must apologize for today's performance."

When Lu Yan He walked onto the podium with the accompaniment of music, stood still in front of the microphone, and looked at everyone in the audience with a smile.

"I hope my appearance here is not because I snatched someone's opportunity." Lu Yan He said this with a standard American accent and a smile.

He is handsome himself, and he knows how to smile so that others don't feel aggressive, but kindness and humor.

Therefore, after he said this in a relaxed, joking tone, everyone knew that he was hitting back at Harvey's discriminatory expression against Asians in the opening performance earlier, and they all laughed.

"Fortunately, I am not here to receive the award, I am here to present the award, washing away such suspicion." After the laughter ended, Lu Yan He added another sentence, triggering another burst of laughter from the audience.

Lu Yan He spread his hands, expressing helplessness, suddenly, as if he thought of something, he showed a sudden realization, and said: "Oh, so this is why there is not a single yellow person in the performance award nomination list this year, is it?"

He looked at the crowd with a curious, humbly asking expression.

This time the joke he threw didn't trigger as much laughter as the previous two times, which was more or less sensitive.

Lu Yan He waved his hand with a smile, "Come on, everyone, don't be so serious. I'm just joking. I know, just like everyone here tonight, movies are diverse. It tells different stories of different countries, different cultural backgrounds, and different skin colors. It can express rich and colorful themes. And good costume design can help actors become that character even more. For an excellent movie, excellent costume art is also indispensable. The films and designers shortlisted for this year's Oscar Best Costume Art Award are—"

The VCR started playing.

Lu Yan He turned around to watch the video prepared in advance.

At this moment, he was calm and composed, not nervous, uneasy, or even fearful because of the few words he just said on the spot.

He saw Harvey on the side of the stage.

His face was stern, and he looked at him with bad intentions.

Lu Yan He ignored him directly, and after the VCR finished playing, he opened the envelope.

"The winner of this year's Oscar Best Costume Art Award is—"

"Louis Weldon, 'The Golden Compass'!"

Applause and cheers erupted throughout the venue.

Lu Yan He handed the trophy to him, expressed congratulations, moved to one side, and gave up the position.

Louis Weldon nodded to him, he is also a black man.

He said excitedly: "Thank you, Yan He, I am very happy to see you here, I am your fan, I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Lu Yan He smiled in surprise, nodded to him, and signaled him that he could deliver his acceptance speech.

He looked at Louis Weldon with appreciation. At this moment, there was more or less some performance component.

For people full of kindness, he will release greater kindness.

After Louis Weldon finished his acceptance speech and said thank you three times, Lu Yan He went off stage with him.

Louis Weldon was still excited and excited.

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"Great, congratulations." Lu Yan He said to him.

Louis Weldon whispered to Lu Yan He: "I voted for you for the Best Actor nomination this year."

Lu Yan He showed a surprised expression, not expecting Louis Weldon to say this at all.

"I mean it, I hope we can cooperate in the future." Louis Weldon said to Lu Yan He with a smile, "I like the play you acted very much."

Lu Yan He said thank you, and after going off stage, he exchanged contact information with him.

Chen Ziyan was sitting in the audience, and the phone in her hand had not stopped.

Lu Yan He's speech during the award presentation just now, needless to say, will definitely explode.

A few sharp jokes—

Everyone laughed hard, but when the awkward silence spread, it was indeed a bit awkward.

Of course, in any case, what Lu Yan He said was very satisfying.

Especially as an Asian who attended this Oscar award ceremony and heard Harvey say this on the spot, his words will definitely get the support of Asians.

If there was no sentence "so this is why there is not a single yellow person in the performance award nomination list this year", his speech would definitely get the support of most Europeans and Americans—this sentence undoubtedly sounded like some kind of irony, even if Lu Yan He didn't mean it when he said it.

And after one award after another was presented, the award ceremony also came to an end.

When Olivia won this year's Best Actress, Lu Yan He stood up and applauded to congratulate her.

Many people stood up.

This actress with superb acting skills has long been a well-known acting school, and has long won the respect of many people in Hollywood.

After the award ceremony, Chen Ziyan and Jiang Yuqian came to his side.

"You are bold enough." Chen Ziyan whispered to Lu Yan He, "You have already occupied the hot searches on all platforms on the foreign network. Your speech is very popular on the foreign network, not to mention the domestic one. I guess many people will come to talk to you about this later."

Lu Yan He: "Let them talk, I didn't say anything wrong, I have already used a very restrained attitude to say it."

"I know." Chen Ziyan nodded, "I don't mean to blame you for doing something wrong, I just remind you that you will have a lot of trouble later."

Jiang Yuqian patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder and said: "Express my respect to you."

Lu Yan He smiled.

"Let's go, we need to rest, there is still a 'Vanity Fair' party later." Chen Ziyan asked, "Yuqian, will you attend?"

Jiang Yuqian nodded, "Yes."

She said: "I also have to change into a dress and style, I have to go, see you later."

"Hmm."

Lu Yan He walked out with Chen Ziyan.

He noticed that many people passing by him cast suspicious, curious, and inquisitive glances at him.

Undoubtedly, his words on stage just now made everyone remember him.

Equally undoubtedly, this matter has both advantages and disadvantages.

Fortunately, this is not Lu Yan He's base camp, he doesn't need to worry about smashing his own pot.

Just as Chen Ziyan reminded, when Lu Yan He left the venue and just appeared outside, many media reporters and some fans who were squatting outside rushed up, surrounded him, and asked him questions.

"Lu, what you said at the Oscars just now, are you accusing the Oscars of discriminating against Asians?"

"Lu, are you publicly expressing dissatisfaction with the Oscars?"

"The Oscars invited you to be an award presenter, but you said such things in a global live broadcast. Are you worried that people will think you are a sharp and arrogant person?"

"Can you talk about what you said?"

Lu Yan He knew that he couldn't just walk away at this time, appearing guilty, or other impressions that would be left to people, and then be over-interpreted.

He smiled very seriously and said: "I respect the Oscars very much. It is a very influential award all over the world. As for what you said, I don't think so. The few sentences I said on stage were not aimed at the Oscars, but at the host Harvey tonight. He openly said things that hurt us Asians on such an influential stage. I just retorted a few words casually, don't over-interpret it."

"As for what I said that there were no Asian nominees for the Oscar performance awards tonight, it was indeed inappropriate. I apologize first. In the current context, this sentence will obviously be misunderstood by many people as me accusing—in fact, I was just joking about Harvey's words about fighting for survival resources. I want to say, at least at the award ceremony tonight, we Asians did not fight. And, I know very well that the Oscars will invite me to present the award, which is trying to expand its scope. It has been trying to include the best filmmakers in the world, which is what I respect."

Lu Yan He has basically used a very decent way to explain this matter.

"Then do you want to win an Oscar in the future?"

"Of course I want to." Lu Yan He admitted unceremoniously, "In this world, I want to win all the film awards with gold content, but I must also say that I don't think Asians winning Oscars is fighting for other people's survival resources—on the contrary, we Asians have dreams and ambitions for the Oscar awards and want to compete for this award, which gives the Oscar awards greater value. I especially want to ask Harvey, if we Asians don't care about the Oscar awards in the future, will the Oscar awards at that time be more valuable than now, or will they lose a lot of value?"

Lu Yan He's answer shocked a group of media.

Every year, I don't know how many actors and stars flow from the Oscar feast. Actors like Lu Yan He who dare to talk directly about the value of the Oscar awards can be counted on one's fingers.

In Europe and the United States, those who dare to disdain the Oscar awards are all big names who no longer need the Oscar awards to prove themselves.

Of course, Lu Yan He's words are not disdain for the Oscar awards.

What he said was that he wanted to win the award and said the Oscars were his dream.

But the tone he used to say these words is completely different from those actors who dream of getting the Oscar awards.

He gives people the feeling that the Oscar award is actually just an award he wants to win, nothing more.

"Really arrogant, and arrogant to the point of being speechless."

Domestically, many viewers who watched the live broadcast of this year's Oscar award ceremony have already participated in the noise of discussion on social media.

The Oscar award is a big award for European and American (especially American and British) films. Everyone knows that basically Asians, Asian films, are just an embellishment of this award. It's just because Hollywood, which is closely related to it, is the world's largest film industry center, so the influence is great.

This time Lu Yan He attended and went on stage to present the award alone. Because of Lu Yan He's influence, everyone's attention to this year's Oscars has risen to an unprecedented height.

After all, Chinese actors rarely appear on the Oscar stage—things are precious because they are rare, not to mention that this thing itself is their "mascot".

Domestically, in fact, many people's attitude towards the Oscars is contradictory.

On the one hand, everyone knows that the Oscars are just a local award, not so fair, and not so much playing with Asians. But on the other hand, people are really good at movies, and the influence is greater than domestic films. This contradictory mentality makes many people disdain the Oscars on the one hand, and unable to truly disdain them on the other.

Just like many people are willing to see Lu Yan He explode because of the movie "The Mist" and be invited to attend the Oscars to present awards—this makes them feel a sense of honor. But on the other hand, they really don't want to see their country's top actors go to the Oscars and suddenly become inferior, or become an inlaid green leaf.

Lu Yan He's performance tonight is like a reassurance, suddenly soothing everyone's heart.

Especially the few speeches he accepted in the interview later.

He neither denies his ambition for the Oscars, but actually always puts his confidence and confidence as an actor first, without the obsession that not winning an Oscar is a regret for a lifetime.

"It's really not easy for a Yan He to emerge in our Chinese film and television circle." Even Wang Zhong sighed like this, "Maybe someone will achieve greater achievements than him in the future, but like him, wandering on the world's top stage at a very young age and cultivating such a temperament and confidence, I'm afraid it's difficult."

Lu Yan He's temperament, time and momentum. ===== CHAPTER 566 =====